Friday’s Feast…
November 30, 2007 | 4 Comments
Appetizer:
What is your favorite carnival/amusement park ride?
I have always *loved* the Ferris Wheel.
Once when I was a kid, my mom took my older sister Laura and I on it – and the guy who was running the ride stopped us at the top and kept us there for a few minutes. My mom was totally freaking out, but my sister and I thought it was awesome.
I guess when you’re under the age of ten, the terror of having your safety in the hands of a carnie worker never crosses your mind. Hahaha.
Soup:
How do you react in uncomfortable social situations?
I have a few reactions and they are dependent on my anxiety level at the moment.
1. If it’s with people I don’t know, I usually get very quiet and observe what is happening.
2. If the situation involves people I love and care about, I usually try to lighten the mood if I can or ask gentle questions to try and understand what is going on.
3. If it’s an intense situation, I go to my Happy Place. (Seriously, and not cool.)
Salad:
On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how much do you enjoy discussing deep, philosophical topics?
About an 8 or 9, I’d say. I thoroughly enjoy conversations like that and it’s a rare thing to find someone else who likes it just as much. It involves a lot of exposure and personal vulnerability.
Uh. Heh. That kind of makes it like sex, doesn’t it? Brain sex. 
Main Course:
Did you get a flu shot this year? If not, do you plan to?
Gawd NO. I’m one of those people who end up in the emergency room with severe reactions to flu shots. Falling down dizzy and stuff shooting out both ends.
However, if you can tolerate the shot, please get one. You’ll be keeping yourself and other people healthier this season.
Dessert:
Approximately how many hours per week do you spend watching television?
It’s on a lot in the background when I am working so I can listen to the news. Actually watching it? I’d estimate about 2 hours a day, so 14 hours a week.
(Damn! That’s like a part-time job.) 
Happy Friday everyone! Hope you’re not freezing it off somewhere. It’s cold here with a chance of the four-letter-word that rhymes with NOOOOOOoooo.
~ XoXOxoxo
Thursday’s Pretties.
November 29, 2007 | 1 Comment
Complementary colors of pale lavender and yellow whisper to each other as a sweet freshwater pearl keeps them company.
The Softly Spoken Necklace was designed and carefully handcrafted by me in The Big Pink Studio. This is the first in a series of charm necklaces that I am making, but it is unique in color and gemstone combination. No others will be created exactly like this one.
Details:
~ 1 Pale lavender Amethyst gemstone, 12mm, contemporary “onion” cut briolette, micro-faceted. This particular stone occasionally flashes a pinkish hue.
~ 1 Prehnite teardrop bead, pale celery yellow, micro-faceted
~ 1 Freshwater pearl, creamy white
~ Sterling silver headpins and jump rings
~ 1 Sterling silver ball chain, 1.5mm beads, 18 inches long.
Remember, all jewelry items ship wrapped in my signature pink boutique tissue and tucked into an organza pouch, perfect for gift giving or storage.
This Thursday Pretty is for sale now in my Etsy Shop. Be sure to take a peek at it - and many more new goodies - if you are interested!
More again soon, my kittens…
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WTF Wednesday, Edition #6.
November 28, 2007 | 2 Comments
Ok, it’s time to regain some semblance of order around this joint. I’m not kidding you, since last week’s holiday jaunt everything is offbeat and screwed up. Appointments, sleeping times, working hours – and of course, my regular blogging routine.
It’s like having a different type of IBS: Irritable Blogging Syndrome. I’m constipated with journal entries… and any minute now…
Hahaha. Sorry, that was gross. 
On the political front, I’ve decided that I am backing Rudy Giuliani in the 2008 presidential race. If he gets the nomination, I hope he chooses Fred Thompson as his running mate; I think it would make a very good ticket.
Actually, I will support anyone who can stop Slick Hilly in her high-heeled Prada tracks, as I do not want America to become a gigantic socialist dictatorship that would make Hugo Chavez green with envy. An elected republic dictatorship is only somewhat better, I know, but until they open up Mars for pioneer settlers this is the best choice we’ve got, in my opinion.
And I figure that with Rudy and Fred I’d get about 80% of what I want on the issues that are important to me – plus I am pretty certain they would appoint conservative federal judges to cover the rest - so that’s that.
Besides, how could you not vote for a guy with legs like this?
Bom-chica-wah-wah!
Did you hear about the guy in South Korea who died because his cell phone exploded?
Excerpt:
“He sustained an injury that is similar to a burn in the left chest and his ribs and spine were broken… It is presumed that pressure caused by the explosion damaged his heart and lungs, leading to his death.”
Holy crap.
Sure makes you want to strap one of those hands-free Bluetooth devices to your head, don’t it? Or maybe strap it someone else’s. Hehe.
I… uh… this can’t be right…
Britney Spears is rumored to be knocked up AGAIN!!!
See? This is what happens when you run around all the time with no underpants, girls. It makes you a frazzle-headed, drugged-out has-been that mysteriously attracts sperm cells to your uncovered snootch.
But I’m probably just jealous because she’s so hot.
*Sigh…
November 27, 2007 | 2 Comments
I think I am experiencing a post-Thanksgiving funk. Which isn’t cool because it may leave me depleted for my post-Christmas and post-New Year funks.
I think it’s partially because Betty has moved and the neighborhood seems lonely and un-fun. Now the only exciting thing around here is Bumbling Bill’s mega-hyooooge inflatable Christmas decorations that are staggering around in the yard, being blown by the wind. Kinda of like Bill himself. Hee.
When he put them up the week before Thanksgiving there was an 8 foot tall Winnie the Pooh dressed up as Santa Claus out there. We could pull up the shade at night and our entire living room would be illuminated by his gigantic glowing head. It was kind of creepy and surreal, especially if you imagined Pooh talking to you in his honey-intoxicated voice saying crap like “A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.”
(I was not drunk.)
Mysteriously, however, Santa Pooh has disappeared. He is nowhere to be found. Which leads me to the following possibilities…
1. Pooh popped and blew away, trailing his extension cord behind him like entrails.
2. Pooh became so disgusted with the indignity of living in Bumbling Bill’s Holly Jolly North Pole Extravaganza that he magically became animate and ran away to find Piglet the Elf on the next block.
3. …. Hey…waaaaaiiiit a minute….
Santa Pooh disappeared around the same day Betty left The ‘Hood…
Betty! If you are reading this, beware - Pooh is loose and he may be looking for home on your new front lawn!
(Snicker. I said “Pooh is loose.”)
… sigh*
Unconscious Mutterings and more.
November 25, 2007 | 2 Comments
I say … and you think … ?
1. Filthy :: Gas station bathroom. GAH.
2. Therapist :: Dr. K, the King of Shrink
3. Duck :: Duck GOOSE
4. Slant :: Six
5. Artist :: Willem de Kooning
6. Lease :: landlord
7. Wish :: upon a star
8. Doormat :: professional victim
9. Global :: universal
10. Apartment :: student housing
Every time I do The Muttering, I feel like I am playing Family Feud and the whole “Fast Money” jackpot depends on my goofy answers.
Survey says! – Christine is living in her own little world!
*ding ding ding*
We got back to Dubuque early Saturday afternoon. Overall, I’d rate the trip an 8.5 out of 10 – which is nearly miraculous when you consider all of the circumstantial variables involved. However, the weather was decent, the roads were great, everyone was healthy and happy, the hotel was nice, and Thanksgiving dinner was belly-busting delicious!
Really, the only thing that could make holidays better would be if we all lived within 25 miles of each other. But that might make the rest of the year pretty annoying, so I’m just going to be content with the way things are.
Last night, I decided to lie down and nap for an hour or two. I woke up 8 hours later, and had no idea if I was still in Sioux City or at home in my bed. That’s such a weird feeling! It’s even stranger when the lighting changes outside in winter, and you can’t tell if 7 am is really 7 pm or vice-versa.
Nature likes to mess with my head.
The floor refinishing project was completed late in the afternoon the day before we left on our trip. It looks fantastic, and was very nice to come home to. I suspect Randy and Maizey put on socks and were running and sliding around doing Risky Business moves during our absence. Hehe. All that’s left to do now is put on the quarter round moldings along the baseboards and it’s done! That is happening today.
That’s all for now, my kittens. I hope you’re all having a great weekend … and if you were returning home today after a holiday trek, I hope your travels were safe!
More again soon.
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My name is Christine Thurow and I am a professional artist, living in my lovely home state of Iowa. My humor is sarcastic, my wit dry and my appetite for unbridled hedonism, ravenous. Did I say hedonism? I meant intelligent exchange.
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