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quizmeme via silentyrs / phillykat

80 questions

1. What curse phrase do you use the most?
Dammit!

2. Do you own an iPod?
only as community property - BHK has one

3. What person on your f-list do you talk to the most?
BHK - we are married and living in the same house!

4. What time is your alarm clock set to?
4:50am on workdays / 7:50 on Saturday / sleep in on sunday

5. Do you still remember the first person you kissed?
Yup - I was in first grade - a platonic but "girlfriend" kiss - Diana Horton

6. Do you remember where you were on 09/11/01?
Yup - working the noon-8pm shift at FMM

7. Would you rather take the picture or be in the picture?
I'd rather take the picture.

8. What was the last movie you watched?
In the theater.. it was Tropic Thunder, I Think.

9. Do any of your friends have children?
Sure, a lot do.

10. Has anyone ever called you lazy?
I've been called that, and worse.

11. Do you ever take medication to help you fall asleep?
Nope - I zonk off when I hit the hay.

12. What cd is currently in your cd player?
Well...In the DVD player of my computer, there's a copy of

13. Do you prefer regular or chocolate milk?
more of a soy milk sort, unless it's in ice cream or cereal. if pressed, chocolate.

14. Has anyone told you a secret this week?
I'm sure they have.

15. When was the last time you had Starbucks?
last weekend, when we saw the banana trike. probably won't go again for a long time though.

16. Can you whistle?
yes, but not well.

17. What is the first thing you notice about the opposite sex?
hmm.. "hey! that's a girl!" on the lowest level. on a more reptilian scale, likely to be posture, skin and hair quality

18. What are you looking forward to?
end of current work project, Halloween

19. Did you watch cartoons as a child?
sure thing.. .best excuse to vegetate until 10am.

20. Do you own any band t-shirts?
surly, somewhere. I think I have a rusted root and pearl jam shirt waiting to embarrass my wife somewhere.

21. What will you be doing in one hour?
having dinner / watching tv

22. Is anyone in love with you?
Yup! bhk!

23. What was the last song you heard?
something by smashing pumpkins - that "despite all my rag, I am still just a rat in a cage" pap.

24. Last time you cried?
Today.

25. Are you on a desktop computer or a laptop?
desktop

26. Are you currently wanting any piercings or tattoos?
not really. I prefer books and electronic toys.

27. What’s the weather like?
dark outside - partly cloudy

28. Would you ever date a girl/guy covered in tattoos?
sure - depends on what they're like, otherwise.

29. What did you do before this?
before... "this"? a previous life? job? page in my history? I was.

30. When is the last time you slept on the floor?
three nights ago - watching tv turned to bedtime.

31. How many hours of sleep do you need to function?
6, at least - I prefer 7.

32. Do you eat breakfast daily?
no, but I should.

33. Are your days fast-paced?
some are, some aren't.

34. What did you do last night?
see yesterday's entry. soup and bad dreams.

35. Do you use sarcasm?
Where effective, yes. not all the time.

36. How old will you be turning on your next birthday?
40!!

37. Are you picky about spelling and grammar?
I can be - it depends on the situation. more at work than on a journal page.

38. Have you ever been to six flags?
six flags atlantis in Florida, ages ago.

39. Do you get along better with the same sex or the opposite sex?
I'd say it's about even, with the same sex at a slight advantage these days.

40. Do you like mustard?
on a hot dog or soft pretzel, yes.

41. Do you sleep on your side?
usually on my back, sometimes on my side.

42. Do you watch the news?
most work mornings, yes, in the background, at least.

43. How did you get one of your scars?
back surgery.

44. Who was the last person to make you mad?
myself.

45. Do you like anybody?
I love my wife, and I like most people. if you mean crushes.. see love.

46. What is the last thing you purchased?
a diet cherry pepsi, I think!

47. What side of the heart do you draw first?
left.

48. Can you dive without plugging your nose?
yes, though I haven't swum in over a year or two.

49. What colour is your razor?
black, with blue trim.

50. What is your blood-type?
A+

51. Who would you want to be tied to for 24 hours?
not anyone, really. I like to spend time with BHK, Newton, and PYe, but we all like freedom of movement.

52. What is a rumour someone has spread about you?
someone once spread a rumor about me having been in prison... but I never have.

53. How do you feel about carrots?
good in soups, make excellent weapons when sharpened properly.

54. How many chairs at the dining room table?
4. more if you count the bench near the back wall.

55. Which is the best Spice Girl?
Whichever one I've heard the least about recently... the blonde, I guess?

56. Do you know what time it is?
yup. on my computer dash.

57. Do you know all the words to the Fresh Prince Theme Song?
most, but all would come if I thought hard about it.

58. What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator?
call for assistance, call bhk to let her know, read my pda until help arrived, hope I didn't have to use the bathroom.

59. What’s your favourite kind of gum?
spearmint or peppermint

60. T or F: All’s fair in love and war?
F.

61. Do you have a crush on anyone?
wasn't that "like" above? T

62. Do you know how to use some words correctly, but not know the meaning?
Don't I need to know them meaning to use them?

63. Do you like to sleep?
yup.

64. Do you know which US states don’t use Daylight Savings Time?
Not sure. Arizona Hawaii and indiana, I think. Oops, got it wrong. turns out indiana does, now.

65. Do you know the song Total Eclipse of the Heart?
I've heard it - I couldn't play it on an instrument or anything.

66. Do you want a bright yellow ‘06 mustang?
For free, sure. May I sell it?

67. What’s something you’ve always wanted?
a happy home and a loving family. I have it, too.

68. Do you have hairy LEGS?
why, YES!

69. Would you rather swim in the ocean or a lake?
Lake, if freshwater. I pefer whatever is cleanest, and less polluted.

70. Do you wear a lot of black?
not really. I wear a lot of yellows, greens, blues.

71. Describe your hair:
short cut on my head - it's thinning on top, going gray on the sides.

72. Do you have Entomophobia?
I'm not too worried about bugs.

73. Are you an adult?
I am over 21, yes.

74. Where is/are your best friend(s)?
Upstairs, workign on her pc.

75. Do you have a tan?
a slight one

76. Are you a television addict?
not really - more fo a habit. I could drop tv for books and other entertainments.

77. Do you enjoy spending time with your mother?
in short burst, yes

78. Are you a sugar freak?
I like sugar, salt, savory and sour flavors in alternaing doses

79. Do you like orange juice?
freshly suzed, yes. from a tin, no

80. What sign are you?
Aquarius / Earth Monkey

BHK made some yummy stroganoff noodles with pseudo-meat patties... really tasty and delicious, though I'm still totally gaga about the shepherd's pie.

Took it easy tonight - I found out that Amy won't be here until Monday or so, due to her mom having some health issues - nothing new, and I think her mom will be OK. I hope Amy's feeling all right when she gets here, too.

Not much mention of today's historical significance at the office, and in town short of seeing more American flags here and there. Radio and TV however had it going constantly. Folks seem to forget the pentagon side of things, with the towers filling up the majority of memory.

Don Gorske of has eaten 23,000 Big Macs over the past 36 years. Wow! That's got to be at least a two or three pounds of meat, total.

Meme of the moment:

::three joys::

when work is productive
down time
waking up next to bhk with newton and pye in the bed

::three fears::

accidentally hurting others
failing myself and others
dangerously predatory animals, including people

::three current obsessions::

Immediate Family
Games (both Electronic and tabletop)
Middleman TV show

::three surprising facts::

I am in the habit of anthropomorphising just about everything I see (at least in my head)
I am not as nice as I seem, but I think I'm still a nicer guy than most
Gorillas use tools! (It was a surprise to me!)

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 76. East wind around 10 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. South wind between 7 and 13 mph.

1 year ago - BHK and I eat and run at the in-laws, memory issues, newt stretch pic, weirdo show

2 years ago- rapture index, nice day, rotating apartments, screamin' jay hawkins, app-stick, old family pix, audience participation, eating clown face

3 years ago - imageshack woes, lj-poll, walkabout pix, smiles, music meme fruitful, super mario world, burning life with hp pics, power spotty

4 years ago - Ivan entry attracts travel tips, El Niño is back, beauty of a hurricane, Big Kahuna Generous, rough case, nice chats,
monkey-chants,silly sliders graphic

5 years ago - written missives with bro, newbie likes the doobie, digital clouds,Hurricane Fabian, Stratego, Yoni Yantri, BK snoops, gave frankie the mooch some pasta and a pan.

6 years ago - Great dreams, care-were-bears, Big Bird (IMT) is a thief, Private moon landing. (never took place, sadly.), newtie play

7 years ago - wtc-pentagon 9/11

8 years ago - Tattoo trend, questions memes.. hmm, #4 came true!, Possibility of a Seed donation

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: 20714
Current Music: top gear end credits

Wednesday Night - Veggie Protein-spheres (rather than meatballs) in sauce, homemade pickles, naan bread - made for a tasty sammich with sweet potato fries on the side. BHK and I were pretty dang sleepy, so we sort of crashed on the couch after supper. I got back up, but BHK was down for the count. I wrote a bit here, and now we're off to the sack. Until later, dear journal!

Roger Ebert is not a fan of 3-D movies.

Ask yourself this question: Have you ever watched a 2-D movie and wished it were in 3-D? Remember that boulder rolling behind Indiana Jones in "Raiders of the Lost Ark?" Better in 3-D? No, it would have been worse. Would have been a tragedy. The 3-D process is like a zombie, a vampire, or a 17-year cicada: seemingly dead, but crawling out alive after a lapse of years. We need a wooden stake.

Oh... BHK is going to disagree there!

Latest meme making the rounds - Alphabetty spaghetti

Attached or Single - Well attached, indeed!

Best Friend - BHK

Cake or Pie - Man, don't make me choose! Do brownies count as cake? Probably cake.

Day of Choice -Weekend days are best - Saturday. Or should I go all clever and say payday or birthday?

Essential Item - PDA - it's full of books and my doodlepad!

Favorite Color - Rust/orange and forest green

Gummy Bears or Worms - bears. Or better yet, gummy chicken feet or army men!

Hometown - Boston, MA... or Fort Lauderdale, FL depending on time spent there

Favorite Indulgence - Relaxing all weekend with BHK

January or July - January... but If I had to pick any month, I'd go with October.

Kids - are cute and fun, mostly... and are also a lot of work and a huge responsibility, too.

Life isn’t complete without - Love. (My first thought was Death. Sad but true.)

Marriage Date - 10/25/06!

Number of Brothers and Sisters - One Brother, no sisters.

Oranges or Apples - Oranges in juice, apples in pies. If forced, I'd have to pick oranges, just because I find the rind fascinating and fragrant.

Phobias - Not really phobia, but I'm extra redoubled careful about the kitties getting loose.

Quotes - It's a long one from Bill Hicks -

You've been fantastic and I hope you enjoyed it. There is a point, is there a point to all of this? Let's find a point. Is there a point to my act? I would say there is.

I have to.

The world is like a ride in an amusement park. And when you choose to go on it, you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round. It has thrills and chills and it's very brightly colored and it's very loud and it's fun, for a while. Some people have been on the ride for a long time and they begin to question, is this real, or is this just a ride? And other people have remembered, and they come back to us, they say, "hey - don't worry, don't be afraid, ever, because, this is just a ride..."

And we... kill those people.

Ha ha

"Shut him up."

"We have a lot invested in this ride. Shut him up. Look at my furrows of worry. Look at my big bank account and my family. This just has to be real."

Just a ride. But we always kill those good guys who try and tell us that, you ever notice that? And let the demons run amok. But it doesn't matter because: It's just a ride. And we can change it anytime we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings and money. A choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love, instead, see all of us as one. Here's what we can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money that we spend on weapons and defences each year and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace.

Reasons to Smile - Lots of 'em... Family, friends, a clever psaage in a book, soap bubbles, winning a video game, smelling baking bread or fesh cut grass, thinknig of something new or in a different way.... too many to list.

Season of Choice - Autumn, especially with color changes, cool weather and harvest time.

Tag Seven Peeps - no can do, buckaroo. Just let me know if you run with it, whoever does take it.

Unknown Fact About Me - Hard, with a decade of journals online... I'd say that most folks don't know that I was a very quiet kid in high school - more stand-back than joining the crowd, save for a very small group of friends.

Vegetable - I do like the broccoli, but corn is mighty.

Worst Habit - I'm a bit of a clutter-bug, and often fail to pick up after myself. I'm trying to be better about it, though.

X-ray or Ultrasound - MRI.. but of those two, Ultrasound.

Your Favorite Food - Variable. I'm craving sushi right now, but I really like Thai / Italian / Mexican dishes across the board. BHK is an awesome [edited to add:[ COOK! COOK, I SAY! CHEF, EVEN!]

Zodiac Sign - Aquarius... or for those of a more eastern bent - Earth Monkey

1 year ago - Found money, nice day voicepost, hp lovecraft's 117th bday, free audio books, great love stories, Autumn training day, ren-fest coming along with bhk's b-day

2 years ago - mr jones, fort lauderdale happenings / movies, walkabout basics, the shield, nose buttering in comments.

3 years ago - dinner out, hee haw, chitty chatting, Kong SE, gun-related homicide in the workplace, monkey and duck picture, weatherbonk

4 years ago - ADP hammers another nail in her on-call casket, supes & robot doubles, past Halloween costumes, drunkie-bear, Todd Fatta, RIP

5 years ago - virus PSA, Zombie Sim rework, the current gig, candy poll, monty python toys, 2-headed baby, magic egg, witches, sentinel cam, work observations (turned out correct), Pam pings me, good/evil evaluation

6 years ago - megaliths, interviewing, super manatee, giant grasshoppers, weathercams, miss cleo in trouble, landlord- no fans, Finn issue

7 years ago - writing - invisible, words of the day, tattoo & misocainea, MS kills NS plugins, griegstein

8 years ago - empty

Current Mood: good
Current Location: 20714
Current Music: end credits to monk on a submarine

Larry’s Birthday – He made pancakes for us all… Tigger nearly escaped the house, and is now no longer allowed on the porch.. purely an indoor kitty.

BHK made a lemon cake, an we gave him a lemon meringue pie and tickets to the bluegrass festival. (and the first three lethal weapon movies on dvd)

Adam brought a keen gift of fridge and microwave combo for his workshop… and stocked it with 5 cases of soda and water.

After the get-together, BHK and I headed home to get some rest… I think we fell asleep on the couch within moments of landing there. We were awakened by neighbor Daniel (10) at the door, wanting to visit and gab because he was bored. We talked a lot about social topics a 10 year old might have, like school, movies etc. – Buckaroo Banzai was on, mute dint the background, and was an interesting juxtaposition of listening to the little guy gab.

He eventually went home, and we had sloppy joes and garlic fries for supper – super yummy.

Danny and Mom phoned… or I phoned them, I forget which. I think I called Danny, the momster called me. Just general catching up, both are doing ok.

Autumn is coming… that’s when BHK gets her pumpkin eyes.

BHk’s doodle of my accusation re: her fondness for all things pumpkin-flavored, come the fall. Coffee, ice cream, bread… you name it!

quiz- bold ones that are true (snagged from peradouro) (I’ve added notes in Italics after, where applicable – not part of the quiz)

Appearance:
I am 5’4 or shorter.
I think I’m ugly sometimes.
I have many scars.
I tan easily.
I wish my hair was a different color.
I have friends who have never seen my natural hair color.
I have a tattoo.
I am self-conscious about my appearance.
I have/I’ve had braces.
I wear glasses.
I’d get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free, scar-free.
I’ve been told I’m attractive by a complete stranger.
I have more than 2 piercings.
I have piercings in places besides my ears.
I have freckles.

Family/Home Life:
I’ve sworn at my parents.
I’ve been kicked out of the house. (no, but I left home pretty early – 17)
My biological parents are together.
I have a sibling less than one year old.
I want to have kids someday. (I’m on the fence on this one – ask again when I’m healthier)
I have children.
I’ve lost a child.

Embarrassment:
I’ve slipped out a “lol” in a spoken conversation. (Sorry, that type of slang sounds really feeble. “OH EM Gee, did you see her purse?”)
Disney movies still make me cry. (Dumbo’s Mom, especially)
I’ve snorted while laughing.
I’ve laughed so hard I’ve cried.
I’ve glued my hand to something.
I’ve laughed till some kind of beverage came out of my nose.
I’ve had my pants rip in public.

Health:
I was born with a disease/impairment.
I’ve had stitches.
I’ve broken a bone.
I’ve had my tonsils removed.
I’ve sat in a doctor’s office with a friend.
I’ve had my wisdom teeth removed.
I had a serious surgery.
I’ve had chicken pox.

Traveling:
I’ve driven over 200 miles in one day.
I’ve been on a plane.
I’ve been to Canada.
I’ve been to Niagara Falls.
I’ve been to Japan.
I’ve Celebrated Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
I’ve been to Europe.
I’ve been to Africa.
I’ve been to France.

Experiences:
I’ve been lost in my city. (Not since Maryland, but on walkabout, it happens.)
I’ve seen a shooting star.
I’ve wished on a shooting star.
I’ve seen a meteor shower.
I’ve gone out in public in my pajamas. (as a little kid)
I’ve pushed all the buttons on an elevator.
I’ve been to a casino.
I’ve been skydiving.
I’ve gone skinny dipping.
I’ve played spin the bottle.
I’ve been in a play.
I’ve met someone in person from the internet.
I’ve caught a snowflake on my tongue.
I’ve seen the Northern Lights.
I’ve sat on a roof top at night.
I’ve played chicken.
I’ve played a prank on someone.
I’ve ridden in a taxi.
I’ve seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show
I’ve eaten Sushi.
I’ve been snowboarding.

Relationships:
I’m single.
I’m in a relationship.
I’m available.
I’m engaged.
I’m married.
I’ve gone on a blind date.
I’ve been the dumpee more than the dumper.
I miss someone right now.
I have a fear of abandonment.
I’ve been divorced.
I’ve had feelings for someone who didn’t have them back.
I’ve told someone I loved them when I didn’t.
I’ve told someone I didn’t love them when I did.
I’ve kept something from a past relationship.

Sexuality:
I’ve had a crush on someone of the same gender.
I’ve kissed a member of the same gender. (not in a sexy way, though.)
I’ve had sex with someone of the opposite gender.
I’ve had sex with someone of the same gender.
I’ve had sex with more than one person at the same time.
I am a cuddler.
I’ve been kissed in the rain.
I’ve had sex outdoors.
I’ve hugged a stranger.
I have kissed a stranger.
I have had sex with a stranger.

Honesty/Crime:
I’ve done something I promised someone else I wouldn’t.
I’ve done something I promised myself I wouldn’t.
I have lied to my parents about where I am.
I am keeping a secret from the world. (oh, like anyone would tell?)
I’ve cheated while playing a game.
I’ve cheated on a test.
I’ve run a red light.
I’ve been suspended from school. (It’s been close, though.)
I’ve witnessed a crime.
I’ve been in a fist fight.
I’ve been arrested.
I’ve shoplifted.

Drugs/Alcohol:
I’ve consumed alcohol.
I smoke cigarettes.
I smoke pot. (not since my early 20s)
I regularly drink.
I’ve taken painkillers when I didn’t need them.
I’ve done hard drugs. (not since college-time though)
I’ve been addicted to an illegal substance.
I take cough meds when I’m not sick.
I can’t swallow pills.

Mental health:
I have been diagnosed with depression.
I shut others out when I’m depressed.
I take anti-depressants.
I have an eating disorder.
I’ve slept an entire day when I didn’t need it.
I’ve hurt myself on purpose.
I’m addicted to self harm.
I’ve woken up crying.

Death:
I’m afraid of dying. (I am, however afraid of losing those I love.)
I hate funerals.
I’ve seen someone dying.
I have attempted suicide.
Someone close to me has attempted suicide.
Someone close to me has committed suicide.

Random:
I can sing well.
I’ve stolen a tray from a fast food restaurant.
I open up to others too easily.
I watch the news.
I don’t kill bugs. (I try to catch and release. Sometimes I fail.)
I hate hearing songs that sacrifice meaning for sake of being able to rhyme.
I curse regularly. (Not as often as Chris or BHK, but sometimes, sure. I try not to do so with great frequency.)
I sing in the shower. (Sometimes)
I am a morning person.
I paid for my cell phone ring tone.
I’m a snob about grammar.
I am a sports fanatic.
I play with my hair.
I have/had “x”s in my screen name.
I love being neat.
I love Spam.
I’ve copied more than 30 CD’s in a day.
I bake well.
My favorite color is either white, yellow, pink, red or blue.
I don’t know how to shoot a gun.
I am in love with love. (Not sure what this means)
I am guilty of tYpInG lIkE tHiS.
I laugh at my own jokes.
I eat fast food weekly.
I believe in ghosts.
I am online 24/7, even as an away message. (Newtcam!)
I can’t sleep if there is a spider in the room.
I am really ticklish.
I love white chocolate.
I bite my nails.
I play video games.
I’m good at remembering faces.
I’m good at remembering names.
I’m good at remembering dates.
I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life. (Does anyone?)
My answers are totally honest.

1 year ago – bad allergy fit, camera died, Larry B’day

2 years ago – hacking xp, gaming due to love of school supplies, airplay map, weird Maryland,

3 years ago – New Orleans Lisas, moon base mars, flash earth, ed wood directs, devo,blue beetle & lithium, bush 5 years and no “nos”, spidey-enema,SCOAI, word colors

4 years ago – missed oneeyed, bro scams mom, no donkey basketball, t-mobile good gesture, scale model of city, lenny kravitz warning, cemetery stroll urge, Bermuda Triangle, Saturn’s 33 moons, flash game tutorial

5 years ago – Newt vs measuring cup, astronaut jones, free router stuff

6 years ago – Saturday mornings, heroclix, band names, toad turmoil, recorder, fun gab

7 years ago – page pondering

8 years ago – bakery-dog, factoids-lieoids

Originally published at The Scotto Grotto. You can comment here or there.

Larry's Birthday - He made pancakes for us all... Tigger nearly escaped the house, and is now no longer allowed on the porch.. purely an indoor kitty.

BHK made a lemon cake, an we gave him a lemon meringue pie and tickets to the bluegrass festival. (and the first three lethal weapon movies on dvd)

Adam brought a keen gift of fridge and microwave combo for his workshop... and stocked it with 5 cases of soda and water.

After the get-together, BHK and I headed home to get some rest... I think we fell asleep on the couch within moments of landing there. We were awakened by neighbor Daniel (10) at the door, wanting to visit and gab because he was bored. We talked a lot about social topics a 10 year old might have, like school, movies etc. - Buckaroo Banzai was on, mute dint the background, and was an interesting juxtaposition of listening to the little guy gab.

He eventually went home, and we had sloppy joes and garlic fries for supper - super yummy.

Danny and Mom phoned... or I phoned them, I forget which. I think I called Danny, the momster called me. Just general catching up, both are doing ok.

Autumn is coming... that's when BHK gets her pumpkin eyes.

BHk's doodle of my accusation re: her fondness for all things pumpkin-flavored, come the fall. Coffee, ice cream, bread... you name it!

quiz- bold ones that are true (snagged from peradouro) (I've added notes in Italics after, where applicable - not part of the quiz)

Appearance:
I am 5'4 or shorter.
I think I'm ugly sometimes.
I have many scars.
I tan easily.
I wish my hair was a different color.
I have friends who have never seen my natural hair color.
I have a tattoo.
I am self-conscious about my appearance.
I have/I've had braces.
I wear glasses.
I'd get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free, scar-free.
I've been told I'm attractive by a complete stranger.
I have more than 2 piercings.
I have piercings in places besides my ears.
I have freckles.

Family/Home Life:
I've sworn at my parents.
I've been kicked out of the house. (no, but I left home pretty early - 17)
My biological parents are together.
I have a sibling less than one year old.
I want to have kids someday. (I'm on the fence on this one - ask again when I'm healthier)
I have children.
I've lost a child.

Embarrassment:
I've slipped out a "lol" in a spoken conversation. (Sorry, that type of slang sounds really feeble. "OH EM Gee, did you see her purse?")
Disney movies still make me cry. (Dumbo's Mom, especially)
I've snorted while laughing.
I've laughed so hard I've cried.
I've glued my hand to something.
I've laughed till some kind of beverage came out of my nose.
I've had my pants rip in public.

Health:
I was born with a disease/impairment.
I've had stitches.
I've broken a bone.
I've had my tonsils removed.
I've sat in a doctor's office with a friend.
I've had my wisdom teeth removed.
I had a serious surgery.
I've had chicken pox.

Traveling:
I've driven over 200 miles in one day.
I've been on a plane.
I've been to Canada.
I've been to Niagara Falls.
I've been to Japan.
I've Celebrated Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
I've been to Europe.
I've been to Africa.
I've been to France.

Experiences:
I've been lost in my city. (Not since Maryland, but on walkabout, it happens.)
I've seen a shooting star.
I've wished on a shooting star.
I've seen a meteor shower.
I've gone out in public in my pajamas. (as a little kid)
I've pushed all the buttons on an elevator.
I've been to a casino.
I've been skydiving.
I've gone skinny dipping.
I've played spin the bottle.
I've been in a play.
I've met someone in person from the internet.
I've caught a snowflake on my tongue.
I've seen the Northern Lights.
I've sat on a roof top at night.
I've played chicken.
I've played a prank on someone.
I've ridden in a taxi.
I've seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show
I've eaten Sushi.
I've been snowboarding.

Relationships:
I'm single.
I'm in a relationship.
I'm available.
I'm engaged.
I'm married.
I've gone on a blind date.
I've been the dumpee more than the dumper.
I miss someone right now.
I have a fear of abandonment.
I've been divorced.
I've had feelings for someone who didn't have them back.
I've told someone I loved them when I didn't.
I've told someone I didn't love them when I did.
I've kept something from a past relationship.

Sexuality:
I've had a crush on someone of the same gender.
I've kissed a member of the same gender. (not in a sexy way, though.)
I've had sex with someone of the opposite gender.
I've had sex with someone of the same gender.
I've had sex with more than one person at the same time.
I am a cuddler.
I've been kissed in the rain.
I've had sex outdoors.
I've hugged a stranger.
I have kissed a stranger.
I have had sex with a stranger.

Honesty/Crime:
I've done something I promised someone else I wouldn't.
I've done something I promised myself I wouldn't.
I have lied to my parents about where I am.
I am keeping a secret from the world. (oh, like anyone would tell?)
I've cheated while playing a game.
I've cheated on a test.
I've run a red light.
I've been suspended from school. (It's been close, though.)
I've witnessed a crime.
I've been in a fist fight.
I've been arrested.
I've shoplifted.

Drugs/Alcohol:
I've consumed alcohol.
I smoke cigarettes.
I smoke pot. (not since my early 20s)
I regularly drink.
I've taken painkillers when I didn't need them.
I've done hard drugs. (not since college-time though)
I've been addicted to an illegal substance.
I take cough meds when I'm not sick.
I can't swallow pills.

Mental health:
I have been diagnosed with depression.
I shut others out when I'm depressed.
I take anti-depressants.
I have an eating disorder.
I've slept an entire day when I didn't need it.
I've hurt myself on purpose.
I'm addicted to self harm.
I've woken up crying.

Death:
I'm afraid of dying. (I am, however afraid of losing those I love.)
I hate funerals.
I've seen someone dying.
I have attempted suicide.
Someone close to me has attempted suicide.
Someone close to me has committed suicide.

Random:
I can sing well.
I've stolen a tray from a fast food restaurant.
I open up to others too easily.
I watch the news.
I don't kill bugs. (I try to catch and release. Sometimes I fail.)
I hate hearing songs that sacrifice meaning for sake of being able to rhyme.
I curse regularly. (Not as often as Chris or BHK, but sometimes, sure. I try not to do so with great frequency.)
I sing in the shower. (Sometimes)
I am a morning person.
I paid for my cell phone ring tone.
I'm a snob about grammar.
I am a sports fanatic.
I play with my hair.
I have/had "x"s in my screen name.
I love being neat.
I love Spam.
I've copied more than 30 CD's in a day.
I bake well.
My favorite color is either white, yellow, pink, red or blue.
I don't know how to shoot a gun.
I am in love with love. (Not sure what this means)
I am guilty of tYpInG lIkE tHiS.
I laugh at my own jokes.
I eat fast food weekly.
I believe in ghosts.
I am online 24/7, even as an away message. (Newtcam!)
I can't sleep if there is a spider in the room.
I am really ticklish.
I love white chocolate.
I bite my nails.
I play video games.
I'm good at remembering faces.
I'm good at remembering names.
I'm good at remembering dates.
I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life. (Does anyone?)
My answers are totally honest.

1 year ago - bad allergy fit, camera died, Larry B'day

2 years ago - hacking xp, gaming due to love of school supplies, airplay map, weird Maryland,

3 years ago - New Orleans Lisas, moon base mars, flash earth, ed wood directs, devo,blue beetle & lithium, bush 5 years and no "nos", spidey-enema,SCOAI, word colors

4 years ago - missed oneeyed, bro scams mom, no donkey basketball, t-mobile good gesture, scale model of city, lenny kravitz warning, cemetery stroll urge, Bermuda Triangle, Saturn's 33 moons, flash game tutorial

5 years ago - Newt vs measuring cup, astronaut jones, free router stuff

6 years ago - Saturday mornings, heroclix, band names, toad turmoil, recorder, fun gab

7 years ago - page pondering

8 years ago - bakery-dog, factoids-lieoids

Current Mood: calm
Current Location: 20714
Current Music: die hard theme in my head

Power out at the house tonight, so we're off to Mama Lucia's for dinner! Looks like strong rains and downed trees knocked out all of North Beach and Chesapeake beach! [edit - power came back up at 2am - accorting to the computer, it went down at 5:25pm)

CNBC reports that Netflix' shipping systems have been at least partially broken since Tuesday. They managed to ship nothing on Tuesday, half of what they were supposed to on Wednesday, and nothing today. What's the deal? Apparently the outage affects 1/3 of their customers (including good ol' Scotto and BHK), to whom Netflix is trying to figure out the best way to refund some cash. They're still not sure what the root of the problems are, so in essence, they have no idea how to fix it. Be prepared for a few more days of outages, unless it turns out that it's a super easy fix that's much harder to diagnose than to repair.

Terrible cakes - Cake wrecks. or get it on lj -

cake_wrecks

Random Scotto Factoid -

I'm an avid reader but some very simple words are sometimes mental stumbling blocks.

Examples:

Singer. Someone who sings... but my brain always reads it as someone who singes. As in: What is that singer superficially burning today? I guess I'm not altogether wrong.

Also Bewilder is not equal to "Be Wilder"... but that's how I hear it when I read it. conversely, I read Wilder as "Will-der". I have no idea how I mixed tohse up as a kid.

I know the old gags about manslaughter / "Mans Laughter" and Therapist / "The Rapist", but my mind never really ripped those words in the wrong way.

Walk is a word that just looks wrong to me... as does talk and balk. Ls and Ks just don't jibe to me.

The VGT Omnivore’s Challenge.

I haven't always been a vegetarian.

I have eaten the following (in bold):

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
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1 year ago - taking foster kits to new home, winscp, TM dating MO (for a few weeks), tech issues, vintage game manuals

2 years ago - vacation day, graffiti pics, skateboarders, fountain geocache, sugar sand park,

3 years ago - goth girl, walken '08, dane cook re: superman shirts, silly tiger, scotto is, strikeout meme, newt pic at my old apt,

4 years ago - palm doodle, storm disastrous, necco wafers, hurricane journal-guy

5 years ago - wwcalc, Mexican casserole, newt sniffing, sewer travels, blackouts

6 years ago - cool comics, broken links, memories from 1981, hump-day

7 years ago - good feelings, abusive employee/employer relations, wonder tomato condiment poll, evil news, taught chmod

8 years ago - sleep study follow-up, peace

Current Mood: hungry
Current Location: dunkirk, md
Current Music: our element playing xm radio!!!

Had the blues, went for a walk on the boardwalk, took some pictures of flowers and crabbers,napped, watched some tube, had veggie cheeseburgers and salad with chocolate mousse for dessert! yum. Grocery shopping, watched dr who, and first ep of primeval...I liked the end of the dr who 2-parter (He's a professor at a school in 1913, and is in deep cover...unknown even to himself.)... but the punishments went by pretty swiftly.

some pictures from our walk -

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More here - bhk took the excellent flower photos - I did more of the crab boat stuff. I think BHK looks especially beutiful in that middle bottom pic, though I'd had a rough morning.

My blues have mostly faded now... I'm a bit exhausted but doing ok.

meme swiped from eryx_uk

01. How has LJ changed your life?
Got me married to the wonderful and love of my life BHK and introduced to friends both new and thought to be long lost.

02. What do you do before bedtime?
watch some tube, play a board game or read

03. What are you going to have for dinner tonight?
We had burgers and salad! yum!

04. What is the ONE place you want to go before you die if you had the money and the time?
I'm pretty open to traveling and experiencing new things.. I have no one place I must see... but I want to see as much as I can!

05. What scares you?
The thought of hurting others, even accidentally.

06. What do you do in your free time?
Walkabout with BHK, playing games both digital and analog, relaxing

07. If you could speak another language (meaning one you currently don't know), what would it be?
I'd love to be fluent in German, so I could talk more effectively to relatives overseas.

08. What personal belonging do you have with you everywhere you go?
I take a lot of stuff with me, but the most personal is either a gold $1 coin or the pressed penny.

09. What was your favorite song or musical group when you were young?
Definitely a Beatles kid, but if young counts as high school (sophomore - 1985) than I'd lean to They Might Be Giants or Maybe the Talking Heads.

10. Are you a risk taker?
Depends on the risk. I won't bet my life on things, but I'll venture a gamble here and there. Not generally.

11. Is being tagged fun?
It depends on the tagger, and expectations thereof. It can be!

12. Where do you see yourself in ten years?
Nearly 50. Hopefully still surrounded by loving family, and perhaps more friends that are local.

13. If you could be anyone for one day, who would you be?
I'd like to try being who I am based on what other people think I might be for a day. Depending on who is looking at me... big, sweet guy? evil thug?

14. What kind of person do you think the person who tagged you is?
No one tagged me. I nabbed the meme myself. Eryx is a nice guy and I'd like to meet him in person someday.

15. Would you rather be single & rich or married but poor?
As long as I'm married to BHK, I prefer married.

16. How many children do you want to have, if any?
I have no idea.

17. Is reality objective or subjective?
Objective, but some may *think* it's subjective.

18. If you fall in love with two people simultaneously, who would you pick?
What does that even mean? The one on the left? The one I'd be more likely to get along with in the long run? Heck if I know.

19. Would you have 100% safe sex with a stranger for $10,000,000?
Not likely. That's too weird a scenario for me to buy into. Besides, I'm married!

20. What is your favorite color?
Rust-orange at the moment.

1 year ago - voice posts of em, em & kitty pic, chuck e cheese

2 years ago - nifty clock, internal words, writing slowdown, eyes, mediocre bad guys, tv, milk pocky

3 years ago - Magda's Bday, allergy shots, dreamt of killing my sister, PM memory, brown bag, meteor shower, bad breath detection, google homepage

4 years ago - construction, fay wray RIP, dan's school blocks lj,alcohol, SPcharacter, aerial photos, UK Prozac pee taints water supply, LC's scrapbook, CoH tempting battle cries, flower meme

5 years ago - Puzzle Pirates (with a cutie mermaid), Arabia-cam with Mom and Daughter(I met oneeyed and sedef as a result of sweet's poochie's booty-ticks.), vamp-game, Kings of Africa, lovely chat

6 years ago - man killed for playing the banjo, Trek happening a dud, but we discover heroclix, (already thinking customs), rorschach poll

7 years ago - 3 things poll, deracinate, cormorant, broken newt pic, 25 things to keep in mind, ja da, rate your risk (links now broken)

8 years ago - spent out, color quiz, looking forward to going to breakfast, Rowlf sings, Beaker sings

Current Mood: restful
Current Location: 20714
Current Music: end music to primeval

Your result for Which Chess Piece are You Test?...

The Queen's Confidante

Congrats! Only 5-7% of the population score this!

The Queen's Confidante is the first to hear the beat of a different drum. Many plunge into the avant garde experience and generally set the trend for their friends. They are more in touch with reality using their senses but this makes them want to live for the ‘here and now’. The Confidante is full of charm and may flow with compliments even if it isn’t deserved. Rather than write a poem on the beauty of life – they would rather live out the written story of beauty.

The Queen’s Confidante is usually peaceful and easygoing in nature. They usually adopt a 'live and let live' approach to life. They take things at their own pace and live for the moment. They may be quiet but are pleasant, considerate and caring. They may not be inclined to debate or air their views, but of course their values are important to them. They will solve problems as they arise especially if it concerns people. Generally the Confidante is one who develops great team spirit through the promotion of cooperation. They will only repeat facts without placing too much spin or interpretation on them. Because of this they may be the best mediators.

The Confidante is sensitive to its environment, and much more perceiving than others with regards to the physical world. They can notice variations in behavior of others. They are highly conscious of companions and friends, but they prefer to let others direct. This ‘Pawn’ is rarer than others because they are emotionally well rounded with a great degree of empathy. Because of this empathy, they can be overly concerned with ‘feelings’. They may even sacrifice their ideals and not contribute enough, especially if they don’t wish to exercise criticism.

http://www.helloquizzy.com/tests/which-chess-piece-are-you-test

Current Location: 20714
Current Music: a hiccup in the distance

So, midweek again, is it, dear journal?

Not much to talk about, save for a tasty thai-style currey cabbage soup courtesy of BHK. Very, very tasty!

Wha? Belgium's government collapsed yesterday, and I didn't hear anything about it? I don't know why it strikes me as so bizarre - you hear about Russian and African nations going under all the time. Belgium seemed so.. I don't know... stable? I wonder how long before the Hercule Perot jokes start rolling by... or more likely, How Budwiser beer becoming Belgian took down the whole country.

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) — Belgium's government collapsed Tuesday, unable to resolve an enduring divide over more self-rule for the country's Dutch and French-speakers. The gap was so wide the premier suggested the end of Belgium as a country was looming.

King Albert II immediately began political discussions with lawmakers to try to resolve the situation, talks expected to take several days. He did not formally accept the resignation of government offered by Premier Yves Leterme late Monday, so Leterme's government stays on in a caretaker capacity for now.

In an unusual declaration, the premier said Belgium's constitutional crisis stems from the fact that "consensus politics" across Belgium's widening linguistic divide no longer works.

io9 nicely sums up why I like middleman.

Another one of those quiz / memes those kids are all doing these days.

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1 year ago - pickle salad for dinner, Newt and pye cuteness, Runaways, casein

2 years ago - furniture, will, smith on superman, windows on flash drive, pictures of floating things, fin fang foom, algorhithm march, knock down ginger

3 years ago - broward and fed autostitch, visited kev, walkabout pictures with rastas and shirtless, tell-tale heart in street signs, overheard

4 years ago - spidey, weather, let them sing it for you, freddy vs gb

5 years ago - remembering the keys, overtime psa, comic books, workman's comp, prostate cancer

6 years ago - newt in sink, bro gets viper fins sponsor, pesky security, badly drawn images on a bumpy road, punquin finds my 125 item list

7 years ago - Evil News, bad joke, crux, random journals, nice thing poll, designer'slament, laptop space bar weird, hatt-baby, email plain text

8 years ago - Enjoyed the X-men movie, 1974 memory visiting Florida, reprint of Scooby & the occult, insomnia

Current Mood: calm
Current Location: 20714
Current Music: !!! soda gestures in my head.

Nutshelling -

got allergy shots

lunch at ledos

picked green beans from the garden.. another two grocery bags full!

Farmers Market provided supplemental eggplant, green pepper, blueberries.

Coffee Tea and Whimsy - bowls, raspberry mead, white wine, a cute voodoo doll toothpick holder.

watched movies:

no country for old men - bleh
I'm not there - bleh.
danny deckchair - good!

pizza night with the in-laws - used kits - made one pepperoni, one plain cheese an one veggie. all were delicious.

ice cream cones with fudge ripple for dessert!

OnePlusYou Quizzes and Widgets

This rating was determined based on the presence of the following words:

sex (5x)
death (3x)
hell (2x)
cannibal (1x)

1 year ago - pg-13 rating, cinco de julio, memory erasing drug, minisodes, kwik-e-mart, letterboxing vs geocaching

2 years ago - zaphod costume for dragon*con, I'm a star, i/o brush, newt's power move wikified

3 years ago - Movies with bro, razors-clubs-guns, zombies, 2600 yr old tortured corpse, lil bit, pictures, ujiko search, sex-offender journal, q&a, predator info

4 years ago - more Vizcaya pics, vandal of Venice, veggie benefits, Lego Spidey, Estonian wife-carrying, small-world syndrome

5 years ago - Newt and fireworks, bacta tank, printing plate castle, giant monster games

6 years ago - 8-legged freaks, planting, many pictures that no longer link (curse you picture stage!), Harry potter fake book out, baby laff, octothorpe poll, 7

7 years ago - Growing impatient, beverage poll, evil news, cudgel

8 years ago - horrid stream of thought unformatted entry...I still eat much the same stuff, introspection

Current Mood: calm
Current Location: 20714
Current Music: late show theme - the DEEEvil!

That Meme -

Post 3 things you've done in your lifetime that you don't think anybody else on your friends list has done. See if anybody else responds with "I've done that." If they have, you need to add another. Have your friends cut & paste this into their journal to see what unique things they've done in their life.

1. met my wife as a result of livejournal. (and honeymooned by visiting a whole mess of the ripley's believe it or not museums up and down the east coast - from St. Augustine, FL to Myrtle Beach, SC)
1. became a vegetarian on the 5th of july, 1990. (still do dairy and eggs - now crustaceans, too. )

2. discovered (after we broke up) that one of my ex-girlfriends was married and had kids the entire time we were romantically entangled.

~~3.adopted 2 cats, despite a strong allergy to them. (Fortunately, I'm used to Newt and Pye now!)~~
3. Helped recover hundreds of missing kids and elderly/confused adults (most just wander-offs, but at least six real kidnappings) over the course of three and some years.

Students studying computing in the UK and US are outsourcing their university coursework to graduates in India and Romania. Work is being contracted out for as little as £5 on contract coding websites usually used by businesses. Students are outsourcing everything from simple coursework to full blown final year dissertations. It's causing a major headache for lecturers who say it is almost impossible to detect.

The irony of course is that if they actually get jobs in the sector, this will be how they actually work anyway.

Another Mummy movie coming out, in two months? I didn't even know it was being filmed! Looks like no Rachel Weisz though. That's not really a big loss - I liked her in the first film, but she sort of bleemed out on the sequel for me.

That, and I didn't hear about the new Blood Bowl game. I'm really out of the entertainment loop lately! At least I can have a good violent Dwarfs vs Lizardmen football combat game before end of year.

See also - G is the latest kaiju monster mash to take Japan like storm, and features a giant robot made of tin.

Bill Clinton has offered his support to Barack Obama. When asked about his attacks on Obama during the primaries, Clinton remarked, “It depends on what your definition of ‘hollow, fork-tongued, naïve, flip-flopping little diaper baby’ is.”

Green beans from our garden! Zucchini is soon to follow, and the eggplant is coming in nicely. We're having the beans tonight for supper. yum-yummo!

1 year ago - pirate battle royale with BHK and Danny, tough schedule, visitors, good condo news, gigantor memorial, Danny with simpsons standee

2 years ago - Norman E. Borlaug, cartoons and superheo database, hitler cats, wildflower guide, words pants and trousers obscene, go your own way, lj vs Vox = FUD, the Zombies - music, comment meme, snake pic, bad day at work - amber link made by kids for kids - "we pass the slavings on to you!"

3 years ago - opening three of four windows, Batman Begins, keel evening, beverly domain, cjr's guide to ownership, tickle a girl simulator, kind of creepy bumper sticker, broadcast list, las olas pic,

4 years ago - webalizer, laser keyboard, heat vision & jack, steak-umms, rasputin's penis, bro issues, bandwidth

5 years ago - tired, mark twain burial, harrison ford finger-pointy, hot dogs, ditko, sodomy, sleepy

6 years ago - walkies, 1800autopsy, poddish feelings, Captain Kirk’s chair auctioned, peg legs, signed lease.

7 years ago - Noticing Newt's getting to be so big (remember, I have a size 15 foot), got an email from Robin Tunkel, Evil News, horrible dream, Santie "quits" FMM, top 100 banned/challenged books of 1990-2000, why read poll, my free pc didn't work out

8 years ago - Ockdiggity, poop troop

Current Mood: chipper
Current Location: 20714
Current Music: it's raining agian - in my head

[Error: unknown template qotd] lj-user ana mentioned it in her homepage's other journal, ages ago. I've long since stopped visiting her site, but the interest in having a writing hub online, rather than just composing stuff in html and uploading it to my website (what I was doing from 1998 to 2000; though hardly as frequently - maybe 2-5 entries a month) is still very appealing to me.

The community aspect, with comments and friend's lists, etc, was initially off-putting, but now I rather dig the sort of community setting, even though my journal is really for my own reference.

Current Mood: chipper
Current Location: 20714
Current Music: tunak tun - dahler mundi, in my head

[Error: unknown template qotd] I try to remember the following whenever I can.

A quote from Bill Hicks. A smart, funny, dead man.

You've been fantastic and I hope you enjoyed it. There is a point, is there a point to all of this? Let's find a point. Is there a point to my act? I would say there is.

I have to.

And we... kill those people.

Ha ha

"Shut him up."

"We have a lot invested in this ride. Shut him up. Look at my furrows of worry. Look at my big bank account and my family. This just has to be real."

Current Mood: calm
Current Location: 20714
Current Music: harper valley pta in my head

Speed Racer and (new Pizza Hut a bust - too new and popular to get sit down seats) went to Selby bays subs - got a tasty veggie - they were hammered at 1pm - too nice a day!

I liked Speed Racer. Colorful, bright, and hit every aspect of the show. It went pretty long - 2:30 is a a bit long for a cartoon, but I dug seeing Pops go old-school wrestler on a ninja, and how well Racer X can fistfight from the comfort of inside his vehicle.

If you're a fan of the old cartoon, I don't think it's possible to be disappointed.

After the movie proper was over, BHK and I were digging the credits.. one of the brusha brusha staff was over-exuberant, and tossed my drink out... they replaced it.. but it was mildly peevish to have them get all up in our business while we were still watching the end bit. No after-credits stuff comes up, but there is monkey-shenanigans throughout the top of the end creds.

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Missile Site Control Building, Northeast of Tactical Road; southeast of Tactical Road South, Nekoma vicinity, Cavalier County, ND

From the HABS/HAER collections in the Library of Congress comes these gorgeous photographic documentations of an anti-ballistic missile complex in North Dakota.

Several such sites were planned as part of the Safeguard Program, but only this was ever completed. And after being in operations for just 4 months, it was deactivated.

The 5 Most horrifying bugs in the world - The Bullet Ant shrieks at you, and then stings you, painfully. Oh so painfully.

According to our research, Scotto'll be dead by

May 2048
at age 79

- probable cause -

DEAD AT 79

cancer

YOU DIE:

79.3 years

AVERAGE MALE LIFE SPAN:

72.5 years

As you can plainly see, you have more health and vitality than the average man.

1 year ago - got offer for gig, celebration, network issues, animals on fingers, it dept as snoop, colored water photos

2 years ago - positive mindset, but melancholy, lunch with momster, aardvark pic, superman cup, shirt scorch, 23 years worth of posting, bro visited work

3 years ago - club cast of characters, roadside hummer politics, keyhole turns into google earth, fed plantains, raining heavily, narc law

4 years ago - boogieman, hurricane season begins, diseases database, map24's awesome zoom, WAKAW!, Dan Tardy visit, piccies of fembots & crane boats, found sounds

5 years ago - MacGuffin, New TV (broken), There Shirts, hoverboarding

6 years ago - new 2nd monitor, tasty tea

7 years ago - anchorite, Iraq frog missile, my first sighting of that annoying java kill email that fooled Danny's wife, evil news, poll about how you feel about people, banjo player joke, rave reviews of Zone alarm & commentary about spyware, coprolite, I hear the first story about Ornj's fish Genocide & panda hut

8 years ago - Awakened too early, used to have an embedded real genius sound file

Current Location: 20714
Current Music: bhk playing dr mario in the living room

I need never hear the phrase "eyes like gimlets" or variant "gimlet-eyed" again. I like the word gimlet and all, but enough is enough.

Unrelated, I could go for some tasty quiche. Had some blah pad thai at Noodles & Co. in annapolis while we sought out Alan's Birthday prezzie. It didn't do much for me, but the cookies and cream milkshake en route home was quite good.

BHK reminded me of the Geister game... you can play it online at BrittspielWelt ! (If you see scottobear there, come say howdy!) If I can get BHK into the online version, maybe we'll pick up (or make a home version of) the board game... plus... BrittspielWelt has a nice collection of Carcassone w/ expansions, not just Yucata's Hunters and Gatherers. (if you're on yucata, say hi to scottobear there, too!)

Rules to ghost in comments - simple game - but fun.

Dreamt that Tigger taught Pye to smoke, and that he nearly burned down the in-laws house after getting too close to the gas fireplace.

Newton knows that kitties shouldn't smoke! (And so does pip !)

"Hard knocks life" from Annie stuck in my head this morning, and throughout the day.

Just this part: (It's all I know!)

It's the hard-knock life for us!
It's the hard-knock life for us!

'Stead of treated,
We get tricked!

'Stead of kisses,
We get kicked!

It's the hard-knock life!

Got no folks to speak of so,
It's the hard-knock row we hoe!

Cotton blankets,
'Steada wool!

Empty Bellies
'Steada full!

It's the hard-knock life!

Don't know why.. my life is pretty keen, and without want.

May the Great Gazoo rest in peace. Plus, Blazing Saddles and the CB show. Thanks for the fun, Harv. Now go do that voodoo that you do so well.

The international space station's only toilet is broken, leaving the crew with almost no place to go. NASA officials responded, "You should have thought of that before you left home."

This is what happens when I don't mash the strongly agree or strongly disagree buttons. I respond to a few things with "Well, it depends..."

You are a
Social Liberal
(60% permissive)

and an...
Economic Moderate
(43% permissive)

You are best described as a:

Centrist

Link: The Politics Test

1 year ago - hot in the courthouse, shaved ice, adam and jimmy's graduation, more lj spam, move to own domain?

2 years ago - nice time with danny, rocker meme, mm call

3 years ago - memorial day, bhk fridge magnet pic, dr who

4 years ago - spotty notepad frenzy, mood theme editor fixed, General Tao's tofu, My cam catches right before lights out, Newt-bt pic, Nose beeps, streams of thought, sleepy newt wallpaper (or why using arrow keys is hard with the boy on the desk)

5 years ago - google news, kev, easter island, barcode, got a lovely peek-in.

6 years ago - complaining about the weather, disappearing languages, palm piccies that need to be re-uploaded, smoke ring gun

7 years ago - hoi polloi, nice walk, memory stream, super chicken, ask me a question, ostriches

8 years ago - stream of thought re:Newt, Fritz & April

Current Mood: sore back irritated
Current Location: 20714
Current Music: hard-knock life for us!

[Error: unknown template qotd] I've had a lot of jobs that had rough aspects to 'em.

Hardest physical work - Roofing. Back-breaking gig of spreading sticky tar with a mop over a flat, reflective roof in Florida's summer sun was probably the most difficult physical labor in my life. I surely couldn't do it these days. Additionally, half of the crew I worked with was drunk, half were surly and half didn't speak English to me. (those halves were not exclusive of one another, math nerds.). Who the heck drinks alcohol all day in the sun? Why be mean to people that are trying to get by? I can understand not speaking the language - but working with someone that doesn't have a common tongue can be a challenge for me - I like conversation, at least every here and there.

But... I don't think that was my worst job.

I've had a couple of jobs where my boss was abusive. The chief of one marketing company I worked at had some very serious mental problems. Off the top of my head, he - threw a mug at the head of his pregnant daughter-in-law, bullied his employees - including, but not limited to: yelling at the top of his lungs / threats of physical violence / calling the sheriff on folks that he hired as cheap labor - who were illegal aliens. (that's how he got out of paying them any benefits).

That said, before I left that workplace - it was comical to see people stand up to him. He was such a classic and stereotypical bully that he didn't know how to react when someone didn't react in a cowed fashion.

He called a dock worker out to fight, and the dock worker agreed... asked him to step outside. Bad boss responded by calling the police, claiming that the dock worker threatened him. When the big boss asked for witnesses, the entire staff refused to bear witness for him - told the truth, in that he'd called the guy out. The cops still escorted the worker off the property, but it made the big boss look like a complete feeb - and it crushed his bully-boy spirit for a few days.

Later on, he was tried, and for the most part, found guilty for all sorts of charges hundreds upon hundreds of thousands of dollars, maybe into the millions owed to clients, employees and the irs - for details there's good ol' public records

for both palm beach county see here - (see especially tax evasion) - and broward county (contract indebtedness for the most part.)

The thing was.. if you removed that crooked and cruel boss-guy from the equation, it was a really good gig. My immediate leader was a good friend, and despite his being the nephew of the owner, was about as good a head honcho as I've ever seen. Strong work ethic, good with people, and able to take care of business. He's now working in Guantanamo Bay... and I suspect that he's a heck of a lot happier!

Either way, I have long since moved to greener pastures, and I know I'm better off as a result.

Current Location: 20714
Current Music: bon jovi? how'd that get on my player?

Shots, and off to southern states to grab a couple of pepper plants - saw an adorable pair of kids. Little girl in riding pants and very friendly, and her little brother who reminded me of JD at 6 years old. We also picked up some thistle seed for the finches (so Pye and Newt have a little outside wildlife to watch)

After that a lovely church wine and craft show... We got a Christmas ornament with a pair of origami cranes (cherry blossom pattern paper) inside of a rounded cube.... and a lovely packet of bake sale goodies. Aggression cookies (oatmeal), molasses and chocolate chip.

Episcopal church had the following on the bulletin board:

The comedian Robin Williams is an Episcopalian, and he has created a funny "Top Ten" List of reasons to be an Episcopalian.

10. No snake handling.

9. You can believe in dinosaurs.

8. Male and female, God created them; male and female, we ordain them.

7. You don't have to check your brains at the door.

6. Pew aerobics.

5. Church year is color coded!

4. Free wine on Sunday.

3. All of the pageantry, none of the guilt.

2. You don't have to know how to swim to get baptized.

And the number one reason for being an Episcopalian:

1. No matter what you believe, there's bound to be at least one other Episcopalian who agrees with you.

I can dig that.

After the Church shindig, we Shakespeare on the Boardwalk - Much ado about nothing. TM's neighbor Kevin was in it, as was Guppy (twin beach players )

after a bit of local and classic culture, we headed home to catch up with The Office and My Name is Earl.

Added a syndicated feed of BHK's favorite meteorolgist - Kim Martucci - I should notify Kim that she's being syndicated here, just so she knows to check. It's not a full feed, just a clip and a link to the main site - which is *quite* a^c_tⁱ_v^e and colorful, if you follow my fonts. Her journal gave BHK a quickie girl-crush on Kim.

also via BHK -

"Artist made a plastic whale skeleton from plastic deck chairs! Also made recreations of native ceremonial masks out of Nike shoes----pretty cool art!"

Friday Five on a Saturday -

1. Who do you adore?
BHK, Newton and Pye

2. Who adores you?
BHK, Newton and Pye

3. What's in your pockets?
Wallet holding a red thread, trinkets, petty cash and ID, inhaler, keys

4. Who can you talk with for hours?
BHK, Danny, GP and Kat (haven't in a long time, though), Dave, Kev... most nice people with common interests, I guess!

5. What sounds great today?
Playtime with the family!

1 year ago - Elephant escape doodle, payday, Calvert County work info, dream fragments, books: both digital and paper, weather love, shaved ice / "dumb ol' cherry", railway museum trip

2 years ago - red mood doodle, super power desire as a lad, waiting room pic, newton and I on the porch pics, sand art

3 years ago - story stuck, food cravings, national ID, locla lj leads to illegal sex, anti-abortion extremist Neal Horsley admitted to engaging in homosexual and bestiality sex.

4 years ago - net out, bro bonds out, walkabout pics, sci-fi cliches, gabbed with sedef, bee vs wasp massacre.

5 years ago - Nature vs Pringles, Dan delivers Groceries, menstrualhut breaks 1000 users (now a bit more than twice that), Bush's Military Record

6 years ago - J-bee points me at CBS Mystery theater, Sat tracking, Newtie yawn icon source, Friday five

7 years ago - swollen uvula (side effect of no cpap, snoring beat me up), dumbass Astley late with his bargain basement hardware

Current Mood: sleepy
Current Location: 20714
Current Music: psych guys singing shout

18 month anniversary today. After work, BHK and I headed out to Silver Spring to meet up with Sirenity, Leagle_beagle555 and Chrishaas. Friendly folks and meeting was long overdue.

I forgot my camera, so I'm depending on Sirenity for picture documentation later on. We had a nice time and conversation over supper - more to follow as I think of it.

Ultraportable / subnotebook comparisons

New back drugs are - Lyrica, Cyclobenzaprine and Nabumetone. I want to do a bit more research on 'em before I take them. Nabumetone in particular had a lot of nasty, scary warnings in the information text.

I am glad that they're not habit-forming, and have a lot of pretty decent write-ups so far.

Dell will be offering Windows XP pre-installed on their computers past the June 30 cut-off date. Computers purchased with Vista Business or Vista Ultimate past June 30 will come with a copy of XP Pro. Dell plans to simply install that copy upon request to save users a step. Perhaps this will help Microsoft officials make up their minds about another extension.

According to F-Secure, over 500,000 webservers across the world, including some from the United Nations and UK government, have been victims of a SQL injection. The attack uses an SQL injection to reroute clients to a malicious javascript at nmidahena.com, aspder.com or nihaorr1.com, which use another set of exploits to install a Trojan on the client's computer. As per usual, Firefox users with NoScript should be safe from the client exploit, but server admins should be alert for the server-side injection. Brian Krebs has a decent writeup on his Washington Post Security Blog, Dynamoo has a list of some of the high-profile sites that has been hacked, and for fun you can watch some of the IIS admins run around in circles at one of the many IIS forums on the 'net.

I need to remember that free comic book day is coming May 3... next weekend! Will I forget? Probably. But it's exciting to not write it down anywhere else and then rediscover. I wonder what loot Aardvark will have for us? I hope issues of Gumby and Hellboy (and maybe an Iron Man heroclix figure?) will be left.

I should scope out umbrella academy - probably my fave freebie book from last time - I could go for a trade paperback, if available.

Just so you know - I have never, ever pistol-whipped anyone, dear journal. Please don't make me change that situation.

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KINSHASA (Reuters) - Police in Congo have arrested 13 suspected sorcerers accused of using black magic to steal or shrink men's penises after a wave of panic and attempted lynchings triggered by the alleged witchcraft.

Reports of so-called penis snatching are not uncommon in West Africa, where belief in traditional religions and witchcraft remains widespread, and where ritual killings to obtain blood or body parts still occur. ( Read more... )

"It's real. Just yesterday here, there was a man who was a victim. We saw. What was left was tiny," said 29-year-old Alain Kalala, who sells phone credits near a Kinshasa police station.

1 year ago - concert recap, license plate seen, wendy's, lj-spam, highland fest promo / tree pics

2 years ago - camo man, free cone, gorillaz, dictator octopus

3 years ago - Commercial, Dr Who poot episode, hair-neck-man, good weather, pope palpatine, Tomi voice, Newt sleepies, Dave at Poorhouse, Condoms to saris, ashcroft not scared of calicos, King Tut Coming (it ends this week), kind words from mootpoint

4 years ago - RHL, dumb laws, Rubezahl

5 years ago - doctor and drugs, grasshoppers and micropet, letter to bro, distractions (anagrams, phone spellings, etc)

6 years ago - SOP, copyright, scarecrows in the herb garden, Tunguska, kisses, wind dreams

7 years ago - BJ's Bday, hobbledehoy, ages of sexual consent around the world, sleep-station pictures, hungry, more rights gone, character / gaming memories,xfl=pos, teeny tiny farm animals and milk ring from Kellie

Current Location: silver spring, md
Current Music: natternatter

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Neuroticism	31
Extraversion	23
Openness to Experience	43
Agreeableness	41
Conscientiousness	25

You do not experience strong, irresistible cravings and consequently do not find yourself tempted to overindulge, however you experience panic, confusion, and helplessness when under pressure or stress. You tend not to talk much and prefer to let others control the activities of groups. You prefer facts over fantasy and are more interested in what is happening in the real word. You are tenderhearted and compassionate, feeling the pain of others vicariously and are easily moved to pity, however you generally see others as selfish, devious, and sometimes potentially dangerous. You have a strong sense of duty and obligation, and feel a moral obligation to do the right thing.

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Work went well... not too bad for a Monday. I'm still feeling a little creaky, and tired, but I'm doing better than I was yesterday. It's good to take some time and charge the ol' batteries.

we're looking at a nice return on our taxes, MD state and Fed combined with the gimme from the fed this year into something quite pleasant.

50 things I've done meme nearly concludes with #49 - I...

49.'hurt my back when I was about 16... and I've been fighting the after-effects since. Did I cover this topic already? Probably, but this is a variation on the theme.

Sometimes I wonder what it'd be like to have less mobility than I have now... I've got / had more than a couple of friends here and there that are more disadvantaged than I am... Bound to a wheelchair, amputee with an artificial leg, a couple of folks dealing with achondroplasia or the like.

When I went to the FDR memorial, I got a bit frightened - fairly irrationally. My back and leg problems have followed me throughout my life - FDR ended up in a wheelchair at 38, due to polio. I began wondering how I'd react and adapt to that situation; it's a very real possibility that could be the result after I have my spine worked on. I don't think that I'd adapt very well, at least at first.

There have been times where I've needed a cane to get around... that's not too bad, but you lose a hand for common day's use, which seems to be needed a lot, even if it's just your off-hand. Upside, it's easier to wield a sword cane or umbrella. That said, you can carry a sword umbrella with you, even if you don't have a limp.

Ah well... at least I fit more comfortably into a crowd than an otter in a monocle. Sure, he's cute, but he's got limitations, too... Needs to be kept moistened all the time, and can only communicate via a series of barks and grunts.

Come to think of it... I know a lot of people that prefer to communicate that way... he might be ahead of the game if you got him some moisturiser and a polite pair of pants. (preferable on a belt - he doesn't have the shoulders for suspenders.)

Anyway, I hope I don't lose any more of my mobility or become reliant on a prosthetic / device assist. That really scares the hell out of me.

I wonder how much of my body will be patches / fixes / upgrades, by the time I die? How many bits of plastic, surgical steel, cadaver bits, and titanium? I kind of dig the fact that if I'm ashed, there's already a few pins to be found in the powder... or I could wreck the blade on a mulcher, should I get tossed into one for whatever reason.

Let's see... currently, I have a pin, and a little mesh in my back, some fillings in my teeth... and that's about it, save for scars where I've been sewn up.

On a lighter note... (than otters?) This week looks beautiful. I wonder how hard it would be to lure BHK to the office for a little lunch while it's so sunny and warm? Wednesday-Friday are all set to be in the low 70s and without clouds.

Cookie Monster recently interviewed on NPR.

It cracks me up when I see a web designer's site that doesn't work anywhere but IE7. How do those people still exist?

1 year ago - Pictures of Llamas!, Slugs, video game goodies for BHK and me, booksale, BHK invades my journal caveman-style

2 years ago - hanging out at murphy's, dan plans, music sharing, quizzes, good friday, commander usa

3 years ago - work, club visit, poorhouse, Tomi visit, mai kai tiki torch night, figa, aliases, admiration meme (999 entries ago)

4 years ago - memory sparks, adp issues with new hire

5 years ago - jkg, stikfas, pictures

6 years ago - library cats, vending machine art, The Nonverbal Dictionary of Gestures, Signs, & Body Language Cues, plants, middle earth poll, poop

7 years ago - touch of evil, dsl, love, sperm

Current Mood: sore
Current Location: 20714
Current Music: newt's tail flicking the keyboard

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