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Just Can't Bury It

2005-02-23T22:20:00.000-05:00

Now that this page is completely dead, I'm stirring thoughts for a new page.Not sure I'll give the link or not. We'll see. I am vain, and love the attention, but I'm not sure the new page will be appropriate for the readers here I actually know.Besides, I might really suck at writing fiction, and I'd rather embarrass myself in anonymity first.Not that anyone I know still has this link.

The Pig

2004-11-03T22:18:00.000-05:00

Actually, this is all part of an awful, awful reality TV show. We are all part of it. For Sweeps Week, Fox will interrupt "The Swan" and Carl Rove will step out and say, "America, you've helped Fox get into the Guinness World Book of Records! Yep! Largest, longest-running, and most-real reality TV show yet- the entire world actually believed that not only did George W. Bush sue his way

Concerts for Change

2004-09-23T21:05:00.000-04:00

Go here and go see some music. Concerts for Change is fabulous. All ticket sales go directly to Run Against Bush, a PAC that donates money to the DNC, swing state Democratic committees, Democratic candidates, voter registration and get-out-the-vote organizations. It's cheap, it's good music, good people, and actually making good progress. Over $200,000 has been raised directly for the Kerry

Red Line

2004-09-22T22:23:00.000-04:00

Props to the DC Metro Blogmap. Yes, you can say it. "It's so DC." OK. Now shake it off. It just doesn't seem right to be posting and not be in Pittsburgh. None the less, here's to it: Best post title: All My Favorite Singers Couldn't Sing the dust congress Awful, horrible, longest post: Fun With IM, Pt. 6 Orange Monkey Blog Yes, please someone steal the DC pandas. At least take the

Michael Moore = Smelling Salts

2004-09-22T21:51:00.000-04:00

I can't take credit for finding this, we can thank all my friends with jobs that put the internet at their desks. However, I can take credit for this. Note that I can't spell. I have the spelling capacity of a ten year old. A ten year old golden retriever. Spell checker is so my friend that it'll have to be my bridesmaid when the day comes. So of course, an above mentioned friend e-mails

This Is Not a Chocolate Chip Cookie

2004-09-22T21:27:00.000-04:00

Fortune cookies aren't desert. They are a sad reminder that you in fact did _not_ order desert with your carryout. OH HOLY CRAP!!! YIPPEE YIPPEE YIPPEE!!! (That is me, I just read the fortune.) Fortune says: Romance comes into your life in a very unusual sort of way. I say: hell yes!!! Not sure if this is an fortune, a reminder, or an update. All sound good. Since I got two cookies,

Soaking the Beans

2004-09-14T23:49:00.000-04:00

Some people take up gardening to work with their hands and find renewal. Apparently, I cook. The results come must faster and you are not hungary afterwards. Tonight it was soup. U.S. Senate Soup. It's been on the menu there since 1908, or something similarly impressive. Soup. It's so comforting. Even the name, it invokes images of stoked fireplaces, fuzzy blankets, and warm comfy steam

Good Things.

2004-08-23T00:17:00.000-04:00

Serendipity. 1. The faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident. 2. The fact or occurrence of such discoveries. 3. An instance of making such a discovery. :::::::::::: :::::::: :::: I'm not particularly serendipitous, but fortunate discoveries happen by accident often enough that I try to keep my eyes out for them. One happened on May 29th when a friend of a friend needed a ride to

Me vs. Myself

2004-08-04T22:46:00.000-04:00

It wouldn't be a proper comeback without a proper profound post. So, this probably isn't a proper comeback then. Still. I've been reading a lot lately. New found zeal? Maybe. It's more like playing catch-up. Or ketchup. I've felt be-Heinz in what's actually going on. Politics aside, I thought of something relevant to a magazine I've been reading. And relevant in general. The thought

Back On Site

2004-08-04T22:30:00.000-04:00

I can't believe this site is still getting hits. I haven't posted for over a month. Die hards. And someone teases me with an intriguing post. Would someonefrombefore please post again? I know this page has sucked since I've returned to DC. Well, put it this way: I interact with people face to face again. In Pittsburgh, |now candy| was the perfect way to interact with people in finite

A Good Thing.

2004-07-06T11:45:00.000-04:00

Google has a translator.

Kasell Not Allowed to Vacation

2004-06-26T11:14:00.000-04:00

Corey Flintoff vs. Carl Kasell on NPR's Wait Wait -- Don't Tell Me! as the show's steadfast comic relief: Carl beats the pants off of Corey. Corey Flintoff is about the stiffest, most un-natural funny man I have ever heard. Luckily, the rest of the cast works doubly hard to restore the humor ballance.

Good Beats Bad.

2004-06-23T23:12:00.000-04:00

Things that are bad: 1. DC rush hour. 2. Driving to Rockville in DC rush hour. 3. Being really hungry while driving back from Rockville not quite after DC rush hour. Things that are good: 1. A note on your door that reads: "If you get home before 8:00, come out back. We'll have food and beer, come join. 2. There still being food and beer when you get there at 8:30. 3. Sharing an old

Fruit of Conversation

2004-06-21T23:12:00.000-04:00

Now that I have my Ginko facts straight, I can stop. I can stop obsessing. There are a few streets near me that are narrow, cozy, and lined with Ginko trees. JB out in OH mentioned to me today that she remembers Ginkos are actually amazing, but she couldn't remember quite why. Thirty minutes of internet supports JB's recollection: Ginkos have free swimming sperm. They are the only trees

Map-it

2004-06-18T00:18:00.000-04:00

This makes me smile: The DC Metro Blogmap. In fact, I'm chuckling so hard, I have tears in my eyes. In a good way. Because, you know what? We *really* love our Metro. And I'm not being facetious.

OK.

2004-06-18T00:09:00.000-04:00

Google-ing for "spiderman pop tarts voice codes" brought someone to |now candy|. What the hell is spiderman pop tarts voice codes?

A Clone Would be Nice, Reason #627: I could see all the stages simultaniously.

2004-06-18T00:02:00.000-04:00

Wow. I'm going to have to start a training program in preparation for August twelfth and thirteenth. Morrissey, Sonic Youth, PJ Harvey, Modest Mouse, Le Tigre, The Flaming Lips, Basement Jaxx, Wilco, Micheal Franti & Spearhead, The Fire Theft- all in less than 48 hours. And *more* at --> .:LOLLAPALOOZA:. <-- Non-stop audio euphoria. This lineup is so good it is soon to be illegal.

Hey, How Ya Doin'?

2004-06-15T23:58:00.000-04:00

One thing better than going to a show, last minute, that your friends recommend and are also going to, and that there are still tickets available for, is this: seeing the guy from the bike shop (not the weird creepy one) that had the t-shirt on (the "Mendoza Line" t-shirt that you noticed that day you were at the bike shop) from the band you are seeing there at the show. The thing that tops

Blonde Soft Shell

2004-06-14T23:27:00.000-04:00

For those of you who didn't commit suicide when Modest Mouse signed with Epic, you should go get Good News For People Who Love Bad News. Also, my hair is soft today. Anyone who has touched my hair in the last week and a half can attest: this is a miracle.

"It's Like Being on Vacation"

2004-06-14T23:16:00.000-04:00

I have a secret dispassion for air conditioning. Not really. I just looked up the word in the dictionary, and I am not free from bias on AC. But my personal boycot of AC in the home is still going strong. Fans are a must, but it's mid-June and still AC free. It's a little nostalgic. July will be tough. And August. And having guests over is tough, "Yeah, not only am I punishing myself by

Let Them Eat Chocolate

2004-06-14T22:51:00.000-04:00

Today is a good day. Cadbury Fruit and Nut bars were seventy-nine cents this evening at the Rite Aid.

Us vs. Them

2004-06-14T19:29:00.000-04:00

I wonder if MXC (Most Extreme Elimination Challenge) has pitted secretaries against engineers yet. I have great respect for our secretary, she does the job of three secretaries. Apparently she does not play well with others and has ran off every secretary who has been hired to help with our section. However, I just don't understand what the hell she is thinking sometimes. She hoards pens. She

Long look.

2004-06-14T00:01:00.000-04:00

What do you see. "Staring" has a negative connotation, which is not what I mean. But when you are looking in, looking at, unblinking, what do you see. I'm drawn in. Or just hooked. Looking in at you looking. My thoughts are a flip book. Flipping through a series: looking in, looking through, looking back, looking ahead, looking for the reflector, repeat. The color of the pages are the

In State.

2004-06-10T01:13:00.000-04:00

Not surprisingly, I was not blessed with great intellect while writing posts at the beach, a few beverages into the day. We came back to the news, brought by a friend, that President Reagan had died. LW and I pretty much said together, "Good for him." The poor man had Alzheimer's and was probably a shell of his former self. Not to be too flip. Ronald Reagan was my childhood president. I was

Beach #3

2004-06-10T00:41:00.000-04:00

(Orginally written 5 June 2004, Saint George's Island, MD.) Three couches. One love seat. Two couples. Three singles. One guitar, four books with readers, one lap top and one observer. Two are buzzing over cheese in the kitchen. Three playing cards outside on the long and open and lovely porch (scared from Isabelle but more perfect somehow for it) and three making necklaces and and earrings.

Beach #2

2004-06-10T00:39:00.000-04:00

(Orginally written 5 June 2004, Saint George's Island, MD.) Going to the beach for the weekend requires a bathing suit. Doesn't matter that it might be raining all weekend, or that it might not reach 80 degrees because, well, I'm not in Florida any more. And forget the water. I have no idea how cold it is. I don't even want to know. But I know it's colder than 70. Even so, coming back with

Beach #1

2004-06-10T00:35:00.000-04:00

(Originally written 5 June 2004, St. George's Island, MD.) My glass is sweaty and the ice is melting. It puts a sense of urgency to finishing it. I had walked into the kitchen right after the blender stopped, nice boy I was talking with after breakfast was tasting what the blender blended. Handed it to me. "Needs sugar," I said. His eyebrows raised, "Sugar? Didn't think of that." "It's what

Back Tracking

2004-06-10T00:32:00.000-04:00

No internet at the beach, as it should be. I hope there is never internet at the beach. So the following posts were written at the beach (yes, I brought the lap top), but posted when I got back.

It wasn't even 7:00 am.

2004-06-02T23:55:00.000-04:00

It happened. I've always known it was just a matter of time. If I biked long enough, it would happen despite me not wanting it to. This morning, at 6:58 am on First Street NE, Washington DC, I hit a squirrel. I had no chance in hell of not hitting this little squirrel. He changed his mind FOUR times. And, since squirrels can't change their mind without changing their direction a hundred

Art in the Park

2004-05-31T07:09:00.000-04:00

For those of you living near our Nation's Capitol, please go enjoy the Shakespeare Theatre's Free for All 2004 production of Much Ado About Nothing. It runs from now until June 6, is located at the gorgeous Carter Barron Amphitheater in Rock Creek Park, and is an absolutely fantastic production. The set is impressive and airy, the stage movements are well choreographed and clean, and it is set

Hear the Little Birdies Sing

2004-05-31T06:58:00.000-04:00

Note that it is 7:02 am, I've already had breakfast, and am dressed and ready to go for a bike ride. Also note that it is a holiday and I am exceedingly proud to be up this early ready to go for a bike ride. Happy Memorial Day!

Lounge

2004-05-27T01:15:00.000-04:00

Beach trip. There is not one thing that sounds bad about that. Two days on Saint George Island, MD, with friends, food, and fun. Books, a frisbee, sunscreen, bathing suit (must actually purchase bathing suit... ), &etc. Yes, there is not one thing that sounds bad about that.

To the Great

2004-05-25T21:25:00.000-04:00

Let me just give a shout out to AP out in Iowa. And yes, I've already told her she is great, strong, kick-ass, and that she makes the short list of close friends, so this is not a lame-o "I told you on my web page, didn't you read it?" post.

She Has the Nicest Smile

2004-05-25T21:17:00.000-04:00

I have developed a fond relationship with Celeste. She makes me dinner about twice a week and has a warm friendly smile. I met her at Safeway, in the frozen pizza section. I think she prefers me to call her "Mama Celeste," it fits her. Mama Celeste is not so much a person as she is a picture on a frozen pizza box. "Celeste Pizza for One" is marketed directly to me. Celeste Pizza for One

Cats Parked in Front of Fans

2004-05-24T23:22:00.000-04:00

At the new apartment, the only utility I pay for is electricity (and phone, but somehow that doesn't count because you always pay for phone). The building was built in 1917, and we all have window units for AC. For some irrational reason, I have decided to see how long I can go without turning the AC on. Maybe it has something to do with me growing up in a house in Florida without AC. Maybe

Yeah, $2.10/gal.

2004-05-24T23:13:00.000-04:00

Other items per gallon: - Coca-Cola: $3.10 - Coppertone Hydrating Sunblock Oil Free SPF 30: $362.24 - Guinness: $14.17 - Sue Bee honey: $41.92 - Chanel No. 5 perfume: $3,839.25 - Kendall-Jackson Estate Series Chardonnay: $85.75 - Red Bull Energy Drink: $28.88 - Paper Mate Liquid Paper: $182.65 - Blood (for refrigeration and testing): $1,156 - Botox: $1.36 million - OPI nail polish, in the shade

Absolutely Nothing to do with Cicadas.

2004-05-19T23:09:00.000-04:00

Of course, gas prices go up and what do I do? Drive to New Jersey. Will be a good two days, though, despite the hit on the gas. JB in NJ is officially done with Rutgers now. Congratulations. (And let me sing the praises of Jumbo Slice. Jumbo Slice is the phenomenon where for $3.00 or $4.00 you can buy a slice of pizza the size of your shirt. You can even ask them to stuff it in a box so

If Ears Had Sheets, You'd Have to Wash Them.

2004-05-17T23:28:00.000-04:00

Is your stack of CDs feeling a bit dusty? Or are your ears just tired. Want to fondle those little ear bones into sweaty afterglow and have them whimper for more while still petting themselves? Then walk your until-now celibate ears down to the record store and get you some Califone. What, your record store sucks? Then get your credit card and clickity-click-click-click your way online (you

Did You Get the E-mail?

2004-05-17T23:00:00.000-04:00

Don't Buy Gas on May 19th. It's a nice idea, but how about buy less gas. Period.

Change is Good.

2004-05-16T19:03:00.000-04:00

Ah. Back to dial-up. Verizon is the new evil. But it's an evil I punish myself with by using their service. Nearly three weeks after I moved, and still no DSL. Oh yeah, I moved. I could sit here and post for an hour to catch everything up, but instead I'll pretend I've been posting all along. More efficient, and I'm sure the only folks who've been here the past month just wandered in off

Keeping Tabs

2004-04-15T23:54:00.000-04:00

Life would be better if we had ever Monday off, and didn't start work on Fridays until noon. Number of mojitos: 1 Number of margaritas: 5(?) Number of beers: 1 Number of friends stopping through: 10 Number of good times tonght: countless

Through the Rain

2004-04-12T23:12:00.000-04:00

Drip drip wet. Drip drip wet. Quickly quickly puddle. Trot trot splash! Keeping up in the rain. In heels. Umbrellas make it a movie. Suits and skirts make it Washington. It's grey but nice and gay because it's lunch. To lunch through the rain. Federalopolis in cement and glass. Low bridges, potholes, and plazas. Cafeterias and subsidies, patrons with badges. We all have badges. April days

Pull Up a Stool

2004-04-12T00:28:00.000-04:00

Observation: Walking into favorite neighborhood bar with a new friend and running into old friends feels good. Doing this after talking up said neighborhood bar to new friend feels even better. Doing this and then getting free shots from lovely bartender of same bar feels best. It's good to be back.

Complete String of Whatever

2004-04-12T00:21:00.000-04:00

To say this is a string of consciousness would put to big a label on it. It's 12:19 am and the bedtime goal was for 11:00 pm. Obviously failed, thanks to remembering that I need black pantyhose for tomorrow _and_ a lint brush. I visited the 24 hour CVS. Oh, praise be to the 24 hour CVS. I think I have found a new marvel for the CVS thanks to TR. Everybody goes to the CVS, regardless of race

Looking Back at Winter

2004-04-10T18:17:00.000-04:00

Hat Fishin.

Thanks.

2004-04-09T00:09:00.000-04:00

Thanks for friends. And e-mail and phones. Thanks for fresh perspective And thanks for friends and call waiting. Thanks for patience. And spontaneity and spellcheck. Thanks for get well cards. And apologies for not bringing soup and bringing Peeps instead. Thanks for love. And the emotion it brings and the emotion it takes. Thanks for things being hard. And the doubt it brings and the self

HURRAY!!!

2004-04-08T21:05:00.000-04:00

All the evil and vile thoughts I had about ten minutes ago have been temporarily replaced by beams of joy. I have wireless internet again! The gods of computing are smiling warmly upon me. Thanks to the nice man at Apple Care. The fix was elegant and simple. So simple that I didn't even realize it was an option when I was trouble shooting (I've been poking at this for about a month now).

Thanks for Nothing (or Very Little)

2004-04-08T20:31:00.000-04:00

Oh, this is just fucking absurd. I've been looking forward to my income tax refund for months now. I've mentally already spent it. For the past two years my refund has been over $1000. I just did my taxes. My refund: $62.00. What the goddamn hell is that? That is a pair of shoes (maybe two), not a mountain bike. It's not even a garment bag pannier that I've been looking forward to. Oh

They Will Google It.

2004-04-05T00:13:00.000-04:00

Todays winners of misdirected search engine searches are below. My man loves strap ons ways to fuck with candy +"tattooed penis" I'm pretty sure the person who came to |now candy| in search of ways to fuck with candy was sorely disappointed. The other two searchers were also likely unsatisfied. Besides, if you are going to search for strap-on related topics, you should at least hyphenate

Monday Comes Fast.

2004-04-04T23:39:00.000-04:00

It's happened again. Infatuation. It's not a bad thing. It's a sign of someone who will be a close and long friend. But in the beginning I just can't get enough. Maybe it's just part of being an extravert, but nothing would make me happier than if "New Friend" days were allowed at work. You know, like sick days, family days, vacation days, &etc. You get x many of said days a month or

Let There be Free Breakfast.

2004-03-30T20:48:00.000-05:00

Very excited to be a new member of the Washington Area Bicyclist Association. Even better: Bike to Work Day. Full-on bike-commuter party. Before work. Life is good.

I'm Back.

2004-03-30T20:30:00.000-05:00

And it is good.

Tape and Boxes

2004-02-13T13:55:00.000-05:00

Alright. The movers are still here but unless they manage to move any slower than they already are, I should be out of here within the hour. Very happy. Now on to DC and Seattle. (Also, very hungry. I'm not sure I've ever actually been this hungry. Should have ordered pizza last night... ) |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Intermission. ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

Purrrless

2004-02-10T22:58:00.000-05:00

I miss the kitties.

More Productive than Planned

2004-02-08T20:45:00.000-05:00

Ah. My twenty-hour marathon stretch of procrastination is about to end. My original plan for the weekend (well, plan B, but plan A was the same theme, albeit slightly more procrastination proof) was to get up and get out of here by before dawn on Saturday, drive the cats to DC, drop kitties off at friend's house, go to Kim's bridal shower/lingerie party with same friend, hang out with kitties,

Your Cloaking Device Won't Save You

2004-02-06T23:43:00.000-05:00

Ah. PMS can be beautiful. It empowers one to say, without hesitation, to a person: "This assignment you gave us is crap. How so? The questions are vague, the notation is inconsistent, the examples are hard to follow, and the notes are sketchy at best. We are supposed to know what's going on by Wednesday but this assignment wastes our time. Oh, and thanks for all your help."

We've Got it All. Or, "Precipitation Cocktail."

2004-02-04T23:37:00.000-05:00

For Thursday Night: "Snow... freezing rain and sleet... changing to rain late. Ice accumulations of a quarter inch possible. Little or no snow accumulation. Evening lows near 30...then temperatures slowly rising into the mid 30s. Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent. " But the best part is the one-word forecast for Thursday, right under the little rain cloud and

Diffent Take-Out, Same Sauce

2004-02-02T20:47:00.000-05:00

Hurray! Home early!!! Fortune cookie from tonight's Chinese take-out: Keep your feet on the ground even though friends flatter you.

NPR Seeks Jesus for Senior Web Designer Position

2004-02-02T20:36:00.000-05:00

"NPR Online Position, Job #WEB417-120 - Senior Web Designer, Online" NPR is looking for one person with the following qualities: - Art director, design, director, director of user experience, or senior designer - At least 5 years experience - BA or MA in design, architecture, human factors engineering or a related field - Strong creative ability and perspective - Good working knowledge of

Touch.

2004-02-01T23:14:00.000-05:00

Hurray!!! JB out in NJ is almost ready for the MFA Thesis Exhibition. Go here to see two of her works in the show, she's the first listed. For those of you closer New Jersey than I am, get out there and see the Exhibition. I can't talk for the other artists, but JB's stuff will move you. She has complete thoughts with her art, yet nothing is exactly spelled out. It's just there, and you

Everyone's Doing It

2004-02-01T22:51:00.000-05:00

Adam Felber has a blog.

Gray Haired

2004-02-01T22:49:00.000-05:00

UUrrrggh! I know better. I know better than to look NPR/PRI hosts up online in order to see what they look like. Sometimes it's better just not to know. I'm sitting here, home early since I decided to go in early instead, and Echoes is on the radio. I used to hate Echoes, wrote it off as just a bunch of ambient crap that stoned people listen to. Well, it's still ambient and I still think

Not Quite Ten

2004-02-01T21:28:00.000-05:00

Nine things that would be nice if they happened on their own: 1. Tax returns 2. Laundry 3. Cleaning the bathroom 4. Car washing 5. Picking up the house 6. Writing rent checks 7. Cleaning the disgusting gunk off the pair of boots I wore to the club on New Year's Eve 8. Change of address with all the companies/organizations/businesses whose mail you actually want/need to receive 9.

Mr. Sun

2004-02-01T02:13:00.000-05:00

I wish I had my camera tonight. There are ten foot icicles hanging off my apartment building tonight. Really. It was sunny today. Sun combined with a high of 15 degrees and the week's worth of snow makes for spectacular icicles. The building is three stories. They start from the roof (obviously) and extend down to the second story. Huge. I drove through quite a few residential roads today

Collars for Cats

2004-02-01T01:50:00.000-05:00

Today I drove around, running errands. Among other things, I was going to a cat store (like a pet store, but run for and by crazy cat ladies), and I was very much looking forward to going to this cat store. I found it online last night, the two fat and spoiled cats I keep company with need new things to sit on, sleep on, and claw on. Their cat perch is pretty much done and apparently the only

What's that blinding light? Sunshine? Oh.

2004-02-01T01:39:00.000-05:00

It is quite amazing how sudden the daily stuff can just take over, even more so that it was before. We've only got thirteen days before we (those of us here with work) will be leaving Pittsburgh. Days remaining. Hours, almost. My days of late aren't particularly stressful, but they are consuming. I've been staying later and starting earlier, which seems absurd given the hours I was already

Bang Clang Klanga-b-bang

2004-02-01T01:22:00.000-05:00

Alright. So the trash dumpster outside has been overflowing for days days. That still doesn't explain why a garbage truck is out there now, at 1:22 am on a Sunday, emptying it. Yes. It is banging around out there at 1:24 in the morning. Those poor guys driving the thing: it's 2 degrees outside right now.

One Week Later

2004-01-20T01:40:00.000-05:00

Tip of the week: Buy your next wallet at the local luggage store. No, not Bentley's. The local luggage store needs your business. And, they just happen to have wallets that kick the pants off the crap in the mall. Don't be fooled if they have a small section. They don't need one hundred pieces of junk for you to shift through when they have twenty well designed, quality items to choose from.

1:14 am

2004-01-20T01:11:00.000-05:00

Posts will continue to be intermittent. I'm stretched thin here. I'm not feeling under particular undue stress (may just be numb to it), but free time has gone down to nearly nil. The great news is the trip back to DC later this week. Very excited.

International ID

2004-01-15T00:20:00.000-05:00

Why in the hell are passport photos so bad? My passport photo looks like I've been up for days doing nefarious international things. If I am ever wanted by the FBI, I hope they do not use my passport photo for the wanted poster, I'll be convicted before the trial. Puffy. I look puffy and non-caring. I'm pretty sure I was non-caring. The day the picture was taken was about two days after

zzz

2004-01-13T22:10:00.000-05:00

Sorry, not super witty stuff tonight. Spent all that earlier today, came home for some early snoozin. Let me offer this instead. (Chuckle. There's a car alarm going off outside the window. I finally realized it might be mine- dawning on me I have no idea what mine sounds like. Checked. Not mine. And, no, no one is stealing anything out of the car just outside my window, someone bumped it

Taketh and Giveth

2004-01-13T00:49:00.000-05:00

Two words: renter's insurance. You can afford it. It's worth it. It's about $10/mo. I'll be talking with the local case agent tomorrow, but from talking to my insurance company today, looks like the contents of my purse are covered against jackasses stealing it. Sweet. This is the one time I'm glad for proprietary cable connections on cameras. It's useless to the little fuck unless he (a

"YOU GODDAMN PIECE OF SHIT MOTHER FUCKER"

2004-01-11T01:32:00.000-05:00

As I was cussing at the top of my lungs, running across the parking lot at max speed, it was amazing how many complete thoughts went through my head one by one and and distinctly coherent. Of course, I can't remember every single one. Some things get swept away with the adrenalin. But I remember thinking a few things like: -"Holly shit, I can actually run like hell in these new Dansko

Don't Roll Your Eyes Yet

2004-01-09T00:53:00.000-05:00

New obsession: Emmylou Harris. Yeah, I know, it's like saying you've just discovered this great 70s band called The Beatles. I grew up with Emmylou Harris. She was one of those artists who got a lot of airplay but if you had asked me two months ago if I liked Emmylou Harris, all I could have said is that I knew she was on the radio a lot when I was riding in the car with mom. However, I am

Cooler Than Me

2004-01-07T23:45:00.000-05:00

Bastards. I was envious of the new iPods as it was. Now they trot this little puppy out. That's alright, by the time I destroy my old mammoth iPod (which doesn't seem to be happening anytime soon), they'll have 100G iPods the size of a credit card. With wireless headphones. With a built-in laser pointer. And I'll be the cool kid on the block again.

Of Course They are Small

2004-01-06T23:39:00.000-05:00

So just what in the hell was the person looking for who ended up here with a searchengine query for "the size of my kitten testicle are really small ?"

37 Days

2004-01-06T23:27:00.000-05:00

Well, there you go. A few days ago it was almost 60 degrees here in Pittsburgh. Now it is 12. Degrees. That's -11 C. And windy. It's that really cold cold where your nose hairs freeze when you breath in and thaw when you breath out. :::::::::::: :::::::: :::: Five and a half weeks. In five and a half weeks I'll be moving again. All my stuff will go in boxes, get carried out by the

Little Post

2004-01-05T00:02:00.000-05:00

Yeah, I've been off the blog for a few days. Such is life. Tonight, while making the most fabulous smoothies known to earth (five total, for the week), I've been listening to This American Life. Due to some cruel twist of fate, I have missed Ira Glass and This American Life quite a bit this past year. However, being without Ira Glass for a while (who, and am convinced, is the Walter Cronkite

Aaron Copland: Music to Blend to

2003-12-29T23:34:00.000-05:00

I tell you, I'm going all out. First I buy a car. Next, I buy a blender. Where will the madness stop? So. I've almost always lived in a household with a blender. Home, college, Colorado, it was great. Then, when I moved to DC, I was blenderless. Well, I don't have much room and, well, really just never bought a blender. I basically knew that one day it would be _the_ day and I would

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2003-12-29T01:19:00.000-05:00

Oh, and for the curious... Christmas was WONDERFUL!

Fresh Reads for the New Year

2003-12-29T01:10:00.000-05:00

Reason #698 why the Guardian exists: to publish stories such as The best of British blogging. Enjoy.

Pathetic Excuse of a Post

2003-12-29T01:02:00.000-05:00

OK. So, this is 100% fresh copy from an e-mail I just wrote. Not even edited. Very sad, I know. (It was a good e-mail, though.) Yeah, well, I was thinking "damn, I haven't posted in days" and "damn, I need to go to bed," and thought up this ingenious fix. Enjoy. " Wow, that book your mom got me is absolutely fantastic, "The Da Vinci Code," by Dan Brown. I can't put it down. John was

Time for Bed

2003-12-22T00:06:00.000-05:00

I always look forward to Christmas, but maybe even more so than usual. A time to get away. A time to be with loved ones. A time to snuggle. :::::::::::: :::::::: :::: Please forgive the sparse posts of late. I've been drained and a little on auto pilot these days. :::::::::::: :::::::: :::: I realized, while shopping for a new roller board (the pull behind small cary-on suitcases, my old

12/21

2003-12-21T23:43:00.000-05:00

It always feels strange to me to write the date on anything between the 20th of December and New Year's. For so long, this has been vacation time. It's as though this time exists for me as a happy time, no work and no school, only travel and good times. Not this year. Having to work the same week as Christmas should not be allowed.

I'm Nota Robot

2003-12-20T01:30:00.000-05:00

Magnets are wonderful. I mean, really. Some schmuck, hucking rocks at a large animal trying to kill it for food and clothing, noticed two rocks stuck together, even after you pulled them apart. And from that we have magnets. We also have fridges. I'm pretty certain we have refrigerators today so that we can put stuff on them. With magnets.

Tasty Treat

2003-12-20T01:16:00.000-05:00

Number 1 favorite song in the entire universe, right now. This very minute. "Black Jettas" by Ima Robot . So much fun. Lyrics I stole from Lyrics Box: "Yea. Tim, me and Olli have problems. Justin has none. Ex-girlfriends in black Jettas Everywhere I go, there it is When I take a stroll, there she is When I'm out the door, what I'm looking for Same looking car that I saw 12 seconds ago

Because You Are One.

2003-12-17T00:30:00.000-05:00

The music nerd test.

Only the Beginning

2003-12-17T00:19:00.000-05:00

Who's cruel joke is it that it should _rain_ before it snows? I mean, who the hell thought to themselves (or sitting around with beers and friends), "Yes. Let it rain. Then let the rain turn into snow. Yes, that's the best possible combination for precipitation!" Which turns into ice. Then it's cold for days so that the ice doesn't go anywhere it's all over your car window around the

Slip Slidin' to Christmas

2003-12-16T01:11:00.000-05:00

Not sure why the writing has been so slow lately, it's not as though I haven't been doing anything. It may just be this iced slide towards Christmas. Last time I checked, it was Thanksgiving. Now Christmas is next week. I'm not sure how that happened. None the less, I am very much looking forward to Christmas, all of it: going to MN, being with the Man From the Future, his family, not doing

End of the Weekend

2003-12-15T00:29:00.000-05:00

Nothing is as good as in person Talking for hours Face to face lounging catching up Eating donuts Navigating snow Talking on the phone is not the same not too hurried relaxed but with time constraints then back to our usual back to the daily but refreshed.

"Is eight o'clock Friday night good for you?"

2003-12-11T23:42:00.000-05:00

Friends who live in other cites within driving distance are fabulous. What's even more fabulous is when neither of you have time to eat decently or sleep properly but say "fuck it" and one drives out to the other anyway because, well, the benefit of the break from the grueling routine far outweighs the cost in time. Can not wait to see JB from NJ. Looking forward to a night of photography,

Mustn't Haste

2003-12-11T00:06:00.000-05:00

Christmas time is the best, Don't let commercial crap be a pest. Get and give, Love and live, Celebrate, relish, and all the rest! ___________ The snow still melts The hard rain pelts Drip drizzle pour and sprinkling The Salvation Army guy ringing, clanging, tinkling Standing in the eves of the grocer Shoppers pass none the closer One will pause Next to Clause Dropping change into the bucket

Rhyme Schmime

2003-12-09T23:30:00.000-05:00

Tonight there's a girl who is sleepy, She lives in an apartment, not a teepee. Ate some Nutella, 'Bout to hit her bed-bed-bella, So tomorrow she'll be bright and awake-ee. The electric toothbrush is grand, Just turn it on and hold it in hand. Of it I am keen, Gets teeth nice and clean, It works much better than sand.

Politics and Prose

2003-12-09T00:35:00.000-05:00

There once was a girl in Pittsburgh. She was never a resident of Titsburgh. She was smiling and pretty, With her little wee titty, And was glad not to live in Zitsburgh. (More, eh?) There once was a town called DC, Where all the fat men made laws, see? But now they cash checks, Always after more sex, Hittin' girls mid-bachelor's degree. (Lets make it bawdy.) I saw this girl with a wanker,

Horse vs. Goat

2003-12-08T23:47:00.000-05:00

Love is amazing. Distance is hard. Keeping it going Can be avant-garde. (OK, that was lame. Another go at it.) Love is beautiful Love is life Love is worth A little strife. (Better. Another go.) Love is a song sung from the throat. Love is a play staged in a boat. Love is a horse stronger than a goat. Love is a poem much better than this one. :::Cool fact: poem rhymes with jeroboam:::

The City

2003-12-07T02:44:00.000-05:00

I failed to mention how beautiful Pittsburgh is. Real people, real art, and real bridges. If you ever have the opportunity, come here. If you don't have the opportunity, make it.

Hot Snow

2003-12-07T02:35:00.000-05:00

It's wintertime. We had record snowfall Friday night, with six to ten inches throughout Pittsburgh. It's not ridiculous (like two feet), but right here at the apartment we had at least eight inches. And today was absolutely gorgeous. Sunny, low 30's, and snow everywhere! Except on the roads, most the roads were pretty good. And, I am happy to announce that the first PGH DA meeting was

Eloquent with the Sharp Edge of the Tape Dispenser

2003-12-04T23:36:00.000-05:00

Yet another fabulous point of glory from the UK, 'Tis the Season. Not only is the site **beautiful**, it's got the sense of humor so badly needed come December. Badly needed like you need the paper cuts from fast & crappy gift wrapping episodes. The humor you seem to lose when you can't find the tape and step on it in the process of looking for it, in your socks, so now you are bleeding all

PGH Woe

2003-12-04T23:22:00.000-05:00

OK, I don't understand global (or local) economics enough to say if steel tariffs help the US steel industry (and the rest of the economy) enough to make it worth it. However, I find it odd that Bush will bend to the global community's treats against the tariffs, but he wouldn't (won't) bend to the global community's upheaval over Iraq. He has to benefit from this somehow. Did the WTO threaten

ZZZzzz...

2003-12-04T01:08:00.000-05:00

A little nip of eggnog then of to bed. Sorry, no real post tonight. Been e-mailing and catching up. It's Thursday, though. And that means... It's almost the WEEKEND!!! I see a museum visit and gallery opening in the big plans for the weekend. (Well, Saturday at least.)