1. Apparently, both Radiohead and Prince are ineligible to win Brit Awards for their albums that came out this year because they were released online and not thru a record label. I think this is stupid. Pointless award or not, you're going to deny an artist kudos because they choose to go a different route and not release an album thru traditional methods? What the hell are these people thinking? I'm sure they're in the pocket of the record labels, but I think based on where technology is going, maybe it's time to revise their methods a little. Artists shouldn't have to suffer even further because you guys refuse to think outside technology that is 20, 30, and 40 years old.

2. Peter Garrett of Midnight Oil has recently been appointed an environmental post in the newly elected Australian government! Kinda neato for an aging icon to go on and do something important like that!

3. I think auctioning off things for charity is cool, but what is it with musicians doing it so much lately? Is it the fact that now we're all older, we're coming to the realization that we can use our powers for good? I certainly hope so!

4. While I get RSS feeds from NME.com, they are only good for tidbits of information. Their articles (or lack there of) are total crap writing-wise. They don't give any details, and they tend to leave information out, but like I said, they're good for tidbits.

5. If you haven't already, give the Puscifer album a listen. I think I might have to get some swag at some point!

Well, I think that's enough of my opinions for the day. Yay for it being Friday!

Recently, I was forced to listen to baby stories. More specifically, labor stories. I was truely nauseated by these tales. That stuff makes my stomach turn.

Most women love baby stories...their ovaries explode and they just *have* to have one! Me, I'm the opposite. My ovaries shrivel up and scream, "No no no!" :P

*shudders at the thought physically of having kids*

I let the rest of the world do that for me.

Totally awsome play! I wasn't sure what to expect, but I certainly was surprised and entertained! It was the story of Jason and the Argonauts, but in more of a modern style. Reading up on the backstory certainly helped! I'd go see something like that again. I heart the theater :)

I stayed up/out entirely too late, and I'm paying for it today, but oh well. It was worth it! I am totally going to bed early tonight tho :P

1. Do you think as humans, we'd be better off *without* feelings? Why/why not?
Probly, but emotions are what makes us human, so I suppose we're stuck with them.

2. So, you have a bad day at work. You put up with the day and then you go home. What do you do to relax and prepare for another work day?
It depends on how bad the day was! Sometimes I go home and drink. Sometimes I smoke. Sometimes I play GH. Sometimes I just want to sit on the couch and watch TV. Just depends on how bad the day was. And then I tell myself that tomorrow can't suck any worse than today did, and so everything will be okay. Then I go to sleep and try again the next day.

3. Do you worry about the big things (work, finances, tests) or the little things (broken cars, the house not being clean, a tear in your shirt)? Why?
It's always the little things I worry about. I've never bothered to worry long-term about things like money and work. They just don't really matter in the long run. There will always be some of both in some form. No, I gotta worry about things like my house being messy, the laundry not getting done once a week, and cabinet doors being left open :P. No one said I made much sense :)

1. Do you think as humans, we'd be better off *without* feelings? Why/why not?

3. Do you worry about the big things (work, finances, tests) or the little things (broken cars, the house not being clean, a tear in your shirt)? Why?

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So tonight, I'm going to the Berkeley Repertory Theater to see Argonautika. And so I'm familiar with the story, I've been reading up on Jason and his travels with the Argonauts. I figure with $30 tickets and front row seats, I should at least be aware of the plot line! :P Somehow, even with taking a Greek mythology class in college, I missed this particular story, so reading up on it was interesting.

Last night, A and a lady friend of his came over for dinner. Josh made stroganoff (which *is* Russian in origin, btw. Thanks Wikipedia!), which was way ubber nummy. Thankfully, there are leftovers!

So, today is the play I'm going to. Tomorrow is a 'nothing' day, and then Friday we are going to A's farewell party. He's going back home to Scottland. I don't feel like hanging out all night, so I'm going to show my face for a couple of hours and then go do something else. Saturday night, our friend Adri is having a party, and so I'm going to that. I dunno if Josh is tho...he's still being Hermit Boy. And apparently on Sunday, Josh's friend Jon is coming over. Two hermits in one place? Prepare for the Doom!

Anyway, that's about it for me. Things have been fairly quiet, which I'm greatful for!

I didn't do *sht* this weekend. We went to Josh's parents house for T-Day dinner around 3 and got home around 8p. I spent Friday, Saturday, and Sunday until 3p sleeping, playing video games, watching movies, eating, putering....anything but leaving my house. And then I forced myself out for 45 mins yesterday to buy some food. And then I went back in the house and hibernated until this morning. Josh and I watched the Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, which was a truely awful movie. Then we spent some time hanging out together, I watched my crap show, and then I went to bed.

Things should *sorta* be back to normal this week. I have the normal regiment of work, and both "M" and "I" are *finally* back in towne! I will definatly have to get myself into trouble this week!

Both databases that I use at work appear to not want to connect this morning, so I'm waiting on someone to help me out with that. In the meantime, I've just been catching up on news, office stuff, etc. Oooh fun! Oh, and the heat in the individual offices is out (but the heat in the hallways work), so we're freezing our asses off. Brr!

What 3 things are you going to do/not do today? Why? How so/how not? Give us details!

1. I didn't go to work! And I didn't go to work today either! It's T-Day, there's no one around, so why not just stay home and play video games? Oh, no argument? Okay then!

3. I slept! Again, a lot! I slept 10.5 hours yesterday, 11.5 hours today, and probly about the same tomorrow and Sunday. I didn't sleep a lot this month because of my surgery, so while I can't play catch-up, I'm sleeping a lot now. Tons and tons. Sleep is good. Goooooooooood.

Happy Turkey Legs, everyone! What 3 things are you going to do/not do today? Why? How so/how not? Give us details!

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This morning, a friend of mine asked me in an email what I thought of Rock Band. I copied and pasted myself because the following is probly the best way of putting things:

"Rock Band is fun! Playing guitar solo on medium is kind of boring (more to come on this in a sec), but playing with other people is a blast. The game really *is* more group oriented,as opposed being able to play GH for hours and hours by yourself and never need another human around. So, while the medium guitar parts are not challenging, the group play is better. And then there's that pesky drum kit, which will take a little while to master. That will be the instrument that I actually sit down and play thru the game with so I become better at it. While I played a wind instrument back in the day, percussion is a bit different! And you have to *count*! Maybe I think the guitar parts are easy because I've played so much GH. Probly. ...and why I don't just sit down and master that damn orange button so I can play on hard, I have no idea. I'm a whimp :P.

Another cool thing about Rock Band is the downloadable content. Whereas GH had downloadable content in the form of FooFighters (puke) and Velvet Revolver (cool, but who cares about playing more than one VR song?), Rock Band had the smarts to put out a 3-pack of Metallica songs that were *not* radio play for us old geeks, and also a 3-pack of Police songs that kind of appeal to everyone. As a big music geek and metalhead, the Metallica 3-pack won far beyond the reach of GH. Apparently, they're going to start having entire albums for download/play, but we'll have to see how that goes. It could either rock my world, or suck eggs. But so far, they're on the right track! I think the downlodable content is really for the music geeks like myself...but hey, it's a good way for them to make money! Because you know if they put out Metallica's 'Master of Puppets' or Guns n' Roses 'Appetite For Destruction' in their entirety, I'd download them in a *second* and pay up to $15 for them.

The only real downside is the cost of $180. That's a bit much to spend if you don't have a lot of disposable income! No official word yet on how much entire albums will cost, but if they're smart, they'll keep it under $10."

In other music news, I am very very *very* freakin happy to announce that Tesla is going to tour in early 2008!!! Flippin wah-h00!!!!! February 8th, baby! The Fillmore...can it get any better than *that*? They also have a 7-song EP that is available from iTunes (tho I'll get mine elsewhere since I refuse to use that service). Nothing new, just a mix of old thing, but hey, new music!

In *more* music news, I've been listening to the Saul Williams (w/Reznor) album Niggy Tardust, and I tho I understand the kind of music and message they are going for, it's just plain pretty laughable. Mostly in a "Well shit, it's not obvious that Reznor is on this album!! :P". kind of way. It's got a Gil Scott-Heron-esque feel and message to it, so check it out!

So, RHCP are suing Showtime over the name 'Californiacation'. Is it me, or does this sound bassackwards? While the show's writers probly knew better than to use a title like that, nevermind directly using a song off the titled RHCP album 'Californiacation' for a character, why is it RHCP that is suing? Shouldn't someone be suing them for putting out such a mediocre album? Shouldn't someone be suing them from straying from their roots? Shouldn't someone be suing them for making us sit thru that album and the travisties that came after? I mean, really. 'One Hot Minute' was the last even semi-decent RHCP album to come out, in my opinion. And there are some songs on that album that I think are subpar. What happened to the majic of 'Bloodsugarsexmagik', 'Mother's Milk', and 'Uplift Mofo Party Plan'?. *That* is the RHCP I know...not some pussies who are suing over the name that they used for a title of an album.

An album title should not copyrighted. Neither should a song title. Especially when the term 'californicate' was coined over 30 years ago, way WAY before RHCP as a band was ever thought of.

In short, STFU and stop being so damned petty, you guys. *shakes head*

Yeah, I've been quiet the past few days. I've been busy with real life! Oh noes! :P

Thursday, Josh and I went to Steph & Whit's for dinner. She made way yummy vegan risotto. It had all these yummy veggies in it, so the chunky combined with the creaminess of the rice made for good eats. And then we had strawberry and peach sorbet! Yum!

Friday, a friend and I celebrated my birthday a bit early and got ourselves into trouble. It was fun :) And tiring! But fun!

Over the past couple of weeks, Josh has been having major issues with his no smoking thing. Frustrations have been turned on me as a result, and life at home hasn't been the most fun. But this too will pass! I think Josh and I are just going to try and not hang out with each other this week so he can have the time he needs to work thru it. It'll work out in the end!

Rock Band comes out tomorrow! I'm interested in seeing if it's harder, how different it is from GH, and if it's more fun. I think I'll still always prefer GH tho. Probly because I played it first.

This week looks to be pretty quiet, and that's a good thing. Most everyone I know is out of towne or will be out of towne, so that means a lot of time spent at home. Mmmmm, downtime.

Thursday, we will do the family thing at Josh's parents house. What I'm looking forward to: leftovers!!!

I'm contemplating weather or not to take Friday off. Do I, or don't I? Eh, I have some time to decide.

Hehe...this was fun. We got there at the end of theSTART's set. They were doing a Siouxsie and the Banshees cover. After that, Kenna came up on stage. Now, I've never heard of this guy, but there were a lot of people there to see him. And from the way they *looked*, I wasn't sure what to expect music-wise, but he certainly didn't dissapoint! It was like each song was a tribute to a different or multiple 80s new-wave band/s. The Cure, Bauhaus, Depeche Mode, The Smiths....it was great. And funny as hell. I laughed really hard thru the first couple of songs. So, for an opening band, he was pretty good! I have no idea if he's mainstream popular or not, as I refuse to listen to the radio. Reading up on this guy, his first album was U2's 'Joshua Tree', and it shows! Keep it up!

Around 10p, She Wants Revenge got on stage. They were *not* what I was expecting looks-wise either! I was anticipating black clothing (which there was some, but there was color in it :P), make-up, and unhappy campers. Instead, we got one guy in a pseduo suit with a snazy hat, and the lead singer was pretty much in plainclothes, clearly cold cause the a/c was on. But, they were so down to earth! It was awsome, and they put on a great show. They played for about an hour and a half.

Being from the Midwest, when you go to a show, you kinda see all the same kind of fan. Basically, the fan fits the band. If it's a metal show, they're all in their metal shirts with their long hair, drinking their cheap beer, having a grand ole' time. If it's an Erasure (who I've seen in both the midwest *and* SF) show, you can count the number of 'straight' people on two hands. If it's a pop show, all the little teeny boppers are there (some with parents in tow)....etc, etc.

A show in San Francisco is not that way at *all*. Ever. It's *always* a mixed bag, which I find totally interesting because it's in such contrast from where I come from and from what I'm used to. Josh doesn't understand this concept. He just thinks I'm wierd for pointing out the differences. So anyway, at this show, you had a *bunch* of kids in their punk/goth getups, you had the Apple generation of 30somethings in their nice shirts and slacks, and you even had a few older folk. I wore my bright green and purple Poison shirt. I fit in just fine :)

It was also the first show that I have been to completely sober in years. No smoke, no drinking, no nothing. And maybe that's why I enjoyed it more. Even one drink skews things. Uh oh, I think I've just hit 'old' :P.

It took us an hour and 15 mins to get home because part of the damn bridge was closed, and we had to detour thru the city. I wish they'd just hurry up and finish that damn thing! I fell asleep when I realized it'd be at least another 45 mins until we got anywhere. 'Explosions in the Sky' put me to sleep. We arrive home around 1a and promptly went to sleep. I slept in an extra half hour, and it was good.

So, yay for such a good experience!

1. Would you describe yourself as impatient? Why/why not?
Absolutely. It's probly not the *best* personality trait to have, but at least I can admit my short-comings. I work on it, but it's a constant battle. However, I *have* learned that if I *am* patient, things usually work out anyway, but with much less stress.

2. In general, do you think you're a good worker? Why/why not? What are your strengths?
Yeah, I do. I'm good at my job. I'm extremely anal-retentive, which makes for a good executive assistant, or whatever my title is (I really have no idea *what* it is, nor do I care). I work hard, I'm pretty efficient (Missyficient!), and I'm loyal. Good thing I have an awsome job and a boss who appreciates me, eh?

3. Do you think you're a good person? Why/why not?
Yes, I do. Why? Well, I'm mostly selfless (we all have our needs), I'm there when people need me, I try and treat people the same way I want to be treated, I have a pretty big heart which I wear on my sleeve, and I try and give everyone at least one chance. Among other things, but I guess those are the highlights. But at the end of the day, I think *everyone* has some good in them. Even the iffy/bad guys like Boner Jr. and his sidekick, The Penguin.

1. Would you describe yourself as impatient? Why/why not?

3. Do you think you're a good person? Why/why not?

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From what I've observed in the past 7 hours, I think it's safe to say that people are acting *mighty* wonky today. Mercury is in retrograde or some hippy shit like that :P. I've been doing my best to watch my back and be careful what I say when I have to interact with a human. I've done a good job, but the day isn't over yet! *watches*

I guess it's a good day to see She Wants Revenge, since everyone *else* is acting dark-wave :P. I'm totally looking forward to this show! I'm going to wear my bright green Poison shirt :) *smirk*

In an attempt to spread some humor where's it's needed, go watch the following and laugh, dammit!:

1. Wake Up Cat. Any cat owner will appreciate this and laugh!

2. Jedi Politics. A funny Clerks clip where the guys go all Star Wars nerd-like over the 2nd Death Star being blown up.

3. The Emperor's Phone Call. A sketch from the Robot Chicken Star Wars episode where the Emperor gets a phone call from Darth Vader. I watch this when I need to laugh! It's really fskin funny.

I'm tired of being tired. I'm tired of not feeling well. Really really. I know the recovery taking this long is normal, but I got shit to do! And even with all the downtime that I've had, I've also been pushing myself like I shouldn't be doing. Yes, I know, I created my own clusterfuck :P

Last night, I left work at 4:55 and walked down to the theater where we would see Battlestar Galactica: Razor. I ended up sitting next to these 2 guys who came all the way down from Vacaville. Typical for things of this nature, not one single employee at the theater knew this was going on, or could give anyone details about how things would go. But somehow, we got a line formed, got in, and were inside the theater by 6:30ish with relatively little pain. And then the clusterfuck happened.

Unlike being in a movie theater usually, the crowd behaved themselves, which was nice. But the sound was *way* too loud. I had to wear my earplugs. And I hate stadium seating. And the picture was so dark you could hardly see the damn thing. And the picture *quality* wasn't all that great either. And all of those factors just ruined the whole damn thing for me. I missed a *ton* of detail and story as a result. I'll just watch it again when it comes on the TV, but I feel like I wasted my evening. But I didn't *really* waste my evening, I got to spend it with Josh! But I coulda done that at home without having to deal with the general public :P

We got home around 9:30p last night, and Helen was in total Kitten Mode. I thought I was going to strangle her. Squeeek's food bowl is this self-feeder thingy. When enough has been eaten, more falls down. We came home to find most all of the food spread out on the floor. I figured it was just a fluke, so I had Josh put all the food back and went about my business. Then i watched Helen put her paw in the food so more came down, then fwack it everywhere so she could play with it. Ooh, fun! She got yelled at the first time, smacked the second time. Then Mr.SquirtBottle came out. Damn brat! I ended up throwing all her toys across the living room a couple of times, and that wore her out finally. She also won't let me shut my bathroom door right now. If it shuts and she is not inside, I may never come out! Oh noes! Ah, the joys of kittenhood. At least she's not as bad as Squeeek was....I keep telling myself that :P.

Josh suggested maybe we get a real tree this year. My response was, "With a kitten? Are you serious?". 'Oh yeah...'. That was the end of that conversation. The fake tree comes back out!

I swear I gotta do something to stop being so damn cranky. It's making people, and most importantly Josh, unhappy. I just wish my damn body would hurry up and heal itself. I know that request is fucking ridiculous given that I've had this thing for probly close to a year, but I'm impatient. So please, body....please please hurry and heal? For me? I promise I won't subject you to any more misdiagnosis! Really!

Friday evening, I went to my bosslady's house and watched a movie with her and the munchkins. Now, I know the following is a contradictory statement, but: I saw a family movie with Tom Green in it called Bob the Butler. It was almost kinda cute, even! Saturday, I did indeed stop my pain meds. I'm still recovering from them, but my digestive system seems to be fairing better as a result. I didn't do much Saturday. I played a lot of Guitar Hero, watched a movie, and took an almost hour-long bath/shower. Josh went to Ween show #2 (he went Friday also), and I went and hung out with "I". The drive over was a bit scary because it was raining, but I had a nice evening once I didn't have to drive anymore.

Yesterday, I watched Pan's Labyrinth and Chicken Little. Pan's Labyrinth was just plain fucked up. And almost everyone 'dies' at the end. Wacky stuff. Chicken Little was goof, but what else do you expect from a Disney movie? I watched my crap show after that, took an Ambien because I was tired of not sleeping, and was asleep by 9:30p or so.

Today's been pretty busy. Today is a non-school-day, so The 3 Munchkins are here all day. I also had a post-op appointment with my surgeon. He said I looked like I was healing fairly well, and he wants to see me in a month just to be sure. I have another appointment a few days after my birthday next month. Funny but dumb story: the day after my surgery, I was taking a sitz bath, and Josh was in the bathroom sitting next to me, talking to me. My entire backside hurt, so I was kinda leaning over the tub on a towel, talking to him, putting all my weight on my left side. Somehow, I bruised the shit out of my left cheek bone, leaving this nasty deep black bruise, just adding to the pain. After the doctor saw it today, he said, "Damn, no wonder you wanted stronger pain meds!". Yeah, dammit! :P. The bruise is finally going away, but it still hurts a bit. Things in general still are in the 'uncomfortable' department, but I've just been taking advil, and that seems to ward off the uncomfortableness a bit. Now, if only I could heal well enough to have 'relations' without discomfort, we'll be good to go. Hurry up body, dammit!

Tonight, we're going to see Battlestar Galactica: Razor here in Walnut Creek. Since I work in this god-forsaken towne, I've been gifted the honor of standing in line. So, I brought a warm change of clothes, and I'll walk down there in a bit. Josh and Buster are meeting me there. Hopefully it'll be cool!

I've been on opiates for almost a month now for that tear and then the surgery I had for the tear. They were all legitimate perscriptions, and both of my doctors knew I was taking them. I know that opiates cause constipation, so I've been dilligent about doing my ubber-fiber stuff. Still constipated, but not like I was when I was on, say, Dilaudid. But, I've been waking up everyday for a week with intestinal cramps and the past few days, have gone to sleep and woken up with icky stomach aches. I *needed* those pain meds for the pain, but it's going away, and I really have been feeling better the past couple of days. So, I decided when I took my Percocet last night when I went to bed, that it would be the last one I would take.

Not only are the opiates reeking havoc on my digestive system, but I sleep like shit. Josh came home in the middle of the night from the Ween show, and I whined in my sleep (1/16 awake...enough to know I was whining) for like 10 minutes until I fell back asleep. I keep having these fucked-up dreams. The only neato part is that I've started waking up with songs in my head again. But that isn't neato enough to keep going with dreams that don't make me sleep and intestinal pain.

So, that's it. The pain meds were fun, but it's time to move on now. Bye-bye Vicodin, you were fun. Later, gator, Percocet, you were nice too. *waves*

I listen to my friend Brandt's show, The Cream of Broccoli Radio Hour every week. He does his show at the Case Western Reserve University radio station WRUW. This past spring, they had their yearly fund raiser thingy, and because I listen every week, I donated.

This was back in April or something. Today, I get this package from the radio station. Eh? It's a beer glass with the station logo and letters/numbers on it! w00p! Free glassware! I also got a station logo sticker, which I think may go on Domo just cause he needs a little flair.

Yay for packages!

I am teh cranky today. I went to bed cranky and woke up the same way. Basically, I tried to have 'relations', failed, and it made me crankypants. More info than you probly wanted to know, but deal with it :P.

I'm back at work, but am 'meh'. And I finally called out the owner of the bakery across the street about her crappy coffee and her not-nice morning help, especially one particular person. This woman is *never* nice to me. And she looks like a generally unhappy person, which makes me sad, but if you're in customer service, you need to be nice to your customers.

Oh, and I left the house this morning without my pain meds *or* my fone. Goddammit.

Anyway, I think I'll just stay away from everyone today, get as much work done, and then maybe somehow, things will magically get better.

I'm getting tired of all of these fucking health studies that keep coming out on a daily basis. If any of them made any sense and didn't constantly cotradict each other, it might not be so bad. But yesterday, being fat was bad. Today, it's okay. 2 days ago, there were some risks for people on birth control, now it can give you heart disease for every decade you're on it. And tomorrow there'll be something else. Fuck, you guys. None of these people who are conducting these studies seems to know *anything*. No one knows what kills you versus what doesn't. All one can do is to try and lead the healthiest lifestyle they can, and let the cards fall where they may.

I think we need to *stop* listening to these studies and just live our lives the way that we think best suits us. I think most of them are just shots in the dark anyway.

So, since I got on the pill back in June to help mood swings and the like, I can't seem to get on a cycle where I don't have a period twice a month. It's pretty aggrevating. I just started on a higher dose pill a week and a half ago, but started bleeding this afternoon. I'm thinking my body just hasn't gotten the message about the higher dose yet, but jeesh. It really hampers my sex life, ya know! Doesn't my body *or* the hormones care about that? :P

Oh well, here's hoping maybe next month it gets with the program.

I still don't feel real good, and am staying home from work today. I tried going in Monday and they banished me. I felt like shit when I woke up Tuesday, so I didn't go in. I tried going in yesterday, and made it for 4 hours before I had to go home and spent the afternoon pretty misreable. I had a really nice evening tho, so that made up for feeling like shit most of the day. "I" talked me into staying home today. He's got a point. If I stay home all day today and lay low, the chances of me feeling better enough to put in a full day at work are greater. He's a smart one! So, that's what I'm doing. My boss has been really cool and understanding about the whole thing, so that makes things even better.

I'm on Percocet now, and even tho it treats me better than Vicodin, the only drawback to opiates is constipation. Ewwwwww :P. Good thing I'm taking my ubber-fiber! I've upped the dosage to 3-4 times a day instead of 2, so that should help things 'move'. I feel like a dork for even having to admit it, but whatever. It's all a part of getting old and stuff.

I *know* I'm getting better because the good is starting to outweigh the bad, but it still sucks ;P

Anyway, I'm gonna go rifle thru my 500 RSS feeds and go lie down and watch a bad movie.

1. Weather you have kids or not, if you were given a kid to take care of (say, it *had* to go to you for whatever reason), would you raise it? Why/why not?
Of course. I don't want kids. I don't need a child in my life to make it complete. I believe there are enough children in the world. However, an unwanted/helpless because of whatever circumstances child has no control over that. If someone said 'you need to raise this child or it will not have a home', I totally would. I would make a great parent. I know I would. Just, given the choice, I will continue to value my freedom and let people who *really want to do it* take it on.

2. How do you feel about pain meds? Do you like them? Do you condone the use of them for anything other than what they were prescribed for? Why/why not?
Pain meds are good when required. Like for me, right now. Having surgery is painful, but having something to help with the pain, tho not required, is nice. I figure if people want to use them for a use other than pain, that's their choice. I tend not to do such things, but that's my personal choice. Life is all about personal choice and moderation.

3. What's your favorite kid movie? Why?
I grew up a Disney child, back when Disney still made good movies. Bambi, Pinocchio, Cinderella, Bednobs & Broomsticks, the Herbie movies, Parent Trap, Pete's Dragon, etc. I *still* love all of those movies, and I own most of them. Back in 1992 when Disney started doing movies half for adults and half for children, it was cool. Aladdin was the first one, and it was damn funny. But that funny only lasts so long. Beauty & The Beast, Hercules, The Lion King, Little Mermaid....they were good films, and I own those too, but they sure aren't like anything that was produced when Disney was still alive. And tho 3D animation is great, and Pixar is 4 miles from my house, I miss the 2D animation stuff. It seemed more real back then. But, we all have to move forward I guess. But I'll always be a kid at heart, and I think I'll always prefer the old stuff.

I have recieved yet another email complaining that it's a pain in the ass to comment here because you have to 'sign up' with a service to comment. Well, sorry folks, but that's the way it's going to remain. I turned on 'registering for commenting' because of how much spam I was getting. Since I turned this feature on, my spam on this website has declined by 100%. Even if I switched to another software proggy, I'd still have the same spam problem. I see it on my friends sites all of the time.

I don't care about people commenting. I love that people come to the site, but the lack of people commenting doesn't hurt my self esteem. I have plenty of that. Just because a handful of people bother (and I greatly appreciate the ones who do!!) to register to comment doesn't bother me. I know that lots of people visit this site. It's in the logs. I read the stats. They haven't faultered since I turned on registering for commenting.

So, once again, I'm not turning this feature off. Spam sucks. You all will need to deal with it, respect my wishes, and stop complaining. As long as you post your answers on *your site*, that is my goal. I have no need for self-satisfaction like comments. 3xThursday is meant to make you think, not to boost my ego.

I really don't want to have to post *another* blog about this (this is at least #2 or 3), so please read this, know I appreciate everyone who visits, but this is *my site* and I will run things *my way*, and a lack of comments isn't going to make me cry.

As long as you all keep posting the answers on your own websites, I will keep posting the questions on mine.

That is all. Happy blogging!

1. Weather you have kids or not, if you were given a kid to take care of (say, it *had* to go to you for whatever reason), would you raise it? Why/why not?

3. What's your favorite kid movie? Why?

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Damn, that man is yummy.

Check out this interview with him and Patton Oswalt. He smiles! He laughs! He's awfully good lookin :)

So, when I was a kid, we watched a *lot* of NFL football in my house. Before FOX ruined the watching experience...before these over-inflated retirees became so-called sportscasters that suck rotten eggs...before women were allowed to be sports casters (if that's what you want to call them. I haven't seen one yet that is good at what she does..'as long as she's pretty and has nice boobies' doesn't cut it in football, folks) in the NFL...before that fucking yellow line...before boarders around the screen with scores, advertisements, and other assorted shit...before the dark times.

Anyway, we watched Monday Night Football every Monday evening on ABC (before the networks started pissing contests among themselves as to who would show what when) with Frank, Al, and Dan in mom & dad's bedroom, huddled on their waterbed. And my favorite referee (for whatever known reason) was always Jerry Markbreit. If you go and read the Wikipedia article on Jerry, it's pretty cool. He ref'd for over 40 years. Talk about hard-core! I loved that guy. And I basically stopped watching football when he retired.

I miss you, Jer. And I miss NFL football.

Well, I tried going to work yesterday and got banished and then had so much energy I spent the afternoon cleaning and stuff...and then *completely* crashed last night. I felt horrible. I napped all night with z0rggy in my arms, and Josh coaxed me to the real bed around 10:30p.

Josh kicked me again on accident last night, and that helped the pain to achieve a level of discomfort that made me want to scream. I didn't tho (this time). I woke up around 7 feeling like crap, called in, and got Josh up a little while later.

I think I pushed myself way too hard yesterday, and so I must force myself to do literally nothing today. I'm gonna get a couple of entries written, my feeds read (none of which takes any energy cause I'm sitting), and then I'm going to make myself watch tv and movies all day.

1. Apparently, my surgeron's office screwed up and said I was not allowed back to work until tomorrow. I went in today and HR found out and called my boss and told her I had to go home :P. I didn't care, as I had gotten the work done I needed to accomplish, but I thought being banished was awsome.

2. My car is broked. The water pump peetered out. It's gonna cost me like $420. Oh yay! The only reason I got out of bed this morning was to take the car into the shop. I should get it back tomorrow. Josh is going to front me the cash and I'll pay him back Friday when I get paid. Being broked sucks. Let me tell ya.

3. I was given Vicodin 7.5's for the pain from the surgery, but they were wearing off after like 2 hours, so surgeon guy agreed to give me some Percocet instead. And the surgeon's office screwed up *again*, thinking that they could call in the perscription. Turns out that it's such a controlled substance that I had to go in and get it. Cept, my car's broked. So, my bosslady drove me to the dr's office, I got the perscription, and she dropped me off at Target. I got it filled, took BART to MacArthur, and Josh picked me up and dropped me off at home. So, hopefully these will work better!

4. I got the levy against me cleared! With proof, even! So, they won't be garnishing my wages this week, and that makes me happy.

Did anything else go wrong this morning? :P I don't think so. At least I'm so drugged that I don't give a flying fuck :)

Oh, btw, if you like Tool/APC, I reccomend the Puscifer album. The title is very, "Aw, Maynard, you dork!", but it's pretty good. It's very ProTools, but if you take it for what it is, it's a pretty damn good album.

Anyway, I should eat some food and take some more drugs. And a nap. And some Studio 60. And some GH3. Yeah....

Ow.

The pain is shitty today and the pain meds aren't doing all that much. Ivan came and babysat me last night while Josh was at the hockey game. While I tried to be as babyless as possible, I was still paining badly. I enjoy his company, and he did a good job of keeping me entertained and my mind off my pain. At bedtime, I was tired of not sleeping well, and so even tho I was leary about mixing sleeping meds with pain meds, I did. And I slept like 10.5 hours. I woke up in lots of pain because I went so long without pain meds, but the sleep was worth it. I only got out of bed because Josh accidently left Squeeek in the bedroom and he was bitching at me to let him out.

I had my coffee, some pain meds, and I've played a lot of Guitar Hero today because it seems to be the only thing I *can* do that doesn't create a lot of pain. Since Josh is awsome, he is doing my laundry for me since I am once again running out of boxers :P. I put a call in to Hickory and Taylor, and they should be over in about an hour or so to hang out with me and play GH, so that'll be cool. I think our friend Scotty is coming over tonight, and I haven't seen him in awhile, so that'll be cool.

At this rate, I dunno if I'll make it back to work on Monday, but we'll see. Anyway, sitting sucks at the moment, so I'm gonna go play some more GH.

So, surgery went off without a hitch. The hospital called me at 6:30p on Wednesday and told me they wanted to move up my surgery, so I had to be there at 9:30a instead of 10:45a. Surgery went fine, but when they woke me up, I started crying and wouldn't/couldn't stop. They kept giving me pain meds, but that wouldn't shut me up either. After whining that I wanted my Josh 2 or 3 times, they finally went and got him. "Look, she won't stop crying and she keeps asking for you". Then, being the fsking smart boy that he is, he said, "Um...maybe get her some food? Her bloodsugar has probly bottomed out since she hasn't eaten in 16 hours". Some saltines and 7up later, I finally stopped crying and got to go home :P.

We had to stop at Target on the way home for drugs and comfort food. I really wanted IBC rootbeer, but they didn't have any. But you know what I found? Goose Island (the beer people) make a rootbeer! With real sugar, even! So, I got a 6 pack. I can't wait to try that today! We finally got home around 2 to discover there's something wrong with my damn coolant system again. I made an apt on Monday to get it checked out. I don't have to drive this weekend anyway, so whatever. Josh made me a grilled cheese sammich, and I took my pain meds.

I wasn't *misreable* all afternoon, but the pain sucked anyway. Even not moving wouldn't make the pain go away. I fell asleep to Empire (of course) and by the time I woke up, Josh had gone to work and come back with the first season of Studio 60 for me that he ordered yesterday. Isn't he the bestest boyfriend? :). Yay Matthew Perry! He's one hot Jew. And I have a thing for Jewish men. Yum. We watched this week's episode of Hereoes, an episode of Studio 60, and then I went to bed at 9:15. Rather, I tried playing guitar hero, but I was so fucked up I couldn't even play it on easy :P. So, I was like, "Okay, I'm really useless...might as well go to bed!".

I woke up at 1a in pain with a stomachache, took some more pain meds, and went back to sleep. I didn't really sleep well at all (my ears wouldn't shut off) and at one point, Josh kicked me on accident and that was it. It was time to get out of bed. Plus, I had been dreaming of waffles and I was starving :P. So, I called my dad and talked to him for a few (it was 9a there) and made chocolate chip pancakes. Next best thing, right? The mix made 2 big pancakes, but of course, my eyes were bigger than my stomach, so I only had one.

And now, here I am. I don't think I'm in enough pain at the moment to take any more meds, but I'm tired and I'm slighly uncomfortable. But at least I can sit on my ass now, so that's good. I think I'm gonna go thru my RSS feeds and then lie down.

I'm going to watch movies and TV all day, and then Josh has a hockey game tonight, so "I" is gonna come sit with me. I have cool friends :)

(My excuse for being late is going under the knife yesterday...I think that's warranted once in awhile! At least I got it posted on time, right?)

If money is no object, what 3 things would you really like to have? Why?

1. I'd like a new computer. Preferably a decked-out-to-the-max Mac pro machine with all the bells and whistles. Why? Why not? I'm tired of MS and their bullshit and so it's time to move on. My goal to get a mac will probly be attainable next year sometime. It probly won't be fancy shmancy, but at least I won't be tethered to Bill Gates anymore!

3. If money was no object, I'd *have* money. Which means I'd be able to pay off my student loans and other outstanding bills instead of waiting to be threatened (by wage garnishing) by various people to get me to pay them. That would be nice.

If money is no object, what 3 things would you really like to have? Why?

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