Entries from October 1, 2006 - October 31, 2006

lights out

i was pulled over last night on my less-than-two-mile drive home from my friends' apartment. i was sort of amused because we had been discussing tickets and traffic stops earlier in the evening, but mostly i was irritated since i was SERIOUSLY ALMOST HOME.
 
not to worry; he quickly and politely informed me that my rear license plate light was out. thankfully the trooper did not mind me slightly exceeding the speed limit, nor did he care about the fact that my rearview mirror is STILL sliding around in my backseat, instead of being firmly attached to my windshield.
 
hopefully i will be able to remedy these two automotive problems when i get home, in this surprisingly warm late october evening.
Posted on Monday, October 30, 2006 at 04:15PM by Registered Commentermdog | Comments5 Comments

am i medicated?

i think this to myself at work about every other day. is it really necessary for everyone to freak out about EVERYTHING? note to my co-workers: the world will not stop spinning if we fail to solve every minor annoyance five minutes ago. and my calm demeanor never seems to have an effect, which ironically MAKES ME WANT TO HIT THESE PEOPLE, OVER AND OVER.
 
maybe i just don't care enough. or maybe these people need to watch some bob ross. or just calm down and eat some fruit or something
Posted on Friday, October 27, 2006 at 03:41PM by Registered Commentermdog | Comments5 Comments

observations

this morning i had to defrost my car. also this morning, i followed a fifty-something male in a black audi tt WITH THE TOP DOWN. seriously, dude: it's thirty degrees out. nothing screams mid-life crisis like an idiot in a shiny car, freezing himself to death.
 
speaking of being thirty degrees out: i have been resisting, but i finally broke out the wool coat last night. i walked uptown for lunch on monday [monday, do you remember monday? the day that brief flurries of SNOW fell from the sky? yes, THAT monday], a lightweight khaki jacket my only outerwear. clearly i missed the weather report. however, i stupidly marched on with only the khaki jacket on tuesday as well. and though i didn't trudge around outside for lunch, it was still mighty cold walking from building to building, even for only minutes at a time. today i gave in: the wool coat and scarf made their appearance. and you know what? i forgot how warm that thing is. and cozy; very cozy. cold? it scoffs. what cold? i laugh at the wind. winter be damned! it sounds weird, but my coat is the favorite part of my day today. now i just need to find someplace where i can get it relined and get the various tears on the inside fixed, so i don't go from hey, what a nice professional looking coat while i'm walking around, to hey, is she a hobo? when i take it off.
Posted on Wednesday, October 25, 2006 at 12:28PM by Registered Commentermdog | Comments5 Comments

indexed

i've totally been enjoying this website for awhile now. and i'm finally getting around to posting for your enjoyment. because i love you. who knew charts and venn diagrams could be so fun?

 

Fuddy Duddy

distance.jpg 

 
And then the witch fell in the oven:

halloween.jpg 


Pow: right in the face:

cheney.jpg 


Vrrrrrooooom!:

vrrrrrooooom.jpg 

 

go visit indexed for more.

Posted on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 at 02:58PM by Registered Commentermdog | Comments2 Comments

meh

I am indifferent.

this is a question on one of those online personality tests. you have five options for your answer, ranging from "very inaccurate" to "very accurate".

i know you can't fail these sorts of tests, but it seems like there is definitely one incorrect answer here...

Posted on Monday, October 23, 2006 at 11:01PM by Registered Commentermdog | CommentsPost a Comment

human quaalude

 
apparently that is what makes me want to watch bob ross create happy little trees for hours on end.
 
never in my life have i wanted to paint, nor have i had the urge to become a painter, nor have i ever particularly desired to watch painters paint on nationally televised programs. and yet i just spent twenty minutes of my life watching him form a mountain landscape out of nothing. my thumb hovered over the remote as i internally listed all the reasons why it was ridiculous to keep watching. i don't paint! i don't know the first thing about painting! there is no reason to kee--ooooooo, pretty waterfall...
 
i've always found his constant stream of consciousness monologue both ingratiating and infuriating. on the one hand, you wonder if he will ever shut up; on the other hand, it's what makes him so genuinely endearing. well, that and the huge fluffy afro.
 
catching the joy of painting is a little like falling through a double time warp: recorded mostly in the 80's, it already looked like it was recorded in the 60's, and finding it on pbs nowadays makes me stop for a minute and wonder how old i actually am. i know i can't be the only kid that was mesmerized by this calm soothing man on occasional afternoons after school.
 
and now i've not only spent part of my life watching bob ross, i've also spent part of my life writing a post about bob ross. wonders never cease.
Posted on Saturday, October 21, 2006 at 04:04PM by Registered Commentermdog | Comments14 Comments

it's terrifying

go here for The 27 Worst Family Feud Answers Ever.

Question: Name something you'd buy for more than a thousand dollars.
#1 Answer: House
Worst Answer: Pleasure equipment
Louie Anderson's Response: I'm afraid to ask what that means.

more family feud answers here, here, and here [with audio! and links to other stupid game show answers!].

and a link to disfunctional [sic] family feud.

Posted on Thursday, October 19, 2006 at 10:47PM by Registered Commentermdog | Comments3 Comments

$25M?

"'In the time it takes to go buy a magic marker and find a piece of cardboard for a sign, those people could've walked into McDonald's or something like it and said "Could I work here?" and they'd gladly give them a job with benefits. They'll even give them a uniform to wear.'"

- from The A, B, C's of Financial Success by Barry 'I Built A Twenty-Five Million Dollar Church Building' Cameron, via kt

 
ah, yes! the answer is so simple! everything works neatly in theoretical white-middle-class-privilege land! funny, i have a feeling that if mr. cameron was said mcdonald's manager, he wouldn't give "those people" the time of day, much less a job with benefits. go here to comment, and for more background and commentary.

why do i have a feeling katie's small group book, though completely different in scope and topic, may be just as frustrating as the book my small group read last fall?

Posted on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 at 04:00PM by Registered Commentermdog | Comments15 Comments

debating

i still don't have a new phone. i'm indecisive. sometimes. and also... i'm thinking.

some of my most favorite [and most frequently called] people in the whole wide world use cingular. of course, some of my most favorite people in the whole wide world also use sprint, but oddly enough, most of them are local; in one case i can see their house from mine which surely makes a less than compelling reason to stay with the service. anyway, unlike sprint, mobile-to-mobile minutes are standard for cingular users... very tempting. it's been noted elsewhere that this may be a very bad idea, but it sure sounds like fun. and the whole night time minutes thing doesn't work so well when you have strictly mobile friends in mountain standard time.

[sidenote, survey, public service announcement, and commentary: am i the only person on earth that still has a landline? if you need to call me and there is at least a 50/50 chance that i am home, CALL MY LANDLINE FIRST. this seems obvious to me, but maybe i'm just weird like that.]

cingular users: are you happy with cingular? what are your experiences with billing? customer service? do you like your plan? pricing? phone? does it work well in this particular area? all other [cingular related] miscellaneous factoids are welcome.

my only reservation about all of this is that aside from their inane phone rebate regulations, i have never had a major problem with sprint in the almost four years i've used their service. it's a little like my good landlord situation. only not.

so, internet: what say you? should i stay or should i go?

Posted on Monday, October 16, 2006 at 10:41PM by Registered Commentermdog | Comments16 Comments

fair with flurries

i bet the scrambler is a totally different experience at 44 degrees, in the dark.

- via kt


i keep rereading this, and still keep laughing out loud.

Posted on Monday, October 16, 2006 at 01:14PM by Registered Commentermdog | Comments1 Comment
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