Potpourri

First of all potpourri is my favorite trivia category on Jeopardy!
Secondly, I'm bored at work and have a lot of ramblings going on in my mind...mostly I'm annoyed right now with all sorts of things so let's make a potpourri list of them.
yay.

#1) Super duper freckly people, like the ones that definitely know they should not attempt tanning because they just turn into one. big. FRECKLE. ick! a smattering of freckles across the cheeks/nose = cute. So many freckles that you kind of look like you have a tan but at closer examination it's clear that they are just freckles = skin cancer which could in turn = death and death = not cool or cute.

Ok #2)
headaches. I have had one pretty much all day even with the ibuprof I took. boo. I probably have a tumah (arnold style)

#3) People with selective hearing or attentional problems. I hate repeating myself over and over and over and over AGAIN. I feel like I'm turning into a crazy mute person and people can't hear a damn thing I'm saying. What? What'd you say? AAAAGH!!

#4) Ultra competitive people who bring out the ugly competitive beast in me. Yes, all humans have some level of competitiveness in them but does every single damn thing in life need to turn into "I'm better than you" debate. The worst is when I forget that I'm talking to one of these said competitors and suddenly I find myself fearing for my life or my ownership of what I was talking to them about...like a job or whatever. seriously.

#5) Ex lovers or friends who can't let the past go. sure you hated my guts 5 years ago after I shat all over your heart (or vice versa) but it's in the past now and we're adults so get over yourself and just accept my friend request on Facebook for crying out loud!

No Stupid Questions?

So in the last week I have endured many a question in the office where I work.
My coworker, a 19 year old boy, has asked me quite a few things recently that have really boggled my mind. I might have to get a new job or a teaching degree.

1. What is tofu? What does it look like?
2. What does "being green" mean?
3. How could something be below sea level? What is sea level?
4. What makes the tides? It's so crazy!
5. Is that your wedding band?
6. What is HTML? Is that like hotmail?

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Mmmmmm Pop!

So I have tried to be a hoighty toighty I don't listen to pop music anymore because it is below my maturity level and I just have better taste than that kind of person...BUT I have to admit that after I look both ways, I proceed to crank up the radio when the new New Kids On The Block song "Summertime" or Jesse McCartney's "Leavin'" comes on.
What gives?
Am I just a closet boy band lover?
A teenage girl trapped in a 20-something's body?
The truth of the matter is I don't know how discriminatory I have been with my music tastes. I was just trying to be cool by acting like I was beyond bubblegum music. Thing is, the music I like is music that sounds good (to me) or is a song that can make you smile and dance while sitting in the driver's seat of your car. Its required that every summer has a few anthem songs and it might just be throwbacks to mixed tape/cd days, but I like having a set of songs that take me back to another time, another season. So I may not be delving into a full on pop music love affair, but I have definitely found some songs for my Summer '08.