November 18, 2007
annnnd now for something completely different
so, i am tired of so many things on here being borked and me having neither the inclination or know-how to fix it. i have done something i never thought i would do and have decided to abandon this and have signed on with wordpress. after seeing how ridiculously easy it is i am kicking myself for not doing it sooner. it's the end of a four year era but i am feeling really good about this.
new blog linkyness is here.
tag! you 7 unlucky people are it!
so, i was tagged for a meme by Decadent (i will make you pay later when i see you in SL...how do you feel about stocks? *giggle*) and i feel obliged to comply. i guess i am supposed to list 7 random or weird facts about myself. i know! i will be hard pressed to recall 7 that i have not previously divulged here. the rules for this are to be found here. at any rate, here i go bringing the lameness:
1. I love Bollywood Funk music and have loads of it loaded onto my iPod.
2. I use nothing but children's shampoo for it's deliciously low Ph.
3. I currently have a bar of Theo's limited editon venezuelan 91% cacao chocolate in the fridge that I will use to make some oatmeal drop cookies soon.
4. Instead of futzing about with this, I really should be working on updating all my products in Second Life as we are moving to a new island very soon. I need to build a new store soon too. eeeeeee!
5. I had pot roast hash for breakfast. it was fantastic.
6. I really, really want a pet hedgehog but I fear my cat Abby would eat it.
7. WOW! did i really make it this far? okay, hmmm...oh, my desk is currently buried under a swamp of papers, old mail and notebooks. It's one short match drop away from a bonfire.
WHEW! I managed to make it all the way through, albeit a bit on the as-boring-as-watching-snails-fuck side. I shall tag the following people to suffer as i did: Nico, Golfwidow, Rowan, Sinner G, Amie, Token and Mia. I am everso sorry :(
November 15, 2007
is it friday yet?
this never fails to make me smile.
November 13, 2007
forum lurking
unnamed person on unnamed forum:
yeah, democracies fare better when there is a justified reason for war.
response from another unnamed person on same unnamed forum:
Like repelling invasions, as the Constitution requires. Anyone seen archival footage of the NVA storming Malibu Beach? How about CNN coverage of the Republican Guard establishing a beachhead in Florida?
Despite all the back-and-forth here about justifiable wars and Old Testament "salt the earth" strategy, I submit that we are losing sight of an important point: There is the warrior and there is the king. The warrior does what the king says, period - that is the nature of being a warrior. Any blame or praise for the outcome of any war falls on the king.
Forget this crap about supporting the troops - that is a canard used by politicians to deflect our attention from them. They are the ones to be held responsible. If I feel forced into saying "Oh I support the troops" in any way, then I've been duped with a slight-of-hand political ploy.
I don't want to get stuck with the "hate America" tag, but just turn the situation around and see the hypocracy. China invades the US because we have weapons of mass destruction and we're trying to keep the oil market tied to the dollar instead of the Euro and we're a destablizing force in the region, etc., etc. etc, ad nauseum. Who is the agressor there, who the justified defender?
By the UN principles (if you give two craps about that) based on the Nuremberg tribunals, invasion of another country for any reason is the "supreme crime among nations".
I tire of our good people even arguing the point that we should occupy them for 50 years or bomb them to dust or win hearts and minds or whatever. We invaded another country that did not attack us (using the two prime examples here, Vietnam and Iraq). We are the agressor. It's not our warriors' fault, it is our king's.
Down with the king! (read: powerful interests controlling the levers of our government. Presidents and Congresses are merely the Punch and Judy Show to keep us laughing while we're used like oil in a machine)
Tirade over. Asbestos suit on. Good wishes to all here and no hard feelings.
i adore that response and i proposed to the poster on unnamed forum thread, heee.
November 08, 2007
fisted, no lube
yeah, it's a harsh title, but my ears are hurting badly so i am in a cranky mood.
so, apparently the Denver Broncos are playing the Kansas City Chiefs here at Arrowhead this sunday. as it's my step-father-in-law's b-day this sunday and he is a rabid Broncos fan, we thought it would be fun to surprise him & my brother-in-law (another rabid fan) with tickets to said game. being soverymuchnot the sports fans, hubby & i, while we knew the tickets were pricey, had no clue what to expect. we paid $359 for two tickets. i gagged at that price when hubby told me but then he said they were on the 10 yard line and as close to the field as he could get. so i thought it was somewhat reasonable, and it is a once in a lifetime event for the step-father-in-law. the tickets arrived today. i nearly had kittens when i see the face value: $84 a ticket. wtf? steaming mad i call the company from where hubby purchased, ironically called Tickets for Less. apparently people like me buy scads of tickets from the box office at face value, sell them to Tickets for Less at a higher than face value price and then they are resold at an even higher price. when i inquired about scalping and mentioned that i thought it was illegal here in Kansas i was told that it wasn't scalping...it's BROKERING. and it's not just sporting events that are part of the scam. no no. apparently Hannah Montana had to make an extra concert date here because regular people couldn't get any tickets for all the brokerscum. either we have no scalping laws in Kansas or there are some serious loopholes. at any rate i am seething mad, but eversohappy i don't have to suffer through the game.
i have this urge to go crap on the front stoop of Tickets for Less. what? it's a victimless crime! *grin*
November 07, 2007
dosing your children
so apparently AquaDots were recalled as the chemical formula they were coated with had GBH in it. you know, roofies? yeah, kids were accidently ingesting them and getting fucked up. i will post more about this later with links to stories, but for now i am going back to bed, heh
November 04, 2007
Trick or Treat?
no, what we really need is more cowbell.
snrk.
pinko commies apply here
so i took this. and these were my results:
October 30, 2007
wheeeeeeeeeeee!
this just arrived on the UPS truck:
it's the 5 quart artisan one. i plan to take it for a test drive later tonight when i make pumpkin chocolate chip muffins.
*squee!*
incongruity
seen today: a person who just oozed Boulder (Colorado) spliff smoking, patchouli wearing, organic raw food eating, granola goodness driving a vintage* army jeep complete with machine gun, knapsack & canteen attachments. it was freaking awesome and i am so jealous.
* i heard him tell a fellow motorist that it was circa 1942.
October 29, 2007
hopping on that WoW bandwagon
this is funneh. *snrk*
October 25, 2007
can i get a squee?
our early family xmas gift just came. with some of AJ's sign on bonus we bought a Wii bundle...5 games, 5 controllers of various uses (including two Wii Remotes) and other goodies. it's so awesome to see my kids running in place, jumping around and just standing and moving while playing video games. i am going to have to prise a remote from their sweaty little paws so i can play, heh.
oh yeah, the games we got are:Wii Sports (this one comes with the console and is surprisingly fun AND a nice little workout as well), Warioware Smooth Moves, Super Paper Mario, Mario Strikers, Legend of Zelda:Twilight Princess and Mario Party 8
October 24, 2007
random rants, or can i be more of a bitch today?
dear target cashier: when i say i do not want your credit card OR your new debit card, please just smile & nod and do not try to further the pressure with "but ours is prettier!".
dear chocolate cream oreos: you are not delicious. you are in fact quite repulsive and i am disgusted that i was lured back into the artificial oreo happy by the promise of your double chocolateyness. but let me try one more to be sure...
dear body of mine: i loathe you right now. you are making me crave chocolate and lard and then you give me cramps on top of it all. also? you no longer allow me to drink the sweet, sweet nectar that is hot, black coffee. you suck. a lot. as of now you are on notice...or something.
dear target corporation: are you kidding me with your 'gourmet' chocolate brand, choxie? it's not quite as bad as that chocolate flavored wax that gets palmed off on millions of unsuspecting children every year, but damned close. you tempt me with your dark chocolate w/chili and then you SO do not deliver. you can go hang with the oreos on the shelf of ick.
dear self: get some good chocolate today, before your brain implodes. srsly, you better find some delicious craving-smacking cocoa product that induces yumgasms or part of you will staging a fucking coup.
dear pei wei: fuck you. just fuck you for charging out the wazoo yesterday and then not being as yummy as you should be. now i have to satisfy my craving for chinese sauced lard with a buffet place. *shudder*
dear fingers: are you lazy or just unskilled? you have been typing for decades so why do you still struggle? get with the brain on this one.
dear mother nature: thank you for making it seem more like autumn, but do we really need the winter temps just yet? really? it's so not fair to be almost 73 degrees one day and then 47 the next.
dear self: go take some happy pills now...right now. do not go anywhere else do not do anything else until they are firmly ensconced in your small intestines. that is all.
October 23, 2007
*cackle*
these never fail to make me laugh. just goes to show what ambiant music & some creative editing can do:
holy crap
these satellite photos kind of put those terrible fires in SoCal into all kinds of scary perspective:
