Well, y’all will be glad to know I took down the motherfucker in my group project. OMFG I hate this guy. We had an online chat this afternoon … I thought it was for 2 p.m. ET, since we are all on eastern time, but no, he scheduled it for fucking mountain time, since that’s what the school uses … but didn’t bother to tell anyone. So it was 4 p.m. my time. It was me and two other people; we chit chatted for a bit and then got down to bidness. I was the only person who submitted a draft document to work from, and the two people liked my reasoning. About 10-15 minutes in, a-hole joins the discussion.
He was talking all this mumbo jumbo, shit that we don’t have to deal with for 2 weeks. Finally I had enough. I can’t remember know how I started but it was a slow-building attack, and of course it was all done without profanity. The other two people kept typing, “I agree, Monique.” LOL It was glorious, and made me feel better that the other people were irritated with this jerkoff too. I mean, really. He’s probably some frustrated entry-level employee drunk on his own power.
Other than that, I didn’t do much today. I went to the grocery store tonight. Wooooo. Now I poured myself a drink and am watching the presidential debates. It’s a toss-up as to who is the craziest motherfucker. Srsly. It’s no secret I’m a democrat and will stick with my party but OMG, these republicans. It makes me gleeful to see the infighting. Hee hee.
I watch a lot of HGTV. A LOT. Especially since the writer’s strike is still dragging on and all of my shows are in reruns. Bah. HGTV, however, now that’s a station I can watch for hours — and often do. Maybe it was my fever earlier in the week but I have noticed that there are some really foxy men on that channel.
Like Clive Pearse , Eric Stromer , Steve Watson and Carter Oosterhouse .
I think Steve is my favorite. Yummeh.
Speaking of home improvement, my replacement bed slats came tonight — the poor UPS guy carried them up 6 flights of stairs bc the elevator wasn’t working; I think I have told him, though, that my brother works for UPS. That usually gets me better service. Anyway I was all set to be Ms. Fix-It and attach the slats but ummm I am not sure where my drill is. I have my big thing of drill bits, so I’ll have to look for the drill tomorrow.
Ohhhhh this made me so mad today. This tool in my class, who is the self-appointed team leader for our group project (meaning he claimed the title first), not only sent out an e-mail reminding us that our discussion posting was due today — a posting that has NOTHING to do with our group project — he also scheduled SIX online chat times for this WEEKEND … when we have nothing yet to discuss! Mothafucker better back the fuck up … or Miss Monique is gonna tangle with him before this three-week-long project is ovah.
I started my latest MBA course yesterday, and today I got around to watching the lecture on DVD. The speaker is this guy who has run a few companies and he is a really good presenter. This course is about leadership. One of the ideas was to create a “Dream Team,” people you know who will support you in your attempt to change and grow and reach your goals. I think that’s a great idea. If you’re interested in doing something like this, email me (monique at whenwewereliars.com) or leave a comment here. I’m envisioning a mailing list (confidential, of course), where we can express our goals and hold each other accountable. Your goals can be personal, professional, whatever. Lemme know!
I ended up staying home again from work today … I slept about half the day and finally showered this afternoon (it had been a few days lol). I’m thankful that I did shower because not too long afterwards, the UPS guy showed up. I wouldn’t have wanted to answer the door with my nasty, dirty hair. Blech. Tomorrow I may be ambitious and actually put on make-up! Woo hoo!
File this under: No Big Surprise. Miss Sodapop is on the lookout for her own Wii. We knew as soon as she played one, she’d be converted. I love my Wii. Oh how I love my Wii!
My next class in my MBA program starts on Wednesday. I just logged in to see what I’m in for. OMG. No social life is what I am in for, that’s fo’ sho’. I had two classes last term, mini-classes if you will. They were introductory courses, 1.5 credits each. Yes I complained and whined but really they were fairly easy. I think they were designed more to ease the adult learner back into the routine of school more than anything. This next course? Fuck me running. A team assignment THE FIRST WEEK! Reading after reading. Oh dear God. I have a feeling I may not be dating again until this program ends in August 2009 which, really, may not be such a bad thing.
Aside from checking in on my class, I have done virtually nothing today. I woke up with a headache which means pretty much a wasted day for me. I took a couple of Excedrin Migraine this morning and tried to go back to sleep to no avail, although I did eventually fall asleep this afternoon. Ugh.
I’m going into work tomorrow but I’ll probably leave by 3 so I can drive to Louisville to spend New Year’s Eve with Miss Sodapop and her girls. Wheeeeee!
OMFG it’s nearly 4 p.m. and I have done all that I could today to not do my homework. I’ve cleaned the kitchen, I’ve put away clothes, I’ve played with the cats, I’ve watched HGTV, I’ve surfed the net to find tiebacks for my curtains .. and it’s not like this is a difficult assignment, I just don’t wanna. All that is left to do is read an article than write a 1-2 paragraph assessment of it. Not brain surgery. But on this gloomy Sunday, I’m feeling very “fight the man.” LOL It’s so bad, people, that my leg kinda hurts from sitting on the couch all day. Now that’s just sad. At least I didn’t spend all day in bed, which is pretty much what I did last Sunday. So yay for improvements! LOL
Did y’all see that our lovely Miss Janda is getting MARRIED???? She is such a sweet person, I am so happy for her. All I can say is that the wedding better be streaming live online … or maybe the bitches will take a road trip and crash the party! We won’t start doing tequila shots until after the ceremony, promise.
I’ve been wondering what I’m going to do for New Year’s Eve. I guess if the weather is decent I can always impose on Miss Sodapop, and spend the night with her and her girls (Miss Laci will probably be working, the busy news bee that she is). I guess I am assuming Miss Sodapop will be in her new hometown and not making any of these: Las Vegas hotel reservations. ROFLMAO
Dayum, there is nothing on TV. Maybe I should go ahead and finish my homework. Pshaw! As if! LOL Never mind, The One with Jet Li is on FOX. Yay!
It’s 8:41 a.m. and I have my work for an assignment spread out around me, so I can complete it. WTF? It’s Saturday! Gah. I figure I’ll work on school stuff for a while this morning then give myself permission to be lazy for a while. If I am *really* productive, I’ll use my new Starbucks card (thank you work gift exchange) to get a peppermint mocha. I PPH peppermint mochas but I HATE spending more than $4 for a grande. I also do not PPH that Starbucks doesn’t have sugar-free peppermint syrup. They have it for the gingerbread lattes, but I don’t like those.
Ok, time to stop blogging and get to work!!! Hmmm, I’ll make a cup of coffee first … what? lol
I have had this song stuck intermittently in my head for two weeks. The guys from Found magazine sang a ditty called, of course, The Booty Don’t Stop. It’s quite catchy, as you can hear for yourself (after you get past the annoying girl).
I got my homework done last night; I was pleased to see that the application exercise for one class is quite easy this week. I just have to create an online profile for some thing the college has. Whoopity doo. I filled most of it out last night. I did have to troll the internet to find some databases that could potentially be helpful … really for no reason. Just “potentially” helpful. Umm yeah. Seems like an exercise to test our internet searching skillz! Lame. I suppose I will have to do some market research eventually. Miss Lucy already has her business-plan idea and she hasn’t even started classes. I have no idea what mine will be about. Something fabulous, no doubt.
OK, so I knew school was going to be a lot of work. But come on! I just got off the phone with one of my classmates. We’re in a group together. We were trying to make sense of what it actually is that we were supposed to turn in today. We also talked about scheduling a conference call for our project; when I looked at the calendar, I realized that the project was due the week of Thanksgiving. What the fuck. We don’t have classes Thursday or Friday of that week but we’re still supposed to get 5 people together (one of whom is still MIA) and get this thing done. Fuck that shit. I’m the team leader (by virtue of having the most letters in my name LOL) so I made the executive decision to talk about getting as much done ahead of time as possible.
Gaaaah. As if I’m not seeing enough new gray hairs lately. When this program is done, I’m going to age as much as the president does, ya know? Jeezus Christ.
, Eric Stromer 
, Steve Watson 
and Carter Oosterhouse 
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Anyway I was all set to be Ms. Fix-It and attach the slats but ummm I am not sure where my drill is. I have my big thing of drill bits, so I’ll have to look for the drill tomorrow. 
