Monday, March 28, 2005

i guess i am yellow...

ok, so this morning i woke up in a cold sweat and immediately start relaying the most unusual dream to d...who by the way is staring at me with this utterly confused look on his face. imagine being woken up without a minute to even gather your thoughts and your wife is already talking to you as though you've been up for at least half an hour.

as many of you know, i am a twinkie through and through (yellow on the outside, but white on the inside). i have never professed this or made it my mantra, but i have heard the expression "baby, you're whiter than me" from my caucasian husband on various occasions. maybe it's my stellar *ehem not* dancing skills, or my inability to clap on beat, but this dream i had proved that lisa hoover is in fact a part of her korean brethren ever more so than she ever thought.

so d and i are driving around in our pimped out hyundai, heading towards the korean grocery store with a craving for kalbi (beef short ribs marinated in this special korean sauce). as we're drawing near, we see a glorious mountain made out of...yes, you guessed it, marinated korean short ribs! we're so incredibly excited, we decide to drive up the mountain, only to be dismayed by the fact that the hyundai will only get two tires on before slipping back down to the street. we're bummed, so we contact my korean friend esther to give us advice on how we can reach the top of this decadent mountain. she says that we need to go out and buy a nissan armada as she did when she had the same woes. so after telling her that the armada is just too much car for us, we all decide upon a nissan pathfinder.

so what have we all learned today?
lisa had a dream that she drove a korean car with her honorary korean husband, up a mountain of korean short ribs and got the advice of a korean friend on what type of vehicle to buy to remedy the situation.


Monday, March 14, 2005

guess who's back???

ok, but only for a second and there is just too much to write, but i'll try my best to get it all in on this session!!

first, we're all happy that tucker has made it through his ordeal and is healthy and happy. he's got his post vicodin wits about him, that's for sure and i realized it after he promised to smack the white of my rice at frank's bday bash at d&bs! jessi has definitely defied all of my stereotypes about guys being bad asses with shooting games!! she busted caps all over those crazy haunted monsters and took us to the end of the game where we actually beat the crazy medusa looking ball throwing bastard to win! yeah, and before that i only made it to the maggots. thanks jechee!

backing up to last week...i've learned that human interaction is vital for my mental health and survival. after working 4 straight days from home, i literally bounced off of every wall here at zen today saying hello to everyone and i mean everyone...even the non-english speaking woman who vacuums the elevator, God bless her for keeping it clean! we should all be thankful for every single person that contributes to the betterment of our work environment! when was the last time you said thank you?

now i'll be heading back to good old ashburn to continue on with my work from home experience. don't be shy about asking to meet up for lunch or take a trip to barbados or anything of the sort. the subtle break would be VERY WELCOMED!

hoover out!


Monday, March 07, 2005

broken friend part II, 5 guys and chicken kabobs!

good luck tuckerama!!! for all of you who know him, sonjay will be heading into surgery today. it's a happy occassion being that he will be having something detimental removed from his body. no more writhing on the floor or stomach clutching cuz folks, we have a little thing called modern medicine. scary, but we all have to make important life changing decisions at points...and in my book, especially when it involves the function of our doo doo. which btw - is a very very important function indeed. just ask my very cultivated and cultured beau...LOL!! friend i called you cultured! hahah...ok, i love u to death my little munchkin!! on a realistic note, y'all know how much d loves his poopie sessions =)

so i'm taking a vote...5 guys or simply grill. which would be the more appropriate nasty food for his recovery? kfc is always good, but we don't want to clog the poor guy's arteries and send him into cardiac arrest...so give me your opinion. it has to be good! if we're talking about comfort food, i should just ask paula, my food network queen. or jechee, the food guru! on that note...i think some more cookies are in order =) whatdya say??


Thursday, March 03, 2005

solitaire...you playin now

sunshine, lollipops and rainbows, everything that's wonderful that's how i feel when we're together...

that's what i hum to myself when i see people in my office playing solitaire while i'm slammed with work. ok, does anyone else find it inherently wrong that there are certain people (who will go nameless) are playing games everytime you pass by their cube. and why are they all middle-aged? i mean is this going to be me in a few years when i become middle aged (tucker this is where you keep your age comments to yourself hahaha)?

one woman was canned a few weeks ago for her work ethic or lack thereof. she was quite a pleasant woman...see for yourselves:

Lisa holding a cup of luke warm coffee heading for the microwave
Nameless woman: *flagging hand* "no. no. i grabbed my bag before you walked in. i'm gon be a while."
Lisa: "oh, i was just trying to heat up my coffee. is that cool?"
Namess woman: "no, cuz like i said, i'm gon be a while."

Nameless woman then proceeds to heat up her 10 pounds of food which takes about 20 minutes which during that time, my coffee has turned cold. 3 days later...Nameless woman no mo. turns out she was playing too much solitaire in between her many food breaks during her workday.


Wednesday, March 02, 2005

and i'll take a little delirium with that coffee...

ok...for all of you who know me, it seems that i have this inexhaustible energy except of course when i'm faced with jessi's cannoli shell...but today i have to say, i'm wiped the F*@# out. i stayed up last night creating 4 new website mockups and honestly, i don't know my ass from my head. i had to ask myself when i got in if i took a shower this morning. with that being said my day has been shaping up nicely. see for yourselves:

1 - yelped at least once on the toll road this morning while in the hov lane - not driving btw - and startling my very patient husband who was at the helm.

2 - walked into my office, went to my old cube and proceeded to put my stuff into someone else's desk all the while thinking...something is weird about this situation, but i can't seem to stop...

3 - asked a pregnant woman in her 5th month if she's due in a few weeks. was thrown off by the "few" baby pounds she's put on.

4 - had a meeting with my ceo and deputy ceo and said "umm, like, for sure, um...." throughout my website mockup meeting. yes.

these are all very memorable lisa moments