warning - nasty stuff ahead:
it's the day after surgery - pretty danged sore, but good overall...the vicodin's taking the edge off the pain for now...
throat's pretty sore, coughing up nasty chunks of blood/phlegm...moving my head to the right, stretching the part with the scars, is not very comfortable...the neck incision was larger than i thought it would be - when i got out of surgery, docs & nurses were raving about how good it was and how it'd be barely noticeable - it sure as hell is noticable now! looks like someone tried to cut my head off, and got about 1/3 of the job done before giving up.
pills are kickin in - time for a nap...
Tuesday, March 18, 2003
Sunday, March 16, 2003
Saturday, March 15, 2003
steph posted on her website about my queer as folk post, and i think it deserves some followup conversation:
first, a quick summary, for those interested:
on 3/9 i mentioned that Randy Harrison & Peter Paige are the only real gay men in the show that's predominantly about gay men, Queer As Folk - i said, "just seems a bit strange that there's this huge queer show and only 2 of em are really gay...not good strange, not bad strange, just strange...."
then steph responded in her 3:19pm, march 11, 2003 entry: "Here's my two cents: it's bad strange. I challenge you to go to any restaurant in Califor-ni-ay and not have your food served by a gay actor. There are thousands of them out there, if not hundreds of thousands. So it's not just strange that 98% of all gay characters on TV and in the movies are played by straight actors, while the gay actors wait tables. It's happening because of descrimination, for the same reason that Amos and Andy used to have black characters played by white people in black face. Because people aren't comfortable knowing the the guy playing the gay role is actually gay. But it's okay if it's all pretend.
Case in point: Several years ago, Spin City has a gay male character kiss a straight male character as a joke. It got huge laughs, and played in prime time with no objections. That same night, Ellen Degeneres' character kissed a straight female character as a joke. It did not get huge laughs. It was pushed back to a later time slot, and it got a parental advisory warning. What was the difference between the two? On Ellen, the actor playing the part was gay. On Spin City, the actor playing the gay character was straight."
my reply? well, i'm intrigued by the comment that it's a minstrel show - steph, were you saying that only in reference to the fact that they're hiring straight people to play gays (like the Amos n' Andy reference) or do you find that the show content degrades gay people as well? that's a recurring complaint i've heard from gay people that don't like the show - the characters are all assholes, druggies or somehow fucked up - but i have to say i know many more people like the characters on QAF than i see in other television shows. i think it's a very realistic show - granted, it's got some cheesy soap-opera tendencies at times - but i tend to agree with the disclaimer they put on every episode: it doesn't reflect all of gay society.
i've found myself much more offended by episodes of "Will & Grace" than anything I've seen on QAF. speaking of W&G, Sean Hayes refuses to state his sexual orientation in interviews - this article on gay.com spells it out: When it comes to his sexuality, Hayes doesn't really want the public to know. "I don't wanna say I'm straight or I'm gay," he told Hollywood Online in 1998, "I want to keep everything open so as no one can form any opinions about me, because this world that we live in isn't all that forgiving." don't you find that more offensive than a confessed straight guy playing the part of a gay guy? the way he says it seems rather cowardly - he's afraid that saying one way or another is going to require forgiveness in the future? this isn't to say i don't like Sean Hayes - i really liked him in Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss and enjoyed the Jack character on W&G for a little while - but i think Jack's become more of the minstrel than anyone on QAF...
yeah, i guess it does suck that they're hiring straight people to play gays when there are plenty of gays out there that could take the parts, but i really wonder how much of that was a factor in casting QAF - a very explicit show about gay boys, based on a Brit series - really think they had tons of people interested in the roles? being made for Showtime hasn't really been something to shout from the rooftops - they don't quite have the air of respectability of a channel like HBO...so, who knows. if it takes a while longer for heteros to portray homos to at least get homos portrayed somewhat realistically on television, i don't think that's a bad thing - we've definitely got a ways to go, but maybe someday we could get to that idealistic world of all the gay waiter/actors hanging up the aprons to go into acting full time...
first, a quick summary, for those interested:
on 3/9 i mentioned that Randy Harrison & Peter Paige are the only real gay men in the show that's predominantly about gay men, Queer As Folk - i said, "just seems a bit strange that there's this huge queer show and only 2 of em are really gay...not good strange, not bad strange, just strange...."
then steph responded in her 3:19pm, march 11, 2003 entry: "Here's my two cents: it's bad strange. I challenge you to go to any restaurant in Califor-ni-ay and not have your food served by a gay actor. There are thousands of them out there, if not hundreds of thousands. So it's not just strange that 98% of all gay characters on TV and in the movies are played by straight actors, while the gay actors wait tables. It's happening because of descrimination, for the same reason that Amos and Andy used to have black characters played by white people in black face. Because people aren't comfortable knowing the the guy playing the gay role is actually gay. But it's okay if it's all pretend.
Case in point: Several years ago, Spin City has a gay male character kiss a straight male character as a joke. It got huge laughs, and played in prime time with no objections. That same night, Ellen Degeneres' character kissed a straight female character as a joke. It did not get huge laughs. It was pushed back to a later time slot, and it got a parental advisory warning. What was the difference between the two? On Ellen, the actor playing the part was gay. On Spin City, the actor playing the gay character was straight."
my reply? well, i'm intrigued by the comment that it's a minstrel show - steph, were you saying that only in reference to the fact that they're hiring straight people to play gays (like the Amos n' Andy reference) or do you find that the show content degrades gay people as well? that's a recurring complaint i've heard from gay people that don't like the show - the characters are all assholes, druggies or somehow fucked up - but i have to say i know many more people like the characters on QAF than i see in other television shows. i think it's a very realistic show - granted, it's got some cheesy soap-opera tendencies at times - but i tend to agree with the disclaimer they put on every episode: it doesn't reflect all of gay society.
i've found myself much more offended by episodes of "Will & Grace" than anything I've seen on QAF. speaking of W&G, Sean Hayes refuses to state his sexual orientation in interviews - this article on gay.com spells it out: When it comes to his sexuality, Hayes doesn't really want the public to know. "I don't wanna say I'm straight or I'm gay," he told Hollywood Online in 1998, "I want to keep everything open so as no one can form any opinions about me, because this world that we live in isn't all that forgiving." don't you find that more offensive than a confessed straight guy playing the part of a gay guy? the way he says it seems rather cowardly - he's afraid that saying one way or another is going to require forgiveness in the future? this isn't to say i don't like Sean Hayes - i really liked him in Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss and enjoyed the Jack character on W&G for a little while - but i think Jack's become more of the minstrel than anyone on QAF...
yeah, i guess it does suck that they're hiring straight people to play gays when there are plenty of gays out there that could take the parts, but i really wonder how much of that was a factor in casting QAF - a very explicit show about gay boys, based on a Brit series - really think they had tons of people interested in the roles? being made for Showtime hasn't really been something to shout from the rooftops - they don't quite have the air of respectability of a channel like HBO...so, who knows. if it takes a while longer for heteros to portray homos to at least get homos portrayed somewhat realistically on television, i don't think that's a bad thing - we've definitely got a ways to go, but maybe someday we could get to that idealistic world of all the gay waiter/actors hanging up the aprons to go into acting full time...
yowza, so much to do...
thanks to guys like HowdyDave and various people from the Cyberonics discussion board, i've decided to journal my experience with the Vagus Nerve Stimulator...the info i've received has been very helpful in making sure that i'm making an informed decision - i think this will prove to be a very beneficial device!
it's getting implanted into me in two days - two days!!!
so now i'm trying to decide how to go about it - i've pondered just starting up a totally separate blog on blogspot, pondered upgrading all the blogs i have and doing blogger pro, or maybe just getting a totally new domain of my own...and on and on and on...
the audioblogger option has really intrigued me - one thing i want to focus on in particular is how this will affect my voice. the biggest side effect i've read about regarding the VNS is the change it will make to one's voice - reading one woman's description of how it made her sound "like Bea Arthur after a testosterone shot" made it vividly clear that it's quite a change, but unless you can really HEAR how things were before and how they are after, it's hard to imagine...now, it's not like i rely on my voice for anything...no public speaking things are involved in work, and it's not like i'll be killing my singing career - since i don't have one - but i think it'd be cool to give people a concrete example of what sort of changes can happen. i also thought some pix would be good as well, of the incisions and such...the more info i can give to people about this thing, the better.....
thanks to guys like HowdyDave and various people from the Cyberonics discussion board, i've decided to journal my experience with the Vagus Nerve Stimulator...the info i've received has been very helpful in making sure that i'm making an informed decision - i think this will prove to be a very beneficial device!
it's getting implanted into me in two days - two days!!!
so now i'm trying to decide how to go about it - i've pondered just starting up a totally separate blog on blogspot, pondered upgrading all the blogs i have and doing blogger pro, or maybe just getting a totally new domain of my own...and on and on and on...
the audioblogger option has really intrigued me - one thing i want to focus on in particular is how this will affect my voice. the biggest side effect i've read about regarding the VNS is the change it will make to one's voice - reading one woman's description of how it made her sound "like Bea Arthur after a testosterone shot" made it vividly clear that it's quite a change, but unless you can really HEAR how things were before and how they are after, it's hard to imagine...now, it's not like i rely on my voice for anything...no public speaking things are involved in work, and it's not like i'll be killing my singing career - since i don't have one - but i think it'd be cool to give people a concrete example of what sort of changes can happen. i also thought some pix would be good as well, of the incisions and such...the more info i can give to people about this thing, the better.....
Thursday, March 13, 2003
why the fuck would mcdonalds not promote this woman to manager? cuz she's got a birthmark.
granted, seeing her is quite a jolt at first, but this is fucking MCDONALDS people! would her customer service or cooking abilities be hampered by her face? don't think so.
granted, seeing her is quite a jolt at first, but this is fucking MCDONALDS people! would her customer service or cooking abilities be hampered by her face? don't think so.
good to know our reps in congress are busy with lots of really important issues, like renaming food in the cafeterias...no more French Fries, now it's "Freedom Fries"....huh?!?
so, just because france thinks we shouldn't blow iraq to oblivion we can't have anything with "French" in the name?
so, do we just change French to Freedom in every instance? after a hot night of Freedom Kissing and trying out that new Freedom Tickler in the boudoir - whoops, i mean bedroom! - we'll have some Freedom Toast for breakfast?
so, just because france thinks we shouldn't blow iraq to oblivion we can't have anything with "French" in the name?
so, do we just change French to Freedom in every instance? after a hot night of Freedom Kissing and trying out that new Freedom Tickler in the boudoir - whoops, i mean bedroom! - we'll have some Freedom Toast for breakfast?
*rofl* shoulda seen this one coming:
Gay Bear
Which Dysfunctional Care Bear Are You?
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heh heh heh...
You have a dominant kiss- you take charge and make
sure your partner can feel it! Done artfully,
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you playing the dominant role MEORW!
What kind of kiss are you?
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You have a dominant kiss- you take charge and make
sure your partner can feel it! Done artfully,
it can be very satisfactory if he/she is into
you playing the dominant role MEORW!
What kind of kiss are you?
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Wednesday, March 12, 2003
Green - You believe that small economic units
should control the goods, and that the
government should be permissive of
"victimless crimes," respectful of
civil liberties and very strict towards big
business. You also believe in either a
socialist tax structure or more power to local
communities. You think that environmental
policies should be written into law. Your
historical role model is Ralf Nader.
Which political sterotype are you?
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Tuesday, March 11, 2003
the Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, TN gets my vote for best motto: "So they loaded up their trunks & they moved to Tennessee"...
Sunday, March 09, 2003
ticketmaster sucks ass...i know, another statement of the obvious, but i'm just cranky cuz i couldn't get jimmy buffett tix for me & clara this morning - even though i stood in line at marsh while mom stayed at home and tried getting through on the internet...
it's amazing the fucking fees they add onto ticket prices as well - i suppose this is actually a verizon fee, but the ticketmaster page said "$2.75 Parking Fee will be added on to each ticket purchased." - excuse me?!?!? every single person is driving alone? if not, how the can they tack that onto the ticket price?!? that's in addition to $4.50 venue fee (huh?) and $1 "SFC", whatever the fuck that is...evil bastards...
perhaps i'll wait till closer till concert time, to see how likely it is that clara's gonna be able to make it, then pay a fucking scalper for em...*shrug*
it's amazing the fucking fees they add onto ticket prices as well - i suppose this is actually a verizon fee, but the ticketmaster page said "$2.75 Parking Fee will be added on to each ticket purchased." - excuse me?!?!? every single person is driving alone? if not, how the can they tack that onto the ticket price?!? that's in addition to $4.50 venue fee (huh?) and $1 "SFC", whatever the fuck that is...evil bastards...
perhaps i'll wait till closer till concert time, to see how likely it is that clara's gonna be able to make it, then pay a fucking scalper for em...*shrug*
i'm now in the midst of disc 5 of the second season of queer as folk...what a show...took em long enough to get to season 3, but i guess it's been worth the wait...
interesting - the showtime website has a question in the FAQ - "Which of the cast members are gay in real life?" Showtime's answer: "Some of the actors are gay, and some of them are straight." - not mentioning who's who....i found a larry king interview with the cast, and it turns out only two of em, Randy Harrison and Peter Paige are truly fags...just seems a bit strange that there's this huge queer show and only 2 of em are really gay...not good strange, not bad strange, just strange....
interesting - the showtime website has a question in the FAQ - "Which of the cast members are gay in real life?" Showtime's answer: "Some of the actors are gay, and some of them are straight." - not mentioning who's who....i found a larry king interview with the cast, and it turns out only two of em, Randy Harrison and Peter Paige are truly fags...just seems a bit strange that there's this huge queer show and only 2 of em are really gay...not good strange, not bad strange, just strange....
Friday, March 07, 2003
ice cream headache explained here (or here - or even here if ya like lots of big medical words) - of course, if adam hadn't had 3 bowls of ice cream in 2 minutes at the chinese buffet, perhaps it wouldn't have happened... ;-)
'tis becoming a regular occurence - dinner with the bro on thurs or fri nite...very cool. *8-)
'tis becoming a regular occurence - dinner with the bro on thurs or fri nite...very cool. *8-)
been checking out some culture jamming websites this evening...
here's the culture jammer's encyclopedia to get ya started...
and then there's other stuff like:
Make your own Bush speech!
Terrorists are everywhere!
For the SUV owners out there...
here's the culture jammer's encyclopedia to get ya started...
and then there's other stuff like:
Make your own Bush speech!
Terrorists are everywhere!
For the SUV owners out there...
Thursday, March 06, 2003
VNS...it's getting even more real - Monday, March 17th at 11:15am!!! Hafta get there 2 hours early tho - what's up with that, is goin to the hospital like getting through the airport nowadays or something? It don't take me 2 hours to get nekkid and go to sleep...*8-)
i've got a good feeling about this - i think it'll do me good.
i've got a good feeling about this - i think it'll do me good.
Wednesday, March 05, 2003
ya know, i was wondering what the hell they were talking about here at work the other day, with the discussion of cunnilingus...er, nope, it was Colonel Angus!
more info on the Vagus Nerve Stimulator...
and answers to some frequently asked questions...
the patient's manual from the manufacturer...
and answers to some frequently asked questions...
the patient's manual from the manufacturer...
Sunday, March 02, 2003
ahhhh, the drunken blog...all is good with the world right now - i'm TANKED. well, i've sobered up a bit, the boys made me have breakfast with 'em at Peppy's, but i'm feelin no pain right now...
after mah-jongg, i went dancing with the boys...even met a woman, and encouraged her to dance - lil wallflower ME did that...dunno if janet will actually give me a call, but oh well...at least i'm getting out there...and it was fun to dance my ass off...i'm exhausted, but it feels soooo good...
let's just PRAY TO GOD that all will be good when i wake up...it just occured to me that the doc says no aspirin or tylenol - this could gonna be one BITCH of a hangover...
after mah-jongg, i went dancing with the boys...even met a woman, and encouraged her to dance - lil wallflower ME did that...dunno if janet will actually give me a call, but oh well...at least i'm getting out there...and it was fun to dance my ass off...i'm exhausted, but it feels soooo good...
let's just PRAY TO GOD that all will be good when i wake up...it just occured to me that the doc says no aspirin or tylenol - this could gonna be one BITCH of a hangover...
Saturday, March 01, 2003
woo hoo! Mah-Jongg night! finally, a saturday when we weren't snowed in, or the boys had something else planned, or somebody was feeling ill...
had chinese food for dinner - my fortune cookie was AMAZING - "Culture and customs of China attract you." - woah! in a fortune cookie! on mah-jongg night! what are the odds?!?!?
now i'm waiting on the boys to go home and get gussied up and then we're going to Talbott Street for drinking & dancing...woo hoo!
had chinese food for dinner - my fortune cookie was AMAZING - "Culture and customs of China attract you." - woah! in a fortune cookie! on mah-jongg night! what are the odds?!?!?
now i'm waiting on the boys to go home and get gussied up and then we're going to Talbott Street for drinking & dancing...woo hoo!
so, yesterday was the visit to the neurosurgeon, for the consultation about the Vagus Nerve Stimulator...
i dragged mom along to my appointment, cuz i knew she'd have a bazillion questions and i have a tendency to forget everything i wanna ask about when i get into a doctor's office...
so the nurse leads us into an exam room...right off the bat i'm thinking this is some sort of neuro test - the chairs are itty bitty, the cabinets are really short...well, just so happens they put me in a pediatric exam room! it's not a test checking for micropsia and/or macropsia (the symptoms Lewis Carroll had that appeared for form a basis for events in Alice In Wonderland) - it just so happened that the room they had open was intended for small children to visit.
so the doc walks in and promptly drops my file, sending papers scattering everywhere...he made a comment about being so clumsy and we said perhaps that wasn't too good for a neurosurgeon - we all had a good laugh.
he takes a look at my big list of medicines and tells me i'll need to stop taking the aspirin (the eye doc prescribes that) and the naproxen that i take for the carpal tunnel for two weeks prior to surgery - the anti-coagulant properties aren't really good to have in yer system when you're heading in to surgery, we don't need to have any extra bleeding going on there...so i ask him when to stop taking them, he tells me to go ahead and stop taking them now!! eeek - the surgery could be in two weeks!!! all along it's been a distant thing - last year dr. mohan, the neurologist, sent me home with a video and told me to think about it...then in january i met with a guy from the company that manufactures the VNS...the neuro calls the neurosurgeon for a consult, now VIOLA! in two or three weeks!
so he explained where they'd be cutting me (one incision in my neck, one on my upper chest, near my armpit) and that i'd be out of the hospital that day - won't even need to stay in for observation, as i'd read some other patients have had to do...shouldn't miss any work or anything (unless they schedule the surgery for a work day, of course). the scars shouldn't be too big and i'll still be able to wear my bikinis and tube tops, as well as make that last ditch effort for the Miss America crown... ;-)
i'm excited about it - mom's freaked. she says it's too soon. i don't think so, we just didn't expect it to get scheduled during THIS appointment. so now i just wait for them to call and tell me when and where i'll be getting carved up. the surgeon puts it in, but it's not turned on and programmed till i go back to the neurologist a couple of weeks later. the main risk after the surgery is of infection, but i should be fine & dandy...
woo hoo!
i dragged mom along to my appointment, cuz i knew she'd have a bazillion questions and i have a tendency to forget everything i wanna ask about when i get into a doctor's office...
so the nurse leads us into an exam room...right off the bat i'm thinking this is some sort of neuro test - the chairs are itty bitty, the cabinets are really short...well, just so happens they put me in a pediatric exam room! it's not a test checking for micropsia and/or macropsia (the symptoms Lewis Carroll had that appeared for form a basis for events in Alice In Wonderland) - it just so happened that the room they had open was intended for small children to visit.
so the doc walks in and promptly drops my file, sending papers scattering everywhere...he made a comment about being so clumsy and we said perhaps that wasn't too good for a neurosurgeon - we all had a good laugh.
he takes a look at my big list of medicines and tells me i'll need to stop taking the aspirin (the eye doc prescribes that) and the naproxen that i take for the carpal tunnel for two weeks prior to surgery - the anti-coagulant properties aren't really good to have in yer system when you're heading in to surgery, we don't need to have any extra bleeding going on there...so i ask him when to stop taking them, he tells me to go ahead and stop taking them now!! eeek - the surgery could be in two weeks!!! all along it's been a distant thing - last year dr. mohan, the neurologist, sent me home with a video and told me to think about it...then in january i met with a guy from the company that manufactures the VNS...the neuro calls the neurosurgeon for a consult, now VIOLA! in two or three weeks!
so he explained where they'd be cutting me (one incision in my neck, one on my upper chest, near my armpit) and that i'd be out of the hospital that day - won't even need to stay in for observation, as i'd read some other patients have had to do...shouldn't miss any work or anything (unless they schedule the surgery for a work day, of course). the scars shouldn't be too big and i'll still be able to wear my bikinis and tube tops, as well as make that last ditch effort for the Miss America crown... ;-)
i'm excited about it - mom's freaked. she says it's too soon. i don't think so, we just didn't expect it to get scheduled during THIS appointment. so now i just wait for them to call and tell me when and where i'll be getting carved up. the surgeon puts it in, but it's not turned on and programmed till i go back to the neurologist a couple of weeks later. the main risk after the surgery is of infection, but i should be fine & dandy...
woo hoo!
Friday, February 28, 2003
well, if i HAD an instrument lying around, i'd donate it...IPS has a shortage of musical instruments, and you can donate yours to "Band Together"...so do it...
statements of the obvious, brought to you this week by State Farm Insurance spokesman Joe Johnson: "A nuclear event has the potential to threaten the financial security of an insurance company," he said. "Obviously nuclear activity could really threaten any ability to pay our claims in the future."
errrr, if a nuclear bomb hits my Saturn, well then...guess i'll hafta get that nuclear war inclusion on whatever insurance i have so it'll be covered...
errrr, if a nuclear bomb hits my Saturn, well then...guess i'll hafta get that nuclear war inclusion on whatever insurance i have so it'll be covered...
Wednesday, February 26, 2003
Tuesday, February 25, 2003
and now, Carbonated Beverages in the news....
"PepsiCo said it will launch Mountain Dew LiveWire, a new orange-flavored Mountain Dew, to be available across the United States only through the summer.
Starting in the late spring, Sprite Remix will initially be sold in 20-ounce bottles, with additional package sizes available later in the spring and summer, Atlanta-based Coca-Cola said."
"PepsiCo said it will launch Mountain Dew LiveWire, a new orange-flavored Mountain Dew, to be available across the United States only through the summer.
Starting in the late spring, Sprite Remix will initially be sold in 20-ounce bottles, with additional package sizes available later in the spring and summer, Atlanta-based Coca-Cola said."
i'm setting the VCR!!!! next month, on game show network, it's “BIG BUCKS: THE PRESS YOUR LUCK SCANDAL” - maybe that bill murray movie about it didn't pan out...
Monday, February 24, 2003
while i don't think i'd necessarily agree with banning comic sans completely, the people at bancomicsans.com have a point, i suppose...
Saturday, February 22, 2003
Friday, February 21, 2003
useful link! - through sunday, you can go to this story about carfax reports, click on the little box in the article to get a FREE report - not just the freebie basic info either, the full report that usually costs 15 bucks...
interesting, my car was first purchased (i'm the 2nd owner) in missouri - wonder how it ended up here in indy....
interesting, my car was first purchased (i'm the 2nd owner) in missouri - wonder how it ended up here in indy....
a guilty pleasure of mine is "reality" shows...tonite was the 2nd episode of the new season of survivor: the amazon and i must say, it's different from previous seasons...
the whole girls vs. boys thing is an interesting twist, but i was worried in the first episode - these chicks are STUPID...as far as survival skills go, at least...let's take the drinking water and use it to wash our underwear - er, excuse me? if clean laundry is that important to ya, perhaps the amazon isn't where you should be...and their whole laziness thing and refusal to get a shelter built - ugh, when they got pissed at christy for suggesting they get to work on it, i couldn't believe it...
christy - she's the shit - and it REALLY pisses me off that she gets treated like crap because she's the "disabled" one...tonight's reward challenge involved all the tribe members being blindfolded except for one that was the guide, telling everyone where to find pieces to a puzzle - the girls tribe had one more member than the boys, so automatically they made christy sit out...that was just flat-out WRONG, in my oh so humble opinion...yeah, blindfolding her was obviously not a good idea, but was there any reason whatsoever that she couldn't have been the guide, telling everyone where to go? don't think so. i think some of her tribemates just find it easy to write her off and ignore because she's deaf...when in fact THEY are the ones that are disabled...oh, and when joanna went off on christy, ooh, that just irked me...joanna gets my vote for next one outta the jungle - i'm all for the strong black woman character they seem to think is mandatory (like ghandia last year) - but joanna's just a flat-out bitch!
i'm rooting for christy all the way - KICK SOME ASS girl!
the whole girls vs. boys thing is an interesting twist, but i was worried in the first episode - these chicks are STUPID...as far as survival skills go, at least...let's take the drinking water and use it to wash our underwear - er, excuse me? if clean laundry is that important to ya, perhaps the amazon isn't where you should be...and their whole laziness thing and refusal to get a shelter built - ugh, when they got pissed at christy for suggesting they get to work on it, i couldn't believe it...
christy - she's the shit - and it REALLY pisses me off that she gets treated like crap because she's the "disabled" one...tonight's reward challenge involved all the tribe members being blindfolded except for one that was the guide, telling everyone where to find pieces to a puzzle - the girls tribe had one more member than the boys, so automatically they made christy sit out...that was just flat-out WRONG, in my oh so humble opinion...yeah, blindfolding her was obviously not a good idea, but was there any reason whatsoever that she couldn't have been the guide, telling everyone where to go? don't think so. i think some of her tribemates just find it easy to write her off and ignore because she's deaf...when in fact THEY are the ones that are disabled...oh, and when joanna went off on christy, ooh, that just irked me...joanna gets my vote for next one outta the jungle - i'm all for the strong black woman character they seem to think is mandatory (like ghandia last year) - but joanna's just a flat-out bitch!
i'm rooting for christy all the way - KICK SOME ASS girl!
Thursday, February 20, 2003
how fuckin lazy do ya hafta be that you can't put salt and pepper on your food individually?
spepper seems like a stupid idea to me - generally, i use differing amounts of each on whatever food i'm eating...
so, ya buy yer spepper - then do ya put it in a salt shaker or a pepper shaker? and what do ya do with that leftover shaker now?
spepper seems like a stupid idea to me - generally, i use differing amounts of each on whatever food i'm eating...
so, ya buy yer spepper - then do ya put it in a salt shaker or a pepper shaker? and what do ya do with that leftover shaker now?
not for those with weak stomachs (well, not for any stomachs, actually) - it's THE BREAKFAST FROM HELL!!
my favorite fark headline of the day: "Carrie-Anne Moss is pregnant. Must have gone off the red pill"
Wednesday, February 19, 2003
everybody's talking about the johnny cash song "hurt" - what's amusing is that it's actually a cover - it's a song by nine inch nails...
happy birthday Amy Tan! the movie adaptation of her first book, The Joy Luck Club, is the only thing most people have as far as a knowledge of real mahjongg (the crappy tile matching game people play on the puter is NOT mahjongg!!!!)
Tuesday, February 18, 2003
"I have a dream that a guy who designs popup ads is having a major colonoscopy, and the proctologist is saying, 'It's the darnedest thing! Every time I snip a polyp, two more spring up in its place!'" - Dave Barry
i think Dave Barry's blog entry summed up the Joe Millionaire Finale very well:
FINAL JOE MILLIONAIRE UPDATE
In case you missed it, here's a transcript of the climactic two-hour episode last night:
"I, uh, there's, uh, two things, uh…"
Commercial
"I thought, uh, we, uh, really, uh…"
Commercial
"Uh…"
Commercial
"Uh…"
Commercial
Commercial
Commercial
Commercial
Without question the oratorical highlight was when Evan, in a complete sentence, made the following statement to Zora, apparently to explain why he had selected her (I am not making this statement up):
"The horseback riding was God-given."
The Surprise Twist Ending That Will Have All America Talking was so shocking and unexpected that I can barely type the words: They got money. Yes! On a TV show!
posted by Dave 9:08 AM
FINAL JOE MILLIONAIRE UPDATE
In case you missed it, here's a transcript of the climactic two-hour episode last night:
"I, uh, there's, uh, two things, uh…"
Commercial
"I thought, uh, we, uh, really, uh…"
Commercial
"Uh…"
Commercial
"Uh…"
Commercial
Commercial
Commercial
Commercial
Without question the oratorical highlight was when Evan, in a complete sentence, made the following statement to Zora, apparently to explain why he had selected her (I am not making this statement up):
"The horseback riding was God-given."
The Surprise Twist Ending That Will Have All America Talking was so shocking and unexpected that I can barely type the words: They got money. Yes! On a TV show!
posted by Dave 9:08 AM
google bought blogger - should we be scared? prolly not - they're 2 of my fave websites...but who knows...hope it works out...
hmmm....Years of fries, nary a burger flipped...33 years of working at McDonalds and she has never had a Big Mac - think she knows something the rest of us don't? the real "special sauce", perhaps?
the scariest part of this article is the guy that eats there 3 times a day and will buy food the day before holidays that McD's is closed so he can still have it - day-old reheated mcd's? ugh!!!
the scariest part of this article is the guy that eats there 3 times a day and will buy food the day before holidays that McD's is closed so he can still have it - day-old reheated mcd's? ugh!!!
Monday, February 17, 2003
http://www.dancecube.de/index.php?category=news&action=showArticle&Article_ID=75346
guess it's time to brush up on the german...oh wait, i never knew german....
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/urltrurl?lp=de_en&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dancecube.de%2Findex.php%3Fcategory%3Dnews%26action%3DshowArticle%26Article_ID%3D75346%26ContextCategory_ID%3D1%26ContextKeyword%3DNaptown%2520Renegade
guess it's time to brush up on the german...oh wait, i never knew german....
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/urltrurl?lp=de_en&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dancecube.de%2Findex.php%3Fcategory%3Dnews%26action%3DshowArticle%26Article_ID%3D75346%26ContextCategory_ID%3D1%26ContextKeyword%3DNaptown%2520Renegade
heh heh heh...
I'm an Atheist!
Which Enemy of the Christian Church Are You?
Take More of Robert & Tim's Quizzes
Watch Robert & Tim's Cartoons
Which Enemy of the Christian Church Are You?
Take More of Robert & Tim's Quizzes
Watch Robert & Tim's Cartoons
Sunday, February 16, 2003
better not send rice to the white house - they'll think it's anthrax...so how about clams for peace?
NEWSFLASH! check out Bush's REAL State of the Union Address...
it'd probably be even funnier if it weren't so damned close to the truth...
it'd probably be even funnier if it weren't so damned close to the truth...
interesting - Researchers Find It's Easy to Plant False Memories in Minds of Some People
"More than a third of subjects...recalled that theme-park moment [of meeting Bugs Bunny at Disneyland] - impossible because Bugs is not a Disney character - after a researcher planted the false memory. Other research, of people who believed they were abducted by space aliens, shows that even false memories can be as intensely felt as those of real-life victims of war and other violence."
'tis amazing what the brain can do...
"More than a third of subjects...recalled that theme-park moment [of meeting Bugs Bunny at Disneyland] - impossible because Bugs is not a Disney character - after a researcher planted the false memory. Other research, of people who believed they were abducted by space aliens, shows that even false memories can be as intensely felt as those of real-life victims of war and other violence."
'tis amazing what the brain can do...
Saturday, February 15, 2003
Friday, February 14, 2003
here are a few links for robin - can't email her since she cancelled her home acct, and somehow i don't think she'd like these sent to work...
hey robin, check ebay! you can buy your very own ice cream store!!!
and from fark - pix of nekkid men, weeners included...
hey robin, check ebay! you can buy your very own ice cream store!!!
and from fark - pix of nekkid men, weeners included...
Thursday, February 13, 2003
Wednesday, February 12, 2003
presenting, your terrorist attack grocery list:
A three-day supply of water - they say a gallon a day, per person...
Non-perishable, nutrient-rich foods - bring on the PB&J! and don't forget that old fashioned can opener!
3 days worth of prescription medications and/or baby supplies
Plastic sheeting and duct tape - gotta seal up them doors and windows if it's a biological attack...
Lots of batteries and flashlights, and a battery operated radio/tv - the storm last year made it abundantly clear how important this stuff is...
is it just paranoia that causes the glut of articles about this stuff these days, or is this stuff really going to be a necessity...only time will tell...
A three-day supply of water - they say a gallon a day, per person...
Non-perishable, nutrient-rich foods - bring on the PB&J! and don't forget that old fashioned can opener!
3 days worth of prescription medications and/or baby supplies
Plastic sheeting and duct tape - gotta seal up them doors and windows if it's a biological attack...
Lots of batteries and flashlights, and a battery operated radio/tv - the storm last year made it abundantly clear how important this stuff is...
is it just paranoia that causes the glut of articles about this stuff these days, or is this stuff really going to be a necessity...only time will tell...
Monday, February 10, 2003
You Are Fries. you're usually confused and
complicated. You have no clue where you are,
after all you came from an ugly potatoe, got
cut up and deep fried. Confused, but unique.
What McDonalds Menu Item Are You?
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Sunday, February 09, 2003
my new favorite TV show: "Penn & Teller: Bullshit!" - yup, that' s the name of the show...they've debunked alternative medicine, psychics, and ufo's in the shows thus far...the alternative medicine was a trip - they had a guy in the mall, giving free "snail mucus facials" to cure wrinkles - people had these slimy snails crawling all over their faces, then afterwards they swore up and down that their wrinkles were gone and they'd pay 25 bucks for that sort of thing at a spa...alrighty...of course, in this country Penn & Teller have no need to worry about running out of material - this place is full of bullshit!
so, the Mutual Friends CD Mix Mixer was a success! There were 8 (or was it 9) of us, everyone bringing a mix of fave tunes to the Abbey and hanging out and chatting about music and stuff and thangs...very cool - it's gonna be a somewhat regular occurance, i'm thinking every other month, or quarterly perhaps...
now i've got all sorts of cool music to listen to!
now i've got all sorts of cool music to listen to!
Saturday, February 08, 2003
well, decided to go with the Indiana Arts Trust license plate - we could certainly use more art and culture 'round these parts...besides, the mental health people weren't ever around to take my phone calls with questions...perhaps next year i'll just go with a personalized plate - suppose BIG DYKE is taken? ;-)
interesting article on slate about the whole specialty plate issue...
interesting article on slate about the whole specialty plate issue...
Friday, February 07, 2003
Thursday, February 06, 2003
saturday's the mutual friends music mix mixer - looks like there'll be about 8 of us swapping CD's at the abbey...
i'm refining my mix since i'm not totally happy with the first one i burned...figured i'd make it easy and do favorite songs to favorite soundtracks to favorite movies...now i'm finding more songs that should be added, and that the first mix i burned just didn't quite flow very well, so i need to take some tracks out...this may have to be a series of discs...hell, i've already made one disc of nothing but tunes from john hughes movies, and even that one didn't have em all...
i'm refining my mix since i'm not totally happy with the first one i burned...figured i'd make it easy and do favorite songs to favorite soundtracks to favorite movies...now i'm finding more songs that should be added, and that the first mix i burned just didn't quite flow very well, so i need to take some tracks out...this may have to be a series of discs...hell, i've already made one disc of nothing but tunes from john hughes movies, and even that one didn't have em all...
Wednesday, February 05, 2003
the death clock tells me i'll die on Monday, September 14, 2026 - meaning i have less than 744,856,800 seconds to live...hrmmmmm....well, that's the pessimistic outlook, at least....optimistically, i'm looking at 1,956,088,278 seconds, til Saturday, January 31, 2065....
Tuesday, February 04, 2003
Monday, February 03, 2003
the mail today brought me The Hunt a dvd about the university of chicago scavenger hunt, which happens to be the largest scavenger hunt in the world...perhaps it'll give some insights as to creating a spiffy hunt here in indy...
Sunday, February 02, 2003
"When you try to guess what's going on inside their minds, it's dark and it's cavernous in there." - David E. Kelley, referring to the evil bastard network execs that moved "The Practice" from its Sunday night slot...granted, i work sunday nights, but i've gotten into the habit of taping it and watching it when i get home...gonna be harder to do now that it's on monday night, up against another fave, Joe Millionaire....why do the networks do shit like this that alienates viewers?!?!?
and now, a joke from the Bob & Tom website:
Q - What did George Washington say to his men just before they got on the boat?
A - Men, get on the boat.
hahahahaha, i just love dumbass jokes like that one!
Q - What did George Washington say to his men just before they got on the boat?
A - Men, get on the boat.
hahahahaha, i just love dumbass jokes like that one!
Saturday, February 01, 2003
space shuttle Columbia exploded this morning - 17 years to the week of the Challenger explosion...doesn't seem that long ago - i was in 8th grade...
it seems kind of weird to hear the news calling these people heroes though - i mean, they were in a terrible accident, but does that mean they should instantly achieve hero status? i don't think too many people were aware that Columbia was even in space now - it's not news when they lift off, just when something goes wrong...it all just leaves me with an uneasy feeling...*shrug*
it seems kind of weird to hear the news calling these people heroes though - i mean, they were in a terrible accident, but does that mean they should instantly achieve hero status? i don't think too many people were aware that Columbia was even in space now - it's not news when they lift off, just when something goes wrong...it all just leaves me with an uneasy feeling...*shrug*
Thursday, January 30, 2003
has your website been pornolized yet? run it through their website and it'll make it all sorts of pornographic!! totally immature, and totally hysterical too! running the ol' work website through it is rather amusing - we now feature Manufactured "Sniff-my-Ass" Housing, Real "Up the Arse" Estate, Roadside "Hard-on" Assistance (hrmmmm!), Progressive "Asshole" Insurance (lots of progressive assholes around that place, it's logical they'd need insurance!), and Extended Blows (is there any better kind?!?)...
Wednesday, January 29, 2003
Tuesday, January 28, 2003
Monday, January 27, 2003
happy 171st birthday to fellow epileptic Lewis Carroll - they say the stuff that happened to Alice in Wonderland was probably inspired by temporal lobe seizures, to which i can definitely relate...
go Janeane!
"You can't force people to cast you or become younger or more popular. What I do have is control over my mind, my life and my participation in current events. I won't stick my head in the sand and have history roll right over me. I refuse to allow my government and the mainstream media to bully me into accepting a war that is immoral and illegal. If it means people make fun of me or think I'm a jerk, or I lose a job here and there, that means nothing to me."
"You can't force people to cast you or become younger or more popular. What I do have is control over my mind, my life and my participation in current events. I won't stick my head in the sand and have history roll right over me. I refuse to allow my government and the mainstream media to bully me into accepting a war that is immoral and illegal. If it means people make fun of me or think I'm a jerk, or I lose a job here and there, that means nothing to me."
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