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12th October, 2008. 2:51 am. Cool sites with cool taglines
Cool sites with cool taglines...
The Straight Dope: Fighting Ignorance since 1973 (It’s taking longer than we thought). Maxim Philippines: The best thing that ever happened to men … after women! The Consumerist: Shoppers bite back. Random Acts of Reality: Trying to kill as few people as possible… Joshuaink: Same old shit, different day. The Superficial: Because you’re ugly. Smashing Magazine: We smash you with information that will make your life easier. Really. The Best Page in the Universe: This page is about me and why everything I like is great. If you disagree with anything you find on this page, you are wrong. Scaryduck: Not scary. Not a duck. The Art of Rhysisms: Chronologically inept since 2060. Needcoffee.com: We are the Internet equivalent of a triple espresso with whipped cream. Mmmm…whipped cream. Ample Sanity: Life is short. Make fun of it. Rathergood.com: The Lair of the Crab of Ineffable Wisdom - a load of stuff by Joel Veitch that will probably crush your will to live. The Breakfast Blog: In search of the best eggs in town. Dooce: Not even remotely funny. Pink is the new blog: Everybody’s business is my business. Shoemoney: Skills to pay the bills. Oh No They Didn't’t!: The celebrities are disposable, the content is priceless. YouTube: Broadcast Yourself. Waiter Rant: Do you want Pommes Frite with that? Newshounds: We watch FOX so you don’t have to. Sabrina Faire: All the fun of a saucy wench, none of the overpriced beer. Defective Yeti: A maze of twisty passages, all alike. All About George: All about George Kelly… you know, if you go in for that sort of thing. Go Fug Yourself: Fugly is the new pretty. kottke.org: Home of fine hypertext products. Slashdot: News for nerds. Stuff that matters. Gawker: Daily Manhattan media news and gossip. Reporting live from the center of the universe. Get Rich Slowly: Personal finance that makes cents. hi5: Who’s in? Fotolog: Share your world with the world. Jezebel: Celebrity, Sex, Fashion for Women, Without Aribrushing. Autoblog: We obssessibely cover the auto industry. Boing Boing: A directory of wonderful things. Perez Hilton: Celebrity Juice. Not from concentrate. DumbLittleMan: So what do we do here? Well, it’s simple. 15 to 20 times per week we provide tips that will save you money, increase your productivity, or simply keep you sane. Lifehacker: Don’t live to geek, geek to live! Gizmodo: The gadget guide. So much in love with shiny new toys, it’s unnatural. John Cow Dot Com: Make Moooney Online with John Cow Dot Com WebWorkerDaily: Rebooting the workforce. The Simple Dollar: Financial talk for the rest of us. TrafficBunnies: Making your hits multiply like rabbits. Mighty Girl: Famous among dozens. The Sneeze: Half zine. Half blog. Half not good with fractions. Buzz Marketing: Because everyone is entitled to my opinion.
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11th October, 2008. 10:13 pm. Great Party, Mickey! Thanks!
Today, we are all recuperating from the big bash, sitting around the house (we got home after 2 a.m.!). Today, we are tired. Today, I have a grin on my face at having been able to spend such a special time with my family. Nick still limping a little, but feeling much better today.
We went to Mickey's Trick-or-Treat Party and had a fantastic time, especially the girls. The essential question to this entry is this: would we go do this if I hadn't gotten the special invite? Hm. Well, if I said that we'd hoped to do it during our already-planned trip up a couple of weeks ago, but they hadn't started up yet, I suppose that would answer the question. Would we drive up *just* for the 4-hr. party if we hadn't been given tickets? Maybe not, but I'm so glad we went.
I held off mentioning anything about the party to Paris until yesterday afternoon. What if at the last minute we decided to skip doing the drive? Money's tight, after all (isn't it for everyone?). But, when Mickey & his pals throw a party, you know it has got to be worth checking out if you have the chance, right?
I told Paris that Mickey Mouse had sent us an email inviting us to his Trick-or-Treat party up at California Adventure (had to make it clear that we would NOT be going to D-land). She countered that he didn't have a computer. "Oh contraire!" I said, "He must, because he sent me an email."
The girl's costumes, check. I was v. pleased that P wasn't another princess (there were lots. oh boy, were there a lot in the 7 & under girl category). Paris has now fallen in love with her costume (took soooo much talking her into it at the store - she was just so scattered by all the different costumes there, & finally me saying, "too bad, this is what you're going to be"). She doesn't want to take it off - EVER. She adores how long it is on her, says that's what makes it a real princess dress. Some people thought she was Mary (Had a Little Lamb) - which I didn't mind, as Audrey still fits into that idea!
The parents costumes? So not checked. I'd wanted to get something together for us to wear - simple sheep's ears for our heads - black for Nick - he's such a black sheep, right? lol. But I'd procrastinated (surprised?). It was 2 p.m., both Paris & Audrey were laying down and we were leaving to go get Nick at around 4-4:30. Plus I had to get us all ready to go still.
I attempted to fashion some from supplies on-hand (totally wasting time). Made one pair of ears (didn't have time for the second). That look like ass. Click here, you'll see. You'll say, "my, those look like the back end of a donkey!" Who wants to wear terrible-looking head gear that looks like cat ears with cotton balls? There is a reason one should give more time to work on this sort of thing. Alas, the ears were left on the dashboard.
The drive up wasn't bad at all - even doing it at that risky hour. When we arrived, I got a special 'press bag' along with our tickets. This is something I'm used to from growing up with my mom being press. Just makes me giggle to get that stuff from this here blog. I'm so press. Don't I look it?
In we went. There were DJ's located in each of the plazas in the park, and cast members & characters roaming through the dancing crowd. I immediately dragged Paris into one of them, and we danced. Paris was starting to warm up to the idea (but she really got into action later on)...she danced with Flick, who took a turn with her Bo Peep stick:
Then came the first trick-or-treat candy stop!
Here's a neat note on the candy stations - not all of them had buckets of slurpy, HFCS yicky candy. They had raisins, apple slices, & bags of carrots too (maybe even more healthy snacks, we didn't make it to all the stations). The proudest moment of the night for me was Paris getting super excited about having just picked up a bag of apple slices, & looking up at me with intense excitement, "Mommy! They have food that's HEALTHY!" - knowing that there was food there that she could happily gobble after just having gotten it was heaven to her. For me, knowing that she knows what healthy food is makes my heart sing. In all, I indulged her - 3 pieces of candy over the course of the evening. She was pleased as punch. She even said after I allowed the third piece that she wasn't going to have any more. Restraint in a 4 yr. old?! Man, *I* need to learn that from her!
( At one point, Audrey found a friend. )
After a few more candy stops, we got some dinner. This is where Paris really let loose. While eating at Pirate Wharf, she watched party-goers let loose, and warmed right up to it. She finished dinner and promptly got up and started to boogie! Remember all those really corny wedding songs that we cringe at? I realized that it was her first time ever hearing them. She *loved* it all - the macarena, the hokey-pokey, a conga line, the chicken dance. She wanted more! They kept bringing out different things to dance with, hula hoops, pom-poms, maracas & tambourines. The girls were on a cloud, bouncing about with their "instruments". Audrey really got into it too and we three girls danced to our heart's content. I don't think I've ever mentioned how much I like the way babies/toddlers dance. Isn't it the cutest thing ever? All babies do it pretty much the same - the little bouncing butt squats & arm flaps...feet slapping about, if they can manage that much.
Sweetly, Paris handed over her pom-pom to Audrey at one point - without any suggestion on my part. Isn't that cool?
( Audrey having some fun w/Chip & Dale on the dance floor )
The only way we got the girls out of there was by promising another candy stop. During these, I managed to sneak in a ride on the California Screamin' roller coaster*. HOLY MOLY! I hadn't ridden it yet! WHAT FUN! Incredible! I screamed & giggled the entire time. While I was off doing that, Audrey was falling asleep. Paris managed a few photo ops with princesses, and then Nick managed to pull a muscle returning from his own trip on the coaster. Off to first aid was he (w/the sleeping A), and Paris and I went off to find some rides. Never let an injured Daddy stop the fun train!
( Us, on a ride! )
We finished the night with a ride on Soaring Over California, and dragged our worn out tails back to the car. Met up with a limping Nick waiting to get on the tram. Poor boy. We traded kids and I walked w/the stroller to the car while they waited for "one last ride".
So, yes, the night was an overwhelming success. I can categorically say that the extras that they have during the T-o-T party make it worth the extra price. The extra parade, all the characters around the park...the special decorations like the neat gobos all over the place, ( like here )
Finally, here's a last shot, of me 'n Paris at the very end of the night:
*The most important trick to a trip to D-land is the single rider line - most people won't go by themselves (for some strange reason), and many have odd-numbered parties. Since we've got young kids, we need to split up anyway to be able to ride. The single rider line makes the difference for us!
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12th October, 2008. 1:02 am. Palin booed at NHL game in Philadelphia
Palin booed at NHL game in Philadelphia
Posted: 09:28 PM ET
From CNN Political Producer Peter Hamby
The view from the press box as Sarah Palin posed with members of the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers.
The view from the press box as Sarah Palin posed with members of the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers.
PHILADELPHIA (CNN) – Although many Philadelphia Flyers fans cheered and clapped as Sarah Palin took to the ice at the Wachovia Center on Saturday night to drop the ceremonial puck kicking off this town's NHL season, their warm reception was no match for the 90 seconds of sustained booing that rumbled through the arena, drowning out most of the cheers in support of the Republican vice presidential nominee.
As Palin stepped onto the ice before a capacity crowd to drop the puck, joined by her daughters Willow and Piper, the arena's jumbotron flashed a futile message to the thousands of notoriously harsh Philadelphia sports fans in attendance.
"Flyers fans, show Philadelphia's class and welcome America's #1 hockey mom, Sarah Palin," the massive electronic message board pleaded, to little effect. Booing quickly erupted when the smiling candidate emerged from a tunnel leading onto the ice, muffling the applause of any Palin supporters in the crowd.
Some in the audience simply gave her a thumbs down gesture. Others called her names.
Palin spent about a minute and a half on center ice, posing for pictures with Flyers captain Mike Richards and New York Rangers assistant captain Scotty Gomez, an Alaska native. The crowd commotion was sustained for her entire time in the rink.
Palin's showing did not appear to help the Flyers, who looked hapless in the first period, giving up four goals to their rivals from New York. The governor stayed to watch the first two periods with family and staff, and by the time she departed the Wachovia Center for her hotel, the Flyers had narrowed the lead to 4-2.
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12th October, 2008. 4:40 am. #110 -117
My current problem to get things done involves reading and updating book stats.
On the other hand my list of unfinished books is getting longer and longer and I hate to admit defeat to a book
Yes we can (Michael Moore) - 256 pages
Not so long ago I told that if you read one book by Moore you read them all. This holds true for this as well. And that it makes pretty much no sense to sell them outside of the US, because people in other country already know what is wrong with the us
I only got it because it was cheap, so I did not loose much over it
4/10
The Godfather (Mario Puzo) - (audio) - 14 hours 48 minutes
I never managed to finish the movie(s), but this was quite thrilling
8/10
Das Walker-Hasser-Manifest (Achim Achilles) - 128 pages
Germam sarcasm gone wrong
3/10
Ordeal (Linda Lovelace) - 284 pages
I'm not quite sure what to think about this.
Sounds a bit like a made up sob story, once the pornstar fame got out of hand, and a young girl wants to distance herself from it by telling it was abuse.
3/10
Idioten im Fernsehen (Jochen Gerken) - 128 pages
- Unlusttig
- Veraltet
1/10
Der Engelspapst (Jörg Kastner) - 640 pages, stopped after 250 - 2/10
The Age of Five - Book 1 - Priestess of the White (Trudi Canavan) - 688 pages, stopped after 140 - 2/10
Cell (Stephen King) - (audio) stopped after 3 hours - 2/10
2008
Books: 117
Cover to back: 104
Not read to end: 13
Non fiction: 18
Audio Books: 36
Rereads: 22 1/3
Pages: 22 841 pages
Audio time: 358 hours 40 minutes
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11th October, 2008. 2:46 pm. good news...comes in twos
no, not that the Tampa Bay Rays are almost in the World Series...
or that Budweiser has finally made a decent tasting dark ale (Budweiser American Ale...try it.)
1. my cousin in North Carolina who has been fighting non-hodkins lymphoma for the last couple months found out she is cancer free for the time being...which is awesome to say the least.
2. i ran into a girl i knew from high school i havent seen in 10 years at a new bar i had never been to on a tuesday night which happens to be RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET from where i liveand despite the fact she was already pretty tipsy, i somehow walked out of there with her number and her RUNNING after me to make sure i called her? what the? are the stars aligned in an unfamiliar pattern to me? i been talking to her all week, and found out she used to like me in high school (that same old story again) im single, she single...and shes pretty hot. and cool to talk to. and here we go again. i had just turned my texting off to save money and embarassment from one too many drunken texts...and then meet a girl who insists on me turning them back on. ha. but i did. and i dont regret it. things are going well on that front. but of course, being a glass is always half empty kind of guy...they can always stand to be better
still need to have a stable source of income. in todays economy? dream on. but i also found some musicians in the area in need of a guitarist who like alot of the same i do...what the f? i guess ive waited long enough. and i am not looking to brag or jinx my chances...i just had to document some progess finally seeming to be made.
oh yeah, and FCW is having a talent evaluation clinic in Tampa next week and i could go back and beg for a referee job once again. it has been a year already. where does the time go? lots of faces i worked with have been called up to the WWE, and even more so got shitcanned.
i just have to do something different with my life. doesnt mean i am above working a regular 9-5 job, its just that i know it aint for me and i strive to be happy with i do. only trouble with that being, not very much in life makes me happy. writing, reading, music and wrestling? haha. time will tell...
things are better...for now. upcoming election...i thought about registering to vote. but my severe procrastination prevented me from such things. theres been some speculation from friends and family as of late i might have some form of autism. i show alot of signs. cant look people in the eye. am late to everything always. dont seem to care about that. i am good with remembering dates to a ridiculous degree. its possible. could be. wonder if i have mild tourettes as well?
fuck it. (see?)
put on a happy face and TRY to look the world in the eye...then spit into the wind and publicly masturbate for all to see
(other good news...new weird al song up...myspace.com/weirdal
new album must be on the way soon!?!? the little things DO matter...)
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10th October, 2008. 2:59 pm.
Okay, here's 27 with less makeup for those who hate all the glam paste. I applied for a temp job at the county clerks office, because I want to be just like ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) jameth and do stuff involved with voting and whatnot. I would just like to pass on the internet crazies if possible, I'm pretty sure I've met my lifetime quota. Speaking of, (okay he wasn't crazy) but I went on a date with some guy from okcupid. He was nice enough, a tad too young for me though, and he laughed like a deaf kid. You know in Forrest Gump, the guy Forrest's mom fucks to get him into school? Kind of like that. Fuck dating, I am over it. I just want to bypass dating and have a normal-ish boyfriend again, kthx.
My birthday is tomorrow at Z's, and the theme is "Red Light District." We are enforcing the dress code. I cannot wait to see the crap people come up with! I myself plan on wearing some hooker red lipstick and not much else.
Sunday, once I wake up and shake off the hangover, I am driving to Sacramento for work training Monday and Tuesday, and if k_hate doesn't come hang out with me Sunday night I will probably kill myself. If she does show, we will probably go makeup shopping and then carry out our suicide pact. At least we'll look good when we do it.
I get my haircut Wednesday. I'm not used to having to cut my hair all the time. I doubt I will keep up this short thing for too much longer, as fun as it is.
The rest of the week I will devote to not thinking about my ex. Really. I am going to try my hardest. Also, vodka. Yay! 
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