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[cleolinda]

I don't know about y'all, but I can't get Livejournal to come up. There's a comment about a somewhat pressing matter that I've been trying to answer and can't, because I CAN'T GET LIVEJOURNAL TO COME UP. This is really, really frustrating (and I very likely won't be able to reply to any comments here, either. But I'll get them in my email).

So. Sister Girl has actually gone out and gotten herself a job--something that initially terrified me, but you'd have to hear the back story to know why: early last week, she up and decided that she HAD to go to England for spring break or she would DIE. My first question was, which cute actor is doing what in London at that time, then? NO ONE, she just WANTS TO GO, and she may never HAVE THIS CHANCE AGAIN. You know, despite the fact that she's only twenty and life is long. And if she pays for it now, it's only $875. Could I lend her the money? (Uh.) Well, could I lend her half, then? If I could, she would go out the very next day and get a job and within a month, she could pay me back!

"Well... tell you what. If you go and get a job tomorrow... I could lend you the money. HALF the money."

"Well, I mean, I'm not going to go out and get a job tomorrow. Give me to the end of the week."

"Okay. If you go and get a job whenever, I could lend you half the money the moment you are in possession of employment, and not before."

"Okay!"

And I'm sitting here thinking, She's not going to go get a job. I'm safe, everything's fine. It's not that she's unemployable, because she's actually a very good employee; it's that she has the same communication phobias that I do. And she is in cooking school, so...

Well, she bounces home yesterday and announces that she has a job at Panera. Between that first conversation and this one, my mother has had her job issues and I've realized that I'm nearly broke. I just about had a heart attack. "Oh, that," she says. "I'm not going on that anymore, [whoever was going with her] can't get the money in time. I got a job just to have one."

So, you know, if you look up into the sky and see winged pork, that's what that's about.


Defamer: American Idol owns your teenage daughter.

Panel: Teflon Chemical a Likely Carcinogen.

Frey Fiasco Sheds Light on Publishing. That is to say, on the fact that people expect memoirs to be mostly truthful.

'Lost' Actor Delivers State Senate Prayer. I am going to learn to spell this man's name if it kills me.

nasus221: "Don't know if you saw this, I thought it was interesting. It explains some of the tricks that reality tv producers use to make their shows more interesting or follow the plot lines they want it to." DAMMIT! It turns out that the best scene in any reality show ever was fabricated (the subtitles!). The best scene until "MY OX IS BROKEN [OMG I HATE YOU]," I mean.

Keith Olbermann pwns Bill O'Reilly. Delicious.

The Edge and U2 Offer Aid to New Orleans.

New Orleans' Jazz Fest to Go On. These last two stories are not to be read as cause-and-effect, by the way.

Great White Manager to Cop Plea.

Parking fine sparks poetic muse.

Neil Gaiman's new site. (Awww! I liked the old layout!)

Pamie eats at a local Jollibee in LA and raises some hackles. ("Jollibee fucked your mom is my new favorite insult in the world.")

Snack Deathmatch!

These? Are fingernails.

My favorite doll repaint artist and her latest auction.

Juicy gossip at dailydigestnews, plus two entries over there yesterday, so make sure you scroll down and stuff. If it will load for YOU.

And finally, from Heh: L&O: SVU themed Valentine's Day cards.

Comments

[batwrangler.livejournal.com]

Neil looks like he's being eaten by dust rhinoceri, don't you think? (Or maybe he's just covered in cat hair.)

[pride4u2.livejournal.com]

I love The Edge. Period.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Of the movies Anthony Hopkins has made costarring bears, that was the best one. The sad thing is, there is actually more than one to choose from.

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

There are also chemicals emitted from Teflon-coated cookware that are lethal to birds (http://www.cockatielcottage.net/hazards.html). I've heard horror stories of 'tiel owners losing all four birds -- thump thump thump thump -- in moments due to overheated cookware. The stuff of nightmares, it is.

[hybridutensil.livejournal.com]

I can vouch for that -- my grandma left a Teflon pan on the stove one afternoon, and I came home to find both her lovebirds dead :(

[cellardoor28.livejournal.com]

Sadly, American Idol owns me and I am neither American nor a teenager.

[aberrantangels]

Bound! Bound! Bound and rebound!

[rhapsodeeinblue.livejournal.com]

That's cool that Adewale Akinosomething is a devout Buddhist!

[bigfatgreek.livejournal.com]

BWAHAHAHAHAHA @ Law and Order Valentines!

[much-reality.livejournal.com]

That story about your sister cracked me the hell up. My brothers do that, too. Only without the changing-their-minds- aspects....

I think you may just have used up your reserves with the helpful fates.

[lila-rye.livejournal.com]

Someone give Keith Olbermann a cookie. And a medal, and a giant check made out to cash. *watches it over and over*

Those fingernails will haunt my dreams.

[cimness.livejournal.com]

that's very [pleasantly] surprising, from sister girl! plus... panera. cool.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah, she said she was giving me no free food, but I was like, "Bitch, at least you can bring it home if I give you money! And a chocolate-hazelnut bagel, too!"

[marcusisabadass.livejournal.com]

as for the U2-Jazz fest correlation, well...

Rumors are swirling that U2, the Stones, Paul McCartney, and Elton John have all expressed an interest to play Jazz Fest. These are, of course, rumors, but a guy I know that works at House of Blues said that they're more than rumors for U2 and the Stones.

Which would mean that the continually increased ticket prices might be worth it this year.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

O rly? I said that because at the time, I had found the jazz fest article a long time before the U2 one, and ended up switching their order for the entry. That's really interesting, then.

[palmetto.livejournal.com]

I've just got to wonder how she manages to do simple daily chores such as eat or go to the ladies room with those nails.

Also, that doll is breathtaking and I wish I could afford her.

[atalantapendrag.livejournal.com]

To hell with that... how would you masturbate with those nails?

[valkyrie79.livejournal.com]

Yay on the job having! That should help out a good bit, I'm thinking. No more sis needing handouts from the folks should ease things a tad. Plus Panera is yummy.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Seriously. She says she won't bring us free food, but I have my hopes.

[scotchwhisky.livejournal.com]

I find it fascinating that the actor who plays Eko, a seriously devout Christian, is a seriously devout Buddhist. That's...kinda cool!

[scotchwhisky.livejournal.com]

PS The fingernails? AAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!

Fixing the LJ problem

[corkdorkdan.livejournal.com]

Don't know if you'll be able to read this comment, but if you can't get LJ to load you might try clearing out your temporary internet files. Sometimes if you get a corrupt version of a webpage, the browser will continue to load the corrupt one even if you hit refresh. Go to your Tools->Internet Options and try to find something that allows you to "delete files" and "delete offline content"

[punkiejeannien.livejournal.com]

isn't it ALWAYS delicious when people pwn Bill O'Reilley?

[yarha.livejournal.com]

It's beginning to get a little old, though. People might start feeling sorry for him, as unlikely as that sounds. And we wouldn't want *that* to happen.

Yarha, B. O'R. Goes to the End of the Sympathy Line

[arayuldaiel.livejournal.com]

But the most important thing is, can you get a discount at Panera now?

And noooo, I loved the 'my ox is broken' quote! It's saddening that it's fake. I'll still wear my shirt, though.

[arayuldaiel.livejournal.com]

Oh, wait, I totally read that wrong. So the ox thing wasn't fabricated. That warms my heart, in a way.

[mouseykins1.livejournal.com]

To quote Mr. Eko himself:
"This is how it is: ADD-ay WAHL-ay ACK-id NOY-ay AG-bajay."
I'm still reeling over the fact that he has a cockney accent.

[lila-rye.livejournal.com]

Seriously, thank you for that. My brother just started watching Lost, and he loves Mr Eko and wanted to know what his real name was, and my attempts to pronounce it were, well. Insufficient to say the least.

[punkiejeannien.livejournal.com]

and OMG I WANT SVU VALENTINES

/dorkiness

[katesti.livejournal.com]

Really, I just haven't used this icon in a while and you gave me the perfect opportunity.

Mmm, Panera.

[skyblade.livejournal.com]

Of course Biechele plead guilty. I've been inside The Station, up on its stage. Anyone who think pyrotechnics could be safe inside that place is insane.

[skyblade.livejournal.com]

And by the way...this entry shows up on the fifth of February.

[riverchild.livejournal.com]

Ooh, those nails would make pretty bookmarks.

What?

[georgie21.livejournal.com]

I dont think the nail would fit in the book. Like, you would be using it as a bookmark, except if you held the book closer than 3 feet to you, you would get STABBED with a BOOKMARK/NAIL and it would HURT and be VERY VERY HARD to explain. Well, not that hard to explain, now that I think about it. But it would hurt.

[kira002.livejournal.com]

Too. Many. Interesting. Links.

*meltdown*

[plazmah.livejournal.com]

I am going to learn to spell this man's name if it kills me.

I have given up and have started calling him Triple A.

Also, him being a devout Buddhist with a cockney accent? Brill :)

communication phobia?

[zikade.livejournal.com]

communication phobia? Never heard that term before, but that sounds like me :-)

[patchie04.livejournal.com]

Wasn't there a way to directly link with Neil's blog through Live Journal? I had it ages ago, took it off for some strange reason, and I can't seem to find it again...

[riverchild.livejournal.com]

officialgaiman :)