When doomsey and I get home from work or socializing, we're usually welcomed by "the itty bitty greeting committee." Lately, the cats have banded together to form a new group called "the itty bitty wake-up committee." Not cool. Gah...no wonder I was feeling so sleepy this morning. Damn cats. I love them...really I do, but some mornings I just want to throw stuff at 'em.

bkwrrm_tx posted this in her journal and I thought I should share it. It's a pilot that was aired on BBC3 for a show called Being Human. It's about a werewolf and vampire who share a flat together and struggle to come to terms with what they are. I hope they make this into a series because it could be entertaining.

I happened upon two garage sales during my walk today, and I found Chess: The Drinking Game at one of them. I was highly amused by this so I went back and liberated it. Me thinks it will be making an appearance at one of voidness' parties sometime in the near future. *evil grin*

I can't drink this year because of the meds I'm on, but I'm sure you guys can raise a couple of glasses a glass for me.

This is for all the Moonlight fans on my friends list. I know there are quite a few of you because I saw several unhappy posts from some of you when it was announced that the show was going to be cancelled. I ganked this from ginmar, who in turn got it from moonlight_wts. It seems like CBS is reconsidering their decision because they're taking demographic calls from fans . I'm repeating what the original poster said:

I just called and there is a recording that says they are taking demographic calls for Moonlight and to leave your name, city, state, and age. I also gave them my husband's age and my Mom's age and city, state. I hope they take those into account.

Here's the number so you can call. 818-655-1779 leave your name, age, city and state

They are only taking calls till 6PM Pacific so please call right away.

I'm not sure why they are gathering this information, but they are and so we should give it them.

By the way, I decided to call in and give them my info. I've only watched four or five episodes of Moonlight online and thought what I saw was interesting. One of these days, I've got to get my hands on the rest of the episodes and watch them.

1. Sushi. Mmm...sushi...
2. Choooocolate
3. Chinese food in general

What didn't make it into the list was chilaquiles and Mexican food. I've been craving Mexican food lately, which is somewhat unusual because I used to like Spanish food more.

So...I've been noticing that this week's theme appears to be food. I wonder if whoever is writing these questions is hungry or something. Speaking of hungry, I skipped lunch today and didn't realize it until now. Fortunately, I have to put dinner together early today anyway. I'm thinking of making mac and cheese with tuna. Mmm...tuna. The cats are going to love me.

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7. Lakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog -- This is an autobiography chronicling the author's life growing up on an Indian reservation in South Dakota and the discrimination she faced. She also describes her involvement with AIM (American Indian Movement), her participation in the stand-off at Wounded Knee, and her marriage to a medicine man, Leonard Crow Dog. This took me a long time to get through, but it was an interesting read.

I struggle through it the best I can. Then, I write whiny LJ posts about it.

Lemons...because I'm sour.
No wait! Corn...because I'm corny.
Or better yet! Peaches! Especially canned ones! They're tasty...yet lethal! *snorts*

No really. I have no idea what to write for this. For the hell of it, I'm going to say strawberries because that's my favorite fruit.

Well, I don't think I would choose a different time period to live in. I think we're living in some interesting times right now. Alternatively, I would also be curious as to what the world will be like several hundred years from now. Are we going to kill ourselves off between now and then?

My walk today took me past a junior high school after school had let out. Less than half a block ahead of me, I noticed that there was a group of four or five boys. One of them thought it would be a good idea to jump into the right hand lane of a busy street and do a jig in front of an oncoming car. Said car had to brake because of the jackass who was dancing in front of them. If I had been that kid's mother, I would have shot him or something. He would have been grounded until the birth of his first born.

Finally, the stupid kid got out of the street and the group started walking in my direction. This was the conversation that followed:

Me: Hey! I saw what you did up there. That was really stupid. Do you want to get yourself killed?

Kid: (being sarcastic) Yeah.

Me: If that's the way you feel, maybe you need to see a shrink.

Then, I turned my music back on and walked away. I heard the kids yelling things after me, but I didn't hear what they said. They were probably calling me a bitch or something. Maybe those kids do need to go play in traffic after all.

I'm so glad that I'm not teaching high school or junior high school. It seems that, over time, kids get more and more brazen.

Well, doomsey and I were headed to his parents' house when we almost got T-boned by another driver. One of the traffic lights was out because of bad weather, and I treated the intersection as if it had a stop sign. Well, some idiot wasn't paying attention and blew through the intersection when it was my turn. He didn't even bother to slow down! If I hadn't slammed on the brakes (and the horn!) he would have plowed right into us. Seriously...pay attention to what you're doing.

Today, my in-laws had to put their nine-year-old dog, Rico, to sleep. A little over a month ago, they removed a mass from his spleen. Lab results indicated that it was hemangiosarcoma, which is a blood cancer. There really wasn't much they could do to treat it. Eventually, he would get a tumor elsewhere that would rupture and bleed. This was fatal and, supposedly, very painful. I was told that he was okay yesterday, but when he woke up this morning, he was acting very sluggish. He was panting a lot and he was very unsteady on his feet. His stomach was also swollen, which meant that a tumor had ruptured overnight. The poor guy.

This morning, judygs called and told us so that we had a chance to say good-bye to him before she took him to the vet. He was a real sweetheart. I'm going to miss him.

The critters I hate the most are scary looking insects. I can't stand spiders, centipedes, or cockroaches. If I come across either one of those, they usually wind up on the bottom of my shoe. Even if I'm not wearing any, I'll find a shoe and smoosh them. If I were camping or hiking in the wild, I would probably be afraid of grizzly bears because they can maul you. On the other hand, if they're in a cage at the zoo, I have no problems with them.

Yay! I've succeeded in losing ten pounds already. Well, actually, it's more like twelve, but whatever. Really, it wasn't that hard. All I did was cut out snacks, ate a smaller lunch, and walked two to three-and-a-half miles a day. doomsey's suggestion was also really helpful. He lost a lot of weight in the past year, and he didn't have to count calories to do it. He just weighed himself every day at the same time. That must have been a great source of motivation for him. He said that he knew right away whether he was eating too much or not and he could adjust his diet accordingly.

I finally (!) finished putzing around with my garden today. This morning, I put up chicken wire. By the way, is it me or is putting up chicken wire really a two person job? I ended up doing a lot of digging and a lot of cussing over getting the wire sunk in far enough. In the afternoon, I planted. I ended up not using very many of the seeds I bought. I went to the garden store by CVS and got tomato plants, two kinds of pepper (poblano and cayenne), and eggplant. I also planted a few of the carrot seeds. I'm going to see if I can hang onto the seeds that I now have until next year.

Oh...and I didn't go for my walk today. I took a much needed break.

By the way, getting the pepper plants was my way of sucking up to doomsey so he won't seed over my garden in the fall.

Let's see. I always brush my teeth and take my meds: Buspar (I'm wondering if I can go over that soonish) and Advair. And, I realize this is tmi, but I always pee because I hate waking up in the early morning hours with a full bladder. Oh...and some evenings, I write silly LJ posts before I go to bed. And with that, I wish you all a good night! See you in the morning!

*trudges off to bed*

Today was also a fairly productive day. Let's see...I went grocery shopping, took a 3.5 mile walk, graded (eek!), and did some weeding outside. doomsey went for a short walk this evening, and when he got back, he told me that he saw this little blonde dog following him around. He noticed that it didn't have any tags and he thought it might have been socialized.

I had talked with some of the neighbors previously, and they mentioned that lately, people have been dumping their dogs either in the cemetery or the park by our house. Animal control eventually comes to pick them up and, in the end, they wind up getting put to sleep. My neighbor mentioned that she had seen a black and white dog wandering around the neighborhood. When I was walking past the park a week or so ago, I saw what I thought was a Schnauzer type dog wandering around the parking lot by itself. No one seemed to be watching it. And then, there was this dog.

So...I went outside to see if the dog was on our block, and it was. I tried going after it to see if I could get him corralled and possibly find him a new home. He ended up leading me on a wild goose-chase through my neighborhood. Some neighbors took pity on me and handed me a couple of milk bones to see if I could convince him to come over, but it didn't work. When I did manage to get close to him, he didn't even touch the milk bone I tossed at him. He just sat and barked at me. When I tried to get close, he backed away. I'm wondering if he had been abused by a woman because he seemed to be interested in doomsey when he was out there, but not me. (By this point, doomsey had given up and gone home. I was the only dumbass out there trying to help out this dog). Eventually, I ended up giving up and going back home. The dog didn't seem that social and he probably wouldn't have made a good pet. My guess is that he would have ended up being put to sleep at a shelter anyway. Damn it. I really hate people who just up and abandon pets.

I still have two milk bones. I'm thinking that I'm going to carry them in a pocket or something when I go for my walk. That way, if I see something like this again, I can try to do something about it if the dog is sufficiently socialized.

Saturday afternoon, doomsey and I went to the art fair that was in town and then visited forestdruid and his mother, who were firing raku-ceramics. We decided to plunk down money for a vase, which we glazed ourselves and then handed to forestdruid to fire. It came out quite nicely, and one of these days I'll have to post pictures of it.

On Saturday evening, we were supposed to go to Karyn's Cooked, but it turns out parties of six people need reservations on the weekend. The person who made the plans didn't think we needed a reservation, so guess where we didn't end up eating? I was a bit disappointed because I was off my Warfarin this weekend, and could have had vegetarian food. Instead, we went to Greek Isles, and fortunately I was able to get a cabbage salad there. It was very tasty. Mmm....saaaaaalad. Afterwards, we went to The Ballad of Emmett Till at the Goodman Theatre.

On Sunday, doomsey and I went out with linmayu, 2515049, and others to a park in Downers Grove where we had a lovely picnic. Later, we harassed the geese by the pond and-- this "plan" started out as a comment that I jokingly made on her journal several weeks ago-- several of us "raided the playground." Well, the only part we really took over were the swings. You know...they really don't make playground equipment like they used to. I remember the swings being much bigger and...oh...more dangerous. These ones were wimpy. Seriously. I think parents who worry that "Oh my God! My kids are going to get hurt on playground equipment!" are taking things a bit too far. Isn't falling down and banging yourself up supposed to be a right of passage or something? When we got bored, we took a walk around the park and went back to linmayu and 2515049 where people played board games or played with Guitar Hero and/or Karaoke Revolution on the X-box.

All in all, it was a fun weekend.

Wait. Today's Cinco de Mayo?
*checks calendar*
Yep...I guess it is.

And no, I'm not celebrating Cinco de Mayo. Firstly, I'm not allowed to drink. Secondly, I am an aguafiestas.

Oh, by the way, for those of you out there who think that Cinco de Mayo is Mexican Independence Day, it's not. (You'd be surprised how many people think that). That's September 16th. The residents of Puebla kicked the French out of Mexico on May 5th.

Swiped from cedarseed...

What we have here is the top 106 books most often marked as "unread" by LibraryThing’s users. As in, they sit on the shelf to make you look smart or well-rounded. Bold the ones you've read, italicize the ones you read for school, underline the ones you started but didn't finish (or are on the shelf waiting for a free week).

( My answers )

That's about forty books. Not bad.


By the way, can you tell that I like to read?