I don’t have a favorite, but I am very happy to be helping The Professor celebrate his birthday today. :}
(That’s Blinky in the background.
I am going to try my best to sit through an entire day at work even though I had trouble sleeping through the night because of a bad headache, night sweats, superlatively fucked up dreams, and a really sore stomach. At least my aches and throat pain are gone…
Yup, that’s all I’ve got. Bye!
Two 34-year-olds who are madly in love with one another should not stay up until 3:30am Sunday morning, have (really awesome) sex three times in one day on said Sunday (what? we’re old), and expect their immune systems to be able to fend off the flu, apparently.
I, personally, couldn’t take the hit, and finally stayed home Wednesday and Thursday, sleeping a combined 28 hours between Tuesday night and Thursday day. I am feeling much better today, although I still have that hot ear headache going, but I’ll be in good shape to go to work tomorrow.
Yesterday I was starving. The day before I was starving. The day before that I was starving. Today it’s after 3pm and I haven’t even been hungry enough to eat yet. My cold has been fed.
And this post is cooked.
Listen to me talk about how to bunny-ear tie your shoes live on Karl’s radio show tonight at 10:00pm.
Did you ever notice that when you look up any random symptom you might have you inevitably stumble across one source that says you’re dying?
I have a burnt taste in my throat, and my ears feel sore. I think I just have a cold that forgets to peak but the internet has gone all alarmist on me.
I’m just going to gargle some vodka or something and see how that goes.
Right as rain by Wednesday, I bet.
Saturday night Dawg and I did indeed go to the rescheduled-from-May-2nd-2008-performance of Kevin Smith, which was held in Englewood, NJ.
I am not impressed with Englewood’s accommodation of Mr. Smith. I am also not impressed with the intelligence level of the crowd regarding the style of Smith’s shows. The entire show is us, the audience, asking him questions and him answering them. It’s not a set show. His content is generally driven by the questions we ask. Granted, he goes off on the oddest seeming tangents for very long stretches of time, but that’s his charm. His shows go long. Very long. He started at 8pm. He likes to go until he’s done. When quarter to midnight rolled around he had about another hour or two left of people in line, based on the pace at which he was answering questions. I chose this time to go to the lobby for my first bathroom break and a fountain soda Coke from the lobby bar. While in the lobby and in the bathroom I had the very unpleasant experience of listening to people who worked for the theater as well as audience members bitching their heads off about how long the show was.
A. People who work the shows: You are making money. Shut up.
B. People who bought tickets: If you’re not into the format of the show THEN LEAVE. No one is making you stay. JUST YOU. It’s not like there’s a test at the end. It’s not like you didn’t get your $99 out of the show. So, fuck off.
I was listening to rumor after rumor that Smith had requested that he be able to take the stage until 1:00am but that the theater had been firm about their midnight curfew. I unknowingly I went back into the theater at about 11:55pm (I was one of the few people who paid attention to the “turn off your cellphones!!!!!” rule so had no time telling device to refer to), after having some trouble getting anyone to wait on me at the bar (too busy bitching) or anyone to open the door to the theater while both my hands were occupied with $2/8-oz glass, half filled with ice, of fountain soda Coke. When I finally did sit down the look on my face must have said “je n’suis pas amusée” because Dawg did ask if I was ok to which I curtly answered that I was fine. And then 5 minutes later the show ended. I almost had another Cloverfield experience. Fuck! I think that’s my new trademark, seriously: Walking out 5 minutes before the end of things and missing the ending. Sounds like a great trademark to have…
Anyway, I actually do digress from the main reason I am writing this post. It’s to tell you about one single, solitary segment of the performance. Kevin Smith was telling a story about a toilet and happened to mention that when he is in the comfort of his own home he now exclusively uses adult wipes, that “toilet paper is for poor people.” Now, really, he was joking about that snide remark, but when he said he only uses adult wipes I started nodding my head vigorously.
Raise your hand if you even know what an adult wipe is. It’s a baby wipe for adults. You wipe your netherly regious with it, to make you fresh and clean. My favorite brand is the Super Stop & Shop generic CareOne kind billed as “personal cleansing cloths” which I tend to use when I poop. Cuz, did you know? I poop! And when I poop it’s not always perfect and clean and smelling like flowers. It can be messy. So I use the wipes to clean myself off. And I like the way they feel… all squishy and refreshingly cleansing and they smell nice and they sting a little bit if you have any sensitive areas, but that means “it’s working!” so that part makes me happy.
If you are not using adult wipes, might I suggest you run out and buy some to try? And let me know what you think about them.
Now that I’ve talked about poop, let me tell you if I’m cute or sexy:
Yup, that sounds about right. You can take the quiz here.
Please listen to the Lick. Slam. Suck. talkcast this evening at 8:00pm Eastern during which Dawg and I will discuss transportation and lodging for the TequilaCon 2009 event!
I am seeing Kevin Smith with Dawg and KC today. That is all. Enjoy your Saturday.
This morning I checked my real name gmail account from work to test a filter we have at our mail gateway to do with attachment blocking. In my email I found a message from PiC that said today is the day that my former employer was doing phase 1 of their layoffs.
I emailed to ask if he still had a job.
I emailed da Bomb to say I had my fingers crossed that she still had a job.
I heard back from both PiC and da Bomb that their jobs were secure for this round.
I scanned the local newspaper’s website and found that only 16 out of roughly 3750 positions were being cut, as well as the baseball and softball teams, but that someone had graffitied the Davis Center in response to some unfortunate words from the university’s president that he would leave UVM before taking a pay cut.
The graffiti: “If you would rather leave than take a pay cut, pack your bags you are not wanted”
Many staff members are opting for a 20% pay cut rather than being laid off. The entire plan of the phases of layoffs is outlined here which mentions that 34 vacant staff and faculty positions will be dissolved. My position was one dissolved. If I had still been there half of my position would have been dissolved no matter what because one half of my position was always poorer than the other half and would not have been able to continue to fund their half of my position. I know this because the woman who was my sisterly/motherly role model in that side of my job, the woman who gave me Georgie from her kitty’s surprise litter of kittens, told me so.
I was laid off from my old job today.
I am very happy I wasn’t in my old life anymore to experience it.
So, Kristen put this up on her Facebook page and I was amused by the idea of trying to do this for my man, even though I know I won’t get it all right, but that’s half the fun, so here goes…
1. He’s sitting in front of the TV, what is on the screen?
The History Channel or CNN.
2. You’re out to eat; what kind of dressing does he get on his salad?
Salad? Yah, ok.
3. What’s one food he doesn’t like?
Asparagus.
4. You go out to eat and have a drink. What does he order?
Black and tan when he’s a good boy. Jack and Coke when he’s feeling a bit self destructive. (He’s never had one in front of me.) And to eat: Depends on the place.
5. Where did he go to high school?
The High School of Hard Knocks.
6. What size shoe does he wear?
11?
7. If he was to collect anything, what would it be?
He collects stuff. My favorite of his collections is Star Wars.
8. What is his favorite type of sandwich?!
I’m gonna say it depends on the place.
9. What would this person eat every day if he could?
Bacon, bacon, BACON.
10. What is his favorite cereal?
Rice Chex.
11. What would he never wear?
I honestly think he’d wear anything… just maybe not outside the apartment. :grins:
12. What is his favorite sports team?
The New York Yankees.
13. Who did he vote for?
The right person for the job.
14. Who is his best friend?
:smiles: It depends when you ask him but my favorite is when he looks me in the eyes and says “you’re my best friend.”
15. What is something you do that he wishes you wouldn’t do?
When I am upset about something it’s clear I’m upset but I don’t necessarily speak out my mouth what’s on my mind. Drives him nuts.
16. What is his heritage?
German… with a bit of English by consumption. :grins:
17. You bake him a cake for his birthday; what kind of cake?
Black Forest.
18. Did he play sports in high school?
Uhhhh… if beating people up counts as a sport, then maybe.
19. What could he spend hours doing?
Sleeping. Reading blogs. Watching UFO Hunters and/or movies. Sitting silently. Hugging me. Repeat.
20. What is one unique talent he has?
The first talent that came to mind is severely dirty and I would feel so bad for my brother if I wrote it down so instead I’ll say: He is a wealth of knowledge on many subjects. It’s pretty fucking cool…
I’m just addicted to Estelle, so I thought I’d title this post something in dedication to her.
Shout out to Sour who isn’t blogging anymore but who I was reminded of Tuesday when I GOT HER CHRISTMAS CARD I SENT HER BACK IN MID-DECEMBER BACK IN THE MAIL AS UNDELIVERABLE. Math = 2 months of my card floating in the USPS ether, me thinking Sour got the card and Sour thinking I forgot about her. I did not forget about you.
On Tuesday night I got to chat with my BFF who I hadn’t really chatted with since she was here in NYC. Seeing her here was awkward at the time and I was, honesty is the best policy here, concerned that our friendship was no longer strong because I have issues with worth and with staying in people’s lives and with blowing shit up into something only paranoid people could even touch with their lightsabre, but that’s me. I realized that when I see my best friend it’s absolutely essential to have girl time with just her. I’m still getting used to this whole Girl Time concept. I had female friends growing up but never as close of friendships as I had with the animals and men in my life.
During said chat I expressed something that I tweeted once a few weeks ago but no one seemed to say anything at all whatsoever about it so I didn’t say anything more, but now that the last few episodes of BSG are playing out I’d like to tell you how it’s going to end:
Starbuck is the daughter of Ellen and Saul.
Think back to the first season, the tumultuous father-daughter relationship they had. And think to this season, the fact that Six and Saul are having a baby together. The original 5 could naturally procreate. And so Ellen and Saul made Starbuck. But that Ellen, she doesn’t have an ounce of maternal instinct so you never saw her so much as flinch at Starbuck.
I have other theories on how the show will end, but I’m very proud about figuring this out a few weeks ago so I’m gonna leave it at that and go eat some burnt ham. And by burnt ham I mean ham that I intentionally burn in a pan.
Look, two posts in one day! Just like old times…