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| Sunday, November 22nd, 2009 | | 10:11 pm |
New Phone is On
Opted for the iPhone. Only the little one, because I don't actually need to take over Switzerland from the comfort of my palm. 3 digit bill even with the "free upgade". Bastards. Feh. What a way to start the holidays. Current Mood:  blah | | Saturday, November 21st, 2009 | | 9:52 pm |
YEA, BIG UGLY CAT FACE DAY
Someone stole my phone out of my car! Assholes! Not to mention, huge friggin' crack halfway across the windshield - WTF! And I wasn't the only one hit. Apparently there were 5 other thefts from cars in my complex today, and that was as of 11am when I reported mine! Other items stolen today included 2 saxophones and a diaper bag... (snerk) Does this mean that the theives are Lisa & Maggie Simpson?? Going down to the AT&T store tomorrow to use my "free upgrade" and replace my pilfered phone. In the mean time, I am incomunicado. This also means that I no longer have my sim card so I DON'T HAVE YOUR PHONE NUMBER ANYMORE. E-mail, LJ-mail, Facebook-mail or, here's a novel idea, CALL ME ON MONDAY to re-instate your digits in my new device. Still pissed about this. But I guess this is one way to get a new phone. Current Mood:  cranky | | Sunday, November 15th, 2009 | | 1:50 pm |
One Great Gift Leads to Another
One of the best wedding gifts we got was a one night stay at the Moonrise Hotel on Delmar in STL. One of the best features of that room was the fantastic pillowtop mattress that everyone who came to the after party took turns flinging themselves onto to experience the MMMM... We've talked about that bed all week, and we've been talking about new bedroom furniture for a while, but we have other things that disposable income needs to go to at the moment (read, down payment for a house). Friday I went to check the mail, and lo, another wedding card had trickled in. It was from Charlie's grandfather. And enclosed was a substantial gift certificate for a local furniture store. So the first thing we went for was the bedroom suits. 4 poster dark wood king sized bed with a luscious pillow top mattress was top of the list. The posts are carved and interchangeable, so we have a choice of how high we want the posts to be. One giant chest of drawers to replace the 2 mismatched pieces we're currently using. And for me, a vanity table with plenty of drawer space. There was a smidge of value left over, so we also picked up a server for the dining room to store all of our new kitchen lovelies in. Hooray for new stuff of life! Current Mood:  cheerful | | Monday, November 9th, 2009 | | 7:32 pm |
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Hee Hee Hee!
Made it back to Little Rock. Despite the bizarre "way back" music being played, I thought the reception went very well. My favorite part? My mother got drunk on wine and apparently puked all night. What comes around goes around. My second favorite part? Awesome after party at the Moonrise Hotel when we discovered Rocky Horror was sold out. Skunky champagne be damned, we had a good time just hanging out and sinking in to the fantastic pillowtop mattress. Sad that we left the camera in the car, it would have been great to get a shot of us all piled in. Great gift, folks! As an aside, if you have not yet enjoyed breakfast at Eclipse, go try it. I had the GRRREAT! french toast, which was served with a maple rum cinnamon reduction, fresh homemade marshmallows shaped like cresent moons and strawberries. Charlie the Unicorn had the Eclipse Benedict and approved of the Hollandaise sauce, but was confused by the green beans... asparagus would be more appropriate, yes? Pictures tonight, I promise! I posted them to Facebook from last week but forgot about LJ. Now that life is somewhat normal again, I promise not to be so retarded. Back to work. SIGH. Current Mood: content | | Monday, November 2nd, 2009 | | 8:29 pm |
How goths Show Their LUV...
I've *understandably* been in a blue mood since Saturday. There's been little that has lifted my spirits in the aftermath of my mother's behavior. Charlie the Unicorn has been doing everything he can think of to cheer me up, but when I get to "that place" it's something I have to come out of on my own. Today I got home from work and Charlie the Unicorn is on the balcony with a big grin on his face. He says, "I have the ULTIMATE SURPRISE for you. Come on inside!" Okay... I come through the door, and he's standing there pulling on gloves. WTF. He goes over to a box that has a giant bottle of sour mix on it and says, "Don't worry, it won't bite you." I took a step back. "Is it a skunk?" No. "Is it an armadillo?!?" NO. Better! He reaches in and comes out with - ( Read more... ) Current Mood: happy | | Sunday, November 1st, 2009 | | 9:39 am |
It Was Supposed to be the Best Day of My Life
It is amazing how ONE RUDE COMMENT can ruin your whole day. "Maybe you should have opted for a salad last night." And with that, no matter what other wonderful fantastic things happened, it was the only thing I could hear for the rest of the day. Thanks, Mom. Current Mood:  devastated | | Friday, October 23rd, 2009 | | 10:57 am |
So is this the wedding bell blues?
When I was home back on... Memorial Day? My mother had this big family party and invited all of the extended relatives to her house to visit and catch up, etc, etc, etc. Part of that list, as you may recall is my cousin who had gastic bypass surgery, who was once the fat cousin, and now of course that makes me the fat cousin, blah blah blah. Whatever, I'm over that. At that party said cousin told me that I HAD to come to her wedding because I had never been to one of her weddings (there have been 2 prior), especially since I was having my reception in STL on the date she originally wanted to get married. SIGH. I re-ordered time in order to take today off from work to make an afternoon flight back to STL so that tomorrow I could sit in a car 3 hours - EACH WAY - to her THIRD blessed event, which she is only having because now she's thin. Whatever. To each his own. At 1 week prior to my own blessed and hopefully only event, the loss of 3 days is major. I have my own shit to do. But I made the sacrifice for my family, some of the only family I have left after my grandmother and uncles have passed on, and my mother systematically alienated my aunt & cousins in Denver, and my grandfather (who was no loss). After reviewing the response cards to both receptions, I have noticed a certain... LACK OF RESPONSE. Hell, I'll just say it. I only have 1 blood relative coming to my wedding, and both receptions, and that's my MOTHER. Additionally disturbing, people who I consider family, who have been my family for YEARS, have neglected to respond. This is incredibly painful, and hurtful, whether intentional or not. So for the last time I have to ask. Please come to my wedding reception in St. Louis on November 7th. Hate me all you want some other time, just please come fill a seat. Current Mood:  distressed | | Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 | | 8:46 pm |
I'm All Confused...
So, let me get this straight... Rorschach is the new Freddy Krueger. Inara is in the new "V" series. Okaaay... Maybe someone will come along and cast Mr. Rogers as Charles Manson! Nevermind, that bizarre as both of those castings are, both shows tie firmly to Robert Englund. Do I dare admit that I am a fan? I can't possibly be. That would be like waking up from a nightmare and saying, "That was GREAT! I didn't want it to end!" Too wierd. Another post soon regarding my (lack) of family. Current Mood:  contemplative | | Sunday, October 11th, 2009 | | 3:35 pm |
Hooray For Stolen Memes!
1. You can ONLY answer Yes or No. 2. You are NOT ALLOWED to explain ANYTHING unless someone messages or comments you and asks. Believe me, the temptation to explain some of these will be overwhelming nothing is exactly as it seems. Now, here's what you're supposed to do. . .copy and paste this into your notes, delete my answers, type in your answers. ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Kissed any one of your Facebook/MySpace/LiveJournal friends? --- Yes Been arrested? --- No Kissed someone you didn't like? --- Yes Slept in until 5 PM? --- Yes Fallen asleep at work/school? --- Yes Held a snake? --- Yes Ran a red light? --- Yes Been suspended from school? --- No Experienced love at first sight? --- No Totaled your car in an accident? --- No Been in a vehicle at more than 100 mph? --- Yes Driven a vehicle at more than 100 mph? --- Yes Been fired from a job? --- Yes Fired somebody? --- No Sang karaoke? --- Yes Pointed a gun at someone? --- No Done something you told yourself you wouldn't? --- Yes Laughed until something you were drinking came out your nose? --- Yes Caught a snowflake on your tongue? --- Yes Kissed in the rain? --- No Had a close brush with death (your own)? --- Yes Ever feared for your life? --- Yes Seen someone die? --- No Played spin-the-bottle? --- No Sang in the shower? --- Yes Smoked a cigar? --- Yes Sat on a rooftop? --- No Taken pictures of yourself naked? --- Yes Smuggled something into another country? --- No Been pushed into a pool with all your clothes? ---Yes Broken a bone? --- No Skipped school? --- Yes Eaten a bug? --- Yes Sleepwalked? --- Yes Walked a moonlit beach? ---No Rode a motorcycle? --- Yes Dumped someone? --- Yes Forgotten your anniversary? --- No Lied to avoid a ticket? --- Yes Ridden on a helicopter? --- No Shaved your head? --- No Played a prank on someone? --- Yes Hit a home run? --- No Felt like killing someone? --- Yes Cross-dressed? --- No Been falling-down drunk? --- Yes Made your girlfriend/boyfriend cry? --- Yes Eaten snake? --- Yes Marched/Protested? ---Yes Had Mexican jumping beans for pets? ---No Puked on amusement ride? --- No Seriously & intentionally boycotted something? --- Yes Been in a band? --- Yes Knitted? -- No Been on TV? --- Yes Shot a gun? ---Yes Skinny-dipped? --- Yes Gave someone stitches? --- No Eaten a whole habenero pepper (or other hot peppers)? ---Yes Ridden a surfboard? --- No Drank straight from a liquor bottle? --- Yes Had surgery? --- yes Streaked? --- No Taken by ambulance to hospital? --- No Passed out when not drinking? --- No Peed on a bush? --- No Donated Blood? --- Yes Grabbed electric fence? --- No Eaten alligator meat? --- Yes Eaten cheesecake? --- Yes Eaten your kids' Halloween candy? --- No Killed an animal when not hunting? --- No Peed your pants in public? --- No Snuck into a movie without paying? --- No Written graffiti? --- Yes Still love someone you shouldn't? --- Yes Think about the future? --- Yes Been in handcuffs? --- Yes Believe in love? --- Yes Sleep on a certain side of the bed? ---Yes Have a tattoo? --- No Have a piercing(s) ---Yes Current Mood: blah | | Monday, October 5th, 2009 | | 7:46 am |
YARGH!
As I drive on long trips, I call home to give status reports. Mostly this is for my personal safety, but also to relieve boredom. When I left Archon yesterday, I called home and told Charlie the Unicorn I would be home about 7, so he should catch a snack sometime in the late afternoon so we could still have dinner together. About 5pm, I made the turn from 55 onto 40 heading from West Memphis to Little Rock. I called home to tell him that I was in the home stretch. I could hear chewing so I asked, innocently, "What are you eating?" "Egg & Olive Dip." "Egg & Olive Dip?? There's such a thing as Egg & Olive Dip??" (eww...) "Yeah. I made it. And I'm eating it on Chikin in a Biscuit crackers." "Uh, is it any good?" (cuz it sounds like the formula for Concentrated FART JUICE) "You'll like it. You can try it when you get home." "Sure." (OMG, how can I fake my death between now and then) So I get to the house and the dip is forgotten in the hubbub of me coming home. He had ordered pizza from our favorite pizza place (American Pie, Mexican Melt pizza, Yum!) and we chatted and flipped channels and watched a show called "Viva La Bam!" which I have never seen, but is so surreal, definitely a GUY show. We start to wind down, and head off to bed and I think I have escaped the threat of THE DIP. "You forgot to try my dip! Here, let me go get it for you!" "No, that's okay, I'll..." (DAMN! No escape! Trapped in the bed naked, can't run away!) He comes back with a BUTTER TUB half full of the stuff and a box of the Chikin in a Biscuit crackers. By now there is no escape, and I'm laughing to hide my terror. It was like... really salty boiled eggs, chewy chunk style. With mayonaise. It wasn't the most disgusting thing I ever ate, but then, I'm not going to send the recipe to Food Network, either. It's probably a good thing that I'm home. Current Mood: amused | | Thursday, October 1st, 2009 | | 6:50 am |
Hail Mary
And by a miraculous effort by my extended St. Louis family, I WILL be at Archon this weekend, all by my onesies. Thanks guys! Current Mood: cheerful | | Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 | | 8:48 pm |
NOVEMBER 7TH
A quick note about my wedding reception in St. Louis - It's on NOVEMBER THE 7TH NOVEMBER THE 7TH NOVEMBER THE 7TH NOVEMBER THE 7TH NOVEMBER THE 7TH NOVEMBER THE 7TH NOVEMBER THE 7TH NOVEMBER THE 7TH NOVEMBER THE 7TH Don't look at the invite and think "Crap, it's on Halloween". Look at the reception card and go, "Great! It's on NOVEMBER THE 7TH!" ALSO - Due to severe ridiculousness on the part of JOAN, there was a shortage of paper invitations. If you didn't get a paper invite but would still like free dinner & drinks on NOVEMBER THE 7TH drop me a line or respond to this post or send smoke signals or tell kukla or thesigother or someone at the Schubox to write you in on their response card. Everyone is welcome! Fuck Joan, come get drunk at my party! And remember - NOVEMBER THE 7TH!!!! Current Mood:  crazy | | Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 | | 7:39 pm |
Just Not My Month
Bubbles is still at the vet. I want my baby back so much. I never realized how much light and happiness she brought to my life. Please, please come home baby... Having shelled out over $1000 for my dogs so far this month, almost $1000 on the cars, plus the fact that my air conditioner has gone out, and I still have to come up with a substantial amount to pay for my wedding by next Thursday, Oct 1... I don't think I can swing Archon this year. There are no holes in my budget until mid to late October. I can't even rob Peter to pay Paul. There's just been too much wild shit going on this year that has depleted our disposable income, up to an including $2000 spent on dogs and cars in the last 21 days. Charlie the Unicorn said he didn't have to go, he could stay here and watch the dogs and I could go. Bringing up the dogs just makes me worry about Bubbles. I'd feel like complete shit if I came up to Archon and my dog died while I was gone. In the aftermath of the Infection from Hell that took over my feet, I have broken out in hives over my whole body. My mother called them "Hysterical Hives". I don't find them funny at all. Current Mood: pissed off | | Sunday, September 20th, 2009 | | 6:13 pm |
o.O !!!!
One of the things that I learned from ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) kukla_tko42 was that when shit goes wrong, put out a saucer of milk for the fairies so they quit fucking with you. considering the last 3 weeks have included: my 12 year old dog becoming crippled my 10 year old dog developing an immunity failure that has her at the vet now 5 days running my feet developing some kind of disgusting problem that is just now beginning to heal my cam shaft sensor going dead in Lady Vader AND - my warranty has expired on Lady Vader Charlie the Unicorn's truck starter going dead the air conditioner in the apartment going dead SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH - the air conditioner compressor in Lady Vader going dead Yea. It was time to do something. So I got out a saucer and poured in some milk. Then I got the sage out and set it to burn and Charlie the Unicorn and I set out to cleanse every room with our smoldering evil repellant. We openned the door to the patio so that it would have a means of escape. We hit every room, every doorway, even the small storage area. Hopefully that did some good. This morning when we got up, This is what we found at the saucer of milk:  My only question now - should I put out MORE??? Jeez! How many hungry fairies did I have?!?! Current Mood: scared | | Monday, September 14th, 2009 | | 12:26 pm |
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Stressed Out - Not for those with weak stomachs
So. In the midst of: -finishing my wedding plans -dealing with a crippled old dog -managing the largest workload of my entire career to date -having my car go out on me and discovering simultaneously that my warranty ran out 10,000 miles ago and I had to pay for the repair out of pocket -dealing with my mother AT ALL I get a case of athlete's foot. No big deal, right? WRONG. I tried Tinactin. It spread. I tried Lamacin. It spread. I tried Gold Bond Medicated Foot Powder. It FUCKING spread. By Saturday my feet were so swollen that I could only get flip flops on my feet. By Saturday night the little itchy blisters were joining forces and becoming large, infected very painful blisters. From there the infection started to spread upward, making the lymph nodes in my legs and even my underarms swell. I called my doctor's exchange. My doctor and the entire staff of the doctor's office are on a cruise in Alaska. But she did call me back and call in a perscription for some big bad antibiotic to fight what she thinks is a staph infection. Sunday morning began the triple digit temperatures and toes so swollen I couldn't even bend them. The antibiotic she gave me is taking care of the inflamation that had spread into my lymph nodes. But my feet are still disgusting and I can't put on shoes, much less walk with any degree of accuracy, speed or comfort. She is calling in an appointment - from Alaska - to a dermatologist here in Little Rock for me to go in and have this looked at. I'm at home because I can barely walk. Getting down the steps to the parking lot, and further, DRIVING, seems like a vicious nightmare. Jumping off the balcony is starting to sound like a viable solution. At least then I can roll to my car log-style instead of dealing with those steps. Current Mood: IN PAIN | | Monday, September 7th, 2009 | | 5:59 am |
Steampunk Goes Mainstream
And it's someone I like! Katie MacAllister has a steampunk novel coming out, and I think she wrote it about a certain red-headed airship captain we all know. Here's the bookplate: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v161/katiemacalister/public/img003.jpgNow I know that Katie Mac's heroines can frequently get jumbled up in your head like some bad hystrionic bumbling stereotype, but occassionally she gets it right. And when she gets it right, it's AWESOME. The art on this cover is enough for me to pick it up, and reading the blurb makes it worth the 4 hours it might take to devour this bit of amusement. It's not out yet, but stick it in the back of your brain for later. Current Mood: content | | Saturday, September 5th, 2009 | | 1:11 pm |
Lucy, Why is Charlie Brown banging his head against that tree??
You know how in sitcoms when someone is ill they put them up in bed or on the couch and give them a bell to ring when they need anything, and then comic insanity ensues? Imagine this situation, only the sick individual is not a person, it's a DOG, and it's not a bell, but a pitiful, heartbreaking, horribly annoying high pitched YIPE that stabs into your eardrums and then further into you SOUL making you jump to the beck & call of said dog. Yea. It's like that. When's Tuesday??? YIPE! Current Mood: crazy |
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