| Blast from the past |
[Jul. 12th, 2009|03:16 pm] |
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Back in lovely Gold Bar! Yay!
Working. Meh.
Still in my bathrobe! Woohoo!
Just because I can, I believe it's time this resurfaced, and I don't have the time to make a parody of it, Though how you could make it more ridiculous than the original...
Rick Springfield, The Human Touch.
Growing up without MTV, today was actually the first time I'd seen the video. I am giddy with cultural expereince. |
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[Jul. 9th, 2009|12:39 am] |
Finally taking full advantage of the mobile home office...well, and my Brother.
In Oly. Gig harbor meeting went well, I think.
Tomorrow, another meeting in Olympia with different potential clients, and possibly hooking up with old clients I landed when I was living here. Maaaaybe, if timing is good, we can hit Sushi Boat for dinner, or go out on the boat with little brother if the weather cooperates. Decisions decisions.
Joel built us a step! -the old one broke off a year or so ago. 20 minutes with 2X4 scraps and a power drill. Now I gotta remember it's there and not injure myself trying to jumpout the door.
Might just settle down for an episode of Top Gear and pass out. |
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| Mobile |
[Jul. 8th, 2009|12:32 pm] |
We're off to a client meeting, then Olympia for bidnez and friends.
We'll be back online tonight. |
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| Murderous Genocidal Rampage |
[Jul. 7th, 2009|07:12 pm] |
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How DARE they. There are acres of greenery around and they went after what's left of our tiny garden. They ate half the stalk on the biggest potato plant. Upon seening this great, chest-high survivor laying on the ground I embarked on a massacre that will stop only at genocide. ( Graphic Killing Spree ) |
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| Guess What's Back? |
[Jul. 7th, 2009|02:47 am] |
Captain Jack Hawtness.
...Damn that was some good telly.
I completely envy people with the fortitude to wait five weeks and watch it all at once. Blasted cliffhangers. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
For those who watched, I have one thing to say: F.o.B.
OH YEAH! I forgot to mention, there is a couple of Radio episodes out there. Those aren't bad, either.
UPDATE!! ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) revseandoe, for all the things that he shares with us that are just wrong -and by that I mean sick and wrong- was oh so RIGHT in that we get one episode every day! Woohoo! 24 hours I can handle. |
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| Top Gear... The Dog Test. |
[Jul. 6th, 2009|03:22 pm] |
This challenge was one of three to test who's low-priced car was the best, by who could make it around the track in the fastest time, including time taken to load a very large dog into the car. If the dog looked sad at the end of the lap, you got DQd.
Mike and I had tears in our eyes from laughing.
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| Just...Wow. |
[Jul. 5th, 2009|01:29 am] |
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So if you walk a quarter mile up to the big power lines at Wallace Falls State Park, you look East into the Skykomish valley, nestled between Mount Index and several other peaks I don't know the names of yet. .... Holy crap. It's gorgeous. I can see fireworks going off 20 miles away, the mountains silhouetted past the haze, a huge circle around the moon, the smell of a cedar campfire. I LOVE IT out here.
I brought the camera, but even my Photoshop skills couldn't make anything of those. Nothin' but a few little dots. *sigh* Mike and Arthur came with and were not disappointed.
Hornsby's crisp apple cider... Good times. |
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| QOTN |
[Jul. 4th, 2009|02:08 am] |
I have set foot on South Street in Philly at night wearing short shorts, I have walked from Safeco field to 2nd and Blanchard in Seattle alone and unarmed at night hudreds of times. I have willingly stood ten feet from a wild bear, I have spent the night alone sans tent in cougar territory, I have walked Whitman County's most vicious dogs, I have chased gun-toting drug dealers away from my apartment with a 3' sword in my doggie pajamas. At 16, I chased off a mugger in new york city at night, alone, in a parking garage with a 4" boot knife, I have gone snorkeling in a shark cave-while I was on my period...
But I have NEVER bought anything from Wal-Mart. That place is like a remake of the asylum scene in Jacob's Ladder. |
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| Sweet, Sweet Solace |
[Jun. 26th, 2009|05:07 pm] |
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Cripes, even the Beeb has failed us. |
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| Baaa. |
[Jun. 25th, 2009|11:07 pm] |
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If there is one person (or more) on your friends list who makes your world a better place just because they exist, and who you would not have met without the Internet, post this sentence in your journal. |
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| Smarmymonster: Of Zombies & Hookers |
[Jun. 25th, 2009|05:34 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Gold Bar, WA | ] |
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| [ | music |
| | Suzanne Vega (Mike's being Evil) | ] |
Ok, chill the fuck out about Michael Jackson. We all know he's going to come back as a dancing zombie, and his nose will go on to marry Joan Rivers, they'll give birth to a litter of Barbies.
In Other news: Michael Jackson's death causes plastic surgery clinics to fail to keep abreast of their operating expenses.
*ducks*
Bobbie brought this to my attention: http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-michelle-braun-prostitution-ring,0,5413622.story
SANTA ANA -- A mother of two pleaded guilty to charges of operating a multi-million dollar online prostitution ring that advertised L.A. area porn stars, models, and actresses...
Court prosecutors recommended Braun be sentenced to a fine of $30,000, 6 months of home confinement and five years probation.
OK, I don't think I could have sex with people for money, but six months in jail for a few mil? Oh HELL yeah.
Legit business questions are great in this situation don't go over so well:
Q: What was her overhead?
A: Teabags
Q: What kind of net did she have?
A: Fish
They legalized prostitution in BC. They pay taxes and have to get tested to keep their license.
Q: What kind of test? Oral or...
What's with them prosecuting successful businesswomen? Bankers get golden parachutes, but first Martha Stewart and now this? I want to see a headline that says "Father of two prosecuted for Larceny" This country's run by the Taliban, I tell ya. I an OUTRAGED! Outraged!
I'll have to keep my net income below poverty level to stay out of the pokey. Damnit.
They need to legalize prostitution and Marijuana. Those consumers can bail out the economy instead of the smokers, thankyouverymuch.
This post brought to you by obstinance. |
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| Writer's Block: All-Nighter |
[Jun. 25th, 2009|03:18 am] |
Thursday. Possibly tonight. Building and editing websites.
...And e-mailing Bozlee. Ironic, I tend to get up earlier on weekends. |
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| West Africa Tours |
[Jun. 22nd, 2009|09:57 pm] |
A wee post for the robots out there, and those who're interested.
I have clients from Seattle to Timbuktu, and when I say Timbuktu, I MEAN Timbuktu, Mali, West Africa. No kidding. A friendly and beloved by all who meet him West African tour guide.
I'm pretty proud of this site, too. :)
The Rainy season is going to start soon, if you or someone you know is interested in exploring West Africa, he's your guy. |
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| Ahhhhh. Camping. |
[Jun. 21st, 2009|11:31 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Gold Bar, WA | ] |
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| [ | music |
| | History is Made By Stupid People -Arrogant Worms | ] |
Wow I needed that.
Last week... was busy, hectic, insane, and I even whimpered at points. The good things about last week were sleep and back rubbies from Mike. Shit got done, I made a bit of money, but...yikes.
Still in the midst of complete, hectic insanity, At 4:04 on Friday I shut everything down and got ready for our trip out. ( Camping )
The sky fell when we got back. Water was coming out of the gutters and I'm sure actually made the CFS scale. The hail knocked holes in the hatch cover over the bathroom. The lightning was right overhead, 6" diameter branches fell from the trees and even Mike's multiple patch jobs on the roof were overwhelmed by the deluge. I shut down the computer to avoid power surges, hunkered in bed and moved the buckets around to catch the leaks. Impressive but unpleassant. At least I won't have to water the 'garden' for awhile.
We were at too much of an incline this weekend and the fridge wasn't working, so I cooked up as many of the perishables as I could and we had a massive dinner and passed out from food coma while watching a documentary Sue will REALLY like. About the historical geology of Turkey & Greece-covering places she's been (Santorini, Rome) AND narrated by a geologist with a scottish accent. "Journey from the Center of the Earth" it's called.
*deep sigh* Back to work! |
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| Alive... |
[Jun. 18th, 2009|02:47 pm] |
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I am completely inundated.
Camping starts tonight, alas, I will not be there until tomorrow if I can output pure awesome in the next 12 hours. Though the temptation to run off into the woods right this second wearing nothing but sandals is strong. |
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| Because Joel Asked So Nicely |
[Jun. 14th, 2009|05:59 pm] |
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I was told to post this by my brother...
Theres' a question I don't remember seeing on the purity test. Dood, extreme. |
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| Update! |
[Jun. 11th, 2009|03:35 pm] |
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Phew.
So...last weekend, I wanted to go to the salmon hatchery, just to get away from the veal pen. spanky_da_ninja and Andrea asked if they could join me. Sure!
Turns out Andrea used to work there and gave us the grand tour and how the whole operation works and what was for what. That was really neat. THEN we took off up May Creek and did a tour of the back roads between Gold Bar and Index. The rock climbing area, the 4X4 spots at Reider pit, and back down highway 2 to watch a raft hit the top of Boulder drop.
This area is awesome. So awesome, in fact, that my biggest complaint is the tourist traffic. I'm very happy to be out here with mountains nearby, fishing, kayaking, rock climbing, tubing, hiking, flying, rockhounding, or just hanging out and enjoying the wildlife and the little creek that runs under the driveway.
The garden... Tom and Barbara Good we are NOT. NONE of the heirloom seeds came up: Carrots, broccoli, leeks, nothin. We had about eight onions, but the slugs ate all the leaves off. So that leaves us with 4 potato plants and three elephant garlics (note to self: figure out how and when to harvest these things).
In pots we have one tomato plant, some lemon mint, thyme and sage.
R.I.P. the Aeonium, which was first broken in half by a cat last year, was beginning to grow back, then got eaten by the dogs over winter. I will instead, hopefully, have tomatoes.
Sunday evening we popped out to Sue & Kris's for a Legend of the Seeker marathon and a swim. Mike doled out back rubbies and Kris shared tacos with us. Thank you guys! Nemo seems to have hit princess mode early. I hope she's over it by the time she's 8-which is when I expected princess mode to kick in. Aw well, she's a damn good kid compared to most so far. She's been spoiled rotten by her father the last several days, so that'll have something to do with it. Hell, I was way more of a shit at 16.
Work! Lots of stuff I need to do and catching up, my motivation is at an ebb, so it's been akin to climbing up a vertical sand dune, but it's revenue-producing activity...well, considering my luck with response to invoices lately I'm not holding my breath, but money is finally starting to roll in after two months of nose to the grindstone.
I need excersize.
Allergy season is in full swing, Mike wakes me up a bajillion times a night. Poor sniffy Man. We finally buckled down and got out the air filter.
A long convo last night and news today... I am heartened. There are still brave people in this country who are willing to lose what they have for a better life, an accomplishment, or just because they are the best person for the job.
Courage is having a choice and taking the scary one. Good on ya. |
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Pooped
frustrated
hopeful