October 2007 Archives
my fellow americans, i urge you to consider the issues, to educate yourselves, to think about what social, economic and political issues are at hand. i urge you to realize that hilary clinton has a mullet cut and looks like she is all business in the front and party in the back. something has to be done.
thomas has christmas, and we do it well, and i am already pre-shopping for the christmas season. but there is something about halloween that feeds me, and no, i am not talking about the candy. i really think it is the sheer creativity of the costumes, the joy the kids get, the sugar high, the fun, the mayhem and all the scary movies.
to me, halloween is about making your costume and pulling it all together. it is about seeing all the kids come to your door and say trick or treat (i give out good candy) and figuring out who they are. there is the cute factor, the creative factor, the scary factor, the clever factor, all of these come into play with the costumes. the sexy costumes should seriously be reserved for parties, not trick or treat.
i love halloween.
her advice: take a walk, get macdonald's french fries and a fountain coke.
we walked over to the macdo. ordered. sat there eating our bounty of fries and drank our magnificent coke. we sat there and we talked and we giggled and everything felt a thousand times better. everything felt like it would fall into place. the stress went away and calm came back.
thank you "l" for knowing what's good for me.
my blog is not an anonymous blog where i can just let everyone have it, or talk about everything, or share my inner most feelings at any given moment. i read people who have that kind of blog and i think that is cool but at the same time, i want to be able to share this with people who want to read about me (the most important person in the universe! duh!).
but this creates some problems because people i know could get hurt, be offended by or get angry at what i am sharing-- certain bits of information. i am not dooce, i do not make a living off of this blog. and i have a career where students or administrators could stumble upon this and that could be upsetting to my career (once again, i am not dooce and don't want to be dooced).
so the problem is, on an occasion, i have things to say that are totally blogworthy, but would be at the expense of friends or colleagues or students. i have thoughts and concerns about things but i only get to express them to thomas. it's just. well. sometimes i would like to be able to purge them so that others can tell me they know what i am thinking or feeling.
of course, not all of the stuff i want to be able to share is bad, some of it is quite funny, but once again, not necessarily something that i can share with everyone. thousands of people have written about their blogs in a metadiscussion of what it means to blog and why they blog and blog, blog, blog. people have given up their blogs because they don't feel they get to discuss what they want, or their readers (audience) guide their posts, but i love this and i just wanted to let you know, that sometimes, just sometimes, i am disappointed that i can't share everything with you.
is it christmas?
well now there is a site dedicated to answering that question for you.
enjoy. oh, and it has a handy rss feed for you.
it has come to my attention that you are unaware of social norms in the grocery store. it is customary for people to look for items on the shelf while not taking up the entire aisle.
since you refused to comply with my polite request to move out of my way so i could look at the cookies, i am left with no other recourse but to be confused, make faces and roll my eyes as you continually block my passage to the cookies. i am asking you to cease aisle blocking other shoppers.
i demand that you immediately desist in further cookie blocking as this is an infringement of everyone's god given, amuhrican right to cookies, otherwise i shall be forced to take further action including, but not limited to, pushing you down and breaking your hip.
yours truly,
jeorg
so. hard candy is an extraordinarily intense movie to watch. it makes me think of closet land with its heavy dialogue, and well, not knowing who to feel for the most. the cinematography is very well done which only adds to the intensity.
i know you are asking, what is so intense about it, and i would argue that for a guy, there is quite a bit that is intense, but as a girl, the dramatic pauses, the silence, the quiet, the holding your breath while you desperately seek any visual clue that you are constantly being denied.
i highly recommend this film but it is not for the light at heart. it plays with you. it challenges. it hurts. it is well done.
i recycled my old one. it is now off to a farm where it will frolic with other ipods. it will play music, run up and down beautiful green pastures, have all the latest downloads and of course, get to interface with other ipods.
i had to take a moment at the passing of my baby.
my new ipod is an itouch. i went trendy, and well, i do not regret it at all. now, i can surf the web on it and wifi in to itunes and download music directly. loves it. and watch tv and everything. now i need a splitter for the plane so it can be shared.
maple, our youngest kitty, totally drinks after anyone AND drinks anything in a glass. this is true of anything. like orange juice. i have never met a cat who was not offended by citrus, but if it is in a glass, she is open to it.
i was on the computer earlier drooling over the pods and trying to decide when i hear this really loud slurping! omg! all she needed was a straw and she would have made bubbles. i peered around the laptop to see her headfirst in my glass of coke.
the following conversation happened:
me: maple!
maple: i lickz my lipz (she speaks lol cat fluently).
me: that's my coke!
maple: i haz coke 2.
i really am glad she is an indoor cat because i would be rabid in about 200 days. fyi, i still drank the coke. i have no limits on sharing food. ask me about the apple and the 2 year old... yes. i have no limits.
but maybe you can help. i am getting a new one at the fancy apple store this weekend and i don't know which one to get.
you see, the nano is cute and little and light. it comes in all sorts of different colors. it is marketing genius and did i mention it is so cute and little and comes in many colors?
then there is the regular ipod. but it only comes in black or white and i just don't feel that it gives me the "pretty" factor the nano gives me even though it gives me the "size matters" factor.
and finally, there is the itouch. now, this one gets me points because it is all fancy and new. it is pretty and also a marketing dream, but with its size, it doesn't give me the same quantity as the regular ipod.
so the dilemma is which ipod do i want?
a girlfriend of mine commented on the fact that i can have that much hair taken off and still have a ton of it left. i can't help it. my hair has a mind of its own and grows so fast.
the thing is, i totally got a rock star haircut but this morning, i didn't have the time to do the rock star style that i wanted. i am totally thinking of streaking bright red through it. i mean fire engine red. as in, whir, sirens blaring red.
so. goal number one for tomorrow is to get out the product, style, style, style.
i am thinking that i want it to spike out and be all flair and fun tomorrow. it is certainly cut to play with, so why not.
technology has come so far over the past centuries. thank god i was not there to witness it all. the point is, though, that technology allows us to do all sorts of things on the spot.
for example, this is a photo of t's cell phone. it is a blackberry. it does all sorts of cool things. what those cool things are, i am not really sure because it is his phone and my phone is already enough for me to handle...
but his phone does all sorts of magical things like make phone calls. and when i manage to not have my cell phone on me, want to schedule an appointment to get my hair whacked off really short (yes, i did), i explained to him that i wanted to make the call on my cell, at home.
he handed me his phone. i started to dial the number but couldn't. he looked at me, all curious, and asked what the problem was. i didn't know the number. and he asked me what i meant. and i explained the the number in my head is spelled out in letters... his number pad resembles a keyboard, not a phone pad.
this got the biggest laugh because i could not dial a number since its letters were not associated with the right numbers. i think this is a major fault with the blackberry... my phone is far superior.
today, on my morning commute in, i made the mistake of not taking an umbrella with me.
at first, it was ok because it was only sprinkling. and then it rained harder and i got stuck under a tree. then it stopped and i thought i had a window of opportunity to get to the office.
nope.
i got stuck under another tree. a lovely man who was watering his flowers (yes, during a shower) told me to go and stand on his porch. while i was there, he came out and offered me an umbrella. i smiled as big as i possibly could and thanked him.
that one little umbrella made me so happy. he was so kind to give me that umbrella. i returned it this afternoon on my walk home. and i am going to send him the nicest thank you note ever.
age: 4 years old
symptoms: weakness, fatigue, memory problems, irritability, fainting, depression
diagnosis: fatal heart disease
yes. it is only a matter of time. my ipod is dying. slowly. sometimes, it has a burst of energy that lasts thirty minutes. and then. well, it fades and faints.
sometimes it remembers the music. and then. well. sometimes it just can't tell you anything. my ipod has a fatal heart disease. it is dying.
i am trying to make it as comfortable as possible. lots of plug time. a nice snug sock. (orange). i stimulate it with new songs with fancy lyrics. but it is a matter of time.
and i quote:
You could blog about the inanities of life. You know, that tiny detail that no one but you notices. That tiny detail that makes you realize it's all worth it. Or ridiculous, or stupid or [insert adjective here].
ali decided to take me up on my request for blog topics. clearly, she still capitalizes and such, but i will grant her this wish and discuss one of the tiny details of life that makes me realize it is awesome.
socks.
i believe that your socks should show some major personality, and in reality, they don't need to match what you are wearing (although, in theme, they should not conflict). when you sit, they should offer a touch of color and flair and make the people smile.
these socks, well, they are just awesome. not only do they keep my feet warm, but they are pretty d@mn awesome. totally worth it.
still taking requests.
so in my last post i asked what was on tv. the sad thing is, there is nothing on this blog. i clearly suck at the moment or i have been really busy and not had much time to sit down and blog. your choice.
work is going well. but busy. personal life is going well. but busy. social life is going well. but busy. pet life is going well. but busy.
the problem is, i am busy. i suck. so, the blog sucks. oops.
if you have any ideas of what i could possibly blog about, then send them. i would appreciate ideas. then maybe i won't suck so much.
