~ma for your mom, Jen.

People need to talk about celebrities that I have opinions about. I've got nothin' here.

I almost bought a Nissan Leaf today. My workplace was chosen as a hub, which means that they are going to install a charging station, and we would get financial incentives for getting them (over and above the $7,500 tax credit). My boss got one, and a guy who works down the hall from me got one, and my landlords even agreed to have an electrician come in and install an outdoor outlet so that I could charge it at home (because they are AWESOME), but I balked at the last minute. Going from not having a car for 12 years to owning a nearly $40,000 car (and I would have had to decide by tomorrow) was too much of a leap. I think I'm going to start smaller, with a used car, maybe. It did make it clear that I'm ready to get a car, though. Just not that car.

Also this week, I fostered a blind standard poodle that had been found on the side of the road near here. I realized over the next couple of days that I wasn't ready to have a dog long-term, that I'm still grieving over Lulu big-time. So I emailed a friend of mine who volunteers with Carolina Poodle Rescue, and she called me back within minutes, saying that they would take him, that they would find him a home, that they had a foster home for him, and that the foster person would come get him that afternoon. Also, they had seen my craigslist ad that I had put up the night before, and to take it down. WHOA. THEN, they called back less than an hour later to say that they had found the owner! Turns out that she had put a craigslist ad up, but in the county adjacent to mine, since she's on the border, and so we hadn't seen each other's ads. Also, the dog (Alex) has a severe heart murmur, and had now gone several days without his meds. He had wandered off her property out in the country when she was gathering wood. So she came and got him that night!

So: Carolina Poodle Rescue are superheroes. I made a big donation. And if and when I'm ready to get another dog, I'll know where to turn. Also, my impulsive decision to foster that dog highlighted that I'm not ready right now, which is good to know, and also got him reunited with his (loving, if careless) owner faster, and back on his heart meds. Yay.

Also, I broke up with my therapist.

It's been an eventful week.

Holy Cow, Amyth, that is quite a week.

~ma for your Ma, Jen.

amyth, dude, it was a short week! You've got to pace yourself!

Oof, Amy. Good but tough week.

Oh performance reviews. How do I love thee?/Let me count the...oh right. None. I do not love you at all.

I'm trying to send 2011 out with a bang!

I'VE GOT ONE MORE DAY.

eta: I'm so glad that they decided that mid-year (and Dec. is mid-year for us) perf. reviews are optional now.

I don't have teevee, either, but somehow I know that Snooki is from Jersey Shore.

I only know that because it was a question in the trivia game I play every week. I think we missed it. My trivia team is very weak on reality show questions, which I don't feel too badly about.

The Kardashians are still mostly a mystery to me, but I watched a news magazine show about them. I was happier in my total ignorance.

So sad.

At least I feel comfortable that these people are using "literally" accurately.

What? It's something.

I think Russell Brand is kind of sexy. Wasted on that Perry chick, seriously. However, I think the message to Tim would be slightly lost if I offered up my goodies to him, so I won't put that as a priority.

...wait. I think Russell Brand is kind of creepy. Dang.

Sleep with Katy Perry. THAT will show him.

I think he'd be pretty on board with that.

And by "on board," I mean "cheering like a Dallas Cowboy cheerleader."

I started reading the Good Riddance 2011 post on Jezebel, but I got to this pretty early on and stopped, because I just don't even know:

I got arrested b/c my now 4-year old son decided to open our front door and go to the market across the street while I slept. I spent five days in jail and now have to do parenting classes

I'm not sure how the kid managed to get the door open, and that's of course completely terrible and highly dangerous for him to do, but is the answer really five days in jail? Also, she lost her teaching job as a result.

So, you know, I don't need the depressing stories of people I don't know. It's bad enough for the people I do.

Also, I'm still at work. So, you know, wrong.

We left work early and got sushi. And I got a cocktail.

In conclusion: woohoo VODKA.