Big week agaga

Music: Emergency 72 - Turin Brakes

I have a pretty busy week starting tomorrow. I have four interviews (2 out of town), two ESL tutoring sessions (which I also have to lesson plan for), two essays to write and submit by Wednesday, and a trip to NYC to pack for and to take. I'll be glad come Thursday when I'm relaxing on a plane with a book and a water bottle filled with my new obsession, Crystal Light on-the-go packets. They're amazing. I'm addicted to drinking water now.

Yesterday was amusing....Sayre and I had nothing else to do so we decided to do a homemade lice treatment. If you don't know, I got head lice from one of the kids I nanny for, and I turn gave it to Sayre and Sammy. Good thing we're all like family. We had all done the lice shampoo thing a few times but were still finding nits and stuff. Well anyway...yesterday we heated up a huge tupperware full of mayonnaise and slathered it over each other's heads. We then wrapped our heads in saran wrap and watched a few episodes of Sex and the City, and then rinsed it out with vinegar. It smelled sooo bad, I almost gagged. And today at the gym, I swore I could smell mayonnaise as my head started sweating. But, so far I haven't found any lice, so that's a good sign. It's funny that from nannying alone, I contracted two childhood ailments that I never had when I was a kid (pink eye and lice). It's like they're making up for lost time. This year has been the year of stubborn health problems. Bah.

A Bad Dream Video - Keane

Music: Try Again - Keane

So as most people know, I am a huge Keane fan. Like HUGE. I'm a huge fan of many artists, but I've been on a straight Keane-high for over a year. I was gonna post this a bit ago, but stupid youtube.com apparently doesn't remember that I have an account so it took me a while to make a new one. It's the video for one of my favorite songs I have ever heard; it's musical and lyrical perfection to me. Musical because of it's urgent pensiveness and emotion, and lyrical because of it's beautiful simplicity. I was drawn into this song by my melancholy nature, so if you're an introspective person or self-admittedly slightly emo, you should give it a listen. Not to mention that the lead singer is probably the sexiest musician I have ever seen; maybe not the most attractive in the traditional sense, but damn, there's something about him that I fear would make me thwart everything I stand for. Anyway, the video probably isn't super interesting to the first-time viewer or newbie to the band, but at least watch it for the song. Let it wash over you pleaaaase because I want you to love it as much as I do. It's called "A Bad Dream," and you should also listen to "Try Again" because it's just as heartbreaking.
BTW - pray for me tomorrow as I have a very important interview and while I battle this unfortunate case of head lice (siiick) that I got from one of the kids I nanny for. I've had like every random illness this year. At this point I wouldn't be surprised if I wound up with chicken pox again.

Speaking of...

Music: Rufus Wainwright - Peach Trees

I just changed my heading on myspace to "The Listless Forklift" so as to throw off potential employers. I don't exactly want them milling around my profile and clicking on all the crazy people who I accepted friend requests from simply because I don't care.

A bit stressed lately...lots of stuff going on. Busy busy busy. I feel like I don't have much down time for myself, or even much for my friends. Hopefully things will calm down once I get some answers in the next few weeks. Still haven't heard anything about my first soldier penpal...I've been checking the casualty list to see if his name is on there, and thankfully it's not there. But the lady from the organization told me they think he's been injured and has been sent home. I haven't heard anything about my second guy either. Poop.

We went out to Real Seafood on saturday for my sister's bday. Have you noticed that I never capitalize the days of the week? Yeah me too. Anyway, we were taking pictures on the deck beforehand and my sister lost her earring. I found it today in a potted plant, clinging to a little vine. I love looking for lost goods. If someone tells me something's lost, I feel obsessed over finding it. I like have to find it. Only for other people though. I don't like looking for my own things....probably because I'm too emotionally invested. Ha.

Back to work tomorrow, taking the kiddies to tennis lessons in the sweltering heat. I have friday off, and then all of next week off, and I'm going to NYC next thursday!

Band Names

Music: Rufus Wainwright - Go Or Go Ahead

Most people who know me know that I love to name things. I used to rip off nail polish stickers and rename the color myself. But the thing the I most love to name, are bands. Pretend bands. It's one of my favorite things to do. Most of the time I get the idea for a great band name by mishearing somebody. But sometimes it just happens when I put a random adjective and object together. For example, me and Sammy's fake musical collaboration name is "The Listless Forklift." I did it through this online name generator where it asks you to enter random things, but still you get the point. Here is my list of band names that I have created and kept track of (because I'm sure I've made up more than these).

-The Flaming Ponchos
-Tough Lettuce
-Angus Knife
-Meat Rub
-Easy Tortilla
-Godiva Cutting Board
-The Lone Pancake
-Steaming Mulch
-Air Bag
-The Ironic Gift
-Double Chin
-Love Rhombus
-Moon Finger
-Without The L-Word
-I'm Not Running
-Shy Ham Sandwich

It's funny to imagine what kinds of bands these would be. "Without The L-Word" and "I'm Not Running" are definitely emo bands in my mind. And "The Flaming Ponchos" is definitely an 80's cover band. If you have a great band name, please comment because I guarantee I will laugh really hard.

Haha

If you've seen "To Catch A Predator" on Dateline, then this is really funny. Thanks to Emily who emailed the link to me a while ago; I just remembered it now and decided to post it.