Smells like I'm Broke

Little C asked for her own perfume this evening. I sprayed some generic "cotton candy" scent on her at the store. I just need to keep her away from Coley when shopping, as Coley is a name brand woman...and won't buy "High Karate" or "Old Spice Replica" like me. It's all "Liquid Gold in a Bottle With the Nose Bleed Inducing Price Tag....also known as 'LGBWNBIPT'"

I just had to share...

I posted "Dyke Radar Blues" on my MySpace music page. I am just amazed that I can transfer those songs from tape to CD-maybe get them all on a single format. Revisiting that part of my life has been therapeutic, and I have recently connected with an Architecture Professor who wants to play and perform for fun. A fairly young guy who had asked me out before someone at the Grill clued him in that I was, you know, Lesbanese. He's a very nice guy...and he came over for a rousing rendition of "If I Had a Million Dollars" by Barenaked Ladies. Coley rapidly left the room...but we thought we sounded great!

Felt good to play, anyway. Rico's, here we come!

They can horses, don't they?

Sometimes kids say things that make you almost blow french fries out of your nose (if you happen to be eating those things at the time...)

Little C and I were having dinner together, and our conversation turned to horses. She wanted to know how we originally got Twizzler (the Twiz), our recently departed horse. When I told her that our friend Spice Grl had bought him at an auction, Little C remembered that Spice Grl often saved horses. I was trying to explain how "canners" also bid on horses because in some countries people like to eat them, and so they try to buy them cheap to make cans of horse meat, like roast beef in cans from cows, etc. etc.

Little C responded with, "Well that's good, except it could hurt the horse."

I had to agree. OMG.

Little C has taken up her keen interest again, and has checked out a pile of books from the library about horses. She is learning all kinds of things, and constantly turning our conversations back to getting another horse. I have decided that we will start with lessons here in Pullman again, and if her interest persists-we will investigate further. Maybe 4H. She is old enough now that finding similarly interested peers might catch fire. I can't think of a healthier activity to get involved in. If we get into 4H, then we might make connections for boarding. I will also have to see if Spam can promote interests beyond Barbie and Jehovah...so we will see.

I had a second interview today for the Family Services Manager position. It seemed to go extremely well, and it would be a PERFECT position for me. Now I just have to hope that my previous job does not sink me on a reference. It was a bit tense when I left, as they didn't take kindly to my giving notice....

Above be some more pictures from recent times...

slip sliding away...

We went sledding behind the high school here. It was fun! I acquired a nifty sledding injury that is much more impressive than my old "Scrabble injury" caused by attempting a triple word score utilizing the letters "q" and "z"...the "snow" was actually hidden underneath a healthy topping of razor sharp ice-crusties. The "trails" were packed down to a glossy sheen, and I am fairly certain we broke the sound barrier on a few runs. All in fun. (OMG)

Spam did the invite, and it is certainly nice to be getting along again. Little C is the biggest beneficiary of our truce, and I am sure it will save me an ulcer. Coley will be able to avoid going kung-fu ninja too....which is good.

I have discovered how much fun "myspace" can be, and I am fairly certain the next discovery will involve those really cool personalized pages. I may need a 12 step program...

I have interviewed for a Family Services Manager position, and the interview went really well. I am being called in for a second interview, which is always a good sign. Keep your eyes crossed for me....the Chemical Dependency position is on hold until they fill a sudden departure in their administrative staff, but I have been told I will be called in for that the moment they have the spot filled. My thanks to those of you who are lying and giving me great references....

why? I just don't know..

Coley often shakes her head and says, "Why? Oh, why?" Then she gazes at the ring on her finger with a mixture of fear and dread.

I do not know why. Fortunately my father is secure in his masculinity. I am also secure in my masculinity. Seriousness is highly overrated. I know.

My father told me so.

Little C could just care less...and I have to respect that.

x-mas on and on

Here is another round from our x-mas excursions. Awww (again)...

s'more random pics

Let's see...our kitty Chase in the sink trying to be helpful...Little C and I Christmas morning...Little C and her friend Bentley making pizza and being cute by the fire during a sleepover...and Little C, Coley and I last Christmas in Missouri...

Awww....

Arweenie's striking beauty...

I cannot capture with words...

So here's some photos for you Arweenie...to share with the world...

I did not include the one where you inserted the tofu hotdog up your nose.

Christmas Glo...

We went to Coley's Aunt's house (Glo) for a kind of second Christmas celebration. Little C was a hit!

I let her take a lot of pics on her own, so I have 352 images of a plastic light up snowman decoration. I don't think I will post those. At least not all of them.

I have to search high and low to find any pics of Coley that she will let me put up. I figure she is so obscured in this one photo by the putty (who is obsessed with Coley) that I might get away with it...

I've only just begun...

Big Balls Vol. 2

I just saw Kill Bill and Kill Bill Volume 2. I could not stop laughing! What great fun, tongue in cheek, Kung Fu Uma, Kick ass women, hilarious retro-hip soundtrack and clever/sarcastic dialogue, totally original and yet re-hashed at the same time, awesome movies! Momgator, you would not enjoy the constant sword battles, or I think be able to take the leap to get that Quentin Tarantino over-the-top, wink at the audience while making them cringe kind of style...

So for you...

Night at the Museum! That one is "Wizard of Oz" kinda fun! Your smiler has to broken not to appreciate Robin William's Teddy Roosevelt having a crush on Sakagawea, T-Rex bones that play fetch, Mickey Rooney as a comically insulting guard, Cavemen with butane lighters, slapping the monkey (you'll see), Owen Wilson as a miniature cowboy quick-draw with masculinity issues, Old West Goldminers mixing it up with the Romans, and wild animals of the African Savannah kickin' it with wild animals of North America (check the moose in the background sometimes)...terrific special effects...and Ben Stiller does a great job as the night guard with the little secret...

Anyhoo..

Kill Bill Vol.2 inspired my Big Balls Vol.2. Mostly just 'cause I have more pics. Watch out for the 'five point open-palm exploding heart' technique. That one will give you a strike almost every time.

Oh my! My photo cup runneth over!

Big Balls

We went bowling on Christmas Eve with some of Conner's friends, and my next door neighbor. It was fun! The lanes have automatic gutter guards that you can program to pop up only when the kids are bowling...which was quite helpful...

More photos to come...

AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH

Run, don't walk (or take public transportation), and see the film "An Inconvenient Truth"...rent it, borrow it, download it, I don't care how...

Start there. I will debate it 'til hell freezes over (which may be soon if we lose Greenland) right here on this very site. See the film! Do it!

Happy Newt Deer!

Oh yeah! I forgot to wish everyone a Happy Newt Deer! Hope 2007 brings lotsa good things...I'm still busy counting all of my blessings from the Thanksgiving prompt to do so.

I have used all of my fingers and toes, and the fingers and toes of all the people I love as well just to count them all.

My friend Ginger sent out a list of things that we all, as Americans living in this modern age have to be thankful for. It is quite, quite true. Neatly packaged and safe foods in abundance and huge variety, heat, lights, personal rights, instant communication, entertainment, community, security...it can take the whine right out of a person...

Anyone care to share any New Year's resolutions? Mine are to be more attentive to health issues, and to strive to be more patient. Especially with seven year olds. Not that it requires a new year to strive to self improve...but it does make for a convenient marker when attempting lifestyle changes...

Love you guys!

horizontal paper delivery

So it drizzles during the day, and then freezes at night, and then for good measure there drops a dusting of snow so the black ice is invisible.

So I fall down a lot. It is difficult to throw a newspaper when lying down. Plus my ass hurts. (Gee, sounds like an Ani DiFranco song I know....)I get home and Coley has a heating pad for my ass, as it is quite frozen and difficult to fall back asleep when that cold. I actually think she is tired of my frozen legs and rear end area ruining her warm, cuddly, blankety, vacuum sealed world every morning. She has taken to talking in her sleep about horses and some house somewhere, so we are quite a sight. "Feed the horses" she says (like five times this morning) while I am pressing a heating pad on my butt. Yep. We're just awesome.

I am done with this delivery thing on January 15. Sooner if I get the Chemical Dependency Counselor position in Clarkston and they want to start me immediately.. It has certainly been interesting. I have loved the raccoons, and the owls, and the Pussycats. (Ok...I've heard that somewhere before too.) Today I had to look at Saddam Hussein with a noose around his neck precisely 137 times. An evil, evil man by almost any measure...but...

Want to hear how I feel about capital punishment?

Probably not, so I will refrain.

Christmas was jingly, and warm, and lots of smiles and hugs and laughs. All the good stuff. Little C got to meet her extended family in the Valley So Low, and she was a hit. Bentley wasn't there, as C Man broke up with his girlfriend on X-mas Eve...which was a sad time to have that happen...but Little C still had a good time. She had her fuzzy posters and art set, and her Uncle C got her a kids cosmetics kit that she went nuts over. Lip glosses, nail polishes, light blushes and shadows, and sparkley face powders. I currently have silver, sparkley fingernails. I feel pretty, oh so pretty.

I will be posting a few pics as I load em up. Haven't done that yet, so my pic of Damnit Janet with her Alaskan snowman will have to do. Woo hoo! Looks fun Janet! I want to make one, and then practice kickboxing on it. The snow here has been too dry. Darn it.

Hope all the holidays are treating everyone well. 'Tis the time for family reunions, with the smiles through gritted teeth as Uncle Frank drinks too much eggnog, and siblings everywhere bring up old sensitive issues just to watch the ensuing eye ticks...and domestic battery with a ten pound fruitcake...

Merry Merry and all that jazz!