I have NEVER worried about being alone. I'd rather be alone for the rest of my life than live with someone unhappily.
However, this story makes me hope that there is at least ONE person who would wonder where I was after TWO FREAKING YEARS!
Police found grisly mummified remains of a Canadian man nearly two years after he died at a posh condominium, spooking neighbours who thought he was on vacation.
Shameless stolen from Venomous Kate
You want to know why the entire world rejoiced when Rachel Lucas came back?
Teaser follows:
Remember that book Kerry wrote back in the good ol' days, when he was running around saying things that caused American POWs to suffer even more than they would have it he'd have just shut his traitorous flapping yaw? It was called The New Soldier, and it went out of print, and Kerry won't let it be printed again. He really, really, really doesn't want people to read that book, apparently. Well too bad. The whole thing is available online, as anyone whose head is not in their butt would have known would happen eventually.I bet that these days, the Democrats are hating whoever invented the Internet. Which I'm not saying was Al Gore. You know you thought it yourself, first.
I was listening to a radio show this morning and they were talking about corporal punishment in schools.
When I was in school, it was permissible to spank students with a paddle. We called it "pops". "Hey, you're going to get pops if Mrs. So 'n So catches you!"
These days you can't hit a student. You have to get permission from a parent before you can use corporal punishment but most schools won't even do it then due to liability issues.
Parents sue schools now when little Johnny acts like a shithead.
I was told by my parents the day I started first grade, "If you get in trouble at school, you get in trouble at home." It was pretty simple to me.
I didn't screw up at school because I knew I'd get it when I got home on top of whatever punishment I got at school.
Of course, if I DID get in trouble at school, I sure didn't run home and tell my parents, either.
I got pops once because I didn't dress out for PE for 3 days.
I "forgot" my gym clothes.
I HATED PE. I wasn't a runner, I didn't do all that outdoorsy crap. What was worse than breaking a sweat in the middle of the day was then having to strip down and shower in front of all the other girls.
Screw that, I'd rather take the pops than humiliate myself.
There was a group of us who felt the same way. We were the Pop Sisters. Sounds like we were an early female version of N'Sync.
I didn't tell my parents about that.
From the stories I hear, public schools are out of control.
Middle school age girls are giving boys blow jobs right in the classroom while others watch!
Kids bring drugs and guns to school and the police are bringing drug and gun sniffing dogs to try to find them.
Are you kidding me? These are children!
So many kids don't give a shit because teachers can't touch them and the parents are either too busy to notice or just plain don't care.
I know the majority of parents are doing the best they can and are raising good kids but it's those shitty parents raising the monsters that ruin it for everyone.
This is reason number 1 why I am not having children; other people's children.
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Ha! My stalker is still hitting my blog several times a day.
What's funny is that "they" are googling me EVERY SINGLE DAY.
Aren't they bored yet?
I followed their path and they google "itsallaboutde" and then apparently go through everything that mentions that phrase, which is every freaking blog entry from over a year and a half of blogging.
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How utterly boring.
I went through it all and my eyes became heavy and I craved a nap.
You would think after all this time they would have read and printed out/emailed to curious parties what they wanted and gotten on with their obviously sad life.
Message to stalker:
I'm not going to blog about what you so desperately want to hear. Move on.
My mom sent this to me...I thought it was cute...
Please note that Texas is the only state with a legal right to secede from the Union (please refer to the Texas-American Annexation Treaty of 1848).
We Texans love y'all, but we'll have to take action if Kerry wins president over Bush. We'll miss ya, too.
Texas has given all those complainers plenty of time to get used to the results. After seeing the whiners along the campaign route, the folks from Texas are considering taking matters into our own hands.
Here's our solution:
1. Let John Kerry become President of the United States. (all 49 states)
2. George W. Bush becomes the President of the Republic of Texas.
So what does Texas have to do to survive as a Republic, you ask?
1. NASA is just south of Houston, Texas. (We will control the space industry)
2. We refine over 85% of the gasoline in the United States.
3. Defense Industry. (We have over 65% of it) The term "Don't mess with Texas" will take on a whole new meaning.
4. Oil - we can supply all the oil that the Republic of Texas will need for the next 300 years. Yankee states? Uh, sorry about that.
5. Natural Gas - Again we have all we need and it's too bad about those northern states. John Kerry will figure a way to keep y'all warm. . . .
6. Computer Industry - we currently lead the nation in producing computer chips and communications: Small places like Texas Instruments, Dell Computer, EDS, Raytheon, National Semiconductor, Motorola, Intel, AMD, Atmel, Applied Materials, Ball Semiconductor, Dallas Semiconductor, Delphi, Nortel, Alcatel, Etc, Etc. The list goes on and on.
7. Health Centers - We have the largest research centers for Cancer research, the best burn centers and the top trauma units in the world, and other large health planning centers.
8. We have enough colleges to keep us going: UT, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Rice, SMU, University of Houston, Baylor, UNT, Texas Women's University, etc. Hell, ivy grows better in the south anyway.
9. We have a ready supply of workers. (We’ll just open the border when we need some more)
10. We have control of the paper industry, plastics, insurance, etc.
11. In case of a foreign invasion, we have the Texas National Guard and the Texas Air National Guard. Nope, we don't have an army, but since everybody down here has at least six rifles and a pile of ammo, we can raise an army in 24 hours if we need it. If the situation gets really bad, we can always call the Department of Public Safety and ask 'em to send over a couple of them Texas Rangers.
12. We are totally self-sufficient in beef, poultry, hogs and several types of grain, fruit and vegetables. . And let's not forget fresh seafood from the gulf. And everybody down here knows how to cook them so that they taste good. We don't need any food.
This just names a few of the items that will keep the Republic of Texas in good shape. There ain't a thing out there that we need and don't have.
Now . . . to the rest of the United States under President Kerry:
Since you won't have the refineries to get gas for your cars, only President Kerry will be able to drive around in his 9 mile per gallon SUV. The rest of the United States will have to walk or ride bikes.
You won't have any TV as the space center in Houston will cut off your communications. (Yeah, they will) You won't have any natural gas to heat your homes, but since Mr. Kerry has predicted global warming, you probably won't need the gas.
Signed,
The People of Texas (go on . . . call us "Texans". . . we like it)
I use to blog about politics a lot, especially when we went to war in Iraq. I supported our president and our troops...still do.
2003, personally, was a HORRIBLE HORRIBLE (I can't say 'horrible' enough) year for me and politics and all that crap moved to the back burner.
Now, I have a hard time blogging about John Kerry and the other mindless robots in the Democratic party because it makes me so mad. So mad that if I think about it for too long, I might punch someone.
I also detest Michael Moore and just can't seem to find much respect for the sheep-like people who believe every fat word that comes out of his fat mouth.
I want to scream at all these stupid asses who are supporting John Kerry, "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU??????? How can you blindly follow someone who is such a blatant liar? How can you ignore the inaccurate reports of his war record? How can you ignore his voting record, or lack thereof? How can you support someone who basically betrayed his country, his fellow soldiers and anyone who ever served our country? Why would you want to put someone like him in the White House? WHY WHY WHY?"
Ok, so now my face is red, my blood-pressure is sky-high, and I feel my heart beating rapidly. This is why I haven't been blogging on politics.
But, for the record, I'm voting for Bush/Cheney in '04.
Call me a fucking idiot if you wish.
Do you have ANY idea just how much of a crazed football fan I am was?
For some reason I'm just not excited this year. I haven't watched ONE SINGLE GAME.
Is it me? or is it the NFL? Has free agency finally killed football?
I heard about it too late last year so I couldn't participate.
It's a great idea and it's just the push someone like myself needs. I work better under a deadline, with someone standing over me holding a large sword, threatening me with horrible tortures if I don't write every single day.
I've got a really good idea for a novel, I just need that big dude to hover, menacingly.
The more menacing, the better.
I've been reading most of the blogs on my blogroll for over or damn near a year.
I feel like I really know most of them. Until today, I've only met one person and that's Jim at Smoke On the Water. Now, his friend, Marcus (whom I met at the same time) has gone live and has jumped feet first into the blogosphere.
I have a good feeling about this.
Go read On the Patio!
Of all the Blog Carnivals, this is my favorite!
Look out Lovely Boyfriend....don't think I won't be trying some of these!
I know I don't say it enough on my blog but I think it nearly everyday;
Sheila O'Malley GETS IT.
I told her that today, too.
I LOVE visiting her blog because it makes my brain happy. Her passion for life, literature, cinema, well...basically EVERYTHING is contagious.
I've become dispassionate about things I use to adore. Like movies from the 30s and 40s.
I have seen every single movie Ginger Rogers ever made, including the many films sans Astaire.
I wrote a 36 page research paper on the making of Gone With the Wind in highschool.
I was obsessed with movies that starred Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier either together or seperately.
I had forgotten about those obsessions until Sheila started posting her "Stark Raving Mad Obsessions" especially the ones about Cary Grant.
And Sheila reads...oh my God does this woman READ!
Not only does she read but then she can bang out HUGE HUGE HUGE critiques that leave my headspinning just from the complete detailed accuracy.
Also, she acts, she writes, she discovered plutonium, she can tap-dance, twirl a baton and touch her nose with the tip of her tongue...all at the same time!
Truth be told, I'm disgustingly jealous of her.
But I'll read her several times a day anyway!
I have a good friend who works in IS at UTMB (University of Texas Medical Branch) in Galveston.
Apparently they are sweeping the school, cracking down on employees reading questionable, non-work-related material on the internet on work time.
She's told me few people have been caught reading blogs and one person in particular was reading MY blog! Several times a day, in fact.
Get a life. My blog isn't that interesting and if you're looking for information to use for nefarious purposes, fuck off. You can't believe half, if not more, of what you read here or anywhere else in the blogosphere.
Guess you need to be careful. You're being watched. They know who you are.
Besides, no one's anonymous on the internet, not even lurkers.
Did I tell you kids about going to see Sarah McLachlan in concert a few weeks back?
No? Like to hear? Here it go.
I adore Sarah Mac. Her album Surfacing was like the soundtrack of my life back in the day.
I had suffered through a difficult break up, only to keep getting back together with this person in a physical sense, hoping like a fool it would blossom into something more meaningful again.
I was jerked around like a marionette until I finally cut my own strings and learned to walk on my own.
Throughout all of this, Sarah played on in the background, putting words and music to my feelings.
I had the opportunity to see her play live on July 26. Ironically, the exboyfriend that jerked me around so fantastically is the one who gave me the tickets for my birthday. He was my "date" to the show.
I marveled at how much had changed in the years since I first started listening to Sarah.
I was sitting next to the man that I had once loved so desperately (and futilely) and now I could look at him and feel nothing but friendship. Once a glance from him would stab me in the heart and now I can meet his current girlfriend and think to myself, "I hope she makes him happy."
Ain't life funny?
Back to Sarah...
Her set was breathtaking. There were Corinthian columns and shallow steps that led to the front of the stage. The steps were made to look old and worn with grass growing between cracks in the stone.
The background changed from curtains that projected pictures and video to a rich velvety blanket of stars.
She sang all of my favorite songs (I don't know if she has any that AREN'T my favorite) except for one, she left out Full of Grace. But that's ok because she sang a beautiful rendition of Blackbird.
There were times like when she sang Possession and Elsewhere (from Fumbling Towards Ecstasy) that I felt like I was going to burst into tears. I'm not sure why. Was it because these songs reminded me of a time when I NEEDED to hear them or because of how far I have come since that time or was it simply because she is such a beautiful artist?
I don't know.
I also don't know when I've seen so many beautiful lesbians in one place!
I stole this from Acidman.
1) WHAT COLOR ARE YOUR BEDROOM WALLS?
Boring. White.
2) WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?
The Romantic Movement and The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton
3) WHAT’S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?
I have a touch pad at home and a Bayou City Art Festival mousepad at work.
4) FAVORITE BOARD GAME?
Trivial Pursuit
5) FAVORITE MAGAZINE?
I don't subscribe and I rarely read magazines but I like to read People and soap mags.
6) FAVORITE SMELL?
Freshly brewed coffee.
7) FAVORITE COLOR?
Pink
8) LEAST FAVORITE COLOR?
Orange
9) HOW MANY RINGS BEFORE YOUR ANSWERING MACHINE PICKS UP?
Four
10) MOST IMPORTANT MATERIAL THING IN MY LIFE?
My books and my journals
11) FAVORITE FLAVOR OF ICE CREAM?
Blue Bell Chocolate Chip
12) DO YOU BREAK THE SPEED LIMIT DAILY?
I usually always drive 5 - 10mph over the speed limit
13) DO YOU HAVE A STUFFED ANIMAL IN YOUR ROOM SOMEWHERE?
Yes, and some real ones.
14) STORMS - COOL OR SCARY?
Cool. When I'm not driving in them.
15) FAVORITE DRINK?
Dr. Pepper
16) WHEN IS YOUR BIRTHDAY?
June 12
17) FAVORITE VEGETABLES?
corn
18) IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
writer
19) IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY COLOR HAIR, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
I'm happy with my brunette color.
20) HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN LOVE?
Yes.
21) TOP THREE FAVORITE MOVIES (IN ORDER)?
Gone With the Wind, Pulp Fiction, Dogma
22) DO YOU TYPE WITH YOUR FINGERS ON THE RIGHT KEYS?
Yes
23) WHAT’S UNDER YOUR BED?
Lots of dust and two little dogs.
24) WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE NUMBER?
12
25) FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH ON TV & IN PERSON?
NFL
26) WHAT IS YOUR SINGLE BIGGEST FEAR?
Rejection
27) FAVORITE CD OF ALL TIME & RIGHT NOW?
All time: Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing and Mirrorball
Right Now: Incubus, Velvet Revolver
28) FAVORITE TV SHOW OF ALL TIME & RIGHT NOW?
Seinfeld, ABC Soaps
29) HAMBURGERS OR HOT DOGS?
Hamburgers
30) THE COOLEST PLACES YOU’VE EVER BEEN?
Key West
31) WHAT WALLPAPER AND/OR SCREENSAVER IS ON YOUR COMPUTER RIGHT NOW?
My wallpaper at work is this kick ass fractal I found on the web and I can't remember what's at home.
32) DOES MCDONALD’S SKIMP ON YOUR FRIES & DO YOU CARE?
I don't care
33) FAVORITE CHAIN RESTAURANT?
Taco Bell. It's horrible and I love it.
34) IF YOU HAVE A BOY (OR HAVE ANOTHER BOY) WHAT WOULD YOU NAME HIM?
I won't be having one but if I did, I would probably name him XXXX Patrick after both my dad, who just died, and my mom (Patrick being the masculine form of her name) and would call him Wil.
35) IF YOU COULD LEARN TO PLAY ONE INSTRUMENT OVERNIGHT, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Guitar
Ok, I WAS going to blog about the travesty that was John Kerry's speech at the DNC but then I read Skippy.
Skippy says it all and more.
Don't believe the hype...Skippy's no retard!