2003-10-31

 

OMG. OMG. OMG!!! I am so excited!! It's actually raining! I mean, they told me this was going to happen, but I didn't believe it. I am so happy to see a touch of weather! Now, it's not like Texas rain, but there is water falling from the sky, and for that I am grateful.

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Ah, yes... the friday five.

1. What was your first Halloween costume? I don't remember. But I do remember one year that my mom said that she wasn't interested in taking us out. No costumes, no nothing. So I got a trash bag and one of her eyeliners, put the trashbag over my head, and drew wrinkly lines down my face. I told people I was a California raisin when I went out trick-or-treating by myself. Not a good memory, actually.
2. What was your best costume and why? Uhh... Let's see... I was Chun-Li one year, and I looked hot.
3. Did you ever play a trick on someone who didn't give you a treat? Naah. I'm too woosy for that.
4. Do you have any Halloween traditions? (ie: Family pumpkin carving, special dinner before trick or treating, etc.) Uhh... No. Besides turning off the lights and hiding!
5. Share your favorite scary story...real or legend! Oooh... I heard a good one just yesterday! A woman who works here was telling me that in the house where she has lived for the past seven years (a rental), there are ghosts. Now, I generally don't go for that, but it's a good story nonetheless. When they first moved in (the first night), the two roommates both heard someone unpacking boxes and putting away things in the drawers all night. They each assumed that the other was the culprit, until they woke up the next morning and everything was just as they left it. "Did you stay up all night putting things away?" "I thought you were the one making all that noise!" That's just one of them. The other ghost in the house is louder. Every morning at 3:15, they hear a screaming/crying noise coming up through the central heating, from the basement area. They decided to have a "purification ceremony" (this is Berkeley, after all), and the screams went away. Except that night-before-last, the woman's newish-BF was staying the night and heard the screams and cries when he went to the bathroom. He woke her up -- "There's something wrong with the woman who lives downstairs! She's being attacked!" My coworker looked at the time, and said, "Oh, no, honey. That's just a ghost. Go back to sleep." Scared the hell out of him. <grin>

And that's it for the friday five.

posted by bethanye 10:14:00 AM   

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Forget it. I'm back on the caffeine trail. Must... have... latte...

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2003-10-30

 

Maybe some tea will make this evil headache go away. Even if it is decaf. I haven't had caffeine since Saturday.

GOD I miss it.

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I spoke to my aunt Doreen this morning. She was writing up a list of who to contact in the event that something bad happens to her, and she needed my new address and home phone. She told me originally that it was for her Christmas cards, but I knew that wasn't it.

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So that's why I have a headache! I've been grinding my teeth all day. No clue why, just have.

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2003-10-29

 

Double yum... Beer bread.

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Robo-Cuties!!

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Mmm... Lentil-chard soup...

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Of you, my only reader, I have a request. When you have kids some day -- and I know that you will and that they'll be glow in the dark white babies with a froth of red hair to top it off -- don't forget me. Don't think that because I'm not birthing that I don't want to know about your pregnancy. Don't think that I will have no interest in what happens when s/he first starts teething.
Don't think that because I don't have kids to play with your kids, that I don't have any value anymore.
Every day I read stories about how "my best friend had kids, and now we hardly talk because we don't have anything in common." I will always remember that you are a person and not just a mommy, even if you lose sight of that yourself. We've made it through some pretty major changes before. I just don't want to lose you when that one comes up. So, let's make a deal now, shall we? You don't ditch me when you have a couple of rugrats, and I won't ditch you when you just want to talk about how your teenage daughter can't keep the boys away. Deal?

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2003-10-24

 

Two more things: One: There are a LOT of people looking for Hitler's birth certificate. And a buttload of them end up here. Two: I finished the ball of yarn I was knitting on for my knitting class. Jamie's going to give me some new lovely yarn for my first scarf project!

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No Friday Five today. But I did finally go get my CA drivers license. True story of the DMV!

b: "Let's see. Height, weight, eye color, hair color... What should I put for hair color?"
DMV lady: "I dunno. We sure don't have any option for magenta, that's for sure."
b: "I guess I'll say 'brown', then."

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2003-10-21

 

Forgot to mention this: I'm taking a knitting class. It's right around the corner from the house.

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Kinda Purply. That's the answer. The question? What do you get when you dye Virgin Rose over Blood Red?

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2003-10-17

 

Heh. ksh doesn't ship with OSX. Odd.

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The return of the friday five.

1. Name five things in your refrigerator. Apples, pears, goat cheese, lettuce, a melon.
2. Name five things in your freezer. Pie crusts, chicken breasts, pork chops, a Trader Joe's pizza, quantities of chocolate.
3. Name five things under your kitchen sink. Sponges, a dish rack, dishwasher detergent, dishwasher soap, and a towel to catch any leaks below the garbage disposal.
4. Name five things around your computer. Hmm... At work? Cthulu, Nyarlathotep, books, pictures, a box of kleenex.
5. Name five things in your medicine cabinet. Nyquil, Claritin, Pepsid, Tylenol, Advil.

Not much to it today.

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I swear. Sometimes, when I'm reading support tickets, I think that the requestee just wants to string together as many buzzwords as possible to trip us up. Jeez.

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2003-10-16

 

Big fat yawn. I got maybe three hours of sleep last night. Not sure why -- just couldn't get to sleep. Now I'm positively wiped. Big shocker there.
A few things are going really well at work, while others are not moving along as quickly as I would like. Only so many hours in a day when you don't live an breathe your job!
On the subject of work, have I gushed lately about what a great gig this actually is? Probably not. I've been feeling kind of guilty about it, actually, because so many people I care about are either (a) jobless; or (b) miserably employed. But not me. My life is actually pretty darn good. Tired, but good. I have a house full of tasty food and foul foul beasts (a.k.a. cats). I'm not really saving much money, but I have enough to live comfortably for now. Sure, I want to buy a house, but it can wait a few years. I feel more confident at work now, and it shows in the opinions I keep spouting off to anyone who will listen. The odd part? They actually do listen. It's extraordinary. Like, someone will say, "Oh, no one will want that feature." And I'll overhear this -- it's not directed at me -- and butt right in. "I disagree. I mean, it's not the sexiest feature in the world, but it would give us an advantage in these market segments: blah blah blah." And if the party in question disagrees, s/he will tell me why, and I can counter with why I think "x is so important." It goes on like that. No agendas, just "what do you think about this?" And not just "what does b think about this?" But "what do all of us think about this?" Whatever "this" is. I think that's my favorite part of this whole gig.
That, and the snacks are primo.

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2003-10-14

 

People are stupid. I just got this spam:

Important notice

We have just charged your credit card for money
laundry service in amount of $234.65 (because you are either
child pornography webmaster or deal with dirty money, which require
us to layndry them and then send to your checking account).


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mistake, please press 'No'.
If you confirm this transaction, please press
'Yes'
and fill in the form below.


Enter your credit card number here:
Enter your credit card expiration date:

How much do you want to bet someone FELL for this?

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2003-10-13

 

Home sick today. I also skipped tap class yesterday because I was puny. I've still been working, though, because there are so many things that need to be done!

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2003-10-10

 

Have I mentioned before how much I love my new bassoon? It is so much better than the one I was playing before -- so light and easy to hit high notes. Almost like it plays itself. It's FAB!

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Headstart on the friday five.

1. Do you watch sports? If so, which ones? That would be a big "no".
2. What/who are your favorite sports teams and/or favorite athletes? Uhh... Hmm... Hockey has some appeal. And I've seen a few Formula One races this season. But I don't know if that counts as "favorites".
3. Are there any sports you hate? Anything I'm forced to sit through against my will.
4. Have you ever been to a sports event? Does playing in marching band count?
5. Do/did you play any sports (in school or other)? How long did you play? No sports. Not then, not now. I'm doing good to go to tap class.

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2003-10-09

 

I wrote a few "Child-Free" themed haikus for the board. My favorite (that I wrote) are:

"Vasectomy" means
not only are you child-free
but spontaneous.

If I do any others, I might put them here. G'night!

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Brilliant.

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Yet another tale of the downside of the internet. Today's something positive.

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2003-10-08

 

Oh, how far I have come. I'm giving up the PowerBook for a desktop system at work. I might still eventually get a cutie 12" like Molly's for trogging around the house, but any "work from home" needs I have are so severely reduced that there's no need for me to have a company laptop. It's a lovely thing to go home and not work in the evenings.

posted by bethanye 10:41:00 AM   

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MoMo got a house! Insurance went through, so she'll be a bonafide homeowner within a month.

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2003-10-07

 

I think I've convinced Stevie to do this. It'll be good for him!

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Eddie Izzard would make a fine Dr. Who, but I'm still pulling for Alan Davies. I have such a crush on him, and he'd make a great "Doctor". Baker says it will be Izzard, but BBC hasn't officially picked him yet.

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2003-10-06

 

Weekend update. One: I have a total shoe thing lately. I bought a few more pairs of shoes this weekend. What is wrong with me? I need to just put them all out where I can see them, so I won't feel like there aren't enough of them. Two: I went to tap class yesterday. I wasn't the least coordinated person in the room, but suffice it to say that I'm definitely in the bottom half of the class. That flapping thing just evades me. I need to work on it, I guess. And yes, I'm going back next week. After all, I bought the shoes!

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2003-10-03

 

Time for the friday five.

1. What vehicle do you drive? We have a silver Beetle, but I only drive it once a week.
2. How long have you had it? Umm... Three years? Yeah, that sounds right.
3. What is the coolest feature on your vehicle? The spoiler. It's so cute! But we very rarely go fast enough to make it pop up (85+ MPH). Heck, we don't even get up to 40 on San Pablo.
4. What is the most annoying thing about your vehicle? I wish it had electric seats, with a memory option. It's a pain changing between Stevie driving and me driving.
5. If money were no object, what vehicle would you be driving right now? Oh, I don't know. I would love to have one of those smaller Volvo wagons -- not as big as the one I used to have. That, or a Porsche 911 convertible with tiptronic transmission -- that automatic but you can shift with no clutch kind. Red in either case. I just can't justify any second car, though. We simply don't need it.

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2003-10-01

 

I sent that shark dream to the cartoonist who draws people's dreams. Maybe it will be illustrated!

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