Ahhh!

Yay! I'm off work today and tomorrow!
I can get my sleep schedule back on track by sleeping at night again!

Of course - I have two more 3rd shifts at the end of next week.... But then I'm good for awhile!

Ahhh!

ugh

Working 3rd shift now, Friday night, and Saturday night.
Off Sunday (if sleeping half the day to recover from 3rd shift counts as "off") and Monday then back to work for more crazy schedules because of the holidays.  I'm taking the first full week of January off from work though just because I can. 

Sleep is nice. 

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ugh

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone!

 

 

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Merry Christmas

I have a life!

Apparently, some internet someone or other says if you've seen over 85 films, you have no life. Woo hoo!
Accordingly, in this meme (taken from several different sources) you are to mark the movies you've seen. There are 239 films on this list. Copy this list and make a post to your journal, marking the ones you have seen.

(x) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(x) Grease
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean
() Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest
() Boondock Saints
() Fight Club
() Starsky and Hutch
(X) Neverending Story
(x) Blazing Saddles
(x) Airplane
Total: 6

(x) The Princess Bride
() Anchorman
() Napoleon Dynamite
(x) Labyrinth
() Saw
() Saw II
() White Noise
() White Oleander
() Anger Management
() 50 First Dates
(X) The Princess Diaries
(X) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Total so far: 10

() Scream
() Scream 2
() Scream 3
() Scary Movie
() Scary Movie 2
() Scary Movie 3
() Scary Movie 4
() American Pie
() American Pie 2
() American Wedding
() American Pie Band Camp
Total so far: 10

() Harry Potter 1
() Harry Potter 2
() Harry Potter 3
() Harry Potter 4
() Resident Evil 1
() Resident Evil 2
(x) The Wedding Singer
() Little Black Book
() The Village
() Lilo & Stitch
Total so far: 11

(x) Finding Nemo
() Finding Neverland
() Signs
() The Grinch
() Texas Chainsaw Massacre
() Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
() White Chicks
() Butterfly Effect
() 13 Going on 30
() I, Robot
(x) Robots
Total so far: 14

() Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
() Universal Soldier
() Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
() Along Came Polly
() Deep Impact
() KingPin
() Never Been Kissed
() Meet The Parents
() Meet the Fockers
() Eight Crazy Nights
() Joe Dirt
() KING KONG
Total so far: 14

() A Cinderella Story
() The Terminal
() The Lizzie McGuire Movie
() Passport to Paris
() Dumb & Dumber
() Dumber & Dumberer
() Final Destination
() Final Destination 2
() Final Destination 3
() Halloween
() The Ring
() The Ring 2
() Surviving X-MAS
() Flubber
Total so far: 14

() Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
() Practical Magic
(x) Chicago
() Ghost Ship
() From Hell
() Hellboy
() Secret Window
() I Am Sam
(x) The Whole Nine Yards
(x) The Whole Ten Yards
Total so far: 17

(x) The Day After Tomorrow
() Child's Play
() Seed of Chucky
() Bride of Chucky
(x) Ten Things I Hate About You
() Just Married
() Gothika
() Nightmare on Elm Street
() Sixteen Candles
(X) Remember the Titans
() Coach Carter
() The Grudge
() The Grudge 2
() The Mask
() Son Of The Mask
Total so far: 20

() Bad Boys
() Bad Boys 2
() Joy Ride
() Lucky Number Slevin
(x) Ocean's Eleven
() Ocean's Twelve
(x) Bourne Identity
(x) Bourne Supremecy
() Lone Star
() Bedazzled
(x) Predator I
(x) Predator II
() The Fog
() Ice Age
(x) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
() Curious George
Total so far: 26

(x) Independence Day
() Cujo
() A Bronx Tale
() Darkness Falls
() Christine
(x) ET
() Children of the Corn
() My Bosses Daughter
() Maid in Manhattan
(x) War of the Worlds (I saw the original, not the Tom Cruise one)
(x) Rush Hour
(x) Rush Hour 2
Total so far: 31

() Best Bet
(X) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
() She's All That
() Calendar Girls
() Sideways
() Mars Attacks
() Event Horizon
() Ever After
(x) Wizard of Oz
() Forrest Gump
(x) Big Trouble in Little China
(x) The Terminator
(x) The Terminator 2
(x) The Terminator 3
Total so far: 37

(x) X-Men
(x) X-2
(x) X-3
(x) Spider-Man
(x) Spider-Man 2
(x) Sky High
() Jeepers Creepers
() Jeepers Creepers 2
() Catch Me If You Can
(x) The Little Mermaid
(x) Freaky Friday
() Reign of Fire
() The Skulls
(x) Cruel Intentions
() Cruel Intentions 2
() The Hot Chick
(x) Shrek
() Shrek 2
Total so far: 47

() Swimfan
(x) Miracle on 34th street
(x) Old School
(x)The Notebook
() K-Pax
() Krippendorf's Tribe
()A Walk to Remember
() Ice Castles
() Boogeyman
() The 40-year-old Virgin
Total so far: 50

(x)Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
(x) Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
(x) Lord of the Rings Return Of the King
(x) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
(x) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(x) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Total so far: 56

() Baseketball
() Hostel
() Waiting for Guffman
() House of 1000 Corpses
() Devils Rejects
() Elf
(x) Highlander
() Mothman Prophecies
() American History X
() Three
Total so Far: 57

() The Jacket
() Kung Fu Hustle
() Shaolin Soccer
() Night Watch
(x) Monsters Inc.
(x) Titanic
(x) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
() Shaun Of the Dead
() Willard
Total so far: 60

() High Tension
() Club Dread
(x) Hulk
() Dawn Of the Dead
(x) Hook
(x) Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
() 28 days later
() Orgazmo
() Phantasm
() Waterworld
Total so far: 63

() Kill Bill vol 1
() Kill Bill vol 2
(x) Mortal Kombat
() Wolf Creek
() Kingdom of Heaven
() the Hills Have Eyes
() I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman
() The Last House on the Left
() Re-Animator
() Army of Darkness
Total so far: 64

(x) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
(x) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
(x) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
(x) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
(x) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
(x) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
(x) Ewoks Caravan Of Courage
(x) Ewoks The Battle For Endor
Total so far: 72

(x) The Matrix
(x) The Matrix Reloaded
(x) The Matrix Revolutions
(x) Animatrix
() Evil Dead
() Evil Dead 2
() Team America: World Police
() Red Dragon
(x) Silence of the Lambs
() Hannibal
Total so far: 77


Whoa! Apparently, I have a life! I've only seen 77 of these movies listed. Amazing. Who'd'a thunk.


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I have a life!

In the Spirit of Christmas

I graciously share this with you.
I heard it on the radio the other day.




And it's been going through my head ever since!
Please get this song out of my head!

Merry Christmas!


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In the Spirit of Christmas

Free Gift Card For Books

Check it out. The book blogger at In the Shadow of Mt. TBR is hosting a contest to give away gift cards for books!

 

Visit the blog, but don't sign up, because that lowers my chances!  Just kidding! Definitely sign up!

 

I like his reason for hosting this contest: authors generally don't make much money anyway and websites like PaperBackSwap (which I love) lowers their income even more because people are trading books instead of purchasing them new so the author gets his due royalties. I love PBS, but I always feel a little guilty swapping books.

 

 

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Free Gift Card For Books

Check it out!

My mother-in-law is quite the crafty-type, and has had her stuff sold at craft shows and craft stores around the region.  She's been wanting to sell her stuff online for several years now and finally has a website for her products.

 

Check out her new website at Pixel Dust Patterns.

 

 

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Check it out!

Addendum (or: A Few More Things)

Last post, I mentioned one of my current favorite Christmas Songs.
The Twelve Days of Christmas, as performed by Straight No Chaser.
Here's the most excellent video to it:


I also mentioned that Die Hard might be my favorite Christmas movie. I forgot all about Scrooged. Rubi hates that movie (the Ghost of Christmas Future creeps her out). But I think it's awesome, and it reminds of of one of my best friends, who often used to quote the movie.

And, here's a couple of cool links:

Free Stuff from Gmail (stickers, yay!)

And a massive collection of the most recent posts from Science Fiction and Fantasy authors that blog.

That is all for now.


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Addendum (or: A Few More Things)

Christmas 25

Found this Christmas Meme at MCF's Nexus of Improbability .

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags?
Both. Depends on the gift and the person.

 

2. Real tree or Artificial?
I prefer Artificial. Rubi prefers Real. We compromise and sometimes have a real one, and sometimes have a fake one.

 

3. When do you put up the tree?
As close to Christmas as possible. If it's a real tree: so it doesn't die before Christmas and also, no matter what kind of tree, because I don't like the house being out of sorts for longer than is necessary.

 

4. When do you take the tree down?
As soon after Christmas as possible.  See #3.

 

5. Do you like eggnog?
Never had it. It sounds nasty.

 

6. Favorite gift received as a child?
I can't recall.

 

7. Hardest person to buy for?
Rubi and my parents. Rubi, because whatever I get her pales in comparison to what she's worth to me.  My parents because they're elderly and don't "need" anything, and aren't really into entertainment or leisure activities, and I feel silly giving them coupons and gift cards to their favorite restaurants.

 

8. Easiest person to buy for?
My kids: they want it all, so we just pick and choose from what they want.

 

9. Do you have a nativity scene?
Yep. Had it since I was in first grade where I got several of the pieces in Sunday School as part of a memory verse competition or something.

 

10. Mail or e-mail Christmas cards?
I dislike "email" cards - they're tacky and potentially virus-laden.  I like getting Christmas cards in the mail, but I'm too lazy to send them out myself.

 

11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received?
I can't recall anything that would classify as "worst" since everything was given in the spirit.

 

12. Favorite Christmas movie?
I'm going to go with MCF on this and say Die Hard.

 

13. When do you start shopping?
Sometime late December usually.

 

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present?
Probably. Not that I can recall off-hand though.

 

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas?
Food.  More specifically, my mom makes these sugar cookies around Christmas that are really good, especially after they've sat for a few days.

 

16. Lights on the tree?
Definitely. We string up our tree ourselves. Sometimes all white, sometimes multi-colored.  I wouldn't mind having a pre-lit fake tree myself.

 

17. Favorite Christmas song?
At the moment, it's the Straight No Chaser version of The Twelve Days of Christmas. Look it up on youtube. It's hilarious. In general, something by Amy Grant, I'm sure - but I can't remember right now, since I'm at work.

 

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home?
Travel to our parents' homes that live in-town.

 

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer?
Sure. That one there with the red nose I'll name Shiny. That one over there with the attitude I'll name Crabby. Those two I'll name Stinky and Sheds-a-lot...  What?

 

20. Angel on the tree top or a star?
Rubi and I have been married for almost 15 years, and we have never found a tree-topper that we like enough to buy.  Currently we use a simple craft-stick star that one of the kids made in pre-school.

 

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning?
Usually Christmas morning. Definitely the kids open-up on Christmas morning. Rubi and I sometimes do our gift-exchange Christmas Eve after the kids have gone to bed (or after I get home from work, depending on my schedule), or sometimes we do one gift each on Christmas Eve, or sometimes one of us can't wait and makes the other person open a gift (or gifts) on Christmas Eve.  Also, because of my work schedule, we usually go visit my parents sometime on Christmas Eve and Rubi's parents on Christmas Day.

 

22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year?
Leaving Christ out of Christmas, and that annoying movie with kid that gets his tongue stuck to a pole....
Oh, and that Two Front Teeth song the radio plays all the time!

 

23. Favorite ornament theme or color?
Color? I dunno.  Theme: uh... Christmas? I kinda dig the Coca-Cola Polar Bears, but I don't collect them or have any ornaments or anything.

 

24. Favorite Christmas memory?
I don't have a "favorite" memory. But I have one memory from when I was kid that stands out. It was the only year (that I can remember) that my family did not have Christmas at my parents house. Instead we went to the small apartment of my sister. It was a white Christmas, and I recall her velvet lion artwork on the wall. 

 

25. What do you want for Christmas this year?
I don't know... I hate asking for stuff. "Hey, I'm too cheap to buy myself this thing... will you buy it for me?"

 

Happy Holi... er, Merry Christmas!!

 

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Christmas 25

Christmas Christmas Time Is Near

Here's a short "Christmas Meme" for you. The following three questions were actually asked in an email newsletter I get at work - but I thought it would make a nice meme.

 

1. Do you think you will have a white Christmas this year?
Maybe. We've had some flurries the past couple of days, but a mild winter is predicted for this area.

2. Do you usually go to Christmas service at your church or a Christmas program/musical?
We try.  It's difficult with my work schedule and young children. We like the midnight candlelight services. And my kids usually have at least one Christmas program or musical that they are a part of through school or church.  The church I grew up in has had a Christmas Program for the past 30 years, this year is the last time they'll do it (scroll down after clicking that link, it's not formatted well). It's sad to see it go. It started out as a really great tradition - in the past decade or so has been more about showmanship, in my opinion - so I guess it's time they moved on to something new next year.  What's really weird is that this year (it's last) is the first time ever that they've charged for tickets!

3. Do you usually gather the family around and read the Gospel account about the birth of Christ?
Absolutely. It's part of a tradition I'm building for my family.  I haven't quite got the timing down (sometimes I forget and it's the last thing we do before we split up and start eating breakfast or getting ready for the day).  I think usually I try to do it right before or right after the kids open their presents. I usually read from Luke 2... last year I switched to Matthew's recounting, and might stick with that.

 

 

Christmas Christmas Time Is Near