The Friday Five… Good Friday

March 29, 2002 | Leave a Comment

The Friday Five… Good Friday edition…

1. If you could eat dinner with and “get to know” one famous person (living or dead), who would you choose?

Bob Dylan. i think it would be fascinating to talk with him about art, music, politics, and his concept of God. in my opinion, Dylan is an absolute genius. the world has yet to fathom the extent to which he has changed us with his mode of thinking and artistic contributions.

2. Has the death of a famous person ever had an effect on you? Who was it and how did you feel?

the events surrounding John F. Kennedy’s death are some of my earliest memories. i was just a toddler, so they are very fuzzy in some ways, very clear in others. i recall seeing images of the funeral procession on television, then seeing my mom crying. it was the first time i had ever seen her do that, so i am sure that why it’s etched into my mind. i recall feeling like my whole world had been turned upside down by something on TV.

3. If you could BE a famous person for 24 hours, who would you choose?

Jack Nicholson. i know it may sound weird to choose someone of another gender for this question; but just think of all of the things one would learn from that experience alone! i guess i just imagine that ol’ Jack has an interesting tale to tell on just about every subject. so, yeah… i’d be Jack for 24 hours and i would throw a huge, wild party and invite everyone i knew just so i could relive old times and have flashbacks. hahaha.

4. Do people ever tell you that you look like someone famous? Who?

Peppermint Patty. i am serious! i think it has something to do with the Birkenstocks. and the haircut. and, ok.. the general shape of her body.
5. Have you ever met anyone famous?

yep. Jesse Jackson, Newt Gingrich, and NHL hockey goalies Ed Belfour and Curtis Joseph. Jesse smelled the best and was incredibly well manicured. Ed had piercing blue eyes that could stop any warm-blooded woman in her tracks. ~swoon~

i also had a close brush with Hillary Clinton once but the secret service agents got to me before i could do anything drastic. (sorry, America.. i tried my best.)

have a great Friday night, everyone!

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::bark bark:: i’m still sick

March 28, 2002 | Leave a Comment

::bark bark::

i’m still sick as a damn dawg, so there is only this list of funny riddles to offer as appeasement for your blog hungry minds. i laughed so hard my sinuses cleared up for 30 seconds!
1. HOW DO YOU GET HOLY WATER?
You boil the hell out of it.

2. WHAT DO FISH SAY WHEN THEY HIT A CONCRETE WALL?
Dam!

3. WHAT DO ESKIMOS GET FROM SITTING ON THE ICE TOO LONG?
Polaroids.

4. WHAT DO YOU CALL A BOOMERANG THAT DOESN’T WORK?
A stick.

5. WHAT DO YOU CALL CHEESE THAT ISN’T YOURS?
Nacho Cheese.

6. WHAT DO YOU CALL SANTA’S HELPERS?
Subordinate Clauses.

7. WHAT GOES CLOP, CLOP, CLOP, BANG, BANG, CLOP, CLOP,CLOP?
An Amish Drive-By Shooting.

8. WHAT DO YOU GET FROM A PAMPERED COW?
Spoiled milk.

9. WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU CROSS A SNOWMAN WITH A VAMPIRE?
Frostbite.

10. WHAT LIES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN AND TWITCHES?
A nervous wreck.

11. WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ROAST BEEF AND PEA SOUP?
Anyone can roast beef.

12. WHERE DO YOU FIND A DOG WITH NO LEGS?
Right where you left him.

13. WHY DO GORILLAS HAVE BIG NOSTRILS?
Because they have big fingers.

14. WHY DON’T BLIND PEOPLE LIKE TO SKY DIVE?
Because it scares the dog.

15. WHAT KIND OF COFFEE WAS SERVED ON THE TITANIC?
Sanka.

16. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A HARLEY AND A HOOVER?
The location of the dirt bag.

17. WHY DOES A PILGRIM’S PANTS ALWAYS FALL DOWN?
Because they wear their belt buckle on their hat.

18. WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A BAD GOLFER AND A BAD SKYDIVER?
A bad golfer goes whack, damn. A bad skydiver goes damn, whack.

19. HOW DO YOU CATCH A UNIQUE RABBIT?
Unique up on it.

20. HOW DO YOU CATCH A TAME RABBIT?
Tame way, unique up on it.

(hahaha! those last two really crack me up!)

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a midweek catch-all ugh. i’ve

March 27, 2002 | Leave a Comment

a midweek catch-all

ugh. i’ve been sick since tuesday morning with yet another flu-bug, cold, or whatever the hell these things are. i tell you, i’ve caught more random sniffles this winter than i have in the past ten years! i honestly think that Iowa may have whole different strains of virusy germs than Indiana did, and i lost my immunity to them while i was away for 3 years.

Agent J hasn’t been sick all winter. he can tolerate getting a flu-shot, so he does, and that’s that. i, on the otherhand, got violently ill the last time i had one and can’t get them anymore. i’m not kidding you, i bet there are still microscopic puke spots on the ceiling of the bedroom from that little episode. NOT a pretty thought, is it?
ok - *cough hack snort* - enough talk about the sickies. giving a bug attention only makes it think it has power.

remember when i told you that the cable guy was coming for a visit on Monday morning? well, he showed up on time and boy, did we have a good laugh! the connectivity was working perfectly fine; no time outs, no error pages, and email arrived just like it was supposed to. actually, there hasn’t been a problem with it since Sunday night.

i told him that i was really embarassed to have to bring him out on a call for nothing, and he started laughing. he said that he was probably going to be more embarassed when he has to come back later this week because the connection is so awful again. ack!

i asked him what he meant, and he told me that these are the only kind of service calls he has been on since MediaCom took over AT&T@home, which went bankrupt at the end of February. apparently MediaCom has almost no infrastructure to support all of the connection demands. yet, they keep pimping their service as “high speed internet” and charging nearly $50 a month while customers get about 5% of what they are paying for.

it just stuns me that big companies can and would do this to their paying customers. but then again, when you’re the only game in town as far a cable access is concerned, you can do what you please, i guess.

so anyway, the cable guy said that i must have talked to the right person in the customer service department last week, because everything looks fine for now and i am listed to get two month’s service at no charge. color me happy!

(note: i told the Count about all of this and he said that i probably scared them so much with my bitching that they hooked me up with my own private line. hahaha! hey… i only turn into BitchZilla when required. this was one of those times.)

here is something really cool:
some very sweet person nominated me for Blog Babe of the Week at sixdifferentways.com, a very awesome website, in my opinion!

you know how people always say “Even if I don’t win, it was an honor to be nominated…” well, i used to think “Uh huh, sure…”
but it’s really true. it’s really a great thing just to be noticed and considered good enough to hold the spotlight for awhile among your peers. i’ll let you all know how things pan out, but for now, just let me say thank you to whomever it was who nominated me.

it made my day!

well, that’s all for now. i might write more later if i am up and puttering around. here i go… wads of Kleenex falling behind me on the floor… leaving a trail for me to follow back to the computer. *snuuuuUUUuuurt*

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well, what d’ya know! this

March 26, 2002 | Leave a Comment

well, what d’ya know!

this thing is so right-on it’s spooky. i think i’ll do a little research about enneagrams today.

take free enneagram test

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it is perfect! i went

March 26, 2002 | Leave a Comment

it is perfect!

i went to the retreat house at the convent today and selected the room that i’ll be using for studio space until August. it’s exactly what i was hoping for and i am thrilled with it!

here are the details: the room is about 10ft x 12ft, with a tiled floor, and one window that faces to the west. there’s lots of bright sunlight during the afternoons, which is when i’ll be working there most of the time. it is on the third floor of the building and in a very quiet area. there’s also a community washroom and shower just down the hall. i was told that i’ll be up there by myself most of the summer and that i may come and go as i please.

there were two twins beds in the room, plus a small desk and a lounging chair. Sister Margaret said that i can use as much of the furniture as i like, or they could have it all removed if that would be better. i requested to have one of the twin beds taken out, but said that everything else would be fine just as it was. so, yeah… i can even take a nap if i get tired from working!

i think what delights me the most is the peace and quiet of the atmosphere. no phones ringing, no obnoxious, noisy neighbors to worry about. no one knocking on the door or interrupting the creative process. i have never had that anywhere at any time in my life, so it will certainly be interesting to see what images bubble to the surface when all of the exterior commotion is gone. i’ll be anticipating epiphanies, i tell ya.

i felt very much at peace there today. for the first time in years.

if i were not Jewish… and married… and so damn carnal… i think i would like being a nun. heh!
that’s me alright: Sistah InfinitePink.

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