8.31.2006

just a note

listening to NPR; a woman named "spice" just called in.

funny, but in a good way.

oh, and one more thing:

i think one of the funniest things any of us could witness would be at a karoake bar, to see someone (unexpectedly, and in complete opposition to their disposition / persona / demeanor / dress) perform "U Can't Touch This", complete with the moves. a real performance.

i nominate the following:
ben calnin
tim lane
peter richards

8.26.2006

good news all around

1. good afternoon, father; my name is angela, and it has been 2 1/2 days since my last cigarette.

2. we found both books i was looking for (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, and The Gospels of Mary Magdalene). within about 45 seconds of each other.

what LOTR: The Return... was doing (along with LOTR: The Two Towers) shoved into the space between the mattresses and the wall, i'll never know.

now, if we could only magically buy a house in the next month, and move, so i could unpack (and shelve prominently) all of my books.

3. it has also been 2 1/2 days since jeremy's last cigarette. we have done the math (jeremy has done the math) and we estimate that not smoking will net an additional three hundred dollars a month.

sick.

as jeremy said last night, we may as well have been rolling up twenties and smoking those.

no kidding.

4. covered in crayola washable paints. as is evie--hence little bear being in the tub at 12:17 p.m. on a saturday afternoon, after she had a bath yesterday (when she was with jeremy's parents).

she's definitely more abstract expressionist at this point.

5. has anyone read the red tent, by anita diamant? there's a copy sitting here by the computer....thinking of adding it to my list of books to read.

also, to add to the list:

the poisonwood bible, barbara kingsolver
more milan kundera
the corrections, jonathan franzen
alice sheldon/ james tiptree, jr.

evie just told me "buh-bye" (as in the old david spade Saturday Night Live bit), and so i should also say the same to you.

the ever-titillating world of laundry awaits.

8.25.2006

oh, success is sweet

ha ha!
since my post, a few hours ago, and the whining...i have been able to convert to beta-blogger.
reaffirming my nerd status for all, yes indeed.
for all of you with your own account on blogger, i highly recommend making the switch sooner rather than later.
it is much more fun--easier to customize your blog, and to customize without downloading entire templates, and losing your customizations each time.
very very nice.

sorry, blogger, for my bitchiness. i promise it won't happen again.

oh, headache, i feel the need for pop tarts.


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question of the day:
why would anyone who depends on the strength of a labor union for steady work/livelihood ever, ever, EVER think they were taking a positive step by voting republican? or, even less, that they weren't biting THEMSELVES in the ass?

hmm. i will never understand. apparently the republican rhetoric is so bewitching it turns people into zombies willing to vote in politicians who will eviscerate their means of life.

(beta sch-meta)

well, i was absolutely (and nerdily) thrilled when i was able to be one of the "early birds" to switch to the new beta version of blogger.

of course, the damn thing didn't work. my blog wasn't able to be transferred, etc, so now i have to wait.

i hate waiting. i lack the "patience" gene. i do believe i was literally absent in elementary school the day we learned about the virtue/concept of patience. ditto for catechism. (aside: i was also, quite literally, absent from softball practice the day we learned to dive for the ball. always seem to miss those teachings which are, in a sense, the "last ditch effort". well, maybe patience should be the first effort...but therein lies the irony: i wouldn't know!)

ok. so, the latest:

-evie will be entering day care a week from tuesday. and holy schmoly, it will be costing about as much as a home. it's damn terrifying.
- watched lord of war a few nights ago. fantastic movie. still not a nicolas cage fan, but the movie itself was far above average. if syriana and fight club were spliced or bred, the result would be lord of war.
-yesterday's fortune cooke said "Oops.....wrong cookie." what?
-my brother left for boot camp. i'm about a basket-case and a half. when my sister went to iraq, i lost 20-30 punds. i currently tip the scales at about 120ish. if i respond the same way when anthony (who has enlisted as infantry) inevitably gets the orders, or before, as it seems to be hitting immediately...well, i may look quite sickly.

"please excuse my eyes, please excuse my hands"
thanks, amanda, for the mixed cd a few months back...it's been on repeat here at the office. sigh.

8.15.2006

to-do list

-crochet evie a poncho
-learn to crochet (ask mom)
-find "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" (somewhere in house?)
-buy new copy of Edith Hamilton's "Mythology"...Jen has mine?

books to purchase/read/find at library (get a library card!)
-The Simulcra Philip K. Dick
-People's Histroy of the United States Howard Zinn
-The Chronicles of Narnia C.S. Lewis
-The Big Lie

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watch "Loose Change" on Google Video; rent movie "9/11"; compare and contrast

-locate and read infamous Rumsfield manifesto, "Rebuilding America's Defenses".

-find out what "map files" are, and why they are recommended for storing chapbooks
-make list of books mentioned on Silliman's site; be on the lookout for them @ Curious

-change myspace quote to "just because he's being quiet doesn't make what he's saying any less insane".



8.04.2006

(welcome to the monkeyhouse)

1. if you've never read kurt vonnegut's welcome to the monkeyhouse, now is the time. the title story is freakishly prescient, especially considering what i just ran across on yahoo news.

2. i am by no means "pro-abortion"--i am pro-choice; those of you who know me know i chose to have my daughter. i am also realistic about the path to eliminating abortion, or reducing it to a last-resort medical procedure when circumstances necessitate it. but i cannot rationalize (as happens in the vonnegut story) attempting to control abortion/pregnancy rates by simply insisting that no one have sex unless they want children.

obviously, married couples are now taking steps to ensure they don't become parents, either too soon or ever.

3. i know we all know this, but i have to say it: more birth control doesn't mean more sex; it means safer sex, without the possibility of unprepared parents having unwanted children.

oh, sometimes i hate this country--i don't understand how compromise is so hard.