It's back to work and now it's even longer work. Our workday has changes from 9-5 to 8:30-5:30 and I'm not exactly thrilled. At this point, I'm just dealing with it but it really bothers me that I'm losing an hour of my day. Alas, what can you do?

I had a great long weekend doing some things and also relaxing. We went to IKEA and got a nice entertainment center that really looks nice. It's not complete, as we need another shelf unit to compliment it so we can store our DVDs and other knick-knacks but the corner of the room with the TV really looks nice and I think once we get that shelf unit, we'll be really set and it does make the living room much nicer than a TV stacked on top of a cardboard box (yes, that was really how it was). What's really interesting to me is that I am really becoming my father. With the new TV, I find myself just sitting in front of it and watching anything I can find in HD simply to enjoy it, which is exactly what my dad did when he first got the family HD tv. Not only that, I basically refuse to watch anything not in HD on that TV because it seems like a waste to me. Sad how I mock my dad when he did it, yet I'm doing the exact same thing....it's like we're related or something.

We also saw a few movies over the weekend, thanks to RedBox. First up was Get Smart which was terrible! The reason it was so bad was simply because it was not funny. At all! There were no real laugh out loud moments and I really felt like I wasted my time watching that movie. The next night, we watched Hancock and this one I thought was going to be a dud based on the reviews I read but Marissa and I both really liked Hancock. It was a simple, fun movie that was entertaining. I really liked Hancock a lot more than Get Smart and definitely recommend it. As good as Hancock was, the best movie I saw was Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Marissa picked this one out and I told her beforehand that if it stunk, I'd leave but this was laugh out loud funny and a real treat. I was genuinely disappointed when it was over because it was so entertaining. Of all the movies I mentioned, definitely go see Sarah Marshall because it is really funny (although watch out for all the penis sightings).

Speaking of entertainment, I finally convinced Marissa to sit down with me and watch Dead Like Me. We've watched the first two episodes and I think she really likes it. The show is really well written and very entertaining so I highly recommend picking up the DVD set if you get a chance.

We also signed up for a gym over the weekend. It's expensive ($40/person) but it is a nice gym. We get one month to try things out and I think we'll simply use the gym for a month and then cancel and get our money back. We need a gym that's like around $20/month and has decent equipment. Alas, our search for a good gym will continue soon enough but for now, I'll milk what I can get.

No plans really for this week. We're going to get back into the swing of working (well, I will since Marissa did work a few days over the weekend). I want to go to the gym a few times and probably just end up watching something on our new TV because it really is quite lovely.

Song of the Day: Daughtry - Crashed

At work today we got notice that our work hours are changing in January. We currently work 9-5, but now will work 8:30 to 5:30, which in essence adds another hour of work. Not sure what "inspired" this change exactly. It could be simply to compensate for the hour long lunch break we get paid for or maybe something else. There hasn't been an explanation for it, just a list of policy changes made. Is it wrong of me to wonder if we're working an extra hour to expect an extra hour's worth of pay?

Frankly, I'm a little worried. Work used to take us out to lunch 2 or 3 times per week but over the past 2 or 3 weeks, that's stopped. We also used to have a fully stocked pantry of lunches and snacks but that's also gone now. And now these hour changes have come down the pipeline and I feel like there's something going on behind the scenes and that all these changes are somehow related.

Song of the Day: Green Day- Working Class Hero

This was too funny to pass up so here's a quick story from work today. We were discussing musical taste and I brought up Mötley Crüe. One of my coworkers, had no idea who Mötley Crüe was. This is a dramatization of how the conversation went...

Me: ...Mötley Crüe.
Her: Who?
Me: You know.....Mötley Crüe....80's band?
Her: No, I never heard of them
Me: Do you know who Tommy Lee is?
Her:....Tommy Lee Jones?

All I can say is quite clearly the educational system in this country needs improvement. It was quite funny to hear.

Song of the Day: Mötley Crüe - Girls, girls, girls

So I'm trying to work on this project at work and I keep getting this stupid fake virus ad that keeps popping up and it's beyond frustrating me. I don't know why it keeps happening, considering I haven't engaged in any online behavior that would warrant it but it keeps popping up and it's annoying me to no end. Right now I just want to throw my computer against the wall because it doesn't seem to make any sense. Perhaps it's time I requested Linux be installed on my machine so I can avoid all these annoyances.

This past weekend was restful at the very least. We didn't do much and Marissa worked yesterday so I just enjoyed some time off. This week should be fairly normal without much interesting going on.

Song of the Day: AC/DC - Anything Goes

Time for the weekend I'm looking forward to it. This morning was the first morning all week I've woken up actually tired and didn't wake up an hour early. It's weird how that works but it's okay since I am looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow (and Sunday). I think our only weekend plans are hanging out with Fred and Chantalle, who are coming into town on a quick trip. Aside from that, should be a quiet weekend especially since Marissa has to work on Sunday.

At work today the boss took us all out for pizza and they got this guy to come detail everyone's car. The cost for me is $25 and it's well worth it to have my car washed and interior vacuumed. I'm waiting on seeing how the car looks but I'm hoping it was money well spent because I could do it myself but in reality I'm far too lazy to do it.

Nothing else to report here so have a good weekend!

Song of the Day: Toby Keith - Get drunk and be somebody