Weird Wednesday V

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Mmm, yummy.

Haven’t done a WW post in a while. It was 2009, to be exact. Not that there haven’t been plenty of weird Wednesdays, mind (and Thursdays and Mondays and…); I’ve just not written about them. Behold the peculiarity:

  • The Indians (yes, she’s talking about them again) actually won their first game of the season. That hasn’t happened in four years.
  • As I dumped a big ol’ fistful of spinach into the Ninja this morning, I thought, “Can one eat too much spinach?” Well, apparently, one can. Guess I’ll have to switch it up. And for the record, no olive oil is ever sliding down this throat *ewwwww shudder*, so I’ll just have to make do.
  • I didn’t get massively sick after Joseph closed, as is my standard habit after a show run. *looking up for other shoe*
  • This.

And that’s all the oddity I have time for this morning, alas. Time to get ready to go to work: the job I sometimes dread, often absolutely love, and always appreciate, because I am blessed to actually have a job.

Random neuron firing: I just thought to myself, before pressing the “Publish” link — What if this isn’t Wednesday? Haha. Rat Fink, Rat Fink. What a donkey.

Halfway to the weekend; we can do this!

Truth

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  1. A body on vacation tends to want to stay on vacation.
  2. The depth of your feelings of dread about an upcoming thing does nothing to thwart its eventual occurrence, so there’s no use in dreading, ja? I’ve been dreading all these performances, but really, why? It’s my job to do them; it’s what I signed up for. So why the dread? Why dread of the last 40-some days of school? They’re going to happen anyway.
  3. I saw a graphic that said something like, “Strive to be kinder than what is required.” I like that.
  4. The truth is: getting overly upset with bigots and meanies just ruins *your* day.
  5. We’re thinking about switching insurance agencies for our auto/home policies. I think I need a site like this to get me through phone conversations with agents. Oy.
  6. Procrastination — for all the jokes we make about it — really is a terrible thing.

Any truths to share this day? I know, I’m stalling. Get going. It’s 5:55 already.

The shower, the road, the you know the drill…have a good one, fiends. :-)

Well, the thing is…

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…that you can bet your last dime there’ll be people who buy it — “it” being stuff like this. From the Telegraph article:

Twitter has announced that starting today, it is shifting to a two-tiered system: a basic free service, Twttr, which uses only consonants, and a premium service which also includes vowels for five dollars a month. The social networking site said on its blog that they’re doing this because by eliminating vowels, it is encouraging a more efficient and “dense” form of communication. However, users will be able to use the letter ‘y’ for free, with early adopters like comedian Joan Rivers quickly adapting to the vowel-less way of typing.

Yeah, the thing is that some people will totally blow past the “April Fools'” part in the title, and shortcut it to the Chicken Little trajectory. Google people are up to their annual April Fools’ Day tricks, as if it wasn’t bad enough to honk off millions of people yesterday by ignoring Easter on a commemorative Doodle (even though Google hasn’t posted a single religion-themed Doodle for the last 13 years). This year, they rolled out Google Nose, which people might really swallow as well.

Can you see the Facebook posts? This Google Nose thing is a ripoff. I can’t smell anything!

Oy.

Meanwhile — and this is no foolin’ — only Lindsay Lohan would be flying to Brazil to party after just being remanded to rehab following her umpteenth arrest. Only Lindsay Lohan, I’m tellin’ ya. The second-, third- and sixteenth-chance gods are favoring her, because that would not happen to a single person reading this today (nor to the 6.9 billion other persons not reading this today).

And that’s all I have to say about that. Hey, look at me, not going to school and all. How shall I spend my last day of “spring break?” Working, of course. But it’ll be at my pace, thank you. I hope your holiday weekend was spectacular, fiends.

Somebunny special

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And I don’t mean to make vapid Easter jokes, because I don’t think Easter is about bunnies — not at all.

However, this bunny was special. And while I’m sure you don’t have a spare hour right now to watch this documentary, I hope you will come back and watch it when you do. It’s a really fine tribute to the great Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, and dozens of other Warner Brothers and Hannah-Barbera characters that have made his incredible voice an iconic example of American popular culture from World War II to the present.

He revolutionized the way cartoons and voice acting were done, and through his work in radio during the 40s and 50s, as well as his voice-overs for countless Merrie Melodies cartoons, he is still regarded as one of the finest — if not the greatest ever — character actors of our time. (This sentiment is from many of his peers and protégés.)

I did not know that he suffered a life-threatening injury in a car crash in 1961. I also didn’t know his death could have been easily prevented. So sad.

But here’s an awesome tribute to our favorite bunny. I promise you’ll be better for having watched it.

http://youtu.be/JRlmb0xAtBs

Right now, I’m off to start a fun scavenger hunt with the Js and Grandpa Thriller. Where did we hide those monster trucks and treat baskets…? :-)

Full steam ahead

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Nah, I’m not talking about the last quarter of school, although that’s coming up, too. Rather, I mean full steam ahead to the Odyssey, beginning in June. It’s by far the most ambitious trip we’ve ever taken, and it’ll probably be the last for a long while. But boy is it going to be worth it.

After about five revisions (just couldn’t do Vancouver financially this time, rats), we’re settled on the itinerary, and all the hotels/lodges are booked. We’re ready to fly!

And speaking of flying, I am going to see if there’s a place that’ll let me strike something off my Bucket List: ziplining. If I don’t have to waste half the day taking a class, I want to zipline across some forest canopy or mountain divide. Have to check out some information.

We’re leaving a full month earlier than we have in past years. I think we’ll like that, in that there will still be some summer left when we return. The greatest thing about the whole adventure will be visiting family and friends on either end of the trip (in Mississippi, Texas, Illinois and Wisconsin). A real highlight, of course, will be my recording session with the amazing and talented BoomR at his home studio.

Why can’t it be tomorrow?

I know, I know. First comes finishing out the school year with upcoming concerts (three of them) and graduation. Much to be done, but there’s always the light at the end of the tunnel. Looking forward to that, bigtime.

Are you getting together with family over the Easter holiday? We have the Js coming tonight to spend the night, followed by a fun scavenger hunt tomorrow morning before their parents come to pick them up for the holiday celebrations. We’ll also see Mr. A. (grandson #3) tomorrow, so my weekend is totally thumbs-up.

Happy Saturnday to all — get some relaxin’ done today, wouldya?