cute - go to the random url site and it'll plug in a random word from its dictionary, add a .com to it and take ya to whatever site might happen...'tis amazing what's out there on the web...

hopefully momma's gonna get out of the hospital today...then she'll be off work another week...she's certainly making use of that short-term disability thang...

talked with her gastro doc yesterday, and he said what i pretty much already knew - adam should get checked for CF, but unless he comes back with a positive diagnosis, i probably don't need to be screened, since i don't exhibit any of the symptoms...

time to try to get some sleep since i have to work tonight...

alrighty, back to that survey:

4 things you would eat on the last day of your life:
oh sheesh, the last day of my life? hmmm....
a jamaican pizza from some guys pizza
mom's fried potatoes - major comfort food!
mac & cheese - the ultimate comfort food
ben & jerry's - either jerry's jubilee or cherry garcia

4 CDs from your collection that you will never get tired of:
stuck in the 90's, i guess...
his name is alive - home is in your head
trashcan sinatras - cake
james - laid
ani difranco - not a pretty girl

4 movies that you watch over and over:
dvds are a good thing...
the truth about cats & dogs
american beauty
as good as it gets
gia

4 vacations you have taken:
don't travel too much...
to colorado as a kid with "dad"...
a bifem gathering in kansas...
the big queer march on washington...
to rhode island to see a net.girlfriend...

4 songs you get stuck in your head frequently:
oh god, i don't even want to think about them, lest they get stuck again...
wiper blades - heywood banks
prisoner of love - from the bob & tom show
mahna mahna - from the muppet show
18 wheels on a big rig - heywood banks

4 things you'd like to learn:
urgh, if only i had the time and brain power...
sign language
html
a foreign language - spanish, perhaps?
computer programming stuff

4 beverages you drink frequently:
really, there's only one - i'm a dew addict!
diet mountain dew
diet air (from snapple)
diet a&w root beer
diet pepsi

4 TV shows that you liked when you were a kid:
yes, i'm a child of the 80's, and i'm also a game show addict
press your luck
sale of the century
the price is right
the people's court

4 places to go in your city:
okay, so i'm a bit strange, but crown hill is beautiful...
crown hill cemetery
the children's museum of indianapolis
out word bound bookstore
the indianapolis zoo

4 things to do when you're bored:
blog
sleep
shop
eat

4 things that never fail to cheer you up:
saturday night mah jongg
hanging out with my brothers and sister
great deals at the grocery store
a show at the ten

and your answers are.....????

amazing the twists and turns that can happen on a search for a company logo to go in an ad...i've found findagrave.com - there you can find out where a specific person's buried or see a list of people of note in specific cemeteries - ie Crown Hill ...

well shit, i guess i should get back to work...

i don't know which is worse - getting a song stuck in yer head or a movie quote...saw "as good as it gets" the other day, and good ol' melvin udall's (aka jack nicholson) stuck in my head..."People who talk in metaphors oughta shampoo my crotch." - a classic!

cute little survey i lifted from another blog:
(i'll hafta post my answers later)

4 things you would eat on the last day of your life:

4 CDs from your collection that you will never get tired of:

4 movies that you watch over and over:

4 vacations you have taken:

4 songs you get stuck in your head frequently:

4 things you'd like to learn:

4 beverages you drink frequently:

4 TV shows that you liked when you were a kid:

4 places to go in your city:

4 things to do when you're bored:

4 things that never fail to cheer you up:

alrighty, weird mood time...i obviously need some music to get me through this night of hell - aka work - but i dunno what sort of music i want to listen to...*ponder*

think it's gonna be one of my napster-lifted mixes...perhaps #14:

1. Dreams Are Of The Body His Name Is Alive
2. No Man's Woman Sinead O'Connor
3. Give It Everything Al Green
4. Wild Night John Mellencamp w/Meshell NdegeOcello
5. I Kissed A Girl Jill Sobule
6. The Sweater Meryn Cadell
7. Angel Mine Cowboy Junkies
8. Both Hands ani difranco
9. Wear Your Love Like Heaven Sarah McLachlan
10. Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover Sophie B. Hawkins
11. Me Paula Cole
12. Left Of Center Suzanne Vega
13. 4 Men Kitchens Of Distinction
14. Pictures Of You The Cure
15. Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want The Smiths
16. Fade Into You Mazzy Star
17. Everything Possible The Flirtations
18. Mahna Mahna Mahna Mahna & The Two Snowths

aww fuck, i took the napster cd's outta my backpack...i'm left with some other stuff, the napster discs being at home i presume...urgh...guess it'll be his name is alive, stars on esp, to start off with...

argh...mom's in the hospital again...another bout of pancreatitis...dammit, i hate to see her in such pain - if i could trade places with her, i'd do it in a heartbeat...alas, i'm stuck here at work.

reading some new blogs this morning: instapundit, jonny5alivedotcom, judy's blog and dreaded purple master - why is it most of the blogs i seem to latch on to are written by those of the opposite sex?

hmmm, here's one to check out later - fontlover...

tis amazing all the interesting stuff in people's blogs...here's an interesting pic of NYC and Ground Zero...

i think i'm making this html stuff much harder than it is....

argh...frustration with doctors today...first off, dr. english...i'm not all that upset with her, i just wish she could get a magic wand and wave it and *POOF* all my bad things would disappear...ya know, i'm surprised the damned drug companies haven't come out with one to give out to all the docs, with their prominently placed logos on the handle or something...

so, anyways, she gave me a referral for a dietician - maybe she can help me figure out what i'm doing wrong...

then, this afternoon i called dr. mohan's office to see if i should've received something in the mail about monday's video eeg - ya know, like where to show up, what to bring, etc, etc - like the packet of stuff they sent me before my sleep study...julie told me she'd call me back in a few minutes, and she did - to tell me the equipment in the hospital is broken and they have to reschedule my eeg for december 3rd. oh, so i ask to reschedule it and they can't possibly squeeze me in until late january, but now there's magically appeared a space for me on december 3? at least i found out before the fact - had i shown up at the hospital on monday at 7:30am only to find out it'd be postponed, i'd have been majorly shitty....

my head's still screwy - my attention span is for shit and i keep forgetting if i've printed and/or eps'd stuff...urgh......

ever got the urge to ask the Magic 8-ball a question? now ya can do it on the web!

brain break...it seems i need one, as i'm having a hard time here at work...my brain doesn't seem to want to be here...right now, my short-term memory is for shit...i'll open up a folder and then forget what it was i was looking for or what i was going to do...*shrug*...

kim's talked to us about the holiday schedules and i'm just baffled - they're more fucked up this year because of what day they fall on, etc etc, and i'm just foggy in the head anyways, so that's not helping either...i told her i needed her to write it down for me - perhaps it'll make more sense that way.

what the fuck is wrong with me?!?!? is there a seizure coming? i don't know...i just know i feel really weird and i don't want to be here - i don't want to be anywhere...not saying i want to be dead or anything, i just hate feeling this weirdness coming over me...*sigh*

argh...trying to figure out the blogback thang...still trying to figure out how to make the (comment) thang actually visible on the page - the blue blends in with the blue of the background...i've updated to version 1.3, so it should actually work now, as long as ya know the damned thing's there. *8-) feel free to comment away!!

damn....i can't reschedule my video eeg so that i can work next week, unless i want to wait till january...argh...so now i'll be getting fucked outta the increasingly scarce overtime work...*8-(

doc's office just called - my TSH level was normal...alrighty, so there must be something _else_ going on, other than a thyroid problem...

urgh, this is just so fucking annoying.

there's one species out there in which the females are DEFINITELY the weaker sex...(or more annoying, at least)...

ginko trees....

mom's got a ginko in her front yard...it's a female...apparently, it's the females that bear fruit...these grape-sized fruits fall from the tree and proceed to rot, making a huge stink in the process...not to mention the uncomfortable sensations invoked when stepping on the little fuckers! apparently, we can use Fruit Eliminator - a type of birth control for fruit trees - to stop it from bearing fruit, but ya have to apply it in the springtime and we found out about it too late for this year...

there is a good side though - it's a beautiful tree, and in the fall, the leaves are a blazing yellow...most of the leaves fall at one time - it happened last weekend...it's a beautiful sight...mom says it looks like it's raining corn flakes...

if only those damned fruits weren't causing such a stink...

well, the gayindy hornet's nest settled back down rather quickly...never did get a reply from wally though...*shrug*

got email from christine today - at the last pitch-in several of us mentioned wanting to go to the harry potter movie, so it looks like about 20 of us will be going on opening night, in two weeks...*8-)

robin dyed my hair for me again - we had our semi-regular bitch-fest about work and associated co-workers...she's got two new kittens - they're sooo cute! melissa & clare and cheryl & jen & sierra stopped by to check out the kitties as well....i hung out and had dinner with robin & kerry - they make their jambalaya with steak and sausage - different, but really good! shrimp woulda been nice, but kerry doesn't care much for those bottom-feeders, he's a red meat man...

so, i've been having this seafood craving...i just called dale to see if he and greg would like to go out for crab legs...seems they probably can't make it over here by dinner time - they're in New Orleans!! duh....lucky for them they'll be back here for mah jongg tomorrow nite though - if not, i'd hafta kill them...

woo hoo - my babysmasher stickers arrived!

oh shit....i've stirred up a major hornet's nest on the gayindy list...i suppose i was a bit grumpier than i shoulda been when i posted my reply to wally's message, so i was a bit more hateful than i usually am, but i still don't think i'd take back anything i said...even though people on the list have voiced angry messages, i've gotten messages off-list thanking me for what i said...