Sweet!

Aren't traffic patterns interesting?

If I leave my house at 7:30, I get to work at 8.
If I leave my house at 7:40, I get to work at 8.

I leave work at 5:00, it takes me 90 minutes to get home
I leave work at 7:00, it takes me 20 minutes to get home (and I am a lot less stressed)

If I leave at 8:30am, I will get to work at 8:45am.
If I leave at 8:45am, I will get to work at 9:00pm.
No change for me. Although I take side streets all the way to work.

I get to work before or right at 8, I get a parking spot.
I get there 8:05, chances are good Im going for a hike and parking a block away.

I hate that

It's no mystery for my commute. Since I refuse to set tire on the 55 (which would require going quite a bit out of my way as is, never mind the traffic), I take surface streets and I pass 5 schools (1 college, 2 jr. highs, some small academy high school, and an elementary school). Once the clock hits 8, it's smooth sailing.

I'm trying to do homework but people keep wanting me to work!

That's a heckuva commute :)

I leave my house at 7am and get to work at 7am.
I leave work at anywhere from 6pm to 9pm and get home at that same time.

Gotta love working from home ;)

I used to have the same issues as GD - Maddy's school started at 7:45. The high school I live by and have to go by (there is literally no way around it) starts at 7:30. So extra 15 or so mins to get through that mess. Maddy's drop off was also a mess. Then between there and my office I had to do by another elementry school that started at 8, a high school that started at 8:15 and yet another elementry school that started at 8:30. Took forever.

Luckily they opened up a new road so I can go a different way. Plus Maddy's school starts at 8:30 now and it's literally across the street so I don't have to deal with the drop off traffic. I sadly did this once. So bad. Let me see if I can describe the situation.

There is one entrance to the parking/drop off. This is shared with the high school next door. Upon entering the parking lot you make a left (across the traffic trying to get out) to drop at the middle school. Then circle around to be stuck in the line of cars trying to get past the people turning left into the parking lot at the start. The people making the left have no stop sign so you totally back up the people trying to get out. Add to that entering the parking lot you can make a right when the light is green for the people going out - and since you have no stop sign it blocks the outgoing lanes making it possible for 2-3 cars to get out of the lot per green light. It's a disaster.
The most annoying part is that there is a circular driveway between the high school and middle school. So you would basically go into the parking lot. Go straight to the circle, drop off, continue around and go back out the way you came in. But - no they want you to drop off in the other area where you have to make the left jacking up the whole process.

I know it. What possessed me to get a job in El Paso, TX when I live in Studio City, CA?
:D

I'm so glad that I am not the only smart aleck on this board :D

You're my inspiration ;)

My bathroom is getting painted this weekend! YAY. HOORAY! However, I have a crapload of things to do before we leave for Yosemite. BOO HISS.

First up is dinner.

Teeheehee. This blog made me laugh today.

Sayyyy. Some of those male models in those catalogs helped me figure myself out as a kid.
;) :D

Hilarious!

Sweet!

I want an Upholstered Barrel Dining Set.

This is Guitar Hero on OMFG mode:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThGwxvoMJRY

"In case of chest hair emergency, pull tab quickly and back away."

As my old dear boss used to say to me (he was totally non-techie) "How do you know when your boss has been using your PC, by the white out on the monitor"

It never ceases to amaze me, how so many, in the upper echelons of corporate life, cannot function on a day to day level and make it harder for those who do the real work (peons like me).

Vent away GC, I think anyone who has ever worked in an office (or any work environment) can share a similar story.

Cook's Illustrated, god among cooking magazines, really blew their Swedish meatballs recipe in the latest Cook's Country.

Rye bread crumbs? Soy sauce? Sour cream? Heresy! What's next - Cream of mushroom soup?

Signed,
Mrs. Johnson from Wisconsin

That Lone Ranger shirt, is too much.

Lashbear and I will fight over the dining room set once it hits ebay.

That was seriously funny!

Oh and why do I recognize this guy??

Attachment 264

Okay, so give here, what is a real swedish meatball receipe and can I get by using ground turkey or will that be too California Cuisine?

Eeewwwwwwwwwwwwww.... whose idea was THAT?
(Did you try it? If you want me to try, I will , send it on over. )

as much as it pains me, I had one of these



however, in my defense, I snagged it at a yard sale and used it for working on my cars.

no golf
no lounging unless you count laying under a car
no cell block 'relaxing'


none of that last thing either :eek:

I know I've seen him in a tiara, but I think Lash looks very hot in his office gig suit.

If we can get the clothes in luggage and bodies in the shower soon, we're going to be off to Yosemite (and environs). See you all on Monday! (My brother only has dial-up......cretin.....but he has a Harley :rolleyes: )

I think I am overdue for a new avatar.

Have fun, NA!

Where's NA going?

^^^^

Uh, Yosemite......

Pshhh, my name's not "Yosemite"...
:D

Ooh, new Twin Peaks DVD set

I may have to invest in it, and a nice cherry pie (or a variety of doughnuts) not foreggeting some damn good coffee

Here I am, facing the weekend, with no big event looming any more. Well, except graduation. It feels like I have an empty calendar.

LOL! :D

Someone I deal with on the phone uses a fake voice. It's so freaking funny.

When this lady calls, she uses this very breathy exotic voice. Very flirty... very futile... But, I had to call her this afternoon with a question. All calls that come from my facility read "Unknown Call" on cellphones. So, the lady picks up and she sounds like Lunchlady Doris from the Simpsons for a few seconds.

Lunchlady Doris: "Yes, can I help you? Who is calling?"
Brad: "It's Brad."
Suddenly Sultry Susan: "Oh, hiiii, Brad. How are you, love?"


Pshhh! What a dinglecheese. :D
Does that really work on straight guys?!

Every time... :(

Sucka!
:D

She was trying to butter me up....

lol!

Does sexy male voice work on gay guys?


I tend to think so.





It doesn't work on me, by the way.


But if it's just part of a stellar package, I will melt like butta
(before we even get to the package of the package).

Twin Peaks? Is that a Dolly Parton album?


PS: Thank you for the avatar complement ! :blush:

My brother just called with last minute suite tickets to see High School Musical on Ice! :D

Woo!

Call me and talk dirty and I'll tell you.... *pant pant*

Soooo.... What are you wearing?

I've just stepped into dirty talk!

Don't forget to whipe your feet before leaving the lounge.....

I am SOOOOO freaking out right now. Can't say why, but it has something to do with something MAJOR for tomorrow. I just totally got a rug pulled out from under me.

Aieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

:eek: :mad:

Oooh, I just hate that!

Do tell when and if you can, hope all will be well

Them there are fightin words.

You are dead to me!

Are you pregnant?

wasn't goin there, but it was indeed my first thought

Go Kings!!

Gotta stay true to the local team! :D

I just bought a grill pan. This thing works great. Why didn't I have one before?

And it will make an awesome Christmas gift for my Aunt and my Boss. So woo hoo two shopping items down.

I'm posting this from my new moto q. So far I'm loving the phone, but I'm keeping my eye on what might be a couple of show-stopper bugs that will have me returning it. I hope they don't reoccur because it's an otherwise excellent device.

I got rid of mine, a pain to clean. But, it worked great. I'm very happy with the DeLonghi indoor grill (think along the principle of an electric skillet). Only because I do not have a balcony or backyard to set up a weber grill.

Yay on checking off a couple of items if the Xmas list, I've not even started thinking about it, I had better!

This one is non-stick. Clean up was a breeze.

Yeah, is she still pregnant?

Hmmpf, so was mine and I could not get stuff out of it. I guess I grilled at too high a heat! :-)

Tonight I made one of the recipes I got out of my mother's recipe box: Round Steak Casserole. It was old - written with a fountain pen! It was quite tasty! I don't remember her ever making it when I was growing up, which is strange.

And you are not posting the recipe why?

I have the major Christmas present for The Boy out of the way. I had to drive to Visalia to get it, but it is done. He is getting a Wii. Those things are impossible to find in Bakersfield. I left it at The Old People's house, so that He can't find it and so that I can't open it.

I'm thinkin it's the Los Angeles Kings ;) (so you'd want to root for the Sharks for the local team :p )


Do you use Goodlink? What Q do you have (is it all black or black and red)?

We discovered how hard it is to get one in June, before Tori's birthday. It's worth the effort, though- they're fun!

Five weeks of classes left. That's it. Five weeks, and then finals.

Damn... I mean, 3 and a half years, and I'm down to 5 weeks.

Must. Not. Panic.

338 new posts? Geesh, I'm offline for a couple days, and you all become more active. I'm starting to get a low-esteem issue here. ;)

Round Steak Casserole


Oven: 375°

3 medium or 2 large potatoes, peeled and sliced
1 large onion, peeled and sliced
½ cup green pepper, diced
1 lbs round steak, cut in 1 inch squares
1 cup beef gravy
1 tbsp water
1 tbsp tomato paste
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
½ tsp salt
¼ tsp pepper

Arrange half the potatoes, onions, and peppers in bottom of a large casserole dish. Layer steak on top, followed by remaining vegetables. In a small bowl, combine remaining ingredients. Pour over casserole. Bake for 2 hours.

Mercy Bowcup!

MmMmM. Tube steak.

Is that anything like a trouser trout?

Not pregnant... worse. At the last minute I had to move Joe's party from the clubhouse into MY house! And my house was not ready for it!

All went fine though. :)

Panic? Screw that, it's time to celebrate, missy!:cheers::snap::cheers::snap:

One thing I am a bit confused by, do you need to buy seperate memory cards?

I got the extra controler (with the extra games), the charging station, a regular controler and a nunchuk. I also bought him 2 games, Pokemon and Mario Party 8 (ok, the MP is for me).

I almost feel bad about it. I feel like it might be seen that I am trying to buy favors from my son, make him play favorites. I had planned to get this for him anyways. It is something that he and I can do together. I also know that he is going to have a rough holiday this year and I just want him to be happy.

Now I just have to figure out what to do about his birthday.

More games. Unless his birthday comes before Christmas, in which case, why not give him the Wii for the birthday?

I think our Wii only needs additional memory cards when you play Gamecube games on it. Btw, I bought Tori exactly the same games and controls-lol. For his birthday you could get him more games, as KB suggested, and maybe another nunchuk- you'll need two to box each other.:D

Just picked up Guitar Hero III. And played for the last hour and a half solid. I approve :cheers:

You're in good company, then ;)

I did get the extra nunchuck. His birthday is December 6th. I don't usually get him a large gift for his birthday, we try to go somewhere instead. Right now finances are tight, so I may just go pick him up some Spy Gear stuff he has been bugging me about.

where my mind went :p

Tori is playing it right now- she really does well, especially considering she can't hear a lot of the notes! This is one game where visual acuity helps a great deal. She just got a near perfect score on 'Paint it Black', my theme song.
:D

I just finished setting up my digital cable to work with my TiVo. Once I read the instructions it worked flawlessly. Funny how that works.

Can't do that because then you couldn't play chords

I love Guitar Hero. I'll join the club. I had the library system purchase it so I can do teen programs! lol

As previously stated, this is the time to start feeling relief and celebration!!!

This is how I feel EVERy singe Monday.

RE: Guitar Hero

Slash was on the Mark & Brian show this morning. One of the things he talked about was his work on GH3. It is funny that he, so far, has not been able to get past whatever steps he needs to to get to his own solo. I would love to be there when goes up against himself.

If I make it through the day, it will be a miracle.
So very tired.

How does the writer's strike affect you?

I was recently moved to the motion picture department of our facility, so the strike will not affect our department directly. The studios have stockpiles of feature scripts.
But our TV department is directly affected. I hear that in January or so, the shortage of scripts for TV shows will halt many productions. (Leno, Letterman and Stewart are going to reruns right now.)
So, our company may do some shifting/laying off of employees to compensate for the lack of TV work. Which means, I could be in trouble being a recent hire. Seniority may show me the door.

But we'll see what happens. I'm optimistic.
:)

Thanks.

If it will help, I'll gladly offer my services as a scab writer during this time of stress.

I can provide documented evidence that I received a firm 'B' in the last college level writing course I completed.

GC: perhaps you should put some feelers out in the reality tv realm?

Hopefully you won't need it though.

I've got a reality show idea written down. According to a friend who works in reality television, it's a good one. :)

I think it would be so fun to get a job as a writer.
How fun would that be? Lots.
:)

Although, if I was a writer right now, I'd be walking in circles with a sign...

And, I'd be cheering you on. (But, for all the wrong selfish reasons.) :evil:

It took me forever to get home from the park last night.
The 5 was closed at the 91.
So I had to take a detour on the 91 and suddenly the detour signs just stopped. So I took all sorts of freeways home. I just kept following the freeway signs that read "North" and "LA" and I found my way home.
I think I was on the 5, the 91, the 605, the 105, the 110 and then back onto the 5 and then lastly the 134.
:D

Actually, there are enough fans of old radio shows, that I bet a reality radio show would be a hit. :snap:

For future reference, if you had continued on the 605 north a couple more miles, you would have hit the I-5 again.

I was afraid of that. I thought it might have been ahead of me, but I got off anyway...

The next time I'm lost in LA at 1am, I'll give you a call, Kevy! Thanks. :)

(I'm kidding.)

I got really spoiled while driving NirvanaMan's Land Rover with the GPS and the gadgets and the heated seats and the oy with the wine bottle holder and memory seating...

You don't need all that, just a current Thomas Bros!

I know it. Totally. But I get carsick when I read. (See, I'm reaaaalllly high maintenance. Maybe that's why I haven't found a man yet....) I'd have to pull over and read said Thomas Guide. But, you are absolutely right, I should have one in my car.
:)

You weren't asking me, but it affects our household so I'll respond.

Our friendly neighborhood film & television editor ended his three-year stint at HGTV two weeks ago when his show wrapped, so let's hope that the several gigs he's applying to now use non-union. (Since he does primarily reality TV, they generally are, so we have high hopes.)

Our friendly neighborhood film & television marketers won't be affected right now (though we won't be getting any new TV gigs) but depending on how long things go, we may see a slight shortage later on. A larger problem for us may be the reduced amount of writing the studios allow on our projects (since we built our name on writing clever content.)

And our friendly neighborhood screenwriters won't be able to submit or pitch on anything until afterwards; a bummer since we're both working on them right now. Though hopefully the AMPAS and Sundance contests will still be accepting entries in a few months. Sigh.

HAHAHHHHHAAAAAHHHAHAAAAAAAHHHHH:AAAAAAAAAAA!


Anyway....

Oh yeah, that WOULD have an effect on you! Well hopefully something will come through for your friendly neighborhood editor soon. I'm sure there will be a plethora of reality shows given the green light, just like there were back when talk of a strike first came about a couple years ago.

BDBopper: hey if you ever wanna record some radio dramas (Shakespeare is non-Union, my friend), I'd be happy to voice some for you. Seems I owe you a favor these days ;)

BDB, I'm so flattered but I.. uh... we... How do I put this?
Both us guys don't play for the same team.
;)

(Common mistake. Happens all the time. I call myself 'girl' every now and then and it confuses everyone. It caused havoc on MiceChat once.)
:D

Yeah - fingers crossed, y'all.

And on the topic of Shakespeare radio dramas... count me in; I spent the majority of my educational years majoring in theater directing with a focus on Shakespeare, running various Shakespeare companies and productions, and interning at the Folger library and The Shakespeare Theatre of Washington DC.

Which is why I find myself living in Los Angeles, producing movie websites, and.. today... writing a political play about Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots. Mmmm, that's good derail.

To throw further confusion into the mix.

MY BRAD! :p

No, go ahead and call (though not at 1:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. is generally my limit unless I was just with you). I know most of the best ways around the LA/OC freeway system

Happy to help.

Wow, 145 posts since just after noon today, obviously nobody is working. Then again, neither was I, I was tasked to drive my boss to Macy's.....

Consider fingers, toes and eyes crossed for your friend neighborhood editor.

Oh, I'm working today, I'm just not woooorking... (Nothing much to do here today.)

LoT is helping me to stay awake at my desk.
:D

I haven't gotten squat done on work stuff. I need Ken to clear out some of these boxes to the garage, because the clutter is too distracting and depressing. :rolleyes:

I also just screwed in our first compact flourescent bulb. They're not bad. I'm hoping they'll save us a small load on the power bill, since I love to use lamps and accent lighting even during the day.

How did you and Ken manage to get inside of one?

lol! I got it! I got it.
It took me awhile...

Getting plenty of work done here. Just coming on LoT to calm down.

Defile: Maybe you should look into LCD bulbs then. If you're using them all day, the savings will add up for you. They're like $4/bulb but you can find them for less. And they seriously use like *1* watt.

I come here for the laughs, especially the ones made by Kevy. ;)

Here, I'll give you the takeaway version:

Q: How many midgets does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

A: Only two, but they have to be VERY small!

Agh. Where the hell did all this laundry come from? :( I've got too many loads. There goes my night.

My clients showed up early for a session just now. Uh, hello?! It's Hollywood, you're supposed to be late not early.
:D

well, as of tonight you can count me among the ranks of the unemployed.

Awww. I am so sorry. :( ((((hugs))))

Oh NO! Oh MG I'm so sorry.

Oh MG, that really sucks! I'm so sorry!:(

Welcome to the club!

Well that just sucks, MG! That's not right at all.

Maybe all of us unemployed folks should get together and start a business.




Anyone here a venture capitalist???

Sayyyyy, I thought you never read "Soooo...."
:D

Oh no! What happened?

669 posts.

Sooo...

I can't believe it... less than two months...

Time to be good, everyone.... Mom and Dad are back! ;)

So that was painful.

Basically the Perfect Employee got her way and I was fired last night. I knew it was coming, so I wasn't totally surprised. I had already talked to the Director of Operastions and he told me I could use him as a reference. He had also told me I was way too qualified to be there.

I was being held to rules that no one else had to follow, between the lockdown of my internet access and then a bogus write up last week.

I feel bad for the newest girl, she was handed all of my orders and told that they were now hers. I had just gone through them all on Saturday, so all she will need to do is collect payment.

I was told that I didn't do anything to contribute to the "team", and that I caused too much office drama. Well, it is funny that they all seem to know that Perfect Employee is the drama causer, but yet she is sitting pretty.

I know I will be much better off. I enjoyed what I did, but not the environment and empty promises.

I applied to a few places last night and today I have a lead through another temp agency. While my mom is worried for me, she is being totally supportive, so financially, things won't be much worse than they are now.

Today, when the phone is ringing off the hook they may realize what they have done. I took the majority of the phone calls. They are almost out of paper, I was getting ready to order it when the axe fell. I did all of the ordering of office supplies. When the warehouse needs their labels for dishes and glassware, they will be screwed.

Hugs MG- may this be a blessing for you in the long run.

I'm sorry MG.

Sorry to hear that, MG... Better things will come. :)

I hope something better appears, MG.


In other news, my bathroom is really beautiful! I still needs touching up and I need to buy towel racks and knobs, but WOW!

Pictures?

Any news on Pugsly?

I am so tired. And I feel gross. I hate coming to class with jet lag. Not to mention I have stuff due tonight/tomorrow. :(

Unhappy.

No word on Pugsly and no pictures yet. I just ordered hardware, however and I am very happy.

They're called crazymakers.

Blah.

I hate the crazymakers!

Bitch.

(A multipurpose word that applies in equal measures to Ms. Perfect and your situation).

It sounds like you did the right thing for you and took the high road. It's always tempting to savage a former employer directly but it rarely helps you in the long run. Good luck in the hunt!

MG - You should have put in an order for llama feed the day before, since they're gonna need it with her. ;)

Stupid llamas.

Oh my. That's like a theme song for some folks. :snap:

How can anyone eat Vietnamese food? It smells like sweaty feet!

Maybe it's the same people who lapped up the sweaty ass crackers at the Heathstone Lounge in the Grand Cal.

OMG! I adore Vietnamese food! It's delicious! Fish Sauce on it's own does not smell pretty, but Vietnamese is cuisine!

What offended your ollafactories, JW?

JW has obviously never had a vietnamese sandwich

Or Imperial Rolls, of Pho, or Vietnamese Crepe and the best grilled pork on the planet!

Cordon Bleu by the Lumiere Theater on California Street, my goodness, the BBQ smell wafting up the street is like smoking crack, so addictive.....

As much as I love Vietnamese, I admit it, I've never had a Vietnamese sandwich! Apparently a great place here near 6th & Clement (weather and the state of my cold permitting) I may venture out this weekend for a sample.

Go, if it is good it is worth it (I'm not big on Vietnamese food; it is the closest I come to just dismissing an entire ethnic cuisine but bahn mi is a fantastic thing). There is a place in Oakland's Chinatown where they are fantastic and only like $2.50 each. We used to go get a couple each and take them with us to A's games.

Be warned though, the peppers they use them are essentially made of plasma taken from the surface of the sun. But they are very vital. Get the peppers but take them out before actually eating the sandwich. It'll be bland if you never had them in there but just for having touched the sandwich it will have a decent spiciness to it.

I just had Pho with a phriend for lunch today. (Sorry, couldn't resist the word play.)

I'm sometimes squeamish with Vietnamese places, but this one listed all the ingredients in each dish, so I didn't have to worry about eating something that would send me to drive the porcelain bus.

In regards to provincial Vietnamese cuisine, it's some pretty amazing stuff, and doesn't smell "funny" at all, like some of the more traditional foods.

Oh Phuc

I love Vietnamese food - except I always pass on the Durian. It's a gross, foul, disgusting smelling fruit that is supposed to be delicious, but I can't bring myself to eat it.

They sell that in the occaisional Chinese supermarket. If you see fruit being sold on ice... just walk away!

(although I'm told it tastes like ice cream. I'll just eat ice cream, thanks)

In Singapore these signs are common:


(because of the smell should one break open, this sign is for the subway).

It smelled bad but didn't taste horrible.

Never had Durian, the Ranch 99 market in Foster City keeps them in the freezer section, and even then, they look scary and the scent as you walk by this end-cap of the freezer section, it would seem one probably broke at some point, PU! Phew!

BDB, most Vietnamese food is not spicy, hot spicy. Loads of good flavor is my description, some quite flowery and if you love garlic, well a good batch of garlic noodles will truly keep anyone of a Transalvanian nature far far away! Thems good eatz!

Recently, while visiting a Westminster Vietmanese market, they got a fresh (frozen) load of durian. There were TONS of people crowding around the display grabbing as many as they could. They had brought as many family members along as they could muster up because there was a limit of 2 per person. It was quite amazing.

But what is the fine if you do bring durian onto the subway?

They give you a choice:

A) Eat it and pay the $500 fine.
B) Burn it and pay the $5000 fine.

For some, it is a tough choice.

So this morning went I went to start my car, the battery was dead. I took this as a sign that today was my automotive health day and finally take care of all the maintenance I've been putting off becasue I was too busy. So far the totals up to $1800. I've got another three hours till the car is ready - I hope they found everything.

Now I'm starting to fear the Doctor and Dental appointments I've been putting off...

Ooh! My condolences E! Ouch!
Sending good mojo in the hopes that the mechanics have, indeed, identified all problem areas. Says she who is avoiding her 1000 brake job yet another week or two.

At least my breaks are fine

I should have bought that $1600 Tourmaline while I had the chance. DAMN!

well at least my car is green

Uh-oh. Our cockatiel is going to lay an egg again soon. She's pushing her butt into the corner of the cage and squawking again. :rolleyes:

I originally thought she was male, and named her Merlin. 2 years later, I found an egg, and since then, she lays about 3 eggs 2-3 times per year. So, I had to change her name to Merlynn. ;)

I swear I don't dwell on this all the time - but now they're asking for us to provide the name of our post-graduation employer so they can include it in the graduation programs. Because most people have post-graduation employers line up already - but not me.

So once again I brooding. What the hell is wrong with me? At this point, I honestly think that the spectre of that damn erroneous C is going to ruin the rest of my professional life. Everyone who looks at my resume says "wow!" Everyone who looks at my cover letter says "wow!" And they're honest-to-goodness "wows" from people who wouldn't hesitate to tell me exactly how I fvcked up.

And yet - the interest isn't there. Most of my classmates (with far less stellar creds) have jobs lined up. Good jobs, too. Jobs I'd love to have. And yet - here I sit.

I've had a few interviews, but mostly it's been nothing. And for all that nothing - they haven't even seen me yet, so they can't be put off by my appearance. And I can't get too upset about the interviews I've had. The DOT gets what - 2000+ applications for its 7 positions? I can't really push that off on appearance and say that's what sunk me.

I really don't get it. I don't need people fighting amongst themselves to recruit me, but to have next-to-no interest?

And the longer it takes, the harder it gets, because if my resume is "wow!" and I'm not yet employed, it sends a message to potential employers that there's obviously something wrong with me.

and what's wrong with me is that there was a C on my transcript that was there in error, and that's why I didn't get a summer internship, which is why I don't have a job now.

But I can't put that on my resume. and without that explanation, I look like damaged goods.

If I thought for a second it would work I'd open my own firm and hire the unemployed LoTers. But, I don't have a bunch of money - or any relevant experience - so that's not going to happen.

I want to break things. Large and expensive things. It's sucks that I went through all this just so I could remain a secretary.

While I love Chinese, Thai, and Japanese food, I'm completely unfamiliar with Vietnamese food. I can only go by what the Vietnamese who work in my office bring for lunch every day. And to be honest, whatever it is, it reeks. The lunchroom here is only used by Vietnamese staff at lunch time, no one else will go near it.

One of the assistants here pronounces the name "Smirnoff" as "Schmirnoff". "Mr. Schmeeernoff's office." I love it. Makes me smile.
:D

I hear ya Pru. I really hear ya.

Where are these great jobs people are getting and how come I can't find them?

I just found Nemo... I haven't eaten seafood in years.

Being sick, sucks.

The world is blowing up-

*boom*

....does drinking help?

OH CRAP! I JUST REMEMBERED I HAVE TO GO SPEND THE NIGHT WITH A DALMATION!

Your Kylie? I don't think so! :p

I feel like a musical number right about not. Just back from the Auto repair. I need a new transmission.

Sing along everyone!

Maybe the opening scene of Les Parapluies de Cherbourg?

Lol- you have the most interesting sleep-overs.

Um, wow!

Apparently this blog has made the rounds! :D The local NBC news here in Phoenix has picked up the story and is going to run it during the 10:00 news.

NA...I think you've made the guy famous! ;)

swanie

If someone put a gun to my head and made me bang a woman of my choice, it would be Kylie Minogue.

:D

So, for the record, you CAN put meatballs in chicken soup. It's quite tasty.

I guess that's one way of putting it... sure.
:D

Yes, it is.

Ken's uncle suddenly passed away this morning - we just got the call. :(

I'm so sorry :(

Yes, it's called "Albondigas" and is a classic Mexican dish.

My condolences, Ken.
:(

I am still in shock about the whole thing. He was only 52. He had diabetes and high blood pressure but even so it was still a surprise. The one I really feel for is my Grandmother. My uncle lived with her his whole life so she is being hit really hard. :( :(

Sorry to hear about your loss, Ken.

:(

Yeah, it was somewhat like albondigas... but albondigas is better :)

I'm sorry, Ken- your uncle was so young! Your poor Grandma.:(

So sorry Ken. Well wishes to your family right now...

((Ken))

What's on the bonus disc?

Sorry, wrong thread, but since you're already reading... what's on the Ratatouille bonus disc at Target?

So after spending about $2K on car maintenance today - some idiot bent and broke my car antenna while I was having dinner with Not Afraid.

Feh

Sheesh! That's freakin' lame.
:mad:

After having a semi-lazy day yesterday I have 2 interviews this morning.
The first one is at a local refinery, for a receptionist/file clerk. The pay is more than I was making, but it won't be a simple 5 minute drive to work (no picking up Nickolas from school everyday either). It could also lead to other things within the company. This is the smelly refinery/asphalt plant just off 99 as you drive through town. I sent them my reusme on Monday night and she called yesterday to set an appointment. Even if I don't get it I am still happy, it shows interest in my skills.

The other interview is with a temp agency that I have worked with in the past. Luckily I don't have to retake the tests, she said my previous scores were excellent, so no need to retake.

I should have one more interview with another temp agency today, and it could lead to a job close to home, with a good friend. The pay would be the same as I was making, it is closer to the house than my previous job and the people are great to work for.

So...I am going to have a busy day today.

EEEK!! I also have to figure out what to wear and put on makeup!

ah-little booms going off all over the place. Give Ken my condolences- :(

LOL!! Thank You!

I think I finally figured out what to wear. I just mapped out where I am going...which I am glad I did. I had myself making a right instead of the left I needed.

You Go MG! New job MOJO!

Our condolences to you and your family, Ken.

my deepest condolences. losing anyone is never an easy thing

Good luck, MG! :D

Hugs to Ken and his family.

Very sorry about all the bad news. Luck and sympathy to all.

I swear, this week better get better. I came down with a bad head cold yesterday, and I still feel yucky. And, I've got tons of crap to do, but I don't want to push it, because of tomorrow night's shoot, in which I need all my strength and wellness. I think I'm going to go hide.

So sorry for your loss Ken! :(

Well, now the shoot is cancelled tomorrow, so I really don't have an excuse to be lazy today. Damn.

Thanks for all your heartfelt condolences, everyone. Ken's handling it quite well. But, his grandmother is not handling it at all, so I think that's his main worry. :( Our flowers should arrive today, so hopefully it will help give her some cheer.

In entirely more cheery news, my iPod is shiny and my laundry is getting done. The laundry can thank DP for helping me get off my butt with her last comment.

Damn. Now I also feel I should be folding the finished laundry.

Dude! Gretz may be coming out here in early December! (she just tentatively yessed on an evite) :)

Damn, that means I have to clean up the red room, LOL

Join the club. ;)

This place is driving me nuts, because we don't have everything put away yet. But, if I weren't sick, I'd be all over it. Right now, I get dizzy if I'm on my feet longer than 30 seconds. :rolleyes: I hate being incapacitated.

Sick sucks.

Wayne Gretzky?

No... Gretz is the nickname I gave Gretchen, aka Bluepeople (who is registered here but almost never posts)

Soooo....
 

Well i'm home sick today too and i called out for tomorrow. The same thing CM has and i got it from him. Thanks hunny cuz now i don't need to make a real excuse to stay home to try to get my Bon Jovi tickets i am sick. Ken so sorry to hear about your uncle. Being sick sucks. I have no energy to do anything but somehow managed to get to the store this morning with CM to pick up a few things.

If she's out on the first, she should swing by La Clubhouse de Swank.

Sorry about the sicks... :( I hate being sick.

I doubt she'll be out that long... she's coming for a party the following weekend (IF she's able to make it)

I need to find an LOLCat that says DO NOT WANT to being dark so early.

U can has LOLdogz. OK?


And consolation kitteh.

But it gets dark the same time every single day of the year.











Shortly after the sun sets.

My stomach is rebelling against me...

That's what's gotta be going on here.

I had my first day without cough drops since before the fires started. There is a light at the end of the snot tunnel.

Ewww.. snot tunnels!

That's snot tunnels, that's caves!

LoT SnoT?

Must deliver project on time!
Waiting for tech people to hurry the heck up.
Major stress.
Film releasing... TOMORROW!
Waiting waiting waiting.

Ugh

Sending you some good crunch time vibes, GC.

Sing the Llama song, that should do it. Uh but then you'll have the Llama song in your head...

"It's a small world, after all...."

Or the old standby:

"By Mennen"

Hey MG! How are the interviews going?

:snap: fingers crossed for you!

[scar] No. No No. Anything but THAT! [/scar]

I would like to buy some patience for $500, Alex.

Yeah yeah yeah, patience. How long will that take? [/ed gruberman]

As the Vietnam War raged & men were drafted who couldn't vote, the 26th amendment made the voting age this.

I have no idea. it is all a waiting game. I just finished the testing at another temp agency. I know they have interviews for a place I want to work and I let them know I am interested in interviewing for it. I sent out some more resumes today.

I am just trying to keep busy.

Busy is good!

And thanks for keeping us updated!

Phew! The feature has been sent.
And it was only a half hour late.
Yeeee-freakin'-haaaaaww!
:D

So, since it releases tomorrow, can you tell us which one tomorrow, so we can go support it and watch your name in the credits? :)

(Let's just say my name doesn't appear in any of the credits, but I helped make the credits exist.) :D
I helped get all 8 films released on time.
I'm pooped.
http://www.horrorfestonline.com/index.html

Oooooh! I love some good horror flicks. :snap:

wow, lotta people running around in that clip on the site GC. I'm exhausted...

They're horror flicks all right.
:D

No biggie. :)

It was funny how nervewracking it was seeing the bus stop posters everywhere and the banner ads all over the place for this project. Now I don't have to panic when I see them.
:D

Are they just blood and guts horror or are any of them good old fashioned suspense/scary horror?

I'm pretty thoroughly tired of torture porn.

maybe I can get someone interested enough to go with me this time instead of punking out at the last second

Sounds like a good swanking to me!

Independant blood and guts torture porn.
:D

That ain't torture porn.... If you want to see real torture porn, go to the BDSM section of your neighborhood "adult book" store!

BDSM videos have nothing on Hostel II for torture pornosity.

Or just google SWAP.avi :evil:

But the acts in Hostel II (and similar movies) is faked.... IMO, one of the definitions of porn is that what is depicted is real.

I thought most of what happened in porn was faked, if you KWIM ;)

I don't.

The faked acts of Hostel II are much more extreme than the real act of Bondage Babes 23. I can understand that eroticism and titillation of restraint and non-permanent pain. I don't see the potential eroticism and titillation (or worse, simple entertainment) of watching a woman masturbate in a tub full of the blood draining from her naked evisceration victim hanging from the ceiling.

Yes, movies like Hostel II aren't literal porn, but I'm not the one who crated the phrase to describe the genre.

Yeah, I suspected that was the scene you were talking about, Alex. We did the site for the movie, and, oy vey, that scene...

I wasn't referring to fluff like Bondage Babes 23. I'm talking about the real hard core stuff you find in some real BDSM porn - especially in gay BDSM. Stuff that would make most fans of the mainstream "torture porn" run screaming.

The scene you described above is not just fake, but so outrageous and over the top that, while unpleasant to watch, it just reinforces its fakeness.

I could describe things I've seen that would make every male here cross their legs and squirm. And it's some thing done for real - live - and on film (on a willing subject). And with real blood, real screams. That, my friend, is real torture porn.

I doubt it, I've seen it all too. I've seen a penis get trifurcated without use of anaesthetic and plenty of very extreme bondage and mutilation stuff. Yes, that is real porn. And the faked acts in movies are more extreme than them in what they present, regardless of whether that very extremeness just highlights that they are staged. I'm not sure what it is we appear to be arguing about.

But as I said I'm not the one who began the use of "torture porn" in reference Hostel II style horror movies. If you feel that real torture porn is somehow being devalued or insulted I'll stop using it.

And my original question remains, are the movies involved in this film festival simple blood and guts horror films in the vein of Hostel II or do they show some inclination towards a more classic literary style of horror?

I don't think there's anything wrong with your term, Alex. Just like films like Elizabeth are referred to as textile porn because the richness of the costuming is one of the main draws, I think it's perfectly reasonable for you to refer to blood-and-guts horrof flicks as torture porn.

For the record:

• No interest in horror/slasher flicks (Friday the 13th, et. al.)
• No interest in BDSM films (light or heavy)

And personally, I believe one should never argue semantics with Alex.

That depends on how you're using the word never.

I don't give a damn if you never look at them: I gave you mojo for that post anyways.

Cool!: The Thames Barrier up. Not Cool: :( Major flooding expected along the North Sea coast.

I just think it's silly to use the term (regardless of its origins) when what it's used to describe is neither torture nor porn... And that which can legitimatly be described using the term does exist. But, whatever. YMMV.

You'd think I would learn by now.... ;)

See 'goon's example of "textile porn." Or countless other examples of "______ porn" as a shorthand for, "Material aimed at people who are big fans of _______ with no other artistic value beyond pandering to those people." It's a pretty common turn of phrase and just because there happens to be another product that could also be described as such (though rarely uses that exact terminology) doesn't mean it's not an apt use.

like rollercoaster porn :)

Nope. Just like the rest of us. :D

HD Porn! (Not to be confused with porn in HD).

I just helped Rose get her Bon Jovi tickets...

Now I can breathe.

Except that there really is some thing called torture porn. As far as I know, there are no categories of sexually explicit films aimed specifically towards people with sexual fetishes for fabric or rollercoasters.

I wouldn't call slasher films "torture porn" any more than I would call Armageddon an astronomy documentary. :)

You obviously haven't seen my video collection :evil:

I can see your point. However, it is a linguistic battle already lost. I just searched "torture porn" at Google and all 100 of the first 100 results are references to horror movies and none genuine torture porn. Even combining "torture porn" with BDSM finds a fair number that are still talking about horror movies when they use the phrase.

That's the drawback of being an extremely niche mostly underground marketplace. The mainstream isn't going to take any notice of linguistic priority when it comes time to hand out the new labels.

And I don't know about rollercoasters but there is porn out there where specific fabrics plays a key role. Particularly silk and velvet.

Ouch. :(

Go to the Extreme/Heavy Mods and Erotic Mods section of BMEZine.com to get a sense of what people are willing to enjoy doing to themselves.

Question is, how was the concept developed/dreamed up for the Octodog? :eek:

Oh, gods. Why did I even have to look at that site? :eek:

I'm gonna be sick. :(

I don't know but they've been around a long time. Lani tells of making them for elementary school kids visiting Sea Life Park in Hawai'i back in the early/mid '80s.

Even I knew better than to click on that.

I love that somebody thought it was too difficult to make an octodog by hand and so created a machine.

I'm guessing you didn't even register so that you can see the good stuff.

I was never into the extreme bodymodification myself but was on the fringes of it at one time. What is surprising to most people is that generally these people are otherwise very "normal." Yeah, some seem to have some larger mental issues but most of them are just kinked in a very specific way.

I'm still waiting for a modern form of branding with enough precision that I can enact the bodmod plan I would go for.

I have a couple friends who like to go to "piercing parties" and such, but the few "samples" I saw on that site are way beyond anything they'd even do.

Dang, I forgot about those.

Soooo....
 

Ok i can breathe again and life goes on i got my Bon Jovi tickets for all 3 southern california shows from the fan club tonight. Excited to get the wristband to go on side of stage for 3 songs for two nights out of the 3 yay...ok april can't come fast enough now....

Because I didn't feel crappy enough - the state AG's office has officially rejected me. If even the state, for which I've already worked for 9.5 years, doesn't want me as a lawyer, I think that's probably a pretty bad sign.

Don't give up. Something great will come up.
:)
Hang in there and chin up, Missy.
:)

I saw dance porn tonight.

Chris is creating a thread about it but I can't stay awake to read it and add my comments. Tomorrow, maybe.

Pina Bausch - Ten Chi
 

guess you either hate her or love her - We saw Ten Chi performed tonight at UCLA, part of the Dance series this year and one of my must see choreographers - I'm obviously in the second camp. I was surprised that so many people left during intermission, more surprised when people left in the middle of the second act. But those that stayed leapt to their feet and gave an ovation that even the house lights couldn't kill.



I don't know that I can adequately describe the performance, a dance collage of impressions of Japanese culture through European glasses. It was funny, joyful, erotic, and just mesmerizing. A snow of confetti began at the end of the first act and continued through intermission and heck even through the curtain call. The ever present falling of - snow? paper cranes? cherry blossoms? it was perfect for the piece and made the dancers repeated moves through the drifts all the more enjoyable to watch. I love that Pina Bausch uses dancers of so many differing types, ages, sizes, and lets each play out their personalities and characters. Her work is half dance half performance art which is probably why I love it so much. She plays through the weekend, I'd recommend seeing this, except, you might just hate her. But for me, I can't wait to see more.

Home again, still sick, shoulda not gone to work yesterday. So, I'm going to bundle up on the couch with Disney Movies, Jungle Book and Ratatouie are coming in the mail today.

Last night was The Parent Trap, Hayley Mills rules.

Ok- this week needs to DIE. Horribly- die-end-over over over!

Rotten week-I NEED the weekend NOW!

*headdesk*

Well, I think you are an hour ahead of me, so it's a start! Keep your chin up, the day will soon be over and you will be free for the weekend.

The tickets I got for Bon Jovi would be great hockey seats.

I can talk about this now.

No Country for Old Men.
It's a good film.
I think Javier Bardiem (sp?) is going to get nominated for this performance.

We worked on this film and its trailer.

I hope it does well.
:)

Oooh, Cohen cred. Nice. I am always up to see a Cohen project.

I have nothing to do.
Only one of my employees is here.
Why did I come to work today?

Yes, I'll definitely be at it this weekend. Everything I've heard is fantastic. This and There Will Be Blood are at the top of my current anticipatory list.

If i wasn't so crazy busy this weekend I'd go see Pina Bausch again. Alas, I'll have to wait another 3 years to see her troupe perform amazing living art again.

Hey... proper haiku is 5, 7, 5


:D

Dancing sucks.

Soooo....
 

BTD what did ya get? I went with the fan club so i am in the first 20 rows (more like 10 rows with my package for the first night) a signed program and wristband to go on the side stage for 3 songs for the first night. Second night just a ticket somewhere in the first 20 rows and then for Staples the same package with ticket, signed program and then wristband yet again. Man that didn't even break the bank...lmao Let me know we're staying down by Disneyland at the Carosuel Inns and Suites but i promised the extra bed to a fellow fan club member for the weekend to crash.

YOU'RE A RETARD WITH HAIRY MONKEY BALLS.

They are not hairy.

:p

TMI!

Manscaping?

Notice he's still a retard and that his balls of of the monkey variety.

So I've been sitting in the Hard Rock Hotel all week and been pretty bored so we found some really good tickets to go see Henry Rollins tonight. I'm pretty excited as it's a spoken word tour, last year we flew down to SF just to see his band perform!
We knew Gene Simmons would be here at the Rock tonight but we certainly wouldn't spend the kind of money they wanted for tickets! Well, I was just given vip tickets for tonights Beachers Madhouse and a pass to walk the red carpet. They are also having a three hour complimentary open bar! This place should be a Madhouse tonight!! Maybe I'll see if I can sneak in after Henry!

I'm cranky, moody, and borderline drepressed, so I think every single stinking thing is my fault... and craving snack food.
I need a cinnamon rolls. Or something...

Do anti-depressants help with harsh pms?

Oh pulease ... that would make them the only spot on your body that isn't.



I want to see No Country for Old Men and Before the Devil Knows You're Dead. I want to see them both real bad. But between a certain birthday swanking, a Hello Dali Llama exhibit, a Koop Concert, a Horseback riding birthday thing, a hike up to the Griffith Observatory and a trip out to Joshua Tree National Park ... well, I just don't think I'm going to squeeze in any movies.

Sigh.

With manscaping, anything is possible. I wonder if they make stencils like they do with some "shaving kits" for women?

I have to work late tonight. I'm bummed.
Client supervised QC for a feature.
Meh and Bleh.
Maybe they'll cancel or I can slinky out of it.
:D

*headdesk*

Feel sick to my stomach. HATE my job right now. HATE the mess in my house right now.

11 minutes left of this misery- then I get to go home to a different misery. At lease I feel like I can do something about that misery-house cleaning time!

For some reason I just pictured you with an electric guitar singing the above post. It must have been the Guitar Hero the other day.
Rockin' Nephy!
:D

Given the tone of my post I would say it sounds like a country song! ;)

Nephy Mae and the Nephtone Family Singers!
Yeehaw.
:D

I hope your day gets better. It's Friday... :)

In 3 minutes I will be MUCH happier. No OT for me this week- I just do not have it in me to spend another moment here.

Lucky... I'm here till 6 and I'm totally falling asleep.

I don't know what's gotten into me lately, but I was totally zonked last night early. Got home, walked the dog, ate dinner and watched Monsters, Inc. and shortly after the movie was over, I was a zombie.

You heard her, she's a zombie! Run! She'll eat your brains...!

Oh wait, she said she was a zombie.
Nevermind.
:D

"Pink......eye.......!"

"Braaaaaaaaaaaaaainssssss"

Zombigoon!
:D

Anyone read "World War Z"? I hear it's pretty good...

Thank you all for the good vibes.

Monday could be the day. I have an interview Monday morning, via a temp service. They are looking for someone to start immediatly. I have a good friend who already works there, and she loves it.

If that doesn't work out I have another interview, via a different temp service Monday afternoon.

I also just checked my email and found a promising note for a local hospital that is looking for an Administrative Assistant. I had applied there yesterday and they are interested enough to let me know I am a possible candidate.


oh, and The Old People brought over their bikes, so now Nickolas and I have mathcing mountain bikes. I hadn't been on a bike in more than 20 years. It felt great to be mobile again. I think he and I will be taking a trip around the block here in a few minutes.

*Scrooge enjoys his new Robert Plant/Alison Krauss cd*

ahhhh... Friday night. No work. Payday. Couldn't have come soon enough this week.

Haha... I am thoroughly amused. I was responding to a blog post about the proper use of the word "blog" and whether or not a "post" to a blog could likewise be called "blog". In doing so, I made a reference to the looser rules of internet gramma (since blog is a word spawned from that school of writing), and needed to refer to "leet", which a lot of the readers (real estate professionals all) would know nothing about. So I pulled up the wiki entry on it.

It's a riveting read!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leetspeak

Someone in a position of authority said nice things about me today. Therefore, I'm momentarily happy.

Perhaps I will cook this weekend. I said I'd bring the dessert when I hang out with some friends on Sunday, and I do not BUY desserts. But deciding what to make could take hours.

What I wanted for dinner: Bean soup
What I had for dinner: Orange chicken

Why: because I didn't start the soup this morning :/

Ahem!! My Kylie, Thank you. :p

I LOVED the "Dark Ride" film from the previous series of films. I bought it on DVD. :D

OK, now I HAVE to see this. I keep chanting "It's just pretend"

Don't forget that Men who are pierced are better prepared for marriage..... That ensures they've both experienced pain and bought jewellery.

lol! :D
That's cool.

But why would I want a Santa-Mickey hat with someone else's name on it? My name's not David.

*sigh*

My son is trying to kill me. I had barely made it out of bed and he was bugging me to go bike riding.

Is it possible to be hungover when you don't drink alcohol?

Seeing as how much of the symptoms of hangovers can be chalked up to dehydration... I'd say yes.

I can't find my pants- must have been a good night out :)

I had no idea such things existed...

I'm a Cormac McCarthy fan. His work is often brutal, but mesmerizing and beautiful. I'm looking forward to this film, though I'm not sure when I'll have a chance to see it.

Absolutely not stalking D.J. Waldie
 

Is anyone familiar with D. J. Waldie? He wrote this beautiful book called Holy Land and he occasionally writes pieces for the L.A.Times. I met him at the Festival of Books a few years ago. He has a new book out which is a collaboration with Diane Keaton about So Cal Spanish Revival architecture. And this morning I heard him on a radio segment about local street names. The piece was about a street in Lakewood and since he's information officer (something like that) for the city of Lakewood it was natural for him to take part.

So I'm driving through Lakewood this morning to my usual coffee place and because of the radio piece I'm thinking about Lakewood street names and D. J. Waldie. I'm just fascinated that this real author person is local and not in some ivory tower somewhere (I recognized him coming out of Best Buy once) so I'm wondering if he ever goes to my coffee place and I'm imagining what I might say to him. And I glance over to this man walking along the street and...it's D. J. Waldie.

What a ridiculous coincidence.

Did you say hi?

I'm feeling the same - must've been something in the air...:rolleyes:

I woke up feeling great- then Ethel decided to do a cannonball on to my stomach.

I woke up after a second night of emotionally draining nightmares.

Anybody wanna hang at the park tonight?

I do..... :(

Awww Lashie, I wish you could, I wish you could.

I'msofvckingbored! Where is everyone tonight?

New Beverly. Midnight. Big Trouble In Little China.

As much as I wanna go see BTiLC tonight, my brain doesn't.

I think I may get liquored up and then go over to the neighbors at 3 AM, pop in one of my MIL's Mormon Tabernacle Choir CD's into the Bose and turn it up full blast. Their teenaged kids threw a party that went on until around 4 this morning, and I had to work today. Hard to be creative on two hours sleep. Little bastards. I'm so glad I can afford better alcohol- there were Keystone beer cans all over the street, so I'm pretty sure they're all suffering from cheap beer hangovers today.:D

Here I am... Yoo Hoo *waves paw*

Wendybeth sure knows how to party :)

umm... LACMA, Koop and another late night concert.

Me? I am home to change and go hear all about Dux n Tux from my friend.

Oh, THAT was tonight! I knew it had to be something.

Park wasn't fun alone. I left during the fireworks.

Um, maybe that was the reason for going to bed.

The weekend's not over yet! Wheeeeeeeee!

Anything good going on today?

Now, in the old days, the invite to a 'BBQ' at any punk venue would have made me nervous. I still would have went, of course.:D

The light bulb in the hall burnt out today. I keep trying to turn that light on. It is driving me crazy.

But not crazy enough to get up on a chair to replace it.

I'd rather jump naked on a huge pile of thumbtacks. Thanks anyway!

Just be sure to put it on the internet.

I'm not sure I'm going to make it tonight, but I'll bet that the Plugz reunion (first show together in decades), performing their classic "Electrify Me" in its entirety, will be pretty special.

Not to single you out, RStar, but I wonder why people feel the need to post negative opinions of things they haven't experienced. Negative reviews are always fun to read, but overarching "wet blanket" posts tend to bum me out, especially in a group like LoT.

Wow, some people really don't like BBQ's, eh?

Oh yeah, wendybeth - I was gonna tell you about my annoy neighbors to tears tactics- one of them is putting Barry Manilow's "I Can't Smile Without You" on repeat- it may be a fun song the first time or two, but by the time play 50 comes around, they'll be begging for mercy.

Okay, but I love Belinda Carlisle's shoes!

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I missed punk completely, even though I was fully immersed at Tower Records at that time. I could not tell one band from another. All I can remember from that time, and I do not even remember if it is punk (I think it was more goth), but I loved the EP of Bela Lugosi's Dead by Bauhaus.

So much music, so little time!

I'm glad CM is not my neighbor.;):cheers:

So I just re-joined SF MOMA, I can't wait to go, it's been years too long since I've been!

Cupcake?

I was in Old Navy today because all their outerwear jackets and vests are on sale and I thought maybe there would be something I'd like (there wasn't). There were "40% off" signs plastered everywhere. Two teenage girls looked at one jacket and one said, "That's cute. And it's only $40." :rolleyes:

For the sake of mankind I'll assume the tagged price was $66.66.

Sorry, MP, I didn't mean to bum you out, and didn't mean it to come across as much negitive as funny. While that is not my type of music, and I probably would not enjoy it much, I certainly would not discourage anyone from going and enjoying it.

Thank you for letting me know, it was rather insensitive of me put it the way I did. I'll be more carefull in the future.

Please accept my apologies.

~Bob

Hey Bob,

There has been a stream of negativity in another thread about another music event. Sometimes it seems that an overall tone of negativity abounds the LoT these days.

Hopefully it will pass soon. And please don't jump naked into a pile of thumbtacks. Those are much harder than pushpins to get out :P

Yeah, so I'm getting a 2nd job for the holidays. Thinking of going to the mouse.

I wish imagineering or the studios had weekend jobs.

I had a fun evening playing board games with friends. We should have a board game discussion and rating thread. I wish I lived closer to other board game-playing types.

I miss playing games. Nickolas loves to play, but it isn't the same as playing with adults.

It is flippin' cold this morning. I had to get out the space heater for the bathroom so that I can take a shower.

I had a good weekend. I was able to catch up on a lot of sleep. Today I have 2 prospective jobs to visit. The one I want is this morning at 9:30. Depending on how the interview goes, I could start as early as today, which would be great. Neither place pays as much as I would like, but at least it would be something more than I am making at this moment (which is nothing). Both are close to the house, which is nice. I like only having to drive 5-10 minutes to get to work. The one this morning means reuniting with a former co-worker and good friend.

It is hard not to get my hopes up...

Sometimes I consider getting a part time holiday job- then I realize I am not willing to give up the time I have outside of the job I have had for almost 8 years......and I also realize that OT is unlimited and I make more doing OT than a part time job would pay anyway.

Yeah- that's the ticket. :)

Good luck MG on the job you want! Fingers and toes crossed for a good interview!

Good luck on that Morrigoon! I moonlighted for years, now I wonder how I did that, I was working the kind of hours Kevy does now.

I'd work for the mouse on the weekends if I hade the energy. I work at home all weekend now, since my wife can't do much houshold work any more. And now that I'm getting close to 50, I just can't handle the hours any more like I use to.

Perhaps when I retire I can work there. I'd be a sweeper if I could. :D

If I lived closer, I'm with you, I'd so work for the mouse, and I'd sweep, too!
Anything but a churro cart!

I have thought about getting another job in retail. The problem is that I would only be willing to work on the weekends that I don't have The Boy.

No there isn't

Here's a new experience...

You know how sometimes after eating something tasty, the taste in your mouth makes you want more, so you have to eat something else to get rid of it?

Well, I had to eat chocolate to cover the taste of soup.

Should've made more soup. That was the last bowl from that batch.

When things are really wonderful and something bad happens, the bad thing seems so much worse then if things were already mediocre or downright sucks. I hate that.

I was wondering why the phones were so quiet and then I realized that today is Veterans' Day. I guess people took a 3 day weekend...

Traffic this morning was heavenly!