You know you work at BYU-SLC if...

Since I'm so beyond busy at work AGAIN today, I thought that I would come up with 20 ways that you know that you are a BYU Salt Lake Center employee. Although each item on the list will be COMPLETELY true, it will be nice to get a good laugh at myself and at my job. Wait, what again do you actually DO? Good question! If you find out could you please let me know. I'm still a little fuzzy on the matter myself. Meanwhile, I'll be busy wasting time...

You know you are a BYU-SLC employee if...

1)The first thing you have to do when you get to work is take a female/shemale quiz online to see who can get the top score

2)You've ever went an entire day without seeing, talking to, or helping a single student or person

3)Your idea of a BIG project is getting to type in phone numbers into a data base because it takes you 1 hour to complete

4)You join the inter-office BIGGEST LOSER and end up gaining weight and eating treats like it's going outta style

5)Going to meetings is the highlight of the month because you know that at least you'll be away from a computer screen for an hour or so

6)You were told when you were hired that they don't actually NEED you but had to hire you to fill in chairs, in the off chance that this place EVER gets busy

7)You go to the bathroom as much as possible, even when you don't have to go, simply to take a break from your pathetic life for a few glorious minutes

8)You fight over who gets to go get the mail that day because you want a "job" so badly

9)You are told to bring in movies or books to read and don't try to hide the fact

10)Your boss brings you movies and tv shows to watch

11)You spend more time online in one day of work than you should in an entire week or more

12)You spend all your time at work looking for a new job

13)You have absolutely no idea what you did all day

14)You make up little surveys like this one because you have already blogged, stalked, read and sent emails, checked your bank account, and googled as much as you can stand and youve only been at work 1 hour.

15)You've ever sat for so long without moving at all that the room actually goes black because it thinks that nobody is in the room

16)You go to a meeting and employees are sleeping and snoring loudly and nobody thinks twice about it

17)You are apart of the "Bulletin Board" committee so it looks like you have something you're in charge

18)You are supposed to be the expert on Incomplete contracts and thus write up a whole blurg about what they are, what they are used for, and the steps to complete the form, but have never actually done an Incomplete contract

19)The second you hear the fax machine, you jump out of your seat and RUN over to receive the fax before your coworker gets in....HEY! If it's a clearance to register form you might actually get to enter it into access!

20)You go on vacation for an entire week and they never bother having someone fill in for you!!

Too much Lovin'...

So this is rather embarrasing to admit, but I am a closet lover/fan of the "Love comes Softly" movie series. Now anyone who has ever watched any of the movies knows how incredibly lame-O they are, but also knows just how addicting they are at the same time. Well, I was fortunate enough to watch yet another installment of this high-quality series yesterday. And just when you thought that they MUST be fresh out of lame titles for the show, they come out with yet another Winner..."Love's Unfolding Dream." YEP, you read it right....Love's Unfolding Dream. Now, I won't ruin the ending for you, but let me just tell you that it is remarkedly similar to beginning, middle, and ending of "Love comes Softly," "Love's enduring Promise," "Love's long Journey, "Love's abiding Joy," AND "Love Unending Legacy." You must be thinking, but how can this be? Each show is so different so how can it possibly end the exact same as the previous 5 movies? Well, let's just say that they did it again! But don't you worry, as soon as "Love takes Wing" and "Love finds a home" comes to my nearest Blockbuster (or Hollywood), I'll be the first in line to rent that sucker. HEY!, if you make it through 6 of the exact same movies with just different character names, then you might as well watch all 8. But sad day when there are no more to watch. But don't worry, I'm sure they'll just bust out "The Prairie Legacy Series" next, in which there are another 4 movies. This should keep me entertained for at least another couple years.

PS>Did you ever notice that Missy LaHaye and her step-mother are exactly the same age and never age even as the years roll on. Very interesting.

Smoke 'em if you got 'em

As my infamous Advanced Anatomy Professor, Dr. Myrer, would say (among other things!) "smoke 'em if you got 'em" or as Mr. Mussetter from H.S. so poetically put it "if you can't beat em, join em!" If you couldn't tell, I've decided to take their advice and start a real blog. As my closest friends know, I am morally opposed to and a hard critic of all blogs, but, hey, sometimes you just have to give in and join in the fun. And seeing as I have the world's easiest and SLOWEST job in the history of jobs, I might as well find/start up a new hobby to make the long hours fly by a little faster...and more smoothly. So here's to all you crazy blogger-slightly-eccentric types out there. If for nothing else, at least you'll have something more to read while you're prying into everybody's lives. To me blogging is the mom version of facebook stalking. And although I have to admit I used to religiously stalk "friends" on facebook, I have been trying to give it up cold turkey. And although it was rather painful in the beginning, it's surprising how quickly you don't care who's in a relationship with who, who threw a chicken at who, and what free gifts are available for the day! Maybe this is the first step in the right direction, we'll have to see. Or maybe it's just a new form of wasting time and evading people's lives while I pretend to have a life of my own. Either way, all I can say is I'm now one of the people I hate. Oh well, "smoke em if you got em!" Fair dinkum mate!