Nectar of the Gods

Okay, so here is my most favoritest soda on the face of the earth. If you have not had the pleasure of trying this delicious beverage, you need to stop what you are doing right now, go to Target and get some.

Okay, are you back? Now, take a drink! Isn't it good? See, I wasn't joking. It's tangy and sweet, but not too sweet. It's 12 fluid ounces of "Bibita Naturale D'Italia"...whatever that means...it's on the bottle. Oh! And the bottle! Did I mention that this comes in a glass bottle? For all you soda lovers out there, you know this is one of the top 3 qualifiers of excellent soda. It is also a product of Italy. *sigh* Need I say more? Probably not, but I'm going to anyways. Hmm...Natural Drink of Italy...got it!

So even when you've had an insanely crazy day/week, even when the weather is beautiful yet you have spent your entire day inside, even when you cooked a DiGiorno pizza and left the cardboard on the bottom thus making the middle of your pizza soggy and disgusting, a nice refreshing bottle of Peach Pear Italian Soda makes it all better.....

Where did I put that?

I am referring to my mind...I think I lost it. Seriously. Has anyone seen it lately? Maybe it's buried on my desk that has turned into a mountain of junk. Maybe it's on one of the three carts full of books. Maybe it's buried under the piles of stuff on the floor or even the piles of junk on the circulation desk. Yes, I have two desks, two computers, two phones...which just makes it all the worse. Okay, but really guys, if you have seen my brain anywhere, will you please let me know? I sit down and think, "I have so much to do!" and then I make a list and then I start working on things that are not on the list and therefore the list never gets done. Like right now, blogging is not on the list. Sometimes I even loose the list. I just want Friday to come. Friday I have no school. I can look for my brain all day. This post makes absolutely no sense to me when I go back and read it. You wanna know why? I've lost my mind. I can't even put a coherent story together. Maybe I should put up flyers around the school like Luna Lovegood does in Harry Potter. She blames it on some crazy made up creature. Snarfblats or something. I don't remember. I'm going to stop now. If you have made it through this blog and haven't developed a serious case of ADD, congratulations.

Just Guess

Guess what I found today?

Here's my survey

In the world of e-mail, there are these surveys that go around where you have to answer all of these dorky questions and then you send it back out to your friends so they can "see how well they know you." They are your friends! How could they not know you? When I first started getting them, I would just ignore them because I thought they were retarted. Then I started getting tagged as the "person least likely to respond". So I started responding, but I would ummm...exaggerate a bit, if you will. I mean, hey, if these people really know me, they know that my life is really not that exciting but if they don't really know me, what do I care? Reading a survey won't give them any insight either.

So apparently these surveys go around in the blogging world too.... :)

I was tagged.
1.) Each player answers the question about themselves.
2.) At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, and then leaves a comment on their blog letting them know they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog to get the directions."

Questions:
a) What were you doing 10 yrs ago?

Umm...let's see. I was 12 years old, so I was in 6th grade. I was not gawky and my entire body was completely proportionate. I spent all of my time writing letters to my congressman and brushing up on my Italian while refusing calls from boys that called my house 10-12 times a day.

b) List 5 things on your list of things to do today

Find the USB and DC cords that the teacher lost.
Find the USB and DC cords that the teacher lost.
Find the USB and DC cords that the teacher lost.
Find the USB and DC cords that the teacher lost.
Find the USB and DC cords that the teacher lost.

c) Name 5 things you would do if you were to suddenly become a Billionaire

Pay Wentworth Miller to marry me. Oh, and I guess I could splurge for a USB and DC cord for the school's digital camera.

d) Reveal 3 Bad Habits

I'm too giving.
I'm too loving.
I'm too humble.
I'm an overacheiver.

e) Name all the Places you have lived

Why is "Places" capitalized? Who designed this survey? I'm not answering this question. Places should not be capitalized. Billionare shouldn't have been capitalized either.

f) List the Jobs you've had

Fine, I'll answer this one, but just so you know, "Jobs" shouldn't be capitalized. I'm sure you noticed that already.
I play M.A.S.H. a lot when I get bored. Here are a few M.A.S.H jobs I have had:
Toilet Paper Quilter
American Idol Air Guitar Champion
Denture Model
Men's Hair Removal Consultant
Deoderant Tester
Sock Darner
Parade Pooper Scooper
Statue Wiper (we were in Italy when we came up with that one :)

Here are all the people I tag to take the survey next:
Edward
Jasper
Rosalie
Emmett
Alice
Carlisle
Esme
Bella
Jacob
Charlie

I am just not in love with today

First of all...my alarm clock went off. Then my alarm on my phone went off. Then my alarm went off again because I hit snooze. Then my alarm on my phone went off again because I hit snooze. Who ever thought that a snooze button and/or function was a good idea was an idiot. Then again, I'm an idiot for using it in the first place. Just get up already!

When I get to school, I walk into the library as a teacher is walking out and she says to me, "Looks like you have a flood in there." And then the stench hits me. Whoa Nellie! Our materials center is in this little room at the back of the library and for some reason, when it was designed, someone thought we needed a sink back there. Why do you need a sink right next to the copy machine in a room full of BOOKS? So I bet you can guess what happened last night/early this morning. A pipe busted and the entire room was flooded. Not the whole library, just that little room. And did I mention that it stinks?

Third, a teacher that has video taped some of her students doing something or another wants to watch it this morning, but she can't get it hooked up to the TV. I can't either. So I suggest that we download it on her laptop and they can watch it through that. Ureka! Why didn't I think of that before? "So Mrs. So-and-So, where is the USB cord?" "What's a USB cord? These two cords are the only ones that were in the case when I got the camera." "Who had it before you?" "I don't know, someone just left it on my desk." Great. If I don't have those cords, this camera is pretty much useless. So I sent out two e-mails to everyone using a huge font size and red letters demanding the cords back. It was like a screaming e-mail.

And it's only 11:45am.

Can someone just invent a universal cord for me please? One of my tech friends maybe...Sam? Travis? Krish? Adam? Anyone? I just need one cord that plugs into EVERYTHING. Can you please just invent that for me? And if you could get that done before 3:00pm today, that would be GREAT!

Ummm...that picture is crooked

So since Alison beat me to the punch posting about her OCD-ness, this blog is dedicated to her.

Alison...this is why we are friends:

I am OCD about...

Where I park at Wal-Mart or Target - I will lose my car if I do not park between rows 8 and 9 at Wal-Mart and since Target doesn't number their rows, I have to park on the right side of the store. I spent 15 minutes pushing the panic button on my keychain one night because I decided to live on the edge.

Checking my e-mail and blog. Okay, and reading other peoples blogs too - tomorrow and for the next 3-4 days, I will probably check my blog 725,892,104 times just to see who has posted a comment on this blog.

Milk - once it has reached the "sell by" date, it's a gonner. And sometimes it's a gonner before that. Like if there is a ring on the inside of the jug because it has been sitting for a day or two without me using it, it's a gonner. Or if the cap gets crusty...gonner. It's just not right.

Onions - I live by a strict code of conduct that states, "All onions will be thoroughly removed from all food that is to enter Rhia's mouth. Furthermore, if there is any question about onions being put on food ordered at a restaurant, it will be requested to come without onions." Friends and family members alike can attest that I don't break this rule...EVER.

The alphabet - I'm just obsessed with it. I can't help it. I'm a librarian people! C'mon!!! If you need your DVD collection alphabetized, I'm your girl. Even if you don't want your DVDs alphabetized, I might just do it anyways, so WATCH OUT!

My books - Once again...librarian! Seriously though, this one kind of conflicts with the alphabet compulsion. I like my books organized by size. I've had to suppress this compulsion since organizing by the alphabet is the only way to find things when you have a large collection...like in a library.

Picking at things - this one is slightly embarassing but kind of a biggie, so I couldn't leave it out. Okay, so it's not really picking, but peeling. Got a sunburn? Yes, you can call me in a few days to come peel your skin. It's fun! Everybody does it and you know it!

Songs - when I hear a song I like, I buy it and then listen to it constantly. Like all the time. It goes on repeat over and over again. This is a true compulsion. It physically hurts to listen to other songs when I want to listen to my one and only. Then I get sick of it and move on.

My temple chair - one time we had a bunch of people over for dinner and as chairs were short in our apartment, I brought my coveted temple chair out for me to sit on (me...I'm the only one allowed, so if you're thinking of sitting in my chair, think again and find another chair...I'm not lying). Well, I got up to get the door, and when I did, this random guy (I don't even remember him except for this one instance) sat in my chair. MY TEMPLE CHAIR! WITH FOOD IN HIS LAP! I'm not outwardly rude about it, so I won't command you to get out of my chair or lose your life, but I will glare. I was really quiet for the rest of the evening. Is it wrong to be so incredibly non-Christ-like about a chair that came from the temple?

TV shows - I can re-cap any episode from Lost and you'll feel like you were actually there watching it. I remember what everyone says and sees and does. I found I had this special gift when I used to watch Alias. I made Janette sit and listen to me for an obscene amount of time while I re-capped 2 1/2 seasons of Alias one evening. Okay, so it's not a gift. It's an obsession with a fictional world.

Mah Jong Tiles - I finally had to just pay the $19.95 and buy the deluxe version. I actually make Mah Jong goals for myself and work hard to accomplish them. No, I won't tell you my goals. And don't think that you can come over to my place and sit at my computer and play my favorite game and think that I'll leave you alone. I'll stand right next to you and tap at the screen while saying, "That one and that one. That one and that one. That one and that one."

Misspelled words - this is my biggest one. BIGGEST! I almost literally gave birth to a cow when this lady e-mailed me the other day and said, "I hope this made since!" Nope, didn't make since to me! I WILL call you out on this one, but if I do, I'll just make fun of you. Sorry, can't help it. It's funny! Didn't you laugh when you read "I hope this made since"?

And Alison, I really do have SARS mask...and I'm really worried that someday we will ALL have to use them. So stock up people! Stock up! It's coming. I have strong feelings about West Nile too, but that is another blog for another day.



I have more, but uh...it's kinda late and a girl's got to have SOME secrets right?

And by the way, about my temple chair, if you sit in it (which you are not allowed to do so don't even think about it!), I'll stand next to it and stare at it for a full 5 minutes or more after you leave trying to convince myself that what just happened didn't really just happen.

Meeeee-ata!

I love my Miata. Plain and simple. It goes fast, I hardly ever have to be the one to drive when with friends, it's just the right size for me, it's cute, and did I mention that it goes fast? (Think younger Ricky Bobby here from Talladega Nights, "I wanna go fast!")




So, I was at Sonic yesterday with the windows down enjoying my lettuce wrap (because seriously, there were maybe two peices of chicken in it, half of a slice of tomato, and a whole lotta lettuce) and right in front of me a red Mazda Miata passes. Except this was no ordinary Miata. This Miata had a trailer hitch. Yes folks, a trailer hitch. Now I am sure you are asking yourself the very same question I was asking myself right then: What on earth can a Miata tow? We are talking about a car that shakes when the wind blows hard! It wasn't built with horsepower in mind here! After some thought and posing this question to a few friends, I've come up with a list of things that I think a Miata can tow:

skateboard

red wagon

baby stroller (minus the baby of course)

bicycle

scooter

grocery cart

lawn mower

pair of roller skates

maybe a person on roller blades ("It would be really nice if you could pull me into town")

Please feel free to add to the list.

On another note, I was watching TV with some friends tonight and an advertisement came on for a CD of inspirational music (you know, songs like "Awesome God" and "God is in the House") and someone voiced the thought: I wonder if Muslims have inspirational music too? Hmmmm...