it’s wedding eve, and I am off to meet my mom for pedicures in a bit. Now, pedicures I love, but somehow my mom has managed to get me signed up not only to have my hair done, but also my makeup? She’s very tricky, my mom. I know she does not like how I do my hair. That’s because I don’t really do it. I have a great wavy mop of hair. And my hair care and style regime consists of washing it. That’s about it. And to put some Frizeeze in it, so it doesn’t frizz out. That’s it. When I “do” my hair, I straighten it. And I was planning on having Sharon straighten it for me tomorrow. But my mom thought it would be fun to go in together to get our hair done. And since I am not exactly an enthusiastic wedding contributor, it was the least I could do. It’s still Sharon, we both get our hair cut by her, but I imagine my mom will want my hair “done.” I don’t know what that means, but I’ll let her do whatever she wants. It’s her wedding. I don’t know how she got me signed up for the makeup. It was done very casually. In fact, right now, all I’ve agreed to is the eyes.
My hair was looking kinda dull, so, in part, to brighten it up for the wedding and also, in part, to exert a little bit of independence, I colored it light auburn. It’s a lighter version of what I’ve done before. I only left it in 10 minutes. It turned out a little brighter, on the ends, than I anticipated. I don’t think Pattie is going to like it. it’s a semi-perm, so I’ll wash my hair a couple of times tonight and tomorrow. and maybe that will take it down a notch. I like it, but I’m a little concerned about Pattie. I don’t think the bright bits would be as noticeable if Sharon put my hair up. Maybe that will be ok. Most people really like it when I redden it. But… most people aren’t my mother.
And, to clarify my whiny tone, it will be fun to get our hair done together. And get pedicures. Because my mom rocks. She’s weird, but she still rocks.

You know how you sometimes see certain images, and you say to yourself “my but that certainly is phallic!”? I had an experience like that this morning, here at work. But with a more feminine slant. There was an image on our intranet, a sort of internal design … and my first thought was to turn to Dr. Stevil and say, “Steve, what does that look like to you?” But then I realized… how would Dr. Stevil know what one of those looked like? [Dr. Stevil is gay, kids… in case that has not been made clear in the past.] However, Dr. Stevil said that his first thought, when he saw the design, was “wow… Georgia O’Keefe would be proud.” Once we became open about our feelings, re: the design on the front page of our internal website, Dr. Stevil, Evildeb and I enjoyed a prolonged gigglefest. Followed by a seriously inappropriate discussion.
And out of that discussion, Dr. Stevil told me this story. They now have, on his softball team, a GIRL!! I didn’t know they allowed girls on their team, but I guess they do. Anyway, they had a team fund raiser the other day, at some bar, and this girl donned a leather bustier and carried a paddle. She went around the bar and sold spankings! And she made $150!! BRILLIANT!! At a buck a spank, I’m guessing several people took more than one for the team. But that’s not the point… do you think I could wear a leather bustier and sell spankings in bars? That would be an awesome second job, doncha think? I wonder if it’s legal?

drawing stripes. in illustrator. i just like stripes.






ooo-kay… guess I’m done drawing stripes for now. The last two turned out kinda pooey.

Real quick… because I have to answer someone’s technical questions, as it would appear that they are paralyzed from the eye brows down and the user guide is out of reach, otherwise, surely, they’d be embarrassed to be caught asking questions whose answers are so politely provided in the self help material…. this is very funny!

Doe-02 from the album Pod by The Breeders
I had no idea what that “iTunes” button did on Ecto, the software I use to write my blog updates, but apparently it tells you exactly what song I am listening to right now! That’s fascinating! BRILLIANT!! You have to know that I am going to be hitting that button a lot from now on. That is need to know information. I love technology.
Oh, good news abounds everywhere! First, it has been brought to my attention that the Moons have come to their senses and are moving back to me!! They are moving back to Capital Hill! I’m so excited. Maybe I will see them more than once a year now. The drive down to Tacoma just wasn’t as much fun as it was in our “youth.” So I didn’t see them much. Oh, and apparently they are bringing the baby with them! Nice! Can you blame them? She’s very talented, I’ve seen pictures and it appears she can stick her big toe in her mouth! And only 6 mos old! I’m sorry to say that she seems to have some pretty messy table manners with the solid food. Anyway, it’s nice they’ve come to their senses and are moving back. My inability to make it down to Tacoma was all a plot to get them to come to me. And it worked!!
Delicious Demon from the album Life’s Too Good by The SugarCubes
Additionally, fabulous friend, and fellow Denver Bronco fan, Kam is considering coming up to Seattle for the Seahawk vs. Broncos pre-season game in August. Wheeeeoooo! During which we’d don the orange and blue, and probably get into fights with smelly, drunken ‘hawk fans. But I’m not scared because Kammie has all that KUNG-FU knowledge. And I have a lot of unresolved anger. So I think we can take anyone who gives us grief. After we beat up drunken, mullet wearing dudes from Auburn, we’ll go out for sweet potato fries
I Sing The Body Electric from the album Are A Drag by Me First And The Gimme Gimmes.
I’m not getting much done today… productivity has been reduced due to the fact I have moved my dock from the bottom of my screen to the right side. It;s got me all discombobulated. It’s messed with my groove.
Sesame Street from the album Television’s Greatest Hits 70’s & 80’s by Stone, Hart And Raposo
Yeah…. I keep getting distracted from the post, and coming back when a new song comes on to hit the iTunes button. So I should just go post it. ok… one more song, only cuz I’m using the new Party Shuffle feature.
Bad Businessman from the album Hot by Squirrel Nut Zippers

Now that I have the iPod, one of the many ways I can overcome my guilt is to take it for walks outside. In the sunshine. Where the healthy people are. So I’m going to start walking around Greenlake. It’s one of my favorite places in Seattle. It’s got a walking path around the lake that’s 2.8 miles. Which is a nice amount of miles. It’s a good walk. Everyone will be so proud of me for going outside. And I can say “the iPod made me do it! The iPod changed my life!”

Something very dangerous is about to happen? Do you sense it? Can you feel it on the wind? Probably not, I think this particular wind is only blowing around me. You know, i got a bonus this month. Something I am using to do very responsible things with, to a certain degree. But.. I… am… goingtobuyanipod. I just know it. It’s going to happen. I don’t think I can prevent it any longer. Apple just released a new version of iTunes, and there was a great deal of discussion around it today, online and at work. [apparently there are some issues with iPods and the new version of their software required to use them with the latest version of iTunes.] Well, all that talk… it got me thinking. How come Dr.Stevil and The Man get to have iPods, when I am soooo much nicer than they are? Well, nicer than Dr. Stevil. And The Man is not as Mac Passionate as I, although he does own a mac. That is not the point, a girl like me should have had an iPod eons ago!!
Besides, if I do only responsible things with my bonus, well that just wouldn’t be very jodiferous of me. And, I don’t think I even need to get the 40 GB. I could probably settle for the 20 GB. Probably. [yeah, right] Look at them!! They are so beautiful!
Oh, by the way, if you participate in Ben and Jerry’s Oath to Vote, you can enter to win free music downloads, free iMacs and free iPods. Neat!! iPods, iMacs, music, voting and ice cream. All very good things.
Today is my Friday, as I took tomorrow off. Just cuz. Although, I do have to go visit my plastic surgeon again.

I went to LA to visit Fee one Halloween, with my friend CanadianDeb. [that’s not her real name, but we need to differentiate her from EvilDeb]. The three of us went to a halloween party at the home of her then boss. In a lovely house in the Hollywood hills that I think made Fee a bit bitter. About salaries and such. Anyway, her boss at the time was British. Still is. He’s just no longer her boss. He was also, at the time, kinda drunk. His house was decorated in a most excellent manner, and the three of us found ourselves in a little room that was playing theme song to the Exorcist over and over in the background. I can’t remember what that is called… something bells? Anyway, her boss, the drunk british guy, found out that Fee had never seen the Exorcist. And I think he was torn between wanting her to see it, and thinking it was not a good idea. Because, you see, that movie is “dead scary.” Possibly too dead scary for our little Fee, who is startled by bugs and owns bunnies. Oh but it’s “BRILLIANT, but DEAD SCARY!!” Well, I think we can safely say that we might have found a way to rectify the situation, because my friend Dr. Stevil has pointed me to The Exorcist, performed by bunnies. In 30 seconds.
By the way, from then on, her old boss was referred to as Dead Scary.
BRILLIANT!!

I adopted Pru from a no-kill shelter called Purrfect Pals. They are having an Average Joe Cat Show and Photo contest. While I am not going to enter Pru in the cat show, I do have some pictures I might submit for the photo contest. The submission fee is a nice way to donate money to the shelter anyway. With the possibility of getting a ribbon!
Meanwhile, I got this link, from Neil Gaiman’s website, and so if i don’t get anything done all day because I am busy looking up Norwegian slang, it’s his fault. [like I am going to take responsibility for my own actions….. fladdermus*, please!] Norwegian because there’s a chance I can pronounce it. I’m avoiding French because there is someone fluent in French on my team. And while he’d probably find whatever I had to say extremely funny, he’d also correct my pronunciation. You don’t want someone to correct your pronunciation after you’ve called them a connard. But like anyone is going to know the difference if you pronounce pikktryne improperly. Besides, what good will French curses do in my family? Much better to have something Swedish or Norwegian. Gaelic would be best, but I’d never be able to pronounce that.
* actually Swedish. It basically means slutty bitch. I wanted plain old bitch, but I couldn’t resist the way this one sounded… fladdermus. The swedish dictionary was kind of shocking really. I don’t know whether to be proud or embarrassed. After all, I’m only about 1/8th Swedish.

For being such a super genius, I can sometimes be such a tard. There’s an option right there, that tells movable type NOT to rebuild my book page index when I am rebuilding the main index. Which means, you should no longer receive errors when you post comments. Hooray. It was right there in front of my face too. Sometimes it’s hard to see the simple through the genius.
Conversation with TheMan at work, during the design of birthday poster for M-roo.
Me: we can turn that into a giant sun.
TheMan: GENIUS!! Do you realize what a genius you are?
Me: actually… yes I do.
so humble.