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Saturday, July 4th, 2009


meisterdorf
Subject:Wow
Time:11:23 am.
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sequiro
Subject:185/365
Time:2:19 pm.


185/365, originally uploaded by Heather-L.

Day three with the lost dog. He’s cute, but we’re sick of him and excited to find his real mommy.

Originally published at Incidents and accidents. You can comment here or there.

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sequiro
Subject:184/365
Time:2:18 pm.


184/365, originally uploaded by Heather-L.

Day two with the dog. No chip, no collar, no calls yet. :(

Originally published at Incidents and accidents. You can comment here or there.

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jodi_davis
Subject:Name me...
Time:2:34 am.
( You are about to view content that may not be appropriate for minors. )
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Friday, July 3rd, 2009


pendamuse
Subject:This punishement seems particularly harsh
Time:1:35 pm.
Lifted from [info]firefly_124 

 
How will you be suspended from LJ? by Anonymous LJ User
Username
Years on LJ
Snape
Hours left until your suspension3
Your crimePosting drabbles longer than 100 words.
Who reported youericmonster
Your fateStanding on street corners with a sign "will write Harry Potter porn for food".

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pendamuse
Subject:Little Black Book Project probably needs you
Time:9:09 am.

Originally published at little black duck. You can comment here or there.

It's coming for you graphic © MontiLee Stormer

It's coming for you ...graphic © MontiLee Stormer

It occurs to me that as I get ready to begin the LBBP, I lack just about everyone’s address. Some of you have moved, some of you I’d never known where you’ve lived, some have even resurfaced from the witless protection program (the witless need protection from me too, so I’m right there with you).

If you expressed interest, shoot me an address where the book can find you to author [at] montileestormer dot com. I’ll have a final list as well as order as soon as I have every’s address.  This is the address where you think you will b e when the book hits your door. Deadline for addresses is Tuesday, July 7, 2009

LBB hits the post next week and it wants to be your friend.

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Thursday, July 2nd, 2009


sequiro
Subject:183/365
Time:9:19 pm.


183/365, originally uploaded by Heather-L.

Today’s adventure: found a dog. No collar, no leash, running up and down the road. Poor thing is terrified and cries for his mommy. Left ad on craigslist, put in newspaper, put signs up, called leasing office for our place.. nothing. Hoping someone calls soon. He is someone’s well loved baby.

Originally published at Incidents and accidents. You can comment here or there.

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zebulingod
Subject:Birthdays
Time:4:21 pm.
Happy birthday [info]snowkissed!
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blackthornglade
Subject:Parts are moderately not safe for work...
Time:4:04 pm.




And, the new Evian Water Baby Commercial
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samajh
Subject:Lords of the Samurai
Time:12:03 pm.
Last weekend we braved the Pride traffic and went into the city to the Asian art museum. They had a special exhibit on the Lords of the Samurai that we both wanted to see. The exhibition features more than 160 works from the Hosokawa family collection housed in the Eisei-Bunko Museum in Tokyo, and from Kumamoto Castle and the Kumamoto Municipal Museum in Kyushu

There were beautiful examples of ancient armor- you could get close enough to see all of the detail in the woven stitching and lacquered wood. They also had swords, which although beautiful don't thrill me the way textiles do. Some of the helmets and decorations were really incredible!

They also had lots of elements on display related to bushido. There were all of the arts and crafts that good samurai were supposed to excel at. There were collections of old tea bowls, and musical instruments. They had lovely kimono with family crests on display. There was calligraphy and sumi-i painting. They had beautiful screen paintings of geese and wild horses as well as of battle scenes that were amazing.

Overall it was a really well-rounded and lovely display. It'll be there until September, for locals who might want to go. Plus there was the reward of fewer crowds since they either stayed home or were out at Pride! We got a sample taste of Pride as there was a big Civic center festival right on the doorstep of the museum. I love Pride, but I was in no mood to face giant crowds this year, so this was a good compromise. In retrospect it's amazing we even found a parking spot!

This weekend we have an assortment of plans. Tomorrow I'm taking my favorite sun-phobe out to a local lake. I bought a sun umbrella to hide under. We'll have a nice picnic basket, some books and games. I hope to swim a bit, and just hang out and relax away from home. Best of all it's 15 minutes from our house so there won't be a need to face crazy holiday traffic.
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blackthornglade
Subject:The Five Stages of Warcraft
Time:1:29 pm.
http://pc.gamespy.com/flintlockes-guide-to-azeroth/the-five-stages-of-warcraft/599411p1.html
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sequiro
Subject:Together
Time:12:45 pm.


Together, originally uploaded by Heather-L.

John and I.
This is the photo we sent all of our family. :P
Taken a while back, finally got around to getting it online today.

2006:
Outtake (by Heather-L)
Outtake (by Heather-L)

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sequiro
Subject:182/365
Time:10:56 am.


182/365, originally uploaded by Heather-L.

Benji’s 4th birthday!

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sequiro
Subject:181/365
Time:10:55 am.


181/365, originally uploaded by Heather-L.

Had the window open all day and evening. It was so nice.

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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009


south_wind
Time:9:36 pm.
I'm watching some "Ghost Hunters" re-runs that I must have missed.

I've been, as I mentioned the other day, in sloth mode. I figure it's partly because I haven't been sleeping well. I bought two new pillows today and will return to sleeping on my comforter. I'm very uncomfortable when I wake up, so I think it's the fault of the mattress and pillows. I've been getting enough exercise. I did two laps at the Y pool Tuesday. For me, that's good.

I did manage today to organize some school files and throw out a garbage bag of junk. My desk is still a mess, but at least I'm making some headway.

Not much else going on. Trying to read some Agent Pendergast novels by Preston & Child, but they're not capturing me, nor is a new one by Barbara Vine (Ruth Rendell). Where are the spooky, chilling, interesting, enthralling books? Where is another Shutter Island? Dang.

I'm beginning to think I have Attention Deficit Disorder.

On my walk the other day a bunch of groundhogs ran out from a batch of shrubs and trees to look at me. For a minute I thought they were going to run right up to me and ...ask for my autograph or something. I think they were groundhogs; I've never really seen one in person. Lots of small wildlife around here. Why is it so magical to see a wild critter? When I saw a blue heron at the park last year, I stood there, mesmerized. A blue heron actually lives in a stream that winds around the Indiana U. Union Building.

End of ramble. Back to Jay and Grant.
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news
Subject:Advisory Board Election Winners
Posted by:theljstaff.
Time:2:41 pm.
And the Winner Is . . .

The votes have been tallied, the results are in, and we have a winner (two, actually). Congratulations to the newly elected user representatives to the LJ Advisory Board: from [info]lj_election_en, it's [info]kylecassidy, and from [info]lj_election_ru, it's [info]nekbke! You can see the full breakdown of results for lj_election_en here and for lj_election_ru here. Thanks to everyone for your participation.
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samajh
Subject:Jumpin' Jehosophat [or Satan!]
Time:12:54 pm.
This is so awesome- why have I never heard of El Colacho before?! Every year in Spain, they have a festival where some dude gets dressed up as the Devil and leaps over infants! How cool is that?

I was reading about this year's El Colacho. I love the idea that it somehow protects the babies from evil spirits. I think this makes me want to go to Spain more than ever!

The fact that it's a baby-jumping festival is amusing enough- but the fact that it's terribly dangerous just adds to the marvel of it all.

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blackthornglade
Subject:I think I need this explained to me...
Time:11:35 am.
So...the only thing keeping men from being gay is...being married? And if we allow gay marriage, everything blows itself to kingdom come...and women are abandoned because all the straight guys will suddenly see a penis and go crazy and become gay?

Uh.

Ok.



Thanks to [info]supergee for the link. I think.

:)
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sequiro
Subject:Up (and 180/365)
Time:12:03 pm.


Up (and 180/365), originally uploaded by Heather-L.

Monday’s gorgeous baby! PsiU’s should know who she is.
Blogged: http://www.stylizedportraiture.com/10-months-cute/

Originally published at Incidents and accidents. You can comment here or there.

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samajh
Subject:no wonder my memory isn't what it used to be
Time:8:58 am.
  UGH! Years later I find out that my Rival crockpot has LEAD in the glaze. Yep! Evidently this is a well researched and known fact. Supposedly the lead levels are technically below accepted limits- but ew! And the lead is released much more quickly with heat, which is basically what a crockpot does. Lovely. So mine is going in the trash today - I couldn't even recycle it in good faith.

Made me look up the symptoms for lead poisoning- always a good reminder. :)

In other news I woke up absurdly early today. This enabled me to crack the books before work and to FINISH my final. Leaping with glee! I print and mail it tomorrow and I am done done done. Well, except for all of the homework I have to complete before Fall, but that's another matter entirely. I am officially taking next weekend off from homework.

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blackthornglade
Subject:You know...
Time:10:20 am.
Normally, I'm pretty fussy about my slash. There's only a few pairings that really do anything at all for me.

However.

I just saw this little gem ) and suddenly I see what other people have been nattering on and on about with these two.

Now. If only they were in leathermen's gear...

Oh, c'mon. The pose is *perfect*. :)
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009


flagg2ptoh
Subject:I'd hit it
Time:8:33 pm.


and her daughter.

Which one? You decide.
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meisterdorf
Subject:RIP my friend
Time:3:56 pm.
My long time friend and model railroading buddy Mike Gottwald lost his battle with cancer last night. He was just 52. I saw him sunday for a bit, and he didnt speak much. I could tell the end was near for him. He had lost so much weight. Goodbye my friend, thanks for the memories.
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samajh
Subject:stinky news
Time:3:39 pm.
I think I may have found a reason to follow Twitter- at least for one user for the next week or so. I made a note on my calendar last year from a newspaper article and just confirmed with the UC Botanical garden that they have a corpse flower about to bloom! I have wanted to see this phenomena for ages.

I was told that they have a twitter feed here: http://twitter.com/ucgarden

I'll be checking it! I'll get maybe a day's notice to go check out the flower in full bloom. Any locals interested in going with me?

Here is a photo of "Trudy the Titan"'s little sister. Lots of info on the corpse flower, or 'Titan Arum' found on the UC Botanical garden site.

I just read that page, and realized that "Trudy" is this year's plant name- and last year was "Odora"- someone was having fun with that.

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pendamuse
Subject:Sometimes a cigar …
Time:10:09 am.

Originally published at little black duck. You can comment here or there.

This morning as I was getting ready for work I hear moaning from beyond my front door.  Immediately I think it’s my across the hall neighbor, who frankly kicking the can like she used to. The moaning is low and it’s pained and I only have a moment to panic and think, “dear god, she’s doing to die in front of my door” before I refocus. Of course, I can’t find my phone, which I would have surgically attached to my hand if only the doctors would drop the whole “ethics” thing.  I haven’t had a land line in about ten years, and now I realize this is what AT&T was planning all along, when they seemed so eager to be rid of me.  Well played, AT&T, well played.

 

There is a clatter. My neighbor keeps an end table by her door for packages, the newspaper, and little garden gnomes that used to be impaled by sticks in the front flowerbeds until the kids down the street ran them over.  Her little decorative sentries have hit the floor because she’s stumbled from her apartment in an effort to get my attention.  I search for my phone in the three places I knew it might be, the moaning outside my door getting louder and more pained.  The phone isn’t on the couch or in the bathroom or even in the freezer - I found it there once, and I really don’t want to talk about it anymore. It’s hiding behind my laptop as they like to keep each other company, my little phone thoroughly impressed by my laptop’s massive hard drive and fast operating speed.  I cannot blame it and I bless the union, but the tryst will have to wait.

 

Phone in hand I’m already composing what I’ll say to the 911 operator. I’ll be cool and calm.  Steely-eyed under pressure, that’s me.  They’ll play it on the evening news, it’ll be so steady, a paradigm of grace under pressure. Tomorrow morning’s headlines will read LOCAL WRITER SAVES NEIGHBOR, NATION GRATEFUL.

 

My hand on the front door, finger poised to pressed send the moaning comes again - and I halt. Is that rhythm? Cadence? Is that a melody?

 

I listen harder, pushing aside thoughts of my neighbor clutching her chest and turning purple and I really listen.

 

Mariah Carey?

 

I brush back the paisley neckerchief covering my tiny front door window and I see my mail carrier, setting the little sentries on top of a package. She’s rifling through her stack of letters and flyers to separate my mail from the rest of the neighborhood’s, large waterproof headphones covering her ears. 

 

She is butchering Mariah Carey’s Vanishing.  I think, I honestly don’t know, but that’s what my mind was trying to piece together, trying to make sense of the wounded animal noises. I stifle a giggle and let the makeshift curtain fall over the window. I knit up a few rows of front neck decreases for a vest to release some of the adrenaline and I giggle some more. I’d let my imagination get the best of me.

 

And it was fun.

 

Without perception, writers wouldn’t be able to see the mundane as extraordinary and we wouldn’t be able to craft the tales that draw you into our world.  When you see antenna on the tops of homes, you might link Luddites clinging to the 20th Century.  I see a plot by the Devil to reclaim rural America. You see a pile of broken discarded doll babies missing arms and eyes, and see trash. I see broken discarded souls.  You see a plate of spaghetti and think lunch.  I think Atropos has been busy today Atē will be thrilled.

 

This is why I write. I want you to have as much fun as I do.

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sequiro
Subject:179/365
Time:10:16 am.


179/365, originally uploaded by Heather-L.

Best damn grapes I have ever had.

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sequiro
Subject:178/365
Time:10:16 am.


178/365, originally uploaded by Heather-L.

Diet coke and Doritos was the highlight of the day. I was lazy.

Originally published at Incidents and accidents. You can comment here or there.

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sequiro
Subject:Special Delivery (and 177/365)
Time:10:15 am.


Special Delivery (and 177/365), originally uploaded by Heather-L.

Another try with the bubble wrap. The box says ‘Stork Enterprises’. Totally Claire’s idea.
Bigger: farm4.static.flickr.com/3653/3663248459_6d9a5005f5_o.jpg

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sequiro
Subject:176/365
Time:10:14 am.


176/365, originally uploaded by Heather-L.

Studio day. Lots of appointments.

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Monday, June 29th, 2009


victrola58
Subject:Tweet Thoughts
Time:10:05 pm.
I tee a tweet!

  • 13:47 car which is really small SUV may not qualify for the CARS program. It is a 4x4 SUV that gets 22MPG -doesn't meet the 18mpg passenger car. #
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flagg2ptoh
Time:5:12 pm.
this person needs to die and leave me their house in their will so that I may sit inside that window and wait for a moose to walk by )
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pendamuse
Subject:Dick Hollman wants to be my BFF
Time:2:45 pm.

Originally published at little black duck. You can comment here or there.

My name is Dick Hollman. In Oct. 2003  (Sept of 1999  or 1991 is what the older letters say) my car was stolen, and my apartment was broken into. Bill collectors were hounding me like you wouldn’t believe. I was laid off and my unemployment insurance ran out. In the following days I received a letter telling me how I could make over $800,000 any time I wanted to! Of course I was very skeptical, but I was so desperate and had nothing to lose, so I gave it a try. In Jan 2004 my family and I want on a ten-day cruise. In Feb. I bought a new Cadillac with cash. Today I am building a second home in Virginia and I will never have to work again.

THIS IS NOT A CHAIN LETTER

Except it totally is. The only thing this lacked was the success and failure stories - lottery winnings for those that do or death for those that don’t, but it did tell me I had to “follow the instructions carefully and exactly“.

The scam money-making opportunity is simple:

  1. Send a dollar to the six people on the list
  2. Move each name up removing name #1 and adding your name at #6
  3. Make 200 copies of this letter (which by the way is five [5] pages long) and purchase a mailing list of 200 names from a mailing list company at $45/pop. The letter conveniently supplies the mailing list company’s url and phone number. Don’t worry, major credit cards are accepted and it ships the next day! Plus - the labels are self-adhesive, and Dick gives helpful instructions  on how to make them work (”You just peel and stick them right on the envelopes!“)
  4. Wait patiently for the list to arrive, all the while imaging the wonderful things you’ll spend your new wealth on.
  5. Mail your letters and wait by the mailbox for your cash to come rolling in in 20 to 90 days! It helps to hold your breath.
  6. Repeat as often as necessary

This letter is filled with percentages and math so you know it’s legitimate and NOT A SCAM.

Except it totally is. I believe the proper term is “ponzi scheme”

It even helpfully cites US Postal laws (Title 18 sections 1302 and 1342), both of which tell you exactly why this is illegal.

In the testimonials, one my favorite lines:

“I have tried many ‘Business Opportunities’ and none panned out. I promised my wife that this was the last thing I would try and if it didn’t work I accept the fact that I would have to work a JOB my whole life and give up on my dream life.”

First I went online to see about other suckers, and sure enough this letter is *still*making the rounds to newsgroups, message boards and home mailing addressed. There seem to be an equal number of detractors and suckers. That people actually post to boards and ask if it’s real and legitimate makes me weep for my future -  who will I get my latte from now?  I suppose what’s really funny (and kinda sad) is that someone thinks $800,000 is a lot of money and can finance a sustainable lifestyle for the rest of someone’s life. I suppose if wisely invested, $800,000 could carry someone for a few years, but knowing what I do about Americans (especially *these* Americans) and their insatiable drive to BUY STUFF, $800,000 would get them through the end of a year, the majority of their cash lost to the wife of a Nigerian Prince who contacted them IN ALL CAPS because she needed the money to get her husband’s tent out of hock or something.

There is actually a bigger idiot out there that has a “breakdown” of his costs;

-The cost for copier paper was a penny for each page, five pages total in each envelope. $0.05.
-The cost for each envelope was the same as what went in them. $0.05.
-I used Avery labels, for my return address, they are the best ones and do not smudge. You may find cheaper ones out there. I used the smallest one possible, 80 per page. The cost for each return mailing label was $0.15.
-The postage required for five pages in a “#10 security envelope” did not exceed the regular postage price of $0.41.
-I did use copiers that I have at my disposal. I did not go to a copy store. I mailed 2000 pieces that totalled 10,000 pages copied. The cost of the cartridge for my printer, which will produce 15,000 copies is $124.00. The cost for this portion, ink, per page, is less than $0.01.
-The cost for my mailing labels, when broken down per piece, totalled $0.06.

Wow, those numbers looks so small - how could you lose? Easy, and I’ll even use a calculator (numbers based on the above total mailing):

  • Copy Paper ($500.00)
  • Envelopes ($100.00)
  • Labels ($300) - here he gets ripped off because you can buy a box of 100 address labels for $6.22 so 2,000 would be $125.00
  • Postage for 2,000 envelopes at $.41/ea ($820.00) - and that was before the postage went up.
  • Copiers/printers/ink ($124.00)

Grand Total: $1,820.00 for this idiot - that’s initial outlay. There really is a sucker born every minute.

For the average sucker, it somes to about $150, which includes two boxes of 100-count envelopes (2.50), copies at Fed-Ex Kinkos ($10.00), list from Data Line One ($45.00), postage, now at $.44 ($88.00), and a few bucks for gas.

I cannot tell you how pissed off I am that this arrived at my house last week, and  I have been chasing around in my mind all of the callous and evil things I could do to the six people who’s names appear on this letter, each expecting a dollar from me and other people who get this and future letters. I am beyond irritated. 

As it’s a scam and illegal and I will be turning this over to my US Postal inspector. The only winner here is Datalineone.com and Dick Hollman is probably an enterprising salesman looking to spur a little growth. I’ll bet he got a raise and everything.

So:

  • Mark Whitacre, Huntington, IN
  • Sean Whitehorn, Tempe, AZ
  • Juile Loflin, Arlington, TN
  • Linda Hellstron, Kincheloe, MI
  • Chris Dunbarm Battle Creek, MI
  • Lisa Jameson, Greenfield, IN

Please enjoy your tens of dollars. I hope you ego surf and find your name on this page.  Thank your gods I didn’t post your address, because seriously I have an evil streak that’s a mile wide. Thanks for letting people like me who work for a living finance your dream of doing nothing.  To be so burdened with the mere thought effort must be crushing to your very souls, and I hope you find enough suckers like yourselves to at least cover the cost of your initial and subsequent mailings.

Anyone else get one of these recently?

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zebulingod
Subject:It's a Wonderful Life (or so they tell me)
Time:7:55 am.
  • 11:31 Computer crisis averted (for now). Cleared CMOS and things seem to be working again (for now). No, not my computer, by the way. #
  • 21:54 Kinda wanna go out tonight. No one to go with. *sigh* #
  • 21:54 (And there's that whole money thing, heh.) #
  • 23:26 Mom just called from hospital. Still there a week on, multiple clots in lungs. :( Still can't fly to see her. *nervous sigh* #
:DeviantArt: | :Zebulingod: | :Trillian:
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zebulingod
Subject:Concerts
Time:1:55 am.
Mood: exhausted.
Going to see VNV Nation at Berbati's Pan on the 30th. First time seeing them in concert, first time ever going to Berbati's, first concert I've been to since ... Rammstein? Wow, it's been awhile. Here's hoping for a great show!

Night!
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Sunday, June 28th, 2009


meisterdorf
Subject:and now some random stuff
Time:10:55 pm.
Last night the girl friend and I got walked in on by my 17 year old daughter. Yeah we were busy, yeah she saw way more than she needed to.

Today we went and saw my friend Mike who is in the last days of cancer. He looked so terrible. I doubt I will see him alive again.

After that, we went to the beach.
And now photos.
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thanks for looking
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victrola58
Subject:Tweet Thoughts
Time:10:04 pm.
I tee a tweet!

  • 09:01 Yesterday was fun. shopping with my friend got a microwave omelet maker & a new pair of reeboks on clearance (fav word) for $29.94. Score! #
  • 11:25 A bath for 2 doggies and a shower for me... now to clean the bathroom.. what a disaster, but everyone smells & looks purty! #
  • 14:02 bit.ly/X2IL9 Wow Billy Mays dead.... RIP - I'm not a big fan but he was only 49! What is going on! #
  • 14:49 @raine1967 LMAO @ mighty putty #
  • 15:09 Only in America. Can a guy from anywhere. Go to sleep a pauper and wake up a millionaire ..Earworm time... good thing I don't hear it often #
  • 15:42 @DixieJo719 I like your kind of nightcap! #
  • 20:08 Walked with hubby tonight and had seafood and an awesome Chardonnay for dinner... oh a salad too - gotta have something healthy! #
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flagg2ptoh
Subject:turtle turtle
Time:7:14 pm.


one more )
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flagg2ptoh
Time:10:51 am.
train tracks )
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zebulingod
Subject:It's a Wonderful Life (or so they tell me)
Time:7:56 am.
  • 13:06 Skold vs KMFDM is a pretty good CD so far. :) #
  • 13:07 Oh, and while I'm thinking of it, I *really* love it when coworkers come in smelling of pot. *eyeroll* #
:DeviantArt: | :Zebulingod: | :Trillian:
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south_wind
Time:9:17 am.
Two movies:
Half Light, with Demi Moore - not too bad, not too good. Cliched plot, a little confusing at the end, acting so-so, atmosphere not bad

The Marsh, with Forest Whitaker and an actress named something Anwar. Horrid movie. Plot holes so big you could jump through 'em. Scary parts unredeemed by senseless plot. Unexplained scenes. The actress who is fairly famous, I gather, was awful. She moved in slow motion. She had two expressions: bored and a little less bored. Very bad movie.

The cicada killer is back. That's the hornet-like flying beast that looks very scary but is supposedly harmless to humans. At least not as mean as wasps. Nevertheless, I don't like it. Now he has staked claim to the rosebush and I think he's putting holes in the leaves. I have seen him shoo away the Japanese beatles that approach the plant.

They are everywhere. The lady next door has a bag that traps them, but I have read that the bags actually attract more beatles to the area. Now that I have my flowers growing and weeds at bay, it's the time of year when the heat and bugs and stingy things keep me indoors. sigh

Two toddler bunnies who have no shame - eating the verbena as bold as you please. I saw one of them spy a robin who landed nearby, and the bunny must not have seen a robin before. He hopped right up to him and looked him in the eye. Robin hopped away, bunny followed. It was cute.

After my June of high activity, I can feel myself falling into sloth mode. I prefer not to do that because it feels just...ugly. I hate it when I have to force myself to do anything at all, like I do during the school year. I need a plan.

Been watching a lot of Michael Jackson videos, or parts of them. What a dancer. But what a bunch of gossip-mongers at Fox "News."

Anyway, on with the day.

EDIT: Of course, I meant Japanese beetles! omglol
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