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07:00 am
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Eh, what?
"And you added giant electromagnets... why?"
"Dude, everything is cooler with giant electromagnets."
- a quote from last night's dream
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09:42 am
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Latex. Paint, that is!
Well it's been a busy couple of weeks, it has. A while back I finally called a contractor to come see about replacing my retaining walls in the front yard. They're currently old brick and are tilting and cracking with the weight of ages. I want to see them replaced with some nice looking field stone. Mmm, rocky. But the price he gave me was way too high. He did, however, give me a reasonable offer on a house painting.
My house was last painted when I was around.. eleven? Twelve? Something like that. Many eons ago, anyway. They painted it themselves, actually, to save money. My mom was always about saving money even when we had plenty of money saved up. She would almost never let us run the AC in the summer. It was only with much persuasion and begging that I was able to get a window AC in my room when I was 16. Anyhow, it's been a long time since the house was last painted and it's been flaking and chipping a lot in the past few years. And some of the masonite siding and wood trim was warped or rotten with age. Not to mention the gosh darn woodpecker holes. So I decided I needed paint far more urgently than a new wall.
Well, it's done now. Except for some odds and ends like the doors and steps. I wanted to go for tannish gray walls and black trim. Little bit goth, ya know. But the gray turned out much lighter than expected, like a very very light beigey gray. I had an anxiety attack or two worrying about how that would look. It turned out okay, though the contrast of the light color and the lack is starker than I had planned. Ah well. The house certainly looks tidier! They replaced a lot of the damaged boards and caulked my cracks... yes. So that should last a long time.
Distressingly, they discovered some termites when removing a damaged board. They hadn't gotten into the framework or anything, just the wet, crumbly stuff, but still. I've never had termite problems before. So I had to get the termite people out here to take a look. They're going to dig a trench around my house and fill it with poison, it would appear. They wanted me to get rid of a ton of cardboard boxes my dad had left in a corner of the basement for some reason.. rainy day boxes, I guess. It's been pouring rain since then, though, so I haven't been able to get to work on that til today.
My basement is really more of a dirt floored, deep crawl space accessable only from the outside.. it's about 6 feet at the deepest end and about a foot at the shallowest. Sadly it's not very suitable for a dungeon. Well, it's dirty and dank and such, so that's not so bad, but it's also full of bugs, spiders, and the occasional Arkansas scorpion (they're small and pale, but pack quite a punch). It's not really a place I would want to leave someone tied up in. Not responsibly, anyway. Alas.
It's been pouring rain for a couple days and the deepest part, which I had to cross, was flooded with several inches of water. I had to take a few spare cinder blocks from behind the house and put them down as stepping stones. Then I moved a ton of dirty old boxes of all sizes out of the cramped corner. They're piled up outside now, taking up half the patio. I'm not sure what I'll do with them, as I'm not sure the garbage men take heaps of loose boxes. Well, at least it's done now. One of these days I need to totally clean out all the ancient detritus from my basement, but I guess I could wait til I have a slave. Slave labor, you know.
Current Mood:  hot
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03:12 am
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Retro day
While shopping today I noticed they had a new drink for sale called Mountain Dew Throwback. It's made with sugar instead of corn syrup. Hardly anything has sugar in it anymore, it's all corn, corn, corn. I thought that interesting so I got some and just tried it. I like it. It's very smooth, perhaps not as much carbonation, and the sweetness lingers in the back of the throat a lot longer. It's refreshin! If you want to try it, better get it soon.. they're only making it til June or so.
The other day I happened across the name of an old Commodore 64 game I used to enjoy. This was back in, oh, 85 or 86. I'd never forgotten the game, but try as I might I couldn't remember the name. Well, I found it and it's called Ultimate Wizard. It was a very frustrating game (it was so easy for the little wizard guy to die), but it was fun. I didn't have a C64, myself - we had an Apple 2c with a teeny tiny green and black screen monitor - but I'd play it for hours at a time at a friend's house when spending the night. And it was one of the first games that had a construction set, so we could build our own levels that often didn't work right. But it was fun. Anyway, seeing the youtube videos of it and hearing the sounds instantly took me back, so that was nice. We also played a game called Mail Order Monsters a whole lot. That one was fun, too.
Current Mood:  chipper
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01:11 pm
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because
"Why does she want me?" Coraline asked the cat. "Why does
she want me to stay here with her?"
"She wants something to love, I think," said the cat. "Something
that isn't her. She might want something to eat as well. It's hard
to tell with creatures like that."
- Coraline
Current Mood:  awake
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02:48 am
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One of those blog tag thingies
Supposed to answer the questions with an artist's song titles. Well, let's see here.
Pick your artist: Marilyn Manson Are you male or female? Posthuman How would you describe yourself? Fundamentally Loathsome How do you feel about yourself? Better of Two Evils Can you describe where you currently live? A Place in the Dirt What is your favorite way to travel? Mechanical Animals Who is your best friend? The Reflecting God
What is a pretty color? Coma White What do you know? The Speed of Pain What is the weather like? Putting Holes in Happiness If your life was a television show, what would it be called? This Is The New Shit What is life to you? Long Hard Road Out of Hell What is the best advice you have to give? Mutilation is the Most Sincere Form of Flattery If you could change your name, what would it be? Doll-Dagga Buzz-Buzz Ziggity-Zag What is your favorite food? Cake and Sodomy Who did you vote for? President Dead
And I shant tag anyone else, cause... I don't know anyone.
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05:34 am
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Who will bake the cake when I'm gone?
1 18.25 pounds packaged chocolate cake mix
1 can prepared coconut pecan frosting
3/4 cup vegetable oil
4 large eggs
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
3/4 cup butter or margarine
1 and 2/3 cups granulated sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
Don't forget garnishes such as:
Fish-shaped crackers
Fish-shaped candy
Fish-shaped solid waste
Fish-shaped dirt
Fish-shaped ethyl benzine
Whole and peeled licorice
Fish shaped volatile organic compounds
And sediment-shaped sediment
Peanut butter candy coated pieces, shaped like fish
1 cup lemon juice
Alpha resins
Unsaturated polyester resin
Fiberglass surface resins
And volatile malted milk impoundments
9 large egg yolks
12 medium geo-synthetic membranes
1 cup granulated sugar
An entry called "How To Kill Someone With Your Bare Hands"
2 cups rhubarb, sliced
2/3 cups granulated rhubarb
1 tablespoon all-purpose rhubarb
1 teaspoon grated orange rhubarb
3 tablespoons rhubarb on fire
1 large rhubarb
1 cross borehole electric imaging rhubarb
2 tablespoons rhubarb juice
Adjustable aluminum head-positioner
Slaughter electric needle injector
Cordless electric needle injector
Injector needle driver
Injector needle gun
Cranial caps
And it contains proven preservatives,
deep prenetration agents, and gas and odor control chemicals
that will deodorize and preserve putrid tissue
(I think only a few people will ever get the reference.)
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12:05 am
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No subject
If I touch a burning candle I can feel no pain
In the ice or in the sun it's all the same
Yet I feel my heart is aching
Though it doesn't beat it's breaking
And the pain here that I feel
Try and tell me it's not real
I know that I am dead
Yet it seems that I still have some tears to shed
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06:30 pm
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There's a hurricane on mah head
Well, an ex-hurricane, anyway. Ishn't that veerd? I watched the news most of the day as it hit New Orleans. They were expecting it go inland over texas, but it went straight north and ended up on me. It's been lightly rainy and breezy all day. Rather pleasant, really, except for when I had to go run errands. And doncha hate when the fast food place hands you a poorly fastened cup and the lid pops off in your hand and splashes coke all over you? I know I do.
Current Mood:  recumbent
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08:35 pm
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Doggone!
Yay!
The dog's owner checked with the local vet I took the dog to this morning. They got my info, and now he's back home. That's a relief :)
Now I have to find something to do with these dog food and treats. Hmm. I think I'll keep the dog bowl and leash, though.
Current Mood:  relieved
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10:03 am
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I'm dirty and.. doggy
The gods threw a dog at me.
There I was, just going for an early morning stroll, and a dog crossed my path. He was panting like he'd run a marathon and was limping pretty bad. He started following me. I told him to stay, but he just kept following. Even when I walked fast to put a lot of distance, he still kept following. He followed me home.
What could else could I do but let him in? And, for now, it seems I'm stuck with a dog.
He's an enormous, old black labrador, about 118 pounds. Quite friendly, obviously. He's in the back yard right now. My house just isn't set up to house a huge animal. I took him to the vet to get him checked out. They just said he's old and arthritic, and they gave me some dog aspirin. Hm. I put messages on craigslist, the newspaper, animal control, care, and the humane society. I dunno what else to do but put up notices on phone poles.
I'm all hairy and.. and doggy.
Current Mood:  worried
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07:18 am
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Low day
I'm going into a bad patch, I think. Some days I just feel the weight of my loneliness more than others. Sometimes it all just feels so hopeless, feeling that I've always been alone and always will. It's not often. It sneaks up on me. I was just sitting here, minding my own business, and I started crying. I'm sure I'll be back on top soon enough. But for now, I'll just cry.
Current Mood:  lonely
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11:26 pm
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stream of consciousness
Well, the hot weather seems to have crept away. It was up there in the hundreds for a couple weeks, no rain, just plain ugly. Then came a whole weekend of rain and now things are cooler. Cool enough to almost feel like a hint o Autumn. Yay! Best time of the year. And Halloween's just around the corner.. I'll have to dust off my headstones. Or maybe they're better dusty.
Was playing around with Wordle (wordle.net), and here's my stream of consciousness
http://wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/127215/My_Affection
Yeah.. that's pretty much what the inside of my head looks like.
Current Mood:  creative
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02:12 pm
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ooo!
I came across this picture linked from thrall's blog. It's so cuuuute I just had to repost it here. Warning, nudity.
http://www.modelmayhem.com/pic.php?pid=3575397
It's a hundred degrees today. That's not fun.
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01:40 am
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blah
I'm just sad today. I'm not sure why. Stabbing myself under the thumbnail with the tine of a plastic fork while trying to get it out of the wrapper didn't help.
Damn you, tines.
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06:15 pm
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Craving
I want Indian food tonight. Tandoori. But there's only one place here that sells it and it's a bit too far to get take out. And I hate going to restaurants alone.
Phooey.
Current Mood: sad
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04:42 pm
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A touch of the update
Looks like it's been a bit since my last entry, but there's just not been too much going on around here. My fiddler crabs are doing fine.. I've yet to lose a single one, cept for the one that was eaten by the red crabs which I returned months ago. The guppies are another story. I'm on my 4th pair. I'm not sure why, my water quality is within good limits, maybe they're just short-lived. I never have to worry about fishing out bodies, though... crabs are excellent scavengers. Pounce on the fish almost the instant they stop moving. Never seen them attack the live ones.
I went to PetCo the other week for some new guppies. There was a cute, very young TG girl working in the fish section. Funny, when I applied to that exact same store about 15 years ago, the guy told me they couldn't hire me unless I cut my hair and lost the earrings. Guess times change. She was envious of my hair. She was wearing a copper-colored wig with really big corkscrew curls that made me think of Little Miss Muffet. I didn't say anything about her TGism, though. Even though I was 98% sure she was TG, if I said something and was 2% wrong, imagine how bad that'd make a girl feel. I usually err on the side of caution, which of course means I seldom say anything at all.
Today I returned an extra garden hose I didn't need to Home Depot. The lady at the returns desk instantly zeroed in on my nails, which are slightly long at the moment. She was amazed, all 'I never seen nails that clean and white before! Wow. Clean, clean hands.' I just smiled, utterly bewildered, and waited for my receipt.
I had a nice-enough 4th of July. Shot of some fireworks with a friend and his daughter. There sure was something dead and stinky off in the grass at the side of the road. Too dark to tell what it was, but bleah.
Evil Dolly's Movie Recommendation of the Day: I went to see Wall-E the other day. I highly recommend it. Although the ending part was a little too typical animated-action finale sorta thing, overall it was quite good. The loneliness aspect I could certainly relate to. And it features one of the sweetest on screen romances I've ever seen on film. I think I got a bit of a crush on Eve, myself.
Current Mood:  accomplished
Current Music: Dresden Dolls
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06:28 am
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A two-bunny day.
Storm-damp honeysuckle fills the air with memories. The giddy last days of school before being let free from chalk-dust shackles for another summer. Such magnificent freedom! A nearly endless expanse of three whole months ahead. Months in which to build Legos in the middle of the rug all day long or concoct action figure epics in the patio. Trampoline mornings, garden hose afternoons, and mosquito-hum evenings. Slamming aluminum screen doors, Caprisun pouches, and moss-filled sidewalk cracks. The ability to have sleepovers any night of the week! Bicycle figure-eights. Meatball alphabet soup lunch on dented PacMan tv trays. The unbearable burden of being forced to dress nice and spend an entire hour in church Sunday mornings.
Current Mood:  okay
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09:22 pm
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Random
Grieg's "Morning Mood" always makes me think of chicken and rice soup.
Dunno why.
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10:00 pm
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Wind in the roses
Went for a nighttime walk, while it was cool and windy. The scent of honeysuckle was on the breeze. I think there might even be some starting to grow on my backyard fence. I tried to suckle some honey a few days ago, but it wasn't ripe yet. Blech.
Elsewhere during my walk I passed a rose garden, which the wind brought to me. It got me to wondering why the scent of roses is so strongly associate with the feminine. Is it just the use of perfumes, oils, and bath scents throughout the ages that has permeated the culture with the accompanying associations? Or is it a deeper sorta thing.. like that study that said the scent of pumpkin pie mixed with lavender inexplicably aroused men. Peculiar.
On another note, I was looking through some old tv commercials on retrojunk. I saw a shanghai mcnugget add.. I had practically forgotten about those, but boy did I love em. They were only out for a short time in the mid 80's, and they came with chopsticks and teriyaki dipping sauce. I must have asked for those things every day while they were available. Oh teriyaki mcnugget, where have you gone and why have you foresaken me?
I made homemade teriyaki sauce for chicken once. I must have overcooked it, cause that chicken was like beef jerky. Still tasty, though.
Current Mood: peaceful
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01:34 am
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Great. Where's my darn lute?
I Am A: True Neutral Human Bard (4th Level)
Ability Scores:
Strength-8
Dexterity-11
Constitution-12
Intelligence-15
Wisdom-12
Charisma-11
Alignment:
True Neutral A true neutral character does what seems to be a good idea. He doesn't feel strongly one way or the other when it comes to good vs. evil or law vs. chaos. Most true neutral characters exhibit a lack of conviction or bias rather than a commitment to neutrality. Such a character thinks of good as better than evil after all, he would rather have good neighbors and rulers than evil ones. Still, he's not personally committed to upholding good in any abstract or universal way. Some true neutral characters, on the other hand, commit themselves philosophically to neutrality. They see good, evil, law, and chaos as prejudices and dangerous extremes. They advocate the middle way of neutrality as the best, most balanced road in the long run. True neutral is the best alignment you can be because it means you act naturally, without prejudice or compulsion. However, true neutral can be a dangerous alignment because it represents apathy, indifference, and a lack of conviction.
Race:
Humans are the most adaptable of the common races. Short generations and a penchant for migration and conquest have made them physically diverse as well. Humans are often unorthodox in their dress, sporting unusual hairstyles, fanciful clothes, tattoos, and the like.
Class:
Bards often serve as negotiators, messengers, scouts, and spies. They love to accompany heroes (and villains) to witness heroic (or villainous) deeds firsthand, since a bard who can tell a story from personal experience earns renown among his fellows. A bard casts arcane spells without any advance preparation, much like a sorcerer. Bards also share some specialized skills with rogues, and their knowledge of item lore is nearly unmatched. A high Charisma score allows a bard to cast high-level spells.
Find out What Kind of Dungeons and Dragons Character Would You Be?, courtesy of Easydamus (e-mail)
Alignment:
Lawful Good ----- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (16)
Neutral Good ---- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (20)
Chaotic Good ---- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (15)
Lawful Neutral -- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (20)
True Neutral ---- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (24)
Chaotic Neutral - XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (19)
Lawful Evil ----- XXXXXXX (7)
Neutral Evil ---- XXXXXXXXXXX (11)
Chaotic Evil ---- XXXXXX (6)
Detailed Results:
Law & Chaos:
Law ----- XXXXXX (6)
Neutral - XXXXXXXXXX (10)
Chaos --- XXXXX (5)
Good & Evil:
Good ---- XXXXXXXXXX (10)
Neutral - XXXXXXXXXXXXXX (14)
Evil ---- X (1)
Race:
Human ---- XXXXXXXXXXXXXX (14)
Dwarf ---- XXXXXX (6)
Elf ------ XXXXXXXXXX (10)
Gnome ---- XXXXXXXX (8)
Halfling - XXXXXXXXXX (10)
Half-Elf - XXXXXXXXXXXX (12)
Half-Orc - XXXX (4)
Class:
Barbarian - (-4)
Bard ------ XXXXXXXX (8)
Cleric ---- (-8)
Druid ----- XX (2)
Fighter --- (0)
Monk ------ (-23)
Paladin --- (-23)
Ranger ---- XX (2)
Rogue ----- (-4)
Sorcerer -- XX (2)
Wizard ---- XXXXXX (6)
Current Mood:  geeky
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