when, while trying to feed a very crumpled dollar bill into a vending machine at work, you exclaim at said machine, "TAKE IT! TAKE IT!"

(and, yes, the machine took it ... yarp fckr!)

So I've tried to stay as calm and rational as possible in reading news about the RNC, McCain, Palin, et al.

But then I read a blog item that referred to Palin as "Caribou Barbie."

And I laughed and laughed and laughed.

(and then I laughed some more!)

((in fact, I'm still laughing ...)

As of July 3, when my next scheduled payment is made, I will, finally, after much, much longer than I care to admit, have a ZERO balance on my credit card. What a wonderful feeling ... cathartic, actually ( Read more... )

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It's not new, but it still is superb ( Read more... )

I originally joined LJ as an attempt to help myself lose some weight, and it's high time I get back to that original motive. Post-TBRU seems like the perfect time to do that ... almost cold turkey-ish after a long, wonderful weekend of beer/jello shot/rich food indulgence.

... Short aside on the TBRU: Wow and double wow, what a great time! Met many ( Read more... )

Just finished my last work shift, and now TBRU is here.

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1. Can I just say that I dig living in a small, 1-bedroom apartment in a town where neither heat nor AC is needed (ever ( Read more... )

Why, in San Diego come Jan. 18!

Yep, my brother is comin to visit me for the MLK Jr. weekend, and we'll surely be hittin the town for some beerage ... though I have to work Saturday night (blah).

Probably try to get a zoo or wild animal park trip in as well ... any other good suggestions?

... I have cable. The newly refurbished building I'm living in has 32 units. In two of them, including mine, the cable was not wired correctly during renovations. Hence, the outlets in the unit are D-E-A-D. So, they had to retrofit cable from the Cable/telephone closet on the first floor to my unit on the FIFTH floor -- it's ugly and very inelegant ( Read more... )