It had to happen
Mood:  not sure
Topic: Life in Texas
We've been dreading it. Every time we hear about it on the news we wonder how it's going to affect us. It's the mad cow thing. We were sure that it was just a little annoyance, some thing we hear about on the news that makes silly people panic.

It doesn't seem so silly when it happens to you. We had to shoot 2 of the cows when they started acting funny. There's a 3rd one that we're keeping an eye on. We're expecting an official inspector tomorrow, and we hope he doesn't quarantine the entire place off. If the big heifer is infected then we're screwed, because we were planning to sell her for a bundle to pay the bank off.

More bad news...

Isn't that a John Denver song?
Mood:  chillin'
Topic: It's all about me
I'm about halfway packed for my trip out to cali. I still have to narrow down which books I'm going to need, so I don't end up bringing my entire library like I keep trying to do every year. We're going to do last minute necessities shopping tomorrow. Then I pack everything up, including this computer, and use the remaining time to comfort the hubby on his 2 month hiatus from my amazing and and sunny persona.

Yes, there was sarcasm in there.

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK
Mood:  irritated
Topic: Bitchy rants
That's 2 fucks for each thing pissing me off:

I take 1 night off from the internet, 1 motherfucking night, and somehow something huge gets sent to my mailbox and exceeds my disk quota. This is annoying, but not so much that I want to put my fist through a wall. What makes me nearly homicidal about it is that this has locked up my mailbox. Now, how in the fuck does preventing me from checking my mail and getting those messages off their little bitch server help the fact that there are too many messages in my inbox? Fucking tech geeks and their retard logic.

But things can't seem to piss me off singly. No, that would be far too easy. The two games I've been playing on IRC have had to go to a post format because one of our group went and got a real life and can't quite schedule for late night gaming right now. At first we moved them to a mail group (google's, which kinda sucked, then yahoo's) but we got tired of the whole delay thing. I suggested moving them to rondaks. I don't know if the D&D game has made it through yet, but I haven't seen it. You see, in order to run a game on rondaks you have to submit an application for it and have it accepted. Now isn't that the stupidest fucking ego bullshit you've ever heard? I've submitted my Mage game twice now, and it's been rejected both times for completely bullshit reasons. Here, look for yourself:

It appears this is a private game, but you should make that clearer. And please either change it to unlurkable or give a bit of description.

It sounds as though this is a private game (i.e. you already have all your players). If so, please say so clearly at the top of the description

What the fuck difference does it make? I just brought 2 new people to your little ego fortress and you expect me to put up with this crap, you little shit monkeys? If I didn't have my BCB game so fully entrenched on there I'd cancel my account for this affront. Bullshit, pure and simple.

They will pay for their insolence.

I'm moving to LA
Mood:  mischievious
Topic: Various webshit
I swear to you, all I gave them was a name and a gender. I have no idea how they figured out what I've been secretly doing in the bomb shelter (now known as the dungeon) for the past 8 years.

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Finding a clue
Mood:  spacey
Topic: Nothing in particular
I saw the advert for the DVD of Finding Neverland today, and the end of it just irked the crap out of me: they had to preface Johnny Depp's name. Now really, who in the fuck hasn't heard of Johnny Depp by now? He's a selling point, for fuck's sake. But no, apparently the people who made that ad were unaware of Depp's popularity because they called him "Pirates of the Carribean's Johnny Depp." Because we all know that was his breakthrough hit film.

Nuggets.

Politics and Religion
Mood:  sharp
Topic: Various webshit
What Mike (2.0) said. Yeah...

You scored as Anarchism. <'Imunimaginative's Deviantart Page'> Anarchism 92% Democrat 75% Green 67% Socialist 58% Communism 33% Republican 17% Nazi 8% Fascism 8% What Political Party Do Your Beliefs Put You In? created with QuizFarm.com

You scored as Hinduism. Your views are most similar to those of... Hinduism! Do some research on Hinduism and possibly consider becoming Hindu, if you aren't already. Hinduism 79% Buddhism 67% Satanism 67% agnosticism 58% Islam 46% Paganism 46% Judaism 42% atheism 42% Christianity 38% Which religion is the right one for you? (new version) created with QuizFarm.com

RE: Stupid St. Patty's Day Survey
Mood:  party time!
Topic: Various webshit
[Editors note from Starwing: I wrote this. Feel free to ignore it.]

[Reply man's notey bit from d: I fuctup replying to this on myspace, so it ends up here...]

What are you wearing that is green?
- Green Guinness t-shirt. Fresh and new

Do you have Irish ancestry?
- Don't have an Irish bone in me. Hmmm...

Are you going to drink a lot today?
- At least 5 beers

Is St. Patrick's Day a reason to trash years of sobriety?
- Probably not

Do you believe in Saint Patrick?
- I imagine he must have existed

How many beers can you drink before you feel drunk?
- If I'm lucky 2 or 3

Are beer-bellies sexy?
- heheheheheheh

Since today seems to be all about green, don't you think smoking pot would be a more fitting way to celebrate?
- Wait... wait... the pipes are calling

Is this survey stupid?
- I guess so

[Feel free to add any stupid St. Paddy's Day question you think, then copy / paste / repost...]

Finding god
Mood:  celebratory
Topic: Brain candy
So with this new laptop/recliner/tv situation I have there are plenty of stimuli to keep me bored in the afternoon. The TNG ep with the traveller guy is on. It hits me on so many levels.

Listening to that alien dude practically stroke himself to a money shot talking about Wesley's amazing ability with warp is just painful to watch. Painful. I never could take that plot line seriously because of the travellin' man.

That and the awww... factor of daddy Picard taking the youngun' under his wing. Shoulda slapped him for wearing that ick sweater though. Lose the sweater and you have Cosby cute, I swear.

And of course this being the one that started that whole Wesley is God thing. That was amusing. And really, that's all I have to say about it.

The early TNG eps were kinda blah though. They were still setting things up, getting under the skin. Having a fat dose of it and DS9 in the middle of the day ensures at least 2 hours of entertainment while I move laundry around.

DamnYano
Mood:  celebratory
Topic: Mixed bag
So, so posh. I've got the laptop up on this seriously trippin' barstool so I can post while sitting on...[pulsing lights, cue music]

Our new living room furniture!

Recliners all over the place - 4 of them among the two pieces we have. Plus a hide-a-bed one is coming in a couple weeks. But that's not all. New coffee table, the hubby's new end table, and me rearranging the living room some.

So I guess all this prize action is just a cool veneer over spring cleaning. If I can keep my back cooperating with me I have a bunch of shit I need to get done before I'm flung halfway across the continent to that savage Californian frontier. And this year it's sooner than ever.

Is that all? The heck you say... Guess what I'm using to light up the living room today - a lamp? a candle? a mysterious brazier seeping unholy incense? No - I'm using the layer of snow outside. It is fekkin' cold out there! Haven't done my daily trek for kitties and mail, and with it like this I'm gonna wait until I know I can do it all in one fast trip.

So I'm gonna kick it in here with the music and the chatroom action and see how many of the little chores I can get done. Oh, get this: somebody has my damn nick on IRC. He was in #italy so maybe that means something. I'm not usually on during the day anyway, but now that's being mutated into a whole new sleep schedule.

Point? There was no point to this entry.

The extra dog
Mood:  not sure
Topic: Life in Texas
I had another encounter with the extra dog today. I think it knows I feel sorry for it, but it's still smart enough to stay away from me. It was doomed when it started barking its head off in the middle of the night - the neighbors have already shot at it a couple times. It's been limping for a couple weeks now.

But now the worst part is what happens when the inevitable happens to this poor animal. Who do you think is gonna end up burying it? The hubby has already 'bargained' with me that he'd shoot it if I buried it. Somehow it doesn't click to him that I don't like the idea of wishing the animal dead because it is a nuisance to me. If my dad were here that dog would be shot already.

Le sigh. Le ennui

I didn't like the dog when it first came around. Suddenly half my cats are gone and there is this extra dog running around outside with Oscar. Oscar and the extra dog are good buddies, I even saw them through the window sitting around and barking casually under the bedroom window. Stupid, stupid dogs.

Now you should know by now how protective I am of the colony of cats we keep. I haven't seen any bodies or anything, but half my cats are gone. When I saw the extra dog run up on Menace (who is full on preggers now, and all about the love and belly rubbing) and start giving her stress, I stomped over and ran that dog off. I've hucked a couple rocks at it too. And no, I didn't aim to hit it - shut up.

We've told a couple people about the dog, and how if they want it they can sure come on and have it. This is why the dog is still here. That and the fact that it is one wary animal. It would run like hell on sight of me after the first time I yelled at it. Apparently when it got shot by neighbors they only winged it, and now it knows to sure as fuck stay away from them.

Oscar seems oblivious to these developments. But the neighbors love him - he doesn't bark unless other dogs bark, and the extra dog is more than happy to contribute.

Of course now it's been a couple months of the extra dog appearing in the credits around here. Seeing it limp doesn't at all help the sympathy factor. It doesn't tear up the yard. I haven't seen it attack a cat yet, but it sure stresses them. And the barking... It's just a nuisance to me, none of these things are reasons to be killed.

But I guess nobody around here gets that.