For those about to debate ...

I'm looking for a good time (heh) - so tell me:

Is there someone you think i'd be good to be friends with?

How about a book you love that I should read?

Is there a song that I should check out?

{Optional, for those that partake: Is there a fic you really like and think I should read?}


p.s.: I am feeling better. Yay!

Yesterday's Daily Puppy had the best puppies ever, for their May Onesies (single photos of puppies).

Yellow and black labs, sharpeis, terriers, beagles, a viszla-bulldog mix (yes, I squeed over that one), and a weimaraner, among other cute puppies!

So, get the to Daily Puppy to check out the goodness: Onesies - May 2007

Got this from tallcubca:

Yellow ribbons DO NOT Support the troops,
they support 3 inches of bumper space on your car.



If you really want to support the troops, click here and read angry_biscuit's post on how to REALLY support our troops.

I'm having a wonky day ... for some reason, I'm having one of those "overgrown emo kid" days. Feeling like I just want to cry for no reason whatsoever. Worrying that I'm scaring people off - and I have no reason to feel that way.

I think the hardest part is just realizing that this is normal, it's okay ... as Kellie reminded me, I don't have to have a reason for being sad. It doesn't mean that I've started in on that downward spiral of depression.

It just means that I'm human - in case I've forgotten.

The Best Of Craigslist - Always a good, funny read - these are some of my personal favorites:


Pete Wentz's Blanket Fort! - Kellie and I wished this guy lived in San Francisco, and not Chicago. Sharing the blanket fort could be a lot of fun!

Welcome To San Francisco ... Now Go Home! - A lot of what I've thought, but never said out loud.

Craiglist Archive - 100 Years Ago in San Francisco

Memo to Fellow Bus Riders

Nice to see that not all Christians are annoying jackasses

Have A Happy Period! - Yeah, that ad campaign cracks me up - and irritates me to no end, too.

Dear Cats - This would be the birthplace of the "Fatty McRetard" and "Hidey McCoward" for our cats.

Previously in my blog, I had pictures of a very cute little bulldog (since I don't know his name, we'll just call him "Hemingway") ;-) Here he is: And they call it Puppy Love

Well, I've got a picture of an entirely different bulldog - but he's adorable all the same!
Mr. Wrinkles McSmooshersons, Esquire the Third as he's named on Cute Overload.


Almost makes a girl want to trade in the cats for a puppy!

(and don't even start on me, fellow BNL fans!)

Yep, one week since being "Partnerized" or "Gay Married" as we're calling it.

It doesn't feel any different, which is probably a good thing. It just feels like something familiar - as though it's been a part of my life for a long time.

We celebrated over the prior weekend, which was a lot of fun. Saturday night was the farewell dinner for one of my co-workers, as well as celebrating the paper-signing. Sunday, we'd gone to brunch at a little French restaurant (Metro Cafe) near our place, then later that night, we went to La Fondue and ended up eating until we almost felt like we could've been rolled out.


Yesterday, it was the "ring exchange". Well, okay, so I had my ring, and Kellie's had to be returned because it was too big! Still, we celebrated with mini-cakes from Citizen Cake - and I will have cupcakes for the time that her ring comes in! And here is the ring:



It's quite pretty, if I say so myself. :-)


And that, my lovelies, is how I'd spent the first week as a "married lady".

Thank you to everyone for their congratulations and well wishes!

It was almost overwhelming, and I swear, I was crying when I read all of your comments!

So thank you all so much - Kellie and I appreciate it!


Love,

Carly

I use the Yahoo! Launch Cast player at work, so I can listen to a whole hodge-podge of music, and I've noticed something that's quite puzzling:

Many times, a one-hit or one-album wonder will come up, and they'll show an album title of "So-And-So's Greatest Hits". How does that work? Do they have that one song on a continuous loop or something?

Also, is it wrong that I think "So-And-So" would be a fun (albeit, fucked-up) band name? Okay, maybe not ... although I'm still in love with one of the band names from Frank Portman's King Dork: The Nancy Wheelers. Album title: Margaret? It's God. Please Shut Up.


Yeah, I'm bored. What gave that away? :-)

This is one of my all-over-the-place, sometimes bitchy and squabbly entries. So, I'll have it broken out in some places, to avoid the whole non sequitur-ness of it.


1) Client rant

Dear Client,

I know that you're upset over the idea that your premium doubled from the last policy term. And when I explained to you that it went up because you'd added two *brand new* cars, you still got squabbly and pissy, wanting to know why it went up so much, because you're good drivers, blah blah blah.

Well, if you're gonna be obnoxious about it, then I'll just say that it is an Idiot Surcharge. A really hefty surcharge.

But, I digress. You have BRAND NEW cars. Do you want them to be covered for an adequate amount, so you can get a similar car if yours is totaled? Or would you rather have the seriously cheap insurance - and your totaled car replaced with a 1975 Ford Pinto, or maybe even that French hoopty called the Citröen? Because, that can be arranged, too. No, really, it can. I'm sure that I can find some shyster of an insurance agent that can get you set up *just fine* in that regard.

No love whatsoever,

Carly


2) Time Off Work

I've taken yesterday (and today) off work, so I can have some "me time", as well as making sure that 500 things get done today. Yesterday was a baseball game (more about that, later). Today, is not as fun - it's the maids (done once every several weeks - or when we have family/close friends visiting); then the flea exterminators; then I'm going to the dermatologist, to make sure that my rosacea is doing alright (currently, it's not ... I've been breaking out again, and I get red over the most minor things).

Yesterday, I'd gone to see the Giants play my hometown team, the St. Louis Cardinals. It's something that I do annually. Go to a day game when the Cardinals are playing the Giants. Last year, it was a lot of fun, even though I did get sunburned. This year, it was fucking cold. At the risk of being TMI, ( I'm hiding the comments here... )

So, yeah. Hopefully next year's game won't be so damned cold.


3) Girls' Night Out

Tomorrow night, I'm having a girls' night out with Kellie and some co-workers, since one of my favorite co-workers, Robin (or Mama Robin, as we call her) is quitting. We're going for dinner in the North Beach area, with plans to go to a coffee house/bar called Tosca - one of the best places to go for spiked coffee.

Also, since we'd done a major project at work - scanning paper files into our system - we were supposed to go out for lunch, but instead talked our manager and He Who Signs The Checks into letting us take the money that would've been spent at a lunch, to be used for the dinner. :-)


So, that's what's going on in my part of the blogosphere/universe/microcosm of California.