Saturday Night

Saturday Night

Tonight I'm going down to my parents' house. My sister and her roommate from college are there.

Someone will be following me to the local car repair shop in order to drive me home after dropping off my dying car (can't seem to accelerate uphill). Everyone wish really hard that it won't be an outrageous fortune to fix, cuz I ain't got the $$$.

We're having a pork tenderloin dinner. Yum. And I'm bringing my new Annie DVD to watch with the girls. Yay.

I don't want to stay too long cuz it's my last night with Brian before dogsitting for a week. I'm going to use the luggage I got for Christmas. :)

I've been really intending to work on cleaning up and organizing and decorating my disaster of a bedroom. But my lazy butt would much rather glue itself to my chair in front of the computer. So I've discovered a bunch of music online today. I did manage to do 3 loads of laundry (well, that's still in progress). And empty the sink and run the dishwasher. And move Dr. Fishenstein back into his bowl from the "hospital bucket," where he was receiving antibiotics for what might be tail rot. I even showered. Not something I'm extremely motivated to do on a day off. And I made the beds.

Dad just called cuz he and my sister thought the other one had called me to tell me when dinner would be. Turns out I need to get out of here cuz it's almost ready.

LAUNCHcast

LAUNCHcast

It's been around awhile & y'all are internet savvy, plus I've had it as one of my links for a long time, but just in case you aren't familiar, I wanna tell everyone about my little friend, LAUNCHcast.

It's an internet radio station that is customizeable and intelligent. It guesses and learns what you would like to hear, based on ratings you make. I think it's way cool and really enjoy it. If you tell it you like a song or an artist or an album, it plays it more often. And it plays stuff that is similar and other stuff liked by other people who like what you like.

I've been working on my station for a while, off and on. If you would like, you can listen to my cheesy station. (My id is oohlaura)

If you sign up for your own station (free, of course, unless you opt for LAUNCHcast plus), it could learn if you like the songs i like (if you listen to my station). Or, since I like cheesy stuff, you might wanna just start from scratch. ;)

It's through Yahoo, so if you have an account with them, you can use that login. My Launch and Yahoo logins are different, unfortunately.

I like it cuz I don't have any mp3s and I have very few CDs and it plays stuff I like all the time, unlike the radio. And it's a variety, unlike playing a CD. And it exposes me to stuff I didn't know about but probably would like.

Any questions? Anybody have a station? What's your id so I can check it out?

Yesterday

Yesterday

I really hate the holiday. I try to ignore it. I really hate it.

While out shopping Sunday night though, it occurred to me that it was kinda nice to see all those people packed into the Walmart picking out something to give to someone they love. It's nice to think that so many people care about someone. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I've been jaded by the people in this area being rather rude, obnoxious, selfish, etc. So ... so many people wanting to express love to someone seemed kinda nice.

Apparently my refusal to acknowledge the crappy day left Brian feeling hurt last year. Well even though we're broken up, I didn't want to make that mistake again. He's very important to me and I wanted to be sure to take the time and make a gesture to state that I love him. So I secretly got him a gift I knew he wanted and I bought a card with a dog on it and wrote him a long note. Just writing down those emotions made me cry.

I gave it to him Sunday night. I told him not to get mad that I got him something ... that I just wanted to do it and I was not expecting him to get me anything. (For one thing, his job kind of hasn't paid him correctly since December, when they switched the computers. He's still waiting for back pay and is extremely broke.) He thanked me and seemed touched. When he got home last night he gave me a gift and a card. He had spent what money he had left (until Friday) on getting me the DVD I've been wanting of my absolute favorite childhood movie (Annie, of course). And he wrote such a sweet message in the card. The card that had a cute hamster on it.

Ozzie Who?

Ozzie Who?

The sad day has come. I do not recognize the dog of the week. I've been away from the dog daycare too long.

Some really cute and enthusiastically cuddly dogs came into the store today at least. A way cool Aussie* girl who LOVED getting butt scratches and a young Berner** named Paris who, while still much smaller than her full-grown potential, actually knocked me down in her excitement to greet me. (* Australian Shepherd; ** Bernese Mountain Dog)

Rumor has it the boss is considering adopting a retiring Search & Rescue German shepherd and we would have a store dog. Although I'm not a huge fan of the breed unless you're really going to work it, it would be fun to have a store dog.

I'm looking forward to spending next week with Kobi while his owners are away.

Moral of this post: I crave more dog in my life.

Ringtones!

Ringtones!

Cool:
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If you have an mp3 you want as your ringtone, use this site.

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Your phone needs to have web access of some sort. (For me it's mmode.)

Sisterhood

Sisterhood

It was great to hang out with my sister tonight. For one thing, she's so much like me. It's comforting to be around that. Plus she's awesome. She made a yummy dinner, we talked and laughed, we played a goofy test-your-unusual knowledge game and it was very close, and we colored. She told me great stories about the kids at work. We commiserated about having to deal with crappy parents and their "feral children" at our jobs.

It's a shame that was the first time I made it down to her place since she moved 13 months ago. We must do better. I'd like to see my parents and grandparents and other relatives more too. Before heading further south to my sister's, I got to spend a little time today with my parents, Gran, 2 aunts, an uncle and little baby cousin (once removed).

It was good to be back home. It's pretty there and full of memories of a simpler (and happier?) time. I feel lucky to be able to say that about going home. And I'm glad home is close.

Death and Birth

Death and Birth

I'm procrastinating getting ready for a funeral. I feel thankful it's been more than 3 years since I've had one to attend. I think. Wow. Has that much time gone by?

Afterwards I'm meeting my cousin's baby. I was sick when she came to town for Christmas.

Wednesday is Not as Good as Sunday

Wednesday is Not as Good as Sunday

I am cold and my tummy is really unhappy. I am home alone. I'm going to burrow into bed and watch my tape of Alias from last week.