Tuesday, October 31, 2006

early evening

Ugh, Can’t Shake The Exhaustion

I’m so tired and I can’t shake it off.  It’s so bad, I fell asleep during the Niki/ikiN part of “Heroes” - blasphemy!  Luckily, Leigh-Ann noticed, woke me up, rewound, and all was right with the world for another ten minutes.  Then, I was able to watch the season finale of “Weeds”—omigawd, how can they leave us hanging for almost a year?  And then, I came back to my computer essentially non-functional.  I’m hoping this will pass.  I have lots of work to do (Aura - if you’re reading, I’ve been through tons of really lousy blogs in the past 24 hours   ) and tomorrow starts National Blog Posting Month or NaBloPoMo, where I’ve committed to posting at least once a day for the whole month.  It shouldn’t be too difficult.  I have lots of books to review (and there are always “Idiots of the Day"), plus I didn’t do too badly last month when no one was expecting any posts.  It’ll be good.  But now, now I need a nap.  I can’t take another day of going to bed at 6:30am - my body says noooooooooo.

mid-afternoon

Welcome To The World, Kiddo

Little Hugo was born 10/28, and unlike many newborns of his ilk, he was immediately adorable.  So, congratulations to Susie and Ed.  Please update your Flickr account accordingly; okay, so I’m a member of the tribe, but not a member of the tribe.  I still want to see baby pictures...and Stan’s first picture with his new competition.  Hide the sharp objects.

the wee hours

It’s 5:13am - More Server Hell…We Haven’t Gone To Bed Yet

So, no phone calls before...oh wait, how about just send emails until late late tomorrow (er, today for you people) afternoon.  We have to be at the vet’s before 6p to pick up another round of antibiotics for Jackson, so we’ll definitely be functional by late afternoon.  Luckily, our jobs don’t necessarily require specific work hours.  There’s much to be said for getting things done while other people (and pets) are sleeping.

In case you’re interested in our server hell (it’s not very interesting, just a week’s worth of worrying and stressing about jerks putting trojans and stuff on our servers.  Sending spam and storing files on servers we pay a whole lotta money for), you can read about it on Leigh-Ann’s blog..  Luckily, we’ve finally found some server experts in the UK who can help.

To add insult to, well, insult - my fantasy football team lost by ONE point.  So, three of my four losses this season have been by one, two, and four points.  Frankly, I’d rather just be blown out.  I’m now tied for third place with five teams, with two teams above me, and one team below us...and he’s already quit.  (corrected - only three teams tied for third, but still...) How could Tiki Barber and Donovan McNabb combined scored ZERO touchdowns?  Has that ever happened in the history of them playing on the same day?  They keep all kinds of weird football stats, so someone out there must know.

Monday, October 30, 2006

evening

Happy Halloween from Phoenix & Cricket

Oooh, spooky glowy eyes!

Sunday, October 29, 2006

the wee hours

Steve Irwin & South Park

“Crikey! Has enough time passed to begin making fun of the Crocodile Hunter’s violent underwater demise? Yes, say the makers of “South Park,” who aired a scathing episode this week featuring a dead Steve Irwin with a stingray tail impaled in his chest - less than two months after the TV host’s accidental death.”

Oh, c’mon people, have you seen that episode?  We watched it tonight and were stunned that everyone is complaining about a very very mild, by “South Park” standards, Steve Irwin joke.  In fact, the South Park guys were actually quite kind regarding Steve Irwin.  It was not “scathing” in the slightest.  What no one is complaining about?  Naked little boys on leashes held by Catholic priests, serial killers randomly stabbing people to death, Satan having a Halloween party with LOTS of dead celebrities, etc.  Did you see that I mentioned NAKED LITTLE BOYS ON LEASHES HELD BY PRIESTS?  I liked Steve Irwin, and even watched his memorial service and got weepy, but it’s “South Park”, not “The Wiggles” or “Barney” or any other show that doesn’t make gross, crass, and disgusting (but funny) jokes.