I think NA is trying to tell us something....



(Pics, please, and congrats!)

Yeah, come on - we need puppy details!!! :snap:

No, we didn't get the pug we wanted to adopt. They told us it was a difficult decision and we were their second choice, but they went with a family who had adopted an abused puppy from them before and wanted a companion for their dog. So, no Sarge/Serge for us.

So, Operation Plan B went into action.

My clients, who own my favorite dog, Gus, have adopted 3 dogs from a place in Manhattan Beach called The Pet Care Company. They have a relationship with a few reputable breeders who provide them with dogs. They are very selective about who they get their puppies from and watch them carefully for weeks before putting them up for sale.

I fell in love with a 5 month old boy pug who is also apricot colored like Sarge (the only 2 I have ever seen with that coloration).

His name is tentively Thurston. He's adorable with an incredibly expressive face. He's on my lap at the moment with his chin on my desk. I think he is asleep.

When things calm down a bit here I'll get some pictures.

I can't wait to meet him! :)

Yay for puppies! :)

Awww! I want a puppy!

Actually I don't have the time a puppy would need.

It is really early. I'm not sure that I want to be up this early everyday. Boy's alarm clock is going to be going off soon. I hope he won't be too Grumpy this morning.

Yay for NA & €!

And a welcome for Thurston, you may not know it yet, but you could not have fallen into a happier LoT than to be with your new puppy parents!

Can't wait to meet him, too! :cheers:

Yay! Thurston is a fantastic pug name. :snap: Congrats! Can't wait to see him in action at Casa Cone/Meinke.

Would that be Thurston Howl?

Yay puppy!!

Yay! New puppy!
Congrats!
:)
:snap:

Ba da bum.

YAY PUPPY!!!!

This article sounds like it has to be an April Fools joke

[Paris] Hilton tries to help drunk elephants.

Won't somebody think of the elephants???

Do elephants think of pink humans when they are drunk?

Yes, Thurston Howl.

He feels lonely in his crate. He had 2 sisters that he's spent the last 5 months with. So, he slept in bed with us last night. He liked to cuddle with Chris. But, I put him in his crate this morning and he's telling me all about how much he disapproves. Howl, indeed. ;) But, he peed outside, ate all of his food, then pooped outside. Pretty good for a puppy!

I swear I'll take pictures today.

Yay! I can't wait to see Mr. Thurston Howl!
:) :) :)

As this thread passes 15,000 posts, I am surprised by some of the post counts of a couple of individuals:

• Chernabog - only 5 posts
• Nirvanaman - only 1 post
• Zapppop - only 1 post

I would have sworn these three had posted more.

I can't wait! (I assume you're going to post pictures of Thurston - and not the pee and poo...)

Congratulations!

Will he be considered Thurston Howl I, or IV (since III is taken) ?

Be careful, remember, when you 'assume' you make an 'ass' out of 'u' and 'me'. :p

{but if she does I hope she uses spoilers!!! :eek: }

He's getting his own thread.

GD, I have a question. How come yours is the only sig pic I can see? Our firewall blocks all others...

I'd imagine that it's because I host mine on my own domain while most everyone else is hosted somewhere like photobucket, or here or other larger sites. Apparently my domain isn't on your IT department's radar.

Got it.
:)

The fight against being wired in constantly has been lost. Today I join the ranks of PDA phone owners.

I'm still a luddite, I only use my cell phone for telephone calls.

I've just been put on a mobile platform project so I'll probably end up with a work supplied Blackberry. I've worked hard to avoid it.

We just got our first smart phones as well. I've recently begun using text messaging fairly regularly, so the qwerty is nice for that, and it's definitely nice to be able to look things like addresses, directions, phone numbers, emails I forgot to print out etc. I am NOT setting it to download my email constantly or alert me when there's a new one. It's there when I need to refer to it, it ain't my master. I am considering syncing it to my work calendar if only to take advantage of the feature where it automatically goes into vibrate-only mode during meetings.

Shouldn't he get his own log-in too (like Calliope)?

I can build him his own computer, if you'd like.

TOO.... OBVIOUS.... CAN'T.... RESIST....



*sigh* Sorry, had to get that off my chest.

In blue.

New plan is only $5 more a month than old plan. I already text quite a bit.. the new keyboard will take getting used to. GD and CPs phone are currently the bane of my existence (we use em at work) ;) :p

Wow, a phone-shaped Blackberry.

Kewl.

Verizon has one too. Very similar if not the same (8130).

Taking a look at NA's puppy pics totally made me want to get a dog again.
Once I move out of my apartment (when the stupid lease is up) I'm going to move to a place that allows dogs. And then I'm going to buy a llama.

:D

Just kidding.
I think I'll get a small dog. Like a chihuahua terrier or a Westie.

I think NA might have owned a Westie once.

get a mutt.

best
dogs
evar!

Ah, thinking of buying NEverland are we???:evil:

I met a German Shepherd/Corgi once. The mom was a Corgi. She must have been in pain!
:D

Nah, I was kicked out of there when I was 10. Too old, they said.
:D

oddest combo Ive seen was the doberman/weiner dog mix pups. odd but man, they were cuuute with 15 U's :D

fortunately, the female was the dobie...but...


mmm....nevermind. I still cant grasp the visual

wow! If anyone see's my Brother-in-law, I'd like to collect the reward!

http://www.dennisblackwellbailbonds.com/mostwanted.html

He's the first one - Darin Towns
Awesome!!!! Wish I knew where he was! Damnit!!

If a chihuahua female gets impregnated by a Saint Bernard, would she just explode like halfway through the pregnancy?

I don't think she would survive the conception.

There's a wonderful song by the Bangles called "If She Knew What She Wanted (He'd be Giving it to Her)". I love this song.
I dedicate this song to a couple of my clients today.
Figure out what you want and I'll make it happen. Really, I will.
:) ;)

As the owner of a male dachshund... I can.

A friend in college had a Black Lab/Basset Hound mix.

Big Black Lab head and body
Short Basset hound legs and floppy Basset Hound ears.

The crazy vision that you are conjuring in your head is about how he looked. The poor guy, um... dragged on the ground. He didn't seem to mind though.

Had the best freakin' personality!

I watch a Pom-Chow. Pomeranian/Chow mix. VERY cute dog. My other favorite is a Chow/Wheaton, but that's just because he's so damn adorable.

But, I'm sort of fond of Pugs.

We have two adorable Pomeranian/Chihuahua mix doggies.
They're the best at greeting us when we come home from work.

That's the phone I have! :) In black.

I've seen a basset/black lab mix. I had to ask the owner what kind of dog it was.

The oddest combo I've seen was Basset/Great Dane. She was GD sized, white with black spots, was much longer than average (due to that hound gene) and had a wicked tail. She was stronger than her owner. Her name was Clarabelle. Can't remember what her ears looked like but she was an interesting looking dog.

How about a male chihuahua mating with a female St. Bernard?

[high squeeky voice] Take that bitch [/high squeeky voice]

Make sure the voice has a spanish accent, too :D

You people are just not right.


(But I'm LOL anyway.)

Totally. And she would be like, "Who's saying that? Is someone there?"

Hell, I'm surprised I still haven't hit loser club status on here yet. But I still have a big mouth, don't you worry Mr. Kevy.

6 posts WOOT!

Ok, so I haven't quite had my coffee yet, which would probably explain why, for a split second, JWBear's avatar looked like Ghoulish Delight.

Wow, couldn't be further off...I shaved, remember?

I've posted 320 times in this thread! (Actually, this is #321.) That's almost one sixth of my total posts on LoT!

And I don't recall you having arm tats.

*sigh* Someday I'll have a garage to put great stuff like this into.

Until that time, it wouldn't look too bad on the kitchen counter. I bet it would do a number on slicing bread for toast.

So how do you look up how many posts you have in a thread?

all those things can be done with hand tools dear. yeah, those make it easier but nothing more rewarding than sweat of the brow and creating something from scratch.

not to mention getting to keep all your fingers. :D

Go to the forum listing and click on the post count total in the "Replies" column.

Groovy tunes. Thanks. 816 for me. Loserville! :D Not as Loserville as Kevy, though. He's King Loser of Loser Mountain.

Haha, Kevy's almost a loser in this thread!

(578 for me)

Just started reading this thread....see you in about a year!

wow. you read fast!

;)

I maintain that this stuff is a waste of money. If you buy a $50 chop saw, you'll get a $50 chop saw - a piece of crap. It will probably never cut straight, square, or consistent.

Sign up for a woodworking course at a Community College. This will give yuo access to good equipment as well as technical assistance. I know that Fullerton College has a good program, but I do not know when the classes are. I am enrolled in a class (as I have been for several years) at Mt. San Antonio College. It is in Walnut (quite a drive for you), but classes are on the weekends. The instructor (Robin) is a bit gruff, but you get a lot of freedom to do what you want.

Um, yeah... I was hoping no one would look at that :(

Subways in New York: now, with fewer Full House stars.

I had a decent idea for a neighborhood prank the other day inspired by me misreading a lost pet sign.

I think it would be fun to post signs like "Lost Tarantula" or "Lost Rattlesnake" or, perhaps "Lost Black Mamba" or "Lost Black Widow Spider".

Lost: My Mind
If found, please call 555-4567

Holy Crap! I had the same idea a couple of months ago.
I was thinking of posting a sign with a gorilla on it saying, "LOST! One Silverback Gorilla. Answers to the name Mr. Tickles. If found, please call... etc."

I think that would be great!
:D

That show is up there with My Two Dads in the stratosphere of shows with hidden gay subtext....

I am loving the company I am working for.

Keep in mind this was only my 2nd day, and officially I am employed by a temp agency and not the company...

Today the main boss was walking around. I was working, and not paying a whole lot of attention. I kept hearing him say to everyone, "Happy Thanksgiving."

He got to me, couldn't remember my name, but the next thing I knew he had placed a gift certificate to Albertson's in my hand with a nice, "Happy Thanksgiving."

I was just in shock, almost cried.

I've got tears in my eyes. Sounds promising and positive!

Nice :)

Nice place and nice boss, MG! :D I hope it stays that way. :)

My parents are here right now, and my mom brought us her gingerbread cookies and pumpkin cookies. We missed out last year, because she didn't have the strength to do her holiday baking with her chemo and all. It's more realization of the little things that make her even more special. :)

I've got Mom Cookies!!! :D

Now that is a quality employer.

As long as they aren't made from bits of Mom, they're the best!

I'm sorry, I couldn't help but think of Soylent Green when you said this! :D

Enjoy the cookies! Those made by moms and grandmas are the best!! :snap:

Yes petal? :D

LOVE that place.

Now all we need is for the guys to press their, ahem, lunchboxes against the glass and my year would be complete (as long as I got sent a pic...)

Well, I suspect the person who won the gorgeous Snow White poster at the Heritage auction last weekend isn't anyone I know. 65k was the hammer price.

I only remembered to look at Snow White because I got an invoice from Heritage. I'd bid on a window card, lowballed it with no hope of winning, and miraculously I did. I'd forgotten I'd even placed an absentee bid. Not Valentino, no good Rudy in the auction, but a nice Universal silent film I love, Smouldering Fires. That's it for spending on me now!

MG,
You should have put on a wig, changed outfits and when he came around again, scored yourself another gift certificate.
:D
Gotta think fast, MG.

This is for BTD...

That's the friendliest looking shark picture I think I have ever seen.

I know - he's smiling! :D

Hi Sharkie!

I thought of Beetlejuice.

Well, last year was when all the guys got together and ritualistically dropped trou in the middle of the street (and come to think of it, it WAS NM's idea - that boy really IS a mo!). Although poor Cherny didn't know that it was only supposed to be the pants and not the undies too.

Hey is anyone wanting to see Beowulf in IMAX 3D this weekend (Angelina's tits in IMAX 3D? I might poke an eye out)? And/or go to Magic Mountain ($60 for the rest of this year PLUS 2008 PLUS free friend passes)?

Way to change the subject there, dude ;)

I thought the subject was that there WAS no subject. How old WAS that post???? LOL....

And sorry, if this queen's whipped it out waiting in line for the Matterhorn, I hardly think that the middle of a Long Beach street will phase me. :D

Uhh.... damn, I was just teasing.

Judging by the ads alone, "Beowulf" looks like it has strong worst-movie-ever-made potential.

thats the feeling I get, yeah

Girls! No fighting.

:D

That's cuz there's no actual wolf in the story. Rewrite!

My problem with Beowulf is that you just can't replace actors with something that sort of looks like the actor which also seems to have OD'd on Botox.

I can see people not liking it (and I'm not over the moon about it) but it is nowhere near "worst ever made" territory.

I smell a new thread topic...

I want to like this movie - it looks cool. I'm not listening to you people. LALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALA........

But there is naked Angelina in it! How can it be bad?

Awww... but it was just getting good!

If that's the standard, I'll just watch the first 20 minutes of "Gia" again.

And again.

I've had 18 years of your claws, Goonie.... JUNGLE RED! ;) hee hee

(sigh) Oh, l'amour, l'amour!

There's a word for women like you, but it isn't used in polite society... outside of a kennel. ;)

(hugs)

I've decided that for online shopping, better than some sort of discount that's probably not really not much of a discount is when they 3-day Fed Ex standard for about a dollar less than the cost of regular shipping. It turns me on.

I have a dry erase board on the wall next to my desk with titles and numbers all over it. The only colors of dry erase pen we have left are lime green and pink. My dry erase board is giving me away at work.
:D

It went over really well at Comic Con, and what I saw looked good... so I'm hoping for the best.

I can barely keep my eyes open. Thurston and Charles are both sleeping and snoring next to me.

I really am hoping that I get some lovely Best Buy gift certificates this year for Jewmas. I still have to purchase: Bioshock, Hellgate:London, The Witcher, and other lovely video games.... but I am SO SO SO excited that next month we get TWO FREEKIN FOUR DAY WEEKENDS. So much video game time *insert Home drool here* Gawwwwhwhwhwhwwhwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww w

The way our holidays fall, if you take the 3 days between xmas and NY off you end up with 11 days off (4 of which are weekends) but 11 days off!

We only get one, but a 3-day weekend is a 3-day weekend, right?

Bioshock was very visually attractive but completely boring (to me, anyway).

I agree with People Magazine. Matt Damon is sexy.
:)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Barry Bonds INDICTED!!

First OJ, then Barry, who's gonna complete the trifecta?

Well... Patsy Ramsey is already dead...
Hmmmm.

Wow (and thank you for posting - I didn't know). One story.

My workplace continues to bring much enjoyment.

Today, all employees were treated to a free turkey dinner (well, at lunch time)- very good turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, cranberry log thing (I don't eat it, but it looks 'interesting' to say the least).

Yummy stuff.

WOOHOO! We won!

My pants are finally dry! WOOHOO!

Thurston had his first LoT meet tonight.

And how'd it go? When is he posting about the LoT meet? Hope he types better than Kaliope!

I dreamed about alien abduction last night.


At least I hope it was a dream and not some repressed memory deal. Does anyone know if Aliens like to wear hats from Costco?

Note: That's not hats that say 'Costco' just hats that were purchased there.

I often see aliens at Costco. (that really is the only viable explanation for these nuts) Im voting the repressed memory thingy.

last nights dream was about work. how nice for me. makes the alien probe thing sound almost appealing








almost

Could you see what was in his cart? Did there happen to be a bulk pack of toilet paper topped by a sleeping 10 year old black child?

We have a baby dragon (more like an eight year old human than a "baby"). I try to take him out of his enclosure on a regular bases to handle him so that he gets used to human interaction.

This morning, he jumped out of my hands. He's done that before, but I've always been able to catch him quickly. This morning, he scrambled along the hallway. As he was passing the cat, the cat went after him, so I had to shift my attention from baby dragon to cat. This allowed dragon to scramble away and get under the bed. At this point, I had to wake Susan and get her involved in the search.

Of course, simply looking under the bed was fruitless. But first, I wanted to make sure that if he did bolt, that no cats got him (one was on the bed and one was very close by: the third cat was in the office). So, I put one cat in the office and locked her in there. The other, Rufio, got let outside (he loves going outside, but we usually don't let him out until after breakfast).

By now, both of us were thinking that we would never see him again. I tore the pillows, sheets, blankets off the bed and then pulled off the mattress. I then lifted up the box spring and we started searching.

Thankfully, after a few minutes of calm panic, I spotted him. Since I was holding up the box spring, I pointed him out to Susan. At first, she didn't see him, but eventually spotted him.

We got him safely back in his enclosure. I put the bed back together (the mattress was a LOT lighter when I took it off - it is amazing what adrenaline can do for you!), grabbed a few pillows and we both flopped down on it, exhausted.

So how was your morning?

BTW: we've never named this one yet (we won't know if it is a boy or a girl for a few months) - any suggestions?

Houdini?

Dash

Asshole

Kitty!

At the moment, this is one gets my vote (though I suspect that Susan will veto it).

Chase?
Ran?
Hyde?

How about making it more cultural...a film reference... "Sh!t Head".

the cats would undoubtedly call him "Lunch"

This was my first thought too.

Ahhh, no. The 'event' did not happen at costco, they were just wearing their hats from there.

Is this some pop culture reference I'm totally missing or your own experience with costco aliens? (CA's for short)

Bye bye Bryz. Thanks for saving our butts and being so awesome!

Another vote for Dash here.

Glad you found him/her and the cats did not have an extra morning snack

I had to do some digging to figure out what that post was about.

Actual Costco experience.

Hockey related?

:( sob.

Good for him. He deserves to be a starter. But it sucks for us. Especially when we have to play against him.

This is an odd situation that is going on. Brian Burke said he would only trade Bryz if the deal was right. But he couldn't get an acceptable deal and put him on waivers. Which means they'll be getting next to nothing for him. BB is known for his oddball deals that work out well in the end. But this one is boggling.

I was just thinking that our cleaning crew in my office is awesome. They take an added step of disinfecting the phones on our desks every night. I bet this totally helps us not get sick. Germs, germs everywhere. Not to mention that I'm the only one who talks to them... which kind of sucks.

Phones, keyboards and computer mice are three huge germ spreading machines.

I like working late (well not that part actually) watching the cleaning crew dump all the waist baskets into their big cart and then grab the blue recycling bins and dump them in the same big cart. :rolleyes:

Have you said anything about it to anyone?

Our cleaning crew actually sorts that stuff for us. (I guess no one wanted to buy one trash can and one recycling bin for each desk...)
I think you should notify someone... unless they are sorting it out afterwards...

Exercpt from the phone call I just had with Maddy-

:D

The Beardie should be named Friskies.

I forgot that Susan had previously suggested a name for this morning's escapee. Since he has a crooked tail, she suggested "Nixon" since he is only a little crooked.

sounds like the kid's got a plan


and a damn good one at that *maddy mojo* :snap:

I was just working on sewing up a sweater I finished knitting ages ago, and Boris was on the back of the couch, staring at my work. I wonder if he's thinking it's unfair that I get to play with yarn and whenever he tries to join in he gets yelled at.

They do that here every once in a while. Usually when we get a new person on the building services crew.
Since our recycle is uspposed to go in the confidentail (to be shredded) bins, I tend to raise a total stink when that happens.

Usually we're good for about another month.

So... I'm on this blogging site for real estate agents, and the whole thing runs on a point system that gives you points for posting or responding to things. The more points you have on the blogging site, the higher your profile appears over on the "public" site (localism.com). It makes you designate a "prime market" area, which is a little silly in Southern California because our areas all run into eachother, but whatever, gotta pick one. So I'd had Lake Forest chosen, because it was a little less popular (competition wise) than Mission Viejo, though MV has pricier homes.

Out of 31 agents in Lake Forest, I'd managed to climb in the standings to where just this week I went from number 4 to number 3. But to get to number two, I was going to have to double my points because the two ladies at the top started earlier and are also both very prolific bloggers. I know I'm like number 41 out of all the Orange County agents on this site, so on a whim, I decided to check the Mission Viejo standings. Hmm.... out of 50 agents who have MV as their prime market, NONE of them have 8000 points!

Guess what I did?

(Give you a hint... I'm now #1 in Mission Viejo!)

I made corn pancakes this morning. :)

I'm conscious before noon, and I don't know how/why...

I ran 10 miles this morning.

I have done nothing. I woke up at 6, in my recliner, and went to bed.

Now I have to go to the Old People's to get the turkey out of the freezer and get their mail. They are stuck in Valencia, on an RV trip with their group and are having ANOTHER major mechanical issue.

I also need to go to Target. It is time to get Boy's b-day presents.

All I really want to do is sleep.

Survived the first days of the new job, MG?

So...I'm the only one here.:eek:

...and I'm the only one in the village... :D

I need a minder.

I have about $50 left over in my flexible spending account so I made a list of OTC medicines I could stock up on before the end of the year. I came across that list today when I was looking for my prescription sunglasses and I realized I spent nearly $500 on two pairs of glasses this year and I never asked to be reimbursed for that...

I bought some spray roses at Trader Joe's today. I just started buying cut flowers again last week because it's been too hot in my place since the spring. I got home and looked for them and realized I'd left them in the cart. There was no way I was going back, it was too far and I had other things to do and I felt stupid. But I looked at the receipt to see how much money I wasted and the flowers weren't even on there. Saved from my own stupidity by a clerk who was just as addled as I was.

A) Your avatars are driving me to distraction !!

B) I just had lunch - a Cornish Pastie jaffle, and a Peach / Chocolate / Ricotta jaffle for dessert. Guess who got a new Jaffle-maker?

Jaffle?

Lashbear will be more erudite, I am sure, but here is Wikipedia's explanation

Now I'm hungry for waffles... :rolleyes:

Woohoo!



I walked 2.5. And technically it was afternoon.

Yep! There is more than enough to keep me busy, but not so much that I am overwhelmed. The girl training me did not show up for her last day, so Friday I was on my own. I was able to organize my desk so that I can better keep track of what needs to be done and prioritize the orders.

Each morning I go for a loooonnnggg walk, from one end of the complex to the other, collecting paperwork. It is a nice way to start the day.

This company is so unlike any place I have ever worked. We have a full kitchen, which is kept stocked with food. We are to help ourselves. If it doesn't have someone's name on it it is community property.

They had planned a pizza party for the girl who left. Even though she was a no show they still did it.

My schedual is going to be 7:00/7:30-4:30. But it is very flexable. I was even told that if there is a problem with Nickolas I can bring him in with me.

I am feeling a bit like Alice.

So very cool, MG! Sounds like a great place!:cheers:

OK - Tis true they're also known as "Brevilles", and the original jaffle irons were just a metal clamshell on long handles:


But the one I use looks kind of like this.... Imagine this:


...But washed and clean.. :eek:

Then imagine it doesn't have the diagonal cutters, and there are two chambers like large square scallops - Here's a partial pic of it:


Lay a sheet of puff pastry over the recepticles, dollop the filling into it, fold the rest of the sheet over the filling, then close the two halves and cook for 3-5 mins.

I prefer to use pastry rather than bread as it seals a little better .

My favourite recipe for Cornish Pasty Filling:

Breville pasties
125g lamb mince, cooked and chopped
125g mixed chopped vegetables, cooked
1 cup mashed potato
1 egg
1 teaspoon mixed herbs
salt and pepper
1 sheet pre-rolled puff pastry

1. Combine steak, vegetables, potatoes, egg, herbs and seasoning, mix until well combined.
2. Lay pastry over plates.
3. Place in filling.
4. Fold pastry over and cook until lightly golden brown and crisp.

Yummo !!

I've got one of those too!

Makes for yummy grilled cheese/bacon/granny smith apple slice sandwiches.

Pasties? But I thought those were....oh, never mind.

They're Paffles. Pastie Jaffles. Jasties. Crikey... now I'm confused.

Sounds really good...

I didn't come to life until about 2:00

I walked from the bedroom to the living room and from the living room to the kitchen. Twice.

A Mutaytor Show = 10 miles worth of dancing :D

I got home at about 4:30am. And I am awake. Bleh.

Was it as good as this Nutcracker? :)

American Music Awards are on - 10 min so far no good music and no awards.. hmmm

So we were in Las Vegas this weekend for a wedding. I noticed in our room at the Luxor that there was a phone mounted right next to the toilet. This isn't an entirely new phenomenon to me, I've seen it before in hotels, but for some reason I've been seeing it far more frequently recently.

Because I'm 5 years old, I decided it would be hilarious to pick up the phone while I was sitting on the toilet and call CP's cell phone. It was off, charging, so I left her a message.

It was only a few hours later that it suddenly occurred to me that I just made a long distance call from a hotel room phone.

Yeah, that "hilarious" joke cost me $12 :rolleyes:

d'oh!

But because you were 5 again the money isn't an issue! ;)

Is it just that as you've gotten older you start staying at nicer hotels? The phone in the bathroom thing has been pretty constant for higher end business friendly hotels for my adult experience.

And you can't put a price on humor so I'd have told the Luxor that you weren't paying.

No, I've stayed in nice hotels for most of my life. Either I just haven't noticed, or, by luck of the draw, I often ended up in ones without it. Or maybe it's that the last few I've seen have been right next to the toilet. *shrug*

I once stayed in a Hilton in Minneapolis that had two phones in the bathroom. One right above the other and both conveniently placed for use while on the can.

Couldn't quite wrap my brain about who decided that was a necessary thing.

Were they labeled #1 and #2?

How about TV's in the bathroom (with the speakers in the ceiling). We experienced that at the Paris Las Vegas on our last stay (granted we were bumped up the top floor due to overbooking).

Ironically, there WASN'T a phone in the restroom - just a TV.

Today, my boss is out sick. It's amazing how different the office is without its leader. Much more relaxed...
:)

Yay! I have a sandwich maker like the top one... I can totally use that Cornish Pasty recipe... thanks Lash! :snap:

Speaking of Vegas, we didn't have a ton of time to ourselves there since our main purpose was the wedding, but we did get a chance to see a couple of the new-to-us hotels that have gone up since our last visit.

THEbotel This is what they've galled the new tower at Mandalay Bay. It has to be THEstupidest name I've heard...for THEnicest looking place I've been in. The happy couple stayed here, and they rented out a 60th floor suite for a casual after-wedding party. I was impressed from the moment we walked out of the Casino into this new structure. Ultra-modern decor, but super stylish. The architecture of the entry hallway really caught my eye, as well as the choice of art. Were I ever to want to spend the cash on a nicer place to stay in Vegas, this would definitely contend.

The Wynn: Not at all what I expected. I was expecting posh, ultra-elegance, possibly to the point of having a snobby air. It's not at all. It's certainly elegant, but with much more of a sense of fun and whimsy than I had figured. Definitely more inviting than I expected. I was particularly impressed with the whole area around "Parasol Down", the small lounge down stairs near reception. Fun moving art hanging from the ceiling, the breathtaking water-fall feature out the door, and flanked by a pair of curved escalators! Would love to see the mechanics of that, I noticed that each had a particularly expansive runout at the bottom, I imagine it's pretty complex. I also loved the series of arched doorways with wood surrounds sculpted to evoke the look of pulled back curtains.

Vegas may be the capital of garishally over dramatic design, but when they get something right, it's pretty impressive.

If you liked the curved elevator then you might want to visit the San Francisco Chopping Center. It has a four story curved escalator (not in one long block, with landings at each floor).

Is the one at Wynn of changing curve angles? That would be niftier.

60th floor? yikes...thats a whole lotta 'way the F up there!'

I miss vegas. I think I need to go

Okay, so there's this guy at work.
He's totally not my type.
But he's got that whole straight guy macho thing going on.
And I find that very, very appealing for some reason.

:blush:

I'm posting a lot because I'm on a boring conference call.
I'm not really needed for this call, but they want me there just in case.
Bo-RING!
:D

I've always been amused at how those beautiful curving escalators suddenly change to straight ones when you get up to Nordstroms' levels.

No, same degree of curve the whole way. I figured it wasn't the first of its kind, but it was the first I'd seen. And some cursory research shows that they're still pretty rare. The whole presentation is great because it's set up to look like your standard grand stairway entrance, with a curved staircase going up either side...but they're escalators.

Heh, having just returned from Chicago and New York where we visited the 94th, 103rd, and 86th floors of the Hancock, Sears Tower, and Empire State respectively, 60 was kinda pedestrian (though the wall-o-glass that ran the length of the suite was quite picturesque).

I don't like glass elevators -

Oh, and I recommend against staying at the Luxor. Only because Carrot Top is headlining there and his face is EVERYWHERE. Horrifying.

It's Thanksgiving week and I'm supposed to be crazy busy. I'm not. It's very refreshing! I almost feel like I have a normal job!

I have the bulk of the day off on Thursday (well, from about 10 until about 6) and we have no plans! I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do with myself.


Today is also not busy. Only one hour of work for the entire day! What's happening? Am I in bizzaro pet sitter world?

already stayed there once (and loved it) but the rule is to try something/somewhere new every time I go...and uberdork CT being there...not sure I even want to be in the same city.


thanks for the warning

Monte Carlo is nice but plain.
Excalibur is cheap and full of brats kids but Dick's Last Resort is awesome
Staying at MGM in a few weeks. Hooray for the MONORAIL!

Yeah, I hear the hookers there are really scary.
Badum Ching!
:D

I'm totally addicted to edamame now. They have a large bag in the freezer section at Costco for $5, and you just pull out a handful and let them thaw before eating. Right now, I'm sitting here, popping some out so I can season and eat them. Too yummy.

this reminded me of a dirty limerick, so at the risk of creating a whole new thread...



:evil:

20% off at Sephora.com code: FF2007

Nice. If I had something I wanted to buy from there I'd be hugging you right now :) Thanks for sharing!

Which reminds me: $399 Dell laptop, details on bfads.net

Wow, that's a incredible deal

Yeah, no kidding! I thought about trying to scrape up enough to buy Alex a laptop for Christmas since he currently either uses mine or has to go upstairs to his ancient (ancient!) Mac. Except:

1) He'd kill me for spending $400 on him right now
2) It isn't the computer he wants, he wants a newer, reconditioned Mac (still 2 grand)
3) Did I mention he'd kill me for spending $400?
4) Technically, he's right... I can't afford to spend that on him.
5) And he'd kill me ;)

I'm consumed with lust, too, but I can't do it. I just spent lots of money on me last week. Disney goodies galore, so I can't do it...should not do it...but want terribly to do it!

Speaking of intuition - I am selling my old phone and all the accessories on eBay. My BIN price is not unreasonable for what it is; neither is my starting offer. I received a message asking me to lower the BIN price by $50 because they feel it's to high. I'm not going to, and I want to reply that they can BIN for what I am asking or bid. They are new (2 feedback this month) but I have a bad feeling about it. I had a bad feeling before I saw that they had only had a 2 rating.

I'm sitting on my reply until I can decide if I want to block the user from bidding. I have a feeling that there are going to be payment problems if she wins.

I swear, the people visiting the park this week are amongst the most annoying a**holes I've ever dealt with - and that's coming from a guy who's worked in theme parks for over 10 years. :mad:

I'm thinking things into existence, it's spooky.

Last night Science Guy showed up in my Balboa class.

Today I got the Thanksgving invite I was hoping for (I get to meet the girlfriend's family).

What should I think about now?

...a winning lottery ticket

Visualize Whirled Peas!

I just experienced the WORST pun. There's a fabric manufacturer whose name is "Moda". An on-line fabric store has all of their fabrics on sale with the tag line "Get Your Moda Running".

Would you say this thread is unraveling? :p

I'm a frayed knot

We are having a potluck today. Because I just found out I am taking a veggie tray.

One of the office managers is going to be cooking turkeys in the oven, the smell is going to drive me batty all morning.

Nickolas just had me sign a form for an after school sport. Big surprise, he chose basketball. I know he did this for 2 reasons, he is really tall for his age and basketball is the one sport that J doesn't play (D's son, the kid David is raising-J and Nick are only a year apart in age).

Hopefully it will be easier to get him to practice basketball than it is to go to TaiKwanDo.

Stop- you have me in stitches

That's just crewel.

They probably only have 1 or 2.

You're better off staying home and trying to get some of the Black Friday ads online.

You wnt be going for sometime then. He's got a pretty long contract there.

Why???? The guy is so creepy.

Thank you Burke!

YAY GETZ!

well carp. screw him...I'll just say somewhere else...and try not to look

It's funny, BTD, I'm seeing those Coexist bumper stickers everywhere. One of the Sales reps here has one in his office. I like it.
:)

What's really disturbing is that the Luxor is also pushing its whore showgirl show at the same time, so what you end up seeing everywhere is this horrifying, libido-confounding pairing of images and text:

(in spoiler tags to protect the innocent. Safe for work, not safe for brain cells)

Learned that one the hard way... *sigh*

You literally have to camp out (depending on your area and general crowd that will show up) and miss Thanksgiving, or at least that was the case up in Van Nuys last year. On the other hand, I went up with my boyfriend and it was a nice bonding experience. Nothing like shivering with one another to bring people together.

I think I'm in love!
Safe for work.

GC he's hot.

Stargate SG-1 full series boxset is on sale at Amazon.com today as a Gold Box deal. $179.99

The numbers, they make my brain hurt.

No, it's just knotty.

Now don't come all unspooled-

And he cooks!
:D

Current headline in the local paper (although it's an AP story, so it could be anywhere):

Really? Slain to death? Let's check the online Merriam-Webster. Ah, they must be using the second definition: "to delight or amuse immensely <slayed the audience>". Must have died laughing.

I'm not necessarily saying not to do it. I'd only do it if I had someone decent to hang out with who's a good sport about stuff like that, or I had something really fun to do, like play on a PSP or something... The downside is that they often just have one or two of an item. I went last year for a laptop that was $200 with sweetness written all over its specs... sure enough, they only had a couple and I wandered around Best Buy hoping they'd have a decent price on CD-RWs.

Aw... You’re just spinning yarns.


So, we just need to find you a gay cowboy who cooks....


I bought a package of those frosted animal cookies from the vending machine today. They were all stuck together in one big lump in the bag. It looked like a big sugary animal orgy.

Tasty too. :D

That has to be the most horrifying sign I've ever seen. I'm so confused now. Those words at the top should not even be in the same sentence, let alone thought! :eek:

I can knit a tale very well.....

OK... I'm ready to jump on the Hi-Def DVD bandwagon. Here's the dilemma of the week: HD-DVD players can be had for around $150, while Blu-Ray machines start at more than twice that. Disney/Pixar is exclusively Blu-Ray, so it looks like Blu-Ray wins in this household (at least for now). This weekend, Wal-Mart will be having a "secret sale" - $499 for a 80GB PS3 with 10 free movies (plus 5 more by mail). But is it worth spending the $$ for a game console that I will probably never use for anything but movies? Should I just buy the movies and wait for a cheaper player after Christmas? Should I wait for Blu-Ray to lose the format wars and pick up the Disney movies when they come out in HD-DVD?

I know that this is a ridiculous dilemma - but does anyone have any opinions?

Another one was on CNN.com this morning, I guess it isn't wrong but it's weird:
"Three boys, 8 and 9, rape 6 year old girl"

Is this a new one? I saw the one about 3 boys who raped an 11 year old girl.

Wow, is that right, 15 free movies???? Wow!!

No, it's the same story.
Oops

Well, either way it is mind blowing. On the news this morning the father of one of the boys, a smaller one with a broken wrist, claims it isn't true, that how could these boys overtake her, an 11 year old. So, now, this girl is being blamed? They spoke with her and her mother, their faces not shown.

I don't know....it just makes me ill.

Phone? What type? Does it have a keyboard? Is it unlocked?

Inquiring minds want to know...

Now you're just stringing me along.

I also went blu-ray (Samsung) for much the same reason (Disney). The PS3 does get good reviews as a blu-ray player (except the fan is a bit noisy some say).

Note: The '5 free' movies are from a rather small list and you only get one from line one, one from line two, etc....

Walmart just had an HD-DVD player as their door buster for $199.00 so you might get blu now and then wait for another special like that to pickup an HD player.

I will say that Nexflix has been great sending me Blu-Ray's. I just sent back Transformers.

It would be stanky.

Carrot Top Fantasy

Not counting the five via mail (because of Moonies' comments), if you count the movies as a value of $250 (10 x average of $25 each), this brings the net price of the unit down to $250.00. Sounds like a winner to me.

In fact, I may do this as well: what are the details? I couldn't find anything on the web site (the only Secret Sale Special was on a Kitchen-Aid, which Susan already has).

Razr. No, and no.

Trust me. If it would have worked for your needs I would have offered it up to you first ;)

My roommate did the exact same thing, except off of Amazon for the exact same reasons. The choices in movies suck, so if you are going to do it, do it for the player, not the movies. But no, if you can get the game console with the player that meets your needs then go for it. If you decide to get a regular dvd player in the future you can sell the console.

NEVER trust BTD. She's a girl and they can't be trusted.

Don't trust BTD - she's not a doctor.

:p

I don't trust me either.

Seasons 8 and 9 are at Target for 19.99 each.

I once got season 1 for a present for Cheese Man and he returned it lol

Thank God this work day is over. Boy, do I ever hate it when I screw something up. Never fails, on an evening when I have plans, my workday goes south and I get bogged down fixing the stuff I screwed up and late out of the office and stuck in traffic. Like tonight.

But, the upside is, I'm home, my neighbor confirmed she will take care of Tango the weekend after Thanksgiving so no worries while I'm at Disneyland! :D

Off to a book signing and dinner with a couple of friends (who happen to be published authors), each one I hope bearing a sympathetic ear and some good advice as to how to play the waiting game! Going to be fun, I love these people. And I know I'm going to come home with 2 new books (at least). So much for my uncluttered bookshelves (but I have sold 12 items on amazon, so that is sort of sticking to the rules)

This is the day that never ends...
:D

Trust me, it will. It won't feel like it, but it will!

HA! Just wait 'till tomorrow :(

The day that won't end for me is next week, the 28th, and then I won't sleep either, I'll be too excited!

Ok, I'm kicking myself in the ass. I will get my damn demo reel done and uploaded by month's end, dammit! In fact, I just blocked off the time on my calender to focus just on that, each day for a minimum of 4 hours.

I've been depressed lately with the approaching holidays and having a tight budget that involves having to get outside assistance from my parents just to get the bills paid. I hate living like this, and can't take it anymore. I need paying work.

The show is coming along well, but we're still in "promo" stage, meaning that there is no money coming in. It could take weeks or months, and I can't keep doing this.

I looked at Craigs List again today, and there are editing and/or shooting jobs, but every one of them wants to see a reel (duh), of which I don't have ready yet. I feel like I've backed myself into a corner, and the more I think about what all I have to do, the more depressed I get and I shut myself down, especially with the impending holidays and the pressure to afford presents.

No friggen more, dammit.

I've got awesome gear, and people love my work. I need to stop wasting time on other crap and focus on me for once. No visitors, no going out, nothing... until it is DONE.

I put myself in this position, and I can't change my surroundings, waiting for it to fall into my lap. I need to make it happen. Time to get back to serious work (without the crazy amount of hours like I did over the summer, but still scheduled hours that state, "I'm working!").

Pardon my rant, but I apparently needed the fire under my ass. We've been organizing the home, and it's totally helping to organize the rest of my life too.

Headliner Alert:

I'm not sure if this makes me a good parent or bad parent but....

Our very own Headliner is gunning for an audience shot at Good Morning America on Friday. Rather than packing for our thanksgiving trip we are here making a sign for her to wave in front of the cameras.

If you happen to be watching keep a weather eye out for us.

Err, unless it's cold, then keep a weather eye our for Headliner and mom while I'm back at the hotel snuggled in.

I just decided I'm going to hold open house ON Thanksgiving.

Nuts? Probably. Effective? We'll see...

It might be a good thing, Goonie... I remember doing stuff like that on afternoons after special dinners. (I'm sure you know this) Just make sure that word is out on it. It's something I would do after a T-giving meal, but I tend to have my blinders on during the holidays and pay little to no attention to stuff that isn't in my face a bit.

What I hope will happen is that everyone will leave early tomorrow.
That would be awesome.
:)

I wonder if you could get little tart sized pumkin pies to set out.

Regardless, Wednesday night before T-day is consistently the WORST traffic of the year.

True but I've found if you wait until your regular leaving time, rather than leaving early, it's not as bad later. Everyone trys to cut out after lunch.

We're not allowed to leave early.

It's a miracle we're allowed to wear our Friday wear (jeans) tomorrow.

Not in my experience as it is usually a combination of people who didn't get off work early going home along with people heading out of town. It is usually a cluster fornication.

Also, I don't know if it is still true, but I know Wednesday night is typically one of the busiest for pizza delivery people. Seems no one wants to cook or go out the night before T-Day.

Chris has off tomorrow. I am working as I've just had the majority of 2 days off. We just can't seem to get our schedules together. However, Thurston is getting spoiled.

I'm taking the niece and nephew to Disneyland tomorrow. Yay!

Awww, lucky kids! They have the best tour guide in town!

What happened to him? I mean, he was weird enough when he was a skinny nerd, but now he's a true freakazoid.:rolleyes:

It's like a Mutant-Swarzi******-Wendy's-Pippi Longstocking creature...

Damn...

Today at work, I got threatened with physical violence by an angry guest- in front of his wife and kids.

That happened on the 4th transaction of my day- and things only got worse.

Fvck Thanksgiving and all the horrible "family" people it brings out!

Today, I completed the testing I was scheduled to do this week - that means I get tomorrow off - woohoo!

Is this where I can insert a neener neener? I no longer have a dress code!!!

;) In my previous life we didn't have a dress code, and we could leave at 2 or 3 or depending on our department (mine) "work from home".

That's complete bull**** that someone would do that, let alone in front of his wife and kids. Did you have security escort his ass out? Sorry you're having such a sucky holiday- I hope it improves!!!!

My new boss actually told me to work from home tomorrow. She came to tell me that we could all leave at noon tomorrow, and I said oh, well, I'll be there all day, because if I go home, with traffic, there will be enough time for me to eat a sandwich and then head out again for class, so no, I'd just work through 'til 5. So she told me just to work from home. Guess I will!

I love to work in my jammies. On the couch.

It's dead here today. Half the office is out, it seems. And, my brain doesn't want to wake up.

It's dead here, too. Boss is leaving early.
:)

May go sneak out of office to go see Enchanted.
:D

I was just flipping through a recent copy of Entertainment Weekly (yes, it's that dead here today), and I saw a picture of this cute guy with a goatee. So I read the caption to see who it is.

It's Adam Sandler... :eek:

I need to go wash my brain out now....

I'm digitizing footage for my demo. :) I have about 12 more hours of tape to go, but I want a variety of shots to choose from.

And, I bravely stopped by Costco last night to pick up just one item for my mom. I will never do that again before Thanksgiving. I was waiting patiently in line (for quite some time), and this woman charges right up to the side of me, pushes her cart up to the stand, as I'm just about to put my item on the belt, and starts putting her (last minute Thanksgiving) stuff behind my divider. The cashier saw it, and thankfully took my item from me, shoved the woman's stuff back, and placed it in front of hers, prompting her to scowl at me.

I have a love/hate relationship with the holidays - it brings out the best in some people, but also brings out the worst in some. It seems that people get in this "me, me, me" attitude more-so than any other time or year.

yup. same here. I can already feel my scroogieness taking over. wanted to rip the xmas decorations off the front door of starbucks this morning..whats worse, I almost actually did it.

I look forward to Jacob Marley showing up anytime now. this year...Im kickin' his ass :mad:

All of my clients went home.
Does that mean I can go?
:D


Ever notice that if you put the word "monkey" in front of another word it sometimes becomes hysterical?
Like, wedding.... Monkey Wedding. See? Funny! :D

Monkey Funeral
Monkey Gymnastics
Monkey Shoes
Monkey Cathedral
...

Just to complicate things, Circuit City has an online deal for a 40GB PS3 with 5 movies for $399.99.

Monkey sex

Funny is not the word that comes to mind

Yes. Tell the boss I said so.

Hysterical, it is.
:D

The five free movies is a standard thing through the end of the year on any PS3. The sale that mousepod referenced has the same five included but has the added benefit of the 10 free on the spot. The only caveat on the 10 free is they are under $30, but one picks them in the store right then. You also get the same five free (for a total of 15 free) as with the 40GB config for $400, but those five are mailed to you and are from VERY limited selections (see Moony's post above).

I did a lot of research at the link that mouspod posted above.

Monkey torture.

And that can be funny if someone is torturing someone else dressed like a monkey.
:D


You guys are Fart Heads... diliberately trying to find words to poo poo my monkey shenanigans.
Party pooping dinglecheeses.
:D

Monkey Spanking

lol!
That's the spirit, T!
:D

Who's party pooping. Monkey torture is indeed hilarious...

Exhibit A (entirely torture-free, do not worry)

I'll watch it at home. Firewall thingy dealie.

I totally read "Who's party pooping" like Han Solo's "Who's scruffy looking" from ESB.
:D

State fan. Fan of The State!

I believe the DVDs are coming out soon, or perhaps they already have. And supposedly a movie is in the works.

Also, it's clear now that Dr. Crank was the person who formally resided in Mousepod's house.

"Monkey Birthday" just made me lol.
:D

Aw. I just came across the tape I shot during our transatlantic trip. I've yet to watch the footage, and just skimmed through some of it. You can hear my excitement as our plane was landing in Barcelona (my first overseas trip!), and then again while we arrived at the docks.

Now, I'm totally bawling from remembering the sheer joy of the moments.

It's going to be a challenge to edit, because I'm gonna be in tears the whole time. :blush:

8675309

Jenny! I got your number on the wa-a-a-a-ll.....

BY MENNEN!

Pretty sneaky, sis.

Brass Monkey.


Bob.

tick tick tick tick tick
Time goes by, so slowly...
Time goes by, so slowly...

Good gods. I just organized and labeled all the tapes on my desk, and I've got seventeen 60-minute tapes to digitize still. :eek:

Anyone wanna come log-and-capture for me? It's fun. Really.

(I feel like Tom Sawyer trying to trick my friends into white-washing.)

Brad does.

Bwahahahahaha! :D

So....much for getting off work early. I was supposed to be out of here at 3:30, but of course nothing ever works out and I'm stuck here trying to get a test running and it's taking for bleeding ever. If I'm lucky I'll be out of here at 5, a whopping 20 minutes early. :rolleyes:

odies-----------------well, not only was I able to leave early tomda5y, I also got to brin6g yhyome --go/
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++

^ Tink is on my keyboard...

Let me retry.
Not only wa4s I able to leave early to duya5y, but I also got to bring home tasty treats. It seems some stuff fell off a truck and we got to enjoy the benefits. I brought home a case (6) Claim Jumper frozen peach hcoblers and 4 Marie Calandar frozen pies.

Every time Tink leaves, she comes back and types some more. The Boy is highly amused by her antics.

Last night I picked up some turkey and pies on mega sale. Thank god I have a freezer.

Last night I was compelled to finally clean out my freezer of old stuff.

Coincidence? ;)

I want to buy a pumpkin pie from Costco and eat the whole f*cking thing myself.
:D

Oink oink.

Dude, go to Stater Brothers. Sara Lee pies are $1.69!

I think I am the last living being in this building.

I'm baking pumpkin pies right now. Ok technically my Aunt and Maddy are doing all the work but I am doing some serious supervision while crusing the LoT.

Keep up the good work!

I have to make a pie tomorrow. Mom already claimed the pumpkin pie, so I'm doing something in the pecan family. Should I do cranberry pecan or chocolate pecan?

How about cranberry chocolate pecan?

On second thought, never mind.

I'm gonna be defiant and post a happy thanksgiving message in the sooooo thread, even though the Happy Thanksgiving thread has already been started! :evil:

I'm a baaaaad boy! :D

In the last 3.5 hours I have done the following:

washed and put away laundry
a complete unit of homework (and it's "Thanksgiving Break")
cleaned the bathroom
filed a ton of papers
set up my computer desk so I on;y have to plug in my computer when I bring it home
shredded cheese for tomorrow
ran and emptied the dishwasher

I rule and can now participate in fun and debauchery this weekend with nothing nagging in the back of my mind.

Call you Ms. Productive :)

BTD - the Martha Stewart of LoT :evil:

I've done absolutely nothing productive today, and I'm thankful for that.

I've been blowing up kids on UT3 something fierce tonight :evil:

I was watching "Pushing Daisies" interspersed with ads for J. C. Penney's after Thanksgiving sale which starts at 4:00 AM on Friday and I was having flashback nightmares about my days in retail. When I started working at May Co. (yes, that was a while back) the last week or so before Christmas we would open an hour early (9 AM) and close an hour later (10 PM) to accomodate Christmas shopping. When I finally left that job we were opening at 8 AM and staying open until 11 PM or midnight almost all the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Christmas day was just a blip in between the madness of Christmas Eve and the insanity of the day after Christmas sales.

I'm so glad I don't do that anymore.

Now that I don't have to shop for in-laws I get to sleep in on Friday. :)

Here I sit, wanting to go to bed..my phone rings. It is a crying Boy. He is verrrrry tired and with his dad tonight. He wants me to come get him. I called his dad and told him to go talk to his tired son and call me back. His dad had no idea why or how he was that upset. I had to explain that he is tired, that he gets up with me at 5:30am and it is now an hour past his bedtime.

*sigh*

I love my son with all my heart, but I do not want to go get him. He has been "helping" with the deep pit and is covered with dirt. He was so looking forward to tonight with his dad. I hope they can talk it out.

I guess I will find my pants and get ready to go...

When I posted on my LJ about getting a second job, meaning Disneyland, my mom suggested that the larger retailers paid better. I told her there was no way I was working retail on Black Friday.

Soooo....
 

Even though i work retail Petsmart we at least are sane about holiday hours. Day after Thanksgiving are opening at 9am our regular store hour opening. Yay :) Then Dec 10 thru Dec 23 open at 8am and close at 10pm an hour earlier to open and an hour later to close but hey that's not bad considering all these retail places stores etc open earlier and close later so i guess i'm lucky. Plus Walmart, Kmart, Big Lots, and some other places are OPEN tomorrow on Thanksgiving it's sad shame. I can understand grocery stores (incase need something for the feast) but retail wise...

Boy is snug in his own bed tonight. He came home in desperate need of a bath and very sweetly asked me to fix him something to eat. He is clean fed and in bed.

I have another 20 minutes before I can hit the sack...while waiting for him I started a load of laundry.

I know you're tired, MG, but doesn't that make you feel good? When kids are tired, they want warm fuzzies. Your Boy wanted to come home for a reason, and I think I know why. :)

In the last 3.5 hours, I have:

1. Slept
2. Slept
3. Slept
4. Slept
5. Woke up
6. Posted on LoT

Merry Thanksgiving all!

I've got up
Taken Thurston oustside to Poo and Pee
Made Coffee
Chatted with a HS friend
Sipped some coffee
fed the cats
Posted on LoT
And am currently tagging photos

I've slept
woke up unable to sleep more
made a pot of tea
taken out the trash
edited a podcast interview
took a pumpkin pie to my upstairs neighbor
chatted with my roomie
fed the cat and cleaned the litter box
posted on LoT
am sitting down to enjoy another cuppa tea now

I took the girls out for their morning walk
Then I woke up
put some clothes on
posted to LoT

I woke up (after the first time in a week of getting 8 hours of sleep).

Filled out a card and arranged it alongside a rose and a box of candy next to Matthew. It's our fourth anniversary together.

Put water on for coffee

Read the LoT.

It's sizing up to be a good day. :)

Now, if only we could transport ourselves instantly and molecularly to San Diego so I didn't have to sit in traffic for two hours each way, it would be perfect.

On hold with Kmart to check and see if they have any Wii game stations still in stock.

If I don't do some laundry soon, I'll not have any pants to wear today.

Awwww, Happy Anniversary to you two! Smooch! :cheers:

Football.






Happy anniversary Matt and MbC!

I woke up....late
downed a cup of coffee
took care of a dog, 4 cats and some fish
came home
got more coffee
Now, I'm sitting on the couch reading LoT with a sleeping pug next to me.

I don't have to move again until 6 pm.

Got home at 4am
Woke up at 8:30. Stupid neighbors.
Went back to sleep till 10.
Washed pants (thanks Pru!)
Showered
Sittin here deciding when to start boiling potatoes so I can get to my friends house by 1.

I love Pushing Daisies!

I did Black Friday twice about 3&4 years ago (buying, not working). I will never do that again unless I can save hundreds of $$ on big ticket items (if I had the cash for such items!).

Happy anniversary, Eric and Mathew! Tori says hi and happy anniversary as well!:coffee:

Dressed and packed for two days in the Valley
Watched football, switched to the Macy's parade for 2 minutes, learned that the parade is still god-awful, switched back to watch commercials instead
Internet check, a few posts

We'll be offline for a couple of days, so see you guys later. :cool:

Thanks, everyone! :)

Happy Anniversary E & M!

I am so glad I got mine when I did. Good Luck!!!

I have been enjoying all of the happy and fun posts {happy anniversary, MBC & Matthew!!! Hope you have a peaceful drive down here!}.

But, these comments bring me back to reality {one I am trying to avoid}...

I work at the bullesye and they've scheduled me to open at 5:30. I am not really happy with them at this point. Tomorrows early shift aside, they brought in a lot of temps and cut the hours of so many others. Just in time for the holidays. I thought it was personal, being cut to just two days, then one, from 5. {They did not approve my LOA and have been giving me grief over it}. So, I figured I'd be working a lot, well, since they couldn't approve my time off. Nope.

I haven't complained because I do want time off, I figure this works into my plans. But, other co-workers needed those hours desperately. I can't believe they've done this. Perhaps when it gets closer to Christmas they'll call people in but that doesn't make up for the 5-10 hour paychecks they'll be getting in the meantime. And, during the holidays.

I need to put in for spring break off {and I need to check my rights as far as LOA for family are} as it is also our 25th anniversary and we are planning to go on a trip.

Damn. I have to get up at 4:30??? Or earlier??? Carp.

Gee Whiz, MW, what kind of customer service does the bullseye think they will offer? I'm sure the regular employees were cut because the temps come in at a lower salary, right?

Good luck tomorrow to you, I cannot imagine being on the other side of Black Friday. Actually, I can, but that was Tower Records and that was always crazy between thanksgiving and through New Year. There, at least, it was fun, I remember it being so, crazy, but fun.

Get some sleep tonight and good luck tomorrow! And put in for your leave, early for next year!

I've been lazy and moody today. It's been a very introspective day. But...
once again T, were I closer, I'd be all over it.
Thats the sort of thing I like doing. Why? No idea, but I do.

Exactly, everyone is so upset {although I don't know why they haven't converged upon HR about it...}, unhappy, and, of course, the smiles are hard coming.

I don't know what their idea is, I think they temps make only slightly less. I don't know if they will work them hard to get in training and then when it gets really crazy bring us back? But, that is when I want off.

Oh yes, I am putting in my time off request for March tomorrow. I think I'll also put in for the summer one, too. I can't go further than that as the school dates are not always the same.

Oh wow, I think working in a record store would at least have the fun of the music!!

I hope I can sleep. Thank you for the good thoughts, I need them!!

This is the first chance I've had today to get on the internet.

Woke up at 8:00, had breakfast.
prepped the kitchen and started cooking.
Popped the turkey in at 11:00.
Cleaned both bathrooms.
Showered and dressed.
Sent Bill to pick up my mother.
More cooking.
Bill came back with mother at 12:45.
Finished cooking, got everything on the table by 2:15.
Ate.
Sat talking to my mother while Bill started cleaning up
Drove my mother home.
Collapsed.

It could be worse: some places are opening at 4:00 a.m.!!!

Just for kicks, we drove by the local Wal Mart and there were already three people in line :eek:

I understand the need for a good deal and all, but there's a part of me that is quite disgusted by our consumer culture. Of course, take a look at the books, CDs, DVD and clothes that take up space in my house and then show me the egg on my face.

Home from a yummy 2nd dinner for a short while then getting ready to go out.

In theory we could probably get in line for the BF sales after we're done, hit those, then the hockey game then promptly fall asleep standing up.

That is true. Actually, I spoke with others and some are to be in at 5. AND whiny me, there is a crew that comes on at 12:30a.m. normally and another crew that comes in at 5 a.m. every day. Or 4. I forget. My mind can't wrap itself around that.

And, NA, I know what you mean. I am a bit disgusted that people are so eager to get deals, stores are so eager to get money, that lives are made to be in this fight...ugh. And I have the same mass quantity as you...well, maybe.... :D

The mall closest to me opens at 12:01am. Actually, it sounds like what they're doing it kind of cool. They're not offering any of the "doorbuster" stuff that causes mass riots and they're having concerts going on right now and continuing, to try to suck up some of the crowds.

Still, there's nothing they're selling that I can afford that is worth getting up that early. As it is, I have to get up plenty early enough (8am) for a rescheduled voice lesson. Which I'm only going to because we'll be done right in time for lunch at Georgia's Greek Restaurant.

They're selling boyfriends?!?

I am up. I made the mistake of looking at a Michael's ad. Since there is no way I will hang Christmas lights on the front of the house I was looking for some cure, simple yard art. They have it and with the coupons they are offering, I just can't pass it up.

We're off to the chaos at the mall. It's not like we need any deals but it's fun to watch everyone go wonky. We enjoy the spectacle.

We drove around a bit last night around 8 and there were already long lines at Best Buy and Circuit City.

I sent hubby down to GameStop at 5AM this morning to pick up a Wi (hopefully), so got up with him to make coffee and send him off. No word yet of course, doesn't open until 7AM.

Going to the LA Auto Show. No shopping for me.

I bought a Wii for my parents for Christmas- picked it up a couple weeks ago.

Now here is hoping my brother picks up the other Wiimote and game before they totally disappear.

Found something for GD and CP-

Should be no problem with accessories...it's the damn game station that's a problem.

finding a Wii mote last Christmas and after was a nightmare-

Just want to get it early so it's not a worry.

Anti-Black-Friday here. Not shopping, not even online. Must admit, it feels good!

Doing laundry instead, not so much fun, but must be done!

Even though I cooked for just one, still plenty of leftover for the rest of the weekend. So no more cooking for me.

I am looking forward to "cyber-Monday".

And I will be hitting the malls tomorrow with a friend to find a dress for the office xmas party.

I drove to DL yesterday afternoon and parked in Mickey & Friends in order to meet up with my son and his girlfriend (they're both cast members) and ride with them to her grandparents house. The girlfriend's mom's family is Mexican, her dad's is Japanese, and the Korean nuns living next door kept bringing over extra food. Just your typical American Thanksgiving.

When they drove me back to my car I just had time to walk up to the top level and watch the fireworks. I love how the loudest ones reverberate in the structure.

Today is "Buy Nothing Day."

Groceries excepted, because ya gotta eat.

Same here.

Two main reasons why I'm anti:

1) I used to work in retail and was subject to much abuse by tired and stressed customers. I saw the worst behavior come out in people, just over stupid material items.

2) To me, it's idiotic to waste HOURS of time to save a few bucks on crap no one really needs. By the time people break down the time spent in line, driving, hunting down the items, etc., their time isn't even worth $2 an hour. Money can be earned and stashed for the right time to buy things (there are "hot deals" all year long if people know where to look). Time spent can never be regained, especially cutting time short with family, just to go shopping.

Ken and I spent last night enjoying our first fire in the fireplace, and watched some TV while snuggling on the couch, and then played some games, all the way through midnight. To us, the time spent together is worth far more than saving 50% on some gadget.

I feel the same way, DP and MF. I understand the lure of a possible good deal (and I say possible because very few people are actually lucky enough to get those ultra cheap items) but how much is a person's time worth? The store just wants to get your ass in there- they know that once in, you are going to buy something even if it's not a good deal simply because you're already there.

No shopping today either. But then about 95% of my days are "no shopping" days (the majority of the other 5% are of the grocery variety) so that's nothing special.

I'll gladly play four or five times as much for something if it means I don't have to wait in a line or be crushed by other shoppers so obviously "Black Friday" (and how I hate that phrase) does nothing for me.

Ok, I accidentally bought something today. Went to Big Lots for a dvd recordable. I knew they'd be out and really wasn't planing on buying it. They were out, so I got a couple of $2 dvd's - Frankenstien, People Vs. Larry FLint and Mr. Deeds - :)

I didn't go to any traditional store....went to Company D! Love picking up stuff there. Got $150.00 of goodies for $50.00!

I got another pair of free movie tickets, popcorn, and a nice letter from our GM- it was a wonderful day.

My sole foray out of the house today was to take out the trash. :)

I had a voice lesson and bought lunch at the greek restaurant, but no other shopping for me!

I woke up early, showered, grabbed a cup of coffee and hit the road. It was a little after 5 a.m. I was glad it wasn't foggy, I was glad there wasn't traffic. I enjoyed my 'music' on the way in, singing and dancing in my car.

Then I turned in to the parking lot....people were wrapped around the store!!! I couldn't believe it. I was pissed because A} the parking lot was full {and I worry about it on a regular day, this was ear-regular} and B} that meant all of the people would be coming in to the store!!! Yikes!!!

It was crazy but the people weren't too bad. It was pretty controlled, I didn't see any fighting. The store provided tamales and fixins' for lunch {nice touch}. But, it was also new schedule day and, again, a lot of people had few days.

Hubby just said he wants to go shopping now. Hmm. I will go with him since I already took a nap.

I wish I were at Disneyland.

So it looks like MySpace is mining my profile favorites to serve up adds tailored to my wants this includes such things as:

So what exactly would that be? Mickey Roarke toasting to all his friends? The sound of the morning after? Mind you, I love Charles Bukowski, but I'm not sure I want him for a ringtone.

This one's marginally better - but "Charles Bukowski Hits?" Can't wait to hear K-Tel hock that on e on late night TV.

Equally amusing is:
I guess there are no spoken word albums under his name, but does this mean Duchamp is the Dada patron saint of Karaoke? Or does it pose the deeper question of what is art and what is music?

At least this one knows Duchamp is a visual artist and even connected a painting of his:

I just wonder if Blick Art Materials will also sell me a urinal and a broken chocolate grinder - or at least a fine chess set and a nude woman.

I wonder when Nietzsche will start appearing in my add - offering to add inches with his Will to Power technique?

Every time I see the Tony Chachere's commercial on TV (Food Network seems to show it a lot) the only thing it brings to mind is high blood pressure. Not to mention the creepy look on their faces as they're pouring on the seasoning. Must be laced with crack.

And set off car alarms.
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Yesterday was spent at the LA Auto Show with NM and EH. Nary a shopping moment anywhere.

The car alarm symphony is AWESOME.

All it needs is some beying hound dogs and caterwauling cats, and it would be like the ultimate cacophony.

Or an interesting addition to a Mutaytor show.