Bee’s Musings

So, I had a random, small happy moment today. I logged into my Google documents (where all kinds of things are stored, from my personal to-read lists and quote collections to our online inventory spreadsheet for work), and discovered that Google Docs got a facelift!

Since I use Google Docs a fair amount, their changes were nice. Now, instead of using “tags” I can organize my documents and spreadsheets into folders. It makes a lot more sense to a PC user like me. Even the icons are cuter.

Thanks Google, for a little happy moment in my day.

Read more at the Official Google Docs & Spreadsheet Blog.

Yes, you read that right. I think I’m giving up food. In the past week, I’ve had more “bad food” experiences than I’d like to recall - including at least 3 incidents of cold chicken from well-known (and often well-liked) restaurants. Maybe I shouldn’t get chicken - and maybe grilled chicken is especially prone to being bad. But when you bite into something that is supposed to be hot, and is instead decidedly cold, it ruins the whole experience.

This isn’t just isolated to chicken, either. I had a nice, safe, veggie wrap for lunch yesterday. The artichoke hearts tasted fishy. I don’t know if they were just stored next to the tuna salad, or if they were truely rank, but either way, they were less than appetizing. One half of a wrap later, I’d had enough.

Now sure, I’d like to lose some more weight (and keep kicking butt in the Biggest Loser competition at our office), but I didn’t want to do it because the mere thought of food grosses me out. I’m truly starting to wonder if I want to integrate any food into my life that doesn’t just come from the produce section of my grocery store - that I can come home and wash, and determine if it’s edible.

Bleh.

Like most people early in their careers, I’m still trying to figure out how to “make it.” How to make it better, how to make it bigger, and some days, just how to make it through. Earlier this week, when reading one of the bezillions of newsletters that I get, an article stood out - “Ten Tips for Perpetual Career Management.” Read more

Ok, so here’s a good example of a perfect man for the modern woman.
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I got to spend this weekend with one of my best friends ever. We had some adventures (hiking around Red Rocks in the dark, hoping there weren’t snakes), and some really interesting moments of laughter (like the beer lady… enough said.) Of course, there were moments of struggle (”Why are you being a little b*tch right now!?”), but overall, I’m glad to have been able to spend the time with my friend. And I got to meet her friend - whom I hope I can now count among my list of friends. Read more

As I was listening to the radio this morning, as I nearly always do, a new, interesting ad came on - for a latex clothing store. It had some of that swanky music in the background, and mentioned “you know you feel sexy in latex.” Their latex items come in a variety of colors, including teal - not just black! They also have some other rather different items which I wasn’t listening to because I was pondering to myself… living in the conservative area that I do, is there really enough demand to keep latex-wear stores in business? In the sleepy bedroom community, do we have the people who let their unique side out in leather corseted dresses (sizes small to 1x).
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I don’t have the most common name on the planet. In most situations, I’m the only Brandi around. Growing up, there wasn’t a time when someone else in the class had the same name that I do. Later, it was like I was notorious. People meet me and they go “Oh… so you’reBrandi…” Like they’d heard something about me - possibly something that wasn’t quite good.
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Just wanted to let any of you readers out there know that you’re welcome to leave a comment about any of these posts. Kevin seems to think my site needs more comments, so leave me one. Let me know if you think I work in a looney bin, or that I need to get over something. Its good for me. Thickens up my skin.

Things roll down hills.
All kinds of things. Rocks, people, rivers… oh, and the infamous “shit.” Shit rolls downhill.

… and I, my friends, seem to be in the biggest valley of the year.

(On the other hand, isn’t that a cool picture? I had to find something neat to counter-act the mental image that I get when I think about it.)

“Could you change when change really mattered?” —Alan Deutschman, author, “Change or Die”
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