Friday, October 27, 2006

“Just let me lie here and depreciate.”



:)

No clever title for this post.

I got a Tetanus booster shot yesterday and I wasn't sure I was going to make it through my day. I was super exhausted, and at 9:00pm I realized how much my arm ached from the shot. At least it didn't hurt going in, but there are some scary stories online about reactions to the shot. My advice: Either read the stories ahead of time and make the decision not to be vaccinated, or skip the stories on the other end lest you be freaked out that you're about to be paralyzed, in extreme pain, and forget who you are.

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Lily Allen ~ Littlest Things

You know how much I adore her, so I have to share her newest video:



It evokes my melancholy. :)

Monday, October 23, 2006

hot topic

I've completely stolen, ripped off, and robbed this from Avi. Thanks, Avi!

1. Explain what ended your last relationship.
I flew home from a very exhausting business trip and saw my boyfriend on the other side of the luggage claim terminal. He had it written ALL over him that he had cheated on me while I was away. He admitted to the cheating when we were back at my apartment. Since the girl he cheated with had moved out of state while I was on the trip my newly ex-boyfriend attempted to use me as a fuck buddy while he carried on an emotional relationship with the chick who moved away. I broke it off, moved on, and 10 years later am still with, and happily married to, my rebound man.

2. When was the last time you shaved?
Do I lie or do I avoid the question? Hmm. ... This morning, of course! (The real answer is probably a week ago. I shave more often if my skin is exposed.)

3. What were you doing this morning at 8 a.m.?
Watching Intervention while waiting for Hay to come downstairs so we could leave for work.

4. What were you doing 15 minutes ago?
Reading Avi's answers to these questions.

5. Are you any good at math?
On paper I'm not half bad. If I try to do it in my head I'm AWFUL at it. I used to be much better....

6. Your prom night? what about?
I was asked to the prom by two different boys, both younger than I was. I refused both of them and didn't bother going. I'm not a prom kinda gal.

7. Do you have any famous ancestors?
Famous by whose standards?

8. Have you had to take a loan out for school?
I haven't. I went to a university that offers tuition remission to its employees and their children. My father was kind enough to continue working at the university until after I graduated. Thanks, Dad. :) I worked the same job my entire time at college to pay for books. For room and board: I lived at home the first two years (I paid for my own food, I was weird that way), then rented with roommates using cash from my job as well as supplemental cash from Mom, then lived on campus as an RA (“free” room and board). Hay still owes a bit on his loans, but we'll pay them off by the end of the year.

9. Do you know the words to the song on your myspace profile?
I know the words while I'm listening to the song, then afterwards they core dump right outta my head. I like the video a lot, as I've mentioned before.

10. Last thing received in the mail?
Devil's Playground (2002) from Netflix.

11. How many different beverages have you had today?
Two: Coffee and water.

12. Do you ever leave messages on people’s answering machine?
For work I will. For home I'll talk into answering machines for the people I know screen all their calls.

13. Who did you lose your CONCERT virginity to?
Wang Chung and Tina Turner. Definitely a gang bangery.

14. Do you draw your name in the sand when you go to the beach?
No, I stare at the ocean waves.

15. What’s the most painful dental procedure you’ve had?
Nothing? I had a ton of cavities at age 11. I was so terrified of needles that I didn't have Novocaine for any of the fillings. I had one refilled last year, again sans Novocaine. I did have my wisdom teeth out at 19, but they ached rather than hurting after, and the aching only lasted a few hours.

16. What is out your back door?
My back yard, which has a bunch of gardens, trees, feeders, wildlife, and general nature goodness.

17. Any plans for Friday night?
Currently there are no plans for Friday night. I'm happy about that.

18. Do you like what the ocean does to your hair?
What's wrong with my hair?! I love the ocean. As long as it doesn't try to kill me it can do whatever it wants to my hair.

19. Have you ever received one of those big tins of 3 different popcorns?
Nope.

20. Have you ever been to a planetarium?
Yes. It's been several years, so I'd like to go again sometime. (Avi's answer preserved.)

21. Do you re-use towels after you shower?
Until they're stinky, yes.

22. Some things you are excited about?
Halloween, ... yup.

23. What is your favorite flavor of JELLO?
Horse hoof!

24. Describe your keychain(s)?
They're encrypted for my pleasure.

25. Where do you keep your change?
In a big Radio Shack tin in the shape of a battery, as well as lying around wherever I lazily leave it.

26. When was the last time you spoke in front of a large group of people?
2003

27. What kind of winter coat do you own?
What kind of winter coat don't I own?!

28. What was the weather like on your graduation day?
Sunny.

29. Do you sleep with the door to your room open or closed?
Funny story, that. We have been sleeping in the spare bedroom for a year because our master suite is too freakin' huge for me to deal with. About 3 months ago the bedroom door started shutting on its own. It doesn't latch, but it no longer stays in the completely open position. We stick a kitty cat door wedge between the door and the frame so that the cats can come and go as they please. Our preference is: open when it's not too cold or hot; closed with the heat on if too cold; closed with the A/C on if too hot.

Crazy Lucy and Nutty Emma

Crazy Lucy
Crazy Lucy

Nutty Emma

Nutty Emma

You may recall that Lucy is the dog of Hay's parents, and Emma is the dog of Hay's sister. Both Lucy and Emma have the same dog father, but different dog mothers.


Lucy links: puppy fuzzball, foxy lady

*mutter* I really thought I had a photo and accompanying post about the Lucy and Emma photos that are on my fridge, but I guess I never posted them. So, pretend you knew what Emma looked like before today.

Moose season

Please don't traumatize yourself if you just can't bear to see dead animals. I took this photo through the front windshield as we were driving to visit far away relatives. Click here to see the smaller photo; click here to see the slightly larger (cropped from an original that is not uploaded).

Friday, October 20, 2006

Crow has been consumed. And egg. And whatever else you're supposed to eat when you screw up real bad-like.

I did something really super embarrassing at work today. I sent an email meant for one person to an entire group of people. It wasn't just a matter of replying to the group instead of to the sender, I actually initiated the message chain and manually typed the wrong address in the To: field. When I realized my mistake my face and neck instantly burned from turning red with embarrassment. I didn't get reprimanded, although I've beaten myself up enough about it that no external punishment short of torture would compare.

So, what's your most embarrassing work story?

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

“You knock my socks off.”

Last night I cuddled up with Hay and we watched Monday's episode of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. This show just keeps getting better. I never, ever expected to love a show with Matthew Perry (“Matt”) and Amanda Peet (“Jordan”) quite this much, since I've never much cared for them in other TV or movie projects they've shown up for.

I cannot tell you how resistant I was to feeling emotion for Harriet and Matt, but when she leaned in and softly stated, “you knock my socks off” as Sting was onstage playing Fields of Gold on the lute, I just burst into tears. It made me ache inside.



(Aww, crap, I just watched the clip to make sure the line was in there and I'm all teary-eyed again.) The song plus the combo of the romantic moment are too much for me to take. If you missed the show, or aren't even watching it yet, see the full episode online at NBC.

One S60 mention unrelated to socks: Kudos to Jordan for passing on the weekly Temptation Island-meets-the-media show. It's a creative idea, but it's definitely more harmful than good(ful) to TV viewers and to the show's participants.

Returning to the socks topic, this Thursday Pam and Jim finally speak:



Sorry about the freaky My Name is Earl promo that precedes it, I don't make these promos. :) I'm just happy they're talking again.

Monday, October 16, 2006

Mum-y

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Online TV review

You don't even understand how incredibly psyched I am that the major networks are streaming episodes of their current shows. This means that whenever, wherever I need a TV fix I can get one legally without breaking my bank. I've been able to preview a bunch of shows I wasn't sure if I would like or not, and I have to say that this has helped me to realize the following:
  1. Miami is such a beautiful city, but I cannot stand David Caruso's voice in CSI: Miami.
  2. America Ferrera is am amazing and beautiful actor, but she plays the Ugly Betty part so well that it's easy to forget just how smokin' she really is.
  3. The New Adventures of Old Christine is really Elaine with a kid and a brother and an ex-husband with a younger girlfriend named New Christine. I love it!
  4. Kidnapped is a great show, but I'm honestly not sure how it can have sustainability. Either Leopold dies or he comes home, or we as the audience get bored with the fact that he still isn't home, and the show ends.
  5. I'm disappointed that A&E has only semi-joined the online episodes boat, which leaves me unable to find any legal episodes of Intervention at the A&E site or at iTunes. Quel dommage.*
  6. Fox sucks, and uses Windows Media Player for their videos, which means my Mac currently cannot show their videos unless I reinstall Bootcamp and Windows then access their site from my Windows partition, or unless Microsoft wants to allow Macs to play in the digital rights management game. Ftarded...
I really should just be a movie and/or TV critic and stop this silly dabbling in technology.



*I do realize that A&E is a cable/non-major network channel, but I've been mulling over how to make a post about Intervention all day, and this is the best I could do. So. There ya have it.

Sunday, October 15, 2006

: holiday, celebrate :

It's time to fess up your favorite holiday shopping sites. My new pick for this year is:

perpetual kid

Old standbys: ThinkGeek, Wishingfish, What on Earth, and T-Shirt Hell.

So, *nudge nudge* tell me yours!

Paxilback

Java Jabber sent me this parody of JT's Sexyback which is very. well. done. For your viewing pleasure, The Gray Kid and Daniel Stessen:



The bright side? At least my face doesn't have a yeast infection...

On notice:

     

...at least the NEW! sensitive skin version. It smells like:



I assure you that I don't want to smell yeast infection cream on my face all day, every day so I will likely abandon this product before I even find out its benefits to my skin.

The very worst part for me is that I spent all day yesterday trying to remember where that smell came from, because I've not needed a remedy for a yeast infection in over a decade. When I finally recalled where I had smelled that...odor...before all I could picture was plunger after plunger of ooey gooey cream, and it disgusted me. As it should.

Saturday, October 14, 2006

Early New Year's resolution

With the political campaigning season upon us I have been bursting out with rage at the local politicians I have either seen on TV or in person using slimy methods to meet The Voters. The other day I caught myself in the middle of my rage at a local politician my dad and brother accidentally spoke with at our local pizza place and decided that I don't like myself when I'm hating people. So, I've decided to stop hating in general, particularly the ironic circumstance of hating hate.

Please support me in this decision by not mentioning the following topics: politics (period), fungus consumption, child molestation/pornography, the highly privileged looking down upon the rest of us, animal cruelty, Jay Leno, catty bitches, domestic violence, K-Fed, hunting, the untimely demise of Dead Like Me, tail docking, inconsiderate projectile vomiting, war (“what is it good for?”), misogyny, and Mel Gibson. Edit: And driving/road rage! How could I forget that one?!

Thank you for helping me to not be compared to my Crazy Aunt who also spits rage-infested monologues to empty rooms, and have a great day.

Friday, October 13, 2006

Somethin' stinks in Mandy's house


Soooo, I was just watching this week's episode of Criminal Minds when I noticed that one of the women from Flavor of Love was playing a bank robbery victim on the show. I turned to Hay and told him this information. I then mulled said information over in my brain for a bit, because I couldn't quiiiite place which season she was from. And then it dawned on me. She is Somethin', aka Ms. Poops on Flav's Floor from this season! Everybody except, apparently, the casting folks for Criminal Minds, knows who she is! Even Wikipedia does!

This photo's credit: VH1

My proof is in the Dish DVR pudding:

Ms. Poops hanging out in her drawers on a bank floor while a serial robber (among other serial-ness) brandishes a MAC-10.


Ms. Poops in her sad yet slimming mug-looking shot for Mandy Patinkin's group to analyze. (I edited out the local channel info, but I assure you that I did not edit any of the other data.)

Although I cannot find another source on The Internets regarding this fact, I am 100% certain that Tykeisha “Somethin” Thomas is pictured above.

Admission: The Office

I liked the flirting between Jim and Karen last night. Mel, I know you're disappointed with me. HOWEVER, I thought it was a bit slimy that Jim was using the same flirt techniques on Karen as he had with Pam. Ya know? He's a playa. I definitely agree that Pam will be back with Roy while Jim and Karen date through the merging of the Stamford and (Slough, hehe) Scranton branch.

Tiny fact: Rashida Jones, who plays Karen, is the daughter of Quincy Jones and Peggy Lipton. She's here for a bit of the long haul.

Tiny Poppy fact: My mom told me that she doesn't watch The Office because my stepdad has never worked in corporate America so doesn't “get” the show. So, my secret plan is to get the DVDs as they come out then when my mom visits watch the marathon with her while Hay and my stepdad do manly stuff like go to Home Depot and do wood projects. (They really like to do that together, so I'm not being ... um, err, what's that word ... patronizing.)

Photo credit: HELLO! magazine

Pssssst.

Happy Friday the 13th. :) Bravo has the original Jason movie tonight at 8:00pm. See ya there.

New Justin: My Love

Hay, time to avert your eyes again, Sweetie. Thanks. Love ya bunches.



I love Justin, you know that. BUT!, I have criticisms, both of the song and of the video that has been produced in its honor. Here we go...

Song: Justin. Justin. When you are singing a love song to me, I reallly reallllly don't wanna hear other guys bustin' into the song to make it sound like y'all are singing to each other instead of me. If that's how you fly that's cool, but if you're singing to me...well, not so cool to make me think you're gettin' a little bit o' Timba on the side. Ya feel me? Because, you know boy, I'd like to be feelin' you. (That was my best impression of Buckwild, cuz ya hasta get Buck Wild once in a while. Fake-ass.)

Video: Continuing with the Timbaland theory, if you weren't shaking your fist in a jerking off motion for 1 minute 41 seconds while standing next to Timba, then I might believe you better about not wanting to get with him. Let's pretend, however, that you're talking to the scantily clad woman in the video, and not to me or Timbaland (or T.I.). Why does she have to wear hardly anything? Why do you need to have her bend over so you can smack her ass? Why are you objectifying the woman you claim to love so much? Sexy sells, so let us put down right slutty back into your closet of fantasy, okay? Let's have a redo of this video with her wearing more clothes and you showing her your love. Kay? Kay. :)

Kisses,
Poppy

Thursday, October 12, 2006

balloon

My photo:

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(Click to see the geese that were flying by when I took the photo.)

Hay's photo:

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He takes great photos. :)

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

certifiable

I just finished taking my second and final exam, and am now certified in some computer thing that isn't terribly exciting but may shape my career's future. Yay, me. :)