Visible mojo for Kevy - that picture is SPOT ON to what I imagined we looked like last night. Oh... too funny!

Just had a free back, neck & shoulder massage from the PT from across the street. Wow, feel totally great and relaxed now. :D

I just registered for the Disneyland Half Marathon and Maddy & I for the Disneyland 5K. Someone please just shoot me now.

BANG

*shoots katiesue a look of pity*

So, now not only has Markus figured out how to open cupboards (the other night, I thought was a fluke, so I blocked the "bag closet")... he has figured out how to open the freezer from on top of the fridge. His favorite catch seems to be the mixed veggies... GAH!

Wow. Sounds like Emmy should be passing the "Cat from Hell" torch. ;)

Ah, if Tango knew that, she'd know how to get to the shrimp she craves so much! Alas, for her, the one spot in the house she does not hop up is in the kitchen.

I don't get this suddenly mischievous behavior. He so sweet, but it seems like he's just trying to get some attention. I'm changing my tact so that he doesn't get any attention from the behavior - just dealing with it, without looking or talking to him. Give him attention for the good stuff he does so much of the time.

Yeah, he may be feeling abandoned, so he's seeking attention. Good on you for focusing on giving him attention for good things.

Sounds just like a 2 year old.

I think this is why I prefer my rats to more kids, I can leagally lock them in a cage when I've had enough.

How old is he now?

The cat, or her kid? ;)

Markus is a year and a half.

We have a poltermoth that the cats go after.

It's called frapping. Frantic Random Activity Period. Almost all cats do it.


(and no, I didn't make that up!:p )

Unfortunately, Emmy likes to frap all through the night, and then decides she's tired once we wake up. :(

If one typos that to "fapping", it's an entirely different activity.

Ya know, I should know by now to not look up some of the things you post. :p :blush:

Combine this with Lilly Belle's going through her ackward adolescent stage in a small apartment, it's very entertaining.

So far, Markus seems better. I had a hard time falling asleep last night with him doing his "open the cupboards" trick, and kept worrying about him getting in there, knocking out all the glasses, cutting himself, and having a bunch of broken glass and an injured kitty. I finally resigned myself to sleep once the cat started simmering down, but it wasn't an easy sleep.

So, should I start getting the childproof thing-a-ma-jigs for the cupboards, or what? I'm wondering if that would be against property rules, or if there's an easily detachable version of these things. I've never had to look into one before, nevermind for a cat.

Oh, I take back calm kitteh. He's going NUTS outside the office right now. Oy.

If you are talking about cupboards with two knobs, there is an easy solution, you can use rubber bands or buy kid proof ones. My cats enjoyed the rubber bands too much and made it a game. Most of our cupboards have two knobs so we bought kid prooflocks that don't damage them. Otherwise you have to screw them into place

I have no idea what to do about the freezer though. I have never heard of a cat thet can help themselves to anything in the freezer! A very resourceful cat you have there. Maybe you should train him for commercials!!

And you know I wasn't planning on looking it up until you said that. ^

:D

Oh. That is something entirely different. :blush:

E - you can use velcro strips for the freezer and fridge. That's basically what the kid proof things are.

We don't have knobs, but I'm betting the velcro could help us out with some of it, especially since most of that stuff comes up pretty nicely.

The freezer thing hasn't happened since, and I'm hoping it was a fluke from jumping off the fridge. Haha.

He is a goofy cat. :D

Thanks, everyone, for all the advice! I feel like I'm not going quite so crazy.

I just applied for a freelance editing job with CBS. It was on one of the main job boards, so the competition will be stiff, but who knows... maybe I'll get lucky. :)

We had little plastic hooky things that screwed onto the inside of the cabinet doors when my brother was a baby. They let you open the door just enough to stick your finger in and release the hook. Also very good for earthquakes, no more contents of cabinets on kitchen floors!

Found 'em!

Cabinet and Drawer Latches by Safety 1st (12 Pack), $3.49 a 12-pack!

Another option would be to super glue Markus's paws to the floor.

This has been considered.

How about velcro instead? Gotta release the kitty at some point to use the litter box. ;)

GOOD LUCK!!!!:snap:

I believe careful placement of both his food/water bowls and the litter box could resolve that issue.

Don't know why I didn't see this earlier, but good luck, DP!

When it rains, it pours.

I just got a call from someone wanting videography for their wedding in July. :)

She's going to review my sample and call back. :D

Cool! I'm tempted to register. People who do the WDW race and the DL in the same year get a special medal. :)

I'm sitting here, helping a friend with her website (she's an eating disorder therapist), and I've been browsing for photos that she can use. I'm not sure why the search for "anorexia" pulled this up, so I just had to share :evil::

Gaaaaaaaaah!!! (Mostly SFW, although co-workers might be concerned. ;) )

I was like, "What the hell??" :eek:

I never should have gotten out of bed this morning :(

Oh! Mistress Anorexia! Good times I tell ya, good times!

Err, ummm I mean wow! That's weird. I have no idea why that came up.

Oh yay. Another winter storm tonight. Another 3-7 inches of the white stuff. Add that to the 3-4 feet in my front yard and you have one very sick of winter Idahoan.

From the local news website:
How much snow is at your house WB?

*hugs*

Need to talk?

:confused:

Hope everything is okay right now. :(

Well, I don't know about WB's situation, but I know that in Ogden, our snowpack's at 120% of the norm. At the beginning of the year when I first moved out, Ogden was at 70% of the norm, so I'm figuring that's about half the normal snowfall of an entire season that took place in a month... yeesh! Some of our resorts have seen snowfall totaling at 400+ inches, with the current base at the closest resort at 137 inches. It's been pretty bad, and apparently the other day, some poor woman in my town had her carport come crashing down on her, killing her. It was her and her daughter living there, and no one thought to clear off the snow, since it normally doesn't snow that much here.

This weekend appears to be an improvement. It's supposed to be a high of around 43 (I'll believe it when I see it) on Saturday, with Friday and Sunday seeing temps in the upper 30s to 40. I'm hoping that some of it will melt away, so that I don't have to drive over Mount Ice Hump to get into my parking space.

I shouldn't have gotten out of bed this WEEK.

There are times I wish I could still drink, and believe you me, this week is testing my patience. (don't worry, I won't.)

All is well now. I spewed to a friend.

I gotta say that I do not believe that you will ever take another drink. You really seem to have tackled that demon in your life!

The bar class instructor for commercial paper is entertaining.


Only the other legal types will understand what a miracle that is.

This means I'm actually looking forward to secured transactions on Monday.

There are times when I wish I'd stayed in the womb. "No! I'm not coming out, and you can't make me!"

Speaking from experience, that's a dangerous mindset to have.

I got to meet several Dodgers players and staff today, including Tommy Lasorda- a few of us got a special escort PAST all the people in line, and got a few handshakes and autographs.

I just folded my husband's man panties.

All-day laundry ventures are soooooooo boring.

Its called faith. I have faith in Cherny.

I do not guarantee that he will never take another drink. But I have faith in his conviction on the topic.

Whose staff did you get to see? Did they just whip it out and show it to you, or did you have to sneak a peek at the urinal?

As sad as it makes me, I'm glad that Utah is taking such a hard stance against those who would abuse animals, in terms of punishment, and how many times I see cases of people being brought to justice in the news. Not only that, it seems like the TV stations around here seriously promote local shelters, whatnot.

Makes bearing the cold a snow a little easier.

That's Swanie's goal - she's trying to make me do it too but I have sucessfully resisted.

I'm with you there - I just got home from work. Five wonderful hours spent being lectured on the depths of my incompitence - happy happy joy joy :rolleyes:

I'm about to clear out my checking account and all I want to do is go shopping. Ironic, isn't it.

I think E needs to use her ESP to get into my head.

It makes me very sad to see the "no pet abandoning" signs along the 15. Those who do should be abandoned out there. With meat strapped to them.

I cannot watch any of the "Pet Cops" shows. I just can't watch any of it.

I have an idea. Let's all have some fun with waterboarding! You know, it's not torture anymore.

Ooo! Where can we buy waterboards?

/rolleyes

I didn't mind coming out but I'm sure trying to get back in now. :)

Excellent!

I'll help you.

I have had a couple of really good days in a row. My professor today told me I was too chipper. Our class is at noon.... :) What, you want me to be cranky? I spend enough time there. Bah. Boring. Let's have fun.

I'm really sick of this cold stuff but I'm still on the bike! I drove to vote yesterday, though it was only 4 miles and I could easily have biked it. I did 18 miles today! Four trips of 4.5 miles each.

And now I'm on the LoT! :) Love you all.
**hugs**

Haha, you really are chipper, ABG... you b*tch! ;)

Aww, I'm glad you seem so happy. I'm actually doing pretty well, myself. It was supposed to dump more, but I see very little out there. And, according to the weather people, it won't be as warm as they initially thought it would be this weekend, but it should be normalizing. Utah in Feb is supposed to be in the low to mid 40s... not 20. So, I'm feeling pretty good about that!

My office smells like potato chips this morning.

Mine smells like musty old patent files. :(

Day. From. Hell. All Aboard!

(Can't I just go back to bet and snuggle with Thurston and Calliope?)

My office reeeeekkkkkssssss of stale cigars.

Ick

I highly recommend it.

That is the worst. Our boss and his buddy will sometime bring their lit cigars into the building. The smell is just horrible.

It's permanent here. He won't be in for months and you can still sometimes smell it. But this is fresh from yesterday. Blech.

Ickky!

I'm debating whether I should work out or not. Well, the correct answer is "yes I should" but I won't. I am desperate for warm feet and a little relaxation. I have a lot of work ahead of me today.

I'm still home sick. Gonna head to the urgent care today and get some antibiotics.

After yesterday I called in useless today.

Soooo....
 

Cindy take care of yourself. I have or fighting off whatever is going around too. Thanks to lovely coworkers or else it is a very bad sinus infection. Started two days ago. The pressure comes and goes right where my sinus are and hurts like heck. But this morning i woke up with a stuffed up nose and chest. I have to get thru tonight and then tomorrow and then the weekend is here finally two whole weekend days off. I am so planning on relaxing a ton. :)

Aww, eww. I do not know what ever possessed me to take up the habit in college. Well, I guess I know; I was serving as producer of a Shakespeare company that had previously felt like a bit of a boys' club... so I decided that I would out-drink and out-smoke the boys. I did it pretty well. Then I passed the producing reigns and started directing, and eschewed the cignarly stank.

I would hurl. My sympathies truly do go out to you!

Heck, I could do that every day.

Hell just froze over. I just bought a pair of heels. 3-inch heels.




Ok, so they're really cute and surprisingly comfy - brown oxford mary jane style, with a tapered wide heel, similar to character shoes.

If I don't break my neck, it'll be a miracle. But, they surprisingly look great, and they were regular $80 down to $15. :)

No wonder it's so damn cold over here, DP. ;)

Congrats, when I do that, Hell truly will freeze over!

I haven't worn heels since prom. This should be interesting...

I blame Carson Kresley and his new show, "How to Look Good Naked". He takes women of all sizes and shows them what to buy to accent their best features. And, one of the latest episodes he mentioned that heels lengthen short legs. And, my legs are super short. I also found a cute top that slims me up quite a bit, thanks to following his advice on the show. That was only $7 marked down from $45. :)

I figured a little retail therapy was in order with everything that's been going on lately. And, I got something for myself for a change, without it having a "business purpose".

Oh, and my mom has now been in the hospital for two weeks, but just fired her oncologist yesterday (we found out the guy has a track record of horrible bedside manners, and he'd only been making matters worse), and the new doctor is supposed to do the surgery today or tomorrow so she can finally get out of there. Long story, but my dad's mood has now fluctuated back to being loving, worried and panicked. But, as expected, my sister's still being a major ass. :rolleyes:

Somehow, I feel like just reading that will give me whatever icky-cold-business you guys have going on over there. I better take my vitamins...

Awesome finds DP!

And yay for the new doc doing the surgery asap!

Ooh, I'd heard about this show. I'll have to check it out. It appears to be in direct competition, time slot-wise, to What Not To Wear. Hrmm...

I'll be watching this Friday, and hope to catch a re-run perhaps. Time to consult TV Guide.com.

It's definitely a fun show. I'm already hooked. It's amazing to see how we women see ourselves sometimes.

Man panties?!



:D

It's what I call all men's underwear. ;) Or, "manties". It just sounds funnier. Although, Ken doesn't really think so. :evil:

Manties.
Love it.
:D

In quiring minds need to know... brand?

Found 'em online! Here they are! Mine are brown ("earthtone"). :)

I plan to wear them with jeans.

Once...twice...three times a loserrrrr... :)

CUUUTE!

And grats, MBC!

SUPER CUTE!!!!!!!

I don't think you'll break your neck. The way the shoe/heel is shaped it's a natural raise.

GC, I've seen plenty of men who wear man panties.... :eek:

Thanks. :) I just took a walk around in 'em, and I can't get over how nice they feel. I don't even wobble, and they distribute the weight upon my whole foot, not just the ball, which is why I've always turned my nose up on heels.

I think I found my new fave shoe brand, especially after checking their other styles on their website. :D

In other news, just got an update on my mom: we were told the surgery would be today, but now the doctors don't want to touch her, because her original oncologist is convinced there's a cancer reoccurrence on the other side of the blockage (much to the contrasting opinion of the hospital docs), and he refuses to do the surgery right now, because he claims she's too weak to handle it. :rolleyes: Let's see here - keep putting it off while she can't eat. No food=weaker body. They've got her on liquid nutrition and physical therapy, but she's no stronger than when she went in the first place. So, now my dad is scrambling to find a doctor who will do the surgery now. There's got to be some kind of law, allowing her to sign the "risk" over, I'm not sure. And, it's been two weeks with her just laying there with an IV, while the docs argue and figure out what to do. I just wish this nightmare would end already.

Ugh DP! That's terrible!

Those are adorable, totally fond of them. I'm also glad to hear of the firing of the doctor (definitely needs to happen sometimes), the surgery soon upcoming, and your dad's stabilized mood (and treatment of your mom.)

After a few bad experiences, I've been left with a dim view on how hospitals are run. They are no place to get well.

DP, I'll be keeping positive thoughts going for your mom, and hope things can get sped up. It seems like they're running a vicious cycle over there, and I hope something can put a stop to it, so she can get out ASAP.

So who was still in California today? - I was passed coming home by a motorcade of CHPS and Black Secret Service SUVs probably heading north to LAX

The bad news: doc thinks I do indeed have a stress fracture in my foot. There's a freckle on the top of my foot, and if you push on my foot right there, it hurts. A lot. Not quite X marks the spot - more like spot marks the spot. She says to not walk on it for 3 months, and keep it elevated. Yeah. Because that's going to happen.

The good news: My boss gave me 5 discretionary days off so I can stay home the week before the bar and study.

The ugly: the chick in front of me in bar class who is in denial about what size jeans she needs to buy just made a big production about offering chocolates to the people on either side of me, but not me. She is such a bitch. I mean, I knew she was a bitch, but now I KNOW she is a bitch.

Ouch!! I hope it heals soon and without much pain. :(

Thought this was funny.

http://www.toplessrobot.com/2008/02/...elebrities.php

Star Wars Toys that look like Celebs.

Not funny enough for it's own thread I suspect, but....

You should ask her who's taking her to the prom! No, wait... She hasn't matured enough to date yet.

Oh, that was for me. Sorry if I inconvenienced you.

Pru, you needed more than mojo. Not that I can give more than a few words and mojo, but sheesh!

May the b!tch fail her bar.

May your foot heal as best it can under realistic circumstances.

That's about all I can say.

Yeesh...

My doctor gave me antibiotics and forbade me to visit my dad.

Missing rehearsal for the third night in a row. I'm sure the directorial staff is thrilled with me.

Oh No!!!! What about your plane ticket?

There was no way I was going to post this in its original thread, but there was also no way I was going to let this typo get away.

The gov was moving around yesterday. I checked with my CHP contacts.

Pru - owie! Try to keep your foot up as much as possible. And toss an evil curse at the bitch in your bar review course. Evil toady she is.

I will be glad when I can get some decent insurance and get Boy back in counseling.

Pru - take care of the foot.


I think Amy Winehouse should sing a song at the beginning of a James Bond movie...

Yeesh, thinking of Ms. Winehouse, I am finally catching up on my Entertainment Weekly subscription reading requirements and saw her wearing some wretched blonde hair.

I should try to find the picture.

Bleh.

She looked like sh*t. She needs the beehive back.

Now the doc wants me to have a bone scan. grrrr.

In more amusing news - it's apparently a slow news day in town. (Last item in the column is my brother - and yes, the middle name is what you think it might be.)

I couldn't find the picture, maybe I'll scan it. In the meanwhile, here:





It makes me sad. Really sad.

Oops. I meant to say Pru and not MG. Sorry.

See? Men in drag, so not inherently funny.

Grr... Hope it all turns out okay.


I have no idea what it might be.

This story?:
If so, I have no frickin' idea what the W would stand for.

See: Alex has a sense of humour.

Walker?

I was thinking Walker, or maybe a form of Walt.... ?

That's it, I'm confiscating your APs.

Pru - I hope your foot gets better.

We want to beat you fair and square :D

Darn it. I have Amy Winehouse stuck in my head. "Rehab" is playing over and over in my head. Yikes.
Who got me into Amy? Was it NA or Chernabog? I blame them.
:D

Pru, don't take a stress fracture lightly. Heed the doctor's advice so it will heal correctly.


I went bowling tonight. This crowd would have liked it. There were (digital) boobies.

Fine, take my frickin' AP. Now tell us what the W stands for.


Damnit!

Digital you say? Sounds intriguing. Although all I could find in a Google search was the usual smut. (including this RIDICULOUS photo).

Wilburforce?

To be fair, I love just about everything that's come out of her vocal chords in the studio. I don't mean to tease her so much... it's just too... sad.

Or am I PMSing and am super-serious for no reason at all?

Heck, it's all in fun. No need to qualify anything.
With a wig like that, she's asking for a little ribbing.
:D

But... but... I've always liked her hair. It was her most redeeming quality, outside of her fantastic voice, which I'm sure will be ruined by smoking crack pipes... unless she gets help, like, STAT.

(See, I'm totally PMSing)

If she dies. I hope they bury her in that wig. It's fabulous.

She's in rehab and maybe she'll get a makeover when she gets out.

Hmm. Yesterday, the 8th, we had a similar arrival at the downtown farmer's mkt. Turns out it was Prince Edward, brother of Prince Charles. Quite a crowd gathered to look at a bunch of black cars and CHP motorcycle cops.

I did not see the prince, however, the market manager's husband is a cop, so I set her on the case.

Amy Winehouse is going to have to find a new favorite bar to get wasted in. The Hawley Arms is on fire, along with a large portion of the Camden Market area in London.

OMG! Camden Market? Where will I go to get my punk rock clothes?

[taking off sunglasses, wiping a bead of sweat off my forhead as I return from a walk to the supermarket in shorts and a t-shirt]

It's still February, right?

It is.

Chris wore a wool sweater to the vet. I had been outside all morning and knew a t-shirt would be just fine. But, did I say anything? NO! (Evil bitch.)

Buster and Charles were the Vet Victims today. Charles had an annual check up and seems healthy but he'll need his teeth cleaned. Buster has a growth on his left rear back and will be going in for surgery on Monday. Hopefully, it's not cancerous.

I love my little local farmer's market. Not only are the veggies great, they have an excellent selection of delicious cheeses (including some bleu cheese I picked up the other day), they have the best pistachios I have ever eaten. I saved some for today just to make sure my first assessment was correct (and not just being shocked that they were simply really good). They are the best.

Punk-Rock-Clothes-R-Us

Salvation Army usually has some great punk rock clothes.

Oh..... just... shut UP about your warm weather. *wiping a tear from my eye*

;)

It's actually what is reportedly "normal" for Utah right now. Today got up to about 43 in my car, and I'm going to guess it was even warmer than that at mid-day. From what the news people say - that's normal - as opposed to this 10-20 degrees not factoring in windchill crap I've been living in.

It's just damp here, and my foot is really unhappy about that. <glare>Stupid foot!</glare>

Take care of that foot Prudence!!

Beautiful day here. Dry, and up around fifty-five degrees. I just rode my bike home from the show - still fifty degrees at 11:00. Took a nice midnight ride along the waterfront and through Old Town.

I will enjoy it while it lasts.

Ooh... the sun!

I totally have "Here Comes the Sun" by The Beatles in my head. Ahh... smiles time!

Yesterday I drove from France to Germany to Switzerland and back to France.

I drove from Dublin to San Francisco and back.

I'd drive to Spain and take a jumper to Mallorca.

But that's just me. I actually had a dream about Spain last night, but I think it's because someone was mentioning it on some show last night. *sigh*

I was driven crazy

You drove there?

Sooo... I've been asked to come back for a second interview for a weekend gig at the park ... as a "plaid".

Any words of advice? What do I need to know in order to be an "expert"?

Please PM me with any guidance/suggestions/info you may have!

Thanks.

:D

I used to think he was so hot (Edward, not Charles)

So... I'm taking the day off and just blowing off about 3 weeks of steam by playing Guitar Hero Rocks the 80's. It's good to have a bit of distracting fun.

Latest on my mom: It's been discussed by several doctors that surgically removing the blockage now can be fatal, because of belly fat that is compressed around it. She must lose weight and become more active before she can handle the surgery. So, in the meantime, they're giving her a colostomy, and she will have to remain bagged for at least 6 months while she gets her weight down. They've flat out told her that she can live the rest of her life with that bag, so losing the weight is up to her. They've also told her that she shouldn't put it off, because they still need to remove the mass to do a more thorough biopsy, because two of the doctors feel it's a cancer reoccurrence.

The procedure should be done in the next day, and she'll be released later this week.

IMHO, losing weight is a hell of a lot less inconvenient than toting around a crap bag for the rest of one's life. I hope my mother will think about that concept.

As always, parents teach us some very valuable life lessons. And, this is yet another big one on why to eat properly and get some exercise on a daily basis. Er, thanks mom, for the added boost to remind me to be more active, and that no junk food can taste better than not having to go through life with a crap bag.

I'm relieved to have her around still, but worried that she won't bother with keeping herself around, because she's one of the most stubborn people I know, especially when it comes to matters of food and health. And, I'm mad, knowing that this is just going to continue to spiral downward because of that stubbornness. I feel like I'll never get a break from wondering what's going to happen next.

If anything, please keep her in your prayers for some guidance and clarity. That's what will truly turn her life around.

I know a bit about the bag, stomas, etc, and I'll be keeping her in my thoughts. The biggest thing will be keeping her motivated. It's a huge quality of life issue... While I don't really know anything about her, and even less about her day-to-day life, having a stoma/colostomy makes a huge impact, both physically and emotionally. While it saves her system and can be lived with indefinitely, psychologically it can become difficult to bear.

I'll be keeping her in my thoughts, and you as well, for it'll be up to her family and friends to keep her motivated, to get that weight off, and to get truly better. No giving up! :)

Well, they did the procedure. She started to come out of it, and her blood pressure dropped to critical levels. She's on her way for an emergency CT scan now, because the doctors say their might be internal bleeding.

Um, can someone please stop the ride? I'd like to get off now.

This isn't a rollercoaster of emotions, it's the DCA of emotions. :(

Thinking good thoughts and holding my breath, DP.

I just freaked out because I thought you were talking about Kens Manties. :eek:

Manties. Wobble. Oh the places a mind goes!

Just thought you all should know.

:cakes:

Thank you.

I love how they call it a "Feed". Like people are being slopped like cattle. At what point does it go from a pancake breakfast to a feed? 10,000 pancakes? 20,000? 30,000?

:cakes: :cakes: :cakes: :cakes: :cakes: :cakes: :cakes: :cakes: :cakes: :cakes: :cakes: :cakes: :cakes: :cakes: :cakes:feed!:D

No internal bleeding. Mom's heart rate is still very low, so they're keeping her monitored, but she should be ok.

I am so bloody exhausted. I feel like I could sleep for a month.

{{{{{{Disneyphile}}}}}}}

Now get some rest!

{{hugs}} Dp, get some rest.
More good vibes and thoughts going to your Mom (and you my dear)

NA, you can still find punk clothes in SF, not as swanky as London, but some fine shops in the Haight.

<<HUGS>> DP.

I think I'll have some :cakes: this morning....

I have read that name so much in the last month. I'm almost tired of it.


NA, how's Charles. Any word yet?

What happened to Charles? :(

Charles??!!

I leave and everything just falls apart... *sniff*

{{DP}}, here's hoping you get some rest.

Sorry sorry sorry... I was an idiot, I cant read.

That should have said How is Buster!!!

She said

Why, oh why, is my stomach so jacked up today? I can hardly concentrate and I want to keel over right now. That is the LAST time I eat beans and franks for dinner. Well, at least the last time until next year when, like with SpaghettiOs, I forget how completely wretched it is until I'm almost finished with it.

Buster cane through surgery just fine. He got the mass removed and got his teeth cleaned. They sent the mass out for testing and we'll know more tomorrow. He'll come home today after 4 then we'll hope for good news on the tests.

Yay for Buster. :)

Speaking of black, Amy Winehouse's Grammy performance was pretty cool.

(whispering) Get well soon Buster (/whispering)

Sitting here in a Coco's at Fashion Island... I think I'm the only person in the whole place (staff included) that doesn't qualify for the senior menu.

I still feel kinda off... for example, Coke tastes awful to me!

Might be your bronchitis meds interacting. Sometimes, meds will alter your taste buds a bit.

t was suddenly pretty quiet around the house. I knew trouble was afoot, so I went to investigate. Where's Thurston? Not in the office.....nor the living room...not in the bedroom....where is he? I did a second house scan then heard some movement behind the screen that keeps little doggies out of the cat box. He had found a way behind the screen and had gotten his head and 2 front paws inside the cat box. However, it's a covered box and the opening was too high for his paws to touch down on the inside. I found him with his back paws on the floor outside the box, and his front paws and head suspended in mid-air inside the cat box. I had to "rescue" him.

Now, will that teach him not to go after Almond Rocca again? (Probably not.)

The poor angel. He was obviously framed! I say Scoundrel set him up.

:D

Thurston makes me smile. :D

Thurston makes me laugh, too. What a guy, never give up Thurston!

Scoundrel and Caliope both, prolly, set him up!

You know, I look longingly (for whatever reason) at SpaghettiOs when I walk down the aisle in the grocery store. Thusfar, I have not yielded to temptation, it hass to be awful, right? I must remember your words, wretched, as I walk down the aisle....;)

Most assuredly. That, and the fact that I have almost no sense of smell right now. You should have seen me a few days ago, trying to suck on honey-lemon lozenges. Because I couldn't taste the honey AT ALL, and only a hint of the lemon, but boy howdy did that medicine taste make it through! I actually gave up halfway through a lozenge once when I couldn't stand it any longer. Only had cherry ones after that.

I do think the meds are making me screwy. My appetite is seriously lessened right now. I'm determined to stay on them though, because my cough is still there.

If it's an anti-biotic regimen, you need to finish it all, even if you feel great. Don't make me make Ken call you and go all drug education on ya. ;)

I'm still waiting for my lunch to be delivered. I ordered some Thai food about 1-1/2 hours ago, and it still isn't here, they still haven't charged my debit card, and their phone is busy. Talk about craptacular service. Geesh. I'm getting a bad headache from not eating anything yet today. Meh.

Mmmm..... Thai food. For some inexplicable reason, I like Pad Thai when my tummy's unsettled.

Dang, now I wish I'd been able to have that instead of a chicken sandwich from world's blandest coffee shop (actually it was pretty good, as anything with avocado and bacon is bound to be)

If it contains ginger, then that explains it. ;)

Now the restaurant just called to confirm that it will be here in 15 minutes. Gah. I want my extra spicy fried rice now.

Well, it should be noted that I still buy it about once a year... Must be the masochism that I'm into... ;)

(Oh, but the worst/best was the other day when J and I both craved SpaghettiOs, bought a can each... By the time we got home, we didn't want it anymore, so on the pantry shelf they remain.)

Hrmm... I need to see if there's a Thai place around here. I doubt it, and would question if it was any good. Then again, that Indian restaurant really surprised me.

I have a thai place in the shopping center where I live.
And a sushi place.
And a chinese place.

So Blackberry service is down nationwide. I imagine there are a few very upset people...and many many very happy people.

hmmm. I hadn't noticed.

I love days off.

You live in a shopping center?

That explains a lot!

So, they have decided that my cube/cave is no longer for me.
I get to move into another, smaller cube.
I lose an overhead, a set of drawers, two feet of desk, and my five foot walls.

I gain a window.

Yeah, I'm not looking forward to it.

But I have to admit, its puts me "in the group", and more a part of things.
It also puts me next to the person I most hate in the office.
But I hate moving. I guess I need to pack. This whole desk wont fit there. :(

Disney has a pricing analyst position open. I can't help but wonder if I'd have a shot at a job that would actually use my Econ degree. I doubt it though, I never seem to qualify for salaried jobs with the Mouse (although they did call to interview me for the credit union once, but I'd just taken my current job).

Still, might throw my hat in the ring, just for sh*ts and giggles.

Throw your hat in the ring and really go for it! You never know, and it could be a really great thing!

Go for it! The worst thing that they'll say is no.

1) I love Spaghettios. With meatballs. Or meatbulbs, as we say chez Prudence.

2) My brother's hip is okay! Yay!

Or, the worst thing is that they'll say yes. Years back when my wife worked for Price Waterhouse, she did a lengthy assignment at Disney's offices in Glendale, I believe. It appeared to be a difficult and demanding place to work. From what I've heard in recent years, the reputation has not changed.

Great news! Hurrah

My new Mobile phone arrives today
http://www.three.com.au/threestore/m...I-CAP029.xhtml

Yay.

Looks like BB Messenging is back.

I've got my interview for the Dinsey job tomorrow... I haven't gotten any feedback regarding what consititutes and "expert" yet... so if anyone has any infor, please PM me.

Otherwise, wish me luck!

In other news, I have a couple good leads on my regular job hunt, so hopefully something will work out soon!

Good Luck!

Good luck from the Wolfpack!

LUCK!! :cheers:

This is cracking me up. The chickie-poo in front of me in bar class today came in and made sure she picked up essay assignments for aaaaalll of the people in my row - except me. I know it was her because she was still distributing them when I walked into the room. And they were at every spot EXCEPT mine.

It's rather hysterical. I don't know what her issue is with me, and frankly I couldn't care less. It's so junior high! Seriously! What is she, 12? Oh well - after Wednesday I hopefully will never see her again. :D

What a nutjob, Pru! Thank goodness it'll be over soon.

And good luck, Sohrshah! I think expert is someone who already comes with knowledge, has a sense of authority (even when they don't have perfect knowledge) and will have the capacity to learn. That's my idea on an expert. I'm pretty sure they don't mean someone who knows everything. Just someone who will appear to be an expert to a visitor.

That's just a guess, though... but probably a decent one.

Ken and I are going to the park all day Thursday, and I'm leaving my cellphone at home.

I'm SO looking forward to a day sans chaos with just my honey! :)

Soooo....
 

Always nice to go to the park with just the honey and leaving all things behind at home. Makes for a nice day. That's why i needed to go on Sunday. Just had to get out and leave everything at home at home...

You should have asked in the math thread. It would have made total sense, or been more confusing - but certainly more entertaining. ;)

Absolutely. Ask BE for the time, and she will build you a clock. ;)

And Uno was cute as hell!

Looking forward to more of Westminster tonight.

I loved that beagle, although I had other favorites in the Hound group as well. (Afghan, Borzoi, and the lovely PBGV). Pugs are tonight!

I gotta say, however, those Pedigree ads during Westminster with the adoptable dogs are absolutely killing me and breaking my heart.

I know, the Pedigree ads kill me. I get to see lots of them when I'm watching Animal Planet, which is a regular occurrence around this joint. (Markus loves watching Animal Planet, more than just about anything else). Seriously, though, I watch the commercials and look down at his innocent face (which is only looking so innocent because he wants to bite me) and am thankful that the services were there to keep him around until we found him. :)

Oh, and the PBGV was amaaaazzzing. I thought he could have won it, too... so adorable!

The PBGV won the group a few years ago. One of my clients just got a 12 week old PBGV who is more like a Gund than a real dog.

I have to turn them off. They showed one during Lost and I nearly lost it.

Could have been interesting if you had been watching during Psych.

Why am I at work when I could be home kicking Ganon's piggy bum at home? Stupid bills *grumble,grumble*

I think I'm hitting my streshold. (stress threshold)

Hate hate hate this one report I have to do, where seemingly no one knows how to count an "opening" for a loan, and yet I have to report numbers for it. Getting numbers from the loan reps is like pulling teeth because even THEY don't understand the info and how to count it, so they give me too much or too little info, resulting in my report almost always being wrong, late,and late revised again.

Over the course of a week I do the functions of three vastly different jobs (all part of my one "main" job) and am somehow supposed to keep on top of them all, which of course I fail at miserably because I can't possibly remember to check paper levels in copiers and printers while answering phones at our NB office while simultaneously making recruiting calls and then the next day remembering which of my uber-important reports need finishing by which date without forgetting that I also have to process and file incoming car insurance info and sorting out which office supplies orders have come in and need to be paid, while I'm in the AV office, and which project I left where two days ago when I was in that same location. Oh, on top of which, of course, I have clients of my own to keep on top of and try to sell homes to, plus my schedule with Disney, plus rehearsals (luckily only through the rest of this month), and in all this, I'm supposed to somehow remember which prospective agents I've set up appointments with and be able to follow up with the recruiting managers who never call me back (one of them never calls me back) to find out which appointments have actually taken place and which haven't and who from several months back they have hired that were my appointments so that I can somehow go back and remember when the last time I filled out a bonus report was, and keep it updated so I can get the bonus money I'm due.

Am I just lazy/disorganized? Or is my work life as much of a clusterfvck as it feels?

I feel for you Goonie - Lists and a calendar you can write on. I personally despise lists - my mother loves them therefore I hate them. But they really are the best way to keep everything on track.

That and I use one sprial bound notebook to write everything down in. Then you have your lists, notes and everything else all in one place.

It's not really "list" stuff, most of it. The car insurance and office supplies are individual envelopes that stream in on a constant basis, the monthly reports are calendared as best as I can manage, but I'm only in the office where I can do them twice a week these days, they want me recruiting while I'm manning the front desk at the other office, but it's very hard to make outbound calls when you're supposed to be there to take incoming calls, and that's when you aren't being interrupted by agents in that office wanting you to fetch them envelopes, or asking if you've gotten and sorted the mail yet, or asking you how to work the scanner on the scanner/copier, or telling you that office machine x is out of paper, or they expect you to be able to contact IT to fix some issue when you know IT won't get back to them for days on something that probably is fixable in a few minutes, so you go and try to fix it for them, or someone comes in the door looking for an agent from a different office who decided to meet them at this office, and then when you can make a recruiting call or two, you're now recording that on your little spreadsheets at one office, but all the systems you spent the last two years implementing for yourself are all based around your computer back at the other office, where you have the peace but not the time to make recruiting calls, oh, and that's where you keep your written record of what's happened so you can call up the recruiters, hoping they'll answer their phone for a change, and follow up on appointments they've had to see if they failed yet again to tell you that they'd hired one of your appointments - thankfully since I also have to maintain a list of new hires to invite to our monthly orientation, I should eventually receive that info, but of course I get emails for new hires when I'm at the other office, meaning they don't always make the list right when it happens, so a lot depends on my remembering to go back and cross reference what happened in past days, assuming I have time to because I'm so busy catching up on all the work that wasn't getting done during the days I was in the other office....

*phew!*

I didn't choose the admin stuff. I was originally just in recruiting. It was thrust upon me after a large reduction in staff. Being glad to still be employed, I said nothing. But I really am wearing too many hats and it's stressing me out.

I suggest, if you can get your company to pay for it, a contact management program such as Act! or Goldmine. I use Act and it is great for keeping track of all sorts of things and is designed for exactly what you are doing. I use Act! at work.

Also, Outlook has built-in reminders: try using that feature.

It's hard to do reports when people don't give you the information that you need, or give you the information on time. It seems like a corporate world wide issue.

Send IT issues to IT. That's what their there for. Or show them how to fill up the paper and then direct them to IT for further issues.

Since I couldn't actually give you mojo, I am giving you long sentence mojo publicly.

Another observation is your insane schedule, which I (and I'm positive others) can relate to. I have no solutions, and like BTD, I believe it's a corporate world-wide issue that comes up time and time again. Hopefully, in a month when the rehearsals start calming down, you'll get a chance to catch your breath.

This is so my life right now:

Writers, vote yes, PLAZ.

I wants my teevee back!

BTD: the problem is, when it comes to "touchy-feely", our IT dept falls short. They're too short-staffed and too busy with big important projects to make themselves accessible on the ground level. Our agents need their hands held and their egos stroked, and there's no one to do it. And when they need something to work, they need it NOW, not in a few hours when IT gets around to it, or a few days, or however long it takes. Plus they have no faith in the system. They need a human being on the other end to tell them their voice is heard, and when their problem will be fixed (and if not right away, WHY it won't be right away). Many of them are not even tech savvy enough to fill out a support ticket (which are online and not difficult at all), they just know they need their phone to work immediately. And while in most corporations you could shrug and say they need to just deal with it, this is an industry where our employees are our customer, and if we can't keep them happy, they will go elsewhere and take their commission splits with them. So in the interest of retention, I try to be the go-to guy so the agents feel like someone cares about them and wants them to be as productive as possible.

Then you're putting yourself in that spot. The issue with IT should be taken up with their IT managers. I know if we pulled that crap our asses would be handed to us on a silver platter, from either end.

yes, it sounds hard-nosed but you took that responsibility off the IT department and upon yourself. There is a department that is supposed to take care of those things but why should they when you are. As long as they don't know you're doing all this stuff for them they'll never do it. And you'll continue to be going nutz.

Taking the IT issues out doesn't clear up much anyway.

Honestly the problem is that my "job" is three different jobs, depending on the time and day, and it's just finally getting to be too much to stay on top of.

Gah, caffeine shakes!

Just to be clear, which one are YOU?

That'd be Dilbert.

Morrigoon - I recommend Outlook. It's keeping me sane, and I'm in a similar situation as you (transferred to a diff dept due to need, given random admin-asst jobs, deadlines and appointments and follow-ups). You should already have it in your Office suite, it's easy to get started, and very addicting. Those alerts keep me on track. Start inputing things and see if you can stop!

I use Outlook. But up until last week when I finally messed with the accounts on the NB computer, I could only use all the functions I needed when I was in AV. Trust me, it's still only *so* effective when I'm in two completely different citites depending on what day it is.

I didn't want solutions, I wanted sympathy. The only true solution to my problems is an improved real estate market where I'm making enough money to quit my other jobs and focus on what I actually want to do, which is selling houses.

I had a feeling you were getting overwhelmed... Add on top of all your job responsibilities the fact that you have THREE jobs, plus you're in a play, so you are out of the house for what, 16 hours a day?

Hopefully, once this play is over, you'll be able to re-group. Hopefully you'll get a house sold, then I think you'll be in a better position- mentally and emotionally, to ask for what you need from job #1, put more energy into job #2, and decide what to do about job #3.

Just don't forget to communicate with your housemates so we can help you. :)

^^ Yes, and the job that needs to be dropped unfortunately is #3...

It's neither here nor there because I cannot afford to drop ANY of my jobs. I can't make my bills with the income I've got, much less without the extra $300/mo.

I have found one of my favorite cheeses ever - Sage Derby

Beagles DO Rule!!!!!

Congratulations Uno!!!!

I know Beagles do rule!

I have one.:)

Not as pretty as the Westminster winner, but still a very faithful dog.

Uno richly desserved his best in show last night, I was rooting for him. Yay Uno!

Oh, and I think Thurston has it all over the pug that was in the toy group.

Okay... after all the weirdness that was my email and my TV show watching last night, I subconsciously decided to really clench my teeth hard. I've been better about it, and haven't been having too many problems with my lost bite guard. But today, I just want to bury my head. My face muscles are killing me and I am generally unhappy with my head and its soreness.

Ugh.

Hates it! I hates it!

Did y'all see this on the news?

Here is a link to an article but the page has a link to the video. WTF???

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080213/...g7nhrnJJ1H2ocA

BE~ TMJ?

Scrumptious beagle, TicTocDragon!:snap: Uno's win is a victory for beagles everywhere.

Stand back, I'm about to double-post!
 

Look what you can get from netflix - the Bratz movie!

May music, socializing, and, of course, fashion help all of us reach our goals.

Yeah, been struggling with it forever. In fact, when I worked at the dental office, I was the test dummy for showing others how to take panoramic x-rays, since my TMJ was so messed up. Left side is nearly flat, with nothing grabbing onto my jaw, and the other is extra knobby, as though all the bone from the one side went right to the other. It's messed up, and short of a replacement on my left side, there's not much I can do with it.

But, I was hoping to not find a dentist out here until I had insurance. If this goes on much longer, I may just have to suck it up and take care of it. Or I may hold out until I go back to Cali.

Well, today is definitely interesting.

I got to work, and found out that I got 105 pts on a "Secret Shopper" score- so a perfect 100 score + 5 bonus; that was a good start.

Then, I went to my work area, which isn't my normal work area, and started up.
The closing person isn't showing up, so I'm gonna be extending, and we have to do some tricky stuff to get my lunch and breaks.

Then, a sales manager came and asked me if I want to come in and be an Inventory Control lead tomorrow.

It's a beautiful day :)

Okay, I went from nice weather to living in a very dismal snowglobe that someone decided to shake around. At least the trees aren't blowing sideways anymore. WTF?

At least the weather guys say it's going to just be a quickie. I'd prefer the other kind of quickie.

Ok so a headline on IMDB today states:

"Madonna's Directorial Debut Featured in Berlin"

And I totally read that as "Madonna's Directorial Debut Feared in Berlin" ;)

RUN FOR YOUR LIVES, FOOLS!

It appears to be weird Asian movie night on French TV.

Here's a calculator even Kevy can appreciate:
http://www.joke-pages.com/jokes/images/org-calc.swf

(Note: be sure sound is on... NSFW)

I need some help with a cover letter, I posted it on royal street since it relates to a Disney position. Please pop over and help!

Buster's tumor was benign. Now, the terrible incision needs to heal.

He's supposed to be wearing n e-collar but every time we put it on him, he manages to get it off. When I talked to the vet today I told him of the issues we've been having and that we just left the damn thing off of him. He told me that he got out of it 2 times in the 4 hours he was there post-op. I swear that cat has thumbs.

huzzah! benign is a good word

:snap:

Yay for Buster!

In other news: sometimes my work just seems ridiculous. I had to enter a PO to pay the university's 08 dues for their participation in some giant telescope consortium thingy. And because I want it paid to a specific entity, I had to fill out a "sole source justification". Because otherwise the purchasing department was going to search around for the cheapest giant telescope consortium? Seriously?

But this is Buster we are talking about. We knew this.

Why I could probably never work for a huge organization. I would go insane!

Yay for Buster! Hope he has a quick recovery time!

Yay for Buster from me as well!!!!:)


Samwise is an escape artist as well, although he loved his neck-thingy after he got fixed. Wouldn't let us take it off him- I think it was the fact that he could lay down and his head would stay propped up. Weirdo.

I made some suggestions there.

OMG. Role models for all.....:rolleyes:

Holy **** I'm Officially a LoT Loser! 1,000 posts can you believe it's taken me this long!?!??!

I feel so warm and fuzzy.

Congratulations!

They make drugs for that now...

Lisa failed to mention he also does magic - upon getting home and getting the dreaded cone, he vanished under the bed and managed to somehow pull out all the electrical cables in the room plunging it into chaos and darkness. By the time I restored the lights, Buster was sitting on the bed, sans cone - with the cone nowhere in sight.

We have a cat that, because she likes to go outside occasionally, we put a collar on her with an ID tag. We prefer to use collars with elastic to help prevent choking hazards.

She kept it on for maybe .25 seconds.

Since she refused to keep it on, we decided to bite the bullet and get one without the elastic.

She tore that off with a little struggle.

We put it back on tight enough that she wouldn't be able to take it off, with just enough slack so that she didn't choke.

We watched her hurt herself in an effort to get that off.

We gave up: she now wanders without a collar. Though, thankfully, she rarely ventures beyond our patio.

I'm just grateful that Markus is chipped from the shelter. He's found a way to take off every collar we've tried, though we didn't try one of the non-safety versions.

Oh, and he reeks of butt right now for some reason. Ugh.

Nasty.

Hope he's not nuzzling your boobs right now.

Did you pet him too much and make him musk?

I've been fighting off symptoms of a cold and would have loved to stay home to get some rest today. It's the middle of the month and I'm up to date on my work. But the other accountant is out all week so I have to cover some of the things she does first thing in the morning. I didn't mind until today. I now have bits and pieces of her work scattered all over my desk.

I made popcorn in the Microwave and now the whole office wants some. :evil:

Now imagine what would happen if tomorrow you replaced that popcorn with bacon.

I'm not feeling very well. :(

I had lunch with Micky Dolenz today. I love my job.

Awesomeness! Just don't call him your stepping stone.

Wheeee! No more bar review class!!!!

I just ate 3 haystacks. I want another one.

But did you find the needle?

It's already in my eye

Now that is cool. Saw "The Monkees" on the Tomorrowland stage in 75 or 76? I have one photo from my first visit of it.

And if I'm not mistaken, it was Peter Tork's 66th birthday a day or so ago.

and no more b*tch to be around, either. Yay Pru!

When do you take the bar exam?

Yay for Buster!

Well, since he is such a secretive bugger by nature, I'll bet he does have thumbs, he's just been hiding them from you.

Tango refuses to wear a collar. She's microchipped instead.

Oh MP, you're nothing but a daydream believer.

Somebody at our office keeps burning their popcorn :(

26th-28th.

Sending you good bar exam mojo, then!

:snap: :cheers:

Hehehe, no, he had just taken a trip to the potty.

Ewww...

I think we had the petting too much problem before, though. I also considered the other butt smell to be that according to his vet, cats with his allergies can have problems with certain glands.

Ewww...

Markus is quite the troublemaker this morning, and I have a headache again. I'm not his biggest fan at the moment. I don't know why the headaches keep coming like this - I'm getting plenty of rest, and I didn't feel like I was grinding last night. It could just be carryover I suppose.

In other news, I had some fantastically weird dreams last night. One of which was coming back to SoCal and going to the new Peet's in South Coast Plaza (there is none that I know of). I ended up having to go into the back room, which was more like a haunted attic with vampiric, diseased bats. Markus was back there, and I tried to save him, but then there were two other cats very similar, who were diseased with bat bites or something. I suddenly woke up.

When I went back to bed, I had a dream that I ended up in Japan. My grandma was there, and all my uncles and aunts were mostly alive. They lived on a beautiful house near the water (not likely in their hometown), and it was fantastic. I was looking forward to our flight out that night, since I'd only come in the day before to escort my grandma back home. I woke up again.

Then I had some weird short dream that I was out here and found out J was back in SoCal at his old apartment. He didn't tell me he was going back and I was pissed. I think it's a product of his being gone and I miss him terribly.

And now, headache.

http://www.linein.org/media/screen_clean.swf


Safe for work.

What a loser! Congrats!

In today's episode of workplace tomfoolery:

We've implemented a new strategy of requiring people to prepare annual budgets and to justify requests for additional funds. Shocking, I know. Why this didn't exist before I have no idea. I had suggested something like this a year ago, but TPTB didn't care until their newly-recruited trusted minion suggested it. Now it's the best idea EVAH! But I digress....

I created a whole Excel workbook for each unit. It has detailed expenditure pages for FY 07 (for an idea of past spending trends), FY 08 (going on now - to show whether current funds are keeping pace with expenditures), and FY09 (for further projections and to justify requests for additional FY09 funds). These worksheets all link to a summary page in fun Easter egg colors so someone like me can see at a glance a past/present/future view, plus a column for this year's ask.

And (this is important) to show whether there is, overall, a trend toward surplus or deficit from year to year.

One of our subunits has a HUGE surplus from previous years because their project was slow to get started. I mean almost 1M. Their project leader will argue every half-cent, pawn expenses off on other budgets, and in general is hoarding funds because ZOMG WHAT IF THEY RUN OUT?!?!?!?!!?! And I realize that funding is serious business, but we have units that are underfunded RIGHT NOW, and their surplus will carry them through both this biennium and the next.

So, what did they do with my spreadsheet? Deleted all my 07/08/09 data and instead put in 09/10/11 data so that it would not show their 900K+ carryover budget and instead demonstrate that ZOMG! they'll be underfunded in 2011! They need new permanent funds now!

As if I was just going to look at their "ask" column and not notice this change.

Now I have to fix it. Grrrr.

(And we won't even discuss the other unit which gave some employees temporary salary increases until they hire a new assistant director. We only okayed the increases after they demonstrated how their budget could cover the additional outlay. Now, of course, they've submitted a budget request for the TSIs, because they don't have the money for them. That actually got my normally mild-mannered boss steaming mad and nearly shouting "bullsh1t" over and over while she considered their request.)

And in other news: tomorrow bright and early is my assessment test for the Presidential Management Fellowship. Crossed fingers, etc, would be appreciated.

Mojo, luck, and just about everything I can realistically give from afar is yours, Pru.

:cheers:

Good luck, Pru!

WOW !! Can you ask him to get Davey Jones to play at my Prom ?
Please explain ?!?

We have a sign on the microwave from Management: "To prevent unnecessary evacuations, please do not leave food unattended in the Microwave" :D

They try to ban popcorn from our office.

You could also use-
"To prevent unnecessary evacuations, please do not leave food unattended in the refrigerator"

Every year, in support of the great Greek tradition of ostrakismos, management allows the firing of one employee based on popular vote of all the employees. Please keep in mind that the "winner" in each of the last 5 years was a frequent microwave popcorn eater.

Fingers crossed for you Pru!

Fascinating. The entire point of ostrakismos is to prevent any individual in a democracy from having too much power. Could you form a voting block and get rid of your CEO? If not then it rather much goes against the grain of the entire concept.


What you describe sounds more like the Roman sense of exile. Complete loss of title plus banishment forever.

Just to be sure, you do realize that my post was a joke? We don't really take a vote and fire someone? I just think it is a fate worthy of people who microwave popcorn in an office space.

Trust me, I know the difference between what I described and the actual practice of ostracism (for one, quality potsherds are harder to come by these days). I just thought it was funnier with the big fancy word in there.

Damn. I already had a draft memo written and ready to submit to upper management on how to implement this policy here with you cited in the supporting evidence section.

This board would be a much simpler place if Alex got with the smiley program.




Oh wait, that didn't help me at all the last time I made an overly snarky remark. Never mind.

Is that better? :)

Is it cans be I say I loves you all tiems now?

No, because laughing at your own joke is decidedly unfunny.

That smilie ruins a good post.


If this policy actually existed, Birthday Cake Woman would be the first to go.

Happiness is...

The sudden realization that not only is it Friday, but it's the start of a holiday weekend, meaning I'll get to go home at 3.

No leaving early and no holiday on Monday. What is happiness I ask?

Jeez, even *I* get President's Day off, and we get only a few holidays here..

I work for a bank so I get pretty much every holiday in existence off. Lani works for a company that pretty much only gives the barest minimum off.

So this means a lot of three day weekends I can't really take advantage of since she doesn't have the third day off. This is one of them.

Soooo....
 

If i took today off that would make 3 days not including Monday since i probablly will be scheduled but then again who knows. But heck at least Sat and Sun off is great considering i usually work weekends regardless. Never have an actual holiday off but hey i am taking my own holiday in April so...

I have a 3 day weekend.
Tomorrow I am going to Chino for a friend's bridal shower. I tried to beg off, but then she played the mom card, "My mom wants you to go so she can meet you before the wedding."
Then she played the Boy-Free card, "You don't have Boy this weekend, so what's the problem?"

Sunday I get to clean house and wait for Boy to get home.

Monday he and I get to work on his State report. He ended up with Nevada.

I have every day off... Waiiit a minute...

Actually, I have every day off if I want it, but I'm working at home for the time being. It sucks that my boyfriend has the day off, but has another week in Iowa before he can come home. Sure, we could fork out $500 and have him come home, but at the cost of a much needed couch and/or day bed for the extra room? Not really...

Ya... not so much ;) :p

I should amend that with new couch. We have a couch... it's just not all that comfortable any more.

Is anyone else having a problem with squirrels falling out of the sky and landing on them?

Yes, but that's pretty normal so I've stopped commenting on it.

I can honestly say I have never had a squirrel fall out of the sky on me. I've had them bombard my tent with pine cones when they thought they needed breakfast but never fall out of the sky. Remind me not to stand too close to either of you!

Could be worse... my brother once had a fish drop from the sky onto the hood of his car while driving.

We thought we had Monday off but we just found the 2008 Holiday Calendar and umm - we don't.

I think you should edit said calendar and take it off anyway!

Wouloda been kinda funny if a whole bunch of people didn't show up on Monday when they were supposed to have.

some days are just freakin' awesome

today was one of those days.

that is all

:cool: :argghh:

Most of the snow has melted away down here, but I got off a couple of decent snapshots of the mountains at night...

I just got home from work and no squirrels fell out of sky and onto my head today. As a matter of fact, I didn't even see one squirrel today, and that's unusual.

Thurston went to the groomers today. It was his first grooming experience. He helped like a abandoned baby when I left him and when I got back to pick him up, he was sitting happily in his crate doing the pug head tilt at me while I talked to him. He didn't decide he didn't want to be in thi crate until he saw Amy, then he started yelping. I think he likes Amy better than he likes me. I suppose that's good since he's spending the day with her tomorrow.

The cats were getting high on their home-grown Humbolt until Aleister got stuck in the bag and went tearing off around the house the the darned bag chasing him.

Never a dull moment in this household.

It does speak to an interesting state of mind when the first thing that goes through your head after a squirrel lands on it is "Hey, this will make a great post on LoT"

This is Thurston's daddy.

Just out of curiosity, does Fresno suck?

Let me count the ways

So, Ken and I are driving up to see my mom tomorrow. She's not doing well at all - three emergency surgeries this week, and is being kept sleep-induced 99% of the time, on liquid nutrition and ventilator, etc. Her body is just not healing like it should, and more biopsies have been ordered. During a moment of consciousness, she gave the affirmative hand signal that she wants me there, so we're going.

Ken will be flying back Sunday evening, and I will be staying at least through the week, so my presence here might be sporadic at best. Thanks to all of you for your support and thoughts/prayers.

DAMN!! DAMN!! DAMN!!! DAMN!!!!

I gotta work Sunday and Monday... so two days in a row of fvckin' retarded bus schedules and extra long out of the way bus/rail commutes.

So much for my usual Saturday/Sunday off. :mad:

DP, hope things can get better quickly, and I'm glad that you will be able to spend time with her. My hopes and thoughts will be with you and your family.

(((DP)))) My thoughts and prayers are with you.

I have a bizarre cough this morning. Especially not thrilled because there is a supposed "chicken pox" outbreak, as well as a number of other cold/flu issues going on up here. I'm prone to getting shingles, and this is a baaaddd thing for me. For the most part, I stay home and work and only do grocery shopping and the occasional fun thing, so it's not a problem, except that today I am taking out one of J's co-workers for lunch. Bleh. I don't wanna get sick.

Chicken Pox, what a crock these days...

Some kid at my daughters school had chicken pox last week and then sent home a note warning us all about it and reminding us the the pox-shot is now mandatory. But the catch to the vaccination is that it only lasts so long. So now all these kids will be getting the pox as adults rather than kids.

Back in my day, my parents had "pox parties". As soon as a kid in the neighborhood had it we all were sent over there to play which took care of that issue toot-sweet.

Fortunately I used my parents remedy before the shot was required and both the kids have had it.

Oh, I should say that's not what I'm alarmed about. I've had chicken pox before.. the real deal, not the useless shot that they're telling everyone to get boosters for. My problem is getting shingles, the adult form of chicken pox that is usually designated for people at least 2.5 times my age. I got it a few years ago, and my doctor suggested it may be either a lowered immune system (which I find shocking considering how many sick people I came across while I was working as a dental assistant), or that my body is just somehow susceptible. My mom has had it a couple of times before, too... I'm writing it off as genetics.

At any rate, I don't want any pocked children near me so that I can become some sort of herpetic rash of a girl. I don't have insurance this time, and can't really afford to deal with this sort of thing right now.

I totally agree. I was so happy when Maddy got chicken pox a few weeks before she was supposed to get the shots.

BE - my sister just got shingles. Luckily hers wern't very painful. Hopefully you don't come down with them.

DP - my thoughts will be with you and your family.

Which sucks more: Fresno or DC?

Fresno --


So the DUCK really sucked last night. I don't know much about Hockey but they were loitering on the Ice. There was one good fight at the start but another fight had them Square Dancing around and around. Gwyren's game after everyone left was more exciting.

Hey!

Well, it is bitter east coast and all. In a contest with DC, does proximity to the holy land outweigh Fresno's drawbacks?

I would definitely say Fresno sucks MUCH more. And not in the good kind of way.

Well yeah, but FRESNO? That's just insulting.

:(

Does no one care that Jane Fonda used the 'C' word, aka as the Mother Of All Bad Words, on a morning news program?









Me, either.

I use it all the time, especially when I'm in the crosswalk, and some cvnt decides that her cellphone conversation is more important than properly controlling her vehicle.

No, it's OK. The "Mackerel, Brussel Sprout & Fish Sauce Stir-fry" Re-heater will go waaaay before I do.

THERE you are ! I've missed you. [runs and hugs MS]
Not my Barbarella ?!? surely not? :eek:

I might care if she'd been referring to a person, but since she was just referring to actual vaginas then I fail to see the problem.

Ah.. *runs off to look up news story*

Ah.. the Vagina Monologues.

It's late and I'm flipping channels. I've seen Cold Case before, and they plan music from the year in their flashbacks - to set the scene, I suppose. Barry Bostwick is guest starring in this episode, and so far all the flash back music is from RHPS. I'm just late-night loopy enough to find this very amusing.

Last year that show was in town, and some woman called our salon and left this horribly long message on our answering machine , asking if we'd like to purchase tickets to a special matinee, with said matinee's proceeds being donated to some local charity. We had several little old ladies in the waiting room, and the woman on the machine must have said vagina about 20 times, each time with this weird emphasis (I think she felt empowered saying it, or something...) and quite loudly. The women turned bright pink and finally one spoke up and said " She seems very enthusiastic about that word, doesn't she?" It was a tad bit awkward.:rolleyes:

I used to jokingly pronounce "fajita" in such a way that it almost rhymed with "vagina." (fuh-JY-ta!) I could write a monologue about that.

By the way, I'm just a few short hours away from taking off for Tokyo, and I'll try to post here while I'm away, but that assumes I find computers that I can access. (I'm not bringing my own along.) Takusan shasin o torimasu, kedo. (I'll take a lot of photographs, though.) So, this isn't sayonara, it's just Ja mata ato.

have fun & safe travels Flippyshark!

Yesterday was beautiful. Maddy and I took the day off an went to Sea World (along with everyone else in San Diego). Today is icky. Guess we're out of excuses not to clean the house.

Tokyo, he's on his way!!!!!!

Have a fantastic time!

Today is a good day for Disneylanding. 'Course, I have to work for 4 hours of it, but afterwards I'll be joining in on some in-park fun.

Oh, and not to toot my own horn much, but didn't I look cute yesterday?
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That you do. If only Spielberg had seen you. We'd all be watching the adventures of "India Jones".

Ohhh! I'm jealous, Flippy! Just had a recurrent dream about Tokyo, too... gah! One of these days I'll go! Have fun and stay safe...

Had you not asked, I was all ready to comment. What a great shot!:snap: Your makeup looks great as well!

The Fajita Monologues.

Just letting you all know that I'm hanging in there. Everything is so surreal right now. Thanks for all the support and prayers. They're much needed.

Every time I see fajitas, I have a Family Guy flashback and imagine Peter saying "Fuh-JY-ta... hehehehe!"

You can't toot the horn at all, the steering wheel on those jeeps is fake ! :p

....but you DO look really good in that !

No, actually they didn't suck. Tough game, some bogus calls and we lost. It was a *good loss* as in we played hard. Dallas is a very tough team to beat.

In other hockey news, we won tonight. YAY!

I've been thinking about you all day long. Please keep us updated - whatever the news is. We're there for you.

So, we had a really fun day today filled with lots of dogs and lots of family. First, we took Thurston to Central Park in Huntington Beach for brunch with a bunch of other pugs (and a Radio, our niece's greyhound), then played in the dog park for a couple of hours. Thurston made friends with a HUGE Bernese Mountain Dog. :) Radio had a better time on the "small dog" side of the fence. :) We revived ourselves at Peet's in the afternoon before heading over to my MIL's house to celebrate her 80th birthday with the rest of the family. It was such a nice day without ANY work obligations of any sort. We should have more days like this.

You got it! Hugs too!

oooh, more virtual hugs and prayers fro you DP.

Sounds like a great day! Yes, you should have more days like this!

Of course - you've all been in my thoughts and prayers, especially in the last few days. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to support you right now.

Hey, how'd it go?

*sniff*

In other news... I decided to make eggs in the basket with a new bread. I have an awful time cooking them just right with normally sliced bread, so since I have this fine parmesan-basil sourdough, I figured it would be my chance.

Almost there!

Needed to be less thick on the bread and more cut out toward the edges. I had to 'fix' it by microwave to get the interior a little more cooked, which ruined my yolks, which I like runny.... But, I am almost there... and the bread was fantastic with it!

We watched Elizabeth: The Golden Age last night. Clive Owen is one of the sexiest men alive. <<swoon>>

You can fly, you can fly, you can fly!

Going to be another week for my computer. The new mother board doesn't work and has to go back.

People at work are popping up with measles, so now I get to be paranoid by that thought.

I went to a bridal shower in Chino Hills Saturday... dang that is a long drive. Wierd that it is only about 20-40 minutes longer than DLR, but felt like an eternity. Now I get to do it all again in 3 weeks, for the wedding.

I hate my Mom's puter, but beggars can't be choosers.

My new Dell is on its way, but they still haven't charged me for it! :snap:

And we just got invited to Copenhagen...and we still haven't decided about Buenos Aires yet! I hope we do both.

edit: deleted rogue apostrophe.

I saw it done at a diner on TV with a circular (think doughnut shaped) pancake. Looked good. I have made it with plain white bread as "chicks in a nest".

Arrrrgghhh!!!! My eyes! My eyes!!!! Uuugggghhhhh.....



(safe for work although I would argue that a society that allows this and frowns on photos of exposed naughty bits has it's values all messed up)

Costco + hungry = bad idea

Assuming that you are referring to the Bindi doll; what's the big deal? I have caught parts of her show and it is geared towards kids and has a great conservation message. I would rather have my kids (if I had any) emulating Bindi than Hanna Montana.

After attending the Hanna concert, and a myriad of other similar things, I'm on cute overload. If I see one more cute thing..... Well it won't be pretty I can tell you that...

Conversation in regards a very simple detail with not much room for "interpretation"

Boss: Does this report give us X?

Me: No

Boss: What do you mean by no?

<pause>

Me: The opposite of yes.

(No more questions from boss)

Okay, add "Except for that stupid CD..."

Just who is this obnoxious little girl, and why do we care?

Bindi is Steve Irwin's daughter (that Croc guy). He was killed last year by a sting ray. She was being primed to take over his legacy and has all of the charm of Jon Benet Ramsey.

If "Charm" = Spin Doctors and Script Writers, then yes.

Ah, I thought Moonliner was saying she was ugly. Which she may be but seemed a bit rude to be saying about a 9-year-old.

JW: She is Steve Irwin's (the Crocodile Hunter) daughter and has become the public face of that particular enterprise since his death.

Her life looks like a horror story to me. So does Hannah Montana's, now that you mention it. Being the plastic, childish face of large companies....<shudder> Spin doctors and script writers indeed. Whoever wrote that rap is probably washing their hands over and over for the rest of their lives. That clip made everyone's list of 2007's most-cringe-worthy youtube moments. (can't find it on youtube anymore, of course.)

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Ahhh.. Thanks.

Hey now... I like Bindi. If the press would leave her alone she might have a chance.
She's a great kid, and doing some great things living up to her fathers legacy, but man, those are big boots to fill.
Even for a very precocious little girl.


No.... why does all the cool stuff happen to you?

Matter of opinion, and my opinion is no.
Its on its way up compared to 15 years ago.

I have a fever and since I work at home I can't really call in sick. If I can sit up to read message boards to see how my friends are I guess I'm well enough to get some work done. BAh!

I've been getting a lot of weird PMs on my hubby's board. The kind written with capslock on that read like manifestos. These people never participate, they just want to send PMs. I'm trying to not be freaked out by it. :eek:

I was thinking...since DP is going through a very hard time right now, that maybe as her second family (us of course), that maybe we could do a DL meet when she returns home....to give her a bit of time to escape the emotions she's going thru, even if just for a couple of hours. What do you guys think?

How thoughtful of you, Wolfy.

I would be totally happy to support her in any way she'd like - though I think sometimes it's really hard to tell (even minute to minute) whether you'd like to take your mind off what you're feeling, or to be away from things that remind you of your loved one. I think we should probably talk to T about what kind of support/gathering/love she needs from us... and if she'd like a big meet (or a small meet, or anything at all) I'll be there with bells on.

Sooo... It's funny how little things will remind a person of a fellow LoT'er. I was just over at CNN.com and saw a news item about Hello Kitty guns that shoot real bullets. Calling Miss Ally!!!!

It's a gloomy day, inside and out. Bah, I've got to get out of this mood.

Funny that she was on last night.... Might be too daunting to open this thread, however...

I saw it yesterday and thought the exact same thing.

Great idea - I agree with LSPE to check with Disneyphile first but it would be lovely if everyone turned out to show their support.

Ugh, so rehearsal ran late last night, I got to bed about 2am. Woke at 6:45 with my tummy doing its dance. I'd be grateful that at least it waited that long, but of course since I didn't get to bed at a decent hour, it kinda negates the benefit.

Morning sickness?

You aren't....

No dear... IBS. Usually gets me following the cumulative effects of what I ate during the day (translation: it's usually dinner that tips the scale on having an issue), so I usually suffer from it early in the morning, about 8 hours after whatever caused the problem (because I've learned not to eat things that will cause problems immediately)

Honestly? With my dad having a cancer that has a 5-year survival rate of 12%, I wish I was pregnant.

(((((Goonie)))))))

I hope you feel better soon. Can you do pork loin for dinner? We need to cook it soon. I can go to epicurious.com and find some suitably tummy-hurting ingredients to go with it....

OMG, I'm turning into a HOUSEWIFE!

I have 4 job leads, and recruiters calling at all hours. If recruiters were suitors, I'd be a very happy, very lucky girl indeed. Send good thoughts that something works out soon!

Mmm... pork loin.... There are days I'm grateful my rosemary plant in my front yard is thriving.

Good luck on the leads!

Does anyone know if it's going to rain into the weekend, or is it just the remainder of the week?

There is a 100% chance that it might rain this weekend.

I now have a hotel room for that dang wedding on March 8th. Nice hotel, reasonable price. If I don't end up with a roomie (no, nothing bad, one of the bridesmaids is a friend who may need a place to crash), I may hit DLR before I head out to pick up Boy.

I was also able to score reservations for the Easter Basket Brunch in the DLH Ballroom for Easter Sunday.

The Easter Brunch is a good time

I know what you mean. My Rosemary plant is one of my prized plants. That and my lime and orange trees.

I make rotisserie chicken with Rosemary, lime, and orange that is wonderfull! mmmmmmmm! :D

Yeah, I need to plant more herbs in my front yard - assuming the association gardners don't come along and hack at them again. Just before Thanksgiving (when I was planning on bagging up excess rosemary to give away), they came along with edgers and hacked away half my rosemary and completely destroyed my strawberries (which had half-formed berries on them, dammit!)

I want basil, but I'm afraid they'll nail it. Still might plant it though. Or some sage or thyme.

I loved my old herb garden. I hope to plant another one, particularly basil. Though it's difficult to keep going for most, I've figured out the trick. I just hope the blasted weather out here doesn't ruin a good thing for me. :)

Gee - you have a Rotisserie Chicken Tree too ?!?