And today was a day just like any other

Normally on my "weekends" (I'm off Sunday and Monday - it's weird but I've gotten used to it) I do my laundry on one of those days. It takes a couple hours of my day as I have to drive down to the laundry mat, so it's always something I have to plan around. This weekend, I didn't have to go in to work until the afternoon on Saturday, so I got my laundry out of the way then and I had Sunday and Monday to enjoy with no plans.

And I did.

Yesterday, I randomly drove up to Auburn and finally watched Faster with Frisco (sounds like a morning show). I liked it, but of course I'm biased. At least it wasn't disappointing.

Today was a mix of video games and movies. I finally watched Van Helsing, a movie that some how made it's way to the top of my Netflix queue and has been sitting on my entertainment center for almost a month, and made a trip to Books A Million. I went on picked up Decoded by Jay Z for my South Dakota trip and wanted to give Darkly Dreaming Dexter a shot after we finished Season 2 Saturday night.

I think this is one of those "random update" posts. So here is a continuation of what's been going on/what's coming up:

*My work is back and forth sometimes. Two weeks ago, I didn't have but a couple stories go in the paper. Last week, I was all over the place. Some crime stuff has gone down; there were a couple shootings I had to go out to, which was kind of depressing. But the next two days I covered three parades and went to the Christmas tree lighting (and got a small interview with the governor). So yea, I never know what to expect.

*I've been working on my 2010 music lists. And I think I'm putting too much thought into it haha. Also working on some 2010 movie stuff, but that's not as an important.

*I don't know how many people reading this follow college football, but the school I just graduated from in August (Auburn - woot!) is on their way to the national championship game, bringing an undefeated record with them. Of course they would do it the year after I leave.

*My birthday is coming up, the 15th to be exact. (this would make a good present) I don't even think I mentioned my birthday on my blog last year and it's kind of redundant because most of my blogger friends are facebook friends as well. But I actually have some vacation days to use up so I will be off for four days next week, so that's kind of awesome. I'm not hating on people that have to throw big parties, but it's just not me. Maybe if I was in the same city as people I would do something big, but honestly, at this point I just want to hang out with my friends. And so far that is happening. Frisco is going to hang out with me in Montgomery on Sunday and then I have a couple days after that to possibly hang out with Jme. Don't even care what we do, it's just nice to spend time with friends.

*Speaking of the people that matter to me, good things are happening for them. And it's making me really happy.

*Let's go out on some music news. With all the concerts I've been too, I actually still have a list of top bands that I haven't seen. #1 is the Red Hot Chili Peppers but #2 is Linkin Park. This weekend, I will buy tickets to see LP in Atlanta in January. Opening for them is Pendulum, a pairing I would have never thought I would see, but it's got me really excited. Who is Pendulum? Click this and find out.

Random lyric of the day (throwing back to the post title):

I am aware, I've been misled
I disconnect my heart, my head
Don't wanna recognize when things go bad
The things that you'll accept
Except that I am finding the words... to say

Newness

It seems like in life, new things always come along that grab your attention. When The Office invaded my life, I lost interest in Scrubs. When Community came into my life, I lost interest in the The Office and so on and so on.

After a plethora of my friends told me I would enjoy Dexter, I gave it a shot on Friday night. It is Tuesday night and I just finished episode 8. I want to keep going but I need some sleep.

I love this show.

I am also enjoying a new song posted by Taking Back Sunday. Definitely came out of nowhere and made me pretty happy.

And I am pretty pumped that both Kanye West AND My Chemical Romance have new cds coming out next week. I've previewed them both and I feel like I won't be disappointed.

sidenote: A friend asked me what I was doing over Thanksgiving break. As this is my first year in the "real world," I told her I no longer had a break :(

And to end this random post, it's hard to call myself a reader when all I read are autobiographies. But is it bad that I am really interested in Jay Z's book and will probably get it for my South Dakota flight in December?