and sometimes
and sometimes, B can make it all better.
29 FEB
2004
2004
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and your night?
chewed out by postal workers.
tears tears tears.
walked out of a traumatizing movie.
spent the night alone with a nightlight.
cant wait for work tomorrow.
29 FEB
2004
2004
yeaaah
i love having teenage boys giggle and whisper about my breasts.
makes me feel special.
yeaaah.
27 FEB
2004
2004
its never enough
when im packaging up the leftovers of my asian cooking into quick-nuke containers, there is too much of the substance/sauce/dish and not enough rice.
by that point, i dont want to spend the thirty minutes steaming two extra cups of rice.
so my lunches are always spicier than i would like. and then i complain.
i never make enough rice.
25 FEB
2004
2004
through the sludge
what is with all of those *Note: you are not bidding on actual item, but for information on where to get item you cheap a$$* auctions on ebay?
its all crap.
and i hate wading through it.
24 FEB
2004
2004
steriograms
the video for steriograms walkie talkie man is crocheted.
seriously.
great song, too.
24 FEB
2004
2004
formerly known as spam
what would one make of a nonsense comment from an unknown source that included a contact email yet omitted a website url posted to a highly specific and emotional site?
spam? not spam? unspam?
23 FEB
2004
2004
cease & desist
last thursday i mentioned that i would be participating in civil disobedience during grey tuesday.
today i received a cease & desist email from capitol records' lawyers (didnt steve predict this?). and i am not the only one.
im not so sure about this 'cease your intent' part of the letter - its bordering on thoughtcrimes of 1984. in any case, i will not be hosting the album, but i will still be participating.
i submitted this c&d to chilling effects. the full body and my reply are posted below.
23 FEB
2004
Additionally....
2004
dog video
like you needed any more proof of how adorable my dog is, right (avi file, 1.6mb)?
23 FEB
2004
2004
buffer overrun
happy monday.
Boss B is on vacation.
my buffer to Boss A has been removed.
this will not be a good week.
23 FEB
2004
2004
not done yet
Boss A wants to see the progress of the newsletter (the progress being held up, incidentally, by Boss A and Boss A only). i print out the current mutation (and an ugly one, at that) and set one copy in Boss A's box as well Boss B's desk with the disclaimer recognizing this mutations ugliness and that it is NOT DONE YET.
while i am away at lunch, Boss A confronts Boss B and explains how it is all laid out wrong. if only this should be higher, this more to the outside of the page, and the cover is too cluttered with articles when it should have one large smiley picture.
Boss A demands to know why it doesnt look like a newsletter of years past when the logo was some freeware clipart physically cut-n-pasted from a magazine.
Boss B tries to explain my reasoning to Boss A but comes a little short. Boss A doesnt care and wants the whole thing redone, without once consulting me.
perhaps Boss A should focus more on the three week late article.
20 FEB
2004
2004
bloglines
the main thing i have disliked about every aggregator i have tried is keeping it in sync with the aggregator downloads on the numerous computers i use. bloglines is a spiffy web-based rss aggregator that makes it easy to keep up with my blog habit while at work, home, on the laptop, or at a friends house.
i have even made my subscriptions public so everyone knows who i am stalking.
no sooner have i set it all up than i find another, rollup. i haven't tried it yet, and i dont know if i will. maybe if bloglines fails me ill give it a go.
20 FEB
2004
2004
site title
anyone else have the periodic problem of the title of this site being [object HTMLImageElement]?
addendum: screenshot. i get this in the title bar of the window as well as the tab thingy on the taskbar while the tab displays the title fine (im in firebird .7). usually a refresh will clear it. it may be an issue with the browser.
19 FEB
2004
2004
the truth in advertising
the truth in advertising.
i want to do this in the office today.
19 FEB
2004
2004
grey tuesday
the grey album is dj danger mouse's mix of the vocals from jay-z's black album and music samples from the beatles original white album.
in swoops emi with cease-and-desist orders. as other sites jumped in to make the album freely available, cease-and-desist orders were freely distributed.
february 24 will be grey tuesday: a day of coordinated civil disobedience in protest of emi's censorship attempt. numerous sites will be all grey and will offer the full album as free mp3 downloads.
i will be participating.
19 FEB
2004
2004
why?
why do you have to explain things to me with that condescending you-are-so-stupid voice?
18 FEB
2004
2004
i love death
lodger flash movies: i love death (an innapropriate/nsfw scene at the begining) and doorsteps.
i could almost swear i have posted this here before, but i cant find it.
if its a duplicate, watch them again.
18 FEB
2004
2004
new truck
the transmission in our rodeo is shot it is not worth putting a rebuilt tranny in it.
not that anyone in alaska will rebuild transmissions for isuzus. not that anyone knows how to diagnose and fix isuzus in alaska.
but thats a sore topic.
after five months of being down to one car.
and then a few weeks of being compeltely vehicle-less.
after test driving five vehicles.
after bringing three of those to a mechanic for inspections.
after much consideration and prayer.
we bought a truck.
this will mostly be b's truck while i will mostly get the car.
he has been the most put out during the past five months. while i was terribly inconvenienced by having to get up a half hour earlier to bring him to work, he was terribly inconvenienced by having to bum rides home and waiting until i was done with the car before he could take it to do errands.
not that he did many errands, mind you. and he drove whenever we went somewhere together.
but still.
its not the same as a vehicle to call your own.
18 FEB
2004
2004
death to muppets
disney buys the muppets.
i am horrified.
might as well flush the whole thing down the crapper.
[via]
18 FEB
2004
2004
1000 words
i have a picture featured on 1000 Words today.
actually, currently the site is experiencing some technical difficulties (that result when you dont have any money). to see my submission you have to click on the back arrow - or i suppose you can see it without all the frame stuff here. darn frames.
17 FEB
2004
2004
whoopitcha
as my faithful audience and circle of cyber friends, i want you to know just how much i love you.
happy valentines day.
14 FEB
2004
2004
different ways indeed
"As you can see, we have many different ways of doing some stuff."
a coworker training a new volunteer.
12 FEB
2004
2004
needing ideas
the directors are all out of the office this afternoon.
and the best thing i can think of to do is work-related.
11 FEB
2004
2004
type playing cards
p22 type foundry is offering some way cool type specimen playing cards that i really really want. sadly, they arent available for direct sale - you have to buy $100 worth of fonts before you can get the cards. but i am still too cheap to pay $20 a font.
10 FEB
2004
2004
green goo
while my brother has been out of town, i conspired with his wife to do all sorts of surprise-type things to their home.
one such surprise-type thing we did was clean out his fish tank.
theres a little history here, but frankly its not that interesting.
let me just say that he hates the fish that were in it (originally mine) and the hordes of sex-crazed, orgy-lovin' snails that came with them. plus, he wants to go to a brackish tank. he doesnt have the heart to flush the whole thing, but he doesnt have the willpower to actively keep them alive. you know, with food and stuff.
the snails took over the tank. and then the Green Goo of Gog took over and quietly enveloped the snails into its fold. you couldnt even see the fish anymore.
we touched the Green Goo.
everything in the tank was slimy.
the water slightly burned our skin.
the last five inches of water was black as sin.
and i managed to get bathed in it.
he doesnt deserve it.
but now he owes me dinner.
09 FEB
2004
2004
dawn
driving to work this morning, the horizon caught my attention.
it was a nice black sky with hints of blue and green right at the fringes.
it was dawn.
this is the first time i have seen color in the pre-work sky for months.
months.
spring is on its way.
the glass is half full, my friend.
09 FEB
2004
2004
what to rent
what to rent - automated movie recomendations. you answer a few preliminary questions and it will suggest a movie. it seemed pretty accurate as the first few it recommended were either in my personal collection or ones i want to see.
theres also movielens and gnod.
[via]
08 FEB
2004
2004
veggie tales
im wanting needing to eat more veggies.
and i hate veggies.
no, wait, thats not fair.
what i hate is when someone drowns them in heat to make them all mushy and hot and gross.
i like my veggies cold, fresh, and crunchy.
but eating fresh, raw vegetables is getting a bit boring.
as a consequence, im not eating as many.
and i might be willing to try some hot.
so im wanting some advice.
what is your favorite mostly-vegetable dish/side-dish?
08 FEB
2004
2004
i blame you
it is all my brother's fault that i spent my friday night scrubbing dishes and folding laundry.
if he had just not gone, i could have had something else to do.
but no.
dirty dishes and clean laundry were my only companions.
and i blame him.
07 FEB
2004
2004
so sad
i just realized.
the creepy eye pictures finally got pushed off the front page.
its a bit sad, dontcha think?
06 FEB
2004
2004
self worth
the staff took me out for my birthday lunch today.
it turned out to be the most expensive birthday lunch in the history of the organization, and it wasnt that ritzy of a place.
i am completely stuffed.
i am completely worth it.
06 FEB
2004
2004
mini golf
last saturday was miniature golf, alaskan style.
think 2x4s duct taped to the floor with horse shoes for the 'holes'.
think long lines of antsy people trying to edge into our conversation.
think waiting 30 minutes to go through holes 10 and 11.
think the first hole supervisor cheating for everyone while standing next to a 'you can be ethical and still have some fun' sign.
and the moment that beth needed to confirm every article of clothing i wore was of mixed fabrics and looked at the tag of my pants, i really liked when the creepy middle aged guy in front of us leaned in for a closer look.
06 FEB
2004
2004
pdf online
adobe's create pdf online tool is handy-dandy in times of dead cd drive crisis causing ones inability to install acrobat.
05 FEB
2004
2004
boiled peanuts
what could have prompted someone to think, 'hey, i bet these yummy, salty, crunchy peanuts would be better salty, soggy, mushy, and warm. we should boil them!'??
05 FEB
2004
2004
dani
its danielle's birthday today.
i had her birthday listed as being on saturday, but then i was wrong.
happy birthday, girl!
05 FEB
2004
2004
without sanctuary
without sanctuary is an online colection of photographs and postcards taken as souvenirs at lynchings throughout the united states.
the photographs are very disturbing, but are a loud reminder of the evil humans are capable of. they remind me of some of the german concentration camp pictures i have seen. seeing pictures of little black children being hanged while little white children stand by gawking break my heart.
03 FEB
2004
2004
flash card
i had yesterday off from work.
a birthday holiday, if you will, spent mostly on my couch and fighting old ladies and teen girls over dressing rooms at value village.
but right now i cant figure out why i can see all of my pictures on my compact flash card by using my camera, but the moment i stick the card into the office's card reader, its giving me a blank. i hope the reader isnt going bad.
but i doubly-hope that i dont have to plug the camera into the usb port in order to upload all the pictures.
03 FEB
2004
2004
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