Canada, you know I love you. You are so much larger than the UK, and yet I am receiving more hits from the UK, than I am from you. How is that possible?
Come on, Canada… baby… hit me one more time! [they are actually only 1 hit ahead]
There is just so much useful information on my webstats page.
Me: I’m going to clean my cube today.
Amelia: I’ve heard that one before.
Me: Shut up.
Amelia: About twice a month, since you put me up.
Me: Well… I’m easily distracted!
Amelia: By shiny objects… dull objects… dust motes…. sun beams… oxygen molecules. When aren’t you distracted?
Me: uuhhhhh…..
So… who do you think will win this contest? Me? or Amelia?
In an unrelated note, I had my blond updated. I’m now blonder but with temporarily straight hair. She always straightens it for me, and I make it last as long as I can. It feels so much longer like this. I keep flicking it back behind my shoulder. Either with my hand, or with a head flick. I feel like Cher. When it’s curly, I’m more apt to compulsively shove it behind my ears. Also, when it’s been straightened, I pet my own head a lot. It’s just so smooth and soft!!
This week’s Then and Now is brought to you by a Belly Dancing show I went to a week or so ago, with KK. I would just like to say how much I love this song. If I had a son, I’d name him Screamin’. But his middle name would not be Jay, it would be … Henry or Frank. Screamin’ Frank… my boy.
I’ve Put a Spell On You – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
At the belly dance show KK and I went to, someone did a hip-hip infusion belly dance to this song, and it was pretty amazing. There were several women on stage, and they were dancing in a mostly belly vein. And then there was a male dancer with them, who was dancing in a mostly hip-hip vein. The song captured my attention, and I knew I’d use it for a Then and Now as soon as I could find it.
“Hi, again, wicked, gorgeous, unimaginable vastness of the universe.”
Ok, I admit, I was sitting here with zero ideas for a 50 word fiction. I even thought I’d write the fiction first, and let the theme come out of that, but nothing happened. Blank screen. Then I read Mark Morford’s latest article, about the Kiwa hirsuta, the blond, blind new mysterious crustacean that has been discovered. I wasn’t inspired by it, per se, but more by a sentence in the article. “Hi, again, wicked, gorgeous, unimaginable vastness of the universe.” Oh the amazing things we do not yet know, and have yet to discover. Take out of that what you will, if you chose to play this week.
Just to be Sociable I’ll Take Your Word*
He craned his neck and watch the object soaring above him.
“Is this it?” He asked. “Have I seen everything now, now that I’ve seen an elephant fly?”
They ducked as the pachyderm dove into a deep swoop and then up again. She took his hand.
“I doubt it.”
*From “When I see an Elephant Fly” from the movie Dumbo.
I am doing a riddle contest online… again. This is bad, because I’ll get stuck on a riddle and it will occupy my mind, nonstop, until I solve it. It drives me nuts. I finally had to quit, the last time I did this, because the obsession was overwhelming. And the riddles were getting too hard. Nonetheless, I find myself shamed to be stuck already, on the 5th riddle of round 1.
Click to see riddle… any suggestions?
I’ve been a popcorn addict lately. But it has to be made the old fashioned way. In a popcorn maker, not a microwave. It makes a world of difference. So, I think I need this:
A portable sauce pan and popcorn maker. It runs off of your car’s cigarette lighter! That’s so cool!
Only problem is, the cig lighter in my car is busted.
Link via popgadget.
Evildeb and Lloyd just returned from Reno Nevada, where Lloyd fenced in a tournament. This is her report.
Well, I took my camera but when I tried to take a picture I discovered that I’d removed the disk.
So, I took the attached pictures with my phone. The view from our window was very pretty, especially because it snowed at night and made everything look nice. I wish the pics were better. You can Photoshop them with your minds to get a better idea.
Summary of our trip: I won $100 by sitting down at a slot machine at which some (most likely inebriated) person had left 400+ credits.
A man (either crazy or on serious drugs) said I was hot, then that I was a Goddess, then (when we saw him later on an escalator) told Lloyd to hold onto me because I was cute. Then we saw him again outside so he said I was hot again.
Another “man” in his teens/early twenties, snorted at me (as in, like a pig) because I “looked” at him. But, since it was 3 to 1 in favor of my being hot, I decided the guy that snorted had a chip on his shoulder and that the odds were in favor of my being “hot”.
I won a bunch of doodads on the midway at Circus Circus. Because on the midway, everyone is a winner.
We saw an acrobatic Jack Russel Terrier doing back flips at Circus Circus.
Lloyd fenced.
I had a massage at the spa.
We played Roulette.
We did not win a million dollars which was a big disappointment.
We did get 4 hats and 5 pocket magnifiers and 1 orgami pen.The End.
She gave me one of the hats.
How did I come across this episodes covers? I can’t remember. But the original song is pretty fabulous. It’s the impeccable Nina Simone. This song was featured on the second “Six Feet Under” soundtrack, which is a disc I enjoy a lot. It also features Imogen Heap singing “I’m a lonely little petunia.” Can’t beat that.
Feeling Good – Nina Simone
You know, I picked this song to use, and this particular cover, because it gave me the perfect excuse to buy another Eels album. No, not just the one song, I needed to buy the entire album. I just did, ok? It’s probably been a couple of weeks since I mentioned how much I love the Eels, so let me do so now. I love love love them.
Feeling Good – Eels
You get a bonus 3rd track simply because I love a crooner. Also, I love Michael BublÈ’s last name. His last name is pretty much “bubble.” Hey… do you think that kids at school called him “BoobaGAY”? They probably did. Kids can be so cruel.
I need to go on vacation, kids. It’s not just a time off from work thing, although who doesn’t love that. I need to go away somewhere I’ve never been. Walk streets in a city I do not know. Or maybe I need to go to a cabin by a lake, somewhere quiet, with just my laptop and a stack of books… surrounded by trees. Or, possibly, somewhere a bit more tropical, where I can enjoy the water more directly, and walk on the beach under the stars. I wanted to go to Vegas before Ave. Q closed in May, but going to Vegas – again – would be a cop out. No matter how much I love it. I need to go somewhere new.
That being the case, the theme this week is “getaways.” Even tho I didn’t stick strictly to the vacation sense of the theme, myself. For those new to the game, feel free to contribute a story of your own. The only rule is it has to be exactly 50 words. [Unless you are William.] And if you want the extra cheesy, deep fried bonus points, you need to follow the them. I try to write one every Friday for no other reason than “why not?”
Getaway
The sun bore down hot on her skin. But not in a good way. She pushed her sunglasses back up on her nose, she was going incognito. But not in a fun way. She was stuck waiting outside the bank, ready to drive away. But not in a slow way.
Evildeb is reading technical support cases in German. She’s translating them in babelfish. We thought the above was from the error message, and wondered why we couldn’t have the same words in the English error message. But it’s not part of the error message. None the less, it’s a good blog title. My day, however, is going just fine. I have some new shoes on, and they feel great! Danskos, which I got for half price from Danskooutlet.com. Dansko….. not a cheap shoe. But good for walking. My feets deserve some new shoes. [I got the “Fran” btw, in green]
A few weeks ago, I went up to Vancouver BC for the day. And like a dumb, vain girl, I wore impractical tall boots. Now, they aren’t much of a heel, mostly platform, and I wear them all the time. So, in my defense, I didn’t know they would be so problematic, or I wouldn’t have worn them. But they make me taller, which I like. We ended up walking around the neighborhood a great deal, because it’s a walking type neighborhood. And I could tell pretty quickly that the boots were going to bother me. The socks I was wearing where on the thin side, and there is no cushion inside the boot, my feet were kinda sliding. Sliding leads to friction, and you know what friction leads to, don’t you? Blisters. I knew my shoes hurt me, but once we got back from the walking, I was basically sitting and they were ok. When I put my shoes back on to go to my car, it was not comfortable. Ok, it hurt. But I got to driving and didn’t stop for soda until I crossed the border. I had to use the little girls room too. When I got out of the car, when I stood up, I collapsed back on the car seat. My feet hurt like hell at that point. Because the blisters had arrived. On the bottom of my feet!
