(yea, i know, i was 5...)

I Ran - A Flock Of Seagulls
Rosanna - Toto
Mickey - Toni Basil
Centerfold - J. Geils Band
Don't You Want Me - Human League
Hard To Say I'm Sorry - Chicago
Shake It Up - The Cars
Eye In The Sky - The Alan Parsons Project

and in more i-was-actually-old-enough-to-appreciate news, 99X has been doing a "90s flashback" weekend.....thanks for making me feel old guys...way to go. AND, "I Love the 90s" is coming to VH1 in july!! finally!

AND...be sure to check out the Memorial Day Gallery which actually spans the thursday night out at the drag show (one pic only...sorry) til sunday.

the whole reasoning behind that last post was mainly my ultra fed up ness with my computer and it's crashing and freezing...not only does the memory suck, but i've been getting pop ups up the ass. whats the fucking DEAL? cancel the memory request, i think i'm gonna invest in a DELL. so who needs to move out? i can wait another 27 years. so anyhow, if you see me blogging or online, great...if not, you know why. sorry for the inconvienence.

ps - here's the computer i'm drooling over.

GOD DAMN COCK SUCKING ASS RAMMING.......

i think im done blogging for a bit

guess the lyric and i'll give you a HUG. hey, that's not a bad prize...at least you get SOMETHING. no googling...i'll know if you googled. YES I WILL.

anyhow, i did have one funnyass red cross component lab conversation tonight.....

holly: hey has anyone seen that movie....The Girl With the....Pearl Necklace?

*erruption of laughter from EVERYONE in the lab*

holly: what?! what's so funny?
me: i think that's a movie you have to be 21 to see...
holly: what's it called then?
me: Girl With a Pearl EARRING
holly: ohh...why's everyone laughing?? what's so funny about a pearl necklace??

anyhow...work was somewhat not as damn ass busy tonight...of course, we killed an hour with a meeting at 4...yea yea...meeting...maybe i'm not grown up enough at heart...i don't much like em. anyhow, all PRECEDING this, i got up at 9 am...yea, the curse...got up...couldn't get back to sleep...so i chatted with sissy on messenger..watched "ER"...bugged the hell out of nikki with emails (like i do every day...yea she'll miss it one day when i stop)...then i took dayv up to northwoods so he could fill out an application at hot topic. he really should work there..it's meant to be. after i dropped dayv off i ran out to my insurance company and told them about the dent...they said i had a $100 deductible..which means i only pay $100. i'd say WOO...but it's still a fucking $100..dammit. then i went into work (early) at 3 since i left scaredey cat early last night.

that's right, after this one, there's ANOTHER one (technically monday's late late post)

- i was thinking those mini corn dogs were good enough and ranch couldn't possibly improve them. i was WRONG.
- i got to leave work an hour and a half early cause of the storms. woo. no, really, i'm glad i got to, as i pulled in the drive the sirens were going off...goddamn fucking midwest and thier tornado conditions and adamant sirens.
- went to the dentist today, he said it was a chipped tooth....maybe from my tongue ring. argh. maybe from sinuses too. i took the ring out all day anyhow...man did THAT feel strange. so basically i dope up on asprin unless the toothache gets worse.

- holly and i agreed tonight that having a true relationship with a stripper would be nearly impossible.

- (in response to me helping holly strip the blood tubes)

me: me....strip? that's GROSS.
Hope: why's that?
me: i mean...like objectively...
Hope: no..how do you mean?
me: you know...objectively...as in NOT SUBJECTIVELY...you know...
Hope: *silence* does that mean you don't LIKE to strip?

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Cindy: i think i'm getting sick. my throat hurts and i got white stuff in there.
me: ew.
Hope: what have YOU been doing?

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- RE: the upcoming storm

Holly: so when a tornado comes...don't you STAY in your car?
Cindy: NO! you get out! and jump in a ditch.
me: and stop drop and roll. WAIT...
Cindy: that's a little overly cautious britt..

- my aunt and uncle came to visit from kansas this weekend. they don't say "soda," they say "pop."
- i think i work too much. i kept checking to see if i had my badge on today.
- davey and blacky turned a year old saturday. WAY TO GO DAVEY AND BLACKY.
- i got a 60 watt light bulb in my room now instead of a 25 watt. DAMN, is it BRIGHT.
- my hair is looking normal colored again.
- my mom: what smells like beer in here?
  me: beer.
  my mom: oh.
- somehow i got a dent in my car yesterday...man, that sucks.

- why is it Loverboy's "Turn Me Loose" sounds so much better in a bar? and yea, i'm known at the laramie bar as the one who ALWAYS plays that Loverboy song.

- another funny red cross scenario:

chalise is getting ready to leave to go home and she notices her Krispy Kreme mug is missing (turns out she took it home)..
chalise: hey britt....did you take MY MUG?
me: (cracking a smile....yea cause she's wearing a Krispy Kreme SHIRT)
chalise: YOU DID! i can tell...you SO can't lie!

(as she says this, she starts to put on her lab coat)

rika: what the hell are you DOING?!
chalise: I DON'T KNOW!!!

- more real life conversation:

me: stripping (as in the BLOOD TUBE) hurts my hand
hope: you pry aren't DOING it right...never heard a stripper say THAT.

- we kept a tally tonight how many times michelle said "fuck." the verdict? 10. way to go michelle.

- i got called cute tonight. WOO.

...hey stop laughing

- i was reaching over to get something and the heat sealer (which is really sensitive) went off and i yelped out and pry jumped a mile in the air. (it didn't get me though, just scared me.) hope nearly falls to the floor laughing and tells me i made her night better by being spazzy (is that a word?), she needed that. damn...well, that's what i do i guess.

- deanna: hey brittany, if my friend jeff doesn't meet me for lunch, do you wanna go get subway?
holly: in other words..."hey brittany will you be my BACK UP lunch friend?"

- hope: so deanna, can you ride me home....?
* erruption of laughter *
hope: no..shit, i mean can you GIVE ME A RI- ahh forget it...

- ok, so we're outta sugar...THAT SUCKS.
- and i ripped that post title off Weezer....so sue me.
- NEW GALLERY...from work last night...oh come on ...act excited...and vote for a favorite...either in these comments or on those on the buzznet site.
- congrats to nikki for signing the house papers...or whatever you did...yesterday. i didn't lie nik, i really DID drink for you.
- i need a state ID..this no drivers license thing SUCKS.
- "SVU" had my DAMN CAMERA on last night...seriously...when they went through the victim's locker, out they pull a Sony Cybershot 3.2....sorry, it excited me...
- i have over 1200 POSTS since starting my blog in aug 2001...this one is number 1,202....WOO PARTY!

thats right folks, i guess this truly IS the way to my heart. chalise heard a sorta earful of the week and weekend i had. ie- my money getting taken and in addition to being SPOOKED every night where i freaking work. AND, i got a ticket sat night (i know, i'm SUCH a rockstar) for running a red light....right in front of a damn cop (shut up nik). so now i have no license...AND...get this...for at least for a week. peoria courthouse is BACKED UP. asses. no ID = no alcohol. not even the ticket can get it. damn. damn me for looking young. so chalise heard me lamenting about this and felt bad for me (as a good drinking buddy would) and got me some captain morgan private stock and dropped it off at my house. wow...what a welcome home from work present. yea, and at work, we were out 2 and then holly got food poisoning. but we (as in me, michelle and deanna) kicked ass and got a lot done. now i'm sore. DAMMIT.

oh yea, here are my new shoes:

i just found this really funny...so YES, i did find this somewhere else, and YES, i am guilty of #8....and maybe many others...but for the most part, i give an "amen" to all on this list. (#7 is my personal fave)

1. Bloggers who don't enable comments on their blogs.

2. Bloggers who rarely produce original content, instead simply aggregating links to other blogs that I already read.

3. Bloggers who spend more time blogging about blogging than anything else.

4. Bloggers who are FontBitches and don't care.

5. Bloggers who don't provide any "about me" info on their blog, or pointers to it elsewhere on their site. I like to know more about the people I'm reading.

6. Bloggers who don't provide a blogroll.

7. Bloggers who post excuses for not posting. I don't care if you're busy today. If you're not posting, fine. I'll just assume you had other things to do.

8. Bloggers who react but rarely act. Commenting on what other people say or do is interesting, but I'm annoyed by folks who never seem to have original material. (Yes, this is like #2 but it's not quite the same.)

9. Bloggers who don't provide obvious RSS links for their blog. Yes, I know that RSS auto-discovery is great, but not all tools do it.

10. Bloggers who have TrackBack but don't use it.

- you can do profiles at blogger now, so GO SEE MINE NOW (and please don't laugh at the picture)..make yourself one while you're at it.
- fight last night at laramie bar...only one punch was thrown...hey i can hit harder than THAT. some guy with a mullet was at the other end of it...he didn't flinch.
- my relationship with socks is weird. when i get home, it's the first thing i take off...even if it's cold. i can't stand to sleep in em. and after i get out of the shower, i have to put some on..even if it's hot out.
- we may get a union at the red cross for each dept. my first issue on the agenda? a BIG security guard.
- why is it people like to pet my head when they've been drinking?

ok, so i don't HAVE a good post for today (or tonight rather...)...it's nearly 5 am people, cut me some slack....but here's some overheard work conversations you maybe MIGHT enjoy:

me: (in response to cindy acting like a FREAK) cindy, are you snorting blow?
cindy: blow? who the hell is BLOW?

*phone rings*
me: (hoping it 's for ME...it never is) component lab , this is brittany...

(it's for michelle)

me: (while handing it to michelle) sunnuva- BITCH... (cause i NEVER get any calls see)
michelle: hello....oh hi, yea, i - (looking at me) did you just call me a BITCH?

so today went well...til about 12 am. but we'll get to that in a second.

i got up astonishingly late....but at least i accomplished getting the air conditioner in my room. well, ok, my DAD did too...duh...like i could do it alone. but i AM getting stronger...who knows...so after that i get to work...no one really says anything about what happened last night. huh...i was sorta hoping the upstairs big wigs would take it a bit more serious. the safety officer DID talk to us (2nd shift) and let us know the side door...with the automatic delay has been sped up. in other words, it still has a delay, just not as long. what the fuck...it shouldn't even HAVE a delay. but whatever..one thing at a time i guess. then gail (the nurse/phlebotomist from center) was all ready to give me a hepatitis vaccine for my 6 month. great. no, it didn't hurt. it's a 23 gauge people...i have an 8 in my tongue...so 23 is TINY. i didn't feel it actually...but it will be sore anyhow, so that's the crappy part.

so then LATER...around 12 am or a bit after. jen (from 3rd) was out taking a smoke break and THE GUY is out there...chatting it up with her....trying to GET IN...again. keeps saying he's a volunteer...ok dude, volunteers have BADGES to get in. so somehow she got back inside and lost him, but i guess he kept following her. so yea, we called the cops. all they did was get a description and say "be on the lookout for this guy." YOU THINK?! geez...when i left at 1 am i was with 3 other people plus art, the janitor. seriously...i don't get paid enough for this...and we're gonna have to get a security guard...PRONTO.

so work was going pretty normal so far tonight...i was in a good mood (yea yea...suprised?) and we weren't drastically short anyone tonight..plus the goal was a bit lower. so we all went to lunch early, apparently, me and deanna and later holly were all eating together and i guess michelle and cindy left at about the same time too. so i go to wal mart....to get my mom a gift certificate and the final epsiode of "Friends" duh....and then get lunch. now i had $60 in my purse...and i WAS just gonna get lunch, but no, something strikes me to go to walmart, so that i wouldn't HAVE to when i got off. so i do, get my stuff...get my lunch...get back to the red cross...only was outside for second (thats where deanna and holly were eating) and then a page comes across for a component staff to come to the lab to check something in. ok, this was around 7:15, so i do, and then i check in something else while i'm there...so i put my purse in the office..no sense lugging that around. so i go back out to eat...deanna goes to get a magazine in the office a few minutes (maybe 10) later and asks me why all the stuff from my purse was all over the floor...did i do THAT?! i told her no, of course i didn't. so i RUN back...and sure enough, a lot of stuff was spewed on the floor. so i grab it and take it outside...uh oh, where the hell is all my change?? i had A LOT of it...it made my purse sorta heavy in fact..and the $20 and some ones i had in there. gone. at first i couldn't find my credit card, but it not only wasn't in the place it usually is (a zipper part in the inside), but it looked like it'd be thrown in the main part of the purse. sunnuva bitch. this person WENT through my purse, sntached the cash, and then tossed and threw on the floor what he didn't want. and i know it was a male and NOT a red cross employee...cause tim (who works right outside the component lab in central suppy) said he saw a black guy leave the lab around the time it woulda happened...didn't think anything of it cause the guy said hi to him as if he knew him. this is the same guy we reported a few fridays ago that was wandering around the building around 10 or so, trying to get in. luckily, the MUA (the people who bring in the blood) wouldn't let him in, and told us...whereupon we called the cops.

so yea, DAMN, was i freaked out....i felt physically sick to my stomach. i know i know, i'm lucky really...coulda been MORE money stolen, AND it coulda been my whole purse. i'm just happy i decided to go to wal mart THEN and not after work. i felt so freaked out michelle had to call the police for me. damn...thanks michelle. the cop came and asked me the usual questions etc and i guess tomorrow i have to go talk to HR. one thing's for damn sure...i'm NEVER walking out to my car alone...EVER. if cindy has to stay late for supervisory stuff...i'm staying with her.

i really didn't want to blog about this, by for looking back on things -sake, i figured i should.

seriously, for my birthday (3 weeks from saturday), i want MEMORY. but don't worry about searching for that...just get me a gift cert. from Circuit City...NOT Best Buy...i dunno for sure if they have memory. my ass ramming cock sucking computer keeps freezing up and telling me it's "dangerously low on resources." i'll dangerously resource YOU you butt pirate.

last night i worked til 2 am...woo hoo. no wait, that really sucked. we were missing hope cause she works 3rd this week and michelle was sick...so that made the 800 some units suck more. it's ok though, overtime rules. and remind me to post a pic of my new green chucks....and the aerosmith show too...ummm...give me a week for that..me and diana are gonna combine pics and have two MONSTER galleries. *

* small monster galleries

- blogger's got some new schemeatics going...sure it's nice and all, but if you think your favorite person hasn't posted, be sure to scroll down to the bottom, the most recent post now appears THERE. they had better fix that, i'm sure no one likes it.
- i got the "post page" enabled, so every post shows up as it's own new page. so if that's not how you're seeing this, then i guess i fucked up.
- last episode of "Friends" = GREAT. i laughed, i cried...i cried HARD...i'm just glad i watched it with sissy and dayv. i don't think my parents would have understood all my "OMIGOD!" "no, no, GET OFF THE PLANE!" yelling outs. go AHEAD, make fun of me cause i cried like a baby or LOVE "Friends," then you can go ahead and BITE ME.
- friday was an ok day at work, then rika said something about going out. now, i get off at 12:30..she wouldn't even still be up. but something was bothering her, and she needed to go out, so deanna and i took her to the laramie bar. we were out til 2:30..shit, what am i doing?!
- saturday i had to get up at 6 am to be at holly's at 7. sure, i had JUST gone to bed at 4 am...argh...but the race was LONG (why does it seem longer every year?) and HOT..but hey, it's for a good cause.
- after the race, we got breakfast and bloody marys, and then during the part where i SHOULDA napped, i went home and got ready for the concert and hotel.
- got to the hotel, hung out a bit, had a few beers...ok, i wasn't so tired anymore, figure THAT out...and off to eat and the CONCERT....by the way, the cab ride over = BEST CABBIE EVER...jay..thanks jay.
- i loved the show, course, i'd never seen cheap trick or aerosmith, so i had nothing to compare them to. i'll have to admit, i got star struck when i saw aerosmith walk out on stage. i was like "OH MY GOD, THATS AEROSMITH!"
- afterward, we DID party in the tradition of ROCK STARS...downtown...strip club...yea, STRIP CLUB...with your MOM tiffany...actually...Big Al's suprised me, it's supposed to be so grand...i liked Club Chub better.
- and sunday...oh thank god i had not too much to do...cept tell my mom she's a GREAT mom....i felt like a TRUCK had hit me...and then came back to run me over some more.

im back. no, i dunno what the fuck happened. so don't ask. i didn't alter my template at all...must be a stupid blogger error. and all of may's posts are gone. wtf? ah well..they sucked anyhow.