Who Wants To Buy This For Me?

I need a snoogle. Any last minute house-warming gifts, anyone? http://leachco.stores.yahoo.net/snoogle.html This looks like the most comfortable thing I've ever seen in my life. I'd never leave my bed.

Michael Jackson

Can't we just let the man be dead? He was already cocoa for coo coo poops in life. Let the man have some peace. And I'm also just sick of seeing his name on Yahoo! news everyday.

I Hate When People Say..

I really hate when someone asks me what I do for a living and they respond with some comment like "Oh, I don't know how you can do that job," or "I could never do that," or "I'd cry everyday if I did that job" (someone has actually said this to me) or some variation on that theme. And the thing is, I'm sure I've said this to people about their jobs before. And their hobbies, for that matter. Well, not the crying part because I'm a robot. It's just a way to make chitchat. But it bothers me for a couple reasons. One, depending on how it's phrased, even if someone doesn't mean it this way, you're basically implying that I must be cold-hearted bitch if I can watch kids suffer everyday. And logically I know they're actually trying to be complimentary but it just rubs me wrong. It's especially irritating if you first ask me if I like my job, and after I say yes, you follow it up with a "how do you do it?" I do it because it's my fuckin' job. Just like everyone else gets up and does their job everyday. Do I ask the garbage man if he likes picking up people's shit everyday? No. Do I tell my doctor that I think it's gross that she looks at bajingos all day? No. I totally know this is a case of me being oversensitive and paranoid, but hey, those are my bread and butter.

Seriously

If I have to paint one more wall, I'm sticking a a fork through my eye.

An Interesting Theory

My sister's friend has a theory about rape weather. Oh yes, that's correct. In this theory, he states that it's okay to let a female friend walk home alone in the winter, because no man is going to whip it out when it's below zero. Hence, winter is not rape weather. Conversely, of course, the other seasons are rape weather and at those times a woman shouldn't be out late unescorted. I didn't even know what to say when I first heard this. I was pretty flabbergasted. And somewhat appalled.

What Would You Do?

Here's the scenario. You're in a public bathroom. The line is really long and you really have to pee. There is a woman behind you that for whatever reason, can only use the handicap stall. Whatever she has going on, the other stalls are not an option. So it's finally your turn to go. And the handicap stall is the one that opens up. Now, what do you do? Do you let the handicap (is this the current PC term?) woman go ahead of you? The handicap stall is her only option. Whereas you have the choice of any stall. But you really have to go. Do you give her a guilty look and go anyways? Do you wait for the next stall to open up? Ultimately this isn't really a big deal, because another stall will open any second and if you've waited that long, what's another couple of minutes? But I'm just curious. I think I'd claim to tell the woman to hell with her, I gotta go. But I know myself and I'd feel bad about it the rest of the day.

Going Too Far

Bob implied that I'd want this product, mostly because I love just about any "As Seen On TV" product. But this is just ridonkulous. I'm a germaphobe, but seriously? A wipe your ass device? And the commercial would have been funnier than it already was if someone had done a demonstration. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crfGXmxJ1vM&feature=player_embedded

It's A Tie

Everyone that worked with me tonight knows that I listened to "Don't Stop Believing" by Journey (obviously) three times on my 7 minute ride to work. Which made me realize that, seriously, that song never, ever gets old. EVER!! I could listen to it ten times a day. So therefore I have to say it's now tied with "Gloria" by Laura Braningan for being my favorite 'get pumped up' song. I hate to knock "Gloria" completely out of first, cuz it is my jam. But it has some stiff competition.

Apparently The World's Most Ridiculous Question

My sister told me I'd reached a new low of ridiculousness when I asked her this question. Sofia, you'll mock me over this one. All I asked was do Muslims have a really good sense of direction? Or do they carry compasses? If you face Mecca to pray, don't you need to have a good sense of direction to know the right way to face? Am I being inaccurate? Is this no longer the case? BTW, this question came up because my patient's dad was praying in the corner, and I was curious as to how he knew to pick that corner. I understand that if you're outside, you can determine direction by the position of the sun. But twisting and turning through a building, I think one could easily get mixed up. And I rarely ever know what direction I'm going, no matter where I am. I think this was a perfectly logical, sincerely asked question, though it does appear that I'm trying to create a blanket stereotypes for a group of people. Janell told me the question wasn't racist, just stupid.

Was It Inappropriate...?

Starting a new series, asking whether or not things I've done were appropriate. Exciting! So, was it inappropriate that I asked the attractive resident to move away from me, otherwise I was going to start sniffing him? In my defense, he smelled really good. I'm gonna say unprofessional, yes, inappropriate, no.