I have a PhD in Horrible-ness

Kill me now.

 I cry when I pee.

Well, I guess the delay with the promotion stuff is that they want to promote 7 people, instead of the previously planned 5. 
So, that's a decent reason by my book. 
Hopefully we'll find out soon though.

 Should know about the promotion any day now. 
Actually, should have known already, but apparently there was some delay having to do with upper management. 
Tired of waiting. NOW NOW NOW!

Second interview scheduled for Friday.
Now I just have to figure out wardrobe. 

I had my first interview for that promotion yesterday.
It went really well. For the first interview you are with people who already have that job. In my group, they pretended to be people asking you questions, and you have to prioritize and answer them correctly. One of the mentors in the room was my old mentor, and she let me know that I did really well, and that I was the best one from their room (there were two other groups).

So, I should be getting a second interview. Which means I need to find some cute interview clothes. 

 And Chris, Mr. "I can adjust my mirrors so there's no blind spot" backed into a pole with his Prius. So now BOTH of our Priuses need new bumpers.

In cool news, my aunt Ruth got a 2010 Prius! They did the cash for clunkers thing though, and had to take what was on the lot, so it doesn't have the sunroof or other special features, just fairly basic features (backup camera, keyless entry). 

So now, in MN/WI family, we have an 07, 08, 09,  and 2010 Prius.  One of us! One of us!

 My application for the promotion did not get lost this time.

I have an interview on Monday. I have to interview with my old mentor and my old cubemate, which should make things interesting and strange.

Got a migraine today before work. That was fun, since I had to stare at a computer under flourescent lights for the rest of the night.  Tried going outside on break, which was good until we walked to the sunny side of the building (at which point my coworkers decided we should go inside so I stop cowering into any possible shade)

Going for another promotion (same position as last time). This time they assure me the application won't get lost. 

Helped decorate two coworker's cubes in retaliation for them decorating a different coworkers car. One got a Twilight themed cube, and the other a combo of Sylvia Plath poetry on pink and purple paper with My Little Pony stickers, power cords, and random girly things (male coworker).  Endless amusement for me, and the twilight cube apparently amused her bosses to no end since they know how she hates the movie. 

Had a lightning strike so close to our house last weekend that it turned on a Rock Band guitar in our house. Not entirely sure our house wasn't hit. 

There's a bug on our TV (the wall). Grrr.

 So, I had said earlier that I had purchased Kevin Smith tickets for Mpls. Apparently Chris has something going on that day. So we are going to go to the Chicago show instead.

Therefore.... anyone want 2 Kevin Smith tickets for the Minneapolis show? They're center aisle seats. 

 Chris is at Comic-Con right now. 
Butthead. 

I got a survey today from Twin Cities Spine Center (the docs who did my surgery). Just for a study on patients that had over 50 degree curves before skeletal maturity.

Being that they always have implied that any pain is just "muscular" and that everything would be fine after healing from the surgery, I am quite amused by the first question:

Pain tolerance:
a. I can tolerate the pain I have without having to use pain killers
b. The pain is bad but I manage without taking pain killers
c. Pain killers give complete relief from pain
d. Pain killers give moderate relief from pain.
e. Pain killers give very little relief from pain
f. Pain killers have no effect on the pain and I do not use them. 

Notice there is not even an option for no pain. 
And none fit too well for me, since I mostly just tolerate it, but if I try using pain killers when it gets bad, they give little-moderate pain relief.  I only take them for the beneficial effects of anti-inflammatories and muscle relaxants on the overall problem. The TENS is what actually works best for me.

Most of the survey just assumes you have problems.  They have a person diagram where I get to mark where I have pain. That should be fun.

 I'm stuck in an airport with 2 gates,and nothing of value past security. There's 3 vending machines and 1 tv... that's it.
Our flight from Kalamazoo has been delayed by an hour. Joy. And Chris decided we should go through security about half an hour early (because he wouldn't pay attention to me when I was questioning it). Double joy. 

Just saw a kid with a wheeled penguin backpack. I should kick him and steal it. Unfortunately I can't make a quick getaway, thanks to NWA.

Wedding last night was fun. Very sweet. "Most relaxed wedding I've ever been to" is what Bobbie kept repeating. I think she was probably weirded out since it wasn't all yuppified. And the bride was about 4 mo. pregnant. It was actually kinda funny because they wanted a unity candle but couldn't have open flame where they were (Western Michigan University), but they made some crack that the "flame of their love had already lit" while the groom put his hands below the bride's belly accentuating the bump, and announced the pregnancy.  They had a slideshow and so everyone got to see a geeky pictures of 16 yr old Chris, along with a picture of me, Chris, Sarah and Courtney (the bride) that I had never seen, and one from our wedding since she was one of the groomswomen.

Oh yeah, and they totallly stole our groomswomen scheme. Except in this case it was the best "man", but did similar dresses to ours and had the best "man" in the same dress except in black (but similar cut with being tea length and v necked with wide enough straps for a bra). 

The augmentations of the bride's dress were pretty ingenius, since it was intended to be kinda a sheath dress. They put in a corset back, and then did a under-bra thing since she needed a bit more support up top (was originally off-the-shoulder straps).

I never noticed before that TSA agents have blue gloves.... two by two hands of blue. Creepy.

 Just found out that the in-laws are attending the wedding we're going to this weekend.
I swear I had asked Chris and he implied he didn't think they'd go. 
And I was looking forward to a nice, relaxing long weekend in Kalamazoo, MI.

Someone at work sent me this comic. I think I giggled for 3 minutes straight. Then again, I was so bored I made a tree out of binder clips yesterday, which I was debating about adding paperclip leaves to today. 

I'm in need of a new corset/bodice for Ren Fest. My old one no longer fits since I am now sized like a normal human. 
I found one I like but I am not sure what to get for fabric. The dress I have still fits fine, and that is a deep purple with black accents, so maybe black, but then there's choices such as velveteen, brocade, canvas, etc.  I really like the two-tone brocades, but none of them will go with the purple skirt and top that I already have. 

Any ideas? 
Or Miss Mafdet, any other suggestions on where to get garb before Fest?

 It looks like the only problem with my cell phone was the battery. Replaced that and now it has ceased it's annoying habit of randomly turning off anytime I try to do anything (and sometimes when I'm not doing anything).

The depoyment at work that I was supposed to help with got cancelled, so I have 3.5 days off! Woohoo!

I've been bored at work, so I started sketching illuminated letters yesterday. I'll post a scan of the finished one if I can figure out how to use that dang contraption.

 I'm having issues with inanimate objects (and traffic) lately. 

My phone likes to randomly turn off, and I had a laptop and a monitor just randomly stop working on me in the past few months. 
Chris is down in Chicago this weekend and took the projector (tv), so I brought up a monitor to use as a tv since it's easier than moving around an old school tv... and that started smoking then stopped working.  And I can't get the PS3 to work with the TV so I can play Rock Band...
(side note: got Rock Band for birthday from parents this weekend! Woohoo). 

I've had shitty driving luck this week. Saturday I hit stop-and-go traffic on 35E and 694 (making me 20 min late for dress rehearsal).  On 35E they were installing one of those electronic signs that tell you about upcoming traffic and crap, and had it down to one lane just north of 94. Then there had been an accident on 694 which had everything all slow and stopping even though it was cleared out. Sunday I went on 169 to a family thing and hit stop-and-go on some construction.

Today... just to top it off.... the road literally self destructed on my way to work, shortly before I got there (thankfully, since it seemed to have hurt tires on at least two cars), which closed the freeway I take to work. Chippewa Fucking Falls, and I end up in traffic. 



Oh but back to the side note on birthday gifts... my parents, who rule, got me Rock Band, some shirts, a bike carrier for my car (I got a bike but there is a lack of trails that are accessible from here by bike), a bike pump, some shirts, season 1 of Muppet Show, and Pythonopoly... the Monty Python version of Monopoly (not licensed though, but probably more amusing this way).