yesterday was really, really nice. even though it was gray and rainy and so on outside, i just can't find enough happy words to use.

except i am sort of sick today, so my enthusiasm for things is more general and not so much about this precise moment. right now i am sweating to death, and trying not to attract anyone's attention (tony and henny are here doing yard work) as I am wearing purple starry boxer shorts and a pink curious george t-shirt, and have no intention of putting real clothes on for quite some time. ugh.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO US! :-D

Fast Food Makes you Fat - Sue the Companies!

ARRGH. This story is about people are are obese and unhealthy because they eat too much fast food. They blame the companies for making food that is bad for them, and are filing a class action lawsuit against fast food. One of these people has health problems due to his habit of eating *a POUND* of french fries every week. THIS IS NOT MCDONALD'S FAULT. Sure, they provide food that is bad for you. I am not a fan of McDonalds in any way whatsoever. But as a consumer, and as a person with a body to take care of, you always have a choice, and the choice you make is your responsibility. No one is forcing you to even go into a McDonald's, let alone buy and consume 4 double cheeseburgers or a pound of fries when you do go into one.

But then, the American way is always to blame someone else.

Check out musiclink.com

I posted about this once before, but then they changed their name and did a massive overhaul and so I took down the old post in order to give you a more current update. :)

Musiclink.com collects donations to your favorite musical artists. The minimum donation is $10 at a time, but you can spread that out over lots of artists ($2 to each of 5 artists, or however you want to do it). Why would you do this?

I download a lot of my music, because I can't afford many CDs. Even if I could afford CDs, buying them isn't really going to support the artists like this does - most artists get *pennies* per CD you buy. Courtney Love wrote about her experience with the music industry, saying that while her record company made tons of money from her albums with Hole, she recieved about 2 cents per CD sold. This is true of most artists. So if you have $10 to donate, this is pretty cool. Musiclink will collect donations and send a check to whatever artist you want. Some of the artists cash the checks, others donate the money to charities they support.

:)

I felt like an 80's playlist today. :)

Sister Sledge - We Are Family
Boy George - Karma Chameleon
Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star
Squeeze - Tempted
Dee Lite - Groove is in the Heart
Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
Corey Hart - I Wear My Sunglasses at Night
Poco - Crazy Love
T'Pau - Heart and Soul (I am not sure this is 80s, but I think so)

Hee hee. :)

what movie symbolism are you? find out!


I post this mostly because there is a pony question, so I know Ally will want to take it. ;)

Dana Carvey, making fun of Dr. Phil"

"You're like a shoe. But you've got no shoelace! Or, or, you're like a camera. But you've got no film - and you want to take a picture."

This made me giggle. The thing is, I've heard Dr. Phil talk a couple of times. And he said something even funnier, only he said it in complete earnest. And it went something like this:

"See, there's a lot of emotional floors. There's the joy floor, and the peace floor, and the love floor...but you're not stopping at those floors. You're only stopping at the anger floor."

:-D

kelly is coming next friday, and i am excited! :) :) :)

http://www.corknut.org/corkblog

Go see the corkblog, where we are now writing random reviews of random things. :)

sophie,

i've been meaning to tell you

i just love the bee. i look at it now and then just to see it's nice warm colors. :) *hugs*

which francesca lia block girl are you?

(quiz created by shelle)

(I couldn't decide between rollerskates or roses. So sometimes I am Witch Baby, when I choose the roller skates. :)

foe toe blog updated

(adorable birdie + adorable husband= adorable update ;))

Selections from SNL's "Big Thick Novel" segments:

Chapter 772.

"While I was looking around the nursery, I noticed that these were not normal children, but children specially bred by Dr. Panzari and his wife to be their family."

Chapter 507.

By now, the lion was only a few yards behind me, and gaining fast. If I could make it to the cliff, I would jump and hope I landed in the river below. I jumped, and the lion, unablw to stop, fell with me. He caught up with me in midair, and began mauling me. We splashed into the foaming river, and the lion swam over and mauled me some more. I heard the sound of the approaching waterfall. If I could only.. no.. too late. Dead.

Chapter 1,234

"I tried to tell Meela about my planet, but she didn't seem to understand. That's when I started wondering, What is she, some kind of idiot?"

(Thanks to http://snltranscripts.jt.org/01/2001.phtml :))

on an ad for Jazzy Power Chairs:

"That Jazzy is *so* rugged!" (it just struck me as really absurdly funny)

conundrums:

the apartment is in desperate need of a vaccuuming. (petrie makes a gigantic mess!) i want to vaccuum. however, it is much too hot to do it right now.

because it is so hot, i would like to go for a swim. however, it is too hot to bike to the water.

....I think though, that i might brave the biking, and save the vaccuuming for later, when it has cooled off a bit.

ryan's work IM's away message: I'm at mah crib wiv mah ghetto Sarah.

OH ALLY, WHY ARE YOU NOT HERE TO SEE THIS? ;)

Intuition. Insight. Emotions. Feelings.
Take the quiz.



which mr. men/little miss are you?
take the quiz & find out! :)

because this is not to be missed:

http://b3ta.com/spidermanwillmakeyougay/

that simpsons test is fun (especially if you've seen a lot of the shows and get the jokes) because you can take it over and over and over and get a ton of different results. (i'm such a loser ;))

You are ... Pinchy

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You are ... Allison Taylor

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Which Lilo & Stitch Character Are YOU?

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sophie,

i liked the song. i think Tori has earned the right to experiment and let those experiments be released for public consumption, as an artist who has really established herself. I think no less of her for changing styles to suit her life. Because you're right, she's happy, and that changes a lot of things. What I appreciate about her music is how personal it is, or can be. I didn't like "Strange Little Girls" (as a whole) as much as the other albums, but I respect it for what it is - a thoughtful experiment with music and ideas.

I don't really need to miss the old Tori. I have that music recorded for a reason, you know? I'm curious to see what she does next. (And when I want to hear her speak in tongues, I listen and get shivers, remembering things)

anyway.

(sophiegirl, i am so glad to see you again :))

last night

we had laundry to do, so i put my hair up with fairy clips and wore boxer shorts and my little blue sweatshirt, and I read "lolita" while the clothes tumbled around and smelled the nice detergent smell. Laundry Can Be Fun (sometimes).

And now I have a wide selection of clean underwear! ;)

allybaby,

you failed to call me ghetto! but that's okay, because we were in Newport today, speaking in ghetto "iz". As in: Hizere we are in Nizewpizort, rizocking the hizouse.

;)i love you. :)

"we go swimming in the sunshine, dangling from clotheslines
seperate and fall into me
but did you ever see me,
me absolutely
me but all you but still me
mary anne, you're better than the world
you took a lot of time getting it right on this girl
i said mary anne,
you're better than the world
you did a lot of things right on this girl"

(butterfly in reverse, counting crows)

oh, and I updated the Miscellaneous Photos album over at http://www.corknut.org/photos

with pictures of Petrie (he posed for me) and flowers and other cool stuff. :) Go check 'em out!

This is the massager dealie Nellie gave me because she didn't like it - how can you not like such a thing? It is bloody adorable! :)

For Ally:

Selections from our list of music to sleep to:

Cyndi Lauper - All Through the Night
Chicago - Dream a Little Dream of Me
Kenny Loggins - Love
Fiona Apple - Slow Like Honey
Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight
Bryan Adams - I'll Always Be Right There
Tori Amos - Twinkle
Tori Amos - Sarah Synthia Sylvia Stout
Elton John - Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
Donna Lewis - Agenais
Franz Liszt - Dream of Love
Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata
Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply
Joan Osborne - Lumina

and so on. There's like 50 songs on my list, and I'm always adding to it. Then we pick a few out each night to fall asleep to. :)

Happy Birthday to Mister John Michael Stevens

:)

i'm having a bit of a Latin moment - I'm listening to Enrique and Shakira. Mmmm. :)

Go this album to see more cool pictures

and here for even more cool pictures of our weekend in New York and Montreal :)

Iiiii'm back!

i'll write about it later, but first....FOOD!

in New York 'till Sunday, baybee ;)

warnings have been issued for dangerous heat levels today, up into the 100s, and it's deathly humid and only 8:30 in the morning.it seems i should go swimming, but i don;t really have time and biking down there seems a bit insane, so i bet i will just take three showers before we leave in order to survive. :)

Phew.

the musical episode of buffy is on UPN tonight! Hee hee hee...:)

it is bad when it is only 10:30 in the morning, and it is really hot in the apartment but the air coming in the windows is already hotter than that.

so i shut the windows. and bake for a while. and then maybe i'll work up the courage to brave the heat and bike to the beach for a swim.

maybe. :)

What's Your Inner Demon?


this quiz was made by Melissa

for some reason, I've been obsessed as of late with "Escape" by Enrique Eglaisias. Like, I have it on repeat right now. :)

yeah rachel, june really flew for me too.

sometimes time goes so fast for me now, it's almost scary.