Bossman: "What are you eating?"Genie: "Uh ... Twizzlers." Bossman: "That's gross. It's too early for Twizzlers." Genie: "Um ... they're ... fruity." Bossman: "Fruity?! Twizzlers are about as far from fruit as you can get. I know because I will eat them and I don't like fruit." Genie: "Well, I was gonna say I'm not sure what kind of fruit they are." Bossman: "Mmmmm ... Twizzler trees ..."
Is there such a thing as stopping the world so you can get off the ride? Everything seems to just be a blur to me. I have a hard time grasping what day it is even. Working through the weekend at ALA didn't help. Staying up really late these past couple of nights is catching up to me too. Sigh. I feel like a bowl of Jello. Green Jello - but Jello all the same. I just finished an hour long conference call where I literally was holding my eyes open for parts of it while I listened to the conversation drone on and on. Bossman asked what I wanted for lunch and I said just something that will kick me about every 5 minutes to keep me awake. That dissolved into a discussion of Homer Simpson and his pet lobster, Pinchy.
Much like the Bible, there is a Simpsons episode for everything in life.
Oh, and extra credit if you can find the split infinitive in here. I'll stop fixing my grammar mistakes and just use them as learning tools.
So I was looking for this particular cd in Planet Music last night. I knew the song was called “The Boxer” but not the Simon and Garfunkel one (although a good tune as well). And I wanted to say the artist was called Coal Flats or something. But couldn't be sure.So I asked the guy at the counter. He looked in his database but no dice. So then he started calling every radio station in town. He was a man on a mission. I asked if he had web access from the info desk and he frowned and said no. Bastards. I knew I should have looked this up for sure before I came there, but I was hoping luck would be on my side. Info Desk Boy was unsuccessful and looked actually really disappointed. I told him I would let him know if I found it in the store. And then I used the web features of my cool cell phone - specifically I called Bossman and had him look something up for me online. I told him the limited info that I had and he said he would call me back with an answer. Three minutes later, he had an artist, album and record label. The band is Carbon Leaf - not Coal Flats. Whatever. And they only had one copy of the cd in Planet Music. It's now mine. I went over to show Info Desk Boy and he was shocked. I then explained the perks of my great web phone. I also suggested they do something about their database in the store. Maybe my company can design one of those too. And the cd is excellent.