I promise I will read all about the Franco-Prussian wars, by the end of tonight, I swear. Really. But in the meantime, since writers' block seems to be my MO for the month (and it's already the end of the night, with no chance of victory) here's this--my own personal duh...





what decade does your personality live in?


quiz brought to you by lady interference, ltd

Love the holidays, but for the expectations, merchandising, and debt. And lack of enough days in the month. Soon will be free of worries, papers, party planning, work and family responsibilities and guilt, and instead roaming the streets of Munich, lost, cold, and completely not-German speaking American. Ahh, sounds nice and relaxing.

Crashing from measly 2-hour nap last night. But strangely articulate, logical, and impressive at 5:30am this morning while writing up performance rating for underling so that although he walks on water, his halo is not too shiny and unreasonable. Am the greatest boss ever. Or delirious and manic.

Was supposed to bake pies and breads for tomorrow, instead am just going to keel over. Guilt can't even penetrate blurry shield of fatigue. Maybe another 2-hour nap will refresh enough for dinner tonight with friends long unseen. Yes, fuck work...will go home at 3pm.

Other people buy shoes, obsess about sex, gamble, drink, smoke crack cocaine....

I covet coats. Have to face serious affliction.

Decided to shop around for a coat as soon will be walking around quaint snow-drifted towns in Germany, and am lacking the right coat for that occasion. Went on a whirlwind tour of designer coats on various internet sites. Sighed and dreamed over fuzzy virgin wool/angora comfort, cuddly cashmere/fox fur joy, and long shearling sueded chocolate colored alpaca lined reversable hooded warm perfection. Oh alpaca. Seriously considered spending a thousand dollars for one coat. Am dangerously sick, but no rehab facilities available for such an addiction.

On a lighter note, my pumpkin slaughter was delayed, but successful. I believe that my little pumpkin truly feels like a useful member of vegetable society now that it's become pumpkin bread, savory baked pumpkin, and roasted pumpkin seeds (and will soon be pumpkin soup and pumpkin pie). Is it wrong to assume that a vegetable has fulfilled its life by feeding me and many others? Where's PETV when you need them?

The great thing about being a cynic and a fatalist is that recent election results don't bring me down, they just don't bring me up. But it does disappoint me that I was right to believe that the majority of Americans are ignorant and/or selfish. Our national slogan should be "It's all about me." Go America and its moral values.

My main problems with Americans and our politics:
-A majority of us are ideologically against the concept of government. Thank you founding fathers.
-Our ideals are based in economics--we care most about what will give us the most monetary returns.
-We are reactionary--easily swayed by buzz words, catch phrases, and photo montages.
-We are polarized--2 parties, opposing views, right or wrong. Anyone who recognizes gray areas is indecisive, lacks convictions, ignorant, and cannot lead our country or represent the people.
-The electoral college. People do not vote because they don't think their vote will count in their state. What is exactly wrong with the popular vote? Again, thank you founding fathers for helping out the ignorant masses.
-People who don't vote because they feel "uninformed" or can't tell the difference between the candidate's views. That's called laziness.

So, for all you who are seriously thinking about moving to Canada, check
this out. See, socialists are always thinking about others.

So sad for state of nation. Mourn continued work with defense issues under the dazed ape handpuppet of the devil. Will consider move to more intelligent state. Glad that Kerry conceded, hated gloating of co-workers. May their paychecks be cut for further defense spending. That'll show 'em.

Looking at historical election results, I was surprised by this:



I was really thinking of moving, then I see this. The year I was born, everything was so backwards--Vermont and the Western states voted Republican, while Texas, and the South voted Democratic. (Dixiecrats) Amazingly (and yet not), Virginia stayed the same ever since 1962. Shall I blame it on the eighties, the children of consumption and wealth or blame it on the parents of the eighties babies, the hippies that destroyed the image of being a liberal?

The results of the Halloween that wasn't. Disappointed in unslaughtered pumpkin. Could not express scary inner self via ghoulish makeup and pink hair. Partaked in unlimited consumption of limited edition inside out Reese cups and dark chocolate Mounds bars. Overall, I'm sleepy, icky, and well-sugared.

And now...Election day. I voted. And not only because Britney Spears told me to, but because constituents like her exist. I also witnessed 2 major car accidents today: One car flying into a ditch backwards and one SUV flipping over. The signs must be telling me something. Regardless of the signs and the extent of ignorance in the country, I will be happy about the little things, like the commemorative map of the US I got today, complete with little donkey and elephant stickers.

My very bad Election Day haiku:

I vote to prove that
Democrats really exist
in the bible belt

found myself the perfect pumpkin to slaughter. yay.

Relived hatred from high school last night. Sad because it was so long ago, and I don't even remember exactly why I hate the girl, only that she was very evil, mean, and conniving. Should forgive because she "lived outside of society" and is sad. However, why should I accept someone who had been evil, mean, and conniving to me? How would I know that she wouldn't be evil again or is currently evil now. Trust is obviously an issue with me, especially when once that trust was broken. But I have a strange urge to go to that Barnes and Noble and check this girl out. Considering I've probably run into her before, just I didn't know it.

Yes, will go, will be civil, and will count how many times she mentions that another ex-friend of mine is married.

Will not gloat. (ha ha!)

The things they don't write on the back of a pack of Tylenol Cold:

1) Antihistamine stays in your body for longer than the 4-6 hour dosage.
2) The side effects of antihistamine (sleepiness, lack of attention span) will remain with you forever.
3) Little known side effects include constant twitching of the top of your scalp and obsessive adjusting of your socks.
4) Argh! Why do my socks keep falling down? Is it the length, elasticity, color or inherent cow-ness of my cow socks? Madness, I tell you, madness!

Another exciting factoid: Researchers have recently found stem cells in fat. Yes, those yummy round tummies actually have more use than storing longterm energy, insulating against the elements, and inspiring hatred by liposuctioning fat-hating society. The stem cells can be manipulated to act just like other cells, without all that distasteful fetus cultivation and bone marrow removal. Stem cells can be created from your own fat, so that it matches perfectly and rejection is low. Exciting, isn't it?

It's really scary when the devil himself is scared of his puppet. Well, puppets are inherently scary:

"Pat Robertson, an ardent Bush supporter, said he had that conversation with the president in Nashville, Tennessee, before the March 2003 invasion. He described Bush in the meeting as "the most self-assured man I've ever met in my life."

I think Pat was trying to say oblivious.

"And I warned him about this war. I had deep misgivings about this war, deep misgivings. And I was trying to say, 'Mr. President, you had better prepare the American people for casualties.'" Robertson said the president then told him, "Oh, no, we're not going to have any casualties." Robertson, the televangelist who sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1988, said he wishes Bush would admit to mistakes made.

See, freaking scary.

"I mean, the Lord told me it was going to be A, a disaster, and B, messy," Robertson said. "I warned him about casualties."

The Lord didn't have to tell you this. It is a war. It will be a disaster and messy. Whenever a war was not a disaster or messy, it was resparked in another form--a messier, bloodier form.

More than 1,100 U.S. troops have died in Iraq and another 8,000 troops have been wounded in the ongoing campaign, with the casualty toll significantly increasing in the last six months as the insurgency there has deepened.

Told you so, Pat.

Asked why Bush has refused to admit to mistakes on Iraq, Robertson said, "I don't know this politics game. You know, you can never say you were wrong because the opposition grabs onto it: 'See, he admitted he screwed up.'" "Even if he stumbles and messes up -- and he's had his share of stumbles and gaffes -- I just think God's blessing is on him." Even as Robertson criticized Bush for downplaying the potential dangers of the Iraq war, he heaped praise on Bush, saying he believes the president will win the election and that "the blessing of heaven is on Bush."

Oh jesus. God help us all.

As I've already made up my mind about the election, and cannot convince stupid people that what they believe in is stupid, I bring you insights from inside the enemy camp:

1) Enlisted personnel follow Dub because they're patriotic, love the country, and want to defend the nation. Typically. Some just want to blow stuff up.

2) Officers follow Dub because they are following orders. Typically. Some like blowing stuff up and moving troops around in war game simulations.

3) Civil servants follow Dub because they don't want to lose their jobs. Typically. As with all good samaritans, some like to think they are providing for the troops, after all, they sent them there.

All are very misled--enlisted folks are the ones mostly putting their lives on the line and have to be fooled by the most grandious lie. Officers believe in war, but hardly ever want to be in it because they are culpable for what happens to their people and it affects career advancement. Civil servants (from both executive and legislative agencies) are the ones that last throughout all political and wartime flux, and to do that cannot (and are often not allowed to) hold a political opinion that affects their job. So they follow the party line.

Very frustrating. So look at this hilarious site instead. Beware, there is semi-nudity, they kind you don't want to see.

Funny thing how I have better balance on rollerblades drunk than sober. Now my kitchen has black scuff marks. Maybe like walking around with an umbrella, the kneepads make all the difference.

I'm not that drunk really.

I'm aware enough to realize that I turned down a night of white trash superfun just because white trash had actually invited herself along. Drunken rollerblading, Sims, and cat snuggles make a much better night than trying to hold myself back from jamming a bowling ball down this girl's overly used throat.

Spent last night trying to sympathize with hard-luck cases in Oprah magazine, juxtaposed against wonderful expensive stuff I felt the need to buy (why is a cotton T-shirt for $100 a bargain?). Think Oprah is trying to be a good person, but wonder about her inherent need to brag about herself. Also trying not to be too satisfied with wonderful dinner at almost forsaken Italian restaurant. Guilt ridden, but really not. Too full and happy. Must donate canned goods and money to homeless Floridians. Must be more like Oprah.

Faced with minor dilemma--want to go to Howl-o-scream, want to play poker, need to write paper on subject matter of which I've read nothing. Gambling...socializing outdoors...wanting good grades...

Poker it is.

Unhealthy thought of the day:

You know, if I were to run into a tree, I'd be really hurt and possibly unconscious and then people would not want a piece of me for at least a little while and I could sleep.

I'm not sick and I'm not going to run into a tree, but it's really sad when hospitalization is an exciting way of getting some rest.

The stuff that happens to me:

A wasp decided to live in my hair and eat my face. Ended up spraying it with Pledge and killing it with a hammer.

It's not unus-ual to be loved by anyone
Bop badabop
It's not unusual to have fun with anywuh-uun
Da-duh da-daaaah...

I just wanted to share the pain...thanks to mellie's blog, this is what has been running over and over and over in my head. Thanks, thanks a lot. I also blame my mother for her poor taste in 70's pop music scarring me in utero. At least it's not...

the Copa
Copacabana (cabana!)
The hottest spot north of Havana (here)
Aaaat the Copa
Copacabaanaaaaah
Music and passion were always the fashion
at the Copaaaah...

Damn.

Went rollerblading yesterday and realized a few things:

1) I haven't fallen down in a long time
2) Falling down really hurts
3) Not getting knee pads was a bad idea
4) Coordination and balance in other activities means nothing on rollerblades
5) Hecklers suck
6) Crying in public sucks
7) I have a wonderful boyfriend who didn't heckle me, tried to keep me balanced, was concerned when I fell (many many times), and really cared when I cried

In a bind....should I stay home this weekend or visit friends I hardly ever see in DC? If I stay I get to sleep, de-stress, catch up on class reading, and do nothing, but renege on a promise to visit and be selfish and anti-social. If I go, I'll get out, be social, have fun, but wrestle with DC traffic on a Friday afternoon after a long long week of hell and lose my weekend travelling. Again.

Why doesn't anyone ever visit me?

Many co-workers asked if I was alright. Maybe walking around the office for three hours with sunglasses on top of my head is a cry for help.

New attitude and am better now. Scheduled a massage and decided to drop tasks willy-nilly and am amazed at lack of repercussions. Must do this more often. Now I'm trying to get blogger to publish (publish, goddamnit, stop spinning!!) while listening to "the man" talk about how I earn too much, and how by cutting my inflation adjustment and locality rates, we can make this agency a better place to do great work. Ha right. Another reason to care less about work.

Need to regroup and hold back fist of death.

I'm not PMSing, did not wake up angry, and actually displayed a ton of patience...but really.

I ordered a desk, two and a half weeks ago. Was promised delivery in a week, did not show.

Called delivery company, they promised delivery within a few days, but could not schedule a time. Asked them to call me or leave it on the porch. Left a sign on the door. Did not show.

Later, I was out of town for three days. Got a sign on the door that they attempted delivery earlier that morning, so called delivery company again, they said they would try again the next day. Again, told them to call me or leave on the back porch. Left a sign on the door. Nada.

Called on Friday, and they promised delivery on Tuesday. Same note. Nada.

Called today and was told that delivery was attempted three times (what?!) and by company policy, the order was returned--to Baltimore. Was told that if I wanted the desk, I would have to reorder as my order was cancelled and my account credited.

Called Office Depot, and after multiple holds and assurances that I didn't want to call Office Max, talked to original sales lady. And after calling the warehouse in Baltimore that cancelled my order but DID NOT credit my account, she reordered the desk from Norfolk and promised it would be delivered tomorrow. But there was no way to guarantee a time for delivery, so I should leave a note on my door. hmmph.

During this whole debacle, I used my pleasant tone and thanked them repeatedly. Held back temper successfully, although I think yelling would have done good for my blood pressure. Really wanted to use scary voice and remark condescendingly that:

1) yes, when I call 1-888-GO-DEPOT, I hope I wasn't intending to call Office Max
2) your drivers obviously cannot read signs, operate their company cell phones,
and/or never got out of the truck
3) what space/time continuum do you all live in? I'm obviously caught in
some sort of accelerated worm hole

But that gets you nowhere with stupid people.

Finally! The end of a bad week. Too little sleep, too much work, and too much worrying about how I'm not sleeping and working more. And to top it off, too much walking around in suit, high heels and pantyhose in humid DC swampiness. Very chafed and over-bathed.

So now, I look forward to visiting friends amidst threats of destruction and chaos of yet another hurricane. For once, I'm glad I'm not in the Bahamas.

Am highly upset with new commercial:

A man riding a horse comes to a river and the horse balks. The man gets off the horse and picks it up and proceeds to cross the river.*voiceover* That's tough.

Cut to sizzling meat on a grill. *voiceover* That's tender.

Ugh, makes me think that the man went and grilled his horse. Must become vegetarian.

Now tell me...if someone said this to you, would you be flattered or creeped out?

"I have a great deal of respect for the Asian culture and find Asian girls very attractive."

I guess the guy didn't mean anything icky or demeaning by this, but why should placing me into a category (exemplified by waify subservient pixies) make me want to date this guy? Because I'm so not that stereotype. Nope, sir, no big bouncy boobs and blue hair either, while I giggle behind my cute little hand.

Well, I must look at his point of view, if I went around saying, "I have a great deal of respect for the comic book readers' culture and find skinny white guys with mad computer skills very hot," they'd come drooling, equipped with the newest Ultimate X-Men graphic novel. Meowr.

Munkeigh, you should stop obsessing about this personality recipe as my assessment is insanely wrong:

How to make a g love

Ingredients: 3 parts mercy 1 part brilliance 5 parts instinct

Method: Combine in a tall glass half filled with crushed ice. Add a little curiosity if desired!

Username:

Personality cocktail
From Go-Quiz.com

Three parts mercy? HAhaha, right. If you've ever wronged me, you'd run off in a blaze when I set your ass on fire. But I won't argue with the "brilliance." Even though that one was thrown in there to probably make me feel better. Or the "instinct" although it implies that I sniff around men to check for their virility (which I do, but not so blatantly).

Getting bigger breasts might make you dumb. Or is it the other way around?

Breast implant wearers (holders? receivers? what do you call these people?) are short-circuiting their brains. As if they aren't already proving that pre-existing condition.

The new buzz is that they and their children have up to 3 times the amount of platinum in their bodies. No, honey, I'm not talking about the stuff in your ring:

"Distinct from platinum released by catalytic converters in cars, platinum in implants is treated with nitric and hydrochloric acids and becomes very reactive...The heavy metal readily binds in the human body, especially to nerve endings, short-circuiting communication with the brain."

Hmmm, and then passing it onto their children through breastfeeding. Sounds genetic to me. Actually, studies have shown it causes "nervous tics, faulty perception, and impaired hearing and eyesight." Not very pretty--you stumble around, can't see or hear properly, and twitch involuntarily--but you sure have a nice rack.

So, why get breast implants, unless you're a stripper and it improves your tips? The normal response: Because it makes me feel good that I look good. It's sad that society's ideal of beauty drives women to feel bad unless they surgically augment themselves, even though they endanger their lives and their children's lives. Come on people...we don't need to fill out our shirts to be beautiful.

Trying to hold back liberal outbursts for just one night. Thursday night, which starts my year of absorbing mass amounts of military theory, is not the night I'm not talking about. Tonight, that is, is when I've been trying to hold back the

"what the?...oh hell no...war is inevitable my ass...commander and his army represent reasonability and bravery?...war is a common and legitimate means to have others do our will?"

(Well, damn, I knew I should have beat up more people as a child or at least directed others to. I'd make a right smart president of this he-ar countray.)

But back to the reasons for holding back the internal rant...partially because I should be reading, not pontificating in my head, but mostly because I don't want to become one of those crazy people who enjoy conversations with their pets more than humans. OK, that's not too hard to understand, given that people are "unstable, primitive, and violent." Yes, this is what our national policy is based on. Centuries old theory. Hoo-yah!

because I need to waste time effectively...meow.

Horror of horrors.

It's been hit or miss with this "next blog" button. My "next blog" turned out to be an almost religious listing of what "nikki *hearts, smiles*" ate that day. breakfast: 1 cup of lucky charms (picked out purple hearts), 1 cup of skim milk, 1 banana, snack: 5 gummi bears. lunch: none. snack: 17 fazoli breadsticks (over 4 hours, so it's OK). dinner: 2 tablespoons of tuna, 4 slices of smoked turkey, 3 slices of ham, 2 pieces stone ground wheat bread, 1 teaspoon of mayonaise, 2 dashes of salt, part of my brain....

You'd think with the vast amount of people on the earth that there would be more originality and variety in this blogful world. Alas no. Hit your "next blog" button and see which category of blog comes up. Will it be:

1) the political rant blog
2) the i LUV my kid/dog/cat/boyfriend/stuffed animals blog
3) the anime and/or porn blog
4) the only your mom would read this/daily activities blog (see above example)
5) the literary/movie critic blog
6) the celebrity blog
7) the social comment blog (mine probably falls into this, with a little political and only your mom)
8) the read my poetry/literary masterpiece blog
9) the depressed I wanna die blog

Maybe more categories exist. But those blogs in questions are usually in portuguese, so I wouldn't know.

Was recently irritated by something, so had to acknowledge the issue.

Pet peeves. Mostly based in truth, but rise to levels of annoyance illogically. Munkeigh pointed out that my list of pet peeves is quite long. Never really noticed, as I'm usually in a state of irritation about something or other, normally for valid reasons, but pet peeves probably keep me irritated just as the valid source diminishes. So, I'll start compiling my list (in no particular order, because it really depends on the level of heinousness the person displays):

Bad bangs. You know, the short inch-long ruler straight strip that usually accompanies black-dyed hair, greasy/pasty skin, piercings, tattoos, dark rimmed glasses, dark red or black lipstick, military jacket with german flag patch, insipid depressed/bored look on face, bad poetry, and bad ass pants (see below). Why. Just why. They are universally unflattering and they top off the goth poser look. Very put together. They make me want to brandish scissors threateningly and cut them to the scalp.

Bad ass pants. I've ranted about these before. I don’t need to reiterate. However, recent instances of bad ass pants remind me of that joke about broken asses.

Feet up on the dashboard. Possibly dangling out of car windows (see dangling body parts out of car windows below) and most likely wiggling around as if to taunt me. Dirty, sweaty, stinky feet. In full sight, eye level, and right in front of the air conditioning vents. Do you think the public likes to inspect your feet? Do you think we love how your feet are freshening the air circulating right underneath those sticky soles? Yum, tasty.

Dangling body parts out of car windows. It isn’t so much that it annoys me, but everytime I see it happening, I have a vision that some bus or mack truck will come along and take that body part off. Really messily.

Adoration of cute Asian stuff. Not the people (although it’s gross and irritating as I am an Asian). I mean merchandising. Hello Kitty. Care Bears. Sanrio. Sure, I liked this stuff. When I was 7. Why do older teens and adults still buy this stuff, carry it around, plaster websites with it, and overall still think it’s cool that Japanese marketing has successfully brainwashed the world? At least they're not goth posers.

Long intros to questions or statements. I understand that we, as the audience, need context. That is not an excuse for the "I was wondering if I could pose you a couple of questions if you happened to know about a few thoughts I’ve had over the last few days that you reminded me just now on these things that a bunch of us have been working on and noticed that they’ve been a problem for some time..." or the "having went to Yale/ law school/ did my graduate degree in this area, I feel I have some knowledge that I can impart as an expert in this field that may be helpful…." Ass-kissy, braggy, irritating, and time consuming.

Stickiness. I am an avid hand washer. What with people’s general hygiene problems, spreading of disease, and my raccoonness, I just can’t understand the sticky. On tables, on floors, on walls, on seats, on door handles, on utensils, and on keyboards. Ick. Just makes me think of urinal cakes. Yes, that dirty. The only instance of sticky that doesn’t bother me is sticky children, because children are inherent sticky, and who could hate children? Unless they are in theaters screaming or have unusually large alien heads. But those are different issues and not pet peeves.

Drivers who give you The Hand after cutting you off. Not the finger, the “my bad” hand. Yeah, your bad. You acknowledge that you did something wrong, possibly illegal or accident-inducing. Does your attempt at fishing for forgiveness make it all better? Like a slap in the face, it does.

The list goes on, but my bouncing monk has reminded me that if I waste my time pondering what irritates me, I forget the good things in life. Like bouncing monks.

Packrattiness is a genetic disease, I tell you. I "cleaned out" my study yesterday in anticipation of finally getting a nice, non-25-year-old-scratchedup-piece-of-shit desk. (Ooo, flat expanse of leather covered desk with proper file drawers for all my office junk. Happiness.) Anywho, I had full intentions of separating and chucking out the loads of books and papers arranged in piles around my already double stacked bookcases to make room and organize. What really happened was I reminisced about when I got the books and why I need to keep them and ended up setting aside 10 books and keeping all 100+ others. Stuffed them in boxes and stacked them into a closet. Office looks empty, but only hid junk more effectively in order to get more junk into small spaces.

Which leads me to the genetic disease theory of packrattiness--mus muris sarciniasis or just plain packus rattus rattum. My parents just cleaned out two rooms in their house, holding at least 20 years of stuff that they've effectively hidden behind more stuff. To rearrange and pack more stuff in. But they've evolved one step further...they passed down to me about 6 boxes of stuff (mostly books, argh!!) to perpetuate the disease onto their children (whom already exhibit strong symptoms) and continue our strain of packrat now that we've stopped moving around.

My solution: more bookcases.

Yee-ha. I love this stuff*:

1. Homosexuality is not natural, much like eyeglasses, polyester, and birth control.

2. Heterosexual marriages are valid becasue they produce children. Infertile couples and old people can't legally get married because the world needs more children.

3. Obviously, gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.

4. Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage is allowed, since Britney Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage was meaningful.

5. Heterosexual marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are property, blacks can't marry whites, and divorce is illegal.

6. Gay marriage should be decided by people, not the courts, because the majority-elected legislatures, not courts, have historically protected the rights of the minorities.

7. Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire counrty. That's why we have only one religion in America.

8. Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.

9. Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.

10. Children can never suceed without a male and a female role model at home. That's why single parents are forbidden to raise children.

11. Gay marriage will change the foundation of society. Heterosexual marriage has been around for a long time, and we could never adapt to new social norms because we haven't adapted to things like cars or longer lifespans.

12. Civil unions, providing most of the same benefits as marriage with a different name are better, because a "separate but equal" institution is always constitutional. Separate schools for African-Americans worked just as well as separate marriages for gays and lesbians will.

*I forgot where I got this. Dang me.

Argh. Cannot stop.

At least I'm not vacuuming/cutting myself OCD. Will stop. And go check locks.

I've fallen into an OCD spiral....cannot stop rating movies over and over and over. Have told myself at least 10 times in the last 45 minutes that this page of movies will be the last. Yet I watch myself hit the continue button and proceed to the next page of 2-3-4-5 stars. Must end brain cell death cycle, or blink once in a while.

I hate when this happens.

I dreamt that I dreamt something epic and meaningful, woke up and told those involved about the dream and it's prophetic message, fell back asleep in my dream and dreamt something else, horrific and utterly stupid, then really woke up to discover that I forgot the whole thing, but that it existed. Dammit. Who needs hallucinogenic drugs when I'm like this normally. Now I have to fall back asleep, reinsert myself in the same circumstances/dream memory to remember what had happened in my dream, then force myself awake to remember it in the morning. And find it was really meaningless and then ponder the reason for dreams. Could be divination...the supernatural trying to talk to me...epiphanies about the meaning of my life...aliens...or late night pizza, mixed in with the Olympics.

As my favorite monk has always told me:

Anti-social tendencies = getting things done

I spent the weekend mostly indoors--but for the quick jaunt to Red Mullet to grab cornbread goodness and watch Munkeigh enjoy flourless cake (that is, until it undid her) and trip to store to buy temporary, yet sturdy bookcase for holding massive 84 book curriculum for Strategy and Policy seminar class. Woo-hoo, military history in a classroom full of officers, fun, fun, fun. Well, as they always say, keep the enemy close and at least I'll have lots of empirical and theoretical support for why Bush is screwing up. Yay.

Besides that, I slept, cleaned, unpacked, organized, and the house looks exactly the same. Only more vacuumed. What can I say, I have issues with throwing things away. Went grocery shopping for something to eat, as have made vow to cook more, eat less junk, and save money to pay for post-extravagant lifestyle. Doesn't sound like much, but with the hurricanes and that annoying wind, flooding, and constant downpour, it's a bunch.

Deep thought of the day: do we really truly know our friends? Borrowed tapes of "I love the 90's" and found half of tape filled with Nascar Winston Cup race. Mistake...or hidden yearnings of red-neck glory? Hmmm.

Coming from a raccoon who's dated more than my share of rabbits, this is kinda funny....

As anyone who knows me knows, I like to read, but only in bunches....I have to have a group of books from which I choose what I feel like reading that moment. My pile is going low, so I've been scanning the bookstores, etc, but now I'm overwhelmed with wading through the crap. I trust my friends' judgement, so give me some suggestions already.

Urgh, feel commentor's remorse. Have posted super pretentious lawyerly philosophical diatribe. Sorry eL. Don't blog when you're drunk. And....why so angry about women?

OK, blog much....it's Wednesday, I'm unmotivated. My mental dialogue is firing away:

Hmmm, Vermont farmers' worries on the last Phish concert...What about? Will the end of Phish mean the end of Ben and Jerry's? My God!!

(I click on the headline)
Oh...nope, only about a farmer's concern for her pigs. Ewww. A concert right next to a pig farm. Disgusting.

(As I scan the article further)
And traffic. Yeah, that would suck

(To mental soundtrack of Red Hot Chili Pepper's Dosed)
Ah, Vermontian mountain highway...

(Mental epiphany)
Smart concert planner, actually. Only at a Phish concert would no one notice the lovely smell of a nearby pig farm. Patchouli.

This is a story about Happy Butt. Happy Birthday!!!!

A little girl is entering class for the first time when a friendly little boy approaches her. “My name’s Andre,” he says, “What’s yours?”
“Happy Butt,” the little girl replies.
“I’m going to tell the teacher on you for lying!” the boy shouts, as he giggles quietly to himself.
He goes to the teacher, Ms. Scimmia (munkeigh in Italian) and says that the little girl has lied to him about her name. “What is your name?” asks the teacher.
“Happy Butt,” says the little girl.
“No, no,” the teacher says. “What is your real name?”
“Happy Butt,” the little girl insists.
“Shame on you for lying,” says the Ms. Scimmia. “You go straight to the principal’s office right this minute!”
“Why are you here?” the principal, Mr. Fuzzy asks.
“They think I’m lying when I tell them my name is Happy Butt,” the little girl says.
“Your name can’t be Happy Butt,” the principal says. “I’m going to call your mother and straighten this out. You mustn’t lie to us about your name.”
Mr. Fuzzy calls the mother and says, “We have your little girl here and she keeps telling us her name is ‘Happy Butt’.”
“Oh,” says the mother, “that must be Gladdys.”
“Little girl,” the principal says, “your mother says your name is Gladdys.”
The little girl asks, “Happy Butt, Glad Ass, what’s the difference?”

Oh the purpose of the blog. For some, the blog is a great endeavor. The chance to express one's great literary masterpiece of humor, wit, knowledge, and skill with a poignant, ironic flavor. The blog to me is a venue for examining the happiness, fun, drama, and pain of everyday life. "Examining" in the sense that I write up a quick diatribe about something that happened to me today or a pattern of happenings, and toss in a few inside jokes. For some, my blog is a waste of time/creative energy. But I have my creative moments, followed by other less creative, yet more important things that I need to think about or do, so the blog is a great outlet for venting without letting my soul be completely sucked away by real work. The only problem is, I also do not believe that blogs should be a daily journal of every thought, feeling, or occurance of the day. (BOOOORRRRING. Oops, almost lost pretentious tone. Sorry, ahem, tres ennuyeux.) It's a fine line between not having anything to blog about and too much information.

So, onto the real blog:

Regardless of my body's constant and distracting reminder that I haven't reproduced (for you men out there, I'm complaining that cramps really suck), I feel good today. Have saved the earth, etc. It seems that the garbage company never alerted me or anyone in my street that they picked up recycling. My inner Sierra Club girl wept as I haphazardly tossed glass, newpaper, aluminum cans, and plastic bottles in the trash, week after week. Until today. My laziness finally overridden by the analytical training and overall righteous feeling resulting from argument with co-worker over their stupidity (aka Bush conservatism*), I realized that I cannot accept the state of the world just as I see it. So what if my neighbors do not do something, that doesn't mean that they can't. I should strive to improve and motivate others in my wake. Bugger my Republican lazy ass neighbors! I shall change the status quo, I shall recycle!

*Political statement done on own private blog and the independence standard of my workplace does not apply. Tthfft to you, Mr. Walker.

Which is better?  Being unhappily surprised or developing a tick from hearing alerts that I created to avoid unhappy surprises? 

My pack-rattiness, paranoia, and social avoidance issues are beginning to hurt my back.  Damn cell phone ringers and photo caller ID.  The sound or sight of these alerts make me physically ill, but when They call, I can avoid the unfiltered surprise.  Argh.

I believe I've been sucked into a parallel universe where what I never thought was possible is oh so true:

1)  No cable.  No Buffy.  No I love the 90s.
2)  I need to sleep for at least 7 hours a day.
3)  Work consists of ordering people around, meetings, talking on the phone, and drinking coffee.  I am a middle manager.
4)  I workout.  Regularly.  I even swim (says the girl of lead).
5)  I find Aqua Teen Hunger Force amusing, not just at 1am.
6)  I cook.  The Chick-fil-a drive-thru people don't recognize me.
7)  I find addictions to reconfiguring and painting Warhammer figurines endearing.
8)  Calls at midnight are not drunk dialings, but bored "what movie are you watching" moments.
9)  Target no longer has a hold on me.
10) Getting drunk and laughing at my friends' stupid antics is no longer fun.
11) I want to throw things away.

Oye, old age is catching up to me.  Anyone have a shovel?

Anger abounds.  Full of fun (pain) and sun (shining hot pain) and mind-numbing frustration (self-explanatory), I give you my weekend:
 
I float....gasping, in an endless pool of slimy, suffocatingly salty water.  A 50 pound weight on my chest and only two old disease-ridden parrots for company.  One parrot, I will call him Cabron, is alternately stuffing fried fatty foods into my mouth or ripping open my belly and settling amongst my gushing innards.  The other bird, Pendeja, is pecking obsessively at my head, punching a hole in my skull and eating my brains, pausing only to squawk the absurd or the obvious,
 
"The Lowes on the right there, that's where Lowes is."
"There are only two people, white and black, you're white."
"He left his motorcycle in your driveway....he's married."
"There are oranges in Florida."
"Your father likes sluts and he's an old man.  That bitch."
"Horses....they eat the grass."
 
I drove 28 hours, to Florida and back, loading and unloading heavy furniture, in the span of 3 days.  All because I got guilt-tripped by the spawn of the devil.  Wait, that would make me the spawn of the spawn of the devil.  Hmm, accurate, given the rage.
 
At least I got a nice set of table and chairs, not in the least bit faux-chrome or velour.   Things are looking up.

"Wha-choo mean you don't like my Prada flip flops? Damn girl, you picky bitch."

It's moments like these that remind me that I'm not fully aware of the filtering my brain does. This mental kodak moment came back to me today, as I had a interesting discussion with my female co-workers. Our topic: relationship deal breakers.

My list:
1) Strong attachments to either his mother or an ex-girlfriend.
2) Unwillingness to introduce you to his family or friends.
3) Cheats on me.
4) Looking through my stuff, including email, phone messages, and bedroom drawers.
5) A Cher collection.
6) Illegal drug usage and/or dealing.
7) Extreme secretiveness.
8) Smells bad.
9) Lives in squalor.
10) Obsessed with porn.
11) Hates cats.
12) Worships George W. Bush.
13) Obsessed with body image and/or working out.
14) Can't take a joke.
15) Is more OCD than me.
16) Has a molest-tache or other strange facial hair that he cannot live without.
17) Need for "bling."
18) Slobbery kisses.
19) Treats women like crap.
20) Has or wishes to have GOLD TEETH.

So, time to survey the audience: what are your relationship deal breakers?

Ah, the life of little drama is less weird than I would ever had thought. Only it leaves me blogless and well-rested. Need to rediscover borderline personality to create interesting rants.

Have broken free from the people suckage mindset by diving into complete silliness. Replaced Mr. Cure with possibly gay man (who loves Blondie and Buffy...hmmm) and lets me revel in my geekiness. Am happy that I can be silly again, and will not feel bad that am ignoring possible pattern.

However, this week has made me proud that I have never resorted to 1) becoming a harpy for male attention, 2) dating a redneck motorcycle salesman who calls me up at 3am drunk and yelling, or 3) fucking a motherfucking midget. My judgment is still on target.

Have had a strange feeling for the last few days that something wicked this way comes. Or I could just be over-sugared.

Ah, June 10th....day of infamy.

Both parents' birthdays. (Forever on, I will run screaming away from any Geminis.)
Their "anniversary." (Yeah, right. I'm staying clear from that one.)
My law school graduation. (Useful, no. Memorable, no. Boring ass smile for the cameras, yes.)
Death of best friend's mom. (Sadness. Best mom I've ever had.)

Emotional turmoil abounds. Fear or face? Avoid or ignore? Drown in Buffy Season 6? Hmm, sounds like a plan.

As much as I loathe the things I do, I make a mighty tasty beer:


GUINNESS: You like to be known as a past-tense
heavy drinker and are full of stories of antics
from your 'youth.' You consider yourself more
mature than those 'other' beer drinkers, and
your taste reflects that.


The Greatest Beer Quiz, ever!
brought to you by Quizilla

What can I say, I'm thick, heady, and old irish men like me. I should just accept it and stop trying to be a Framboise.

Now for a little musical interlude:

You do it to yourself, you do
And that's what really hurts
Is that you do it to yourself
Just you and no one else
You do it to yourself
You do it to yourself

And we'll all float on OK...

Theme for the night: closure to psychological case study.

As I subconsciously judged since the second time I met him--the thought which morphed into the nagging red flag in the back of my mind everytime I was with the "dude"--he's still obsessed with the past. At first, I was drawn as if to a damn bug light to this crazy Jon Favreau behavior. I wanted to understand the nature of the depressed relationship-less man. I wanted to see the flip side of what women typically suffer through. I wanted to be his Dr. Melfi and was promptly emotionally sucked in and stressed out. He was my friend and my pitbull, offering to beat up guys who treated me badly. As usual, my masochistic ways made me like the guy, even care for him. Hence the stress of seeing him make so many interestingly fucked-up decisions. Luckily, the past seems to work into his future. Good for him. I knew this would happen but I'll miss him anyway.

My dad came back home today. He's going to stay. Obviously, it will be very difficult for a while. Emotional wreckage ahead.

I can't stop crying because I'm happy he's back, but really angry that he left in the first place. This leaving and coming back just feeds my abandonment issues. Damn men.

Very appreciative of all the offers to beat the crap out of him though. My friends are the best. Thanks.

Decided to simplify my life... no more drama. No more desperate and dependent yearnings for sad fucks sitting around like Jon Favreau in Swingers. I'm no tall gorgeous blond to turn the eye and make them forget about their burningly disastrous past. But I'm not a cheap beer can to suck dry and toss aside.

Not that I'm god's gift, I'm pretty fucked myself. In attempts to be a nice person, I've been personally involved into a psychological mess of a friendship and subordinated my interests for male attention. I hate myself for it, but couldn't stop. It's as if I felt good to let someone use me emotionally. This last week, I constantly visualized stabbing myself in the chest, and going on with my day as if I didn't have a knife sticking out of me, and twisting the knife around once in a while to remind me how much I hurt myself.

But enough of this gory masochistic mess. Storytime.

Story #1: A sweet man, my co-worker Gene, my father's age, was out yesterday at lunch with his other buddies, other coworkers of his for over 30 years. We get close at my job; we travel a lot and have only each other's company for long periods of time. Anyway, the guy is cracking everyone up and laughing as usual when his eyes roll back into his head and he passes out. He died yesterday, with his friends. He was a helicopter gunner in Vietnam and had his face restructured after he got shot through the bridge of his nose. He was past retirement age and was going to retire this year, waiting for his wife to become eligible. Since a bunch of us were up in DC this week, and we all feel a bit removed and helpless, so we all drank like fish saw each other at our most human and drove home early today. We're going to miss his smiles and "chronic melancholia".

Story #2: One of my best friends, A, got a call at 1 am that his father is in the hospital. He's an older man, but he raised A and his sister by himself after his wife died of ovarian cancer when A was 4 years old. He's a scared old man, who can't speak english, begging for his son to see him. I haven't heard from them, but I hope he's not as bad as they say.

Story #3: Another one of my friends, H, just found out that her big sis from college is in a nursing home in a diabetic coma. She just turned 30.

I'm ashamed that my life is a self-created drama. Do we have to obsess about our lives to feel important, to feel somehow meaningful?

I will try with the man. After all, if it isn't hard, it's not worth doing...in bed (my favorite fortune ever ;p).

Oh, you think? Take note SUV drivers, and the economy thanks you for the support, suckers.

What's worse than reading on the news that for the sake of war, we killed about 40 civilians yesterday, some attending a wedding?

Reading this crap: "What Pearl Harbor did to American patriotism, May 17 should do to the Christian level of awareness." Oh those wily psychopaths....comparing gay marriage to a military kamikaze battle that left thousands of people dead. Bless my soul...with that line of thinking, I might start attributing any tall blond women to Nazi Germany.

What's truly scary is that a lot of people get swayed by this bullshit logical fallacy replete with buzz words (oh, my gaw, those gays are unpatriotic, why this might as well be the christian holocaust). Next they'll be saying that we should kill non-Christians for the glory of God. Oh wait...

one more obsession gone (*sniff*)

quipping vampires to be replaced by mobsters who say fuck a lot (watched all of season 2 in front of my squirming mom, very entertaining). I just can't seem to get away from the gold chains....

In search of inventive ways to avoid nearing deadline for draft of boring ass stuff that only Congress would care about, like where that $65 million went anyways. $65 million....peanuts.

So, instead of cranking out this highly important document, I search the internet for places to play volleyball, dream of eating greek food, and wonder what it would be like living as a fiery and birkenstocked socialist in Vermont. Ah. Much more entertaining than guzzling diet coke and listening to the Navy's initiatives on reassessing the force structure of littoral ship capabilities and our military's move toward more joint operations according to jiffycom...or was it the jizzy...no it was jiffypop. Yes, jiffypop.

As I am too appalled by the events happening elsewhere in the world that I am beyond significant comment (except that we are digging ourselves into an incredibly deep grave), I bring you...

My beef for the day:

Cap sleeves and super low-slung jeans (or as I call them "ass crack pants", not to be confused with "shiny ass pants").

Like gaucho pants, victorian collars, neon oversized sweatshirts, and strapless bandeau polyester minidresses, what is popular in women's fashion often has nothing to do with what looks good on a woman.

In the eighties, when I was in elementary school, I distinctly remember wearing bright pink capri pants, yellow T-shirt, and a rainbow belt, with jelly shoes and multi-colored hair elastics (for that pony-tail on the side). I knew that I looked awful, but like other girls my age, I was conditioned early by Seventeen magazine and wanted to be cute. Instead, I was Rainbow Brite.

In the nineties, I wore a flannel, baby doll dresses, and lots of black. I was comfortable, but still looked awful. Even though I looked like a mix between Eddie Vedder and a sad homeless girl, at least I wasn't wearing parachute pants.

Now, in the time of flattering the figure with bias-cut skirts, sundresses and wrap shirts, comes the cap sleeve T-shirt and the low slung jeans. Often paired together, this popular outfit makes teens, young women, and trying-too-hard-to-be-young matrons remold their perfectly fine figures into visions of lumpy squeezed out flesh. You've all seen it, and I have yet to find someone who actually thinks it's sexy. When caught in close proximity to this horror, I'm caught between equal urges to back away from this science experiment, and to run up to the unfortunate girl, poke the oozing folds and laugh at the jiggles. (Yes, I am a bad and judgemental person--fuck you, you suck.)

Now, only a minor part of the blame goes to the female customer--they buy too-small shirts and who-needs-hips jeans in the delusion that they are still the same size as in high school or they need tight support because they lack bones. However, MOST of the blame goes toward retail companies that sell "fashion" to women. Although a woman wants to buy a shirt with some sort of sleeve and pants that both covers her nice round ass and her very feminine belly, our choices offered by these establishments are very skimpy.

For example, I was out shopping in search of generic T-shirts that had a close fit and some jeans, and all I found cap sleeved half shirts and ass crack pants. Cap sleeves have got to be the most unflattering cut--sleeves about 1-1/2 inches long with a border of ribbing or contrasting color, emphasizing the broadest part of any woman's arm, so that bicep and tricep appear to be fat. Pair that with pants cut so low that the zippers are a mere 2-inches and the "waistband" wraps over the widest part of the hips. To keep them on, one must either wear a belt or get a smaller size--whichever one does, pants still will fall down and pushes ass, crack and all, upward. Sad sight, isn't it? To add insult to injury, the only shirt in the whole store that did not have cap sleeves had "Donuts...it's best for dinner" printed on the front.

Obviously, I bought flip flops.

Next up - star trek. *shudder*

As if there needs to be more proof I am a geek....Was very excited last night over Angel episode, since 1) I could understand Italian, 2) gotta love the Angel and Spike banter, 3) after visiting the WB set, I knew that "psuedo european town," and 3) completely recognized, and wanted, Andrew's Strong Bad T-shirt.

Or maybe it was all that cinco de mayo-ing (yeah, that's my excuse). Grande margarita!!

**For you trekkies out there, I apologize for the seemingly derisive tone. I watched star trek. I can distinguish the seasons of the 1st series by theme song variations. I had a crush on Captain Picard (hello...distinguished, accented, and commanding!) However, I don't go to cons, I don't read the novels, don't like that series with the Ferengi, and can't watch Scott Bakula in anything else but Quantum Leap. It's just that slippery slope towards complete and utter anti-social behavior that scares me, so I draw a fine line.

Suck suck suck, says the wee parasite.

Psychology is just so fun. I admit that I have a very unhealthy interest in the subject, and like the sado-masochist that I have designated myself to be, get a perverse glow from taking apart other people's problems and at the same time self-diagnose all my little quirks into major psychosis. Got great grades in it too, by memorizing every symptom, disease, treatment, and side-effects by thinking of "normal" people that I know. :)

But to spin off something that I mentioned in eL's geltab rant, I'm still very skeptical of psychiatry, psychology, and other mental/emotional studies. It's a very mushy and circumstantial science, and I believe most of it is motivated by money and luck. For example, I've researched extensively the different diseases and disorders and how they are diagnosed by symptom and severity, but could still see how these psychological problems are partly a cop-out. Sure, a person could be depressed. Bi-polar. Psychotic. Schzoid personality. Obsessive-compulsive. Anti-social. ADD. But when does it really become a disease that is physical, and corrected through medication, or just an emotional problem that a person with effort should be able to control? I know, I know....medication does help. There are tons of people who really improve with drugs and therapy. But how much of this cure is the disease and vice versa? As Bob pointed out, sometimes the reaction or withdrawal from the drug in fact causes other disorders. And when you add in the drug corporations pushing the medication, you wonder if drugs are given to improve symptoms or fatten wallets.

And what about those on the fringes, I wonder? The ones whose symptoms are just not severe enough to warrant diagnosis with an answer to life's problems? What makes them in no way physically disabled and just impulse control challenged? What makes psychologist know what is truly insane and what is just lazy? Severity to me is all relative, and I still don't see how a person who is 1-week depressed is told to "brighten up and get moving" when a 2-week depressed person is given a pill. Maybe I'm harsh and judgemental, but I see no difference between a psychotic killer and a criminally liable murderer.

In lieu of more parental unit suckage, I bring you:

1) more Myers-Briggs fun--I just can't seem to break free from that ENTP

and 2) the Black and Blue Album.

P.S. Not that one. As if.

Oh dear god, this vivid imagination must go!!

As if it isn't bad enough that I can recall nice scarring memories from childhood in full technicolor glory (bunnies getting raked over and the sky turning into blood--thanks mom, yes watership down was a cartoon, but not for children)...

But now, it's the Trumpster....

Let me explain, as I'm dodging work on this government's version of the "weenis," I like to look through the various news media via the internet, as in trash, trash, and more trash, sprinkled in with a bit of military diatribe. Today, it was the A&E section of salon.com...and I see the blip "Trump proposes to girlfriend"

...and suddenly...

I see a sweaty red faced, mostly naked lump of a Trump, straddled by the newest blond lifesize Barbie, while he grunted, "Fire me, fire me! Yah!"

*shudder* I understand that normally when people are dating, they are having sex. Also, Donnie boy specifically must have at some point since he has progeny. Although a good romp in my head usually entertains me pretty well, this scene horrifies my mind like watching Tammy Faye Baker get a boob job....things that may happen but I don't need to see.

I wonder what psychological issues caused that flash of disturbing yuck. Must start drinking at work.

Hmm, considering relocating....any suggestions?

I know I've done this before, but I had to doublecheck which places I've been:



create your own personalized map of the USA
or write about it on the open travel guide

...exactly 50%...I need to travel more, New Mexico anyone??

On another note: someone just found my site by searching for "a racially balanced group of mutant children twitch arrhythmically"...you've gotta love fans. At least it wasn't "blowjob."

The return of slacker blogger supreme: bow down to my utter lack of wit and motivation!!

Seriously, you wonder what's up with the g? Only enough to bring a happy idealistic girl down and make her feel like the helpless lump she is.

There's insane work and travel schedule with goddamn negative anal crap ass bitch motherfuckers (aka accountants, lawyers and bureaucrats, oh my), who make me question the value, quality, and intelligence of my career. Up fast or out faster? Oh goodie, I get a choice.

Then, questioning the rhyme and reason of relationships and marriage. My 5-year relationship with my boyfriend through college and law school ended months ago since we've been far apart, uncommunicative, and underappreciative in the last couple of years. I had been doing the dating thing with the scum of the earth who want to fuck me and the sweet guys who are looking for someone else, but my ego's too bashed and I'm tired of the dance. I'm informed by my emotionally distant and verbally abusive mother that after 32 years of "marriage," my emotionally distant and physically abusive father will be living in another country with a former girlfriend, never due to return, and will be leaving in a few days (oh, and can you bring him to the airport?). Attending the third of five weddings I've been invited to this year, and being asked incessantly when "my time will be" to marry and spawn like a proper girl. Being pointed out repeatedly that I will have loads of trouble "hooking" a man as I am too independent, don't play games, and it's not my time anyway since I haven't been alone long enough and maybe I'll get someone the second time around, after he'll settle. Oye, as if that will be the solution to all my problems.

And, obviously, there's a lot going on in the world that I have no control over, like bombings, deaths, and political maneuverings that just sicken me. Sure we can bitch and bitch all day long about President Bush's policies and America's economy, but I absolutely hate how the deaths of people hinge on what information is leaked out or what action is taken in pursuit of reelection. Why does it have to work this way?

So, you see, helpless. Downward spiral of ick. Please someone point out to me something good.

Haven't had time or motivation to blog, but have new appreciation for life and friends, as my family and work are just fucked up.

P.S. Atlanta needs an enema. Y'all need to loosen up. For a city renowned for its southern sweetness, the reality is it has been flooded (or dam(n)ed, haha!) with northern and western anality. But it seems that the writers are fooled....Atlanta ranked as #7?? Norfolk a great town for singles?? umm more like a great town for bars, sailors, and underage (or overage) delinqency...hell, it's #17? Dayton, Ohio is even on the top 50 list? Have the writers even been to these places? Nope. The computer generated list is derived from "sources" and added a value for "untangibles." Seems sketchy to me.

Nothing like renewing a TS clearance to make you hunt down those old friends that you've haven't seen in a while.

One in particular that I've been thinking about--Jon (the original "my Jon") used to be my #1 contact (besides munkeigh and heathen) as I've known him since junior high and we usually keep up on what each other is doing, but I noticed that I haven't spoken to him in about two years. Usually, Jon and I got together at least 4 times a year, even when he lived 8 hours away, just to snuggle up on the couch and talk about nothing....yeah, his girlfriends really didn't like me much. Anyway, we had good timing and always seemed to have the urge to see each other at the same time, but then I moved, changed my phone numbers and email at the same time he moved into a new apartment and we've since lost touch. But about a week ago, I had a vivid dream about needing me to jump out of a plane with him because he could trust me. Weird. I think he's finally getting married to his girlfriend and he's trying to track me down so that I can go to the wedding. Sigh, I miss him. Time for the last resort--calling up his dad (aka Ned Flanders--yes he answers the phone with a hi-di-ho!) to find out where he is.

I hate that others' stress rubs off onto me so easily. Want to be the nothing's-gonna-change-my-world girl, but realize that usually comes with being blissfully ignorant. So instead, I am completely frazzled by the large pile of:

--multiplying assignments, multiple bosses, quick deadlines, high expectations, promotion competition, and no time
--stupid co-dependent co-workers
--next week's travel to rude southern town to be Pinky to the Brain who is also highly stressed and possibly mourning his eye from the Oklahoma City bombing (team decided I'd be least likely to piss him off, as he understands my jokes of rubber pants our size and burlap chaffing, yay)
--the possibility of colorblindness since constantly disagree with everyone on what color everything is
--upcoming weddings galore and harsh reminders from not-so-nice people of oldness, singleness, and non-reproductiveness (didn't think too much of it, but now that you reminded me, argh!)
--realizing how annoying I am when I am annoyed by everything, but fighting anti-social tendencies to say fuck it all and buy large new TV

Sigh. I'm not really that bad. Tomorrow I will probably be all happy again when everyone is on leave and I will always have caffeine, sugar, and long drives. But for now, I will decide on the candy dish, flatware, table linens, and/or fondue pot for yet another wedding. And I will refrain from pegging the next person who walks into my office with my stress-relief ball. (Hee hee!)

The trees are out to get me.

If they aren't, they should...for all their brethren that have and will fall to fulfill my job. My save-the-earth guilt and flashbacks of canvassing for the Alaskan wildlife are haunting me. Why is it that we've moved into a computerized, electronic environment and here I am printing out copies in sextuplet so that all the bosses can read every change I've made and keep an extra copy (for the file)? Bureaucratic paper trail, my ass! Your monitor is there for a reason people: it provides, for your viewing pleasure, a exact duplicate of what is printed on these ba-jillion pages.

But maybe they already are after us...they are exacting their revenge in the forms of suicidal terrorism hidden by natural disasters (falling trees on houses, forest fires) and pollen (which leads to allergies, medication, immunity, addiction, market competition, greediness, black market trade, outsourcing, dehumanization, and complete annihilation of the world!) Oh, the horror!*




*Disclaimer: No trees were harmed in the making of this tirade. The above statement is completely fabricated and if any resemblance to real tirades exists, it is purely accidental. The producers of this blog do not endorse the views of this tirade and any feelings hurt forthwith shall not be their liability. No one endorses the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of any advice, opinion, statement, or other information displayed, uploaded, or attributed to this tirade. Any reliance upon it shall be at the reader's risk.

Hee, hee, I guess law school's worth something after all. The ability to talk out of one's ass is essential to life, liberty, and the pursuit of complete and utter bull.

My nose is way too sensitive for the gym. Maybe it's gotten too acclimated to the dry air conditioning of my office, but....ick.

Tonight was a nauseating bouquet of scents: To my right--musky cologne guy, to my left--highly perfumed guy (huh?), in front of me--haven't washed my ass in weeks girl, and last but not least, behind me--french fry guy.

As munkeigh has pointed out, it is a gym. And I agree, there should be some level of tolerance of sweaty smell.

But this is not pre-revolutionary France!! We do not cover up stench with perfume, nor do we believe bathing will kill us. Vive les bains!!

Happy Easter!!



Awwww, so cute, I'm disgusting myself!

Wanted: A man who can boogie down.

Nothing is as shocking and amusing as watching a staid white boy teacher with a roguish smile get his boogie on. Need some more of that! Seriously, the Stu-pot (aka the original thug from P-town) rocks my...and so many of his groupies' ...world.

But enough gushing for the lot of us.

The real question is: why is it so hard to find a guy who can dance? Is it an embarassment thing? A genetically lacking rhythm thing? Or a I-don't-want-to-be-thought-of-as-a-dancing-queen thing? WELL, let me drop a hint for the gents, guys who are comfortable to get their groove on are hot. Yes, I said hot. I don't drop that word too much either. Women think of dancing as a complete indicator of action in bed. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge.

let's go away for a while, you and I, to a strange and distant land where they speak no word of truth, but we don't understand anyway...

sorry sorry sorry, senors. i never thought people actually read this trash--my lack of blogging has caused some minor ripples in the peanut gallery. i intended to pop back in glory complete with pretty pictures of SoCal, but instead was too lazy to upload them (special dedication to eL, i will email you the jimmy feet. yes. the jimmy feet.)

...and then another week passed as i was guilted into excessive hours of torturous bureaucratic hell (ah, government)...

anywho, i need to throw a party soon, have a major urge for a good shindig. must commemorate my 28th with something other than a memory of icky plane smell (although paco was waiting for me at home...ah paco).

and ms. r, please come senza big daddy, or i will sic the cats on his allergic ass. and please no sex on my sink.

As an avid fan of the discovery channel and a viewer of at least 4000 documentaries on the sex life of bugs, bats, and wildebeast....I've got to say, this is soo fucking cool. I am bedazzled by nature's wonders. Thank you RL for bringing the vampiric sexual practices of deep sea angler fishes to my attention.

Besides working way too many long hours recently, trying to "review" (aka screw over) the Army and Navy and find source documentation for the word "actual," I've been dreaming about my upcoming trip to San Diego and LA. Although I've managed to stay in post iron curtain Budapest for 2 weeks, in all my 27 years, I've never once visited either of these very awesome and overpopulated cities. The sibs will keep me on track with the tourist bits, and I'm looking forward to checking out the zoo (pandas, polar bears, and apes, oh my!!!), but any suggestions out there for other cool and/or hilarious fun?

If Munkeigh were with me, and not the conserva-twins, I would surely track down my strange little man and challenge him to a foosball game...

Another question that's been bothering me....

Is it wrong to assume that a guy who likes the music of Dido, Sarah McLachlan, AND Norah Jones is really a girl?

Well M, I refrained from making a snarky comment about previously mentioned total girlhood, but I couldn't just let it slide.

Thank you Mr. Coffee for never letting me ever again have a normal sleep schedule.

I remember how I used to like just the smell of coffee. With lots of sugar and cream it all became liquid hot ice cream coffee goodness. Then came the Irish coffee and the long nights hanging out at Meridian with Heathen, Special Sauce, Jim, and Ducky (I'm sorry..."Dave"...) writing really insipid poetry on the walls with black marker. And then, 10pm sugarspressos with the ultimate frisbee guys to keep up with the games and late night grocery shopping. Now the fun new coffee grinder, super toasty roast, and grande buonissima macchina pull at my insides to make a tasty few cups at midnight. Oye. Damn addictions.

Anywho, since I'm up, let me rant about something that's been bugging me like a repeated sharp jab in the eye. Someone please explain 311 to me. Why do they suck so much? Is it the stupid amber song? Is it the fucking joke of "reggae/funk/alternative/pop/rock/rap/metal" crap that they spout? Oh, no. Sure, they suck because of these reasons, but they didn't hit the earbleed level of suck until they 1) redid the Cure's Lovesong 2) with a bad imitation of a trippingly happy Robert Smith (this isn't Love Cats, people!) 3) sold it to the media moguls of "let's create a romantic movie with Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler AGAIN" and last but not least 4) convinced indiscriminate (aka deaf) radio listeners to request it because they just love that song. ARGH.

I know that covers are a dangerous thing...

- They could be exactly the same as the original--making them nostalgic or lame (It's My Life - No Doubt, Boys of Summer - The Ataris);
- They could be done in the style of the new band--making them refreshing or an afront (Hurt - Johnny Cash, Landslide - Dixie Chicks); or
- They could be mixed into another new song--making them a rap song (take your pick).
Your best bet is to choose one of the three styles and go full force. That's where 311 shows their suckage. They try to mold their pothead dippiness into the depressing earnestness of Smith's style, copying every inflection of the original vocals, but to a melting waxy bop that is full frontal 311 bad.

That's it, Tori version (purrfectly excellent) to the rescue, 15 times daily to wash out the ears, and to rediscover the meaning of good covers.

Tag game. My ass.

Mr. Cheese, or is it Tao do Queijo, I truly appreciate you even paying attention to this blog. As I don't want to turn away my loyal readers with my pet peeve of chain letters, forwards, and the like, I will play...my way.

Queijo Rei, eu etiquetei este blog. I've now passed on the funness of your game to the Portuguese world.

Just when I thought I was getting more serious....the highlight of my evening was to have my ass squeezed by a cute (albeit very drunk, possibly high, and spitting) art teacher. Oh yeah. Need new forms of entertainment.

So now, I've hit munkeigh heaven--radiohead blaring, ben affleck lusting. I say, goddamn.

so strange
woke up to a world
that I am not a part
except when I can play its stranger

Sometimes I wonder what happened to my insatiable interest in arguing all the ins and outs of current events and the philosophical repercussions. It used to be fun finding the truth, twisting around the logic, and formulating theories at 3am.

But I went down the wrong path---I went to law school. Now, as much as lawyers get stupid jokes thrown at them and most really are gross specimens of human, the law profession is not inherently terrible. It's supposed to be profound, defending the right, helping the helpless (great now I sound like Doyle)....but law school is completely different. If you revel in finding the truth, discussing and criticizing other viewpoints, law school is not your calling. However, if you love to tear up people's egos, feed off the blood of the weak, blow up your already oversized ego, and hear yourself talk loud and long....law school is the place for you. Lawyers are trained to be the scumsucking assholes they are through pure survival. Kinda like bootcamp for the mind and ego. They will break you down just to build you back up into the strong nasty lawyer you never thought you could be.

Law school is full of those like I was back then--argumentative, articulate, and passionate about all things that affect everyone. Then the competition and fear settles in, and all sense of fairness and agape are swallowed up by a cloud of compulsive cigarette smoke. Everything you say is wrong or maybe a little right, but basically wrong. The classmate you think is your friend will kick you to the curb to get into law review. Classes are vocal WWF matches where the biggest, loudest, and most annoying triumph. Getting a job for $100,000 is peanuts. How can you pay for that new H2 with that?

Luckily, some graduates can go on to be stronger, louder, and more sure that if they insist long enough, they will be right. They, after all, have picked up lots of great offensive and defensive ploys that speed them right through a layman's argument---such as pointing out "logical fallacies," biased sources of fact, and, inter alia, lots of supercilious application of obscure and archaic terminology. They've also picked up drinking habits and a complete disregard for anyone that doesn't benefit them. Others, like me, are still fighting the law school training, avoiding long drawn out debates and distracting ourselves with creative blissful ignorance. But basically unhappy because we once loved intelligent discussion, but like a beaten puppy, now flinch and dodge once it gets ugly.

Anyway, the point behind this tirade is that I was wondering where my passion for the world went. It got buried by a jaded point of view way too early. No wonder most good lawyers are old and the eye-gougingly annoying young whippersnappers are just that. And yet, I still feel very guilty that I haven't gotten my license and received the badge of super-jaded but rich. So, here's the plan:

--I will get that damn license. And then figure out if I want to become that hard-nosed DA I wanted to be and be really scary, or use my knowledge to help out those that can't help themselves (our president excluded), or continue as I am, happy that I finally got to beat that bitch down.
--REinterest myself in what's going on and fight the law school training to avoid arguments altogether or chew people out in fits of competitive righteousness.
--Ignore the guilt if none of this works.

You know it's sad when you have to end your night disregarding food for computer time. But I'm trying to catch up with my email, since I've been so freaking absentminded and writer's-blocked. Damn my job. I write reports all day and creativity just dries up when you have to figure out if the proper term is "appropriated" or "adjusted designated." So, my night is full--the kitties are locked in heated battle and I'm moaning along with Tori.

I snagged this off of Heathen's site--survey me this:

1.WHAT IS YOUR FULL NAME?
(as translated) Queen King Noisy Woman

2.CAN YOU SING WELL?
I'd like to think so, but I'm probably delusional. I do like to sing in the car, especially when others are looking at me funny.

3.WHERE IS YOUR FAVORITE SPOT ON YOUR BODY TO BE KISSED?
Nape of my neck. It makes me way too easy.

4.WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BREAKFAST FOOD?
Homemade sweet rolls--the ones with 4 kinds of sugar in them. Yum.

5. DO YOU EVER DANCE IN THE MIRROR NAKED?
Way too much fun not to. But hey, I could never control the boogie.

6.WHAT DO YOU WASH FIRST IN THE SHOWER?
My hair. The question is: which shampoo?

7.DO YOU FLOSS?
Nope.

8.DO YOU PLACE THE NAPKIN ON YOUR LAP WHEN YOU GO TO A RESTAURANT?
Yes. Must protect the napkin in the lap :)

9.DO YOU KISS ON A FIRST DATE?
Depends if I like him.

10.WOULD YOU HAVE SEX ON A FIRST DATE?
Usually not.

11.HAVE YOU EVER MADE THE FIRST MOVE?
Yes--men can be wusses.

12.HAVE YOU EVER DONE IT IN YOUR PARENTS BED?
Um, yes...

13.MICHAEL JACKSON OR MADONNA?
Argh, I have to choose? That's like asking me to choose between my children...wait we are talking about "worse" right?

14.IS YOUR BELLY BUTTON CLEAN?
Most of the time.

15.DO YOU EVER TALK TO YOUR ANIMALS LIKE THEY ARE A REAL PERSON?
If I talk to people like I talk to my cats, I'd live in a padded room.

16.WHAT WAS THE MOST ROMANTIC THING YOUVE EVER DONE FOR YOUR BOYFRIEND/GIRLFRIEND?
Took him out to dinner...in Venice. Then, we listened to the string orchestras in San Marco's square.

17. CAN YOU COUNT ON BOTH HANDS THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE YOUVE SLEPT WITH?
Try one hand.

18. A LOT OF TONGUE OR LITTLE TONGUE?
Usually, lot of tongue = sloppy, so no. But when done right...

19. DO YOU LIKE YOUR FEET MASSAGED?
It's nice, but I'm ticklish.

20.DO YOU LIKE FOREPLAY OR JUST GET RIGHT TO IT?
Foreplay is always good, but not necessary. I mostly just like the sex.

21.HAVE YOU EVER FED A GIRL/GUY FRUIT DURING SEX?
Yes.

22.HAVE YOU EVER HOOKED UP WITH ANYONE ONLINE?
No. Yes. I forget.

23.LEO OR BRAD?
Who the hell is Leo? DiCrapio? Definitely Brad, then.

24.DO YOU READ OR WRITE POETRY?
Yes, both, but I still hold general scorn for most poetry, mine included.

25.WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU SAID I LOVE YOU TO IN A ROMANTIC WAY..NOT INCLUDING AN ANIMAL OR FRIEND?
My ex-boyfriend G---.

26.SHOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH AN EX?
Usually, yes. As long as you don't want them dead that is.

27. DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF A NYMPHO?
No, but I think I think like one or at least like a man. It's entertaining when bored.

28.HEARTBROKEN OR BREAK HEARTS?
Both. Argh.

29.WOULD YOU LICK THE DIRTY GROUND IF SOMEONE ASKED U 2?
Ick no.

30.HEAVEN OR HELL?
According to who? Purgatory all the way.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

For this great reason to be green, I am. At least for today.

There was a time, not so long ago, that an overabundance of happiness around me would have produced loads of self-doubt over my own happiness...

But fuck that...(umm, let me clarify for some of you and your dirrty selves--not "butt fuck"--"but, fuck")

Anywho, as I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted by giggles from the peanut gallery:

I just love when people are in love. It's just so damn cute!

Maybe it's just the time of year or the time of my life, but tons of people are getting married--possibly 6 weddings I might be attending soon--and I'm truly happy for all of them. The idea of weddings was a funky thing for me, given that I've always hated their gagging insipidness--the dramas, high expense, bad music, and quick turnaround in feelings that seem to be the standard. Oh, jaded me. I blame it on what my generation has seen of love...think about it:

I was born in the 70s--the "porn" era--when disco, sappy a.m. radio love songs, sex with consequences, and polyester clothing were all about wanting sex (or at least looking like it). Bad start. What I learned--love is quick sex, sex is fun, and by having fun, you will die.

I was raised in the 80s--the "shiny consumerism" era--when spending was high, debt was a way of living, drugs were for the yuppies, and victorian collars and ill-fitting clothes were fashionable. Again, sex...but hidden behind money, propriety, and more materialistic trappings of love. Those who still dressed for the part were misfits and punks. What I learned--love is the appearance of happy, the expensive wedding, the shiny cars and big houses; sex is for the immoral and bad, Jason will kill you for having sex.

I was a teenager in the 90s--the "grungy down with the iron fist" era--when we believed everything sucked, but it was cool that it sucked so bad, and even the flannels we wore were sad. What I learned--love rips through you and leaves you the shell of a person, love is pain, so we might as well have sex, get drugged up, and die, since real love only hurts.

So far, in the 00s, I've just been plain confused. Sex is still fun but bad and shouldn't be had until there's love, but you need to look like you are getting paid for it. Love is still pain and celebrities profit off the image of it, but everyone should need it to live a good life. Now, I've accepted the confusion--I own the confusion--I will have sex when it'll be fun, fuck the morality issue, and when love comes to me, I will bask in it...and check for any hidden cameras.

Have cloistered self and successfully reevaluated life. Although I'm sad that most of my friends hadn't notice (but for my lovely munkeigh, thank you munkeigh), I'm going to be a happy camper from now on because I will have direction, motivation, and fun. Today is the start of my new life.

Sadly, my original commenting universe had to be trashed because the capitalist corporate agenda demanded my money. All I've got to say is, I ain't yo bitch.

OK, instead of physically retracting that last blog, I'm going to suck up the bitterness and take it back.

I will not resort to a hermetic life to avoid communicating my feeling to others. My bad for blaming him for all my issues with men. Will learn to have more pointed, logical arguments and less scary defensive haranguing.

It's so hard being more emotionally mature. I would so rock in high school right now. :)

Urgh, am sickened with myself and my bitchiness. It has only served to piss me off further since my time is being wasted as I write this. Will consider a monastic and bitter future.

I guess that bout of depression can never be truly diagnosed--it is spring time, 70 degrees outside, sunny, windy, and it's a Friday (officially the weekend in my mind). Whether it's the spring, the day, someone slipped me a happy pill without me knowing it, or Munkeigh is in a bad mood--I'm one happy girl today! Yay the world.

Anywho, lots of seduction plans in the midst recently - 2 of these have worked out so far for my friends. One though troubles me....How does one gracefully grab a guy into the house, pull down his pants, and give a blowjob, without scaring him away? Very difficult, for the slow and smooth kind of seductress, so this would have to be an M.O. shift.

Yay! I can even play Pathetique Sonata!


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I had an epiphany sometime around 3am this morning--I am extremely tired of being taken for granted. As much as I spout my evil ways and how much I hate people and how they should all die a resoundingly painful and drawn-out death, I'm really a nice person and go out of my way to help out my friends. But I need to watch out for the ones that are manipulative without even thinking about it, the bastards.

Argh. My brain is stuck in a loop, and the theme song for the day is Toxic by Britney Spears. I cannot get this disgustingly awful piece of pop crap out of my mind!!! If this self-inflicted torture doesn't end soon, I will have to resort to physical means of stopping it--banging my head on my desk or powerdrilling a la Pi.

On a good note, my cold is clearing up and am getting lots of attention from a guy I...could...possibly...have a crush on. At the same time, I will not put much in it--he is, after all, a man, and like a magpie, is easily swayed by the shiny.

Finally went to the doctor today and got my requisite chewing-out because I was sick. As if I would come to the doctor if I were well. Anywho, got my meds, various bundles of allergy drugs, and an upcoming appointment for "bloodwork." Maybe I've watched too much Buffy and Angel, but this creeps me out. Entails a lot of splitting of parts, examining of counts and such. Oh, sickly sickly me.

Also....just in case you missed it before:



MARCH 23, 2004

Urgh, my head is about to explode. Damn my sinuses and damn useless decongestant. Well, this leads to my promise for Lent:

I will give up excuses.

Other people give up ice cream (too easy for me), sugar and coffee (way too hard for me), or just outright fast (oye, cranky cranky G). Nope, for me, true good will come once I stop procrastinating or judging and just do what I have to do, no excuses. This will cover many excruciating decisions and actions that I've been putting off, such as:

--going to the gym more often
--going to the doctor when I am sick
--eating properly because it would take more time
--looking up info on the Maryland bar exam
--keeping in touch with my emotionally distant and expensive relatives
--paying more attention to other fun things I could be doing because I'm too anxious about my decrepit love life

So far, so good. At least I've scheduled an appointment to get sinus medication. Hopefully, this will not lead into a downward spiral of drug reliance. (Hmmm, taking Tylenol PM repeatedly to get to sleep is a good thing! Maybe a little Scotch to make me more sleepy! Who needs a liver?)

ATTENTION ALL SCOOBIES!!!

My friend melanor is such a lucky girl. Oh, Giles.

A friend of a friend is the coolest non-but-very-potential friend one can have, so I just wanted to introduce the amazingly funny and insightful DJ Ross, a good reason for women to move to LA. :)

Another reason for castration and a wish to inflict pain equivalent to pain inflicted....this ass has a better chance at finding someone decent than most women in general. Not to mention that he has someone more than decent now and he is still blogging about this girl.

Are men just clueless or are they truly sadistic? I am so tired of being the psychological doormat for guys who are infatuated with women that are not me. Will fight hormones with solitude, as men suck and the ones that don't only want women that think they suck.

Two years worth of solitude doesn't sound so long.

Yay! Had fun at party regardless of nasty rough rednecks in 80s gear. Got to hang out with friends, introduce my coastie friend to Munkeigh, got to play lots of pool (miss that pool table), and found peace with the midget. I'm really starting to like my circle of friends, and am amazed that forced socialness works.

Hmmm, so many things to do today and only want to lie in bed, snuggling with a sleepy man. Sigh. But must:

-Buy cat food. Above all, must not starve the babies.
-Buy wedding shower present...what starts with a Z? Ooo, bedsheets!
-Attend wedding shower of coworker with other co-workers....not too enjoyable, but OK, must do the part.
-Attend mardi gras party that may either be wonderfully fun, or lame a la Hero Clix. God, please make them keep the Hero Clix under wraps.

Am very tired and need to reprioritize life--will try that sleeping, eating, and exercising thing. Yeah, that. Also need to revisit meaning of life, but that is another blog altogether. :)

Sadly, this revelation is not due to the need to be alert for 8am meeting, but to be alert for dramatic events at llama's party tonight. Am expecting much mischief and sexual tension between midget and his seductive mistress. He he, can't wait.

Is my Blog HOT or NOT?

Pheromone withdrawal is a bitch.

I've decided that I'm a druggie--I suspend my life and sneak around just for the yummy, sweet scent of certain guys. I actually get a fun little high and lots of distancing from real life issues. And when I leave that safe haven, I'm all cranky and out of sorts, planning for the next buzz. Damn my animal lusting. Argh.

Luckily, I have my ever-good panacea--Weezer (Happy 12th! Yay!!)

Happy Valentine's Day!

As cynical as I am, I still love Valentine's Day. The thought of it at least. The merchandising...not so much. Although I am glad to say that I was very surprised and happy to receive roses from...*drum roll*....my brother. He forgets the big holidays, and I haven't received a real present for my birthday or Christmas for a couple years now, but he remembered that my boyfriend of 5 years is no longer, and so it was sweet of him to send me something. Yay for big brothers!

So far, the day is going well:

1) I received a drunk dialing last night from a guy friend at 2:30am and then an apologetic voice message this morning. Sadly, I was flattered and am going to give him chocolate.
2) My friends' social lives are becoming very active, although it seems they get what they want and don't want it any more. Hmm.
3) Have forgiven and forgotten Munkeigh's unintentionally pointed comments (i.e. the man for me that I will never meet and the gloating over my lack of social life). Have accepted sad state. *sigh*
4) My dad came home from his trip to the Philippines with loads of yummy food. Love the yummy pastries.
5) Have plans to go to the gym for some long-needed working out--after I digest the yummy pastries.
6) Guaranteed long weekend promotes further plans of partying hard.

Life is good.