It sounded good at the time

12:49 pm - I'm in pathetic condition, really.

I've been wanting to get back in shape after being on my ass for so long. I got frustrated trying to exercise after work as there were too many disruptions, distractions or I was just too damned tired.

I tried working out in the morning, but I couldn't seem to get going unless I got a shower. Taking a shower before working out and going to work just seemed, well, wrong.

So, I started walking at lunch time. It's .2 miles around the parking lot. The last couple of days, I brought my mp3 player with me to help pass the time a bit, as walking in circles isn't exactly the most exiting thing on my list of 'to do's.

I need to check my playlist, though. Two fast songs in a row and I almost pass out. *pant pant*

07:43 am - That's so hot, I could spit!

There's a disturbing¹ new trend in the porn industry. I'm not quite sure when it started. I hope it won't be around long. I, for one, definitely do not find it sexy.

( Right there, yeah. )

¹ Disturbing to me.

11:57 am - Debt free?

Tomorrow, I send off our very last mortgage payment!

There will be a large celebration soon!

08:40 am - 23!

Yes! 23 spider bites in total. That shit itches!

I was doing fairly well at not scratching, though. I figure, I quit smoking. If I can resist that urge, I can resist the urge to scratch.

But damn if drying off after my shower didn't feel gooooooooood.

I'm hoping I've routed out the damn things from the love seat. I have no new bites, at least.

My back sure is a sight, though.

09:01 am - ubiquitousness

Ok, I get the Java culture. Really, I do. People live on coffee. I understand that.

Our company recently started giving out logo'd coffee cups as prizes to the floor. They also handed some out to the administrative staff. Now, everyone is walking around the office, identical cups in hands.

It's laughable, in a way, watching these people taking their caffeine with them wherever they go. Can't go five minutes without a sip! Don't walk too far away from your uber blend!

Yeah, and this is coming from an ex-smoker.

09:25 am - Am I still here?

The surgery was very successful. I haven't felt this good in a long time. Yay!

Slowly but surely, I'm building my strength back up. It's amazing how weak one can get from not doing much of anything for 6 months. The first few times I tried to ride the motorcycle, I had to have frogmaster help me get it out of the garage. Pretty pathetic.

I've been trying to workout a bit and, at least, get back to Just-Slightly_Wimpy mode.

I do think I get more of a workout through jumping around while playing Guitar Hero than I do with my actual workouts. Who's a rockstar?

03:57 pm - Roller Coasters

This medicine I'm on is going to be the death of someone.

I think I've found my quote for the year already.

The message of atheism is personal responsibility. You cannot blame your wickedness on a rebellious ancestor with an appetite for apples. You cannot say the devil made you do it. Your actions are not dictated by invisible deities whispering in your ear. Your actions have consequences, and they are your actions.

02:31 pm - Proselytizing, by anyone, is boring

We watched Religulous the other day. While amusing, it was hardly enlightening.

I don't think I can bring myself to watch Expelled, though. *shudder*

Gee, ain't I loquacious?

04:14 pm - A Note to Hollywood

Quit adding dumb romance scenes in my action flicks.

Makers of action movies != writers of romance. You do it poorly and screw up what would be, in any other case, an enjoyable movie.

01:26 pm - Evil Overloard set back #1

Alas. I no longer have any minions. :(

03:04 pm - And they STILL don't get it

So, the FFRF placed a sign in the Legislative Building in Olympia, Washington that reads

At this season of the Winter Solstice, may reason prevail. There are no gods, no devils, no angels, no heaven or hell. There is only our natural world. Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds

07:28 am - further proof

I should be having surgery today. But when I went in for my pretests, they decided my hemogoblin count was way too low. (Yes, I typo'd, but it was too funny to correct.)

So now, they get to torture me for three months BEFORE cutting me open. W00t!

This just better not cut into riding time in spring. *grump*

07:42 am - I'm a sox machine

I made socks!

It was, as I've said, an unfortunate choice of yarn. But, well, experiments shouldn't be done on the nice, expensive stuff, right?

01:09 pm - No, really, I don't get it.

If you tell me a joke that is misogynistic in nature, chances are, I won't laugh.

No, really, I won't.

I don't think it's funny. Nor do I find racist jokes funny.

Nope. Sorry.

Honestly, I don't think I'm the idiot, here.

07:38 am - Count down to the exorcism

In two weeks I'll be uterine-free. Finally, a hopeful end to the madness!

My uterus has been the topic of conversation here at work for the last couple of months, (It's an attention whore, I tell ya!) the results of which have shown me how many women no longer have theirs.

Good riddance, I say. The female reproductive system, to me, is proof that there is no god. No one, not even American automobile engineers, can purposefully design something that fails on such an extremely regular basis.

10:45 am - Getting ready for tomorrow

I had all this flowery prose to get my point across, but decided this would be a lot better.


Why I don't want to vote for Obama:

Both parties suck. They are both boys' club, take the power and the money and forget about the real point of being there.

Why I will vote for Obama anyway:

Both parties suck. But the democrats suck just a teensy bit less. In light of no other real choice until we experience a revolution and total upheaval of the entire government, I can only hope for a little bit less suckiness with each election.

01:56 pm - It's costume time at work

I never understood the "I'll wear pajamas to work and that will be my costume."

Upper Management dressed as some of the Village People. I had to lend one of them the gear to come as the "leather guy." I see leather and chains out of the corner of my eye and think "mmmm, leather." Then I realize who it's on and "Ick!" *sigh*

I thought of carrying a sign that says "feminists for Palin" and declaring me an oxymoron.

I also thought of shaving my head, wearing a black dress, painting weird streaks on my office window and going as The Scream.

Well, I suck at any kind of painting. So, I wore a suit, a back hat and taped a pic of a green apple up on my office window that faces the floor and am "The Son of Man." More people than I thought actually got it. Then someone pointed out that it was in the Thomas Crown Affair.

I still think the jelly fish is the cutest idea. (Tulle, bubble wrap and tinsel attached to an umbrella.)

09:08 am - Scary stuff

So, does this kind of thing freak out anyone else as much as me? How can anyone be filled with so much hate?

I just don't understand.

Edit: And that's what I get for not copy-pasta'ing the whole dang page. She went and deleted the post or locked it or whatever.

Daughter of Edit: Aha! Someone else grabbed it! And put it here.

08:16 am - Bridge Day

We road to Harrisville, WV Friday, where we met up with the in-laws at Berdine's five and dime. Mmmm-hm. Then we continued on to Summersville, WV and checked into our hotel. We were all cold enough that we decided walking to the restaurant sounded better than riding.

The next day, we watched as lots of people threw themselves off of a really tall bridge. It was fascinating in a "OMG! I wanna do that!" kinda way.

At one point, bro-in-law and I were speaking with a black man when a group of WV'rs were walking by. I heard one of them go, "Wanna see something rare? Look at 3:00," which just happened to be where we were standing.

I looked at the guy and said, "I don't get it."

"What? Aww, fuck you!" he says (with a hillbilly accent, though).

I found that line works really well for all racist jokes. People tend to get embarrassed if asked to explain the funny part of something that isn't funny unless you are an ass.

We left early as it was getting cold and looked like rain, and found an amazing Cajun restaurant in the middle of WV. Who'd a thought!? Our belly's got so full that we retired to the hotel room late afternoon and didn't budge 'til morning.

32 degrees. We had to scrape the frost off of our seats and windscreens. We didn't ride for an hour before we stopped to get something warm. By the time we were done defrosting, it was up to almost 50. That made for a much more pleasant ride home. Well, except for that incident in that tight left corner when my tires were still cold. Yeah. Fun times! :)

08:17 am - without snark, even

Earlier this week, as I began my commute into work, I noticed a motorcyclist struggling with his bike on the other side of the road. I decided to turn around and see if I could help.

This poor kid had run his harley out of gas about a mile away from the station. I figured, since he already had a helmet, he could jump on and I'd run him up there and back.

So, we parked his bike and tossed my tail bag down beside it, and I told him to jump on.

"Uh, I've never ridden on the back. What do I do?"

"Hop on and hold on."

So, we got him gassed up and on his way. I still got to work on time. And not once did I make a comment about "buy a real bike with a gas gauge." Not once. Aren't you proud of me? :)

See? Purely altruistic.