6:40 a.m. and if i fall back to sleep there is no way i'll get up in time for work. so blog i shall.
we're on day four of the kiddo being at camp --- gulp. i can't wait to see her on friday! this is probably something that is good for her and me and the other parental units in some sort of really gutwrenching way, but holy crap -- it's tough.
this weekend also holds the possibility of seeing all three of the lein girls... hurrah! then i can convince the two that live elsewhere to move here. i'll do what i can and report my success at a later time.
have begun walking (for exercise, not just getting from one room to the next) on a somewhat regular basis, and i have discovered that unless i have the dog with me, there is no way that i'll be able to walk more than a few blocks without the seeds of boredom planting themselves into my lil' brain. when walking aforementioned dog, i don't worry about how fast i'm walking, if it's far enough and if my heart rate is at the proper spot for burning fat -- i just kind of walk until i see my dog dragging her feet. which is usually after about 12 blocks, so here's hoping 12 blocks is enough to really get my arse into shape.
perhaps i ought to invest in a pedometer. not a bad idea, really.
mad props out to the soul brother p-funk for getting a new and improved gig. and it's a gig that offers cheap airfare, so rock on to him.
and now the time for getting ready for work is upon me.
can you believe it's nearly august?
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Sunday, July 24, 2005
funny story from meg's house
okay, so meg's former roommate, theresa, told a story about her hermit crab named pope john paul II. and this hermit crab died the day after the actual pope john paul II died. WEIRD!
funny quote:
"no room for asscrack at work." theresa, again.
"jesus saved us from our sins, so he better have a sense of humor." theresa, again!
a funny night all around. pictures to follow.
funny quote:
"no room for asscrack at work." theresa, again.
"jesus saved us from our sins, so he better have a sense of humor." theresa, again!
a funny night all around. pictures to follow.
Saturday, July 23, 2005
Friday, July 22, 2005
tomorrow is the day!
NIN tickets go on sale for the st. paul show. and we shall have them. oh yes, we shall indeed have them.
do two wrongs make a right?
should i feel badly about this man's sentence? because i kind of don't. now i shall burn in hell, i suppose. it's just too bad that the girl's friends and family didn't get a crack at this guy first.
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
nuts.
well i'm on hold with banfield pet hospital, as it's time to make the appointment for the dear boy kichon. it's all kinds of sad and i wish i had a surefire way of being able to tell if he's in pain or not -- but he seems to not so much look around, but rather he squints and winces...i'll read that as pain, i guess.
sad stuff.
and that's i have to report from my "i'm so tired and exhausted from exercising in our blistering heat" existence. more to follow...but until then, here's some fun INFORMATION, from the folks who brought you risperdal.
sad stuff.
and that's i have to report from my "i'm so tired and exhausted from exercising in our blistering heat" existence. more to follow...but until then, here's some fun INFORMATION, from the folks who brought you risperdal.
Sunday, July 17, 2005
A headline just for Emily.
As seen in the Star Tribune:
"Mexico orders evacuation as Emily approaches."
"Mexico orders evacuation as Emily approaches."
Saturday, July 16, 2005
Updates on our friend, Emily
Sounds like Emily was in Grenada this past week, where her winds tore up at least 100 homes, tore roofs from 2,000 more, destroyed crops and flooded scores of buildings. That's a full weekend, Em! And where are you now? Emily is centered about 130 miles south-southwest of the Jamaican capital and 335 miles southeast of Grand Cayman as of this morning.
Emily struck hard in Grenada, especially in the north and in the outlying islands of Carriacou and Petit Martinique. What's your problem with Grenada, huh, Em? Huh? What did Grenada ever do to you?
Emily struck hard in Grenada, especially in the north and in the outlying islands of Carriacou and Petit Martinique. What's your problem with Grenada, huh, Em? Huh? What did Grenada ever do to you?
Thursday, July 14, 2005
update on emily
It appears that finishing up the masters thesis must be running smoothly, as this update just came in from cnn:
"Emily does not appear to pose a threat to the United States. Emily arrived in the Windward Islands at the eastern edge of the Caribbean Wednesday evening"
Whew! Do give a call when you return from the Islands, Em!
"Emily does not appear to pose a threat to the United States. Emily arrived in the Windward Islands at the eastern edge of the Caribbean Wednesday evening"
Whew! Do give a call when you return from the Islands, Em!
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
get this guy!!!!!
i hope someone recognizes this guy and kicks his ass. that's MY CUB STORE! that's it...i'm shopping at Byerly's.
Holy Crap!
hurricane girls
Originally uploaded by kllnin.
Emily is a force to be reckoned with! But wait...what do I see north of Emily? Could that be Tropical Storm Amy?
the poor cat...
okay, so here are some test results for kichon/keeshaun/keysean:
(mind you, i've not a clue what these mean, but they are not good:
ALT: normal range between 10-100; his is 626.
Bilirubin: normal is .1-.4; his is 10.3.
Another one that i can't recall: normal is between 6 and 102; his is 888.
so although these tests (and their names) are somewhat cryptic to me, the prognosis is no good. although he is eating a little more voluntarily, so maybe we can turn it around yet. but the kiddo was wondering about the results, so she is aware that he may not last too long.
enjoying the a/c in the bedroom a great deal right now. already counting down the days until abbey is back in school (a month and a half), just so that she can be more...scheduled.
our two smallest kittens -- zebra and chewbacca -- were play-fighting tonight and they jumped up in the air toward each other, ala The Matrix -- it was sweet.
hoping for the tar-feathering process of karl rove, but also fully aware of the habit of w. not to keep his word. so we'll see what happens. if only people would take to the streets about this the way they took to the streets for michael jackson...one lady released doves, for f**ks sake!
so there's all the political stuff i have in me. i've not really commented on the bombing in london, except to say that i'm glad that david and tanuel are well and were not caught in harm's way. that harm, he's a bastard. and he's got chronic halitosis. and bloodshot eyes.
so now what is my comment? the official "it's blog, it's blog" comment? that is to say that the brits got right back on the buses/trains without a beat. they got back on in droves and to that i say "cheers!"
(mind you, i've not a clue what these mean, but they are not good:
ALT: normal range between 10-100; his is 626.
Bilirubin: normal is .1-.4; his is 10.3.
Another one that i can't recall: normal is between 6 and 102; his is 888.
so although these tests (and their names) are somewhat cryptic to me, the prognosis is no good. although he is eating a little more voluntarily, so maybe we can turn it around yet. but the kiddo was wondering about the results, so she is aware that he may not last too long.
enjoying the a/c in the bedroom a great deal right now. already counting down the days until abbey is back in school (a month and a half), just so that she can be more...scheduled.
our two smallest kittens -- zebra and chewbacca -- were play-fighting tonight and they jumped up in the air toward each other, ala The Matrix -- it was sweet.
hoping for the tar-feathering process of karl rove, but also fully aware of the habit of w. not to keep his word. so we'll see what happens. if only people would take to the streets about this the way they took to the streets for michael jackson...one lady released doves, for f**ks sake!
so there's all the political stuff i have in me. i've not really commented on the bombing in london, except to say that i'm glad that david and tanuel are well and were not caught in harm's way. that harm, he's a bastard. and he's got chronic halitosis. and bloodshot eyes.
so now what is my comment? the official "it's blog, it's blog" comment? that is to say that the brits got right back on the buses/trains without a beat. they got back on in droves and to that i say "cheers!"
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
Emily
Props to Jege for the inspiration on this post (and nothin' but the love for you, Em):
PHRASES THAT COULD BE APPLIED TO TROPICAL STORM EMILY AS WELL AS EMILY L.:
"Emily Picks Up Speed" (that has all sorts of undertones, doesn't it?)
"Emily churns up prices"
"Emily is moving toward the west near 20mph."
"Emily sets record."
"Emily strengthening; warnings issued."
And if Emily becomes a full on hurricane, here are some phrases that COULD come about (and yet still describe our beloved Ellermee)--props again to Jege:
"Emily causes Major damage"
"Emily rips through Miami"
"49 dead in Emily's wake"
and, i crap you negative, this phrase was actually describing Hurricane Edna in 1954:
"... will be remembered as a wet storm."
PHRASES THAT COULD BE APPLIED TO TROPICAL STORM EMILY AS WELL AS EMILY L.:
"Emily Picks Up Speed" (that has all sorts of undertones, doesn't it?)
"Emily churns up prices"
"Emily is moving toward the west near 20mph."
"Emily sets record."
"Emily strengthening; warnings issued."
And if Emily becomes a full on hurricane, here are some phrases that COULD come about (and yet still describe our beloved Ellermee)--props again to Jege:
"Emily causes Major damage"
"Emily rips through Miami"
"49 dead in Emily's wake"
and, i crap you negative, this phrase was actually describing Hurricane Edna in 1954:
"... will be remembered as a wet storm."
Thursday, July 07, 2005
i've...had....
...the time of my life.....
oh, this is the craziest, SWAYZIEST movie ever!
here it comes...
"nobody puts baby in the corner."
oh, this is the craziest, SWAYZIEST movie ever!
here it comes...
"nobody puts baby in the corner."
back home...and packing again...
okay, so i've not blogged for nearly a damn week. i'm bad. we returned tuesday from north dakota (deering/minot, specifically) and will be returning (grand forks) tomorrow to return on monday. yay for vacation days!
on a sad note, our cat keeshaun (however you spell it, b/c we rarely have to) has lost a huge amount of weight lately, so we took him to the vet today. sadly the boy's liver is failing to function, so tonight we'll be force feeding him with a syringe and tomorrow we take him to the vet for the day in the hopes that he'll be rehydrated and will begin eating enough on his own. but the prognosis isn't great, so we'll see what happens tomorrow.
i'm watching a bit of the bravo channel right now and "being bobby brown" just came on. what in the hell is this? it's a bit alarming that bobby brown is the sensibile one in the relationship. i was a fan of whitney back in the day. i had her first tape when i was in fifth grade. she seems a bit more...unhinged than she used to. is that a result of huge amounts of fame? fame waning? being a bit baked from drug addiction?
now i'm waiting for john "the captain" hughes to make a joke about bobby brown's perrogative. bring it, captain!
bobby calls whitney his queen. dustin never calls me his queen anymore. wait. he's never called me his queen. hmm. and with that, it's laundry time.
hey! "dirty dancing" is on the abc family channel!
"no one puts baby in a corner." but that line will come later. it's the scene where patrick swayze is leaving the resort while "she's like the wind" plays softly in the background.
funny side note: dixie was just knawing on something and i got her attention to see what it is... well she turned around and there is a toothbrush hanging out of her mouth. okay, i've just checked the bathroom and all toothbrushes are accounted for, so i'm guessing she found an old one somewhere. but it was a funny thing to see. and this saves me the trouble of performing dental hygiene upon her.
is regular toothpaste bad for dogs? b/c you know, i'm tempted.
it's nearly time to wrastle a syringe of half food/half water into the poor cat's mouth. hmm. i feel so badly that we didn't catch it sooner, but when your cat is a hiding cat for the most part (lein girlz, he's similar to paddington, who would hide in you parent's room) and he's covered in long black fur, it's tough to tell that they have lost much weight and that his skin is yellowing. sad.
now would be a good time to find bag of money. i've not found one yet, but there's always tomorrow.
on a sad note, our cat keeshaun (however you spell it, b/c we rarely have to) has lost a huge amount of weight lately, so we took him to the vet today. sadly the boy's liver is failing to function, so tonight we'll be force feeding him with a syringe and tomorrow we take him to the vet for the day in the hopes that he'll be rehydrated and will begin eating enough on his own. but the prognosis isn't great, so we'll see what happens tomorrow.
i'm watching a bit of the bravo channel right now and "being bobby brown" just came on. what in the hell is this? it's a bit alarming that bobby brown is the sensibile one in the relationship. i was a fan of whitney back in the day. i had her first tape when i was in fifth grade. she seems a bit more...unhinged than she used to. is that a result of huge amounts of fame? fame waning? being a bit baked from drug addiction?
now i'm waiting for john "the captain" hughes to make a joke about bobby brown's perrogative. bring it, captain!
bobby calls whitney his queen. dustin never calls me his queen anymore. wait. he's never called me his queen. hmm. and with that, it's laundry time.
hey! "dirty dancing" is on the abc family channel!
"no one puts baby in a corner." but that line will come later. it's the scene where patrick swayze is leaving the resort while "she's like the wind" plays softly in the background.
funny side note: dixie was just knawing on something and i got her attention to see what it is... well she turned around and there is a toothbrush hanging out of her mouth. okay, i've just checked the bathroom and all toothbrushes are accounted for, so i'm guessing she found an old one somewhere. but it was a funny thing to see. and this saves me the trouble of performing dental hygiene upon her.
is regular toothpaste bad for dogs? b/c you know, i'm tempted.
it's nearly time to wrastle a syringe of half food/half water into the poor cat's mouth. hmm. i feel so badly that we didn't catch it sooner, but when your cat is a hiding cat for the most part (lein girlz, he's similar to paddington, who would hide in you parent's room) and he's covered in long black fur, it's tough to tell that they have lost much weight and that his skin is yellowing. sad.
now would be a good time to find bag of money. i've not found one yet, but there's always tomorrow.
Friday, July 01, 2005
i want to see....
.... THIS movie. but only if it's not another switcheroo "we think she's the victim but really she's the murderer because she has another personality" sort of movie. b/c i've seen a lot of those lately.
getting the bags packed for nodak. it looks like tonight will be spent in bismarck, then we'll arrive into the magic city sometime tomorrow.... here's to a long, long drive.
getting the bags packed for nodak. it looks like tonight will be spent in bismarck, then we'll arrive into the magic city sometime tomorrow.... here's to a long, long drive.
vacation...within....sight...
so i'm getting ready to return to my homeland -- the one and only magic city, minot. well, deering, more specifically, as we shall descend upon the hansen farmstead like the locusts we are. and we're bring along not only the delightful abbey but also the dog named dixie, so it should be an interesting nine hours in a car.
hell week at work is winding down, so hopefully tomorrow won't be as horribly f**king irritating at today was. fingers crossed on that one, though.
so, anything exciting going on in minot this weekend? anyone?
hell week at work is winding down, so hopefully tomorrow won't be as horribly f**king irritating at today was. fingers crossed on that one, though.
so, anything exciting going on in minot this weekend? anyone?
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
so nice...
i've posted this link TWICE. it's also on ye olde cadaver politik, so give it a look-see...
muggy. so muggy.
and yesterday's storms were nice.
tom cruise is a f**king idiot. "i know that psychiatry is a psuedo-science." lunatic. "you don't know the history of psychiatry i do. there is no such thing as a chemical imbalance." idiot. like louis black just said regarding tom cruise..."what do you think is happening to you right now?"
i don't tell people like tom cruise not to use scientology, even if i do think it's a load of crapola. so why is he handing out the idea that:
1. he knows the history of ANYTHING.
2. vitamins are better than antidepressants.
i just hope that anyone who honestly needs medication doesn't listen to a word he says.
so yeah. i wish there was a way i could see "war of the worlds" (i'm a sucker for the apocalyptic movies) without sending any money his way?
things i'm really tired of today:
people who are "..........than thou."
hipper than thou. crunchier than thou. punker than thou. holier than thou. more socially conscious than thou. why? b/c it's condescending. it's hypocritical. you know what i'm talking about. the morons who are against animal cruelty but wear leather belts and shoes. the tossers who complain about shopping at certain retail outlets (i hate walmart too) b/c of their poor human rights record, but then act like total douchebags to other people.
i'm in a foul mood, so watch your back.
sleep is necessary.
tom cruise is a f**king idiot. "i know that psychiatry is a psuedo-science." lunatic. "you don't know the history of psychiatry i do. there is no such thing as a chemical imbalance." idiot. like louis black just said regarding tom cruise..."what do you think is happening to you right now?"
i don't tell people like tom cruise not to use scientology, even if i do think it's a load of crapola. so why is he handing out the idea that:
1. he knows the history of ANYTHING.
2. vitamins are better than antidepressants.
i just hope that anyone who honestly needs medication doesn't listen to a word he says.
so yeah. i wish there was a way i could see "war of the worlds" (i'm a sucker for the apocalyptic movies) without sending any money his way?
things i'm really tired of today:
people who are "..........than thou."
hipper than thou. crunchier than thou. punker than thou. holier than thou. more socially conscious than thou. why? b/c it's condescending. it's hypocritical. you know what i'm talking about. the morons who are against animal cruelty but wear leather belts and shoes. the tossers who complain about shopping at certain retail outlets (i hate walmart too) b/c of their poor human rights record, but then act like total douchebags to other people.
i'm in a foul mood, so watch your back.
sleep is necessary.
Monday, June 27, 2005
a movie theater to try out
Mounds Theater
so we're going to check it out one of these weekends.
but this weekend we'll be in minot.
and next weekend in grand forks.
so after that sometime.
we're having some nice storms today. the sirens actually went off whilst i was finishing up my therapy appt. today -- how soothing.
and we saw "land of the dead" and it was pretty righteous. and "bewitched" was funny as well -- it made abbey giggle a lot. and that's just fun.
and yes, i'm watching "newlyweds" again. i know, i know. you don't even have to say it.
and it's one hellacious work week, getting ready for deadlines that are moved up. but having monday -- wait, TWO mondays in a row off -- will be worth all the crap that this week will entail.
funny story, courtesy of meaghan.
my sister and her boyfriend moved in together. and they purchased a countertop dishwasher. this dishwasher has a little window on the front of the door that's tinted dark, but if you look really hard, you can see the magic happening on the inside. well meg said she woke up one night around 4 a.m. and came out to the kitchen to see her boy holding a flashlight up to this little window, just watching the magic happen. that's good stuff.
i've not blogged for many moon.
i wish i could be a jogger. but everyone i see jogging look totally f**king miserable. there is no one with a glad look on the face whilst jogging. jeez-- i've not even seen a glimmer of contentment on a jogger's face. usually just a grimmace denoting some sort of misery. so why do i want to be a jogger? it seems like it would be both masochistic AND good for me at the same time.
our central air is kicking arse. and there is a story as to why it is functioning again.
as new(er) homeowners, there are things we don't know about. like filters that are in our gas furnace. and if they haven't been changed -- since we've moved in -- well, not only will our heater not function properly, but the central air WILL NOT WORK AT ALL.
thanks to my sister amy, it's all okay now, and it's so chilly in my house now that i may require the services of a sweater.
i guess we'll list that under "things we wish we knew hundreds of dollars ago."
maybe that's a new category altogether. okay, that's the first (and hopefully only) entry under that category.
nick and jessica are at a ski resort. and although skiing could only do me harm, their little hut (or townhouse, really) looks nice and comfy and, well, vacation-esque. abbey asked me when my summer vacation starts. i told her that my summer vacation is every saturday and sunday.
gee, having just returned from "vacation" yesterday, you would think i was well-rested. not the case at all. must sleep. maybe i'll write entertaining blog entries again someday...
...sigh....
so we're going to check it out one of these weekends.
but this weekend we'll be in minot.
and next weekend in grand forks.
so after that sometime.
we're having some nice storms today. the sirens actually went off whilst i was finishing up my therapy appt. today -- how soothing.
and we saw "land of the dead" and it was pretty righteous. and "bewitched" was funny as well -- it made abbey giggle a lot. and that's just fun.
and yes, i'm watching "newlyweds" again. i know, i know. you don't even have to say it.
and it's one hellacious work week, getting ready for deadlines that are moved up. but having monday -- wait, TWO mondays in a row off -- will be worth all the crap that this week will entail.
funny story, courtesy of meaghan.
my sister and her boyfriend moved in together. and they purchased a countertop dishwasher. this dishwasher has a little window on the front of the door that's tinted dark, but if you look really hard, you can see the magic happening on the inside. well meg said she woke up one night around 4 a.m. and came out to the kitchen to see her boy holding a flashlight up to this little window, just watching the magic happen. that's good stuff.
i've not blogged for many moon.
i wish i could be a jogger. but everyone i see jogging look totally f**king miserable. there is no one with a glad look on the face whilst jogging. jeez-- i've not even seen a glimmer of contentment on a jogger's face. usually just a grimmace denoting some sort of misery. so why do i want to be a jogger? it seems like it would be both masochistic AND good for me at the same time.
our central air is kicking arse. and there is a story as to why it is functioning again.
as new(er) homeowners, there are things we don't know about. like filters that are in our gas furnace. and if they haven't been changed -- since we've moved in -- well, not only will our heater not function properly, but the central air WILL NOT WORK AT ALL.
thanks to my sister amy, it's all okay now, and it's so chilly in my house now that i may require the services of a sweater.
i guess we'll list that under "things we wish we knew hundreds of dollars ago."
maybe that's a new category altogether. okay, that's the first (and hopefully only) entry under that category.
nick and jessica are at a ski resort. and although skiing could only do me harm, their little hut (or townhouse, really) looks nice and comfy and, well, vacation-esque. abbey asked me when my summer vacation starts. i told her that my summer vacation is every saturday and sunday.
gee, having just returned from "vacation" yesterday, you would think i was well-rested. not the case at all. must sleep. maybe i'll write entertaining blog entries again someday...
...sigh....
Friday, June 24, 2005
another day, another trip to the neurologist
well it appears that we are increasing the kiddo's dose by a mL, from five to six, in an effort to eradicate the seizures that she is continuing to have -- even if it's less, the dr. says "one is too many." so we'll try this for a few weeks and hopefully it works out. ERADICATOR! -- a nice little kids in the hall thought.
it's been hot. really hot. so hot that we finally realized that there is a filter in our furnace that needed changing for our central air to properly function. it's like a whole new house. or a house that has functioning central air, anyhow.
tomorrow if friday. HURRAH! one day closer to another pre-monday holiday deadline crunch week at the office. and after the discovery that i was, in fact, responsible for the horrific f**k up at work, it makes my stomach, well, queasy, to say the least.
and i just thought i should give a shout out to my chica of chicas, Aimicita, for taking bold steps and securing a job AND a freakin' house in a new state! and dave swenson reminded me of a great amy moment at Campus Lab School, where our friend, Nicole, referred to herself as "Nicole the Great" and i believe Amy referred to herself at "Amy the Supreme." or was it "Amy the Superior?" anyhow, here's my shout out---- whoop whoop!
as a side note, be sure to catch Dave's band at the Turf on July 21.
it's been hot. really hot. so hot that we finally realized that there is a filter in our furnace that needed changing for our central air to properly function. it's like a whole new house. or a house that has functioning central air, anyhow.
tomorrow if friday. HURRAH! one day closer to another pre-monday holiday deadline crunch week at the office. and after the discovery that i was, in fact, responsible for the horrific f**k up at work, it makes my stomach, well, queasy, to say the least.
and i just thought i should give a shout out to my chica of chicas, Aimicita, for taking bold steps and securing a job AND a freakin' house in a new state! and dave swenson reminded me of a great amy moment at Campus Lab School, where our friend, Nicole, referred to herself as "Nicole the Great" and i believe Amy referred to herself at "Amy the Supreme." or was it "Amy the Superior?" anyhow, here's my shout out---- whoop whoop!
as a side note, be sure to catch Dave's band at the Turf on July 21.
Thursday, June 23, 2005
movies i aim to see this weekend
1. Bewitched
2. War of the Worlds
3. High Tension
4. Land of the Dead
...it's going to be a busy and expensive weekend... but SO WORTH IT.
2. War of the Worlds
3. High Tension
4. Land of the Dead
...it's going to be a busy and expensive weekend... but SO WORTH IT.
Saturday, June 18, 2005
Definition of a guilty pleasure
i'm wathing disc 2, season 1 of Newlyweds. my own little spiral into hell begins now.
Thursday, June 16, 2005
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
f**k...
...b/c it's been that kind of a day. holy hell. possibly taking wednesday off to recover from the complete shite that covered me from head to toe on tuesday afternoon. can't even think. holy crap. must find alcohol immediately. and if i let myself think that things are okay, even for a milisecond, i tempt fate. must be prepared for absolute stinking worst.
Monday, June 13, 2005
a day of little accomplishment
woke at 11 or so this morning. napped from 12:30 until 5 or so. got some groceries -- mowed the lawn....now it's time for bed. again. wow. little accomplished today.
well, the lawn is no small feat, now that i think about it. the front yard is not so big, but our backyard is:
1. up a hill, requiring the hauling of a lawn mower up stairs;
2. made up of tall grass. very tall. tall like "maybe it'd be easier for it to go back to the way our forefathers saw it" tall.
3. a bit bumpy.
so yeah, no good times there. i'll need to make EWP come on over and mow sometime, as i've decided i just don't want to.
i also have loads of weeding to do. will i get it done? time will tell.
hard to believe that the weekend is over so fast -- but i suppose when you sleep away half of the damn day, monday will sneak up on you. mondays. crunch days at work. and i like the crunch...but it makes sunday nights tough. i was considering going out to watch movieoke tonight, but i lost momentum, somewhere between weeding the garden plot in front and weed-wacking the yard in back. yes, it was so long, we needed to weed wack it BEFORE taking the mower on it. gross. bad homeowners! bad!
oh, if anyone out there needs a website done for a FRACTION of what most places will charge, please consider checking out Platypus Man for your web design needs. dustin is working hard to start up his own business, so feel free to toss his name around to people you know.
10:53 p.m. crap. must...rise...by...6....
well, the lawn is no small feat, now that i think about it. the front yard is not so big, but our backyard is:
1. up a hill, requiring the hauling of a lawn mower up stairs;
2. made up of tall grass. very tall. tall like "maybe it'd be easier for it to go back to the way our forefathers saw it" tall.
3. a bit bumpy.
so yeah, no good times there. i'll need to make EWP come on over and mow sometime, as i've decided i just don't want to.
i also have loads of weeding to do. will i get it done? time will tell.
hard to believe that the weekend is over so fast -- but i suppose when you sleep away half of the damn day, monday will sneak up on you. mondays. crunch days at work. and i like the crunch...but it makes sunday nights tough. i was considering going out to watch movieoke tonight, but i lost momentum, somewhere between weeding the garden plot in front and weed-wacking the yard in back. yes, it was so long, we needed to weed wack it BEFORE taking the mower on it. gross. bad homeowners! bad!
oh, if anyone out there needs a website done for a FRACTION of what most places will charge, please consider checking out Platypus Man for your web design needs. dustin is working hard to start up his own business, so feel free to toss his name around to people you know.
10:53 p.m. crap. must...rise...by...6....
speaking of boba-fett...
i had the pleasure of seeing mr. dave swenson when he was in town briefly this weekend! we ate some grilled yummies at terry's place and dave, as usual, made me laugh until my gut ached. can't wait to see him at the Turf this july!
Sunday, June 12, 2005
death by lucky charm?
so i was eating lucky charms and i somehow and quite literally inhaled a marshmallow -- i'm unsure as to what shap -- but for a moment the thought of dying because of a lucky charm did pass through my mind. then i coughed really, really hard and it dislodged.
now my throat hurts.
now what am i watching? why it's "young guns" on bravo!
what does this find sunday hold for moi? i'm not certain, but i'll bet that my night includes a little Movieoke at the local. if i'm still awake.
now my throat hurts.
now what am i watching? why it's "young guns" on bravo!
what does this find sunday hold for moi? i'm not certain, but i'll bet that my night includes a little Movieoke at the local. if i'm still awake.
Saturday, June 11, 2005
thank you, corporate chain restaurant!
no really! abbey and my mom went to a movie today, so in lieu of driving all the way from eagan to st. paul and then back out again, i'm killing a good hour or so at Panera, utilizing their free wi-fi and eating a cinnamon crunch bagel with honey walnut cream cheese and a cool dr. pepper to drink. ahhh, it's all about me (for 55 minutes)!
i need to do this more often -- get out of the house to write, to enjoy air conditioning that is nearly blowing me off of my comfy booth spot. i almost went to a park to just write -- not blog, but WRITE -- but in humidity? no good can come of that, i say.
and the agenda for the remainder of saturday? a mid-afternoon nap, perhaps, after i take abbey to her dad's. maybe a stop at the cherry pit -- an interesting bar near my house. by "interesting" i mean to say "has sign on the door banning any gang colors from entering the premises." so yeah, a precedent has been set, i guess -- but the general crowd SEEMED alright. (except for that one guy with a white supremacy tattoo singing really bad metal karaoke -- that's a bad apple, that one.)
i see a girl across the way coveting my ibook. that's right, rich girl, i've got one. wait, rich girl --- okay, she's probably not coveting, as i'm sure she's got one at home -- she's PITYING me for not having a powerbook, only an ibook. wait. i'm crazy.
another panera sight: a girl wearing a shirt that reads "SAVE WATER. DRINK BEER." i have nowhere to go from there.
i need to do this more often -- get out of the house to write, to enjoy air conditioning that is nearly blowing me off of my comfy booth spot. i almost went to a park to just write -- not blog, but WRITE -- but in humidity? no good can come of that, i say.
and the agenda for the remainder of saturday? a mid-afternoon nap, perhaps, after i take abbey to her dad's. maybe a stop at the cherry pit -- an interesting bar near my house. by "interesting" i mean to say "has sign on the door banning any gang colors from entering the premises." so yeah, a precedent has been set, i guess -- but the general crowd SEEMED alright. (except for that one guy with a white supremacy tattoo singing really bad metal karaoke -- that's a bad apple, that one.)
i see a girl across the way coveting my ibook. that's right, rich girl, i've got one. wait, rich girl --- okay, she's probably not coveting, as i'm sure she's got one at home -- she's PITYING me for not having a powerbook, only an ibook. wait. i'm crazy.
another panera sight: a girl wearing a shirt that reads "SAVE WATER. DRINK BEER." i have nowhere to go from there.
Friday, June 10, 2005
Thursday, June 09, 2005
the list of 5
okay, mr. chris cope has mentioned the list of 5, so i thought i should list mine. sort of a like a living will. but a living will that includes famous people i can have consequence-free sex with. (and dustin has one too, to be fair...)
1. trent reznor (you totally saw that one coming)
2. zach braff
3. ewan macgregor
4. john cusack
5. (empty slot)
dust and i discussed the idea of the five in great length once, and established that it must be someone with whom you otherwise have NO CHANCE in meeting. for instance, you can't go to a Rasputina show and decide that the cellist in the opening band is someone on your list. that is not a celebrity, that is just some stranger you want to nail. and dustin has objected to the inclusion of john cusack to my list b/c as he lives (i think) in chicago and we go to chicago once or twice a year, i could potentially meet him. yeah, location is the only thing that would keep john cusack from sleeping with me. sure...right.
as far as the empty slot, that is sort of kept as the floater spot. so i can see whatever movie with whatever star and say "he's so on my list," b/c there is always room for one more.
who is on YOUR list of five?
1. trent reznor (you totally saw that one coming)
2. zach braff
3. ewan macgregor
4. john cusack
5. (empty slot)
dust and i discussed the idea of the five in great length once, and established that it must be someone with whom you otherwise have NO CHANCE in meeting. for instance, you can't go to a Rasputina show and decide that the cellist in the opening band is someone on your list. that is not a celebrity, that is just some stranger you want to nail. and dustin has objected to the inclusion of john cusack to my list b/c as he lives (i think) in chicago and we go to chicago once or twice a year, i could potentially meet him. yeah, location is the only thing that would keep john cusack from sleeping with me. sure...right.
as far as the empty slot, that is sort of kept as the floater spot. so i can see whatever movie with whatever star and say "he's so on my list," b/c there is always room for one more.
who is on YOUR list of five?
Monday, June 06, 2005
sure, SURE she meant it to be ironic.
Transcript from VH1 interview with that alanis singer girl:
VH1: You also did "Ironic." Do people still give you a rough time over it?
AM: God bless that little non-irony song! The sweetest irony is that it's a song called "Ironic" and it's not filled with irony. The best moment I had surrounding that song was in a bookstore in New York. Someone came up to me and said, "You do realize that song is not filled with ironies." I just nodded my head silently. And she said, "Is that the irony?" I just nodded my head and she walked out! [Laughs] It was such a sweet moment.
yeah, SURE she meant it that way.
VH1: You also did "Ironic." Do people still give you a rough time over it?
AM: God bless that little non-irony song! The sweetest irony is that it's a song called "Ironic" and it's not filled with irony. The best moment I had surrounding that song was in a bookstore in New York. Someone came up to me and said, "You do realize that song is not filled with ironies." I just nodded my head silently. And she said, "Is that the irony?" I just nodded my head and she walked out! [Laughs] It was such a sweet moment.
yeah, SURE she meant it that way.
Watching Kept
so i'm watching crap on tv right now. (as opposed to that high quality tv that i've been known to enjoy.) we were planning on checking out movieoke at the local, but i've since lost motivation to do things like find shoes, put on shoes, etc. so we'll try again next week. and it's always more fun to go out when you don't have to scrounge for coins in the couch.
but i digress. i'm watching that f**king Kept show on VH-1. basic premise: jerry hall wants a boy toy, so she's auditioning "hunks" and giving them tasks to win a place at the foot of her bed, apparently.
so i'm sure right now we're all in agreeance that it's crap.
and what's on vh-1 next? Strip Search -- finding "homegrown" men for a dance revue show. oy. sunday nights are something else.
just heard that sarah m. and andy might be putting an offer in on a house -- neat!
and this dolt on Kept is speaking about himself in the third person ---- that is SOOO three years ago.
but i digress. i'm watching that f**king Kept show on VH-1. basic premise: jerry hall wants a boy toy, so she's auditioning "hunks" and giving them tasks to win a place at the foot of her bed, apparently.
so i'm sure right now we're all in agreeance that it's crap.
and what's on vh-1 next? Strip Search -- finding "homegrown" men for a dance revue show. oy. sunday nights are something else.
just heard that sarah m. and andy might be putting an offer in on a house -- neat!
and this dolt on Kept is speaking about himself in the third person ---- that is SOOO three years ago.
Sunday, June 05, 2005
sunday sunday
i'm watching "sabrina" on one of those classic movie channels.
humphrey bogart. ahh, sweet humphrey bogart.
i feel like i have nothing to say. i feel like there is nothing in this noggin of mine to offer.
i'm a bad blogger lately. bad blogger! bad blogger!
i'm somewhat inspired to remove the carpet from my room today. hmm. we'll see how long this inspiration lasts.
humphrey bogart. ahh, sweet humphrey bogart.
i feel like i have nothing to say. i feel like there is nothing in this noggin of mine to offer.
i'm a bad blogger lately. bad blogger! bad blogger!
i'm somewhat inspired to remove the carpet from my room today. hmm. we'll see how long this inspiration lasts.
Thursday, June 02, 2005
a nice lil' column
i'm not a huge fan of this columnist, but i like what he has to say about my 'hood, St. Paul's East Side...East Side, Represent!
Neighborhood snobs slander East Side — again
JOE SOUCHERAY
A lot of people in St. Paul are snobs when it comes to the East Side. The south, the west and the north come out all right, although the North End does occasionally experience the turned-up nose.
Just for the sake of conversation, let's go with specific compass designations. The west side of St. Paul is Highland Park, Mac-Groveland, Merriam Park, King's Maplewood, out that way. Man, oh man, they never get the snob treatment. That is west. Stand in the middle of town with a compass and you will see that west is west.
The south side of town is across the Robert or Wabasha or High bridges and up Ohio Street and through Cherokee Park and in there. Very nice. Hardly ever suffers from snobbism.
The North End is out Rice Street or Dale or Lexington or Snelling, whatever gets you north. Yes, once in a while you get somebody who hasn't driven outside of a six-block perimeter in the past 40 years and they level snobby charges against the north side that reveal an ignorance similar to the charges suffered by the East Side.
The East Side is east, of that there is no doubt, but about 90 percent of the snobs who rip the East Side don't even know what they mean, or where. Do they mean Dayton's Bluff? Dayton's Bluff was certainly good enough last year when some big paddlewheel boat steamed into town and people lined the bluffs of Dayton's Bluff with their cameras, and I don't recall anybody getting mugged or anything of the sort.
Do they mean Phalen? I guess Phalen is OK when you need ice to build a Winter Carnival palace. Wendy Anderson comes out of Phalen, as did the late Herb Brooks.
There's Hazel Park and Hayden Heights and Maryland-Arcade, Upper Payne and Lower Payne, Johnson Parkway. In other words, it's just like every other chunk of St. Paul, where you have Mac-Groveland, Crocus Hill and Lex-Ham. The East Side of St. Paul is a vast geographical area east of Interstate 35E that runs from about Larpenteur on the north all the way out to McKnight and then down to Battle Creek.
When officer Gerald Vick was killed last week, I heard the snobs in full chorus.
"Oh, the East Side. That figures.''
No, it doesn't figure. Vick was murdered near Erick's Bar on East Seventh Street. I defy anybody to tell me that they could have predicted that by the neighborhood. Erick's is a neighborhood bar with the classic neon beer signs in a big smoked-glass picture window that overlooks the street. Down the block is the old Viaduct Inn, which is getting new life and good reviews in the newspapers for its menu.
Officer James Sackett was murdered in 1970 on Hague Avenue near Victoria. That about falls into the definition of Cathedral Hill. Back then there was a big difference. We had not yet become neighborhoodists. They didn't have the little fleur-de-lis-shaped street signs back then that said "Historic Cathedral Hill.'' There was no Restoration Hardware selling brass address plates.
These days everybody is so pleased as punch to live in the city and avoid suburban commuting that we have become neighborhoodists who assign a neighborhood name to parcels of real estate no more than a block long.
"Where do you live?''
"Um, we live in the Milton-Chatsworth neighborhood.''
No you don't. You live in St. Paul.
All I'm asking is that the snobs grant the same considerations to the East Side, where there are just as many neighborhoods and neighborhoodists as any other part of St. Paul. And, just like any other location in St. Paul, there are pockets of trouble and stretches of housing in decline on the East Side.
It is interesting to note that around Erick's Bar it is called East Seventh Street. On the other end of town, where there are pockets of trouble and stretches of housing in decline, but more active neighborhoodists, it is called Fort Road.
Joe Soucheray can be reached at jsoucheray@pioneerpress.com
Neighborhood snobs slander East Side — again
JOE SOUCHERAY
A lot of people in St. Paul are snobs when it comes to the East Side. The south, the west and the north come out all right, although the North End does occasionally experience the turned-up nose.
Just for the sake of conversation, let's go with specific compass designations. The west side of St. Paul is Highland Park, Mac-Groveland, Merriam Park, King's Maplewood, out that way. Man, oh man, they never get the snob treatment. That is west. Stand in the middle of town with a compass and you will see that west is west.
The south side of town is across the Robert or Wabasha or High bridges and up Ohio Street and through Cherokee Park and in there. Very nice. Hardly ever suffers from snobbism.
The North End is out Rice Street or Dale or Lexington or Snelling, whatever gets you north. Yes, once in a while you get somebody who hasn't driven outside of a six-block perimeter in the past 40 years and they level snobby charges against the north side that reveal an ignorance similar to the charges suffered by the East Side.
The East Side is east, of that there is no doubt, but about 90 percent of the snobs who rip the East Side don't even know what they mean, or where. Do they mean Dayton's Bluff? Dayton's Bluff was certainly good enough last year when some big paddlewheel boat steamed into town and people lined the bluffs of Dayton's Bluff with their cameras, and I don't recall anybody getting mugged or anything of the sort.
Do they mean Phalen? I guess Phalen is OK when you need ice to build a Winter Carnival palace. Wendy Anderson comes out of Phalen, as did the late Herb Brooks.
There's Hazel Park and Hayden Heights and Maryland-Arcade, Upper Payne and Lower Payne, Johnson Parkway. In other words, it's just like every other chunk of St. Paul, where you have Mac-Groveland, Crocus Hill and Lex-Ham. The East Side of St. Paul is a vast geographical area east of Interstate 35E that runs from about Larpenteur on the north all the way out to McKnight and then down to Battle Creek.
When officer Gerald Vick was killed last week, I heard the snobs in full chorus.
"Oh, the East Side. That figures.''
No, it doesn't figure. Vick was murdered near Erick's Bar on East Seventh Street. I defy anybody to tell me that they could have predicted that by the neighborhood. Erick's is a neighborhood bar with the classic neon beer signs in a big smoked-glass picture window that overlooks the street. Down the block is the old Viaduct Inn, which is getting new life and good reviews in the newspapers for its menu.
Officer James Sackett was murdered in 1970 on Hague Avenue near Victoria. That about falls into the definition of Cathedral Hill. Back then there was a big difference. We had not yet become neighborhoodists. They didn't have the little fleur-de-lis-shaped street signs back then that said "Historic Cathedral Hill.'' There was no Restoration Hardware selling brass address plates.
These days everybody is so pleased as punch to live in the city and avoid suburban commuting that we have become neighborhoodists who assign a neighborhood name to parcels of real estate no more than a block long.
"Where do you live?''
"Um, we live in the Milton-Chatsworth neighborhood.''
No you don't. You live in St. Paul.
All I'm asking is that the snobs grant the same considerations to the East Side, where there are just as many neighborhoods and neighborhoodists as any other part of St. Paul. And, just like any other location in St. Paul, there are pockets of trouble and stretches of housing in decline on the East Side.
It is interesting to note that around Erick's Bar it is called East Seventh Street. On the other end of town, where there are pockets of trouble and stretches of housing in decline, but more active neighborhoodists, it is called Fort Road.
Joe Soucheray can be reached at jsoucheray@pioneerpress.com
Wednesday, June 01, 2005
hmm..
the first post in a few days. nothing exciting to report. well, i did see "revenge of the sith" and that kind of ruled. especially when anakin spoke his own version of w's "you are either with me or against me" deal, and obi-wan responded that only a sith speaks in absolutes.
in other news, mtv is into censorship now, after ruling that NIN's performance at the movie awards should not have a "partisan" theme (a picture of w. as backdrop for "the hand that feeds) -- nails dropped out, rightly so.
in other other news, my kid just asked me for "some water for free." apparently she's been charged for water before? wha?
that leads me to a tangent -- i was probably 7 or 8 and walking down to a parade on burdick expressway in minot coming from the hill across from m&h and i fell down, skinned my knee, and went into a building that i think was a bakery or something and they tried to CHARGE me for a plastic cup of ice to mend my knee. "i'm bleeding," i told them. the bitchy, underpaid employee reluctantly gave me ice. i should have bled on the floor.
i want to find out information about my street, my house and stuff around me. i just looked online at Dayton's Bluff, but technically we are not in that area, or not as far as i can tell. any suggestions as to where to look?
in other news, mtv is into censorship now, after ruling that NIN's performance at the movie awards should not have a "partisan" theme (a picture of w. as backdrop for "the hand that feeds) -- nails dropped out, rightly so.
in other other news, my kid just asked me for "some water for free." apparently she's been charged for water before? wha?
that leads me to a tangent -- i was probably 7 or 8 and walking down to a parade on burdick expressway in minot coming from the hill across from m&h and i fell down, skinned my knee, and went into a building that i think was a bakery or something and they tried to CHARGE me for a plastic cup of ice to mend my knee. "i'm bleeding," i told them. the bitchy, underpaid employee reluctantly gave me ice. i should have bled on the floor.
i want to find out information about my street, my house and stuff around me. i just looked online at Dayton's Bluff, but technically we are not in that area, or not as far as i can tell. any suggestions as to where to look?
what crap.
"If same-sex marriage prevails, I suspect we'll see both a decline in marriage and an upsurge in out-of-wedlock births, as Scandinavia has."
read THIS COLUMN in the Star Tribune and then be very, very glad that the old bat's email address is right at the bottom. i think she needs to be reminded that she is a hateful creature.
read THIS COLUMN in the Star Tribune and then be very, very glad that the old bat's email address is right at the bottom. i think she needs to be reminded that she is a hateful creature.
Monday, May 30, 2005
rhubarb crisp attempt
okay, so we have quite a bit o' rhubarb in our backyard, so i picked some, made a lovely rhubarb filling and followed my mom's directions in making a delightful rhubarb crisp. well after the mother-directed 20 minutes, it still looked, well, like the flour-oatmeal-brown sugar-cinnamon topping was quite dry. so i left it to 30 minutes. then nearly 45 minutes hit and as i feared for it's safety, i took it from the oven and gave it that old college try. here is how it looked:
it looks quite powdery, no?
so i took a bit and the bottom crust is how it should be.
it's back in the oven and we'll see what happens.
now we're watching "national treasure" because i have the need for mindless crapola. my sister and her husband -- both of whom are very knowledgeable about history -- spoke highly of it. so we're giving it the old college try. my night is filled with the college try.
and after all, isn't nicolas cage our very own national treasure?
it looks quite powdery, no?
so i took a bit and the bottom crust is how it should be.
it's back in the oven and we'll see what happens.
now we're watching "national treasure" because i have the need for mindless crapola. my sister and her husband -- both of whom are very knowledgeable about history -- spoke highly of it. so we're giving it the old college try. my night is filled with the college try.
and after all, isn't nicolas cage our very own national treasure?
Sunday, May 29, 2005
T1 or T2?
not sure. i see electricity between two trucks. i see a naked california governator! eek! make the bad things stop! but i still don't know if it's T1 or T2.
now the naked governor of california is naked in a bar, looking for clothing. a woman is sizing him up. given his years of steroid use, i don't know if that is to his advantage.
now the naked governor of california is naked in a bar, looking for clothing. a woman is sizing him up. given his years of steroid use, i don't know if that is to his advantage.
Saturday, May 28, 2005
antique roadshow
just like when people are elated to find out that the $2 vase they found at a garage market is worth between 15 and 17 grand, it's interesting to watch the reaction when some guy thinks that he has the desk that belonged to the brother of napoleon bonaparte and really it's just some guys old desk. but b/c it's old it's still worth five grand.
something tells me that, even when i'm dead and gone for many decades, the furniture i've acquired from target will not carry any sort of substantial value.
something tells me that, even when i'm dead and gone for many decades, the furniture i've acquired from target will not carry any sort of substantial value.
save me from myself!
i'm drinking. and watching that antique roadshow program. plan for tomorrow? go to rummage sales, spend five dollars or less on what appears to be kitchy rubbish, sell for real value on ebay.
brie
i have purchased brie and have taken the recommended three lactaid tablets ... we'll see how that works. but enjoying brie is important.
i have also purchased a pair of shoes. they are reminiscent of my old birkenstocks that lasted nearly 10 years, only these are rubbery and, well, inexpensive. please, behold these clogs and imagine them in black, as mine are:
and i'm sleepy. "work is hell" week has passed and i'm both delighted and exhausted. and who in the hell are these people on saturday night live? i see no one but strangers!
so kelley at work called me a nerd on the basis of some blog entries that were pretty much one after the other: bruce campbell, x files and a post from the NIN site.
i thought it should be something i think about, but being 30 now, i think it's safe to say that i'm pretty stuck in my ways. a nerd, she says? i say "why yes, i am."
i have also purchased a pair of shoes. they are reminiscent of my old birkenstocks that lasted nearly 10 years, only these are rubbery and, well, inexpensive. please, behold these clogs and imagine them in black, as mine are:
and i'm sleepy. "work is hell" week has passed and i'm both delighted and exhausted. and who in the hell are these people on saturday night live? i see no one but strangers!
so kelley at work called me a nerd on the basis of some blog entries that were pretty much one after the other: bruce campbell, x files and a post from the NIN site.
i thought it should be something i think about, but being 30 now, i think it's safe to say that i'm pretty stuck in my ways. a nerd, she says? i say "why yes, i am."
Friday, May 27, 2005
Some words from Trent
precious, precious trent.
(yes, Joe Mammy, Precious Trent would still be a great band name.)
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
one hellacious week
half way through hell week at work (deadlines moved up in order to have a monday holiday). tomorrow shall be worse. i'm preparing for a horrible day. that way if it's not horrible....YAY! PLEASANT SURPRISE!
i'll write more again someday. but this week shall bloweth.
i'll write more again someday. but this week shall bloweth.
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
why i love "x files"
From the episode "Pusher" --
Mulder: He put the whammy on him.
Scully: Please explain the scientific nature of the whammy.
Mulder: He put the whammy on him.
Scully: Please explain the scientific nature of the whammy.
Monday, May 23, 2005
ahhhhhh!
HOLY CRAAAAAAAAP! AHHH! so many things wrong! superhero! we need one now!
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/05/23/offenders.viagra/index.html
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/05/23/offenders.viagra/index.html
so angry i can't see straight
every now and then i check out cnn.com and catch up on the news. tonight on cnn.com there are multiple stories of missing/abused children and when i saw the third one, well i kind of want to just put my fist through a window and make bad people pay for what they are doing. and to think about all the stuff that is not making cnn is equally disturbing.
don't you kind of wish we actually did have some sort of superhero who would scare people out of doing horrible shit like this? where's a punisher when we really need one?
don't you kind of wish we actually did have some sort of superhero who would scare people out of doing horrible shit like this? where's a punisher when we really need one?
Sunday, May 22, 2005
a delightful relic from the '80s.
THE LOST BOYS
yay for the sci-fi channel on a sunday!
remember how cool the coreys were? Corey Haim and Corey Feldman? i saw the latter of the two on the surreal life on vh-1, but where is corey haim nowadays? do you think the coreys felt rivalry with each other? maybe here's what they may have thought...
Corey Feldman: (to self) I wish I was the hearthrob corey...
Corey Haim: (to self) I wish I could have been in Goonies...
yay for the sci-fi channel on a sunday!
remember how cool the coreys were? Corey Haim and Corey Feldman? i saw the latter of the two on the surreal life on vh-1, but where is corey haim nowadays? do you think the coreys felt rivalry with each other? maybe here's what they may have thought...
Corey Feldman: (to self) I wish I was the hearthrob corey...
Corey Haim: (to self) I wish I could have been in Goonies...
Saturday, May 21, 2005
pictures to share
turning 30 at a bar...eek!
dustin & reed cover "paul revere" on my birthday...kick arse.
time well spent in chicago... the lovely dustin and lovely derek.
in chicago at a fantastic bar that offers really cheap tacos. and dustin is funny.
is derek yawning? is he shocked? you be the judge.
it's finally friday night...
and i'm finally about to go to sleep again. 5 a.m. came WAY too early this morning. not that there is ever a day where i think "wow, this 5 a.m. feels like 11 a.m.!"
abbey is sound asleep, thanks in part to the increased dosage of her medication. she has one more increase (to 5mL 2x a day), beginning monday. hopefully she'll adjust to this alright. it's a little bit nervewracking.
and here is a list of birthdays that have come and gone and in my usual bad-friend manner, i've not acknowledged appropriately:
ellermeeee
p-funk
jon of shrill.com
derek smyyyythe
and a pre-emptive belated greeting to patrick in minot (may 28, me thinks?) b/c i know i'll not remember to send a card/email/make a phone call/order a strip-o-gram, etc.
and there are crazy people outside right now, yalping at one another from their front door to their patio. the crazies are out.
abbey is sound asleep, thanks in part to the increased dosage of her medication. she has one more increase (to 5mL 2x a day), beginning monday. hopefully she'll adjust to this alright. it's a little bit nervewracking.
and here is a list of birthdays that have come and gone and in my usual bad-friend manner, i've not acknowledged appropriately:
ellermeeee
p-funk
jon of shrill.com
derek smyyyythe
and a pre-emptive belated greeting to patrick in minot (may 28, me thinks?) b/c i know i'll not remember to send a card/email/make a phone call/order a strip-o-gram, etc.
and there are crazy people outside right now, yalping at one another from their front door to their patio. the crazies are out.
Friday, May 20, 2005
yay for IMDB!
I have stumbled upon the FUNNIEST DEBATE EVER! it gets totally heated! give it a read!
Thursday, May 19, 2005
more karaoke!
props to c.g.tongen for making my birthday even more eventful! (and it's a 9mb file...)
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
must...find...time...to...blog
oy, a free moment!
being busy at work is good b/c that means the day will go fast. however that can go to extremes when one no longer has time to blog even a sentence or two! and now i have a free 10 minutes before the kiddo is done with doll time and ready for story time. and my dog is begging for my mike-n-ikes. but i shall not give in.
having a 9 year old kicks ass. she's old enough to do cool kid stuff (biking, fetching own snacks, get an inside joke, understand a film reference) but still little enough to where she likes to hang out with me (our story time right before sleep). and i know that someday she will tell me that she's embarassed by me and will slam the door in my face before putting on some music that i won't like, so i'm enjoying this now.
henry rollins said something interesting about this generation and the music we listen to -- (and i'm paraphrasing here) that we will be a group of people who are more intense than both our parents and our children. and i see that. just from knowing how abbey is right now, i can't imagine her listening to slayer anytime in the future. (although she did say once that she thought trent reznor would be a good babysitter, so i guess anything is possible.)
and i just gave the absterbinder a 2-minute extension on her doll time for purely selfish "but i just got blogging finally" reasons.
oh hell, it's not as though i'm writing anything profound. or even all that interesting.
oh a SUPERB note, it's recently been announced that the ever-talented and charming AMYCITA and her husband, Jub Jub, will be fleeing the city of Boston for MICHIGAN! yay for closer friends! now if we can work on getting Jeg closer...hmmm...
you hear that, Jeg? i'm plotting...
being busy at work is good b/c that means the day will go fast. however that can go to extremes when one no longer has time to blog even a sentence or two! and now i have a free 10 minutes before the kiddo is done with doll time and ready for story time. and my dog is begging for my mike-n-ikes. but i shall not give in.
having a 9 year old kicks ass. she's old enough to do cool kid stuff (biking, fetching own snacks, get an inside joke, understand a film reference) but still little enough to where she likes to hang out with me (our story time right before sleep). and i know that someday she will tell me that she's embarassed by me and will slam the door in my face before putting on some music that i won't like, so i'm enjoying this now.
henry rollins said something interesting about this generation and the music we listen to -- (and i'm paraphrasing here) that we will be a group of people who are more intense than both our parents and our children. and i see that. just from knowing how abbey is right now, i can't imagine her listening to slayer anytime in the future. (although she did say once that she thought trent reznor would be a good babysitter, so i guess anything is possible.)
and i just gave the absterbinder a 2-minute extension on her doll time for purely selfish "but i just got blogging finally" reasons.
oh hell, it's not as though i'm writing anything profound. or even all that interesting.
oh a SUPERB note, it's recently been announced that the ever-talented and charming AMYCITA and her husband, Jub Jub, will be fleeing the city of Boston for MICHIGAN! yay for closer friends! now if we can work on getting Jeg closer...hmmm...
you hear that, Jeg? i'm plotting...
what a simple haircut can do.
so i needed to get my hair cut, and nothing makes one feel better than a good haircut. so here's a before picture:
and here's after:
i feel so much better.....
and here's after:
i feel so much better.....
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Sunday, May 15, 2005
Thursday, May 12, 2005
whew...
okay. a crazy few days but now i'm catching my breath and able to process it a bit. my wee girl has epilepsy -- displayed by something sly and sneaky called Absence (or, Petit Mal) Seizures.
in order to control the seizures, she started taking Zarotin last night. i'm hoping it won't be too sedating for her in the mornings at school.
so yeah, it's 5:06 a.m. and i'm awake after a horribly restless sleep. it was NOT easy to get her to take that pill, as she has never swallowed one before. attempts with water were futile, so we stepped up to placing the pill in with a spoon of yogurt and she was able to swallow it easily then. yay for yoplait!
so yeah. stressful. and she is having a hard time understanding what really happens, as she has no memory of it except she'll sort of notice a lapse of time from before and after -- like when she's in school and it happens and she realizes she's fallen behind in what the teacher is doing or saying. i'm just hoping that she outgrows them as many kids do. but for now, we've got three years (starting from the first day of no seizures) of meds to think about. but at least there is something we can do.
in order to control the seizures, she started taking Zarotin last night. i'm hoping it won't be too sedating for her in the mornings at school.
so yeah, it's 5:06 a.m. and i'm awake after a horribly restless sleep. it was NOT easy to get her to take that pill, as she has never swallowed one before. attempts with water were futile, so we stepped up to placing the pill in with a spoon of yogurt and she was able to swallow it easily then. yay for yoplait!
so yeah. stressful. and she is having a hard time understanding what really happens, as she has no memory of it except she'll sort of notice a lapse of time from before and after -- like when she's in school and it happens and she realizes she's fallen behind in what the teacher is doing or saying. i'm just hoping that she outgrows them as many kids do. but for now, we've got three years (starting from the first day of no seizures) of meds to think about. but at least there is something we can do.
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
i love this rubbish
dig this movie on USA right now...too good to be true. and i almost missed this for "House of Wax" -- madness!
Monday, May 09, 2005
things i thought about whilst being tossed about in a mosh pit
maybe the term "mosh pit" is not accurate. not sure if moshing was actually happening -- maybe the term "pushing from side to side pit" is closer. things that crossed my mind in my first (and last) experience of a pit at a large-scale concert:
1. yay! i have health insurance!
2. i must apologize for my elbow in that girl's back
3. did her back just crack from my push? i hope she can still walk.
4. maybe i just need to stand firmly.
5. maybe i just need to go with the wave of movement.
6. maybe i should stop noticing all those 5'2" girls who are being hustled out of the pit for fear of being trampled to death.
7. maybe i should get out of this pit before i fall and cannot get up.
8. i wish everyone would realize that you cannot see trent with all this pushing and shoving.
9. i must exit pit.
(i exit pit and, 1 minute later)
10. i might throw up. wait, no, i'm okay. i can see trent quite clearly.
1. yay! i have health insurance!
2. i must apologize for my elbow in that girl's back
3. did her back just crack from my push? i hope she can still walk.
4. maybe i just need to stand firmly.
5. maybe i just need to go with the wave of movement.
6. maybe i should stop noticing all those 5'2" girls who are being hustled out of the pit for fear of being trampled to death.
7. maybe i should get out of this pit before i fall and cannot get up.
8. i wish everyone would realize that you cannot see trent with all this pushing and shoving.
9. i must exit pit.
(i exit pit and, 1 minute later)
10. i might throw up. wait, no, i'm okay. i can see trent quite clearly.
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
weird melancholy day
not brought on by anything. just a weird, glum day. maybe i need more sleep. maybe i need less sleep. more caffeine, less soda, more flouride, less bad fats, more good fats.
i think that today is just going very slowly, with it being pretty calm with no massive deadlines looming today --- the opposite of tomorrow, friday and monday.
i kind of wish that offices had the equivalent to a nurse's office in an elementary school -- a room with a cot or two where you can rest up a bit . i need a cot.
or maybe, just maybe, it's time for me to start risperdal again. nuts. we'll see how long this lasts.
i think that today is just going very slowly, with it being pretty calm with no massive deadlines looming today --- the opposite of tomorrow, friday and monday.
i kind of wish that offices had the equivalent to a nurse's office in an elementary school -- a room with a cot or two where you can rest up a bit . i need a cot.
or maybe, just maybe, it's time for me to start risperdal again. nuts. we'll see how long this lasts.
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
in the mail today...
guess what came in the mail today...
CONCERT TICKET!!!!
and what of "with teeth?"
A SOLID, SOLID ALBUM.
CONCERT TICKET!!!!
and what of "with teeth?"
A SOLID, SOLID ALBUM.
it's may 3!
okay, so i get my ticket in the mail today -- hurrah!
and the nin album is out today -- hurrah! (but target doesn't open until 8...feh.)
it's 7 a.m. and i need breakfast. something along the lines of freshly squeezed orange juice, french toast, bacon and some scrambled eggs.
but cookie crisp and a glass of flat coke on the side will have to suffice, as our award-winning french chef has the day off.
i have a pile of clothing/towels/sheets in my room, on the floor, that i need to remove and take downstairs and wash. but it is hard to gather momentum for such an event, as i would need to go at it with a running start and there is not that much space to do that.
the cruel alarm just went off to remind me that i do need to get out of bed today. but it's warm here. and there is a dog sleeping at the foot of the bed.
stomach...growling...must....place....food....inside...
my girl got a vocal solo in her music program this week ---- yay for talented, lovely girl!
and the nin album is out today -- hurrah! (but target doesn't open until 8...feh.)
it's 7 a.m. and i need breakfast. something along the lines of freshly squeezed orange juice, french toast, bacon and some scrambled eggs.
but cookie crisp and a glass of flat coke on the side will have to suffice, as our award-winning french chef has the day off.
i have a pile of clothing/towels/sheets in my room, on the floor, that i need to remove and take downstairs and wash. but it is hard to gather momentum for such an event, as i would need to go at it with a running start and there is not that much space to do that.
the cruel alarm just went off to remind me that i do need to get out of bed today. but it's warm here. and there is a dog sleeping at the foot of the bed.
stomach...growling...must....place....food....inside...
my girl got a vocal solo in her music program this week ---- yay for talented, lovely girl!
Sunday, May 01, 2005
new celebrity crush
new celebrity crush
Originally uploaded by kllnin.
we saw the remake of "amityville horror" today and i've an addition to my list of celebrity crushes...
Saturday, April 30, 2005
a real post...from me!
so i've managed to finagle a nine inch nails ticket from a kid in illinois who can't use his ticket, so I'M GOING TO THE CHICAGO SHOW ON MAY 7TH! HAPPY FREAKIN' 30TH BIRTHDAY TO ME, I SAY!
also, as of today, here are my not-smoking stats:
108 days
1621 cigarettes not smoked
$283.50 not spent
12 days, 9 hours of life saved.
isn't that worth a little something?
also, as of today, here are my not-smoking stats:
108 days
1621 cigarettes not smoked
$283.50 not spent
12 days, 9 hours of life saved.
isn't that worth a little something?
Thursday, April 28, 2005
Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Sunday, April 24, 2005
stupid!
can i just say how f**king tired i am of democrats complaining about how michael moore hurt the party? that statement is what hurts the party. the democrats fear of a vocal person hurts the party. do you ever hear republicans complain about the vocal stylings of Ann Coulter? even when she says crap like this (as posted on Time.com):
"whether they are defending the soviet union or bleating for saddam hussein, liberals are always against america. they are either idiots or traitors..."
--from Treason
"there are a lot of bad republicans. there are no good democrats."
--from CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight, July 21, 2003
"i think we ought to nuke north korea right now just to give the rest of the world a warning. Boom!...They're a major threat. I just think it would be fun to nuke them and have it be a warning to...the world."
- Speaking to a New York Observer reporter in January
and DEMOCRATS think that MICHAEL MOORE is the problem? holy crap.
"whether they are defending the soviet union or bleating for saddam hussein, liberals are always against america. they are either idiots or traitors..."
--from Treason
"there are a lot of bad republicans. there are no good democrats."
--from CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight, July 21, 2003
"i think we ought to nuke north korea right now just to give the rest of the world a warning. Boom!...They're a major threat. I just think it would be fun to nuke them and have it be a warning to...the world."
- Speaking to a New York Observer reporter in January
and DEMOCRATS think that MICHAEL MOORE is the problem? holy crap.
Saturday, April 23, 2005
cats, cats and more cats
holy cats in the house! however one did not make it, and abbey was the one to discover it, so there's a little bit of childhood tragedy for you. but luckily we still have 9 freakin' kittens. and we are shedding ourselves of the Impregnator. and when she is done mothering, we are shedding ourselves of the horribly insane Tinkerbell. she nearly took out Dixie's eye the other night. and by "shedding" i mean "donating to a no-kill shelter."
abbey just said that, if Dixie had lost her eye, we could have given her a pirate patch to wear. and changed her name to Willie, so she could be One-Eyed Willie (props to the Goonies).
in completely unrelated non-cat news, i have set up a bedside table/shelf like unit, and it's amazing how together one will feel when all the junk one accumulates next to a bed has a place to go. all of a sudden, i feel a little bit more like a person. good stuff. my bedside shelf contains:
1 lamp
1 electronic yahtzee game (inherited from my granny edna)
1 alarm clock
1 hair clip
1 pen cup containing many good pens
1 telephone
the second shelf holds the following books:
"Diary" by Chuck Palahniuk
"Bridget Jones' Diary"
"The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath (2 different copies, I now see)
"A Writer's Diary" by Virginia Woolf
"Abarat" by Clive Barker
"The Collected Prose of Woody Allen"
"The Huge Book of Hell" by Matt Groening
"Borderline Personality Disorder Demystified" by some guy with many letters after his name
A plain notebook
A journal that I began writing in six years ago.
so now they are all placed neatly on my bedside shelf and it feels all organized and tidy. after i put it all together i thought "THAT'S why people like being neat! it makes them feel normal!"
maybe not "normal," but a little more in control.
abbey just said that, if Dixie had lost her eye, we could have given her a pirate patch to wear. and changed her name to Willie, so she could be One-Eyed Willie (props to the Goonies).
in completely unrelated non-cat news, i have set up a bedside table/shelf like unit, and it's amazing how together one will feel when all the junk one accumulates next to a bed has a place to go. all of a sudden, i feel a little bit more like a person. good stuff. my bedside shelf contains:
1 lamp
1 electronic yahtzee game (inherited from my granny edna)
1 alarm clock
1 hair clip
1 pen cup containing many good pens
1 telephone
the second shelf holds the following books:
"Diary" by Chuck Palahniuk
"Bridget Jones' Diary"
"The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath (2 different copies, I now see)
"A Writer's Diary" by Virginia Woolf
"Abarat" by Clive Barker
"The Collected Prose of Woody Allen"
"The Huge Book of Hell" by Matt Groening
"Borderline Personality Disorder Demystified" by some guy with many letters after his name
A plain notebook
A journal that I began writing in six years ago.
so now they are all placed neatly on my bedside shelf and it feels all organized and tidy. after i put it all together i thought "THAT'S why people like being neat! it makes them feel normal!"
maybe not "normal," but a little more in control.
Monday, April 18, 2005
behold, kittens!
here we have lickey and her three kittens.
and when there are multiple mothering cats in one household, sometimes they want to "help out" the other mother cats...like, stalk them and steal a kitten or two. see evil tinkerbell below, stalking poor lickey...
and here is how excited dixie is to have more cats in the house...
and when there are multiple mothering cats in one household, sometimes they want to "help out" the other mother cats...like, stalk them and steal a kitten or two. see evil tinkerbell below, stalking poor lickey...
and here is how excited dixie is to have more cats in the house...
kitten totals:
okay, so many of you may remember me metioning crookshanks, the earless, mostly tailess cat we took in recently. and how he knocked up our THREE female cats. well all cats have officially given birth and the totals are as follows:
Tinkerbell (evil cat): 4
Wanda: 3
Lickey: 3
So we've got little boxes of kittens all over the effing house until June 1, when they can go elsewhere. So, anyone want a kitten? I'll even give a $10 "i read your blog!" discount off of the $20 asking price...
Tinkerbell (evil cat): 4
Wanda: 3
Lickey: 3
So we've got little boxes of kittens all over the effing house until June 1, when they can go elsewhere. So, anyone want a kitten? I'll even give a $10 "i read your blog!" discount off of the $20 asking price...
Saturday, April 16, 2005
Tuesday, April 12, 2005
Monday, April 11, 2005
SHAME ON YOU!
SHAME ON YOU, whoever "you" are, for making this movie. we rented it b/c hey, it's funny to watch sheer government propaganda sometimes -- until the first hour is over, then you see how it's totally bastardized 9/11 for the purpose of showing how tender and caring our administration is, when they are screwing vets and screwing the lower and middle classes and screwing anyone that doesn't bankroll their campaigns.
sorry. i've gone from playing mystery science theater with this to wondering who initiated this made for tv shite.
sorry. i've gone from playing mystery science theater with this to wondering who initiated this made for tv shite.
an open letter to god. or bill gates.
please leave a bag of money on my porch so that i may buy these:
i've been good, god (or bill gates). i've not smoked for darn near 90 days! i don't (intentionally) cut off W. bumper stickered-cars off of the interstate! i brush and floss and eat my greens!
i take in sick animals, i recycle (most of the time), i'm a good mom and a funny person.
please leave 305.00 in american currency with which to pay outrageous ticket brokers who have no conscience but who i am willing to pay nevertheless b/c i'll never again have a chance to see NIN in a small venue.
thank you. and i apologize for not always believing in you (god) and calling you "satan" (bill gates).
i've been good, god (or bill gates). i've not smoked for darn near 90 days! i don't (intentionally) cut off W. bumper stickered-cars off of the interstate! i brush and floss and eat my greens!
i take in sick animals, i recycle (most of the time), i'm a good mom and a funny person.
please leave 305.00 in american currency with which to pay outrageous ticket brokers who have no conscience but who i am willing to pay nevertheless b/c i'll never again have a chance to see NIN in a small venue.
thank you. and i apologize for not always believing in you (god) and calling you "satan" (bill gates).
cadaver politik
THE DEBATES CONTINUE. and there is a whole lotta opinion on abortion from many who will never have one, so girls, chime in!
Saturday, April 09, 2005
health care debate
if you have a moment, you should check in on the debate on health care on the CADAVER POLITIK blog. chime in your two cents. hell, chime in your fifty cents. come on, i know you're good for it.
this post will be no good.
so i was adjusting my hair clip to a better fit and i heard the sad sound of plastic breaking right into my very hair! so now it's an ill-fitting hair clip. it's an ugly hair clip anyhow....
but it does serve the purpose of "hair out of face immediately" without much fuss. however it PALES in comparison to the dandy of a hair clip from many years past...
that's right. the banana clip. but to utilize the banana clip, i would need to also be wearing acid-washed jeans and L.A. Gear hitops. and probably some stretch pants with some scrunchy socks.
and, as a side note, when you are searching google images for "banana clips," you will see, in addition to banana clips and hairstyles from the 1980s, machine guns. true story.
but it does serve the purpose of "hair out of face immediately" without much fuss. however it PALES in comparison to the dandy of a hair clip from many years past...
that's right. the banana clip. but to utilize the banana clip, i would need to also be wearing acid-washed jeans and L.A. Gear hitops. and probably some stretch pants with some scrunchy socks.
and, as a side note, when you are searching google images for "banana clips," you will see, in addition to banana clips and hairstyles from the 1980s, machine guns. true story.
Tuesday, April 05, 2005
Saturday, April 02, 2005
greetings from da springs
abbey LOOOOOVES hiking around the garden of the gods. LOOOVES IT! luckily shane enjoys hiking, too. in my haste to prepare for this trip, i didn't pack the cable necessary to download photos taken thus far, so those will not be here for a spell. but good times all around the springs! and did we "spring ahead" with our time today? we're trying to figure out what time it is...
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