the sales people at work all have cell phones, so when they come in to drop off their ads, we hear a multitude of cell phones...they're all different...lots of cheezy ring tones and goofy shit...

well, i've succumbed to the pressure and put a new ringtone on my cell phone...

'twas a tough choice...i had narrowed it down to:

The Flintstones Theme

The Muppet Show Theme

Girlfriend In A Coma (that great song by the Smiths - but i dunno, it just seemed a little too wrong)

It's The End Of The World As We Know It And I Feel Fine (this one from rem's just a bit TOO relevant these days, as we wait for WWIII)

Crazy (ya s'pose that spinning noise is patsy cline in her grave? wow, she's really a star now, she's got a cell phone ringtone!!)

and one more...the one i settled on...

the theme music to JEOPARDY!

now i can annoy them as much as they annoy me...err, naah, i bet i can't reach that level of annoyance...but it'll be fun to try....

february's single women's dinner's gonna be at Ruthellens - looking forward to it, haven't been there in ages...

thursday's dinner at the rathskeller was good, despite a poor turnout (probably due to the crappy weather)...t'was just three of us, but i almost like the smaller crowds so you can get to know people a little better...the food was great - i had the jaegerschnitzel...the black forest cake for dessert was good as well, tho i managed to drop a bite of it from my fork down my shirt!! ugh, always the clumsy one...

woo hoo - i got a new pair of chucks today!!!

Dysfunctional Family Circus - gotta love it!

happy birthday, internet!

woo hoo! 2003! thank god 2002's over - i must say, it sucked. could've been worse, but coulda been a whole lot better too...

went to a party at angela's - rang in the new year with her and dale and greg and diana and a bunch of other people...it was very nice...

resolutions? maybe dropping a couple hundred pounds (yeah right). seriously now...well, i'm working on getting my finances in order. that's a very realistic goal - get rid of some of this credit card debt, get all the old medical bills paid off - woo hoo!

the single women's dinner is at the rathskeller on thursday - yummy! haven't been before, but a look at the menu makes me hungry!

amazing the spiffy stuff you can find online with google...mom and i were discussing the poem in the new chevy tahoe commercial, performed by james garner..."nobody knows it but me" sounds like a classic - but guess what, it isn't! it was copy dreamt up by some ad exec...found this out in an article at bayarea.com by joan morris - she's got an interesting column, answering questions to all that random crap that ya wonder about, but gets stuck in the crevices of your brain and forgotten...

i am SOOOOO glad i didn't go to work today...holiday schedule means i worked friday instead of today...so i decided to go shopping and go see catch me if you can - alas, i didn't get to see the movie cuz i got a flat tire and had to wait forever to get the damn spare put on...guess i'll be doin a little tire shopping before work tomorrow...at least it was a flat in the middle of the meijer parking lot and not out in the middle of 465 on my way to work...

mom and i just finished watching birthday girl - strange movie...guess i agree with roger ebert's review - it was just not quite right...nicole kidman was interesting as a mail order bride, but ben chaplin needs to go back to roles like his in the truth about cats & dogs - sweet guy with the brit accent...

here's the t-shirt i got my kid sister for xmas - do ya suppose it encourages lesbianism? *8-)