Monthly Archives: December 2005

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Then and Now: Episode 17 A Grnch Christmas Triple Crwon

You know, nothing is every going to beat the original. It’s a classic. Let’s enjoy it now, shall we?

You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch – Thurl Ravenscroft


Ok, first of all, how cool is that name? Thurl Ravenscroft? I am so going to name my next male sim Thurl Ravenscroft. Now, if you are worried, I’ll set your mind at ease right now. There is no Jim Carrey version of this song in this episode of Then and Now. Oh hell, no. There are actually quit a few covers of this song, but I narrowed it down to two that I thought were fun. Or different. This next version is one I’ve been hearing on a local radio station for a few years now. I think it’s cool, hip and jazzy. Tell me what you think.

You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch – Deanna Kirk

The last one comes from my favorite new Christmas album this year, A Christmas Spanking, by the Asylum Street Spankers. You might remember them as the geniuses that brought us the monkey song that so delighted me oh those many months ago.

You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch – Asylum Street Spankers

All in all, it could have been worse, kids. I could have decided to use all my many versions of “Santa Baby”

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Greetings from the couch

Hey kids, today the dial up access officially pissed me off, which means I am getting better. My voice is back, now I just sound like a regular kid with a cold. I did do more than just read and lie here today, I did clean the kitchen an itty bitty bit. Did more stuff around the house. Although not much. I am predicting a banner day of productivity tomorrow, tho. I have a Then and Now Christmas post I want to do, but I won’t be able to do it with dial up. It would make me insane. So I might go to the library. I need to talk to a librarian anyway. I miss ’em. Haven’t been ’round to see them lately.

Additionally, the jodicam has been offline forever. Also a victim of dial up, although it wouldn’t do much good to be online, since I haven’t been in the office in days. I could have set up a couch cam, but the last few days were not pretty. No one needs to see that much phlegm.

Pru’s playing in the garbage, I gotta go…

Love,

Jodi

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50 Word Fictions

50 Word Fiction Friday Vol. 37

Oh boy, I am so late. But it’s still Friday, so it counts. I only made it two hours at work yesterday before coming home. And I was home again today. This happened to me last year two, a week later in the month, right before xmas. I was sick as a dog. I ventured out to the grocery store today, but that’s about it. So, is it any wonder that today’s 50 word fiction theme is germs?

WBC Warriors Come Out and Play

She snuck up behind her prey, weapon firmly in hand. Hellbent on the havoc he was wreaking, he did not notice her.

“Yoohoo!” she called, and when he turned around, she ran her sword through his midsection.

“Damn you White Blood Cell Bitch!” the germ cried, as he died. Violently.

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Lost my voice

Hey kids… I’ve been sick the last couple of days. What’s more, I’ve lost my dsl connection. I just came into work at noon today, but I’m not sure that was the best idea. Anyway, that explains the silence. Now I’ll get back to the scads of emails I have to waiting for me. *cough*

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Shock me shock me shock me with that deviant behavior.

So, tell me if this has ever happened to you. You are online, and you are trying to download some video of a sock puppet show you really miss, but can’t buy on dvd, because it’s owned by a greedy corporate conglomerate, and not the creators of the show, although they are trying to buy it back and when they do you will be more than happy to buy the dvd’s, all legal like… so, anyway, you download a little skit of this sock puppet show, and when it’s done, you click the QT file, which launches your browser and opens three tabbed pages, the first one on top is porn. And just when you are thinking, hey… I closed all my porn tabs, what’s up with that, the sound of a couple having screaming sex comes blaring out of your speaker, and startles you so much you fall out of your seat. It’s not the first porn page, the video has not started streaming, you close that tab. It’s not the 2nd page, nor the 3rd… it’s quicktime file you downloaded. That’s not a SOCK PUPPET!! You have been deceived. It’s a 20 porn trailer, but it’s not even good porn! Curses, foiled again.

No? Yeah, me neither.

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Awww… this is one of those days that the pages of history teach us are best spent lying in bed.

Last week I had a baby cold. It never caused me to call in sick, but I did work from home one day. By the weekend I felt better. But then last night, I got the mommy [or daddy] cold… the grow-up cold. I was fine, and then an hour later I was feeling suspiciously borderline crappy, and an hour after that I was sick. I hate that. I feel bad because, while still feeling good, I was over at my cousin Kirsten’s house, playing with the baby. I was all over that baby. Blowing raspberries on him, pretending to eat his tummy, kissing his baby face, and the whole time, unbeknownst to me, I was incubating sick. I was borderline crappy driving home, and an hour after getting home, I was aware I have cold.
I’m bummed out! I hate being sick. And I really hope I didn’t get my cousin’phew sick!
Ok, I am posting a song for Chris, because it’s one of our favorite movies, Philadelphia Story, and I told him I would post it. I love this song. I think it’s very sweet.

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evildeb

I’m now a famous Hollywood bitch, I mean I had to sacrifice a small baby for Satan, but things are so much better now.

I meant to show you this yesterday. I sent this to everyone I know who has a baby.

Satanwantsbaby

Because this website, which is both terribly funny and terribly frightening, brought us several minutes of amusement yesterday. Evildeb is very upset her mother did not have access to this, when she was a child:

Bitterkid

You know, it even looks a more than a little like her.

All this fun came to me via blog of a bookslut.

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Drudgery and song

Once again, hell has frozen over and I am cleaning house. I’m working on the kitchen. I still haven’t finished the office, but a dirty kitchen is ickier. And it’s dirty. And messy. Both. I started at one end of the counter, and I am working my way around, cleaning surfaces as I clear them. That’s the way I like to clean, so I can see progress. I don’t just want to see bare counter top, I want to see bare and shiny counters!

Originally, I continued on like this, talking about cleaning, and I almost walked away in the middle of the post, I was so not entertained by it. The only thing less entertaining than cleaning, is reading about me trying to cleaning. So, instead I am going to post one of the greatest songs to clean along to EVER.


Lots of drama at my Place of Employment. We acquired a fairly good size company in the same realm we are in, and you know what happens when two big companies collide? Redundancy in staff. But, we heard tell of the best Xmas gift my POE has ever given us, only to receive emails telling us the shipment to Seattle offices was delayed. Once the other offices confirmed what we heard, we were sorely disappointed, and wanted our gift more than ever. Friday, some Executive types were up in Seattle for some Q&A, and Rockin’ Jody [did you know there is another Jodi at my POE? Have I mentioned that?] told me that he would pay me a US Quarter for every time I could work in the word “shuffle” into a question. A shiny Kansas State Quarter!

“Oooo… that’s my favorite one! It’s got a buffalo AND a daisy on it!” said Evildeb.

I didn’t do it. I’m not stupid.

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All better…

I believe I have fixed my CSS issues in Firefox and IE for Windows. According to my crack team of beta testers, all looks as it should now.

Today was Super Casual Friday at work. Every day is casual day, so we had to step it up a notch. I wore my geek butt pants. Somebody said I needed to consult HR about them. I don’t know why… because they draw attention to my butt?

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