For those about to debate ...

I'm declaring today Grumpy Gloomy Thursday - no matter where you may roam.

San Francisco is currently gloomy and rainy - and I'm feeling grumpy and achy all over. Not exactly the sort of place that one wants to leave their heart (or any other internal organ for that matter) right now.


This afternoon, I have a follow-up visit with the Good Doctor^TM, to let him know that the new Advair dosing is working quite well - only been using the rescue inhaler pre-exercise, and a couple of times a week at that. Also, I should let him know about the allergies still rearing their ugliness - despite taking the Zyrtec everyday. This could go several ways - bumping up the dosage, adding a 2nd medication, or G*d forbid - allergy shots.


Anywho ... I'm at work, and I really don't feel like working. :(

I'd rather be at home, curled up in bed, under the blankets and sleeping for another 4 hours. Alas, a girl's gotta do something to keep herself honest - and insurance is my gig. So, back to the grindstone I go.


Enjoy(?) the Grumpy Gloomy Thursday - and here's hoping that tomorrow will be a better day.

I must give credit where credit is due for this one - I found it through bruiseblue, who saw it on adbusters:

http://www.pabaah.com
(If you have trouble accessing the site, copy and paste the URL to a new window - paBAAH has been cock-blocking people that have the chutzpah to not fall into their goose-step groupthink.)

All I can say is "baah, baah black sheep" - if they decide to boycott everything that falls within their definitions of "unpatriotic" or "liberal" - I guess they'll be watching VeggieTales and hardcore porn, reading Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly and Dr. Phil books, and listening to the MoTab Choir* for the rest of their days.

Bo-ring! I'll keep on patronizing Hollyweird, listening to the Dixie Chicks, Barenaked Ladies and Bruce Springsteen, and watching Michael Moore documentaries - just to piss them off. ;)


*For those that don't know, the MoTab Choir is the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

The SERENITY NOW meme:

1. Stop talking about politics for a moment or two.
2. Post a reasonably-sized picture, NOT under an cut tag, of something pleasant, such as an adorable kitten, or a fluffy white cloud, or a bottle of booze. Something that has NOTHING TO DO WITH POLITICS.
3. Include these instructions, and share the love.

"It's time to put the trite eye candy back into LiveJournal, people."



The LUSH "Hot Milk?" Bubble Bar - Pure Yumminess.


Besides that, I got a laugh from Something Awful's Photoshop Phriday contest last week. As a matter of fact, this was my favorite book as a kid:

I know you're all dying to find this out, aren't you? If not, please play along, and just be glad that I'm not prattling about politics, mmmmkay? ;)

The Surreal Life IV cast has just been announced, and includes the following has-beens and never-really-weres:

America's Next Top Model Adrianne Curry - I suppose if you can withstand Botox Barbie, I mean ... Janice Dickinson's prowling around like she's the Bela Karolyi of the übermodel world, you can stand living with ...

Rapper Da Brat - Does anyone remember her? All I remember is that she looked kinda butch (but what early-to-mid-90s female rapper didn't?), and her song "F'all Y'all" got on my nerves. I'm sure that she'll get along fabulously with ...

Former pro wrestler Chyna Doll - Ah yes. Chyna. One sexy gal - kind of like Xena, but not as skeery. Except sartorially. Then it's just ooky as all get-out. Do you think she'll try to get this roommate into a half-nelson?...

Model Markus Schenkenberg - Beefcake. Beefcake! BEEFCAKE! Oh yeah - he's just a "vapid Calvin Klein-Bruce Weber boy-toy/I schtupped Carolyn Bessette before she married JFK, Jr./look mom, I wrote a book - with more words than pictures!" sort, so he's got a lot to prove. Especially since he's going to be living under the same roof with ...

Jane Weidlin of The Go-Gos - Jane, sweet Jane. She rocked me in her Go-Gos days, even in her solo days. Does anyone remember her turn as Joan of Arc in Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure? The scene in Oshman's was wicked funny - and made me want to go to an Oshman's for years after that ... just to play. She'll be residing with ...

Actor Christopher Knight (aka Peter Brady) - You know it's a bad, bad thing when they have to identify you by a character you played over 35 years ago. Hell, if you think he's got it bad, at least he's not ...

Actor Verne Troyer (aka Mini-Me) - Yes, Mini-Me has condescended to living in the Biosphere, where celebrity careers go to live out their last minutes of transient fame.


The new season starts in January '05 - so you get time to place bets on who will kill whom first! ;)

I don't think anyone on my Friends List failed to vote ... but if you did, or know of anyone that did:

QUEUE UP - YOU SHALL BE SLAPPED SILLY WITH MY SILICONE SWIM CAP!!

That is all.

Borrowed from potbellynine, by way of reverend_pain

A most excellent quote from Robin Williams, about Bush - and the only thing he's good for: Fodder for Williams' stand-up routine.

"There have been so many great gifts of comedy ... my favorite being at the {Republican National} Convention comparing Bush to Churchill, which is like comparing Mark Twain to Carrot Top." (Attributed to DarkHorizons via Bill Picture.)

Borrowed from the lovely and humorous potbellynine. :-)

11/01/04


Dear George,

I know last time you told everyone I wanted you to be president, even thought I told you not to say that, because it was a lie, and you know how I feel about liars, but I’ll………..turn the other cheek this time. (get it? Turn the other cheek? Laugh, for my sake!)
Anyway, I just wanted to inform you that I’m not going to be around tomorrow. I’m taking the day off to get ready for the big parade in Boston on Wednesday. That’s going to be big. You don’t know how hard it was convincing S. to give up the curse. But he finally agreed after I promised him a few choice souls. Oh, Satan sends his love, as it were, and says he’ll see you real soon.
But back to what I was saying……..I’m not going to be around on Tuesday, let’s face it, I do have a lot of thanks coming from Curt and Pedro and the rest of Boston (I hope I don’t get too choked up looking at Johnny Damon. So much resemblance, have you noticed?) So try winning this one on your own, okay? That means no Jeb, no Katherine Harris and for the love of Me, leave the Supreme Court out of it! William has enough problems right now without you going and whining and telling them to make you president.
I will repeat the crux of this in small, easy to comprehend words:
You Are On Your Own!

Sincerely,
Your Heavenly Father


You know, I really should keep you around…..you’re a perfect example of why the evolution theory doesn’t work.

From MSNBC.com - "Right to Carry" for Asthmatic Schoolchildren

Finally - people are getting the message! A bill co-sponsored by Patrick Kennedy (D-MA), himself an asthmatic, will allow children with asthma to keep their rescue medications with them.

As we all may (or may not) know, for any children on medication - their medications have to be kept with the teacher or school nurse. This includes rescue inhalers and EpiPens, for those with asthma or severe allergies. Anyone that has needed their rescue medication *immediately* knows that waiting for the teacher or school nurse to find the medicine just chips away at the valuable seconds (even minutes) that you have without them!

Here's hoping that this bill will be signed by the President - children bearing rescue inhalers would be far smarter than rushing those same children to the ER in the midst of a severe asthma attack or anaphylactic shock!


{Additional Political Commentary: You know, if Shrub signs this into Law, this might be the only Good Thing^TM that he has done since darkening the doorway of the Oval Office. Not like I need any other reason to vote for Kerry ... we've had about 1,460 of them already!}

Apparently I can't read all that well, and I got people confused, because I thought today was moon_wise_muse's birthday - instead it's actually aliceinwonder's birthday. So, without further ado ...

HappyBirthday aliceinwonder!