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Happy birthday to havelyard; hug him for us, sibylla!

Hello to new readers beeferbunni, solitaryvixen, the well-met-in-person ewin, and returning reader tardischan!

It'll get worse before it gets better.
The begins Week Two of the Great Medicinal Migration. My morning dose just went down by 50mg of the old drug and up by 250mg of the new one. I am so excited.

Should be a good day, though.
Lunch with static_eddie, and a coffee meeting with the faculty advisor and one of the student advisors that I'll be working with for the university's freshman mentoring program. The other student advisor is demetria23, who talked me into being a staff advisor again. I am so demetria23's bitch. I don't get to see her today, though; she's still out of state...

I'm not good at this whole "patience" thing.
I was on apple.com yesterday... with the university-employee discount, I can get the 20-gig for like $250. And I can get an Apple instant loan that would have me paying less than $10 a month for 24 months. Though I'd pay it off within six months. I just can't afford to throw down the lump sum at this juncture.

I have to be patient, because I might get it for $WINTERHOLIDAY. Goodness knows I've impressed it upon my parents enough.

But I'm impatient.

Scheduling.
Tuesday/Thursday scheduling is going to be a little difficult now that we're no longer within walking distance of the dojo; must drive her to karate, which means rearranging dinner and stuff, too - and since I need to drive, I lose over an hour of getting-stuff-done-at-home time.

But yendi had his first driving lesson on Sunday, and with luck, he'll be able to take over in a month or two. Which would solve all sorts of problems. :)

I am being TRENDY.

All the Cool Kids are doing it. And it's been a while since I've done the "ask me" part. So!

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Vets debunk Kerry's hamster rescue

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Today a group of Massachusetts animal-care professionals, Swift Boat Veterinarians for Truth, launched an advertising campaign to counter claims made by John Kerry's family concerning his heroism and the family dog's misconduct in the alleged near-death of a hamster. A script of the advertisement follows:

"Hamster" (0:60)

Alexandra Kerry (video from Democratic National Convention): We were standing on a dock waiting for a boat to take us on a summer trip. Vanessa, the scientist, had packed all her animals including her favorite hamster. Our overzealous golden retriever got tangled in his leash and knocked the hamster cage off the dock. We watched as Licorice, the unlucky hamster, bubbled down to a watery doom. … But my dad jumped in, grabbed an oar, fished the cage from the water, hunched over the soggy hamster and began to administer CPR.

Vet No. 1: I was on that boat coming to pick up John Kerry.

Vet No. 2: John Kerry has not been honest about what happened.

Vet No. 1: He's lying about the hamster.

Vet No. 3: I know John Kerry is lying about the hamster, because I treated the hamster for that injury.

(On-screen: X-ray)

Vet No. 4: I took care of that retriever since he was a puppy. He would never hurt another living thing. John Kerry has besmirched the honor of every dog who ever served.

(On-screen: guide dog leading veteran)

Vet No. 1: I don't even think he had a dog. Never heard one. Maybe a cat. Even that far away, my eyesight's pretty good.

Vet No. 5: He says it was a retriever. Well, retrievers go get things. That's what they do. The cage goes in the water, and the retriever doesn't go after it? Come on.

Vet No. 2: There was no leash. I looked up when I heard the dog. Went back to the house and got my binoculars just to make sure. I think he kicked the damn thing in the water himself.

(On-screen: caged hamster sinking)

Vet No. 5: OK, tell me this. How do you hook that cage with an oar? You want to tell me how an oar fits through a hole a hamster can't get out of?

Vet No. 4: The CPR thing. That kills me. I shook hands with that bastard once. Ever seen his fingers? Jesus. He probably crushed it right there if it wasn't dead already.

(On-screen: rodent carcass on pavement)

Vet No. 2: Yeah, I saw him do mouth-to-mouth once. Not on a hamster. Can we go off the record?

Vet No. 3: He lied to the girls. He lied to his country.

Vet No. 5: When the cage was in the water, you could not count on John Kerry.

(On-screen: bubbles emerging to surface)

Vet No. 4: He blamed the dog. He blamed the girls. Everyone but himself.

(On-screen: bubbles cease)

Announcer: Swift Boat Veterinarians for Truth is responsible for the content of this advertisement.

We are like so high-concept and stuff.

Okay. An idea that murnkay and I hatched up...

For NaNoWriMo: a novel comprised solely of dialogue. Feauturing our characters Roxy and The Monkey, as first created in a comment thread of mightywombat's. She's a daffy android with an affinity for 1980s pop culture! He is the latest in a long line of hyperintelligent monkeys that man her spaceship! Together, They Fight Crime! Except not really with the crimefighting part.

Ph34r.


An excerpt, by the redoubtable murnkay... I think this is out of continuity, though.

"So what the hell are you eating?"
"Bananas. I like bananas."
"No shit monkeyface."
"Hey, shut it. Ya' want some?"
"No. Ew. Why do your bananas have feathers?"
"Uhhh."
"No, 'fess up here."
"Well you know... it's Big Bird."
"WHAT?!"
"High pitched vioce got to me, Rox' I hadda do him in."
"You're eating BIG BIRD?"
"Pudding."
"BIG BIRD PUDDING? I am going to do soak my brain in bleach and vomit
now.
Thanks."
"No prob Rox' seeya."

Free concert tickets in WV!

tamnonlinear says:

Hey 'Song, I didn't want to be pushy by putting it in your poll, but
I have two tickets to give away to a festival in WV (won them over the weekend, so they cost me nothing, but it turns out I can't go). You
have a much bigger readership than I do. Do you mind if I pimp it here? I want the tickets to go to a good home, and I need to mail them out fast if they're going to get to anyone in time for use.

Tickets are for the avalon festival in Paw-Paw WV, Aug 13-15,
featuring John Gorka, Groovelily, Joe Glazer, Amilia Spicer, Mad Agnes, Randy Barrett Trio and others.

This is a clothing optional resort.

www.avalon-resort.com

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Lunchy goodness

Okay, I am DEAD SERIOUS about static_eddie and I needing a keeper.

Today's theme: Embarrassing school stories!

My man r0xx.

yendi says: "...if I ever make a huge hit movie, when I release it on DVD, there's be a Widescreen and a Fullscreen version on the disc, and when the one schmuck out there who doesn't understand crap about movies decides to play it on "Fullscreen," he'll have the entire middle of the movie covered by a big black bar containing the words, "YOU DON'T DESERVE TO SEE THIS MOVIE, YOU FUCKING PHILISTINE." And then the DVD player would melt."

Posts like that are how I fell in love with this man over the internet.

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So like dude, ask me/tell me stuff.

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demetria23, why did you not warn me that our faculty-advisor person looks veryveryvery much like aussie_nyc? Like identical twin cousins. Just with different hair color and accents. And aussie_nyc doesn't wear glasses. Same face. Same height, even.

That's very disconcerting!

Okay, fine, I'm bored.

Also just too curious about it.

LJMeme.com Crush Meme

Number of crushes on me so far: 35

LJ username:

Not gonna go putting in a bunch of names, though, because my brain is fractured and I'll forget people. :P Glad my #1 Crush is mutual, though it was with the last CrushMeme as well...

Basically, if you're on my list, you already know it.

Basically.

And if you have a crush on me, dude(ette), just tell me! I won't bite. (Master won't let me bite.)