Flippy - I Rant, You Read
Friday, June 29, 2007
early evening
My Writing Skills Are Rusty. My Reading Skills Are Not.
Here, go read this website. I promise you will enjoy it. It’s short. It’s creative. It’ll make you want to buy Miranda July’s book. Promise. I haven’t read it yet, but I will. Soon. I wish we had a library nearby. But no, our lovely citizens voted against putting a grand library in our amazing new, biggest of the city, bitchin’ new park. However, a couple of years later, the illiterates were overruled by the teeming masses - the city government. Thankfully. Phew. Duh, what morons vote against a library? Anyway, it won’t be done for years and years. Heck, our part of town doesn’t even have a bookstore. Was there a vote on bookstores too, and no one told me? The world would be a better place if more people spent some time alone, reading. Thinking. Books are good. Television is good, but books are quiet and peaceful good. Solitary, but with someone else good. Reading is FUN-da-mental. RIF.org - they still exist, even though I’m not sure anyone remembers “Reading is fundamental”, except for people over 40.
terribly early in the morning
Idiot of the Day - Isaiah Washington
Damn, the man just can’t keep his stupid mouth shut. The dope has opened up his trap to Newsweek now. Now, now he was fired for being a big black man. No, I’m serious, he’s blaming his firing on being black. Not on getting in a fight at work, not on calling a co-worker a “faggot”, not on being unpleasant to be around. No, it’s all because he’s black. Oddly enough, he was black when he was hired.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
the wee hours
Justice Is Served
A Washington, D.C., dry cleaning store that was sued for $54 million over an allegedly missing pair of pants will not have to pay anything to its disgruntled customer, a judge ruled Monday. Instead, Roy Pearson, who sued over the missing trousers, may have to pay the store owners’ legal fees.
That’s about all I’ve got for you. I’ve been completely out of commission for a few days, and not much better the week prior either. I’ve been sick and mostly bedridden. Blech. I’m starting to return to the land of the living, but it’s a slow process.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
terribly early in the morning
Love Is In The Air (Interspecies Version)
Love is in the air
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
Love is in the air
In the rising of the sun
Love is in the air
When the day is nearly done
And I don’t know if you’re an illusion
Don’t know if I see it true
But you’re something that I must believe in
And you’re there when I reach out for you
Love is in the air
Every sight and every sound
And I don’t know if I’m being foolish
Don’t know if I’m being wise
But it’s something that I must believe in
And it’s there when I look in your eyes
(Lyrics by John Paul Young)
TJ has literally been working his way up to this moment for months and months. Every day, he’s worked on becoming friends with Eli. He’s been incredibly patient, because at first Eli would bark at him and snap at him (in a friendly way, if you can snap in a friendly way) in pure excitement. Step by step, he’s gone from looking at her from behind the safety of a baby gate, to jumping on top of a chest freezer to look down on her from the safety of his perch, to being on the floor with her for moments at a time while being chased back up and over the baby gate, and each day spending more time with her and getting a teeny bit closer to her. Finally, success! Eli laid down on her Kuranda bed and TJ saw his chance. He jumped on the bed with her. At first, he was laying on his side and holding one of her legs between his paws. Then, he started to play with her toes. It was tickling her, so she kept pulling her feet away from him. And then, at last, a sweet tender moment of peace together. I was afraid to disturb them by going upstairs to get my camera, so I got the phone, which was closer. The quality is crappy, but I think we’re going to be seeing a lot of this lovely couple from now on.
Monday, June 18, 2007
terribly early in the morning
Activia - Because You Deserve Bifidus Regularis™?
So yeah, Bifidus Regularis™, the “marketing name” for that which is scientifically known as Bifidobacterium animalis DN-173 010. Considering it has “regularis” in its marketing name, you can be sure just what market they’re going after. And yes indeed, the stuff works. We’re taking their “Two Week Challenge”, where they’ll refund $12 to you if you’re not happy with how they improve your slow intestinal transit. Heh. Let’s just agree that taking opiates gives you slow intestinal transit, if you know what I mean. I’ve been eating Activia for about a week, and I’m impressed with how it has regulated my digestive health. But the reason I’m here is not to tell you how Activia can make you regular, because while I’m willing to give you advice on what works to help a medically challenged digestive system (Colace, MiraLAX, black licorice laces, cherries, etc.), I’d rather tell you about things that taste good. I’ve never been a big yogurt eater. I like the Yoplait Whips because they taste like dessert, but whenever I’ve been eating regular yogurt, it’s because I’m dieting or I think I need something that’s good for me, not because I love it. However, Activia vanilla yogurt tastes like a delicious dessert. It’s sweet and kinda of mildly cheesecakey tasting. It’s the only vanilla yogurt I’ve ever liked, because I usually get something fruity to distract me from the yogurtyness. But this vanilla stuff is delish! Leigh-Ann tried it first because she bought it for our digestively challenged foster kitten, Carlo. She licked the foil lid, and a yogurt fan was born. Then she went on and on and on about how good it was. Either I had to try it...or I had to smack her. So, I tried it. Fabulous! I’ve also tried blueberry, which is tasty, but not quite as simple and delicious, but nonetheless, still very good. I read on someone’s blog months ago that he really liked the prune flavor, even though he wasn’t a big prune fan. I think I’ll try that one next. We may have to ask my parents to buy some Activia at Costco for us, as this is starting to become a regular (heh heh heh) snack and/or breakfast item for us, so we should get it in bulk. It started being marketed first in Europe, so it comes in some interesting flavors that probably wouldn’t sell too well here, like rhubarb. I’ve only seen strawberry, blueberry, vanilla, and prune at our local Smith’s, but I’d be interested to see what other flavors might be available at other US stores. The possibilities are strawberry, peach, pear, coconut, vanilla, blueberry, prune, fig, pineapple, and rhubarb, but I’m not sure which are only available in Europe or S. America. I’d like to try peach and pineapple, and what the heck, prune. I’d also like to find out if the light version tastes as good as regular, because it’s a significant savings in calories (110 for regular & 70 for light), with added fiber in the light version. 0g in regular, and 3g in light, which is interesting. It’ll bring it down to being only one point on Weight Watcher’s for the light version. I’ll definitely have to get light vanilla the next time we go shopping.
Update: we bought the “light” vanilla yesterday, and I have to say, I think the extra calories are worth it for the regular. The light version isn’t as creamy or as smooth tasting as the regular, and it has a very slight artificial aftertaste. I tried one plain last night when we got them home from the store, and then I had one today with a spoonful of boysenberry preserves in it. That improved it a lot, but then, you’re calorically right back to where you started. I think from now on, I’ll stick to regular, instead of light.
