…I’ve seen better Julys…

Upon returning home this evening…

  • …an e-mail from my editor indicated that effective this week, my involvement with the paper will be reduced to a minimum and I’ll only be needed for a fraction of the paid writing that I’ve become accustomed to providing over the past two years.
  • …all of the bread in my apartment is apparently moldy and ruined, leading me back to the same, boring dinner that I’ve been enduring for the past several weeks.
  • …I did the math and realized that unless I can line up some new writing clients quick (which isn’t likely to happen), Bank of America won’t be getting paid off by my birthday in August after all.
  • …I watched some scenes from Fahrenheit 9/11 and despite the fact that I know a lot of it is subjective, I’m still disgusted by the words that came out of our President’s mouth.
  • …and on top of it all, I’ve got this splitting headache that just won’t for the life of me go away.Just for the record, I think I’ve been a pretty good sport despite of things this summer…how’s about saying enough with these storm clouds already?!

bigotry at the House of Mouse?

No, not exactly, but I found this posting earlier and it’s just been too entertaining for me to not share it tonight!

http://www.livejournal.com/community/disney_cast/107959.html

In a nutshell, a bunch of folks are peeved because Disney allows “Gay Days” to take place on their property and doesn’t do anything to “warn other guests of their presence.” Never you mind that it’s technically sponsored by the City of Orlando and not an officially Disney-sanctioned event, and never you mind that “technically” gay people are people, too. Some people are just intolerant jerks…

I think I’m going to make it a point to go next year, just to see what all of the fuss is about. I don’t even care about the lines – we’ll just go over for dinner & fireworks or something…should be a good show! 😛

truly “On Demand”

It looks like HBO finally got it right and is now adding their current series line-up to the service each week as it airs. I may still be only one of like four people watching it, but at least now I can catch Entourage each week without having to work around schedules and stuff!

Ahhhh, technology…

likes and dislikes…

I like…

  • watching the rain
  • the smell of coffee cake baking in the morning
  • my new plant, Ramona
  • the enthusiasm for reading that the works of J.K. Rowling have instilled upon the worldI dislike…
    • rude people at Wal-Mart
  • the fact that season 4 of Curb Your Enthusiasmwon’t be out on DVD for another month
  • not having enough time in my day
  • that end of the weekend feeling

to quote the heart…again

Words to live by on nights like these…

“Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason once accepted, despite your changing moods.”

“Love is born of faith, lives on hope, and dies of charity.”

“Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream world into reality.”

— Theodor Reik

“When you realize that you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible…”

(from When Harry Met Sally)

You know you’re living in Florida when…

…you hear traffic reports in the morning like this:

(courtesy of traffic.tbo.com)
Incident cleared on HILLSBOROUGH AV West and DOUBLE BRANCH RD
Impact: Medium

6:29 AM

HILLSBOROUGH – INCIDENT CLEARED: WB HILLSBOROUGH AV AT DOUBLE BRANCH RD . GATOR IN ROADWAY…..BETWEEN COUNTRY WAY AND RACE TRACK……8 FOOT GATOR…..LEFT OUTSIDE LANE GETTING BY ()

Remind you of anybody in particular? ;)

Oh boy!

(courtesy of On This Day a la reference.com)

Fact of the Day: bowdlerize

British medical doctor, Thomas Bowdler, gave up his practice in 1754 and undertook the “cleansing” of Shakespeare’s works – removing all words and expressions he considered to be indecent. In 1818, he published his edition of Shakespeare’s works intended for “families.” His name became synonymous with self-righteous expurgation and the word bowdlerize has become familiar in the English language.

why can’t CARROTS taste this good?!

Also, let it be known that I’m about two bites away from adding Wal-Mart’s pink-frosted sugar cookies to my Almost Better Than Sex List.

A la Conan O’Brien, “In the year 2000, Nestle’s Toll House cookies will become so moist and delicious that people will no longer fear death…”

old Bobby’s getting a little fiesty!

LOL – GoDaddy founder Bob Parsons has a blog now…and apparently he’s pissing quite a few people off…

CLICK: the controversial post
CLICK: the rest of his blog

Apparently the word on the street is that people in high places aren’t allowed to publicly voice their opinions, for fear of losing their business. Sorry, but I’ve registered through GoDaddy for years and I’m not about to go through the hassles of transferring to another registrar simply because their founder and I don’t share beliefs. Why, that’d be as crazy as moving to another country because you didn’t like what the President had to…uh, nevermind… 😛