I'm in a ready-to-cry mood anyway (just stupid little things, no real distress, y'all.) And this doesn't help. The bastards are crowing. I wanted to get married at home so bad, in the Ocala National Forest, where I was conceived, and I got so upset when I saw Massachussetts for the first time and realized I couldn't get married anyplace familiar ( Read more... )

I am going to start with the most messed-up thing I have seen in a long time--this absolutely disgusting "marriage contract". This is the kind of dude who needs killing, then reincarnation, then re-killing! I post the link because I just have to, and also because whatever you think of my understanding of love and marriage, it can't be nearly as ( Read more... )

"Not Ready to Make Nice", the new single by the Dixie Chicks.

Play it, play it! Now, now, now! It is SO good and SO direct!

I have it in my MySpace profile, or you can go to their MySpace site.

I hope they sell a bajillion copies of their new CD. (It comes out in May.)

Lyrics under the LJ-cut.

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I'm thinking about a lot of things ( Read more... )

My last job was at a city library. I like my current job, but I do miss the public sector on all those lovely little federal holidays like President's Day. Man, they had me earning my paycheck yesterday! One of my girls, who works as an executive assistant for a financial firm, says pink collar workers like me can get all those holidays off by ( Read more... )

First of all, I guess I should start by apologizing to all y'all. But this *is* a place for me to talk about things that made an impact on me, and that sushi sure as hell did!

I think one of the things I find attractive about NASCAR is the color. I am not referring to their Black History Month promotions (and did y'all ever think you'd live ( Read more... )

I'm sure we've all heard that the color blue's supposed to be an appetite suppressant. This page explains it.

As an example of what blue and black do to the appetite, the author showed this sushi.

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I'm going surfing tomorrow come hell or high water! (Or snow or whatever.) I think it'll actually be a decent surf day ( Read more... )

Some days it just doesn't pay to turn on the computer ( Read more... )

My mom told me tonight, "Sometimes you're such a hippie. You don't always have to be politically correct." I laughed and laughed at the idea. When I recovered, I told her, "Look, I have enough *things*. The things I want, nobody can really afford to get me for my birthday. You asked, so I'm answering ( Read more... )