Seven.Caged.Tigers

I always get a kick out of checking out the search terms for my sites. Often, because of my earlier coversation about American Idol their names pop up. The names of my friends and of Epinions-related stuff also makes the occasional appearance. But what I saw in my search terms today freaked the crap out of me. Get ready for it…

First things first, I know I spoke about the news story. I found it to be one of the best darned anti-drug messages in human history. Not to say I’m completely anti-drug, but any drug that makes a person do that to himself and not really know it can’t be good. But the fact that somebody did a random search on the internet and MY little site popped up is less than comforting. I guess I’ll live with it, but it will go into the funniest list of search terms ever…

UPDATE: I just did a search on Google for that list of terms above. Guess what? I’m number three on the search engine. What is wrong with this world?

Yesterday was my wedding anniversary. It went just as usual–nothing much, nothing particularly special. Some day JT will get the hint that I’d really like flowers or jewelry. Occasionally I like to be a girl. Maybe for once a year. But he did do well with gifts. Aside from playing a MEAN prank, he got me the new hardcover editions of The Drawing of the Three and The Waste Lands. That makes me very happy, as I’ve hinted at wanting them none too subtly (is that even a word?).

Anyway, today is also my last day of work for a week and a half. I’m VERY excited to be getting a break. I need one. Not that my job is high stress or anything, I just need a quiet change of pace. The trip to Rockall will come just in time for me. The next three days (Wed, Thurs, Fri) will be spent doing nothing special…and that’s the way I want it.

Though I do have to get JT a birthday present. I’ve got something in mind, but it’s pretty pricey…we’ll see what he comes up with for ideas. He’ll be an old man–27 year old!

I survived yet another weekend, though I’m anxiously awaiting my long vacation. I up and took three extra days beginning this week. So basically I’m away from any sort of civilization from August 2 through August 10. Plus, I’ve got July 30, 31 and August 1 off in lieu of the necessity of BREAK TIME. You got that right. I need to rest desperately.

Tonight, JT and I did a heck of a lot of laundry-related chores. See, we’re good at doing the laundry but rather bad at actually folding it. Therefore, the pile of CLEAN (not dirtied) clothing was getting pretty unruly. Seriously…I actually forgot some of the clothing that was dug up. So now my bedroom floor is spic n’ span and my clothes are properly hung and folded. Unfortunately, there’s not nearly enough room to store all of my duds. I’m a bit of a Gap whore (as I’ve said before) and a major clothes horse. Seriously…you’ve never seen so much solid colored cotton clothing in your life outside of the Gap outlet.

Anyway, I’m headed to work tomorrow and Tuesday. And tomorrow is supposed to be a special day as it is in fact our second anniversary. Unfortunately, JT has rollerhockey and class. So. Well. I’ll probably get the shaft. Errr…that sounded really wrong. Anyway, maybe he actually heeded my wishes for once and got me jewelry. I keep on reminding him in “jest.” And he knows my favorite color–RED. I don’t care really what red gem it is. Ruby or garnet would be perfectly fine. Just red. Jewels.

But to hope for such things would be living in a dream land.

Yeah. Okay. Whatever.

Which HP Kid Are You?

I have been a bad Blogger mommy. How did that happen? Well, the last few days have been very busy. I took a class in PHP and MySQL. It went well, though I’d have preferred the instructor teach less off of his example and for us to have more hands on programming. But I did get into it enough to be able to fix up Rock Reviews.net in the proper way. I’m actually somewhat excited…

I also have spent the last few days worrying about the results of my doctor’s appointment yesterday. It actually came out better than I ever expected. All of my reproductive innards work perfectly. That comes as an incredible shock considering I’ve never in my life had anything that worked attached to my body. Not my teeth, not my kidneys, not my heart, heck not even my ears or eyes. I look strong, but there is something very weak in my blood and bone.

Yeah. And that’s it. I’m back at work for today, but get a three day weekend in lieu of the garage sale up north this weekend. On Satuday I’m also going to a concert (The Eels) at St. Andrews Hall in Detroit. I’m really, really excited about that…JT isn’t so much so, but he’ll live.

The weekend is nearly over. It wasn’t long enough. I did manage to squeeze in some relaxation in the sun, but I also spent time working on both the house and the yard. It was a nice time though–Saturday JT and I went to my cousin’s house and played a good old fashioned euchre tournament. Of course, that also meant some amount of drinking but we survived.

Anyway, I’m looking forward to the week ahead of me. Three days of class, one of work, and then I’m off for a three-day weekend. Not that it will be a break really. I’m going to be stuck up north helping my mother with the mother of all garage sales. Eh. But come October and November I should finally earn some relaxation time.

Which Donnie Darko character are you? by Shay

Everything about this particular article (click here) strikes me as wrong. Think for a moment about the way in which things went down.

1) Guy takes hallucinatory drugs

2) Guy cuts off his own penis

3) Guy fries it on the stove

4) Guy eats it

5) Guy feels no freakin’ pain!

Does anybody else think that AP story is incredibly perverse. Perverse in an entertaining sort of way, heck–you nor I will ever know anybody who does such a thing. If I did know him, I’d laugh my ass off. Seriously. That’s just twisted stuff. But of course it’s perfect fodder for a Friday morning. Anything to keep me alert…

In the two years I’ve been commuting 50 or 60 miles a day, I’ve never seen anything so insane as I saw today. Some people are ridiculous.

Traffic was horrible on the way home from my day at work. There’s a massive Art Fair, and as such much of the traffic was headed home. Much more of the traffic was headed “up north” for an extended weekend. Traffic was extremely congested. Well, I was in line (immediately behind what was a prototype Cadillac) and about five cars in front of me chaos erupted.

There wasn’t any quick stop, no road debris, NOTHING. But yet this red Chevy 2500 truck from Ohio with a large camper in tow swerved completely into the grassy median. Traffic immediately came to a stop. The truck never slowed down (they must have turned on the four weel drive) and then proceeded to shoot back up the bank and back onto the highway. Never missing a beat.

Needless to say, as this was transpiring before my eye I reached to my cell expecting to make a 911 call. Luckily, it was not necessary. But couldn’t this guy at LEAST have pulled over? I mean, it’s not like he hit the rumble strips. He completely left the road, tore up the median, and returned. I spent the next few miles trying to get around the asshole. It freaked me out. Really.

Some people need major reality checks.

The HSG is over. It wasn’t as bad as I expected, but that could be due to the truly skilled hands of my doctor. I must say I really, really do like him quite a bit. The catheter followed by balloon expansion followed by dye did in fact cause immediate awful cramps and nausea but after the procedure it subsided. So…yeah!

Anyway, it not only didn’t feel to horribly bad but it also showed that anatomically my body is correct. That’s not to say that I have the eggs but I don’t have any strange blockages or tubage or anything. For once a part of my body is properly configured. Go figure.

I did get another great shock this morning. On the way home JT and I were hungry. We stopped at the local Target followed by Lil’ Chef for an early lunch. On our way to the restaurant, I saw something amazing. Where the old movie theater sat, a new blue and yellow wonder. That’s right. I will have a Best Buy at my disposal. Now I don’t believe in any higher power, but I do think somebody was reading my mind when they decided to build such a business. I love that place. It will certainly lead to the dwindling of my funds. The sign on the front reads “opening soon.” I’d say in another month or two. And I can’t wait.

I guess I’m a pack animal. I don’t know…I mean, I think it’s a fine and normal thing that when referencing people for thank you’s I do in fact refer to those people I know best. Apparently some other people don’t agree. That makes me mad. But I’ll get over it as those certain people are also idiots. I’m pleased that there are some broken bonds being mended. It’s been a long time coming, and this one little setback won’t harm me in the least. I’m happy, happy, happy.

Or not.

See, I have to have this test tomorrow called a HSG. It’s a nasty little bugger that according to my best friend Kristin and mother hurts like hell. I have a pretty high threshhold for pain, but we’ll see how much I enjoy having dye shot into my fallopian tubes. I’m betting it’s not going to be a barrel of monkeys. Alas, I’ll survive and hopefully enjoy my day off from work (even in lieu of the pain).

I survived yet another weekend. This time, my place of choice was G-Town. Not that I miss it exactly, but I had to return in an effort to aid my mother in setting up for a garage sale in two weekends. I feel a bit guilty, as on Saturday of that weekend I have to leave early. I wouldn’t want to miss out on seeing The Eels in concert. Seriously. A girl’s gotta have her priorities in order.

It was nice enough, but I worked hard. JT also worked hard, but his attention was turned to helping my father to cut/piece together/make new screen windows for the Island. Our week in the wilds of Canada will arrive in perfect time. I need a rest already, by then I will probably need to drown my sorrows in Skyy Blue.

I also spent nearly $800 by 10am this morning. Talk about a shock to the system. Of course the expense was not unexpected. I bought plane tickets from Detroit to Miami for Lindsay and Russ’ wedding (Lindsay is JT’s younger sister). The wedding is in November at the Florida Keys. I can’t wait for THAT vacation. It should be WONDERFUL. And I’ve never been there, so I’ll appreciate it all the more.

So this quiz has multiple spelling errors. Screw it! I think it’s hilarious and that’s all that matters

Threat rating: Medium. Your total lack of decent
family values makes you dangerous, but we can
count on some right wing nutter blowing you up
if you become too high profile.

What threat to the Bush administration are you?
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After two days of Microsoft Access classes, I’m coming to the distinct realization that I know a heck of a lot more about the program than I thought. This isn’t to say I’m not learning, but in all the class borders on extremely boring.

The guy that teaches it is a database professional and UM graduate. He knows a lot about databases, but is pretty new to Access. I appreciate that since the knowledge I seem to be lacking is the theory behind databases. I’m learned some stuff and have already written a few databases that are much more flexible and functional than my past efforts. But was the class worth $500 for me? Probably not…but I do believe the mySQL and PHP class I’m taking later this month will make up for it.

This week is going quickly considering the first three days are class and only the last two are work. I can’t wait for the weekend, but I need relaxation. Instead those days will be spent up north with the parents preparing window frames and for a garage sale. Oh well.

I survived the weekend. After not coming home for 2 1/2 days, I’m happily sitting on my couch in a light shift of a gown. I just can’t stand this heat. It’s incredibly oppressive.

The wedding was nice, but I’m tired. The food and drink were good, and I thank the newly married (and now honeymooning) couple for a lovely time. It was nice to see everybody once again in the same place at the same time. And to laugh at the ones that got drunk (that includes you, Carol). Anyway, even in having that much fun I’m just glad to be home in the quiet. Even if it is hot as hell. Literally.

What is this? Blogger works for the first time since the redesign. It’s amazing…I lost two entries, but I’m not going to complain. Still, I’m working on a brand new design built on entirely different platform. Check it out here (yes, that’s Movable Type):

Draft of New Design