The following is 90% of what I receive when I'm "active" on Yahoo IM. THIS is why I'm rarely, if ever, show up as online.Weirdo on IM: How tall are you? (note not how are you, no introduction, just how tall)Me: why?Weirdo: just curious (this little phrase is repeated throughout the conversation) Are you short?Short… Continue reading Yahoo IM

It's Friday afternoon and I've had quite the crapola week. No counselor appointment this week, which really sucks because there are some things going on I'd like to talk to her about, so I burned holes in my keyboard doing the "brain dump" writing exercise for, oh, about six hours total over the week. My… Continue reading Stuff in General

I'm an idiot. I wrote a whole post on my other blog by accident. The other one is pretty much just for Nic and I to bitch about our adventures in trying to get healthy. Adn for some inane reason Blogger doesn't allow cutting and pasting of the text without major hassle.Oh well. It was… Continue reading *sigh*

Finally!!!

Things I've seen at Fest this year, both horrifying and hilarious:-A friend of mine dropped trou, completely, and "slapped" his thighs. Funniest thing I'd seen in quite some time...but I gave serious thought to brain bleach afterward.-Four children, two boys and two girls, all aged well under 10. They apparently work for the Pony people.… Continue reading Random Renaissance Festival Scenes

I'm baffled.There is absolutely nothing extraordinary about me that would lead me to believe I'm the ideal person to counsel others. My interests are strange and varied, my job is boring as hell, my life is far more suburban than I'd like, and my marriage is good but not perfect. I've never done drugs, I've… Continue reading Strange Days

I'm beginning to wonder if our trip to FL planned in january is such a great idea. After so long a time with little to no extra cash, we've been making a good living since April when Dave landed his awesome new job. And as a result, all those little things we put off for… Continue reading

It's been a stressful couple of weeks. My company's gettin gbought out by a MUCH larger company...which could be really good or really bad. My job isn't really in danger, but the culture could change significantly, which would be upsetting to say the least. Especially if the changes don't come with a big 'ol raise… Continue reading Still alive!

My grandmother, the uber-conservative one in Bloomington (not the farmer in Cloquet), sent me a pro-Palin email today.Great. This election has become so "exciting" that the side of my family that NEVER talks about contraversial subjects is now sending around Republican propaganda.*sigh* I responded with "too bad she's too conservative on women's issues for me.… Continue reading Sleeping Dogs

Two weeks ago Renaissance Festival started, and both hubby and I were reminded exactly why we love it out there so much: saw all the old friends we hadn't seen for a year, relaxed instead of the usual 14 hour days, and had a MAJOR karmic bonus on top of it all.One of the two… Continue reading Ahh, sweet Karma