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Friday, March 24, 2006
Current mood: tired

I love the random questionnaires people do on myspace. Here’s one somebody else did so I picked it up for myself:

–> Spell your name without vowels: Lrl Smth (no, REALLY) (ok you don’t believe me)

–> What is the date 2 days after your birthday: Wha? March 10th.

–> How many pairs of jeans do you own: None. Well, there are a bunch in the model wardrobe room, but none of those fit me.

–> What color do you wear most: Purple variations. Lilac, lavender, purple and fuschia.

–> Least favorite color: Green? Pukey mustard?

–> Last song heard on the radio: What’s a radio? Actually, my car radio got screwed up about 3 years ago, and I haven’t listened to radio since.

–> What’s for dinner tonite: I had microwave lasagna.

–> Are you happy with your life right now: I’m managing.

–> Tell me a secret about one of your siblings: No, that’s their job.

–> Anyone ever said you resemble a celebrity: They said I resembled Jamie Lee Curtis. I coulda cried.

–> Who did you last call on your cell phone: Elise di Medici, she’s my buddy, my pal.

–> Do you own a…

- PS2: No

- XBOX 360: No

- PSP: No

- DIGITAL CAMERA: Bunches of ‘em.

–> Do you shop at stores like Hollister, Abercrombie & Fitch, American Eagle, or Aeropostale: I don’t even know what those places sell. I buy everything possible at food stores, if I can’t find something there I buy it on the internet, and occasionally I go to the Salvation Army, Staples, and Best Buy.

–> How do you make money: One or two days a month I tie up chicks and take their picture. I spend the rest of the month on my laptop running websites, with some desk work thrown in so that I can remain annoyed at the government for making so much stupid paperwork for people who are self-employed.

–> Last thing you bought over 50 dollars: We replaced the desk computer last month.

–> How’s the weather: It was super sunny today and yesterday!

–> Are you missing someone right now: Not at the moment, but earlier tonight I was missing my dad a little. It really angers me how since his death, more and more mailing lists have taken to sending him advertisements. Every day I get the mail and look at all the mail addressed to him and think about him.

–> What chores do you have around the house: I’m a dog lady. I feed the dogs, give them medicine, take them outdoors over and over, and clean up after them.

–> Finish this sentence. I wish I was __: I wish I was financially secure.

–> One word to describe you: Cuddly.

–> Favorite pair of shoes: My purple moon boots. They look kinda like Ug boots.

–> Do you own big sunglasses: Nope.

–> Do you find yourself attractive: Not exactly but I’m okay with looking like this.

–> Why is the first person in your Top 8 in the spot: I have crushes on some of these ladies that I’ve tied up.

–> What would you rather be doing right now: I’d rather be in SecondLife.com - it’s a ‘virtual world’, an online chat environment.

–> What should you be doing right now: I should be doing more computer work, but I’m too tired to concentrate any more, and I’ve learned not to work when I’m stupid. I just wind up making mistakes and having to re-do it all the next day.

–> Have you kissed your boyfriend/girlfriend lately: Yesterday

–> Last IM you received: There’s this guy in the Philippines who helps my site by prepping the digital photos. I IM’d him to tell him his website appeared to be down. He IM’d back and said it’ll be back up soon.

–> Who did you hug today: My husband and my dog.

–> Survey’s done. What are you going to do now: Try to finish catching up my MySpace mail, and then I’ll get a little time in SecondLife before I go to bed.

Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Current mood: nostalgic

Do any of you remember the “dog intelligence test” of years ago?

You would give a piece of gum to your dog. If they chewed and swallowed it, or just swallowed it without chewing… dumb dog. If they chewed and chewed and finally spit it out… intuitively knowing that something that can’t be chewed to nothingness… smart dog.

When I was a little kid we tried it on our dogs. Our mamma dog, Mogi, chewed the gum for a while and finally dropped it on the floor. The daughter dog, Panda Bear, was an adult but dumb anyway. She swallowed the gum.

Dogs react differently to all kinds of foods. Today I found a box of popsicles in the freezer. I decided to reconnect with my childhood and have one. All 3 dogs clustered around my feet to see what I was eating. I took out a second popsicle and offered them each a lick.

The pit bull sniffed it and refused to touch it.

The chihuahua sniffed it, tentatively teethed it, then decided only to lick it.

The american eskimo sniffed it, licked it, and then bit off a chunk and ate it.

I continued to offer it to each of them in turn until it was all gone. Even though the pit bull could see that the other two dogs were enjoying the popsicle, he never did touch the thing during his turns. His true love is liver. Yuck!

Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Current mood: amused

I cleaned my car yesterday and took everything out of it because next week I’ll be passing the car along to a friend.

In the trunk was a discarded tape-gag stuck face-down on the carpeting.

I’ve left that gag there for several years because it was a happy memory about one time I was tied up in the trunk.

I was pretty bummed about having to finally peel up the tape and throw it away.

On the bright side, I noticed a discarded tape-gag stuck to the carpeting in Jon’s car-trunk just the other day….

Friday, March 03, 2006
Current mood: hopeful

This is the big whammy season for me every year. My CFS combines with seasonal allergies and I spend lots of time in a mental daze or sleeping. So I’ve been a little depressed lately. However there have also been cool things happening so it’s almost like being a teenager again — one minute I’m tired and depressed and then a few minutes later I’m all excited, then I wear out and I’m depressed again, then I get a nap and wake up all energetic and ready to enjoy work…. LOL!

Money issues are hanging over me right now but this week things happened that really gave me hope. For instance Jon showed up at work with 5 count them 5 new videos that he has created! I was like wow where did all this come from? Apparently they got backlogged because Jon’s person who “authors” DVDs (captures the videotape, makes the digital files, assembles the DVD menus etc) had gotten way behind.

We found a new DVD author and Jon sent him these 5 videos this week. Last night the author was emailing me every few minutes with his progress. It was so efficient! He designed the main menu and emailed me a screen-capture of it. I emailed back that it looked good and no typos, so then he generated a mini video clip of it and sent me that so I could see the animation. I wrote back that it was good. Then he emailed me the sub-menus. And on like that. By the time I went to bed after midnight it was clear this DVD would be done by today — wow! And I got to check all the work online — that’s great because usually one has to wait until receiving the DVD master to find out whether there are any mistakes or hideous design flaws. LOL.

I’m really eager to see this first DVD that’s being finished. When the author sent me the animated menu, there was a sample clip of Alexis Taylor jumping up from a chair and hopping across the room tied up. It looks really cute so I want to see that on a full-size screen. I guess I will soon! Whee!