I have been suffering from obsessions lately, the kind of thing where I start reading and can't stop until it's done. This was always a problem of mine in print-- I was dead to the world until every book in the stack from the library was done, all in one long binge-- but the Internet has made this possibly fatal. I just clicked through every single photo put up on The Daily Oliver -- Oliver being a gorgeous, sleek Wiemariner living in the South of France with his brother Hugo and some dude with a camera. Oh my GOD this dog is cool.
It made me sort of want a dog. That and the fact that my older sister, the mommy of Scout ,just adopted a second Springer-- I think it is Scout's full-blood sister, previously owned by Katy's sister-in-law. Lizzie and Scout are nearly identical, although their markings are different, and OH GOD THE CUTE.
But I digress. I keep getting obsessed by things and sucked into them, and then I forget what I was doing, and I keep doing things like teraing myself away from the computer to make breakfast, and then coming back twenty minutes later to see that I sliced one bagel, set it in the toaster, and then abandoned the other bagel on the cutting board, and never turned the toaster on. Right! Right.
Work is a problem: they are changing all our schedules around. I've been part-time for the last five months because I wanted to take a break and finish a novel, and yet they've been shortstaffed so I've been working full-time, and now I am confronted with a choice: keep up this sham of part-time, or just give up and go back to full? Or quit entirely? I will never finish this novel.
Especially because I cannot keep a thought in my head. See, I opened this window to assure (e:zobar) that the coolest car ever, contrary to what he says in his post which I don't know how to link to except by just going ,would be a VW campervan converted to run on vegetable oil. He likes tiny cars. I like cars you can live in. We already have a foreign subcompact, thanks, and we also have a ridiculously tiny two-wheeled vehicle. If I am going to get a vehicle, it's going to be one I can get laid in.
And oh yes, will be at Century ca. 7 pm for barbecue wings and also AIDS fighting, and if only Doppelcracker is bartending (I hope he will be), I will be drinking something ridiculous, probably Sidecars or Mai Tais. Provided it's not busy. In busy bars I just have a beer.
Oh I should figure out how to post a photo of Scout and Lizzie.
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04/25/2006 14:08 #21987
obsessions04/18/2006 10:09 #21986
greatOh wow awesome!
This page just spontaneously refreshed itself and I lost my entire post.
Sweet.
This page just spontaneously refreshed itself and I lost my entire post.
Sweet.
leetee - 04/18/06 19:25
I feel for ya. Can't tell you how many times something like that has happened to me. For me, it's usually 'cause i've clicked when i should have clacked...
I feel for ya. Can't tell you how many times something like that has happened to me. For me, it's usually 'cause i've clicked when i should have clacked...
04/17/2006 08:55 #21985
dyngus dayThe several real actual Polish, non-Buffalo people of my acquaintance all laugh when I mention that Dyngus Day is a big deal in Buffalo. Also, none of them have ever encountered anything involving pussy willows. Therefore, I think this-all is just kind of a Buffalo thing. But still, it sounds fun. Every ethnicity in Buffalo has its own drinking holiday-- how great is that? This is a great city.
Not that I can ever participate in any of them, but the idea is great nonetheless.
I like my job, sort of, for the most part, but for two things: I am on a "part-time" schedule that has me working six days this week, and I never have holidays off and in fact have especially long days on holidays because all the senior people do have them off.
Also I can never get a Saturday or Sunday off, which means that (e:zobar) and I see one another in spans never longer than a couple of hours. Which, you know, some late-shift workers have it much worse, but, still, others being worse-off doesn't actually alleviate my pain at all. You know?
All right, i changed the colors here and have determined it's not the colors that make me inarticulate. I'm just inarticulate.
Not that I can ever participate in any of them, but the idea is great nonetheless.
I like my job, sort of, for the most part, but for two things: I am on a "part-time" schedule that has me working six days this week, and I never have holidays off and in fact have especially long days on holidays because all the senior people do have them off.
Also I can never get a Saturday or Sunday off, which means that (e:zobar) and I see one another in spans never longer than a couple of hours. Which, you know, some late-shift workers have it much worse, but, still, others being worse-off doesn't actually alleviate my pain at all. You know?
All right, i changed the colors here and have determined it's not the colors that make me inarticulate. I'm just inarticulate.
uncutsaniflush - 04/17/06 09:53
fwiw, I was born in Poland and grew up in the Detroit area Polonia community and I had never heard of it until I moved to Buffalo. I had heard of the folk tradition that Dyngus day is based upon - "lany poniedziałek" or "Oblewania" ("wet Monday" or "get soaked" would my translation to English) but it was a tradition that is considered to be rural and is not particularly common in the major urban areas of Poland.
fwiw, I was born in Poland and grew up in the Detroit area Polonia community and I had never heard of it until I moved to Buffalo. I had heard of the folk tradition that Dyngus day is based upon - "lany poniedziałek" or "Oblewania" ("wet Monday" or "get soaked" would my translation to English) but it was a tradition that is considered to be rural and is not particularly common in the major urban areas of Poland.
04/16/2006 09:46 #21984
eeeeeeeeeeesssssttttteeeeerrrrrrrrThe Easter bunny came! With a big white bag from Parkside Candy! And (e:zobar) and I have both just stuffed ourselves with chocolate! And washed it down with coffee! And I just chased him slowly around the house trying to tickle him. I thought it'd be a great idea to see which of us could make the other barf first.
I have to go to work in a little bit. I am going to stuff myself with chocolate and show up so fucking high on sugar, and see if that gets me through the day.
Man! Z is fun when he's fucked-up.
And this is legal. Is this a great country or what?
I have media to blog with, later, when I am not so lazy (photos, of Z's family doing traditional Latvian egg-dyeing, with onion skins and pocket knives and pantyhose). Meanwhile, I link to this instead:
Eddy from Z's work goes to the Broadway Market, eats the horseradish, manages to get in not one but three phallic jokes, all to a polka soundtrack.
I have to go to work in a little bit. I am going to stuff myself with chocolate and show up so fucking high on sugar, and see if that gets me through the day.
Man! Z is fun when he's fucked-up.
And this is legal. Is this a great country or what?
I have media to blog with, later, when I am not so lazy (photos, of Z's family doing traditional Latvian egg-dyeing, with onion skins and pocket knives and pantyhose). Meanwhile, I link to this instead:
Eddy from Z's work goes to the Broadway Market, eats the horseradish, manages to get in not one but three phallic jokes, all to a polka soundtrack.
04/13/2006 19:39 #21983
lovely eveningCategory: garden
Yikes, I just absentmindedly tabbed to the next field and wound up not in this one, but in one of the search fields. I still don't know this place very well!
I was going to talk more about gardens. Not much has happened, in that I haven't done much-- every day I water the seedlings in the front window and under the gro-light. I rotate them too so they grow straight. Nothing exciting, though.
None of the seeds I planted outdoors have come up. Depressing. This is the worst part of gardening, when you think, "Great, i screwed it all up."
I did count up my seedlings. I have fifteen tomato seedlings, eight sweet peppers, eight ancho peppers, five anaheim peppers, and then there are ten peppers I forgot to label. I planted cucumbers and zinneas under the grow-lights, and so I have ten zinnea seedlings and six cucumber seedlings. The peppers are ready to be set outside, though, which is a problem because it's not time yet.
Of the bulbs I planted last fall, I've got a bunch of hyacinths blooming now, which is really nice because they smell good. Daffodils are blooming too. Crocuses are just about done, which is sad-- I love them.
Just went for a walk around the neighborhood, which was nice. (e:zobar) and I both really like to look into people's yards just to see their stuff and how they've got it laid out and how they use their space, which is, I suppose, kinda creepy-- I love looking in windows, too, but I have a policy of not peering overtly, and I won't leave the sidewalk or even deviate from my place in the sidewalk, because that's wrong. But if you can see in, I mean, why not glance in as you go by? People have neat stuff.
But then, I'm a nutjob, so...
Mailed my mom a bunch of easter eggs from the Broadway Market, so she's happy, but I didn't get myself any. Oh well: People who work every Sunday don't get to celebrate Easter, see, so what's the point of getting excited? There is none.
I don't ever have anything really clever to post here. I assure you, I am not this boring. Maybe it's something about the orange and green color scheme... I can't possibly compete with its colorfulness... This is why my livejournal is plain white.
I was going to talk more about gardens. Not much has happened, in that I haven't done much-- every day I water the seedlings in the front window and under the gro-light. I rotate them too so they grow straight. Nothing exciting, though.
None of the seeds I planted outdoors have come up. Depressing. This is the worst part of gardening, when you think, "Great, i screwed it all up."
I did count up my seedlings. I have fifteen tomato seedlings, eight sweet peppers, eight ancho peppers, five anaheim peppers, and then there are ten peppers I forgot to label. I planted cucumbers and zinneas under the grow-lights, and so I have ten zinnea seedlings and six cucumber seedlings. The peppers are ready to be set outside, though, which is a problem because it's not time yet.
Of the bulbs I planted last fall, I've got a bunch of hyacinths blooming now, which is really nice because they smell good. Daffodils are blooming too. Crocuses are just about done, which is sad-- I love them.
Just went for a walk around the neighborhood, which was nice. (e:zobar) and I both really like to look into people's yards just to see their stuff and how they've got it laid out and how they use their space, which is, I suppose, kinda creepy-- I love looking in windows, too, but I have a policy of not peering overtly, and I won't leave the sidewalk or even deviate from my place in the sidewalk, because that's wrong. But if you can see in, I mean, why not glance in as you go by? People have neat stuff.
But then, I'm a nutjob, so...
Mailed my mom a bunch of easter eggs from the Broadway Market, so she's happy, but I didn't get myself any. Oh well: People who work every Sunday don't get to celebrate Easter, see, so what's the point of getting excited? There is none.
I don't ever have anything really clever to post here. I assure you, I am not this boring. Maybe it's something about the orange and green color scheme... I can't possibly compete with its colorfulness... This is why my livejournal is plain white.
kara - 04/13/06 20:47
My puppy and I worked outside a bit this evening - I did some digging (of weeds, I hope) and filled some pots with potting soil. I planted lavender, dill and peppermint seeds in a few of the pots, some hollyhocks in another, and I need a big tub still for my lettuce and carrots.
The seedlings I've started at our weekend estate (J's parents' house) are growing - the peppers were slow to start, but the purple tomatoes sprouted almost 2 inches in a week.
If my hollyhocks work out, feel like trading a few for some zinnias?
My puppy and I worked outside a bit this evening - I did some digging (of weeds, I hope) and filled some pots with potting soil. I planted lavender, dill and peppermint seeds in a few of the pots, some hollyhocks in another, and I need a big tub still for my lettuce and carrots.
The seedlings I've started at our weekend estate (J's parents' house) are growing - the peppers were slow to start, but the purple tomatoes sprouted almost 2 inches in a week.
If my hollyhocks work out, feel like trading a few for some zinnias?
dragonlady7 - 04/13/06 20:29
Yeah, (e:zobar) was showing me the different layouts. Which was amusing, but doesn't change the fact that I'm boring lately. ^.^
I want to do something eccentric to my house but I don't quite own it really, so I probably shouldn't. I'd love to paint it but I'll settle for planting neon green zinneas. Whee!
Yeah, (e:zobar) was showing me the different layouts. Which was amusing, but doesn't change the fact that I'm boring lately. ^.^
I want to do something eccentric to my house but I don't quite own it really, so I probably shouldn't. I'd love to paint it but I'll settle for planting neon green zinneas. Whee!
leetee - 04/13/06 19:53
hahaha... i must be a nutjob, too. I love to see what people have done with their houses. There's a house over here on the wild and wiked west side, on Lafayette near Grant that is the brightest colours of pink and purple. You can't not look at it... i've tried!
You can change the theme colours of (e:strip) that you use, if you want something less colourful. On the very top right hand side, there's a bunch of icons... hover, and they tell you what they are called... click and presto! Some are less vivid than others. :O)
hahaha... i must be a nutjob, too. I love to see what people have done with their houses. There's a house over here on the wild and wiked west side, on Lafayette near Grant that is the brightest colours of pink and purple. You can't not look at it... i've tried!
You can change the theme colours of (e:strip) that you use, if you want something less colourful. On the very top right hand side, there's a bunch of icons... hover, and they tell you what they are called... click and presto! Some are less vivid than others. :O)
Jenks: Me too. Totally addictive. It's like an alcoholic's binge.
MrDT: Not necessarily, or I flatter myself I'd've stopped, but it can sometimes be very inconvenient.
It's really annoying when I read a book but I get sucked into the binge and can't stop. I'll just keep reading-- I'll read everything else on the shelf, and several days later, being late for work and not cleaning and not cooking and not bathing, I'll emerge all hung-over-- and I'll be unable to focus for days. It's really awful-- it's like a drug binge. It's worst when it was authors with strong voices-- then I can't write anything without sounding like them, for days. A couple weeks ago I read a book by Jenny Crusie, and then, unsatiated, delved into Neil Gaiman-- it was a week before I could stop saying hilarious deep things, with the downside being that they weren't really, I just thought they were.
thats not neccesarily a bad thing
That is why I don't read more. I love to read, but I can't start a book til I have a long chunk of time free since I tend to read at the expense of all else- food, sleep, study, phone, friends, etc.