I had to break up my recounting of the weekend in Hell because it was just too big for Blogger to handle. Whatever. Start at the end and read up. Sorry - that's just how it has to be.
Work is the same. I'm in a rutt and still haven't figured a way out.
Blixx had to be up at 4am this morning for work. I guess it's payback for that day last week where he worked for only 3 hours. He'll be super tired later. It's his night to cook, but I think I'll stop and get some Fred's chinese food so he doesn't have to worry about it.
My big plans are to watch Witchblade and give myself a pedicure. I know - major excitement!
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Check out Nightskye's review of the movie Jurasic Park III. He's a funny funny guy, and I'm sure David Duchovney would agree.
Into the future...
Tuesday, July 31, 2001
All she really told me about my biological father is that he was a total asshole. I’m just reading between the lines here, but I’m thinking that she was dating the wrong kind of guy (read Blue Collar) just to piss off her family. When she got pregnant, he immediately suggested abortion. Keep in mind that abortions weren’t legal in all states and certainly weren’t as safe and regulated as they are today. The coathanger hook device was still being used. She refused, and she says he was brutal to her, saying things like ‘pregnant women are ugly’ and other nasty things to bring my mother’s already fragile sense of self-worth to an all-time low.
When she told Nanny and her father the news of her pregnancy, they shipped her off to a home for unwed mothers in Bridgeport. She didn’t know anyone there, and didn’t have any visitors. She lived there for several months before I was born, and that whole time was spent fending off priests and state officials who wanted her to sign papers giving me up for adoption. She refused (obviously) and here I am. She tried to live back in New Haven with her parents, but it wasn’t a good situation. She rented a little house in Branford on the shore and lived there for 2 years until she met Daddy.
There’s still plenty of holes in the story and more that I want to know, but I feel good that we’ve shared this much. Our compromise is that she’ll continue to talk and share, but I’ve got to be willing to talk to her. After all the yelling and whatnot, Dick came back and we went out for pizza. I know it sounds queer, but it was actually good to have more lighthearted conversation after all that yelling. They talked about their dance and jazz stuff and I realized that if I want to be friends with my mother I’ve got to start sharing and taking an interest in what she’s got going on in her life.
After all of this, I went and had a drink with Purge while waiting for Tempest to come home from dinner. It was great to see them both and just shoot the shit for a couple of hours. We started watching the Farscape DVD and I was totally into it, until I realized that it was 10:45 and I still had to drive home. I was tempted to speed, but EVERY 3RD CAR ON I95 WAS A COP! It was brutal – they were everywhere. Then on 396N I kept my speed under 75mph just to be safe. I saw the cop way before I got near him and brought the speed down to 65mph just to be safe. Cop pulls out behind me and books to get about 2 car lengths behind me. He rode my ass like that for several miles before pulling into the passing lane and turning on the blue lights. My heart was in my mouth the entire time, even though I wasn’t doing anything wrong. I hate cops.
In closing, I point out that my mother looks like shit. She’s lost weight since last I saw her, but her face is so wrinkled. Her hair is almost all gray and she looks so tired. Perhaps it was just the stress of our meeting – I certainly hope so – but she really isn’t looking well at all. Her movements are stiff and she coughs horribly. One reason that I’m willing to try to heal our relationship is that she’s looking so old and I don’t want her to die thinking I’m an ungrateful child. She’s 56 years old but looks in her 60’s. I don’t want her to die without sharing.
Ok, that’s it for now. I’m still processing this whole thing and I’m sure it will come up again, but I’m sick of typing and thinking.
Good thing I’m at work. No thinking required.
Into the future…
When she told Nanny and her father the news of her pregnancy, they shipped her off to a home for unwed mothers in Bridgeport. She didn’t know anyone there, and didn’t have any visitors. She lived there for several months before I was born, and that whole time was spent fending off priests and state officials who wanted her to sign papers giving me up for adoption. She refused (obviously) and here I am. She tried to live back in New Haven with her parents, but it wasn’t a good situation. She rented a little house in Branford on the shore and lived there for 2 years until she met Daddy.
There’s still plenty of holes in the story and more that I want to know, but I feel good that we’ve shared this much. Our compromise is that she’ll continue to talk and share, but I’ve got to be willing to talk to her. After all the yelling and whatnot, Dick came back and we went out for pizza. I know it sounds queer, but it was actually good to have more lighthearted conversation after all that yelling. They talked about their dance and jazz stuff and I realized that if I want to be friends with my mother I’ve got to start sharing and taking an interest in what she’s got going on in her life.
After all of this, I went and had a drink with Purge while waiting for Tempest to come home from dinner. It was great to see them both and just shoot the shit for a couple of hours. We started watching the Farscape DVD and I was totally into it, until I realized that it was 10:45 and I still had to drive home. I was tempted to speed, but EVERY 3RD CAR ON I95 WAS A COP! It was brutal – they were everywhere. Then on 396N I kept my speed under 75mph just to be safe. I saw the cop way before I got near him and brought the speed down to 65mph just to be safe. Cop pulls out behind me and books to get about 2 car lengths behind me. He rode my ass like that for several miles before pulling into the passing lane and turning on the blue lights. My heart was in my mouth the entire time, even though I wasn’t doing anything wrong. I hate cops.
In closing, I point out that my mother looks like shit. She’s lost weight since last I saw her, but her face is so wrinkled. Her hair is almost all gray and she looks so tired. Perhaps it was just the stress of our meeting – I certainly hope so – but she really isn’t looking well at all. Her movements are stiff and she coughs horribly. One reason that I’m willing to try to heal our relationship is that she’s looking so old and I don’t want her to die thinking I’m an ungrateful child. She’s 56 years old but looks in her 60’s. I don’t want her to die without sharing.
Ok, that’s it for now. I’m still processing this whole thing and I’m sure it will come up again, but I’m sick of typing and thinking.
Good thing I’m at work. No thinking required.
Into the future…
Once she’d calmed down, she told me some things about her that I’d never known. My grandfather was a rep for the Democratic State Convention and a prominent political figure in New Haven. I’d known that, but I hadn’t known that he was a drunk and used to beat all of them when he was on a bender. I also found out that Nanny used to get piss drunk and go down to the club and flash people, throw things and make a general ruckus. She wasn’t the dignified & wholesome woman that she comes off as being! She used to spank the kids and anyone (staff) who said anything against her was fired.
Mom wanted to go to nursing school, as she’d been a candy striper for years at St Raphael’s Hospital, but that was a ‘trade’ rather than an educational opportunity, so she was forced to go to Salve Regina. She didn’t want to be a sociology major – that was chosen for her too. Mom got into trouble in college and was eventually thrown out for breaking curfew. I guess those Catholic schools are strict!
So, she was sent home and had to work as a clerk in her father’s law office. I keep forgetting that D.E.F. isn’t her real father, but rather her step dad. He raised her and was kind, when he was sober. As we’re talking, I’m having flashbacks of when both my mom & dad were drinking and the horrible fights and things that were said. I remember going with them to parties at friend’s houses and being dumped in the bedroom with the coats and told to go to sleep. I remember the screaming and the fight where my father took the drawers out of his desk and threw them at my mother and I. Yeah, we’re all Adult Children. We’ve all got scars.
Mom wanted to go to nursing school, as she’d been a candy striper for years at St Raphael’s Hospital, but that was a ‘trade’ rather than an educational opportunity, so she was forced to go to Salve Regina. She didn’t want to be a sociology major – that was chosen for her too. Mom got into trouble in college and was eventually thrown out for breaking curfew. I guess those Catholic schools are strict!
So, she was sent home and had to work as a clerk in her father’s law office. I keep forgetting that D.E.F. isn’t her real father, but rather her step dad. He raised her and was kind, when he was sober. As we’re talking, I’m having flashbacks of when both my mom & dad were drinking and the horrible fights and things that were said. I remember going with them to parties at friend’s houses and being dumped in the bedroom with the coats and told to go to sleep. I remember the screaming and the fight where my father took the drawers out of his desk and threw them at my mother and I. Yeah, we’re all Adult Children. We’ve all got scars.
Monday, July 30, 2001
Then off to Mom’s house. First off I’m pissed because her boyfriend Dick (no need for a nickname here) was there. He had the good sense to fuck off when I arrived. I go to give Mom a hug and she refused…no smurfing…no happy little chitchat. Mom was trying the Jedi mind-fuck technique on me! When we finally sat down to talk, tissues in hand, she WENT OFF ON ME! Let me hit the highlights:
- I’ve cut her out of my life after all she’s done for me
- She has to lie to her friends when they ask for me
- She has to lie to Nanny when she asks for me
- (Aunt) Gnome & Cuzzy have a terrific Mother/Daughter relationship – why can’t we?
- How can we talk about all this if I refuse to talk to her?***This was a big one, a theme if you will...
- Who’s putting me up to asking all these questions?
- Who’s putting me up to cutting her out of my life – is it Blixx(oh yeah, he LOVED that when I told him!)?
- Why don’t we want Blixx’s family to know about the Nanny guilt money?
- She hopes that when I have children they are ungrateful and hatefull like me
- How did I get so cold and bitter and jaded?
- She says I remind her of her mother – NANNY!!!!!
On and on it went, and I just let her go. She used the word FUCK three times, and in the proper context! Tempest asked me if she was as mad as the time I was having a sleep over (12 years old or so) and we started throwing M&M’s all over the house. She lost it that time, but not even close to yesterday’s explosion. I was freaked out that she had so much to say. She has absolutely never ever been as open as she was yesterday. She threw the tissue box at me.
- I’ve cut her out of my life after all she’s done for me
- She has to lie to her friends when they ask for me
- She has to lie to Nanny when she asks for me
- (Aunt) Gnome & Cuzzy have a terrific Mother/Daughter relationship – why can’t we?
- How can we talk about all this if I refuse to talk to her?***This was a big one, a theme if you will...
- Who’s putting me up to asking all these questions?
- Who’s putting me up to cutting her out of my life – is it Blixx(oh yeah, he LOVED that when I told him!)?
- Why don’t we want Blixx’s family to know about the Nanny guilt money?
- She hopes that when I have children they are ungrateful and hatefull like me
- How did I get so cold and bitter and jaded?
- She says I remind her of her mother – NANNY!!!!!
On and on it went, and I just let her go. She used the word FUCK three times, and in the proper context! Tempest asked me if she was as mad as the time I was having a sleep over (12 years old or so) and we started throwing M&M’s all over the house. She lost it that time, but not even close to yesterday’s explosion. I was freaked out that she had so much to say. She has absolutely never ever been as open as she was yesterday. She threw the tissue box at me.
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This is from yesterday, but for some reason I couldn’t get it to post.
I got my car back from the mechanic – and the air conditioner wasn’t working – AT ALL! This is after they called to tell me there was nothing wrong with it in the first place. Bastids! So, we brought it back Saturday morning (before coffee) and they fixed it right up. Apparently I wasn’t the only one to complain, because the mechanic was let go that same day. Nice.
We spend Saturday over at DaveGrips house helping him build a clothesline for his wife and fixing the gaping hole in the ceiling & kitchen wall, where the plumbing was replaced. Actually, Blixx helped with the project. I mainly was there to stand on boards while DaveGrips cut them, and to play with his wonderful daughter V. She’s almost 2 and the cutest! We ended the evening by watching Terminator 2 – Director’s Cut on DVD. There was some additional footage that really never should have been cut for theatrical release – totally made the movie. I highly recommend viewing this new release.
Sunday Blixx went kayaking with his mom, for her birthday. I guess she really enjoyed herself. I didn’t have too much time to chat with Blixx last night because I didn’t get home until after midnight, and he’d been playing drunken Playstation for hours with DaveGrips so he was well-done by the time I got home. I was beat too.
If you don’t have a lot of time, then this isn’t the blog for you. I’m feeling verbose today so bear with me.
I went to Connecticut, and here’s the story:
First, I left a little early so I had time to stop in Westbrook and hit the Old Navy Outlet Store. I got 6 tops for $23! I got some logo t-shirts to grub around in, as well as some basic tops for work. I just love a bargain. I could wander that outlet mall for days, and one day I will. I also picked up some carrot cake to bring to Nanny, as she appreciates it when you smuggle in sweats. No wonder she hasn’t lost any weight, but claims to eat little of the food that they provide. I've seen the stuff - it does look nasty. Definately mystery meat.
Ahh, Nanny. I haven’t seen her since Christmas time and she’s still very much the same. Bitter, cruel and angry. We had a nice little visit where we talked about ‘the help’ at the home, and of course the Shandra Leavy case. She just loves a good scandal and has glued herself to CNN waiting for the next world disaster to talk about. It’s never the good news that she harps on – the worse the story, the better for her. I don’t think she liked my conspiracy theory about the Leavy case one bit, but I’m entitled to my own opinion. Actually, no I’m not. She harped on my hair being colored – then asked me what color it was…I told her my hair looked beautiful, and if her eyes were failing her, then she’d just have to believe me. That shut her up for a minute. It was good to see her and I’m not worried about her dying soon, because she’s got far too much bitching and complaining to do for death to suit her. She mentioned (while talking about her imminent demise) that I’m slated to get her diamond earrings when she’d gone – each one is a carat! She figured that Cuzzy has enough diamonds and that I deserve them. Um, ok!
This is from yesterday, but for some reason I couldn’t get it to post.
I got my car back from the mechanic – and the air conditioner wasn’t working – AT ALL! This is after they called to tell me there was nothing wrong with it in the first place. Bastids! So, we brought it back Saturday morning (before coffee) and they fixed it right up. Apparently I wasn’t the only one to complain, because the mechanic was let go that same day. Nice.
We spend Saturday over at DaveGrips house helping him build a clothesline for his wife and fixing the gaping hole in the ceiling & kitchen wall, where the plumbing was replaced. Actually, Blixx helped with the project. I mainly was there to stand on boards while DaveGrips cut them, and to play with his wonderful daughter V. She’s almost 2 and the cutest! We ended the evening by watching Terminator 2 – Director’s Cut on DVD. There was some additional footage that really never should have been cut for theatrical release – totally made the movie. I highly recommend viewing this new release.
Sunday Blixx went kayaking with his mom, for her birthday. I guess she really enjoyed herself. I didn’t have too much time to chat with Blixx last night because I didn’t get home until after midnight, and he’d been playing drunken Playstation for hours with DaveGrips so he was well-done by the time I got home. I was beat too.
If you don’t have a lot of time, then this isn’t the blog for you. I’m feeling verbose today so bear with me.
I went to Connecticut, and here’s the story:
First, I left a little early so I had time to stop in Westbrook and hit the Old Navy Outlet Store. I got 6 tops for $23! I got some logo t-shirts to grub around in, as well as some basic tops for work. I just love a bargain. I could wander that outlet mall for days, and one day I will. I also picked up some carrot cake to bring to Nanny, as she appreciates it when you smuggle in sweats. No wonder she hasn’t lost any weight, but claims to eat little of the food that they provide. I've seen the stuff - it does look nasty. Definately mystery meat.
Ahh, Nanny. I haven’t seen her since Christmas time and she’s still very much the same. Bitter, cruel and angry. We had a nice little visit where we talked about ‘the help’ at the home, and of course the Shandra Leavy case. She just loves a good scandal and has glued herself to CNN waiting for the next world disaster to talk about. It’s never the good news that she harps on – the worse the story, the better for her. I don’t think she liked my conspiracy theory about the Leavy case one bit, but I’m entitled to my own opinion. Actually, no I’m not. She harped on my hair being colored – then asked me what color it was…I told her my hair looked beautiful, and if her eyes were failing her, then she’d just have to believe me. That shut her up for a minute. It was good to see her and I’m not worried about her dying soon, because she’s got far too much bitching and complaining to do for death to suit her. She mentioned (while talking about her imminent demise) that I’m slated to get her diamond earrings when she’d gone – each one is a carat! She figured that Cuzzy has enough diamonds and that I deserve them. Um, ok!
Friday, July 27, 2001
$673.79 worth of repairs are being done on my car right now, as we speak. I apparent'y have killed the brakes on yet another vehicle. I have a long and horrible history of ruining brakes - any of you who've driven with me will know why.
Check out movie trailers for upcoming movies, including Lord of the Rings and Spider Man.
I just got off the phone with my mother. I'm going down to see her on Sunday, while Blixx takes his mom out kayaking. If you've ever met his mom, you'd know why I can't quite get a visual of her in a boat. Wish me luck in CT with Mom. Let's all hope she wants to talk, or it's going to get ugly. I'll tell you all about it on Monday.
Into the future...
Check out movie trailers for upcoming movies, including Lord of the Rings and Spider Man.
I just got off the phone with my mother. I'm going down to see her on Sunday, while Blixx takes his mom out kayaking. If you've ever met his mom, you'd know why I can't quite get a visual of her in a boat. Wish me luck in CT with Mom. Let's all hope she wants to talk, or it's going to get ugly. I'll tell you all about it on Monday.
Into the future...
Thursday, July 26, 2001
I was super tired last night, but I let DaveGrips come over because we had to decide about our rafting trip schedule. We decided that we don't have to decide anything at all. Our best bet is to wait until next weekend when Grips & possibly Blixx will be up there in person. That way we'll be able to get the best trip for the best 'family discount' price. I was listening, but apparently Blixx was not.
He just called to say hi and tell me what he's up to, including calling Moxy to make reservations. I ask, "What reservations? Were you listening last night?" He immediately blows up, asking why everyone (and that would be who?) is up his ass about this and starts yelling at my headache! I told him I was hanging up (it's only polite) then hung up on him. What a wonderful afternoon it's been. I think I'm going to go straight to bed when I get home tonight - save me the pleasure of continuing this 'discussion.'
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SherBear just called! It's pretty much been decided that Blixx and I are going down to see them in October for FedExMan's birthday. Now I've just got to do some research to find the best fares. If any of you know of any deals, please let me know. We'll fly down Thurs night, do Universal Studios on Friday while they work, then hang out on Saturday. She's throwing a party for him Saturday night. Their new house has a pool and hot tub! Yeah baby! I'm in a much better mood and ready to take on the rest of the day. It's amazing what a few kind words from a friend can do for a person.
You (that means you) are a wonderful person full of vitality, creativity and beauty! That shout goes out to all my friends near and far.
Into the future...
He just called to say hi and tell me what he's up to, including calling Moxy to make reservations. I ask, "What reservations? Were you listening last night?" He immediately blows up, asking why everyone (and that would be who?) is up his ass about this and starts yelling at my headache! I told him I was hanging up (it's only polite) then hung up on him. What a wonderful afternoon it's been. I think I'm going to go straight to bed when I get home tonight - save me the pleasure of continuing this 'discussion.'
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SherBear just called! It's pretty much been decided that Blixx and I are going down to see them in October for FedExMan's birthday. Now I've just got to do some research to find the best fares. If any of you know of any deals, please let me know. We'll fly down Thurs night, do Universal Studios on Friday while they work, then hang out on Saturday. She's throwing a party for him Saturday night. Their new house has a pool and hot tub! Yeah baby! I'm in a much better mood and ready to take on the rest of the day. It's amazing what a few kind words from a friend can do for a person.
You (that means you) are a wonderful person full of vitality, creativity and beauty! That shout goes out to all my friends near and far.
Into the future...
Greetings all! Another boring day on the job. We've got girlscouts here today doing a job shadow - why is it I'm expected to give them a company t-shirt & other shwag, but they didn't bring me any damn cookies! Now all I can think about are those S'Mores cookies!
It rained like a mother f***er this morning, starting just as I pulled into our giant parking lot and ending precisely when I made my damp entrance to our building. Such is life. I woke up with a headache in the middle of the night so I took some Tylenol, took a pee and went back to bed. When the alarm clock went off, I swear the headache was worse. I drank a ton of water, and took 2 Aleve - not excessive, considering that my back/neck have been killing me and I HAVE CRAMPS. Those little blue pills are supposed to cure anything, yet I still have this horrible drilling shrieking pain in my temples that just won't go away. I hesitate to take more drugs, but I'm not sure I'll last without. I think a cookie would make me feel better.
I got pictures back from JoJo's wedding! There's some great ones of the Uni Survivor gang. I gave them to DaveGrips to scan and perhaps I'll figure out how to post pictures on this thing. We also got pictures back from our most recent camping adventure. Blixx took a shot of me on our hike that I was really looking forward to getting back. I don't generally photograph well, but I somehow convinced myself that this was going to be portrait material - partially because I was feeling so damn good when he took the shot. I imagined this lush background behind me, the blue shirt I was wearing bringing out the color of my eyes...What I got was a picture of an overweight, out of shape and exhausted woman who could use a facial. UG! It was a picture of me alright, just not the me that I had hoped for. It's hard to keep a positive self-image in the face of supermodel beauty when you are looking at proof positive of your worse case scenario. I'm thinking about going on Body Solutions.
Go HERE for information on a quick computer fix.
It rained like a mother f***er this morning, starting just as I pulled into our giant parking lot and ending precisely when I made my damp entrance to our building. Such is life. I woke up with a headache in the middle of the night so I took some Tylenol, took a pee and went back to bed. When the alarm clock went off, I swear the headache was worse. I drank a ton of water, and took 2 Aleve - not excessive, considering that my back/neck have been killing me and I HAVE CRAMPS. Those little blue pills are supposed to cure anything, yet I still have this horrible drilling shrieking pain in my temples that just won't go away. I hesitate to take more drugs, but I'm not sure I'll last without. I think a cookie would make me feel better.
I got pictures back from JoJo's wedding! There's some great ones of the Uni Survivor gang. I gave them to DaveGrips to scan and perhaps I'll figure out how to post pictures on this thing. We also got pictures back from our most recent camping adventure. Blixx took a shot of me on our hike that I was really looking forward to getting back. I don't generally photograph well, but I somehow convinced myself that this was going to be portrait material - partially because I was feeling so damn good when he took the shot. I imagined this lush background behind me, the blue shirt I was wearing bringing out the color of my eyes...What I got was a picture of an overweight, out of shape and exhausted woman who could use a facial. UG! It was a picture of me alright, just not the me that I had hoped for. It's hard to keep a positive self-image in the face of supermodel beauty when you are looking at proof positive of your worse case scenario. I'm thinking about going on Body Solutions.
Go HERE for information on a quick computer fix.
Wednesday, July 25, 2001
I'm waiting for my Pizza Express to arrive. That chicken cutlet sub is going to be delicious - perhaps I should've eaten breakfast. I went and got my speeding ticket reduced today. I was offered a reduction to $75 or a court date some time in August. I was going to fight it, just to be difficut, but decided against it. Too much hassle, and I actually was speeding so I'll just have to cut my losses. In researching for the hearing, I came across some interesting web sites: The NMA has some tips on beating tickets, as well as links to speed trap sites.
Other sites I've come across: The National Enquirer site has the Mike Walker game from the Howard Stern show. For those not familiar, you get 4 gossip stories and have to pick the false one. It's a hoot. Also onHoward Stern, see AJ Benza hit stuttering John on a recent show. It ws excellent radio, but makes for damn fine TV too.
Bubble wrap is cool.
Blatant errors in movies or on TV are not!
Blixx and I just went a couple of rounds trying to plan out vacation time for the rest of the year. We have an opportunity to raft the first weekend of August, but we're going the third weekend so it seems redundant to me. I've told Blixx that he & Toad can go up if they want. We're also trying to get to see my friend SherBear in Florida at some point, perhaps in October, and plan something for the weekend of my birthday in September. We also wanted to plan to go to Acadia National Park in Maine again, but I'm not sure when we'll get around to it. Ug! Trying to make these plans makes my head hurt.
Nothing else to report really, except that I've heard that the most promising UniShippers sales rep left the company, essentially because the owners make promises that they can't deliver. No shyt! Speaking of shyt, JoJo sent this to me recently:
For some time many of us have wondered just who is Jack Schitt?
We find ourselves at a loss when someone says, "You don't know Jack Schitt!"
Well, thanks to my genealogy efforts, you can now respond in an intellectual way.
Jack Schitt is the only son of Awe Schitt. Awe Schitt, the fertilizer magnate, married O.Schitt, the owner of Needeep N. Schitt, Inc. They had one
son, Jack.
In turn, Jack Schitt married Noe Schitt. The deeply religious couple produced six children: Holy Schitt, Giva Schitt, Fulla Schitt, Bull Schitt, and the twins Deap Schitt and Dip Schitt. Against her parents' objections, Deap Schitt married Dumb Schitt, a high school dropout.
After being married 15 years, Jack and Noe Schitt divorced. Noe Schitt later married Ted Sherlock, and, because her kids were living with them, she
wanted to keep her previous name. She was then known as Noe Schitt Sherlock.
Meanwhile, Dip Schitt married Loda Schitt, and they produced a son with a rather nervous disposition named Chicken Schitt. Two of the other six
children, Fulla Schitt and Giva Schitt, were inseparable throughout childhood and subsequently married the Happens brothers in a dual ceremony.
The wedding announcement in the newspaper announced the Schitt-Happens nuptials.
The Schitt-Happens children were Dawg, Byrd, and Hoarse. Bull Schitt, the prodigal son, left home to tour the world. He recently returned from Italy
with his new Italian bride, Pisa Schitt. Now when someone says, "You don't know Jack Schitt," you can correct them.
Sincerely,
Crock O. Schitt
Into the future...
Other sites I've come across: The National Enquirer site has the Mike Walker game from the Howard Stern show. For those not familiar, you get 4 gossip stories and have to pick the false one. It's a hoot. Also on
Bubble wrap is cool.
Blatant errors in movies or on TV are not!
Blixx and I just went a couple of rounds trying to plan out vacation time for the rest of the year. We have an opportunity to raft the first weekend of August, but we're going the third weekend so it seems redundant to me. I've told Blixx that he & Toad can go up if they want. We're also trying to get to see my friend SherBear in Florida at some point, perhaps in October, and plan something for the weekend of my birthday in September. We also wanted to plan to go to Acadia National Park in Maine again, but I'm not sure when we'll get around to it. Ug! Trying to make these plans makes my head hurt.
Nothing else to report really, except that I've heard that the most promising UniShippers sales rep left the company, essentially because the owners make promises that they can't deliver. No shyt! Speaking of shyt, JoJo sent this to me recently:
For some time many of us have wondered just who is Jack Schitt?
We find ourselves at a loss when someone says, "You don't know Jack Schitt!"
Well, thanks to my genealogy efforts, you can now respond in an intellectual way.
Jack Schitt is the only son of Awe Schitt. Awe Schitt, the fertilizer magnate, married O.Schitt, the owner of Needeep N. Schitt, Inc. They had one
son, Jack.
In turn, Jack Schitt married Noe Schitt. The deeply religious couple produced six children: Holy Schitt, Giva Schitt, Fulla Schitt, Bull Schitt, and the twins Deap Schitt and Dip Schitt. Against her parents' objections, Deap Schitt married Dumb Schitt, a high school dropout.
After being married 15 years, Jack and Noe Schitt divorced. Noe Schitt later married Ted Sherlock, and, because her kids were living with them, she
wanted to keep her previous name. She was then known as Noe Schitt Sherlock.
Meanwhile, Dip Schitt married Loda Schitt, and they produced a son with a rather nervous disposition named Chicken Schitt. Two of the other six
children, Fulla Schitt and Giva Schitt, were inseparable throughout childhood and subsequently married the Happens brothers in a dual ceremony.
The wedding announcement in the newspaper announced the Schitt-Happens nuptials.
The Schitt-Happens children were Dawg, Byrd, and Hoarse. Bull Schitt, the prodigal son, left home to tour the world. He recently returned from Italy
with his new Italian bride, Pisa Schitt. Now when someone says, "You don't know Jack Schitt," you can correct them.
Sincerely,
Crock O. Schitt
Into the future...
Tuesday, July 24, 2001
I had to attend a customer service training program today for work. It certainly would have helped me out with my last job, but since I don't have direct customer contact currently, it's more than a little pointless. At least I didn't have to be sitting here in front of my conputer for the morning, so that's a plus. I'm going to let this template alone for now - I can't figure out where the line is to get the background color of the posts to change, and I still haven't a clue as to how to set up my archived blogs - HELP!
Last night DaveGrips came over and we just hung out and watched stupid tv. No biggie. Blixx has been working for the past two days and it's been quite the trauma for him. He spent the better part of last week in his kayak, so it's a bit of a culture shock to have to get up at 5am for work. Poor baby. He was inside an old house that didn't have A/C yesterday. I've got my fingers crossed that he will be properly ventilated today, as it's 95 in Worcester currently. Damn, that's hot! Perhaps I'll go over and float in DaveGrips's pool tonight after work. The A/C in my car is making a disturbuing noise. Just one more thing to have checked out.
THE LAWS OF CARTOON MOTION
"I KNOW this defies the law of gravity, but, you see, I never studied law!"
-Bugs Bunny, High Diving Hare (1949)
ANY BODY SUSPENDED IN SPACE WILL REMAIN SUSPENDED IN SPACE UNTIL MADE AWARE OF ITS SITUATION.
Daffy Duck steps off a cliff, expecting further pastureland. He loiters flippantly until he chances to look down. At this point the familiar principle of 32 feet per second takes precedence.
ANY BODY IN MOTION WILL TEND TO REMAIN IN MOTION UNTIL SOLID MATTER INTERVENES SUDDENLY.
Whether shot from a cannon or in hot pursuit on foot, cartoon characters are so absolute in their momentum that only a telephone pole or an outsize boulder retards their foward motion absolutley. Sir Issac Newton called this sudden termination the stooge's surcease.
ANY BODY PASSING THROUGH SOLID MATTER WILL LEAVE A PERFORATION CONFORMING TO ITS PERIMETER.
Also called the silhouette of passage, this phenomenon is the specialty of victims of direct pressure explosions and reckless cowards who are so eager to escape that they exit directly through the wall of a house.
THE TIME REQUIRED FOR AN OBJECT TO FALL 20 STORIES IS GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO THE TIME IT TAKES FOR WHOEVER KNOCKED IT OFF THE LEDGE TO SPIRAL DOWN 20 FLIGHTS OF STAIRS TO ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE IT UNBROKEN.
Such an object is inevitably priceless; the attempt to catch it, inevitably unsuccessful.
ALL PRINCIPILES OF GRAVITY ARE NEGATED BY FEAR.
Psychic forces are sufficient in most bodies for a shock to propel them away from the surface. A spooky noise or an adversary's signature sound will induce motion upward, usually to the cradle of a chandelier, a treetop or the crest of a flagpole. The feet of a running character or the wheels of a speeding auto need never touch the ground, ergo fleeing turns to flight.
AS SPEED INCREASES OBJECTS CAN BE SEEN IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT PLACES AT ONCE.
This is particularly true in tooth-and-claw fights, in which a character's head may be seen emerging from a cloud of altercation at several places simultaneously. This effect is common as well among bodies that are spinning or being throttled, and simulates our own vision's trailing retention of images. A "wacky" character has the option of self-replication only at maniac-high speeds and may richocet off the walls to achieve the velocity required for self-mass-liberation.
CERTAIN BODIES CAN PASS THROUGH A SOLID WALL PAINTED TO RESEMBLE A TUNNEL ENTRANCE, OTHERS CANNOT.
This tompe l'oeil inconsistency has baffled generations, but at least it is known that whoever paints an entrance on a wall's surface to trick an opponent will be unable to pursue him into this theoretical space. The painter is flattened against the wall when he attempts to pursue into the painting. This is utlimately a problem of art, not science.
NECESSITY PLUS WILL PROVOKES SPONTANEOUS GENERATION.
Dangerously palpable objects - such as mallets, dynamite, pies and alluring female attire - can be manifested from what might previously have been considered "thin" air, but only when the friction of immediate jeopardy makes the object's apperance imperative. The controversial "pocket" theory suggests these objects are drawn from unseen recesses of a character's costume, or from a storehouse immediately off-screen, but this merely defers the question of how any absolutely apt object is instantaneously available.
ANY VIOLENT REARRANGEMENT OF FELINE MATTER IS IMPERMANENT.
Cartoon cats possess more deaths than even the traditional nine lives afford. They can be sliced, splayed, accordion-pleated or disassembled, but they cannot be destroyed. After a few moments of blinking self-pity, they reinflate, elongate, snap back or solidify.
FOR EVERY VENGEANCE, THERE IS AN EQUAL AND OPPOSITE REVENGEANCE.
This is one law of animated cartoon motion that also applies to the physical world at large. For that reason, we need the relief of watching it happen to a duck instead.
Tomorrow morning I go fight my speeding ticket. Wish me luck!
Into the future...
Last night DaveGrips came over and we just hung out and watched stupid tv. No biggie. Blixx has been working for the past two days and it's been quite the trauma for him. He spent the better part of last week in his kayak, so it's a bit of a culture shock to have to get up at 5am for work. Poor baby. He was inside an old house that didn't have A/C yesterday. I've got my fingers crossed that he will be properly ventilated today, as it's 95 in Worcester currently. Damn, that's hot! Perhaps I'll go over and float in DaveGrips's pool tonight after work. The A/C in my car is making a disturbuing noise. Just one more thing to have checked out.
THE LAWS OF CARTOON MOTION
"I KNOW this defies the law of gravity, but, you see, I never studied law!"
-Bugs Bunny, High Diving Hare (1949)
ANY BODY SUSPENDED IN SPACE WILL REMAIN SUSPENDED IN SPACE UNTIL MADE AWARE OF ITS SITUATION.
Daffy Duck steps off a cliff, expecting further pastureland. He loiters flippantly until he chances to look down. At this point the familiar principle of 32 feet per second takes precedence.
ANY BODY IN MOTION WILL TEND TO REMAIN IN MOTION UNTIL SOLID MATTER INTERVENES SUDDENLY.
Whether shot from a cannon or in hot pursuit on foot, cartoon characters are so absolute in their momentum that only a telephone pole or an outsize boulder retards their foward motion absolutley. Sir Issac Newton called this sudden termination the stooge's surcease.
ANY BODY PASSING THROUGH SOLID MATTER WILL LEAVE A PERFORATION CONFORMING TO ITS PERIMETER.
Also called the silhouette of passage, this phenomenon is the specialty of victims of direct pressure explosions and reckless cowards who are so eager to escape that they exit directly through the wall of a house.
THE TIME REQUIRED FOR AN OBJECT TO FALL 20 STORIES IS GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO THE TIME IT TAKES FOR WHOEVER KNOCKED IT OFF THE LEDGE TO SPIRAL DOWN 20 FLIGHTS OF STAIRS TO ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE IT UNBROKEN.
Such an object is inevitably priceless; the attempt to catch it, inevitably unsuccessful.
ALL PRINCIPILES OF GRAVITY ARE NEGATED BY FEAR.
Psychic forces are sufficient in most bodies for a shock to propel them away from the surface. A spooky noise or an adversary's signature sound will induce motion upward, usually to the cradle of a chandelier, a treetop or the crest of a flagpole. The feet of a running character or the wheels of a speeding auto need never touch the ground, ergo fleeing turns to flight.
AS SPEED INCREASES OBJECTS CAN BE SEEN IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT PLACES AT ONCE.
This is particularly true in tooth-and-claw fights, in which a character's head may be seen emerging from a cloud of altercation at several places simultaneously. This effect is common as well among bodies that are spinning or being throttled, and simulates our own vision's trailing retention of images. A "wacky" character has the option of self-replication only at maniac-high speeds and may richocet off the walls to achieve the velocity required for self-mass-liberation.
CERTAIN BODIES CAN PASS THROUGH A SOLID WALL PAINTED TO RESEMBLE A TUNNEL ENTRANCE, OTHERS CANNOT.
This tompe l'oeil inconsistency has baffled generations, but at least it is known that whoever paints an entrance on a wall's surface to trick an opponent will be unable to pursue him into this theoretical space. The painter is flattened against the wall when he attempts to pursue into the painting. This is utlimately a problem of art, not science.
NECESSITY PLUS WILL PROVOKES SPONTANEOUS GENERATION.
Dangerously palpable objects - such as mallets, dynamite, pies and alluring female attire - can be manifested from what might previously have been considered "thin" air, but only when the friction of immediate jeopardy makes the object's apperance imperative. The controversial "pocket" theory suggests these objects are drawn from unseen recesses of a character's costume, or from a storehouse immediately off-screen, but this merely defers the question of how any absolutely apt object is instantaneously available.
ANY VIOLENT REARRANGEMENT OF FELINE MATTER IS IMPERMANENT.
Cartoon cats possess more deaths than even the traditional nine lives afford. They can be sliced, splayed, accordion-pleated or disassembled, but they cannot be destroyed. After a few moments of blinking self-pity, they reinflate, elongate, snap back or solidify.
FOR EVERY VENGEANCE, THERE IS AN EQUAL AND OPPOSITE REVENGEANCE.
This is one law of animated cartoon motion that also applies to the physical world at large. For that reason, we need the relief of watching it happen to a duck instead.
Tomorrow morning I go fight my speeding ticket. Wish me luck!
Into the future...
Monday, July 23, 2001
Obviously, I'm still working on the template. I've spent way too much time futzing with it today. I'll keep screwing around with it this week. What do you think? Make sure to sign my guestbook!
The weekend was wonderful. I ended up going to my manager's house after work on Friday and hanging out by the pool for a bit. We gabbed about former employees and drank/smoked ourselves silly. It was nice to socialize with the people I work with - I still miss the friendships I had with my UniShippers friends. Those relationships made coming to work that much easier. I mean, I hear all about Presley's pregnancy (in horrifying detail) and Youngster's men troubles, but it just isn't the same. I know that they don't give a rat's ass about me & my life. Bitches! I also found out that the dude I wanted to work for to become Devil's Advocate just took a job in our Scotland office so there's no hope of me getting that job. I'm really feeling at a standstill here and I just don't know what to do. Actually, I'm going to have the company pay for me to take Powerpoint and Word classes so I can claim proficiancy and not be a total liar. I'm also looking into some business/management cources for the fall. But I still have to sit here and deal with Bitches until I get a better plan. Balls!
After going to my managers, I met the boys at Toad's house. DaveGrips came over and we hung out for a bit. Saturday Blixx and I went to the beach in RI and played in the surf and sand. It was wonderful - and I even remembered to put on sunblock! We enjoyed the sunset over the water and had an awesome relaxing time. Man, I needed that! We ate TacoBell on the way home and Sunday morning I was reminded why I don't ever want to eat there...use your imagination. I colored my hair red again, but it is a really subtle change that makes me nuts so lets not talk about it. We then spend Sunday at the Wrentham Outlet Mall dropping several hundred dollars on some new sneakers for us both from Reebok, sweet hiking boots & a red fleece vest for Blixx and a gortex jacket for me! The North Face Outlet had 50% off almost everything, so we went a little nuts. It's great quality stuff but really pricey, so the sale helps out a lot. I got a yummy fleece shirt too. Man, I can't wait until it gets cool out to wear it.
My mother called last week. She wants to talk. I'm not 100% convinced that she wants to talk about the same things that I do, but it's a start. I'm thinking of going down to CT so I can storm out in dramatic fashion when she inevitably pisses me off. Tempest & Purge - you guys gunna be around next Sunday? Oh yeah, I'll forward that tattoo information you asked for today. I swear!
Into the future....
The weekend was wonderful. I ended up going to my manager's house after work on Friday and hanging out by the pool for a bit. We gabbed about former employees and drank/smoked ourselves silly. It was nice to socialize with the people I work with - I still miss the friendships I had with my UniShippers friends. Those relationships made coming to work that much easier. I mean, I hear all about Presley's pregnancy (in horrifying detail) and Youngster's men troubles, but it just isn't the same. I know that they don't give a rat's ass about me & my life. Bitches! I also found out that the dude I wanted to work for to become Devil's Advocate just took a job in our Scotland office so there's no hope of me getting that job. I'm really feeling at a standstill here and I just don't know what to do. Actually, I'm going to have the company pay for me to take Powerpoint and Word classes so I can claim proficiancy and not be a total liar. I'm also looking into some business/management cources for the fall. But I still have to sit here and deal with Bitches until I get a better plan. Balls!
After going to my managers, I met the boys at Toad's house. DaveGrips came over and we hung out for a bit. Saturday Blixx and I went to the beach in RI and played in the surf and sand. It was wonderful - and I even remembered to put on sunblock! We enjoyed the sunset over the water and had an awesome relaxing time. Man, I needed that! We ate TacoBell on the way home and Sunday morning I was reminded why I don't ever want to eat there...use your imagination. I colored my hair red again, but it is a really subtle change that makes me nuts so lets not talk about it. We then spend Sunday at the Wrentham Outlet Mall dropping several hundred dollars on some new sneakers for us both from Reebok, sweet hiking boots & a red fleece vest for Blixx and a gortex jacket for me! The North Face Outlet had 50% off almost everything, so we went a little nuts. It's great quality stuff but really pricey, so the sale helps out a lot. I got a yummy fleece shirt too. Man, I can't wait until it gets cool out to wear it.
My mother called last week. She wants to talk. I'm not 100% convinced that she wants to talk about the same things that I do, but it's a start. I'm thinking of going down to CT so I can storm out in dramatic fashion when she inevitably pisses me off. Tempest & Purge - you guys gunna be around next Sunday? Oh yeah, I'll forward that tattoo information you asked for today. I swear!
Into the future....
Friday, July 20, 2001
The past two days Blogger has been down when I went to post. Not that anything really exciting has been going on. I’ve had the head cold from hell so I’ve been keeping a pretty low profile. Lots of liquids and lots of sleep makes Chynakatt’s blog boring.
I’ve been watching our tape of Mists of Avalon, which aired recently on TNT. Julianna Margulies is excellent as Morgaine, the priestess who rejects her mentor Vivian’s (played superbly by Anjelica Huston) teachings after a cruel trick changes her and her brother Arthur’s lives forever. I’m not really loving the actor playing Lancelot, but Arthur is well portrayed as a man torn between honor and love. The script is quite true to the original story, written by Marion Zimmer Bradley and tells the tale of Camelot through the eyes of the women who wielded the power of the pagan goddess against the Christian priests. An excellent twist to the Camelot legends! It’s on again tonight and I highly recommend viewing.
I understand the Farscape conflict, but remember that Farscape is played twice tonight at 9pm & midnight. I should probably go out once in a while on a Friday night, but I’m usually so damn tired that I sit my ass on the couch and vegg out. I find that my Saturday’s are more productive and fun if I’ve rested up the night before. I know it’s lame and I know I’m old and I DO in fact care! DID ANYONE TAPE THE FARSCAPE SHOWN LAST SATURDAY NIGHT? I didn’t know it was on and am dying for a viewing. Hey, tonight they land on a pleasure planet – RIGHT ON!
Some crap for you:
What is your a>cat doing while you are at work?
Dumb laws still on the books in Mass. I guess Blixx and his goatee are screwed! I know you’ve seen sites like this before, but c’mon, it’s funny stuff!
Koya asked me to post this link.
In world news...
Alcoholic cockroaches invade Russian bars!
MOSCOW-- The Russian liquor business is facing an ugly problem: Drunk and rowdy cockroaches! Entomologists here say the insects are becoming addicted to vodka and overrunning bars and liquor outlets. "Just like human drunks, they'll take great risks to get their alcohol," said Dr. Alexander Shankos. "Shortly after the bars open and the smell of vodka is in the air, hundreds of thousands of them will often converge on a place, crawling over stools, tables - and even clambering over the customers themselves for the drops of spilled liquor on the bar."
With the weekend coming up, this site might prove useful. Excellent variety of cocktail ideas and recipes.
TODAY IN HISTORY: 7-20-69 Neil Armstrong stepped from the lunar module Eagle to become the first man to walk upon the moon. He said "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Of course, that’s if you believe that tinfoil-covered model they showed on TV was the real thing!
This weekend we’re going kayaking someplace new and different, catching a movie and doing some shopping. The Reebok outlets have a buy one get another 50% off sale so I’m going to pick myself up some really expensive sneakers with little to no guilt.
Ahh yes, I’m dying my hair back to unnatural red. I can’t wait! Keep your fingers crossed that I don't end up looking like a reject from Clown College.
Into the future…
I’ve been watching our tape of Mists of Avalon, which aired recently on TNT. Julianna Margulies is excellent as Morgaine, the priestess who rejects her mentor Vivian’s (played superbly by Anjelica Huston) teachings after a cruel trick changes her and her brother Arthur’s lives forever. I’m not really loving the actor playing Lancelot, but Arthur is well portrayed as a man torn between honor and love. The script is quite true to the original story, written by Marion Zimmer Bradley and tells the tale of Camelot through the eyes of the women who wielded the power of the pagan goddess against the Christian priests. An excellent twist to the Camelot legends! It’s on again tonight and I highly recommend viewing.
I understand the Farscape conflict, but remember that Farscape is played twice tonight at 9pm & midnight. I should probably go out once in a while on a Friday night, but I’m usually so damn tired that I sit my ass on the couch and vegg out. I find that my Saturday’s are more productive and fun if I’ve rested up the night before. I know it’s lame and I know I’m old and I DO in fact care! DID ANYONE TAPE THE FARSCAPE SHOWN LAST SATURDAY NIGHT? I didn’t know it was on and am dying for a viewing. Hey, tonight they land on a pleasure planet – RIGHT ON!
Some crap for you:
What is your a>cat doing while you are at work?
Dumb laws still on the books in Mass. I guess Blixx and his goatee are screwed! I know you’ve seen sites like this before, but c’mon, it’s funny stuff!
Koya asked me to post this link.
In world news...
Alcoholic cockroaches invade Russian bars!
MOSCOW-- The Russian liquor business is facing an ugly problem: Drunk and rowdy cockroaches! Entomologists here say the insects are becoming addicted to vodka and overrunning bars and liquor outlets. "Just like human drunks, they'll take great risks to get their alcohol," said Dr. Alexander Shankos. "Shortly after the bars open and the smell of vodka is in the air, hundreds of thousands of them will often converge on a place, crawling over stools, tables - and even clambering over the customers themselves for the drops of spilled liquor on the bar."
With the weekend coming up, this site might prove useful. Excellent variety of cocktail ideas and recipes.
TODAY IN HISTORY: 7-20-69 Neil Armstrong stepped from the lunar module Eagle to become the first man to walk upon the moon. He said "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Of course, that’s if you believe that tinfoil-covered model they showed on TV was the real thing!
This weekend we’re going kayaking someplace new and different, catching a movie and doing some shopping. The Reebok outlets have a buy one get another 50% off sale so I’m going to pick myself up some really expensive sneakers with little to no guilt.
Ahh yes, I’m dying my hair back to unnatural red. I can’t wait! Keep your fingers crossed that I don't end up looking like a reject from Clown College.
Into the future…
Tuesday, July 17, 2001
This is the account of my camping adventure. I guess Blogger was down for a while yesterday, because I couldn’t post. Oh well, here we go…
Thursday - I blew out of work at 1:30 pm and headed to the mall. I got my nails done, and while the guy thought I was nuts to do my nails BEFORE camping, he made them extra strong to last throughout the adventure. I then headed over to DrJims and got an adjustment. I got to chatting with his wife HighOctane and we ended up going shopping at BJ’s and WalMart for last minute supplies. We shop well together. She’s no Tempest, but she’ll do in a pinch. I dropped her back off and headed to Toads to collect Blixx, who’d been putzing with the camping gear for the better part of the day.
I no sooner get there, than the phone rings. It’s Tadpole and he’s been in a car accident on his way up to meet us. So we drive out to Sturbridge to pick him up. The front end of his Honda is totally pushed in. I’m just happy that he’s ok. It seems that as he was driving he was also looking for his apple pie. D’Oh! The accident was totally his fault and he’s totally screwed. Rather than go home he decided that it’s a perfect time for a vacation! Back at Toad’s house, we grab some pizza and beer and smoke and just hang out for a while. I helped Tadpole call the insurance people to put in the preliminary reports and all that jazz.
Friday - Morning we were up early and over at Toad’s by 8:30, after a mandatory stop for a large French Vanilla ice coffee light and sweet. We load up the gear and off we go. High Octane and I were in my car and the boys went in Toads van. It was about a 4 hour drive and it kept raining off and on during the drive. We took the scenic route and the mountains were just beautiful! I mean, really spectacular vistas. Imp Face fascinates me and I look forward to a hike to the top. We’d hoped to get sites close to the trail up the mountain, but had to settle for some farther back. Setting up the sites took no time at all, compared to other camping adventures we’ve had. Blixx and I had a site all to ourselves, because we used the other two tents to block off the view of ‘Party Central’ from the access road. Chairs were up around the fire in no time, and Blixx cooked us an outstanding swordfish stirfry for dinner. It’s his camping specialty and it’s out of this world. We cooked S’Mores and took a walk to check out the stars in a nearby field. It was a beautiful night. Sitting around the fire we heard a rustling in the leaves – a little light showed us it was a buny family on an outing. The babies were the cutest little things you’ve ever seen – there had to be at least 6 of them hopping around. Blixx and I retired relatively early (1AMish) and had a wonderful night for ourselves (Wink wink nudge nudge do you get what I’m talking about here people?).
Saturday - Up early (8 AM, and I was the last one up again) to a breakfast of bacon, egg and cheese bagel sandwiches. If you can find Assiago (sp?) cheese bagels pick some up because they are Heaven. We geared up and headed up the mountain. It was a beautiful hike, following a fabulous river most of the way. We stopped at Big Rock Two Rivers for a snack. We were overlooking Mt. Madison, Mt. Washington and a good portion of the presidential range. We had such a good view in fact that we were able to see the horrible rainstorm heading in our direction. It had rained off & on during the hike up, but it really started to come down when we decided to press on. We got to a point where we could either summit or turn back to camp, so I returned back with High Octane & DrJim. The poor guy was so Hell bent to get back to camp – at one point I thought he was going to fall over from exhaustion. Blixx, Toad & Tadpole continued upward on the mountain, but didn’t summit due to weather conditions. Everyone they saw on the trail was coming down and wet and miserable, so they decided to turn back.
We three got back to camp and had a rest for a while, then headed to Pinkham Notch trail station to grab a hot shower. There I met a couple who were spending a couple weeks just hiking the Appalachian trail. More power to them, this is not my preferred way to travel. We made a beer run too, then made it back to camp just as the boys were getting the fire good and stoked. Have I mentioned that I’m sick of camping in the rain?
HighOctane made pasta with a delicious veggie sauce. It took a while to heat up on the camp stove, but it was worth it. She cooked WAY too much food; even Blixx couldn’t clean his plate! I know – hard to believe, but true. We were so fat that we didn’t even toast marshmallows. HighOctane gave each of us a shoulder massage that was awesome! She does this thing that separates your shoulders ever so slightly that was just the ticket after carrying that heavy pack all day. So we’re sitting around the fire smoking cigars and drinking, when we hear this really strange noise. It took a while, but Blixx was finally able to figure out that it was a baby bunny. DrJim hadn’t zipped his tent all the way and it had gotten in to investigate. So there we were all crowded around the entrance to the tent yelling “here bunny” to no avail. Blixx finally saved the day be going in and chasing it out. Again I point out the obvious – baby bunnies are cute.
We were all in pretty bad shape and headed off to our tents before midnight. It was disappointing that we weren’t up all night partying, but just a symptom of our increasing age. We were star gazing for a good long time, but even looking up hurt my neck so all I wanted was to lay down and relax. Blixx was out like a light, but I stayed awake a little while just listening to the wind in the trees and the little critters all around. Very wacky noises rustling in the night.
Sunday - The drive home was a comedy of errors. We first stopped at the Bad Moose café, where Toad has a thing for the bartender. The boys had been in there before and when Blixx reached onto the bar for some Scorpion Sauce the bartender flipped. Apparently, it’s a SHOOTER, not a sauce for a chicken sandwich! The other bartender had let him have as much as he wanted…. so he did a shot and ended up sleeping it off in the van on the way home. We ate ourselves silly again and had a few beers. HighOctane drove my car home and doesn’t follow directions well. We should have taken route 3, but instead got on route 93. UG! We stopped for coffee, got our directions together and headed out. All I wanted to do was vegg out in the car but the woman talks a blue streak. I know entirely too much about her marriage, past relationships and personal hygiene. Yikes!
Once home, Blixx and I just crashed out on the couch for a while then up to bed early, after some much deserved showers. Yesterday at work sucked, so I won’t bore you there. Today at work sucks too, but worse since I seem to be suffering from the same snot related disease as Nightskye. I was up most of the night last night and I’m totally loopy today. I’m thinking it’s early to bed for this girl, after I make a mixer of head drugs to numb me out. Nyquil, here I come!
Into the future…
Thursday - I blew out of work at 1:30 pm and headed to the mall. I got my nails done, and while the guy thought I was nuts to do my nails BEFORE camping, he made them extra strong to last throughout the adventure. I then headed over to DrJims and got an adjustment. I got to chatting with his wife HighOctane and we ended up going shopping at BJ’s and WalMart for last minute supplies. We shop well together. She’s no Tempest, but she’ll do in a pinch. I dropped her back off and headed to Toads to collect Blixx, who’d been putzing with the camping gear for the better part of the day.
I no sooner get there, than the phone rings. It’s Tadpole and he’s been in a car accident on his way up to meet us. So we drive out to Sturbridge to pick him up. The front end of his Honda is totally pushed in. I’m just happy that he’s ok. It seems that as he was driving he was also looking for his apple pie. D’Oh! The accident was totally his fault and he’s totally screwed. Rather than go home he decided that it’s a perfect time for a vacation! Back at Toad’s house, we grab some pizza and beer and smoke and just hang out for a while. I helped Tadpole call the insurance people to put in the preliminary reports and all that jazz.
Friday - Morning we were up early and over at Toad’s by 8:30, after a mandatory stop for a large French Vanilla ice coffee light and sweet. We load up the gear and off we go. High Octane and I were in my car and the boys went in Toads van. It was about a 4 hour drive and it kept raining off and on during the drive. We took the scenic route and the mountains were just beautiful! I mean, really spectacular vistas. Imp Face fascinates me and I look forward to a hike to the top. We’d hoped to get sites close to the trail up the mountain, but had to settle for some farther back. Setting up the sites took no time at all, compared to other camping adventures we’ve had. Blixx and I had a site all to ourselves, because we used the other two tents to block off the view of ‘Party Central’ from the access road. Chairs were up around the fire in no time, and Blixx cooked us an outstanding swordfish stirfry for dinner. It’s his camping specialty and it’s out of this world. We cooked S’Mores and took a walk to check out the stars in a nearby field. It was a beautiful night. Sitting around the fire we heard a rustling in the leaves – a little light showed us it was a buny family on an outing. The babies were the cutest little things you’ve ever seen – there had to be at least 6 of them hopping around. Blixx and I retired relatively early (1AMish) and had a wonderful night for ourselves (Wink wink nudge nudge do you get what I’m talking about here people?).
Saturday - Up early (8 AM, and I was the last one up again) to a breakfast of bacon, egg and cheese bagel sandwiches. If you can find Assiago (sp?) cheese bagels pick some up because they are Heaven. We geared up and headed up the mountain. It was a beautiful hike, following a fabulous river most of the way. We stopped at Big Rock Two Rivers for a snack. We were overlooking Mt. Madison, Mt. Washington and a good portion of the presidential range. We had such a good view in fact that we were able to see the horrible rainstorm heading in our direction. It had rained off & on during the hike up, but it really started to come down when we decided to press on. We got to a point where we could either summit or turn back to camp, so I returned back with High Octane & DrJim. The poor guy was so Hell bent to get back to camp – at one point I thought he was going to fall over from exhaustion. Blixx, Toad & Tadpole continued upward on the mountain, but didn’t summit due to weather conditions. Everyone they saw on the trail was coming down and wet and miserable, so they decided to turn back.
We three got back to camp and had a rest for a while, then headed to Pinkham Notch trail station to grab a hot shower. There I met a couple who were spending a couple weeks just hiking the Appalachian trail. More power to them, this is not my preferred way to travel. We made a beer run too, then made it back to camp just as the boys were getting the fire good and stoked. Have I mentioned that I’m sick of camping in the rain?
HighOctane made pasta with a delicious veggie sauce. It took a while to heat up on the camp stove, but it was worth it. She cooked WAY too much food; even Blixx couldn’t clean his plate! I know – hard to believe, but true. We were so fat that we didn’t even toast marshmallows. HighOctane gave each of us a shoulder massage that was awesome! She does this thing that separates your shoulders ever so slightly that was just the ticket after carrying that heavy pack all day. So we’re sitting around the fire smoking cigars and drinking, when we hear this really strange noise. It took a while, but Blixx was finally able to figure out that it was a baby bunny. DrJim hadn’t zipped his tent all the way and it had gotten in to investigate. So there we were all crowded around the entrance to the tent yelling “here bunny” to no avail. Blixx finally saved the day be going in and chasing it out. Again I point out the obvious – baby bunnies are cute.
We were all in pretty bad shape and headed off to our tents before midnight. It was disappointing that we weren’t up all night partying, but just a symptom of our increasing age. We were star gazing for a good long time, but even looking up hurt my neck so all I wanted was to lay down and relax. Blixx was out like a light, but I stayed awake a little while just listening to the wind in the trees and the little critters all around. Very wacky noises rustling in the night.
Sunday - The drive home was a comedy of errors. We first stopped at the Bad Moose café, where Toad has a thing for the bartender. The boys had been in there before and when Blixx reached onto the bar for some Scorpion Sauce the bartender flipped. Apparently, it’s a SHOOTER, not a sauce for a chicken sandwich! The other bartender had let him have as much as he wanted…. so he did a shot and ended up sleeping it off in the van on the way home. We ate ourselves silly again and had a few beers. HighOctane drove my car home and doesn’t follow directions well. We should have taken route 3, but instead got on route 93. UG! We stopped for coffee, got our directions together and headed out. All I wanted to do was vegg out in the car but the woman talks a blue streak. I know entirely too much about her marriage, past relationships and personal hygiene. Yikes!
Once home, Blixx and I just crashed out on the couch for a while then up to bed early, after some much deserved showers. Yesterday at work sucked, so I won’t bore you there. Today at work sucks too, but worse since I seem to be suffering from the same snot related disease as Nightskye. I was up most of the night last night and I’m totally loopy today. I’m thinking it’s early to bed for this girl, after I make a mixer of head drugs to numb me out. Nyquil, here I come!
Into the future…
Thursday, July 12, 2001
Final Fantasy was AWESOME! The animation it definitely ground breaking. I mean, you can see emotions in their faces and see the wind blow in their hair. Movement is much more fluid that standard animation and several times you’ll find yourself wondering if it’s real (or if it’s Memorex). I mean, WOW! The story has enough body to keep you going without being bored and did I mention that it LOOKS GREAT? Go!
Camping this weekend! I’m working until 1:30 but I haven’t really done anything all day. The server went down last night so the phone reports are all messed up, meaning that I can’t crunch numbers all morning like usual. Yeah, I’m real broken up about that. If I play my cards right, I’ll be able to pass all my work off on someone else and skate out the door.
We’re whitewater rafting the 3rd week of August and starting to make solid plans. I’d forgotten that we had to be out of there on Saturday, so now it’s looking like I’ll have to use more vacation time than I’d bargained for. Oh well, I’m really looking forward to rafting and exploring that whole area. Last summer we didn’t get a chance to see Moxy Falls or go kayaking on the lake. It’s really a beautiful place that makes me feel peaceful. There’s still time left in the summer if anyone is interested in heading up there. Let me know!
Some laughs to hold you over until I return on Monday. Have a great weekend everyone!
This joke sponsored by BazarJ:
A man walks into a bar one night. He goes up to the bar and asks for a beer. "Certainly, sir, that'll be 1 cent."
"ONE CENT!" exclaimed the guy.
The barman replied "Yes."
So the guy glances over at the menu, and he asks "Could I have a nice juicy T-bone steak, with chips, peas, and a fried egg?"
"Certainly, sir," replies the bartender, “but all that comes to real money."
"How much money?" inquires the guy.
"4 cents," he replies.
"FOUR cents!" exclaims the guy. "Where's the Guy who owns this place?"
The barman replies, "Upstairs with my wife."
The guy says, "What's he doing with your wife?"
The bartender replies, "Same as I'm doing to his business."
And stories of idiots:
Sponsored by Youngster
HOW DO THESE PEOPLE SURVIVE?
Recently, when I went to McDonald's I saw on the menu that you could have an order of 6, 9 or 12 Chicken McNuggets. I asked for a half dozen nuggets. "We don't have half dozen nuggets", said the teenager at the counter. "You don't?" I replied. "We only have six, nine, or twelve," was the reply. "So I can't order a half-dozen nuggets, but I can order six?"
"That's right."
So I shook my head and ordered six McNuggets.
> -----------------
The paragraph above doesn't amaze me because of what happened a couple of months ago: I was checking out at the local Foodland with just a few items and the lady
behind me put her things on the belt close to mine. I picked up one of those "Dividers" that they keep by the cash register and placed it between our things so they wouldn't get mixed.
After the girl had scanned all of my items, she picked up the "Divider" looking it all over for the bar code so she could scan it. Not finding the bar code she said to me "Do you know how much this is?" and I said to her "I've changed my mind, I don't think I'll buy
that today". She said "OK" and I paid her for the things and left.
She had no clue to what had just happened...
> -----------------
Several years ago, we had an intern who was none too swift. One day she was typing and turned to a secretary and said, "I'm almost out of typing paper. What do I do?" "Just use copier machine paper," the secretary told her. With that, the intern took her last remaining blank piece of paper, put it on the photocopier and proceeded to make five hundred “blank" copies.
IDIOTS AT WORK... Sign in a gas station: Coke -- 49
cents. Two for a dollar.
Into the future…
Camping this weekend! I’m working until 1:30 but I haven’t really done anything all day. The server went down last night so the phone reports are all messed up, meaning that I can’t crunch numbers all morning like usual. Yeah, I’m real broken up about that. If I play my cards right, I’ll be able to pass all my work off on someone else and skate out the door.
We’re whitewater rafting the 3rd week of August and starting to make solid plans. I’d forgotten that we had to be out of there on Saturday, so now it’s looking like I’ll have to use more vacation time than I’d bargained for. Oh well, I’m really looking forward to rafting and exploring that whole area. Last summer we didn’t get a chance to see Moxy Falls or go kayaking on the lake. It’s really a beautiful place that makes me feel peaceful. There’s still time left in the summer if anyone is interested in heading up there. Let me know!
Some laughs to hold you over until I return on Monday. Have a great weekend everyone!
This joke sponsored by BazarJ:
A man walks into a bar one night. He goes up to the bar and asks for a beer. "Certainly, sir, that'll be 1 cent."
"ONE CENT!" exclaimed the guy.
The barman replied "Yes."
So the guy glances over at the menu, and he asks "Could I have a nice juicy T-bone steak, with chips, peas, and a fried egg?"
"Certainly, sir," replies the bartender, “but all that comes to real money."
"How much money?" inquires the guy.
"4 cents," he replies.
"FOUR cents!" exclaims the guy. "Where's the Guy who owns this place?"
The barman replies, "Upstairs with my wife."
The guy says, "What's he doing with your wife?"
The bartender replies, "Same as I'm doing to his business."
And stories of idiots:
Sponsored by Youngster
HOW DO THESE PEOPLE SURVIVE?
Recently, when I went to McDonald's I saw on the menu that you could have an order of 6, 9 or 12 Chicken McNuggets. I asked for a half dozen nuggets. "We don't have half dozen nuggets", said the teenager at the counter. "You don't?" I replied. "We only have six, nine, or twelve," was the reply. "So I can't order a half-dozen nuggets, but I can order six?"
"That's right."
So I shook my head and ordered six McNuggets.
> -----------------
The paragraph above doesn't amaze me because of what happened a couple of months ago: I was checking out at the local Foodland with just a few items and the lady
behind me put her things on the belt close to mine. I picked up one of those "Dividers" that they keep by the cash register and placed it between our things so they wouldn't get mixed.
After the girl had scanned all of my items, she picked up the "Divider" looking it all over for the bar code so she could scan it. Not finding the bar code she said to me "Do you know how much this is?" and I said to her "I've changed my mind, I don't think I'll buy
that today". She said "OK" and I paid her for the things and left.
She had no clue to what had just happened...
> -----------------
Several years ago, we had an intern who was none too swift. One day she was typing and turned to a secretary and said, "I'm almost out of typing paper. What do I do?" "Just use copier machine paper," the secretary told her. With that, the intern took her last remaining blank piece of paper, put it on the photocopier and proceeded to make five hundred “blank" copies.
IDIOTS AT WORK... Sign in a gas station: Coke -- 49
cents. Two for a dollar.
Into the future…
Wednesday, July 11, 2001
Ever have one of those days where a million little things happen to make you crazy? That's what yesterday was like, so Blogger being down was only a symptom of my diseased day. There was spilled coffee, followed by the discovery that a Diet Coke was left in the freezer at work and exploded all over everything - I have NO IDEA who would have done something like that (slinking down in my chair with ashamed look on my face). No one had a lighter in the building so at one point there was a pack of us wandering around looking for fire. Little projects turned into hours of work, the printers were all insane...you see where I'm going with this. It was one thing after another all day to the point where my chair got stuck on the carpet when we sat down to dinner and I thought I was going to cry. A bottle of wine and good company took care of that.
I know Tempest isn’t drinking the water at work because ½ her staff is pregnant. Well, Presley is 5 weeks preggers here and has hit the whining stage. I’d whine too if was puking up my shoes every morning, but I’ve got to figure out a way to work with her like this. She's never been particularly bright, but I think the baby is sapping what little brain power there is. It’s all about getting attention for her now and I’m sick of it. She drove me nuts yesterday, and Youngster is leading on the poor maintenance guy. He speaks very little English, but he keeps after the girl. Hell, I think he’s married. Just what she needs! She’ll be pregnant next! Then WorryWort came back from vacation on crutches. She’s the oldest 30 year old I know and doesn’t even know why her ankle hurts – she’s decided to not see a doctor, and just wing it on crutches. So, she’s not mobile which means that we're all doing her job for her. Wonderful! I'm so psyched to have a long weekend to get away.
We're heading to NH to camp and climb Mt. Madison this weekend and it can't come soon enough. I checked the weather and it's going to be in the 40's at night - in JULY! Now I've got to dig out all my winter gear so I don't freeze to death at night. At least the bugs won't be too bad. It's supposed to be sunny, so at least it won't rain like our last camp adventure. Keep your finger's crossed for me on that front. And keep your fingers crossed for this out of shape (was I ever IN shape?) cigarette smoking self-professed lazy girl climbing a mountain. Good thing the Dr is coming with us!
Blixx and I are going to try to catch Final Fantasy tonight, but it's not playing at our favorite theater. We'll have to catch it at the theater connected to the mall, so perhaps I'll have some shopping luck. I've got to get another hat to keep the sun out of my eyes. I have one but it's this ugly orange color that doesn't match anything. It's all about looking good, after all! I'm going to have to get a bandana too, since the campground doesn't have shower facilities. Damn Toad for making the reservations for us! Blixx is getting all of our gear ready today, because his sister and her 4 kids are coming out tomorrow for a visit. She got a laptop for only $150, but it's got all sorts of password protected stuff on it. Blixx is going to have to wipe the drive, so they should have a fun afternoon with all that. I'm bummed that I probably won't get to see the kids, as I'm working until 1:30 and have to get an adjustment from DrJim in the afternoon.
I had a nuttie cooking last night and made my own version of dirty rice, to serve with burritos for dinner. We had squash and zucchini in the fridge that had to be used up or it would go bad before we could eat it. So I used that, a can of black beans and a can of corn that had been in the cabinet forever, as well as some muchrooms and olives. Oh my goodness, it was good. I'm munching on leftovers fright now. I then cooked up some ground beef with onion, green pepper and salsa to put inside the tortillas and topped it with some jack cheese. We'd even remembered to get sour cream and guacamole to serve with it. Yummy! We drank a bottle of wine and watched Witchblade. That series is really good! There's this HOT Irish singer guy that I'm drooling after, and Blixx likes that the main charactor's wardrobe consists only of belly shirts. They are still doing the cool Matrix effects and keep bringing in guest stars. Roger Daltry was on last night as a priest/The Devil. I love that sort of wacky TV.
So tonight we'll try to catch Final Fantasy, but I'm not sure that we'll be ready for the 7:30 show and 10:00pm on a school night is pretty late, especially when we have so much to do to get ready for our trip. I so want to see this one in the theater, as the effects are supposed to be ground breaking. I had wanted to catch Cats and Dogs, but after Nightskye's scathing review I think I'll pass. Perhaps I'll have sex for 1 1/2 hours instead. Yeah baby!
Tempest posted that we're each other's cheering sections and I couldn't agree more. On that note, she's got a ton of work ahead of her with this new job, while Nghtskye and I are stuck in professional ruts that we can't seem to shake. Blixx is on the freelance thing and doing well, if a little discombobulated at the whole running his own business organization process. BazarJ is a rollercoaster of achievements and setbacks. DaveGrips has regular fantasies about putting a pencil in his bosses throat. SherBear isnt' pleased with the cash flow, but gets killer perks. DidgScream has been searching for a decent tech job in the Bay Area just about since he moved out there.
We bitch and we bitch. I think we all need to remember to be thankful that we aren't defined by our jobs and that we can always change our environment to suit our needs.
That being said, I'm going to go perform some menial task here at work, then perhaps update my resume. Tempest, I want those books. I NEED those books. When are you coming for a visit? And as for ideas to decorate your office, I've taken to putting pictures of myself and friends up. Grap a collage frame and put some (clean, if there are any) pictures up of times that made you happy. I also have a picture of a party at my last job. Looking at the owners faces help me to realize where I've been and that this job just ain't that bad. Since you can probably expense anything you buy for your office, go down to PrintsPlus and pick up one or two nice framed posters.
All right, I'm going to do some work now. No, really.
Into the future...
I know Tempest isn’t drinking the water at work because ½ her staff is pregnant. Well, Presley is 5 weeks preggers here and has hit the whining stage. I’d whine too if was puking up my shoes every morning, but I’ve got to figure out a way to work with her like this. She's never been particularly bright, but I think the baby is sapping what little brain power there is. It’s all about getting attention for her now and I’m sick of it. She drove me nuts yesterday, and Youngster is leading on the poor maintenance guy. He speaks very little English, but he keeps after the girl. Hell, I think he’s married. Just what she needs! She’ll be pregnant next! Then WorryWort came back from vacation on crutches. She’s the oldest 30 year old I know and doesn’t even know why her ankle hurts – she’s decided to not see a doctor, and just wing it on crutches. So, she’s not mobile which means that we're all doing her job for her. Wonderful! I'm so psyched to have a long weekend to get away.
We're heading to NH to camp and climb Mt. Madison this weekend and it can't come soon enough. I checked the weather and it's going to be in the 40's at night - in JULY! Now I've got to dig out all my winter gear so I don't freeze to death at night. At least the bugs won't be too bad. It's supposed to be sunny, so at least it won't rain like our last camp adventure. Keep your finger's crossed for me on that front. And keep your fingers crossed for this out of shape (was I ever IN shape?) cigarette smoking self-professed lazy girl climbing a mountain. Good thing the Dr is coming with us!
Blixx and I are going to try to catch Final Fantasy tonight, but it's not playing at our favorite theater. We'll have to catch it at the theater connected to the mall, so perhaps I'll have some shopping luck. I've got to get another hat to keep the sun out of my eyes. I have one but it's this ugly orange color that doesn't match anything. It's all about looking good, after all! I'm going to have to get a bandana too, since the campground doesn't have shower facilities. Damn Toad for making the reservations for us! Blixx is getting all of our gear ready today, because his sister and her 4 kids are coming out tomorrow for a visit. She got a laptop for only $150, but it's got all sorts of password protected stuff on it. Blixx is going to have to wipe the drive, so they should have a fun afternoon with all that. I'm bummed that I probably won't get to see the kids, as I'm working until 1:30 and have to get an adjustment from DrJim in the afternoon.
I had a nuttie cooking last night and made my own version of dirty rice, to serve with burritos for dinner. We had squash and zucchini in the fridge that had to be used up or it would go bad before we could eat it. So I used that, a can of black beans and a can of corn that had been in the cabinet forever, as well as some muchrooms and olives. Oh my goodness, it was good. I'm munching on leftovers fright now. I then cooked up some ground beef with onion, green pepper and salsa to put inside the tortillas and topped it with some jack cheese. We'd even remembered to get sour cream and guacamole to serve with it. Yummy! We drank a bottle of wine and watched Witchblade. That series is really good! There's this HOT Irish singer guy that I'm drooling after, and Blixx likes that the main charactor's wardrobe consists only of belly shirts. They are still doing the cool Matrix effects and keep bringing in guest stars. Roger Daltry was on last night as a priest/The Devil. I love that sort of wacky TV.
So tonight we'll try to catch Final Fantasy, but I'm not sure that we'll be ready for the 7:30 show and 10:00pm on a school night is pretty late, especially when we have so much to do to get ready for our trip. I so want to see this one in the theater, as the effects are supposed to be ground breaking. I had wanted to catch Cats and Dogs, but after Nightskye's scathing review I think I'll pass. Perhaps I'll have sex for 1 1/2 hours instead. Yeah baby!
Tempest posted that we're each other's cheering sections and I couldn't agree more. On that note, she's got a ton of work ahead of her with this new job, while Nghtskye and I are stuck in professional ruts that we can't seem to shake. Blixx is on the freelance thing and doing well, if a little discombobulated at the whole running his own business organization process. BazarJ is a rollercoaster of achievements and setbacks. DaveGrips has regular fantasies about putting a pencil in his bosses throat. SherBear isnt' pleased with the cash flow, but gets killer perks. DidgScream has been searching for a decent tech job in the Bay Area just about since he moved out there.
We bitch and we bitch. I think we all need to remember to be thankful that we aren't defined by our jobs and that we can always change our environment to suit our needs.
That being said, I'm going to go perform some menial task here at work, then perhaps update my resume. Tempest, I want those books. I NEED those books. When are you coming for a visit? And as for ideas to decorate your office, I've taken to putting pictures of myself and friends up. Grap a collage frame and put some (clean, if there are any) pictures up of times that made you happy. I also have a picture of a party at my last job. Looking at the owners faces help me to realize where I've been and that this job just ain't that bad. Since you can probably expense anything you buy for your office, go down to PrintsPlus and pick up one or two nice framed posters.
All right, I'm going to do some work now. No, really.
Into the future...
Monday, July 09, 2001
Well, it was a good weekend overall. Nothing too exciting to report. Friday night was quiet, watching FarScape and hanging at the house. It was a long week and I was beat! Saturday I cleaned out my car - even the trunk! I had Christmas decorations from my office - two jobs ago! I found plenty of clothes that I'd thought were lost and about 5 ice scrapers. I also came across the box of favorite tapes that I'd totally forgotten about. So yesterday we drove around listening to GnR Appetite for Destruction and this wierd band Frente. The tapes are now within easy access in the car and I expect hours of entertainment, especially when I dip into the mixed tapes. Memory lane right there!
After cleaning the car, we went over to DaveGrips and I floated in his pool for a few hours. My legs are a little burned, but otherwise I did pretty good. Man, I want a pool! It was so super relaxing to be sipping a beer, listening to the Doors and floating out in the hot sun. Blixx sorted through the camping gear and brought what we need for next weekend over to Toad's place. We did dinner with Toad, DrJim and his wife. We ordered from this new Thai place that is AWESOME. As I type, I'm shoveling left over yellow curry and pad thai into my face. Mmmmm! We had a few drinks and hung out until midnight or so. Pretty fun, although DrJim gets a little preachy after 3 SoCo and Coke's so spendign the weekend together should be interesting to say the least.
Yesterday was a total waste. We managed to check DaveGrip's house again (and love his poor ignored cat) and get ice coffee, but that's it. I sacked out on the couch and Blixx played computer games all day. I couldn't even motivate enough to dye my hair back to red. DaveGrips returned from his vacation in ME and came over for a few pops last night. He had some stories and certainly looks mroe relaxed than he did before he left. He claims that lobster's aren't in season right now - we'll see. He didn't even bring any back for himself, so I guess I'll let it go. Damn it! I wanted lobster for dinner!
Today has blown right by at work. I had a 'quick' brainstorming meeting today at 11 which I totally forgot until they called looking for me. D'Oh! I've got to come up with some sort of team building contest for the 50 or so folks in the Inbound and Seeker Support departments and present my (great and creative) ideas next week in front TheDevil. I only call him that because I want to transfer to being his assistant, thus becomming TheDevil's advocate. I give Blixx 110% credit for coming up with that one, but I do think it will look great on my business cards. Devil has heard my numerous pleas for more engaging work than stuffing envelopes and has been making sure that I have more responsibilities around here. The only problem is that I was growing quite complacant in my employee rut and he didn't give me any warning. I'll be contacting Tempest for her ideas for this contest. It's going to end with a casino night type thing where you can bet the 'bucks' you've earned in the quarter's little contests. I want to do a FUN contest where I'd come up with a couple of MadLibs. The stories would be around our company and would tell a little story or have some point about our business. The challenge would be for everyone in the dept to fill in the blanks so make the funniest story ever. That way we can read the funniest out loud at the Casino Night meeting as an icebreaker. I don't know if my idea has merit as a real contest or not. I've got to work on this a little bit.
Since all of you reading this are creative and wacky individuals, your feedback is appreciated. E-mail your idea's HERE.
I'm off to do some actual work. I've got to work late tonight to attend a company wide sales meeting. I should be bored to tears by 6:30. With me luck staying awake.
Into the future...
After cleaning the car, we went over to DaveGrips and I floated in his pool for a few hours. My legs are a little burned, but otherwise I did pretty good. Man, I want a pool! It was so super relaxing to be sipping a beer, listening to the Doors and floating out in the hot sun. Blixx sorted through the camping gear and brought what we need for next weekend over to Toad's place. We did dinner with Toad, DrJim and his wife. We ordered from this new Thai place that is AWESOME. As I type, I'm shoveling left over yellow curry and pad thai into my face. Mmmmm! We had a few drinks and hung out until midnight or so. Pretty fun, although DrJim gets a little preachy after 3 SoCo and Coke's so spendign the weekend together should be interesting to say the least.
Yesterday was a total waste. We managed to check DaveGrip's house again (and love his poor ignored cat) and get ice coffee, but that's it. I sacked out on the couch and Blixx played computer games all day. I couldn't even motivate enough to dye my hair back to red. DaveGrips returned from his vacation in ME and came over for a few pops last night. He had some stories and certainly looks mroe relaxed than he did before he left. He claims that lobster's aren't in season right now - we'll see. He didn't even bring any back for himself, so I guess I'll let it go. Damn it! I wanted lobster for dinner!
Today has blown right by at work. I had a 'quick' brainstorming meeting today at 11 which I totally forgot until they called looking for me. D'Oh! I've got to come up with some sort of team building contest for the 50 or so folks in the Inbound and Seeker Support departments and present my (great and creative) ideas next week in front TheDevil. I only call him that because I want to transfer to being his assistant, thus becomming TheDevil's advocate. I give Blixx 110% credit for coming up with that one, but I do think it will look great on my business cards. Devil has heard my numerous pleas for more engaging work than stuffing envelopes and has been making sure that I have more responsibilities around here. The only problem is that I was growing quite complacant in my employee rut and he didn't give me any warning. I'll be contacting Tempest for her ideas for this contest. It's going to end with a casino night type thing where you can bet the 'bucks' you've earned in the quarter's little contests. I want to do a FUN contest where I'd come up with a couple of MadLibs. The stories would be around our company and would tell a little story or have some point about our business. The challenge would be for everyone in the dept to fill in the blanks so make the funniest story ever. That way we can read the funniest out loud at the Casino Night meeting as an icebreaker. I don't know if my idea has merit as a real contest or not. I've got to work on this a little bit.
Since all of you reading this are creative and wacky individuals, your feedback is appreciated. E-mail your idea's HERE.
I'm off to do some actual work. I've got to work late tonight to attend a company wide sales meeting. I should be bored to tears by 6:30. With me luck staying awake.
Into the future...
Friday, July 06, 2001
Yesterday was the first time I’ve missed a blog. Ah well, not too much had happened the day before. Our July 4th was spent hanging close to the house. Blixx started a project and the next thing he knew it was 4pm. One of those time-warp days. We went over to DaveGrips and I did some laundry. We were going to BBQ, but the jerk didn’t fill his propane tank. Since we were at a loss for who would be open at 7pm on the 4th of July, we scrapped that idea and went to the carnival in Millbury. Blixx had a steak bomb and I had a sausage/onion/pepper thing. Ugh, I can still feel it sitting in my tummy like a stone. Millbury has an awesome fireworks display, so we sat on the sidewalk and ate ice-cream and watched the show. Very nice.
Yesterday was the usual crap at work. I’m getting quite sick of sitting around on my ass and stuffing envelopes. I actually spent both yesterday and today surfing the net looking for tattoo ideas. I have some thoughts, but I want to have visual aids for the artist to go by. Now that tattoos are legal in MA, there are two places right near my house. I’m hoping to have a free minute to stop by and check them out this weekend. I am committed to having a new tattoo by the end of the summer. I’m planning on a sort of flowering vine on my upper shoulders and neck area. I’ll start small, but I want the basic design to lend itself to additions later on. I also want to get a yin yang design with some sort of star around it to go on my shoulderblade, directly oposite from the sun/moon I have already. Then I’d like a lower back tribal piece. I’d also like to get the rose on my ankle re-colored and add a little butterfly to it. Yeah, I’ve got all kinds of crazy ideas – lets see if any of them fly.
As for this weekend, Blixx and I want to catch a flick, probably AI. That should hold him until next weekend when Final Fantasy comes out. I have to admit that the effects on that one look fantastic. We’re going to Toads for dinner with Dr Jim and his wife, to plan our camping trip next weekend. They aren’t big campers, so it should be interesting how we all get along. Blixx has already established himself as camp cook so no one will get in his way. I’ll just let him and Toad run the show and sit back and relax. Mmmmm, relax…
It’s been 3pm for hours and hours now and I’m so ready to go home! I think I’ll go smoke a butt and while away a few minutes. BORED!
Tempest – friggin call me once in a while, please? I just want to know what’s up with you guys.
Nightskye – be sure to let me know about that job. From the description, it sounds perfect for you. I’ll keep my fingers crossed.
Have a great weekend! Oh, and update your blogs and logs people. I might have to do some work if I don't have enough to read!
Into the future…
Yesterday was the usual crap at work. I’m getting quite sick of sitting around on my ass and stuffing envelopes. I actually spent both yesterday and today surfing the net looking for tattoo ideas. I have some thoughts, but I want to have visual aids for the artist to go by. Now that tattoos are legal in MA, there are two places right near my house. I’m hoping to have a free minute to stop by and check them out this weekend. I am committed to having a new tattoo by the end of the summer. I’m planning on a sort of flowering vine on my upper shoulders and neck area. I’ll start small, but I want the basic design to lend itself to additions later on. I also want to get a yin yang design with some sort of star around it to go on my shoulderblade, directly oposite from the sun/moon I have already. Then I’d like a lower back tribal piece. I’d also like to get the rose on my ankle re-colored and add a little butterfly to it. Yeah, I’ve got all kinds of crazy ideas – lets see if any of them fly.
As for this weekend, Blixx and I want to catch a flick, probably AI. That should hold him until next weekend when Final Fantasy comes out. I have to admit that the effects on that one look fantastic. We’re going to Toads for dinner with Dr Jim and his wife, to plan our camping trip next weekend. They aren’t big campers, so it should be interesting how we all get along. Blixx has already established himself as camp cook so no one will get in his way. I’ll just let him and Toad run the show and sit back and relax. Mmmmm, relax…
It’s been 3pm for hours and hours now and I’m so ready to go home! I think I’ll go smoke a butt and while away a few minutes. BORED!
Tempest – friggin call me once in a while, please? I just want to know what’s up with you guys.
Nightskye – be sure to let me know about that job. From the description, it sounds perfect for you. I’ll keep my fingers crossed.
Have a great weekend! Oh, and update your blogs and logs people. I might have to do some work if I don't have enough to read!
Into the future…
Tuesday, July 03, 2001
Blixx left me a voice mail yesterday from out on the water. He and Toad were going to catch the sunset, and would I like to go. I went over to Toads, loaded up the boat into my car and off I went. I met them at a lovely spot called the Grotto and we floated around for a while. Out to dinner at our favorite dive, then a quick unpack.
Blixx and Toad left at 5am this morning to go up to NH and climb some mountain. Blixx had said he'd be home for dinner. Um....yeah right! I'm getting out of work at 3 today. My original plan was to go yacking, but I did that last night so I'm pretty all set. I've got to go get an oil change and flush n fill on my car before it really objects. As is is, there are all sorts of warning lights on the dash so I think it's probably time to deal with it. Fun day, but whatever. I'd hoped to do something with Blixx but we'll have tomorrow. I'm going to rent Save the Last Dance to watch tonight before Blixx gets home. I think I'll also try to grab Dude Where's My Car for us to watch tomorrow. I hear that it's supposed to rain, which is a bitch cuz we were going to go float in DaveGrip's pool all day. Oh well, we'll just do some laundry, water his plants then split.
He's still mad at us - not returning IM messages etc. We'd talked about hanging out last night, but he never gave us a call. I got an e-mail request of chores to do around the house while he's gone, but that's it. I just hope that he remembers that I wanted him to bring me back fresh Maine lobsters for a feast next week.Last time he brought us lobsters, Toad called saying that he had a steak marinating and that we should come over. We went, and made some wonderful lobster, garlic and white wine goulosh. We ate it with the big blade steak, some fresh veggies and italian bread. Man, it was quite the feast for the senses. I'm looking for a replay. It would be just like DaveGrips to not bring us any back cuz he's mad. Let's hope he's over it, but just had a lot of shit to do for his trip today.
I'll catch up with you all on Thursday! Have a happy and safe 4th of July.
Into the future...
Blixx and Toad left at 5am this morning to go up to NH and climb some mountain. Blixx had said he'd be home for dinner. Um....yeah right! I'm getting out of work at 3 today. My original plan was to go yacking, but I did that last night so I'm pretty all set. I've got to go get an oil change and flush n fill on my car before it really objects. As is is, there are all sorts of warning lights on the dash so I think it's probably time to deal with it. Fun day, but whatever. I'd hoped to do something with Blixx but we'll have tomorrow. I'm going to rent Save the Last Dance to watch tonight before Blixx gets home. I think I'll also try to grab Dude Where's My Car for us to watch tomorrow. I hear that it's supposed to rain, which is a bitch cuz we were going to go float in DaveGrip's pool all day. Oh well, we'll just do some laundry, water his plants then split.
He's still mad at us - not returning IM messages etc. We'd talked about hanging out last night, but he never gave us a call. I got an e-mail request of chores to do around the house while he's gone, but that's it. I just hope that he remembers that I wanted him to bring me back fresh Maine lobsters for a feast next week.Last time he brought us lobsters, Toad called saying that he had a steak marinating and that we should come over. We went, and made some wonderful lobster, garlic and white wine goulosh. We ate it with the big blade steak, some fresh veggies and italian bread. Man, it was quite the feast for the senses. I'm looking for a replay. It would be just like DaveGrips to not bring us any back cuz he's mad. Let's hope he's over it, but just had a lot of shit to do for his trip today.
I'll catch up with you all on Thursday! Have a happy and safe 4th of July.
Into the future...
Monday, July 02, 2001
Friday night was spent over at Toad’s house. We ordered Thai food, drank some beers and yucked it up a bit. Toad broke out some slides of trips he has taken over the years. Oh my god, there are some beautiful shots of Utah and Newfoundland that took my breath away. When we get a house, I hope to have his works displayed. Man, good stuff. DaveGrips called us like 5 times looking to hang out, but I really didn’t want him over. Poor Blixx took the brunt of his retributions, and now he’s not returning calls or IM messages. If you are reading this, it was me (and not Blixx) who made the call to hang with just Toad. If you don’t like it, then stuff it! I told you earlier in the day the we had plans so I’m sorry if you got the wrong idea, but we had plans.
Saturday morning was running errands and getting my nails done. Of course, I broke a nail after being home for only 10 mins! Story of my life! We rushed to get out of the house and made the 2-hour drive to New Bedford in only 1-½ hours. Blixx was HOT and in his suit pants and cranky, so he took out his aggression on the road. We made excellent time, and found the chapel just in time for the ceremony. Weather report – 95 degrees in the shade. Damn, it was a hot one. Like 7 inches from the mid-day sun.
I’ve got to say that the ceremony itself was the shortest I’ve ever attended. As soon as we sat down, JoJo came down the aisle. Her dress was a beautiful off the shoulder short sleeved number, with beads and sequins down the front. Oh, she looked so beautiful! She had a friend do her hair in an Up Do that was perfect for the veil she wore and her make up looked so nice and elegant. Juni cleans up real good to, in his fancy tuxedo. Their beautiful little daughter Ari was the flower girl, but she got upset so she didn’t want to walk in front of all those people. Poor dear looked super cute in her little white dress with her hair all done up though. JoJo’s other daughter looked like a little woman. She’s only 10, but she looks and carries herself like someone who is much older. JoJo’s hands were shaking so bad when Juni put that ring on her finger – I thought the ring would go sailing across the room. It was a beautiful ceremony.
Off to the reception. The food was wonderful – chicken, roast beef, potatoes – all served family style. The wine was excellent and the DJ did a great job mixing different styles of music so everyone (except Bill – no Pink Floyd on the playlist) had a change to dance. JoJo’s family is terrific and it was neat to see all of Juni’s relatives. We sat with his little brother and his pregnant girlfriend. I found out later that she’s only 14 years old. Damn, they start young now a days. I was out there dancing to everything but the Chicken Dance and Macharena (sp?) – I just can’t bring myself to participate! It was a good laugh though, let me tell you. Ari was dancing up a storm right up until the very end. I did so much dancing in my super cool strappy shoes that I have a HUGE blood blister on my baby toe. I can hardly walk today. :( Blixx made some connections to make a music video with some of Juni’s friends. He even went out to check out the van with them, and didn’t invite me to go because ‘No Bitches Allowed.”
Everything was going so well, and then all hell broke loose! Some punks came in crashing the reception, looking for the bartender. Some words (about one guys HOT blonde stripper type wife) were exchanged between them and the dudes that Blixx hung out with. Next thing you know, punches were being thrown, bottles smashed over heads – it was a fight scene from a movie. I’m watching this all go down, thinking that my suburban upbringing just didn’t prepare me for being 10 feet from some bleeding dude who’s looking to put a beat down on anyone who comes near them. I’m thinking that I’m keeping my man the hell away from these dudes. I don’t care if they are the next biggest R&B act out there – I just don’t want him hanging out with folks who act that ignorant.
Blixx ushered SherBear and me to our cars and we took off up the street a ways. Three cruisers and two ambulances later and it had quieted down. Poor JoJo is upset that this is all anyone will remember. No, I will remember the big ass smile on her face after they both had said their vows and kissed. I’ve never seen JoJo look so happy and I will remember that look always. I hope that she and her hubby remember that their friends and family love them and know that shit happened that was totally out of everyone’s control. Those boys who were fighting deserve a swift kick for not taking their shit outside, and I bet that JoJo is just the person to do it!
Sunday we ended up checking out that head shop and buying some new toys for ourselves. There was a killer thunderstorm that rocked! We met Youngster at her place and hung out for a bit. She’s got the Tool DVD so Blixx was in heaven. She shared some O with us and we got wrecked! Off to the Border again for some drinks. Her aunt works there and made us some of the strongest margaritas I’ve ever had, and at no charge! We ate and drank then back to her place to catch the Simpsons. The sunset was beautiful, and we laughed at the car lot next door that was all flooded out from the rain. Who in their right mind would buy a car from them, when they float every time it rains? Fitchburg is still a dive, and Youngster’s apartment overlooks the train station. The building is falling apart and there’s trash everywhere. It reminds me of my first apartment with Blixx. Ahhh, memories. Youngster had two kittens in her house who are an absolute riot! One is up for adoption and I worked and worked on Blixx, but he didn’t bite. No new kitties until we move into a house. So, I’m house hunting today. He He!
Blixx and I got into a whole talk about how I’m in a rut and need to do something to snap out of it. Any ideas? I was thinking I should get my real estate license. Or be a bartender. Or just hang on until we have a house and Blixx makes his first million as a freelance video dude, then start spitting out babies and be a full-time mommy. More on that later.
Into the future…
Saturday morning was running errands and getting my nails done. Of course, I broke a nail after being home for only 10 mins! Story of my life! We rushed to get out of the house and made the 2-hour drive to New Bedford in only 1-½ hours. Blixx was HOT and in his suit pants and cranky, so he took out his aggression on the road. We made excellent time, and found the chapel just in time for the ceremony. Weather report – 95 degrees in the shade. Damn, it was a hot one. Like 7 inches from the mid-day sun.
I’ve got to say that the ceremony itself was the shortest I’ve ever attended. As soon as we sat down, JoJo came down the aisle. Her dress was a beautiful off the shoulder short sleeved number, with beads and sequins down the front. Oh, she looked so beautiful! She had a friend do her hair in an Up Do that was perfect for the veil she wore and her make up looked so nice and elegant. Juni cleans up real good to, in his fancy tuxedo. Their beautiful little daughter Ari was the flower girl, but she got upset so she didn’t want to walk in front of all those people. Poor dear looked super cute in her little white dress with her hair all done up though. JoJo’s other daughter looked like a little woman. She’s only 10, but she looks and carries herself like someone who is much older. JoJo’s hands were shaking so bad when Juni put that ring on her finger – I thought the ring would go sailing across the room. It was a beautiful ceremony.
Off to the reception. The food was wonderful – chicken, roast beef, potatoes – all served family style. The wine was excellent and the DJ did a great job mixing different styles of music so everyone (except Bill – no Pink Floyd on the playlist) had a change to dance. JoJo’s family is terrific and it was neat to see all of Juni’s relatives. We sat with his little brother and his pregnant girlfriend. I found out later that she’s only 14 years old. Damn, they start young now a days. I was out there dancing to everything but the Chicken Dance and Macharena (sp?) – I just can’t bring myself to participate! It was a good laugh though, let me tell you. Ari was dancing up a storm right up until the very end. I did so much dancing in my super cool strappy shoes that I have a HUGE blood blister on my baby toe. I can hardly walk today. :( Blixx made some connections to make a music video with some of Juni’s friends. He even went out to check out the van with them, and didn’t invite me to go because ‘No Bitches Allowed.”
Everything was going so well, and then all hell broke loose! Some punks came in crashing the reception, looking for the bartender. Some words (about one guys HOT blonde stripper type wife) were exchanged between them and the dudes that Blixx hung out with. Next thing you know, punches were being thrown, bottles smashed over heads – it was a fight scene from a movie. I’m watching this all go down, thinking that my suburban upbringing just didn’t prepare me for being 10 feet from some bleeding dude who’s looking to put a beat down on anyone who comes near them. I’m thinking that I’m keeping my man the hell away from these dudes. I don’t care if they are the next biggest R&B act out there – I just don’t want him hanging out with folks who act that ignorant.
Blixx ushered SherBear and me to our cars and we took off up the street a ways. Three cruisers and two ambulances later and it had quieted down. Poor JoJo is upset that this is all anyone will remember. No, I will remember the big ass smile on her face after they both had said their vows and kissed. I’ve never seen JoJo look so happy and I will remember that look always. I hope that she and her hubby remember that their friends and family love them and know that shit happened that was totally out of everyone’s control. Those boys who were fighting deserve a swift kick for not taking their shit outside, and I bet that JoJo is just the person to do it!
Sunday we ended up checking out that head shop and buying some new toys for ourselves. There was a killer thunderstorm that rocked! We met Youngster at her place and hung out for a bit. She’s got the Tool DVD so Blixx was in heaven. She shared some O with us and we got wrecked! Off to the Border again for some drinks. Her aunt works there and made us some of the strongest margaritas I’ve ever had, and at no charge! We ate and drank then back to her place to catch the Simpsons. The sunset was beautiful, and we laughed at the car lot next door that was all flooded out from the rain. Who in their right mind would buy a car from them, when they float every time it rains? Fitchburg is still a dive, and Youngster’s apartment overlooks the train station. The building is falling apart and there’s trash everywhere. It reminds me of my first apartment with Blixx. Ahhh, memories. Youngster had two kittens in her house who are an absolute riot! One is up for adoption and I worked and worked on Blixx, but he didn’t bite. No new kitties until we move into a house. So, I’m house hunting today. He He!
Blixx and I got into a whole talk about how I’m in a rut and need to do something to snap out of it. Any ideas? I was thinking I should get my real estate license. Or be a bartender. Or just hang on until we have a house and Blixx makes his first million as a freelance video dude, then start spitting out babies and be a full-time mommy. More on that later.
Into the future…
