I feel that I've been very good today:

Refrained from argument with my Republican neo-conservanazi co-workers who spent too much/little synapse flashes pushing to lower gas prices, decrease our national debt, get W reelected, and overall ridicule the "liberal idiot" masses by completely gutting the population of Iraq and using their oil pipelines as payment for us "stabilizing" their country.

Ignored upcoming evaluation similarities to Dilbert cartoon (the coveted "Meets Expectations" award!), and fantasies of beating fax machine a la Office Space.

Ate salad for lunch.

Repressed urge to live as a hermit, forgoing all societal niceties. Found it really hard because really wanted to tell many people to fuck off.

Renewed thoughts of harmony, satisfaction in comparison to sadder situations, and hope for a start of a new day.

After hearing my rather deaf ex-Air Force pilot coworker yell into his phone, "Now, you're 5 by 5, but a second ago, I only got 1" and had a flashback of Faith on Angel...ah ha! The connection was made:

"This is an old aeronautical radio term. Radio signal strength and clarity were measured on a scale of 1 to 5. Today the term "Loud and Clear" is preferred to "5 by 5".

In slang use "5 by 5" means things are well, good, or as expected."

Go urban dictionary.

Have decided to abstain from argument over SUVs. Am argued out. Cannot convince the ignorant and easily-dazzled the importance of the earth over a shiny monster truck.

HOWEVER, I will not put up with any frivolous complaints about bad traffic, parking, taxes, and gas prices. It is your choice, not Saudi Arabia's or OPEC's, to own a tank (aka Hummer) that should be measured in gallons to the mile. You could be driving a Lexus, spending less, helping the economy, and causing less traffic accidents.

And one last thing....coincidence? I think not.

Some days you just feel like stumbling and going mad:

"She was just another cow on a farm -- no name, no brand, no distinguishing features, barely memorable until she stumbled and went mad."
Who knew that Saskatchewan was the place to be for mad cows?

Back to the lion's den...DC, my hell away from home. Especially since they'll probably be closing down the mixing bowl...again. I guess traffic can stop for a few weekends to save some lives of N.Va commuters...

What the hell am I saying?! I hate Northern Virginianers. They are Satan's minions perpetuating the pseudo-attraction to the area. Can't people see that it's just one gigantic ever-urban-spraWling Children of the Corn backdrop? With scary khaki wearing cardboard characters.

On a lighter note, I hope the hotel that I'm staying at has Bravo. Need Queer Eye fix, even though the new guy looks like Fabio in the 80s.

After existing on fumes for the last couple of days, finally put gas in my car and was shocked to see it cost me $1.60/gallon (about $.30 more than two days ago). I knew that I should have predicted the effect of the Phoenix gas shortage on gas prices in Virginia. Damn volitility of the market.

Need to take sabbatical to find alternative fuel source...can the country run on the hot air produced by lawyers??? Wait, it already does.

Sick and sadistic...

"Your IQ score is 140

During the test, you answered four different types of questions — mathematical, visual-spatial, linguistic and logical. We analyzed how you did on each of those questions which reveals how your brain uniquely works.

We also compared your answers with others who have taken the test. According to the sorts of questions you got correct, we can tell your Intellectual Type is a Visionary Philosopher.

This means you are highly intelligent and have a powerful mix of skills and insight that can be applied in a variety of different ways. Like Plato, your exceptional math and verbal skills make you very adept at explaining things to others — and at anticipating and predicting patterns. And that's just some of what we know about you from your IQ results. "

To prove you're smarter

Just in case you thought I've forgotten the Weezer love:

rumpled and confused just like I like him and

working very hard to produce more geek love.

I've decided to add my top 20-11 favorites in my lifetime.

And to explain a bit about the criteria for addition to my list, I chose songs that (1) I loved, (2) did not get overplayed on the radio until I was sick of it, (3) could be played over and over and I can't get sick of it, (4) were by varied artists (I tried not to monopolize), and (5) if I were stuck in a padded room and these songs were played continuously, I wouldn't feel like harming myself.

And the list goes on....

20. Turn My Head - Live
19. Angel - Sarah McLachlan
18. Closer to Fine - Indigo Girls
17. Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi
16. Drive - The Cars
15. I'll Be There - Jackson 5
14. The One I love - REM
13. Fields of Gold - Sting
12. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
11. Every Breath You Take - The Police

OK, here it is (initially), my top 10 favorite pop songs of my lifetime:

10. Baby, I'm Amazed - Paul McCartney
9. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
8. Say It Ain't So - Weezer
7. Wicked Game- Chris Isaac
6. Hey Jupiter - Tori Amos
5. Creep - Radiohead
4. Your Song - Elton John
3. Time in a Bottle- Jim Croce
2. Love Song - The Cure
1. Imagine - John Lennon

Disclaimer: There aren't any "modern" songs on this list because most music nowadays sucks (um, 50 cent?) and these have withstood the test of continuous radio replay.

trying to come up with a list of top ten pop songs of my lifetime (aka since 1976)...sad because am shocked my tastes run toward cheese

not bad if I do say so myself....


Borderline Obsessive


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My door jamb is in leagues with my A/C unit. They drip. They mock me.

I actually climbed up a very rickety ladder into my scary dark and loosely insulated attic to inspect the destruction. CAN FIND NO SUCH DESTRUCTION. Recently replaced drip pan barely half full and draining properly. No evidence of clogged pipes in sight. Ceiling/floor of attic not even damp. Am anxious about cost to figure out enigma and really hate being mocked in the morning.

Can poltergeists materialize in form of water??

Here to advertise C & R's little discussion on the merits of J-Lo vs. Ben....

Why Gigli sucks big monkey balls...

And an Onion article, based on true events (dramatization).

Here's another great quiz--

How much of a geek are you?

For the benefit of Ms. Rigby....(don't smite me!!)

Fifth level of hell, they say. Figures.

The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Fifth Level of Hell!

Level	Score
Purgatory (Repenting Believers)	Very Low
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)	Low
Level 2 (Lustful)	High
Level 3 (Gluttonous)	High
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)	Very Low
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)	Very High
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics)	Low
Level 7 (Violent)	High
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)	Very High
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous)	Low

Let thee be judged

Yes, my thoughts are this disjointed.

Oh cuteness. Orlando (non-elf, non-pirate).

An imaginary day in the life of Rivers Cuomo,

And real life with Weezer. My favorite line: "Barney is singing about 'dancing away the blues' while a racially balanced group of mutant children twitch arrhythmically behind him. And you wonder why rock stars throw TV sets from hotel-room windows."

Watched Amelie for the first time, after highly recommended and got over frightening whiteness of cover photo. Very very cute and highly amusing. Especially the young Amelie flashbacks and the travelling gnome. Uplifting and quirky. Now depressed, for not cute little weird french waitress but pensive weird asian government employee and cannot expect such goodness in reality. Oh well, at least I don't have that awful haircut.

Since there is no more new Buffy to motivate my social calendar (yes, I am completely sad), there's always Ted.

The funniest article on why J-Lo sucks fucking ass.

I haven't had wild crazy sex dreams of Rivers lately. I'm starting to miss the boy. Must concentrate on more Rivers sexage.

Thanks to Cristina:

Why the little guy wins in my book...