the pitch-in tonight was cool...christine, angela and julie went all the way on their costumes - christine as harry potter, angela as herminone (sp?) and julie as prof. dumebledore (now i KNOW i spelled that one wrong!) - alas i was too whipped from making treats to dress up as the Nimbus 2000 - 'twas a good idea tho. other cute costumes included: a brick (which had a "need a bricklayer" sign on it), cruella deville and a dalmatian, and more that aren't coming to mind right now - perhaps i'll put pics up on my website...*8-)

karen was there - haven't seen her in ages...she was rather cool (that's cool as in "reserved", not "spiffy"), so i didn't say much to her....she was there with amy hoosier, tho they're just friends...hung with steph and tonya quite a bit...later on i talked a bit with mimi - she's so cool....gave her my card, with my email on it - turns out she loves ebay and the doughboy too!...she's got sugar gliders...never heard of 'em, but hearing her talk about 'em they sound pretty cool...little marsupial thangs...i suspect clara knows about 'em, cuz someone had mentioned seeing them at a reptile show...

ugh...clara....i need to email her....got some way cool b-day presents from her in the mail today - lots of candles...these'll be great replacements for the ones i broke when i trashed the house during my seizure....

so, back to the pitch-in....sounds like a bunch of us will be going to see the harry potter movie together, should be cool...i think mimi's really cool, but i'd be scared to ask her out...*shrug* who knows...

weird dreams yesterday - i'm all excited because i got some shiny new quarters as change for something (can't remember where i was)...so i look at the things and turn them to the tails side to see what state they represent and the GRIM REAPER is on them...huh?!?!? not a clue what that one means - what state is the grim reaper from?...then there was one about being at the grocery store (i think it was the old preston-safeway at 38th & shadeland) and i put money in the pop machine and hit the diet mountain dew button and like 8 cans popped out...some were sprite, some were orange soda...so i was hording them, trying to find more change to get more of this 8 for the price of 1 deal and someone came along and started stealing my drinks - hiding them underneath a car in the parking lot...well the car ran over them and i got into a shouting match with the chick that did it...dunno what that one was about either...

being a game show lover, i've found a very good site to visit: Game $how Central -...interesting reading about michael larsen - he figured out the pattern to the not-so-random flashing lights and screw PYL for $110 grand...unfortunately, it's been banned from telecast and it's not like i had the vcr taping it in 1984...bill murray's slated to play michael larsen in a movie about it...

press your luck was one of my fave game shows...$ale of the century was also a fave - buy a brand new cadillac for $300 - hell yeah!...and of course, supermarket sweep - wow, to be able to just run through the grocery store and get whatever you want - whooo!

quote of the day:

"I love cable. I LOVE cable. I love it so much. I can't stop watching cable just to do my homework." - paige

ahhh, what a sister...*8-)

brain break. *yawn* for some reason i didn't get good sleep last night - i just feel like i've been through the wringer for some reason...*shrug*

pondering the whole halloween thing - don't have to worry about oct 31, since i'll be here at work, but i've been invited to a few parties and such...the next pitch-in's at christine's and will have a halloween theme...at games night several people mentioned being characters from the Harry Potter books...having not read any, i couldn't offer any opinions...i borrowed the first book from Donna and am halfway through it...no character is screaming my name thus far, tho i've thought it might be cute to be harry's broomstick, the Nimbus 2000 - perhaps some of those lesbos would like to hop on and take a ride...*8-)

break's over...back to work...

so, in my attempt to join the 21st century, i've been working on a webpage...nothing major yet, just a little tripod page...i don't have the patience for html - why the fuck does it take so much work to just do a little something? but maybe i'll learn the shit eventually...

oh crap...seems someone's stolen some of mom's checks - she found this out when her bank balance was inexplicably low and found a mysterious $400 check cashed. it's all too freakin weird...seems justin might know the guys that did it, but mom (and i) don't think justin had anything to do with it...the fact that this guy was in mom's house and went into her bedroom and stole these checks is just creepy...i've been trying to keep her calm about the situation - as i told her, i know EXACTLY what she's going through - the complete and utter confusion, the creepy feelings...i went through it all when kris stole my bankcard...so mom talked with the credit union today, they've given her all the paperwork and she stopped payment on the rest of the missing checks...she got on the internet and got the addresses of the guys that signed the check...oh, how tempted i would be to just go knocking on their door, but it's best to just let the cops take care of it...

kim needs:
(a) some sleep
(b) her ears cleaned
(c) some good drugs
(d) all of the above...

yuppers, 4:30 am can get pretty damned squirrely around here sometimes...i made some smart-ass comment (who? me?!?!?) and finished off with "can i get a witness?"...that's not what kim heard though...she freaked...apparently she heard "can i get a whippin'?"

*rofl*

hmm, perhaps i'll use that sometime...

anyone wishing to purchase a belated b-day present for me can visit my wish list at amazon.com...*8-)

had a nice birthday yesterday....mom and pooky took me to buca di beppo for lunch - oh my god we had soooooooo much food! had the baked rigatoni special and chicken cacciatore (whoo hooo, i spelled it right on the first try!!!!!!)...

buca's a "family style southern italian" restaurant, so the dishes are huge and meant to be shared - two entrees is easily enough for 7 or 8 people, so we had buttloads of leftovers...next time i'm gonna make sure to leave room for dessert!

turns out pooky's gonna get the saturn from circle city, the place he didn't even want to go to in the first place! *8-) maybe i should look into getting a car soon - the toyota's almost paid off and it seems now's the time to get a car, what with all the dealerships having really soft sales and offering really good financing rates...but damn, it's nice only having a $135 car payment...yeah, the car ain't too pretty, but the bitch gets 30-35mpg and hasn't had any major problems with it...*shrug*

well well well...guess life in suburbia isn't immune to crime...mom's car got broken into...we learned this when a neighbor down the street called, having found mom's old purse out in the yard...not a good way to meet the neighbors...looks like the criminals didn't care for mom's taste in cd's and couldn't get the keys, so they just threw everything out and headed down the street...maryann is the neighbor that called - she had her car stolen, they got the keys by using the garage door opener in the car, i guess...mom was lucky.

got to do some bonding with the Pooky tonight - he's looking for a new car, so i went car shopping with him...i've had much better luck with cars i've bought on my own than with anything "dad" has helped us out on...only had one to pick from at greenwood saturn, so i suggested we check out Circle City Car - he wasn't really into it, but decided to humor me, and he found one he really likes - imagine that! hell, 4 of my co-workers have bought vehicles there and i haven't heard any complaints...of course, it all depends on whether or not he can get financing...a 20 year old with a $9k car loan? well, he seems to think he can handle it...i'm much more low-rent than he is, i guess...

My co-workers know me all too well...we're talking about movies and my complete and utter lust for angelina jolie and i said "she can eat crackers in my bed any day!"...kim's response: "that's not ALL she can eat in your bed!" heh heh heh, yeah, i guess you're right kim...

all was well and good until i got to work...kim's in a shitty mood, but isn't saying why...nothing like a cranky boss to make a job miserable...hell, she's got enough PTO, if she needs a mental health day she should go ahead and take it...*growl*...there's no reason for me to be in a shitty mood, she's just managed to transfer her misery to the rest of us here in the department...

majorly wicked storm happened while i was at work tonight, as the sun was setting...unfortunately i was at WORK and couldn't go out to check it out and really enjoy it...i like storms like that, when the atmosphere is completely unpredictable and awe inspiring. i swear, the sky was just about every color you could imagine - gray, white, blue, purple, red, orange, yellow, green...totally funky.

talked kim into letting me have next sunday - my birthday - off, even if i still have to do the video eeg as it's presently scheduled in november...it's not that i have to have my b-day off specifically (especially when it's on a sunday, like this year), but with games night being friday and mah jongg being saturday (we have GOT to get new makeovers done!!!!) i'm not sure when/if i'll get to see matt, paige & adam. i've freaked mom out a bit - i've been telling everyone that this is going to be my last birthday...after 29, i'm not having any more...she seems to think i'm planning on DYING, hence no more birthdays....naah, i plan on sticking around, i'm just not going to get any older...

kazaa certainly has aimster beat...lots more crap to snag! now i just need a freakin' cable modem so i don't hafta stay around mommy's to download shit...but i just can't see paying fifty bucks a month for the damned thing...

another interesting lesson to come out of this terrorist mess - Flag Etiquette. it sucks that it's taken something like this to bring up the topic, but at least now it's being discussed. and it appears that things have changed over the years - as a kid i remember hearing it was completely unacceptable to fly the flag at night. apparently, this has changed. "When a patriotic effect is desired, the flag may be displayed twenty-four hours a day if properly illuminated during the hours of darkness." same goes for flying the flag in the rain - with the advent of flags made of nylon and such, it's not such the taboo. "The flag should not be displayed on days when the weather is inclement, except when an all weather flag is displayed."

here's one i hadn't heard: "The flag should not be draped over the hood, top, sides, or back of a vehicle or of a railroad train or a boat. When the flag is displayed on a motorcar, the staff shall be fixed firmly to the chassis or clamped to the right fender." So, where does that leave all these people out there with the little flags hanging off the side of their cars?

and the best of all? "The flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever. It should not be embroidered on such articles as cushions or handkerchiefs and the like, printed or otherwise impressed on paper napkins or boxes or anything that is designed for temporary use and discard." uh oh. at work last week it seemed as though every freakin client we had wanted a flag background in their ad. and we all know Wheels & Deals and The Trader are definitely for temporary use and discard!

just got home from community hospital, where i had my sleep study done...basically, they tape wires to your legs, tape wires to your chest, glue wires to your head, stick tubes in your nose, stick a monitor on your finger, put a belt around your chest and one around your belly, add a few more wires in for good measure, turn on the video camera, then tuck you into bed to act like nothing's out of the ordinary. easy as pie. though i was tired, it seemed to take FOREVER to get to sleep...then i woke up to pee and it seemed to take FOREVER to get back to sleep - i didn't think i was going to go back to sleep, but once i did, WHAM! i was out. susan, the lab tech, has quite an interesting job - let's sit around and watch people sleep all night! it is pretty fascinating though, when she woke me up this morning, she said she could tell i was dreaming - i was in rem...and i just barely remember dreaming - though if it's about work shouldn't it be considered a nightmare? it'll be 1-2 weeks before Dr. Mohan gets results...

been reading other blogs from blogger.com - Victor and Dan are interesting...