Scars

damaged by Dawn Simon (Dawn Ashley)

Worst scars:



* Ripped the skin and upper muscle layer on my left hand when I was six or seven. The trail of blood and screaming up the four flights of stairs to my grandmother's apartment made it impossible to watch scary movies ever again.



* Took a long nail to each kneecap when I was twelve. Chased my stupid mutt out on the porch, where Pop had taken apart pieces of the railing and told us, in on uncertain terms, NOT to walk around. Fell down on my knees and became attached to a 2x4. I don't remember how the board was removed.



* Deep inch-long scar on my right ring-finger where I punched a plate glass window. $300 later, I learned that anger has a price.

Home from the salt mines. The baby is getting so big.

How do I know I really hate Valentine's Day? Thinking of getting the old box sets of MILLENNIUM out and watching it over the weekend.

Just downloaded the Samuel L. Jackson Soundboard app for the G1. Having fun at my coworkers' expense every time they jump at 'SAY WHAT ONE MORE TIME!"

DOH! Broke my work trackball. The left button doesn't click anymore. :(

Good morning, intrawebz.

*looks through feeds* I'll just go ahead and assume that most of the stuff in my feeds has already been posted. Especially the LOLcats.

Home from the salt mines. Time to load up the D2 - if I can get it to recognize the new format for Ogg Vorbis audio files.

Oh, btw, the Cowon D2 I've been waiting for? Arrived right before I went to lunch. Awesome little player, with the exception of not having a last.fm plug-in.

NOTE TO SELF: STOP CHECKING AMAZON.COM TO SEE IF YOUR NEW MP3 PLAYER HAS ARRIVED. WORK NOW.

YAY! My brother Joel and his family will be visiting at the end of the month. I will finally meet my niece Celeste for the first time.

Good morning, intrawebz! :)

Watching STARDUST and trying to stay out of trouble.

Home from the salt mines. Time to clear out the feeds. Urgh. The race never ends, Judah.

I would dearly love to clean out my feeds and fool around on FriendFeed, but I have too much work right now. :(

I know how to get Facebook to rethink their new "like" feature: set Tyson Key loose on Facebook.

Dear Fandango: NEVER OFFER ME JONAS BROTHERS TICKETS EVER AGAIN. What am I, a 12-year-old girl? Up yours, Me.

Strange. My G1's firmware has not yet been upgraded yet.

Good morning, intrawebz. There be ice on the ground. Guess this means winter isn't done yet.

Dear baseball fans: until further notice, just assume that every record that happened in the 90s is tainted in some way. That way, you won't be the only person crying out into the night when your favorite player is shown to be a cheater. Regards, Me.

Bah. The internet bores me, Time for a movie. OUTLANDER, I think.

HOORAY! The 8GB SD card I ordered arrived today, Now all I need is the media player to use with it. C'mon, Brown ...

Watching the press conference. It's nice to have a president who speaks in complete sentences that make sense.

Home from the salt mines. Oy, I need a nap.

I can't wait for my new Cowon D2 to get here. I'm tired of having to recharge my G1 every few hours.

Lesson learned: Nutella is awesome on bagels, but you may want to wait until the bagel cools BEFORE you spread the Nutella on it.

Good morning, intrawebz.

Good gravy! One in the freaking morning? Way past time for bed. Night, night, intrawebz.

Watching YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE. Tiger Tanaka should have had his own movie.

Going out in search of Chinese food.

No. It can't be. It's not possible. ... Snow is falling.

Just dumped a bunch of FriendFeeders' RSS feeds into Google Reader. Because I don't have enough stuff to read during the week.

Ah, a beautiful, spring-like day here in ... wait a minute, where did the sun go?

Wonder who I have to call to get permission to go inside the hospital and take photos. http://ping.fm/7Wm6q

Oh, look! I have a Google Reader account. Oh, look! I haven't checked it since Friday afternoon! Oh, look! I'm gonna be posting stuff from yesterday and today! Oh, look! I'm hitting "Mark All As Read"!

Good morning, intrawebz. I think I used too much bourbon in the cake last night. I see three of everything this morning.

I go sleep now. Night, night, all.

Home from the party. Changing clothes to something more comfortable so that I can bake that cake.

Home just long enough to put away groceries and get dressed for soirée I was invited to and wasn't told about. Wait til I tell you about my day later. After I bake that yummy cake, I mean.

At Mom and Pop's, eating pancakes and helping Pop put together a light macro box to photograph small jewellery.

Good morning, intrawebz. Anyone care for some eggs this morning?

I think I've caused enough trouble for one night. Good night, all.

Is it time the for live recording of the Ffundercats? Why, yes, it is!

Ethan did something he's never done before. He started crying in bursts until Josh took him and put his thumb in Ethan's mouth, which calmed him down. Sorry, kid, you're not getting my thumb. You'll end up with rabies.

Home from the salt mines and holding the cranky baby. Had to change into shorts and sandals. Lord, it's hot in this place.

Dear sweet God in heaven, it's hot in here. Turned on my desk fan for the first time all year, which I didn't expect to do before April.

Time for lunch. I'm thinking that a salad sounds nice.

Uh oh. Just bought the 4GB Cowon D2. And a 8GB Micro SD. And a case for all my SD cards. Now comes the anticipation.

Didn't shave this morning. Having Mom and Pop around to help watch the baby is great, but it does mean that hot water in the morning is somewhat lessened.

RANDOM THOUGHT: Paying bills sucks. But it feels good to finally pay them off. A strange correlation, that.

Good morning, intrawebz.

If I had the money, I would buy that old theater down on Central, renovate it, and show old movies three nights week for a dollar's admission.

Listening to Geek Troika. SUNSET BOULEVARD?!? In a classic theater?!?!? I wanna go! :(

Well, let's take stock of the day so far: got no sleep? Check. Dealt with cranky baby? Check. Had to drive across town while feeling lousy? Check. Didn't finish laundry? Check. Final tally - TOTAL SUCCESS. Now to bed.

Just got back from the store. Was planning on taking a nap, but that idea went out the window real quick.

Cleaning is done. And just in time for a well-deserved nap, too.

Hmmm, this bathroom is going to require a bit more than the usual cleaning. Anyone know where I can get a hazmat suit?

Cleaning beckons. Too late to go back to bed now, anyway.

Cory Doctorow and Charles Platt are posting dueling articles re climate change on Boing Boing. Very interesting. http://ping.fm/3WleH

Good morning, intrawebz.

And I'm done with my feeds. *whew* Was it good for you, too, FriendFeed?

Yes, FriendFeed. I am using the newly minted advanced search features purely for reasons of vanity. Duh.

Yes, FriendFeed. I am making up for lost time today. Why do you ask?

OMG 686 ITEMS IN MY GOOGLE READER?!?

I gotta pick up that Dusty Springfield Greatest Hits collection on my Amazon wish list.

Went home for lunch in a stabbity mood re: work. It's amazing how therapeutic a small, cooing infant can be on one state of mind. Back at work and feeling better now.

Good morning, Intrawebz.

Time for bed. Good night, all.

Mini-review of OUTLANDER: Cheesy sci-fi fun. I'd cross galaxies to save Sophia Myles, too.

Hell's bells, I hate month-end accounting nonsense. Bad enough it takes me forever to catch up on my feeds, but just trying to catch up with the conversations on FF feels like a salmon trying to swim upstream.

Lunch has been cancelled today. Too busy fighting the overwhelming desire to burn all of this paperwork and run away to Tahiti.

Had a conversation with a coworker about my blog post re: Rush Limbaugh. Color me surprised that anyone at work reads my very-neglected blog.

Going out, in spite of the pain in my mouth. Hopefully, the booze will help.

I miss Riverbend. Wherever she is, I hope she is OK. http://ping.fm/YOsTz

In case anyone cares: yeah, I think the Steelers will pull it off. But a small part of me hopes that the Cardinals win.

Good morning, intrawebz.

Time for bed. Good night, all.