That girl in black.... and other fashion colors: July 2008

Decisions, Decisions

I'm going to try and actually get hip... by adding a song ringtone to my phone. I know, it's a big commitment.

The practical side of me has put it off for so long since I usually have the phone on vibrate. In the office, we can't have our phones making noise. At the store, I'm not supposed to have it with me, anyway. Any time outside of that, I'm usually in my truck (with the stereo blaring = can't hear the phone, anyway) or asleep (don't want to hear it).

But when I call my girl in Portland, I always enjoy hearing her Jayhawker ringback tone. And it has impressed me and the boyfriend that Rush has severals song available through Verizon. I've been less impressed with Everclear's selection. *sidebar rant* For all of Art's talent in songwriting and composing, his taste in selecting album singles is awful. Other than 'Santa Monica' (which is only available in a ringback tone?) I dislike most all of the other tone options.

What is a girl in black to do?

I've narrowed my options down to such:

Ring tones (song that plays to me when phone is ringing):

Jayhawk fight song "I'm a Jay, Jay, Jay, Jayhawker!"
Far Cry intro by Rush (good drum into)
Spindrift by Rush (good guitar lead)
Heroin Girl by Everclear "Esther used to be the kind of girl you'd never leave"
Don't Tell Me by Madonna
Music by Madonna (yes, I love me some techno disco music!)

Ring back tones (songs played to people calling me) ((these are much more likely what I will put on my phone))

Jayhawk fight song
Santa Monica by Everclear
Music by Madonna
Like it or Not by Madonna "this is who I am, you can like it or not"
Queen B by Puscifer (Maynard James Keenan from Tool) "this lovely lady got the thickness, can I get a witness?"

I guess I also need to see if I can designate different ringback tones for different callers. I know you can set a ringtone identifer for my contact list, so different people play different songs to me.

My mother is even ahead of me in this area! She has a tone of the Wicked Witch of the East saying "I'll get you my pretty!" when her sister calls her. And she has Dorothy saying "I don't think we're in Kansas any more, Toto" when my brother calls her from Seattle. She has the Looney Tunes theme go off either when I call her, or my youngest brother here in town calls her.

It's bad when my mom is more hip than I am!

US Policy is to Not Deal with Terrorists!

I take a couple of sick days off work... and see what happens?

My coworkers are a wenchy bunch. Do they not realize how hard it to pull together that much chocolate under duress?

They even tortured me and made him go "hi-YA!", just to watch me hop up and scurry about, trying to find him.

But being the crafty girl I am... I was able to sneak up on one of my lesser-suspected coworkers, just in time to see her spin around from putting him back in her drawer.

AHA! Ninja skillz rule.

Update:

Now Po is back where he belongs: on my desk, making me smile!

You Can't Fix Crazy

I would, however.... like to choke and beat the ever-livin' snot out of it.

Started off my day (and week!) with a call from my state program manager for appeals. She always starts off most conversations in an accusatory tone. A downside to being a contractor is that everything is our fault. Even when we are saving their bacon. But they never remember that kind of stuff.

After listening to her tell me I changed mode of operation without her permission or approval (she's a control freak), I tried to tell her (in a diplomatic way, of course) three times she was reading the document wrong, and we hadn't changed anything in 10 years.

This is only 8:30am, mind you.

Finally she actually reads the document, and finally admits the reason she had her panties in a bunch was due to a political fight on their side of the fence. As is most of the time she calls me up wound. She probably didn't appreciate my "we'll be happy to change the wording to your preference. I'll just need an email or something in writing to keep on file." Too bad. Get burned enough times, and you start keeping a documentation file.

The part that probably aggravates me more than anything, is the lack of support from my team's state program manager. While I have a woman I report to for appeals, my team's program manager over utilization review is *less* than inspiring. It's just a downer, since the woman we had at Blue was a LOT smarter, nicer, and willing to defend us against their political reindeer games. Not so much anymore.

Oy.