Late Nites and Long Stories

I'm forever and always staying up late at night. I just don't get tired until one or two in the morning. I've been fairly productive tonite, I created a myspace.com account so that I can hook up with my sisters. Hooha. And I've decided I hate html code even if I do "get it." It's still frustrating and time consuming to deal with. I've also explored photobucket and have found the joy and wonder of pictures. So, enjoy my new profile picture. (hehe)

Crayons

I haven't been feeling very well for the past two days. It's that not-quite-sick-muddled-brain feeling so I've been coloring in my coloring books with my industrial box o' crayons. I have to say nothing is quite like making pictures come to life and you don't have to have great manual dexterity to do it. Just me, my crayon stuff and a big cup of juice. Life is good.

"Art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos. A stillness which characterizes prayer, too, and the eye of the storm....an arrest of attention in the midst of distraction." - Saul Bellow

Ant Farm

I watch them crawl.
Under the door and across the floor.
Over the washer ...Look! theres some more.

Up the cabinets to the sink,
I'm not quite sure what to think.
There's nothing there,
I've checked it out
But yet they move all about.

The little buggers, they just won't leave
I'm not quite sure what they think to acheive.
I think they just want to drive me bats,
They think its fun (the little rats!)

I scrub and I scower,
they've even driven me to cleaning the shower.
But yet they keep coming and wandering around,
like kitty litter covering the ground.

One of these days I'll go on a spree,
killing them madly and laughing with glee.
Just right now I'm in despair,
I can't get rid of them - it's JUST NOT FAIR.

Death To All Ants! It is my war cry.
Death To All Ants! Die, Die, DIE!

MediEvil

My hubby bought me MediEvil for PSP. w00t! It's actually very fun and with a little help from GameFAQs I'm making progress. I'd be pretty sunk if I didn't have a guide to hold my hand throughout many of the games I play. Well, except FFXI. That one doesn't really need guides, just good friends.

My Eyeballs Might Just Implode

Or explode. I've been playing on the computer all day and keeping track of Mr. Wheaton's poker progess. GO WIL!

In other exciting fun-filled news I worked in the yard. Write it down on the calendar because that happens like once a month. I guess since the landlord has decided to put the places she owns on the market (with no notice) I might as well make the jungle look like you can walk through it. The grass may look even but I know the ground has holes deep enough to swallow the UPS delivery guy whole should he roam off the path from the gate to the door. I have a sneaking suspicion the yard has gobbled up more than one small animal who dared trespass in the wild unknown.

There's also nothing like getting paid and being completely broke at the same time. Every once in a while it'd be great to know there was a little left over but at least the lights are still on and the house is still warm.

"Money talks, but all it ever says is goodbye." - American saying

The Elements of Style

I finally found a copy of "The Elements of Style" by Strunk and White. It is a bit of a boring read on the front section - well, it wouldn't be if I knew my grammar. I would really like to write, but I read these books and realize how little I understand. It discourages me.

"Language is the dress of thought." - Samuel Johnson

Mommy blogging?

I don't understand the "Mommy Blogger" bashers. In fact I'm not sure I really understand the phrase "Mommy Blogging." I read Dooce on a regular basis. To me she is a wonderful, sarcastic, intelligent woman who seems to be married to a fantastic man and they have a daughter whom they love very much. Mrs. Armstrong doesn't come across to me as a mommy-blogger, just a lady who wants to share whats going on in her life.

Why would spending more than a sentence on a person with whom you are sharing the majority of your time loving and teaching be considered over the top mommy - ism? Mrs. Kennedy of Fussy.org is also a fantastic writer of the everyday and ordinary. And she writes in such a way that the ordinary makes me feel how she was feeling, makes me laugh or want to cry. These ladies to me are good writers. Good bloggers. Wives, mothers, and all around great gals.

Labels don't suit. They are not right. But if these ladies want to stand up and claim "Mommy blogger" then go for it. Make it positive.

"To be nobody-but-myself -- in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you like everybody else -- means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting." - e. e. cummimgs

Interesting things Happening in the Book World

Terry Brooks has something coming out in late August and it looks to be a prequel of Shannara. Harry Turtledove has several books coming out this year in 4-5 months intervals. Raymond Feist has a new Riftwar Trilogy starting up in April and Anne Bishop has Sebastian coming out in February. Sara Douglass looks to be starting up a new series along the Tencendor lines - old characters and new places. (w00t!)

Out of Sci Fi for a second, it also looks like Janet Evanovich will have a new Plum novel in June. I've never laughed so hard at any other book, they are fantastic.

I enjoy my books and I'm glad to see that there's a bunch of stuff coming out by the people I enjoy.

X-Men Legends 2

Psp version is what I received for christmas and it's pretty alright. At least, I'm enjoying it so far. My only irritation is the fact that some of the areas are just to damn dark for me to navigate in easily. Not dissing the game there, could just be me too so who knows? Other than that, I've really enjoyed fighting my way through Acts 1 & 2 and if I didn't need to snowshovel a path throught the laundry, I'd probably be playing it now.

I am Finally done...

I have officially given out all the gifts, covered all the bases, sent all the cards. It's done. I picked up my new Tolkien calendar for the year and of course, Winnie the Pooh. Happy New Year everyone. I got paid time and a half for today and it was a productive day (which makes me happy). I've reached a creative stumbling point with my writing and have decided to scratch what I've got for now and go with something new and different to see if I can get the ole' mind churning again. Oh, and I got Battlestar Galactica Season 2 for Christmas! WOOT!

Holy Cheese, Bot Man!

I'd say I can't believe how long it's been since I posted but I can believe it. Forty hours a week definitely cuts down on the computer time. I spent some time surfing today and have found a new "band". If you get a chance, check out The Dresden Dolls. Fan-freaking-tastic.

It's a Retail Christmas

Crazyness. Absolute crazyness. People are insane shoppers. I've been so busy between the loonies and the serious shoppers that I'm lucky I don't collapse under the desk for a nap between whiny I-want-ers and ranting Why-don't-you-have-ers.

Oh. And the new DragonQuest is pretty time consuming too.

Progress, I think...

The Husband has decided that now is the time to get the school stuff going and I'm going to cheer him on all the way. Or at least until the rent comes due. This should be interesting. I'll keep ya posted.

Happy Birthday Dahlin'

Happy Birthday to the bestest Husband in the world. Just wanted you to know.

Oblivious

/Rant

It's not rocket science people. Hell, its not even science. Don't park your grocery cart in the middle of the aisle, walk ten feet away and expect me to wait on your slow waddling ass to check the price of every detergent and then whip out your calculator to compare prices while I stand ever-so-patiently behind your effin' cart waiting for you to waddle back and move on down the aisle at a snails pace looking like a damn tourist to the Vatican. Get your soap and move your ass woman!

Don't run me over with your grocery cart trying to beat me to the canned foods where you will promptly stop and block the whole aisle (sideways no less) to get one can of pearl onions. Why in the heck you'd want those is beyond me. Let me pass you so you can catch up to me at the end of the aisle where I'm trying to jump out in traffic that makes rush hour in Oakland, CA look tame and ride my ass until I want to take that frozen dinner out of your cart and beat you to death with it.

Understand that if I am pulled over to the side of an aisle, it is okay to pass. Don't stop right next to me or a foot in front of me and block my exit while you argue with your wife about which laxitive works better for the both of you and if you can get it in bulk. I DO NOT WANT TO KNOW THESE THINGS. Move along, nothing to see here.

When I've finally beaten back the horde that has arrived at the checkstand and manage to make it to my car without being run over by the same nearsighted dude who is still probably arguing with his wife about the quality control of X Lax, DO NOT lean up against my car while I am in reverse waiting for them to move from behind me at that same snails pace I mentioned before.

What posesses you to think I am going to patiently wait for you to get OFF my car? Hello? Proper car etiquette does not mention, I'm sure, the power of the pedestrian that thinks since they can't get into their car RIGHT NEXT TO ME that it's okay to keep backing up and bumping into mine so that I have no way to PULL OUT of their way.

I swear, I WILL pull out the stupid stick and beat you until you take a hint.

/END RANT

What Kind Of Muppet Are You?

Scooter! You scored 53 Mood and 57 Energy!

You are cheery, energetic and achievement oriented. You are a hard worker and you are proud of your accomplishments.

My test tracked 2 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 28% on Mood You scored higher than 32% on Energy

Link: The Muppet Personality Test written by TheLadyEve on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

Um...it's green

You Are Absinthe!
You have a unique personality. Although most like you, sometimes you take some getting used to. You can be a bit strong. You are full of energy and sometimes flamboyant. You are the life of the party but if people are not careful you can knock them on their ass.

What Naughty My Little Pony Are You?

Yup, that's some strong stuff

You remember that super unclogger I picked up? Well, I still have a clog somewhere and a hole in the pipe under my sink where it ate through. And stink? Oh my gods, yes. Eye watering, gut wrenching, sulfurous stick. Blech. Fantastik. So, I guess my Jill-Fixer-Upper self is going to have to get handy.

"The Devil finds work for idle hands." - Proverb, first appeared in 1721

Well I never would have guessed...

Posessing a rare combination of wisdom and humility, while serenely dominating your enviroment you selflessly use your powers to care for others.

Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.

Always nice to know that I've a little elven in me.

Nightmare Before Christmas

"This is Halloween, this is Halloween,

Halloween, Halloween...."

That has to be my all time favorite movie. I've got posters, purses, pillowcases, salt and pepper shakers...the list goes on. I love Burton's movies and can't wait to get my hands on the Corpse Bride.

I've got the candy ready, the porch is all cleaned off and I'm hoping to see at least one or two trick-or-treaters tomorrow night. Life is good.