totally random thoughts--be gone!

So here's a barrage of totally random thoughts that have been plaguing me lately but don't have enough substance to write an entire blog entry about...

*I was pleasantly surprised that I got no pages when I was on-call Monday night (which I think is a first for a Monday), even though I am pretty sure it was a full-moon and supposedly ERs are busy on those nights. It was a good thing too because I really wasn't in the mood.

*In most recent work-related experiences dealing with lawyers, I have found that female lawyers are great to work with, whereas male lawyers are a little more...eh, not as pleasant. This is based on a pretty small sample.

*I ate some fresh raspberries yesterday for the first time in a very long time and forgot that they are delicious! I think I don't buy them much because they are rather expensive.

*If you like chips and salsa and would like to try a very unique and flavorful combination, try Tostitos hint of lime chips with peach pineapple salsa (if you like sweeter salsa). In my opinion, YUM!

*Luckily I haven't heard the new Kelly Clarkson song "My Life Would Suck Without You" lately. When I first heard it ALWAYS got stuck in my head and I was going around all day singing "my life would suck..." and remember even thinking it one day in a meeting with my supervisor!

*So Valentine's day is this Saturday. My husband prefers less expensive but more thoughtful gifts (he's hard to gift!) and all I can think of is to bake him something or make him a card. I baked him a cake for his b-day and I made him a card a few years ago...any ideas???

P.S. I wonder how many times I have eaten in my car? I think this has exponentially increased since I have been working full-time. "Exponentially" is my word of the week.

Let freedom ring?

I am not sure if this happens across the country, but here in Chicagoland you can definitely tell that it's income tax season because on every other street corner you can see people dressed in patriotic costumes waving to drivers (most commonly like the Statue of Liberty one you see on the right here, but also I have seen Uncle Sam on occasion). These costumed individuals are found outside of various tax preparation firms, waving and often swaying, as if to invite busied and hurried drivers to perhaps be a patriotic American and stop in and get your taxes done (??). Now, maybe I am wrong, but I am not sure that I get the point of this. In no way does seeing a waving Statue of Liberty entice me to have my taxes done at that place of business. Perhaps even the opposite. Now, around Halloween you might see a similar situation, a waving person wearing a Halloween costume outside of the Halloween store. However, given that wearing costumes is directly related to Halloween, I would argue that this connection makes more sense. Either way, I tend to feel bad for the person in the costume.

Me Want Cookie!!

In other dessert related news, these clips from Family Guy had me laughing out loud! Sometimes I find this show hilarious, other times it's a little too far out there. Watch them in order.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N7jjnOMWlE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI-6uw6jE7g

Disclaimer: The author in no way finds substance abuse by living human beings to be a laughing matter.