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Hey all.

It got to a blistering and balmy 12 degrees in the Twin Cities today, and it’s only going to get better! Oooh, we’re expecting a high of 15 degrees on Wednesday…can’t wait! Tonight when I got home I turned up the oven to 450 degrees and stood in front of it like a bum would do, in front of a flaming 55 gallon garbage can in some city alley. I was warm and toasty…for a minute.

It’s freezing in my apartment and I found out much of the cold is attributed to leaky windows. I am gonna have to go get a 3M Window Insulator kit this week. Stopping at KMart on the way home is gonna be a drag, but it’ll pay off soon. Living in Minnesota is sort of like living in Siberia, only the people are nicer. Most of them, anyway.

This week is my last week at my full time job, since I am planning on attending college this spring. Rent and utilities are going to be a bitch if I can only work part time so now I am just pumping up my hours at the PT job and roommate-hunting. Such fun. Wanna live with me? I don’t have any pets, I’ve got cable, and a pullout sofa bed, so you’re all set. I DO snore though. People tell me it’s kind of a whimper/snort/wheeze combination. Dang. That’s gonna cost me a few prospects.

In the midst of all these reality bites, I have actually contemplated telecommuting. That’s right, working from home, just me and my ISP connection. One thing was clear to me, as I surfed along looking at job listing after job listing, and that was the fact that hey! I don’t have to look for a real job, I could simply go running to join the rest of the gang at About.com and be a guide, complete with my own page about the best sushi bars in Knoxville, or proclaim to be an expert on battlebots or even pedicures…I even get my own little doofy picture up in the corner! Right now some of the topics available seem exciting, but I don’t think I could pull off telling folks I was a connoisseur of something like say:

-4wheel drive/SUVs-Atlanta, GA-Canada-Curling-Current Events in India-Dairy Foods (Industry)-Hepatitis-Home Electronics in the U.K.-Jehovah’s Witnesses-Laboratory Supplies/Devices (Industry)-Memphis, TN

-Men’s Health

*Sigh* About.com will just have to do without me, I guess.

Hey, guys! Is it THAT BAD finding a decent gal pal these days?
Apparently the people at realdoll.com think so. For ONLY $5,749.00, you too can have the girl of your dreams. “always ready & available … provides stress-free companionship.” and claims to be affordable–”less inexpensive than most alternatives” (what KIND of alternatives?!) are the company’s many self-praises. Well, guys, I’m a CHEAP date! Just last night I was completely contented just sitting on the couch with a bag of microwave popcorn and a re-run of some show on the history channel, for pete’s sake. Plus I’m cute, bubbly, have a brain, nice boobs, clear skin, big brown eyes and hell…I’m fun to be around, dammit! [credit for my attention to the above goes to killyourtv.com -b]

Moving on–Here’s something to cheer up er, some people:
Success at any age:At age 4, success is…… not peeing your pants.At age 12, success is…… having friends.At age 20, success is…… having sex.At age 35, success is…… making good money.At age 60, success is…… having sex.At age 70, success is…… having friends.

At age 80, success is…… not peeing your pants.

You’ve got Crap
Starting today, I will be taking the trash out. whatever dumb shit people send me in my email (spam, free this-N-thats), will get spread across the page, on a hopefully regular basis. enjoy.

Calling all trailer park-dwelling single moms:
Here’s your very own guide to making double-sure that guy you picked up at the bar the other night isn’t a crook: http://www.casebreakers.com gets you quick access to criminal records online, including:-county and state criminal records-warrant searches-state and federal prision searches It’s fairly cheap, too, provided you skip out on a couple Sunday night bingos and the occasional bottle of Wild Turkey…

DYING to have the latest book by Rosie O’Donnell?
Sure…aren’t we ALL?! well, if you fill out a questionaire, these guys will GIVE you one, for free. Like I’d pay for it!
Hold me, Sniff me, kiss me, thrill meAt http://www.thisproductworks.com, (which by the way, I think is the lamest domain name EVER for a commercial site) they are featuring Androstenone, a product supposedly guaranteed to attract the opposite sex. If nothing else, read the goofy testimonials. Here’s snippets of some:

-”This guy will get you chics!!!!!! He ROCKS! VERY GREAT PRODUCT! IT ACTUALLY WORKS! A+++”

-”Fast delivery, product as advertised. I bought 10 bottles ’cause I ran out already! thanks”

-”PHEROMONE STUFF WORKS!!!! I AM A BABE MAGNET NOW, AND ENJOY GETTING BLONDE CHICS!!!”[aw, dang! *runs off to walgreens for a bottle of Clairol no. 37* -b]

-”THIS STUFF REALLY WORKS! GIRLS HAVE NO RESISTANCE!”[oh, really? *makes sign of the cross with fingers* -b]

-”My menstrual cycle was so irregular that it required a serious hormonal treatment. But I could not continue the treatment since the medication damaged my liver and raised blood pressure to a dangerous level. Guess what, my cycle became regular for the first time in years after I started the wearing the pheromones.”[uMkay, that’s just a little more than I needed to know -b]

Also, in my weekly email from http://intelligentX.com (which is actually a kinda o.k. site for news and entertainment) I got a message that today is Game show host Wink Martindale’s birthday!!![hoo. rah. I thought he was dead. This update says he turns 66 -b]

Surprise Clicks!!! (You-Never-Know?) This Weeks Surprise Click Last Weeks Surprise ClickOh frig…this thing above is just LAME …like you CAN’T read the link that shows up in your browser’s staus bar! This particular “special deal” came to me from indexman.com, so far my top contender for the lamest of the lame websites.

nuz? what’s nuz? I dunno, whatsnuz with you?

17 Executed in U.S. for Juvenile Crimes
NEW YORK (AP) – Total of 17 men executed in U.S. for crimes committed as juveniles, including four this year, according to the Justice Department. [how messed up is this world? full story here -b]

Smashing pumpkins bid farewell
CHICAGO (AP) – Debuting as a band 13 years ago, The Pumpkins bid farewell to their fans with four-hour collage of songs that have made them one of the most definitive bands of the past decade. The finale at the 1,100-person capacity Metro on Chicago’s North Side was one of the hottest tickets of the year…[awww…buh byee Pumpkins! full story here -b]

PepsiCo to buy Quaker Oats
NEW YORK (AP) – PepsiCo Inc. has agreed to pay $13.4 billion in stock to acquire Quaker Oats Co., the maker of Gatorade and Major cereals, a source familiar with the negotiations said.[great, now I hope Cap’n Crunch can replace the Pepsi girl on those damned TV commercials! full story here -b]

Harvard, Stanford to Enroll in E-Learning
The universities say they will jointly offer nondegree business courses on the Web, a move that likely will do for online education what Plato did for the Academy.[dang, I was hoping to get a go for the online degree! full story here -b]

Fun, fun, fun, for everyone
From old monuments to odd statues and landmarks, http://roadsideamerica.com is the roadtripper’s smorgasboard of eyecandy. It guides you through highways and byways to every dashboard distraction, some sure to beat out every strange thing you could ever conjure up from your memory as a kid going on family car trips. One thing I saw of note: a big boy convoy, of all things! Also, check out their site of the week.

Where does the weekend go?

10:54pm

Worked four hours. Froze nearly to death on commute. got home. Had big plans to haul out the fake tree and light it up, do Christmas cards. Instead I surfed and gafawwed at stupid websites. Read the news, read some email. Now I’m cold and hungry and lonesome, so I’m gonna go curl up on the couch wit a samwich and a blanky and watch some dumbass Saturday nite tv.

…but first!

Manus Cooney to aid Napster
Napster snatches up Senator Orin Hatch’s key policy adviser, to assist come January. The company hopes Cooney can help keep an eye out for its millions of users–geeks like you and me.

PETA hot after Rosie O’Donnell
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals filed a defamation lawsuit on Tuesday against O’Donnell for saying the group endorses certain types of leather, on an episode of her show. PETA’s response? A spokesperson was quoted as as replying, “There’s no such thing as PETA-approved leather…”

Charles Schwab jacked up(?)
Big broker’s site found with security holes leaking customer’s account info and whatnot, someone supposedly pointed this out this SUMMER….WTF is taking them so long?

Billboard lists 2000 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on Tuesday [in case you missed it… I did]. And I don’t care. If you do, you can go and Google it yourself.

You’re Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don’tSuch torture…I nearly cried. You’ll be sorry you went and played this game…good distraction for stupid people though.

Rate just how friggin lovey dovey you are!
Romance test: Red Hot Lover or or Ice Cold Loser? To find out, take this quiz, dammit! Are you more likely to whisper in your lover’s ear: “I like it when you nibble on my neck, baby…” or “yes, I paid the light bill!”

“Hollywood Has-been” birthday corner
Guess what everybody? C. Thomas Howell is 33 today! yippee…where the hell is he now?

11:48pm
Friday was my last day at my FT job.

How liberating it feels to finally be unattached to that cold pile of bricks…

Ha ha. I just got back from my friends house, she lives in downtown in a converted warehouse, in the center of it is Sawatdee, a Thai/Japanese restaurant…they have a new sushi bar. we sat down and chugged a couple of those new Japanese beers… I think they’re called Sodoromo. It was in a friggin 22 ounce can, for pete’s sakes! so now I’m all feverish and buzzy.

Madonna’s McWedding
Madonna to get hitched in the Highlands to Guy Ritchie of “Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” fame on 12/22. Perhaps the next phase of Madonna’s personality could involve the “Wife-Mother” theme.[full story here -b]

Rest in Peace, Colonel Klink
“Hogan’s Heroes” star Werner Klemperer, age 80, lost his battle with cancer Wednesday at his home in New York. We’ll miss him.

Downey Loaded On and Off
More trash talk on poor Robert. Turns out this wasn’t the first time he got high since his release. (Or so they say…)

Same day, different year..

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What can I say? I’ve only just joined the awake world 5 hours ago and still feel as though I’m asleep…

I decided not keep the appointment I had scheduled for today. I was supposed to visit that college I mentioned before, that I kinda sorta wanna attend. Then I called the cool nutty granola woman at that office in Uptown, where I had an interview last week. When the assistant answered, I took a second to express my undying keen interest in the gig, and hoped out loud for an answer as to whether I got the job. They told me that indeed I had not. Dang. Oh well guess I’ll live through it. Nothing new.

I also can’t decide, whether I should do school during the day and have a night job or stick w/FT days. I still have my PT job, which explains the silly graphic above. I just threw it together in hopes of brightening my day.

I’ve made a pot of coffee and now I’v just GOT to get to the store and purchase a pack of cancer sticks before I jones out and fall on the floor. But first!
nuz!what’s nuz? I dunno, what’s nuz with you?

Bag Lady or Busybody?
Monica Blewinksi chatting up and rubbing elbows with everyone but Santa Claus! Read all about it.

Oscar: Crystal Bows out
Billy Crystal–who, in my humble opinion, is the best emcee the Academy Awards have had in recent years, has so far refused the invitation to come back this year. Read his reasons why here.

Leave Whitney aloneso she can smoke her friggin’ geef already, people! ‘
“The people who say these THINGS about me, they just DON’T KNOW, ‘Cause you damn well betta belieeeve that they’re all just jealous, ’cause I’m sooo baaaked all the time and Whoo, I’m suuuuch a diva and I married THE KING OF R&B, my husband Bobby Brown…”

Online safety and privacy all the buzz at some software companies, they are gearing up for the online holiday boom.

Trekkie Techies gone too far now?
America’s already way-too-plugged-in fans and gamers alike will enjoy the fact that now there is a way to receive game info by using cell phones as “communicators” The publishers of “Star Trek Deep Space Nine: the Fallen” will send clues and cheat codes to gamers with this alternative method.

AltaVista, ZapMe pull the plug on giveaways
AltaVista yanks its free Internet access, start-up ZapMe reneges its free services and PCs for schools, and online convenience store Kozmo adds a delivery charge to its services after its former CEO said it would never do so. Eedy-yots.
fun!

Happywomenmagazine.com has tips just for you Job hunting gals and go-getters, you betcha. Also visit the main page to find oh-so-many more important features like: Holiday stress releiving ideas, in order to keep that happy smile pasted to your mug this season and all year round!

http://www.squirkle.com/ooze/ – fun word association game. I couldn’t resist hanging out there a bit last night, just for shits and giggles.

The Other Side Of Santa
Nothing “jolly” about these St. Nicks! A sackful of alternative Christmas movies, reviewed by some people at tvguide.com, who are probably on the Big Guy’s naughtly list by now…

Angryman Campaign 2000
Those sick of this ongoing election can speak out online (I’m sure this is like, the BILLIONTH site devoted to this topic) nonetheless, here is the link to yet another: http://www.angryman.com/

Mystery Date
This chick is fun! if you are really into old 40’s and 50’s girly stuff like beauty magazines and home ec, run, don’t walk this fun to read mag…for the girlish at heart, the single do-it-yourselfer type gals and all kinds of readers.

Gotta go jump in the shower now and venture out into this cold cold world (low temp of -10F today). Have to go to work too.

Later.

Same day, different year..

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JOB HUNTING…it’s not just for breakfast anymore. What a BIIIITCH! Oh, sweet, 14merciful mother of god, puhleeze help me get a freaking gig sometime this century!

…btw, it should be known that although Monday was DAY ONE of my stint as a partially unemployed! chick, and as of midnight Tuesday it is DAY THREE, the date I created this newsletter was DAY TWO, I just was too darned lazy to post it up until way after prime homepage flippin’ time. (midnight, central standard time to you). Thus, still DAY TWO, and so it shall be!

Dangit! today for like, two hours, the weblogs’ server must’ve been down ’cause I couldn’t get to my site…dang dang dang! All’s better later though, well ok, I was paranoid for a minute there, LOL. Just making sure someone hasn’t hacked my site up… I mean, sometimes I have my cookies set and sometimes I don’t and my ’so called’ friends come over here and uses my pc sometimes but I doubt they could have done anything, STILL…you never know.
Hey, lookah what I found…somebody’s dirtyass mind took over and they went searching for cumshots and my site came up! yikes…

Whoo hoo! I made #100 of the top 100 page reads at weblogs. Surely someone out there loves me, even if it’s just a little bit.

AS SEEN ON tee vee!Oooh! aren’t you dying for an EGGWAVE under your tree this Christmas?!

I heart the Kids In The Hall!
I love love love them, and now that I’ve been at home during the day alot more, I am smitten with the tv. At least for awhile. I really don’t DO that much tv, really! Some folks have decided that IT’S JUST NOT COOL and I need to be more plugged into the boob toob. I’ve been called anti-tv, a commie, a loser…whatEVER. I got better stuff to do, thanks very much.

Fingerprint Sensor in new Mouse
Great gift for the geek who has EVERY FREAKING THING. Possible (and no doubt pricey) alternative to setting and resetting your browser cookies or using password-keeping programs…aren’t both of those things free? Are people THAT damned lazy? [full story here. -b]

And if domains aren’t ALREADY a headache…
Now you can have more pain! The new web suffixes are changing the rules yet again on how companies registar domains, and has a huge impact on indexing and placement in search engines, as well as site traffic. The introduction of seven new domain names will also throw companies’ for a loop when seeking to protect their trademarks and brands. Sounds like something that would require a 12-step program to cope with. [full story here. -b]

Smell-O-Web?
Yes indeedy! http://www.digiscents.com/ is planning on bringing a fourth sense to the www. Called iSmell, the idea is this: A small plastic box is attached to your pc which is filled with bulbs that hold scented oils. When you dial up a site with the plug in to communicate with the smelly peripheral, it causes it to waft hot air across a combination of the oils to make up the scent. [so now with sound and sight being covered, and touch on the way, in six years is it possible that I can not only visit my favorite restaurant online, but also smell the special of the week, to boot? When can we start licking stuff? Who can stand to wait for that? I can. How many more questions shall I ask? I’ll shut up now. -b]

Patent Granted for ad technology
NetZero, the free Internet service provider, receives a patent on its technology for displaying online advertisements outside of a Web browser window. [full story here. -b]

Radio stations must pay to play, U.S. rules
In a setback for broadcasters, the U.S. Copyright Office rules that Clear Channel Communications and other radio companies must pay extra for putting music on the Internet. [full story here -b].

Do the Pink Slip Polka!
Layoffs, closures, collapsing stock prices and slumping morale may be torturing the tech sector, but that hasn’t stopped some down-and-out tech workers from having a good time. [If you’ve ever been to a few of these parties. You already know that you never meet so many project “managers” and “coordinators” and “producers” in one place. full story here. -b]

HotOffice.com to turn cold soon
I’ve never even heard of this store, which would explain some of why it’s closing down… Customers have apparently been e-mailed a notification that HotOffice will cease operations on December 19th. [Dammit, Intelligent X did not provide a link to this one…must be unconfirmed. If that’s the case, you didn’t hear this from me! Also, Intelligent X has even stated themselves that even though they’re not sure why, this news seems to have made some people around the Intelligent X office a bit nervous. Word has it that thousands of people signed up under the impression that it was an adult entertainment site. Hmmm…porn at the office? Hey, whatever will get ya a raise, I guess! -b]

Good Night, Mr. Snoozleberg
Although it is alot of fun, and very cute, This game will drive you nuts…if you know what’s good for you, you will not go play it. It is a Shockwave-based game and the object of it is to move around the objects around this sleepwalking man, in order to not wake him. If you can get him to pass through the scene safely, you win. Fun, for killing time and the effects are fun, too but it is habit forming and not as simple as you’d think.

Hey, Meathead!
A site devoted to urging us all to remember, cherish, and celebrate the past, present, and future of hats made of meat. PS: If Meat Hats aren’t your thing, check out http://www.peta.com! My ratingsOriginality: A+ = ‘Cause it’s kinda funny to see people wearing meat on their heads and the fashion commentary is refreshing.

Effort: C-, Unfortunately this site’s publisher failed to change the page’s title, so now we all know which lame-ass web authoring program he used to create it [probably in WYSIWYG, too, LOL -b]

The Chinese Love CalculatorDiscover how compatible you and your partner really are, at http://www.chineselovecalculator.com/

Are You A Sex God/Goddess?
Who cares what YOU are, it says I am GODESS! The smoke clears to reveal that inside me is a divine being, the Goddess ATHENA. Everyone line up to experience my magic.

I’m outta here, folks…big plans to do laundry, run some errands, and working tomorrow. niteynite

Same day, different year..

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So so so so so happy that I got a job. I can hardly go to bed, I’m so excited.

So, on Saturday, Mom, Mary, Sandy and I all got together and we made cookies! Lots of them…Danish butter cookies, Mexican Wedding Cakes (sometimes called Russian Tea Cakes), Chocolate Chocolate Chip, Oatmeal Raisin, and Lemon cookies. YUM! I have waaay to many of them, sitting in ziploc bags in my kitchen. I will have to bring some in to work. That’ll get me on people’s good side, right off the bat. Nuttin’ wrong with that (o:

I decided I enjoy spoofing websites and making funny parody ones. I have only done a couple of funny sites, one about a cat I used to own, and one about Barbie, a fun (and mean) little Carson Daly tribute, and thanks to my imagination, there is now the Old Lady site.

SOMEONE at weblogs.com decided I wasn’t going to be allowed into my site for over 24 hours this weekend, so that put a damper on my huge plans for news. So so so sorry. I’ll blame Dave Weiner or Winer or whateverhisnameis. That’ll work

Have a good Monday, people. See ya tomorrow.

Ally want a Cracker?
LOS ANGELES (AP) – “Ally McBeal” star Calista Flockhart recovered this week from fainting on the set of the hit television show. A publicist for the actress said Flockhart’s ultra-thin physique had nothing to do with her collapse [I beg to differ…how do we know that? -b] “It was dehydration and exhaustion – one thing had nothing to do with the other,” Melissa Kates said. Flockhart was treated at a hospital for about six hours Wednesday, then spent Thursday recuperating at home, Kates said. The actress returned to work Friday for the last taping of the Fox show before a two-week holiday break. “Life is back to normal,” Kates said. [hmmmm…is it? -b]

Brooks hooks ‘em
SEATTLE (AP) – Country music star Garth Brooks is being sued for allegedly limiting wheelchair seating at a concert so “pretty women” could sit in the first two rows. Brooks’ attorney denied the allegation, saying people in the front rows are generally Brooks’ friends. A judge ruled Friday that the complaint can proceed to trial, but said Brooks’ liability is limited because he had no control over concert operations at Seattle’s Key Arena. Joanne Lawrence alleges that Brooks and his promoters violated the federal Americans with Disabilities Act and state civil rights laws at several 1998 concerts. She claims Brooks’ promoter directed that no wheelchair seating be allowed on the arena floor. Lawrence, 54, filed a similar lawsuit against the Tacoma Dome and Ticketmaster after a 1993 Brooks show and agreed to an out-of-court settlement. She is head of the group Disabled Americans Have Rights, Too. [yes, they DO. -b]

You’ve Got Crap
Get your Palm Read Online Still MORE unecessary BS sent to me in my way-too-lienient mailbox. Look! I know what you are thinking, “How can getting my palm read online work???” Take it from all of US here at IndexMan.Com… we are tripping out at the accuracy! Try the FREE DEMO, if you aren’t convinced… nothing lost! [BEWARE: this site requires a plug in…surprise, surprise. What now, a program that asks you to place your hand on the screen? -b]

Do I stink or something?
Once again, I’ve been invited by the people at infobeat to try some damned pheremone product. I have no desire to, but if any of you have, let me know your results or feedback, if any. Thanks and hopefully this is the last of this offer.

Online Diet Help or Virtual Waste of Time?
Some of those diet websites seem legit with free trial offers. But lots of them’ll make you fill in a form that takes about 15 minutes long and after all that you learn you have to PAY for the report it generates. FUN! Like we have nothing better to do.

Hollywood Has-beenbirthday corner
Leonard Maltin and Keith Richards both celebrate their birthdays today, the movie reviewer is 50 and the Stones’ guitarist/biohazard/living dead turns 57, going on 80.

We want more NASTY SANTA!
Go here for all the fun and foul language. Also, for South Park Fun and games check out this cool Flash site which features a Cartoon maker. While it’s loading, play cartoon match up, brought you by intelligentX. Enjoy, and Merry f*@#ing christmas!

This is an especially yummy alternative to just plain old shrimp cocktail, for your friggin’ holiday parties. Knock yourself out.

Ingredients:
2 pkg (8 ounces) refrigerated crescent roll dough1/4 bunch green onions (chives)1/2 to 1 whole ripe green pepper1 pkg (4 ounces) cooked frozen salad shrimp, thawed in refrigerator1 pkg (1/2 pound) imitation crablegs/pieces or Louis Kemp sea legs/pieces, thawed, cold1 pkg (8 oz) cream cheese, still cold but slightly soft, don’t use the softened variety

1/2 bottle seafood cocktail sauce, the kind with ground horseradish in it (recommend Crosse & Blackwell)

Preheat oven to 375F.

Chop a couple stalks of green onion and 1 green pepper into coarse pieces and set aside (if you really want to, slice the peppers into pretty rings). Chop crap legs, if using pieces, they should be okay but chop into smaller pieces, if preferred, and set aside.

Open the tubes of crescent rolls, slap them together and form a ball. Flatten with your hands or roll out using pin, into a crust, into ungreased non-stick cookie sheet or jelly roll pan and bake for 14 mins. (only grease pan if using lower fat variety dough). Cool crust all the way, can’t be warm.

Spread thin layer of cream cheese onto crust. Top with thin spreading of cocktail sauce (the kind with the horseradish ground up in it is best). Top with veggies, then crabmeat and shrimp and cut pizza into 2″ squares (the bigger, the messier).

Feeding a crowd? Double everything. Best served immediately, or when toppings haven’t been sitting on crust too long, no more than an hour or two.

* Tip: after rolling out crust, poke several times with a fork so it bakes a bit flatter. If you still end up with a puffy crust (it does fall a bit after it cools) you can still fix that: Using a long bread knife (smooth sharp blade, not the kind with the big serrations, like a bagel knife) and slice the crust horizontally, into two crusts. This might work better. Flip them, so as to use the baked surface as the bottom and the new surace (exposed, where the top was cut off) as your top, for the toppings.

Normally some things in life bring us through emotional rollercoasters.

For me it was this weekend, in particular. I laughed my ass off all Thursday night, and after work I was home just long enough to get the mail and go to bed. On Friday night I got home in time for a bite to eat and then I accompanied my sis and her hubby to the mall, which of course was crowded (god help me–I hate malls AND crowds) The only nice thing about Christmas shopping at the mall is being able to get all the stuff I need from the toy store, B. Dalton, Dayton’s, Sam Goody, Sears, Bath & Body something-or-other, all under one roof and in two hours.

Upon my arrival home, I checked my voice messages and heard that I was invited over to a friend’s house for an inpromptu gathering, which would consist of perhaps appetizers and a movie and some visiting. It wound up consisting of jello shots, exchanging gifts and general merriment that turned into just plain silliness.

You see, my friend had made buddy-buddy with the guy that runs the sushi bar downstairs from her place, and she invited him and his friend up for a visit, so then there were five of us including them. The jello shots were sooo not shots, man, these ’shots’ were made by pouring the mixture into coffee cups and you couldn’t just toss the jello back, you had to eat it with a spoon. So even though there was a huge amount of green jello in coffee cups, for some reason we were still able to kill all those, and ended up downing the last of the Budweiser that was in the fridge. Then after some good old getting to know you b.s., we played a short but rousing game of charades which had quickly (and scarily) morphed into this freaky “Hey, name a movie so some of us can act out a part of it and then you hafta decide who’s version was better” game (?!)

The night ended with everybody crammed into the couch and loveseat, in front of the TV, which was showing a rented copy of ‘Scary Movie’, and me falling asleep to it. So much for a review from moi.

Today I got up early and dashed off to job numbah two, where I put in a couple hours and received my last check before the holiday.

Now I think something’s wrong with me. I just sat through a chickflick on the Lifetime channel. I bawled. I am surprised at myself. I’d expect more from myself! Little did I know the affect Lifetime’s Movie Marathon would have on me….a slightly neurotic, distracted, busy, but otherwise normal, and healthy woman.

Perhaps it’s nothing, probably just premenstrual, (I hope). ‘Cause these flicks are REALLY reaching, lemme tell you. The first one was that “Fools Rush In” from back in like, ‘95 or something, the one with Matthew Perry and Salma Hyek. The other one is on now, that “Mrs Winterbourne” with Shirley Maclaine, Ricki Lake and Brendan Frasier.

I need to go to bed soon and tomorrow I am up early to wrap these damned gifts I got from the mall, and try to figure out why my tree is only partially lit. I think there’s a bad bulb in there somewhere. I hope it’s just not plugged in all the way.

I’m out ’til later…

P.S. – Why on earth would someone buy this?
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=platinum+christmas

Same day, different year..

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• Cancer cure indeed! – 2005

Worked four hours today. Home again, home again, jiggity jog.

As for exercise, I am getting plenty more than usual, with this winter weather. I don’t think people realize that although it’s a kind gesture to shovel the sidewalk, it should be a COMPLETED job. See, when the shoveler hasn’t bothered to clear a path, from the end of the walk to the street, it’s a bit frustrating for those of us pedestrians, to have walked all along the length of it, sometimes a block or two, only to find ourselves trapped in the GOD DAMNED SIDEWALK!! Snowbanks as high as your waist, on all three sides. Giganti-mungus. You could try to plow through one of them, with your legs… Got your ski pants on? Um, no…you’re going to work, not to the slopes! Another thing to try would be to back up, get a running start and try to hurdle the sucker, but that would be a feat that not even an accomplished Olympian would attempt. Ahh, Minnesota winters…

Justin Timberlake – “It’s NOT gonna be ME!”
Awwww…methinks someone is too STRESSED OUT from touring!!! The snotty-nosed punk NSYNC member is getting a lawsuit filed against him by a 15-year old (are you shocked) for (*gasp!*) harassing her! Actually, that is just the word that the young lady used to describe the incident. The charges are false imprisonment and intentional infliction of emotional distress. My money’s on NSYNC’s lawyers settling it out of court. [full story here -b]

You know you’re trailer trash when…
If you have to go and see this this list to make double sure, then you must be…LOL

Angelfire has the FUNNIEST ’site not found’ error page!
Some examples include:

“The page you are looking for is only viewable by Jimmy Hoffa, Amelia Earhart, Jim Morrison, Elvis and Howard Hughes…”

“Some folks can see dead people-can you see dead pages?”

“We sent this page to NASA for testing.”

“It looks like the typing class your cat is taking is not 100% successful.

More goofy searches
(how this works = these people go looking for random stuff and somehow end up at my site. I find them and post them):

weblogs+mature
I guess someone had gotten sick of only finding blogs by teeny-boppers!
this does not come as a surprise to me.

Mars 2112 Restaurant in New York City
Haven’t been there…yet.

New!
What lots of young girls wanted for Christmas this year…

Fatney Spears!

Warp me baby, one more time!
Insecure little 13 year olds need not fret anymore about society’s obsession with body image! Now you too can warp up Britney’s nose, eyes, face, booty, etc., to make her look like a huge lardo-butt, and make yourselves feel better and whatnot! Go to this page to try it out.

Check out the latest in Christmas carols
memorize the lyrics for next year…

Joke of the week

A little girl was playing in the garden when she spotted two
spiders mating.

Daddy, what are those two spiders doing?” she asked.

“They’re mating,” her father replied.

What do you call the spider on top, Daddy?” she asked.

“That’s a daddy longlegs.” her father answered.

“So, the other one is a mommy longlegs?” the little girl asked.

“No,” her father replied. “Both of them are daddy longlegs,”

The little girl thought for a moment, then took her foot and stamped
them flat. “Well. We’re not having THAT sort of shit in OUR garden.”

temp agencies in Minneapolis
Guess you could say that since I’ve been to lots of those, this is a very valid search result and should ranked higher than others!

someone searching for cumshots at weblogs.com
no comment.

twisted ankle journal-hike
I’ve never been on one of those before!

wife fuck photo iso
I’m not too sure I want to know what this is all about…

burning man pics
Sorry, I’ve never been to Burning Man and I don’t really recall talking about it. I know some people who have, but that’s beside the point, which is: I wouldn’t be caught, dead or alive, within 10 feet from such a ridiculous escapade.

darts funny pictures
must be a new extreme sport? I’ve got funny pictures and I’ve played darts but I’m not altogether sure if this person was looking for funny pictures of darts or for darts in funny pictures.

searching for a street prostitute
I guess you can find one at this site…god knows where, but day lee came up as item number 2 in Google, so there must be one!

For those of you who are really into strange searches, try going to Disturbing Search Requests and have a hey day.

Well kiddies, that’s it for tonight…I wanted to do a briefing but to be honest, I’ve been loving my new job and also was very busy this holiday weekend. Plus nothing very newsworthy (IMHO) has crossed my desk in the last five days except that Billy Barty died this weekend and so did Victor Borge. I loved Victor’s performances when I was a kid and as an adult. He will be missed by many.

Same day, different year..

Other posts on this day:

• Isn’t it the “Thought that Counts”? – 2004