Soooo, there's this metal wire thingie hanging off the bottom of my car dragging on the ground. This can't be good news.

Especially if it's got a guy's hand attached to it :eek:

or a foot!

Or one of the Roberts (Denero or Mitchum) is under there.

No posts on LoT in almost 2 hours?! Where is everyone?

Playing Lord of the Rings Pinball...

Sure, no problem! It's just a static discharge wire. It keeps you from sparking the gas fumes while fueling, which results in an exploding fire bomb in your car, which would be a bad thing.......


Or perhaps a mechanic should look at it just in case.

Cleaning the garage, getting readu for the garage sale of the century next weekend.

I am here, soon to be night night.


The Old People have made it home. It looks like their trip from hell (major issues with their motorhome) is not quite over. After having the 5th radiator replaced in Homer, Alaska, they are looking at #6. So this was a 2 radiator, 6 tires (all 4 on their Suzuki tow vehicle had to be replaced), a new transmission and some major electrical work type of trip. It was nice to see them both, but I am now trying to figure out when they got so old.

Spent the afternoon/evening with H and her dad at some theme park. Finally found Nemo. Saw Jack, Sally et al in the Mansion. I'm home now, but ready to sleep...

Playing Far Cry on the Wii. Worked all day, then met Tori and her Grandma at the mall and had dinner at a very nice Asian restaurant, and then went shopping for fall clothes. Kid made out like a bandit, per usual.

Just got back from gaming. Found the kitty in the neighbor's front yard and brought her into the warmth. Now she's hiding in the kitchen.

I've been wondering why...

Isn't there something just cool about a cat in the home? I love our doggies, but I can't live without our kitties. To me, a house just isn't a home without a cat. My doc is convinced I'm allergic to them, but I don't give a ****- I'll always have a cat or ten around as long as I'm on this planet.

Have you re-named the kitty?

I'm the other way around... home isn't home without a dog (preferably dogs). I'm really not a cat person, but I've kind of taken to this particular cat. Feel bad for her.

You'll wind up feeling sorry for her so much that soon everything she does is gonna be the cutest thing you ever saw. Trust me- my sis always had a dog, until last year. She is sooooo in love with her kitty- the first she's ever had, excepting all the ones I brought home when we were young. Don't get me wrong- I love our puppies, but our kitties rule the roost.

Off to the Rodeo - yee haaa!!

Cowboys in wranglers - need I say more?

Plus Maddy's singing the National Anthem.

Was at home unpacking and getting my AV set up with the help of a friend. Chilled, ate dinner, drank wine, watched a movie. Very relaxing evening. But so much fun.

Ooooh! Garage sale! Are you perhaps selling any kind of shelf pieces (like a baker's rack) or a large bird cage? Maybe a sofa that is in much better shape than ours?

Target has some nice shelf pieces on clearance right now. At least the one in RSM did. I bought this for $35.

What kind of sofa are you looking for and what is your price range?

Had another fabulous day off roading up in big bear. We've now seen 2 of the fire tower lookouts. did you know that you can rent one of them for the night? No cooking in it. No electricity and the bathroom is down a very steep narrow ladder type of stairs...

but the view! Wow! In practically all directions, it was just incredible. On a clear day, I read, you can see Catalina! Now, we've seen Catalina from the top of Saddleback Mountain - but all the way from Big Bear. I can see the direction it would be - but it was overcast with a morning marine layer.

We now need to go visit all the fire watch towers in the area as well as drive from the bottom of the mountain near the 18 all the way up to Big Bear City without going on a regular road. I think maybe next weekend if we can get away with it. :)

Such fun!

Got a little bit of hiking in today as well. Yay Jeep!

If I quit procrastinating and just did my homework I would have been done with it a long time ago.

Have you done Clark's grade? Did you visit the Morton Peak lookout?

BtD: how's the new place working out?

New place is coming together. The A/V was set up yesterday. YAY. Just locked down my network. I totally forgot and the reason everything has been so slow is because someone was "sharing" my bandwidth.

Homework is as done as it can be.

I loved Wicked, and listen to the Broadway soundtrack once in a while. Wonderfull music! I, too am a geek. I just love most musical plays.

Good luck to you!

Morton Peak lookout was Saturday and Clark's grade we did as the way home on Sunday. Yeah - we had to go back up to Big Bear on Sunday because we had such a good time on Saturday. :)

Have you ever spent the night up in the Morton Peak lookout?

I haven't but it looks like it would be fun. Nice views, but it sure looks naked after the fire burned all the brush away from it.

My mechanic asked me what I was smoking.

Whatever was hanging off of the undercarriage of my car is not longer there and it appears nothing is missing.

I suppose phantom car problems are better than real ones.

Maybe you picked something up on the road, but it fell off before you got to the mechanic.

That's what I'm thinking.

We are having beef stew tonight for dinner. Boy is driving me nuts aksing when we can eat.

can't blame the boy. the aroma is probably making him nuts!

just the thought of a well prepared beef stew is making me hungry

Not to be read by kids or bosses:

did you know if, while texting, you type in

that sure fit well with the posts about beef stew

hehehehe.

Geiko commercial disguised as an undercover story about Jed Clampet.

Can't believe this... I'm watching Perfect Strangers on TV.

Anyone ever hear of a channel called Ion? It's #8 here.

OMG, I think this is the pilot!

This moment quoted for posterity.

Query:

Do you really want to work for some place that says "you have been selected for a callback interview. It is at this date and time. If you can not come at that time, it will not be rescheduled."?

And it's not like they gave lots of notice. Apparently we're all 22 with no real job or obligations and we can be wherever whenever they want. It's not even some place I really want to work, just some place I figured I could get a job if all else failed and I was desperate. I'd rather work for the firm in Yakima than work for these people.

No.

I do make killer stews and soups. My specialties are beef stew, 16 bean soup and pea soup.

Now that it is just us I have found myself cooking more.

Must have the recipe for 16 bean soup.

16 bean soup? That would be over in like, four spoonfuls

I bought a daybed from Craig's List today and just got done setting it up in the office. The room is so much larger now! However, our cleanish garage now contains 2 desks, a queen bed and a mission style headboard. It's not clean any longer. It's time to do a little selling on Craig's List.

Photo of said queen bed?

I don't follow a recipe. I buy the pack of beans and cook down some ham bones, use the juice and add a bunch of spices, whatever I feel like grabbing at the time. The beans come with a flavor packet, but I usually toss it out.

Hmmm, queen sized bed, wish I lived closer....

It occurred to me last night...with smart phones and PDA's allowing for easy internet access anywhere, combined with Wikipedia, we are all just one small step away from owning our own copies of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Throw a hot plate in the garage, and you can take in a mysterious boarder.

Yeah, but just try and use it.

Query: "So where on earth can I find a good drink?"

Answer: "Mostly harmless"

Bloody useless if you ask me.

That darned Text Twist. It wouldn't take skorts. If I thought it was a matter of refusing to acknowledge the existence of skorts, I'd agree. Sadly, it's ignorance, ignorance that cost me points.

I wonder if it would recognize spork?

Sporks are cool. I have a pair of metal ones for camping.

Damnit, I can't find the original exact quote from Andy Richter Controls the Universe, but it was something along the lines of:

"We want real utensils in the break room. No more sporks, spknives, and knifeoons! It's like a Dr. Seuss kitchen in there!"

Don't panic!

:cheers:

I'm not sure, but I believe the exact quote is something like:

Moonliner, dude(tte?)...
 

PRETTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Must obey the shiny! It calls to me!

Internationally the rocket is considered a symbol of potent male fertility. A phallic symbol if you will. Endowed with with the power to reach the stars themselves on a thundering plume of blinding light.

Domestically, however, it's just used to sell soda.

You shall make no graven image or any likeness of anything in heaven or earth, nor bow down to any such thing.

Has anyone ever actually died while waiting to hear about a job? Because I think I might.

As far as I am concerned, it feels that way.

Well, then you won't need the job. ;)

Just like cars (and electronic toys)

I may be selling the Boy soon...

"Mom?"
"What?"
"Why didn't the skeleton cross the road?"
"Dunno"
"It didn't have the guts."

does he do lawns?

With material like that, don't expect to retire on the proceeds.

Sometimes...

Agh!! I've been given a few hours' notice to write a darned bio on myself so a show's producer can submit it to a big Hollywood firm tomorrow, because he'd like me to handle the full production once it's contracted.

I'm totally freaking out. :eek:

The business is getting much bigger faster than I ever expected. I mean, crap, I figured I'd be doing weddings and such for at least a few years. And now, we're talking mainstream television, with me handling just about everything. :eek:

Apparently, it really is about who you know...

Note to self: Must make jpg of the words "DON'T PANIC" in nice, friendly yellow letters as background image on my phone.


(visible mojo to the un-mojo-able GD)

WOOHOO DP!!

DP: Doooooooooooooooooooooooooooood! :cool:

Good luck DP - you can do it!!!

Disneyphile, very cool! Don't knock it, you deserve your success, no matter how fast it comes!

reminds me of the commercial where the guy runs into his bosses (the owner) office freaking out and says 'our demand is climbing at an alarming rate! if this keeps up we'll need more room, more staff and more materials. what do we do if this continues???"

and his boss says "um...isnt that the idea?"

:D

congrats! knock em dead!!!

I love that ad. Reminds me of the difference between a corporate rat racer and an entrepreneur.

I'm still scared ****less. :eek:

The producer told me to "stretch it" a bit, but I'm just so damned honest about what I've done and haven't done.

This is a big challenge for me. I don't want to be one of those Hollywood primadonnas that act like they know everything, throwing their own names around.

So far, the first draft really touches on my field experience and current projects. But, it really lacks some luster. I'm trying to figure out how to make myself sound more exciting.

I really hope this show gets signed though. I'll earn about $15K per episode, and there are already 26 episodes written. Doing the math, I'd be a really, really, really, really, really, really, really, happy camper. ;)

I can top that

We're standing in the liqour store yesterday and the boy says

" Why did the Mexican throw his wife off the cliff?'
" I don't know why?", with a funny look on my face, as I look around us
"Tequila, get it to kill ya"

I said we'll talk in the car. So I ask where he heard that one and he says he just made it up:eek: We then have a long talk about prejudice and jokes,ugh!

I have to admit, for off the top of his head it was creative but it was not the proper place or time I guess for this old mom!

DP- Congratulations and good luck. Take a deep breath and it will all work out for the best. Have faith!

Dang, woman! Toot your own horn! Pull out all the stops! Remember you're wonderful! :)

You? A primadonna? Not likely! :) Tooting your own horn, about things you legitimately have done? Not a problem.

I hope you get signed, too!!!! I want to see your name on my screen! Then I can brag about how I actually do know you. :) My friend, the famous person.

What would be your title? :) T, ruler of everything? :)

I gave you mojo DP, but I don't think you need it. :cool:

Hey DP - downpayment on a house!

scared ****less just means you're taking it seriously. good first step

and 'stretch it' is actually pretty easy and still being totally honest. you just need to change a bit of terminology

"I've dreamed about doing x projects"
in stretch speak "I have several projects currently in the early stages of development (give your thoughts)"
Not a lie. all projects start as an idea. elaborate on those and youre golden

:D

Wanna make some industrial films real quick? ;)

Yay DP! I agree - toot your own horn. If there was ever a time, this is it.

How oddly true.

Finally, a picture of the elusive Pumpkin Kitty:

big big congrats, DP! I hope it comes through. It's very very good to be on "the radar". One meeting inevitably leads to another...

I have never before been to Pomona.

Glass House? Polycis is playing there sometime soon...

Yup, that's about all there is to say about it once you've been.

Are you disparaging the Roman Goddess of fruit?

You've done this before, haven't you? ;)

I'm standing in Glass House waiting to see Crystal Castles and Metric. This seems like a fine venue for Polysics.

I bought new jeans tonight. I know, big Whoop, but it is too me. I was afraid of Lane Giant's new sizing system, but I seem to be one of those that it really works for!!

I have been dealing with shorts falling off, skirts hanging too low, last night I got my jeans off without undoing them first. It was time to "downsize."

Wtg on the jeans, MG! :D

DP - you rock. That's really the only thing you need to say. ;)

MG - good for you!

WTG MG!

Wtg, MG and DP! I only have one question for the both of you:



What's it like?

;):cheers:

It's scary, frightening, and exhilarating all at the same time. However, while I'm busy, promo work doesn't pay anything, so we're still dirt poor. I've even considered applying for porn jobs (shooting and/or editing) just for the money.... ok, and the thrill. ;) But, hard work now can pay off later, so I'm keeping the faith, as well as my nose to the grindstone. :)

Should the show be picked up, things will happen very quickly, so depending on the schedule, I might need a team. Thankfully, I do know a couple editors ( ;) ), another cameraperson, and even a voice-over artist, so I can help others out too. :cool: And, should this go up for an Emmy (hey, it can happen, as it has to other people), it'd be fun as hell to have friends on the red carpet with me. :D

Anyway, be ready to laugh. Here's the completed bio, as revised by the producer. Nothing is a lie, but it is pretty "polished".

Behold my shiny! (Put behind spoilers, because it's kinda large.)

VERY NICE, T! Great job!

It's seriously not too hokey? I read it and cringe a bit, but the producer loves it, and so does Ken.

Then again, we are our own worst critics... :rolleyes:

But, note how it kinda leaves out my 6-year hiatus at the ol' bank job. However, I did still play around with cameras and editing during that time.

I don't see anything there you haven't done. Works for me.

Crazy wonderful good news, DP.

Nice, very nice! Congrats and fingers, toes, and eyes crossed for you, Disneyphile.

Nice resume DP! Congratulations.

I guess porns loss is mainstreams gain. You go girl, and when you get that Emmy I'll be watching to hear you work in thanks to "A LoT of friends!" :D



Ps: I have a really cute 11 year old if you are looking for that new highly compensated but still grounded in family values child star. ;)

Ditto! It's concise and tells a good story. No lie, I'd hire you! ;)

Great job & good luck!

I scanned in 50 more photos last night, I've got 100 already converted and toned. That's 2 binders of 10 I've gone through. Can you tell I think I need a photo editor.

NICE DP!

So, Monday night I had a dream that my co-worker, who also wants desperately to find a new job, got an interview. I told her this yesterday afternoon, and less than two hours later she called to say that she'd just landed an interview. I'm feeling mighty prophetic at the moment.

What does the future hold for me, Pru?

Hey, Pru... I'll go buy a lottery ticket and split it with ya. Just gimme some numbers. ;)

Paging BTD: Clean out your box. ;)

(And, thus begins the downward spiral of douche jokes...)

I'm trying to send a PM. ;)

The box has been cleaned and is ready for use.

Snowflake: I just this morning had a discussion with my mother about one of her class projects that references Valentino's character in "The Sheik". What this is prophetic of, I'm not sure, but since you're working on your book I figure it's a sign of future demand.

DP: apparently I am incapable of foreseeing anything from which I might benefit. If you had asked for lottery numbers for yourself only.....:p

alphabassettgrrl: See previous answer for my inability to dream up good stuff for myself. Apparently I am limited to dreaming up good stuff for others and hoping others will return the favor. Which means it's your job to dream up my dream job! :D

Question: would folks be available for a November 18th day swanking? I've got an idea for one I'd like to organize, but there is a limited number of dates it's possible, and that's the next date that I could do. More details once I have an idea of availability.

I thought I was free, then I remembered my Mom is here :(

Ooo OOO! Is this where we get to light stuff on fire and hide bodies?


Oh. Wait. Um. Maybe. Gotta check the hockey calendar. And it's a school night.

Shoot, I don't know if I'm available next weekend, much less next month. And if I do plan, it get's all messed up anyway.:(

So what you're saying is, ""we don't know what's going on yet".

No. I am saying if I don't have a hockey game, it's not somewhere where I will be out super late (being a school night) and I get my homework done I am in. Especially if we are hiding bodies and lighting things on fire. She wanted to know availability and I don't have anything else going on [other than those 3 things].

Well, it's really up to you as to whether it gets any use isn't it?

Okay, well there's a thread and poll about it now :)

I buttoned my shirt to my boxers again.

I'm so happy, I can't stop screaming.

Isn't that par for the course with you, CM? ;)

What can I say? I'm a happy guy! :)

The Halloween Horror Nights employee preview far exceeded my expectations, and delivered many genuine "OH CRAP!" moments - and of course, lot's of screaming from the monkey :D

The food was yummy, the whole event was just put together well.

I think this event is gonna far outshine last year, and I hope it just gets better each year.

I love me some Halloween!

We were looking so forward to pulling out all the decor for the first time in two years, and now we're moving... :rolleyes:

I swear, next year we will have Halloween, dammit!

I'm still probably going to carve a pumpkin though.

Halloween? Oh cr&p! I better get busy on that one. Thanks for the reminder.

Oh crap, I have to go home at lunch time to shut the windows. Poor Tango is going to be scared, it's Fleetweek and the Blue Angels are flying. The noise is deafening. My poor kitty is not going to be a happy camper for the next few days while they practice.

Better hurry. I went to Home Depot last night and they already had Xmas trees up.

Really? Well then I guess I'll just have to go dressed as Rudolph. No worries.

I hope they're plastic ones - whoever buys a cut tree 3 months before they want to toss it is a rube for sure.

plastic or otherwise...4 days into october for xmas shrubs is just out and out wrong

Yep, they were the artificial ones, but still. I went to 2 Home Depots, and they both had a similar setup.

Halloween cannot start until October 1st.
Thanksgiving cannot start until the beginning of November.
Christmas cannot happen until the day after Thanksgiving.

Period.

The foot is down.

And Halloween goodies were out at Labor Day, sigh. All about merchandising. I'm all for decoration for the holidays, but sheesh!

Does this mean easter bunnies will be out in January? if so, the only good result would be that by easter time, the peeps would be sufficiently stale enough to eat!

Aaaaargh!

So we're going to Chicago and the Cubs are in the playoffs. I already missed the day that the tickets for the first playoff series went on sale a couple weeks ago. Of course, the odds of any of the games being in Chicago on the dates we're there were slim for this series, so not a big loss.

But today, tickets for the second series go on sale. It's a bit of a crap shoot as the 2 things have to happen. 1) The Cubs have to win the first series against the D-backs. 2) The schedule has to line up (and it depends who their opponent is) such that the first Chicago home game of the series is on one of the days we're in Chicago . But in case 1, we'd get a refund and in case 2 we could sell the tickets no problem (probably for a profit).

So tickets go on sale at 10AM. The way it works is, 30 minutes before 10, you can enter a "virtual waiting room". At 10:00, they start randomly picking people who are logged into the waiting room to buy tickets. I have a meeting at 10, so I had worked out a deal with a coworker to finish the transaction for me while I'm in the meeting.

At 8:15 I went to the site to double check the procedure...and I see, "Tickets On Sale Now"!!!!!!

10AM....central time! :mad: I'm so angry at myself right now.

I've logged into the waiting room. I'm guessing that means tickets aren't yet completely sold out for all the games or else they probably wouldn't even let me get that far. But who knows if I'll ever get out of the waiting room at this point.

Hell.

Oh well, time to root for the Cubs to not make it into the second round so I can feel better.

ETA: And there you have it, the message "Only scatterd singles available for Games 1 and 2." just popped up. Games 1 and 2 are the only games that stand a chance of being in Chicago while we're there, so that's that. Unless I want to pay insane scalper prices, no Wrigley Field game for us. So....mad....at....myself.

GD, PM me or read your PM. I might have a friend who can help you out, or know of a way for you to get some tickets. She's a huge Cubbie fan.

Actually my best friends family had a tree farm for years. They start cutting them mid September to mid November. So the fresh one's you buy in December usually have been cut about 2-3 months

No rooting necessary.

Forget the goat-this is the true curse on the Cubs: They will not win the World Series until Fred Merkle is awarded second base.

My consumer behavior class is rife with connotation.

Ooooh... http://bfads.net/Power-Glide-814-Com...t-Ace-Hardware

(I'm such a sucker for power tools. I wish I had a garage workshop!)

yeah, Im just as bad. and I could really use that drill press.....not to mention a nice mig welder...which I've managed to resist somehow. had it in the cart twice...even stood in line with it.....

resistance is sometimes NOT futile! (so far)

Alas, alack, my friend gave me the lowdown, she only knew of 1 person who got through and got tickets today. She said the prices will be outrageous.
I don't know how she will get tickets, but she will, she follows the cubbies with an obsession akin to madness!

I've resisted buying a Maki drill for nigh on a decade now. Still want one :)

well, Im not sure how much longer I can resist that welder. my hot rod projects are starting to require it. drills I got. cut offs and impact drivers I got. blah blah....


but I need that damn welder. might have to talk Santa Jack into just breaking down and getting it.

do you mean the rechargable ones? Im assuming Maki = Makita

yesssssh

oh hell....get one. you'll never use another corded drill. best purchase I can think of for a DYI'er is a cordless drill. worth every penny (as yeah...I know theyre not what one could call cheap)

Funny thing: I've never owned a drill. Not my own (of course as a kid my dad had all the tools, etc., but I have not owned my own drill)

oh I couldnt stand that. Ive used my cordless for everything from driving screws to twisting wire to stirring paint. yeah...its a definite gotsta have

I actually use my cordless drill quite a bit. I lost all the rest of my power tools along with my comfy furniture - ah well.

I don't have any power tools, except an electric screwdriver. That's a wonderful $20 I spent, god bless Black & Decker! Of course, I have a very cool toolkit, 130 pieces all neatly stored in a case. Should I need to fix something, I pretty much can!

Yeah, but there's a difference between fixing and building. I'm a builder, not so much a fixer.

Reminds me... I have some curtains I want to hang in my living room. I know it needs to be screwed into the wall, but my question is, does it require wall anchors? I mean, do I need a drill for this?

Yes, they will need wall anchors. They have them at home depot. There are several different designs, some of them screw into the drywall using a screwdriver, so no drill is necessary.

a lot depends on the weight they'll be holding. sheers + rod and such, yeah a wood screw works fine. vertical blinds, floor length drapes and anything with some real substance, I would strongly reccomend anchors and a wall stud as its not just the weight, but often wind resistance from moving air

Okay, what do you do if the wall is an outside wall? Since I rent, I've always been iffy about drilling holes. That said, I do want to get some kind of window treatment work done in my bedroom, the walls are outer walls (concrete & brick).

Any suggestions or thoughts? I don't really want to do blinds, or if I do, I still want some kind of rod and curtains to make it look nice.

If you buy a $50 mitre saw or a $50 drill press, you will get a $50 mitre saw or a $50 drill press. It is off brand and it is TOO cheap. Either item will be totally inaccurate and inconsistent.

Just my $0.02

Can we at least get a tour of Wrigley?

It was a miracle the Cubs did so well this season anyway. ;)

Kevy: I can keep them with my $75 cello :)


.... But I *HAVE* a cello!

(admittedly, gotta get the bridge replaced, I didn't do so well trying to set it myself)

Snowflake - they make anchors that go into concrete. Four years working at a hardware store I'm full of tons of usless information. Well not exactly useless but useless to me most of the time.

Lemme ask look and see!

Nope, they end in September. :-(

Link here

On first read I saw:

WOOHOO!

:sulk:

Can I at least stand outside and look forlorn?

Yes.

I'm looking at it as a good excuse to go back

You want a tour of my neighborhood? Anytime.:)

I've been on hold with the pediatrician's office for 20 minutes now and counting. I realize they're busy and all but anything over 5-10 mins is a little silly. Just to talk to the nurse for goodness sakes.

$45 will take 35 years off your life!

Besides, I understand there are some very good pubs around Wrigley Field, go and admire the outside and the swanky eatz close by!

I can vouch for that! I got the abbreviated tour and it was tres fantastique!

OMG Cubs! You know Tom is a huge Cubs fan. Not going to a playoffs game while you were in Chicago would be, like, a huge slap in the face.

(Or not really. But you should go.)

In other news, trying to keep my head up-- my mother's health has deteriorated once again. Trying to use my sadness to keep me writing the screenplay that is, in part, inspired by her... instead of running from it. Some good energy in this direction would be appreciated. Sigh.

Good energy vibes going your way.
/hugs

Ultra-positive vibes coming atcha from Wisconsin, LSPoorEeyorick. Do good work.

File this under V for vomitrocious. The chair of our county's Republican Party is none other than the woman who lives right behind us. How wrong would it be to lob paintballs at their next bbq?

water balloons!

LSPE - {{{{{{{{{good vibrations and prayers}}}}}}}}} heading your way.

Keep writing!


{{{HUGS}}}} too!

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I think Boy is hungry. He not only put on the stew pot, he washed the utensils we need to dishing it out. He has now stirred the pot 3 times and is bugging me about when it will be ready to eat.

LSPE - good vibes headin' your way, and to your mom as well.

<3

LSPE: I hope your mom gets better.

Thanks all-- to clarify, it's definitely my mom that needs your positive energy. I really didn't mean to imply that it was my writing that needed it.

100% positive vibes to your wonderful Mom, LSP.
Best thoughts!!

And where shall I send the scalper's bill for Tom to fund it?

Sending a lot of love and healing energy towards your mom, LSPE. You're in my thoughts and prayers.

I'm a wee bit annoyed. I needed to be at work at bfearly today for an upgrade project. Because I needed to function at the asscrack of dawn I chose to stay home from Haunt last night and go to bed early. So I get to work and OH! They're done. Thanks.

Not what I meant either, but if you are finding the process therapeudic or even inspirational, keep writing is what I meant.

The healing vibes are still going out, too.

GRRR!!!!

Exactly. And "we" know how much of a morning person I am. So now I'm sitting here on my 2nd glass of tea with a half drunk Rockstar on my desk. At least I'll be awake tonight.

We now have the world's oldest Chihuahua living with us.

Call Carl Reiner, see if he'll interview him.

Wha?

OK. Here's the Chihuahua story (cross post).

I rescued a Chihuahua today. He's at our house. He's older than the hills and he may be coming with us to PS because, I don't know what else to do with him. He's very quite and sedate. Either that or he's barely alive. Mrs. Pod named him Abe. Ms. BunBuns also arrive this evening for an extended stay while Mom and Dad are traveling Eastward. She's already adorable and has the cats quite in line. Outside, Bodi - the cat across the street came to visit and a opossum was hanging out in our tree by the porch. I think the universe is telling me I need to be Snow White for Halloween.



Basically, the Chi was abandoned several weeks ago. He's been living outside and eating cat food for 2 weeks or more. Knowing that Chi's aren't really dogs of the wild, I rescued him yesterday. I took him to the vet. He's a bit malnourished and very dirty but otherwise in good health - for a 16 year old chihuahua. I'm not sure what's going to happen next. He weighs 3.8 pounds. He slept in a crate last night with food and water and a comfy bed. He thinks he's found Nirvana. He's completely house trained and very calm and loving. But, he needs a bath in a big way.

Sooooo, another animal saga for me.

I'm picturing Keith Richards slumped up against the in box...

I'm a tad unclear as to why they didnt bathe him at the vet office... but maybe thats just my vet.

NA, you are an animal whisperer, absolutely!

Poor Abe, makes me think ill of the poeple who abandoned him. :mad:

I have a feeling Abe was owned by an elderly person in the area who died. Or, that's my back story. He's attracted to women, so I suspect it was an older woman who owned him. He may have been abandoned or put out when she either died or was put in a home. This is all speculation of course.

The vet took him in at the very last minute. This isn't even my normal vet but one who was open at 6:00 at night. He's about to get a bath. Hopefully he will survive.

I'm picturing Keith Richards in a crate with a cozy bed....

gettin a sponge bath.....


you're a good mama, NA!

He survived the bath. He's shivering a bit, but it's a bit cold today. Poor little guy. :(

I will cling to your backstory, it makes me feel better.

I expect a portrait of Abe once he's been prettified. I hope you survive the bath, too NA!

He's one lucky Chi and I am sure he knows it, too!

Yes, pictures!

Now my insides are shaking.

Soooo....
 

NA awwww I want pics of the Chi when you can. Abe sounds so sweet and you are such a doll to take him in like that. I guess a neighbor is trying to get rid of two cats now but we can't we're all full. I wish i had a huge house with tons of land and i'd take them all in if i could.

How's a girl like me supposed to keep a straight face when people I'm recruiting have names like Dick Hamer and Dixie Long?

Or Dewey Cox?

Wow, Judd's just spewing the material out right now isn't he (yes, I know some of the stuff is producer credit only recently, but still)?

Not that I'm complaining.

He is. (No wonder work's so busy.)

For this one, he's actually credited as a writer. I loooove some of the stuff I've seen so far.

I am with you here! One holiday at a time, please.

Hubby and I made a girl cry one year because we gave her a Makita for Christmas. She was so happy.

Good energy to your mom to heal up, and some to you. **hugs**

Lucky doggie to have found you! It's sad what happens to animals. At least we know at your house he'll be taken care of.

In other news, we had Franc D'Ambrosio in the theater last night. What a voice. OMG. He and his pianist were *so* nice. Genuinely nice. He sang a terrific set, he signed stuff in the lobby, and it was a very nice evening.

The world's longest running Phantom. Wow. Just wow.

I was home by 5:30 today. I am positively shocked.

It was a light week: I think I only put in 50 or so hours.

The trailer for Dewey Cox cracked me up. I was expecting to roll my eyes but guffawed instead. Hooray Apatow!

Lucky bastard. We're leaving for the Beat Retreat tonight and Audra and I are STILL AT WORK.

Annnd... we're off!

*waves*

Have fun, LS!


Sooo...lately, some rather disquieting things have been happening with my MIL. About a month ago, she started losing things- important things. House, keys, a Visa card, eyeglasses, a watch she really likes, a $200 money order....all in the space of a week. I thought maybe her thyroid was off, so I insisted she go to her doc, and it turns out she has developed type II diabetes. She seems to have really taken this seriously and begun some real diet modifications, and so I thought perhaps this 'losing streak' was over. Well, tonight she kind of got weird over something really dumb: we have a utensil vase on our counter that's been there for years, one in which we place large spoons, spatulas, etc. We were in the kitchen tonight and she looked at it and said "Where has that been?" I was puzzled, and I said "The utensil thing? It's where it always is- why?" She seemed kind of flustered and said that when she put dishes away today she couldn't find it, so she had to put one of the utensils in a drawer- something that is ordinarily no big deal, but for some reason she was really defensive about it. I tried to shrug it off, saying that it had been there the whole time but she probably couldn't tell from all the clutter on the counter, but she was adamant that it had not been there earlier in the day. I could tell it was really bothering her, so I tried to put her at ease by just saying no big deal, but she started to seem kind of suspicious. I was a bit offended and I told her I really doubted anyone was messing with her, but she just sort of strode away saying "It wasn't there..I know it wasn't..."

****. I'm not stupid- I know that losing things, paranoia and forgetting things add up when someone is 72, but I'm really hoping it's just something else. I might add that a year ago she was hallucinating about spiders in her room, but we attributed that to a medication side-effect. She seems so with it most of the time, but when I think about it she spends a lot of time looking for **** she's lost or trying to get up the energy to get off the couch. As with any situation, there are a lot more incidents besides these that I find alarming, but I feel like things are speeding up and I need to be a little bit more proactive, something that is difficult to do in the Anderson (tuck you head in the sand and all will be well) Clan.

:rolleyes:

My least favorite Phantom ever. Well, until Gerard Butler.

Good singer, but distractingly operatic for Phantom, which requires a more hypnotic sound.

Still, always nice to deal with nice people.

They must be related to the Chapman Clan!

I understand what you're saying, my MIL had the same kind of issues a couple of years ago. We ended up with her in the hospital with a brain infection, diabetes, high blood pressure and a myriad of maladies. The worst part with her was she wasn't actually losing everything, some stuff she gave away... like her Home Depot card which they ran up as far as they could!!

I really hope this isn't what I have to look forward to when we get older;)

Good luck and keep trying to work with the Dr, no matter how much she balks. I think we waited to long and it has been an uphill bettle ever since!

Hello everyone. This is my Godson, Dominic. He's 8 months old.


Ok, I'm going to change a poopy diaper now. See you later.

~Bob

I can relate to the issues with the Old People. My dad's behavior has gotten increasingly erratic. He is an alchoholic, has finally beein diagnose with diabetes and has 4 or 5 stints in his arteries. He also has problems with the arteries in his legs, but they decided against getting anything done about it.

He has been crankier than normal, and his outbursts getting worse. I told my mom that I am thinking he has the onset of dimentia (I ruled out Alztheimers). She finally confessed that she thought so too, but doesn't want to think about it.

She has her own set of health issues to deal with. I just wish she would take better care of herself because when she is really sick, or falls, or her blood sugar drops because she doesn't have time to eat, it directly affects me. For some odd reason, that I don't understand, I have some sort of (psychicish) connection to her. I always have. When she hurts I get sick. Most recently, when they were still in B.C. she fell. I was fine. We talked on the phone that night, she never mentioned she fell, but as soon as we hung up I was feverish, dizzier than normal, my hips really ached, just strangly sick. It wasn't until we talked 2 days later, after my illness went away as fast as it hit, that she confessed to have had a dizzy spell and fell straight back, bruising her butt.

I'm baking a chocolate cake and hunting for a frosting recipe online.

I just saw a tumbleweed go by.

That was me Borneo, looks like we're the only ones here!

Gee, I hope things get diagnosed properly and things start to settle down for you WB. This sounds like no fun at all!

BTW, on a totally unrelated subject, got anymore of Tori's artwork to share? I'd love to see some!

I have new underwear! Yay!

My left eye feels like it's gonna explode... is that a problem?

*Shakes fist at the sky*

(then hides from Steph)

I miss The Boy.

On the other hand, it is sort of nice having a quiet house.

And balls!


At least acording to your avator...

;)

Well, it is official. Chicken is a hen! She laid 2 eggs today.
I had a feeling something was up. I found her in the garage this morning. She had pushed the door open. I shooed her out. She then started whining at the back door. I went back out and she was in her cage in the pen. I went back out an hour later and there were 2 eggs. One is flesh colored and the other is a pinkish brown.

How big are the eggs? Fresh eggs are so tasty.

They are small compared to what you would find in the grocery store. As wierd as this is going to sound, I don't know if I would be comfortable eating them...

[Nelson] Ha ha! [/Nelson]

Presumably you have no rooster, right? So there's no issue.

Thanks, Snow- actually, we just talked about it and she's concerned as well. We may have to get a different doc though; when she told her doc about some weird hallucinations she was having last year he just laughed it off and told her he wouldn't tell anybody. Asshole. Hopefully, this is just residual stuff happening due to her recent diabetes ll diagnosis, but we agreed to get things checked out if anything else happens.

As far as the artwork- Tori's done lots more, but I need to take pics of some of it and scan them as they are too large to fit into the printer/scanner thingy.

MG- too cool! I think I'd be kind of weirded out eating them as well, although I don't know why. I like eggs. Maybe I just like eggs from anonymous chickens.:rolleyes:

I hate doctors who blow off your concerns.

I understand. It would be different if you had a hen house full of hens, and supplying you with eggs is their job. The few eggs she will be supplying won't make much difference, unless they are particularly tasty.

On the other hand, one way to use them (If you don't want to waste them) is to use them in something like a cake, pancakes, or other baked good where you can't tell they are there.

But, as mentioned before, if they are not fertile, they're not really her chicks. Eating them isn't much different than using her droppings in the garden to grow veggies.

Besides, you feed her and give her a home. Everyone should pull their weight and help out. That could be her contibution.

Yes, it was wonderful that he was so nice. His timing was a little different than I otherwise expected but it's ok. I enjoyed it anyway. :)

I hope they get it figured out. Maybe it's just that she's old, but hopefully it's something they can help.

It's hard to motivate people who just want to avoid the issue. You know facing it is necessary, and I hope your mom can deal with it reasonably soon. I'm not sure what they can do about Alzheimer's, but if it's truly something along those lines, you need to know about it so you know not to give him valuable things that he'll lose (like his wallet). It's also easier to handle dealing with his odd behavior if you know the reason behind it.

I hope your parents take care of themselves.


Yay!

Don't feel bad about using her eggs- they won't hatch, and she really has no use for them other than hatching baby chicks. I worked with a guy who has chickens, and the eggs are better than what they could buy in a store.

Besides, you'll know her eggs come from a healthy chicken, unlike what you buy.

The thing with the eggs falls along the lines of me refusing to drink fresh milk. We would get milk directly from the dairy, or when my mom was milking a neighbors cow, and I would not touch it.

I told her I would save the eggs for her. She told me that I wasn't much of a farmer if I refused to eat the eggs and what was I doing having a chicken. I told her Chicken is a pet and she was NOT my idea.

It doesn't sound like an ethical issue. It sounds like it's just a little too earthy for comfort.

That is it!!!

I've often wondered if I could raise an animal and then butcher and eat it. Not sure I could. I raise fruits and veggies and eat them. Milk and eggs I think I could do, but the meat may be going too far for me. To each his own, though. Do what you are comfortable with.

How is it possible that it is Monday already and I'm at work?

Well, you see, the earth rotates on an axis. It takes 24 hours for the earth to complete each rotation. As it does this, most spots on the earth's surface (depending on the time of year) pass through areas exposed to and hidden from the sun. This is how we denote the passage of each 24-hour period. When 3 dark periods and 2 sunny periods follow leaving work on Friday night, the following sunny period is what we call Monday morning, which happens to coincide with the time you are expected to return to your place of employment.

Aren't you glad you asked?

Somehow your answer makes me feel better, and my trip to Starbucks helped, too!

Though, don't be fooled, it's not sunny here, very very foggy as a matter of fact.

I can only eat eggs if they are in something or I don't think about what they really are. I don't like milk.

The whole concept of eggs, and milk grosses me out. Then again that is how I went vegetarian a few years back. I thought about what I was eating.

October 8th, and it's pushing 90+ degress here on the bitter east coast. I think there might be something wrong with that axis thingy.

Ewwwww!

It's a short, 3-day week for me! Thursday = packing and Friday = flying down for fun!

Are you comming to Anahiem? So we can see your Beelzeboobs? ;)

I mixed an egg, some canned pumpkin, pumpkin pie spice, xylitol, and a little bit of heavy cream together in a cup this morning and microwaved myself a little pumpkin pie puddin'.

It was extra delicious with some butter and maple syrup on top!

I am indeed - I will be at the DLR Friday - Tuesday, beelzeboobs and all. We're meeting up with some people for the Halloween Hootenanny on Friday, some random frivolity and dinner on Saturday, and MA frenzy and post-MA lounging-about-not-moving on Sunday. Anyone who wants the chance to bask in my presence and hasn't already made arrangements should consider sending me a PM post-haste.

Meanwhile - in today's episode of "Students doing Strange Things Outside Pru's Window" there is a cluster of young-uns engaged in some kind of organized activity that frankly looks like a slightly urbanized chicken dance.

We'll try to stop by on Sunday, but no promises, since we're starting our move this weekend.

Nick and I just got home to find a very injured Chicken. She is missing clumps of feathers and skin off of her back. I really don't think that Pooh did it. He is too protective of her. right now she is enclosed in her pen with fresh food & water. Tonight I will start dousing her back with antiseptic. David said that he would take her for the weekend if we needed him to watch her while we are at DLR.

I really can't think of Pooh doing it. When he came over while I was petting her and moving her into the pen he came over and she was not afraid of him. We have a LOT of feral cats in the neighborhood, along with predatory birds. It could have been another dog, but I didn't see how it could have gotten through the fence and back without a hole...

I am just sick.

I am hoping she will survive this, if not Nickolas is aware that we might have to have her put down.

I'm so sorry MG! It could have been feral cats or some other wild critter, it's hard to tell. The poor little thing. I hope she can recover, be careful of infections.
I know you two were looking forward to your weekend away at DLR. I hope you are still able to enjoy it and relax a little. I'm kind of shocked that David said he would take her, maybe he's not a total...
I'm sending healing vibes for all of you, take care.

Arrrrgh, poor thing. I'm hoping for the best.

It was a ****ing HAWK!!! I was sitting outside, smoking, before heading back to work and I saw a big bird land in the tree, it is a ****ing HAWK!! Nickolas was right, not our dog.


David said that he would take her, that way Nick can still see her, but she would be safe.

Aw!!! I'm sorry, MG!

Sending lots of healing wishes to Chicken. Hopefully, she'll be ok soon. :(

:(

Poor Chicken! I hope she recovers and provides you with many more eggs for you to ponder.

Poor chicken! Figures it would be a hawk. They can really be a menace to small pets.

She is not happy to be confined to her pen. I sprayed her with some bactine, to help with pain and an antiseptic. Afterwards, she promptly ate all her grapes.
I will feel much better about everything if she makes it through the night.
Nick and I will take her to David's thursday when I get off of work.

I called out neighbor on my way back to work. She has 2 doxies (doggie, but I can't spell it out) and one is small enough to be bird chow. She said when she got home every dog in the area was sounding off and over the din she heard a screech.


*sigh*


On a side note, I am buying new batteries for my beaded light up necklace and I made my pin lanyard...it be Pirate themed it be. argh!!!
All I have left is putting the stripes on Boy's jacket.

Poor Chicken- she must have fought bravely to not get carried away when she was attacked.

I hope she will be ok-

Yeah, I'm not sure I want to meet this chicken that can fight off a hawk, heheh. Good Chicken :)

DSL Extreme rocks!

I have internet back (without having to steal from my neighbors). I am happy :)

Thank you for the recommendation Coaster Matt (and Jeff Levy)

Poor chicken! I hope she will be ok! Wow!

I can't help but think of Foghorn Leghorn and Chickenhawk, the Warner Bros. cartoon. That Chicken Hawk tried everything, but that chicken was just too smart. Oh, he took his lumps once in a while, but he came out alright. I hope this same outcome will happen here.



Good luck MG!

Poor Chicken! I hope she recovers.

We're back from Palm Springs. Tired, relaxed and with a house (or zoo) full of critters. Bunnybuns (Munchkin) is doing great and is very happy. The cats are excited to see us and our latest addition is also doing MUCH better.

His name is now Itty Bitty Abe Vigoda. We took him to PS with us and he was pampered to death, er, life by a bunch of LoTters. He's quite a good little puppy, but terribly malnourished.

Besides his name, he has a Title - The Worlds Smallest Hedonist. So, his full name is Itty Bitty Abe Vigoda - the World's Smallest Hedonist - which is a name that is about twice as big as he is. He got his title because we were all eating bacon on Sunday morning (duh!) and he wobbled out and sat there looking longingly at us. We fed him small bits of bacon and he perked right up!

He's still tiny and doesn't really like dog food (and keeps wondering where the bacon is). But, he seems to be on the road to a bit more health. (I hope). He doesn't bark, he's completely potty trained, and he's incredibly docile and sweet. The cats don't seem to mind him too much either. i think he's going to live out his remaining days or years in the Swank Hotel for Homeless Animals.

There were many pictures taken of him this weekend. I'm sure some will appear soon.

Awwww....!

Chicken survived the night. Pooh slept in the chair in front of her pen. He is still moping. I really think he played a big part in her survival.

We aren't going to take her to David's. Both Nick and my sister expressed concerns that the monster children won't leave her alone. I also don't want to add to her stress by moving her. She is perfectly safe in her pen, and it is somewhere she is comfortable being. I will probably end up picking up the garage so that she will eventually be able to have more room. I am also going to call some wildlife people today to find out if it was a red-tailed hawk or some sort of falcon and what can be done about it.

It feels like for every step forward I get slammed 2 back.

I am truly looking forward to having a hedonistic weekend.

Yay for Chicken pulling through! I love your stories about her and Pooh. They're like little kids with feathers and fur. :)

So... I do wish I was still in the desert and could just jump in the pool right now and dry off in the desert sun. As it is, I'm glad I had the foresight to take this day off and am hoping that my phone won't ring and change that.

some of us were just not that smart.

I want to be back BY the pool, this time with a cold beverage, and enjoying the sun.
some people I know like the pool very warm. :snap:

Pools sound pretty good right about now. Really good.

The bath is just NOT the same as the pool. The inner tube just WON'T fit!

It is cold. I am wearing short sleeves and a skirt. I must have thought I was still in Palm Springs.

Why am I not still in Palm Springs!?!?

Stupid work clients. Making me adhere to contract. Grrr. Why can't I produce poolside?

Right now, I have two cats licking my toes. I dribbled a few drops of my chicken soup as I was carrying it to my desk. :rolleyes:

At least clean-up is easy. :rolleyes:

Just called the Boy to let him know there's a cat somewhere in our house.

She wasn't around last night, but this morning I found her in her favorite spot behind the neighbor's bushes. She knows now when I go out and walk Barnum, and I call for her, that if she gets up she'll be fed. But, being a cat, she can't just get up when I call her. She waited until after I went back in with Barnum, and when I was headed out the door (on time, naturally), there she was, waiting to be let in and fed. So I did, waited while she ate, expecting she'd leave with me. No sir. She was like "F*** you, it's cold out there!" and ran up the stairs. I imagine she's still hiding in the red room somewhere.

I barely even went in the pools...in fact only the hot tub and still, put me down as Palm Springs dreamin' as well. the quiet and company alone was well worth any small amount of effort I put in...which was to say the least, the least. :)

and yes, my house was indeed as disappointing as I knew it would be after such uber swank accomodations. it does however have me (somewhat) motivated to change that.


somewhat

I really am this big of a dork... I want this shirt:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/991e/

you want it cuz its cool....and it truly is.

yeah, I could totally wear that :snap:

Must...not...kill...coworkers...before...vacation. ..



(of course after, all bets are off....)

Pru.. you....must... resist

Think to your self... vacation is ALMOST here, and these cretins are NOT going with me

Fantabulous!

You're gonna need a bigger boat bathtub

You'd think a club sandwich with frosting on it would taste bad. Yet, I have no complaints...
:D

I don't know if anyone remembers when this guy got arrested, but he's been convicted now:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21206715/

Oooh, here's one from the Department of Obviousness:

Lindsay Lohan Says Rehab Was 'A Sobering Experience'

Hopefully she took it seriously and got her act together. She's not the first 21 y/o to find herself in rehab and she won't be the last. You just never hear about it because they aren't hollyweird starlets.

You mean like real frosting, vanilla or something? I would think it would be awful, but then again a monte cristo with jam sounded strange at first too! It's kind of like a club just deep fried!

Lindsay Lohan!

or not

Chicken let us treat her and pet her for a bit. It looks like she ate, or the **** birds came in and snacked on her seed.

I talked to an animal curator at C.A.L.M. he confirmed that it was a red-tailed hawk. I explained to Nick that it would not be going away any time soon. I also got waaaay more information on its feeding habits and attack patterns than I needed to hear.

Nick has agreed that once she is healed we will see about shipping to Tehachapi, to a friend of my sister who raises the same breed of chicken. She will have a coop to sleep in and a yard to roam in, just like here. He feels that even though he won't get to see her very often she would be better off there than at his dad's house.

In the meantime, injured as she is, she laid another egg.

Nick is a very smart and thoughtful young man MG.

agreed. sometimes the most disagreeable things are indeed for the best. a highly adult minded moment to be sure.

Argh. Looks like our move is delayed again. :rolleyes:

I'm appreciative that they're taking the time to do things right, but I'm tired of constantly calling the utilities to change the appointments. And, I'm scheduled for jury duty next week, so if I get picked, I lose all that time, not to mention my approaching client deadlines.

I'm now waiting for the owner to call me back after he gets in touch with the contractors for an ETA.

Maybe it's just me, but I'd call moving day a hardship.

Not only that, but I have a few things due next week, and I also have a doctor's appointment as well.

Trying to convince judges of "hardships" is nearly futile though.

If I call up on Friday night, and they want me to report, I'll just sit during the selection process and not pay attention. I'm sure after I say, "Um, could you repeat that again?" a few times, they'll get annoyed with me. If anything, the attorneys will dismiss me, because they won't want to deal with that.

But if you get to wait all day in the holding room, at least you can have your laptop with you.

Can't you delay it? In San Diego you can delay up to I think three different times. They want you to have a clear two weeks to serve, just in case. The last case I got called for the judge wasn't letting anyone out for anything. Luckily I didn't get picked as it was a gruesome murder case and ended up in a mistrial which would have sucked.

DP, tell them that when you go for jury duty. the jury selections Ive been to really would rather you not be there if you're going to constantly have your mind on something else and arent such buttheads to make you stay unless they feel like youre trying to con them.

I did something similar not so long ago. needed to work on a highly volitile project deadline at work. told them straight up I needed to during their initial questioning. "I'll of course stay if you need me to, but thought I should put that out there as I really do need to be somewhere else...it just means I have to work late after I leave here."

they were very understanding and I was the first one released.
bring some of your paperwork for the move with you as a wee bit of backup, just in case.

You can delay it. It should be on the jury duty sheet.

I used to get called in the middle of the semester. I kept getting it delayed and told them to call me during the off months. Like clockwork I would be called to report during the semester.

Once I didn't even get the JD notice. I got a notice that said I failed to appear and my time was rescheduled. I panicked and called in and they said not to worry, nothing bad would happen the first time I did that. ;)

Sadly, I'm not "allowed" another postponement. This was the last one, thanks to our wedding last year, and then some illness and then my heavy-duty work over this summer.

I just emailed them though, requesting a 4-week postponement, otherwise, I can't even guarantee I'll pay attention from not having any sleep with the move, work, and doctor's appointment.

Hopefully, they'll grant it. And, if not, then I'll tell them about everything else I have going on, and if that still doesn't work, then I'll get freaky like another friend did and say, "I spend most of my free-time with my coven." ;)

And when you're not with your coven you're with your cult.

Idiotic quote of the day courtesy of nhl.com

Damn. Those pesky other championship banners just ruin everything!

No, I recently left the cult, and I don't want to be cited for perjury. ;)

The owner just gave me the rundown of everything that is scheduled, and we can still pick up the keys on Thursday morning. However, the cleaning crew won't be finished until about noon. So, I figure I'll just wait it out until Ken gets off work that evening, and we'll start the haul.

From the post about Susan getting out of a particular trial:

Can you get a visible tattoo between now and the reporting date?

Stupid Car Tricks
 

Killing some time looking at the latest on Yahoo News and came across this item:

2008 Lamborghini Reventón

The whole article is here, but I was most amused by this (emphasis mine):
I think I need a 650 bhp car that includes a G-Force Meter!!!

Maybe a fake one. I just need to find one that's a large cannabis leaf, and that might do the trick. ;)

You are the master!!! :snap: Ok, how do you do it? ;)

Lunch today was from TallyRand and in my to go box was a club sandwich and for desert they included a cupcake with frosting. Along the way, the delivery person must have dropped min because the frosting got everywhere.
:D

Well, DP has that angle covered.:D

Got the official rejection from the SD judge today. No one wants to hire a Third Tier Toilet. Good thing I already have a job, because it looks like I'll be doing budget reconciliation for the rest of my life.

Pisser

:(

Oh, Pru. :( I really hope this means that something better is in the cards.

Normally, what seems like bad times can actually be a paving towards much better things. I'm sure that's the case here, and it won't be too long until you land the perfect job.

Didn't you really want the job in WV anyways? So the SD judge did you a favor by not forcing you to accept this job when you haven't been requested by the WV judge :)

DP's right, Pru. When you wind up where you're supposed to be, then you will look back and be glad that things went the way they did. Have some faith, especially in yourself!:cheers: Besides, winter in SD seriously sucks.

To quote LOTR, "A wizard is never late. He arrives precisely when he means to." The time will come, Pru. :)

When life deals us lemons, sometimes we fail to foresee the lemonade they will produce in the aftermath.

I'm going to take a nap. Will someone wake me up in 20 minutes. ;)

You'll be answering your phone for twenty minutes after your nap I fear.

DP: you could write all over your legs in Magic Marker, and wear a short skirt in. If they question you, either your idiot friends drew all over you while you were passed out drunk at a party, or it was part of some ritual and how dare they question your religious practices or ask you to cover it up!

I just thought of something nice... my mommy is coming into town in 12 days :)

Ooooh! I like that one. ;)

They granted me a final extension to the week of Nov. 5th, and said that if I do have to report, it won't be for more than a day.

Thank the gods they considered my plight.

Right now, Emmy is hunting a small moth. This is better than television!

She may be getting big, but she's still very much a kitten. :D

you know you have to let her eat it, yes?

*blech*

At least it won't make the terrible crunching sound Aleister made when he ate the June bug.

PoohDog snubbed David this afternoon. I wish I had realized it before he left (he was picking up Boy and looking at Chicken). I would have loved to see if his back hair was up.

Normally when you get close to Chicken, Pooh is right there, trying to get his licks in. After the boys left Pooh came up to me to be petted and it dawned on me that he didn't go to David.

Animals know, MG.

When my ex left me, Nala wouldn't even come to him whenever he tried to stop by, and she used to love him. And, he even tried to take her from me. But, whenever he'd come over, she'd come and sit in my lap. ;)

Thank you to everyone who's said nice things or thought nice things. I'm getting a huge amount of negative feedback from the legal world. It's hard when people you had considered role models and mentors tell you to stop trying and that you're not worth anything more than the dregs. It's also hard to go from the hero of the career center to the loser who wasted their time.

So, I do still have one more clerkship interview scheduled, and yes I'd much rather go to Wheeling than Sioux Falls. (And the timing would allow me time to graduate and get Boris's thyroid dealt with before moving.) So, you'd better all have your fingers crossed that he doesn't fill that position before I get a chance to interview.

I should be in bed, but I'm too excited to sleep. :rolleyes:

We sign the lease in the morning, and then I can get the keys at noon!

I already have a few bags of essentials ready - toilet paper, paper towels, cleaning stuff, our bathroom counter decor (gotta take some kind of decor on the first run), and our new kitchen wall shelf. I'm gonna have some fun tomorrow! :D

I feel like a shlub right now. I have not been sleeping well. We leave for DLR at some point tomorrow morning and I haven't really even started to pack. Tonight I will be working on Nick's jacket, but doing it over at my mom's. I don't really want to go over there, I have too much to do.

Nick seems to think that we need to get up at 4 am and be on the road before 6. I am thinking I will be happy if we are on the road somewhere around 10. With traffic considerartions that would put us at DLH by 2.

Why is it always the one that can sleep in the car who wants to get on the road at 4:00am?

I'm not sure, but when you figure it out, please let me know.

Ok, I feel like I got something accomplished this morning. I filled a tupper thingy with margarita to drink as soon as we get into our room tomorrow. I semi-cleaned out my car, I found and am charging my camera, I changed out my purse and I now have a nice stack of clothes awaiting the suitcase.


On a hawkish note, The Old People were running errands yesterday, on my side of town and Mom spotted a very large red-tailed hawk in the air. The curator/falconer that I talked to had told me they typically have a 3 mile range. The probability of it being the same bird is very high. She said it was huge. With her eyesight it would have had to have been big for her to see it. I also heard it yesterday afternoon.

I just got soooo robbed of a candy bar!! I got the answer first! It was Denmark, and I said it first!!!

What kind do you like B? I'll make sure to bring a box for your farewell party!

LOL, I actually don't care much for candy... I am just competitive.

On another note, after much discussion, I am moving at the beginning of 2008. I am going to try and leave AFTER New Year's Eve, because I really want to do it one more time at NA & €'s house... but I have to be mindful of the schedule of someone who is supposed to be helping me. I think he'll have lots of time off, and hopefully can be here on the 1st. I may even move on the first after the all-nighter... That would be awesome... or not.

:( (Bah. I've been trying to block that from my reality.)

Although, I can just imagine a future thread titled, "Utah Swanking!" with listed activities like "storming the temple", "learn how to ski without spilling your martini", and "Sundance film festival screening (now with bacon!)". ;)

visible MOJO for you DP

I do think a Sundance Swanking (with Bacon) is definitely in order! If the dollar keeps plummeting, my Paris trip will have to wait until I save 2 times the $$ for 2009!

Sundance road trip... it'd be too damn fun. :D

I'm in love with "Learn to ski without spilling your martini"

I must try that one!

But the party usually continues until well into the evening of the 1st, so you will have to start on 1/2

I hate this waiting game. I can't go to the new place until the cleaning crew is out and the locks are changed at noon. The car's already packed with a few things, and I wanna go play house!!! *whine*

One thing I'm really looking forward to - my parents are getting us a Roomba as a housewarming present. It should be fun watching the cats run in terror, and it will be quite lovely having a consistently clean floor. :snap:

Don't worry. Noon will be here before you know it. :)

1. Given your past experiences keep a VERY close eye on that packed car.

2. Tying a few packets of catnip to the Roomba can drastically change the nature of that game....

Oh, definitely. The car is parked right below the apartment now, and I've got the window open. I don't trust this place for two seconds anymore. :(

Now that sounds like a plan. I was also thinking of tying a large stuffed mouse to the top of it. :evil:

One more hour, T!

See! If you lived out here on the bitter east coast you would not only be enjoying a truly glorious crisp fall day you would also have been chill-in in the new pad for over two hours now....

Yeah, but living here, I could have killed the time at Disneyland this morning. :p

Ok, I'm outta here. I need to stop by the grocery store and pick up some drinks to stash in the fridge at the new pad. :cheers:

Huzzah for new pad! :cheers:

Good luck DP and make sure you stock plenty of Dole Whip mix in the new digs!

Don't wear yourself out moving boxes and crates!

Way cool on the roomba!

I am <<<SO FVCKING HYPER>>> right now :coffee: :snap: :eek: :snap:

Hehehe... Haven't had Starbucks in a couple weeks, and since I'm laying off Coke for my stomach's sake, my caffiene tolerance is WAY down. And since I just found I had a free drink coupon for Starbucks, I picked up a Venti Pumpkin Spice Frappuccino at the end of my lunch. I'm more than halfway through and literally bouncing off the walls, it's awesome.

This is the Cindy version of being sh*tfaced :D

What I'm doing right now:

Sitting at the old place, because I showed up at the new one, and could hear a band saw buzzing, and the lights on. I walked around the corner, and found the construction foreman on our porch, cutting some of the flooring, with crap littered all over. I poked my head inside, and the washer/dryer are still sitting in the box in the dining room, the blinds are still sitting next to the windows, the kitchen light panels are still missing, and the cleaning lady was confined to the kitchen, just trying to keep the sawdust wiped off the counters. The place is a disaster.

The foreman said, "Come back in two hours, and we'll be finished." I took a look around and replied, "I'll be back after six tonight. I can't keep wasting my time like this. And, that doesn't mean slow down, because you're going to need all six hours to finish." :rolleyes:

:mad:

Poor cleaning lady! If I were her I'd walk or call the owners and insist on a time to come back - how can she do a good job with the job not done?

But T, delays or no delays, when it's done, it'll be ALL NEW STUFF :)

The poor gal was hovering near the back of the kitchen, and profusely apologizing to me. I told her not to worry if she misses a spot or two, because I've got my entire cleaning arsenal in the back of my car anyway.

Well, mostly. They decided not to do the granite counter tops, nor replace the stove and dishwasher. :rolleyes: The present ones are in good shape, but still...

The flooring looks gorgeous though. It's cherry finish. :)

But, I'm still rather annoyed at the delays. It's a damn good thing we have our current place until the 31st. This has totally blown my organized schedule to hell and back.

I think what's happened is this is owned by just a couple investors, and I think they've got one too many properties for them to handle on their own. They really need to hire additional office help or something, because it's an absolute cluster**** of disorganization.

Hopefully they'll be ready for you this time.

Enjoy your trip!!! :) I'm kind of a morning person, so I second Nick's recommendation to get going early. :)

**hugs** I hate it when somebody beats me, too. In academic things, anyway, as that's what I'm good at.

Ha! I giggled at "learn to ski without spilling your martini". :) And at the bacon.

I hope your luck is better than mine. While it didn't scare either dog or the cat, keeping the floor cleared enough to use it was something of a challenge for me.

MMMm..... pumpkin spice .... one of my *favorite* things about fall.

I just took the first of 2 tests in my Sociology theory class (all essay answers) and I feel pretty good about it. A couple of the kids in the class hoped I would give less than my best so not to bust the curve but can I help it if my writing skills are good? :)

GRRR! I am getting soooo irritated by my classmates right now. Seriously, acting like a 12 year old doesn't help the class go faster and frankly, it's not even funny.

Shut the FVCK up a$$holes... seriously.

Why can't they just skip class more often. Jerkfaces.

T- so sorry to hear about the delays in the construction and the lack of a few new appliances. Hopefully everything is good-to-go soon.

And on an unrelated note, it is a bad idea to leave me unattended with a bag of Harvest Mix. WHEEEEEEEEEEE SUGAR!

Ooooooh. I love the pumpkins in that mix. Now, I'll have to go buy some.

Swing by my office and you can have the entire bag!

So, DP & FP have a new place to have sex!

Well, once it's finished, we will. ;)

I'm thinking about popping back over there in an hour so I can see where they're at, just in case I need to call the investors office again to push the date back on the lease again.

Maybe I should take a whip with me...

nah, because in the end you want it done right, not in a hurry.

this doesnt make the whip any less fun though.

*crak!*
you in the hard hat! hang that door you scum!
*crak!*
you there! make that dust fly with that broom or ya get 10 more!

Man, I'm depressed about my groups and my classmates this semester in general. I've bitched and moaned about it in my LJ and on here, but damn it, I'm just at my wit's end.

I have group projects coming out of my ears, as usual. Some semesters, you have people not willing to put forth as much effort, some semesters you get people who don't put forth any effort. Whatever. In a way, I'm a bit used to it by now. What gets me down is that I haven't got a single good group this semester. The one good group I have isn't even for a class, it's for a competition the school is in against 18 other universities around the country. As prestigious the prize and portfolio materials are in this, people just aren't putting up as much as they could on it. But oh well.

Another class, Promotions, we have an opportunity to plan some IMC for Carl's Jr. The project is worth a good chunk of grade points, plus there is a prize of $300 in free Carl's food to be split amongst the group. Which could keep me fed for the rest of the semester for free. It's also some more portfolio fodder. I have what seemed to be a pretty good group. We had great ideas, and things seemed promising. Except that a.) no one seems to check their emails, b.) no one seems to want to find a meeting time and c.) some other crap I don't want to list.

What stings is that I was originally in another group that didn't have enough people. The prof decided to break us up, putting us in (what I see now as) essentially weak groups. I thought I had a decent one, but it seems they're only full of ideas and enthusiasm when I'm around. When I'm gone, I get few responses.

Then now, as I'm in the computer lab to work on another research assignment, one of our competing groups for Carl's was in the same computer "pod" as I am. I listened to them write up their proposal (which we should be doing), I listened to them come up with storyboards (which we should be doing), but worst of all, I envied them. I want to be in a group where people get together to get good grades. I want to be in a group that puts forth at least a modicum of effort toward the greater good of... I don't know... greater goods. And damn it, they even got homeboy who's late to every class to show up on time. (I have him in two other classes). I mean, they get him, and I can't get my peeps to respond to an email. WTF is up with that?

Though I'm done with my other assignment, hearing them talk about plans (I was trying not to eavesdrop too hard - I don't want to accidentally duplicate any of their ideas) made me really sad. Why don't I get groups like that?!

*STOMPS FEET*

Thanks for letting me rant.

I figure at least realizing my actual situation will allow me to go forth and start writing up the proposal by myself. ^&@%!!!

What the hell was I thinking?

I just spent 10 days in WDW. I returned home for a mere 36 hours last night...

Tomorrow I'm strapping all 3 kids in the car for a fun filled 6.5 hour drive to CA by myself. I'm then dumping the kids at my Mom's to get a "relaxing" weekend away with the DH for MouseAdventure....

I return to my Mom's in time to strap the kids back in the car for an even more fun filled 6.5 hour drive back to AZ by myself.

In the course of 17 days I will have traveled over 5000 miles and visited 6 Disney parks with 3 kids under the age of 10, run a 10K, and participated in MouseAdventure.

There may not be enough alcohol at the DLR to help me through the weekend.

Slightly freaking out in AZ :eek: ,

swanie

Yikes, swanie!!!

:cheers:

There's a drink to start you off!

When it rains, it pours... :)

Just got home from finding out that they're still an hour away from completion. Not a problem. And, I made a new discovery - the fireplace is WOOD, not gas!! That means my first in-home Yule log this year!!!!! WHEEEEEEEE!!!

And, as soon as I returned back home, I got a call from someone who read that fancy profile I put together last week, and wants to PAY me to shoot a product video in November. :D

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

I think I've got it worked out to a tee now... using Southwest Airines Vacations, if you depart on January 8th, stay 6 nights, and return on the right flight on the 14th, you can do Florida (including tickets) for either $1600 or just under $2100 for two people (depending on if you want to stay at All-Star or Port Orleans). Basically they're running some deal with Disney where if you stay over 3 nights and buy Magic Your Way parkhoppers, you save $100 on the hotel, and I've got it worked out where returning home on the right flight saves another $100pp on the airfare.

Doesn't matter though... still don't have the dough for it :( (and if I did I'd be putting it toward the cruise, dammit!)

Hey Mrs.Nesbitt... any chance you can work it out cheaper? (Florida, I mean. Alex is dying to go again)

Holy Jeebus... I just priced the same trip for JUST the airfare, also for 2 people. What do you think it cost?

$1000 :eek:

So... um.... lemme get this straight... I'm could get a hotel for 6 nights, and park tickets for 6 days, and um.... that's only $600 more that air alone?

:birdy:DP - Huzzah!

http://www.deadbodyguy.com/

This is hilarious... I was watching TMZ and heard my dad's name. No, it's not my dad. Yes, it's his name.

Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, indeedy, yes siree, indeedy, squeeeeee!

You go! That's the best news, besides the yule log!

:cheers: :cheers: or :coffee: :coffee: if you are on your own. You Go!
Rant all you want, that sucks.

Sooooo, what happend? Are you all snug in your new hobbit hole?


Excellent. Enjoy that. Ps: Despite the silly safety lables, these make great kindling.

Ditto, what Moonliner said!

Very cool on the java-logs, never heard of them. Of course, our fireplace is not really working, needs to be inspected and repaired. But we can smell the brimstone when the neighbors downstairs use theirs. Cough Cough!

Are you intentionally planning your vacation to coincide with marathon weekend (January 12-13)?

Brimstone?


Just how far downstairs ARE theses neighbors?

The apartment just below us first floor (we're second). There is a crack somewhere, obviously in the fireplace. As an aside, they are also the worst PITA tennants in the building. My CPU sits on the floor on a rug, they complain about the hum keeping them awake (they're in bed by 9 every night).

I need to prepare myself, we're having rain now, it's getting chilly and they will be burning the fireplace a lot.

Bit of randomness. Story had nothing to do with what it might appear to be about, but I thought it was funny.

In other news, Big Lots has an electric fireplace for like $300 in their ad right now. Also, if anyone has been looking to acquire a chocolate fountain... $20.

Snowflake,

Alert the landlord about the fireplace problem NOW. Smoke and other combustion gasses leaking in to your apartment from another tenant’s fireplace is an extremely dangerous situation! If they won’t act, call the fire department!

Okay, I will!

Oh, that's true! Noxious gases and all that. I would also get one of those alarms - they're like fire alarms but alert you to an abundance of noxious fumes.

That's actually a safety issue. You could get carbon monoxide poisoning. I would bring it to the attention of the landlord immediately and get a CO detector.

I think the smoke detector that is wired in is also CO detector, but I will confirm.

Happily, I always sleep with windows open, even when it's cold. But, better safe than dead and I do have my kitty to be concerned about!

THis inspires some serious Charlie Brown flashbacks... if only I had Peanuts character cutouts for my lawn...

http://www.biglots.com/Christmas/ite...cid=0&iid=2510

No. :( We went over last night, and there was still a lot of patching and touch-up, and some floor trim not tacked down. Plus, we found a few other issues. So, we stashed our small load of stuff in the back closet, and then I made a list of all the issues, room-by-room. I went over there this morning, found the foreman, and did a walk-through with him. Turns out that he was happy I came over, because they wanted to finish up this morning, but don't have a key (only the investors and tenants have keys - maintenance is not allowed in without the tenant present... I like that policy). So, he knew about most stuff on the incredibly organized list, but didn't know about the others, so now it will get done. :) I called the investment office, asking to be pro-rated for another day, but they decided to give us through the 15th instead, as a courtesy, since we've been very nice and patient about everything. They appreciate our friendliness, because they said that most people aren't like that. :blush:

Ooooh! Those look cool! The fireplace is kinda small, so these would be perfect. :snap:

And Snowflake, please let us know the outcome of your "smoke report". That definitely is a life-threatening hazard, and we don't want to lose you.

Is it just me, or does the cheerleader on this page look like a 9-year old cross-dresser?

http://www.partycity.com/

It's a very exciting weekend at the Spumoni Gardens!

Tonight's show has been sold out since Wednesday. In the audience tonight are a couple of friends from high school, one of whom I haven't seen in thirty years, the other I just got together with last month for the first time since graduation. This all started with the reunion this year that I didn't go to. I did use the email list to say hi to everyone, and got some very nice replies - some from very unexpected sources. So Debi is in town this weekend with her sister, and is getting together with Cecily and coming to the show. It should be a lot of fun.

Saturday night's show had to be moved, because the restaurant we partner with sold the room. It was sold months ago, before we were sure we would still be running.

The show's originator is, in his other life, the telecommunications manager for the Rose Quarter. Among other things, this got us the Trailblazers as a sponser, allowing us to give NBA tickets away as a door prize. He's always wanted to do the show there, so tomorrow night we're moving to the one of the show rooms in the Memorial Coliseum. It's an exciting experiment, and if it works we may do more special events there.

This is going to be fun!!

ron

Anyone wanna go to a USC football game tomorrow? I have an extra ticket because Alex is sacking out.

I'd love to go, but no wheels

I'd go, but I'm only slightly more a fan of USC than Ohio State.

(I'm from Michigan)

While I do love me some college ball and might be willing to trade some allegiance to go to a game - I actually have a few concrete plans this afternoon.

Someone should go if they've got the free time - college football doesn't get enough credit for being as fun, exciting and earnest as it truly is. Though I may not be a woman of Troy, being a part of that kind of crowd is almost magical...

So we were literally in the car on the way out, and he sacked out again because it was raining. Nevermind that it's not raining now, but it was raining in Long Beach as we drove through, ergo, *cough cough* he didn't want to go.

So now I'm watching the game on TV while two tickets sit useless in my purse.

I think I love this hat
http://cgi.ebay.com/Estate-Vintage-L...QQcmdZViewItem

Something about this album cover:


Got me thinking about straw boater hats and how freaking awesome they are.

Goon, I would have gone with you if we weren't moving. Sorry. :(

We're about to fall over. We got some stuff done today, but we're way behind, since my parents are in town for the weekend. Can't really gripe since they've taken us shopping for stuff for the new place, but we're already about a week behind schedule, so this week, we'll have to hustle to clear the way for the movers on Saturday. Oy!

Oh, and do any of you remember that large circle tree candle sconce that was hanging on the gazebo at our wedding ceremony? It's now found its home above the fireplace. And, now.... we have a full set of tools, screen, and log holder that match. :D Once that mantel is finished, it's gonna be gorgeous!

My mother joked that she was going to bring us a log and say, "Here's your housewarming present." Ba dum bum. (She's a funny lady, I swear.)

And, we made the discovery that the stove is nearly brand new, once I had cleaned it (it was beyond disgusting - I swear, how do people live like that?!?!), and popped on new drip pans. Once they swap the broken "nice" dishwasher, and I finish lining the ugly cabinet interiors, it's going to look awesome. (Even though, it's looking much nicer than our current kitchen already.)

Besides my parents, we've already had a few guests, including LibraryVixen, and my friend who coordinated the wedding. However, Goonie was the first to see it, and even brought a nice sprig of rosemary as a house blessing. We've placed it in the fireplace, and it will be used as the kindling for the first fire, thus carrying that blessing to the heavens. :)

Gah! Goonie!

I want to make a public apology...

I realized as I was on my way home tonight that I completely neglected to call you back after dinner. :( It would have been awesome to have met up with you.

As it stood, dinner took us longer than we thought and going into the park so late in the game didn't seem like a good use of my pass, so we just chilled out.

I just wanted to make sure I said I was sorry - and to let this be an example as to why these sorts of things aren't generally left up to me. I suck. Big time.

Apologies,

Erica

Hey, thanks!

Yeah, no worries, because by the time I went to Cafe Orleans to make ressies for Sadako, Purpledove and myself, the earliest we could get was 7:40, so my guess is, however long you were at dinner, we still didn't eat till after that. And since I was hanging with those lovely ladies, I didn't bother to follow up with you guys like I should have. So see? My bad too :)