The Lopsided Onion and I

There was this lopsided onion in the big bag o' onions I got from Costco. I kept putting it aside and putting it aside not wanting to use it because its ends were off center of the bulb itself, and they were at opposing angles from one another. I should have taken a picture... You will have to imagine it yourself. Back to the point, I used it tonight to make some super yummy meatball soup. Even the lopsided onions will serve their purpose.

Yea, there is another gem of wisdom and wit you can take from reading this.

Random observation: Cat tripping on the nip is equal to a human tripping on a Jeffrey (look it up on the urban dictionary) or ecstasy. Spaz got a snooter full of nip from one of her toys and then proceeded to "make out" with the leg of one of the dining chairs... It reminded me of someone on E rubbing fabric, or carpet, or anything really, and being like, "Woah.... This feels crazy." That's right my cat has a nip problem. It's not like this is new behavior or anything. It was one of those days where I took note of it and thought of a funny correlation and opted to share that bit of joy with you.

Today was one of those days. Which of "those" days am I talking about? The kind where there was a high probability that my filter wasn't going to stop a smart ass remark that, in some circles, might be a tad inappropriate. For example... There was a "Get Well" card going around for our IT guy; desperately, I wanted to write in the card "I hope they fixed your brain while they worked on your knee!" Instead, I jotted a healthy and kind "Feel Better! :-)" Yea, it was none too satisfying.

On top of the high probability of filter failure, I also found myself to be more fidgety and unfocused than normal. And I have no freaking  idea where the energy came from. I didn't want to get out of bed this morning. Every night since Sunday (stayed up way past norm for Walking Dead) I have sworn up and down that we were going to bed early... Yea, total fail. We have tried... But yea... Um. So I am tired. I swear we are going to bed early tonight.

Luckily the two mile run tonight helped to settle the jittery fidgety-ness.

Every now and again I find a song that totally captivates my heart. The kind of song that just seems to be coming from some recess deep inside my mind. Some of the songs that have done this to me in the past include Fade Into You by Mazzy Star; The Priest and The Matador by Senses Fail; Let It Enfold You by Senses Fail; How I Go by Yellowcard; Breathe by Anna Nalick, and lord knows how many others by various artists from AFI to The Used. Yesterday a new (to me) song came up and bitch slapped me. Lights by Ellie Goulding. It's just one of those songs that I could listen to a million times and probably never tire of. Hell, they played it on the radio just as I pulled into my driveway after work. I jumped out of my truck and ran up two flights of stairs to turn on the one radio in the house so I could rock out without the neighbors thinking I was completely bat shit crazy... Yea, it has that kind of power over me... I will probably just have to buy the single... Maybe I will check out her whole album and get it. It would totally be a great song for the running playlist that I never actually get to listen to... That will be changing in the coming months...

Collin just freaked me out. I know my head phones are not turned up that loud... He was bobbing along in time with the music... He is good at mimicking... Music makes me move. What can I say? I have to curb it at work and on days like today that is nearly impossible. I think if I was constantly bobbing and swaying with music it would make it difficult to get my work down...

I have been crazy productive lately and the creativity bug keeps biting me... Bastard. I keep coming up with all these crazy outlandish and overly imaginative stories. I will try to share them. They mostly seem to float through when I am literally in the middle of something that I can't just drop to write up a quick story... I will have to try and start making notes. As long as I remember the bold points the rest normally fills in easy enough.

I found the new running shoes I want. Obviously first I need to find them in a store and try them on. I also have to convince myself that a hundred and thirty five dollars is not too much to pay for a pair of running shoes. I want the new Nike LunarEclipse+ 2s. Total drool fest. Funny, I never saw myself being the type to drool over running shoes... Life takes us to some of the weirdest places.

I can thankfully say that I had a zombie free V-day. I was a little afraid after last year's episode (this will take you to that posting)....
~*~*~*~*~Side note: just opened Pandora and it played The Priest and The Matador!~*~*~*~*~
Collin sent me a teddy bear, balloon and box of noms from Edible Arrangements. Said box contained granny smith apples and MONSTROUSLY HUGE strawberries covered in the most perfectly bittersweet chocolate. I got him what every nerd wants: a gift certificate to NewEgg.com (total nerd/tech fest). We had a great evening. I made us "Greek" chicken salads. I don't know that they are really considered Greek but this is what it consisted of: a bed of baby spinach topped with red grapes, feta cheese crumbles, herb chicken, and balsamic vinaigrette. So nom-ilicious. We just chillaxed together. It was really nice.

Collin is paying for the night off though. Turns out he has not one but two chapters to do for school this week. This means seventy plus pages to read, four labs (plus one for extra credit), and two tests. Yea, I know what my weekend will consist of. But I suppose this will be a good opportunity to work on my programming stuff. ~*~*~*~*~Pandora is playing Silver and Cold by AFI, another of those songs!!~*~*~*~*~

Speaking of, I should go work on that now... But I think I would rather do some "window" shopping... Well I guess it would be "tab" shopping on here... LOL!

Taco Salad.