I Am So Mean, But Who Could Resist?

First off I have to say hooray for the post just before this!  I have been on a dry spell with my reading, so I am so glad to have these recommendations!  I am so excited!  Jen, you are the best!

And now to the topic on which I was thinking about before logging onto wordpress - new photos of old classmates. 

A couple of weeks ago my high school class had it’s 5 year reunion.  I toyed with the idea of going, but then realized that there was no way I was driving 16 hours round trip to see a bunch of people who only really tolerated me during that painful period we call high school.  Ok, I’m exaggerating - I actually had a pretty good time in high school, but mainly due to my activities, a few girls in my graduating class, and a lot of other people not in my graduating class.  I don’t think any of my “close” friends attended the reunion, so I don’t feel like I missed out really.  But of course after the reunion, facebook was bound to get a flow of pictures from the event, so I made do with scanning over a few the next days after.  It was interesting to see how people had either changed, or how much they had NOT changed.  But this doesn’t really explain the title of this post, now does it?

Well, I like to think I am generally pretty nice, but every now and then I slip up and have a few mean moments.  One of these moments came a few months back when I was sitting in the engineering computer lab and I got to talking with one of my old friends from high school (she graduated the year before I did).  We were looking through a mutual friend’s photos when we came upon a photo of a certain person and could not help mocking this person.  I’ll say it, over the past 6 years since Person (I will not identify, obviously!) has put on more than a few pounds, and just in general really let go of his/her self.  Because in high school this person was cocky and overly confident, and we really didn’t like him/her we really had a good time making comments that were quite snide and mean, and we didn’t feel bad about it.  I mean, if you came across a picture of someone who wasn’t the nicest to you in high school and you thought wow, has he/she really let go of themselves, could you resist taking a few jabs at them?  I’m certainly not above it.

Well, it happened again - just a few minutes ago actually.  I was perusing facebook when I came across a friend’s photo album from a certain event and I was browsing through the photos when I came across 2 people from high school.  We were never friends, and pretty much they acted like I didn’t exist, or if they did acknowledge me, it was always to make me feel like I was below them.  Regardless of this, I realize that that was quite a few years ago and people have changed - I know I have.  So of course they could be much nicer people by now - in fact, a few of my friends from college are now friends with them and think they’re nice people, so maybe they really have changed for the better.  But even so, after seeing their picture I just couldn’t help but drop my jaw at how much physical change had happened to them.  Well, not so much one of them, but really more so for one particular person.

So in conclusion, I feel really mean, but at the same time I feel an eensy weensy bit justified for all the times they tried to make me or someone else feel bad.  What would/do you guys do in this situation?

<3, lindsayF

P.S.  Just because I’m talking about pictures, I’ll include some of myself so you can see how I’ve changed over the years.  Beware though - I only have pictures from just a few years back - my computer’s not what we’d call ancient and I’m notorious for not collecting photos of myself.

Freshman year, my first bowl trip with the HMB, on the beach in Florida on New Years Eve with a friend from a high school science camp

I never said I wasn’t a nerd.

Me in a box during the summer between sophomore and junior year.

And of course most recently, the wedding shot (psst, I’m the one in the white)

Sisters are good for only 2 things - annoying you, and applying deoderent for you on your wedding day.

When You Can’t Remember Something…

Hey Readers!

So, it’s before noon, and I am already showered and dressed (shock!), so this is a really unusual day for me.  I’m going to be off to the library when I get this finished…I’ve decided to read some Rachel Cohn (think Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist…the trailer for the movie is adorable!).  But before that, I thought I’d get some blogging done.  Today, I have been thinking about this one show that was on ABC Family before it was ABC Family.  I think it was just called The Family Channel…or maybe Fox Family?  I don’t remember.  Anyways, there was this show on it back when I was in high school, so from the fall of 1999 to the spring of 2003, that was a kind of reality show I think, only it was about this kid.  I don’t remember his name, although I’m thinking Ryan for some reason.  Anyways, he lived in either Chicago, or a suburb of Chicago.  And basically the show just revolved around him and his friends and the crazy things they got up to.  I can’t think of the name for the show, and I can’t find it on google because I’m obviously not typing the right thing in to search for.  Does any of this ring a bell for you guys?  It’s driving me crazy!  I just can’t stop thinking about this.  OK, insert pause because I’m going to jump back over to google for a second. 

…….

Nope, couldn’t find anything relevant to what I’m thinking about.  Am I insane?

<3,

lindsayF

Bring It On, Santa Monica Public Library

Watch out, Santa Monica Public Library–now that this nerdgirl and her nerdy friends have been introduced to the world of competitive book cart drilling, you are going to have some serious competition next year at the ALA Annual in Chicago. OOOO, the spirit of cheerleadering is bubbling up in me and it feels good. ew, no that is just my French Onion soup from Panera that I ate when I went to the mall to read “Airhead” by Meg Cabot. Yes, I go to the mall to read. Anyway— We will be BRINGIN’ IT.

Here is what we have to beat–the Well Stacked Cybraians performing at ALA:

Oh the costume changes! the pinwheel! the MOONWALKING! If I hadn’t learned the importance of not stealing another team’s routines from a certain life-altering cinematic achievement that entered theaters in August 2000 at the beginning of my second season of high school cheerleading, I would be running with this. or moonwalking with it… because I love to moonwalk… and rollerskate.

So the awesomeness of the ALA conference in Anaheim this summer was so massive that I seemed to just have skipped over blogging about it all together. Free books, Disneyland, and meeting Jon Scieszka and Mo Willems (who autographed my book “to Amber, the somewhat fantastic” which I would of taken as a compliment except that I asked it to be “to Amber, the fantastic” so he was actually knocking me down a peg which I’m sure I needed) left me overwhelmed. Who knew being a librarian could be so fabulous?!

amberj.

Submit your ideas…and stuff!

Hola chums,

Howdy from the land of country music and my current and ongoing unemployment.  You know, job searching really sucks when all the advertisements for the kind of job you’re looking for require you to either have a PhD or 5-10 years of experience in industry.  It’s like no one wants to hire new graduates.  Bah.  I also really hate how I’ve emailed like 5 different people to look at my resume for me on Sunday, but no one has replied with even a little email saying they’ll get to it later.  Well, I hate that I feel left waiting, I don’t hate the people - I know that they are super busy and aren’t obligated to do me any favors.  Anyhow - so for the past few weeks now, I have spent my days sleeping in, job searching, rewriting my resume, reading YA books like it’s my job, watching Daria episodes on Youtube, and not showering until 5 in the afternoon (…it’s almost 5, so I’ll be quick about this post).  

Today I decided that it would be fun for me to take a minute or two out of my super exciting day every now and then to do a new NGB post, where instead of writing, I discuss something and record it, then put it up on the blog…so like a vlog, I think is what they call them?  Ugh, do you remember when us 20-somethings were considered technologically advanced?  Yeah, I don’t think I am so much anymore - I’m sure any 12 year old could do way better with computers and the interweb and all that junk than me.  I spent 5 minutes this morning looking through my cell phone manual to figure out what an icon meant, only to figure out that it meant I had missed a call.  Wow.  But anyways, this is where you all come in.  For this vlog/blog post, I would like to talk about something that might actually interest you, the readers, instead of something that probably only me (and Amber and Jen, hopefully) would think is entertaining.  So submit your ideas in the comments!  Hopefully I’ll actually get some feedback.  So far my ideas include: commentaries on weird news, discussing Twilight stuff…trying to talk like a southerner (which in my opinion, I am starting to soak up a little bit), whatever book I’m currently reading…  you know..stuff like that.

So let me know your opinions kids!  (Don’t be offended by me calling you kids, I call everyone a kid - case in point, when I worked in a lab, I called all the graduate students my grad kids…but then I think in that case it sounded funnier than it would have anywhere else).

<3, lindsayF

Camp Rock countdown

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OK, I am SO excited for the premier of Disney channel’s newest original movie (a D-COM, if you will), Camp Rock!!!!!!!  I won’t even talk about the fact that I’m now 23 and married and still watch the Disney channel.  I figure I’ll be watching that channel for the rest of my life.  For myself until I have children, and then still for myself when I have children and they also want to watch it.  The premier is on June 20 (Friday!) on the Disney Channel (which I sadly do not have down here…yet), then on ABC on June 21 (hello Saturday night!), then ABC Family on June 22 (which I also do not have, which doesn’t make me that sad), and then on Disney.com on June 23!  OMG are you super excited to!?  Yes?  Eeeeeeeee!!!!  No?  Watch this, and then you’ll change your answer and then you can geek out with me!

And also!

I dare you to NOT get up and dance like I want to do, but am refraining from doing since #1 I am wearing headphones while sitting in the medical building 3 plaza (which would not stop me usually), and #2 Andrew is having a lab meeting at the next table over, so I don’t want to make a bad impression because at least half the table knows I’m his wife.

Rockingly yours,

lindsayF

 

The coolest woman EVER

I wish I was her, so bad!

<3’s,

lindsayf

OMG NGB/NGT is now in 3 states at the same time!

Dear readers, for those of you who do not know (and/or cannot read and interpret the title of this post), NGT/NGB has gone all tri-state on your tushies!  Jen is in Illinois, Amber is in the best state in the entire world (Iowa, for those of you who did not know), and as of today, I, Lindsay am in Tennessee.  While Amber and Jen are rocking out at their respective jobs and classes and whatnot, I’ll be keeping you posted on all things Nashville…I don’t know if they’re still shooting the Hannah Montana movie, but I’m pretty sure that that one show…Nashville star or just Nashville, I can’t remember.. is shooting this summer (with Billy Ray hosting!), so maybe I might see some of that.  Anywho, more later, I promise to post some pictures or something more visually attractive.  

Love y’all!

lindsayF, formerly lindsayd.

Lindsay’s Disney Show

I believe that in my very first post I promised that my second post would contain details about the show that Disney is bound to make about me.  Well, obviously I broke that promise, but I can’t sleep so I thought I’d indulge myself…and you.

This task was pretty hard, I have to say.  It’s pretty obvious that I’d probably be a Miley character - you know, the kind that everyone watching the show knows is cool, but everyone on the show thinks is a dork.  That’d be me to a tee.  But since I do not have the coordination skills to sing and dance at the same time, I am obviously unable to fulfill the Hannah Montana character’s part.

So I have decided that in my show, I would play a college character (let’s face it, high school is probably too much of a stretch for me now) who everyone on campus thinks is super geeky.  But the audience knows what the rest of campus does not know.  That I am part of a secret alliance called WEIRD (Weird Entities In Rightful Domination) that actually rules the world.  I spend my time on the show in my classes and outside of classes throwing witty banter around with my friends who don’t actually know about my double life as a WEIRD agent, and going on WEIRD missions to protect the world from strange happenings.  (Disclaimer to HWSNBNITB: because this is a Disney show, I am not allowed to have a fiance, so to be fair, I have completely cut you out, that way it doesn’t seem like I am toying with your affections).

In her rag tag bunch of friends is: Amber, the artsy librarian who appreciates Lindsay for all that she is.  Jackie: The shy but super awesome engineering buddy.  (More friends to come…I’m limited on thinking capacity right now). 

Also, maybe in the third or fourth episode, Lindsay gets a partner for her missions in WEIRD.  In true Disney spirit, it is a boy who likes Lindsay but can only express his feelings in a way that is pretty typical of all boys - he teases her pretty mercilessly.  But when they go on their missions, they become unstoppable and are on their way up the ladder of WEIRD.  He becomes friends with Lindsay outside of WEIRD and becomes part of her rag tag band of friends.  (Name of boy to come later).

 It’s your move now Disney.  I’m waiting.

<3, lindsayd.

6 Random Things ;-)

Ahhhh, we were tagged by Rooney! This is like a game, wheeeeeee! I’m first, but Jen’s and Lindsay’s coming soon.

Six Random Things about Amber

1. Magazines I subscribe to: Elle, Library Journal, School Library Journal, Blueprint (which died and is now just Martha Stewart Living–still awesome), Craft, Paste, Readymade, Nylon, and I have yet to renew my subscription to Mental Floss (which is THE BEST magazine in the world)
2. My two favorite Audrey Hepburn movies are Funny Face and Roman Holiday.
3. I used to :::cough:::still do::: want to be a Disney Imagineer. I’m banking on the fact that the Imagineering Department has to have a corporate library, right? And once I’m in department, then I can totally call myself an Imagineer no matter what the position.
4. Most of the accessories that I get compliments on belonged to one of my grandparents (for example, my grandpa’s hat, my grandma’s necklace, my other grandma’s fancy lipstick holder). My grandparents had style and I’m going to flaunt it!
5. I still sleep with stuffed animals: a kanga, a roo, a hippo, a yorkie, a brown dog, and Doggie (my BIFF–best imaginary friend forever). Sometimes the zebra pillow and the big ol’ sheepdog from the reading chair in the living room end up on my bed, too. But never my monster with bells; he bites.
6. All of these random things came from me looking around the living room–Right now I’m looking at the masks from the Masked Ball we three Nerdgirls went to when we were at a HP conference last May. Dancing when one is all glammed up always feels a bit magical.

Six Step Instructions
1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2. Post these rules on your blog.
3. Write six random things about yourself.
4. Tag six random people by linking to their blogs.
5. Let each of the six know they’ve been tagged by leaving them a comment (on their blogs).
6. Let your tagger know when your entry is up.

Six Tagged Blogs

1. Jobonga
2. What’s on your Bookshelf
3. Tom Can’t Count
4. The Fiona and Liam Chronicles
5. Miss Affected
6. Libba Bray

amberj.

Lindsay’s Official Declaration

While I’m declaring things….

It’s your move Jen.

<3, lindsayd.