for f**k's sake!!!

some bad people need bad things to happen to them. i guess we can only hope for prison justice, right? i hope this bad man drops the soap.

NIN saga, part 2

so tomorrow at 4 p.m., dustin will be sitting at the computer, hopefully accessing the site for the presale tickets for the may 7 show in chicago. i hope. i hope. i
hope.

on a completely unrelated topic i saw ye olde shrink this evening, as i do every monday at 6 p.m. beginning next monday we will start to focus more on what that bad person did and how it has affected and complicated every damn part of my life, in an effort to make it not do that anymore. so yeah, good times all around and my blog will certainly reflect what is going on in that aspect. so that's where that is at.

i think i'll fall asleep watching "garden state" tonight. i like the garden state. i like the scene where largeman tells sam that he likes her-- they have just gone swimming and they are sitting in front of a fireplace. it's very uncomplicated, very simple and well done. that's how girls like to hear it. it was written very well because it seems so natural.

the new job is going pretty well -- i put together a newspaper today (mostly by myself, but with some assistance from coworkers) with not too many pages of editorial (10 or so) and it was done and sent to the printer before deadline (1.5 hours before) so i feel pretty good about that. and now i have three days of ad building and then friday i have a paper all on my own. GULP.

back to the chicago trip in may -- it occured to me that the concert is a mere TWO DAYS before my 30th birthday. 30. and i'm okay with that. i think it has something to do with having a child -- it's a little strange not only being a mother who is younger than most of the moms at her kid's school, but i look very young. i don't look like i'm closing in on 30. i was carded when i went to see "freddy vs. jason." (what's worse? being carded for that movie or actually paying money for it?)

i need to sleep. i need to stay asleep through the night. i need to not wake up at 3 a.m. anymore. i need........................................................

kong

kong
Originally uploaded by kllnin.

my dog loves her treat-filled kong. it makes her flee into her kennel b/c that's the only damn place she gets the kong. but i don't know why they call it a kong.

YAYYYY!!!!!...oh wait, i'm poor.

NIN will be playing a couple of shows in chicago on may 6 and 7 and, because i've got some instant gratification problems and don't want to wait until trent gets his arse into the twin cities, i'm going to see about making that happen.
big bag of money would do some good right now.
anyhow, extra-special early ticket sales are going to happen and by god, i need to see that freakin' show. it's at the congress theatre -- any idea what that place is like?

trying right now to decide if i'm going to attend an oscars-type party (where i'll know only a couple of the people and therefore will have a moment of anxiety) or just drink wine and eat the best dip i've ever made...hmmm. social vs. antisocial. what's a girl to do?

if there is a god, should i ask him to strike down starr jones? she just asked leo if he became a germaphobe after being in "the aviator." please god, if you are there, strike her down but swiftly.

what a great shot.

res dogs
Originally uploaded by kllnin.

this is the shot i was talking about. the composition in this kicks arse.

since you asked...

11:40 p.m.
"reservoir dogs" is on bravo and everytime i see it, i wonder why i've waited this long to watch it again. i heart steve buscemi.
i've been thinking a great deal about my will power -- or lack thereof -- lately. i'm thinking that i need to push myself to start exercising...
ooh! best scene EVER! the scene where harvey keitel and buscemi are scrapping and they pull their guns on each other and the shot is so freakin' well composed and then mr. blond walks in....i'm inspired to post that image.
okay, exercise. i have a fancy schmancy machine upstairs that i could use, but wouldn't that just be too easy? i need to work on the following idea -- whenever i'm just sitting around and i think, "i should work out," i actually will.
we'll see.... i'd like to be svelte again someday.
11:45. i should go to bed. until my insomnia wakes me at 3 a.m. and i blog some more.

and the night moves on

what a saturday night...drinking white zin and watching "the commitments." and wondering, as usual, if i spelled the word "commitment" correctly. there is a dog next to me, taking up the better part of the couch and snoring. my neck itches. i like thin mints. this blog has no purpose.
and our sunday plans? well we're having a bit of a brunch-type deal at my sister's in eagan...and we allll love going to eagan. but it's good fun to see the kids and now that i'm finally over the flu that was living off of me like a paraside, i can again allow aforementioned kids to chase me down and beat the pulp out of me like they often do. but only because they love crazy auntie kari. kids are great that way.
still not smoking, and today it was evident to all who encountered me (dustin & abbey) that i was cranky, and on the way to take abbey to her dad's, i made some comment about how long i've not smoked and the following dialogue took place:

abbey: mom, do you really really want to start smoking again?

me: um, kind of. i miss it but i don't want to be stuck smoking.

abbey: mom, you don't have to lie, because if you really want to smoke again, you can. i don't want you to be upset.

that kid actually gave me a get out of jail free card for going back to smoking, but i told her that i appreciated the thought, but that i didn't want to start again because i want to be around with her for as long as i possibly can. and how much of an ass would that have made me? "abbey said i could start again if i really needed to, so i did." a huge ass i would have been. so here's to another day of not smoking.

cookies...cookies...

zach....braff......on.....bravo.....spirit awards....so handsome....so handsome..can't function....

Best First Feature
"Garden State"

nice work, mr. braff. very cool.

so the oscars are tomorrow night and i'm fairly excited to watch b/c i'm not a terribly exciting person and famous people are entertaining. except for starr jones. she should be flayed alive.

david duchovny is on tv now. from zach braff to david duchovny on the screen....nothing is left of my mind.

my oscar predictions

okay, i've not seen many of the movies up for oscars, but i'll go ahead and make some half-assed guesses. not necessarily what i'd personally vote for, but what i think will make the cut:

best film: the aviator (which i heard was beautifully shot and lovely to behold...but horribly, horribly boring. and 5 min. of gwen stefani is 5 min. too many.)

best lead actor: clint eastwood

best supporting actor: alan alda (b/c he's so f**king boss, and the world will finally see that)

best lead actress: hilary swank (but it should be kate winslet)

best supporting actress: hmmm....toss up...probably cate blanchett. (which is fine by me. but i like laura linney. and i like natalie portman.)

animated feature: the incredibles

best director: million dollar baby (i think they'll screw marty again.)

screenplay: eternal sunshine (it better f**king be this)

adapted screenplay: million dollar baby (this will be clint's year, despite rush limbaugh)

visual effects: spiderman 2

if "accidentally in love" wins the oscar for best song, i will vomit.

the funniest thing i've read today.

my sister meg finished an email to me with this:

"talk to you later alligator sistah friend my homie g unit slice with a side of fries or potato chips if you're at one of those places that serves chips instead of fries but not one of those places that wants to be british and serves fries but just calls them 'chips' like with fish sticks or something."

...and i can't stop laughing. i just called to see if she was several sheets to the wind. she is not. she's just tired and therefore very funny. my sister rocks.

horrendous.

when he was on the phone? with a GRANDCHILD in the house at the time? i agree with jege, i don't care how good a writer he was, THIS is just wrong.

day what?

Quit Date: 1/12/2005 8:00:00 AM
Time Smoke-Free: 43 days, 14 hours, 5 minutes and 18 seconds
Cigarettes NOT smoked: 523
Lifetime Saved: 3 days, 23 hours
Money Saved: $77.40

yikes!

THIS was not very far from our house. icky. after work i encountered several roadblocks. dustin had called me earlier to tell me that he saw a couple of armed and helmeted cops with a dog in tow searching around our block. icky. luckily all have been apprehended but i still feel pretty creeped out, esp. with the fact that there are three schools in the area that had to be locked down. city living is wacko.
day one of the new gig was very good -- i like the people and it's always nice working on a mac again. even if it is using quark 4. at least it's not quark 6.
and 13 minutes to get to work this a.m.? KICK ASS!

eeks.

r.i.p. hunter s. thompson.

THIS BITES.

and no, i'm not just talking about watching "8 mile" on VH-1...but that was a good guess. i'm speaking of NOT SMOKING. (but the performances of both kim basinger and britany murphy are pretty horrible and take the sting out of how shitty i'm feeling.)
and we got a fuckload of snow last night. and i can't stop cussing. at least i don't have a monster commute anymore. that's good. and i have a couple of days to chill before the new gig begins.

to all decent canadians:

i used to think that, b/c every canadian i knew was a cool, decent person, that most canadians are that way. therefore all the cool, decent canadians i know should make this one give up his canadian citizenship.. and he's earned two mentions in my blog in one day...what a record.

a canadian who loves bush

visit THIS fellow and see if he'd be willing to trade citizenships with someone who doesn't have the benefit of canadian health care. yeah, he'll be really glad he said "go bush!" when w. finishes taking us to hell in his own little handbasket.

terror status: f**ked

did you know you can have the color coded terror alert status on your blog? visit the following link if you are interested:
http://www.terror-alert.com/
i don't know if it'd be funny or weird to do it, so i'll be a follower and see who bites first.

VISIT THIS SITE NOW

maybe you've all seen it already, but THIS is new to me and it's F-U-N FUN! in fact, the following audio post will be an example of what fun really is!