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I keep forgetting to take that allergy medicine for the dermatographia thing (that word just amuses me). And then I end up with stupid looking welts all over me. It's evil. I feel like a freak!!! I *am* a freak!!! And my stomach hurts. Woe is me!

Oh, and I was supposed to say something about

d2leddy. So here goes...
Yeah, that guy always tells me and

tanaise the exact same thing, over and over. Either he can't tell us apart or he has no memory of talking to either of us.

and a bonus, because I made him wait... I told

d2leddy this random story about how I paid my rent by the hour, but at a variable rate, so it always worked out the same each month, and he totally bought it!!!

Current Mood: working
Current Music: 'another postcard' -bnl

So I've been really busy lately. Really busy and really tired, and have thus not really felt much like posting. Things are going by so fast that to comment on one and not others almost feels like it would be shortchanging something. But... well, what can you do. Take this weekend for instance.

I attended 2 parties, 3 plays (that I was doing crew on), and 1 fabulously wonderful wedding. Oh, and I managed to make time to get to the cd store before it closed too. I was able to see/talk to/hug/meet so many people this weekend, some people I hadn't seen in a long time, it was a fun fun time. :) I bought the new Barenaked Ladies cd... it made it possible for me to get through the hideous ordeal of paying bills. It's important to reward yourself. Oh yes.

I discussed my uselessness at the play. It was eventually determined that I'm not actually useless. And it also came to pass that I understood something important about myself... I am capable of command decision-making. I do it on a fairly regular basis, at work, etc. But! But I also automatically defer to the person I view as the authority. Thus, when the stage manager started doing the wrong thing, so did I. I wonder if it's a mistrust of self or just a way of making life easier. Hmmn.

Then there were bad evil things... things seem to break. Not completely, for the most part, just enough to annoy me. My stereo randomly ejects and refuses to play some cds. My vcr randomly shuts off when you hit buttons on the remote. Buttons like 'reverse' or 'pause'. It works when you turn it back on, but still. My heater seems not to quite work adequately. I'll probably have to deal with that soon. My mp3 player decided to only play one album out of the many it has. I managed to correct that one though it seems possible that it'll happen again eventually. At least I know how to fix it.

After the success with the mp3 player, I decided that maybe life wasn't so bad after all, and I made a lemon cake for dinner. Then I rearranged half of my room (the other half will hopefully get done tonight). And I wonder why I'm tired... heh. Oh, and I need to get some logs for my fireplace...

Current Mood: busy
Current Music: 'better things' -the kinks

(Really, I'm going to follow this up with a real post, but there are 5 people left to do, so I figured I'd do that first)

teapot_farm... I don't know really. I'm supposed to get off the train in Brighton and look for someone vaguely amazonian looking. Oh, and she's artistic. No problem...

tyrus...

tyrus, waffleboy, he may be a waffle (without syrup or other toppings) but he takes excellent photos. And he's got the coolest legos!!!

dangerdean... I can't help it, whenever I see the name

dangerdean, I think of Dangermouse. And I know that they're not in any way related. It's just a mental block. (ps. still cute for an old guy) (pps. yeah, c'mon, come get me! I dare ya!)

fievel1... Barb is fabulous. She is the perfect woman. Which is why I want to keep her away from my friends. They may taint her pureness. (heh)

wolfieboy... That guy, he looks like that guy from LJ,

wolfieboy. Except soooooooo much taller than I expected. And in the wrong state. Hmmn.

Current Mood: silly
Current Music: 'heart of gold' -the kinks

evilari... Ari should technically already be considered insane. She has four boy children. That's enough to do it to anyone...

being_angyl... Wow. Have you read her journal? It's like what I wish mine could be if I were cooler. I like reading it, but never ever have anything to reply. And she always looks cute in hats. Damn her!

shirleym... Dude. Shirley is getting married!!! Yeah, that Shirley! The one with the funky game nights and the chocolate baking thing!!! I should go to more of their game nights. I'm such a spaz.

onezumi... Never calls me either!!! :p She's cool anyway. And you should see what she did to these Barbie dolls.

otterzero... Well, I think I have a tenant for you. His name is

otterzero. I know you were looking for a girl, but he's kind of like a girl. He's very clean. (managed to stop myself from saying, 'he's gay, he's gay, he's gay!' and on a tangent, I really do need to watch Brain Candy again)

I think I might've told him that already though. So we'll give him a bonus...

otterzero has been with his partner (subliminal, not law firm) for forever. For more than forever! It's freaky. At least he has good taste in men. And looks good in leather. Rowr!

crowyhead... Crowyhead so isn't going to like me because she's too cool. Meh! Okay, I'll just pretend to be cool. Oh god, and she's cute too!!! Jebus.

digriz... See, I used to really emphatically dislike him, but I think something about hitting him over the head with a canoe paddle really made me realize that maybe I should try being nicer. It's weird though, whenever I say something even remotely deep, digriz looks at me like I've grown another head.

astrophysicat... I know other people are willing to go to the movies with me, but

astrophysicat is the only one who'll go to three in a row and be happy about it.

I may have told her that, so she also gets a bonus... I feel bad that people always think that my tastes are shared by

astrophysicat. If only there were a way to steer the conversation away from really bad post-apocalpytic sci-fi movies...

And a do-over for

tanaise... Yeah, whatever, she's a bitchwhore. :p

Current Mood: working
Current Music: 'divine thing' -the soup dragons

Right, so I'm wracking my brains here. If I accidentally tell you something I've already told you, do let me know and I'll make something else up. Um, I mean, I'll carefully go over everything I've ever said...

Actually, most of these are from conversations I've had with my friends. Several are from recently even. Some are more summarized though. If you actually want to know who I said it to, comment. Weirdly, they're all pretty much positive. I wanted to be more negative, but it just wasn't working...

jennywrenn... No, really, I swear I met her on the internet, then drove her to PA. It was just lucky that she's either not a serial killer or doesn't kill people like me.

David aka

aussie_nyc... There's this guy in NY who has good taste in music. I know there's lots of people there, but he actually has really GOOD taste. Read his journal.

Craigster... I aspire to Craig-like heights intelligencewise. Oh, and to be as glittery. And I want one like him, except not him.

kellinator... She's from the south? Like, really? But she seems so normal...

actsofcreation... So he's with someone now, and I read her journal, and, well, it's great to see him so really happy. Go actsofcreation's girlfriend (who I'm not IDing unless she tells me to)!

darkmattr... If darkmattr had a radio show, I'd listen to it every day. But unlike some people I don't feel a need to call him when I'm trashed. However, I still have time!!!

wintersweet... But she's in China! Wait, she was in China. She's in CA now. They both start with C's, is this a trend?

Amanda... No, really, she'll like you. She's cool as well as fabulously talented. Down-to-earth to talk to. Really, stop being paranoid.

Rick... Rick is my favorite person from the internet ever. I've met like, at least 40 people, and he is just the best. And yet, he looks so normal.

tanaise... Don't use that expression, I know someone who really is a red-headed stepchild.

Juliana... Holy god, that girl is hot. And she's talented. I'd hate her, but she's too nice. Freaky.

Current Music: 'see the sun' -dido

Was speaking to

fievel1 (and she never posts, so don't bother going there) about people we know. And I'm a big believer in both talking about people (with the occasional venting thrown in) mostly to clarify my thinking and being fairly upfront with them. So, at some point I've probably said something about pretty much everyone I know. If you'd like to hear one about yourself, answer this poll. Note, if I can't recall anything I've said about you, I'll make something up. Fun for all!

READ THIS FIRST!!! I'll tell YOU something, I don't need to hear what you've said about me! (not that I don't care, but that should be a different poll) In retrospect, I may have written the question badly...

[Poll #200797]

Current Mood: bouncy
Current Music: the devlins

Because for some reason Monday never seems like the time to post? I don't know. Anyway, so the show I'm teching for opened up. And it's a good show! And the set (which I had nothing to do with, heh) is amazing! It was a fun time, but I have my doubts as to whether I really belong there. Belongingness is pretty much always an issue in the back of my mind, so this isn't exactly new, but still. I just don't feel as dramatic as everyone else. I care about the show, but I'm just so much more... calm, I guess about it. Ah well... In any case, it went well.

And then... so many parties, so little time. I was invited to 4 or 5 places, only made it to one or two. 'course, I couldn't show up till after show time. I ended up being awake *really* late at least one day (cue my father's voice in my head... "did you get in early?" and my response, "sure, early in the morning!"). Oh, and I was Death from Sandman. I looked so cute! Thus did my experiment in goth-ness fail. But I was a fairly decent Death, as such things go. I even wore the makeup during one of the shows. People kept telling how great it was, though most of them had no idea why I had that. I think they just think I like drawing on my face. Heh.

And I had a most satisfactory holiday weekend. Friday I was very much not in the spirit, but Saturday afternoon, driving through the exceptionally warm changing season day with The Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack blaring with

sidruid, well, it was a fun time...

Current Mood: bouncy
Current Music: 'near wild heaven' -r.e.m.

Sometimes when people speak to me, I hear something entirely different.

Sometimes this amuses me.

Sometimes it's just weird.

I just heard the chef here say, "Is Tom a Chinese monkey?"

I'm pretty sure that's not actually what he said. Not a hundred percent, but... yeah.

Current Mood: bouncy
Current Music: nightmare before christmas sdtk

I'm listening to songs that remind me of you. Every thing I've put on for the last 4 hours. It's not quite bittersweet, and even though it leaves me feeling odd, I continue doing it.

The bottoms of my feet are blue from walking in and on paint. Such a lovely blue though.

Why am I awake this early anyway? Oh. Yeah. I remember now...

Why am I awake this late? Play. Yes. Woo!!!

Not a real artist, look at the real stuff. Can't be that cool. Wish I could apprentice though. But not really possible now. Ah well.

I'm happy.

This is my life, and it's okay. My choices haven't all been wise, but I'm okay with it for now. But what I don't choose still is important too. Sorry. Love you.

Current Mood: working
Current Music: 'and if i fall' -charlatans

Given that several people have now asked me for copies of a mix cd I made entitled, 'Dance Monkey Dance!!!, I'm thinking of making another mix called, 'Chill Monkey Chill!!!'

Thoughts?

Current Mood: bouncy
Current Music: dance monkey dance!!!

Realized I haven't actually said anything beyond commenting on monkeys lately. So... here we go, I have to update you on my babies! As some of you know (well, a few of you, anyway), I was once a plant scientist. Horticulturist, sort of. My work now is completely unrelated, except in the sense that plants are food. So I have an understanding of agriculture, which is oh-so-useful in a day to day sense in a food service operation.

Anyway, all that is only background. So in the course of my courses in plant science, I acquired many plants. Most of these plants have been jettisoned over the years. Some were left with the parents, some were mercy killed after I moved to places where they suffered, some given away as gifts. Only a select few have stayed. My first air-layering experiment (a rubber tree), my snake plant that I rescued from my aunt's house, and the coffee trees.

Originally I started 14 coffee trees from seeds in a greenhouse. (Actually, I started 6, they didn't germinate, so I started another 8. Then they all grew. Oops!) Many moves later, many repottings, many giveaways later, I am left with 2 solitary trees, which, including their pots, are only a little shorter than I am (!). Soon there will be beans, I can feel it!!!

And the recent addition, the lemon tree. Since I moved it inside, it's been pretty happy. It's been growing at a rate of about a leaf per day this week. Okay, so it only has 12 leaves, it's not like lemons are just around the corner, but still. It's doubled in size since labor day!

My babies! How they've grown!!! One day maybe I'll be mature enough to have a pet...

Current Mood: bouncy
Current Music: dance monkey dance!!!

The weird thing is that I don't even *like* monkeys.

I would really appreciate a stage show of The Nightmare Before Christmas. Really I would. A lot.

(What? Lion King and Beauty & the Beast are both stage shows, why not???)

Current Mood: working
Current Music: nightmare before christmas sdtk

So I was going to write this rambly post influenced by my reading of _The Rules of Attraction_ by Bret Easton Ellis, full of semi-detached drama and such, but then figured I should not be that person. Not here, anyway, I should save that for in person, obviously.

But so there was vague depression on Friday. Then there was the spending of money that I technically shouldn't be spending on cds and dvds at my other other home away from home, CD World. Happiness is a new cd. Or two. Plus some dvds. And 'lo, the cds are good, and have brought me happiness.

But was it enough??? No!!! I then realized that the cd I was holding was by the same band that ticketmaster keeps emailing me about over and over and over again. And I thought, Yes! I haven't been to a concert in foreverandaday and they sound faboo! but then NO!!!! It's turkey day weekend and I'm pledged to be in Massachusetts! Whatever to do!!! So I looked them up on Pollstar. Yes!!! They're playing about a mile from my parents house that Monday (yes, a mile, maybe 2, but I doubt it, ah, urban sprawl). Oh yes. There will be a concert fix!

And tomorrow night, Eddie Izzard. Life is good.

Current Mood: bouncy
Current Music: "hey girl" -o.a.r.

I just got spam from "Christian Lovers". The first thing I thought was, "That's pretty funny that a fanclub for Christian Bale would call themselves that." Then of course I realized that it was probably something more like a Christian dating service... porn for Jesus!!!

In other Christian Bale news, last weeks Entertainment Weekly had a pic of him and the other Batmen (I mean, they are plural) comparing their lips, because that's mostly what you see in costume. Mmmn.

Current Mood: bouncy
Current Music: "uptown girl" -me first & the gimme gimmes

In lieu of an actual post saying anything containing high drama (work stress! etc) you get this...

Piccies from the play I did, kindly taken by the one known as TONY K. Or

tyrus, as I never call him in real life. People from Dragon*Con may remember him as somone who took pics of them. Or may not, it was a long weekend. ;)

The set... It was better in person, but Tony did some fine work capturing it for me. Go look! See. Admire. Laugh in private. Or in semi-public places that I don't have to listen to you in. And keep in mind that during the making of it I'd decided that it was a picture of my mental breakdown, or inspired by the Last Starfighter. Decide for yourself. Oh, and admire the tacky flowers. When someone says, "Make me tacky flowers!" this is what they get...

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Oh, and check out the happy mario cloud... http://www.tonyk.org/misc/podling/images/cind07.jpg

Right, guy comes into my office (and we'll ignore who he is for now, he was just lending me a video) and as soon as he leaves, my two bosses and one chef (of several) circle me like sharks.

"Who was that guy?"
"You've got that happy glow."
"Rico & Paula would be happy if you brought him home."
"No wonder you look really good today."
"He was good looking. Not as good looking as us, but really..."

I look good for work sometimes! There's no reason other than me yanking something nice out of the closet! Why is this so hard to get past! Hell, this dress is more than 2 years old anyway!!! Geez.

Current Mood: working
Current Music: 'my telly's gone bung' -crowded house

In my previous post, I bitched & moaned about my toothpaste abandoning me (forcibly kidnapped, more like!!!). But the real question is 'why???', so, in this hypothetical situation, let me know your thoughts...

[Poll #183823]

Current Mood: curious
Current Music: 'path of thorns' -sarah mclachlan

I actually caught the bus today!!! O happy day! I can leave on time too! Woohoo!

Then I got here, and now I'm annoyed at work in general. Go figure. There are just some frustrating things, that wouldn't bother me if I just didn't care, and yet, I do, so there it is.

Oh, and to all the people who came to my party, I'd like to say this... Whoever took my toothpaste either sucks or blows (I haven't decided) and is most deserving of a smack to the head. It was just weird. (Now that I've said this, I'll probably find it when I go home) Though, the party was fun, I suppose losing a tube of toothpaste isn't such a bad price to pay to the party gods.

Current Mood: annoyed
Current Music: 'don't dream it's over' -crowded house

I have to do this... Happy B-day

jennywrenn!!!!! Go you! It's your birthday, it's your birthday! May it be free of migraines and full of zombies!!!

Oh, and thanks to all who wished me the same, oh, and to all those who gave me things, especially to all the space weasels out there in the great beyond...

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