so that's why

For the past few days I've been obsessing about That's Why I Dumped You (.com). It's a site where people anonymously share their reasons for dumping their boyfriends/girlfriends/others. A few of my personal favorites include:

• Because you acted like I was the unreasonable one when I gently explained that I thought the Loch Ness Monster probably didn’t exist.

• Because you used “bomb” and “legit” in every other sentence. This dessert is bomb… dinner was legit. We’re in grad school. Stop talking like that.

• You got mad at me for not watching you sleep. Why would I watch you sleep?

• When I talk about simple movie quotes you looked at me with a blank face. HOW THE F**K HAVEN’T YOU SEEN ‘STAR WARS’?

• Because when I told you Jurassic Park was a book before it was a movie, you assumed that meant it was based on a true story.

• I prrrrromise you, Ke$ha is not as “respected” as you think she i$.

• Because you threw out cold pizza. Because you don’t eat cold pizza. Because, what the hell is the matter with you?

Ooooh, that explains a lot. Just kidding. Hope you all had a fabulous Thursday!

hug o' war

Every Saturday, we try to change things up at The Bookstore (capital letters just so you don't confuse it with a bookstore--a simple, run-of-the-mill place I don't work at). This isn't really that exciting. We change the mini-displays so there are new books up, and write a new quote.

These are both my jobs. And I love them.

I love exploring the fiction section (which I'm not allowed to hang out in too much, since I know it so well already) and finding new and exciting titles. I love picking out covers that make me go oooh! and putting them out for everyone to see.

But most of all, I love writing a new quote. It's pretty simple: you pick out a quote, poem, or saying you love, write it on the store's big white board, and put it out for display. The quote can be about books, or something that makes you think, or something that makes you laugh. You can pick anything, and that's why I was so freaked out when, last Saturday, it officially became my job.

I didn't know where to start or what to expect. Would my boss be okay with what I picked? Would anyone actually be able to read my writing?

This was today's pick:

Hug O' War by Shel Silverstein

I will not play at tug o' war.
I'd rather play at hug o' war,
Where everyone hugs
Instead of tugs,
Where everyone giggles,
And rolls on the rug,
Where everyone kisses,
And everyone grins,
And everyone cuddles,
And everyone wins.

It made me happy, and my boss was happy, and today was a good day. Some days you go with something that puts a smile on your face, and that's all.

Love,

Erika