At Least Memes Are Fun

Work before fun. After a mostly average day, both the SCM and I had complete blow-out fits near the end of the day. He went to pick up the mail in the office and found a secretary sorting it, and saw her throwing out the library's copy of Rolling Stone because she was offended by the cover. (Which is here, and not really a big deal by Rolling Stone standards.) He freaked the fuck right out, as well he should have, and took it out of the garbage, and ranted at her for a moment, and then came up and told me, and I ran down there and took up the rant. Although she ultimately apologized for just throwing it out, she is determined that such filth does not belong in the library.

How do you make a librarian crazy? Censorship. I won't go into all the details and arguments, because you all know that this kind of shit is just wrong, not to mention all kinds of un-Constitutional, and I've finally got my blood pressure under control and so I'm not going there again today. She and I will each take up our case with the principal, who was out of the building today when this happened.

(BTW, this is the same damn secretary with whom I had the confrontation four or five years ago that was so intense, I went right from her office to the nurse, who took my blood pressure and sent me right to the doctor, and I have been on b.p. meds since that day. Yeah, she's a real winner.)

I am stressed about other things as well, but I thought I'd be happy and do a meme. Not that it's an altogether happy meme, but I like anshttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifwering questions and filling stuff out. I lifted this from BettyAlready.


1. Does someone love you? I believe so.

2. What color is your couch? The couch in the family room is white but has a brown slipcover on it. The couch in the living room is gray.

3. Has anyone ever mistaken you for someone famous? I seriously doubt it.

4. Are you named after a grandparent? I am named after a great-grandparent. My father's grandmother's Yiddish name was Raizel, so my first name starts with R.

5. Say you were given a drug test right now. Would you pass or fail? If they're testing for Tums and estrogen and blood pressure medication, I'd fail.

6. Are you taller than 5'6"? Not even close.

7. When was the last time you were disappointed? See above. It's not that uncommon for me.

8. Ever seen a dead body? I was with my mother when she died, and I saw my father, too, from the doorway not long after he collapsed on the floor, and at the funeral home, up close. I've certainly seen dead bodies at wakes.

9. Who was the last person to send you a text message? One of my kids, I guess. I'm not a big texter.

10. What did you do yesterday? Went to work, like most days.

11. What’s the first thing you would do with five million dollars? Pay off all my bills.

12. What nationalit(ies) are you? I am 100% Ashkenazi: East European Jewish.

13. Any upcoming concerts you want to attend? No.

14. Who’s the last person that you felt was stalking you? Can't really recall anyone.

15. What’s your zodiac sign? Capricorn

16. Where do you spend most of your money? I swear to god, I wish I knew.

17. On what do you spend most of your energy? Just getting through the day.

18. Is there a secret you've never told any of your friends? Yes.

19. What are you doing in 2008? Nothing different than 2007. Hopefully without the hurting feet and butt.

20. What’s your favorite Disney movie? I guess it would be Beauty and Beast. But I'm a big fan of Disney movies in general. Also love Finding Nemo. My favorite classic Disney movie is Cinderella.

23. What is your ringtone? When my cellphone rings, which is seldom, it sounds just like a regular telephone, or really, more like an older telephone, a classic phone ring.

24. What is the wallpaper on your mobile phone? It is an adorable picture of Trillian, the grandcat. She replaced a screen shot of Puss from Shrek II making the big sad kitty eyes.

25. Name twenty five bloggers you read that you’d like to learn twenty five things about: Huh?

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