It's been interesting living with no internet...

No pants there, but I think I found some old bacon...

Maybe, like €ureMeinke's, they are in the mail.

Sooooo....

How'd you post this then?

;)

I meant, no internet for the last 2 days. :p

Which, in not-having-interent time is the equivalent of 8 months (don't ask me how I know this - it's a complicated mathematical formula).

Well... I just learned why I never went to company parties when I worked at SBC. I went to the party of the rental company I am working at. I actually stayed late last night, helping to set things up for tonight (keep in mind I am not a perm employee, I am technically still employed by the temp agency). Last night everyone else left, but the person who was trying to pull this whole thing together and myself. She and I finished setting the tables and making sure the basics were all done. I got home last night at 7, when I had clocked out at 5:30.

Today I had to work my normal Saturday shift with a showroom that I couldn't really use to show anyone anything. Luckily, I only had 4 people come in to see the showroom. I was able to help 3.

Tonight was a fully catered dinner, DJ and open bar. I had met a few people at a restaraunt/cantina before hand. I got there with a decent buzz, which quickly went to Hell when I had to start "mothering" a co-worker to try to keep her drunk ass from being too stupid.

After the lights came back on I helped to clean stuff up. The biggest, messiest table was the one the showroom workeers sat at. Ok, I took care of their mess and made sure that nothing else had to be done tonight before I left the building.

I saw the person who had organized the party was very upset about something, so I asked the owner/general manager why she was so upset. Someone had stolen the bartender's tip har. Not just the money, but the whole jar. This is verrrrrry insulting to everyone who works there. The DJ/bartender is a very good client of ours. Luckily our owner/GM took care of them. But it still makes me mad.

I got outside to see all of my fellow showroom workers trying to figure out who was driving who home. At that point Nickolas called to see when I would be home. When I looked down I saw the beer bottles. They were litterally behind every single tire of the DJ/bartender's truck. Placed there by the warehouse employees that had gotten "cut off."

I then spent another 10 minutes making sure that we got them all picked up.

Now I get to be a mom at home and put Nickolas to bed. He had been waiting up for me to get home so that I can tuck him in.

*sigh*

;)

Just teasing, Matt!

I don't know what I'd do with myself if I couldn't log on a few times a day!

Is there an IAA? (Internetaholics Annonamous):eek:

Yea, but they really need to get a new way to do the meetings - live chat just isn't cutting it for them.

Argh. Stories like that just make me wanna kill someone. I don't know why people are like that. I am sorry that you had to put up with all that. :mad: :mad: :mad:
I am not sure what your reaction was, but this part just made the rest of the night okay. How sweet that Nickolas waited for Mom. It put a smile on my face.

Any time I am out (maybe once a month) he will wait for me to get home. He will also call me to "check in." Last night it was very nice to come home to a smiling, loving face.

LOL!:D

Me, too. :)

We went nuts at the mall. Big bucks at Teavana, Williams-Sonoma, and my nemesis - Nordstrom. So much for budgeting...

Wow! This story is awful! I am so horrified that anyone would act that way. :( :mad: :(

I'm now thanking my lucky stars that I've never worked with people that horrible.

There should be plenty of embarassed people wandering around tomorrow. Luckily I can walk in with my head held high. I tried to be social, so the only thing I may end up being guilty of is inadvertantly putting my foot in my mouth. Since I tend to do that on a daily basis, I'm not too concerned.

the DJ/bartender company is a client of ours, I hope last night doesn't cost us their business. The guy who owns it is a truly nice guy. It is embarassing to think of how he and his crew were treated.

For some reason, late January, after a cold spell, is a bad time to try to find an electric blanket.

I had Ethopian food for dinner at about 6:00. It's 10:40 and I'm starving! Now I understand why there is hunger and starvation in Ethopia. ;)

Yes, you're eating their food! ;)

I've never had Ethiopian food. What's it like, and where do you get it (besides the obvious answer of, yes, Ethiopia)?

Well, LA has a Little Ethiopia that is on Fairfax and Olympic. Heidi and Tom had eaten at a reataurant there and so we went to have a nosh after LACMA. (I've only eaten Ethiopian food in Berkely.)

The food is mildly spicy and absolutely delicious. We got combo plates (veggie and meat combos). All meals come with Injera, which is a strange, thin, bread that I can't describe in a way that would make you want to eat it. You pull off a piece of bread and scoop up your bit of whatever (or WATever - teeheehee - Ethiopian food joke). Lentils are a big ingredient and are sooooo goood! It is yummy!

I like Ethiopian food. It's so Ethiopiany.

If I sent you something called "Zobrist spring schedule" that included the listing "Wednesday - Trademark Law - 7:30pm - 9:20pm", would you:

a) assume that I was unavailable for team practice from 8:00pm - 9:00pm on Wednesday;
b) assume that I was available for team practice from 8:00pm - 9:00pm on Wednesday;
c) complain that I don't respond to emails sent to the address beginning "Zorbrist";
d) b and c.

You have 30 seconds to answer this question.

d)

I'm trying to fall asleep

I don't sleep well when Rose isn't here.

Quick rule of thumb...If you don't want to be talked about on Mondsy morning, don't give people something to talk about on Saturday night!!!

The quote I just got, "I should have known there would be a bunch of ****-talking today, I don't know why it surprises me." She was dancing like a stripper and yet she is shocked someone was talking about her???

Topless?

Well, after the better (or worse) part of a year, I finally resurrected my namesake. The show should propagate by tonight. In the meantime, check out the new website. I put all the old shows up with nifty flash players and even stuck a video in my latest post.

Oh shoot, I failed to revive the auto-posting of the Mousepod RSS feed during the latest LoT upgrade. Perhaps this weekend I'll get that working again.

Cool!

I guess you better update your sig line given this exciting development.

Well, the new 'pod isn't up just yet. Can't wait though! What the hell did I say about Dumbo again?

Well that was fairly painless, RSS feed is enabled, yay! Though for some reason it doesn't like the encoding of apostrophes and ellipses that your feed is using in the titles. I had to manually edit them, they were displaying as question marks.

Sooooo, after 2 and a half days of NAMM show plus two gigs this weekend and a quick jaunt over to Disneyland, I have absolutely no energy today. My legs and feet officially hate me and I've never felt my age quite as much as I did when dragged myself out of bed this morning. I think I need a wheelchair.

New MousePod, Coachella Line Up announced, this is turning out to be a great day!

All that damn excitement - all happening too far away for me to partake. I am so sick of school. I am so sick of the sidelines. I hope December hurries the hell up.

I spent the first 1 1/2 hours of my shift today in a training meeting, then a half hour up close with a baby orangutan and Lassie...

I really love this job. :D

RIP Jade, my fuzzy monkeybutt. We had a good long 14 years together. Thanks for your unconditional love and incessant drool. I miss you already :(

:( I'm sorry Brigitte. It's always hard to lose a friend, it sounds like she had a good time while she was here.

And what a beautiful cat too.

Sorry Brigitte. :(

Sorry for your loss, Brigitte. It sucks to lose an animal companion.

what a beautiful cat. my deepest heartfelt condolences.

Forces beyond my, or anyone's, understanding have aligned today, causing my boxer briefs to continually attempt to crawl as deeply and uncomfortably between my cheeks as is physically possible.

RIP Jade and condolences to you Brigitte at this sad time. Our furry friends do stay with us even though we miss their snuggles. :( Take care.

Ooh! It's been a long time, I will savor this one! Yay, something to look forward for this evenings listening pleasure! :snap:

kitty :(

My condolences, Brigitte. What a beautiful kitty she was.

I'm sorry to here of your loss. Condolences.

Oh Brigitte, I'm so sorry. I will be sure to give mine some extra love tonight.

I'm so sorry about the loss of beautiful Jade. It makes my heart sad.

I'm so sorry, Brigitte! What a beautiful kitty. I'll be giving mine extra hugs as well. The downside to pets isn't the hair, or the litter box smell, or any of the responsibility that goes with being owned by the furry little monsters. It's when we lose them.:(

Aww - what a fine looking cat, I'm sorry for your loss

:( Sorry to hear about your loss

Now that the MousePod is finished and available (finally) - I want to share my favorite outtake here with you. iSm was getting ready to talk about the Dumbo attraction while riding the Dumbo attraction...

It's only 4 seconds, but it's great.

MousePod outtake

That day seems like eons ago.

Welcome to show biz! It might be a year ago for you and me - but it's just yesterday for thousands of people around the world.

Magazines should have page numbers on all of their pages.
AND there should be an easily found Table of Contents at the front.
There should be a law.

Oh hey look, the RSS feed ain't working. Poop.

Toilet paper needs to be thicker. Period.
If your TP is see through, there's a problem.
And don't think it's saving money and saving trees by making it thin because I just double up on the amount anyway. Nobody likes getting poop on their fingers.
Make it thicker. Either way, trees still die.

Call Bush. I'm sure he'd like to make a few more ;)

You're not trying to read Vogue, are you? ;)

They won't die if you use recycled toilet paper! This is made of 100% recycled paper. (And no, it's toilet paper that's been recycled! Shhesh!:rolleyes: ) ****begone Snazzy name, too!:D

Damnit, they stole my business model!

Might I add...it may be only about toilet paper, but that page has a spectacular rant! Good read.

Dang! Because of the name of the product it wouldn't let me put the web link in! If you want to see it type www.sh1tbegone.com and replace the 1.

Also, if you want to look at other paper products that are recycled, Check Here

If you'd just use the three shells you wouldn't have this problem.

Can I help it if Jake's on the cover of GQ?
;)

Enough about your sex life with €uroMeinke my stepdad already!

Aleister is streatched out like a Library Lion in the middle of the living room and I don't have a camera handy. If I get up, he'll follow me. He's cute.

Don't you have a camera in your monitor? Turn your monitor around and get him :)

We have the same problem with Munchkin. He does the cutest things when the camera's out of reach, and any movement is his cue to get up and beg for love. Silly rabbit.

DAMN! I always forget about that feature. Of course, he's being kitten ADD now. mew mew mew mew mew mewmewmewmewmewmewmew......

But But But But

What about The Washlet ????

AHHHHRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!


That's all.

I'll need to get her permission to share it... but somewhere I have video of my lovely and talented wife being squirted in the face by something similar to the "washlet" at a hotel in Kyoto (it's not naughty or anything, just a "what does this button do?" moment).

I just saw Miss Kitty open a cabinet door with her paws and face. Gosh, cats be smart.

Aleister is now playing with a broccoli stem. He's got an entire basket of toys

I figure I will stop coughing around mid July....

One of my mom's now deceased cats used to actually eat broccoli. And peas.

Our kitty Jovi Girl has started climbing into the sinks... oh joy

Why did I volunteer to write the agenda for tomorrow’s meeting? I hate writing f***ing agendas!

And she will agree, because Mrs. Mousepod is a kind, generous, benevolent soul who understands how very much we appreciate this sort of thing.

:D

Besides, it's a freaking awsome video. ;)

You DO know the President doesn't make laws right?


I mean, right???


- Sorry about the kitty Brigitte-it's so sad to lose a fuzzy friend. :( She was lovely.....

But of course, those are called "executive orders"

The weakness of this argument is that the trees that are used in paper products (printing papers, butt-wipe, etc.) are grown on managed farms and are a crop much like vegetables. The average tree is harvestable in 5-7 years. By raising trees in this method, it helps REDUCE greenhouse gases by having more vegetation on the planet. And for the naysayers who talk about the polluting that paper mills create, the level of polluting output has decreased significantly in the last few years to a very minimal level. The recycling process creates more pollutive byproduct than the processing of virgin materials.

Paper products are our friend, not the enemy!

[/rant mode]

You would make a marvelous civics teacher :p

Yeah, if only I weren't an anarchist

If only-

Really??? :eek:

I didn't know they had tree farms for paper products! I knew logging was controlled, and trees replanted to keep up the forests, but not a real tree farm? That's cool! And I could see how recycling could cause more pollution, they use a lot of chemicals to reprossess the paper, where making the paper uses very little. And paper is biodegradeable (except in landfills it can take hundreds of years due to the lack of water, air, and microbes- but it will break down eventually. Plastic takes thousands of years).

KB's right. A lot timber products are from farms these days, many of which are located in Wa, Oregon and Idaho.

Some general comments on current avatars:

Smoking is bad for you.

So was that guy

Be you the frog or be you the mouse?

Nice colors but what in the hell is that?

Cute critters should not be given weapons, hunting is supposed to be easy.

I'm lost and I can't follow the arrows. They get me nowhere.

You're out of focus.

I like the mouse, are you a bad person?

Ahhh a warm fire on a cold day.

I confess, I'm wearing suspenders too.

No. You have in fact not lost your pants. They are down around your ankles.
Bend over and have a look.

Moonliner, your avatar reminded me of a question I was asked by Nickolas last week. He saw the Moonliner for the first time. I was bombarded with questions about it and why did they redo TL and take it down... He is such a little Geek in the making!

It did? How odd.

I know that. But you might want to let the President know that ;)

Just a wee bit sad at the moment. Okay, maybe more than a wee. Who would have figured I'd be sad to leave Utah?

(Not me, exactly, and definitely not BTD)

Werd

Anything less than the best is a felony

I had the FUNKIEST dreams lat night/this morning. I have a dream hangover.

Portion of dream:

I had a makeover and was told to straighten my hair.
My Mom left me at the mall and I had to walk home from Anaheim.
I had to do a timecard before I could leave the mall
I found my old car in the parking lot and drove it home
I picked up McDonalds on the way home
My Mom met met at home and brought me dinner but I was still mad at her and told her I was DONE with her BS
My Dad left me an American Express card to pay for my makeover

I can transfer some UT experiences into your brain which will make you never want to set foot in the state again ;)

Oh look, a Valentine's Day guide to lingerie.

Bah, it's that kind of defeatist, negative nay-saying that promotes the glass ceiling and crushes so many young women's dreams.

I'm going to Utah in June again - a new coaster at Lagoon :)

Same as it ever was, Same as it ever was, Same as it EVER WAS!!!!

They actually use cloned seeds, so you will get a row of trees with branches all sprouting at the same place. In the summertime (peak growing), not only can you easily measure growth by the HOUR, if you are patient enough, you can almost see the tree grow (so I have been told - I have not experienced this myself).

It happens. It's rare, but it happens.

If that is in reference to my avatar, it is just something I created one day in Photoshop. It's about as creative as I get.

The rest of the list is fully of crappy advice too. Don't listen to them, buy what you know she'll like. If you need advice on what your chick likes in bed then you've got more problems than gift giving.

Dude! :D

Can someone explain to me what "pwned" is? I see it all over discussion boards and I don't get it.

It's the typo-version of "owned" as in "You got owned" (or for us fogies, "You got moded")

Pwnt is another spelling.

Kinda like when you see choklit. A shortened misspell that caught on....

Oh, I thought it meant pre-owned.

I get it. I think.
:D
Thanks.

Charles is running about sneezing and sniffling.....again. Jack had surgery yesterday (abcess) and is marching about looking like the Pixar Lamp. I'm shoving all sorts of vitamins and antibiotics down their throats. I just want a normal, 6-cat household. Is that too much to ask?

I'm afraid it is my dear. I have three indoor and 6+ outside cats and something is always going on with at least one of them!

When someone 15 years your junior posts something like this, it makes one feel old.

First you need to understand that this statement is an oxymoron.

I have now a 5 cat household, very normal.:p

I think he does.....he signs laws, doesn't make them. Now, if we could get congress to stop making them- spiffy.


Am I a horrible person for wishing I had called in sick today?

This is the Soooo.... thread -- take the politics elsewhere.

Some people take certain things waaaay too seriously.

This conversation sounds familiar. NSFW.

Funny CP!

So,
I'm sick. Again. And I move on Saturday. And I have a ton of work to do at work. But on a happy note I am on track with homework. But I have a final due on Sunday that I haven't began to study for. And my friends grandmother is gravely ill. He's devistated. :(

YAY ME!

So- R's mom wants us to save up to go to a wedding in Florida in December and go to WDW while we are there- too bad it likely won't happen.

#1- we can't get the same time off between the two of us and the kids
#2- I don't have the money this year- it's all slated for bills and getting out of debt.

I wish we could- but priorities have changed.

I am very serious about the Soooo.... thread :D

How about:

You are Soooo.... serious about the Soooo.... thread. :D

Conversation hearts should be their own food group. But it can only be the tiny, Necco hearts. The Brach's ones just aren't the same.

What's an Ass Pirate?

Blah'.

I am bored, and not in a happy mood today. I am also being haunted by cartoons. I can't get certain things from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends out of my head.

On the brighter side, I am almost done making little cards for our bridal show booth to acknowledge different companies that are contributing to our display.

Are you at work ? (BTW Today is a Public Holiday in Australia...) If so, then you should have called in sick. :D

Shoulda Woulda Coulda- and now the day is nigh over.

Ah well-

Don't worry. I wasn't refering to you. :)

I left my chocolate at work. :(

:rolleyes:

Some people have no sense of humor-

I'm sorry.

I left my chocolate at work! :D YAY!!!!!!!!!!

The afternoon is draaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaging....why do Friday afternoons always drag?:(

That's not fair. It's not even Friday here yet :(

Are you kidding? It's 2:30pm on Friday !! What are you talking about ?

:p :p :p :p

Oh good. I'll be sure to tell my boss it's Saturday when he calls to find out where I am tomorrow.


WOOO! 2900 posts!

We do when we hear something funny.

Well, that's a good reason to go back tomorrow! ;)

If "it's 5:00 somewhere", can it also "be Friday somewhere"?

I found chocolate at home ;)

It's always 5:00(ish) somewhere but the most it can be is a day ahead somewhere.

Great. Now I want a Margarita. Thanks.

Lookin' for my lost shaker of salt...

Where's the salt; where's the gash-darned salt?

I found the salt.



I love this place

Moot court practice was even worse than I thought. I'm so screwed. I should never have agreed to do this.

Am I the only one surprised to know there's a lingerie advice website?

And it's called BreastTalk?

I had a good meeting at Nick's school yesterday. It was some sort of solcialization seminar. I did feel ambushed, because when I walked in there were 6 people from the school waiting for me. I finally met his teacher, who told me she felt hurt when she learned how much Nick cares for the school counselor. Overall it went well, not that they told me anyting I didn't already know. Well, they did tell me one thing. Casey (the biter from 1st grade) and Nick seem to work really well together in class, but the teacher doesn't understand why I don't want Nick playing with him. This weekend I am going to find the picture of his arm and send it to school so she realizes that the kid did some major damage.

EEK! Time to go!! I had no idea it was this late!!

Is it a sign of the apocalypse if you wake up at 6am in the morning singing 'Comedy Tonight'?

:D

I woke up to the sound of the smoke alarm going off. It's right outside the bathroom door and the shower steam set it off, waking me an hour and a half before I had to get up.

Only if you also woke up to find you had fashioned your sheets into a toga. :D

And dreamt of a foursome with Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers and Jack Gilford.

Okay, we've all done that.

LMAO!!

Poor Boy got stuck watching Summer Stock with me last night. He really seemed to enjoy it.



Ever try to explain what a blog is to someone who is totally clueless? They aren't going to get it no matter how you try to define it. I finally ended up copying and pasting the Wikipedia definition and mailing it to her. She still won't get it, but at least I won't feel as bad as if I hadn't tried.

It's not that I don't understnd blogs, per se, it's just that every site you go to has one now.

I have a Myspace blog,
A livejournal Blog
A Micechat Blog
and I use the Soooo.... thread as a blog too (we all do).

I'm tired of trying to keep up with all these blogs, and ending up only updating one.

I think I'll keep LoT as my official Blog.

Today I experimentally rode my bike to my new place of work and back. Less than 15 min each way. I can't wait to start biking there on a regular basis, which should start Feb 5th. The city has carpool/biking incentives, so I get a little extra cash in my paycheck, plus raffles and such. I obviously will save on gas and maintenance, and the days I bike I'm going to have to bring a lunch, which saves more. Oh, and I get exercise, too! :)

No one's explained to me what an Ass Pirate is yet... :(

I'll show you... bend over.

Isn't it a pirate with a hot ass? :confused:

Crap! I just opened a thing addressed to David. It was a thank you note from Helzberg Diamonds, thanking him for his Christmas purchase. My earings came from Lundstrom jewlers... That'll teach me to open his mail. I'm a bit beyond pissy right now. Top that off with him dropping off Nick at Tai-kwon-do and heading over to her house...

I am really trying not to show Nickolas how upset I am. He has more than enough to deal with as it is.

I am being backed into a corner that I don't want to be in.

OMG! I'm so sorry. Hang in there for the boy.

I am going to cry now.

Every single person who said they would help me moved flaked, or waited until today to tell me they have a bad back and can't lift anything heavy.

Had I known I would have arranged for movers. But I figured I could count on my friends who were asked several weeks ago if they would be willing to help me move 10 boxes and a fairly light dresser.

/sob.

Thank you BE

Today Rose and I rode the subway to Hamburg, Germany.
Then we rode the subway to Hollywood and Highland.
We visited our favorite tattoo parlor, and settled on a design for Rose's next piece.
BTW Marla, the artist who did a bunch of Keifer's tats, did an AWESOME Shark painting (it's on display at Kayden Creations), sharks make great tattoos. :)

Only if Keifer is there to hold my hand and make it better.

OK, I'll tell you.

It's a Pirate who comes into your town and steals your donkey.

Is that the one playing the squeezebox?

You got it ! :)

BTW Matt, HTF (How The F...) did you get to Hamburg & back in a day ?

This really sucks. I've been there, so I know what you are going through. Why can't people just say no if they don't plan to help? It's better than leaving a friend stranded.

But I've also been on the other end where I had doezens of people help me move and felt blessed beyond belief. I hope things worked out for you. I'd help, but I have a bad back. :rolleyes:

No, really. I had an operation, bone fusion, and the top two screws broke. I'm waiting to get a CT Scan done to see if they need to go in and fix it. But right now I'm under strick orders no to lift anything. :(

The Universal City Metro Station is currently dressed as a Hamburg, Germany rail station for the tv show "The Unit"

I took some pics, I'll get them online in a bit - it's pretty funny, ALL of the signage is in German.

AAAhhhhhhhhh..... I see.

So did you have a Berliner sandwich for lunch then? :D

Soooo....

I've been a cleaning maniac tonight. I wish my house looked this good all the time! I've hosed out the bathrooms, vacuumed, cleaned floors, dusted, cleaned windows, cupboards, etc. I'm incredibly tired, especially since I've only had about 8 hours of sleep in the past three or four days (bad bout of insomnia), but I can sleep in a bit tomorrow, before the reason for this cleaning frenzy commences: a baby shower. A very good friend of mine is about to pop, and I offered to co-host a shower because I AM A FRIKKEN IDIOT.

No, actually I wanted to do it, but damn! I didn't count on this weird insomnia spell that's kicking my ass. Luckily my natural hyperness has kicked in, but my brain is slightly mushy. I don't anticipate any sort of advanced intellectual .......ality, tomorrow, so I am good to go.:D

Wendy that is amazing.... WE cleaned the house top to toe today - removed mattresses - vacuumed under beds - rotated mattresses, aired house, washed doonas / duvets / pillows as well as towels, sheets and clothes.

I tidied my ensuite, then the kitchen, then vacuumed the whole house after we took the tree down and wrapped all the USA glass ornaments and C7 light bulbs in tissue paper.

Then I watered the plants, cooked a potato bake for dinner, whipped up a chocolate mousse and ate dinner while watching an episode of More Tales Of The City on DVD.

I might have a shower and go to bed amongst my crisp lovely sheets soon.

There must be prodictivity in the air today !

We went to Sears yesterday afternoon and bought a new washer, dryer, and refrigerator. Then we spent the rest of our day packing VHS tapes, DVDs, and candles (we have a ****load of VHS tapes, DVDs, and candles).

I hope it wasn't 100*F there like I've seen in parts of your country!

I saw on the weather channel that there can be an amazing difference in the temps between spots of Austraila, though. I think the lowest high was 57*, and the highest high 100*.

Hopefully you were closer to the lowest durring all that work. Or have airconditioning.;)

About 90 yesterday, but thank god for that blessed air-con. :tiki:

I just got done working at our booth at the bridal fair. It amazes me that the guy who did our lighting for free did exactly what we wanted, yet the florist who charged $200 didn't do crap. The first table she did some twigs with orchids glued to a branch here and there, then little strings of plastic crystals hanging down there and here. The thing was anchored (or so we thought) in a bed of pink rocks and water with candles floating on the water. It was by no means worth $100. One of our guys carried it to my car after the show and the whole dang thing fell apart. So much for using it again. The other table had a few bud vases with a couple of whit lillies and some whit roses, no centerpiece at all. That table also cost us $100.

There was a great turnout. this was the 2nd fair of the season, the first being 2 weeks ago. Thank God we didn't do both. There is another one coming up in a few more weeks and we aren't doing it either.

*sigh* I am exhausted.

The Slobrador just ate the popcorn.

Bad dog.

Glad to hear that!

Why has every batsh*t crazy person in North Orange County decided to come in to my office today? What higher being have I offended?

Anybody as crazy as the guy I had to deal with about 20 minutes ago...

Crazy person - "Where do I get tickets for Spongebob?"
me - "Spongebob will be out in about half an hour, in front of the Nickelodeon Blast Zone, he'll be happy to see you, no tickets necessary."
Crazy person - "No, no, Where do I get tickets to see Spongebob taped?"
me - I've got a witness to this - "Bikini Bottom is under the sea, so I don't think they let people watch the show being made"
Crazy person - "Where's Bikini Bottom?"
me - "It's where SpongeBob lives"
Crazy person - "That's here, right?"
me - "No, I'm sorry, sir."

The dude turns to his family and says "This guy doesn't want to help"
Then asks my coworker if she'll be any more cooperative than me.
At just the right moment, Spongebob walks by on his way to his meet and greet spot.
The Crazy Family runs after him, and nearly knocks him over on the wet pavers.

:)

I hear they used to do live tapings, but it was murder on the animators' wrists.

so..you ACTUALLY met Homer Simpson?

I just can't believe these people pro-created.

Next time, just smile and direct them to the Short-bus.

Oh, I can due better than that. Unfortunately, due to confidentiality, I can’t post any details…. But think Elwood P. Dowd with anger management issues.

I always thought Elwood P. Dowd probably DID have anger management issues.

I got spit at by a church group leader when I was working at Six Flags.

Hey! They're not perfect- just forgiven, okay?












;)

My mother is writing David a letter. I have been asked not to open it. She is mailing it tomorrow. I asked not to know what she has said. In the meantime I am trying to figure out what the first steps are to getting a divorce. The catalist was this weekend. He started a chain saw outside Nick's bedroom window at 7am. When Nick said something to him he really laid into Nick. Poor kid was quite upset. He came in and crawled into bed with me for comfort. That night David left to go work on Dawn's garage. His parting words to me were that he would be spending the night since he planned on drinking.

Last night was rough for me. I was crying to the point of being sick. My dad had 2 stints installed in his artieries and when they removed the sheath from his groin he began to hemorage. At no point did David offer any comfort. He knew I was crying, he knew I was throwing up. He went to bed with out even saying good night.

I have finally had enough.

Nickolas and I would be much happier on our own. Selling the house will be more than enough to get us out of debt and place a nice down payment on a condo (even when split in half). With all of the documentation going on I won't have to worry about facing a judge for alimony and child support. This just scares the Hell out of me.

(((((MG)))))))


I could say that he's a jerk, you both deserve so much better, there's a special place in hell for him and Dawn, etc, but you already know that. Instead, I'm just going to send you and Nick my most positive thoughts: I know you'll get through this, you'll be all the stronger for it, and a year from now you'll wonder why the hell it took you so long to get rid of the bastard.

Here, sounds like you could use this::cheers:

(MG)

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry MG. You've been caught up in a lot of events and reactions that have almost nothing to DO with you except that they greatly effect your life. There comes a times when there is no going back and you have to look to the future and all of it's possabilities. (((((MG)))))

MG: That sucks. It just sucks beyond sucks and you didn't even do anything to cause it. Not that it would be justified if you had, but it's extra special sucky because you and Nick are completely and totally innocent. Better to rid yourself of the burden that twit has become, but what a nasty, awful thing for you to have to go through.

Please remember how much you are loved and valued here. There are more of us than there are of him, therefore our opinion carries the day.

((MG))

I've been there and just deciding that enough is enough and taking the first steps are the hardest part. Not that any of it's easy but once you start the ball rolling it does get better. You'll feel like a tremendous weight has been lifted off of you.

My heart goes out to you and Nick. Best of luck to you.

MG - I really echo all thats been said. The future is bright and I hope/ know you will take steps to make thing better for you and your child.

Best wishes and lots of LoT good ((((vibes)))))

If that's the way you feel, and even though the tunnel is dark right now, there is a light at the end to look forward to. Just keep hope alive for you and Nick, you both deserve better.


{{{{{{{MG}}}}}}}}

:( MG, I wish you the best in getting past the hurt, anger, and fear that you justly feel right now and on to the better life ahead without the jerk.

Oh MG {{{{{super hugs}}}}

MG, I'm somewhat at a loss of words beyond what has already been said. I do wish you strength during what must be an awful ordeal and will certainly keep you and your son in my thoughts. It sounds like you are doing the best thing for both of you and it's important to keep that in mind when things get tough. Things will get better.

::hugs::

MG - Heather and I were talking about you yesterday. You are so doing the right thing. I'm sorry for the pain that you and Nick are going through - but the bottom line is: you're going to be all right. Get rid of the creep. He not only doesn't deserve you, but he's too dumb to realize it. Chin up! It only gets better...

although I know it sounds a bit flippant, eyes on the prize MG. the prize being a better life for both of you....and quite probably for all concerned.

staying in a bad relationship is hard...and pointless
standing up and ridding yourself from that weight is hard too, but the possibilities it opens are worth more than gold.

we're here for you.

Chin up, MG. You deserve better.
:)

I agree with everything that has been said. You deserve better for you and Nick and you will find it. Keep your chin up and remember it will all work out for the best in the end.

Hugs & Support from downunder too !!

My thoughts are with you, lady. I'm so sorry you have to go through this frustration-- but good things await you on the other side.

<<<HUGS>>>

So today I was thanking the gods who invented responsible data backup policies. It's nice to know that working at a company whose business is data backup, one can get a file that one accidentally deleted off the network restored within a day. Gives me some confidence that what I do actually matters to someone.

Dora and Diego just put on an amazing swing dance routine across from my booth - little things like that put a giggle in my day :D

So they built this outdoor sculpture park in Seattle. Expensive. Took away the waterfront trolley to do it. And now that it's open, the big complaint is that people are touching the art. The outdoor art. That birds poop on. And they're surprised - shocked! - that people would touch outdoor art.

I'm shocked and surprised.;)

I'm sure the state's national guard have been deployed to shoot down any seagulls that might dare to fly above the park.

I was proud of myself for recognizing that there were Mark di Suveros in that park. :)

Baby, I didn't just "touch" the art in the park, we made sweet, statuesque loooove.

I hate it when that happens, however I seem to have a knack for it. :blush:

Wow. What a game.

And stop deleting files off the network people! And yes, IT Procedures apply to you too!

Sooooo....had a slightly hellish day today. Not horribly so, but let me just say that is can be very difficult at times living with ones MIL, especially one so adept at passive-aggressiveness. Had a blow-out at lunch and neither of us are talking, which actually is working well for me.

I e-filed our taxes yesterday and of course got a notice today that the IRS declined them. Looking them over, I discovered a minor discrepancy (related to my name, not numbers), which I corrected then re-submitted. I received a notice this evening that the IRS will accept them now, so I am a happy girl. (Refund is paying for my DL trip). This is my first experience e-filing, but it wasn't the pain I thought it would be, even with my Schedule C and all that.

I really am looking forward to esca....I mean, going on vacation, even if it is only for six days.:)

Thank you all for the good wishes.



On a wierd side, our new baby, Cupie Doll is crooked. Her little head is always cocked to one side. It doesn't bother her, it is just sort of funny. Also, since I started putting the vitamins in their water they are all doing much better sneeze wise.

Since I am off today (after working all last weekend) I am going to take Nick to the movies after school. I really want to see Night at the Museum. It is also the only kids's movie showing at the theater near our house (the one we have the g/c for).

They took out the waterfront trolley?? I'm in trouble then, I do remember telling the kids we'd take a ride on the trolley next time we were down there as we had no time last time (which was August of 2005) and they were asking. Lets hope they've forgotten by then...

The sculpture park went where the trolley maintenance barn was, so at the moment there's no trolley. There's been talk of putting the maintenance barn down in Pioneer Square somewhere, but I'm not sure what the status of that plan is now. Plus, there's all the viaduct nonsense.

I hate people who won’t do their jobs.

We have a wall of file cabinets in our office that are used to store closed cases. It is the job of the clerks to file the cases under the appropriate month of discontinuance. They haven’t been doing this. They just drop the cases randomly in whichever drawer they feel like. We have been bitching to the Clerical Supervisor for weeks about the mess. She hasn’t done anything about it. (She’s useless, and only removes her butt from her chair for lunch and bathroom breaks.)

So, today, we all descended on the file cabinets and went to work. We had the mess cleaned up in just under an hour. It wasn’t our job to do, but we did it because we were tired of not being able to find cases when we needed them.

While we were working, Ms Useless Clerical Sup came over to see what we were doing…. And she started laughing at us. Here we were, doing what her employees wouldn’t do – what she was too lazy to make them do… and she was laughing at us.

I’m pissed. We’re all pissed. My manager is pissed; which, fortunately, doesn’t bode well for Ms Useless’s future. Fehhhh…..

That is a definite pisser, JWBear.

While visiting another site, I was reminded of an event coming up this Monday.

Is anyone going to the Patina event? I want to but I work that day, the Hubster works and the Boy has school. So. I need to try and convince the Hubster that he can eat until he bursts. He hates/loves that. But I think he would enjoy trying the restaurants.

Anyone? Even if I don't go I would love to hear experiences.....

The strangest things can make you appreciative.

The other night, CP was working late and I was home alone scouring the pantry for something for dessert. My best option turned out to be toast with butter and jam (mmmmm). So I get all the components together (umm, toast, butter, and jam, check) and go to the silverware drawer. To my horror, I find no knives left! A quick glance at the sink, no clean knives. Dishwasher...dirty. Damnit! Does this mean I'm going to have to wash a knife? The HORROR!

But wait! There's one last hope. I rush back to the silverware drawer and start sifting through the pile of serving utensils looking for my last hope, the butter knife. Alas, not there. Could it be...to confirm my suspicion, I check the dishwasher. Sure enough, there it is covered in butter, already used by CP that morning.

And I laughed. I laughed out loud because it suddenly struck me how happy it made me that she and I went through precisely the same thought process and arrived at the same solution to such a life-threatening situation.

Then I grabbed a steak knife from the knife block because I wasn't going to wash no damned knife.

I miss the days when people said "thank you."

Today I've learned it's incredibly difficult to explain something technical to someone who lacks a grasp of the concept of analogy.

Just as an aside to this comment, when one spouse (or partner, whoever) normally does a certain chore, say, laundry, do you thank them for doing that job?

Been there. :)

Response to Brigitte~

Oh, we do. Thank you for coming to visit me at lunch. Thank you for fixing the bed. Thank you for cooking what I like for dinner. Thank you for letting me sleep in.

But, of course, there are the Thank yous like...

Thank you for dropping me off in a puddle of mud.

Thank you for changing the channel when I left the room for two minutes.

Thank you for taking that phone call while we were: having a conversation...on a romantic get away...out with the family...and turning down my music instead of walking into another room.....

But, we do mean it. My MiL was impressed {or else being sarcastic?} when she told me that my BiL was surprised how well we got along while he and his wife fought all of the time. We appreciate one another.

Well, we try. :0)

LOL :)

We get along quite well, it's not a matter of him not appreciating what I do. It came about last month when I was in the hospital for the gallstone. He finished up the laundry I had left while I was in there. Then he mentioned that I didn't even say thank you for finishing it. Well, I guess I just didn't think about it, he doesn't thank me for doing his laundry week after week, y'know?

I hear ya. I mean, I can stand in front of him, walk around him while fixing the bed. I'll say 'Thanks for helping' and he'll say 'You didn't say anything!!!'

Oh come on. :rolleyes:

But, my husband thanks me for not doing his laundry. Many years ago, I washed his wallet. Then I washed his clothes in something and turned quite a lot of things pink. So, he has his own clothes basket and does it himself. :D

But, up until then, I did all of it. Wash, dry, fold, hang up, etc.

I just had the pleasure of educating someone on the magic of attraction show buildings. We were chatting and he said he'd like to see some sort of diagram or cross-section that showed how they fit a ride like Indy into the park. "Well..." I said, pulled up Google's satellite map.

I can proudly say, yes. I did.
so did she on the odd occasion that I ACTUALLY did anything, but I think moreso from shock than gratitude. :p

If anyone actually saw how CP and I interact when we're alone at home...they'd probably vomit. Suffice it to say, yes we both say thank you.
Considering that you were the indirect cause of my need for dessert, I can't say I'm surprised. Though I must point out that my "mmmmm" was meant with no irony. Sometimes I forget how much I loves me some toast with jam and butter.

Breakfast at your house?
 

A. A. Milne
The King's Breakfast



The King asked
The Queen, and
The Queen asked
The Dairymaid:
"Could we have some butter for
The Royal slice of bread?"
The Queen asked the Dairymaid,
The Dairymaid
Said, "Certainly,
I'll go and tell the cow
Now
Before she goes to bed."

The Dairymaid
She curtsied,



And went and told the Alderney:
"Don't forget the butter for
The Royal slice of bread."



The Alderney said sleepily:
"You'd better tell
His Majesty
That many people nowadays
Like marmalade
Instead."

The Dairymaid
Said "Fancy!"
And went to
Her Majesty.
She curtsied to the Queen, and
She turned a little red:
"Excuse me,
Your Majesty,
For taking of
The liberty,
But marmalade is tasty, if
It's very
Thickly
Spread."



The Queen said
"Oh!"
And went to his Majesty:
"Talking of the butter for
The royal slice of bread,
Many people
Think that
Marmalade
Is nicer.
Would you like to try a little
Marmalade
Instead?"


The King said,
"Bother!"
And then he said,
"Oh, deary me!"
The King sobbed, "Oh, deary me!"
And went back to bed.
"Nobody,"
He whimpered,
"Could call me
A fussy man;
I only want
A little bit
Of butter for
My bread!"



The Queen said,
"There, there!"
And went to
The Dairymaid.
The Dairymaid
Said, "There, there!"
And went to the shed.
The cow said,
"There, there!
I didn't really
Mean it;
Here's milk for his porringer
And butter for his bread."



The queen took the butter
And brought it to
His Majesty.
The King said
"Butter, eh?"
And bounced out of bed.
"Nobody," he said,
As he kissed her
Tenderly,
"Nobody," he said,
As he slid down
The banisters,
"Nobody,
My darling,
Could call me
A fussy man -
BUT
I do like a little bit of butter to my bread!"

Oh bother....

Why is there turkey bacon but not chicken bacon? :confused:

The letter came today. I left it in the mailbox for him to find. He did. He has not said anything about it, and neither have I. I wonder if he will acknowledge it or not.


Night at the Museum was a cute movie. There were only about 10 other people watching it with us. Mickey Rooney was very good in his role.

Could you show me the pirate's layout sometime? I'm stumped on that one.

Flipity Flip

I just got jury duty - again. Bleh. This is the third time in 5 years. Bleh!

I need to make a budget.

The travel agency decided to start the new year off with a bang so they had this big promotion. It's taken off like crazy which is good for them but bad for accounting (me, mostly) who has to process all of it. Out of 12 of us in accounting I always take care of these special programs so everything is landing on my desk. I come in to mail six inches deep (at least) in my inbox each morning. It's been taking me at least 45 minutes to just open my mail. That doesn't even count actually doing the work and I'm weeks behind on that.

The light at the end of the tunnel was that this promotion was only for the month of January so I could see myself catching up with the huge pile of paper on my desk during February.

Today they extended the promotion for another month.

Anybody got a match?

Just tell them you're from space and that everyone not from space should get the death penalty... even for parking tickets.
That'll get you out of it. Oh and wear a funny hat to court.
:D

I've got plenty of funny hats, if you need one.

I remember reading something similar to this in a vet article one time - you might want to check that there's nothing wrong with her ear. Sometimes a small infection in the ear canal or similar can make them do this.

...Having said that, I hope it's just cos she's lopsided ! :)

Good Question!

Oooh! Answer to the question!!

I can get you a match but what did I miss about this promotion??? :D

What I want to know is:

Why is there SPAM™ but not SPEEF™ , SPISH™ , or SPICKEN™ ?

And why is a hamburger made out of beef? Shouldn't it be beefbuttburger?

Which for some reason leads me to...

McDonald's urban legends

(Why yes I do have ADD, why do you ask? :D )

I just got a postcard from Antarctica.

OUCH!! Nickolas and I were playing the game where you rest your hands on top of the other person's hands and they try to smack yours. He got me so good that it ripped off my nail from my pinky finger. I did the owy dance, but a couple "bad words" still slipped out.

My dad is pouting now. Nick and I are going over to visit them tomorrow. I had promised Nick a trip to Dewars and they live near it. He is upset that I won't bring him a banana split. With all of the meds he is on and with the heart issues on top of diabetes his blood sugar is 230 (it should be under 120).

At the same time I was telling him no mom put in an order for a sunday. Tomorrow could be very entertaining.

If I told you I'd have to kill you. Really.;)

The entire continent? Or just one particular penguin?

Sooooo,

Here's an indication of how my day went. One of the highlights was getting stuck in an elevator filled with smelly garbage (corporate gig). I could give more details as to how this occurred but that's not really the point. The point is, it was just one of many sucky moments today. I'm ready to go to bed, but instead, I'm going to go play golf on the PS2 with Matthew and see how well I can hook a ball into the lake.

Oooo! Finally got my belated birthday/Christmas presents - the Sleeping Beauty Castle and Mad Tea Party miniatures. Yay!

Nickolas is playing Lego Star Wars 2, I am getting ready to settle down and read for a bit and David is off taking Dawn's youngest to a father-daughter dance at her school. Nice to see things have changed around here.

I should be in bed, I'm trying to get over a bad cold. But instead I'm reading LoT entries. Also, I just read all of the Random Quotes, and added one to it.

At least 25% of our company of 40 people have just got over, are fighting, or just starting to get this cold. Two people in my family just got over it as I got it last weekend. I'm almost over it now. A worker who just got over it said half of the students at her kid's school were out with it. Any one else experiencing the same thing??9

I started with a sinus infection in mid-December, which turned into the stomach flu Christmas morning. Then it went back into the sinus thing, where it threatens to establish permanent residency. I am just plain sick of being sick.

Be a great time to change the locks!

Did it say "Someone I know went to Antartica, and all I got was this lousy postcard!"?

Or "The weather is great, wish you were here!"?

I think it said "Weather is here, Wish you were beautiful." ;)

Id be curious to know what series of events lands one in a position to SEND a postcard from Antarctica

Nothing too exciting. A friend from high school, well actually we started school in pre-school. Anyway he's an Entomologist and has been going there for a few years doing some sort of research.

He said it’s -25 there. And I was impressed that it’s postmarked January 27th and I got it yesterday. Not bad.

I just thought it was cool to get a postcard from Antarctica. The kid was completely un-impressed :rolleyes:

I'm impressed. In fact, I know someone who is on a cruise to Antarctica right now. It's a hopping place.
:)

I did send this once on a post card. To a guy who was a complete ass along with all of his stuff in a box.

Oh, I get giddy receiving mail from anywhere outside of San Diego.

As long as it isn't a freakin bill. Anything but a bill makes me happy.

But, what is really cool is that I have a pal in Finland and Austrailia {no, not you LashBear, you haven't been sending me mail in your sleep...:p }. I love it. What is ironic, we also discuss the weather. The Finnish chickie is saying their winter hasn't been one so far.

Global Warming???

I have been waiting for winter to come late...but the little groundhog said spring is coming early???

I get the Retard of the month award.

Drove down to Anaheim last night (friday) to see Chicago at the "Pond.' Unfortunatly, the show is today (Saturday).

D'Oh!

Could have been worse, you could have driven down on Sunday missing it altogether.

I was sick for most of the first two weeks of January. Now I've just come down with another cold. This one doesn't feel as bad as the last one but I'm still sick of being sick. A lot of people have been out sick at work.

I think the post card was just in hurry to get out of there and into warm weather. It's going to be 80* here tomorrow. :D

I presume you promptly headed for the park instead?

It's 12:15 AM, and I've finally got Tori and her two cousins all tucked in their sleeping bags on the living room floor, munching cheesie puffs and cuddling their American Girl dolls (all in matching jammies, of course) while watching Shrek II. They look so cute and sweet.



I give them about two minutes before they start fighting about something.

Oh hell yeah. Thus the raise of the ToT count. :D

It's been a long time since I got home from a gig at 4:30am. I'm feeling rather old at the moment. I used to handle all nighters much better in my youth.

Damn, MG... :rolleyes:

I have just come into hearing about this situation. I am trying to hold my fingers from typing a lot....but, what kind of woman is she if she lost her husband and then stole yours? Not taking away his guilt, hell no. Lowlife people. You will be better off for damn sure.

Umm. I can't type any more without worrying about offending someone or being censored. :D

And a big owie about your finger. :(

Sleep happened about 3am for me and, I feel your pain.

Steven Tyler woke me up this morning by licking my eye (Steven Tyler is our big black beautiful kitty)

I was so looking forward to sleeping in because I'm still trying to kick this cold. But my internal alarm had me up at my usual 6:20 am. I hate that!

But I stayed in bed for another hour and a half, then slowly got up and had coffee and then breakfast (with BACON of course!). I read the newspaper, and am just now getting into the shower. At least there's something to be said about lounging around the morning!:D

My roommate is at Disneyland. I'm sitting here doing homework and the kitty is sleeping on the couch basking in the sun since I opened the windows. Something is wrong with this picture.

BTW, I took away Bornieo's "Retard of the Month" title with my attempt to set myself on fire over the stove last night - my dinosaur like response to the hair being burned off my forearm was just astonishing.

Well, I was dancing last night with one of the best dancers in the room and I managed to whack him in the face with my arm while doing a turn. I apologized and he was very gracious about it but he'll probably never dance with me again...

:(

I now have 100 friends on MySpace. WTF?

I feel so ... "popular." :cool:

My job interview went well today.
I'd hire me.
:D

I think you are slightly biased.

Good Luck!

Well, I'm clean and I don't steal. Where's the confusion?
:D

(I didn't say that in my interview.)

You're a likeable kinda guy.
:)

I wasn't going to hire you until I read this. :D

Oh, are you articulate?

For some reason, I read that as "Are you particulate?"

That might be an important question too...


depending on the position. :D

Yes, me speaks good.
:D

He's not Bi-est, he's Gay-est. :p

If you are also particulate...you're hired! :D

I'm such a pissed off person today.

Booking my hotel for Comic-Con. Everything sold out within the hour they were released. Damnit!

Now I have to drive to lunch. @&*()$

I have the munchies.

I am so asleep, that I feel sedated...

The trees are coming down today :) The first step in the building of this garage we are building. The guy just got here, let's hope he doesn't drop one on my vehicles...

Ok, we thought they were coming down today. Now he says he wants the power company to come shut off the power before he takes the back tree. *sigh*

You're in for a long haul there, Brigitte. Everyone I know who've had any sort of contractor work done (including one who is having a garage built) is having a more-horrible-than-usual time of it. Don't take any crap offa them!!!!!

My sister is approaching the end of an 8 month long major remodel of their house. It, of course, hasn't been 100% smooth, but they have managed to deal with all the problems as they've come up and, about 6 months in, they're still right on schedule. Rather impressive, really.

ok...so like...where is Ponine when we need her??????

could someone please help get her reset so she can log in here again?

That is impressive. I've been there, and was three months late on completion, and had to build a cabnit in the bathroom to finish it myself!

Soooo, when does the sun come up?;)

Awww.. reminds me of when Nickolas was a baby.

The sun will come out tomorrow. You can bet your bottom dollar...

Uh-oh, musical cues!

Don't worry, you'll be swell...

I dunno, but I just looked out the window and gee that moon is bright!
:D

Damn you SL! Damn you to HELL!

For . . .?

Uh oh. What did ya do now, SL?
:D

I think she may have meant Bornieo for getting a song stuck in her head...
:D

just chalk it up to friendly fire

No, it is actually JWBear than I should be damning to hell. Why I thought it was SL, I don't know.

I'm going to WDW!!! Woohoo!!!
:D

Then I better take another crack at it, following up on an earlier post:

"Marvel the Mustang
He's almost for real.
Just saddle him up,
Put spurs on your heal.
No winding. No batteries."

(White horse, too!)*

Marvel the Mustang,
Oh, we love you.


* You thought I was going to say "What horse do."

I wanna go!!!:(

Oh, that's right... I am. :cool:

And NOW you shall be damned to hell, SL.

I think I may have broken my toe when I tripped over the vacuum cord last night.

Thank you very much.
Thank you very much.
That's the nicest thing that anyone's ever done for me. . . .

Can you wiggle it? If you can, it's not broken. Or so I've heard... I've never broken anything... I've stubbed my toe hard in the past and thought I broke it. The doc said if I can move it, it ain't broke.
:)

if the toe is changing colors, you might want to have it looked at in any case

Yes, he's right about that.
Especially if it's green.

You're welcome! :D

(BTW... I'm already in hell, but I get to go home at 5:30.)

It's kinda bruised and swollen, luckily it's not green ;) . Could be just sprained or jammed. I can wiggle, but not bend it.

Mostly, it hurts like a *************. :rolleyes:

When I broke my little toe, I went to the ER. They x-rayed it, confirmed that it was broken and gave me the "There's not much you can do with a broken toe" speech. Having said that, they yanked it around and taped it to my other toe, and it heeled quite nicely. A big improvement on pointing 90 degrees to the right.

So I'd go to the doctor.

I was thinking that when I go pick up my daughter from school I'd ask the school nurse to take a look at it.

I'm sure she'll appreciate me thinking of her.

My day so far...

Bum toe.

Cat pee in the shower.
(when I went to rinse it out I belatedly noticed that the drain was closed)


Broken glass in the kitchen.


Dog barf on the living room rug.
(to be fair, this last one could have been in retaliation for forgetting to feed them this morning)






Alien abduction with the added spice of an anal probe can't be too far off. :rolleyes:

Hmmm.
It sounds to me that the cat told the dog, "Hey, look what I did in the shower." The dog saw it and barfed. The cat went to get a paper towel to wipe the dog's face off and broke a glass in the kitchen in the process. Bewitched heard the crash and in her haste stubbed her toe.
Signed,
Detective Cricket
:D

LOL! :D

I just drank some coffee. And, I never really drink coffee. :coffee:

Damn, I'm alive!!!!! :eek:

:D lol! :eek:

omg! I got quoted! I got quoted!!

my life is complete now.

:D

When ?? Is it 17th - 23rd March ??? :confused: :confused: :D :D :cool: :cool: :snap:

Or not :(

Can I be damned to hell if I don't believe there is one?

Well, at least you have something to look forward to!

I'm so glad we have Peet's French Roast coffee at my Raley's store now. :coffee: Star-Hucks is grossing me out. :p

Who's Pete? :confused:

Crap!!!! I felt something on my neck. I figured it was stray hair. Then my arm, after I rubbed my neck. Then I looked down. I hate it when spiders decided to take a stroll on my person!!

Enjoying a hot chai latte and some wheat toast, simple things to get me going here at the office today.

I hate mornings. I particularly hate mornings when people expect me to… you know… function, before I’ve had my muffin and OJ. People can be so cruel.

No kidding, but I find it really irritating they want me to stop chatting on LoT and actually do some work. LoT is fun, work not always.

They've got some kind of nerve, don't they?

Peets rules!

I've barely got my hearing back from last nights Mutaytor show. :)

Why isn't it Saturday yet?

I'd be in Vegas right now. :(

Man this week is dragging. It only feels like Thursday.

I don't have to work tomorrow, so it's Friday for me!

So...here's before...



...and here's after...



...and the house is still standing, no vehicles were injured, all is well :)

That Pedigree adoption drive commercial makes me tear up everytime.

The one that shows the shelter dogs and a voice over says, "I know I can sit...I am a good dog...what I don't know is why I'm here, I want to go home."


:(

Ya, I have to turn that commerical off. Or leave the room if I can't get to the remote fast enough.

I'm so hopelessly addicted to them, it isn't even funny. And now, with all of the Deidrich's completely closed, it seems there is only one place left to get a truly great tasting cup of coffee. If Peets ever closes, I might as well just give up coffee.

But then reality sets in for five minutes when I realize they hold my paycheck hostage, too. ;) But only for five minutes.....

Every time we get 2 bloody copies of Family Fun magazine in the mail, I get mad. I don't WANT to know how to make my laundry room more "kid friendly". I want to know more about Disney.

Amen... I want Disney Magazine back damnit! Such B.S.:mad:

We've tried to stop our Family Fun subscriptions, but were given the runaround.

I am almost embarrassed to say this, but have you tried McDonalds coffee? It's no Peets, but tain't bad.

Ugh. Me no like 'em coffee. Me save heap money not Starbucking. Me heap glad drink 'em Green Tea every day. Four dollars for 96 moons of tea bags.

:D

GC has been possessed by Tonto.

And how.
Ugh.

Signed,
Chief Pack 'em Fudge

:D

awww....you didnt need to go there. the word play was plenty bad enough

:p

I thought I was the only one being harrassed by Family Fun. Make it stop!

My roommate came home, held up a copy of Family Fun magazine and said "I keep getting this, I have no idea what it is or why I get it..." I said "It's the new Disney magazine" He said "I wish it had more Disney in it! I miss the old magazine".

I was very mad about Family Fun back when we first rec'd it and tracked down a phone number (no small feat in itself) to cancel the thing.

Me: I don't want to receive this magazine anymore.

Lady: It's free.

Me: I don't want it. I don't want to kill more trees. I don't have kids. I didn't ask for this. Not every Disneyland Annual Passholder has kids. I throw them away immediately. I don't want it.

Lady: But it's free.


The best I could get from her was "I'll try to get you removed but this is a special promotion and it's free yadda yadda..." We continue to receive both copies.

Perhaps it's time to try again and really pull out the pissed off APer attitude. :D

Could you call and get an address change to somewhere bogus?

1313 Harbor Blvd
Anaheim CA

I bought girl scout cookies from a co-worker. Payment due when cookies come, right? Not with this troop. Payment due before orders are placed. Nope, no policy change, just something the troops is doing - against council policies. I'm a bit irritated. Maybe when the cookies here I'll get over it.

Yah, one bit of a Tag-a-long or a Thin Mint and you'll forget it ever happened.

Stuck in Strollerville...

I haven't worked here in 3 years, and it's super boring.

I am having a serious allergy attack here at work. It is at keast something to entertain me during a very boring day. Come on wedding season!!!

sooo- airfare and passes bought.

I'm going to Disneyland!!! (and here I thought I was tapped out on DL- but now that it's bought and official I am all excited)


Squeee!!

2nd interview for the job tomorrow. Fingers crossed.
:)

Remind them that you are clean and don't steal.

Good luck!! :D

That's funny.... So am I ! ;)

No! Really????


Gosh- I wonder how that happened!!! March 30-April 3rd

(and my berfday is the 4th- you gonna sing happy berfday to me?)

:)

(told you I would make it to see you!)

I will.
:)
Thanks!
Are you coming to DL the same time Wenchybeth is going to be here?

March 30th-April 3rd.....is that the same time?

On edit it looks like she will be there the weekend after I am- too bad too, I coulda proven to her that I am not evil incarnate ;) as most of you already know.

hmm, maybe we overlap?

Can't tell though- WB??? :)

Is it Girl Scout Cookie Season already?!

No. It's snipe hunting season!

WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-

Oh I wanna go home and hug my doggie!!!!!

When I took him for his vet visit - when the Dr put his hands on him to examine him, Comet wrapped both front paws around my wrist and hung on like CRAZY! Giving me this look of "don't let them take me!!!"

I wuv my doggie!

http://www.yosemite.org/vryos/

Ooo, checking out some lovely shots from the valley and elsewhere....

I love it this way. Picture changes every few minutes......

It's official. My son is trying to drive me insane. Right now he is literally climbing the walls. Why? Because he can.

Tell him if he doesn't calm down you'll force him to listen to Yanni.
:D

Don't forget articulate! :D

Literally climbing the walls? Neat! Do you have velcro walls? (answer carefully, I may have to come up there and join him)

You're not ??? You mean my Magic 8-ball lied ?

:p

Actually, he has to. He's a boy. It's in his job description.

This morning at work there was a meeting scheduled first thing which is not how I like to start my day. The meeting was me, my supervisor, and manager meeting with the VP of the business unit we do accounting work for. My supervisor and I were all prepped for a confrontation over financial reports, they always blame our numbers if they don't meet their forecasts.

When we got there the room was full of about 50 people and we quickly realized it was not the meeting we expected. Turns out our manager was in on the whole scheme to surprise us with STAR awards. These are company awards given for stellar (what else) achievement. The business unit wanted to recognize and thank us for all the work we do for them. That was very nice because it isn't often that anyone says thank you for what you do, it's usually only what you don't do that gets noticed.

Congrats Debra - that is cool!

He figured out that if he placed a foot against each side of the hallway he can climb up and bump his head on the ceiling. He then did this in the much wider entrance to the kitchen.

Yanni wouldn't phase him but Billy Joel makes his ears bleed (or so he told me a few years back).

Congrats, Lindyhop! It's nice to be appreciated.

Congrats, Lindyhop! I'll tell Cher what happened to you.
:D

Hooray Lindyhop! :cheers:

Congrats Lindyhop! :cheers:

I had to bail out an area today (sick calls suck), but management gave me a few bits of recognition.

Wtg, Lindy!:snap:



Well, I booked and paid for our DL trip tonight- yayyyyy! We'll be there from April 4th through the 9th, and I look forward to seeing everyone who can be there anytime during our trip! It's so nice to have this to look forward to. My sis is an accountant, so anyone with last-minute tax prep emergencies can hit her up for help.:D

I hate insomnia. Been up since 5:30 and I didn't go to bed until 1:30.

f'n stress

I'm there, KB. Been battling it off and on for the past few weeks. I hope you get some sleep this weekend!

Oh well- it's ok if some people still believe it.

So....it is pretty amazing the things we can build if we really want to.

I've those on Mega [something]. Pretty darned amazing.

Ever try a couple of tabs of Melatonin? Works for me.
Are you a coffee drinker?

also.. could be a sugar drop.. sometimes people wake up in the middle of the night because their body is craving protein, and their sugar is dropping.. depends on what you ate for dinner and when you ate dinner.. or if you ate last night before you went to bed??

I was going to recommend a piece of sausage before bed, but I reconsidered.

Great work LindyHop! It is cool to get a pat on the back once in a while so you know you are appreciated!

:snap:

She knows. She's jealous.;)

I see. Pirates of the Caribbean 4: Plunder the Kingdom will feature a battle sequence on the open sea between the Mark Twain and the Black Pearl. The TSI makeover becomes completely justified. Clever.

That probably won't work for our straight boys......

on occasion, sausage and eggs hits the spot. Zzzzzz

I just pulled a bewitched and stubbed my toe going up the stairs. Ugh. It ain't broken but it hurts like a muthafukka.
Grrr!

YOWCH!! Last week I burned the hair off my right arm, tonight I spilled boiling hot water on my foot... I feel your pain, GC, no REALLY!

I just ate a ribeye steak and a caesar salad while watching "Lost" on the interwebs.

Iced tea.

I was eating dinner until Pirate Tech started talking about the wonderful world of pirate surgery.

My 9th-grade daughter has Baby Think It Over for the weekend. It's a robotic baby that you have to take care of like a real baby. It's required for a required course. The idea is that if kids know how much work a baby is, they won't make a baby.

Let me tell you, this thing is waaay more trouble than a real baby, unless that real baby has the colic.

Tonight, I'm babysitting the cranky little robot for my daughter while she goes to the high school play.

I had a really really really excellent run at oral argument today. Really really excellent. It earned a "hot diggity damn!" from the nice judge and a vigorous head-nodding assent from the mean judge. And in two weeks, this whole experience will be over.

I believe this is the strategy robots will use to ultimately take over the world

This amused me no end for some reason ! :D


when are you doing the "Mime Argument" assessment ? ;)