Hi Gang!
The big news here is that Judy Kerr, author of “Acting is Everything,” has asked that I contribute to the new 10th edition of her book. Woo hoo!
I’ve been pet-sitting, but I’m back home now… thank goodness! Animals were great, though. Still… better to be home.
Trevor: Nice job jockeying for position. Color me impressed! Let’s go by middle name (Athene) or height (5’7″). I like my odds either way.
Can YOU tell me what TQZOPUFCPPL means? I’m convinced Chip has decided to torment me by not answering. Do you know? Will you tell?
I agree that we need to instill nerd culture very early. Our kids will be at a disadvantage otherwise. Oh, and I’m TOTALLY stealing your quote for my sig file: “The next thing you know, they’re wearing tin foil hats and teaching their tadpoles the French national anthem in Esperanto.” Just effin’ genius!
Congrats on the new house. No TiVo? I can’t imagine going back. I don’t have it yet, so it’s not like I know (other than in theory) what it is that I’m missing. That would make me sad.
Big Mike: I now have iPod envy. I didn’t before, but I sure do now. Sounds GREAT.
Is Eric Bravo coming back to Hollywood? I like Eddie Blaze-o for a comic book character too. Officer Blades… is she built like Edward Scissorhands? Can she frisk perps?
Hmm… OmniWeb, eh? I’m loving Netscape 7.0 on my Mac. I may have to check out OminWeb, but for now I’m pretty pleased (except with its ability to import… which is NO ability… address book and email files from Outlook or anything other than an old Netscape or a text-only format). So, I’m now making a deal with several devils, using Outlook Express and Netscape 7.0. Thinking of going to Microsoft Entourage for mail. We’ll see.
Is it true that version 6 of anything sucks?
Chip: No more Gini Eldridge’s dad in the government?
Windows security update sounds about right.
McDougald family AND Tetris… are you TRYING to make me jealous?
Don’t use Front Page. Tell the dink who’s using it to stop. Then flick him.
Jane’s link doesn’t stay blue in Netscape, only in IE. WHAT DO THE LETTERS MEAN, CHIP?
Time for a new “Written Since” date thingy. Yes?
Courtney: I’m sorry your cat is sick. One of the animals we’ve been babysitting this past week is old and sick. Reminded me of Muffy (my cat who lived to be 18). Uncle Bill (this cat we babysat) gets subcutaneous fluids every other day. It’s hard when animals are sick. I hope your baby is okay.
I can see an affair with Dave from NewsRadio. Yum. I love watching that show on A&E. So good.
The jellies you bought sound yummy! I wish I had a sense of adventure for foods like that.
I wish I had the fundage to steal some ideas from Trading Spaces for my bedroom. We need a new space before we try to decorate though. Next place. Where ever and when ever that may be… it shall be good. Hoping for Santa Monica and an actual HOUSE. We’ll see.
Yay for being off caffeine! How’d you do it? I take Excedrin which has caffeine in it, and then there’s chocolate and such. I never drink soda or coffee, so that part is easy, but there’s other caffeine I guess I can really avoid. Any tips would be appreciated.
Your brother’s football writing was GREAT. Damn Good Dawg! Flagpole should snap it up, easy! If they don’t, maybe the Red and Black? Good stuff, there!
Thank you SO much for the editing rate info. It was VERY helpful. I set a rate and gave a quote to the casting director who wants us to publish his book. He’s probably going to hire me to edit it, even if he self-publishes (which, at this point, I’m kind of hoping he will… he’s already driving me nuts and we haven’t even made a deal yet). I’ll keep you posted. But, BIG thanks for the info!
David: Yep, the “too busy to hate” slogan is from way back. Kickin’ it old school with that one.
I guess no programming is as cool or as free as WUOG. They’re having their 30th reunion next month. I won’t be able to return for it, but man that sounds like fun. Guest DJ shifts and all sorts of nostalgia. I can’t believe my first airshift there was 14 years ago! Wow. Midnight to 4am Sundays. I walked over from my dorm room in Reed Hall with mace and a lit cigarette (to burn the guy who attacked me… so I could ID him easier later) and a stack of albums. Ah… the good ol’ days.
Hey, what’s “feh” from? I’ve seen it used in a few posts and emails. I get the meaning, but where is it from? When I used “dur” for a while, everyone knew I’d just read “Bridget Jones’ Diary,” so I’m wondering if “feh” came about from some Brit read or something.
I liked your Little Shop reference with regard to your dentist visit. I was listening to the soundtrack just the other day. Greatness. Oh, and my dentist sent me porn in the mail, so I’m not going back to him.
Dera: Yay! You’re back! We missed you!
You should’ve bought Hello Kitty-related action figures in New York! I hear Sanrio items are quite hard to come by on the east coast. Here, they’re everywhere. Love me some Hello Kitty goodies!
I’m glad you’re carpooling with Chip. Definitely sounds like a good way to save money and improve your Academy-related mental health.
Happy belated birthday! I ALWAYS order something I really want from a catalog or online store and make sure that it’ll be delivered on (or as close to as possible) my birthday. That way, when I arrive home from wherever, I ALWAYS have a box waiting for me at my door. Makes me feel so happy! Amazon works. eBay is less likely to time out as well. Body Shop is also a good one for me. Gap too. All great. Try that next year. I ALWAYS do it!
Tina: My mom made the Kraft Marshmallow Fluff fudge too. It was GREATNESS. She loved pecans, so she would always add pecans to ONE PART of the fudge (for her) and leave the rest plain and smooth for me. Guaranteed holiday weight gain… and I didn’t mind one bit! I liked to freeze a beer mug and then fill it with milk, and the icy milk would be the perfect mate for still-warm fudge. YUM. I miss my mom.
Apple crisp! Yes! Peach cobbler! Yes! Very very very good list!!!!!!!!
Oh, y’all should’ve bid on the Land Speeder. It’s parked (or was, before it sold, anyway) right up the street from us on the Cahuenga Pass. They have a film car lot and it has that one plus a couple from Tron and Star Trek too. It’s way cool to drive past. Not at all touristy. Just some little used car looking lot, gated and dirty, with these amazing film cars in the back of the lot (you can see them from the street). Anyway, I’m guessing yours wasn’t the winning bid for that?
Okay, that’s it for responses to the Blogs. Life is generally good here. I spent two days working in the office of the paper, where I had a freak psycho guy call in and yell at me and the girl who was assisting me. She started crying. I just laughed at the guy. He was SO mentally unstable. He told me that he’s worked with drug dealers who are more professional than I am. This is because I told him not to use such language with me when he told me that I should suck his cock so I’d know what it felt like to have something where my brain should be. I said, “Goodness gracious!” and he said, “Oh, fuck you, you whore! You Charlie Brown loving cunt!” I just had to correct him. “No, sir. That’s Good GRIEF Charlie Brown, not goodness gracious. I’m afraid you’re mistaken.” That’s when he lost it. All this over having called him to get a little more information (items he had left blank on his casting form). He said that he shouldn’t have to give more info… that it was our fault for having a web-form that actually can go through without complete information.
Whatever. It was a fun little drama and a nice big reminder of why I do not like office work. I so prefer working from home.
Which reminds me… I need to get back to work!
Bye, y’all!
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Bon
“Hey… ignorance is blistered.” [Katy, on The Psycho Ward, 13 April 2001]