Steal away to Heaven - May 2006
i found these last year. i wondered if i bought the right size cause they're kinda short, but decided they're supposed to be.
MK: there, now the alarm clock is set
MK: *pushing the button to turn on the receiver*
know what else? today's my "blogiversary". wheeeeeee! indeed.
okay, okay, here's a not drunk looking picture of roxie. the toy next to her lasted all of a week, if that.
so i went into full panic mode last night. it's not exactly uncalled for, just wish i'd said something sooner. anyhoo, cuttin' back on the expenses. ideally, i would start working full time, but, uh, the thought of that makes me cry. (literally) i'm torn. rto asked if i've felt better off medication and i have, but i also think it's probably just a matter being able to avoid everything. but i wasn't doing so great on medication either. i know i've said it before, but after my last job experience i really don't think i can rejoin the "normal job" workforce, medication or no. i think that's most annoying, knowing i should contribute and not, because my brain is defective and nothing seems to help. i can do all kinds of things that don't bring much income if any. grrrrrr. so for the time being we're hanging onto the internet connection. i'm kind of excited/anxious about cutting the tv. maybe i'll finally get caught up on all the periodicals here. yeah right.
so, i told myself i was going to try and conform to rto hours once he got back from NO, but i haven't been very successful. any ideas? this wasn't a problem before, but i don't know what's different now. maybe it's related to it being "that time o' the year". on the other hand it's different than usual. i mean i've got about the same motivation level as usual, but the crying? not so much. i just don't care. yay! i drag myself to rehearsals, and somehow they turn out not as bad as i fear they might. (i've got a lot more memorized than i thought i would considering i don't really look at it outside of rehearsal time) sometimes i think i'll go play the piano for a while then i get there and just stare at it cause nothing feels right for the mood i'm in. (and the piano is scary out of tune) keep thinking i'll start painting or drawing again but what? bored, bored, bored. eh, i wouldn't really call it boredom, there's plenty to do, just nothing sounds good.
rto accuses me of always getting pictures of the dog looking drunk. what can i say? she makes it easy. ;D
mom called this afternoon to let me know they're doing okay. still no power at their house and no cell phone. (she was calling from dad's office) power co. says they expect to be up to 95% by Nov. 15. i get the impression that mom thinks they'll be one of the last to have power restored. yay!
so the other night i'm driving home from rehearsal and thinking about this pile of books in the office. they're up for sale on half.com. (it's all manga) been there for a while, maybe i should just try to auction them off as a lot on ebay. check the email once i'm home and i sold one. what are the odds?
RTO: why did maggie get the cammo pattern collar?
if you're out and about and feel the need to accost a military veteran. don't. unless you like having your @$$ handed to you.
what can i say? it's that time of year, it didn't hit me until last week. most annoying, i know it's coming, but can't seem to do much about it. just sleep a lot. though, maybe it is allergy related. i've been a little stuffier than usual. just broke down and took some nose spray. we'll see if that helps.
discouraging opossum.
RTO: well, she's definitly not one of the great trackers....
MK: (feeling cold wet nose on knee) why is the puppy .......?
rto came home with a bag o' chocolate the other day. apparently he'd been given some gift cards while he was in NO. so sweet that he would buy me chocolate. i think cause i've mentioned self medicating with it. oh well, guess i'll have to exercise this week.
MK: TOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAST!!!!!!
so now carlos likes to hang out under the entertainment center.
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so we've had to put the cone or "e collar"(as the vet likes to call it) on maggie to keep her from rubbing her eye after we put the goop in it. last night she layed down next to me when i went to bed. it reminded me of Bosco, not that he ever slept near me on a regular basis mind you, but i remember this one time... i think it was after his tail was removed (that's a story for some other time), he was wearing a cone, it was his first night home, he decided to sleep on my chest, we were chin to chin. only time he ever did that. so then i thought, i know i blogged about his passing on signaleer, has it been a year? seems it has been.
just went to get some coffee, go to the cabinet to get a cup and there's the neighbor cat staring back at me from the window that's right under the cabinet. didn't expect to see something spying on me. but he didn't stay there so i couldn't get a picture.
i just haven't had much to write about lately. anyhoo, this post at conservative cat made me chuckle this morning. i particularly like all the trackback names. my kitties don't have a thing for cheese as far as i know. Bosco did, you couldn't eat a slice of american without sharing.
yipee! maggie's right eye is oozing. she seems fine otherwise. (won't let me type this uninterupted) just makes my eyes water looking at her. i don't know, i'm having trouble breathing today. maybe because the weather is changing. hopefully some coffee will help.
so just going through the usual "rto's back and messing with my routine and i'm getting really annoyed" friday we had some shouting matches about messing with my internet connection. it got reallllly slow. rto being on it was the only thing different so of course it was his fault. he didn't agree.
Dates for Cinderella:
survey says? Portia!
but 5 hours of armadillo racing!? well, i've still got a couple days to decide. i'm thinking i might stop by there tomorrow(wednesday, it's not the next day till i go to sleep, or it's 7 a.m. whichever comes first). the dillards and foley's are supposed to be opening. reports on the news say they were open briefly today. anyhoo, maybe i'll take the camera to get pictures of this place. from the news reports it's interesting.
yesterday in a review of Nash #1 Dave of Dave's Longbox rambled about what the potential audience was for the comic.
Who is the target audience for this book? You gotta know that even in 1999 there were only so many Nash fans in the world. And of that group, not all of them read comics – or even read, really. I figure there are like, 2,500 people world wide who eagerly awaited the publication of Nash #1. And that’s being generous. Out of those 2,500, I’d say about 500 are probably related, or at least live in the same trailer, so they’re sharing an issue. Probably 500 potential readers are female fans who can’t get enough of Big Sexy and are drawn by the photo cover – but the interior art only superficially looks like Nash, so only half of those women actually buy the book. I’m guessing 100 potential buyers opened the first page, saw all the intimidating text, and put it down. 100 more underage buyers were “cock blocked” by their parents, who flipped through the comic, saw the sex scene, and made their kid buy Youngblood instead. That leaves only about 1,800 people who actually bought this comic – and of those purchases, 500 were gag gifts and 100 were from confused stoners who thought the book was called Hash. All in all, the numbers don’t look good for Nash.
I'm going to go with the lame but time-honored excuse: "It was in a four-for-a-dollar box." No, seriously. You know what? That's this week's new theme - "It Came From The Quarter Box." Thanks Maggie! :)
had been putting off writing about this weekend's activities. i've done a couple auditions this weekend. one yesterday for Rockwall Community Playhouse's production of Cinderella. and one for a new local opera company (yeah, another one, can you beleive it?)
