Happy (??) Memorial Day, everyone. Whatever that means.

Anywhat, I'm at work. So far today, I've watched Buffy vs. Dracula (hee!!) and The Freshman. Apparently, it's Season Premiere Day. Um...not much to say about the shows. It was interesting seeing the Riley/Buffy relationship in it's self-destruction stages in BvD, and then turn around and see them meeting in The Freshman.

Erm...I'm bored, so I'm gonna answer my PMQ...

What names are in your Address Book?
Very outdated (I dislike removing names) But here it is:

Adam
Aexia
Angelus_2002
Angie
Annie
Artemis
Avery
Bally
Ben
Ben_Varkentine
bettie
Boo
BugaBoo
Calia Winters
CassyLee
cathart
CdnGirlEh
Chandler
Cherry
CoiledSoul
Crystal
cub
Del
duskfire
elizzz
Fishboot
Fuchsia
geswho
Ghost
gilibeanz
GoldenEye
grace
Great Attractor
guitarist
Hades
Hi there
HyperOnion
imissoz
Jamie Marie
Jason
jawanza
Jennifer
jessemock
Jewels
Jim_Classe
joetexx
Julia
Jupe
JupiterAmy
karma
Khayman
Kingman
Kinitawowi
Kojiro
Lab
laser_doc
Lauren
lionssmile
Loki
Lucretia
Lunasea
mahoney
Mary
mauki
Maximum_Mike
mayhem
Merope
Mister_T
mUrt
Nos402
NosGirl
oslowe
OwlSilverFeather
racharoni
Rob
Runtley
RussellCrowe
Rutger
Salty
Sandy_Claws
sarennharpersmom
Sasami
Scooter
Smada
smartchickie
SmOkE
Soupytwist
starshine
Steven
Strigoi
talula
The_Avenger
The_Witch
thorsdad
Throaty
tinkcat
tkf
Troll
Umeeksk
Valerie
vamphile
Victor
WilBot

I was going to put a comment next to each name, but I don't have that kind of time. Or patience. Maybe later.

How many vehicles have you owned? And what (if anything) did you name them? (Hi, Del!!)
Let's see...1...2...3...4. Four.
A white Toyota something-or-other that was just a "Get me from Point-A to Point-B" type of vehicle. Never named.
A brand new maroon Geo Metro. Nicknamed "Cassie 3".
A big black pimp-mobile type of thing. Nicknamed "Blindside".
Our current tan Toyota, which has no name.

What is the best Harrison Ford movie?
I'm still upset that nobody nominated Air Force One. "Get off my plane!" Classic!!

Name an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. (Yes, I know it's not a question. But I'm curious to see if anyone names the episode I'm thinking of, and also if any episodes get multiple votes.)
I was thinking of Lover's Walk. (I had watched that one in my ongoing Buffy-marathon when I came up with the question.)
Only one person named it. (pellenaka)
Two people did name Doublemeat Palace (Fuchsia and gilibeanz) Other than that, no duplicates. Weird.

Who do you wish was posting more (or still)?
Me.
Steph.
And a good number of the people listed in my Address Book. You folks can figure out who I mean. [wink]

"I don't smoke, so why am I smokin'?"
Everyone knows that smoking is cool.
("President Garfield" by Juliana Hatfield)

There are a lot of really bad children's programs on television. What is the absolute worst one you've seen?
For little children? The absolute worst kids show is Bloopy's Buddies. Man, that thing is just sad.
For older kids? Everything.
For humans of any age? 7th Heaven. (It's on right now, much to my chagrin.)

What are you in denial about?
Aging.

Buffy update:

Thursday (which was UTP@ day, if you recall) I watched Out of My Mind. Which, upon reviewing simply reinforced my theory that Spike was never truly in love with Buffy, but was always under the influence of a chip.

Fri & Sat I was off (more on those days later)

Today I watched The Wish and Superstar. (It was alternative dimension day!!)
The Wish had the cool death scenes. [up]
Superstar made me laugh again.

Friday and Saturday were fun. But I'm exhausted. Going out on the town has made me realize that I am, officially, old.
Oh well. There's no stopping it, I suppose.
The only drawback to the past two days is my own insecurities that start to sink in after the fact. I'm all worried (now) that Matt and Becky and Annika and Will don't like me. Mostly due to my quietness, and lack of contribution to the conversations.

Oh well. At least I'm interesting and well-liked online. I think I shall spend all my time there instead. ("I KNOW!!")

Today at work the microwave was broken, so I spent my 8 hour shift starving. That was not nearly as fun as it sounds. When I got home, I ate and am feeling better, though. (yay)

Hey! Tomorrow is a holiday, so I get paid overtime for working it. Score!

Time for bed.

I REALLY need a Pepsi.

It's a good thing I don't drink alcohol.

Good lord, too much has happened to update on. I can't wait until we're all Matrix-y, and then people can just download my memory files. It'll be like telepathy, only...cooler. Plus, it'll be freakin easier as hell.

Going back several days, Jury Duty was a bust. Apparently the day before the courthouse had a power outtage, and they dumped everyone who was there that day out, asking them to return on the next day. So when I arrived Wednesday morning, so did a majority of folks who had been there on Tuesday.

So, to make a long story short (too late [grin]), about 200 of us were asked to come back on the 27th. We'll see what happens.

What else? Oh! Buffy ended. I made a really long, somewhat angry post that nobody read or responded to. (I'll put a link in later, because I want at least the important people to read it. [feedback would make me happy too. ;)])
Um...

Thursday was HELL. I stayed up until at least 3 am, and had to be to work at 7. There was a time at work during that UTP@ day when everything was funny. And then I got VERY grumpy, which was not so much fun. And then on the drive home, I fell asleep and got into an accident. (not really, but it's amazing that it didn't go down that way)

Today was better. I actually got some sleep, so I wasn't operating at lower than optimum brain capacity (ha ha ha). I also (obviously) got to go back online for the first time in several days. (Yay for playing catch up. [rolleyes])
Also, I spoke to Annika (briefly) and everything is all set for tomorrow. WOO!
Of course, when I say "everything" what I really mean is "everything but cleaning the house, which is totally unpresentable". [sigh]
I should be cleaning rather than typing, but guess what's gonna end up winning in that battle of the wills.

And the highlight of the day, of course, was meeting Matt and Becky. They're truly nice people, and very funny to boot. We didn't exactly tear up the town (we stayed inside the Excalibur - and mostly at the midway), but I think everyone had an enjoyable time. Tomorrow should be more "adult" since we won't have the girls with us, and there will be 6 of us. Bang Pow!

Erm...I guess that's all. I feel like I'm forgetting something incredibly important, and I probably am, but I guess it'll hit me later. In the meantime, I need to get the girls to sleep, and then finish washing the dishes. Hopefully I won't slice my finger open. Because while getting out of washing the dishes would be nice, losing another finger is a bit of a steep price to pay.

It's nearly 3am and I have to be to the courthouse for Jury Duty at 8.


I'm so screwed.

So much!!

Okay, briefly, because if I get going, I'll never shut up, and I'll also forget about something that needs to be blogged about.

Two days off!! YAYY!!

Tomorrow I do yard work, straighten up the lawn, whack the weeds, etc. I mowed the front yard today, but need to do a more complete job of both the front and back.

Also tomorrow - we're going bowling. Saren is ultra excited about it. (It'll be her first time. She was asking me all sorts of questiions about it tonight, when she was supposed to be going to sleep.)

Another thing that's taking place tomorrow - we'll be purchasing a new vacuum cleaner! Woo!

Also on the agenda for the 20th - I call to find out the details of Jury Duty.

Oh! And Buffy will close it's universe's doors once and for all. (Of course, Angel will continue, as well Everwood, so it's not totally gone, but still...)

Speaking of Buffy: Tonight's viewings were Intervention (as promised) and Band Candy.
Just some quick comments about those.
Intervention was fun. I miss the Buffybot. Although this episode shows again why Spuffy is a horrific idea. The guy fucking built a sex-toy about the woman he couldn't have. Issues much?
Also of note in this episode - Buffy's guide that lead her to the Spirit Guide (in the form of the First Slayer) was a giant cat. Not a panther, but interesting nonetheless.
Band Candy made me laugh out loud several times. Xander on the SATs: "I believe they're biased against the uninformed." Classic
I remember when it first aired, I liked it, but I think since I've aged some, it was even better. And Ethan Rayne is such a cool mini-villian. Shame they didn't get him back more. Or maybe it's better they didn't. I mean, Clem was wonderful at first, but wound up overused.

While on tv...the season finales of 7th Heaven and Everwood were on tonight.
7H has the creepiest people you will ever find anywhere. Period. Thing 1 and Thing 2 (aka "the twins" aka "Sam and David") should be stopped. Yesterday. They're just...[shudder]
And HEEEE!! Simon pulled a "Pretty Woman"!!

Everwood pissed me off because they attended the "Season Finales must be cliffhangers" school of thought. However, they had two more Buffyverse tie-ins, so that's okay.
1) The "mud wrestle aligators" line.
2) The episode (which was,as I stated above, the season finale) was entitled Home.

During a commercial break, I called Annika's house to let her know about these. But I got her machine, so I hung up.

Erm...I guess that's all. I feel like there's more, but meh.

Heh.

I was going to post about Buffy, but then figured that people reading this might be a bit tired of my BtVS ramblings.
So I sat here, wondering what to blog about instead.

After several minutes of staring at a blank screen, I decided to head over to blogideas to get some inspiration.
The idea that first popped up?
TV shows you never miss.

Ahem.

For the past two years or so, the syndicated runs of Buffy (s1-5) have been coming down on the satellites on Thursdays. (9:30am, Telestar 5, transponder 10) When I've been able to, I've recorded the feeds onto DVC tapes, and stored them in my private stash. The original plan was to transfer them onto VHS so that I'd have my own copies.
However, I've scratched that plan. Why? A few reasons.
[-] The show is ending, and s6 and s7 have been disappointing. They've been so bad, in fact, that they've sullied my view of the earlier seasons. (Sad, but true)
[-] Where would I get that many video tapes anyway? And even if I did get enough tapes to record the series, when would I watch them? Besides, in a few years, we'll probably get a DVD player, and then I can (if I'm still all into the show) buy them on DVD.
[-] We're moving into the new building in about a month. If I were to do the DVC to VHS transfer, I'd have to finish it before then. Since the only time I'd have the chance to do that would be on weekends, it's just not possible.

So. Instead, for the past three weeks or so, I've been giving the episodes that I have one final viewing, and then tearing off the label, and adding the tapes back into the library to be recorded over. I started with about 80 of the eps. I'm down to about 30.
It's been interesting rewatching the old show. (although I'll admit there have been eps I've not really "watched". Today I had Pangs running, but I didn't have my full attention devoted to it) The other day, for example, I watched Fear, Itself and was incredibly amused to discover that there was a scene with a guy dressed as a lobster in it!! Shout out? I think so. [grin]

I think, from now, until I finish watching, I'll mention in the blog what episode(s) I watched at work that day, along with any commentary that occurs to me. Why? [shrug] I dunno. Something to do, I guess.

Today, in addition to Pangs was Smashed (I know that's S6. I had taped that from the UPN feed on a Tuesday night that I had been working. I have a few S6 shows in my stash. One of them is Once More, With Feeling. I plan on having that be the final tape I watch.)
Despite the fact that Smashed was the introduction to two of the worst things Buffy has ever done (Spuffy, magicrack, and Spuffy), I actually kinda liked it this time around. Seeing Amy de-ratted was amusing, and full of promise (too bad they dropped the ball with that). Spike thinking his chip had failed was disturbing fun as well. (Made me hope that we were getting Big Bad Spike back. Nope. [sigh]) Jonathon's hair looked funky in the ep, though. Made him look ...younger, or something. And the fact that the freeze ray was never used again was always something that bothered me.
Neat thing that I didn't notice the first time: When they're researching the diamond/frozen guard connection, Xander says, "I found it!" And Anya says, "That's the D&D manual."
Which, of course, meant that Xander had (again) found the truth. It's really shocking how often something Xander says or does ends up having some kernel of truth to it.

Wow. Super long entry, all about the Buffster.
I think tomorrow I'll watch Intervention and post something different.

Yay!! I found the Jury Duty paper!! I feel so much better now.

I pinned it to the bulletin board. Now, as long as I don't misplace the bulletin board, things will be fine.

Blah. I hate having nothing to say. Hopefully later I'll be able to blog again with something of interest.

I cried at work today. [rolleyes]
I watched for the first time Mr. Holland's Opus, and their usage of "Beautiful Boy" got to me. That, and the end. I'm a sap when it comes to standing ovations/crowds supporting a single individual. I think that's what helps The Prom and Graduation Day pt. 2 be such special episodes.

Um...what else? I forgot. I know I had something to say, but it's completely escaped me now. Doh.

Speaking of misplacing things (I was, wasn't I?), I seem to have misplaced my Jury Duty papers. Major sigh. And major anxiety. I'm sure that Steph is right, and the court has a "back up" system in place, and it'll all be taken care of Monday, but still. Grrrr.

Why is Fear Factor still on television? I so don't understand.

Oh, and summer has officially begun here in Vegas. We've started using the AC in both the house and the car. Only 6 more months until it cools down again!! Yay!!

The Buffy/Everwood connections: (prepare to be underwhelmed!!)

• Both shows take place in small-town communities, roughly the same size. (Granted, Everwood gets more snow than Sunnydale, but it has been known to snow there from time to time.)
  
  
• Buffy has a girl named Amy (who turned out to be a rat. And a witch.) Everwood has a girl named Amy (who has done some rat-like things, but is probably not into magic. Or is she? [eyebrow]
  
  
• The first couple of episodes had Doc Brown's dead wife appearing to him. This was obviously the First.
  
  
• The coma connection. Everwood had Colin. Buffy has had: Willow (S2), Faith (S3 & 4), and [Begin spoiler for Angel S4, Inside Out onward-highlight to view]Cordelia[end spoiler]
  
  
• Amy's mom is the Mayor. Buffy also had a character known as the Mayor.
  
  
• On Everwood, Doc Brown plays god and performs brain surgery on a young man. On Buffy a god performs brain surgery on a young woman.
  
  
• Last week's episode of Everwood was called Fear Itself. (I didn't see the fear demon, but he is pretty small....)
  
  
• All those vampires that get killed in both shows.

I'm really thinking that Buffy is going to end up with Buffy Summers waking up in Everwood, CO...

I don't want Buffy to end. Less than a week to go until the final episode.

And the trailer made it look as though it's gonna be a good one.

[sigh]

I'll be retiring my water bottle after Buffy's done, too, btw. I've had it since S2. Half the writing has worn off, so it looks like it's advertising a show called Bully ampire slayer, and it constantly leaks at the top because the lid doesn't screw on right anymore, but it'll be sad to see it go. (The show, and the water bottle)

I was originally going to write about the Everwood/Buffy connections, but I'll save that for another time.

Okay, I defeated King Bowser. Where's my refund?

I may be stupid, but I'm not smart

All of the blogs I read (on a regular basis, that is, not just random ones that happen to be on blogger's main page) are written by people who are either more intelligent than I am, or at least more interesting. Why is that?

I think the number of words I know (that word would be "vocabulary") is like 2000. Maybe.

I want(ed) to write some fiction today. (Need you ask? Of course it was the ever-elusive "Perth" story. The damn thing that i've had in my head (or bits of it, at any rate) for the past 5 years, and done nada about.) But did I? Nope. So, not only dumb, but lazy to boot. The greatness that is me knows no boundaries!

In less self-pity-ing news, They Might Be Giants are wonderful. The song "Ana Ng" always reminds me of HyperOnion, whom I really like. I should give him this address, in case he feels like stopping by.

Um.......okay, done. (See, Beth? That was a lame denouement.)

I am so tired of being tired.

Anyone remember that PSA from several years back, that said (something along the lines of) "Nobody ever says they want to be a druggie when they grow up" ?

While that may or may not be true, I somehow doubt that anyone ever says, "When I grow up, I want my life to have an empty, unfillable void. I want to join the Rat Race and go to a job I loathe five days a week for forty years. I want to spend years neglecting my dreams and desires and instead fitter them watching hours upon hours of mind-numbing bad television, and surfing time-wasting websites. When I grow up, I hope my soul is a black hole of depression and crappiness, and I need drugs to escape the banality and cruelity of life."

Or maybe some people do say that, and they don't get what they want either.


Wow. This isn't meaning to sound as depressing as it's coming across. I'm just kinda in a haze (or daze. Or zone. Or something.) and I haven't really given much thought about what I'm saying.

On the way home from work today, I came incredibly close to running over a stray dog. Luckily, I slowed down, but sheesh, that animal had some balls to just strut into the middle of the road like he owned the thing.

Do you ever have times when you just want to smash ugly things? When you wish there were some sort of weaker, uglier alien race nearby that we could conquer? And anytime that you had rage issues, you'd just storm over and beat the tar out of one of them?

Guess it's just me, then.

I think I need to get drunk.

So far all I can think of that I want for my birthday is the Orko action figure currently available in McDonald's happy meals, as part of their "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe" promotion.

Of course, the He-Man/Battlecat combo is undoubtedly cooler, but the wacky magician will always have a special place in my heart.

Also, spaghetti.

Mother of peark, I am TIRED.

I had a dream a few nights back that Jamie changed the WD. It was all....different. Like the text was floaty, and three-dimensional. And blue.
And Angie was a mod.

Weird.

What else? Oh! I should so go on the Price is Right. I was off by 49 cents. BAM!

Most non-manly thing to admit today: Angel almost made me cry.
[rolleyes]

Next week Matrix Reloaded opens. And two weeks from now, I'll know whether I'm going to be on a jury or not.
Yay May! Or something.
Note to self: Most stop blogging while exhausted.

Tonight's Everwood mostly made me re-realize how much I despise religion.

On a completely unrelated matter, I think the world would be much better off if human beings had a better sense of smell.

Man, I haven't posted in forever.

I'd almost forgotten what the internet was like.

Okay, there's really only one thing on my mind right now, and that would be the season finale of Alias.

I hope the tags work.
[Begin spoiler for "Second Double" and "The Seeing" highlight to view -]
DUDE!!!!!
The thing that irks me the most, is the waiting to find out. Cliffhangers SUCK!!
Although, the fanwanking (read: speculation) has already begun in earnest around these parts, and I will now share the most entertaining (or not) theories with my appreciative audience. (That would be you)

It's obvious to me that the Telling is a time machine. Syd was put into it (probably by Sloan) and put into the future (or, rather a possible future). The stuff to back me up on this theory:
Sloan's dialouge with Jack in Mexico City included the following bits:
[-] "It took me a long time - longer than I thought. But I got them [the Rimbaldi artifacts]."
[-] "I've seen what's possible."
[-] "We'll see each other again, Jack."

Also, the part where SpyMommy was on the ledge of the building was a total nod to Back to the Future. When she jumped off, she should have been saved by a flying DeLorean.

Speaking of SpyMommy - remember her message to Sydney from about 5 episodes back? "Truth Takes Time". Mm-hmm.

The thing that doesn't quite fit into this theory is the scar. If she were simply transported two years into the future, her wounds shouldn't have had time to heal. So maybe she was just held captive somewhere for the past 730 days...

And was the scar from the fight with the FrancieBot? Or...is there maybe a SydneyBaby out there?

And why didn't SpyDaddy come in to talk to her? [frown]

And why do I have to wait all summer to find out?!?!
[sigh]

Steph came up with the best idea, though. Next season will pick up where it left off. Syd and Vaughn walk out of that room, and all of the CIA are in the next room, and yell, "Surprise!!" I love my wife.

Oh. I forgot to mention that Sydney must have the cheapest furniture in the world. Maybe she buys it at the same place Buffy gets hers from?[end spoiler]

So, to sum up the meeting today:

My job (and everyone's in Master Control) is going to change drastically in the next two months. No vacation time will be approved for the month of June, and mandatory overtime and/or long-days will be required of everyone for training on the new switcher and preparing for the move to the new building. Apparently, we're to be moved (and be starting news [fucking news]) on June 23rd. Which means all of the operators need to be trained and ready to roll before then.

Also - there were rumors of a dress code being implemented. GRRRRRRRRRR. Although Greg (our supervisor's supervisor) said that he would talk to Upper Management about allowing jeans. If it turns out that jeans aren't allowed, I'm just gonna show up to work pantless. We'll see how well they like them apples.

What else?

The girls are havign a "picnic" right now. They've spread out a blanket on the living room floor, and brought out a plethora of stuffed animals and dolls who are the "guests" of the picnic. If I weren't so damn tired, I'd join them.

We made up stories earlier. Saren told a very creative tale about Princess Wackywoo (she was named that because she was always wacky, and she always said "woo") being turned into a unicorn, and how Princess Saren made a spell to revert her back to her human form. [up]

I made up some sleep-deprived nonsense about a group of people looking for the "lost pyramid" in a jungle. They encountered some quicksand, but some fast thinking and use of rope resulted in the crisis being averted.
Chapter two was simply: "They found the door."

Earlier I was takign the laundry out of the dryer and I just totally lost my train of thought.

Don't worry, another one will be along in a minute.

I have a semi-ammusing post idea for the WD, but I just do not have the strength to log in to make it. And today is the first, so the new PMQ should be going out. Damn my laziness. Damn it to meh!

Oooh! I win!! It's a small victory, and not exactly what I wanted, but it's better than nothing.

Tonight's Angel, while less than perfect was so much better than Buffy. I wish there were 3 (or more!!) episodes of Angel left and only one of BtVS.

Bally is like, the British version of me. The posts he makes and the ideas he comes up with...remind me of how I used to be, when I was all into posting on the forums. I wonder if I'll ever get that spark back. I hope so.

Tomorrow I go back to work already. Having one day off this week was crap. At least the overtime-money will come in handy. [/keep telling myself that] I just wish we had it now. We've got three dollars until next payday. Whee!

Tomorrow is the first of May already?? Who put the year on fast forward?

I got a summons for Jury Duty!!!! As an indication of just how sad my life is, I'm actually looking forward to it! I've never gotten Jury Duty before in my life, so I'm going to treat it as a new experience, something to savor and enjoy.

It's falling on the 21st. The day after Buffy ends. I'll be sure to keep everyone updated.

And again, Blogger is annoyingly stupid at times.

The good news: I'm learning how to type pretty quickly (and error free!) with only 9 fingers.

The bad news (unrelated to the good news): I have to work tomorrow, which would normally be a day off.

The worse news (related to the bad news): When I go to work Thursday, there is a meeting at 3pm, so I have to stick around for that.

In other news: Why is blogger so stupid sometimes?

Bloody hell.

So I was washing the dishes today, and somehow, while I was holding a glass, it broke, and I sliced my right pinky finger open.

It's all bandaged up, and between the throbbing and the coldness (from the lack of blood flow), it's actually kinda cool. It's been a while since I've been injured and now I can milk this for all it's worth. Plus, it gives me the chance to steal some supplies from the First Aid kit here at work.

The cut itself was pretty deep, and right next to a vein, so there was quite a bit of blood. Maybe I'm just weird, but the whole thing was rather interesting to watch. Saren didn't like it, though. She was concerned about my safety and was saying stuff like, "I hope your cut goes away soon." She's such a good person. She must've inherited it from Steph.

Oh. And I've (obviously) broken my self-imposed internet restriction. At least for now. In another 10 minutes or so, I'll be off to watch Smallville. (dork.)

OOH! And I had a Buffy dream! But I won't bore you with the details.

I guess that's everything. I shall leave you with these words of wisdom from Supertramp, which have been in my head since earlier today:

Right, right, you're bloody well right....

Doh!!

It appears that I was banning everyone from my comments for a while there. It happened as an accident. Apparently, if you ban an IP address at the Haloscan website, and put a comma after the last one, it bans every IP. Interesting. It is all taken care of, and nobody (except for Throaty) is banned anymore. Sorry about that.

And, heck, why not. Stalker roll call. You know, since you can leave a message, you might as well.

Annika called today! That was, as it always is, a pleasant surprise. It reminded me that I need to use up and/or purchase another phone card.

Um...what else? The girls finger painted today. If I had a scanner, I'd upload pics for ya'll. Until then, you'll just have to imagine them for yourselves. They were quite colorful. (the pictures and the girls' hands. [wink])

It's freakin' 12:30. I have to be awake in less than 5 hours. No wonder Thursdays produce UTP@. [sigh]

OOH! I have a neat idea for a post/poll on the WD! That hasn't happened to me in forever!

Tonight's Angel had moments of true hilarity, and moments of true creepiness, and moments of just blah. Overall, though, I liked it.

Well, normally I wait until I have 100 PMs in my inbox, but that doesn't look like it's gonna happen anytime soon, so I'll just go ahead and answer it now.

What kind of fool do you take me for?
[jester]
That kind. (I'm too lazy/bored to actually find a link to the jester icon. Forgive me.)

Complete the following sentence: "Just between you and me, I'm really glad that Jennifer, Throaty, mauki, The_Witch, Avery, 20kabillion, Zatharas, and Kingman.is are not posting anymore."
Funny enough, 20kabillion got the most votes (4) even though at the time she still was posting.

Where do you see yourself in 10 seconds?
Wondering where I see myself in 10 minutes.

Where do you see yourself in 10 minutes?
Hey! I was right! Um..7:13pm...I'll probably be logging off the internet, doing some dishes and figuring out what I'll be having for dinner.

Where do you see yourself in 10 hours?
5:14am on the 23rd? I'll (hopefully) be sound asleep.

Where do you see yourself in 10 days?
That would be May 3rd. I'll probably just be at work. Recording a new episode of Alias. Answering next month's PMQ responses. [shrug] Boring.

Where do you see yourself in 10 weeks?
That would be July 1st. The day before Harper turns 3. So, most likely, getting prepared for the next day.

Where do you see yourself in 10 months?
Feb. 22nd of 2004? That would be 2 days before our 6th anniversary. Hopefully love will be in the air. [wink] [wink] [nudge] [nudge]
Also, it would be nice if we had some cash saved away at that point in time. And will have decided if/where we are moving to.

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
2013. Hmm. I'll be 37. Saren'll be 15. Harper, 12.
Well, hopefully we'll have moved out of Las Vegas by then. And that would, of course, mean having a new job. Something where I can work from home would be ideal, but I really have no clue what I would like to do.
Of course, if the Mayans are correct, it won't matter by that point.

Where do you see yourself in 10 decades?
2103....
I dunno. Depending on how science progresses over the next few decades, we could all very well live several hundred years. I know I'd like to.
I guess by that time if I haven't travelled somewhere I'll be pretty upset with myself.

Where do you see yourself (or humanity) in 10 centuries?
This is interesting to think about. If you think back 1000 years, a lot has changed in society. I really doubt that the folks living in 1003 AD could even concieve of how different life is now.
But, you go back 1000 years from there, and really, not that much had changed. I mean, you take someone living in 03AD, and put them in a time machine and drop them off in 1003, and they'd most likely adjust pretty well.
But if someone from 1003 were to be time-warped to now, they might just go insane.
So. Would someone from 2003 be able to make it in 3003?

I dunno.

It's become difficult for us to imagine that far into the future. I think that this is due to our focus on the now. We have become an incredibly short-sighted species. If the lifespan does indeed expand to hundreds of years, that will have to change. It really should change anyway, if we're going to leave any type of worthwhile planet for our descendants.
Of course, the Mayans might be right, and it won't matter anyway. [wink]

What if they threw a war and nobody showed up?
It would be fought by General Apathy and Major Boredom. (points to who catches the reference)

What is the best damn band ever?
There is only one correct answer to this question.
It is thus:

Music. Pffffft.

and finally...

Tell me something I don't know.
How can I tell myself something I don't already know?
Gah! Logic loop! circuits fizzle

I kinda like the idea of having nemesis..ises.
Growing up, I never had any enemies. (Or if I did, they all did it behind my back) Now, though, I've got several fiends to contend with. It's fun.

I highly recommend it to everyone.

I can only hope that eventually there's a season finale and a big ol' battle in which many people die. I'll keep you informed.

I was so adorabley annoying as a child.

I guess we all were.

I can't believe it's already nearing the end of April. Note to god (or whatever): Slow time down.

Note to self: Write GAP Interview.

Better.

Holy fucking crap! There was a gigantic black widow spider crawling on our sliding glass door to the porch.
Being UTP@ (and still awake? What the hell?, man. What the hell?), I got all freaked out (note: I would've no doubt been freaked out even if I was not currently running on 2.5 hr. of sleep and approacinng the 24 hour mark...)

What was my point? Oh! Yes. I got the bug spray from under the sink, and commenced to get chemical on his ass.

He (or she, I didn't bother to check the spider's genitals) then began to curl up and go through the death throes. Fascinating stuff. The thing was truly the size of a quarter (at least), so I'm not mourning it's death. I'm just
a) glad it didn't get inside
and
b) hoping that it didn't have the chance to breed. The last thing I want is spider eggs near where my hcildren play.

And here it is, your moment of zen.

About the "moments of zen":

They aren't supposed to have any special meaning or anything. They're just there. A weird, or funny, or stupid, or whatever picture. Or maybe a link to a game or a song or a video or a website. Whatever I feel like linking to.

Also, I'm curious as to how long it'll take before I get a "zen" or "buddhist" ad at the top of my blog. [doh2]

Um... What else? [shrug] I don't remember. I'm , I think, the tiredest UTP@ I've been in a LONG time. [/pity]

And now, here it is, your moment of zen.

All day long I've had this "I've been punched really hard in the chest" feeling. That's always fun.

Earlier today Saren and Harper went outside and got all muddy. (It rained yesterday all night long, leaving us with a muddy porch/backyard) They were our Dirty Girls.

(Oooh. Check out this segway) Saren and I played Buffy today, and she won, twice. We played the version where I was the Mayor (which Saren kept calling "The Master"). She used the Living Flame to destroy the box of Garvok before I could ascend. But we kept playing after that until she could kill the Mayor as well. (Side note: Using the Mayor, you could totally cheat and just use the Mayor to kill all the Scoobies, without ascending. Since he's immortal until he becomes a demon, that's kinda a loophole.)
Anywhat, while we were playing, at one point Oz became a werewolf, and Saren moved him over to where Buffy was and had him attack Buffy. She said that she did that because one time on the show, when Oz was a werewolf, he tried to attack Buffy. (true enough)
Later, I vamped Buffy, and Saren broke into tears.
I compromised with her by giving her the "Soul Restoration" card and allowed her to use it to make Buffy human again. (Hey, it worked on Darla. Or maybe it was Buffy who shanshus. [wink])

Anyway, the game was more exciting than the episode tonight.

And here it is, your moment of zen.

Hmmm.

I'll have to do some testing with the ol' google-meister first. And, of course, the templateness. [sigh]

Or, rather: Yay! A challenge!!

Sorry. Thinking aloud again. And now, my new way of ending all my blog entries.

And here it is, your moment of zen.

I was so very wrong.

It's not violence.

It's caring. And love. And nurturing and friendship.































And money.

If I ever meet mayhem, I may die of lack of oxygen to the brain. I don't think he's human. He's just too funny.

I was thinking earlier today that it seems like there's some easy-all-encompassing solution to humanity's ills, if we could just figure it out.
It's not religion. Cause we've seen how well that works. [rolleyes]
It's not politics either. (ya hear that, Washington? [the place, not the president])

It could be sex. I mean, the bonobos seem to have used that pretty succesfully. But sex and children are, despite what The_Witch might say, not supposed to mix, and that leaves them out of the solution. The answer I'm looking for includes everyone. So, sex, while close, isn't the answer.

My next option? Laughter. And while I think that laughter, like sex, has near-universal appeal, not everyone has the same sense of humor. (as evident by the comments in my entry two ...entries ago.) Also, there are some people who have no sense of humor at all. (see some folks on the WD for proof positive of this) Hmm. So looks like funny is off the list. How sad. (hee! I crack myself up.)

So maybe it's music. Music is supposedly a universal language. And I suppose, in many ways, it is. Unless you're deaf. Or don't speak the language that the song is sung in. Or just tune it out. I mean, much as I love Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry, Be Happy.", if I'm in a bad mood, and determined to stay there, not even his crooning will get me out of my funk.

So what else do we all have in common? What is our link to each other that we all must recognize in order to transcend?

I think it's violence. War and killing and death and destruction and cruelty and meanness. That will be our saving grace. It's what we're good at. It's why we're here. Hurrah for violence!

"And I'm hungry like the wolf."

Heh. I've been looking at the screen, trying to think of something to type for almost ten minutes now. Still nothing.

Um...if I'd thought of it earlier, I would've made a post on the WD a few days back (the 10th maybe? I forget what day exactly) when the year was 100 days old. It would've been 2003: The Year (so far) In Review. I'm such a dork.

I need to go scrounge up some food.

One of the keys to comedy is timing. I know this, and I'm not even that funny.

You'd think that Colin Quinn would have picked this up somewhere during his 20 year career as a "comedian".

Sheesh. That guy mangles every single joke he attempts to tell. If anyone can tell me how he managed to get his own show on Comedy Central is beyond me. How he manages to keep it is just mind-boggling.

Sometimes pictures say things much better than words. Why I'm opposed to war:

in general

and

this one specifically.

Donald Rumsfeld doesn't take criticism very well.

I bet he wasn't loved enough as a child.

blogblogblogblogblogblogblogblog....

We've gotten into this awful pattern of staying awake until 3 or 4 in the morning and not waking up until 1 in the afternoon. The day is totally wasted, and we end up lounging aroudn the house, doing nothing. Blah. Must go to sleep earlier. Or, wake up sooner. Whatever.

We did go to the library today, and I got a new book by Robert J. Sawyer. I must say that I really enjoy the books of his that I've read ("Calculating God" and "Flash Forward") and this one ("Hominids") is no different. I'm already 80 pages in and enjoying it muchly.

My stomach is all growly. When I become god and design a universe, I'll make it so that the species in it don't have to eat so often.

Speaking of all mighty beings, I had this thought the other day, figured I'd share:

I don't see how any sane person can believe in god when things such as lonliness exist.

Random thoughts:

(too lazy/time constricted to make bullet points. Maybe I'll edit them in later.)

[-] The real reason those people were burning/destroying the Dixie Chicks CDs was not because of anti-Bush statements, but because they finally heard their cover of "Landslide". That thing is horrid.

[-] Cube2 tonight!! Woo!!

[-] I'm not going online at work anymore. [sigh] The desire is still there, but I've decided to try and be more "professional" at work now. Which means my time online is shorter. Which means I'm making the most of it. Yay for not wasting time!

[-] I'm three years old on the WD today. (as "the P@" anyway, I've been there longer) I was going to make a big ol' post (and still might) but I don't know what I'd say. Also, today is Mary's 3 year anniversary. And tomorrow, if I remember correctly, is Adam's.

[-] I started to watch Sling Blade last night on Bravo. It was 3am, so we decided to go to bed, and I recorded the rest. I have no idea when I'll watch it, because I've got no time. I've got to go to work in an hour and a half, and I still have to shower and do some dishes. And tonight I would like Steph to record Cube2, so my TV viewing schedule is packed. Thank god there's not a new Alias tonight (tomorrow) or I'd never get caught up. The parts of Sling Blade I did see were entertaining enough, even though I reckon nothin' much happened. Mmm-hmm. I'm intrigued enough to watch the rest of the movie, so that's saying something, I guess.

[-] Last night there was a fire down the road. We smelled smoke, and feared that our computer's monitor had been on too long and was smoking. When we heard the sirens, and realized that it was not us, there was much rejoicing.

[-] My feet are cold.

[-] Doh! Remind me to make a boq (on the WD) about blogs. I'm thinking of calling it "New kids on the bloq."

[-] I don't think I've read a book since January. This is just sad.

Note to self (and all interested parties reading): Leaving the internet for six days ends up meaning you have a lot of catching up to do when you return. I highly recommend either not taking internet breaks to begin with, or that everyone else just stop talking whenever you are away.

So I went back to work today. It's weird. Whenever I'm away from work for many days, when I go back, the place looks cleaner. This time was no exception, but there was an actual reason for it. In my absence, a bunch of new equipment had been installed. (For NAB coming up, we've got to look "professional" [laughing head times ten]) Also when I came back to work today, the place almost caught on fire. Welcome back! (The fire story is much less interesting than it sounds, so I won't recap it here.)

What was the other thing I was going to say? I totally don't remember.

Oh! A few weeks back, during Angel, Saren ...er...everyone reading this is either American or up-to-date on spoilers for the shows that have aired, yes? I don't want to spoil any of hte foriengers out there, so I'll hold off on the Saren comments until I know for sure. (I could just make them "blinvisible" but I'm feeling much too lazy/tired to do that, and will instead spend countless amounts of energy (over)explaining why I'm not doing that. Don'tchya just love UTP@? [rolleyes])

Whenever the next election is ('04, right? God. A whole nother year of Dumbfuck? [sigh]) I'm going to vote. I doubt sincerely that it'll make a difference, but I just feel I need to do something to say "Fuck you" to King George the 2nd. Why the hell can't the Dalai Lama be our president? Or even Spongebob Squarepants.

I still have to blog, and at least log on to the WD, so I think I'll end this now.

This War on the Senses that CNN is conducting does have some amusing points. Like today, when some computer hackers hacked into Al-Jazera's website and changed the homepage to an American flag.
And something about how other people trying to get to that site were redirected to porn. [laughing head]

Damn. I wanted to talk about something other than that three letter word that everyone is talking about, but I've got nothing.

We watched Quantum Leap today on SciFi. It was the last episode in the "evil leaper" trilogy. The problem with most television shows (okay, every television show) is that stuff just can't be explained well enough. We never find out what happened to Alia, or why Lothos existed at all.

But the cool thing was that Sweet (Hinton Battle) was in it as a hologram (just like Al). And the episode even had someone say the line, "It's showtime." Heee! [/geek]

I mowed the front lawn today, and I still smell faintly of grass. It makes me feel all manly. [rolleyes]

I wanted today to be a no internet day, but look how well that turned out. Oh well. Resolve is for the weak. Or something.

I hope the final episodes of Buffy provide some Shock and Awe.

You have NO IDEA how much I want money right now. [SIGH!!]

I go back to work in a week. Bleah.

Got mail from Loki today! Wooooo! I love getting mail. I should write some letters. But
a) my writing is horrific
b) I've got nil to say
c) I have no option C. [wink]

"Man is the only animal that deals in that atrocity of atrocities, War. He is the only one that gathers his brethren about him and goes forth in cold blood and calm pulse to exterminate his kind. He is the only animal that for sordid wages will march out... and help to slaughter strangers of his own species who have done him no harm and with whom he has no quarrel.... And in the intervals between campaigns he washes the blood off his hands and works for "the universal brotherhood of man" - with his mouth".

"The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter."

Anyone know a place where you can get free server space? A spot where you can upload images for storage? Cuz that would help me out tremendously.

Republicans dont' really strike me as the type of people who would be really considered with the well-being of the Iraqi people. Actually, Republicans don't really strike me as the type of people who would be compassionate toward the well-being of any people. But particularly not people who are not Americans. So while the whole "the war is for a regime change" line may have some truth to it, I really doubt the sincerity of the "we're doing it for the Iraqis" aspect.

Gah. I'm totally not explaining myself clearly. I need some Pepsi.

My wife really is remarkable. (Chainsaw, I already know that I'm queer. But you can tell me again, if you want. [wink])

Apparently some sort of illness fairies have moved into our home.

I'm more or less over whatever I had, but now the girls are sick again. This is news of the most not good variety. I'd gladly be sick again in their place. [frown] In the meantime, we'll be giving them children's aspirin, lots of liquids and rest, and I'm going to hunt down and murderate the illness fairies.

Interesting thing I noticed.
Osama bin Laden sends out a video tape, and our government has to go over it with a fine-toothed comb before giving it the okay to air, fearing there might be 'messages' to terrorist cells.

Saddam Hussein goes on the air LIVE with no fear that he may be sending messages at all?

[shrug] Whatever.

It's my wife's birthday!! WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!

Woo-hoo, witch-ay woman! [wink]

Hot damn, I'm a lucky guy. I'm also as funny as a kick in the crotch.





















as funny as a kick in the crotch!!

Riverworld did so not live up to the hype and anticipation. [sigh] Few things do, I suppose.

For a while, I was worried that I had somehow contracted SARS. I'm hyperbolic like that. [doh2] I still suspect that I might have some sort of lung infection, but it's not life-threatening.

My face itches. I wonder if I should shave my beard.

I was reading through my '99 journal, and god damn, I was
a) prolific
b) witty
c) interesting.

What happened?

I [heart] Google. It answers all my questions. (um...except for the one I just asked, but that might just be because I haven't been searching for the right words. [wink])

Father, husband, moderator, friend, human being.

For Jupe and thorsdad, and whoever else is non-posty.

<b> Begin spoiler for "Orpheus" </b> <text color=FFFFFF> </text color>

Does dance of templatey goodness.

Man, I hate being sick.

Blog entry purposefully not discussing war.

I went and jinxed myself with my last entry. I'm totally sick now, and it's just as much nonfun as I remember it being. [rolleyes]

Anywhat, PMQ time.

March is said to come in like a lion, and go out like a lamb. How's the weather where you're at?
Rainy. And kinda cold. But I'm sick, so even if the weather was beautiful (and it was two days ago [eyebrow]), I'd hate it.
Lousy Smarch weather.

Who is someone famous that you share birthdays with?
Boy George
Donald Trump
Steffi Graf

Wheee!

Have you ever been in a car accident?
Nothing more severe than (kinda harsh) fender benders, but yes.

Have you ever been in the newspaper?
Yeah. And I even worked in one for a while!

"How smart are you? How dumb am I?"
50/50
("I Will Dare" by the Replacements)

Beware the Ides of March.
Beware the Ideas of March, is more like it.

I like mowing the lawn. And washing the dishes. Ooh! And vacuuming! What chores do you secretly enjoy doing?
I totally forgot my answer for this. Oh well.

So, are we like, ever gonna go to war, or what?
Yeah, yeah. I'll get to working on WD Risk when I feel better, okay? Sheesh.

What's your favorite soup?
Chainsaw!!
Or Chicken Noodle.
Or minestrone.

and finally...

March is going to go out like a lamb. What animal would you like to go out as?
A dinosaur. Slowly, and over 65 million years ago.
Or, um, like a dinosaur - killed by an asteroid.
What? I'm sick. Give me a break.

My wife is sick. This SUCKS!!

My daughters are, I think, pretty much over the sickness. That's good news, although the fact that they got sick at all bothered me. Especially since I was the one who (most likely) got them sick. Not that I have been sick. My coworkers all have been coming down with stuff and/or coming in with stuff ([rolleyes]) for the past two or three weeks. Thus far, I'm the only one who hasn't caught this particular nasty virus. It's kinda freaky, actually. I mean, I'm glad I'm not getting sick, but dude. If I am the epitome of health, we're doomed.

In other news, tonight we'll watch Alias and tomorrow Steph will watch Children of Dune (I don't know either.)

Man, I still haven't written my GAP interview. Gah. Laziness.

Wacko Jacko

Oh, man. Offensive, and FUNNY!!

A few unconnected (mostly) thoughts. Most people call these "random". [doh2]

• I learned how to make bullet points using html. God bless the internet.
  
  
• If I were ultra-rich (like Billionaire Rich) I would save the world in the following manner: I would create a gigantic hoax about an upcoming alien invasion.(Perhaps NASA [or SETI] could recieve a "message" from space that would say that this alien army was approaching, and would be here in X number of days/months/whatever.) That way, humanity would be united in a single cause. No more stupid bickering about war or territory or politics or whathaveyou. For a while, at least.
  
  
• Mmmm. Jelly donuts.
  
  
• I'm starting to fear that thorsdad's leaving the board was not, in fact, an early April Fool's joke. This sucks mightily.
  
  
• Haloscan, you fuckers. Once you're up again, I'll be doing a "compilation" post, and then, if it's still cool with Heath, I'll be swapping comment features.
  
  
• Chainsaw is great.
  
  
• bettie- How about this for a blog name: Are you bettie? No, i-r
  Yeah, I figured that was a "just me" type of thing. [doh2]

Random thought time. It'll be like 3 or 4 blog entries, combined into one. Yay for effectiveness! Or at least pretending to be!!

[-] My girls are great.
We played "Duck, duck, goose" today, and they're just adorable.
At one point, Saren picked Harper as the Goose, and they ran around each other rather than the circle. Steph and I collapsed in laughter.
We also played "Pin the tail on the Donkey". I pinned my tail nowhere near the animal! Hooray!

Another game we played was "drop the clothes pins into a jar while standing on a chair" (it might have a shorter name somewhere, but [shrug]). This was fun, and resulted in several broken clothes pins!

"Mother (or Daddy, Saren or Harper, as the case may be) May I?" was another game we played. Being able to say "No" to me when I asked "[girl's name] may I?" was entirely funny to them.

We played Twister for a bit today too. I'm old. I don't bend well anymore.

Earlier Saren & I played Buffy, and I was evil. I totally killed all of the annoying Scoobies! Hooray!! I mean, "Mwahahahaha!!"

Later we're going to play Clue with Saren. I suspect it will be Col. Mustard. (It's always Col. Mustard [eyebrow])

[-] Home Depot
I've been devirginized to Home Depot. That place is awesome! And I mean it literally. It truly does inspire awe. It's gigantic and machiney and home improvementesque and just WHOA!!!
If you've ever been there before, you know what I mean. If you haven't, check it out some time.
Anywhat, we went there to get a replacement hose for the washing machine. We did get one, but I haven't put it on yet, because I can't remove the old one. Yay for wimpiness!!

[-] Board stuff
There are some people there who are amusing in that sad kind of way. Yay for lack of lifeness!!
I was going to say something mean-spirited and cruel (and true!!) about some other people, but I'm chicken shit. [wink]

[-] Road work
I swear to chicken that I don't understand how certain morons manage to stay on the road. Here are my ideas for how to improve the conditions of the roadways of America:

{-} Sue the DMV ~ Everytime there's an accident, let's make the DMV responsible. Eventually, getting a driver's license would be a much more difficult thing to accomplish. Thereby reducing the number of people on the road. And making sure the one's who are still driving are the "best of the best". [up]

{-} Raise the gas prices ~ Gas should be 5 dollars a gallon. That way, unnecessary driving would be eliminated. We're well on our way to doing this already. And yes, I'll bitch about it the whole way there. I'm American, after all.

{-} Bikes ~ More people should ride bicycles than drive automobiles. Period.

{-} Choset ~ This would be great. Except for the whole "destruction of reality" and billions of people dying parts, I guess.

So, this site is a bit of an inspiration, since the guy gets like, 100 comments on his blog entries. It would be kinda cool to be that popular. But at the same time, it might be a bit overwhelming. I'm easily overwhelmed.

I'm also quite exhausted. 11 hours at work, and ...let's just say, that with the vacation I've got coming up (originally planned to go to California, cancelled due to lack of $$) I'll be job hunting.

Anyone know of anyplace that I could work at? Keep in mind that I am intensely lazy, lack anything even remotely known as a skill, and am most definitely NOT a "people person". Yeah. I should get really far. [rolleyes]

In semi-related news, Tiffany, from the traffic department got fired today. That was a shock and a half (probably a much larger one for her). However, I'm seriously considering applying for her position. If I work up the courage, I'll place a call into Maggy (the traffic supervisor) tomorrow.

I'm too tired to even go to the forums today. [frown] I suck.

Which 'Friend' Are You?Find out!


Speaking of, I totally miss her. She should comment on my blog, just so I know she's still around. [up]

Because I've got nothing interesting to blog about today (or ever, really, but today in particular), I will instead provide some links to other places that will amuse you. Hopefully.

Slap the French!!
(Chainsaw should like that one.)


To alcohol: The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.

Why did the chicken cross the road?

Enjoy!

My wife is awesome.








That is all.

"If you think about it, a dog's teeth are like his hands."







So don't stop thinking about it!

WOOO! I "earned" ten dollars today.

There's a coworker here who from time to time asks me to type up business letters for him (he's an older guy, and his typing skills are, in his words, "horrendous"). Since I'm able to type 80+ words a minute, I go to his computer, and ten to fifteen minutes later, his letter is done. For my "trouble", he pays me. The first time he did it, I wanted to refuse the cash, but he insisted. This time, I needed the money. So yay for godsends!!

Also, yay for spending hours playing Zork paying off.

The triumphant return of UTP@!!

I suppose that hsould have been bold instead of italics, but ..what's the word? meh. Yes, that's it.

Yup, our favorite anti-hero, UTP@, has returned. (First time this year, if memory serves. ANd I think it doesn't. [wnk])

You'll notice that UTP@ makes typos quite a bit. That's because I'm too tired to correct them as I make htme. (For the most post. Um. Most part.)
Also, ra...UTP@ tends to have less of a blocker between things he thinks and theings he types. Yay for lowered inhibitions! Yay for achieving it without the use of alchol. Not that ther'es anything wrogn with alcohol. Or with being tired. As ...Jess said (somewhere) "Sleep is overrated."

Interesting (not really) things I noticed in the world of internet today:
Geswho said that I'm not posting enough! Dude! SOmeone notices/d my posts. And lack thereof. I'm touched. I would say to geswho that ...um...I will be posting more ...eventually. OR I would jsut say, Dude. Read my blog. I talk there. [tongueyes]

Also, in the review thread for Salvage some people were discussing what 5 by 5 meant. If I were unspoiled and read that, I'd have to be pretty brain dead to not realize that a certain character was back. Idiots.
I know that me and chainsaw and bettie are all the same person (long story) but I just whanted to say that Soupy is fucking funny.

We watched the movie Spiders on SciFi tonight. Holy crap, that movie was AWESOME! It's a flick that is totally all not even real. Or something. POint in case: Nerdy heroine woman has glasses at the start of the movie, about 20 minutes in, she loses the glasses, and they even show "fuzzy cam" from her point of view.
Throughout the rest of the movie, she can see just fine.

Also, boobs.

What was cool? OH! SPringer, as in Jerry. THat show...dude. It's something I chousldn't wathc, but MAN! It's just too ...something. Ya know? If ou've ever seen it before, then you know exactly what I mean. ALthough to make it better, what they shoudl do is, whenever people fight, instead of editing the hits out, or cutting to audience reaction, they should throw in computer graphics ala the '60's Batman series.
BAM!
POW!
WHITE TRASH!!
It would be the greatest thing ever!

Wha't the only pyramid named in the BIble? I'll tell you. It's the Tower of Babel. That' is almost a rhyme. Of some sort.
God, UTP@ Talks a LOT.
Oreo talks a lot too. Talkatige cat.
Hey! Jupe and Beth are online. Will they IN me? They've not yet. BGut maybe I'll just keep on talking enstead they do.

Wow. I'm so tired.
Oh yeah. The other weird thing. IT was weird to read the review thread and NOT see thorsdad's review. [frown] His was one of hte people's I'd seek out to see what they had to say.

Heee. This show is hilarious. It's saying how God was not impressed about the Tower of Babel. And how cigarettes are unique among the ...something. I odn't know. Steph watches weird stuff.

"I'm totally groovin"

Blah. I think I've talked enough. Maybe I'll talk now to Jupe and or MeJupe. (heee. MeJupe!!!)

Invented poverty?!

Also, I hope we survive this war thing. Stupid war. [grrrr]

That's all. Sleep now.

I have issues with...

society discipline nature religion age

Take Word Association Test

take free enneagram test

Hmm. They've got a feature there that allows you to find others who "match" your personality type. I doubt that this is 100% accurate, but, what the heck. Should be interesting to see if I'm anything like my friends or not. [wink]

You know when you go back in time, and then you interfere, and fuck up the future, and then you realize, "Oh shit, I just fucked up the future!", so then you go back in time to stop yourself from fucking the future up, and then you create a paradox?



I hate when that happens.

I think Giles should appear on tonight's episode of Angel, since it's ASH Wednesday.

(Yup. I'm feeling better.)

sigh

Blogged at 3:03 pm on 03/03/03.

Who's da man?

Because I've got nothing of interest to post, I'll go ahead and post my googlism results. Commentary by me will be in italics.
Also, for sake of space, I'm not posting the entire thing.

pat is all that
Yes. Yes I am.

pat is an international circus performer who has entertained
Well, I don't like to brag about it, but...

pat is there something wrong with the board ??
[laughing head] No, not that I'm aware of.

pat is back
And how!

pat is a rock band
Woooooooo!

pat is knitting there
"Do not mock me, for I knit." ~ Chainsaw

pat is alive and unbroken
"Oh, but do I deserve to be? Is that the question? And if so, if so, who answers, who answers?"...God, I'm a dork.

pat is making more and
Yes, go on...

pat is a great way to get to know yourself

pat is perfect
You read it here first.

pat is gon be some nigga chicken head in jail
Hmm.

pat is married to olive
"Why blows me down!"

pat is twice as old as chris was when pat was as old as chris is now
Pfft. Math.

pat is reading
and writing!

pat is an idiot who has no life
You read it here first.

pat is not for sale
But my soul is!

pat is an enthusiastic and personable professional who has made significant contributions to his profession
Classic.

pat is at it again
Do I ever stop?!

pat is happy
Yes.

pat is making more and pat is making more and more sense
Wiggle the shark bait under the salmon car. And don't release the elevator!

pat is on the roof
And the roof, the roof, the roof is on fire.

pat is at the strip joint where chris tends bar only because pat is checking the gas as a gas management specialist and advisor for southland gas
Oh.

pat is with the world? please let us know and we
Yes. I would like to know. *Is* Pat with the world?

pat is always there somewhere
I know!! I can't escape him!

pat is ready & waiting to serve you
As you wish.

pat is a penis
And a penis is a weird thing.

pat is at the sharp end of fashion
...of 1986, maybe.

pat is no exception
That hurts. I would think that I often times am the exception. But either way, I rule.

I've decided the Internet is crap.

I mean, it can't even provide food, no matter how long you suck at it's teat.

This post brought to you by hunger. And insomnia. Two great tastes that taste great together.

Roar!

In two days, it'll be 03/03/03. Which means in 3 years and 3 months and 3 days, the world will end. (Except it really won't.) What it really means is that I have 3 years, 3 months, and 3 days to write the fucking story that has been in my mind now for ...4 years? Nope. 5. Wow. I am a monument to procrastination and laziness.

I'm an idle idol.

God, I should write.

Movie talk

Upcoming movies I want to see:
Bruce Almighty ~ Jim Carrey with Godlike powers. Based on a true story.

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines ~ I still haven't even seen any of the trailers, but I'm all for flicks (or books) about killer robots. Go homicidal robots!!

Those Matrix flicks ~ Mmm. Special effects.

Dreamcatcher ~ I read the book, and liked about 50% of it. (I don't remember much of what happened, though.) Plus, correct me if I'm wrong, but isnt' the director of this movie the same guy who directed Superman (and Superman 2)? Those movies rocked.

Finding Nemo ~ Pixar makes movies that make me spend money on toys!!

Upcoming movies I don't want to see:
Anger Management ~ Adam Fucking Sandler is working with Jack Nicholson. Jack Nicholson!! Sigh.

Cradle 2 The Grave ~ Maybe I'd want to see this if I'd seen Cradle 1.

A Man Apart ~ Vin Diesel needs to be sent away.

Pretty much every other movie.

So last night we went to see Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (finally. Although now we only have to wait 10 more months to see #3. Haha to those of you who saw it opening night and had to wait an additional 2 months. [tongue])
And now, because I enjoy being mocked, I shall present you with some of my more moronic thoughts that occured to me during/shortly after watching the movie. Yay!
Warning: Spoilers for LotR:TTT ahead.

In
5
4
3
2
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[-] Okay, so the freaky-skinned guy who was controlling the King (Steph told me afterward that he's name was Ringworm. (or something)) went back to Sour-man. But at the end of the movie, the Trees (I refuse to write Ents) broke Sour-man's dam. My question is: What happened to
a) Ringworm
and
b) Sour-man.

[-] I got the Elvish father and the Elvish Army leader confused.

[-] I got Borimir's brother (what was it...Fur-amir?) and the King's bannished son (the ones who surrounded Aragon, Gimli, and Legolas) confused.

[-] They start the movie with me having to see Gandalf "die" again?! Bastards!!

[-] I thought of Lord of the Drinks, like, 30 times.

[-] I thought of bettie's blog, like, 3000 times.

[-] Stolen from Steph's blog: Gimli was right. He is funny because he's short.

[-] Holy fucking shit it was FREEZING in the theatre.

[-] Who was the actor that played the RingWraith? I couldn't quite put a name to the face.

[-] Gollum was simultaneously apalling and sympathetic.

[-] I totally can't keep the "countries" and "kingdoms" straight. Steph was explaining how Ramen is a different country than Gondor, and I think I understand better, but my brain just works better with names I'm familiar with. Maybe I should either read the books, or rewatch the films.

[-] I can't wait for the third movie.

We played "The Game of Life" today. I totally lost. It was funny, because I was a doctor, who only made 50,000 a year. And I bought a house for 160,000. And I had a carful of kids that I couldn't support.
Oh well, it was fun.

Wow. It's already 6pm. The day just flies by when you don't wake up until noon.
It's raining. All freaking week long, according to the online weather folks. I finally have days off work, and it rains. [sigh]

It's funny how some people can make bitterness funny, while others are just ...bitter.

New Buffy tonight! Huzzah!

My newest theory (I'll add it to my control panel when I'm feeling less lazy) is that Spike is faking his soulledness. Granted, there's evidence on the show that proves this wrong, but as I told bettie, with the way they've been ignoring continuity lately, maybe I'm onto something!!

And now, Saren will take over my blog:

I love watching TV. I love watching Darkwing Duck. And Gargoyles. And many more.
And I know the alphabet. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y and Z now I know my abcs next time won't you sing with me?
I don't have anything else to say. [/Saren]

10 months until Xmas. Better get shopping now.

My wife pretty much covered it.

It's been the most amazing five years ever. And it can only get better.

ily, SR1484. Thank you for improving my life beyond my imaginings.

You're such a dork.

Much of this might not make sense. [/forewarning]

Gah. No tools. And no blocks, either. Pity. Maybe I'll do some more searching tomorrow.

Why is everyone else so much smarter than I am? I read other people's blogs, and I'm just in awe. And I don't leave messages because I really have nothing intelligent to add. I feel bad. I want to say things to Del or starshine or Jess or Beth or anyone else who I "stalk", but I open up the messenger-dealio and then sit there going, "a-durh" Bah. Maybe I'll just start adding completely pointless messages that have nothing to do with anything. That will win me friends. [rolleyes]

It's all about winning. And popularity.

The wrong person went to Hell. It's not fair.

My throat is developing a bit of a tickle. I'm not exactly fond of this development.

So, I finally won Buffy the Vampire Slayer the Board Game!! I discovered the secret to my winning.

Play against a five year old. [smile]

Although Saren said that next time we play, she wants to be evil.

As stated in my "description", I'm growing tired of changing it with each entry. (It's difficult to come up with something witty 24/7) So, feel free to toss around any descriptions you think would be apropos for this little blog. The winner will get ...well, the reward of seeing their suggestion used by yours truly.

Gargoyles was a pretty decent show. Saren's totally into it. I think that it has a lot of simliarities to Angel, but I'm too tired to type them out right now.

No, she wasn't. But that's just my opinion.

I need to follow that link.

Ooh! Speakign of links, I need to make my blog more ...linky. I want to have a list of links on the side, such as Soupy and Beth have. ...I've got link envy. [wink]
Maybe later. I think for now I'm going to go watch Ebert & Roeper. They're reviewing (among other things) The Life of David Gale, which is one of those movies that I really want to see (because of the spots for it), but will probably only end up ever seeing the spots. And the review.

I seem to have vanished for a bit. Back now.

Tired, but back.

Um. Wow, I have no energy. Fun!

Whee!!

Who is someone that you do not know very well, but you consistently read their posts?
From the "gone but not forgotten" file: Fishboot, Lucretia, AlyKat, morgan, Hi there
From the "still there, but I'm a chicken shit who has nothing of interest to bring to the conversation so I don't bother getting to know them, even though they seem totally cool" file: Zeus, Zer0Signal, Coiled Soul, cub, racharoni (from the limited exposure I've had to her posts, she's really nifty), imissoz, Scooter, Jim_Classe, jessemock (love/hate thing with this person, actually), Sandy_Claws (probably the most interesting poster on the board), Valerie, Rob, Nos402/Fuchsia, mUrt, and most likely a hundred other folks. It's really pathetic how little I know about these people I consider friends.

WD Risk is in the planning stages. It's gonna be really really fun. Would you be willing to play?
[sigh] Assuming I still make the game, I won't have much choice, will I? [doh2]
When I originally wrote this question, I was totally into the idea of playing this. I still might, but right now...I dunno. Seems like a lot of work. And that it might end up being like the real game of Risk, wherein it takes far too long to complete. I don't think people will have the patience to play the game to completion. We'll see.

In America, February is one of the month of "sweeps" (where advertisers look critically at the ratings of programs. Therefore, many 'ratings stunts' are pulled during February. [and November and May, the other two months]). What should Buffy and/or Angel do for a ratings gimmick?
Hmmm. How's about cloning Buffy?
Or turning Angel into a lobster?
Or ...this.

"What do we do when our shirt is all covered with mustard?"
We get the mustard oouuutt!!
Most folks got that.
("We gotta be clean" by Guster)

I've grown a beard during the past month. What's something you've done to alter your appearance recently?
You know those Groucho glasses? I wear those all the time.

Suppose you were going to send me an ice sculpture. What would it be in the shape of? (remember to keep shipping and Las Vegas temparature's in mind)
A lot of these questions don't really apply to me, now do they?

If I were to make you a CD, what song should I have it begin with to capture your interest?
Like I'd ever listen to anything you sent me, you stupid bastard.

Link me to something funny. (bonus points if it's something I've not seen before)
Figured I'd simply link to the links that were provided for me. [grin]

Sasami
racharoni
Lab
Soupytwist
bananagirl
tkf
Jupe
Nosferatu2182
grace
techboy
HyperOnion
Loki (warning: Surreal as hell)
Boo
Truman (and another one by Truman)
Bally
talula sent me two links.
starshine
Rob
Nos402
thorsdad
CassyLee
bettie
imissoz
pellenaka

whew!!


What flavor of Kool-Aid best represents you?
Jim Jones.
or one of those kind that changes colors. Like the one that looks green, but tastes like cherry. [up]

Apparently, buying drugs supports terrorism. Driving SUVs supports terrorism. What else supports terrorism?
Training bras?

Whose 15 minutes of fame are over, but they are still trying to squeeze another few minutes in?
George W. Bush
(um...I might've switched my last two answers)

What's the best (or worst, your choice) pick up line?
Best: "So, what kind of writing do you do?" (hehehe)
Worst: "Wanna fuck?"

What's the best (or worst, your choice) way to say I love you?
Best: "So, wanna fuck?"
Worst: "So, wanna fuck...my friend?"

What's the best (or worst, your choice) way to break up with someone?
"Can you hear me now?" (cell phone humor. Classic)

and finally....

How many PMs do you have in your inbox?
*checks*
84.

It's been a rough month.

Time for Smallville!!

Has anyone heard from Amy since the 13th?

I miss her.

Which Princess Bride Character are You?
this quiz was made by mysti

Hee.

As I sat in the turn lane, the blinker began to hypnotize me.
The emerald green arrow flashing. There. Gone. There. Gone.
The tick-tick-ticking that accompanied it lulled me into a dreamlike state. The meaning of everything was sudd...the light changed, and I drove away.

Life is really good.

Got pizza in my belly.
Had some Pepsi.
Got a good night's sleep.
Listened to They Might Be Giants on the way into work.
Traffic wasn't bothersome at all.
I'm airing Star Wars: A New Hope tonight at 8pm.
Tomorrow is the 300th episode of the Simpsons! (woo-hoo!)
The weather outside is wonderful!
I've got Cat's Cradle to read later on.
There's a new Alias tonight.
Got Valentines/ a letter for Saren in the mail today from Bethy.
I'm blogging. And happy.

Life is good. [grin]

My only complaints?

I'm not at home with the girls and Stephanie.
Haloscan seems to be taking lessons from FOD on how to suck.

Congratulations! You're Sam!


Which Lord of the Rings character and personality problem are you?
brought to you by Quizilla


Well, DUH!! [wink]

The quiz is quite amusing, though.

GRR.
Why do my archives keep disappearing?

It's already midmonth! Holy hell!

So the other day I was thinking that the human race is going to get whatever it deserves. Mostly, get wiped the fuck out by nuclioid war. This thought was brought on by watching the Fucking News ®, and Maury. and while we still may (hurray for killing millions due to PRIDE, christ what a stupid reason for war), I don't know whether we deserve it.

Money fixes everything.

God, I love money.

I just spent about two or three hours at the board. I still haven't read all of my PMs. And I didn't respond to any of the PMQs, like I should have.
I did post, though! Yay!

Backwards day is being pushed back. (heh) The reasons for this are:
1) We didn't wake up until noon-thirty. (Well, actually, I woke up around 8, and tossed and turned and slept again until noon)
2) Harper was quiet ill when she woke up. She was not lively at all, and her face was very pale. She had a bit of a fever, and complained of a having a headache. Later, she threw up. [frown] RIght after that, she was fine.
3) Steph is sick now. She's been lying on the couch, trying to muster up enough energy to do anything. [frown]
4) It's a grey and loveless day.
5) It would just be better to do "backwards day" sometime next week when we've been able to plan it better.

I'm a quiet person.
To borrow a (para)phrase from Victor (does Victor read this? if so, "Hi, Victor!"), I can make Oz look like a blabber-mouth.

The whole "small talk" thing? I understand it, but I don't like it. I'd much rather experience awkward silence. Or non-awkward silence. Silence is freakin' golden, man. Hush was a great episode for a reason.

Anywhat, I wasn't always this way. I have audio tapes of me as a child (6-ish, I suppose.) and I just blathered on like there was no tomorrow. I also have memories of being much more talkative when I was younger.

I wonder when it changed. And why. My theory is that at some point in my development some adult (or more than one?) made it clear to me that my constant yammering was irritating.

Saren and Harper are very talky. I love them for it. I hope that they always remain that way.

In other news, tomorrow is Backwards Day. Should be nuf. [kniw]

I have a headache. This is going to be a whining entry, so consider yourself forewarned. [wink]

I miss the board. It's been over a week since I was there last, and then all I did was make the archived polls for the new Buffy & Angel eppies. [frown]

I miss mayhem's jabs at Soupy. And Chandler's amazingly funny...everything.
I missed Crystal's 5555th post, and that fills me with more saddness than hearing about a murder on the Fucking News ®
I miss the boqs, I miss the sticky post review threads. I miss fixing morons spoiler tags. I miss the back stabbing and betrayal and depressing feeling I used to get when I would see people fighting. I even, god help me, miss the stupid people.
And I really miss PMs. I sent out the Feb. PMQ ...what? 11 days ago now? And I have read 2 of the responses, I think.
[FROWN]

I've been gone too long. And it's not like I want to be gone. It's work. And I'm REALLY beginning to resent it.

But the board isn't the only place I've been neglecting due to being overworked. I haven't been able to properly catch up on other people's blogs in forever either.

Also...something. I don't remember what. I'm ultra tired. But not UTP@. I just have a headache, and I'm hngry, and headachey and all around just BAH-Meh-grr!

Soon, very soon I'll go back to the forums and do a massive catchup on everything. It'll take me 30 or 40 hours straight, but it'll be worth it.

Um.

Work sucks.

That is all.

Well.

I suppose after a week of non-updateness, I should pull out all the punches and have something really amazing here, huh?

Fat chance.

The past week, I haven't even checked my email. (In my mind, the word "email" was said like Homestar would say it. "eeee-mail") I finally cracked today. I had 28 emails. Quite a bit of it was spam.

So, I've been off the computer for nearly 7 days. Why?

I don't know, really. I wasn't exactly training at work (although the new girl was there, just being trained by someone else), but while I was working, I simply didn't have the desire to go online. (I guess I was "setting a good example") And when I would get home, I was just too tired to bother.
Two nights back I had a dream in which I went back online, and had an overwhelming sense of ...overwhelmingness. Which, really, just means that I felt too much had happened in my absence to catch up on. The only part of the dream I remember clearly was getting an Instant Message from HyperOnion, in which he made reference to the phrase "Fim, Fam, Fum."
I had no idea what that meant (I still don't), but concluded that he was meaning "Fee Fi Fo Fum" from Jack and the Beanstalk fame, but Onion assured me that that was not what he was talking about.

I did finish my Terminator book. It had a "middle book" feel about it, so I suppose I've got to wait another year or so until the third book comes out. Other than that, though, it was entertaining enough.
I started to read "The Coming", and got about 40 pages in. I haven't picked it up in days.

At the beginning of Feb. I started a new project. I've decided to listen to all of our cassette tapes. While in the car. (The radio just got all sucktastic. Well, actually, the radio was always sucktastic, I just finally drew the line and said, "Hey, we've got all these tapes that we never listen to...") Currently in the tape deck? A mixed tape of Steph's that is The Pixies on one side, and Juliana Hatfield on the other. "This monkey's gone to heaven." =)

I've got a bit of popcorn kernel in my teeth, and it's driving me insane.

Earlier today, when I finally came back to the all-embracing Internet, I was blog hopping, and I noticed a few people with these chat-box type deals. I considered putting one on my blog (and I still might) but it does appear to be something done mainly by preteen...types. Of course, mentally, I'm on par with a twelve year old, so there ya go.

I've developed this nervous eye-twitch. Only it happens all the time, not just when I'm nervous. I don't like it.

There's something ...unique about this blog entry. Points to anyone who can pinpoint what I'm thinking of. (I don't know what these "points" are going toward. Perhaps they're like points on Whose Line Is It Anyway? and they simply don't matter. Much like the old "Pat is weird" donation fund thing.)

Speaking of money (sorta), Jupe, I owe you a quarter. Luckily it's not a quarter for each stupid thing said, otherwise, hoo-boy.

What else?

Um...

Huh. I had a whole lot to say (well, duh, seeing how I've been away for so long) but now I can't seem to remember any of it. Ain't that how it always goes?

OH!!! Today was like time-warp to 1992 day. First, when I was still home, we were watching SNL repeats on Comedy Central. They were the ones with Sharon Stone guest starring (musical group: Pearl Jam) and then whats-her-name...Tom Cruise's wife? OH! Nicole Kidman. (musical group: Stone Temple Pilots)
Then, at work, the movie that was ending at 3 was Singles. My 3pm movie was The Bodyguard and my 8pm movie was Pretty Woman (I think that might be 89...91? Whatever) It was totally 1992 day. Stuff was funny back in 1992. And now it's all old. Which makes me a little bit sad.

Speaking of sad, we saw Jungle Book 2 today. As my wife said, it had a very "direct to video" feel to it. But, hey, it was free.

All right. I've rambled enough. I think I've learned my lesson in regards to staying away from onlineness. Of course, I haven't gone to the forums in a week either, and I know I've got a number of PMs to read/respond to, in addition to all the posts.

Happy
Groundhog
Day!!

We went to the library today, and my library card is all rebalanced at zero. ($20.75 fine. Procrastination can be pricey)
I'm all excited about my books. They're crappy, because I don't read "literature", but screw class.

The four books I checked out:

Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
I've read it before, but it was a while back, so I thought I'd reread it.

Instant Karma by Mark Swartz.
About an anarchist planning on blowing up a library. Got to love cynical, sadistic stuff like that.

(I couldn't find this on Amazon) but the third book was a sci-fi book about aliens coming to earth and our reaction to it. [shrug]

And
T2: Rising Storm by S.M. Stirling

This is the one I'm all giddy about (and the first one I'm reading). Stirling wrote a sequel to T2: Judgment Day (It was T2: Infiltrator) that I read about a year ago, and really enjoyed. It did, however, leave a few loose ends. So I was quite happy to find that he'd written another book in the T2 series. [grin] As I said, it's not Dickens, or anything that'll ever hit the New York Times Bestsellers list, but dude! Killer robots from the future!!

We watched Alias last night. It's amazing how much better a show that is than Buffy is of late. There's even a (semi) similar plot thing going on, but Alias is pulling it off 1000 times better than BtVS. [smile] (I'm trying to be vague for those spoiler-phobes out there.)

Wow. I really want some ice cream.

So, Puxatawney Phil saw his shadow today. No big surprise, given his history.

Saren, Steph and Harper made Groundhog puppets yesterday. We played with them a little bit today. I even made them sing Sheryl Crow songs. [wink]

It's weird how normally today is a great big deal for me. (Well, I like to pretend that it is) But I haven't even logged onto the board. And I don't think I will. Last year around this time, I know I made some sort of noise about the date (02/02/02) and I think I posted my "Believe it or boq" post. I'm just in a meh-mood with the board, I think. It'll circle back around, I'm sure.

Well, I'm off to go get absorbed into a book. Yay books!

I am 55% Internet Addict

I am pretty addicted, but there is hope. I think I'm just well connected to the internet and technology, but it's really a start of a drug-like addiction. I must act now! Unplug this computer!

Take the Internet Addict Test at fuali.com

I am 57% Evil Genius

Evil courses through my blood. Lies and deceit motivate my evil deeds. Crushing the weaklings and idiots that do nothing but interfere in my doings.

Take the Evil Genius Test at fuali.com

I really don't know what to say. Two space shuttle explosions in my lifetime is two too many.

Meanwhile, despite the facts that
a) I've seen it a hundred times
b) it's edited, and therefore not as good
c) it's not that great a movie
d) you'd think I'd have had enough explosions today

...I still sat down and watched Die Hard 2: Die Harder at work.

And, yes, I got a thrill out of watching John McClane shoot people, and watching the bad guys get blown up real good.

Yippie-kay-ay, my friends. Yippie-kay-ay.

You know what bugs me about religion? (Well, lots, but I'm thinking of just one thing right now.)

The egocentricness of it all.

If there really is some all powerful God up there, to think that it would be so utterly concerned over the minutiae of your life (or, really, any of the stuff going on on Earth) is laughable at best.

I'm sure there's some sort of connection to be made between this thought and the whole concept of blogs, websites, and posting stuff like this, but I'm too tired/lazy/stupid to find it right now.
Perhaps God will shed some light on the subject. I know the Almighty reads my blog, after all.