you might’ve noticed that october 11 came and went with nary a peep here. you might’ve wondered at that. or you might not have. i dunno. i’m not here to tell you how to think. i’m here to tell you about him.
yes, on the 11th ben and i celebrated five years of married awesome. but the story started long before then… (more…)
me: so can you imagine if ashley todd had been smart enough to not make the “b” on her cheek backwards?
ben (much more eloquently verbose): i don’t think it would’ve mattered much. her story was inconsistent. it certainly wouldn’t cost him the election.
me: well, let’s assume that if she was smart enough to not carve the “b” backwards, she’d be smart enough to keep her story straight. at the very least, it would’ve taken longer for her story to be debunked.
ben: but if she were that smart, she probably wouldn’t be a mccain supporter.
so…
yeah.
as some of you may know, i might’ve gotten a little bit caught up in a game recently. i might’ve sunk, oh, i dunno, a hundred or so hours into said game. i might’ve gushed on and on about just how awesome this game is. i might’ve even caught some flak from some people (you know who you are) about how much time i was spending on this game
(on a tangent, srsly guys? if anyone should be scolding me about spending too much time on a video game, it really shouldn’t be anyone in my immediate circle, lest i remind you of how many hours you’ve spent raiding in wow…J’ACCUSE, MES AMIS!!)
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but anyway. so yeah. so i might’ve gone to gamestop today to reserve disgaea 3. while there, i might’ve picked up a certain sequel…and maybe, just maybe, i might’ve preordered another game.
and yes, i realize that i’m essentially shooting myself in the foot here. to quote my sweet melissa, i got shit to do! but…
sigh.
i am powerless against its bright, candy-like colors, catchy soundtrack and japanese coolness.
which is something that my sweetie and i do very little of. if you’ve seen our house, you’ll have to agree…the grass is, depending on where you look, either a nice shade of green, a not-so-nice shade of greenish, or, all too often, a crispy, deep-fried brown (hey thanks for that, mr. summer-drought-and-100+-degree-days). the sad little plants that came with the house, while not entirely choked out by weeks, are certainly threatened. one of the two bartlett pear trees in front looks half-dead (but the other half is very much alive, so we hesitate to have it removed).
and i won’t even describe the back yard.
now, to look at our families, you’d never guess we were so terrible at growing things. ben’s mom is the president of her gardening club and has a BEAUTIFUL back yard, and his dad can grow veggies without even trying. meanwhile, i come from a very long line of women who’ve managed to bring forth (for generations) flowers, fruits and veggies from the rocky, unwelcoming, red-clay mud of the mountains. so we have successful gardens as part of our respective pedigrees… (more…)
HAI GUESS WHAT.
HAAAAI GUESS WHAT!
i got the library assistant job.
(there may be another f-word tomorrow (lol).)
(i might have also bought some eddie izzard dvds to celebrate my newly-tripled salary. so there might have to be an izzard marathon at our place in the future…)
fresh on the heels of me finally being able to see anything associated with the death of tim russert and NOT burst into tears comes the news that george carlin has passed away.
what i would give to be a fly on the wall in the afterlife when george arrived there…
granted, not all of his works were as hardcore as the seven words. he did the voice of the stoner vw van in cars, for goodness sake. he was rufus in bill and ted! but my favorite of his routines might be offensive to some, so proceed at your own risk… (more…)
shhh, shhh…
bjork aside, i have been relatively inactive on here as of late. between working more, reading more, playing okami on the wii a LOT more…well, my writing, in all its capacities, has suffered. i should work on that.
but not today, not so much. we got folkses coming over this evening to ogle the ridiculously-comfy new couch, and i have a spot of tidying up to do, vacuuming and what not. i did, though, wanna share some stuff…firstly, this fabulous link that the lovely mrs. esmon posted. looks pretty spiffy, and i have been wanting to get some prints…we haven’t had any real photos since we got the digital camera, and our photo albums are suffering. i think i’ll sign up, but i was kind of amused by the site’s terms and conditions. and i quote:
Valid on orders placed and shipped within the globe only
extra-terrestrial photographers need not apply, apparently.
nothing like some neil young to get me moving when it’s time to clean. (more…)
HAPPY EARTH DAY TO YOU!
HAPPY EARTH DAY, DEAR PLAAAANET…
i’m sorry we as a species are rapidly killing you. (more…)
