Normal lunch conversation.

Me: I've been eating a lot of baked potatos recently. I like them.
Dad: Yea they're good. I've been thinking of growing potatos.
Me: Gonna plant a baked potato bush?
Dad: No, a potato tree.
Me: Well the baked ones grow on bushes.

Things I've learned

-"Classic" often means "old and you have to read it" and doesn't always mean "enjoyable"
-Always get sturdy cutlery when attempting to eat a kiwi or you will be very disappointed with the result.
-Hand sanitizer means HAND sanitizer and it will not make feet smell better.
-Put your pennies in your piggy bank.
-No matter how late you stay up, you won't learn 3 weeks of material in time for the test tomorrow.
-Starfruit is not good.
-People are surprising.
-It's nice when people tell you you're "too happy".
-Just because you can't taste the rum, doesn't mean it isn't there.

Because I'm a smartass.

Someday, probably, I'll have kids. And since I assume pregnancy won't change my usual level of smartassery, I thought of a few "answers" for when people vaguely ask what the sex of your unborn is (ie, "Do you know yet?", "So, do you know what it is?").

"Well my husband and I are both white, so we're anticipating caucasian."
"Human, I assume. At least that's what we're hoping for."
"Yes! I'm 100% sure that I'm pregnant."
"My understanding is that I have a small human growing in my uterus."

"It's a baby."

I still love him.

Dan: You know you can suck the water out of these thinner plastic water bottles like Capri Sun pouches?
Me: Really.
Dan: Yea *sucks water out of water bottle while crushing it in his hand* See?
Me: You're right. That was great.
Dan: I told you!
Me: Indeed. Let's get married tomorrow.

Interesting...

I won a lot of Star Trek action figures on ebay.

They arrived (kind of shittily packed, but whatever. when people sell their kids' old toys they don't really care how they leave the house as long as they do).
My disappointment only lies with a Dax whose ponytail is broken off, a very worn Riker and a Mordock the Benzite without his respiration device. Not too shabby for about $0.50 a piece.

I opened the box to also discover some interesting additions to my "Star Trek" collection.

I did get all the figures promised (as I said, a few a little rougher than "great condition", but again, whatevs) along with some surprises. These surprises included:

-A black ponytail hair piece for a Lego minifigure.
-An 8" Ivan Ooze from Power Rangers
-A Michael Keaton (I say "Michael Keaton" instead of "Batman" because there are no Batman pieces to go with him. It is just Michael Keaton in a black turtleneck body suit)
-A few unnamed accessories that I can't figure out (they might be Star Trek...working on figuring it out)
-An anchor. (Yup. A little metal anchor. How on earth did the seller think an anchor is related to Star Trek?)

The good news is I got some figures I needed (Borg Picard "Locotus" for example) and after some Googling I found that my Ivan Ooze is a little rare so he's worth about $30.

I'd say that this purchase was a success.

I am so EXCITED TODAY

Do you ever know something is coming and just get really excited about it? Like Christmas when you're little? I feel really excited today.

I got a job at the Disney Store in town and my start date is too far away right now. It's about 11 days away and that is TOO FAR. I can't wait to try something new (retail) somewhere that feels familiar (customer service/sales/Disney). It seems so perfect at this point in time.

I've been applying to jobs related to my degree to no avail. So, I figured if I have to have a job unrelated to my major for the time being, why not a new one in something I enjoy?

I'm all bouncy and happy today despite the fact that I have a 7 hour shift at the office today followed a shift at Bob Evans and my slight headache that has been nagging me for days (allergies suck.).

Bob Evans managment was so upset when I said I was getting another job that they've been bending over backwards to get me to stay on at least a few hours a week. So I'm keeping 2 short shifts there a week. Probably giving up most of my office job. I can just fill in shifts there when I feel I need to. And the Disney Store seems pretty okay with all that.

I'm just so anxious to get started! I like changing things up every once in a while.

"Indian in the Cupboard"

I read it and saw the movie as a kid. I forget a lot of the details but I know there was a cupboard that he just happen to find a magic key for and the main point seems to be "don't play god or mess with shit you don't understand" or something. But let me tell you something, if I had been Omri (which is a name never heard in my life before or since), things would have been way different.


These. See why I chose my tiny cars?

 First of all, what kid has western action figures? I had some little cowboy/indian/soldiers I guess, but they were those little monochrome plastic guys that are way less entertaining than Matchbox cars. As a kid I had Power Rangers and Batman and Darkwing Duck (google it) and Ninja Turtles and Disney characters and Barbies from my Happy Meals. Why not bring some of those to life? In the movie he grabs a handfull of his toys and puts them in there and we see a Darth Vader and a dinosaur and then he freaks and un-brings-them-to-life.
What kid decides he does NOT want a miniature dinosaur to train as a pet? No kid. Ever. In the history of kids.
I mean at least TRY. As an adult you're like "Oh, yea. That could be dangerous to have tiny dinosaurs" but as a kid you're like "HELL YES, TINY DINOSAURS!". But I digress.

I have enough Star Trek guys to build my own damn Federation. I have dozens of Star Wars characters. I have an Indiana Jones I found that's older than I am. I have Disney princesses. I have tiny animals. I have Mickey Mouse. And I am (so I'm told) an adult! Omri was just a kid with a cheap older brother who thinks a cupboard he found outside is a good birthday present. You'd think he'd want this more than I do.

If you give me a cupboard with a magic key that will bring my toys to life I am SO gonna have a tiny army of Spocks and Picards and a Mickey Mouse. And then (after I take away their guns) I'll have Han Solos and Stormtroopers and Iron Man. I mean, if I can make them back in to toys whenever they get out of hand, why not? However, my MicroMachine guys would probably escape too easily (can't have a little swarm of Jawas stealing my stuff) so I wouldn't bring those to life. But my Mego Spock? Alive. Jack Sparrow? Alive. That tiny Dracula? Undead. (See what I did there? Ha! But no for real, he might be dangerous.)

Maybe I'll learn some valuable lesson about how I shouldn't mess with powers beyond my understanding.

Or maybe I'll buy a Dumbledore action figure and get him to explain it to me.



Yup. That's what I'd do.