tidbits

1) This week my coworker handed me a sheet of paper - when I looked at it, I saw "How to lose 10 pounds in 3 days" written across the top. I said something thoughtful like, "hmm. Well, you let me know how that goes" and tried to give it back to her. But she wouldn't take it - "No, I printed out extra copy for you." "Oh. Thanks..."
I guess I should be used to this stuff by now.

2) I don't watch the Bachelor - Ok fine, I watched one season. It was that Andrew Firestone one. But that was it, I swear. But one night a while back my roommate was watching, and I was walking in and out of the room, and happened to catch this part: a young woman crying into the camera after not being selected to continue and sobbing, "I just can't wait to get home to my cat. She's the love of my life." It was so amazing, I wouldn't have believed it had I not just seen it myself. Did anyone else see this? Maybe I don't know anyone that watches the show, but I felt it was so terribly sad that I couldn't believe I never heard anything about it again. You couldn't go anywhere without hearing about the "my ovaries are rotting" lady* but woman who says her cat is the love of her life goes unnoticed. If I weren't allergic to cats, having a moment like this might be my worst fear.
Oh, one other thing I noticed that night? That girl that won irritated me so much that I couldn't stand to watch the show a minute longer. Technically, I'm not sure that it was really the girl that drove me crazy, or his reaction to her. He would say that he wanted to make sure she wasn't immature, so he would ask her a question, and she would give the most immature answer possible. And he would looked shocked for a minute, and then he would try again with another question. And she would answer in the same manner. And at some point she would have a temper tantrum about not getting enough attention. And I knew - I knew that although she went against everything he said he should be looking for, he would pick her. And he did. All the way through to the end. Good luck, English man.

*When I heard about the "my ovaries are rotting!" moment I went on their website, and attempted to pick the lady out from all the head shots, and I don't like to brag or anything, but I got it right in one pick! She had crazy eyes. I've had experience with these people.

3) Today Bathroom Lady told me that I have a cute butt. Unless BL thinks of "cute" as "big", then I have to wonder if she was drinking on the job today. Or maybe I'm giving too much credit to my butt, because what she actually said was, "those pants fit your butt real cute." So maybe what she meant was for a really unattractive butt, those pants make it look about as good as possible. But really Bathroom Lady, must you be staring at and talking about my butt as I am walking down the hall? Where there are open office doors? Does anyone else get told at work that those pants fit your butt real cute? And also, I took a look in the mirror when I got home today, and those pants did not do anything for my butt.
Have I ever mentioned how we dress at work? People get away with wearing pajamas to work. When I started there, I was true business casual, but I have deteriorated into slob. While some people may go for "professional" or "stylish" I go for "comfortable" and sometimes "something really old that I don't like anymore and don't care if I ruin." I am usual ashamed when I go out for lunch amongst the rest of the population. Anyway, these pants are my most comfortable - and therefore among those that I am embarrassed to be seen in. If Lob's mother had seen me today, she would have asked if it were homeless day at work today. Bathroom Lady talked a lot about how much she liked my pants before she made the butt comment. Is she just making fun of me? Sadly, I don't think so.