And boy is it.
See: Meez
So, my living room is white with lavender-gray trim, and I sit on the sofa, not the floor, and their idea of curly hair isn’t very. But otherwise, not too bad.
Well, that and my shirts are never that low cut.
ADDENDUM the First:
I’m not really as insane as I sound–when I went back to play with the image, the changes were automatically reflected here. Original image was me sitting on the floor typing on a laptop.
So my excitement for today was that I got my hair cut. For most people, this isn’t a big deal. However, I have somewhat difficult hair, and this fall I discovered that the woman who cut my hair–and two other women–left the salon where I got my haircut, and I had no idea where she went, nor did my friends who got their hair cut by by those women.
After several months, we discovered that they had opened their own salon, after a less than amicable parting with their former salon owner, while in the interim, I ended up getting my hair cut somewhere else. This haircut reminded me why I willing pay $35 for a haircut, and kept going back to Rachel again and again–she listened to me, paid attention to the quirks of my hair, and we eventually discovered a good cut for my hair. When I attempted to explain the main point of what needed to be done to my hair to the interim woman (the hair at the nape of my next comes in straight, and tends to grow faster than the rest of my hair, so it has to be cut much shorter than the rest of my hair) she ignored me, and although she didn’t give me a bad haircut, it wasn’t a good haircut, because she didn’t address the issues with my hair I specifically mentioned.
Thus, I was delighted when I discovered that Rachel was in a new salon, and I could have her cut my hair again. So today I again have a good haircut, which will hopefully keep me from looking like a wild woman who accidentally stuck her finger in an electric socket, for the next couple months.
And if you think I exaggerate about my hair, here is a snippet of conversation between me and Michael this evening.
Michael: I’m just saying.
Me: You’re not just saying. You’re saying, saying saying.
Michael: That’s because I have to get it through your hair. Head. I mean head. I meant head.
Me: Nice Freudian slip.
The History of Pain
I’m beginning to wonder precisely what they are teaching these dental students.
(First person with the appropriate response gets bonus points)
ADDENDUM the First:
Here’s Erin’s comment, because it’s too good for you to miss.
To be a success!
♫â€Â‘Oh, that hurts! Wait! I’m not numb!’
‘Eh, Shut Up! Open Wide! Here I Come!’♫♫â€ÂI am your dentist.
And I enjoy the career that I picked.
I’m your dentist.
And I get off on the pain I inflict!â€Â♫***
♫â€ÂYour temperament’s wrong for the priesthood,
And teaching would suit you still less.
Son, be a dentist.
You’ll be a success.â€Â♫
ADDENDUM the Second:
By the way, my initial response to seeing “The History of Pain” was “Life is pain highness, anyone who tells you differently is selling something.”
My second response was “NOT TO FIFTY!“
Just passed a student looking at a slide entitled:
“Lymphatic drainage of the tongue”
Though that was less disturbing than the dental student presentations with rotted teeth and other oral disorders.
Michael needs his hair cut. Let’s see what we can find. Is that under hair in the phone book? (Flips through yellow pages.) Publishers, Optometrists, Monuments, Lawyers, Lawyers, Lawyers, Kilts… waitasecond… did that say kilts? Yes. Yes it did. There’s a heading for kilts in the Morgantown yellow pages.
Happy Thanksgiving!
This year I am thankful for:
My husband
My friends and family
My health
My job
Health insurance
Roses
The Internet
Elephants
I hope that you are have many things to be thankful for this year, and are able to take the time to appreciate those things.
8 Interesting/Random things about yourself…
Random is easy. Interesting? We’ll have to see.
1. I love to bake. Especially cookies and brownies. But I don’t like cake, unless it’s carrot cake, molten lava cake, or soaked in alcohol cake.
2. I acknowledge my geekiness and revel in it. Random quotes from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Firefly? Got it. Love of computers and geeky toys? Yup. Love watching science fiction and comic book movies? Yup. Ability to wax enthusiastic for hours about movies I love? Sure thing. T-shirts with strange and esoteric sayings? Got ‘em. But you know what? It’s a lot of fun to be a geek, once you get out of high school.
3. I have almost 2000 books in my house–primarily paperbacks. And I have several hundred dollars in credit from the used book store, from books I’ve “sold” back. But I dislike reading science fiction.
4. I like to do laundry. I find it satisfying to turn a pile of dirty clothes into a neat folded pile of clean clothes. But no, I won’t do your laundry. It’s not the same.
5. I hate to be tickled. Really hate it. You may get punched if you try to tickle me. And I’m a pacifist.
6. I am terrible at simple math and spelling and can’t do either in my head. In fact, trying to make me do either will possibly cause me to burst into tears.
7. Years ago I was at a Tom Petty concert with my friend Mary, when a very drunk/stoned/high man started talking to us, and then suddenly looked at me and asked, “Who’s been beating you?” He had noticed a scar on my lower lip that I’d gotten as a child (jumping on the bed if you must know) that no one else had ever noticed or commented on before. Why he thought I was the type to take abuse, I’ll never know.
8. My heritage is half Eastern-European (Lithuanian and Polish), one quarter Canadian, and one quarter mutt. I am third generation American on the Eastern European side, second generation American (USA) for the Canadian part, and who knows about the mutt portion. Perhaps because of this, I strongly believe in the American dream, and the responsibility of citizenship.
(via Jedi Jawa)
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The truest thing I’ve seen about cats.
With photographic evidence.
1. If there is a piece of paper on a surface a cat is required to sit on it…
My grandmother’s 90th birthday party was a resounding success!
She got to see lots of people, some of whom she hadn’t seen in years, she got some great gifts, including dashley (sp?) and vinitus. My desserts went well (yay for homemade oreos) and in general every had a great time. Plus Eric and Logan appeared with the twins, and since there were two babies, everyone who wants to hold a baby got to.
Michael took almost 200 pictures, so it may take me a few days to sort through them. But I’ll get some pictures up eventually.
Got to spend the evening with Liz and Math and his g/f Janna as we went to Wegmans, and Liz continued to rave about how much she loves the place. I told her that we MUST take a trip to Cincinnati so she can experience Jungle Jim’s.
The twins were christened the next day, and there was a small get together afterwards. So I got to spend lots of time with my family, which was wonderful.
All in all, it was a fantastic–although tiring–weekend.
…To feed to my Tyrannosaurus Rex.
That’s been running though my brain since I first started reading John Scalzi’s LOLdinosaurs thread (well, there are other things there, but the dino’s are the funniest.)
My favorite? See below:
Sorry you all have been getting mostly single paragraph updates recently. There have been happenings around here. Nothing good, but nothing that really affected me directly. Just things that suck up huge amounts of time. On a positive note, my mood has been good enough right now that I was able to handle the issues that came up without stressing out or getting extremely upset. This is excellent news, because it means I may have my depression under control–at least for not.
Still not ready to go off my meds though. My mood hasn’t been stable long enough.
Additionally, I’ve been writing every weekday morning. I’m up to chapter 18 (page 49 of 85) so I’m at about the halfway point till I can start writing new material. (It’s been long enough that I desperately needed this editing fest because I’ve forgotten many details. Bonus: coherency is good.)
I’ve also been reading. Once my grandmother comes back, we’ll be watching DVDs most nights, so I’m enjoying the last of my quiet evenings. Of course I also can’t wait to get back to the first season of Heroes. We told her we wouldn’t watch anymore till she came back, and I’m more than ready to find out what happened.
As far as books, if you like mysteries, I highly recommend C.S. Harris‘ Sebastian St Cyr series. And if you like fantasy with your mysteries, I also am enjoying Tamara Siler Jones‘ Dubric series.
And I’m getting ready for Grandmom’s party this weekend. So far: apple pie in the freezer and the cookie part of the oreos are done. Tomorrow: carrot cake cupcakes. Friday: Bake pie, fill cookies, frost cupcakes. And somehow resist eating any of these baked delights.
But mostly, I’m happy and content, and just haven’t wanted to spend time outside of work on the computer.
So sorry bout the lack of updates. But not really.
Deaths taken out of the Register of Lamplugh from Janry ye 1 1656 to Janry ye 1 1663
I tried resisting, but I love this list.
John Scalzi finally went to the Creation Museum. Essay AND a photo set with snarky comments!
My favorite part is “vegetarian dinosaurs.”
This is one of my favorite Calvin & Hobbes cartoons.
I kinda take it as life guidance.
The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month
“It is well that war is so terrible; else we would grow too fond of it”
– Robert E. Lee
“A man’s country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle; and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.”
– George William Curtis
It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt.
– John Philpot Curran Speech upon the Right of Election (1790)
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Day Web Page
The Origins of Veterans Day from the VFW
Michael: If you want, we can get you a new sewing machine.
Michelle: I’d rather have a new laptop.
Michael: And that’s why I love you.
I just realized that the time on my recent posts is off by an hour. I wasn’t actually on the computer at 12:30 this morning. And I was on my computer at 7 AM Thursday morning.
Time to go poke around the guts of the website.
Poke. Poke. Poke.
Just got back from seeing Nickel Creek for their Farewell for Now tour.
As always their show was excellent, but I have to say a part of me longed for the first show I saw: they played in the Mountainlair Ballrooms, there weren’t a ton of people, there was plenty of space to get up and dance, and they played for more than two hours–loose sets that they made up as they went along.
But it was a fantastic show, and you should see them if you have the chance–before it’s too late.
Pat White is still my favorite–possible all time favorite–WVU player.
Announcer: Pat White just did a somersault on the sidelines, trying to convince Coach Kearns he was okay to go back in the game.
My dreams last night involved walking up hill, all night long. It was if Eighth Street took over the entire world.
Many of my answers were, “well… it depends”
(more…)
You know those days where you feel like you’re busy all day long, but have very little to show for all your activity?
Today was one of those days for me.
The worst part was dealing with multiple, futile, network issues.
One of my laptops is missing the certificates needed to get onto the encrypted network. Apparently, there is no easy way to remedy this problem, although I did spend an affable 30 minutes at the Help Desk talking to Matt as he searched for drivers and certificates. Eventually I abandoned my laptop and headed back to my office. They were going to keep looking and see if anyone else knew a possible solution. (Let me make one thing clear, I love our Help Desk guys. They’re nice, funny, and will find an answer to your problem, even if it takes awhile. Compare that to other help desks (ahem) and I think you’ll agree with me. So I’m not saying this was a failure on their part. I’m jsut saying this is how my day went.)
The second network issue was trying to figure out how to get my PDA on the wireless network. A couple months ago I tried, and then gave up since what I really needed it for (a calendar program that could sync with GroupWise) was working perfectly. And I have a perfectly good laptop. So I just dropped it. Unfortunately, my boss has been getting a ton of PDA questions, and one recurring question is “why can’t I get wireless in HSC?” So I picked up that abandoned task and ran with it. And I learned several interesting things. Apparently, OIT policy for PDAs is they will not support them. If you can get your PDA on the wireless, that’s fine. But if you can’t, too bad for you. So I again sauntered back down to the Help Desk. After several guys going, “I can’t get it to work either, but if you figure it out, can you let me know?” I ended up talking to one of the guys in Networking, who apparently didn’t realize there was a problem, and told me he’d work on it and get back to me. So again, a solution is in the works (and this solution will be helpful to other people as well, which is good) but as a task, I’d have to say my success rate was pretty low.
But on the bright side, I was able to help several people, so that’s always a good feeling. So I suppose the day wasn’t a total loss.
If you sometimes read the book portion of my website, you may remember that in July I read and recommend Elizabeth Bear’s book New Amsterdam.
Did you go pick it up and read it then? No? Too bad. I just looked on Amazon, and copies are selling for $75.
After hearing this, Michael suggested that I sell my copy.
I may have to hide my copy from him, until he forgets this, because New Amsterdam was definitely a keeper. (And here I was waiting for a sequel. Lets hope that outrageous price means the book will go into reprint–and a new book about Abagail Irene is in the works.
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