Holy mother, I can’t believe it is already 2003. Where the hell did 2002 go? It’s crazy. It’s been a while, so I’ll scoot back in time a bit to fill you all in:
Well, Christmas came and went in its usual, uneventful manner. This year was even more uneventful than others, since my purse got stolen about a week before, thus nixing my plans to rent bad movies and eat frozen pie out of the tin. Terribly frustrated. I was forced to bathe in an attempt to amuse myself (this, as it turns out, worked—Monster took it upon himself to try to figure out how to climb into the tub with me without getting wet. A trick he has yet to master, but if it can be done, I’m sure he will figure it out).
The weekend perked up a bit: old camp friends Gianni and Scooby kidnapped me and we spent the evening drinking at Gianni’s. We managed to turn the movie Scooby Doo into a drinking game (any time you hear Zoiks, a drug reference, a sexual reference, Scoobydoobydoo, etc.) and get sufficiently smashed. They even managed to locate the long lost Danny (another SJFC ex-staffer). It was entertaining. Sad, too, though, since Scooby has since moved back to Texas (I dunno—the prison was calling him. Beats me), and Gianni is waiting for the Peace Corps to call and say "yes! Come to Africa!" Moral being that it may be a very loooooong time before we can do that again. *sigh*
New Years was unexpectedly interesting, as well. Faisal got money for Christmas, and so came up and spent a few days in the Bay Area. We went about and harassed old friends, and it was wonderful—almost like it was a few years ago. The downer: not the same without Wall Berlin. RIP Wall. WE did go to La Vals though. Medieval Madness is the best pinball game ever. Damsel…Peasant…Catapult…Royal…MULTIBALL MADNESS!! Woohoo!
On an entirely different subject, Lord of the Rings. Two Towers was entirely fantastic. Gimli cracked me up. Made me happy. I have yet to see the expanded version of Fellowship of the Ring, but rumor has it that it’s even better than the cut version (duh). Now, for those LOTR fans, some bonus sites for you to check out:
Buffy Spoof Now, I have never even watched the Buffy TV show, however, this is entirely too amusing. Think the One Ring as a prince albert. Oh dear…
LOTR as a bad D&D game Gamers out there will find this particularly amusing. Players from hell, a DM who plays favorites—grab the chips and soda, and let the gaming begin!
Secret Diaries of the LOTR characters. Because we all know that Aragorn is nothing but a pervy hobbit fancier who just wants to be king. Legolas told Arwen not to come to the ring meeting because then he wouldn’t be the prettiest. And who knew that Pipin was such a slut!
12/24/02
After many years of faithful service, Guest page, my faithful Guestbook host, bit the dust. I have started a new guestbook, with all new and improved questions, here. Go forth! Sign it! Leave your mark. And if you can tell me what 2 comedians and 1 movie I referenced in my guestbook, you get a prize. Well, you get to know how cool you are, at any rate.
In other news, Christmas is upon us. As most of you know, Christmas really isn’t my gig, but Cherry Mistmas to you all, nonetheless. With the New Year comes the promise of change, particularly for my friends Gianni and Scooby, both whom are leaving me now that I have returned to California :P Gianni has decided to join the Peace Corps, and give herself a few more years to figure out what she is going to do with her life. Scooby is returning to Texas, to become a jailer once again (the question here is…was camp a preparation for this? Hrm). So this weekend is our last chance, for at least two years, for the old SJFC group to be together before we go our separate ways. Perhaps a new chapter is beginning? I guess this is more proof that, whether we want it to happen or not, change always comes. Let’s hope that this year is a good one, full of more good surprises and less bad. Hoo-ha.
On a sour note, my purse grew legs and wandered away last weekend. THAT was a bummer, let me tell you. I’m still waiting for my replacement ATM card to arrive, and my lack of access to my money has put me in a foul mood this season. Namely because I wasn’t able to rent movies and get pie to occupy my Christmas Day. I’m fond of pie out of the tin while watching bad anime—it says Christmas to me. This year, though, I will spend it without my movies and pie. I may even spend it online. Faisal got me into MUDing again. A MUD is a text-based user game in the realm of D&D. I have never been embarrassed by my geekiness, why start now? Anyway, the MUD I frequent is called Valheru. My character is young Halfling named Merelle. Your typical mischievous and cunning little thing, she is currently wandering her way through the ranks of the assassin guild. We’ll see if I can’t help her get farther along tomorrow as I kill time on my day off.
This brings me to my second bit of ugliness: the matter of R2D2. R2D2 is my ever running car of joy. However, at present, R2 is having a bit of an issue. Additionally, the State of California is having a bit of an issue with him. The combined cost of these two issues, is going to cost yours truly a staggering $2600 or there abouts, plus I’ll be shelling out another $100 for a new license. Why, you ask? Because I have had bad luck with parking tickets, worse luck with the DMV and the correction of a certain speeding ticket from over 2 years ago, and my running car of joy has hit several mile-markers that have caused him to require work. Lame. Very lame indeed.
And so, this Christmas season, I leave you with this thought: There is no Devil, only God when He’s drunk. Blasphemous, but thought provoking….
12/3/02
Good grief! It’s December again. How time flies, even when you aren’t having fun. On the other hand, I now have a perma-partner in crime…his name is Monster, and he is very large Morris look-alike. I found him thanks to Craigslist, the most wonderful website in the world when you need a roommate (its how I found mine!), a cheap couch, a date, and, apparently, a boo. Monster is very sweet, very large, and very adaptable. I have already fallen in love with him. Someday I will not only get some pics of me up, but, with a little luck, a pic or two of Monster as well. He’s my little mau of doom (even if he’s not so little).
In other news, Thanksgiving was awesome. It was a whirlwind trip: I left work Tuesdays eve, hoped a plane to LA, played with Faisal that night and the next day, shuffled over to Jason’s for Thanksgiving dinner, garnished with Eddie Izzard and several obnoxious games which drove us all to alcohol, back to Faisal’s for that eve, and then off to the airport I went! I had just enough time to grab a quick shower before beaming myself to work again. Luckily I was off on Saturday, so I could recuperate from the chaos of the week. But it was terrific, and I wish I could do it again. Not anytime soon, at any rate.
Vocabulary-- Boo: a fuzzy beastie of the feline persuasion. Mau: a shortened version of 'meow.' Sometimes a nickname for a cat. Also, "mer."
11/20/02
Dude!! Dylan strikes again! Check out Trillian!!! This is something for anyone who has more than one chat program: AIM, ICQ, IRC, YIM, MSNM, etc. This handy little program combines them into one window, there are a bunch of different looks, it logs you into all or some of the programs you select when you log on...it rules. Plus its free! My god, whats not to like? Plus there are a bunch of different skins that you can download for free. Sweet ass.
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11/19/02
Since I have recently returned to the internet community (through the combined efforts of Dylan and Tony), I have an excuse for wasting my free time online. However I felt that it was unfair of me to do so without sharing with others my newly acquired web-addictions. So here is a list of my current links, plus a brief description of why you should go, too.
Subkultures.net Heard of LiveJournal or DeadJournal? Well this one is better; no cost, no banners. It rules.I guess that’s about it. I’ve been having going and checking out other folks’ websites, but I’ll talk about those later, since work is no longer just calling, but in fact screaming my name. Later…
Something Positive The world’s best web comic ever. For those of you who have heard of Choo Choo Bear, this is where to find him.
Rehabilitating Mr. Wiggles Ever heard of Red Meat? This one makes it, in the words of Dylan, "look like Peanuts." Frighteningly, he right…
Joe Cartoon Hey, do you have a canoe I could borrow? And if you don’t understand that, you need to go this site and figure it out!
Steak and Cheesepics, .wav files, plus Kap RULES. 'Nuf said.
Rotten.com Like S&C, only raunchier. Saying the word "cadaver" is whole bunches of fun, but it’s SO much more entertaining to see them.
All Your Base The complete video, in its glory. If you don’t know what AYBABTU is, you must read this.
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11/7/02
Yes, I haven’t updated in ages. I am a bad monkey. But now, here is an update in all of its glory.
After a year and a half in Flagstaff, AZ, I have returned to the Bay Area (California). I’m still with Barnes and Noble Bookstore, and was recently promoted to Book Department Manager, which is pretty cool. Unfortunately I haven’t really been able to jump-start my social life since I’ve gotten back; my friends out here all have funky schedules, and mine isn’t exactly regular either, so it can be hard to find a time to get together. On the other hand, I was able to go to a Halloween party at Dylan’s house, which was entertaining if nothing else. I went as a fallen angel, complete with wings made with real black feathers. I looked hot, and had a grand old time teasing the lesser (male) mortals at the party.
Thanksgiving promises to be fun as well—I will be flying down to LA to visit Jason, a friend from my INO days. He and his roommate Stefanie cook up a storm, we’ll play board games until we’re ready to kill each other, it should be a blast. Looks like Langley will be joining me, which will make it that much better. I’m hoping to drop in on Faisal and see Jen, as well. Should be whole bunches o’ fun.
Def Leppard comes to San Francisco in mid-December, and I’m trying to con some friends into going with me to the concert. Obviously my taste in music has not improved since the last concert I attended (Scorpions and Night Ranger), but I love my bad 80’s cock rock and can’t seem to leave it behind in pursuit of better music. My radio station, The Bone, kicks ass, and for those of you who are also into bad 80’s hair rock, you should check them out.
Not much else going on for me. I got into Baseball for a brief period of time, as I watched the Giants go to the World Series. As everyone knows, the 49ers are my pride and joy, although frankly, if they just beat out the Raiders (which they don’t seem to be having a hard time doing) I’ll be happy. What can I say; I’m living in Oakland, but dammit, the Niners have always been my team. So down with the Raiders! The only good thing about the team is their colors, anyway.
