Sunday, May 8, 2011

what's a girl gotta do to become a mountie?


I was driving home from work the other day and I said to myself:

"Self, what would it be like to be a park ranger?"

I had to reply:

"I'm not sure- what exactly do park rangers do all day?"

And then I envisioned what I believe most rangers job's entail, mainly derived from my childhood dedication to morning cartoons.

Park rangers, you see, spend their days wearing large green hats, a green uniform jumpsuit, big hiking boots, using binoculars to survey the land- or park, as the case may be- in overlook towers.  They are looking for mysterious happenings, most definitely.

Once I realized what a park ranger does, I said back to myself:

"Self, we be thinking that you do not possess that necessary quality of patience to be a park ranger.  All day long, just looking for strange occurrences in a wobbly wooden overlook tower?  Also, you do not look good in jumpsuits, and hiking boots give you blisters and make your ankles sore because you cannot bend and flex."

Oh but how fun that big green hat would be!

And thus, there ended my dabblings in park ranger job pursuance.  However, I'd still like to meet Yogi Bear one day. I think I'd be good at ensuring Yogi didn't eat any picnic baskets.  I have a teacher look, see, that frightens even the most vile of characters walking this Earth.

Ah, but where was I going with this?  This is turning out to be one of those Sunday evening posts that is mainly ramblings and of no real consequence to anyone, and serve to really only entertain myself.  Am I entertaining you at all? Please to be saying yes?

Also, I've decided that I would like a daily texting partner.  See, Topher and his best friends/brothers are constantly texting each other quotes from their favorite movies and such, and I am feeling always quite left out (even RIGHT out, dare I say!)

So, who would be to liking sending each other various "Clueless," "When Harry Met Sally," "Clue: The Movie," "Harry Potter: Anything," and Disney movie quotes back and forth? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

"Why can't it ever be follow the BUTTERFLIES?"

"I feel like such a heifer! I had two bowls of special K, 3 pieces of turkey bacon, a handful of popcorn, FIVE peanut butter M & Ms, and like, 3 pieces of licorice!"

See, these be the types of funny things we can share!  Are you in?!

By the by, I'd like to say that as a blogger, is nothing more deeply sad then very little response to a post that you spent hours composing in your head, at least an hour writing and five minutes thinking up a good title?

I have an announcement.

All posts from here on out shall be determined/written in the space of twenty minutes or less.  Longer ones just become too "I'm trying to be deep" and do not seem to resonate with my peers and interweb-friends.

Thusly, I shall sustain this here no longer.

OH! But wait.  Don't you just love and hate how restaurants put calories on things now?

Like, the other night, we were leaving a movie in which we had forgotten to eat before hand (dear gods, let this never happen again) and thus the only options open unto us were:

IHOP
or
Red Robin.

And here were thought we were being smart choosing Red Robin. Nearly every entree- salads included- were over 800 calories.

Tis no wonder why we United Statesians are fighting the ever-enlarging fat cells sweeping the nation.

And now, finally, I bid you goodnight. Or good morning, as the case may be.

11 comments:

  1. Yes, we absolutely can be text buddies - you have my cell # now, so hop to it. (I've had the "Not my daughter, you bitch!" quote from HP7 stuck in my head all day after catching a glimpse of that in the new trailer.)

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  2. I'm glad I'm not the only one who randomly wonders about different career paths - I thought being a nurse would be a good idea until I remembered poop is involved - no thankyou!
    I would offer to be a text buddy but I dread to think the call charges going across the pond!
    Are you looking forward to the next part of Deathly Hallows coming out?

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  3. Haha - this post sounds like it totally could have been written by me. I was pondering what would happen if I opened a bakery the other day. I think opening a bakery would be very very expensive though. But still fun to dream about.

    Also, we basically have the same favorite movies. I noticed you selected a Ron Weasley quote - is it cause he's your favorite character? He's definitely mine. I like the line about the tap dancing spiders too. Ahhh, HP. I can't wait for the second part of seven!

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  4. Oh Man, I could quote Clueless all day.

    I constantly think about how I am going to find a job working in the woods hiking all day. But I dont think jobs like that really exist. They probably require something other than hiking and enjoying the scenery and I dont want to do that.... Boy is that lazy of me.

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  5. Dude! Red Robin is such a gigantic TEASE! I got one of their wraps thinking that I was making a wise and healthier decision since all I wanted was a burger. Only to find out that my husbands burger had FEWER calories and fat than my wrap did. Grrr! I'm totally getting a burger next time.

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  6. "I smell like my great Aunt Tessie!"

    I love Ron, he's my fave! Can't wait for the final installment!!

    I'd text you, but you'd have to promise not to text before 8 am Central time. I quite enjoy sleeping until the last minute before work...I'm lazy like that. :)

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  7. Stop trying to make 'fetch' happen.

    (Yes, I want to be text friends with you. And thanks for wishing me a good morning, cause I am still in China.)

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  8. "I totally paused!"

    Another great quotable movie would be Mean Girls. You in?!

    Also.. don't ever look at calories at a restaurant. It is a bad idea 9/10 times. Just enjoy the food and go with it, lol. That's my mantra!

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  9. I followed you over from weddingbee. I, too, long for a texting quote buddy. C'est Law Vie has the right idea bringing in Mean Girls! "I want my pink shirt back!"

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  10. What about, "I know you can be 'overwhelmed.' I know you can be 'underwhelmed.' But can you ever just be 'whelmed'?" :) I'd be your quote buddy anytime, lady.

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  11. k.. I'm a bit late in this, but since you'll be in the peace core you have a high chance of actually being able to be a park ranger (unlike my non veteran and non peace core-n self).

    There are Law enforcement rangers (LE) and Interpretive/Educational Park rangers. LE looks for crime (poaching, speeding, etc) and the educational rangers create public programing for the park, for local school visits, nature centers, and libraries. They also partner with non profits (aka my job) for groups that come to the park to do educational work. :)

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