Joel McHale, of E!’s Talk Soup, as Rainbow Brite. AWESOME!

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Acronyms are everywhere and are used by everyone. In many ways it makes our life easier by alleviating the task of writing out phrases such as “talk to you later” or titles like “chief executive officer.” So, while some find them to be completely annoying and useless, I beg to differ. I love acronyms and have developed some of my own.

Some say I have too much time on my hands, I just say I’m one step ahead of the rest! I mean c’mon text/email/everyday conversation wouldn’t be the same without an “lol“, “btw“, or “brb” thrown in the mix.

With that, I leave you with the acronym of the week:

“ASAIGOW” - As soon as I get off work. (i.g. “I will call you ASAIGOW”)

And yes, I am totally aware that most of the acronyms I come up with are useless, and no, I don’t care. lol.

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Whitney won! I’ve never actually screamed at the outcome of a reality show competition … until last night. FINALLY a normal-looking (or juicy, as the judges called her last night) woman has been named America’s Next Top Model.

And if you have never watched ANTM before, you should, if for no other reason, watch it to learn how to do the “smiling with the eyes squint” (as seen to the left). Tyra explains it every cycle, as she did again last night. Or, if you really must know now, click here to see a clip from The Tyra Show in which Tyra gives a tutorial on how to do the smiling with the eyes squint. No, I’m not joking.

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A few days ago on our white board the question was asked: would you rather be eaten by a lion or eaten alive by ants (the insect)? Of course, the resounding reply was to be eaten by a lion. I too would rather be eaten by a lion but not because it would be faster, but because I have developed a serious phobia of ants!

I must say this phobia has deep roots and thus dates back to my early childhood. But let me be clear, one ant doesn’t bother me… it’s when three or more congregate together that my palms get sweaty, my mind starts racing and I have a nervous breakdown (not really, but you get the point). As you may know, ants use chemicals called pheromones to leave scent trails for other ants to follow as one of their forms of communication. Recently Back-in-the-day I used to find a group of ants, drizzle dish soap in a circle around them and watch them bounce around like little ping pong balls- unable to find their scent. I KNOW, I KNOW horrible, but don’t worry, they retaliated by infesting my closet, bathroom and other random places in my freaking house! Needless to say, ants and I developed a hate-hate relationship early on.

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Yeah, I think I forgot to mention that I talk a lot. So what? You’d try to find the best way to clarify the correct pronunciation of your name too if your name, spelled J-A-N-A, was pronounced with an uncommon-in-the-English-language short ‘A’ sound. I removed the first category name simply because I wanted my husband (whose name - conveniently - is John) to understand the reference. He didn’t get the play on Destiny’s Child’s “Say My Name.”

I wage a daily war to correct those who address me as “Jaaaaana” or “Joan-uh.” Heck! My elementary school principal once announced me as “Joanna” when presenting me with a trophy. But I have to say, I’m comforted that I’m not the only one in this fight.

So for all of those who understand the importance of branding, my name is Jana - JOHN-UH. Jana. And if you think that’s difficult, you should meet our girl Zsavonne…

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jana’s category names. for those of you that didn’t see, she previous category name was “Say my name, say my name, Jana = John-uh” now if you look up and to the left you will see that it is “aka Jana “My name’s pronounced ‘John-uh’” Sanders Perry”!!!!

apparently she is competing for the title of longest blog category (and not telling anyone else that there is such a contest. so! i will play “police officer” (or maybe more accurately “hall monitor”) and keep a running tally of jana’s category names and their character count and maybe a few other things. here we go:

i wonder what the next one is gonna be? maybe “jana, jana, bo-bana, banana fana fo-fana, fee fie mo mana, jana” which would be 53 characters long.

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A recent question of the day on our white board read: Would you rather fly or be able to read other people’s thoughts? Several of my co-workers responded that they already fly in their dreams so they would rather read other people’s thoughts. Since I also take flight in my dreams, probably as often as once a week (I’m able to remember most of my dreams), it made me wonder what that means.

According to Dr. Gail Saltz, Today show contributor: “Dreams of flying can reflect a sense of control. This includes wishing you had control over something you don’t, struggling to stay in control or fearing that you wield too much control.”

Sure I may have control issues, as most of us do, but could it also be that I really wanted Chick-Fil-A during my dream and flying was the fastest form of transportation? Hmmm.

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So, the America’s Next Top Model finale is tonight and we’re down to three contestants: Whitney (left), Fatima (center) and Anya (right). I, personally, am rooting for Whitney, the so-called “plus-sized” model. I put plus-sized in quotes because if you look at Whitney, there’s nothing plus-sized about her. To me, she looks like a healthy size 10. The typical American woman is a size 14, not the size 0 or 2 that the other girls are. Now I’m not taking anything away from Fatima or Anya, who have both taken amazing photos, but I think it’s about time that a normal-looking woman win this competition. Go Whitney!

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Let me be clear: This post is not about the contestants. This post is about the plethora of signs I saw in the crowd last night. It might just be me, but when did AI become a WWE event?

Best: “Simon, you’re my 3rd favorite judge”

My feedback: Held by a little girl who can’t possibly be out of elementary school yet, I found this sign to be quite clever. Especially for a sixth-grader! Yes, it was a knock on Simon, but its subtle and non-threatening approach was refreshing. I give her high marks for its passive-aggressive nature.

Worst: “Cougars 4 Cook”

My feedback: I found this to be utterly disturbing. IMHO, it was just… creepy. Merlot’s resident Cook, Robert Cook, and I downloaded this morning about the cougar reference (BTW, “Cougars 4 Cook” was his favorite sign of the night, for obvious reasons) and I received an education into the various classifications of Cougars. And it is now my expert scientific opinion that we were dealing not with a cougar last night, but rather a coyote.

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i have a new theory about mondays, it is in NO WAY scientific, it is purely anecdotal and possibly only applicable to the rock star party people  i work with. but here it is:

the weekends activities and level of intensity is inversely proportional to the level of noise/conversation heard on monday morning.

anyone want to take a stab at the veracity of the theory? or perhaps propose your own?

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