The temporary Hastings thread

Dammit I thought today was Thurs. and therefor my last day at work for the year. but it isn't. it's Wed. I'm so bummed.

wrt names for my sister's baby, "Four" would make more sense.

I'm waiting to hear if FB, subgenius and John conquered trivia last night.

Wrapping was fine, except I suck at wrapping.

I was just thinking that if ILX/HSTNGS thread are going to meet up at Bunny's before you go, we should pick a date; I need to find a sitter if I'm going to get teh husband out of the house.

I pointed out to sis' fiancé that all the men in Bunny's over 50 looked like Bud Grant. 'Cosby'-style sweaters were also a feature. Our party spent at least $100 on pull tabs last night, which was SICK.

You should have called me!

Q: Who was the native american actor who played the famous "One single tear" character in the 70's anti-littering campaign?

A: Iron Eyes Cody. Problem with the question is that he was ITALIAN YOU FUCKING MORANS. HSTNGS doesn't truck with misinformation.

Also, I don't give a fuck what rachel leigh cook looks like, so I couldn't ID her in the picture round.

And while I'm asking questions, who the hell is the "Nicole" on the front of People magazine and the tabloids? A. and I were at Target this morning, feeling really out of it. (We did know who "Angelina," "Jen," "Brad," and "Beyonce" were, though.)

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She also got a DUI in the past week after driving the WRONG WAY ON THE FREEWAY. She claims to have been on vicodin and weed.

I don't understand people like her and Paris (and Mel for that sake) getting DUIs. You're rich! If you're going to party hire a driver for fuck's sake!

a_p - sorry to hear you didn't smash the trivia people either. Interesting that Rachel Leigh Cook went to your high school. WHOEVER SHE IS!

(See, if you dye your hair, I'll never recognize you!)

This thread is getting v. long.

Why are you still there? Hope you can go home soon and knit/do whatever you want. I'm going to go lie down because the kids are safely home from school and it is very cold and rainy outside. Very cold plus rain means get the hell into bed in my book.

It is also cold/rainy here. The temp's been dropping steadily all day. brr, winter!

I'm waiting for G. to decide to come to get me as the shuttles aren't running and I don't feel like taking two city buses home in the rain. We're going out for margaritas later. yumm.

dammit, can't believe it's not thursday. I better have more focus tomorrow b/c I do have quite a bit of work to do.

John - you dyed your hair white blonde?! NO, I did not see that. (Please tell me you have a photo, preferably with dark roots showing, sort of as if you were some really screwed up version of Madonna.)

Margaritas YUM. WANT. Instead all I have is a bunch of cookies and fudge that I made... too much. Neighbors are getting treats tonight.

Stay warm Sam! (Er, and everyone else, of course.)

I'm reconsidering the nap, now that Blonde Zombie high school friends have been conjured in my imagination. I live in front of a cemetery, remember.

Drive carefully if you're around the T.C. area this morning guys. Yikes.

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Is it snowing there? It was cold here when I woke up and I wore a sweatshirt to work. But I was sweating by the time I made it to my office.

last day of "work" for the year, woo-hoo!

No snow - just really REALLY cold rain. The temperature is hovering right around the freezing point, I think, so the roads could get slippery. Nasty.

But yay for the last work day of the year for you!!!! A. has to go in next week Wed.-Friday, but it will be scary quiet with all the students and most of the faculty and staff gone. I almost envy that.

there should be an ilx union of university workers.

The ice storm I remember best was the nice of the final test of my first semester at St. Kate's (library school) - in 1995 this was. Scariest drive home to Northfield ever.

Working in academia = pretty awesome, unless the college you're working at has financial troubles (I did that once; it sucked). ILX union... I'd like to see the meetings for that organization.

I want SNOWBLOBS, too!!!!

I'd forgotten how pretty snow is though.

(But good luck with the headlight - it's cold out there.)