Keep it in the oven

Although I'm up to 95% sure this wasn't the intention, I just cried through the last half of "Juno." Apparently I'm a little emotional today.  

Existential (Magnet) Thought of the Day

WHAT IF IT WERE THAT SIMPLE???

Yeah, what if it was?  

If Only It Was That Easy

"I've always found allegories kind of comforting.  When you encounter people named Liar and Abstinence, you might not be crazy about them, but you know exactly what you're getting into."

Love Walked In, Marisa de los Santos

Come on all you cowboys, all you blue-eyed baby boys

This is a list of what I should have been

But I'm not

This is a list of the things I should have seen

But I'm not seeing

The song "Cowboys" is the perfect example of why I love the Counting Crows.  It's dense and lyrical and strange and angry and slightly depressing.  It's my song of the day.

If anyone wants to buy me an expensive present, then I suggest this.

Pet Peeve

Southerners who hate the South. When you meet one of these people, run.  

Not today, maybe tomorrow - Part 2

So I'm having a "not today, maybe tomorrow" kind of day. I was supposed to make my way over to Panera tonight to work on transferring files from my old computer to my lovely new computer, but in the end I...just...couldn't...do...it. I knew the second I got home that I would not be leaving again tonight. Oh well, maybe tomorrow.  

In a heartening story of triumph over "not today, maybe tomorrow," I finally replaced the tail light bulb that was burned out on my car. It wasn't the main one - that one I would have fixed sooner - but a small one on the side of the car. It's been burned out for a year, possibly longer, since it's a little difficult to see your own tail lights (I recommend backing up to a building that has reflective glass windows). 

I started seriously thinking about changing the bulb in December, so I went out and bought replacement bulbs. They were the wrong bulb. Sigh. That slowed down the process for a perfectly reasonable 3 months. But I made great strides today when I not only took the bulb out and bought the correct one, but actually came home and put the new one in. Seriously, all of this taking place in one day - without threat of some imminent doom - is unheard of! After buying the new bulb, I could have easily driven around with it in my cup holder for at least another few months. Perhaps I'm evolving...one can only hope.    

Maybe that's the real reason I didn't want to go to Panera tonight. It was tomorrow for something else, which pushed today back a day (or let's face it, most likely, several days). Yikes, that thought just kind of blew my mind. Anyhoodle, I know "maintenance is the stuff of life" and all that, but I really must protest. It would be nice if these things - yards, cars, tags, plants, relationships, bagged salads - were all self-sustaining. That probably negates some other important kind of life lesson, like the value of a hard days work or something, but it sure would be nice if all these things that can break would just take care of themselves.

{This post is probably an argument against me getting a puppy. I really should read this every time the urge strikes.}     

The Flats

Here are some great "Flats" pics from my friend's trip to Ireland last year. 

 

I think we are in hops.

I'm not sure about this picture, although we look like we're having a good time.  

Apparently there is a cute Finnish boy component to this story, which may explain why only one quarter of my body is in the picture.

I'm not making this up

The United Nations has declared 2008 "The Year of the Potato." Seriously, this is the kind of stuff you can't make up. Truth is stranger than fiction? Oh yeah.

Which reminds me, I love love love the movie "Stranger than Fiction." In related news, I used a line from the movie today when J. was emailing all of us to see if we had sent in our taxes yet. "Get bent taxman!" I love pop culture. It's like a big family; everything is related. Six degrees of Kevin Bacon and all that.

this is the sound of settling

What does it mean to settle - in your life? your job? your relationships? And, is settling ever OK?

Bad boys, bad boys whatcha gonna do?

The highlight of my day was seeing a drug deal as I was driving home. I felt like I was watching an episode of Cops, except there were no cops, just a couple of guys in front of the methadone clinic.

Grease is the word

For some reason as I was driving home tonight, that song from Grease popped in my head - the one that Rizzo sang, "The Worst Thing I Could Do," or whatever it was called. I love that song. When I was younger I always wished I could be like Rizzo. Not because she was bad and did whatever she wanted, but because she was tough. I guess I still wish I was tougher than I am, but I don't think anyone's likely to be calling me Rizzo any time soon.

Anatomy of a Sleepless Night

10:30 pm - think about bed
10:45 pm - wait, to increase possibility of sleeping through night

11:00 pm - browse internet

11:30 pm - climb into bed

12:00 midnight - feet cold, need socks

12:05 am - find socks

12:20 am - toss and turn

12:30 am - move to couch

12:32 am - don't move, to trick mind into thinking body is asleep

12:37 am - bed

1:05 am - give up and get up

1:50 am - post angry, self pitying, sleep deprived blog

2:10 am - bed

2:20 am - up again

2:25 am - read

2:50 am - finish reading book

2:51 am - start new book

3:00 am - bed again; practice signing ASL alphabet

3:10 am - try holding breath to make self pass out

3:11 am - practice Spanish alphabet while signing ASL alphabet

3:19 am - hand cramp

3:25 am - couch

3:35 am - fall asleep

4:00 am - wake up

4:04 am - bed

4:05 am - fitful sleep

7:00 am - alarm

7:01 am - hit snooze button hard enough to move bedside table

7:20 am - drag self to shower

One thing I HATE, DESPISE and LOATHE About the Last Few Days

I can't frickin' sleep!!!  As those of you who know me know, lack of sleep doesn't do much to improve my disposition.  In fact, right now, I really want to lay down in the middle of my floor and throw a temper tantrum.  I'm so tired!  Why can't I sleep?  WHY?!?