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2009.07.02 02.58 Back. Just got in. I have to stop planning out dates on weeknights. Alarm goes off in two hours - more later. 'Night, all. |
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2009.06.19 09.27 FYFF  |
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2009.05.16 22.25![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} electriclime says: "It's still sticky." Discuss. (Rollerderby is an excellent place to get a coke spilled on you) ((...pervs)) |
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2009.03.16 09.05 Quick Update. So the interview's been postponed to Wednesday. Guess the lady that's interviewing me is out sick? Anyways, gives me a chance to post pictures of my puppies. Okay, the first is not actually my puppy. This is Jay's new puppy - a Golden Retriever/German Shepherd mix. Cute.  And here's MAH dog Maesi. My beautiful girl:  And here's the look she gives me when it's time for a bath (she had been rolling in mud at this point):  |
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2009.03.13 10.05 New Icon. Who amongst you has the gumption to make the horse sucking a sugar cube off Stewie's head into an icon for me? Did I just say "gumption?" Yes. Yes, I did. |
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2009.03.12 08.39 Life... Well, I've started writing this three different ways now, and it just hasn't come out right. Frankly, I believe in sparing lives where possible, and I'm not a real big fan of the death penalty. I just don't think the government should join in retribution punishment, I think our justice system is disproportionately weighted for the well-off, I think there are huge problems in our justice system. I also think we have one of the better judicial systems in the world. I have a few problems with the penal system, however. So, in this case, I guess I'm pro-life [aside: It always gets me that people who call themselves pro-life are invariably pro-war and pro-death penalty. Anyways...]. In this case, though? I think I'm okay with it: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/403 |
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2009.03.11 07.33 Sharing. A couple pictures of Otis taken over the weekend and during my sick-day, yesterday. So for this first one, Otis is stuck with a dilemma: he doesn't like apples, but dad is eating one. What to do, what to do.... Well, sit in front of dad and give him sorrowful puppy-eyes. So when I was done with the apple, I said: "Otis - we've been through this: you don't like apples." When he kept it up, I shrugged and lowered the apple to him. He took one lick at it. Two. Then took a small chunk off. Then another. Finally I just gave it to him.  And this one was taken this morning:  And for those wondering, I do take pictures of Maesi, but she's a lot darker: the images tend to end up with a ridiculously cute Maesi-picture that looks like a black blob. Poor Maesi: she's such a pretty girl, too. :/ |
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2009.03.06 20.01 in the theater. So we got to the movie 30 minutes early. Wasn't early enough, turns out. Or wasn't late enough, depending on your viewpoint. I had to suffer through Kid Rock's National Guard ad. Have you seen this thing? For those of you that haven't heard of him, Kid Rock's like a talented, amazing singer/songwriter, but really, really, really ridiculously shitty. Oh, movie's starting. More after? |
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2009.03.05 15.40 Y'All Should Do This. If you've never seen Rollerderby, or think of it as the goofy stuff that went on in the 70's, it's changed a bit. I really want to get a huge group together and cheer obnoxiously. Who's with me? Anyone? Anyone? EhhhhhhhHHHHhhhhhhhHHHHhhh?? Jet City Rollergirls, Season 2 Bout 2!!!CarnEvil vs the Hula Honeys Rage City Rollergirls (from Anchorage, Alaska!) vs the Pink Pistols When: Saturday, March 21st, 5:30 pm Where: Edmonds Community College Why: Cause there's nothing more exciting than derby on a saturday night. (Who doesn't love athletic girls decked out in fishnets and attitude, on skates?) Buy your tickets here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/ev Hipchecks & Hits -Mona PS....support Evil, wear black. |
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2009.03.05 11.03 Okay. Fine. I'm going against my better judgment and giving in to the hype. Who among you would like to join me in watching Watchmen at some point this weekend? |
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2009.03.03 07.53 Need your opinions, dearest flist. I'm debating changing up my info page, which was written during not one, but two sore periods in my life. Instead of sitting down and just busting out another one, I decided to do something a little different. Here's your chance: what should my LJ profile bio say about me? So, please: flist me. ...that didn't sound right. |
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2009.03.03 05.40 Dropping by. Dropping by all quick-like to talk about Bobby Jindal, the Republican's Barak Obama. The guy who came out after Obama's latest speech filled with hope and basically said anyone who believes Obama is retarded. Here's something about Jindal, though: Well, Jindal's mom was pregnant with him when she was coming over from India, so, since Jindal has a 100% Pro-Life voting record, he believes life begins at conception. Well, by that logic, he'll never be president. Logic traps are fun. |
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2009.02.27 13.06 Clip Tree My Binder-clip tree is almost complete! BUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHHAH  |
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2009.02.25 15.25 Well, today sucked. Kind of fed through the shredder all day. How're you, flist? |
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2009.02.14 07.32♥you, flist. |
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2009.02.13 08.24 BIG MASSIVE HUGE!! Okay, here's a photo dump of a lot of things I've been meaning to put on-line for a while now. First up, Eric's wedding out on Whidbey island. This happened a short time after Jerrica and I broke up and was the last of six weddings I had this summer (Injury? Meet insult). Anyways, the wedding was beautiful. The second set is a few intervening events: one picture with electriclime and retardomantaban, a few from a Man Plus show (that I might or might not have posted before - tired), and a couple prelim shots I took of the area surrounding Sedrow-Wooley (prelim for a chalk pastel piece I did for one of Jerrica's sisters).Gay rights/anti-prop 8 march, Christmas, and, finally, the reason I was putting this whole thing together: my mom, sister, and niece coming to stay with me for a 5-day weekend. All behind the cut, dear flist. ( pictures! ) |
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2009.02.04 10.47 Break. Taking a short break from talking to people on the phone about their W-2s, their deductions, their taxes, budgets, and any other thing they've been putting off until today. Instead, I found this: Prehistoric Giant Snake Story Cool stuff. Unlike most people, I was mostly amused by the original Anaconda, which starred everyone from Owen Wilson and Jon Voight (Angelina's dad) to JayLo and Ice Cube. It was entertaining and, honestly, that's really all I look for in a 'horror' movie. The one thing was that the anaconda in the movie was ridiculously huge. Well, turns out it wasn't quite ridiculous enough. Yikes. |
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2009.02.02 11.40 Accountant humor. Mike says: What kind of tax forms do pirates get? C Dub says: ? Mike says: The 1099-ARRRRRRRRRRrrr! haAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA..HAHAHAHHA.HA. C Dub says: :| Mike says: That was funny stuff, right there. C Dub says: :| Some people just don't appreciate good accountant humor. |
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2009.01.30 07.54 Before/After. [edit: moving this to a more current time because I'm like that and I desperately need attention] Had a few interesting thoughts racing their way through the back of my head on the drive back from a friend's house. Nothing has coalesced yet, but I have the feeling it will if I just look away for a few days and let it build in the periphery. Had a breakthrough earlier tonight, a near-accomplishment of a goal. So this is my master bedroom as of two months ago. A quick refresher is that I bought a house that was built in 1951. Owned by one family from that time up until the time I bought it from their son, it went through an 'upgrade' in 1973 that added a massive furnace (the one that just broke down last week, leading to an interesting make-out session under loads of fuzzy blankets. There was an impressive display of static electricity at one point, I was told. Was also subject to giggling and the phrase "Lightning Rod." Anyways...), and LOADS of wood paneling. I'm not kidding when I say nearly EVERY. SINGLE. WALL. was covered in wood paneling. And it wasn't just one type, either: no, instead of painting the rooms different colors, they used different styles of wood paneling to accomplish that. So, did they simply nail the wood paneling up? Well, in some places sure, but not the master bedroom! HELL NO: why use nails when you can use glue and tar? After removing the paneling, about six months after Jer and I moved into the place, it became obvious that the drywall, torn to shreds, would have to go. With me in school and Jerrica gone to Roller Derby, the nasty, yellow walls stared back at us for months. About two months ago, I finally decided to do something about it:  And now, rewired, redrywalled, painted, hardwood-floored, and trimmed out mostly by me, here's the final result:  Phew. This weekend, I will sleep in my own bed in my own room for the first time in two months. :) PS: Kitchen's next. |
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2009.01.29 07.43 Class. So the Payroll Office teaches a class called "Payroll: the Basics." It's exactly what it sounds like - a class for administrators and managers and others to learn about Payroll, the processes, the deadlines, how to fix things, who to talk to, and so on. The group doing the presentation has been preparing it for three weeks, practicing, going over what they're going to say, and so on. Now the one presenting for the accountants is out sick. And I've been volunteered to step in (as the only other accountant who's actually good at public speaking). So I get to teach a class. Cold. With little knowledge of two of the five processes I'll be teaching about. And it's my busiest time of year. Opportunity, I suppose, but I'm willing to bet no one even says anything, once it's over. |
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2009.01.27 08.50 Quick Post. I have a couple ideas rattling in my head, but am seriously too busy to jot them down on-screen. For now, is it ironic that I got a Certificate of Appreciation and they spelled my name wrong? I think so. |
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2009.01.21 07.55 Pilot Funny how things have a tendency to pile on. Got home last night and noticed my house was a little colder than it should be. Thinking I had left a window cracked in the master bedroom while sanding, I went back to check. Nope. Checked the thermostat and it was set at a balmy 68 degrees, so not that either. Last, decided to check the furnace. Sure enough, the pilot light had gone out. I let the residual gas drain away, flipped it over to "Pilot," and lit it up, holding the button down the requisite 30 seconds. Released it and started to move the dial to "On," only to watch the Pilot go out. Huh. So tried again with the same results. Tried again, this time holding it down for a full minute. Nothing. Tried a few other things: checking the filter, oiling the blower, checking the wires, checking the gas main both inside and outside. No dice. So my furnace is shot, apparently. At least it's not cold out, right? Good thing I have two warm, fuzzy dogs. Got in this morning and received an email from a department on campus with a question. They had attached a spreadsheet to better explain their budget problem. Apparently, they also attached a Trojan Horse which requires a computer rebuild to fix. So I'm going to be off the computer for a bit today and I'll probably be losing a large amount of my files. Eh - guess it'll give me a chance to work on my resume and apply for a few jobs at someone else's desk. How's your Wednesday? |
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2009.01.19 09.34 Yes Man Short post right now - got to get back to drywalling my room so I can start putting in the floors, painting and making it look all pretty. Saw Yes Man last night. Carrey at his best: go see it. |
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2009.01.16 08.06 RIP   Rest in peace, Andrew Wyeth - you were an inspiration to me and many other artists. |
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