I saw twelve baby ducks and their mommy (and a presumed daddy) swimming about in the arboretum today. It was adorable. They totally clustered around her while swimming. I also saw a baby turtle. I took pictures, but who knows how well they will come out with cameraphone zoom.

So I came back in, all happy that I saw baby animals, and told my coworkers this. Then they started going on about seeing baby ducks eaten by crows.

I DID NOT NEED TO HEAR THAT, THANK YOU.

My day has immediately started out with hearing a coworker talk about her poop.

YEAH.

http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/29075

Surprise, surprise! No raises this year! But he remains committed to the idea of raises!.... Oh, wait, aren't you leaving that job this year?

Bwahahahahaahah.

So (a) almost everyone around me at work has gotten a jury duty summons lately, and (b) I just scheduled a vacation lasting for two weeks.

I should expect mine to show up (during vacation of course) any minute now, right?

"An empty 2 liter soda bottle makes a good thing to hit your head with.  Its softer and less expensive if it breaks than a computer monitor.  It also makes a pleasing sound."

--My cousin, upon my telling him that I want to go hit my head into the computer monitor.

It's another one of those Mom days. Specifically, we're going on a 2-week trip to visit the East Coast relatives (including said cousin), and despite my telling her for months on end what weeks I can go on and when I can't, promptly bought tickets for the wrong airport and the wrong dates, one of them being a full on week where I am not allowed to be on vacation.

FUN TIMES HERE, Y'ALL.

Seanan McGuire thinks I'm awesome.

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

List of things I want to do someday, when I am not busy doing shit every weekend, have a class every night, etc. Otherwise known as "uh, hopefully June."

• Catch up on every video on the Internet
• Catch up on every television show I've got on Hulu
• What are these things in the red envelopes gathering dust? What did I rent again?
• Oh hai, Internet, nice to meet you, I see there are a billion websites with interesting things saved here
• Sleep ten hours a day
• Preferably with no human beings around to interrupt this. I mean you, lawn guys that come by every Saturday blowing the leaf blower outside my door.

I'd almost be excited for a rainy day, except the rainy day may be TODAY and once again, I've got plans. Involving me being outside all night. This timing stinks.

And now back to chugging Mountain Dew and trying to make it awake for the next three hours.

http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/phillynow/2012/05/01/may-day-poster-depicts-decapitated-police-officer/

Occupy Philadelphia comes up with a poster of Pike being decapitated by a UNICORN. With a RAINBOW.

On the one hand, I love Joss Whedon stuff.

On the other hand, I do not like horror movies.

Yes, this might sound odd, but "horror movies" are about nastily slaughtering a bunch of idiots in ways that make me want to hurl on the floor of the theater. Which very nearly happened the one time someone dragged me to a horror movie in a theater (big screen + vomit scene = not good). TV shows like Whedon's, Supernatural, et al. aren't usually about a bunch of idiots, not everyone dies, and the good guys frequently come back from the dead, so I have people to root for.

I still can't figure out if I want to see Cabin in the Woods or not. I have gone around reading spoilers trying to figure out if the Whedon aspects rule out the stupid teen slaughter barfing in public aspects of it enough to see it. Still can't decide. Sounds 50/50. Yes, I know it's super awesome, but does that rule out the parts of horror I fucking hate?

ARGH I DON'T KNOW.

...Probably end up waiting until it's out on video, right?

So, in the middle of the night, the next door neighbors came home. Slamming doors, throwing things against the wall, and screaming "FUCK!" over and over and over again as loud as they possibly could.

On a Thursday? I know that's a "get yer drink on" night here anyway, but still. I was seriously pondering getting out of bed to call the cops.

I generally like apartment living, but when people do that...