As of September 2008, I really don't lock my posts anymore, but I'm not gonna go back and unlock things.
I use my "friends-list" as an access control list. I plan to be fairly liberal with adding people to the list. The only real barrier to reading my blog is dropping a note saying "hi". Responses to this entry are screened, so feel free to write what you want.
Since its introduction, I've tried to make diligent use of Livejournal's tagging feature Buy me something, it'll make you feel better:
It's really cold in this conference. It's nice outside, but they've got the A/C cranked up and I must be in the line of one of the vents. So I ducked under a table to quickly pull on one of the swag t-shirts I've got under my polo shirt. Well, as I popped up, tucking my polo back in, I got a woman come up to me and ask me that.
That was just weird.
The class I want to take, on Lustre, is being offered in April and June... I won't be able to take the course in Chicago, so that looks like it'll be in St. Paul, MN. Do I know anyone actually in or near St Paul?
( NSFW pic from Recon - cage + wooden dowels + wetsuit )
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Google define:snarky says "A colloquialism meaning short-tempered or snappish.". And meter, meaning "measurement of".
Makes me glad I don't have to do SERE, that stuff is sick. Makes me appreciate the folks who do go through the training. They are some damned tough cookies.
Thanks guys.
So a week ago, I was going through my Southwest account to confirm information about my Austin trip next weekend. Well, while looking, I found a round trip award ticket that was slated to expire by Nov 20, while I'm in Austin. Not wanting to waste it, I hopped a flight to Chicago this weekend.
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chgolthr picked me up from MDW at the ungodly hour of 9:30 am on Sat morning. We grabbed brunch with a bunch of the usual crew then went wandering around, winding up at the Cellblock. After a bit of public sluttery at the bar, I went back to Joe's place for a nap... This was about 3pm.
Sat night after dinner, Joe and I went off to the Cellblock to watch the travesty that was the "wet" portion of the show. Well, travesty is a bit strong... but the constant flashes were dizzying and seemed to be communally high on something... Some weirdness with a gourd.
We cut out early to head to Hole... and I wished I'd brought some toys with... I think I should head to Chicago some time and try out Hole on a normal weekend... May be more fun than the clubhouse.
There was several hotties there... A boy from NY that i'd not metin NY before and a local cutie. I don't know if the local appreciated the description I gave, but it was intended as a compliment... "preppy nerd rubber skinhead". He was young, 20's, with glasses, wearing a nicely fitting catsuit and bleachers and braces over that... He looked pervy AND corruptible at the same time... Hot.
Yesterday was showtunes at sidetrack, and most of the Chicago family was there. My continuing plan to merge (or at least introduce) the family and my other friends in Chicago failed, as they never left the hotel room. I was enjoying myself at Sidetrack, but kinda got a was fuzzy from someone telling me to heel... Spceifically, "Come, now". Maybe it was being worked up from showtunes, or slushies but I was literally err skipping off down the road (out of sight of friends ( the fact now ruined by this post ) ). I dunno know which was better, that he did it, or he knew it's work. And no, that won't work for everyone or even most people, so don't get ideas. So yah, had a great weekend... And perfect timing, my flight is boarding.
- Location:41.788467, -87.741196
I'm gonna have to get a back-hoe and a company of Marines to dig these scientists out of their entrenched holes.
roadster_guy's post is just the straw that broke the camel's back.How dare anyone use the "because I don't want it myself" argument. I've now been told by this by multiple men who engage in homosexual intercourse as well as sadomasochistic activities. The issue isn't if you want to do it. It's that you have the right to do it.
If you want rights, you have to fight for it. It wasn't that long ago that people were arrested and jailed for sodomy. You can't just sit by and hope that things happen slowly, eventually.
I have no time for, no use for people who think it's okay to legislate hate. I will have nothing to do with someone who thinks it's okay to put into law that my relationship is any less important than theirs.
If you still think that we should have our rights removed, remember the words of Martin Niemöller:
In Germany, they came first for the Communists, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist;
And then they came for the trade unionists, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist;
And then they came for the Jews, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew;
And then . . . they came for me . . . And by that time there was no one left to speak up.
Let me know now, so I can cut you out of my life and focus on people who I can care about.
- Mood:hate
- Palin Didn't Know Africa Is A Continent, Says Fox News Reporter
- Quote: "She didn't know the nations involved in the North American Free Trade Agreement, we're told, those of course being the US, Canada and Mexico...."
- She refused interview prep for the Katie Kouric interview and then blamed her advisor
- Video with Bill O'Reilly
- Scientists hope to clone extinct species
- "Japanese scientists have produced clones of mice that have been dead and frozen for 16 years..."
- Jurassic park, here we come
- 'Jurassic Park' author, 'ER' creator Crichton dies
- "Crichton died unexpectedly Tuesday "after a courageous and private battle against cancer"
- They should talk to the mouse people in Japan...
- EA to Lay Off More Than 500 Employees
- "After reporting a significant loss yesterday, Electronic Arts announced that it would be laying off 6 percent of the firm's workforce, a figure that translates to 540 people"
- Glad to see jockbdboy was away from this damaged ship before this cut
- 33 Killed in Alleged U.S. Strike in Afghanistan
- "An Afghan villager at the scene of an apparent U.S. bombing says 23 children and 10 women attending a wedding party are among 37 Afghans killed during a U.S. fight with the Taliban"
- "President Hamid Karzai has made an immediate demand of President-elect Barack Obama to prevent civilian casualties."
- EDIT: Giant spider snapped eating bird in backyard near Cairns
- The photo, believed to have been taken earlier this week, shows the spider clenching its legs around a lifeless bird trapped in a web at a property near Atherton, west of Cairns."
- Holy crap. Just holy holy crap. That's a bloody big spider. I mean really big.
- The bird got caught in the web... A bird. Got caught. In a spider's web. That's either a really wimpy bird or a really strong silk. Wow.
- Thanks for the link, gonesurfin
Very nice.
I had a tea with splenda and milk instead. I'm not celebrating. FL, AZ and, I'm sad to say, CA all decided that my relationship with Chris (
rocketpup) is wrong and should not be legally recognized.This reminded me of something that has been bandied around the family for years. It is possible, and legal, for a person with a grandparent born in Ireland to apply for Irish citizenship based on that lineage. This route of acquiring citizenship counts as a Dual Nationality per the US Department of State, and isn't an expatriating act.
What does that mean? If I get the citizenship, I can go to any EU country and work there without a visa. It means that if Chris and I are there and get married, it will be acknowledged and honored. Wouldn't mean squat here, still.
I'm not planning on moving, but this has made me thing that I should keep my options open.
- Mood:horribly depressed
I liked my guy's plan for public service in exchange for education.
I didn't like their guy's flip-flopping on his stance on religious involvement in politics. First denouncing certain leaders, then later embracing them.
I like that my guy is an ethnic minority in this country. Proves that anyone can be president.
I don't like the way their guy has handled nuclear regulation in the past...
Sorry, Artie Vinick, but I'm supporting Matthew Santos for president!
Poll #1288703 Piercing healing
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All
What have you had pierced?
View Answers
Nipples (one or both)
27 (64.3%)
PA 20 (47.6%)
Frenum 8 (19.0%)
Guiche 8 (19.0%)
Ear (one or both) 24 (57.1%)
Nose 7 (16.7%)
If you have multiples, which took the longest to heal?
View Answers
Nipples (one or both) 18 (58.1%)
PA 3 (9.7%)
Frenum 1 (3.2%)
Guiche 1 (3.2%)
Ear (one or both) 2 (6.5%)
Nose 0 (0.0%)
N / A 6 (19.4%)
How long before you considered it completely healed?
View Answers
1 - 2 months 8 (22.9%)
3 - 4 months 4 (11.4%)
5 - 6 months 6 (17.1%)
6 - 9 months 1 (2.9%)
10 - 12 months 1 (2.9%)
13 - 18 months 0 (0.0%)
19 - 24 months 0 (0.0%)
25+ months 1 (2.9%)
never healed 12 (34.3%)
still healing 2 (5.7%)
We ended up sharing a limo with a this mis-matched couple that I don't remember... she was 4'11, he was 6'7". It was freakish.
Anyway, some college friends once saw this pic and said "That's not Skip, that's Reddy. John Reddy. Dum dahdahdum dadum." (bond theme music hummed here )
This is back when I could (would) store pencils in my beard. God, what a dork this kid was. ;)
