so excited i’m not even using movie quotes for subject lines. i am so excited, because i am about to bring the smack down upon a sales person. here at work. not at some store. someone here. who is abusing and misusing systems that have been put into place. he did it in about five different ways, and, unfortunately for him, he did it to my babytechs as well. so it’s been documented in case notes. and, unfortunately for him, i’m in the mood for a smack down!
it’s trÈs exciting. i justed listed off his crimes to my podmates. and their reaction to enthusiasm was “oooooooooh… someone’s in trouble.”
btw, louise. i didn’t do anything. if it’s fixed, it’s because you were LYING in the first place. 😛

that’s all i’m saying, kids. i work with her. i know. believe me. poor girl thinks she’s scottish.
hey louise, my stepdad took me out for dinner. guess what i had? a big fat STEAK!! i love me some cooked flesh of cow.
ok. since this “issue” has moved from CNR, to “able to recreate internally, even if it louise, and she’s delusional.” i’ll take a look at her computer. but i’m telling you…. it’s cuz you all overly dependant on microsoft. i just know it.

oh, not much going on here today. i’ve waited all day for inspiration to strike. then i decided that my nails were too long, and that was impeding my ability to type. so i filed them down. still no inspiration. but it’s easier to type!
so, it occurred to me… they say that when you take a dislike to someone, you should look at the characteristics that cause you to dislike them. they are most likely the characteristics that you fear you, yourself, portray. it’s quite possible that i don’t like the alternajodi, from nyc, because i fear that i am snobby and arrogant. maybe? and, dag nabbit, if her last couple of posts weren’t funny!
but then i remembered. the alternajodi is vegan. and that really explains everything, doesn’t it?

hello and welcome to my day off! don’t get too excited, i’m doing laundry. and i have soooo much laundry. i’m going to do a mountain of it today, and that won’t even be half. it won’t even be a third. because i have a mountain range of laundry to do. i’ve been using dirty laundry to carpet my bedroom. it’s soft and squishy. but i don’t have enough baskets to take all the laundry i have to the laundrymat. which is where i am going. so i’ll have to go back later this week, in the evening. but… first things first.
yesterday, i picked a card to represent my next year. this is in addition to the card i automatically get, just by having my birthday. we’ll discuss that card later. but here’s the card i got for the year:

Sage of Worlds: Master
Through experience, you have mastered your craft Because you know how the wheels turn in the world, you have mastered the wheel of fortune. As the master of your art, you see your reflection in your work. Perform your trade and fulfill your responsibilities impeccably. Use your worldly life to cultivate your inner character. Engage in “right livelihood” of living healthy, wealthy, happy and holy.
Through your knowledge and the quality of your efforts, you achieve power and status, symbolized by the crown and elk horns. Though king of the mountain, nevertheless be humble, modest and share of your wealth. As one who is fully established, relax in your work, play at it and enjoy it. Take time out to pursue your hobbies, get energized, be with your friends and follow a spiritual path.
pretty cool, huh?
see ya later!

today was a pretty good day. i had brunch, which i love. i got presents, which i also love, and my mom made me a peach pie. yet another thing i love. but ti’s 7pm, and i am still full from all the norwegian pancakes i ate.
so i was playing around online. and long story short, i came to a blog written by another jodi. and i found it very entertaining and honest, and she had lots of people who obviously enjoyed her blog, because she had lots of comments. i thought i might post a link to her blog on mine. that gave me an idea. maybe i should post a list of links, to blogs by other jodis. so i did a search, and i found another one, by a jodi in new york city. i spent some time reading her blog. and just like you’d expect, she’s witty and funny and smart and sarcastic and opinionated. she’s very jodi.
here’s the problem. i don’t like her. i mean, she all those things listed above, and her blog is very entertaining. but i really don’t like her. or, to be more precise, i don’t like the person that is represented on her blog. which i have been instructed to call her “site” as she hates the word blog. [not me personally, anyone referring to her blog is to do so]. i think she’s… snobby. and kind of mean. and sometimes that comes across as funny, and sometimes it comes across as arrogant. and again, snobby. i was very conflicted by this. she’s talented, funny, smart, witty… and yet, i don’t like her. wouldn’t want to meet her. i’m disappointed. and while i think i’ll continue to occasionally read her blog, i’m not going to link to it. i had it all set up, it was actually up and posted, under Other Jodiblogs. until i read the part about not calling it a blog. and that was the final straw. because i had a picture in my miind of the blogjodi getting mad at me for calling it a blog. and ignoring the fact i thought highly enough of it to list it, along with dr. frank and wil wheaton. so.. i can’t link it. i don’t like her. i admire her talent, but that’s not enough. she, too, has lots of admirers, although at some point, the option to comment disappeared on her blog. and i couldn’t help but think that she just couldn’t be bothered. a flat out assumption on my part, but i only have what she writes to form impressions of her. i don’t know… i feel bad for not liking her, you know? can someone explain that to me?
however, there is another jodi, the first one i mentioned. and if you want to check out her blog, you can do so here. ithe other jodi? feh, go find her yourself.

well, i did see something kinda fun this morning, on my way to work. i saw the peeps fun bus!!! yes! i know! just seeing it was so much fun. even tho i just passed it on the freeway, it really changed my entire outlook for the day. i don’t know where the peeps fun bus was headed. east on 520, i know that much. maybe some lucky elementary school was going to get a visit. it should go visit my uncle jim and aunt vickie. my uncle loves peeps. and my aunt once tried to make them for scratch. they ended up looking like pink piles of dog poop. we called ’em “poops” instead of “peeps.” of course.
i took pictures of the sushi going around on the conveyor belt, but i cannot find the cord that connects my digital camera to my computer. it’s bumming me out seriously. the sushi plates had little clear plastic tops on, so i couldn’t poke my finger into them as they went by. additionally, we were in a booth, and i was not sitting adjacent, directly, to the shushi.
i will find that cord and get a picture up for you. it’s too cute. plus, i want to take pictures of the Ladies High Tea and Tiara party tomorrow. i know you are DYING to see it, dear internet friends.

nuclear physicist monkey with atom. 2003.

yesterday i received an email from someone in a yahoo group i belong to, accusing me of nefarious activities such as driving some members away, and stealing others for my own personal agenda. and it really really shocked me, the animosity of it. not to mention, just the fact that someone thought i was doing these things. i was just as sorry to see the departing member leave as anyone else. and i’d be very sorry if i had anything to do with it. but i honestly don’t think my off topic agenda could be the sole cause of it. i don’t know… maybe i was the straw that broke the camel’s back. but my intentions were innocent. i was merely sharing something i thought would be of interest to others. the details aren’t important, the fact is… the email shocked me and made me feel rotten. and a little bit like i was in jr. high. i did answer back. i probably should have ignored it. but that need to defend oneself reared up… and i replied. and it didn’t make me feel any better.
the reason this is interesting to me, besides the fact it’s about ME for pete’s sake, is that i am currently reading a book called “Entre nous : a woman’s guide to finding her inner French girl.” i saw this book months ago in barnes and noble. and it kind of made me laugh. and it intrigued me. so i put it on my hold list at the library. and i just got it the other day. it was a very very popular book. now see, from what i’ve read so far… a french girl would have laughed “haHA” and that email, and gone about her business. because she is not overly concerned with other people’s opinions. she is concerned with being herself. she would not have replied, but she would have said, “Vous Ítes une petite anomalie. Ne me tracassez pas avec vos avis” and drawn a bubble bath. i got the bubble bath part right. i just need to remember the “you are a little bug. do not bother me with your opinions” part.
but in actuality, i’m scottish, irish, swedish and norwegian. and i’m more apt to go verbal romper stomper on her ass. but i didn’t. i was calm. because i’m also DUTCH!

Chef Monkey with Berry Pie. 2003.

i don’t know what is.
i often listen to movie scores at work. i can have my headphones on, and block out distractions, but it doesn’t distract me from whatever i am researching. so, i just said i am in a crappy mood, right? i put on my headphones, and what is the live365 movie score station playing at this exact moment? schinlier’s list. now, if you are in a blue mood, do NOT listen to this movie score. it’s not going to help. i need something like… the score to superman.
oy!

i’m in a pretty crappy mood. i’m trying to snap out of it, but i’m not having much success. i will say, i felt pretty happy when i put on my new coat this morning. it’s not really gortex, cuz those coats are really expensive. it’s not for the snow, it’s for everyday misty seattle winter crap. but i like it. yesterday was a very blustery day, which i enjoyed, the likes kept flickering and i am sure there are fallen tree branches everywhere this morning. but i tried on my new coat and it was THE PERFECT COAT for the day. so it was a good choice.
however, even the perfect coat cannot improve my mood. i had a bad writing weekend. and it put pinpricks in my fragile faith balloon. and it’s not even november 1st. maybe i’m trying too hard. maybe because each of the three things i tried were not in my voice. [outline, synopsis, and jacket blurb] i don’t know. i’ll pass on the actual outline. it’s in my head. so is the synopsis, btw. it was an excellent little synopsis. but it won’t come out of my brain. and i think i am having the same trouble with the blurb as i do with my technical/professional writing. the minute i try to write with someone else’s style guide, i freeze up. it’s no wonder i spent more of my time working on web projects and drawing monkeys.
speaking of web projects, there is a new, updated, list of ¸berblogs over to the left. i’ve added kam, who has yet to name her blog. she is out of town, but i expect great things from her. and lonnie, who, like the super genius he is, has already posted to it. that’s why we love lonnie. also, i’ve added wicked’s blog under ¯therblog’s. wicked is part of my nanowrimo writing group, SGNMFOS. which, again, i’ll explain what that stands for, when i complete the graphic. anyway, we had a nice time chatting on saturday evening. mostly about me, and stuff i’ve done. wheeee!
i think i’m going to need macaroni and cheese from whole foods hot food dept. for lunch. it’s that kind of day. and a jamba juice.
see ya!

mmmm… every single item of clothing i am wearing is straight from the laundry basket. smelling all fresh and laundrified.
last night i tried to write a summary of my story. an informal synopsis. i had it all in my head, i was thinking it out, as if i were causually telling someone what it was about as i drove around town running errands. but when i tried to write it out, it didn’t come out well. which made me start to doubt my ability to even write the story. if i am just editorializing a casual synopsis, what am i going to do when i am trying to write the actual story?
well, i’m taking a break from it today, at least until this evening. i’m taking lola to the car wash, and then i am meeting my mom, pattie, at REI. she’s going to buy me a birthday present!! and it’s not even my birthday. yet. ok. it’s in a week. she wanted to buy me dressy clothes. but i told her… i don’t really need any dressy clothes. i do not have a dressy life, currently. and i do not have anything coming up. no dressy xmas party that i know of. no wedding, until hers, and that’s at the end of May. nothing. what i really need, is a new gortex jacket. a seattle staple. we bought mine when i first moved back… 15 and a half years ago. it still works. but it lacks warmth features and fits funny. so we are meeting at REI. she has a coupon. 20% off. everybody wins!!
wicked, a member of my nanowrimo writing group, suggested we write the jacket blurb to our stories. i think i am going to try that when i get back. not so sure how much i am going to outline. maybe a really really really skeletal one? i know, maybe i’ll write major plot points on index cards. and then i will take the index cards and arrange them on a tack board. just kidding. or maybe not. that’s sort of a good idea. hmmmm……