Oh and another thing!

I can't wait for that k.d.lang post to drop off the main page. It skewed it so that it looks blank at the top. Harumph again.

C'mon people

Smile on me, brother. Everybody come together try to love one another, right now! So my horoscope said I was going to find my true love this weekend. Except I really only worked and ran into people I already knew. Harumph. Good thing I don't plan my life according to astrology. Friday night was dancing with some friends and early morning breakfast. Saturday, motorcycle ride to Norfside! to do a book exchange with a friend. I loaned out Holy War Holy Grail in exchange for The Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for Lesbians. And then rode my bicycle to work. And Sunday, sleep and then bike to work. Monday, breakfast at Famous Dave's with my dad and his brother and then dropped off at work. Sultry walk home and now time for bed.

Seriously. I need a new ISP. Life is almost impossible. And I feel kinda stupid complaining about it because it's partially my own fault. Couldn't leave well enough alone. Always got to have a little better, a little faster, a little more. Ok, so people who know me IRL know that's a lie. And yet in this one case it's true. So I've been working. And having some quiet nites off and now I'm hoping to go out with some friends I haven't seen in awhile because they were dating someone new and ignoring us or working just as much as I was and our schedules didn't mesh well. It will be good to at least get out of the house since the neighbor is still using a jackhammer (*/*) right now. I have to call work for my dad before I leave the house so he can get some sleep tonight. Oh well. Oh, and the previous link about sunscreen was a chick in Fountain Valley, CA who was in a bathroom when some creep tried to nap her, but her liberal application of sunscreen made her slippery enough to get away. When I tried to get the link put in damn computer started acting up again. I was going to update it later but couldn't get back on again that night. Those stupid NetZero commercials are starting to sound more and more attractive. At least I wouldn't be paying through the nose for my lack of service. Kbye.

Amazing!

I was finally able to log onto my home computer today and break into my web browser to get here. It's been a fantastically busy week both at work and social life. Games, bonfire and dancing with friends on Saturday. Qmatch profile books and Str8 Friends partying on Sunday. I was relaxing trying to mentally prepare for work on Monday when it suddenly occured to me that it was the once every 6-7 weeks that I didn't work on Monday. So I went to see some stupid George Lucas movie with my dad heheh. I've seen better and I've seen worse by the same director. Oh well. At least it's another thing checked off of the list of crud to do. Work last night (Tuesday) was rockin' the casbah and I was exhausted. Might have had something to do with the full moon and nice weather but I just blame stupid people and their stupid lives. Then hung out with my Little and did homework in the afternoon the work again. At least tonight was blissfully much more quiet. Worked a little overtime, hence the late hour of which I post. I'm hoping to get up early and be able to get some errands done as I need use of a color printer before a 6pm meeting and mine is out of color ink. Oy. And I'm reminded to use more sunscreen but not for protection from the harsh rays, check this out. Goodnite Moon. Goodnite Sun.

Super sucky

So I download this program to give me Total Access (r) Accelerated Optimized who-haw for my ISP which of course makes it impossible to get onto the web at all. It spends the first hour I'm online hiccupping and trying to index my email for easier access. Give me a fuckin break. So I'm at work on my break eating some scrumdelious toast made from homemade bread. At I baked muffins earlier. And that's the end of my day other than it's been busyier than a one armed paper hanger. I have a bike race in the morning (ah, less than eight hours to starting gun) with my Bolder Option chick so I also get the blessing of no sleep. Ack. Kbye.

Ya know, it had to be asked

You scored as The Magic Earring Ken Dyke. You're tough, mysterious and extremely butch. But you love who you are and often consider it a compliment when someone thinks you're a male. The Magic Earring Ken Dyke 75% The Student Dyke 70% The Femme Fatale 65% The Stud 65% The Pretty-Boi Dyke 55% The Quasi-Gothic Femme 50% The Granola Dyke 50% The Vaginal-Reference-Making Dyke 45% The Little-Boy Dyke 40% The Surprise! Dyke 40% The Hipster Dyke 25% The Sprightly Elfin Femme 10% The Bohemian Dyke 5% What Type of Lesbian Are You? (Inspired by Curve Mag.) created with QuizFarm.com

Happy birthday Daddy!

Papa stylin and profilin!


Sp here's my dad as a young man. I think I have the same shirt today. Not that shirt he's wearing. I mean I think I bought an adult sized shirt in the same style before I even saw this awesome pic. Anywho, supper at sushi. Tried out my horrid Japenese and sounded good enough that the sushi chef started asking me questions, which I totally could not understand a word of. Harumph. Walked to work and must have been looking good since I didn't comb my hair (it's wavy and wild if I leave it alone) so much so that four guys tried to talk to me on the way to work. Granted one was from England and just trying to find a restarant, but every once in awhile it's good to have the creep riding by on the bicycle think you're just pretty/skanky enough to talk too hehehe. Birthday party at work. Delish as usual. No cake or carmel rolls for me tho. Good girl. Walked home. Siyanara.

Oh and another thing...

Just so we all know the government has been wasting time since the invention of government, today is the anniversary of the day that US Congress replaced the pesky annoying half-dime with the nickel. -May 16, 1866

Glad to know the taxpayer dollars were at work, or being invented, or creating future work for themselves. Kinda like all the state quarters keeping government minting jobs. Oh, and speaking of nickels, have you seen the new ones? Gurgle.

Yummers.

So it's been a good food weekend. Saturday was super tasty BBQ at my friend's house. Although the drive was cruddy (kinda far and very windy) and on the way to work it was freezing and raining and still friggin windy. Good times were still had by all. And Sunday afternoon was the every three week potluck for the L Word. My coworker was supposed to bring me a recipe that she had made at a treat day a few weeks ago but kept forgetting. So I found a simliar one and altered for myself and it turned out pretty darn good! And of course, both days I packed leftovers for lunches at work. I'm that kinda moocher. And of course tomorrow at work is the May birthday party so I'll be eating again. Darn that food. All least the bad for me snacks were rather limited at all events so it was reasonably healthy tasty snackage. Now to sleep and dream of french toast and belgian waffles. Or as Homer would say, "MMmmmm, donuts"

Of course it would rain...

I'm supposed to be doing a longer bike ride with my Bolder Options chicka and it's raining. And not warm. That may have been okay when there was a whole group of us suffering but I'm not in the mood for just the two of us freezing. And there's supposed to be a BBQ in three hours at my friend's house in the sticks. I hope he didn't spend a whole lot on that new patio furniture he was talking about getting since we won't be able to use it. And there's a potluck tomorrow I have to get groceries for. And I still don't have a copy of the recipe I'm making. And last night was Twilight party for girls and I sat on the couch playing Final Fantasy instead. It's a good life. At least I didn't consume a lot of empty calories!

Friday the 13th

If you believe in that kind of thing. I've never had too much trouble traditionally. In fact I just passed my bad luck day about a week ago. And nothing much happened. Hopefully I can keep life under control for one more day. I happen to not work tonight which is nice. Now I just have to decide what to do, if anything. There are no big lesboparties for a change, so I'm open to suggestions I guess. Sucky part is that I had plans with a friend but of course her desire to ho around supercedes that. Which is funny cause she didn't want to do much of anything since she does have a superstition about the day. Then again I don't have on lipstick and trying to date her. I think I should go back to my original plan of trying to not hang out with her so much. Problem is every time these things fall apart she calls me everyday. I dunno. Maybe I'll have more to say when I wake up later.

Limerick Day (No lie)

Limerick Day is observed on the birthday of one of it's champions, Edward Lear. The limerick, which dates from early 18th century, has been described as the "only fixed verse form indigenous to the English language." It gained its greatest popularity following the publication of Edeard Lear's Book of Nonsense (and it's sequels). -From Chase's 2004 Calender of Events

And here's a sample:

One day F. Scott Fitzgerald in gloom,
Took a lesbian up to his room,
They spent all the night,
Deciding who had the right,
To do what and with which and to whom.

-From the movie, Getting Straight, screenplay by Robert Kaufman

I'm not a chauffeur

So Monday afternoon I get a call from my Bolder Options mentee's phone number. I ignore it and go back to bed to let her leave a message. No message. Phone rings again five minutes later so I answer it and it's actually her mother. Asking if I can give her a ride to the grocery store. Um, no. That's so *not* in my job description. And not even remotely on the way. She keeps pushing and the only reason she gave up was that I told her even if I did drop her off on the way to the event her daughter and I are going to she would have to find her own ride home cause the event lasts about three hours. Anywho. But the event was a lot of fun. Silly stuff like a name learning game but cool stuff too. Had to form teams and make a kit/sled to carry a teammate on in a race across the park and then another teammate has to get all harnessed up, climb up a rope to fetch a pail of water and carry it out of the "lava circle". Our team actually won which was cool. And then pizza party. Then a Frosty from Wendy's on the way home. A good afternoon. Work sucked as usual but it was nice to have a short day. Will suck paying back the person that worked my first four hours on my off day but it was worth it. Using the word suck too much. Must mean it's time for bed.

RSI...here I come.

Recyling. Don't feel like it today. I mean it's all sorted. I just can't fathom taking it out to the curb right now. Work was full swing last night. And staffing shortages aren't going to be adjusted. Second in command sent email to all staff basically saying "tough shit" but tried to make it sound like it was because we were so great at our jobs they knew we could handle the increased workload and avoid burnout. Yeah, right. I feel like calling in sick and stating that email stressed me out too much to work. My job as work Party Planner was put into play for the May Birthday Party. Plus welcome back to dogwatch to one employee and Goodbye to yet another employee making us thirteen below standard staffing. But not to worry, I'm such a great employee I can do it all on my own. Don't you feel safe? Grrr. And Goodnite.

You're not boring....

I'm just sleepy. And I don't like folk music too much. Saturday was a day of no sleep for me. I stayed up to go to breakfast with my dad but while I was waiting for him to get going I started pulling all the weeds out of my front garden. So I did that all morning and then started my day with all the stuff I had made plans for, and I was booked solid for the whole night. So at a ChickFest with some comedians and then singers, I was falling asleep. Went back to a party that was already over. Went dancing. Got told by someone I knew that I had been single too long and was too femmy now. And told by a business contact that I looked smokin' hot both in person and then in the same email as some information I had asked for previous to seeing her out and about. Met another woman that all my friends are trying to push on me and we're so incompatible at a core level that it would be ridculous to pursue it. (She's sober, I'm not. Deathly allergic to dogs, I have three kinda stuff). And Sunday after my mother's day fiasco got to see my str8 friends (six this time, a veritable crowd in comparison to previous weeks) and then played pool with two chickas I know. Walked back to my truck and came home to play Dr. Mario and pass out. Bliss.

Happy Mother's Day

I didn't sleep at all yesterday. Not even my usual fits of naps... just didn't sleep. So consequently when I was supposed to get up to do the Walk for the Cure with my mom this morning I sat up and became concious of the alarm and the daylight and somehow disregarded it and went back to sleep.

I did see mommy and give her a present which she liked a bunch. Then I did a good daughterly things like loading her purchases into her vehicle for her. Might I also note that when I tried to hug her good bye she just left her arms at her sides. I really wish K could have been there to see that since she accuses me of "hugging like a straight girl" i.e. the A-line hug. I've tried to explain that I'm not a hugger but whatever.

Anywho, check out this ideal job predictor... based on my full name I'm supposed to be a Superhero. No lie. My friend S is supposed to be a professional Hippie, which she is a hippie with a professional job heheh. Oh, and my mother lists: Circus Freak. No, I'm not even lying. Try if for yourself. Gee willakers. Side note for those that know papa his name says he's supposed to be Prime Minister. It's just for fun people!!

Life is what happens when you're busy.

So far today I've done the dishes, which were due. And I was going to go to breakfast with my dad but he couldn't find his wallet. While I was waiting and he looked I started some gardening stuff which was way overdue. By the time he found his wallet it was too late for breakfast and I was too far into my weeding and hoeing around the block. Now that I have lovely blisters it's time to start fulfilling all the social obligations I said I would try to do today. Friend is having a garage sale. Another friend having a jewelry sample sale to clear out their "warehouse". There's an N/A party in the evening. A cabaret/singing/comedy performance thingie. A birthday drinking fest. And possible lunch. Oh, and somewhere in there I should probably try to sleep. Yikes. Better get started.

Absolute Torch and Twang

So I have officially been given the OTB 10-9-8 Card Party Torch from M&M. Now I just have to find a day this month when I can host the party. Which also means I'll have to clean again. Oh, how I hate to clean. Plus, I now have too much furniture in the living room for us to all sit around the tables. Then again maybe there will be enough people this time so that we'll have to break into two separate tables.

On a separate note I feel like Tom or Jerry or Itchy or Scratchy when they walk into something or get hit with something TWANG! I have not been getting enough sleep again and I'm overbooking myself. I didn't get to hang out with my Little Brother this week because of it. And did I mention they still do not have a phone two months now have past since we were "matched" and mom was going to get the phone turned back on "next week when I get paid". So I can't even call and say hi and just check up on him even though I can't hang out. I have to get up way too friggin early for my tastes and go over to his school and talk to him between the time class gets out and his bus pulls away. Ridiculous.

Oh, and work sucks too. My friend that was supposed to hang out with me Tuesday night during my one off day couldn't because she was up all day at the Doctor's offices with her son. Who now needs surgery to correct his gait/Achilles vs. before they were just talking about physical therapy. Grrr. And Goodnight.

Things I love today...

...that my Bolder Options kid needed help with her Astronomy homework!
...that I felt smart for a minute.
...that today was my "Friday" and I don't work tonight.
...that work wasn't too hectic and didn't stress me out.
...being "in the know" about some gossip.
...starting a new book.
...surprise presents from my mom.
...winning at Skip-Bo.
...that I ate good food that was good for me.
...sincere apologies from an inattentive friend.
...catching up with other friends.
...freshly minted quarters.
...dumpster dive scores!
...my renewed sense of self.
...naptime!

What the?!?

Ever have a friend make an offhand comment which seems directed at you? I think one of my guy friends just offered to donate sperm for my baby last night. And he wasn't boozing either. So I told him about my friend's and my recently conjered plan to co-parent kids and be pregnant at the same time. No romance between us, but not exactly single parents, which I know I do not want to do. There could be some babysitting exchanged, moral support, the whole kabob. Brilliant plan or recipe for disaster?

Also got to see my friend at work last night who I was missing big time while she was on vacation. We get along so well and yet bicker like an old married couple. If only she wasn't str8 =(

Chilly morning...was 21 degrees windchill when I left work. Time to get under the covers and get tucked in.

I forgot I loved....

The Cure! As I was sitting in the coffee shop hosting the profile books for QMatch there was good music playing. And it seemed familiar but I didn't recognize the song. Further into the CD it plays a song I recognize (and swear I must have in my collection at home, it's that friggin familiar so that I know all the words and sang along) but I still can't place the band. Twist of fate, Drive 105 played one of the songs I had just heard and said it was The Cure. I was going to drive str8 to the Electric Fetus and buy it, but I have to get ready for work. And I suppose I should check to see if I already own it... Just a thought hehehe.