Lounging, cartoons and poultry.
2004-01-17 3:36 p.m.

I spent most of today lounging around the house in different areas feeling totally uninspired to do anything. I felt a migraine come on around noon, took some medication and fell asleep on the couch. Woke up without a headache but smothered in cats!

Have been watching episodes of Futurama and Family Guy to cheer myself up. I don't want anything too broody.

My curandismo told me that I have a guide hovering around me that wants to help me write poetry so I've been trying to write poetry. It's not going well. My poetry sucks, it's all a bunch of emotional drivel that revolves around love, passion and idealistic notions of how people should work together. I'll tell you what, I'll post my least crappy one at the end of the weekend. Since it's almost four, I think it's time I take a bath and wash my hair.

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Please, kill me now.
2004-01-17 12:20 a.m.

Argh. Have deleted some entries from the archives as they offended someone. Today has ranked as one of the worst days in my life. Let's hope tomorrow ranks somewhat better. What I need now is a hot bath, a glass of pinot noir and a soundtrack from Yo Yo Ma. Here's to hoping tomorrow is better. Cheers!

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3, 2, 1 Let's Jam
2004-1-15

My love affair with Cowboy Bebop continues. I spent some time on Amazon.com looking for used copies of the music CDs. As imports they're around $50. Yikes. So I managed to get two used ones for the same price. Let's just hope they're in good condition. I tried to rest last night after hitting the gym but found myself walking around the house cleaning and straightening. I have gone through a period of serious household purging. Boxes and boxes of pure crap have been sent off to various donation sites. I have the insatiable urge to redecorate my living room. You know, I've never owned a new couch before? All my couches have been hand me downs for family or friends. I think it's time I invested in a beautiful couch. I want something big and loungeable, preferably in red.

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My body is revolting.
2004-01-14 9:35 a.m.

My body is wondering just what the heck I'm doing to it. Within the last 48 hours I've put it through a weight lifting routine, elliptical machine work out, yogaerobics and kung fu. After three weeks of lounging I think all my muscles and joints are in schock. Kung fu class last night was fun. It was taught by our new black belt and Jillian was back from maternity leave. We taught the new kids chi sao. One guy was so tense I wanted to grab him by the shoulders and shake him forcibly until he relaxed but that probably would have scared the hell out of him. We have lots of newbies but not many girls. One kid (for prior reference anyone under 30 is a kid) seems to have prior martial arts training. He picks things up very quick and has good form. Others are a bit slower.

Of course I can't critique. I thought all my years of ballet and dance would transfer over well to martial arts. Nope. When I started I was the biggest, clumsiest dork on the training floor. I still have my moments. Take the time Sifu called me over to the other side of the training floor. I tripped over my own foot, twisted my ankle and nearly knocked myself unconscious on one of the supporting posts. But for the most part I feel pretty good about what I'm doing and what I've learned. I like to let my eyes go distant when doing Chi Sao and let my wrists feel where I am and where my partner is moving. It can be very meditative but I had to restrain myself from jumping to the next level and smacking my partner around with flying elbows, slaps to the head and the occassional driving punch to the stomach. As soon as my stamina is up, I'll be playing with the big boys again.

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I'm here to eat your soul.
2004-01-13 1:37 p.m.

With the New Year comes new insurance coverage. I get to get my eyes checked this afternoon (ack, I hope she doesn't dilate me, I have to drive home) and order some new contact lenses. I was browsing the new color options online and found these. Should I go for Jaguar or Black Out?

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Things I don't recommend doing #47
2004-01-13 9:44 a.m.

I do not recommend accidentally dumping an entire container of salsa over your universal remote. I also don't recommend rinsing off said remote in the sink and washing it with a soapy sponge. The remote is currently drying off in my dish rack and I fear I have killed it. Thank the goddess it wasn't my Tivo remote.

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FREEEDOOOOMMMM!
2004-01-12 10:09 a.m.

I borrowed my neighbor's snow shovel yesterday and dug my car out of the slush, ice and snow and was able to escape. My poor car barely started up. It had been sitting for a week with the alarm on and the battery for a miata is about the size of a deck of cards. Therefore I hit the open road and drove for awhile to charge the alternator and the flux capacitor up to speed. Even though it was late in the day the sun was shining enough for me to wear my sun glasses and I turned the radio up to a level that will probably require to wear a hearing aid when I'm forty. It was then I had the sudden overhwelming sense of freedom. Not just freedom from the snow and ice but freedom from all the crap I've been going through for the last year.

Saturday night I hit the town with the girls after hanging out in the empty office catching up on my files. We went and saw Big Fish which I sobbed uncontrollably throughout the last half of the movie. I think Vanessa summed it up best as "Forrest Gump on Acid." We hit Rialto's for some beers and a few games of cut throat. I missed all the easy shots and made all the impossible ones. I was way past my drink/pool shark ratio for some decent stick anyway. I can share KungfuRamone's jukebox angst because Rialto's changed their jukebox! No more Mudhoney, Frank Sinatra, Pogues, Echo and the Bunnymen and Social D! That used to be the best damn jukebox in all of Portland and now it sucks. The only decent bands in there were Iggy and Stooges and The Cramps. Everything else was suspect. ~Alas.~

Despite the snow on New Year's Day Sifu Hahs jumped into an ice cold body of water. Sifu-rific!

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