weeekend

for the first time in over a month, i'm working the whole weekend. like, 8 hours today, 8 hours tomorrow. and 5 hours yesterday.

not like it'm complaining, because i'm not - i need the money. but my boss has had me scheduled so sporadically tht i haven't worked 3 days in a row since christmas time, and i'm not used to it.

plus, working on the weekends just sucks in general. especially since the weather is so fabulous, and i have tons of writing to do for youth group, which i haven't started. instead of working, i'd much rather be home, with the windows open, working on writing the dramas with a good cd and a smoothie.

but instead, i'll get dressed and head out into retail-land to ask people if they found everything ok, and if that will be credit or debit. ;-)

a parade of dead pets

... that's what one of my co workers called my life when i told her that my frogs (Jack and Karen) died last night.

but when i went to give them a little froggy funeral tonight, i realized that Karen was still very alive! so thank goodness for small blessings - at least *all* my pets aren't dead. My little froggies were/are getting up there in years... i've had them for at least 2.5, maybe 3 years? how long do frogs live, anyway?
well, Karen was always the bigger, stronger one, (that's how i could tell them apart) so we'll see how much longer she hangs around. she fought with me when i tried to take Jack out to bury him, she was jumping at the spoon and trying to bite it and just getting in the way. I think she didn't want me to take him. ;-(

so now little Jack is resting under a bush just outside my front door, where i can think of him every time i go outside. i'm going to go get a little ceramic froggie or something to put out there too, as a little memorial.

*sigh*

no more dust bunnies!

yesterday i got all productive and cleaned my office. and when i say i cleaned, i mean it.. i was shredding like crazy, and i threw out a ton of papers that were super old. like, old receipts that i shouldn't have saved in the first place, since i paid for said items in cash, ATM receipts from when i was with wells fargo - over 2 years ago! along with a few assignments from when i was in college, which now that i think about it, was also more than 2 years ago... wow, has it been that long?!?

but it was actually a nice way to spend my afternoon, it was a beautiful day, and i opened my window and listened to the new norah jones cd, which is very very good. and now there are no more dust bunnies to make me sneeze. i still have some finishing touches, but for the most part, everything is off the floor! hooray!!

i even moved some furniture to make room for a new desk/storage thingie that i'm getting from my mom (hopefully). i'm glad i did it last night, too, because i realized that my plan would not work at all, so i moved the couch back to where it was and started coming up with other ideas. i wouldn't have any problems if the window in here wasn't GIGANTIC and right in the middle of the wall.

on the social front, today looks like it will be a good day... i'm meeting a friend at the mall today to window shop, then i have youth group (where hilarity will ensue, as usual) and them a friend from work is going to come over to watch a movie. so I'll be busy but at least i won't be locked in my house the way i've been for the past few days..... ;-)

please do not let me go

every once in a while i'll get a new cd and get stuck on the first or second song. when i say stuck, i mean stuck - like i won't listen to anything else for days.

lately i've been 'stuck' on please do not let me go, from the love is hell pt. 2 EP by ryan adams. there's just something about it that i can't explain.

please do not let me go
If the walls in the room could talk
I wonder to myself would they lie
It's like some kind of jail
Fall from the curtains onto the bed
I'm all alone now, I can do as I please
I don't feel like doing much of anything
True love ain't that hard to find
Not that you will ever know
Would you lay here for awhile?
Please, do not let me go
Please, do not let me go
You were sweet enough to sing,
Oblivious to melody
Red suitcase full of clothes
Washed up on the shore of memory
I'm all alone now and I feel just find
I don't feel much like doing anything
True love ain't that hard to find
Not that either one of us will ever know
Would you lay here for awhile?
Please, do not let me go
Please, do not let me go

polyphonic spree

do not read while in public...

... because if you do people will surely give you strange looks as you fall into hysterics and roll on the floor.

Seanbaby writes the funniest shit EVER.

for example...

Training Yourself for Iron Chef (zesty non-bark flavor) 

Part 1 and Part 2

When Robots Attack (The Clock Strikes... TERROR)

and saving the best for last....

A Wendy's Training Video (I AM THE DUKE OF THE GRILL!!!)

(ed: this article seems to be lost to time but the video, which is still hilarious, is here)

why you should never trust photos in magazines

it's amazing what airbrushing can do.

good times.

there is nothing like a little vacation to get your mind off depressing things!

this time last week i was in west hollywood eating insane amounts of sushi and celebrating donna's birthday. i flew in friday, partied saturday, went to disneyland on sunday, was exhausted on monday, flew home on tuesday, got my phone, stayed at my parent's due to awful weather, and got back to my own bed on wednesday night. it was defiently good times all around.

we got donna a great group gift - a photo album full of photos from the past year or so that we've taken on our digital cameras, with empty spaces so we could add photos as we went along. i brought my great little HP photosmart 245, which was perfect... small enough to fit in my backpack, takes all kinds of memory cards and no computer required! i printed a TON of photos on one cartridge (probably 70+ but i didn't keep track). if you're looking for a photo printer, i'd highly reccomend it... it's only 200 bucks!

i was very excited to go to disneyland with all my buddies, although i'd say that 8 poeple at disneyland is difficult to say the least... mostly becasue no one can make up their minds. plus it was HELLA CROWDED. whatever, it was a holiday weekend and we got in for free!! minor bickering aside, we had a great time and everyone got to do what they wanted (for the most part).

i also got a great print by one of my favorite artists, SHAG. it's a commemorative print for the 40th anniversary of the tiki room. ( i wish i could find a scan of it online... my scanner's not big enough!) there was a shirt and a purse too, but i managed to control myself. this guy is fantastic, go check his stuff out.

so the vacation was great, except now i'm seriously, SERIOUSLY poor. all my christmas money is gone, which really sucks. oh well, at least i have tivo and a bunch of knitting to keep me busy!

The Grey Album

DJ Danger Mouse's The Grey Album is a remix of Jay-Z's Black Album and The Beatles White Album. it's definetly worth a listen - it's gotten great reviews, it's very intriguing and i really like it.

get the files while you can... there's been a cease-and-desist order issued and i don't know how long those files will be there.

(ed: The files are still up in 2026!)

p.s. check out the other stuff on the illegal art website too - the Stay Free's Illegal Art Compilation CD in particular.

ain't no sunshine when she's gone

last night, my mom called me to let me know that our family's cat Skinny died.


one very happy cat basking in the sun

if you want to get technical, Skinny was my sister's cat. she was born in my front yard when i was in kindergarten, and me and my sister each chose a cat from the litter to keep. to be more specific, i chose a cat, but skinny chose my sister. when she was born she was the runt of the litter (hence her name, Skinny), and when we took the kittens in for show and tell, her eyes were still closed. in both our classes, the kittens were in the center of at least twenty 4 and 5 year olds, and both times, even with her eyes still closed, skinny headed straight to my sister. (skinny and her mommy)

she wasn't the runt for long! (big fat skinny) skinny loved people food, mcdonalds french fries in particular. when we went out to pick up dinner, she somehow knew that french fries were on the way home and she'd be waiting at the front door. she knew tricks, too... when we asked her if she wanted a treat, she'd stand up on her hind legs to reach for it! when we asked her for a kiss, she'd look up and actually kiss us, she would go to bed when we told her to, and she came when we called her (most of the time, anyway).

she was such a mellow cat, too... we called her noodle because when you picked her up she'd just be limp like a noodle. i know it was becasue she totally trusted us... and we could lay her down and she'd lie there however we set her down. (the noodle in action) every once in a while we'd get her do do really weird things... for example, look at this picture! no matter how silly we got, skinny never bit us or scratched us or anything. she was a great sport.

and of course she liked to sleep... and sleep... and sleep some more.

and when i got my digital camera last year, she became my favorite model (camera hog, model feline, contemplating the wall, orange and green).
even back in high school she was great at posing for the camera... we even got her photos taken at a pet store once... (what a gorgeous feline!) and the photographer said she was a natural!

basically, skinny has been a part of the family for as long as i can remember (me and skinny circa 1985). the first thing i do when i get to my parent's house is go look for her... when i got there today she wasn't there and it was seriously the saddest i've ever felt in my whole life... it was like there was a big hole in the house that will never be filled. i don't think there will ever be a day i won't think about her. she really was the best cat there ever was.


the last photo i took of skinny
october 17, 2003

cancellation sucks

i watched the last episode of ED tonight. this was a bit depressing because ED is one of my favorite shows ever. The final episode was really well done, i think. I'm just annoyed - with 'reality TV' crap getting all the press and attention and ratings, good shows are getting cancelled and ACTORS are losing their jobs. you know, people who train for years to learn their craft and consistenly have to struggle to find work. so, basically, instead of watching real artists, america likes to watch people make asses of themselves under the guise of 'reality'.

grr.

i've been living a very solitary life this week... i've spent the past three days at home watching a lot of Star Trek TNG and history channel. to keep my brain from turning to complete mush, i did a dry run of my taxes (getting back $550, which is less than i anticipated, ugh) and balanced my checkbook (i have about $12 to my name right now! fun!). I also started a cross stitch... the first one i've done in a long, LONG time. It's an angel dressed in purple with big wings. i don't even know how long i've had it sitting in my closet... a long time, i think. i work on it while i watch tv (actually, i listen more than i watch) and i've finished a big chunk of it.

i have to go back to work tomorrow which will be a bit of a shock to my system, but i'm cool with that since i get to pick up my paycheck (which i'm worried will also be less than i am anticipating). at the very least, my rent is paid for the month, i went to the grocery store, and all my vacation money is set aside already.

and in one week, i will be in Hollywood with my best friends in the whole world.

Life is good. ;-)

grrrr.

so, no new phone for me.

apparently, you can only use the promotions that are offered by verizon every two years, but they say you can do it up to two months before your contract is up, because people get antsy and want their new phones.

apparently, i don't hit that mark until TWELVE DAYS FROM NOW. by then the rebate on the phone i want will be gone. i might have to pay full price, or look for another phone that might not have the features i want. in my opinion, this is a GIANT LOAD OF CRAP.

i console myself by thinking about how two weeks from now i will be carousing with my best buddies in LA, eating sushi, sightseeing and getting my picture taken with mickey. ;-)

i love new toys!

i am so excited... if all goes well, tomorrow i will be the proud owner of a shiny new LG VX6000 camera phone!!

i'm really more excited about the other features on the phone, the camera is just an extra goodie... i am glad to finally have an alarm (my last phone didn't have one... so annoying) and it's got the kind of phone book where you can have one name with a bunch of numbers and e-mails attached. my current phone just lists everything... like, D's house, D's Cell, D's e-mail, D's # in boston, etc. Hate that.

I think this is the same phone that one of my friends has, and hers has this neat thing where you can take a pic of someone and it comes up when that person calls you. that's pretty cool, too! ;-)

i'm so funny, i have this obsession with new, cool tech toys. I need tons more money to keep up this habit... anyone want to give me some ? ;-)

mp3 player for sale

I am thinking about selling my 20 gig RCA LYRA mp3 player. it's one year old, in great condition (a few scratches on the outside, but that's it), and has all original accesories in the box. i can be used for mp3's OR files, and supports mp3PRO, a way of encoding files at good quality in half the size. great if you're thinking about digitizing your music collection, since you can get twice as many songs for the same space!

I purchased this 1 year ago for $250. I'm selling it for $150 and i'll even pay shipping! it's got close to 10 gigs of music on it, or i can erase it all, whatever you want. ;-)

I really don't want to use ebay or craigslist, so i'm posting here first. if you are interesed, or know someone who might be, leave a comment!!!

presidentmatch

someone sent me the link to presidentmatch.com today... basically , you mark whether you oppose or favor certain issues, and it compares your answers to the presidential candidates and ranks the candidates according to your answers!

here's what i got.

1 Kucinich Score: 100%
2 Sharpton Score: 92%
3 Kerry Score: 92%
4 Dean Score: 85%
5 Clark Score: 83%
6 Edwards Score: 78%
7 Lieberman Score: 69%