New Page 1 Greeting gentle reader! I hopethis finds you in good health and spirits. Karaoke is a funny thing. You cannights where all your singers are good. And then there are mixed nights. Liketonight. There's this one guy. He's older. He's always at karaoke. He couldn'tcarry a tune in a bucket if you handed it to him. But he tries. That's whatcounts. But sometimes, I really wanna shake him. The songs he sings, are mostlyolder country. And there's a few songs I hadn't heard in a ...

New Page 1 Hello, howdy and greetings onthis, the first official few hours of 2004! Oh...and Happy New Year to thoseon the west coast just now ringing it in. So, I had to DJ tonight. No bigsurprise there. But here's my only little complaint about it. I'm working,someone at the gas station should be as well. I had plenty of gas, but in thecourse of the evening, went through almost a full pack of smokes. (Drunksmisplaced theirs on a regular basis). Ah well. Such is the way of thi...

What is the one thing you buy for yourself that you simply must have? Mine? Soft sheets. Cotton Sateen. I adore them. The more you wash, the softer they get. I can not stand scratchy sheets and blankets. I must be comfy to sleep. Unless I am dog tired.  For food items. I always splurge to have A-1. The off brand steak sauce does not cut it. Not that I use a lot of it mind you. But my messysandwiches don't taste right without real A-1. Also, real butter. None of that fake stuff. Wha...

Alright. Everyone knows, when it snows, it sometimes gets very very slippery. I am what I term to be a "Old Baba" driver. It gets cold, with lots of snow on the road, and I turn into a little old lady. 30 maybe 40 mph. I'll get where I'm going. And. I won't wind up in the ditch. NOW. Here's where I get cranky. Just because you happen to own an 4x4 SUV, it doesn't mean you can drive the same way you would on clear roads. All it means, is all four of your tires are turning. It gives you no right...

New Page 1 My strange little hobby of collecting TV episodes takes animmense amount of time. Of course, sometimes it's only for me, so I'm the onlyone making myself wait with this. But not today. Today, I got a call from one ofmy friends, whose Grandmother passed and she was coming home for the funeral. Ofcourse, she didn't say she had to have the episodes I'm collecting for her, butI'd like for her to have them. Third Watch. It makes her happy. Her firemen andpolicemen. She just loves ...

Ok. I admit. XP isn't evil. Bill Gates. I'm still thinkin he's the devil. Ah, so I have XP now. And I must admit some things are pretty neat about it. I haven't tried making a DVD yet. But, tomorrow is another story. Well, later today. I'm still operating on the "It's Friday" premise. A story. I said I would tell you one. What should it be? My name. It's not an interesting story. But it's a story none the less. Since I was little. Probably one or two, my mom and dad have called me L...

I've been asked to be a bridesmaid. I said yes, only after she promised no orange taffeta. So. It's -3 degrees. I'm just getting home, cause the roads are yucky. And now I'm all spazzed cause of the drive home. Slippery roads always make me stressed. Fear of the ditch I suppose. Mom always worried about those ditches. That, and the state of my room. My cat is looking at me. I don't know why. She's got food, water..clean litter box. Why is she staring at me? It's funny. Speaking of fu...

12. 12 freakin' degrees. And tomorrow? Colder. Possible minus degrees happening tomorrow night. Where's the dang global warming! I see no evidence of it now. So, still haven't gotten the DVD burning program to work right. Beginning to think Bill Gates is behind some door laughing his head off at us. I'm actually desperate enough to..and I CAN'T believe I'm saying this...buy XP home version. :: slaps hands to head and whimpers:: No no... Since when did I become one of the sheep!? I like...

Don't ask me how, or why. But, I'm sick. When you are sick and DJing, there is no going home early. You have to tough it out. People kept saying, "My god, you look like you feel bad." And then the closer few would touch my head and tell me I was burning up. Aha...so that would be why my eyeballs feel like they're on fire. I was wondering what that was. A friend was wearing J-Lo perfume. It's a heavy patcholli (I know I spelled that wrong) smell. Not bad...just heavy. Well gang. I can...

New Page 1 Building The Perfect Beast. It was a Don Henleyalbum title once upon a time. Today, it has a new meaning for me. I'm building asecond computer. I know, you're saying "Why not just buy one?" I likebuilding my own. I'll know what's in it then. It'll be parts I like, know andtrust. Not just whatever they got a hold of cheap. Too bad you couldn't build other things the same way.   Not much else to report today. But then, for methe day isn't over. I have to ...

My best friend, Gen. Lives in San Diego. We can spend ooodles of time on the phone. Hours. Don't ask what we talk about. Really don't know sometimes. Just girl stuff. We both have webcams. As I'm typing, I'm listening and occasionally looking at my best friend and her children. My nieces and nephew. We're family. I like it. But of course. Nothing comes simple these days. The sound leaves a lot to be desired. But the point is the same. I get to talk to her without the phone company gett...

I've decided I want to improve my knowledge base. It occurs to me sometimes, that I am not stupid, nor am I really smart. I've been described as "street smart" which is a compliment. I've been told I have a wide variety of subjects that I know little bits about, which is good for conversations with a wide cross section of people. But I feel there is always room for improvement. Now. How do I do that? School is out of the question. The money is a problem. So. Home education. Self taught. S...

It's been four days since I've had a chance to sit down at my computer. I haven't had time. Today, I turned it on, and captured some episodes off my DVR while I ran around and cleaned the house. Tomorrow I have a few things to do. For a couple days, I thought we might be getting into spring. I know it's on it's way. The days are getting longer. The temps were in the upper 30's. But no. Back to winter time for a bit longer I fear. This week, not going to be real warm. Which usually isn...

Tuesday night is fun for me. I'm weird. This. You know, or have guessed. I come home from work, scoot about the house, get something for dinner and settle in to watch West Wing on Bravo, then Gilmore Girls. Then 24. However, tonight, I was interrupted during all 3 shows. First, a friend of our house-mate Spencer's came over. Asked for my assistance with Spencer's birthday gift. I was happy to do it. So much for West Wing. Then, he came back after getting some supplies and we sat through mo...

Days off. A beautiful thing. Most of us, use the time to run errands and clean the house. Not me. I do that on one of my short days, so on my day off I can do absolutely nothing. But. I always end up doing something on my day off. Generally, something I had no intentions of getting into. Like this past weekend. Sunday is my best day off. I usually spend the whole day toying around with my little projects or writing. Then veg on the couch, watch Charmed and eat ice cream. But this past Su...