Humor

So I Facebooked a link to this video:

I find it hysterical, primarily because I've been to Russia and this kind of get-together is normal...until I recognized the song.

Holy cow, these people know Britney Spears?? I'm ROFLing all day thinking about it.

And then I get slapped down because it's, apparently, demeaning to old people.

WTF? It is? OK, maybe, but could this person's timing have possibly been worse? As if I'm not aware that we all get old? I think it's awesome that people "of a certain age" are rocking out and having a blast and singing...Britney-fucking-Spears.

Some people...I'm telling ya, I know it's been a rough couple of weeks for the person who smacked me up, but, yeah, of course, MY last couple of weeks has been so DAMN MUCH FUN.

I actually think it's kind of demeaning to think that old people aren't insanely goofy sometimes. And, in this case, I'd think they were pretty well lubricated too.

Know It All

Somehow, my gene pool is rampant with people who like to expound on their knowledge about random things. Maybe it's not just my gene pool; maybe every family is like this. It makes me crazy, so I know two things from that: 1) I am probably overly sensitive about people in general who are self-proclaimed fonts of knowledge; and 2) I probably do the same thing more than I'd like to think I do.

On the "overly sensitive" front, I posted something today on Twitter about people getting a clue on Facebook. I was being snarky, and I posted on Twitter specifically because the person to whom I was alluding on Fb doesn't follow me on Twitter. Just venting, right?

Then a colleague who is 97.3% annoying at all times came back on Twitter with a comment to the effect that "Fb sux" (paraphrase) followed by the 'enlightening' comment that he only uses Fb because some people don't know how to upload photos anywhere else. Niiiiice--we're all just morons, those of us who use Facebook. It's not even remotely possible that people upload photos to 16 other sites and don't tell him for any one of many reasons. Oh, wait. I do that: Fb, Snapfish, Flickr, etc. Is there a need for him to know this? Not really. He just assumes...a lot.

The silver lining is that I'm not anywhere near as annoyed with the original clueless Facebook thing; the rest of the thundercloud is that I want to snag a specific ponytail in a woodchipper and turn up the power level.

One of these days, I'm going to turn to him--either physically (in a meeting) or by email--and seriously ask him how he got to be so much smarter than anyone else on earth. The unfortunate thing is that He. Will. Answer. The. Question.

AAARGGHHHHHHH!!!!

[But really people: if you want to say something about someone's status on Facebook, would you PLEASE leave the comment on--or even NEAR!--the status to which you are responding; it's not that complicated!]

Wank*

I need to remember this, even after all my years online:

                   DO   NOT   FEED THE TROLLS!

But really: who'd think there'd be trolls in the comments on Fb? Not I, that's for sure.

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* Used in the second sense, here.

Not-bullets

1. Hey, it's poetry month! Hence the poems that have posted the past two days (oh, how I love post-dating!).



2. My Bloglines front page says I have "63 updated feeds" which include 367 unread posts. I also have 172 saved posts. I think this means I am officially buried.



3. I am caught up in tweets and Fb, though. Short Attention Span rules the day!



4. I am not loving Fb's 'update'. Just discovered that you can't do "less of/more of" individuals. People are either in your news feed, or not. That explains why I get RSS'd updates in Bloglines for Stephanie, Kyle, Kevin, et al., but never see 'em on Facebook; in the old incarnation they were "less of" but now they are invisible. Guess I'll create a 'group' of them so I can find them periodically. Stupid. How is this an upgrade, Fb??



5. Today I am meeting someone with whom I may be spending a great deal of time in the future, someone who may strongly influence my external happiness meter. Hope that goes well.



6. This weekend is crazy busy: local mission trip on Saturday (more on that, perhaps, later). On Sunday I'm playing in the bell choir at church which will be followed immediately by an Easter Egg hunt for the little kids. The youth group is going to hide the eggs, so as soon as worship is over, I have to go into supervision mode. Whee.



7. My mom's health is stable. That's all. I have not bought plane tickets. Not...quite...yet.



8. Found a shirt this morning in my closet I had forgotten about. It was with the summer shirts, but it's a long-sleeved T. Why, yes: I am wearing it today, as a matter of fact!



9. I'm nearly caught up in cataloging new materials at work, but suddenly feel absolutely swamped in projects. Graphic Novels, biogs, gifted videos and manga, calling STOOPUD publishers to cancel subscriptions (Dun&Bradsteet, you SUCK!) original cataloging, typos, fairy tales...the floodgates have opened.



10. Our system database manager at work needs to be punched in the face. This has nothing to do with anything else in this post. He just does. On principle.



11. Sparky has reverted to 100% teenager. Glad he's normal. Wish he'd pull his head out a little more often though.



12. The sun is out. This is a good thing, yo.

Multitasking

Mood: ok
Hair: clean and purdy
Eyes: a little dry, but ok
Listening to: electronics

I love technology! Right now, I'm waiting for a translation of a friend's blog. She writes in a language I know nothing about. While she's doing that, she's IMing me directly from my blog.

I'm also IMing with Beast directly from my blog. Same blog. [unfortunately, there are some unpleasant things going on at work for him today--just the beginning of the sorts of things we know will be going on for the next several months, or longer]

And I'm on Facebook with a friend/colleague, chatting about salad and being a good person and tact, both in private messages and on her wall.

Plus, I'm watching CSI:NY on Spike TV.

All of this is going on while I shiver and occasionally snuffle. But the cold is slowly leaving my system. Must be all the diet DP I've been drinking.

Snippets

• My current Fb status:

#@&$ skinny kids' books ... Hate. Them.

• An email I sent today:

Here is one of those s.h. that I hate….there isn’t one for Mardi Gras in LCSH. We’re supposed to use "Carnival." I’ve updated the Google Doc and imported the Authority Record so we have X-refs. I only see a handful of incorrect headings in [our catalog] right now. Can everyone check and fix those they own?

• A Fb conversation (private) with a subject heading that contains the words "bl0w j0b" has 34 discrete messages between me and a BFF (female). Only the first one or two messages have to do with the act in the heading (ahem). This one certainly doesn't:

I am neither Celine Dion's husband (have I mentioned that my dad likes the way she "sings"?) nor Woody Allen {gag} {shudder} {barf}.

I knew. I was just teasing you, in direct violation of a direct order from Doc L. (which is, creepily, my dad's nickname. {gag} {shudder} {barf}.)

• As I was swearing at the children's librarian in my head about buying all the picture books from my childhood 30 years ago (instead of NEW BOOKS!), the song "Drop Down Dead" (The Housemartins) came on. I'd post the lyrics, but there is an internet ban on all Housemartin lyrics. For some reason.

• And one of our neighbors passed away yesterday.

• All in all not a fabulous morning. I have an hour on the Reference desk this afternoon. That should be fun. {choke}

Inaugural

Cat. is watchin’ the inauguration in [Facebook]. So 21st century, yo 8:44 am
Cat. thinks the new limo looks like a hearse. How very unfortunate. C’mon Caddy, you can do better! 8:52 am
Cat. is pretty sure I wouldn’t be enjoying myself in Washington. Brrr…[and] crowds. Ugh 8:54 am
Cat. did not realize how TALL Michelle is! 8:56 am
Cat. uh oh the internet is freaking out here! 8:58 am
Cat. THAT IS A LOT OF PEOPLE! Yikes. 9:01 am
Cat. wants a second monitor. 9:05 am
Cat. is pleased that she doesn’t have to work in public [during the inauguration]. 9:09 am
Cat. reminds you that the Big TV is on at the library. Come watch with us! 9:17 am
Cat. Now the fun starts: identify the famous person…. 9:23 am
Cat. loves the Marine Band. Really. It’s the only reason I’d consider joining the military. 9:27 am
Cat. Oh yawn…. 9:28 am
Cat. …famous people I CARE about…not politicians. Yes, I know, I suck. 9:33 am
Cat. 2000 [Facebook] updates per minute? Wow. That’s amazingly…amazing. You know. Whatever. 9:37 am
Cat. wonders when the internet is going to implode from all the users today…. 9:42 am
Cat. oh too bad--Cheney's hurt.... 9:46am
Cat. loves Colin Powell. A lot. 9:49am
Cat. oh boy, there goes our 'net feed...slowing WAY down.... 9:52am
Cat. wow awesome shots of the streets and the Mall. 9:53am
Cat. COOOOOOOOLLLLLLL motorcade. 9:55am
Cat. This has to be weird and sad for Hillary. 10:16am
Cat. Ros[lyn Carter] looks frail. :-(. 10:19am
Cat. Bears colors on the kids! hee hee.
Cat. Say goodnight Graci...er, Laura. 10:28am
Cat. OMG--that's awesome to hear--O-ba-ma. - 10:30am
Cat. is going to TV to share with people. 10:37am

M. commented at 10:37am
me too

L. commented at 10:52am
look at you changing your status like a play by play. haha...love it! so exciting.....

Cat. great speech. 11:32am
Cat. "to turn to each other and not on each other" Amen. 11:36 am
Cat. I want this guy [Lowery] to be nearby so I can go to his church! 11:38am
Cat. Piccolo solo. [Stars & Stripes Forever] 11:42am
Cat. No, I think I'll go back to "Great Speech." 11:43am
Cat. ... are they going to walk the parade route? Hmmmm. 11:49am
Cat. W has left the building! 11:57am
Cat. Statutory Hall??? How about Statuary Hall, d.a.? 12:05pm
Cat. is done with lunch so, k, the parade can start ANY time. So...go already! 1:13pm
Cat. wonders: is it in-AWG-er'l, or in-AWG-yuh-ruhl? 1:22pm

Cat. commented at 1:33pm
Random House says the proper pronunciation is in-aw-gyer-uhl, but in-aw-ger-uhl is the secondary choice.So I say it right, and the chick on CNN is wrong. heh

Cat. is glad they just replayed Aretha [I missed it the first time]--NICE job!!! 1:47pm
Cat. ...bummer, I think they're riding in the limo for the parade. 2:24pm
Cat. that's a lot of cops leading the parade. 2:42pm
Cat. OMG--they're outta the car! YAY and W00t!! 3:06pm
Cat. ...and why did they suddenly get yanked back to the limo...? 3:11pm
Cat. still likes military bands the best. 3:14pm
Cat. agrees that this is reminiscent of Beatlemania (not that I remember that) 3:16pm
Cat. can't believe the CNN guy things Michelle Obama is amazing because she can handle cold weather. Puhleeze! 3:33pm

And then I had to leave work and go grocery shopping and do boring stuff like that for two-plus hours, so I missed the rest of the parade. Boo.