Oh my freakin’ GOSH!

by Donna on August 28th, 2008

HULU HAS EPISODES OF IT TAKES A THIEF!!!!!

I LOVED this show when I was in high school! (Please note it was in rerun then!)

Unfortunately they don’t have my favorite episode starring Michelle Carey, Nice Girls Marry Stock Brokers. There was a line in that episode that I loved loved loved! You see, Michelle is faced with some competition in wooing Alexander Mundy. The rival asks to borrow Michelle’s lipstick and Michelle hands it over and says, “Smother it on, friend, because that’s the last thing of mine you get!”

I wonder if Hulu will ever have Run for Your Life starring Ben Gazzara? I loved that show too! Ben plays a man who only has two years to live and so he decides to pack as much life into his remaining years as possible! It was a fantastic show. Ran three seasons. I don’t think he died at the end. I don’t remember him eventually succumbing.

That’s Life!

by Donna on August 26th, 2008

Over the last few days I’ve been feeling a sense of dissonance surrounding me. I think it’s that I have closed everything in my pipeline and my August has been horrific and my September doesn’t look much better. I need to get back into prospecting mode but I am struggling. Does this make sense to the non-sales professionals out there? Sales is such a wacky job. You fly high and then crash, over and over again. You are only as good as your current month. And when you are riding high at the end of the month and everything is great, the next month comes and the clock resets back to 0. And when you are crumpled into a tiny ball, with an empty pipeline and no prospects, you are frightened that you’ll never get back up. And if all that isn’t horrible enough, your pay comes from what you bring in so if you aren’t selling, you aren’t earning. Of course there are some really nice parts about sales. You are in charge of what you make and so when you do well, you earn more. It’s nice to know you are directly responsible for the revenue of your company. Sales people are typically left alone and manage themselves. I guess it all balances out.

I was flying high in June and July. Now I gotta climb back up.

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Weird Coinky Dink

by Donna on August 25th, 2008

I really did love the movie, Mama Mia! The other day I watched Passion of Mind which starred Demi Moore. She plays a woman who is leading two very distinct lives, one in France, the other in NYC. When she goes to sleep in one place, she awakes in the other. And vice versa. I was surprised to see that her lover in her France life was one of Meryl Streep’s lovers in Mama Mia! I’ve never heard of or seen Stellan Skarsgård prior to Mama Mia. This evening I was slumming around Youtube, watching videos of Björn Andrésen (the pretty boy in Death in Venice), when I found the oddest video: snippets of the movie, Den Enfaldige mördaren. Björn Andrésen plays an opera singing angel who apparently instructs a poor, simple-minded man to kill his boss. And guess who played the simple-minded man? Stellan Skarsgård!

Seeing Björn Andrésen dressed up like an angel, I can’t help but think of other movies that include man-angels.

Here’s a couple I came up with:

- ORLANDO - Fast forward to about 4:30. Check out the floating, golden, man-angel singing in a high-pitched voice!

- BARBARELLA - Pygar was a tall, tan, loin cloth-wearing, man-angel who explained that Angels ARE love! And I do apologize to all patriots for featuring a video containing Hanoi Jane Fonda.

-Der Himmel über Berlin - I am not really sure this counts because I don’t think Damiel, Cassiel or Peter Falk are ever shown with wings. In Wim Wender’s universe, angels don’t have wings but rather wear wrinkly trench coats.

That’s all I got. Can anyone come up with other movies featuring man-angels???? More points will be given to those who find man-angels with crazy wings!

Spaghetti Monster

by Donna on August 25th, 2008

A couple weeks ago we made Eggplant Parmesan for dinner. It was a frozen meal. All I did was heat it in the microwave. I really wished I had made a mental note of the brand because it was delicious! The following week I attempted to make Eggplant Lasagna. I found the recipe in Cooking Light, a magazine that is delivered to me every month (Thank you Barb!). The recipe was okay– as is usually the case, what you sacrifice in calories, you also sacrifice in taste. The next weekend I intended to cook but we decided to hit the Italian Restaurant, La Campagnola, down the street instead. It’s an independent, family-owned restaurant- no TGIFriday’s. I ordered the Eggplant Rollatini. OH MY GOSH! It was unbelievably delicious. It was so good that I insisted we go back the next week. Sitting there I found myself stuffing myself more on the angel hair pasta than the Rollatine. Could it be? I think I was simply hungry for my mom’s spaghetti!
I got home from work and I was about to order takeout but I decided I would make it myself. I rolled up my sleeves and I made spaghetti (no meatballs, I ain’t got no meatballs) and garlic bread and I poured myself some wine. I ate TWO plates full! I think I can finally say, I am all Italianed out!

Must readjust

by Donna on August 25th, 2008

I am in a less than marvel mood. I am angry with work. Angry that they make us sit through stupid learning seminars. I so wanted sales training and it seemed as if they finally understood but instead they deliver trash at an inopportune hour. It’s insulting. I am angry that our CRM application is slower than my old Commodore 64. It’s so slow that I get distracted. I get lost checking my personal email or surfing the web since I am trying to waste time waiting for that darn CRM program to just change screens. The page eventually comes up and I can’t remember what I was trying to accomplish. Makes me want to scream.

I want to go home and clean my house… That’s how frustrated I am.

A Bumper Sticker

by Donna on August 21st, 2008

Business is Great
People are Terrific
Life is Wonderful

Celine Spray

by Donna on August 20th, 2008

Something happened to me at Elvis Week that I have kept to myself. Lisa was there when it happened and she too has kept mum. It’s a little odd and I am embarassed by it but I need to get it off my chest.

While I was standing in an Elvis gift shop, a woman came over to me and told me I LOOK EXACTLY LIKE CELINE DION.

I am not making this up. She seemed like a very normal person. She didn’t appear to be homeless or on drugs.

I gasped and stumbled back. What do I say?

“Thank you.”

Do I look like Celine Dion? I really don’t think so but maybe I am her doppelgaenger and just never noticed!

HP Sucks, Life is Grand

by Donna on August 20th, 2008

I plugged my external harddrive into my laptop and as I was about to back up the odds and ends, my computer shut down and refused to boot back up. This is typical. I am not overly worried. I am sure I will be able to get it to boot up eventually. I am just really beginning to wonder if restoring it to factory settings is going to do a damn thing. I think the hard drive and/or motherboard is shot.

After calming myself down and resisting the urge to throw the laptop out the window, I went for a walk. I ran into Joe and Janet and the bichons. Janet was hobbling along. Her foot was bloody! She said she stepped on glass and it went right through her crocs. I took the dogs from Joe so he could help her. I followed them back to the house and unleashed the dogs for them. I should call Janet this evening and see how she is doing. There was a lot of blood. I continued on my walk. Before I got very far, I ran into Trey and Adele. They were in a talkative mood and we just stood there and gabbed for an hour. It got dark and I eventually went home skipping my intended walk. At home, Joanie from the Ron Paul Meet Up Group called and we talked about where we would meet on Thursday when we go see I.O.U.S.A.

It almost appears I have a life.

HP say

by Donna on August 19th, 2008

HP says I should restore the laptop to factory settings. That means I lose everything I’ve installed on it. Which isn’t that huge a deal I suppose. And I already backed up my pix and music. I should be okay. I guess I’ll just comb through it and back up any odds and ends I forgot. I really hope the issues I am having are not hardware related. That would suck big time.

Oh my dear!

by Donna on August 19th, 2008

My personal laptop is acting totally wonky. It won’t turn on. When it does turn on, the screen stays dark. I turn it off and it turns on by itself. I somehow get it on and the wireless card refuses to work. I plug in with a network cable and I get online. Out of nowhere the computer freezes and all I see is a crazy screen filled with an image that had been on the Web site.

Does my baby have a virus? Is my baby just kaput? I’ve only had her about a year and a half. How can she already be breaking down? And why does it occur after the one year warranty expires?

Any suggestions?

Should I just buy a Mac?