Sprizee :: A simple girl replete with complications

This month being June I'm really into...

...new earrings, Getty's annual celebrity guest chef night at Farestart, munching on Skillet goodness, playing Seattle tour guide (SPL represent!), going to the park to play on the swings, not showering (while camping), James Morrison's You Give Me Something, first CSA farm share of the year (farm fresh radishes! lettuce! cilantro! strawberries!), the Seattle Architecture Foundation tour of art deco treasures, Richard Preston talking about people with "the self-destructive gene" on NPR, lazing around in the backyard like a cat drunk on sunshine and rediscovering Franz Ferdinand's debut album. 

Netflix is getting rid of seperate queues.

What the fuck?  This explanation simply doesn't make any sense.  I've been a huge Netflix advocate for years but now I'm seriously considering taking my business elsewhere.  There's a Blockbuster just down the street and it would be nice to be able to just go there on a whim and pick something up and/or do the mail in thing.  My advice to Netflix?  Don't try to outsmart a smarty.  Either own up to why you're really getting rid of the cool individual profile queues or bring them back.  You know what?  JUST BRING THEM BACK.

I wonder what the stuff you forget says about you.

Can we step back for a moment here so I can recount just how smart I am?  Okay good.  So last night I showed up at the University Bookstore to hear Sam Goslings talk about What Your Stuff Says About You.   I wasn't planning on buying the book but I found what he had to say so compelling I grabbed a copy and stepped in line to have him sign it.  Also, it didn't hurt that he had a charming British accent.

The two ladies in front of me were super obnoxious.  When he asked them if he should include their name one replied with, "Write something pithy!" and the other one replied with, "Write something witty!".  Ah, how charming of them, right?  Be funny...1, 2, 3, go!  I leaned forward to see what he was actually writing and it was just that, "Something witty, Sam Goslings".  Ha, suckers.

Anyways, I was up next.  I didn't even have him sign my name.  I was good with just a signature.  This will be important later in the story.  I think this is what folks call foreshadowing.  (No, actually this is what folks call bad storytelling.)   So I walked downstairs to checkout, buy my book, getting my parking validated and get the hell out of dodge because it was past 8 PM and my stomach was starting to rumble. 

I get up to the front counter, and that's when I realize this huge purse I'm carrying which holds my umbrella, my hat, 2 scarfs, 27 gift cards to places I never go, 3 tubes of lip gloss, my mileage log for business trips, my bus pass and 3 iPods is missing on key item.  My wallet. 

So then I had to put the book down (good thing it didn't have my name in it!), walk out to my car and explain to the parking attendant smarty pants forgot her wallet at home.  His response was, "you owe $3".  So I had to review the whole not having a wallet thing with him one more time. Apparently I'm not the only one whose elevator doesn't always make it to the top floor.  So that made me feel slightly better.  But not good enough.  I still want that book!  Fascinating.

If I were a tree, I'd excel at procrastinating and letting things go unsaid. Wait, what?

 

Your dominant hues are blue and magenta. You're the one who goes to parties but doesn't quite fit in at every one. You're a little different and that's okay with them, and it's okay with you too.

You know what you want, but sometimes know not to tell everyone. You value accomplishments and know you can get the job done, so don't be afraid to run out and make things happen.

Your outlook on life is bright. You see good things in situations where others may not be able to, and it frustrates you to see them get down on everything.

What color are you?

(I have NO IDEA why my 500 pixel image isn't displaying properly or why the category I posted it in is showing TWICE but it is REALLY ANNOYING ME. But not enough to troubleshoot the cause or fix it. Just enough to bitch about it here. Yep.)

Fill your life with joy and wonder.

When's the last time you walked to your neighborhood park to swing?  Uh huh.  That's what I thought.  You should totally do this.  It's been far too long.

Nyquil Classic.

I'm seriously considering the phone sex operator job once again.  That's right, I'm sick.  The good news is I haven't been sick in nearly 9 months.  Nine months folks!  This from a girl who got sick at least once a quarter like clockwork.  Evidently figuring out you are anemic and taking an iron supplement makes a huge difference.  Guess who hasn't been taking her iron lately?  Um, anyways.  I'm putting myself on a steady diet of Nyquil, cough drops and popsicles until further notice.  Oh right, and iron.    

3 things that have nothing in common.

Super jealous that Chez Shoes is headed to Yosemite this weekend. I'm a big National Parks fan but haven't made it to that one yet. My grandparents honeymooned there back in the 30s. There's a cute photo of them under a giant tree. Somewhere. I should track that down. Yosemite! I want to go!

I'm kicking myself for not snagging tickets to see Aimee Mann this summer at ZooTunes. The last time I made it to that concert series it was to see Randy Newman. Wow, that was a while ago. On the up side I did happen to secure tickets to The Avett Brothers in August last weekend. Surprisingly when I picked them up there were still a few left. Apparently it was the only show that hadn't sold out yet. Why, I have no idea. The Avett Brothers! So good!

Tonight, I dine at Farestart. That's all she wrote.

Once I start I can not stop myself.

I have to say I've never been a Nine Inch Nails fan.  All their songs pretty much sound the same to me.  But this weekend I heard Discipline on the radio and, okay fine, I admit it.  I like it.  Song has a good beat, and I'm a sucker for a good beat.  Then I found out NIN is offering the entire album on their website as a free download.  So I downloaded the whole thing.  But yeah, it was really just for that one song.  All the other songs sound the same.