Extra candy cane striped bonus points if you read that in a Bill Murray ala What About Bob voice.

I’m not well versed in the video stuff. I’m a print girl. I like fonts. But, my little iSight camera makes the cute little videos, so I couldn’t resist.

Typically, when I make holiday pies for the family, I make pecan (aka: Gelatinous Nut Pie) which I don’t like, and pumpkin, which I LOVE. If you get the big can, it makes two pumpkin pies. I usually keep one for myself. Pie, as my Moür Moür taught me, is good for every meal. This year, the Christmas Eve dinner included 18 people. So I brought both pumpkin pies over. But I only got one baby slice. There was no pie for Christmas morning breakfast. Or Christmas afternoon and evening snacks. So I am making myself a little pie right now. How is it I make so many pies, but have no pie plates? Someone out there has a surplus of pie plates.

So, no DSL. What’s more, verizon cancelled my email account. I only need that for an SMTP server, and I could use webmail, but it’s very annoying. So I got my own back up dial up account, so I could quit mooching. And I could have reliable SMTP. I also ordered a cable modem and high speed internet access from the cable company. I’ve had it with verizon. It’s just so annoying and every single thing is a nightmare to deal with, when it comes to the internet. Even their website is confusing. So I am canceling DSL.

Now, until I ordered that cable modem, I didn’t understand how powerless Verizon was making me feel. Because as soon as I hung up the phone, it was SUNNY DAYS AGAIN! I’m so happy, I might just accomplish something with my week off that is already halfway over. Instead of playing the sims. Although, I must say, I’ve created my most successfully slutty sim ever, Thea. A recent college graduate with a degree in psychology, Thea currently has 4 “lovers.” One more and we get bonus points! That girl is a woo-hoo having machine, I’m telling you! Currently, she is working in the paranormal field. But we might switch to athletics. She likes doing the yoga and working on the treadmill.

So, pie in the oven, cable modem on the way, sexy slutty sims burning up the woo-hoo, life’s looking up.

This is what my cousin Kirsten put in my stocking.

I drove the speed limit the entire holiday. Pretty much. For the most part.

If anyone ever says to you, “Jodi, it’s easy to make your own bows! You just wind around like this, and you pinch like this, and then you wrap some wire around there, and then you tie it off and voila!” You should tell them to fuck off and point you in the direction of the ribbon that curls with scissors. And ask them not to call you “Jodi.”

Those of you who hot link to images on my blog, and use my bandwidth for your crappy pages, I’ve had about enough of you. What you are doing is rude, and inconsiderate, and I’m going to start messing with stuff so you will learn your lesson. And it creeps me out how many times you guys use pictures of my kitties face in your stupid comments you leave on other crappy myspace pages.

I’m just saying… it’s not polite!! You don’t even ask!

I’m annoyed. I’m trying to upload a song for an audio post that is perfect for today. TODAY. It has to be today. But dial up is slow. I’m also annoyed because I have to make cookies for a cookie swap tomorrow at work, and I do NOT enjoy cooking.

Anyway, for those of you who are saddened by the shorter days, who start to worry on June 21st about the days getting shorter, you can shut up now. It’s all uphill from here. They days are just going to get longer and longer. I am not one of you. I get happier when the days get shorter. I do well in the dark. Like a mushroom. But Evildeb is one of you. She likes hot, sunny climes. Like …. HELL! I’m more of a moonlight girl. Not to say winter is my favorite season. That would be fall, followed closely by spring. Summer can kiss my air conditioned ass, because at least in winter, I can pile on the comforters and sleep all snuggly.

Still waiting for that song to upload…..

Opps… turns out you are supposed to grease the pan first. Can you grease a pan with butter? Because that’s all I’ve got that’s greasy. I’ve got plenty of sticky stuff, but not a lot of greasy. Butter it is! Oh, and about the vanlla… bad news about that, I’m afraid. While I have consumed these cookies before, I’ve never actually made them. Seemed simple enough. Ha! This does not bode well. I’m going to end up buying cookies I just know it.

So here is your song. It’s called “The Christians and the Pagans” by Dar Williams. My favorite part has always been when Jane explains to the kid what it means to be a pagan vs a christian. “You find magic in your God, and we find magic everywhere.” While I am not a pagan, I am a unitarian, and that’s always the way I’ve looked at the world.

The Christians and the Pagans – Dar Williams

Happy Solstice everyone!

DSL is still down. They have to send out a guy to “check the lines.” Of course, I have to be home when he does this, so it’s going to be a couple of days. Sorry no jodicam, but as soon as DSL is back, you should get some lovely footage of me playing the sims because my University Expansion Pack for OS X arrived yesterday!! Whooo-hooo! Thea, now a sophomore, made the dean’s list. She’s majoring in psychology. She’s moved out of her dorm and into a house with three other girls. I’m sure there will be pillow fights.

To make up for the lack of jodicam, which, I assure you, is FASCINATING when it is live, I give you a picture of my new, possibly lucky, monkey socks.

I find them delightful. You can fully appreciate them here because they have pink non-slip polka dots on the bottom [which many of my friends will tell you is a much needed safety precaution I’ve been without] and they make my feet do a little dance.