mellow-drama

Happy Halloween!

Back from icy cold yurting adventure, and just back from watching my littlest sister twirling her baton in the Halloween parade. I cheered loudly for the marching bands, too, which embarassed my sister. No pictures, unfortunately, because between the low light and the moving kids everywhere, it was a bad environment for such.

Here's a nice uplifting Halloween story for you.

The Meme!

I'll bite, too, thanks Shelley!

1. Name one person who made you laugh last night?  Eric Cartman/
2. What were you doing at 0800? playing cards with the girls
3. What were you doing 30 minutes ago? packing the car for this weekend's camping trip
4. What happened to you in 2006? Nothing worth reporting- all the bad shit started in 2007.
5. What was the last thing you said out loud? "Where you going with that baby?"
6. How many beverages did you have today? water, pop, apple cider - so that's three. 
7. What color is your hairbrush? I don't use a brush; I have a red comb. 
8. What was the last thing you paid for?  the electric bill.
9. Where were you last night? on the couch, watching t.v.
10. What color is your front door? white. 
11. Where do you keep your change? in the hole underneath the torn lining of my purse
12. What’s the weather like today? cold and wet and lovely.
13. What’s the best ice-cream flavor? Breyers vanilla.
14. What excites you? health insurance, money, Jason Statham, the Supreme Court.
15. Do you want to cut your hair? Nope.
16. Are you over the age of 25? *sob*
17. Do you talk a lot?  No one would ever even suggest such a thing.
18. Do you watch the O.C.? Not anymore, but it was a guilty habit in law school. 
19. Do you know anyone named Steven? my daddy-o. 
20. Do you make up your own words? yep.
21. Are you a jealous person? yep, but I refuse to act on it.
22. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘A'. Andrea!
23. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘K’. Kathleen.
24. Who’s the first person on your received call list? Joyce. 
25. What does the last text message you received say? It's too dirty for this blog.
26. Do you chew on your straw? Er, no.
27. Do you have curly hair? yep.
28. Where’s the next place you’re going to? Hell, if I don't change my ways.
29. Who’s the rudest person in your life? Stephanie
30. What was the last thing you ate? a rice krispie treat
31. Will you get married in the future? Maybe.
32. What’s the best movie you’ve seen in the past 2 weeks? I don't think I've seen any in two weeks.
33. Is there anyone you like right now? No, I hate everyone. 
34. When was the last time you did the dishes? 30 minutes ago.
35. Are you currently depressed? yes.
36. Did you cry today? Yes.
37. Why did you answer and post this? Because I know my loyal readers are dying to know more about me.
38. Tag 5 people who would do this survey. No, I hate chain letters.

You Can't Use Your Name

Mike G. sent this pointer to a story on Blue Oregon about Sam Adams not being able to use his own name for his campaign website. Sorry to say, Mike, but this is nothing new. A fella named Uzi Nissan has been fighting this battle with Nissan Motors for years. Mr. Nissan has a website, Nissan.com, for his computer business which has been named after himself for more than twenty years; Nissan motors thinks they deserve the URL. I'm not sure if the dispute is ongoing or Nissan Computers won, but it IS remarkably easy for corporations to bully people under the anti-cybersquatting laws.

So, what's new?

The Indians lost, Dumbledore is gay, Chuck Norris endorses a Republican candidate, and check out the name of the strip club in this article!

Busy Weekend

I've been busy doing family stuff, had the girls all weekend etc. and also watched part of Transformers, the movie. I say part of because in the end, I couldn't get interested in it. This evening we rented three films: You Kill Me, Children of Men, and 300; and we watched Monday Night Football instead. As of now, the Colts are winning.

For your viewing pleasure, "Harry Potter and the Framers' Intent." Also, for the strong-stomached: The Six Most Disgusting Foods of All Time. I am serious when I say the strong-stomached ONLY - I nearly barfed when I read the description of #5. (Doesn't that make you want to click? I'm not exaggerating, I seriously gagged.)

For a little more pleasure, check out free rice - for each word you get correct, rice is donated. Sounds like a fun way to increase your vocabulary. The highest Vocab Level I could get was 44 (without using Dictionary.com). What's your highest level?

Best Onesie Ever

Shryche posted this photo to my burningman group of his newest addition...it has to be the best onesie ever!

Back from HullabalU

Well, I'm back and I didn't take a darned picture the whole weekend. We had a lovely time, Friday was beautiful weather and we sat around an enormous campfire and visited with the friends we made at the last Burner event. We ate tacos and shared them with the neighborhood in general, and we watched some fire spinning and took a stroll up and down the campground.

Saturday, however, the other shoe dropped - it started raining before I woke up at 7 a.m., and it rained for twelve solid hours. We'd had the foresight to cover our firewood and put our chairs under my big Coleman shelter, and we camp out of waterproof Rubbermaid bins, so our stuff was dry. We secured a long tarp to the edge of the shelter, tied up the other end using ropes and nearby trees, and covered our firepit nicely. So we spent the day under the shelter and the tarp, nursing our fire and staying toasty (although a little smokey) and drinking hot beverages. Our fire attracted other burners, too, so we made friends with C.O.W. camp down the road, a few Wichita burners across the street, and Ionic and Ballzac who both bugged out early Saturday morning.

The rain stopped around 6, as the sun was going down, but not before it made a squelchy mess out of the road. But the burn must go on! and on it went. It was pretty laid back compared to the big regional burn I've been to a couple of times - less people, less organized art and activities - but still a very good time. And it's gotten us all excited and motivated for next year. Sunday was spent traveling home and cleaning up all the wet, muddy gear before we pack it away for the winter. Next weekend is our last campout of the season - we're yurt camping again, and after that the state park closes the shower houses.

Yesterday, for my thirtieth birthday, I stayed home and sniffled from the cold I've caught, apparently enhanced by sitting out in the cold and wet all weekend. Late at night, Stephanie and I ordered pizza and watched Sex in the City on DVD; all in all a pretty good day. Tonight I'm having a friend over for dinner and cocktails, and this weekend I've got both the girls coming. A rather busy week!

Slim Pickins

My mom is in town and will be leaving Saturday; I, however, am leaving Friday morning for HullabalU. Both of which is to say, no more time to post this week but will have lots of fun pictures of people doing crazy things when I get back next week.

In the meantime, have you seen the story about the football player who got tackled by a grizzly bear? That is some seriously crazy stuff! My dad left yesterday for his annual elk-hunting trip in the mountains; I hope they have bear mace. Also, did you know that vodka could save your life? And, someone should send Jimmy Carter the dictionary page containing the word "irony."

I stumbled on the Fox News website yesterday clicking a link from the Google News homepage, and their sidebar of "most read articles" was absolutely fascinating - it's all death and mayhem and craziness. I think I'll stick with the NYTimes most read instead.

Joyous Occasion!

My computer is fixed!

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Day 642 of no computer. 

(Or, Day 10, depending on your perspective.) I’m starting to get desperate. My dad’s (work) laptop doesn’t play well with our modem – some kind of corporate firewall I’m sure, or else modem failure, I can’t tell which and AT&T says the modem is fine any time I’ve called. I can’t remember what my Night Elf looks like, and I know I have piles of gold just sitting in my Warcraft mailbox from all the auctions I listed just before my computer crapped out. (They only keep mail for 30 days.) 

Sorry for neglecting you guys, but I should be getting my computer back early next week. And just when I was getting on a blogging roll again, too!