okay, so i stay up too late and watch late night tv... but the music rocks!

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but the heat certainly does have something to do with it! jeez lou-eeez! if you've never had heat prostration, i cannot recommend it.

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i learned about this a couple weeks ago, but it's taken some time to sink in. and the goings-on in my neighborhood have perforated me sufficiently quickly to have it sink it deeper and quicker. maybe i've mentioned it already, but i can't recall if i told y'all here and i've been ruinating about it. i mean ruMinating.

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so, ladies and gentlemen, do you remember where YOU were (and what you had in mind) the summer of the year 1999? being interested in astrology, and a little prone to recording stuff for later perusal, i find it fascinating to discover that there is such a lot going on in the sky this coming week. first, we have summer solstice at 8:26 on wednesday ( Read more... )

wow - sometimes even *I* can't believe what a geek i am! the scripps national spelling bee was televised this evening, and though i've never bothered seeing any of the recent movies about this event, i DID watch the last 18 words of this live contest.

get these jewels of semantic and lexicological delight:

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i didn't even know there was such a thing as an LJ nudge - but thanks to those who look at the ramblings here and remind me that they're overdue for update.

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when my mom suggested my newly acquired used dishwasher didn't match the other appliances and was obvious (which didn't concern me - it obviously keeps dishes out of the sink too, so i don't care WHAT color it is), she offered to spray paint it black for me. it was yucky out, and she said she could do it in the house. i opined as how even though i ( Read more... )

there's gonna be a new parent educator in our office, and they're talking about spending $400 for a new desk. WHAT? i don't think that's a wise use of $400, no i don't. where do these people shop??? so i told em there was one at the community center rummage area in the basement that i could get for flippin FREE... it's about 18" narrower than the ( Read more... )

how are we escaping january without a snowstorm? not that i'm complaining... i've been broke enough this winter to have to apply for heat assistance, so i'm actually pretty glad about the unseasonal warmth. though i hear the temps are on a downward trend, and february promises some serious chill... which we do need, to kill off the bugs so our ( Read more... )

well, even though they ARE nasty dirty little things, mice really ARE damn cute. not capitalization-worthy (due to how common and how likely to piss on my dishes) but i did feel the need to apologize to the one i had to whack last night. pye kept making mad dashes at my sloppily-rolled yoga mat, unfurling it enough to get inside and wrassle around ( Read more... )