About blocking

A lot of my favorite bloggers have recently run into the problem of their internet providers cutting off access to their blog pages. Generally this happens only for people at work who are able to update in the wee morning or late at night from their home ISP.

But, let's say you're a student. And you're trapped at a school that blocks your website. And your myspace page. And you can't do one gd thing about it. Well, your name would be LA. That's right, gossip hounds, Junk Feud is BACK. Again. For real. For now. Until LA goes back to school where it's all blocked again.


My work does not restrict any pages except those that are deemed to be part of phishing scams or bot networks. I will never want for bandwidth that I cannot have. Therefore, it makes me sad that so many of you are being restricted. It makes me want to cry a little. I can't believe I even had the intuition to visit LA's site again, but I couldn't be happier that one blogger has (temporarily) overcome her obstacles to get back to what she does best - gossip. Ginormous hugs to LA. We all missed you so much we almost could not stand it. Welcome back, Sweetie. :)

It's never too late...

...to make toys out of movies.



The entire Monty Python collection: is brought to me by Rude Dog at The Presurfer;* is brought to you by me!



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*That semicolon is for Stef. ;)

outside, 95 degrees inside.

It's hot in here. I'm not taking off my clothes. I am however, shutting down my brain for the rest of the day.

Hermione the superhero

Yeeeah didn't credit this photo* so I'm not sure where it came from, but I love Emma Watson's pose, outfit, lips, and hair in this one.



So much fun in a girl who was last seen partying it up with Corona and Budweiser bottles.



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*If anyone knows the source of the photo please drop me a comment so I can credit it correctly or remove it if necessary.

Specialities

Hay would like me to submit some of my photos to our local fair's art exhibit. I'm looking into that.

Last night I spent 20 minutes trying to get the perfect picture of a common blue butterfly and when I had lost all hope she sat down on the ground and spread her wings for me.





It was truly a special moment. I did let her lick my hand for a good ten minutes before that, and she must have sensed my sadness at not having captured the very perfect picture of her, so she wanted to make me happy.

One of my co-workers is a farmer. She spends the morning tending to her animals, then comes in at around 11:00am to work until about 7:00pm. It's nice that my employer allows her to be flexible with her schedule like that. Sometimes her animals get loose and she has to leave at a moment's notice. She never gets in trouble for this, just makes up the time as she can. The reason I'm telling you all this is because I can always tell when she arrives. It's not because I hear her voice or the jingling of her keys. It's her scent. She always wears this wonderful perfume that is the essence of a springtime garden. I love the scent of it wafting into my office, love how it always puts a smile on my face.

What's putting a smile on your face today, bloggies and -ers?*



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*(Je vous promets, I am not related to Mr. Rogers, just having a good day despite the early morning disasters which are not worth mentioning.)

One more congrats

...to Reese Witherspoon who is pregnant with her third child. Ryan Phillippe is a lucky, lucky man. (And Reese a lucky lady!)

Wah.

Note to self: You cannot take your bootcamped Mac to your conference because they want you to have Win XP SP 1, but Boot Camp only works on SP2 or higher. Doesn't that just suck donkey assballs?

(I'm such a potty mouth.)

Don't it figure...

So, anyway, I'm all nasty and sweaty and probably bad-smelly because it was supposed to storm tonight but when I got home it wasn't doing that yet so I busted ass to mow the entire lot of land. And what do I see outside? Freakin' sunny sky. No rain. Not even a hint. Stupid weather. *mumble* At least I worked some calories off, eh?

The 3 P's

Poppy's lunch today: Pepsi, popcorn, and pudding. YAR.

“Pet me!”

Hay and I were at his grandmother and cousin's dual birthday party. Oscar was in the corner sleeping, but I couldn't resist waking him up so that I could give him some lovin'. I think he appreciated it. :)

Sunday Garden Party*

Rock on, little lady!


A lady bug takes a night ride on a glistening peony bud

The full set of beautiful ladies and gents are available at flickr.


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*Flowers are worth fighting for, and celebrating. My Sunday segment therefore shall henceforth be titled Sunday Garden Party.

Watching all the girls pass by (pass by)

This pup has a habit of lying down in the street, but when we saw him on Wednesday he was on the sidewalk watching rush hour traffic pass by.



Such a cutie patootey. :)

Cigarillos are in order

Congrats to Gwen and Angelina on the birth of their babies.

Congrats to me for digging all those pesky ferns out of our 16'x25' wildflower garden!

Expect a delay in Sunday Garden, I've been diggin' in the dirt all weekend.

Quickie

Where to begin... *clck clck* Long day of planting. Very sleepy now. Goodnight. *snoooooooooooooz snt snt snt snort*

THIS is the quintessential reason why Femmebot could not have won

And I quote:

How did the Meatloaf duet come about? "They just came to me. It wasn't like it was my choice.*** They just said, Okay, you'll be singing with so-and-so...I didn't even know who he was. But now I do. He was like really big in the '70s, right?" (from: mj's blog, originally from: Entertainment Weekly)

If you don't know your music legends you don't deserve to become one of them. (Man, guess she's not seen Rocky Horror quite yet.)



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***She doesn't even respect the privileged opportunity to sing along side one of the biggest music legends of all time! Such a bitch!

You’re a Bewitching Babe

Guests who gain access to your lair can’t help but fall prey to your seductive ways. Sensual is the name of your game, and everything you surround yourself with ensures it’s a win-win ...

Which Glam girl are you?

Thanks to the lovely ladies of BarbieMartini.

A review of Over the Hedge by Poppy M. Cede

Simple words: fun, a bit on the heavy-hearted side, filled with “moral of the story”-type lessons, cute yet not cutesy, enjoyable.

My stepmom, a boy with his mom, and I were the only ones in the theater. At 10 minutes after the movie should have started the film master popped his head out the glass window into the theater to let us know that a party of birthday kids was scheduled to attend our movie but had not arrived yet. At 15 minutes after the previews started. Just as the very last preview ended the house lights were turned back on and the screen went blank. The film master popped his head back into the theater to let us know the party was in the building. Thing is, each of the kids had to get their concession stand order before they enetered the theater. Sooooo, 30 minutes after the movie should have started it finally did and we all were very confused - was this the start of the movie, or had the film been left turned on the whole time but just wasn't being displayed to the screen? The reason we questioned this was: A) because the fluffy movie trivia junk they play before the previews was playing over top of the movie; B) the movie starts with a scene of a raccoon trying to get a package of nacho chips out of a vending machine, and there are no credits for about the first 15 minutes. Because everyone in the theater thought it was not the start of the movie I actually got up, went all the way to the ticket master, and reported that I thought our movie had been playing while we waited for the birthday party folks. I don't mind making a fool of myself, so no harm no foul. Just another amusing story for the blog. ;)

The first bit and the ending of the movie remind me of The Village. (If you've seen the start of this movie and the end of The Village you'll know why.) The middle reminds me of Toy Story 2.

Stars: ☆ ☆ ☆ out of 5
Suggest: See it on DVD, or bring a kiddo (at heart) to the theater

And the winner is....

I loved the Idol show from last night! Of course, for whatever reason, both Hay and I fell asleep as soon as we got home at ~6:00pm and then woke up at 9:00pm to move from our couches to the bedroom so that we could sleep in until 8:00am this morning. Clearly I didn't get to watch the show live so I didn't dare to look at any news sites or watch any television before I watched the show first thing this morning.

I loved the awards and all the songs, so much better than any of the other years when the show was mostly just fluff about the two contestants for almost two hours until Ryan gave the results. This time I felt like I had a bit of closure with the other contestants because I got to see them perform about five more times. :) I still think Chris was robbed of a title, but he'll go on to do great things. And if I don't see an album from Paris Bennett that has at least one Billie Holiday song on it I might just have to jump off a bridge.

I screamed SO LOUD when Ryan said the winner was Taylor and NOT the femmebot. Poor Allie was staring wide-eyed and terrified at me while I celebrated Soul Patrol's victory. I am very content knowing that America was with me on this one. Thanks, America. You won't vote for a president of our country but you'll vote for another pop singer to grace the stages of our local concert halls. Yip, yip! Now, let's all rally together to vote Taylor for president! I'm confident he could do a better job than the current administration. :)

Clerks II - 10 years later

From the director of Jersey Girl* CLERKS:



Warning: This preview is R rated because of naked boobies and swearing.


Merci to Avi for hookin' a blogger UP.


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*I actually thoroughly enjoyed Jersey Girl. It was predictable, but still fun.

$100 laptop prototype

Really. For reals, yo.



The first $100 laptop prototype, running Fedora Linux as its OS. A laptop for every child can become a reality, and we can all become the zoned out robots we knew we had the potential to be! W00t!



(That second photo actually shows the Fedora OS, which is why I am posting it even though it's very similar to the first pic. I wonder how customizable the hardware of the machines will be...)

Thanks to Pete Barr-Watson for revealing the machine to the world.