A free Saturday

[sistermagpie]

So I went to my ballet class this morning and found out it'd been cancelled, but this was probably a good thing. It meant I got myself out of bed and out of the house early enough to think about getting stuff done during the day. That is, something besides the writing I probably should have been doing, but grocery shopping seems like such a good idea when you're stuck. Since I cleaned out all this old stuff at work yesterday I decided to clean out the closet and other things around here--also, I sewed buttons on something. This is a huge accomplishment.



1) I bought DVDs that I shouldn't have, but they are all things I like to watch at odd times. Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Awful Truth (who knew this was on DVD? Yes! They did not have My Man Godfrey though) and the first series of The Office. The guy at the store said, "You're just going to have a day of laughter." Yes, he said that to me. Have been watching The Office while cleaning and it is as he predicted. I have had a day of laughter. Go me.

2) I bought sneakers. This is even more amazing for me than the buttons. The sneakers I usually wear are really more accurately described as sandals because they are completely torn around the back and in the toes. I probably would have continued wearing them except that they are now at the stage where People Make Remarks. My new sneakers are pink. They are also pumas, which I have not owned since fourth grade.

3) Did anybody else see that Queer Eye for the Straight Guy that was just on? The one with the girls' volleyball coach? Well, that was my high school where he coaches. Okay, I'm an idiot but I thought it was neat to see it on TV.




Yesterday at work I was mocked for my pathetic copyediting skills. Now that I'm getting better people are letting me know how bad I was to start with. A few weeks ago I caught a major typo and everybody was a little too shocked for my liking. "SM caught it? Good for you!" I'm like the mentally challenged kid getting praised for tying her shoes. Perhaps I should take a class.

Also yesterday at work I had to mail a letter to Spain. When I asked the mailroom guy what the postage was he went off on a rant about the Spanish which I think had something to do with their elections after the terrorist attack but who knows--I didn't want to ask. He seemed to feel they were guilty of something so I just I told him whatever he was saying was exactly what I'd written in my letter so he gave me the postage. There was one other other person in the mailroom at the time who spent the rest of the day asking me, "How about those Spanish?"

Comments

[samaranth.livejournal.com]

The Office is hysterical, in a twisted, sometimes too close to the truth kind of way.

(I am very impressed about the buttons.)

[sistermagpie.livejournal.com]

I'm admiring the buttons as we speak.:-)

[black-dog.livejournal.com]

We have the same approach to getting full use from a pair of sneakers. I replaced my last pair when my feet were just getting too cold.

For my new pair, I bought the big heavy kind that go halfway up your ankles. I bought them two sizes too big and use them like boots. I don't think I've untied/tied them since I got them.

So, how about those Spanish?

/ randomness.

[sistermagpie.livejournal.com]

Yes, one of the big factors this time was the huge draft through the heels.:-)

I never untie mine either--the new ones seem like they'll definintely be easy to slip on and off (though I think that's how I tore the heels of the last pair).

The Spanish, apparently, are against Freedom. Or something.