not falling down

I think I’m bursting: my super-secret peer-pressure tactics worked! Jon and Amanda got blogs! WHOO! Streamers are coming out the top of my brain!

Okay, it’s taking a little longer than I’d hoped, but I have to assure you that brighter and better things are coming to this space. I know you can’t see them yet, but trust me, I’ve got a whole backlog of entries just waiting to appear once I finish wrapping up this nice little package I found on the interweb. Hint: It stars a broken, battered Christian Bale.

Hey, remember back at SETC when I talked about how amazing my director Michelle was? And remember when I talked about Strother, expert in Matrix dollies and frightening photography? Well guess what! Through a distinct lack of coincidence, Strother from Kentucky and Michelle from Alabama are working together as tech interns at the Shenandoah University Summer Music Theatre. This is not a coincidence because they were at SETC for the same reason, after all, and apparently Shenandoah has excellent taste in interns.

Anyway, I’ve spent the past week bugging Mr. G____ for visual proof that the two of them coexist, and last night he gave in. For your further mental-image referencing, please find pics below! (Strother is the large hairy one, and Michelle is the smaller one with the headset. And Strother is wearing a purple shirt. With the scary eyes. No, on the left.)

• S & M: Nice
• S & M: Naughty

Also last night, I finally met Kim’s dogs, and finally saw Chamber of Secrets, and Ian finally came over to hang out for a while. He brought along Yale, so DC was terrified of us, and that was good. I think there should be some gradual way to introduce people to the experience that is Yale, like the way you’re supposed to immunize yourself to electricity or rabid dogs.* Just meeting him straight away, or even going to his web page (which now appears to be gone), tends to cause sensory overload in humans.

So last night I went to bed all peppy, and then woke up this morning and there wasn’t any hot water so I took a cold shower and it stabbed my children in the face, and I hate you.

* Yeah, I think I made that up.

And speaking of Davids, The Flora got a Livejournal! YAY! Now he just has to keep it up, or else I’ll post that picture where Alison had beaten him with a plastic flower until he cried, and girls won’t like him anymore.

Wow, DC actually did this without cheating! Bruce Campbell to Bette Midler in five steps:

1. Bette Midler in Isn’t She Great
2. Isn’t She Great with Amanda Peet
3. Amanda Peet in Whole Nine Yards
4. Whole Nine Yards with Matthew Perry
5. Matthew Perry in Serving Sara
6. Serving Sara with Bruce Campbell

I’m writing way too much today. NewsBruiser makes it so easy!

From the back of my instant lemonade tub:

To make 1 quart, fill cap with mix up to line "A." Pour mix from cap into pitcher and add 1 quart cold water; stir to dissolve. To make multiple quarts, repeat instructions.

My instant lemonade tub was designed by a programmer.

I’ve been connecting with people through the interweb for a long time now, especially via tar pits; one of my first was the Highlander tv series board at Rysher.com, which doesn’t even exist anymore. That was where I discovered fanfic, mostly because of the things this one funny, talented college person wrote. Eventually I’d start writing my own, because of those, and when I was done with fanfic I started writing original things, and now here I am.

Anyway, I lost track of my original inspiration for years, until yesterday a chain of idle thoughts led me to google for a name–and bam, she’s got a Livejournal.

This is really kind of cool, and it’s one of the reasons I want everyone I know to have a blog: nobody ever really has to leave my life. On the other hand, it’s also a little strange. Her writing style, and everything it says about her personality, have apparently changed very little in the span of half a decade. I’ve changed radically in that time, or I believe I have, but what does her station say about that belief?

Spam:

     Burn your favorite movies

Which is a lot funnier if I don’t tell you it’s from “DVD Maker.”

I accidentally threw away my first microfiber glasses-cleaning cloth with my broken case, a couple of weeks ago. I’ve been casting about for another one ever since, substituting shirttails and paper towels. Coincidentally, I started carrying a handkerchief in my pocket back in April, and almost always have it with me.

It wasn’t until today that it occurred to me that these two things might be related. Man, how did I ever graduate?

Sites blocked by the filter software here at work:

• The Onion
• Girls Are Pretty

I can see blocking the Onion–it probably used to eat up a lot of bandwidth–but Prettygirl? It uses some explicit language, but hell, so does this site. Then again, the policy listed at the bottom of the “site blocked” page includes this:

Internet policy: Inappropriate Usage

... Any activity that propagates a political, racial or sexual opinion.

And I guess “girls are pretty” does qualify.

Man, I’m jealous now. I want to get blocked too! I think it’s a status symbol, like getting your book banned. Any suggestions? Hey, filtering software! I voted for Dave Barry, and I find black men attractive!