i just want to go the effing library.

Ughhhhhhhhh. It's just so irritating that the two freaking municipalities can't come up with an agreement so I can go to the library that:

1. I like
2. is convenient to my home.
3. is conveniently on my way home from work.

I was mad at Louisville for wanting more money from Superior, then mad at Superior for wanting me to PAY FOR MY LIBRARY CARD. I've had a library card since before I even had an allowance. Growing up in my family meant getting a library card as soon as you learned how to write your name. I had that freaking card with my name scrawled on the back in blue ink until I moved to Colorado (and I may still have it). LIBRARY CARDS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE FREE. Now, of course...

Since forking over the cash is no longer even an option for me, all I can think is that I'd pay the $30 they wanted, and would probably pay more than that. BUT THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE WON'T TAKE MY MONEY. Literally. Therefore, they get nothing. Not my money, not the town's money. BUT I AM* THE ONE WHO LOSES.

My anger is probably irrational, as I think I can join Broomfield or Boulder (and may even be able to use my card in Louisville, my righteous indignation has prevented me from researching thoroughly). But the fact is I already HAVE a library card. I EVEN HAVE A FINE!!

Ugh, this post is going nowhere and writing it is making me madder still. I am being a baby and I don't care. At least you can just close your browser window or navigate elsewhere. Poor Joe has to listen to me.

*Also any other Superior residents who use the library but whatevs.

quote of the day

"I'm just another squirrel in this world, and I'm still trying to get my nut."

- Kimbo Slice

fantasy football leaguers all around the country just let out a collective scream...

My sister is going to be pissed!!!

Oh, Captain America-- how will I know who to rank first in the "Cutest Quarterback" football pool?

Seriously though... ouch!!

it's AUGUST

50 degrees feels COLD in august!

huh?

The doorbell rings. Through the peephole I see a FedEx package.

I open the door.

Man holding FedEx package: Travel agency.
Confused Erika: No.
MhFEp: No? Dammit. Do you know which one it is?
CE: No.
MhFEp: Really? It's one of these along here. You don't know which one it is?
CE: No.
MhFEp: Ok, sorry about that.
CE: Oh, no worries.

Weird.

feeding 2 addictions at once

Heard this on my NPR stream while playing one of my nine active games.

Oh, Hasbro, why do you hate us??

(Also, Joe emailed me about this the other day. But I wasn't playing Scrabulous when I read the email. I was reading my email.)

what the spork?

Ha.

read this with my morning cup(s)

On my Joy of Cooking daily calendar

THE NOTORIOUS HISTORY OF COFFEE

Coffee has always thrived on adversity. In the Arab world, where the coffee plan was first cultivated commercially in the fifteenth century, coffee was widely consumed by the populace but condemned by Islamic leaders for its supposed intoxicating effects. Coffee was banned repeatedly as it traveled from Constantinople to Venice and then to Vienna and other European capitals. The beans were initially sold by pharmacists and eventually in cafés--which became notorious hotbeds of revolution and enlightened thinking.

HOTBEDS of REVOLUTION! ENLIGHTENED THINKING! Coincidence? I think not!

please, someone tell me how

How is Seventh Heaven motivation while working out? I mean, I love me some crappy television... but that is the CRAPPIEST of ALL THE CRAP.

Who knows. Maybe people hate to watch The Food Network when I'm there first. Emeril is a little annoying.

holy canadians!

I need a movie!

imagine my surprise

...when this email appeared in my inbox a couple weeks ago:



I asked Joe if there was something he needed to tell me.

yeah, ya think??

From a CNN.com article:

"It's true people sometimes need to be placed under involuntary mental health treatment because they can't take care of themselves," veteran psychiatrist Dr. Jeffrey Sugar said of the 26-year-old Spears. "But there's a difference between being detained involuntarily for psychological treatment and being forced to endure Dr. Phil involuntarily."

As if that girl didn't have enough people around trying to exploit her.

Frailty.

Who told me to watch this movie? What in the world? How did it end up in my queue?