Boogertown, NC.
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Saw this, am glad A & I didn't break up that way. Perhaps a tad bit insensitive?

And: Am headed off for Turkeyday with *my* family, at least some of whom are from Clover, SC (south of Charlotte.) Mapquest, however, has informed me of the existence of another well named town, not too far.

I'll hook up the link in a sec.

Perhaps this is one of the casualties of the English/Metric Wars...

"I just recoiled. It was only about 2 meters away from me, the water was crystal clear and it was as clear as the nose on my face," Howes said, referring to a distance of six feet.

Scariest. Distance. Ever.

OK - this is a comment i typed for the following question, found by clicking the {next blog} button at the top right of the page. Big Red Button

"I consider myself to be a very even-keeled person, and relatively difficult to piss off. However, being dismissed (especially rudely) is enough to make me go postal.

I sing in a community choir, and occasionally sit next to a prima-donna tenor. (I firmly believe that all choruses have the equivalent: somebody who is only in the group because of the solos that s/he gets, and who believes that the group would collapse into nothing withour his/her presence... you know that guy, right?)

Anyhoo... the most recent time that this button was pushed was about a month ago. I'm at rehearsal for the first time in a month, after 3 weeks in Southern Illinois. I'm using all my singing skillz, l33t as they were. He shhh'ed me, and waved his hands in my face. {Whoosh} Button pushed. I nearly hauled off & punched him in the nose.

Best definition of Big Red Button: "treat me like a kid"

(i'm in my frickin' 30's!) {grrr} (pisses me off just thinking about it.)

(because I try to have something at least a little fun in every post...
Scary Go Round I love this well drawn, if occasionally macabre, web comic. Perhaps it's all the girls in coffee-house glasses.... me-OW.

Old Vice presidental Wang:

Al Gore

Current vice-presidential wang:

'Dick' Cheney

Future vice-presidential wang?

Gabe from Penny Arcade

(thanks to wonkette for the top two links)

PS - I'm still sad. Or confused. Whateva.

So... what have *i* been up to, since my last (rather depressing) post?

Saw some Kill Bill, vols 1&2

Bowled (probably worst games of my life... in the 50s, at one point.)

Updated my profile: music, and books.

Recent links:
Robert Heinlein

Off to a landfill. Check with you later!

Veteran's Day Post

Alrighty:

Currently, I am listening to BNL "Another Postcard." I'll find that link for you in a minute. It's a remarkably fun, quirky, and just plain silly song, that makes me happy. But seriously... its not how i should be feeling.

A & I are no longer, as of last night.

(it'll take a while to finish divying up our stuff, and my ass to hit the curb... but for the most part, it's over.)

There are only two thing that really make it a little better for it. (well, besides supportative friends and family, of course.)

1) Earlier in the day, Classmates.com sent me one of those: where the hey are you? emails. I (uncharacteristically) <> clicked on it... and found that my high school crush had FINALLY signed up for the service. It was apparently last year sometime (The fact that it took me this long to find that our is proof that i really didn't check religiously, I suppose.) It was good to a) find out that she wasn't dead, at least at the time of the update. and b) she apparently married her high school sweetie. Why is that good, you may (rightfully) ask? Well, because they were dating before I entered her life. Therefore, you get to continue the whole 'bad-timing', or 'i-was-realllly-close', or my favorite, 'cursed-by-the-gods'

2) the other thing, which (sadly) makes me feel as though i have power over this thing?
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I have a history (long untested) of holidays being either really good, or really bad. A & I started going out (9 years ago) after a Halloween party.

Happy Veteran's Day, evvvvverybody!

Song that popped up as I was in the middle of number 1:

Indigo Girls (Kid Fears) Little more mood appropriate.

Edited - to add label and post title

Ciao for niao

This link, courtesy of Wonkette

(in honor of our new prez... he has a MANdate....)

I wouldn't have thought that would have sold well in Middle America.... but whateva.

I'm off to have a woMANdate! Ciao!

So: 4 more years. Isn't THAT a kick in the teeth. The female role models in my life are taking it sorta hard... i figure, we'll see how it goes. And there's a 90% chance he won't be re-elected president in 4 years.

Just wrapped up Fable as a big-ass goody 2-shoes Spellwarrior. Married 5 times... i ROXOR

well, it's been a relatively busy few days here. Yesterday, drove to Nashville after work to visit my cousin. (yes, that means I was working on a Saturday... hooray for the american work ethic, eh?) He & his wife have 2 of the absolutely cutest little girls that you have ever seen. I'll try to figure out how to get a .jpg of them uploaded before too long.

With regards to the angst & pathos from earlier posts: well, it's still there, just not in the posts. I've still got this whole uncertainty re: the future of my relationship/entire life hanging over my head. Let me tell you: if anyone ever offers you the choice of uncertainty re: the future of your relationship/entire life and CERTAINTY re: the same... well, suffice it to say that I don't drink the UNcola.

VP Debate is over... it was a draw.

Anyhoo: flipping channels. Need to tell J about Dog the Bounty Hunter on A&E.

HilARious. www.dogthebountyhunter.com

(in sorta a campy, but mulletful, way.)

Cows. In my construction area. Surprisingly more limber than I would have thought.

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Beginning of West Frankfort High School Homecoming Parade. (they won)  

While watching the vice-presidential debate:

1st view: Cheney is an asshole. There is no real surprise there; he's been an asshole for some time.

2nd point: Sen Edwards broke into one homily. (so far.) Cheney responded with a SAVAGE attack on John Edwards. Personally. I didn't feel the heat, as I did with Zell... but I *did* think (as McCain said on the Daily Show) that Kerry/Edwards must have done kilt Cheney's dog.

3rd point: the Israel question was a mistake, and allowed them to go on the ATTACK.

Fascinating, so far.

Well, it's been a few years.

I have fallen out of the habit of putting my thoughts out there, available for anyone to see. It's been really since college (almost 10 years ago) that i was in that habit. But, as it stands, my life has reentered one of those downward swings.

A. and I have entered what could be the final days of this phase of our relationship (almost 9 years, now.) So, you (hypothetical) guys may be seeing a lot more of me, in my spare time. If you notice that i seem to issue a few caveats and parentheticals... well, that just makes you observant.

So as not to be COMPLETELY depressing, I will try to include a cool site, funky link, or something along those lines in this, my newly reformed /finger file. It should try to be topical if at all possible. As I have recently (past six months) accidentially fallen back into the Dangerous World of Dungeons and Dragons (Tm), I'll hook you up with a cute webcomic FULL of geeky references.

http://www.giantitp.com/cgi-bin/GiantITP/ootscript?SK=1

TaTaForNow - Sean

OK:

The last one was a little depressing. I'll update you with a posting from one of my all time favorite posts, The Urban Legend Reference Page at www.snopes.com . I can't begin to count the hours i wasted, punching the Randomizer......

From Justin, my hard-drinking, fun-loving male friend. http://www.snopes.com/photos/commercials/bigburger.asp
Ye Old 96er.

Wednesday's Updates

*erg*

am still getting hang of this thing... just lost hour or so of rambling on, by not saving before posting....

Oh well... {grin} I'll fill you in later, i guess.

(promise)

Excellent little sci-fi short.

http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/originals/originals_archive/vukcevich2/vukcevich21.html

Looked up the name of the John D. McDonald book not to read. It's 'The Last One Left'. I would give you the Amazon link to it, but i really don't think that is a good idea.

A question or two about Jennifer Nettles has arisen. Former female half of the lead singers for 'Soul Miner's Daughter', for the past few years now she's been doing her own thing, with the Jennifer Nettles Band. http://www.jennifernettles.com/ Soulful music, very well done.. i LOVE it!

archives

First update of my online diary of sorts.

Music recently (re?)discovered: Ani DiFranco. Some of her stuff is angrier than others, and still others makes me pretty sure that i would get beat up if i ended up at a concert of hers. However, that is neither here nor there. Thank God for MP3's... friend had over seven hours i could listen to at work. She's very reminescent of Jennifer Nettles to me...

I think that one of the nicest surprises that can happen is to find an artist (whether musical, author, whatever) with a large existing body of work that you really dig. That way you don't have to worry about waiting for months/years for just... one.... more.... book. Or song. Or whatever.

Another example of this for me recently was Lois McMaster Bujold. Roommate (J) ended up already having all 10 of the VorKosigan series, an EXCELLENTLY written, page-turnin, can't-put-it-down, who-cares-that-it's-3:30-in-the-morning series of books. I was just looking for some way to kill a few hours, so I was raiding the upstairs library... little did i know that my reading for the next few WEEKS would be taken care of! (Sadly, however, NOW i'm like, "C'mon... another MONTH for just... one.... more.... ?"

Speaking of books, and authors: last night finished one of the worst books that i have ever read. Filled with violent & nasty people, a lost girl, strange & exotic locations: i will never again read 'The Wizard of Oz', I promise you that! (just kidding.) The actual name of the book was "...something" (not helpful, i know...) It was by John D. McDonald (who i normally like a LOT) , but NOT one of his Travis McGee's... shame. No more John D. for me, I fear.

That's all for now.

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