Tony Romas Sucks.
2003-10-19 9:11 p.m.
Another quiet night in the kitten household. Simon tried to order dinner from Tony Romas about 90 minutes ago and so far, no food. He tried this last week and they claimed they couldn�t find our address and after five phone calls they sent us a $25 gift certificate. I have a bad feeling that we won�t have dinner tonight. Alas.
I spent most of the day fighting off a headache. Annoying and painful enough that I couldn�t read. I tried but could only get through twenty pages of my Mary Shelley biography. Now I�m watching Cowboy bebop and about ready to submit to a hot bubble bath and call it a night.
Simon is on the phone arguing with the manager of Tony Romas, I think they�re going to comp him dinner but it�s still 9:10pm ad there�s no food here. Don�t order from Tony Romas, they suck. This cat�s had it. Good night.
1 People have tried to sell me ViagraBabies in my blood.
2003-10-18 9:39 p.m.
Co-hosted a baby shower today where I was in charge of bringing the wine. I bought a case but still came home with six bottles. Whee! More wine for me, but a low turn out for the shower.
I had a good time. I go to hold and snuggle with an adorable baby for an hour, sip cabernet and chat with people who I haven't seen in a long time.
My maternal insticts were heightened and I find myself in baby mode again. I'm hoping the winter weather will lessen this feelings along with the rest of my emotions.
If not I may start dressing the cats up in onsies and pushing then around the block in a stroller.
0 People have tried to sell me ViagraYou can dance if you want to.
2003-10-16 1:19 p.m.
While doing wheel posture in yoga class today I lost all my hearing for about five minutes. Later on when I was working on moving from camel into a deeper back bend I lost my hearing again. I wasn't completely deaf, just lost about 70% of my hearing until it slowly filtered back. I tried yawning and working my jaw around to no avail. My yoga teacher thinks I have something stuck in my cervical neck that just needs to be stretched out. I think all my chi is clogged up. I'll ask one of our nerologists for their opinion next time I'm on a consult.
In other news, I'm still laughing hysterically at this site that teaches you how to dance. My favorites are old school and make love to the crowd. Fan-freaking-tastic.
2 People have tried to sell me ViagraNot selling my soul any time soon.
2003-10-15 2:06 p.m.
According to WeWantYourSoul.com my soul is worth �9645 (that's $16,105.20 American). They also state, for my peace of mind, 79% of people have a purer soul than I do. Jeez. I knew I was a heathen but really. I need to start self-flagellating or something.
1 People have tried to sell me ViagraNinety-nine cents each.
2003-10-15 12:39 p.m.
Recently purchased at the iCrack Store and currently living on my iPod:
Come out and Play-Offspring
Your turn to drive - David Bowie
Send your love - Sting
Fallen - Sarah McLachlan
Behind blue eyes - Limp Biskit
Bad day -REM
Take if Off - The Donnas
Eat you alive - Limp Biskit
Bigger than my Body - John Mayer
Emerge - Fischerspooner
Those wacky parents.
2003-10-14 4:48 p.m.
My father totally cracks me up. Last week mom and dad came down to Portland on a Wednesday. They call me at work (I was home sick)and left messages. They show up at my house and leave plants on my porch (they don't bother to ring the doorbell or attempt to call me at home, nevermind that both my and Simon's cars are sitting in front of the house! We were inside!!) They stay at the Kennedy School and enjoy the food and wine. Dad e-mails me this picture which was the highlight of their trip, sitting right there in the Kennedy school parking lot.
Ethics of Martial Arts
2003-10-14 10:38 a.m.
Martial Arts Expert Kills Two Raiders
Philip Willan in Rome
Monday October 13, 2003
The Guardian
A Chinese martial arts expert was in custody yesterday after turning the tables on four burglars armed with knives, killing two of them and seriously wounding a third.
The 28-year-old man, known as "the doctor" for his practice of acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine, managed to seize one of the two knives carried by his assailants and saw off the entire group with the ferocity of his reaction.
Magistrates in the central Italian town of Empoli are now seeking to establish whether his self-defence constituted an excessive use of force.
The butchery, worthy of a Quentin Tarantino film, began shortly before midnight on Friday when the four men knocked at the apartment of a Chinese hairdresser in the centre of Empoli.
The hairdresser, her assistant and "the doctor", who operated from the same premises, were reportedly overpowered and tied up before the group, all thought to be in their 20s and 30s, ransacked the apartment.
Disappointed by their meagre booty, the attackers allegedly threatened to rape the two women unless they told them where the rest of their money was hidden.
At this point the doctor managed to free himself, seize a knife from one of the aggressors and deliver a series of lethal stab wounds.
Investigators found the body of one man, who had been stabbed in the heart, sprawled on the staircase and another man bleeding to death in the street from a wound to his leg. A third man is recovering in hospital from a punctured lung.
The doctor was found crouching in the entrance to the building with cuts to his shoulder, face and hands.
Investigators are trying to determine whether he inflicted the injuries while defending himself inside the apartment, or hunted down the burglars after they had fled.
So what's your opinion? Excessive force or self defense? I think if he hunted them down outside of his apartment then it's excessive. Inside his house it's all fair game since the raiders robbed him and threatened the womenfolk.
5 People have tried to sell me ViagraBaby shower and Irish pirates.
2003-10-14 9:39 a.m.
I've been drafted into buying wine for a baby shower on Saturday afternoon. No cutesy little games, no adorable cake; just wine, food and presents. In that order. Do we know how to have a good time or what? The baby has already been born and mom is dying for a glass of wine after spending many months dry. I have purchased the best present: a soft farm set from IKEA with a barn that secures together via velcro (no tiny allen wrenches included). It'll probably a few months before the little tyke is able to play with it but I have a feeling mom and dad will enjoy it until then.
Improv class was fun last night except for the moment when I was cornered into doing a Shakesperian soliloquy. I threw in some thy, thines and forsooths but pretty much botched it. I did however have fun interviewing a pirate who's pirate accent kept turing into an Irish accent, which was hysterical.
Me: "So it says here in your biography that you were born in Ireland is that true?"
Pirate: "Aye, that'd be true. Arrrgh."
0 People have tried to sell me ViagraI am too an intellectual.
2003-10-13 11:28 a.m.
I hereby give you a link to Baby Got Back in Latin. (found via Little.Yellow.Different).
0 People have tried to sell me ViagraIf it ain't baroque.
2003-10-13 9:38 a.m.
I swear to god that I have reverse gaydar. I was just over at Starbucks getting my morning jolt of highly caffeinated hot beverage and I was flirting shamelessly with the cute guy at the register and the barista. (what do you call a male barista? baristo?) It wasn't until I was strutting out of the place that I realized that they were both obviously gay. The nicely styled hair, the jewelry, the hint of eyeliner, that slight lisp. Gay. Both of them. And I was highly attracted to them. This also happened when I was first hired at this company. The first five guys that I bonded with and got mini-crushes on were all gay. See what I mean, reverse gaydar.
On Saturday me and my straight boyfriend went to the symphony and watched them perform Tchaikovsky's fifth symphony among other Tchaikovskerific works. It was enjoyable, I think I may trade my next tickets for a Sunday matinee of Baroque works. I love my Vivladi. Plus, Sundays are a great excuse to drink $3 champagne at the Brasserie.
My head is killing me today. Have you noticed the pattern yet? Every four weeks, like clockwork. My migraines are definitely tied to my hormonal shifts. I'll spare you the ghastly details.
2 People have tried to sell me Viagra