30 August 2006
Quote of the Week
This week: a quote from "Veronica Mars" that probably won't make any sense unless you watch the show. (And maybe not even then!) But it amuses me, so...
teacher: Congratulations, FBLA-ers, you are now worth exactly one million dollars!
Logan: What?! You mean I've lost money??
teacher: Congratulations, FBLA-ers, you are now worth exactly one million dollars!
Logan: What?! You mean I've lost money??
Labels: Veronica Mars
TV Time
Fox has started its new fall schedule, and I'm not thrilled. Not with the TV shows -- in fact, I'm quite happy that "House" is back with new episodes -- but that they're starting so early. It's still August! I'm not ready for the new season until mid-September.
Plus, TV Guide hasn't published its "Fall Preview" issue yet. How will I know if I want to watch any of their new shows if I haven't seen the "Fall Preview" yet?? Every year I carefully read through that issue, decide which shows I think sound interesting, cross-reference with what TV Guide thinks looks promising, and then make up a schedule showing what time and day each show airs, along the date that it will premiere. It's a yearly ritual for me, and if I haven't done that, then I'm not ready for new shows.
Sorry, Fox, but I won't be watching any of your new shows.
Plus, TV Guide hasn't published its "Fall Preview" issue yet. How will I know if I want to watch any of their new shows if I haven't seen the "Fall Preview" yet?? Every year I carefully read through that issue, decide which shows I think sound interesting, cross-reference with what TV Guide thinks looks promising, and then make up a schedule showing what time and day each show airs, along the date that it will premiere. It's a yearly ritual for me, and if I haven't done that, then I'm not ready for new shows.
Sorry, Fox, but I won't be watching any of your new shows.
Labels: TV
29 August 2006
Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head...
But that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turning red!
When I left for work this morning it was half-heartedly sprinkling outside. It was the first rain I'd seen in quite a while, so I was happy to see it.
When I left work tonight, it was raining properly. Yay! I got soaked waiting for the bus, and I loved every wet, dripping, soggy minute of it!
When I left for work this morning it was half-heartedly sprinkling outside. It was the first rain I'd seen in quite a while, so I was happy to see it.
When I left work tonight, it was raining properly. Yay! I got soaked waiting for the bus, and I loved every wet, dripping, soggy minute of it!
Labels: weather
24 August 2006
Market Forces, Part 2
Yesterday I went to Best Buy to get the season 2 DVD of "Veronica Mars". They were out. I went to Fred Meyer. They were charging a few dollars more than Best Buy, but they still had copies. Guess where I purchased my DVD?
This is where the "supply" part of "supply and demand" comes into play...
This is where the "supply" part of "supply and demand" comes into play...
Labels: Veronica Mars
22 August 2006
Quote of the Week
This week: "bodily" by Ani DiFranco
you broke me bodily
the heart ain't the half of it
and i'll never learn to laugh at it
in my good natured way
in fact i'm laughing less in general
but i learned a lot at my own funeral
and i knew you'd be the death of me
so i guess that's the price i pay
i'm trying to make new memories
in cities where we fell in love
my head just barely above
the darkest water i've ever known
you had me in that cage
you had me jumpin through those hoops for you
still, i think i'd stoop for you
stoop for your eyes alone
from that bomb shell moon in yet another lovely dress
to the deep mahogany sheen of a roach
i am trying to take an appreciative approach
to life in your wake
i focus on the quiet now
and occasionally i'll fall asleep somehow
and emptiness has its solace
in that there's nothing left to take
you broke me bodily
the heart ain't the half of it
and i'll never learn to laugh at it
in my good natured way
in fact i'm laughing less in general
but i learned a lot at my own funeral
and i knew you'd be the death of me
so i guess that's the price i pay
i'm trying to make new memories
in cities where we fell in love
my head just barely above
the darkest water i've ever known
you had me in that cage
you had me jumpin through those hoops for you
still, i think i'd stoop for you
stoop for your eyes alone
from that bomb shell moon in yet another lovely dress
to the deep mahogany sheen of a roach
i am trying to take an appreciative approach
to life in your wake
i focus on the quiet now
and occasionally i'll fall asleep somehow
and emptiness has its solace
in that there's nothing left to take
Labels: ani difranco
21 August 2006
Alliteration
20 August 2006
November 21st?
Tonight the local oldies station was counting down the top songs from the week of November 21st, 1961. Ummm..... huh?
Interestingly, the list included both "Last Kiss" and "Leader of the Pack". Equal opportunity death!
I like "Last Kiss" better. But "Leader of the Pack" has that awesomely bad bit where the singer yells, "Look out! Look out! Look out!"
Interestingly, the list included both "Last Kiss" and "Leader of the Pack". Equal opportunity death!
I like "Last Kiss" better. But "Leader of the Pack" has that awesomely bad bit where the singer yells, "Look out! Look out! Look out!"
Labels: music
18 August 2006
Don't You Hate It When...
You carefully go through your pants pockets to look for tissues before putting them in the wash, but when you pull your laundry out of the washer, there's little Kleenex-bits over all your clean clothes, which means you somehow missed one!
Urg.
Urg.
Labels: clothes
16 August 2006
Quote of the Week
From the TV show version of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
...things were moving through the ionosphere, many miles above the surface of the planet. Several huge, yellow, slab-like somethings. Huge as office-blocks, silent as birds, they hung in the air in exactly the same way that bricks don't.
...things were moving through the ionosphere, many miles above the surface of the planet. Several huge, yellow, slab-like somethings. Huge as office-blocks, silent as birds, they hung in the air in exactly the same way that bricks don't.
Labels: scifi/fantasy, TV
15 August 2006
Stehekin
Last week I went on my first vacation in over two years. I, along with my parents and some friends of theirs, went to Stehekin for a couple of days.
My parents and I drove over to Chelan, Washinton and then took the seaplane to Stehekin. My dad sat in the front seat with the pilot. They seemed to enjoy chatting about the plane and all its various gauges and doohickeys:
Here's Lake Chelan (or rather, part of it, since it's 50 miles long) from the air. It was kind of hazy that day -- maybe smoke from the forest fires?
If I recall correctly, the pilot told us that Lake Chelan has the cleanest water in the "lower 48". It certainly was very clear!
This is the Stehekin River a few miles before it feeds into Lake Chelan. My mom and I biked almost ten miles down the road along the river. We survived by taking many, many photo breaks!
One of our other stops was at Stehekin's "old school". It's a one-room schoolhouse that was used from 1920 to 1988! They have it open; we were allowed to walk around. Very cool!
Sunrise at Stehekin...
Stehekin was fun, but it was awfully hot and sunny. When we drove over the pass, the clouds were waiting for me to welcome me home...
My parents and I drove over to Chelan, Washinton and then took the seaplane to Stehekin. My dad sat in the front seat with the pilot. They seemed to enjoy chatting about the plane and all its various gauges and doohickeys:
Here's Lake Chelan (or rather, part of it, since it's 50 miles long) from the air. It was kind of hazy that day -- maybe smoke from the forest fires?
If I recall correctly, the pilot told us that Lake Chelan has the cleanest water in the "lower 48". It certainly was very clear!
This is the Stehekin River a few miles before it feeds into Lake Chelan. My mom and I biked almost ten miles down the road along the river. We survived by taking many, many photo breaks!
One of our other stops was at Stehekin's "old school". It's a one-room schoolhouse that was used from 1920 to 1988! They have it open; we were allowed to walk around. Very cool!
Sunrise at Stehekin...
Stehekin was fun, but it was awfully hot and sunny. When we drove over the pass, the clouds were waiting for me to welcome me home...
Labels: travel
01 August 2006
Quote of the Week
In one of Darby Conley's "Get Fuzzy" comic strips, I discovered that Bucky and I have similar views on mushrooms:
Bucky: Whoever first looked at a mushroom and thought, "Yeah, I'm gonna put that in my mouth" was a freak. I, for one, am opposed to eating them on principle.
Rob: Knock it off, you don't have any "principles" in you.
Bucky: Yeah, well, I don't have any fungus in me, either, and that's the way I like it.
Rob: You're really closed-minded, you know that? Even for a cat.
Bucky: I'm not close-minded, you're just wrong.
Bucky: Whoever first looked at a mushroom and thought, "Yeah, I'm gonna put that in my mouth" was a freak. I, for one, am opposed to eating them on principle.
Rob: Knock it off, you don't have any "principles" in you.
Bucky: Yeah, well, I don't have any fungus in me, either, and that's the way I like it.
Rob: You're really closed-minded, you know that? Even for a cat.
Bucky: I'm not close-minded, you're just wrong.
