Ramble O Rama

[sway2sway]

I don't feel to ramble yet, she comes when she pleases, but it's Friday night, so it may well happen. Feel free my friends.....ya know I dig it.

[tinkerlion]

i hope everyone's had a good day. first day off for me in a little while. spent it cutting up and hanging out with my family:) .

[sway2sway]

So I stop at the liquor store after work to pick up a 26 of vodka and a 4 pack of girlie lime drinks, which are adequate by the way, but not outstanding. As I'm stepping up the sidewalk, a man is leaning his bike against the wall and walks in just ahead of me. He looks early 20's, black as night (like a Kenyan or Ethiopian distance runner on TV, low ratio of such nationalities in this area, hence tv being my reference), wearing old hand me down looking clothes, wearing a backpack that is rattling returnable empties, unassuming, and quiet. He holds the door for me, I say, 'thank you'. I watch him go to the back corner to return his empties. I imagine he's using the money to go buy a small bit of food or other essential He doesn't really look the rock bottom substance abuser part,in my opinion, all speculation of course. So now that I've created a scenario for this man, I begin to feel rather ashamed and sheepish at my $30 liquor purchase. I mean if this guy needed food, you know I'd put back my 4 pack and give him $10. But therein lies the quandry...giving people things and not inadvertantly displacing respect.
As it turns out, he goes over to where the single beers are sold (what a busybody nosey nose I am , huh?). He's looking at them, imports, small brewery ales, the like. I saw him pick up about 3 to inspect, then put them back down before I was done paying and left. Maybe he was trying to steal one, that is always a possibility as well.
The whole time I was paying, I was mulling over how I could give this guy $10 so he could upgrade to a 6 pack...and I just couldn't sort it out, which made me a little sad. I thought, I could just go up and give him the money and offer my straight up rational. sharing some happy. And now, maybe these are just more of my assumptions, but I thought, likely he'd be embarassed, thinking I thought he was a charity case, or thought he was a drunk in need of assistance, or maybe he'd think I was a psycho ho that had a penchant for black 'love'.
Not to say, that this is a put down to him. Pride is pretty amazing thing at times, despite being an obstacle at others.
In Dharma Bums by Kerouac, there was a part where he was sharing some food and wine with an old train riding guy. He commented on how the exchange was not like 'charity' and it was a great thing because they both understood it. I can't remember exactly (my clarity), I think it was to do with some Buddhist principle. It was an equality and oneness and love- that had nothing to do with who was doing the giving or the receiving.
That be my ramble.

[tinkerlion]

that's a great ramble.

[redqueendancer]

I only read it twice but it wernt quiet clear to me.

Did you just get down with the kick downs?

You know There's NO city like generocity.

There's no nation like a donation.

I need a miracle.

So give the bum a dime or one of your girly lime drinks.

Whats budda got to do with it?

[sway2sway]

well now it ain't clear to me...
(we must be in different stratospheres, or somethin')
1. I don't know what a kick down is, unless it's kickin' someone down.
2. I wouldn't have called him a bum, maybe a very poor person
3. Buddha, I don't think he had anything to do with it, but I was wishing for a
principle/sentiment I can't seem to find.
4. I understand the donation/genrosity deal, but it still doesn't mean it always comes out how you wish and it doesn't always mean that it is received well.

[redqueendancer]

I agree. Truely I'm guessing it wasn't taken well. I'm the fool.
I'm sorry. I feel like I must have offended you In some way.

Have you seen the comercial about the people that almost give?
At least those people have a kind thought. Instead of a condemning glare.

Its sucks being poor and homeless or having to flop around from house to house.
I'd much rather be the endowed yuppie who could buy you a drink but wont cause its not a cheeseburger.

[sway2sway]

no, no, no, not offended
I guess I didn't make my point clear enough either...
the guy didn't look homeless and he didn't look like he was asking for anything.
so then it's just me worrying about how it is perceived to try and give someone something and how it might make them feel. I'd wish it would just make them happy, but I know there have been times when I've done it, and the receiving end, I think, feels judged. so I was weighing, is the gift of a 6 pack, worth the possible misinterpration and how that might make the person feel. maybe I'm projecting how I wonder if I might feel in such a situation. I don't know, everyone's different. it was as much of a ramble about my perceptions and attitudes, as those of others. no offense, I just try to work these things out in my mind and grow. thanks for giving me your feedback

[sway2sway]

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i60/marley_lin/000_0309.jpg

[sway2sway]

how bout this one?
I've been eating the exact same indian take out food I ordered yesterday afternoon, since that time. NO diversity. I had it for an early dinner, bedtime snack, breakfast, and a quick lunch before getting onto my prescribed (pun intended) afternoon activities.

[sway2sway]

I be the big ass spider
lurking in your bed.
fluff up the pillow
and now you see,
I'm all up in your head.

I be the squishy spot
on a lovely peach.
maybe it's sweeter,
but maybe you won't reach.

I be the pebble
stickin' in your shoe.
maybe I'm not what you think.
maybe I be the glue.

[sway2sway]

Thanks Mr. C. for your suggestion. I like having very own ramble spot, hits the spot now and then. This way I don't have to make up titles, it's just an epic saga of rambles.

[tinkerlion]

that's a super snazzy belt!

[sway2sway]

coping mechanism #7....nothing productive or interesting to say...change the subject to shoes.

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i60/marley_lin/100_0294.jpg

[lietuvaite]

your belt reminds me of roller skating

[sway2sway]

yeah me too, and those white pants with the rainbows on the front pockets.

[sway2sway]

I get that, but should you base your actions on utopian principles when the world you are living in isn't? Isn't that not being realistic to what the actual outcome may be? Just like you cannot always replicate scientific experiments outside of controlled laboratory conditions, so you cannot always make everything right just because your intentions were good. (certainly not a bad place to start though)
If I had just given that guy $10 to get some beer because my intention was to make him happy, does that automatically make him happy. And if it isn't about emotions from either party, then I'm not gettin with it. I don't expect gratification, a big fat pat on the back...but I don't want to make someone's day worse. What if in reality, he felt I was judging him as a poor person charity case loser and then this subsequently made him feel bad?

round and round, where she stops,no one knows

[tinkerlion]

i had grits for dinner. nice big bowl with chuncks of cheese and bacon in there. yummy.

[Rensul]

I love grits...people up this way just don't appreciate them...but I love 'em :D

[sway2sway]

i had grits for dinner. nice big bowl with chuncks of cheese and bacon in there. yummy.
Aren't grits oatmeal? If so, that sounds disgusting; but, I have the feeling it is another one of those things I've been wrong about my whole life, which are now slowly being revealed.

[tinkerlion]

corn actually (of course if you ask rednecks they might also tell you it stand for girls raised in the south:rolleyes: .) it's a very good thing for me also, because i can't eat oatmeal (very hard to find oats that aren't cross contaminated with wheat.)


Grits is a type of maize porridge and a food common in the Southern United States, and southern Manchuria (where it is called gezi in Mandarin) consisting of coarsely ground corn, traditionally by a stone mill. The results are passed through screens, with the finer part being corn meal, and the coarser being grits. Many communities in the Southern U.S. had a gristmill until the mid-20th century, with families bringing their own corn to be ground, and the miller retaining a portion of the corn for his fee. Grits aficionados still prefer stone ground grits, although modern commercial milling companies prefer other methods.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grits

[sway2sway]

aahhh, now I see, I have a vague deja vu feeling, that you explained this all to me before. Cornmeal is good, but I like it best for cornbread. I attempted polenta a while back, I don't know if it was me or just what polenta be, but bleecchh!

[tinkerlion]

aahhh, now I see, I have a vague deja vu feeling, that you explained this all to me before. Cornmeal is good, but I like it best for cornbread. I attempted polenta a while back, I don't know if it was me or just what polenta be, but bleecchh!


ok, my turn to ask a question, what is polenta?

[sway2sway]

it's more of an italian deal, finer ground cornmeal, fried in a pan, topped with parmesan, mozzarella, tomato sauce, whatever (tastes like shit, probably just mine)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polenta

[Rensul]

I tried to do polenta too- it was awful- I was thinking I must have done something wrong...

Cornbread is one of my favorites too...I have a recipe that you make a bean / meat mixture (kinda taco-ish) and then you bake it in cornbread- it is sooo good. I have tried it with both ground turkey and lean hamburger- both very good. I think it's called a tamale pie:D

[tinkerlion]

so you like grits rensul, but do you like hominy as well? eric thinks i'm crazy, but i love it. grew up eating it.

[Barefoot2Dream]

so you like grits rensul, but do you like hominy as well? eric thinks i'm crazy, but i love it. grew up eating it.

Me too. My Mr. can't stand it it was a favorite on my Grandma's table when I was a kid growing up, too.

[Rensul]

so you like grits rensul, but do you like hominy as well? eric thinks i'm crazy, but i love it. grew up eating it.

I have never had hominy...is it like grits?

[tinkerlion]

it's the whole kernel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominy

[Rensul]

so how do you prepare it? What do you serve with it? I generally eat grits plain with butter and salt/pepper...

[tinkerlion]

it's soaked and gets all puffed up. we generally just heat it, thorw some butter on it and go. you can use it in soups and stuff as well.

[Rensul]

so-it's really not much different than grits...I'll have to see if I can find it- I am guessing if I like one- I'd like the other...:)

[tinkerlion]

shouldn't be too hard. i'm usually lazy and buy canned.

[Rensul]

yeah I saw where it said they sell canned- I'll have to hit the grocery store ;)

[sway2sway]

I change it (the topic) to jalapeno peppers. I love them. I just had a jalapeno cheddar bun with jalapeno & sundried tomato havarti cheese.
Did you know that jalapenos are not as hot as you might remember? They have been selectively bred to reduce their heat. (said Cliff Claven) The reason, the dolla bill, less heat means they appeal to a great consumer group.
those fuckers.

[tinkerlion]

i've just recently really gotten into peppers and spicy food in general. my dad can't stand spicy so i didn't grow up with it. haven't had tons of jalapenos. i need to start cooking with them more.

[Rensul]

I really enjoy spicy foods (Mexican is my favorite) and am on friendly terms with the pepper- but don't LOVE them...my husband and his uncle adore them...they eat them directly...I can only eat them in small doses- mixed with other foods...

I didn't realize that they had been modified though...

[tinkerlion]

so what's your most dreaded household task?

i'm putting off folding laundry at this exact moment.

[Rensul]

cleaning the bathtub/shower...I hate it...I tend to put it off as long as possible...I have be contemplating buying that new automatic shower cleaner- but I suspect it really doesn't work...has anyone tried it?

[Amy_Luvs_G]

I am dreading loading the dish washer and putting clothes up, I hate doing those two things....

[sauce.baby]

rain on the windows and some over-ripe bananas in the kitchen can only mean one thing..


banana pancakes.





wake up slow.

[lietuvaite]

rain on the windows and some over-ripe bananas in the kitchen can only mean one thing..


banana pancakes.


wake up slow.

I've never made banana pancakes, but do they sound good. actually, i don't think i've ever even had them. love the song tho. you've inspired me to make them for my husband sunday.

[sway2sway]

tip- do not mash the bananas all into the pancake batter. this is the incorrect way, it results in gooey gross gobs graciously gagged & garbaged.

[sauce.baby]

yep, i cut the bananas lenght-wise into quarters then slice it up into the batter and "fold" them in. i like to add 1-2tbls of vanilla extract and a heafty sprinkling of sugar, too. i also added some coconut milk [almost 1/2 a cup] yesterday and they were delish. i kind of wished i had some chopped walnuts to add, too, but ah well.
my boys love banana pancakes and are always helping me stir them.
i prefer strawberry pancakes tho :D

[lietuvaite]

mmm... can't wait 'till sunday morning. thanks for the tips, gals.

[Barefoot2Dream]

yep, i cut the bananas lenght-wise into quarters then slice it up into the batter and "fold" them in. i like to add 1-2tbls of vanilla extract and a heafty sprinkling of sugar, too. i also added some coconut milk [almost 1/2 a cup] yesterday and they were delish. i kind of wished i had some chopped walnuts to add, too, but ah well.
my boys love banana pancakes and are always helping me stir them.
i prefer strawberry pancakes tho :D

Do your boys sing the song at the table while you're eating them? Just curious as not a morning goes by mine don't sing "milk & cereal" while eating their... well, milk & cereal. ;)

[tinkerlion]

here's some first class ramblin.

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=15728773&blogID=182514740&Mytoken=047E755C-68B6-4712-8516FD839C97BA714715835

:eek:

[sway2sway]

trimmed pubes caught my attention, it's a lowest common denominator thing.
something about the taste of otters cause that was at one time my favorite animal in the whole wide world, back when my favorite color was blue, favorite number was 82, and thought I could fix the world... the rest sort of flew over my cuckoo nest head...
(that's your hubby right?)

[tinkerlion]

yes it is. he obviously has a very random sense of humor.

[the duke]

If bananas weren't so damn expensive the pancakes would be great! I'm a crepe girl...strawberrry and cream crepes...YUM!

I just ate a BBQ pork bun...chinese style...marinated BBQ pork in a white doughy thing...YUM YUM YUM!!! :D

[Rensul]

I love crepes of all kinds...I am still holding fond memories of a chicken crepe I had about 10 years ago in Winter Park, Fl...

I made a yummy chicken pot pie last night- but I cheated and put mashed potato on top instead of crust...

[sauce.baby]

Do your boys sing the song at the table while you're eating them? Just curious as not a morning goes by mine don't sing "milk & cereal" while eating their... well, milk & cereal. ;)
they actually do not.. it sounds like something i need to start tho lol

[sauce.baby]

"WILD VINES
Strawberry
WHITE ZINFANDEL
FINE WINE PRODUCT"


*sigh* somethingsomethingaboutfineprint..

in my defence, mr. sauce bought it..
buuut.. it gets the job done, eh?
it's like an appetizer to the sour appletinis.. :p

[sway2sway]

is that like cheese product or edible oil product? cause those aren't good unless you are specifically looking for them. Like cheez whiz is good if you want cheez whiz, but not if you wanted cheddar cheese. Similarly cool whip has it's place, but not if you need whipped cream.

( i know virtually nothing about wine, I've probably had 6 glasses in my life and finished none)

[sauce.baby]

yeah.. that's basically what it is lol i think of that kind of wine more like a giant wine cooler actually.. because they're carbonated.. and that just ain't right if you're looking for real wine

[sway2sway]

guess not, probably more my speed, i like bubbles.
What do you think 'human product' would be?

[sauce.baby]

i'm not sure i care to think about that.. lol

but here's a picture of my spikes 'cause i heart them mucho
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/stacemagoo/silliness/Picture353.jpg

aaand my beer label. because i thought it was silly
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/stacemagoo/silliness/Picture354.jpg

[sway2sway]

your spikes scare me, the beer label does not. tasty one? the name doesn't sound promising

[sway2sway]

I forgot to say I like the fuzzy effect. looks like you're caught on surveilance. but in your home? what are you a psycho? (that's a joke, cause I already know you are {yeah that's a joke too} [I like to get a chance to use a variety of parentheses]).

[tinkerlion]

this is all very confusing for me. i've drank way more than any sane person would recommend for my body weight. too many s's. have a fantastic night to all!

[lietuvaite]

sauce, it does look like you were caught on surveilance. how do you get the fuzzy effect?

[sway2sway]

Remeber my kitty (Cole), found by the garbage, rescued from the scoundrel neighbors across the road, well he's 7.7 pounds now and going for a jujubectomy (neutering) on Tuesday. He has a little black cat girlfriend (stuffed) that he likes to dominate. He bites her neck, yowls, gives her the old one two now and again, and generally likes to keep her close by to bat her around.

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i60/marley_lin/000_0349.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i60/marley_lin/000_0351.jpg

[Rensul]

he looks great! so adorable:D

[tinkerlion]

he's very cute. bacon has a stuffed bear like the cat. guess we all have to feel dominate somewhere.


having a hangover sucks. i forgot how much like ass you feel.

[Rensul]

hope you feel better soon...I had mai tai's last night- they were very yummy...but I kept myelf under control (they weren't that strong)...so no hangover;)

have to go to the grocery store...I hate grocery shopping with a purple passion...

then taking the dog for a hike- it is gorgeous outside today...she is going to be in big trouble with her dad...she dug a BIG hole in the lawn out back...oops:eek:

[sauce.baby]

i had my spikes on when we saw glass at the crystal ballroom, sway lol
the beer's definitely a tastey one. full sail's the brewery and it was just their amber, so no fancypants name.

and the fuzzified effect is because i used my webcam at night in the living room. i had to click the mouse button on the lappy with my elbow in the first picture [how's that for coordination?]

[tinkerlion]

i am so excited! Niki de Saint Phalle has an exhibit at the atlanta botanical garden. i'm going to see it friday!

http://www.atlantabotanicalgarden.org/site/events/niki_overview

http://http://www.atlantabotanicalgarden.org/img/niki_links_lion.jpg

i've loved her work since i studed it in art history. she has sculptures called nana's that are Nanas -- oversized, often dancing, powerful women celebrating life.

this is going to be fantastic! wonder if i can wrangle anyone into going with me?

[sway2sway]

that skull is cool

[lietuvaite]

sway, the first picture of cole looks like he just owns the place lol is he trouble yet? kitty trouble is fun

[sway2sway]

yeah he's got that big man swagger goin on, huh? Yeah he chases the other 2 cats mercilessly and they retaliate by peeing on the floor, to the point that I'm considering seriously medicating or euthanising the fuckers. well, one is like 15 and she's been doing it for some time, graciously hidden and tolerated by me...now it's borrowed time. and the other is just like more pissy icing on my cake.

[sway2sway]

better news than that pissness, I got a new song today that kicks serious bootylicious ass. Damian Marley and Cypress Hill doing a song called Ganja Bus. sweet

[sway2sway]

I went on halloween ghost train ride tonight with the kiddies and the sissy. This one was pretty cool, not the usual pumpkins, skeletons, and the like. It was all done up like olds chool B-horror flicks. a trip through a beehive, then killer bees, overtaken by frogs from the swamp, a huge black & white hypnotic eye, a swamp monster, an outerspace pinup alien chick, zombies funkin' out in a cemetary with a bunch of black & white tv's flicking between old horror flicks and snowy static, to the beat even.

[the duke]

here's my question...is there hype in the US about trick or treating and whether or not people should take lollies from people that aren't wrapped??

We don't celebrate it here...although the supermarkets have been plugging lollies like anything so that people buy them in the hope that we might one day decide to celebrate it.... :)

[sway2sway]

yeah some people don't do (heretics, I say). Seriously, a lot of people do alternate halloween activities with kids. Every year there are stories in the news for the week after of kids who got sick that ate candy, or kids that died that ate candy. The next week, they usually retract their premature coorelations, but ya know candy is candy, risk is risk, and shit is shit. I just hate the whole $ thing of all it all. Anytihng fun is jumped on and gang raped until you can no longer see the girl she was, just a pool of dolla bills.

(I think I have trashy mouth cause I just woke up from sleep, it's 3 in the morn, and you never know where your heads gonna be when you just pop up right in the middle, regeneration gone awry)

[tinkerlion]

when i was a kid halloween was mostly about getting dressed up (for me.) i loved deciding what my costume was going to be and how it was going to look. trick or treating was mostly a time to run around with my friends. never really went crazy over the candy.

[lietuvaite]

well, one is like 15 and she's been doing it for some time, graciously hidden and tolerated by me...now it's borrowed time.

one of my cats is doing the same. my husband is about to kill it (and sometimes me b/c i try to hide it from him), but i just feel sorry for her b/c she's so old.

anyone know what i can do to stop it?

[Rensul]

I don't think there is anything you can do to stop it- unfortunately...I would hide it from Ryan too!


My Aunt died yesterday of Lung Cancer. She was only diagnosed in August. I hadn't been close to her since i was a little girl- due to my parents divorce. My dad pretty much told his family to keep away from us- which sucked and was very hurtful. I am not sure I realized how much it hurt until now- very strange I guess.

Anyway- she was a really funny, great person and she has an AMAZING laugh. When I was 10-11ish she and my uncle had a baby boy- Robert. I used to go up weekends and during the summer and stay with them helping her with the baby. She was so good to me- who want to put up with an annoying little girl? she did -and it is still one of my happiest memories.

They came to my wedding last year and it was probably the first time I had seen them in atleast 10 years. In their card she gave me a picture of me holding baby Robert on their couch.

I don't where any of this leaves me other than really sad. I am trying to take comforrt in that she will not suffer any further, but I am sad for my uncle and cousin- they have a tough road ahead of them- I am pretty sure she was their glue.:(

so anyway- if you all would be so kind as to keep them in your thoughts- I'd much appreciate it

[sway2sway]

I'm real sorry. Hang on to that AMAZING laugh in your mind and she won't be far off.

[Rensul]

thanks sway:)

[lietuvaite]

wow, what a quick diagnosis and death; sorry you are going through this. did you have a chance to see your aunt before her death and to tell her that those memories were some of your happiest from childhood? make sure you tell your uncle and counsin what you told us - how she touched your life, etc... it helps to hear stuff like that.

[tinkerlion]

i'm so sorry to hear that renee. unfortunatly lung cancer can really swoop in quickly. at least she didn't suffer for long. i'll keep you and your family in my thoughts.

[Rensul]

wow, what a quick diagnosis and death; sorry you are going through this. did you have a chance to see your aunt before her death and to tell her that those memories were some of your happiest from childhood? make sure you tell your uncle and counsin what you told us - how she touched your life, etc... it helps to hear stuff like that.


unfortunately, the last time i did see her was at my wedding- I have nice pictures from the wedding with her in them...I am going to make a card (i do some scrapbooking and there are some pretty neat things you can do). I suspect she knew how much I enjoyed my time with them b/c she put that picture of me with my cousin in the wedding card- still I wish I had TOLD her. I thought I would have more time to get there- they had just given her a new time line of 6 months to a year 2 weeks ago...

I am actually feeling better since I posted and shared with you guys...amazing how that works huh?? Thanks to all of you!!

[sway2sway]

check out what I got. I am so excited. I haven't had a piano since I lived with my parents way back when. I'm not sure how great this one is gonna be, it was a second hand store find, but anyway, it's got all the keys and definately needs tuning. I'm gonna look for some funky music to start practicing on. goodbye are the days of sonata in G and fur elise.

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i60/marley_lin/100_0295.jpg

I like the side leg piece thingy, as illustrated below.

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i60/marley_lin/100_0303-1.jpg

[tinkerlion]

that's sweet! what a great find.

[lietuvaite]

i used to take piano lessons when i was younger, too. well, actually, i fought then. wish i would have never quit now though. we have a piano in our house, but haven't played it more than a hand full of times...

what kind of kick ass car is that in your garage?

[sway2sway]

that'd be a late 60's parisienne convertible. a friend was given it when his dad died, this guy lives in the city and had no where to store it, so we kept it in our garage for him cause we didn't think it'd be right for him to sell it. After a while he just signed the papers over, so we could insure it in the summer to cruise around. Still, it seems more like a co-ownership thing, symbiosis of sorts. It can drive around town a bit, but really it needs a fair bit of electrical work. It's sweet though.

[lietuvaite]

that is a sweet car. are there any old car shows/festivals by you in the summer where you could show it off? lots of that shit by me; nearly every weekend actually, as i'm in the motor city. it's always fun to walk around and see the cool cars

[sway2sway]

some, it's not really in show off condition right now. Plus, it's not all original, I think that matters, like we wouldn't be alble to get collector plates. It has a different motor for one, I don't know what else. I don't really know much about cars, I just know I like em old and shiny.

[lietuvaite]

that's cool; i don't know much either. i do know i like convertibles though.

[sway2sway]

Friday night? can't go out? have to wash your hair? ha ha ha
I just got rid of the carpet, or was that the drapes?
(remember that one Sauce, when I really thought you were talking about home decor, the matchiness n' all- well this time I know what I'm talking about and it's smooth)


I should ban myself from the computer tonight, cause I know it's only gonna get raunchier. The worser thing is that it's not just talk, I really just did that of which I spoke, if you understand what I speak....on the QT, it's nice nice nice.

[tinkerlion]

congratulations.

i must say, i love the raunchy sway.

[sway2sway]

you know I am elevated
countering
the low down decelerated.
It shames me to say,
I fell off my wagon,
bought more fuckin shoes,
just got to have em.
wilin out the hours
being a fuck up
with many shoes,
still doesn't mean that
I'm not a lovely person.

sincerely semi soul searching sway.

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i60/marley_lin/19_1_b.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i60/marley_lin/06_1_b.jpg

dr. martens are the best clunky ass comfy shoes in the world, well my world.

[tinkerlion]

today warrented a visit to petsmart, seeing as bacon destroyed one of her favorite toys (although it is the first toy she's destroyed, so we're doing well.) we got a newer version of the toy, bigger since she has also gotten bigger. just a few hours of play and it's been christened the doggie dildo.

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/6449/doggiedildoun7.jpg

the kitties also got a new toy. one that can stay out of bacon's reach (at least until the cat's go crazy with it and knock it on the floor.) it's a pad that has kitty pot on the inside. zuke and tink have been fighting each other over whose turn it is to play with it. this is going to provide hours of entertainment for eric and i. this is tink before she started truly freaking out (those pictures were too blurry:( .)

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/128/tinkpadbg4.jpg

[tinkerlion]

i know i've got a cold, i don't need everyone i talk to to tell me that i sound awful. there are some people who are nice enough to ask how i feel though, not just tell me i don't look good (cause that's gonna make somebody feel better:rolleyes: .) thank goodness i'm off tomorrow and can chill out after i run my errands.

[sway2sway]

ha ha, that doggie dildo looks a little big for lil' ol' bacon. I know it's too early for this shit, but when I saw it there, I thought to myself (Just for a very small second), "why don't people get cool looking fuzzy ones in an array of textiles and hues?" Well, a nanosecond later, the picture in my brain flipped over to this soggy, slimy, fluid thread crusted, once fluffy dildo. Mind you, I never entertained such folly that the thing could be soft, through and through. That's an oxymoron, isn't it?

Hope you're feeling better Tink. maybe you need a little magic carpet ride, like kitty.

I think we should have a human hedonist store, it'd be something like a petstore, maybe? All the best food & snacks, human cat nip (whatever that may be), human toys of various predilections. Pets got it all under one roof.

[tinkerlion]

ha ha, that doggie dildo looks a little big for lil' ol' bacon. I know it's too early for this shit, but when I saw it there, I thought to myself (Just for a very small second), "why don't people get cool looking fuzzy ones in an array of textiles and hues?" Well, a nanosecond later, the picture in my brain flipped over to this soggy, slimy, fluid thread crusted, once fluffy dildo. Mind you, I never entertained such folly that the thing could be soft, through and through. That's an oxymoron, isn't it?



:D fantastic images. A++

[sway2sway]

I'm wearing denim today at work, it's a Friday deal. Make a donation, wears the jeans, buuuutt, hold up, you also have to wear a sticker on your shirt that says 'I'm wearing denim for charity'.
Nice. Am I being petty? maybe, but I feel like I'm playing monopoly and if I want to use my get out of jail free card, then I have to lick it and make sure it sticks to my forehead for the rest of the game.
maybe I should make a sticker of my own, 'I'm dressing like this so that I can have a job.'

[tinkerlion]

so is it the sticker that's bugging you? kinda like it's saying "look at what a super person i am!" sort of thing.

[sway2sway]

yeah, I guess that's the crux of it, the sticker- but not just the sticker.
it's the conditional nature of it all, I don't like imposed conditions. why can't you just give $ and wear the jeans. why do you have to wear the sticker?
I'll tell you why, my friends. Because business is all about appearances, it is a disclaimer to the effect that I am not just a sloppy employee representing their company. I am being sloppy for charity. This is not the status quo that they endorse and they don't want that point to be forgotten. SO I WEAR A STICKER!!!!

[tinkerlion]

just wanted to make sure i understood. i'm with ya, i'd rather give the money and be done with it. no need to advertise.

[Barefoot2Dream]

"why don't people get cool looking fuzzy ones in an array of textiles and hues?" Well, a nanosecond later, the picture in my brain flipped over to this soggy, slimy, fluid thread crusted, once fluffy dildo. Mind you, I never entertained such folly that the thing could be soft, through and through. That's an oxymoron, isn't it?


I am not sure the market would be as great for soft & fuzzy. but hey, who the hell am I to say? ;)

[tinkerlion]

k, eric and i have spent a good amount of time laughing our asses off at some images on phishhook, and i just gotta share a few

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v347/silentmonkey/invisiblebikeme5.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/kalimazoop/funy%20stuff/FUNNY_Cat_top_of_dog_small.jpg

http://www.apartment210.com/images/imin/imin8.JPG

http://deadplayground.com/photos/cookie.jpg

[Barefoot2Dream]

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h297/weaselgirl21/270909738_db91ccd992.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h297/weaselgirl21/karate.jpg

[tinkerlion]

this one made me cry

http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/c/cf/Inmypooperkitten.jpg

http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/9149/wallrc6.jpg

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j318/fretwork2/Emo_the_Cat.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k19/thekellymonster/cats/kungfufight.jpg

[lietuvaite]

yeah, I guess that's the crux of it, the sticker- but not just the sticker.
it's the conditional nature of it all

that is annoying and the sticker is stupid. i've been inside businesses with signs that say the same thing; at least the people aren't wearing the signs. if you're that worried what customers will think, don't participate in the program.

[sauce.baby]

ahhh! i love those cat pictures. i posted some of them in a myspace bulletin a couple weeks ago.
these were my faves
http://www.knitemare.org/cats/270907182_ef25ba42de.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/stacemagoo/silliness/12.jpg
http://www.urbanracing.net/misc/abuse/catz27.jpg
http://www.urbanracing.net/misc/abuse/catz32.jpg

[Rensul]

one who is drunk should not see those images...:eek:

[tinkerlion]

:D :D :D they freakin' ya out renee?

[Rensul]

ya maybe a bit- but very freakin' funny...:D

[tinkerlion]

http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/c/cf/Inmypooperkitten.jpg

this one has been cracking me up all night.


:o yeah, so i'm easily entertained. like we didn't know this already.

[Rensul]

that one and the voices are tellling me to kill you...

[Rensul]

such a cute innocent looking kity...

[tinkerlion]

a few more just for you renee

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v347/silentmonkey/cat-docoke.jpg

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/52/547aq4.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y120/istillcare/random/2276_image.jpg

http://clem.mscd.edu/~mcquiggc/in%20your/hotdog.jpg

[Rensul]

oh you shouldn't do that to me tink...but thanx:) drinkin' puts a whole new twist to posting...

[tinkerlion]

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e110/Fuzz541/Teh%20wacky/allurdoodoo.jpg

[Rensul]

oh stop it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D :D

[Rensul]

:) we are the only one's playin' here...

[tinkerlion]

so since we got the place to ourselves....

















sorry, i got nothin'.

[Rensul]

me either...nighty night!!!!

[tinkerlion]

drink plenty of water and take some asprin before you go to sleep. you want to be able to enjoy your day tomorrow.

[Rensul]

i forgot to do that last night...but motrin is my friend today...

Ryan is HURTING! and he had to go work- sucker...

[tinkerlion]

hopefully you'll get to feeling better real soon. that way you can do it all over again tonight;)

[sway2sway]

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i60/marley_lin/000_0404.jpg

[tinkerlion]

that's a great picture!

[sway2sway]

bear witness: I am embarking upon week one of my 26 week marathon training program. My long run yesterday was a mere 4 miles, that leaves me 22 more to get sorted out. All encompassing focus and structure is what I'm working on, for a myriad of reasons. one week down, should rephrase that, one week up.

[tinkerlion]

best of luck with it.

[lietuvaite]

My long run yesterday was a mere 4 miles

good luck to you. that's more than i could run

[sway2sway]

I was just checking my Bob Marley calendar for something I was thinking I needed to do this week. Guess what? today is the full moon, which it feels like. But, it was also this day in 1980 when Ronald Wilson Reagan became president. It also says that devout Rastafarians considered him to be the antichrist because of his three 6 letter names.

[tinkerlion]

ha ha, that doggie dildo looks a little big for lil' ol' bacon. I know it's too early for this shit, but when I saw it there, I thought to myself (Just for a very small second), "why don't people get cool looking fuzzy ones in an array of textiles and hues?" Well, a nanosecond later, the picture in my brain flipped over to this soggy, slimy, fluid thread crusted, once fluffy dildo. Mind you, I never entertained such folly that the thing could be soft, through and through. That's an oxymoron, isn't it?



my question this morning would be would it be with or without the squeaker in it? (there's a small high pitched one in the nose that's very annoying this morning and a lower pitched one near the ass.)

[sway2sway]

well, I'd opt for no squeaker. too distracting for one, second I have a built in squeaker, I'm not gonna tell you which end it's at though. a girl's gotta keep some things secret, or just make shit up to disguise the real truth.
bacon though, I bet he quite likes the squeak, probably makes him feel like he's dominating the lil' apparatus.
(Fur shui- a specialty area of Feng Shui, the art of arranging your furry pet and their furry dildo (or other such toy) in a way that is harmonious with the environment, inclusive of a capability for body fluids and fur shed during the acts to be quickly and easily wiped clean)

[tinkerlion]

:D

yeah, bacon loves the freakin squeaker. she finds it and chomps on that shit. all about the domination.

[Rensul]

Nellie like to break them, then rip the squeaker out- she is VERY good at it. Did you have Bacon fixed? Nellie has just gone into heat again...whine, whine, whine:rolleyes:

[Barefoot2Dream]

I have a built in squeaker, I'm not gonna tell you which end it's at though.

That's some funny stuff, Sway ;)

[tinkerlion]

Nellie like to break them, then rip the squeaker out- she is VERY good at it. Did you have Bacon fixed? Nellie has just gone into heat again...whine, whine, whine:rolleyes:

haven't had the extra money to get her fixed yet. luckily we haven't gone through a heat yet. liz wants to breed her with the in-laws cocker. i don't really want to deal with the puppies, finding homes for all of them and such. she might wear me down though.

[Rensul]

this is our 2nd heat. I do want to breed her, with my inlaws chocolate...but not this time- I can't deal with it- and they say to wait until the female is closer to 2...

the vet kinda made me nervous on Sat- she said to make my decision soon b/c the longer you wait the more likely it becomes that the dog will get uterine cancer

[tinkerlion]

don't tell me that!! bacon is 6 1/2 months old, did she say anything about when it should be done by?

[Rensul]

oh no- not that soon- I think she meant around 2-3 years old- sorry didn't mean to scare you:(

[Rensul]

I got the impression she wanted me to make up my mind soon

[tinkerlion]

phew! (said puppy is howling from the bathroom. she's being very naughty today:mad: .)

nellie is around 2 right?

[Rensul]

no she just turned 1...she has been very naughty lately too- must be something going around:eek:

[tinkerlion]

yeah, bacon discovered how to grab the toilet paper and run with it today (which is surprising she hasn't done it earlier seeing as she stays in the bathroom when we're not home.) it's just been one thing after another. she's quieted down, so it's time to let her out.

[Rensul]

that is so funny! Nellie about killed me at the vet sat..she was SO excited to be there with new people and other doggies..the people in the waiting room were looking at me with those- you poor thing eyes...she was dragging me around everywhere...I finally got her to a spot away from everyone so she could calm down...but it was rough.

Two weeks ago she ate my coffee table leg...guess she was bored...now she has to go back to bed while we aren't home...she is now also so afraid of the basement-she won't go willingly passed it- which is very bad- b/c that is the way to get in the backyard. I now have to make sure the door to the basement is closed, put the leash on her in the kitchen, open the outside door and screen door so she will begin to move my way...it's getting very weird! I'm gonna have to call the dog whisperer soon...I bought his book this weekend...maybe I'll learn something...

I do love her though...

[tinkerlion]

that's funny. it reminds me of my boss' dog. he's on doggie xanax. of course, that's a case of the pet reflecting the master.

[Rensul]

I hope we don't go there...the vet said that labs don't typically calm down til they are 5- if they ever calm down:eek: I have been considering doggie daycare- she needs more stimulation during the day- but of course $$$'s the issue-and I guess it seems a bit silly..

I think I was tricked...my inlaws lab is the most laid back dog I have ever met...and I met him when he was 3...but my girl is a freak at the moment.

[tinkerlion]

but my girl is a freak at the moment.

funny on so many different levels.:D

it's funny to me how there are definate reflects of the owner in the pet. bacon is add like me and tink is the total princess/cuddle bug like me as well.

[Rensul]

it is funny how that works...my husband and mom both think I have actually contributed to my dog's hyperactivity...which I will admit to a teeny tiny bit...I do like her to be happy to see me- and I tend to encourage her then...which may have extended to when she sees other people too- but that is all I admit to!!! Well maybe I am too easy on her as well...she is my baby afterall:rolleyes:

when she is tired she is very cuddly..and sweet- that is my favorite time...my cat Lizzie was a fickle little bitch...which I loved...she had such an attitude. She gave me alot of it the last time I saw her at my moms...

[tinkerlion]

bacon has started peeing when she sees select people:p . she just gets so excited. if i know she's going to see my mother-in-law i try to make certain she has just gone to the bathroom.

lizzie and your mom getting along alright? i guess she's happier not having to deal with a hyperactive puppy.

[Rensul]

we had a cocker spaniel who used to do that too...we had a rule- if you made her pee- you had to clean it up...in a sick way- that means she loves you best!!!

Oh- yes- she loves being with my mom- she is back to ruling the house- she is the queen once again! I grow fat cats for some reason- when we got Nellie she started to lose weight ( which was probably good health wise) from stress...now she's back to her fat ole self!

[tinkerlion]

that's good. the cats have just kinda put bacon in her place. zuke more than tink. but if they hadn't been able to live together bacon would have had to go. zuke has always been and still is my baby.

[Rensul]

I really didn't want to give Lizzie up- and thought they would just learn to deal with each other- but it didn't happen...and luckily my mom wanted to take Lizzie

[tinkerlion]

very nice that you still get to see her.

[Rensul]

yeah it is- sometimes she pouts when I am there and won't let me pet her-that's the bitchy part I mentioned before:D

[tinkerlion]

i thought that was called being a cat;)

[Rensul]

yes- but she is WICKEDLY good at it:D

[sway2sway]

man, it is so rainy here, yet not even miserable because it is so warm, we actually have a flood warning for some of the lower areas.

so I'm in my hunker-down nesting mode, I think I'm gonna make this my afternoon project...
http://www.joyofbaking.com/PumpkinCheesecake.html

[sway2sway]

or maybe this...
http://www.joyofbaking.com/AppleCrisp.html

with vanilla icecream, of course.

[tinkerlion]

so how did the baking go?

[Rensul]

which dessert won out? they both sound wonderful...

[sway2sway]

I made the apple crisp. I would have had to go to the grocery store to be able to make the other. it was good, I only had walnuts, but I can tell you pecans make it.

[Rensul]

I would have done the same to avoid the grocery store...

[tinkerlion]

8 important lessons from 80's cartoons.

http://www.cracked.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=815

[tinkerlion]

CARTOON: G.I. Joe

How it affected us as adults: Actually, we’re pretty certain that our strategy for the Iraq War was conceived after a two day long G.I. Joe marathon in the Pentagon. They just implicitly trusted that the good guys were going to win, that firing off our guns would make the bad guys run for the caves and that giving everyone cute nicknames was somehow endearing. When things didn’t turn out the way they’d planned, the administration placed the blame on faulty intelligence, or in other words: “Knowing is half the battle, and we unfortunately didn’t know shit.�
:D :D

[Rensul]

hehehe:D that is funny- and sounds rather likely...

[tinkerlion]

i watched all of those shows growing up at least a few times:eek:

i'm forgotten jem even existed, but i watched it...

[sway2sway]

ha ha Tink, that's funny. The only 2 I really got with were the smurfs and scooby doo. When you look at it in that perspective, it's kind of funny how the cartoons you watched may have shaped your perspective. Or does perspective influence cartoon choices, even at that tender age?
chicken....egg
egg........chicken

[lietuvaite]

found it interesting, tink; thanks

[tinkerlion]

about 8:45 this morning i started to have some pains under my arm that wrapped around to the lower area of my shoulder blade. when they hadn't gotten better by 2 when i took lunch i called the nurse line (24 hour service where you can talk to a registered nurse and ask questions.) so after telling her my symptoms (the pain has migraited to more the center of my chest through to the back,) i've got a doctor's appointment tomorrow. hopefully it's just some stupid little thing.

[lietuvaite]

i hope it's nothing serious and it's good that you're getting it checked out quickly. too bad you can't bum some of those pain meds off of mr. c

[Rensul]

glad you have an appt tomorrow- hope it goes away soon

[tinkerlion]

i know! when i was first talking to the nurse she thought i said it was lower, she was thinking it might be my gallbladder:p

[tinkerlion]

just some deep muscle distress, or something like that. got some pills to take to make it feel better.

[Rensul]

that is good news- glad it was nothing serious :)

[tinkerlion]

plus i was told to take it easy at work. just worked a half day today, and maybe the same tomorrow:p . only crappy thing is the pain could be there for over a week. hopefully the medicine works well...

[Rensul]

half days will be nice- a perk at any rate...are you supposed to put heat / cold on it? Or just meds? Hope it all goes away soon

[tinkerlion]

just told me to take the meds, but i'll take a warm bath when it gets real intense.

[lietuvaite]

glad it's something that should go away soon. it's always good to be told you have to take it easy, so enjoy the 1/2 days while they last