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2,061,087 | female | 33 | indUnk | Cancer | 31,July,2004 | What you should be listening to if you aren't already. Michelle Lambert - I'm Fallin' Langhorne Slim - Counting Fireflies Carlos Santana & John Lee Hooker - Chill Out Lucinda Williams - ANYTHING she's done. Fantastic. Loretta Lynn - Portland Oregon (The whole Van Lear Rose album really) Ryan Adams - La Cienega Just Smiled (HOLY SHIT, why am I just discovering this guy?? I am blown away) I really wish I had a big ass server where I could upload this stuff and you guys could just download it. But it is worth going out there and looking for. |
2,061,087 | female | 33 | indUnk | Cancer | 28,July,2004 | urlLink Ahh.. my eyes. Link via urlLink me(ish) urlLink |
2,061,087 | female | 33 | indUnk | Cancer | 23,July,2004 | I am having chicken pot pie for breakfast. 'Deluge' I'm watching the pouring rain streaming down, washing away everything in its path. And I'm wishing that I could step outside and wash the memory of you from my mind, your touch from my body. Instead, I am flooded with images of rainy days , bodies twined under the covers. The downpour muffling the sounds of love. It occurs to me that I am glad that removing your imprint on me isn't something the rain can do, rather its purpose of nurturing is to remind me of possibility. |
2,061,087 | female | 33 | indUnk | Cancer | 23,July,2004 | I CANNOT stop playing urlLink this damn thing every time I see the link! Help me! Bwhahahaha |
2,061,087 | female | 33 | indUnk | Cancer | 23,July,2004 | When the weather turns hot, as it does soon and often here in Texas, I rarely drink hot beverages. My dad has always said that if you are hot you should drink something hot and it will cool you down, and if you are cold drink something cold and it will warm you up. I always thought he was full of it. I mean, he is always coming up with insane, backwoods stuff like that and never once has it been credited. However, and forgive me because I forget where I read this, come to find out there has been scientific research done that proves his theory true. Of course, I haven't told HIM that. What brought that tidbit of information on was that the weather has been unseasonably cool and rainy here and I am sitting and drinking a cup of hot chai tea. Mmm. I haven't had any in months and had forgotten how good it is. I haven't been doing as much posting as I keep telling myself I should here lately. I keep my urlLink book blog updated somewhat more frequently, and yesterday I started a urlLink flab to fab blog. I also have a urlLink livejournal but admit that it is only so that I can post and comment on some of my fave sites there and I don't ever really post anything on it. WHAT in the cornbread hell am I doing with so many blogs if I am not going to actually dedicate any time to updating them? Although, it's not like any one really reads them. They are mostly for my own venting/progress tracking (or lack thereof)/inane rambling. Such as I am doing now. So, what has been going on lately, you ask? Well, let's see. This summer I've been back home to visit briefly. I thought I was going to get away with not going back for a while, but my Mamaw was dying so I had to get back. I spent another week there that time. The oldest two kidlets have been at their dad's a lot this summer, leaving me and the Willabeast here with not a whole heck of a lot to do. Other than her destroying things, and me cleaning up the messes. My youngest brother came and got my mom after the funeral so she is out in Georgia with him. I talked to her last night and she's ready to come home and wants me to come and get her. Which I would be more than glad to do if Jan (my ex-mil) would hurry up and get the car that she is giving me fixed. Yes, my ex-mother-in-law is GIVING me a car. It's a late 90s model Ford Contour (which oddly enough was mine in the first place, she took over payments when we bought a Grand Cherokee) and is in MUCH better condition than the hunk of shit on wheels that I am currently driving. I'm sure y'all have heard me bitching about not having an a/c and windows that will roll down. NOT a good combination in the good ol' Texas summertime. So, anyways, as soon as she gets some minor little things on the Contour fixed it is mine. Funnily enough, the day she went to buy her new car, the driver side window went out on the one she is giving me. It's like the damn thing KNEW. But, she's a good egg and it getting it fixed. And then I guess I will be road tripping it to Georgia. It's about a 13 hour drive from here. But, I don't mind as it will give me some alone time. I haven't been kid free in about 3 years, other than when I have had the various surgeries in the last couple of years. Those don't count as vacations. My brother wants me to move to Georgia. This will be a good opportunity to check it out and see if it's anywhere I'd want to live. Although, it has to be better than here. But, that's not saying much. I can't really think of anything else of any interest that has been going on around here this summer. Well, other than the ex and his wife are starting up again with 'the kids can come live with us and go to school over here if you think that's ok' bullshit. Yeah, just so you don't have to pay child support anymore. But, let's not get started on that particular rant at this time. It would take more time than I have tea for. |
2,061,087 | female | 33 | indUnk | Cancer | 23,July,2004 | urlLink I can't quit hitting replay. This is freakin HILARIOUS!!! urlLink |
2,061,087 | female | 33 | indUnk | Cancer | 22,July,2004 | urlLink Which John Cusack Are You? |
2,061,087 | female | 33 | indUnk | Cancer | 20,July,2004 | urlLink words to get lost in. i'm in love. urlLink |
2,061,087 | female | 33 | indUnk | Cancer | 12,July,2004 | urlLink Semper Fucking Fi urlLink |
2,061,087 | female | 33 | indUnk | Cancer | 04,August,2004 | Supplies: Bowl of warm water with one squirt liquid hand soap, orangewood stick or stick with plastic tipped cuticle pusher, hand towel, emory board, 3 or 4-way buffer, Q-tips, polish remover, base coat (Stickey by Creative or similar), polish of your choice, top coat, UV nail dryer. Soak fingertips in bowl of warm, soapy water for 3 or 4 minutes. Remove from water and using orangewood stick or cuticle pusher, gently push cuticles back. Rinse. Dry with hand towel, pushing cuticles back with towel. File edges of nails with emory board, going in one direction. Dont saw back and forth as it tears the nail. Buff nails using 3 or 4-way buffer, following steps numbered on buffer. Rinse hands to remove residue. Dry thoroughly. Dip Q-tip in polish remover and rub over each nail. Apply thin layer of base coat. Let set one minute. Apply two thin coats polish, waiting one minute between coats. Apply thin layer of top coat. Place hands under UV dryer for several minutes until set. Useful tips: Store nail polish in refrigerator. Remove and let reach room temperature before using. Roll polish bottle between your palms, never shake it. Dont polish your nails under an a/c vent or fan. Dont change your polish more than once a week or your nails will dry out. Keep in mind this deals with the nails only. There are many more extras that you can do to keep your hands and feet looking great. Lotion is a must. A foot scrub or sloughing lotion massaged onto feet keeps them smooth. Pumice stones aren't a good idea as they really only make the skin tougher. This post was inspired by a post over on livejournal on the hip_domestics forum. I realized that many people don't know the proper steps to follow for a professional manicure. |
2,462,841 | male | 17 | Student | Cancer | 29,May,2004 | finalized my projects for the next few years I decided to work on three (maybe 4) opensource projects in the next few years. In order of priority they are: urlLink Atomix (the atomicans linux distro), urlLink Glob (a gui for several linux p2p backends), urlLink IpodLinux (a distro of linux that runs on the ipod), and optionally urlLink MediaWiki , my favourite wiki content management system ;). |
2,462,841 | male | 17 | Student | Cancer | 25,May,2004 | Circle is Awesome I hav been trying to write a p2p app as oyu may have heard, and I just discovered urlLink The Circle , a really ingenious file sharing system, mainly because its really similar to my idea, but they had it first :). Anyways at the moment it doesn't work behind a nat, but apart from that its amazing. |
2,462,841 | male | 17 | Student | Cancer | 24,May,2004 | fixed my sourceforge project Now it has a new theme based on monobook, but without the pics for added simpleness/speed as sourceforge is sluggish. |
2,462,841 | male | 17 | Student | Cancer | 24,May,2004 | /me /me is fraying nerves dreaming about a gmail account. I also screwed up my sourceforge project, will fix eventually... |
2,462,841 | male | 17 | Student | Cancer | 23,May,2004 | i just installed macosx on my gentoo box using urlLink pearpc . Its not really 40 times slower, more like 10 times slower. weeeee! |
2,462,841 | male | 17 | Student | Cancer | 21,May,2004 | Fringe of Leaves A frng of leaves by patrick white is a text I'm studying for literature, heres a great link to a very informative site: urlLink linky magikness |
2,462,841 | male | 17 | Student | Cancer | 20,May,2004 | back from hospital I just came back from the hospital, been there for a while, had gastroenteritis. Exams coming up, gonna focus on studying for now. |
2,462,841 | male | 17 | Student | Cancer | 17,May,2004 | an interesting article I found this intriguing urlLink article about opensource and how we should give back to the oss community at urlLink osnews.com |
2,462,841 | male | 17 | Student | Cancer | 16,May,2004 | wahooo! I just did my chem test and it was alright. Anyway im gonna watch tv for a wile then maybe write some documentation for the ipodlinux project in the wee hours of the morning. |
2,462,841 | male | 17 | Student | Cancer | 15,May,2004 | I'm feelin sick I think I got the bug of my sister, but so far have only been sick once and am getting better. I might stick a photo of me on this site tonight. |
2,462,841 | male | 17 | Student | Cancer | 15,May,2004 | Whoopie Goldberg She is so funny, I just watched two of her movies on free to air tv. hehe. Mr Bean should date her, they'd be a perfect match. I gotta do a chem test tomorrow, wish me luck :) |
2,462,841 | male | 17 | Student | Cancer | 14,May,2004 | a theory about kde and gnome I reckon people use urlLink kde because they can't/don't want to pay for windows. I also reckon kde users don't fully support the opensource movement, as they use a desktop environment which mimics windows. On the other hand urlLink gnome is different from windows, and doesn't come with a default config to look/act like windows. The difference between the two is that kde has more support and more users, because there are more people in the world who want linux, but don't want to learn linux while the gnome camp has a smaller user base, yet has more applications, because its users are more inclined to contribute back to the opensource community. I also believe this is why urlLink wxwidgets chose to use gtk as their native toolkit for linux rather than qt. |
2,462,841 | male | 17 | Student | Cancer | 14,May,2004 | i feel goood My sis got back from hospital and she's fine. In other news I fplayed bzflag for ages after getting back from doing some horribly confusing lit discussion with my lit teacher (its coz I got 4 out of 25...). Also I'm glad to see the urlLink linux on ipod progressing nicely, the devs should have it bettering the apple firmware in around 3 months. I might become the doc-writer for the project. |
2,462,841 | male | 17 | Student | Cancer | 14,May,2004 | microsoft is sooo wierd I feel odd, bcause Microsoft does make a good product, but I still believe in open-source. The fact that its willing to urlLink openosurce its installer toolkit means that it either: A: likes the opensource idealogy B: Is sick of being the mean proprietary company C: Wants to use the opensource community to help it build a better product (business driven) From Microsofts history, I would choose C, but I feel they might have actually changed so the reason could even be A. Even so I still love my gentoo box. |
2,462,841 | male | 17 | Student | Cancer | 14,May,2004 | shizmoo My poor sister (she's one year younger thatn me) is now in hospital. Last night she started yakking, and I stayed up with her for a while (after getting out of my nice old bed) then I woke mum and dad. Since she didn't get better, they decided to take her to hospital where she could be monitored. She's either been poisoned or has a really bad stomach bug. |
2,462,841 | male | 17 | Student | Cancer | 14,May,2004 | Yay I finished my calc homework. Off to bed for me. My nice cold bed :-S |
2,462,841 | male | 17 | Student | Cancer | 14,May,2004 | its midnight I'm currently poring over some tricky calculus. I think I should leave it till tommorow but you gotta do what you gotta do. As this is my first post I guess you aught to know I'm a urlLink gentoo advocate. I like the whole idea of having absolute choice. I also like urlLink gnome because it has great defaults, allowing most users to jump in. Currently my life is kinda odd. I've been doin' alright at school, but not as good as I want to. This is mainly due to a lack of time, and me spending too much time on the net. Sometimes I'm torn, because I feel that I learn far more of the net than the education system could possibly ever offer, and I get this sense that the world is heading in the wrong direction, but opensource idealogies are slowly fixing it. |
2,462,841 | male | 17 | Student | Cancer | 24,June,2004 | Well, currently I'm working on a logo for The Circle, and the xul interface, as well as attempting to read the entire Player vs Player webcomic (http://www.pvponline.com/) and reading Vampire Lestat. And my birthday's in 6 days! (June 30th). In other news I changed my bzflag id to Rincewind@Discworld, to pay respect to Terry Pratchett and the world's finest coward :) |
2,462,841 | male | 17 | Student | Cancer | 21,June,2004 | now i have a gmail and orkut account, both registered under flonejek. -- Adon Metcalfe [email protected] HTML Mail Perth, Australia http://adonmetcalfe.blogspot.com |
2,462,841 | male | 17 | Student | Cancer | 16,June,2004 | I'm ecstatic, because I upgraded my box a few days ago and I forgot ot tell anyone? Anyway now it looks like this: NEW 2.8 Ghz Prescott OC'd to 3.4Ghz (without any extra cooling) NEW 2x512M 3200 (400Mhz) HArdrive (still) 120Gig Western Digital with 8Mb cache Mouse/Keyboard (still) Logitech Cordless MX Duo (their so adorable) CD/DVD (still) Lite_On_48x24x48, MSI_16x_DVD NEW External 250Gig maxtor OneTouch (I wish the button worked in linux) NEW JBL Invaders (4.1 surround sound) Sound (still) Creative Audigy) NEW Asus P4800S (its reaaaallly good, though I felt like I shoulda got an amd system. still asus though.) Graphics (still) Leadtek Ti4200 w128Mb (still runs good) One roll of plumbers tape used to tidy up the wires and a cool tri-color cold cathodein my horrible beige box (Macron Midium, will spray it black one day) |
2,462,841 | male | 17 | Student | Cancer | 16,June,2004 | I'm now working on a gui fro the circle, and may/may not expand it to several backends. And I got a python cookbook, hopefully I won't die out of shame from not being able to parse the tutorials on the web into my brain. I wish I was in the matrix... |
2,462,841 | male | 17 | Student | Cancer | 12,July,2004 | yeah, well I been using linux ever since I got my own pc ( Febuary 2002), I used to use windows before that, but I didn't like its philosophy. The opensource world was a 'tedious' relief, with me surfing through several distro's (and wasting some of the most important years of my life) i finally ended up using Suse. I think my favourite distro was gentoo, but it took too much time to maintain. I guess I've always liked macs, my school has always used them, and I used to like the rainbow apples on the pretty curvy beige boxes (in the physics lab). The year we got imacs was the year I got my computer (I paid for this one by working in a hardware store), and how I wished I had waited. OS X was simply amazing, and I think I found out about linux through searching for mac substitutes for the pc. One of my friends started me off with slackware, which is a very nice distro, but I wanted to do more work, and lest configuration. I guess I went for harder distros like LFS and gentoo, until deciding to simplify, and getting suse. Games were never a problem, the only game I really like is warcraft III (can't wait till World of Warcraft!), and I managed to get it running smoothly under wine. The final stage was this year, when I saw the WWDC, I just had to get a mac. They had already implemented so many awesome features that opensource software couldn't provide, and the new spotlight feature was awesome! (I must say its kinda like a souped up version of locate, a *nix commandline search tool that uses a file database/index, but as always apple made it better than ever). The day I saw this I made a deal with my parents to paint the house in exchange for an ibook (the labor would have cost them $4000). I'm so glad I finally have this ibook, and the amount of software it came with was amazing, considering most of it was non-free, unlike linux. Garageband is great, but I musst say my favourite app is Xcode, this makes it easy for anyone to write software, and have a cool interface, someething which no other os can offer. I think that's the final part that made me switch, the great developer community apple has. Jeez, now I feel daft for typing so much, ah well, hope you didn't fall asleep. |
2,462,841 | male | 17 | Student | Cancer | 04,July,2004 | Just thought all you people of odd persuasion who are interested in my blog would like a big picture of our planet :) - urlLink earth-map-huge.jpg (JPEG Image, 6400x3200 pixels) |
2,462,841 | male | 17 | Student | Cancer | 02,July,2004 | Here is a list of webcomics that I really like (there's two more I like, but I can't seem to find my bookmarks for them...) urlLink Radioactive Panda urlLink Schlock Mercenary urlLink player VS player urlLink Mac Hall urlLink Weebl & Bob urlLink UserFriendly urlLink Penny Arcade urlLink VG Cats |
2,462,841 | male | 17 | Student | Cancer | 02,July,2004 | I love Terry Pratchett Well I'm halfway through painting my room green, and am goin to 'PARTAY' this weekend at mornington (the shocking spelling is carried over from mums friend). My circle firefox extension totally broke on me, so I decided to rewrite it (i just couldn't find what was wrong with it, kept getting an error message on the first line in the file, regardless of how I changed it). Orkut's community is mediochre, its kinda dull actually so anyone desperate to get in, I suggest you wait until its a tad more mature. I also converted all my music to the vorbis (.ogg) format, and I can't wait till I get a mac (preferably a powerbook g5 when they come out). Suse is nice, but OSX is miles smoother, and I love the eyecandy. Oh, by the way gmail is totally awesome!, its filters and conversation management are incredible, the only thing lacking is autoforwarding and pop links, but I can easily live without those. Spiderman 2 was great, but I reckon thunderbirds will be better. I can't wait! |
2,462,841 | male | 17 | Student | Cancer | 07,August,2004 | I wasn't gonna get the degree I wanted if I had continued with christchurch (a private school), so I took a 4 month break and started a bridging course at canning college, and so am gonna now be going into University/Higher education the year after next. I guess its okay, but now I'm doing my finals with my younger sister. In other news I'm trying to work out how to write a mac osx inkscape port. Inkscape is a great opensource program like illustrator but better. |
3,626,815 | male | 17 | Student | Cancer | 31,July,2004 | If you're wondering where my first post went, I deleted it. Having that tome about some girl there was starting to freak me out. Anyway, I haven't had much to do, so I've been watching my Aqua Teen Hunger Force DVD's a lot. (I don't care what you think Adam, the show is great, so it must be you who sucks.) Been fooling around with my computer, playing some DDR, (Dammit Evan, someday you will try it!) etc, etc. Want to know a great way to spend a Saturday evening? Clubbing? Hanging out with friends? No, try going to the mall and grocery store with your mom. Really puts your social life in perspective. That cashier at Strawbridge's would just not...shut...up. Heh, with Steve in NJ with his girlfriend, I have the computer all to myself, and yet I can't find anything to do with it except make a blog post. Frylock: Yep, I thought it was about time that we invested in a high-definition plasma screen. Meatwad: I thought you said TV was bad. Frylock: It is. But we f***ing need it. |
3,626,815 | male | 17 | Student | Cancer | 13,July,2004 | Yeah, haven't had much to write after complaining my guts out in my last post. Anyway, just wanted to say that a friend of mine (The previously mentioned Adam) played me a song by Five Iron Frenzy called 'Pre-Ex Girlfriend' and I am now even more emotionally scarred for life. Here are the lyrics. 'Pre-Ex-Girlfriend' She's so cool it's almost eerie she's so fine I lost all hope Genetical testing something has gone wrong she should get back in her cage before they find she's gone She said she hated Kenny G that girl is way too good for me We'll break up before it starts She'll only tear my world apart da na na na na na na na [Chorus:] Pre-ex-girlfriend, that girl is just too fine Pre-ex-girlfriend, leaving me behind You might say she's everything just before everything goes wrong She's sunshine and lightning she pulls at my heartstrings she's stunning and then she's gone The intellect that girl has She's saying 'death to false jazz' Like kryptonite to Superman she's here to break my heart again da na na na na na na na Watch her on the floor tonight feel the crush she will incite the spark of hope she will ignite a beautiful sight Softer than the lightest snows watch her as the moment slows in my face the door will close and there she goes. [Spoken:] Guy: Uh-um Hi... Girl: Hi Guy: I uh, I was across the room and I looked over, and I saw you... and um... Girl: yea? Guy: I was wondering if... Girl: Uh-huh Guy: Maybe you wanted to... uh... go do something? Girl: Umm.. No. You see what I mean? If you don't, you probably haven't read my first post. Hats off to you for opening up old wounds, Adam! |
3,626,815 | male | 17 | Student | Cancer | 12,August,2004 | *Gets pelted with CD's and 'Vivi' dolls* OK, OK, I'M SORRY FOR THE JOKE ALREADY! Man, you types are a tough crowd. Anyway, I started playing FFIX again today, for what other reason than: I'm bored. *Dodges a pewter statue of Cloud Strife* -and that Final Fantasy is unrivaled as the greatest series of games ever created and the people of SquareSoft/Square-Enix are gods among men and anyone who believes otherwise should be cast down to the depths of Hell to burn with the likes of Hitler and whoever was responsible for 'Temptation Island.' Happy? Got the 'Best Sessions' DVD set of Cowboy Bebop today, too. 6 more episodes in no real order or continuity, but screw it, it's more Bebop. I suppose that's about it for today. *Gets hit in the eye with a Moogle* ALL RIGHT, WHICH ONE OF YOU THREW THAT!? |
3,626,815 | male | 17 | Student | Cancer | 06,August,2004 | Just another boring summer day. Well, actually, I'm not going to bitch about that today, because I finally went out and did something about it. Namely, I went to the library, and $4.50 later I was in possession of the first five episodes of Cowboy Bebop, the Cowboy Bebop movie, and the 4th-6th episodes of InuYasha. Holy crap. How I have never been exposed to any of this before is amazing. It is now one of my life's missions to see the rest of the Cowboy Bebop series. InuYasha was good too, but I don't think it can begin to compare with Bebop. Kinda makes me wish I got Comedy Central for Adult Swim. Blasted anti-cable parents. Spike: I love the kind of woman that can kick my ass. |
3,626,815 | male | 17 | Student | Cancer | 01,August,2004 | It's August, as you all know by now, and again it is that time of year to ask ourselves: 'Where has the summer gone?' It never hits you with how little time you have until August rolls around and you were mentally still in June. Wait, I'm stopping this line of thought here. The idea of August rolling around and how little time there is in summer has been put into script in probably around 10,000 other blogs by now, and since today isn't 'National Write the Same Damn Thing Everyone Else is Writing Day' I won't bore you with what everyone has thought since the invention of summer vacation, back on June 16th, 1842. (Yeah, I made that date up.) Anyway, I would like to pose a new axiom: 'Time flies when you are doing fuck-all.' (So you don't get the wrong impression, I am using 'fuck-all' to mean 'nothing.' Ask your parents about it. Don't mention my name.) I mean, I have practically nothing to do, except hanging around with Adam, Ground Zero Gaming, and thinking angsty thoughts while sitting at my computer, without much reason, mind you. Yeah, I think that's about it. |
4,124,979 | male | 41 | Engineering | Gemini | 07,August,2004 | I have to say, it's been a good day for Baseball. First, and most importantly , the Yankees won again behind the great pitching of El Duque. It's amazing what good pitching will do for a team. The boys are on a roll and life is good! Greg Maddux got his 300th win today. Good for him. I don't mind the Cubs winning. It's kinda cool to be able to watch Nomar play for a decent team. I'm glad he's out of Boston so I can root for him, not against him. (Unless they get lucky enough to face New York in the series this year, of course.) Speaking of the Yankees next opponent in the series, right now it looks like St. Loius is the best in the N.L. They don't seem to have any weaknesses. Now Larry Walker is a Cardinal. What are they trying to do, score 15 runs a game? And what's up with Texas? Losing twice to the Orioles. I don't really like Texas. I'm just in support of any team that will keep Boston out of the postseason and they are currently ahead in the wildcard. I don't think my heart could take another Yankees/Sox postseason series. |
4,124,979 | male | 41 | Engineering | Gemini | 06,August,2004 | These are some things I just don't get. This may become a regular theme because daily I find myself wondering.......... - Being a fan of a baseball team other than the Yankees Of course this would be first on my list! Let's face it, there is the New York Yankees and there are 29 other teams trying to live up to their standard. - Those super sized pants I see a lot of younger people wearing pants so big they are walking down the street holding them up with one hand. What's the point of that? It can't be comfortable. It doesn't look good and it sure looks inconvenient having to hold them up. Usually they are accompanied by a super sized shirt that has to be raised so they can hold onto the pants. - Those Giant Platform Shoes Women Wear I cringe every time I see a teenage girl trying to walk in those shoes that have 5 – 6” soles. They look like they are going to fall flat on their faces. Very few women can wear these things gracefully. Is this one of those recurring fashion items from the 1970’s? I was too young to notice it then, I guess. - Bill Clinton Aside from the obvious character flaws that a lot of people choose to ignore, this guy is kinda stupid too. I bet if I was holding the most powerful and prestigious office in the world, I could figure out that you can’t really escape scrutiny. Besides which, Monica Lewinski? Sheesh. What bugs me the most is, this guy is still hanging around the spotlight making big bucks. Let’s see, he was caught lying. He was disbarred. He brought great embarrassment to the country. He was impeached. The American selective memory loss in action? - Genuine Rednecks I think it must be easier to be a redneck. You don’t have to bathe regularly. Haircuts and shaving are optional. Don’t have to treat women with respect. ('Shoot, ther only good fer one thang anyways!’) Don’t have to have a good command of the English language. All you have to do is ‘Be proud to be a Redneck!’ Also, patriotism is a must. Defending the trailer park at all costs is the biggest priority. - Modern Art Not long ago I went to the National Museum of Art in Washington D.C. (It’s one of my favorite places.) I was in the Modern Art section and there was this huge painting (?) that took up a whole wall, and it was all white. There wasn’t anything on it. Just a very large canvas painted white. The tour guide (I wasn’t in the tour) actually stopped the tour in front of this white canvas and gave a 5-minute soliloquy on it. I’m an art lover and I try hard to understand any form of expression, but I think I missed the boat on this particular item. - Modern ‘Lingo’ Like Gangsta , Ho, Fly and Tight. Not long ago being a gangster or like one was bad. So was being a ‘Ho’. Now guys are looking for Ho’s. Sometimes they say hookers, too. Fly? I have no idea what the origin of this one is. Recently I walked by a couple guys at work and they told me my new shirt was ‘tight’. I didn’t wear it again until I found out that it was a compiment. |
4,124,979 | male | 41 | Engineering | Gemini | 06,August,2004 | I just heard that Rick James has passed away. Bummer. There was a unique individual. No matter if you are a fan of his music or not, (And how could you not like the song 'Super Freak?)you know without a doubt there was only one Super Freak. R.I.P Rick. |
4,124,979 | male | 41 | Engineering | Gemini | 06,August,2004 | I agree with the anonymous posting concerning prayer in schools. That brought this to mind. It was sent to me by a friend a while ago. It's a bit long, but does make you think. Dear God: Why didn't you save the school children at . . . Moses Lake, Washington 2/2/96 Bethel, Alaska 2/19/97 Pearl, Mississippi 10/1/97 West Paducah, Kentucky 12/1/97 Stamps, Arkansas 12/15/97 Jonesboro, Arkansas 3/24/98 Edinboro, Pennsylvania 4/24/98 Fayetteville, Tennessee 5/19/98 Springfield, Oregon 5/21/98 Richmond, Virginia 6/15/98 Littleton, Colorado 4/20/99 Taber, Alberta, Canada 5/28/99 Conyers, Georgia 5/20/99 Deming, New Mexico 11/19/99 Fort Gibson, Oklahoma 12/6/99 Santee, California 3/5/01 and El Cajon, California 3/22/01 ? Sincerely, Concerned Student ------------------------------------------------------- Reply: Dear Concerned Student: I am not allowed in schools. Sincerely, God ------------------------------------------------------- How did this get started.... Let's see, I think it started when Madeline Murray O'Hare complained she didn't want any prayer in our schools. And we said, OK... ------------------ Then, someone said you better not read the Bible in school, the Bible that says 'thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbors as yourself,' And we said, OK... ----------------- Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem. And we said, an expert should know what he's talking about so we won't spank them anymore... ------------------ Then someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our children when they misbehave. And the school administrators said no faculty member in this school better touch a student when they misbehave because we don't want any bad publicity, and we surely don't want to be sued. And we accepted their reasoning... ------------------ Then someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if they want, and they won't even have to tell their parents. And we said, that's a grand idea... ------------------ Then some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys and they're going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms they want, so they can have all the fun they desire, and we won't have to tell their parents they got them at sch ool. And we said, that's another great idea... ------------------ Then some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter what we do in private as long as we do our jobs. And we said, it doesn't matter what anybody, including the President, does in private as long as we have jobs and the economy is good... ------------------ And someone else took that appreciation a step further and published pictures of nude children and then stepped further still by making them available on the Internet. And we said, everyone's entitled to free speech... ------------------ And the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and movies that promote profanity, violence and illicit sex... And let's record music that encourages rape, drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes... And we said, it's just entertainment and it has no adverse effect and nobody takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead... ------------------ Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, classmates or even themselves. ------------------ Undoubtedly, if we thought about it long and hard enough, we could figure it out. I'm sure it has a great deal to do with... 'WE REAP WHAT WE SOW,' ------------------ |
4,124,979 | male | 41 | Engineering | Gemini | 06,August,2004 | Yesterday evening I was upstairs hanging out with my buddy Pauley and I noticed my neighbor coming back from getting her mail. She was holding an envelope up toward the sun trying to see through to the inside contents. She stood outside for a while doing this then opened the envelope and walked inside reading whatever it was. I found this to be very funny for this reason, I've done the same thing several times. I'll try hard to see what's inside something for several minutes until it occurs to me that it is my mail, I can open it. Sometimes simple things like that can make me feel like a dolt. But it is funny to me. |
4,124,979 | male | 41 | Engineering | Gemini | 05,August,2004 | Well, Missouri has passed a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. 70% of the voters were against it. I didn't know until this passed and the story was everywhere, but 37 states have laws against gay marriage. Huh. This will become a huge issue, I believe. And soon. On one hand, the majority of Americans, given the chance, will vote against it. Let's face it, gays are a minority group. They are outnumbered. On the other hand, left to some of the more liberal court judges and/or overly ambitious city mayors, legalization of gay marriage would be a reality in many places, against the wishes of the majority. I question the morality of not allowing the gay and lesbian couples that are in committed relationships the same rights allowed to heterosexual couples. I believe that marriage is the union of a woman and a man. But I don't believe that gay couples shouldn't have the same rights as heterosexual couples. First, anyone who thinks a person can only fall in love with a member of the opposite sex is just kidding themselves. Second, isn't it being quite judgemental of anyone to say 'You two are weird, so you can't possibly have the same needs as us?' Remember, 'judge not, lest ye yourself be judged.' I can't accept the idea of gay marriage, but I believe wholeheartedly in gay couples having the rights afforded heterosexual couples. For me, it just needs to be called something other than marriage. Civil Union or something. You see, I think many people are afraid of change and that leads to over-reaction. Sometimes it's just the terminology that can be the downfall of an idea. But let's face the truth, gay rights are coming. It is inevitable. People have rights as human beings. The times are changing, for some too quickly, but we need to keep some traditions. Let's leave marriage as it is. Create a new tradition instead. |
4,124,979 | male | 41 | Engineering | Gemini | 04,August,2004 | Does anyone actually like the way the modern media operates? For instance, here in Baltimore there is one of the greatest swimmers ever, quite possibly the best ever named Michael Phelps. I hope he wins all 8 gold medals at the Olympics and sets a few new records to boot. (Breaking his own records in the process.) But all the hype is driving me nuts! Constantly in the news, every medium, are stories about his past, present & hopeful future. His endorsement deals, his coaches, his routines, his training schedule and methods, interviews with kids at swim meets, his underwear size and brand. (Just kidding. That may come soon, though.) Now his family is in the spotlight. Actually, this is one of the better stories inside the whole hype thing, but it's just too much! Give the guy a break! He's training for the Olympics. How can he be focused on winning if there is some goober in his face asking stupid things like, 'What about Ian Thorpe?' What's he supposed to say? 'Gee, I hope he doesn't beat me?' This is just one example. I think our media types go way too far invading people's personal space. I think the American Hype Machine puts too much pressure on individuals and sometimes helps them fail. I hope Michael is immune to the added pressure. At this rate, by the time he gets to Athens, he will be expected to win every race or some will consider it all a failure. No one can win 10 medals in 8 races, but after all the hullaballooo, isn't that what we all expect? |
4,124,979 | male | 41 | Engineering | Gemini | 04,August,2004 | So Jeff Brantley keeps saying during his Yankee telecasts that he doesn't believe in curses, but he believes in the Yankee ghosts at the stadium. His stories of being on the field in the late innings and knowing that the game was won only to have the Yankees pull out another victory are always entertaining. Last night he got to experience it again while in the booth. Sheffield saves our butts in the 9th and ARod seals it up in the 11th. The whole game was well played. One of those that you just can't walk away from. Almost felt like October. Maybe it was a preview? And what is up with the A's and their pitching development? Where do they keep finding their prospects? If Harden is their 4th starter and he's a rookie, look out. Soon they may be the team to watch out for. (For second best, of course.) One more thing, Olerud is very welcome in New York. I've always been a fan of his and I'm glad he's not an enemy anymore. His debut was typical John Olerud, great defense and hitting. Good to have you aboard, John. |
4,124,979 | male | 41 | Engineering | Gemini | 04,August,2004 | Well, the Yanks pitching wasn't quite up to it last night, eh? At least Jorge and Shef are continuing their great play. Kudos to Mulder, though. He's no fluke. When the boys get a lead on a pitcher like Mulder, you would hope they could pull it out. Oh well, there's always tonight... And what's up with this John Kerry guy? I loosely follow politics around election time, just to make a somewhat educated decision when voting. But this year it's been quite interesting. Kerry says (on record) that he has a secret plan for Iraq, but he has to be elected before he can let anybody know what it is. I guess this is a good reason to vote for him? You know, the old 'I just gotta see what his secret plan is so I'll vote for him' deal. Kerry also said (on record) that he will personally visit ALL the Muslim states and will convince them that we are the good guys, not the enemy. This is a miracle that no one in history has been able to accomplish yet. More power to him if he can. Question, why does he have to be President to pull that one off? Can't elected officials travel over there on State business, especially if they know how to save the world? I'm starting to wonder just what planet Kerry is from. I've heard of election year promises that may or may not be fulfillable, but geez! Will anyone with a brain actually buy into this one? |
4,124,979 | male | 41 | Engineering | Gemini | 03,August,2004 | I just got finished reading more stuff about the proposed new stadium for the Yankees and I have to say, I can't believe they would ever even consider such a terrible idea! Yankee Stadium is the hallowed ground of baseball. Either before the renovations in the 70's or after there have been more 'moments' at the stadium than anywhere else. Who could even consider digging up the ground where Joe D. and Mickey and the Babe stood to make history? More recently, how about the heroics of Aaron Boone, Derek Jeter, Paul O'Neill, Bernie and Mo? It's such a shock to hear any Yankee thinking that a new stadium is OK let alone to have the Yankee front office actually move ahead. George, we've forgiven you for many things in the past, (most of the 80's, as a matter of fact) but this move would be unforgivable! |
4,124,979 | male | 41 | Engineering | Gemini | 13,August,2004 | So the Governor of N.J. quits, admitting he had an affair with a man. Shocking? Maybe. I'm more curious as to why government officials always seem to quit their jobs when something controversial happens. They're not actually heading off the controversy at the pass, so to speak. Maybe someone can help enlighten me as to how this story affects his job performance? I just can't see what the big deal is. I wouldn't just quit my job because of something in my personal life. Maybe he did something during business hours and he doesn't want it to be public? He's 'out' anyway, so what more is there to be afraid of? (Now I wonder what hours Governors keep. Probably long hours.) I don't get it. |
4,124,979 | male | 41 | Engineering | Gemini | 12,August,2004 | Well if there was any doubt about Orlando Hernandez it has to be gone now. The guy is still undefeated this year. Granted, 5-0 isn't a world of wins, but the way he's been pitching reminds me of 1998. Looks like the health problems are past? Let's hope it stays that way. We all know his record in the post season. Winning 2 of 3 in Texas is big. Even though they've been OK in recent years, I still hate to see the boys go to Texas. I guess it's left over feelings from the Johnny Oates years when they had such a hard time winning there during the regular season. (Of course, post season play is a different matter.) Besides all that, I love to see them whip Scott Erickson. The only time I ever got to Yankee Stadium he was pitching for the Orioles and beat the Yanks 4-0. Yes indeed, I hold grudges. Like these: I'm still still not over the Angels series. Still not over game 7 against the Diamondbacks. (Mo on the mound with a lead in the 9th in game 7 and still not winning? Still freaks me out!) Still not over the Marlins series. So many chances, so little execution. Some day we'll get the payback required to help forget these unnatural occurances. Forget? Maybe. |
4,124,979 | male | 41 | Engineering | Gemini | 12,August,2004 | I bet this has happened to everyone. You're cruising along in the morning, half asleep, doing your customary cruising speed when you run into a large grouping of vehicles going slower than you want to. Thoughts come rushing through your mind like, What the..?.., Get out of my way! Finally you're able see around the vehicles ahead. A police officer is cruising along at the posted speed. Your frustration boils over! How dare he get in your way! How dare he drive the speed limit and back up traffic like this! Geez, I might be late! This is the way this morning started for me. As I had the extra time, I began to think about how the 'good' start to the day is heavily predicated on being able to break the law and get away with it consistently. For most of us, our timed schedule in the morning relies on getting away with speeding. We don't alter our schedule to allow for driving the posted speed. That would mean getting up earlier, being more motivated earlier, being concerned about the cost of a speeding ticket. I guess this extra time to think and ponder possible consequences could make us better citizens? Maybe I should be grateful to the police? Welcome to the morning commute. |
4,124,979 | male | 41 | Engineering | Gemini | 11,August,2004 | I've come to believe that being a lawyer is pretty much like being a terrorist. I don't like to generalize because I know the majority of them are probably OK. But no one wants to hear, 'I'm calling my lawyer!' Everyone is so afraid of being sued these days. Many have a hard time functioning. Doctors are leaving the profession due to malpractice insurance costs going so high which is due in part to opportunistic lawyers getting rich on others misfortune. Teachers can't discipline students for fear of being taken to court. Check out the news. There are many other examples of things such as these. How about these class action suits we keep hearing about? The so called beneficiaries of the awarded money get meaningless amounts of change after the lawyers collect their fees, which usually amount to very large amounts of change. I received something in the mail about one of these class action things last year where all I had to do was send in this form confirming I was one of the 'injured parties' and I could receive my $1.72 award. Wow! I have to wonder what the lawyers fees were, though. And all the frivolous lawsuits, like the guy in Boston a few years ago awarded thousands from a bicycle manufacturer because he was hit by a car while riding at night, but the bike didn't come with instructions stating that you should have lights on at night. Duh! And the famous McDonald's coffee is too hot lawsuit. Geez! (Remember on Seinfeld when they made fun of that one?) I wonder if I can sue now because I think the coffee isn't hot enough? Now fat people-oops! overweight people are suing MickeyD's for making them fat. Please! Do McDonald's workers really drag people in and force feed them? I kinda doubt it. We have gun manufacturers being sued for people using their products to hurt others. Cigarette manufacturers paying through the nose for people deciding to smoke. Strangely, there hasn't been any attacks on beer/liquor manufacturers (that I've heard) even though alcohol is the most abused drug there is. The point is, people decide on their own what to do with the different products available. Lawyers just help them to believe that the end result of that usage was someone else's fault thereby giving them a chance to be rich. This is the age of no responsibility. The people have spoken and they say everything that happens is someone else's fault. They say they can't be held responsible for things they do and, damn it, they've got the litagation papers to prove it! What's worse is, the judges and/or juries have been agreeing with them! Soon we will be at a point where we need laywers for everything, just to feel safe about going out at night. Maybe that is their secret plan! I remember in the movie Americathon (A supposedly futuristic America movie starring John Ritter) when the guy was trying to pick up the girl in a bar and there was a lawyer on call to negotiate the 'pick-up'. It was a pretty funny scene, but what if it would be real? You may be able to sue someone soon for hurting your feelings just by not saying hello on the street. That could be misconstrued as you creating an uncomfortable situation for someone else. We have been taught that that is a big no no. Scary thought, eh? And being afraid is what terrorists want, isn't it? |
4,124,979 | male | 41 | Engineering | Gemini | 10,August,2004 | Yanks 1 - Rangers 7 When the game starts with a walk to Soriano, who almost never walks, you know it's going to be a strange night. Losing sucks! 'Nuff said. |
4,124,979 | male | 41 | Engineering | Gemini | 10,August,2004 | Well, yesterday wasn't the day. The Yankees didn't get the sweep we were hoping for, thanks in part to 2 errors. (Note: Lofton in right field?) Loaiza still isn't solid. Looks like the bullpen/long relief is in his future? Could be if Lieber continues his streak. No complaints, though. If we continue to win 3 out of 4, this will be a pretty good year. Look out tonight. Kevin Brown is pitching in Texas. Should be a good one. How about Texas. The Orioles whipped them pretty bad. Their weakness (pitching) sure has been showing up lately. Not to mention the change in the Orioles since Ray Miller was brought back. If the O's keep rolling like this, hello wildcard. I hope so. I'd love to have the Yankees play them in the postseason. I'm no O's fan, to be sure. But there are some guys on their team I like. (Roberts, Lopez, Palmeiro, Surhoff.) Besides, I work within sight of Camden Yards. The Yankees knocking Baltimore out of postseason would give me serious bragging rights. That would be fun. One more thought. For the future, watch for Tampa Bay. They are young and good and will only get better. Lou will make sure of that. |
4,124,979 | male | 41 | Engineering | Gemini | 09,August,2004 | Well, Monday is here again in all it's glory. Monday definitely has a feel. Remember the Seinfeld episode where Jerry, Kramer and Newman were in the car talking about the feel of different days of the week? ('Tuesday does'nt have a feel. Thursday has a feel.') Everyone agrees that Monday has a feel. Except maybe Lottery winners. I bet every day seems like a weekend to them. Monday is harder after a good weekend. Especially when the weather is good. (Like today.) I hate to waste such good weather working. There are lots of better things to do on a day like this, like a ballgame, maybe? I've noticed that you don't hear anybody naming their kids Monday. I've heard of people named after days of the week. Remember Tuesday Weld? I think someone on The Adams family was named after a weekday. I can't remember which one. But a kid named Monday? What a complex they would have. Every time she/he walks into the room, everyone would be bummed out. 'Oh, here comes Monday again.' Probably not a good idea. |
4,124,979 | male | 41 | Engineering | Gemini | 20,August,2004 | I've been in one of those nostalgic state of minds lately as I'm wont to be and so I decided to look up an old friend to see what was up. My friends and I followed a band years ago in which 2 of our closer friends were members, NV. Bring back any memories, especially you JH? Well, the friend I was wondering about happens to have her own website and has progressed in the music business to the point of recording her first CD. Her name is urlLink Lana Spence and she is a fantastic singer. (Click on her name to see her website.) I highly recommend her CD. I don't need to hear it to know that it will be worth having. I ordered it via this website - urlLink http://www8.mawebcenters.com/crackinthedoor2/productCat40062_1.ctlg - The link on her site is out of stock. If you like blues based music and great vocals, don't hesitate to get this CD. Trust me. Lana doesn't disappoint. |
4,124,979 | male | 41 | Engineering | Gemini | 19,August,2004 | Last night was awesome! Not the bullpen, which had an off night and tried to give the game away, but the boys came back in true Yankee style. Never give up. Never quit. Sheffield is the MVP of the league. Who can dispute that? Sure is good to see A-Rod back, too. This team is so exciting. You never know what will happen. You can't stop watching before the last out. Give them one more out and you could pay for it. Matsui is still coming through in the clutch. I love it best when they beat someones closer. Very satisfying! I think the only worrisome area is that the bullpen looks a little tired at this point. The dog days of August are here and fatigue sets in. But come September and October, they will be pumped. Hopefully the rest will come for them in late September. I love this quote:'I just [stunk] today,' Quantrill said. 'I didn't get my job done, and that's the only reason the game was in jeopardy.' (See the urlLink Yankee website) You just have to appreciate that kind of honest assessment. For the dog days, I've broken out The Secret Weapon. My lucky Yankee shirt that I used to wear every Friday, without fail, during the 1998 & 1999 seasons. It's not quite dark blue anymore. It keeps needing repair around the NY emblem and shoulder emblem, but it never fails the Yanks, so I'll nurse it through the remainder of the season. I know for sure that stuff like my lucky shirt will help the team (don't we all know lucky charms work?), so I'll be pitching in a little extra from now on. |
4,124,979 | male | 41 | Engineering | Gemini | 19,August,2004 | I have been wondering how people choose names for their children. Sometimes you hear someones name and you wonder WTF? Other times you feel like someones name really suits them. Most names are kind of 'just there'. I know you can't predict what kind of personality the kid will have, but how do you choose a name? Do you pick one hoping for a certain personality type or do you just pick one because you like it? For example, I have a friend named Susie. Susan is her given name, but everyone calls her Susie. Her name makes me think of a happy, bubbly, fun person. The 'life of the party' kind of person. It definitely suits her. Another friend I have is Jamey. That name makes me think of a laid back, everythings cool, everybodys friend kind of person. Definitely suits him. But what are people thinking when they name their kid something like Blanche? When you blanche at something, doesn't that mean it has grossed you out? I think you can blanche veggies, too. (Whatever that is.) And how about Agatha? Brings to mind a mean old spinster. I can't stand flower names either. Rose, Daisy etc..... Those seem like a cheap cop out. Easy to pick. And now we have kids names Dweezil, Apple, Star, on and on...... I think you have to be careful when naming someone after a famous person or something. Like the name Steve. Makes me think of Steve McQueen, one of the coolest guys ever. I know two people named Steve, but they sure aren't Steve McQueen. One is cool in his own way, but the other is no where near cool. The name Eddie makes me think of Eddie Murphy. What if the Eddie you meet isn't funny? Then there are the goofy associations you get from names. Charles makes me think of Charles from MASH. Remember Seinfeld talking about naming a kid Jeeves? I've never met a Jeeves before, but I'm sure most are Butlers. I'd like to meet a person named Gilligan. I've seen these: Russel Sprout, Ramsey Cox, Amber Glass, Valen Tine, Sunday and Summer Street, Robin Banks, Al Duerr (pronounced do-her), I knew someone named Mary Treat, her middle name was Love. I'm not making these up. These are all real. I don't believe a name makes a person, but I think a name that suits someone is a neat coincidence. I used to think my name was lame, but now I'm not so sure. I'm a Gemini, one of those people with 2 personalities inside. (I've been told that this definitely suits me). My name goes along with that idea. Bob. B-O-B See, you can't tell if I spelled it forward or backward, can you? |
4,124,979 | male | 41 | Engineering | Gemini | 19,August,2004 | Has anybody ever listened to the lyrics from 'Return To Sender'? The guy in the song has a fight with his girl and sends her a letter to apologize. Not just once does he send it, mind you, but several times. Then when he gets it back unopened again, he decides to take it to her and 'put it right in her hand.' Now ladies, how impressed with this guy would you be? He not only writes a letter to apologize but he keeps sending it through the mail over the course of several days. Worse yet, she obviously lives nearby, because he decides to deliver the thing personally. Why wouldn't he just go visit right away and take his lumps in person? If you send something through the mail or by 'Special D', it ought to be flowers or candy or something. What a dope! Now I guess you're wondering why I'm writing about this. It just popped into my head and I felt like getting it off my chest. That's all. And sometimes that's all there is to a rant. Well, thank you very much. |
4,124,979 | male | 41 | Engineering | Gemini | 18,August,2004 | .....or the continuing saga of the morning commute..... Today we find our hero, The Highwayman, cruising along at his customary 10 mph above the speed limit, cruise control locked on, when suddenly he spots an obstruction in the path ahead. As he approaches the obstruction he starts to realize it is one of the many arch enemies of the highway, rolling roadblock guy! There he is, cruising in the fast lane going his usual 5 mph below the speed limit. With his customary calm, cool demeanor our hero uses his turn signal and attempts to enter the right lane to blow past the evil rolling roadblock guy, but alas, the enemy has anticipated his move and at the last second he quickly switches lanes, barely ahead of the Highwayman. With a bit less of his customary calm, cool demeanor, Highwayman quickly swerves back into the left lane and proceeds on his merry way. A very short time later our hero notices something odd. In his peripheral vision, he can see the evil rolling roadblock guy easing his way ahead in the right lane. Glancing quickly over he sees the error of his earlier assessment, this is not rolling roadblock guy. It is actually Speed Racer reincarnated, driving his super-duper Kia sedan. (The coffee hasn't kicked his brain into gear yet. This explains our hero's error.) Lesser drivers would be filled with fear and frustration at this development, but not the Highwayman. He's just confused as to where this Speed Racer guy has gotten his driving credentials. He knows his cruise control is locked on and functioning at maximum efficiency, so he simply proceeds on, straight ahead, steady course. This seems to aggravate Speed Racer, as he begins a routine of speeding ahead then slowing down and falling behind, seemingly in an attempt to block the Highwayman from moving back into the right lane. Strange tactics, to be sure. Seeing his exit on the horizon, the Highwayman takes advantage of a momentary lapse by his enemy and makes his way into the right lane to exit. The feat accomplished, he begins to exit the highway. As he does so, Speed Racer passes by with a look of utter disappointment in his eyes. He has failed to thwart the Highwayman's successful commute. Once again our hero has survived the morning commute. Once again he has vanquished another evil highway fiend. (See the previous 'Morning Commute' post.) Tune in again next week for the continuing saga of the morning commute to find out what evil the Highwayman will face next. |
4,124,979 | male | 41 | Engineering | Gemini | 17,August,2004 | Well, last night sucked. (Have I mentioned how much losing sucks?) But there are usually highlights, even in a loss. Gary Sheffield is the most consistant hitter the Yankees have. Whether winning or losing, he will come through. Another homerun for Shef. Another reason for MVP consideration. A highlight play for Matsui, robbing Hunter of a homer, (payback for all those he takes away) and Bernie breaking up the no-hitter in the 4th, two more reasons for solace. Tonight Moose returns (finally!) and it's televised on ESPN. Something to look forward to. Looks like the Orioles are playing themselves back into mediocrity again. The A's are making them look pretty bad. Now they lost Roberts and Hairston to injury. (Hopefully not serious. I hate to see injuries, with the possible exception of Boston players, depending on who.) And how 'bout Teixeira hitting for the cycle! Just once I'd like to be watching a game where someone does that. It's got to be exciting. Bonds hit 2 more homeruns last night. It amazes me how few opportunities he has to swing, but how well he takes advantage when he gets the chance. He is a great hitter. I'm not a big fan, but you have to respect his ability. |
4,124,979 | male | 41 | Engineering | Gemini | 17,August,2004 | More of the stuff that I don't get..... - Those big shiny balls on pedestals that people put in their yards. What the heck are they for? Maybe a signal to the alien ships overhead? -Beatles Fans The Beatles music is the most boring ever. What prompts people to like them so much? I do like a few (very few) of their songs, but for the most part, I can't stand them. I'm told that their success is mostly due to the era they emerged. I can see that. But look at their solo careers. Paul was still boring, especially after Wings. John was the worst. The most interesting guy is Ringo. Check out the movie Caveman. It's great. - Excessive body piercing. The eyebrow piercing looks painful, but not too ugly. The nose piercing is just strange. Isn't that a booger catcher? The tongue one seems dangerous. If that thing comes loose and is swallowed, you could perforate the stomach. (Maybe it's more secure than it seems?) The belly piercing is very sexy. My personal favorite. (On a woman, that is.) The boobs, well that just looks uncomfortable. As for the genitals, I think those are the most dangerous. Certainly during a passionate moment, you don't want to get poked by a metal object. (I mean an unplanned poke, for you kinky folks.) -Those little cars with the funny sounding mufflers. There are a lot of these things roaming the streets. You can tell when you are sitting next to them at a stoplight. They seem to be bubbling, from the sound. When they accelerate, it's like the thing breaks wind to get started. Fart and start, I guess. They just sound like the muffler is bad. Along with the muffler, a lot of these cars have one of those home-made looking spoilers/wings (whatever) attached to the trunk. They look like someone made them in their basement and screwed it onto the car. Some are at least a foot higher than the roof. Weird. |
4,124,979 | male | 41 | Engineering | Gemini | 16,August,2004 | OK, so I call my dealership where I bought my Olds to find out if my heater/air conditioner fan is covered by my so called 'bumper to bumper warranty'. When I bought this car, the special deal was that a 5 year/60,000 mile warranty came with it. It was some promotional thing Oldsmobile was doing for one month back in 2001. Sounded good to me at the time. But of course, the fan isn't covered. In actuality, almost nothing is covered. I've had the car in several times for service and nothing has ever been covered. (And this car has needed some service, believe me!) The only thing this warranty has ever been good for is a $4.00 flasher for the turn signals that went bad. I guess I was suckered by the sales pitch. I should have known that any car made in the US won't have great backing. They are just too expensive to produce. (Unions are the big cause, but that's a rant for another day.) My second car is an import. German. The warrenty is 'bumper to bumper'. I've had 2 and both have been so well serviced, it almost doesn't seem real. The first one had a volume button on the steering wheel that became slightly discolored, so they replaced it. Once, the brake light on the dash came on and when the service guys checked it out, they said the brakes were below their standards, so they replaced them. Brake pads, rotors and sensors. No charge. The car had 42,000 miles on it and they replaced all that, no charge. We, the USA, are supposedly the producer of some of the finest goods in the world. If that is so, why can't our manufacturers first - build reliable products and second - back them up with decent service? It kinda sucks to think that I probably won't be buying any more new American built cars again. I've been a GM driver for a long time. But what's the point of putting my faith in something that even the builder doesn't have enough faith in to want to back it up? No thanks. |
4,124,979 | male | 41 | Engineering | Gemini | 16,August,2004 | Last week my Uncle had a minor accident. While traveling along a busy narrow street, his truck mirror clipped the mirror of a van parked along the curb. He couldn’t stop right away because of the location and the amount of traffic, so he went to the end of the street, turned around and went back. When he arrived, the van was gone. (Apparently it was someone stopped at a yard sale.) Not wanting to let this go, he went to the Police Station and told the clerk what had happened. They said they did get a report of the incident and the investigating officer was called in to interview my Uncle. During the interview, the officer said they had several ‘eyewitnesses’ willing to testify. Depending on which report he read, they either swore that the alleged hit and run driver was driving a red or green truck. Once he heard this, my Uncle took the officer outside and showed him his white truck. All white with some thin black body molding on the sides. The officer told him that they had actually seen him coming back up the street, but they never would have stopped him. They were looking for a green or red truck. So my Uncle told him that he must be innocent since he drove a white truck (He has since paid for repairs to the mirror, by the way.) My question here is this, how can we rely on eyewitness accounts when something like this can happen? The traveling speed on the street in question can’t be more than 15 mph. It is too narrow and the traffic was too heavy. The witnesses swearing to the color might even have been able to run alongside and gotten a license plate number. But the ‘sworn reports’ were so far off that the police could drive right by the person they were looking for and never know it. This incident is a minor one. What about major ones where people ‘swear they saw everything?’ Minor story, but kind of scary to me. |
3,849,970 | female | 33 | indUnk | Taurus | 31,July,2004 | Why is it that when you finally find exactly what you are looking for..that you have to say goodbye practically as soon as you've said hello? Goodbyes BITE. |
3,849,970 | female | 33 | indUnk | Taurus | 29,July,2004 | The road trip is officially over. :( And what a road trip it was! But, details will come later, as I'm absolutely pooped and want to go to bed! Crap, I gotta go back to work tomorrow... |
3,849,970 | female | 33 | indUnk | Taurus | 27,July,2004 | urlLink Have you seen this? A fellow Beatles fan told me about it today, and told me to Google it. I did, and read a lot of the stuff, and it really creeped me out. I can't believe that I had never heard this stuff before! Hey, I saw Paul in concert about two years ago. No way is that am imposter! It's amazing how these crazy ideas get started. |
3,849,970 | female | 33 | indUnk | Taurus | 26,July,2004 | I had to make myself take a nap today. There was so much for me to do today, and I just had all this energy suddenly, and just couldn't stop going! Finally, at about 2:30, I stopped and rested, and slept for about an hour and a half. I know that in a few hours I'm going to be zombified again! Guess I'll sleep in the car tomorrow! I took my friends out to dinner tonight, in honor of their 2 year anniversary, which is tomorrow. We had a great night! A very nice dinner (yes, I went off my diet to enjoy it, but I wasn't too bad.) The next three days will be the hardest, since I won't be at home. Eating on the go is never a good thing. Wow, three whole days! This is going to be fun! |
3,849,970 | female | 33 | indUnk | Taurus | 24,July,2004 | urlLink urlLink Yes, that is me, so where is my tiara??? Heh heh. I received the coolest box of goodies today from my Oregon buddy. I won't try to explain the origins of it, but she and I have this princess thing going. Today's box brought me some awesome princess flip-flops (which I plan to take on my road trip!), a deck of princess playing cards (strip princess poker, anyone?), a royal writing implement (otherwise known as a pen), a princess membership card (I'm official!), a cute picture of a royal frog, that she colored all on her own (if I kiss it will it turn into a prince?), and some queen lip balm!!! Thank you my little Princess friend, you have made my day!!!! |
3,849,970 | female | 33 | indUnk | Taurus | 24,July,2004 | Yep, that's right. This time tomorrow, yours truly will be on a road trip! Too bad it isn't somewhere better than Phoenix. But three days away from San Diego, from work, from my mother, from everything, and three days hanging out with two of the best people in my life is gonna be GREAT!!! :) I'll be back sometime on Thursday...I hope I have a story or two to share when I return! P.S. Still haven't been to sleep yet... |
3,849,970 | female | 33 | indUnk | Taurus | 24,July,2004 | Oh my goodness...I am so sleepy, and I won't be able to sleep for a few more hours. Lucky me, after working my 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. shift, I have to go to a doctor's appointment at 9:30. THEN I can sleep. I wanted to cancel it, but because I've already had to reschedule it twice, and since I've had *this* appointment for a month already, I'd hate to put it off. Man, I am taking a looonnng nap when I get home! |
3,849,970 | female | 33 | indUnk | Taurus | 24,July,2004 | Details to follow!! :) |
3,849,970 | female | 33 | indUnk | Taurus | 23,July,2004 | Yes, life is still good. And if it's possible, it's even better today. :) There is so much going on in my head right now, so much for me to be happy about...but my blog is definitely not the place for me to get too personal!! There are some things a girl has to keep to herself!!! :) My friend emailed me earlier, and she told me she was watching some late night TV and saw penguins having sex. Hmm....penguin porn? Have we come to that as a society? LOL Currently, it is 11:33 p.m. and I am at work. I'll be here until 7 a.m. I will also be here at this time tomorrow, Sunday, and Monday. Filling in for someone else. I kinda enjoy it, as it's really quiet here, and I can do my own thing (like write in my blog) and get paid while I'm doing it!! I know around 2 or 3 a.m. I'll really be missing the sleep... |
3,849,970 | female | 33 | indUnk | Taurus | 22,July,2004 | Life is really, really good. Not to mention, I've lost four more pounds. :) |
3,849,970 | female | 33 | indUnk | Taurus | 21,July,2004 | urlLink urlLink |
3,849,970 | female | 33 | indUnk | Taurus | 20,July,2004 | I wonder what I'd have to do to get an X rating???? LOL My life is rated NC-17. What is your life rated? |
3,849,970 | female | 33 | indUnk | Taurus | 20,July,2004 | urlLink Damn, that is one sexy elf!! |
3,849,970 | female | 33 | indUnk | Taurus | 19,July,2004 | urlLink A friend viewed my blog and really liked my Joaquin Phoenix picture. So much so, that she decided to use it as her personal avatar on a forum we frequent. :) Since it's been over a week since Joaquin was added, it's time for a new hottie - one of my personal favorites!!! Yummy yummy!!! |
3,849,970 | female | 33 | indUnk | Taurus | 19,July,2004 | Yes, today was a good day! Last summer, a guy I dated like a couple of times a few years back got in touch with me. We chatted some for a while, and then I had sent a few emails and a few PMs and didn't hear back, so I just gave up. Well, he finally got ahold of me this past week and we chatted online and on the phone. He's married now, and wanted to see me and have me meet his wife. Today, I ended up going over to their place after work. I had such fun! It's been a long time since I've just hung out with people near my own age. I thought it would be kind of awkward hanging out with a guy I kinda dated and his wife but it was actually fine! We hit it off famously! I really like her. She and I are so much alike we could have been separated at birth, LOL. I love making a new friend, and hitting it off like that. The three of us are getting together tomorrow night, and I'm really looking forward to it. |
3,849,970 | female | 33 | indUnk | Taurus | 19,July,2004 | That's the long and short of it. Why be verbose when the vernacular will do? |
3,849,970 | female | 33 | indUnk | Taurus | 17,July,2004 | For all the men who say, 'Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?' Here's an update for you. Nowadays 80% of women are against marriage. Why? Because women realize it's not worth buying an entire pig just to get a little sausage. urlLink Proof that men are pigs. urlLink |
3,849,970 | female | 33 | indUnk | Taurus | 15,July,2004 | Tomorrow is the other ex's birthday. (The most recent ex.) So on top of all the other crappy feelings I am feeling, I have to think about HIM too. *sigh* |
3,849,970 | female | 33 | indUnk | Taurus | 15,July,2004 | I was going through some old emails I had saved, and found one from a guy I knew briefly a couple of years ago or so. A new job had moved him up north, and we lost contact. I decided to email him today, for some reason, only to have the message returned. The email address was no longer valid. Kinda bummed me out, as he was a really nice guy, and I wish I hadn't lost touch with him. Anyway, for some strange reason, I decided to Google him. Well. Imagine my surprise when Google found him. Or maybe I should say, found him and his wife. My search brought up a link to a photographer's website that had pictures from his recent wedding. May 1 of this year to be exact. One week before my 33rd birthday. I guess I should be happy it wasn't on my birthday...that really would have bummed me out, even more so than I already am. Seeing the pictures made me wonder what may have been if I had stayed in contact with him, you know? All the men I used to date, or just plain used (you know the ones, the sex buddies) are all off the market, either legally (married) or just really attached. Some even have kids. I never pictured my life this way - being single at 33. All I ever wanted was to be married. And be a mom. Maybe that sounds old fashioned, but that's the way it is. I just wanted to be a wife. Have someone to fall asleep next to, and wake up with. Someone who would take care of me, and I could take care of. Why isn't that in the cards for me ? What's wrong with me? Seeing those pictures of this guy getting married really upset me. When is it my turn? Huh? When do I get to fall in love and get to wear the pretty white dress and flowers in my hair? When I first heard the No Doubt song, 'Simple Kind of Life', I cried. I could have written that song. I felt like Gwen saw right into my head and heart with those lyrics. And all I wanted was the simple things A simple kind of life And all I needed was a simple man So I could be a wife I always thought I’d be a mom Sometimes I'd wish for a mistake The longer that I wait the more selfish that I get You seem like you’d be a good dad I find myself feeling lonely a lot. A lot more than I ever let on to anyone. If you are my friend, and you are reading this...well, there's lots of stuff you don't know. I don't tell everyone how I feel. It's especially hard to tell anyone how I feel when everyone around me is married, or getting married, or engaged, or moving in together, or having babies. . .etc. You know what I am? I'm a jar loosener. Why? Well, have you ever tried to get a jar open and tried and tried and couldn't, then handed the jar to someone else and they just popped it open, like it was nothing? And then jokingly, you say it's because you loosened it for them? Well, men are like those jars. They need their 'lids' loosened before they're ready to take the plunge into marriage. It seems that the majority of the men I've dated in my lifetime have gone off and gotten married to the next person they've dated after me. So obviously I've loosened their lids! What really gets me is the women who have a good man, and they either don't realize it, or they do realize it and don't care! They don't appreciate what they have, and either treat him disrespectfully, or take him for granted, or both! Or, worse yet, the nice guy has one of these women and he puts up with her shit . WTF? What happened to being a man? Maybe it's just my fate to be alone. I mean, I've fucked up my share of opportunities. Mostly by being blind to my real feelings and then not realizing those real feelings until it was too damn late. It doesn't help that every time I seem to hit it off with a man, or am just attracted to one, they're either married or gay. I kid you not. Now what's really confusing me is having The Ex pop back into my life in the midst of divorce. I honestly didn't need that right now, as it has opened up all those feelings again. When he and I first broke up, my sister-in-law used to tell me that if The Ex and I were meant to be together, we would find our way back to each other, whether it be a week, a month, or years down the road. Well, guess what? It's years down the road and here he is, soon-to-be-single. I don't want to find myself falling in love with him all over again and getting hurt all over again. Oh, and what else? That sister-in-law has served my brother with divorce papers. See what I mean about women having a good man and not appreciating them? I really shouldn't be dwelling on this stuff. I mean, it's only going to upset me, and cause me to have what I call a 'depression session'. (I was diagnosed in February, and for the most part, the meds have helped and I've been doing really well.) I can't fall apart now - I have an appointment with my psychiatrist next week! |
3,849,970 | female | 33 | indUnk | Taurus | 15,July,2004 | I found this poem in a book, and have remembered it ever since. He looks like a bowling pin, she looks like the ball. All over the neighborhood, I meet them, walking hand in hand, his stretching way down to hers. They waddle-walk as really fat, or stupid, people do. When I climb the stairs and pass their apartment I see them sitting at their kitchen table. They always leave their door open at dinnertime. The smell of cabbage and old linoleum overpowers the hall. His face is like a shy bell, , fat and friendly at the bottom. Her shape is shapeless with an overall impression of round. He has a grey-flecked crew cut and an expression like a cow. She has wispy mouse hair and cackles through rotten teeth. I make small talk with them as they lumber up the stairs: 'You're out late,' I say. 'We're out late,' he giggles. 'We're out late,' she echoes. 'It's late,' he elaborates. Poor, stupid, mismatched, and ugly, they have love. Yesterday, the Super told me that she was dead. She had stepped out between parked cars and got run over by a truck. I walk up the stairs past their closed door and picture him sitting on the padded chrome chair, staring at the pearly Formica of the kitchen table, his big, shy hands hanging between his knees, unheld, and I cry. ~ Doug Dorph |
3,849,970 | female | 33 | indUnk | Taurus | 15,July,2004 | Barely a pound lost this week. See what happens when I don't get all my exercising in? Oh well, I guess it's better than gaining a pound, right? Plus it gives me all the more incentive to get back to my normal routine and have a bigger loss next week!! |
3,849,970 | female | 33 | indUnk | Taurus | 14,July,2004 | urlLink Take the Idiot Girls Challenge! |
3,849,970 | female | 33 | indUnk | Taurus | 14,July,2004 | I just put on a pair of jeans that I haven't worn in months because they didn't fit...and guess what? THEY FIT!! :) In fact, they're even a little loose! |
3,849,970 | female | 33 | indUnk | Taurus | 13,July,2004 | I AM 41% ASSHOLE/BITCH! |
3,849,970 | female | 33 | indUnk | Taurus | 12,July,2004 | You are going to marry Legolas! Good job! Legolas is really gentel towards you and if someone wants to hurt you he will protect you with his own life! But he spends 3 hours in the shower. Go you! urlLink Who LOTR character are you going to marry? brought to you by urlLink Quizilla |
3,849,970 | female | 33 | indUnk | Taurus | 12,July,2004 | Have you seen my mind? I just had it. |
3,849,970 | female | 33 | indUnk | Taurus | 12,July,2004 | urlLink urlLink I think I will occasionally post a hunk. Just because I can. :) It's nice to have a view. |
3,849,970 | female | 33 | indUnk | Taurus | 11,July,2004 | So true, so true!! And why is it that my input never seems to match my output? |
3,849,970 | female | 33 | indUnk | Taurus | 11,July,2004 | You are on my mind again. You know who you are. 'I stroll along his eyebrow, perch on the end of his nose, trip through his eyelashes, recline on his cheekbone, get pleasantly lost in the whorls of his ear, slip between his lips, slide down his chin, and curl up in the hollow of his throat.' |
3,849,970 | female | 33 | indUnk | Taurus | 10,July,2004 | (This excerpt shamelessly stole from my buddy Jordan over on LJ.) New Retirement Plan - If you had purchased $1000.00 of Nortel stock one year ago, it would now be worth $49.00. With Enron, you would have $16.50 left of the original $1,000.00. With WorldCom, you would have less than $5.00 left. But, if you had purchased $1,000.00 worth of beer one year ago, drank all the beer, then turned in the cans for the aluminum recycling price, you would have $214.00. Based on the above, current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle. It's called the 401-Keg Plan... |
3,849,970 | female | 33 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,July,2004 | I'm beginning to think my choice in friends is getting just as bad as my choice in men. What's with that? I have one friend who flakes out on me all the time, one that seems to be lying to me, others that just don't seem to care...am I the problem? Is there something wrong with me that just attracts these people?? Hmm...next time I see my psychiatrist, I think I might pursue this line of thought. |
3,849,970 | female | 33 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,July,2004 | I can't seem to get my mind off The Ex, no matter how hard I try. Even when I am asleep, he shows up in my dreams. Maybe seeing him wasn't such a good idea after all. |
3,849,970 | female | 33 | indUnk | Taurus | 08,July,2004 | Finally figured out how to add my links. Had to play around with the HTML for a while, but I managed it. The first two links are pretty self-explanatory. Reading and RAK! :) San Diego TheatreSports is a local improvisational group that I'm involved with. I take classes, as well as help out at the shows and other activities. It's lots of fun, and I've made some great friends there. If you live in San Diego, you should come by and see a show! |
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