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| Spinal Tap and the finger |
| 12.26.07 (7:27 pm) [edit] |
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I challenge anyone to watch a hard rock music video from the early 80's and not think of Spinal Tap even just a little.
I am amazed everyday at how many ELO songs I like, as I rebuild my iPod. In other news, for no apparent reason at all, I've decided to take pictures of family and friends giving the finger. It's interesting how many ways there are to do it: The seductive:  The aggressive  The not-so-subtle:  The political:  The group shot:  The family portrait:  The double duce:  And the Keith:  Just because he is so awesome. No Dick Cheney fingers, surprisingly. For more information about the finger, go here. |
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| Thought for Simpsons fans |
| 12.23.07 (11:07 pm) [edit] |
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Simpsons fans should watch a lot of classic movies. The writers do. It's backwards to watch a movie and think, "Oh, that's what that scene in a Simpsons episode was a reference to" but I find it happens a lot... It just did... A classic is something everyone wants to have read but nobody wants to read. --Mark Twain I heart dystopias! It is shocking to me that no one has written/made the next 1984 or Brazil. If there was ever a time where one might accurately depict the next dystopia now is it. If you want something done, you've got to do it yourself. Unlike most stories of its kind, this one doesn't start with a bang. This one starts with the carelessness of people just casually letting everything slip away... And Nicholas Cage should play Guy Montang, Michael Keaton should play Captain Beatty, lots of old academy-award winning articulate guys could be Granger, and Abigail Bresslin should be Clarisse. If anyone is askin'. |
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| Plumbing |
| 12.20.07 (11:51 pm) [edit] |
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My husband got drunk and found our slow bathroom drain very very difficult to ignore.
Our sink in the bathroom no longer works. |
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| 12.17.07 (9:17 am) [edit] |
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Still in agony. Work will be interesting... Of course, it seems like every time I ask to leave early because I'm not feeling well, I never get to. Meanwhile, I somehow end up covering for everyone else when they are sick. |
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| Ankle |
| 12.16.07 (8:48 pm) [edit] |
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My poor ankle. What did I ever do to it? It's very very mad at me. And it's also a bit erratic. Last week on Monday and Tuesday I was hobbling in agony. On Wednesday and Thursday I was totally great. Then I walked about 7 or 8 miles around San Francisco and then ran errands all day, in the shoes that make my heel hurt, but not my ankle. And then today my ankle was killing me.
So, what was different about Wednesday and Thursday that was different about today? |
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| Barbie Neurosis |
| 12.13.07 (11:10 pm) [edit] |
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I thought it would be a good idea to donate some toys for tots or whatever. Except then I got there and was looking at the cheapest possible Barbies they had (made in Indonesia, not China where all the lead and date rape stuff is. My conscience is totally 100% clear). And I started wondering if it was better to encourage a poor, most likely little girl, to be a sexy beach party gal or a ballerina. Fortunately the cheerleader ones were slightly more expensive so totally off the table. (It's good that they have college cheerleader Barbies; at least it implies they go to college and might do something meaningful with their lives. But the Dallas Cowboy ones who are even skinnier than regular Barbies make me sick. To be fair, she is available in all the attractive races; meaning no burnette white girls or Asians). I looked at the beach one, at least it came in minorities, but the ballerina one was sparklier, but at least she was fully dressed, even if she was wearing too much make up. But you have to wear a lot of make up when you're on stage. I guess there is no shame in being a ballerina. But what if the girl thinks that the only jobs available to her are the ones where she is pretty and can dance? Why can't they have a cheap doctor Barbie, women's group lobbyist Barbie or Judge Barbie? But this could also be the thing that gives some little girl something to strive for? Against all odds, with no money in her pocket, she becomes a star in Swan Lake in London...Shit. I don't know. I bought the damn doll. There is a series of Barbie dolls called, "I Can Be..." But they are still sorta weird "Feminine" jobs like Art Teacher, Cake Decorator, Baby Doctor, Baby Photographer (oh, then girls will be encouraged to be like Anne Geddes that women with no artistic taste love and make the rest of us gag. In fact, the babies in the set look like Anne Geddes babies!). I guess they thought the Power lawyer, Congress, or women's studies professor playset didn't have enough pink in it to get a girl's attention. To be totally fair, there was a Barbie for President in 1990 and 2004. (The one from 2004 looks more like a real candidate). I hope there is this year too, especially since it is probable a woman will actually be in the big race. And the judge Barbie gave me the idea for a sketch on Robot Chicken or something where Barbie is like one of those stupid TV judges and Bert and Ernie come on because Ernie is suing his former roommate for gross negligence or something... and more stuff about Barbie's fancy cars and consumerism, and how if she's only 16 why don't her cars look like an average 16 year old's car? I'll shut up. I also bought a Hot Wheels and a stuffed cheetah or something. |
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| Happiness fades |
| 12.11.07 (10:16 pm) [edit] |
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"And if you should ever feel really happy, be patient. This will pass." --Garrison Kiellor Wow. It's hard right now to think of truer words. So, last Thursday, I finished school for the And although I have to work seven days in a row, and my ankle is in excruciating pain and I have two days left, because my schedule has been decent, and I don't have any 3/5 splits and I don't work later that 7:00, and things seemed a little more correct in the scheduling, I haven't been complaining about my job much. But the happy euphoria thing never lasts. I wanted very much to move to the deli to possibly make more money not worry about other people getting better hours and maybe alleviate the ennui and lack of appreciation I was feeling at my job as a grocery bagger. We get paid less, we are the most expendable people but if a checker thinks they have to do a big order all by themselves, they are like basket cases. So, after much requesting of my boss when that position was going to post so that I may try for it, he instead gave it to someone else already making the same wages (and who I have 2 weeks seniority on), and who doesn't want to move over there thereby once again allowing him to not have to promote anybody as is his rather irresponsible fashion. He will soon be looking for a new bagger too. Good luck with that. Supposedly, nobody wants to work weekends or for only a very few hours after school or they can't pass a drug test. I'm not sure if I totally believe that, but it will soon be put to the test, won't it? But I should really get my ankle looked at while I have the coverage. |
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| iPod Music erased |
| 12.04.07 (9:17 am) [edit] |
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Apple things are wonderful. The reason they are wonderful is because they run things so that it's like every time you sit down with your Apple thing, it's like you're just learning from scratch. It doesn't matter that you've been using a computer for as long as 21 years or even a few weeks, it's always like day one.
It is because of this "We assume you're a moron with memory issues" process, I believe, that all my songs disappeared. For some reason, my iPod this morning decided to put some files onto the computer and erase the 800 or so that I had on there. While they are still on CDs and I have the original files hither and yon, I still now have to get them back. Which is a pain in the ass. So I call up the help desk, which is in Buttfuck, India, the little chicky on the phone says that my iPod is over a year old, being purchased in November. (I only received the iPod last February). But for her to very simply say, "You must have pushed such-and-such, to make that happen" was going to cost me. I could have sat there arguing with her longer than it would have taken her to simply say that. But no. So now, I've wasted an hour of painting/working time dealing with this little chore. So, if anybody reading this has any idea what happened, please leave me a comment. |
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| Painting |
| 12.04.07 (12:42 am) [edit] |
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This stupid forest painting is almost done...I think. That is, I'll say it's done. And maybe I'll either take the grade the painting receives on the spot, or I'll take it back and make it that much better. My God! I'm almost free! Free from this painting! Free from kid's art! Free to pursue my own project with no outside pressure! Whether I get out of it or not, I'll soon be free from life drawing too. Still no word. (Fingers crossed, hopefully will at least know one way or another tomorrow). I've decided, I don't care. I'm just going to do the best I can while not losing too much sleep. I still really want a vacation. |
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| Writers, come back! |
| 12.02.07 (10:40 pm) [edit] |
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Yes. I do favor the writer's strike. However, I saw an ad for this show, Moment of Truth. It made me sad. I'm not sure which is more depressing, that someone thought it up, and is now implementing it, that people go along with it, or that it will probably be watched! This what we have to look forward to unless the greedy sunnuvabitch content distributors give in.
Also airing this spring only on the Fox Network: Drunk Naked Chick Truth or Dare! What will drunk naked chicks do or say for $1 million? Related comic by Mr. Big Fat Whale here |
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| Writers, come back! |
| 12.02.07 (9:17 pm) [edit] |
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Yes. I do favor the writer's strike. However, I saw an ad for this show, Moment of Truth. It made me sad. I'm not sure which is more depressing, that someone thought it up, and is now implementing it, that people go along with it, or that it will probably be watched! This what we have to look forward to unless the greedy sunnuvabitch content distributors give in.
Also airing this spring only on the Fox Network: Drunk Naked Chick Truth or Dare! What will drunk naked chicks do or say for $1 million? Related comic by Mr. Big Fat Whale here |
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| Vacation |
| 12.01.07 (10:40 pm) [edit] |
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Instead of painting lousy painful rocks, spiderwebs and ladybugs, I am attempting to plan a vacation, preferably to Disneyland, Las Vegas, or Lake Tahoe on our non-existent funds.
I just want to get away so badly! I deserve a vacation! Let's see... If we did this the right way, and two people were to go to Disneyland and stay at the Super 8, with lodging, one day one park tickets, and gas it would be $384.24. If we were to go with some other not-so mystery couple, drive down and stay one room together, for each couple it would cost $258.47; the price of gas does not change and oddly, neither does the cost of the room. If it were not so much a mystery couple as much as a mystery person, it would cost us $300.62 and 150.31 for the single person. Las Vegas is a little more complicated. I could even just use an overnight in Tahoe. Stuff sucks. |
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| Schedule |
| 12.01.07 (8:26 am) [edit] |
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My schedule this week is decidedly better... whatever... |
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