Three things: Blogs and Nerdiness
1. Get Mozilla. Forget IE, it has led you astray. I loooove tabs-- you will too once you know what they are. Also, I'm not sure whether you can do this with IE, but I now have mozilla checking blogs for me. Instead of the variable interval reinforcement I was under before (which was causing me to check all blogs CONSTANTLY for updates) I now only respond to a little red star next to my links (it indicates when the page has been updated).

2. I very recently got a free trial of Web-Stat because I was curious to see if anyone besides 3 X K and Erin were reading this thing. Let me tell you, I feel like the coolest person ever. I can't even imagine how many hits lotsofco and web-goddess must get. I was checking their pages ten times a day before I discovered the Mozilla trick (see above). Little things make me happy...

3. I was thinking about whether my high school friends and I could manage a gossip blog... I found out a lot via Ware Jewelers and their bridal registry and only Laura has benefitted so far. I will ponder this, but as I know at least two of these friends will read this, get back to me on whether we want to create a public record of how catty and gossipy we are.

Ohhhh my. Do not click this link unless you are older than 18 and can handle inappropriate video without getting offended.

Hot doggy style video

Top Three: Toys I'm glad to see make a comeback
1. Care Bears
2. Shrinky Dinks
3. Strawberry Shortcake

On the one hand, seeing Care Bears in the store makes me giddy. On the other hand, they're back because toy makers are trying to get parents to buy toys that they themselves played with when they were young. This is disturbing. People my age who played with carebears and shrinky dinks are now procreating. Eek!

Public Service Announcement- I have confirmed that the new Shrinky Dinks do NOT require the little oven thing. You can still put them in a regular oven. Tricky marketing...

I like to watch TLC shows like For Better or For Worse. However, if you're going to be on the show, you can't be horrible and demanding... You know the show is low budget, don't come in thinking you can demand the best and traumatize your coordinator.

Amusing roommates part deux: from a discussion of bad pick up lines:

Do you want to dance? (sure) Okay, why don't you hit the dance floor so I can talk to your friend.

Man... Roommates are a source of constant amusement. I think one of them is role playing with her boyfriend in the living room. They're talking loudly and inanely and as if they were meeting in a coffee shop. They need to clear out so I can make lunch without interrupting fun time.

Update:
"Excuse me, is this seat taken?"
"No"
"Do you mind if I sit here?"
"Yes."
"Excuse me, is this seat taken?"
"No"
"Do you mind if I sit here?"
"No, please sit."
"What book are you reading?"
"The Sound and the Fury"
"What book are you reading?"
"The Sound and the Fury"
"Faulkner, do you like Faulkner?"

Turns out they're practicing.... and repeating stuff a bunch... and Mr Overacting is teaching her how to "act". I'm glad they don't know about this blog.

So you wanna find an apartment in Chicago?
If regular violence and gang crossfire don't bother you, we recommend The South Side of Chicago (which is divided up into smaller towns). These apartments are almost guaranteed to be cheap, if you don't mind trading safety for cost. If you are a relatively normal person, however, skip that area of town. Rents are not nearly as high as the medical bills. If you need a hint, how about this: this is where Bad Bad Leroy Brown lived.

Flamingo Suncatcher

This looks like something my mom might like for christmas... but does the second flamingo look like he has some bad intentions for the first flamingo? I need feedback.

Lame. A Jethro Tull band member's comments got the group booted from a classic rock station's play list (this I couldn't care less about). But I completely agree with him. And the extreme reaction the comment got (listeners requested the ban) seems to be solid proof that he's right. Okay, okay, here's the quote:

"I hate to see the American flag hanging out of every bloody station wagon, out of every SUV, every little Midwestern house in some residential area," Ian Anderson was quoted as saying in an interview published Sunday in the Asbury Park Press. "It's easy to confuse patriotism with nationalism. Flag waving ain't gonna do it."

Food review (for my own reference):
On a scale of one to ten (ten being key lime pie whips)
The Mountain Blueberry is a strong 7 or 8.

Note to self:
Saw people getting blown around in Chicago by coooold northern winds. Dock Univ of Illinois-Chicago 10 pts in the GradSchool race.

Terror is a Triple Meat Pizza

AHHHhhhh!!! I repent my food sins. I swear, I'm going to be a good girl at the grocery store tonight.

From an article on a live cheap, look rich lifestyle.

"Get married, but don’t have kids. According to Andrew Oswald, an economist at the University of Warwick in England and something of an expert on the intersection of money and happiness, getting married adds a happiness factor that’s equivalent to having $100,000 added to your household income. This is not true of having children, Oswald says. His surveys have found that adding kids to your life (or not having them at all) didn’t seem to change people’s happiness one way or the other. Which is good. Kids are expensive, and since most rich people just send theirs away to boarding school anyway, you could argue that the best thing for your Live Cheap, Look Rich lifestyle is not to have the little monsters in the first place."

They make it sound a little callous, but I have to agree on the no-kids idea.

Rich guy Robert Durst acquited of murder charges.
" After the killing in late September 2001, Durst was a fugitive for six weeks until he was caught in Pennsylvania when he tried to shoplift a $5 sandwich even though he had $500 in his pocket."

I don't think it takes a degree in psychology to realize... this guy has more going on than murderous tendencies. He posed as a mute woman for some time? He lived in a low rent apartment? I would love to hear this guy in therapy (probably at the free mental health clinic).

""So all you fellas need to get out of bed in the morning, look in the mirror and say 'f*&@ you!... f*&@ all your hopes, dreams and everything you thought your life would be'... now let's go make this bitch happy!" -Chris Rock

Adrienne got to go to Chris Rock at The Fox. I wish I'd gone. :( Funniest guy on earth.

"Will Ferrell is in the #1 movie in the country. You might say 'but the matrix is the number one movie in America.' But that movie blooooooows. And we use our own rating system where we discount movies that bloooooooow." - Jon Stewart

I'm going to celebrate Discardia tonight. I'm getting rid of some clothes. Probably not the ones you think I should get rid of... These are even worse and you have never seen them or blocked the memory.

deCoeur : wow
deCoeur : special
deCoeur : short bus special

No matter what CNN tells you, the skies were not clear for my lunar eclipse. The sky was one thick blanket of cloudiness. Maybe next time....

I have zero interest in raw food, but I've found this journal from a woman working in a raw foods cultish institute mesmerizing.

This is fun...



Church sign generator.

In other news...
New nickel designs
Based on a tip off from 3XK, I was prepared to hate the new nickel designs. Then I saw the new ones and I realized I had no clue what the current one looks like. I have to say.... the keel boat looks pretty cool. I love the new quarters despite my initial disinclination.* So I think I'll give nickels a chance too...


*With the exception of the Alabama quarter which I obviously had the highest hopes for and which failed me miserably. It's UGLY. The worst part is the prettiest/best one is freakin' Mississippi, the worst of the states. Bah.

Note to self: See lunar eclipse Saturday:

"The eclipse reaches totality at 8:06 p.m. Saturday night, EST. That stage -- when the moon, Earth and sun are lined up precisely and the moon passes through the darkest part of Earth's shadow -- lasts just 24 minutes. "
(www.CNN.com)

Dr Catrambone: And in the uncompassionate example they showed [pauses to think]...
Back row slacker: Joni!

Dear Yoplait Key Lime Pie Whips Yogurt,
Ever since we ran into each other yesterday, I have not been able to keep my mind off of you. I can think of nothing but your sweet limeyness. You are the yumminess that my life has been missing, not to mention the calcium. Why I didn't think to buy all of your brothers and sisters yesterday when we met at Publix, I'll never know. I will regret my actions all the days until I go to the store again. I never knew I could find a yogurt that didn't make me want to toss my cookies! My longing for you matches my longing for caffeine, but don't tell her that. Farewell empty carton of yogurt dreaminess.... I'll see you again, Publix-willing. Adieu,
Joni


[in case you haven't noticed, the take home test has made me slightly bonkers and not just a little hungry for something limey and cold.]

Ever heard of Spencer Tunick? He's the guy who uses large numbers of naked people for "installations" and photographs it. There's a form to sign up to be a model on his site. I am very tempted to put my name down in case he comes to Hotlanta. It would certainly be a story to tell... but I'd hate for the faces to be identifiable and somehow it resurfaces in the hands of one of my future students... The first of my students are probably in Jr High (assuming I teach in grad school, otherwise they're 4th or 5th graders) should I worry about them already?

Three things: Great music

1. I reformatted this computer and got it running in late August (so that's the time frame on these stats). The second most played song I have is Sweet Surrender from Sarah McLachlan with 43 plays. On 10/24 I downloaded Lizzie West's Chariot Rise. I have used it as study music since and have played it 296 times. Dang.
2. I also used Sarah McLachlan's Fallen from this source for studying, so it may have nearly as many plays...
3. Sarah's new album comes out Tuesday. Yay.

"The heading to this section is a very simple question [What starts a meal?], but the answer is complex. The short answer, I suppose is that we still are not sure, but that will not stop me from continuing to write." - Carlson, Physiology of Behavior

Wayne's World: Top 10 Halloween costumes

10. cat
9. nurse
8. Nancy Kulp (Ms Hathoway from Beverly Hill Billies)
7. Pebbles Flintstone
6. Indian Girl
5. Baseball Player
4. Private Schoolgirl
3. French Maid
2. Playboy Bunny
1. Heather Locklear

Speak of the devil... Some RHA person just came by with a bag of halloween candy and since there was no chocolate I took some bubble yum..... and now my jaw hurts.

Top Five Halloween Candies:
1. Mini hershey bars
2. (Mini?) Oh Henrys (I just had my first one today)
3. Mini snickers
4. Blue Raspberry Dumdums
5. Bubble yum- until my jar starts to pop and hurt


I used to L-O-V-E candy corn, but now I find it repulsive... Candy is the one thing I have become more picky about over the years.

I tried to find squirrels dressed up for Halloween as I have a bizarre love of fluffy little squirrels. Anyway, no luck so here are two humorously pathetic animals in costume.




Here's a bonus pic. It's Miso!!!! She's in heat again! hehe, bad kitty, put your tail down.

"'We' can mean anything. 'We three', 'we the people', or my favorite- Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"
- Fairly Oddparents

The "Happy Halloween Picture Parade" continues with.... UNBELIEVABLY CUTE COSTUMED ANIMALS!!!!!!!!







..................I really am going to end up as a crazy cat and pug lady, aren't I?

'Price is Right' announcer dies
But, but, but.... how are the Price is Right players going to know when to COME ON DOOOOWN????

The day of behaviorism: Dirty joke:
Two behavioural psychologists are working late in the rat lab, when suddenly overcome by all the talk of three-term contingencies and positive punishment, they end up having passionate sex on the floor. When they're done, the man sits up and asks "I know it was good for you, but how was it for me?"

(if you don't get it, you're obviously not thinking in terms of Watson and objective observations as the only data that matter) >: b

Funniest Ebay Posting EVER.
(I just copied it over, cause I figure the page won't last forever). BTW, the guy got $860 for the beanies... plenty of tools and beer for this poor fellow.
" Let me begin by explaining some very important details, this way I do not get 100's of silly emails asking me to photograph the hind end of some stuffed animals. I DO NOT KNOW crap about these things. This belonged to my ex-wife who had about a 1000 of these Beanie Babies and when she moved, this one box of these got left behind, and now I am selling the goofy little things. Whatever money I make from them will be spent at the local Home Depot on tools and other cool stuff. I do not know which of these babies is retired or new, or whatever. I will list them in no particular order. I will tell you what its name is on the tag, if it has a plastic box or something. All these critter have been stored indoors, and are from a non-smoking home. Again, please do not send me emails asking me to photograp this or that. I am starting the auction at $10.00 and at that price I figure you all can take a chance. I understand from a friends wife that people are afraid to get fakes. FAKES? Fake plush toys? I was amazed. I thought people forged money, not childrens toys. Well I can only say, that 99% of these goofy toys were bought with my money, from eiter the local Hallmark Store, or one of the dozen or so Southern Craft/ collectibles stores I had to go to on a weekly basis buying these ridiculos toys years ago. Happy Bidding! Please take these critters from me so I can buy tools.

Final Notice and Disclaimer: I know nothing about these stuffed Beanie Babies. I offer no proof of anything. It is a stuffed animal, get over it! I don't think my ex-wife was in the Black Market Beanie Trade..but then again, I didn't know she was having an affair either! Thus no guarantees! All have their little Heart Shaped tags on their ears.

Ants - Armidillo
Almond - Bear
Knuckles - Pig
Humphrey - Camel
Tiptoe - Rat (I must have picked this one) Pig - Zodiac Pic (huh?)
Chipper- Chipmunk or Squirrel (Not Sure)
Neon - Sea Horse or Sea Serpent
Goatee- Goat
Prickles - Hedge Hog
Steg - Dinosaur (Stegasaurus I guess)
Manny - Mannatee
Paul - Walrus (Hey I get that joke..koo-koo-ka-choo)
Rabbit- Rabbit (Zodiac Critter)
Sheets - Ghost
Rainbow - Lizard (cameleon?)
Batty- Bat
Peanut - Elephant (comes in a plastic see-thru box)
Britannia - Bear with British Flag
Germania - Bear with German Flag
Eucalyptus - Koala Bear
Web - Spider (I must have picked all the ugly ones!)
Beak - Kiwi Bird?
Scaly - Komodo Dragon or other lizard..not sure!
Mystic - Unicorn
Nuts - Squirrel
(Not Pictured) Mickey Mouse in Hockey Uniform

ALL OF THEM HAVE THEIR LITTLE HEARTS TAG ON THE EARS!

On Sep-19-03 at 12:47:48 PDT, seller added the following information:

A very kind Ebayer wrote me an email and said the following:

The valuable beanies here are Steg (dinosaur), Humphrey(camel), web (spider) and peanut (elephant). They are worth considerably more if they have the red heart hang tags and if the tags are in good shape - no creases or tears. If you wouldn't mind giving me more info on those. Also, if you added more info to the auction I'm sure you could get more $$ for your tools!

To answer her question: I looked and to the best of my looking at them all. None of the ones she mentioned have any torn tags or creased tags. In fact NONE of the little critters have messed up tags. People have been telling me these critters are worth alot of money. I know nothing about them, and told you everything you need to know up in the description. I make no claims on value, and to be honest. I am amazed anyone pays more then a dollar a piece for these things. What happened to collecting STAMPS? Pay what you want for them! IT ALL GOES TO HOMEDEPOT !!!!!! and BEER! "
(danke LYD)

Even adding four new blogs to check has not increased my ability to always find new posts. So, I'll be a better blogger than them.

Three things: William James, great psychologist or great quotability?

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system.

The path to cheerfulness is to sit cheerfully and to act and speak as if cheerfulness were already there.


There are lots more.

"Ultimately, we are trying to avoid the day when the consuming public asks, "Why would Hormel Foods name its product after junk e-mail?""

Have you ever wondered (a) why junk email is called spam or (b) what SPAM producers think of their trademark name being applied to junk email? Wonder no more... The internet and SPAM. (BTW the answer to the first puzzle is interesting and involves Monty Python, so do go read the page).

(link courtesy of http://www.jeff.sorrentino.name/.)

I love it.... The bureau of immigration and customs enforcement nabbed 250 illegal immigrants working for Walmart. What did they call the sweep? Operation Rollback. Hehehe

VINDICATED
The moment I first laid eyes on the Niagra Falls survivor, I thought "What has Ron Jeremy done to get on TV?" I realized that it was not him (only after thinking "Ron Jeremy threw himself off Niagra Falls??") and felt embarrassed that I could ID Ron Jeremy so quickly (No I've never seen any of his flicks, but I've seen him in various interviews like with The Onion AV Club). ANYWAY, I was vindicated this morning when the CNN morning show showed a clip of the guy talking about why he did it and when they cut back to the anchors, the old guy said "Doesn't that guy look like Ron Jeremy?" and Solidad said "I don't know, I guess you're a big fan... haha" [I'm paraphrasing her]. The point is that at least one non-skeazy looking old dude can back me up... Woop.

Harvest Moon
(hehe, I swear that's the first funny pun I've ever come up with.)

Cybersex... Revenge of the Nerds

Dude, these lyrics were hard to find. But so worth it. Thanks google and this person.

H-A-double L -O-W- double E -N spells Halloween
H-A-double L -O-W- double E -N spells Halloween!

Halloween means ghosts and goblins, Skeletons, monsters and howling cats,
Spooky masks and jack-o-lanterns, Witches and devils and big black cats.

H-A-double L -O-W- double E -N spells Halloween (2x)

Trick or treat gets you candy and apples, Scaring the people who open the door.
Something here that they've omitted, then go to the next house and get some more!

"Hey, people into S&M have their dungeons - maybe this guy has sexual fantasies of baking buttery crackers inside a giant oak tree. Who am I to judge?"
-LYD

The street lights were on when I left for my study date this morning and also when I walked home after my last class. What does that mean? freakin' long day!

Okay, I'm supposed to be studying, but I just spent an hour trying to find new blogs to read as I'm getting progressively more addicted to blog reading and it's sad when there are no new posts on any of them. I'm going to be checking these blogs for the next couple of weeks:
http://www.jodiverse.com/

http://styrofoamkitty.com/blogg/

http://www.ggwoo.com/

FridayFive.org

1. Name five things in your refrigerator. Off the top of my head - Lactaid lactose free milk, pepper jack cheese, bud light, artichoke hearts, eggs

2. Name five things in your freezer. Eggos waffles, pie shells, frozen veggies, vanilla icecream, fudge pops

3. Name five things under your kitchen sink. trash bags, extra dish soap, lonely unused dish washer detergent (none of the roommates use the machine, so I don't), bug spray?, pipes

4. Name five things around your computer. kleenex, cups, syrup (see waffles, under freezer), a DVD of Secretary that needs to go back to Blockbuster, psyc articles

5. Name five things in your medicine cabinet [i.e., in my bathroom area]. Listerene, face wash, big cannister of floss, Mentadent toothbrush, blue raspberry foaming hand soap

Watch out!!
Overheard from the bus driver's radio (where the dispatcher talks to everyone):
"He walked out in front of me. I did NOT hit him."

Sure.......

Pictures from Technology Square, a new development on Georgia Tech's campus

The Friday Five (on Saturday)
1. Do you watch sports? If so, which ones? Yes, right now, lots of football and over the summer, lots of golf. I also watch Wimbledon almost every year.

2. What/who are your favorite sports teams and/or favorite athletes? First and Foremost, the Auburn Tigers. Second, Georgia Tech. I don't care for professional sports besides tennis and golf. I like Ernie Els and all of the really common, usual pro golfers. My fave tennis player Martina.... something, retired a couple of years ago at age 23 or something... dangit.

3. Are there any sports you hate? I won't watch baseball on TV. I also don't like boxing or race car stuff.

4. Have you ever been to a sports event? Of course. I was started on AU basketball and AU Football (on girl scout day) games from an early age. I also saw a lot of little girl soccer in my teen years thanks to my little sister.

5. Do/did you play any sports (in school or other)? How long did you play? I did crew my junior and senior years. I am not athletic at all, but I've become not-pathetic at ultimate and I now love playing golf (I am still pathetically bad though).

Three things: Quotes from Psychologists
"The fact that one cannot do all that one would hope is no reason not to do all that one can" - Kenneth Ring

"When you run onto something interesting, drop everything else and study it." - BF Skinner

"Nothing is so practical as a good theory" - Kurt Lewin

Rachel: Wouldn't that be weird?

Ross: The only thing that would be weird is if someone didn't like FAJITAS, cuz that's what were having.

If I bring my heart rate down by 5 beats/min, I'll save 2.6Million beats every year.

Watching They hated it!, the Trading Spaces special:
"It's not something I would have done. I don't decorate barns."
--Doug on the redecorating done by the unhappy homeowners

joni: 67you'45re go38ing to be amused. Look at what m67y ke67yboa45rd 38is do38ing s38ince #*I sp38illed lemonade 38in 38it
GATch: hahahahahaha

Okay.... I don't want to graduate any more:

"Your Federal Stafford Loan was a great thing. It helped you pay for school expenses and helped ensure that you were able to attend the school of your choice. But you knew the time would come when you would have to repay it. Soon you'll need to begin making monthly payments on your Federal Stafford Loan. [evil laugh]"

Okay, now I don't care what happens... I'm #1 for the week in my league.

I don't care what happens in the next few hours.... cause right now I'm #2 for the week in my College Pick'Ems league and #5 overall. PLUS, I got sick and missed the terrible beat down GT is experiencing right now. If you gotta get beat, you might as well not watch.

The Friday Five
1. Who is your favorite singer/musician? Why?
Jump, Little Children because they have such a variety of music that I can find something for any mood, plus they put on AMAZING shows.

2. What one singer/musician can you not stand? Why?
Pink. Can't stand her. Every song is annoying in the first place, but is also overplayed.

3. If your favorite singer wasn't in the music business, do you think you would still like him/her as a person?
The guys of Jump would probably be a whole lotta fun to be friends with. Jay might be a little too serious/moody. But who knows, he might really be a blast, too.

4. Have you been to any concerts? If yes, who put on the best show?
Yeah, quite a few. Jump puts on the best show. The only band to rival them (and might possibly have surpassed them, but I'm too biased to notice) is Better Than Ezra. Ben Folds Five was pretty fab too, and I did... oh screw it, here's a top 8:

1. Some Jump concert (pretty much any I've seen)
2. Better Than Ezra (The Roxy, 2002)
3. Weezer (Lakewood Ampitheater, 2002)
4. Ben Folds Five
5. Lilith Fair (particularly Sheryl Crow and Sarah McLachlan)
6. 311
7. Carbon Leaf (opened for jump a year or two ago)
8. Jay Clifford (of J,LC) solo show 2/03

5. What are your thoughts on downloading free music online vs. purchasing albums? Do you feel the RIAA is right in its pursuit to stop people from dowloading free music?
RIAA has the right to sue, but I'm very anti-music biz so I like the idea of screwing them over. If I had the option of buying songs online for a reasonable price (I say 50 cents is more reasonable than a buck) I think I would.

You know how competitive you get... And while I think it's cute, others don't agree and I'm lying." - Chandler to Monica

We have such great Current Event items for our studies...

Who said, "I'm the president of the United States, and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli"?

1. Bill Clinton

2. George Bush (Sr.)

3. Ronald Reagan

4. Jimmy Carter

Was it #2????

Yep, that's me.
"The new [Knowledge and Skill Lab] site looks great , though it is unclear what Joni is doing in that last picture. It looks as though she is about to take off with a jet pack or something" - Dr. Ackerman

"Oh yeah, I think you look like you're a disoriented hiker in that lab picture. " - MLH

Stealth Disco
People involved in covert disco-ing. Luckily in my lab there's no need for stealth. We disco openly. Ask me about my "Hi, Dr Clough!" dance... no wait, don't.

I think the hardest part of writing a paper is getting around to starting it. That's what I'm doing now. The second hardest part is writing a discussion/conclusion that doesn't consist entirely of sentences I've already used. I wish I were already to that point.

Responding to report on the best and worst snacks for kids:
"There are no good foods and bad foods," said Stephanie Childs, a spokeswoman for the Grocery Manufacturers of America.

Interesting.... thank you corporate America for that timely and (I'm sure) unbiased insight.

"Childs warned that government restrictions would lead children to go to convenience stores for snacks. Bush administration officials have echoed those arguments. "

Interesting again... I make these arguments for legalization of drugs, Bush makes them for Twinkies.

Woman Assures You She's Not Mad
CASPER, WY—Your girlfriend of four months, University Xerox employee Rebecca Kohler, assured you Monday that she was "not mad" about being unable to reach you on the phone Saturday night, even though you said you would probably be home. "For the last time, I'm not angry at you, goddamnit!" a furious Kohler said. "Christ, are you trying to make me mad?" The perfectly fine Kohler then proceeded to violently three-hole-punch stacks of photocopies and explain to her coworker, Annabelle Agneau, that the only person she was mad at was herself, for having thought you might be different.

www.theonion.com

EliCash: you know how they say in a poker game there's always one sucker and if you can't figure out who it is, leave, because its you. well I know who the annoying kid is, so its not me

"Day after shopping day, women pay for the privilege of looking like they washed pants that they were supposed to dryclean."
From Capri Pants -- Liz Khalil

From Defective Yeti's coverage of the Democrat Debate:
Q: Frankly there's been some concern that because of the racial makeup of Vermont, about 0.5 percent black, that you will have a difficult time connecting and really understanding the concerns of minorities, in particular African Americans.

Dean: Well, if the percent of minorities that's in your state has anything to do with how you can connect with African American voters, then Trent Lott would be Martin Luther King.

Lane's mom: You may take her to the prom, but you may not marry her.

Lane's boy: That seems fair.

--Gilmore Girls

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida (CNN) -- The Air Force launched a top-secret satellite Tuesday for the National Reconnaissance Office, which operates the United States' fleet of spy spacecraft. (from cnn.com)

Not so top secret now....

I am so sore. The "total body tone" class sucked. Way too many reps with really heavy weights (the selection was not great when I got there). Also, those stability balls.... is the name a joke? I've never felt so perilously perched as with that dumb thing. I'm so looking forward to step class now.

The Friday Five

1. What housekeeping chore(s) do you hate doing the most? vacuuming with dish-washing a close second.
"The only thing that separates us from the animals is we aren't afraid of the vacuum cleaner."

2. Are there any that you like or don't mind doing? Scrubbing the toilet or tub (I love to see quick progress)

3. Do you have a routine throughout the week or just clean as it's needed? As needed (really desperately needed)

4. Do you have any odd cleaning/housekeeping quirks or rules? ....no?

5. What was the last thing you cleaned? The sink

"This is something you need to know for the test I intend to screw you on."
-Dr Catrambone

99 days to graduation.

100 days to graduation

Random downloading pays off... I finally gave a random song a chance, and David Mead's World of a King turns out to be...awesome? groovy? I can't find a pleasing descriptor. Fabulous? Smurfy?

FYA (for your amusement):
The blog of a girl who hates me for no good reason. At least it gives me some fodder to not like her back.


"Bill is so wrong... you are not Satan." - First Wives Club

"[The hypothalmus] organizes behaviors related to survival of the species- the so-called four F's: fighting, feeding, fleeing, and mating." - Calrson in The Physiology of Behavior

Three things: Last night's freaky dreams:
1) Sad dream where I got really upset because I was suddenly a ghost and only a few people could see me.
2) Really angry dream where I had just gotten married and was thanking every one at my reception when someone told me the groom wasn't going to come. I found him and yelled at him (How could a marriage last SIX minutes?!? You bastard!), and then I realized that I couldn't get upset, because I had to act cool for the guests and then pay for the stupid wedding. When I woke up, I realized I would definitely have sued that jerk because his reason for leaving was that he was fooling around with another girl.
3) Scary Sci-fi dream where my group of scientists accidentally released mutated creatures that went into the ocean and were going to come back and eat everyone. Then while we were waiting and watching for the creatures, some Nazis came to arrest a lot of people, including me, and we had to hide.

Okay, not good. I'm feeling just a little emotional.... a Mutual of Omaha commercial just brought me to the verge of tears. So did the Discovery Channel Cat special... This reminds me of the morning I was brought to sobs over a Moby video with the cute little aliens that get ignored. What is up with me?!? This would be the perfect day to try to get me to send money to starving children.

There is no pleasure in having nothing to do;
the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it.

- Mary Little

Three Things: Celebrity Quotes on marriage:
1)"I think gay marriage should be between a man and a woman." - Arnold Schwarzenegger (8/26)
2) "Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and just give her a house." -- Lewis Grizzard
3)"Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same." -- Oscar Wilde

Top five blue collar or no-skill jobs (purely subjective and off the top of my head):
1) Lunch lady
2) Clerk in a small independent record or book store
3) Camp counselor
4) Cake decorator at Publix
5) Banana Republic sales clerk (discounts!)

Three things: What I did today:
1) Watched The Price is Right, laughing like a hyena the whole time
2) A whole lotta nothing
3) 72 floors on the Stairmaster

I really can't believe how little I got done today. This laziness will come back to bite me in the rear soon enough.

"Drunk is feeling sophisticated when you can't say it."

My computer has finally been revived. I hope it isn't quietly awaiting another catastrophe.

From a Newsweek interview:
Nolan Bushnell, the creator of the Atari, on his other venture, Chuck E. Cheese:

"I created a pizza parlor where families could have a good time together and kids could play games, all under the watchful eye of an eight-foot rat."

Three Things: Pirates:

A pirate store.

A pirate's keyboard.

An overtold, but funny-to-me pirate joke:
A pirate walks into the bar with a ship's wheel protruding from his pants.

The bartender looks at him and asks "Hey pal, what's with the wheel?"

"Arrrrr" replied the pirate, "it's driving me nuts!"

Listening to... freakin' LFO
Feeling... like I could be more productive

Man I love old songs... They killed all of the fun of LFO's song "Summer Girls" when it was popular but now that it's been a few years, it's fun to dig it out of my mp3 collection.

"I like Kevin Bacon, but I hate Foot Loose"
"When I met you I said 'My name is Rich. You look like a girl from Abercrombie and Fitch.'"

Classic lyrics, right??

"The problem with the designated driver program, it's not a desirable job. But if you ever get sucked into doing it, have fun with it. At the end of the night, drop them off at the wrong house."
--- Jeff Foxworthy

"Why does Sea World have a seafood restaurant?? I'm halfway through my fish burger and I realize, Oh my God....I could be eating a slow learner."
--- Lynda Montgomery

Get your very own Playskool Tarot card reading!

Disclaimer: I have no faith in tarot card readings.

Anecdote: Back in the day, a coworker at Arby's did a Tarot card reading for me. She told me I would die alone (this came up in two or three readings she did for me). I told my manager about it, and she put the best spin on it... "Well, at least if you're in a bank robbery or otherwise held hostage, you can feel comfortable. Cause you're not going to die with all of those people around." Whew!

"I suggest you not underestimate the staggering draw of the Garden State." - Dogma

"Those flowers were supposed to say 'We're sorry you passed,' not 'you're dead; let's disco'!"
Charlotte from Sex and The City

"I took the speed reading course and read 'War and Peace' in twenty minutes. It's about Russia."
Woody Allen

"I'm talking about you getting old and you're talking about putting glitter on" -3 X K

Real World thoughts

Leah is so bipolar in her feelings... she loves or hates everyone... and goes from one extreme to the other over nothing
Mallory put an apple core in a candy dish... For once I agree with Leah- Yuck.
Pascual looks like a Star Trek character. hmmm....
What?!? Pascual (Pas-KWAA as Leah says it) is only a sophomore in HS??? And Mallory going to hook up with him?!
Why is she so freakin' in love with her brother???
Poor Ace, so in looooove with that idiotic alcoholic Mallory.
AHhhhhhh, the ads were right! Mallory got some Simon loving!!!!!
I can't believe Simon would snog the least cool member of the house. And to think he was my favorite...
Did Pascual stay in town for less than 24 hours? I would never fly to Europe for less than a two week stay.
I have taken that cab ride to CDG!! cost us $60 if I remember....
It's good to see everyone using the French they've learned. Right....
Eww, fake hugging

While proudly showing off his new apartment to friends, a college student led the way into the den.

"What is the big brass gong and hammer for?" one of his friends asked.

"That is the talking clock", the man replied.

"How's it work?" the friend asked.

"Watch", the man said then proceeded to give the gong an ear shattering pound with the hammer.

Suddenly someone screamed from the other side of the wall "KNOCK IT OFF, YOU IDIOT! It's two AM in the morning!

A college physics professor was explaining a particularly complicated concept to his class when a pre-med student interrupted him.

"Why do we have to learn this stuff?" one young man blurted out.

"To save lives," the professor responded before continuing the lecture.

A few minutes later the student spoke up again. "So how does physics save lives?"

The professor stared at the student for a long time without saying a word. Finally the professor continued.

"Physics saves lives," he said, "because it keeps certain people out of medical school."