Netflix Suggestion

I love Netflix. It's one of the special things in my life that I just really enjoy. I have an easily-accessible, internet-based queue where I line up all of the DVDs I'd like Netflix to send to my house. The movies arrive, I enjoy them, and then I pop them back into the mailbox and wait impatiently for my next movie. It's a fabulous system that's worth every penny I spend on it.

Netflix is also open to giving suggestions. Each time I open up the website, I am greeted with several categories of movies that it thinks I'll enjoy, each filled with movie suggestions just for me. It's a very handy system, and quite intelligent, as well. For example, if I have rented and enjoyed both romance movies and comedies, it may create a category of "Romantic Comedy" movies for me to peruse.

Although it seems pretty awesome in theory, every now and again, I wonder what on earth I rented to create a category that it thinks will suit my desires.

Case in point: last night, when I brought up the Netflix page, I was greeted with a category I've never seen before. It's odd and incredibly specific.

"Sentimental Independent Dysfunctional-Family Movies"

Huh.

Are any of you readers Netflixers as well? What categories has it created for you? I'm thinking that the sky's the limit on this thing...

A Request

Dear Population of the World:

Let's ratchet back the panic a bit, shall we? Everywhere I turn, it's Panic City about one thing or another. Economy, illness, doom, doom, DOOM!!!

From now on, just assume that I get it: we're all going to die jobless, debt-riddled, and infected with several kinds of flesh-eating bacteria and other diseases that plagued us as we wasted away in an economy that would never regain its glory.

Got it. Please stop telling me.

Thanks bunches!

Liz

Quote of the Whatever

I love this one...

I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live.

-George Bernard Shaw

Diagnosis: Anti-Social

Tonight, one of my former roommates, of the most recent set, called to see if I wanted to go to a corn maze with her and our other roommate (they still live together).

My reply: Sure!

Her: (pause) Really?!??

Me: Yep. You sound surprised. Were you just inviting me to be nice, but planning on me saying no?

It turns out that, evidently, I say no a lot to invitations for social events.

My most sincere apologies. I'll endeavor to do better.

Go ahead--ask me to do something social with you. I'm in.

Maybe.

Past/Future

Seven years ago today, I sat down in a training room for my first day at my new, fancy job.

Today, I sat down in my cubicle at the same company. Although my job is now somewhat different than it was seven years ago, many, many elements remain the same.

Sometimes, it seems like I just started yesterday.

Other times, it seems like I've always worked there.

Two different employees asked me today what I thought my long-term plan was. Apparently, I'm starting to look old for my job.

Home

I'm back from my visit to Cheeseland.

I had the most wonderful time with my sister and her family. I have many funny stories to tell, adorable pictures to post, etc.

But for tonight, I'm just doing a little bit of being sad on my couch. I sure love my sister and her family, and I have such a wonderful time spending my vacation with them. It's hard to have to come home to a place that is so far away from them.

Stay tuned for the all of the silliness, love, and corresponding pictures, as soon as I can muster the will to get back to regular life.

Until then, I'll be indulging in a bit of TiVo and ice cream.

For The Fam

Here are a couple of pictures of my newest nephew, for those of you who are family and cannot wait to see him! Born yesterday, 8 lbs, 4 oz, 20 inches (I think...you'll have to wait for his mom to heal up for all the official details).

Such sweet friends already! His older brother sure loves him!

I'm An Aunt!

In truth, I've been an aunt for a while, but I'm now an aunt again! My newest little nephew (bringing my nephew count to seven) was born early this morning.

Although I have not yet seen him in person, I can verify that he is gorgeous, snuggly, beautiful, fabulous, brilliant, handsome, charming, compassionate, loving, hilarious, wonderful, and practically perfect in every way.

Giggles

My parents just had the following conversation:

Dad: Where's the phone?

Mom: The telephone?

Dad: (completely sincerely) No, the remote.

I couldn't stop laughing. Upon further explanation, it made (slightly) more sense, but still...pretty funny, if you ask me.

R.I.P.

My TiVo is on the fritz. Over the past week, instead of getting better, it has been getting worse.

I fear it's only a matter of time.

Poor, poor TiVo.

Poor, poor Liz.

In other news, it appears that I may need to re-evaluate my priorities.

October

Things I'm looking forward to in October:

• Mini vacation in Cedar City (have you all been to the Utah Shakespearean Festival lately? If not, you should definitely head down there)
• Big vacation to see my sister and her family in Cheeseland!
• Finding some serenity (not totally sure how I'm going to accomplish this one yet, but...)
• Sweater/jacket season! WAHOO!!
• Hot chocolate
• Pedicure with one of my favorite people
• New nephew! (he hasn't been born yet, but if he hasn't been born by the end of October, it'll be some sort of medical horror movie or something like that...)

So many fun things going on! The only problem is that I don't have anything fun planned past October at all.

Any suggestions for November/December?