What to Do?

Whew. I'm finally getting bored.
It takes a lot longer now.
Less than a week and I'm back at school.

Thinking about snow tubing.

I Dream In Latin

Thinking of something good/nice
to say . . . .

something "positive," uplifting . . . .

encouraging . . . .

A Female Voice

Good thing my partner would never cheat--
b/c I just tried to reach him at work
when no one is supposedly there but him.

He never answered his cell,
so when I called his office,
a female voice answered.
She directed me to his voice mail.

Good thing I don't think it's strange
that his boss told him this morning
that he didn't need to report
for the rest of the week
(w/o using vacation time), no one is in today,
but but my partner went in this afternoon.
Anyway.
B/c no one would be there.
And he could get lots of work done.

What films will I show to my WS200 class?

ON THE OTHER SIDE

Woo-woo! We're alive!

Ok, if you have a wart
on the bottom of your left foot
and you leave your medicated pads
on my night stand

something bad will happen.

MAY EVERYONE SURVIVE THIS JOYOUS HOLIDAY SEASON

If you are looking at this,
chances are you are simply trying to survive.

Hope to see you on the other side of the 25th.

xo

Hospitals

Again.
My lovely boss/friend
had an unexpected stroke on Saturday--
she's only in her mid-40s
and seemingly in great health.
Apparently, she had a blood clot
in her brain stem.
Hopefully, she'll make a full recovery.
The news simply stunned me.
I hear she's in excellent spirits,
so I'm off to visit her this morning.

But really I'm drained.
Why do I carry such a high empathy level?

Invisible Word Identification--Since I Can't Reply On Your Blogs

Invisible Lizzard:

Freakishly, I _do_ care. I won't try to explain it. Hope the mere fact cheers you. I'd be sincerely disappointed if you stopped blogging. Eek. Sappiness is contagious.

Whoop for your mom! And, somehow, I knew the spirit of this post was changing when you wrote: "I stopped in the Men's room . . ." Would like to know more about what triggered your mood change & if it was more than a mood change. The whole post had a tinge of Dickens searching for holiday joy . . . are you a religious man?

Contingency Plan:

Are you safely in your new home?

Swampy:

Hope you are enjoying the festivities!

It's true. My issue
just came in. Yep.
TIME's front cover
looks like a second grader's joke.

Good thing it's just bathroom reading.

Yes. I Have Christmas Lights Up. Do you?

My rinky dink town held
a rinky dink light fest contest,
and when first prize
took a pic for the local rinky dink paper
several people
in the community noticed a rinky dink duschhound
taking a dump down in the left hand corner of the photo.

What a riot.

What I Deserve, I Guess

I'm all alone [at this moment]. So alone.
I once liked it, sought it; now I don't
[not when there isn't any work to be done].
The second grade teacher's voice rings true:
"To have a friend, you must be a friend."

Too bad I only heard her in my early 30s.

How pathetic. I didn't mean to post such
a pity pout post.
Loathsome.
But to erase it might be even sadder.

No. I'm not drunk.
Just a tiresome day.
And social events never turn out as I expect.

I'll Get Right On That

I know, I'll write a children's
book: the main character will be
a Samuri Cat. Cat Dragon.
Secret Ninja. The problem?
I steal from a board game I know
called "Monsters Menace America:
A Game of Mayhem and Mass Destruction."

Don't tell me it wouldn't be marketable.
Weezer could write a theme song for it even.

9:09, What a Cryptic Time

Sometimes, especially recently,
I feel as if my vocabulary is limited to 9 words.
It's pretty shitty to have a MA in Lit Theory
and feel this way.

If I only knew 909 words.

The square root of 9 is 3. I know that.
Maybe I'm just in the wrong field.

If I was a parent,
I'd volunteer to organize science day
at the local elementary.
Then blog about it.

I'd mention how many tables we could have
set up for next May. And who would run them.
Hands on activities for k-5
would be a challenge.

Astronomy or optical illusions.
What table would you run?

I Think I'll Do It

You know those horrid chain letters?
[I mean, I can't even stand most forwards
in email.]
Well, my good friend sent a recipe chain
to me & I think I'll send it along.
Maybe.
I could use 36 great recipes. Why not?
Would you?

Meanwhile, I'll read some more Toni Morrison's
_Love_
and pray that my Christmas shopping will be over tonight.

I'll Let You Know If the Pinata Starts Speaking

walking home from school, down the hill
on the graying asphalt,
I'd kick at the little pebbles
and just know that they were watching,
could see me from the sky.
It was the only way they could get a clear view.
You see, light from the earth
travels through space
and eventually scientist will be able to trace
the beams of light
and watch our history in the making.
They'll be watching me
because I have something significant to contribute.
They will want to know how I evolved.

Years and years later,
when my partner teases that someone
is peeking inside our PC
configurations and manipulating our software,
I remember that walk home.

I believe the future is trying to contact me
through the xbox 360, specifically throuh ViVa Pinata . . .

Glum-flumyness

"Mom, no offence,
I want to be there for you and all,
but I don't want to hear anymore.

I don't want to hear anymore about Holly.
Ignorance is bliss, you know?
I just, they only call when something bad happens--
I have too much on my mind.
I don't want to hear anymore about how crazy they are.
Unless it's something nice,
I just don't want to hear anymore about her."

Tonality

I just got sparky with Avacado
on her cool blog--
hope she knows I'm just being sparky--

I mean, I could write: "I'm just being sparky,"
but then that would, uh, take out the sparkiness.

But, what if she gets sparky with me?
And I take it wrong
and get my feelings hurt? Or get angry?

Writing with the proper tone
can be such a chore,
especially if you over analyze your audience.

I told you about the red pen incident?

Once, I, as a teenager going off to work,
left a note for my mother.
She yelled at me for two hours
about being snippy with her in the note.
I didn't understand until she mentioned
the fact that the note was scribbled in RED.
THE ANGRY COLOR.

WHICH ALSO BRINGS ME TO ADMIT
THAT I TOO HATE EMAILS IN ALL CAPS;
YES, I FEEL AS IF THE WRITER IS SHOUTING.
DO YOU?

Broken

Just watched _Turtles Can Fly_.
Does anyone know where I can find production information?

Sugarplums

Throw starbursts into
the mouths of crocs
and dance with the wings of flitting honey bees;
swollow the potion right up
and belch staples
into the camera's eye.
Ring the bell.

Fair

I don't want to harp,
but, I'm frustrated that my partner
always picks up the tab
at lunch.

Well, not _always_, but most of the time.

So, I'm in the process of composing a mass email
to all of his friends and business aquaintances.
Signed by him.

In this email, I will ask for $50 dollars (each)
restoration money to be paid directly to my account
for 2006.

I Know Why It's Annoying

because it uses the word "BETA."
Like some Huxley, 50s-SF, crome word.
I'll switch just because it has the term "BETA."
Right.

Meanwhile, the nutcrackers are up.
A soccer player, a chef, a firefighter, a fisherman . . .
Do they make female nutcrackers?

Heehee--snarf snarf. Female nutcrackers.
Artichoke (remember her?) has me giggling.

Anyone have any fantastic ideas
on what to study in WS200 Feminist Issues?
Female nutcrackers might be a good start . . .

The Birth of Dallas: An Epic

Not Really.
Just some words scrambled on my desk.
How many of you have those poetry word magnets?
Come on, 'fess up.

Spent several hours at the mall yesterday
with a friend for her birthday.
We played a putt putt 9
in black light--which was fun
and goofy
with our clubs and bead necklaces. When I saw the squid
I became somewhat uneasy,
but no whale was in sight.

It's the 3rd and soon December will be over.

No More PC for Me Today

I was just in the midst
of a fascinating post on polar bears
when windows crashed.
Well, I've heard of that happening,
but never to me--
something with my BIOS??