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Sunday, November 09, 2003
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Today I had a school flashback. I wrote a paper on censorship. Well, not a whole paper technically. I laid out the basis for my Mom. She's gotten behind in her english work with everything that's been going on. So, I figured the least I could do was help. Its about all I can do being so far away. It makes me sad. *sniff*
Ooohh, I also made brownies today. Not something I need to be eating, but I swear the brownie box was calling me from the cabinet. I kept hearing this little voice. When I opened the cabinet door, it became louder. So I really had no choice. The brownie mix was beggin' for it.
Yesterday I bought these super groovy vinyl bags for next to nothing. I swear people don't want to take five seconds out of their busy day to clean something up. They were fairly nasty. I cleaned 'em up & will work my freaky magic on them. Soon they will be masterpieces. Worthy of fame. OK, so maybe not, but I might be able to get $20 a piece for them on eBay. They are old bags from the Sahara & Stardust. Something they sold in the gift shop most likely. Nothing fancy ... yet.
These are the things I like doing. Making something out of nothing. I cleaned each of those bags with a friggin tooth brush & I enjoyed every last second of it. They went from nasty to something you could eat off of in under 20 minutes each.
Well, now that I think about it, I guess I'm glad people are lazy & un-creative to a certain extent. If they weren't, I wouldn't have found those lilttle gems. Ooooh I can't wait to get started. I'm giddy like a school girl. I just wish there were more things like that available here. They are few & far between. Even the "thrift" stores here mark things like that up insanely. It makes me ill. Everyone wants to make a buck I guess.
Word of the Day
create - krE-'At - verb
1. to bring into existence
2. a) to invest with a new form, office, or rank b) to produce or bring about by a course of action or behavior
3. cause, occasion
4. a) to produce through imaginative skill b) design
Posted at 08:49 pm by Zombie
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This weeks Crush really needs no introduction. But, in case you are unaware of who this its, its none other than one of the most beautiful men walking the face of the earth. Otherwise known as David Bowie. I don't care if he is 90, I'd still shag him rotten. This is one of those obsession that started in early childhood. That's all I can tell you about its origin. I can also tell you that it disturbed my parents greatly. I think it still does.
Posted at 03:52 am by Zombie
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Saturday, November 08, 2003
I'm working on getting a photoblog dealie together. So until something really pisses me off & I'm sure it will, there will be no other post this evening. Besides I'm really in a mood & lookin' for someone to call a knob.
Posted at 07:35 pm by Zombie
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I would just like you all to know that I am currently being mocked & ridiculed for my ability to dance in my chair, carry on a conversation & type. Damn jealous people.
Posted at 10:50 am by Zombie
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Friday, November 07, 2003
OK, I am blatantly going to steal the different list ideas from various people including KTOAB (with is Top 5 & Pond Sucking 5) & Noodley (with his Top Two lists). Since I am terminally indecisive, maybe I'll just make a list of things I love, like & detest. What will be on these lists I have no clue. I'm winging it people.
Nevermind. After sitting here staring at a blank screen for 5 minutes, I can't think of anything to put short of completely ripping off Noodley's Top Two lists. So screw it.
Miss Ginger had a nice post today pertaining to the 70's. Now mind you, I was born in the first half of the 70's so I have to check & see if things I remember from my childhood are actually from the 70's or the early 80's. I remember the mid - late 80's as it was a hellish time for me. I wish I could forget it.
This made me start to think about things from my youth. Television shows I remember, music, toys, things like that. Let's see what I can actually remember.
 The Gold Key Hour on Channel 11 in the DFW area. Every afternoon my ass was parked in front of the TV so that I could watch whichever Krofft show they happened to put on that day. My favorite, to this very day, is Sigmund and the Sea Monsters. My second favorite was Far Out Space Nuts. I never really cared much for the Bugaloos. They were always singing really crap stuff. H.R. Pufnstuf was cool for about 30 seconds in my book. I also really like Land of the Lost, but that was only on Saturday mornings. Well, Far Out Space Nuts was the same I think. Hell, I don't remember. That was a long time ago. I've slept & been dropped on my head since then.
 CHiPs was a television show I could not live without. Why my parents actually let me watch it I don't know. I was completely in love with John (Larry Wilcox). Later, when I worked for Susan Powter (you know, the "Stop the insanity!" bleach blond buzzed chick) I got to speak to him on the phone when I was working out details for a business deal. He was a very nice man & I restrained myself & never said one word about CHiPs.
 When I was a kid, I adored KISS. They were the be all end all. Of course that was around 1977. I had that poster on a cork board in my room until I got pissed one day & ripped it to shreds. KISS meets the Phantom of the Park was one of the best cheese movies ever made. I don't care what you say.
 Another television show I didn't go a single week without watching. It was the best. It really was. I mean, they were trailer trash. So was I. Only, we didn't have a trailer. But later we did have a pig. His name was Arnold. He disappeared after he ate the new bathroom floor my parents had put in. This really doesn't have anything to do with the Dukes of Hazzard now does it? I did get in trouble once for busting my sister's nose with a General Lee knock off. Apparently I was suppose to let her just take it. I think not.
There is more, but I will save it for another day. I'm tired of looking for pictures & my brain hurts from trying to remember things.
Word of the Day
reminiscence - r m  -n s ns - noun
1. apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence
2. a) recall to mind of a long-forgotten experience or fact b) the process or practice of thinking or telling about past experiences
3. a) a remembered experience b) an account of a memorable experience
4. something so like another as to be regarded as an unconscious repetition, imitation, or survival
Posted at 08:32 pm by Zombie
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In case anyone happens to run across this poster anywhere, preferably an original, let me know. I want one terribly.
Posted at 03:46 am by Zombie
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Troy's playing again this week. You should go. Say hi for me.
Last week was a real blast!! So we're doing it again:
Saturday 8-10pm at Bigsby's (505 E 6th St) -- No Cover, fiddy cent pool, and relaxed morals (especially if you've had a rough week).
The band was so great we're doing that again too: Hunt "Lust For Life" Sales on drums & David 'Lusty' Lucas on bass. It's truly 'music worth lusting for'.
Yes, we really played the Outkast song "Hey Ya'".
Come check it out, 6th street isn't THAT bad -- and we're THAT good...
Posted at 02:05 am by Zombie
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Thursday, November 06, 2003
There is nothing I love more than a guitar player that can adeptly use a slide. I can't explain it, but it makes me giddy.
Posted at 07:24 pm by Zombie
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Today has been a rather uneventful day. Although I was busy putzing around the house, I don't feel like I got a damn thing done.
I made a full meal today (salad, BBQ spare ribs (beef), Rice-A-Roni & Cornbread) & cleaned up the kitchen. I dug out all the Christmas projects I bought last year. Maybe, if I'm lucky, I'll get one done in time to send out.
Eventually, I'd like to start making some quilts. But I think that will be a little ways down the road. For all my weirdness, I do like old fashioned type things. I sew & do embroidery. I'd also like to learn to knit. That may be a bad thing for me since knitting needles are pointy & I am prone to stab people in the eye with them.
I think a lot of this is an art that is lost on most of the younger generation. For that, I am sad. Some of the most beautiful things I have ever seen in my entire life were made completely by hand. Yes, it takes a lot longer, but the quality is far superior to anything ever spit out by a machine. That's why there are still things from the 1800's that people use today, but something similar from the 1960's fell apart long ago. Everyone wants things fast. Fast is not always better.
So with this in mind, I plan on learning things that ceased to be practiced by society on a regular basis. I can already sew. Might as well learn to do some other things with it. Maybe making dolls & all the things that go with them. I can bake & cook like there's no tomorrow, might as well start doing that more. I can change a pane in a wood frame window. Unfortunately, you don't find those much anymore. In case I happen to have windows like that at anytime, I can fix them myself.
One thing I'd like to do is restore furniture. I remember when I was little, my mom's mother reapholstered her couch. I thought that was the coolest thing I had ever seen. There's a lot that can be done to old furniture. Most of it needs to be returned to its original state. All except for that avacaso green monster of a dresser that's at my mom's. I repainted that saftey orange & its going to stay that way.
I like doing things with my hands. It makes me feel like I've actually accomplished something. There is no shame in getting your hands dirty. It washes off. Maybe that's part of the problem with people today. No one wants to do anything for themselves. They are willing to pay someone to do it for them or simply live without. If there was suddenly a mass power outage, the world would freak. People wouldn't know what to do with themselves.
That's why there are no good stories from our day. We don't have to sit around & talk with each other. No reason to tell stories. Unless its gossip of course. But then I guess all stories are gossip. They were just told better way back when. The same goes for television. When you can't tell a decent story, you have to rely on special effects to get your point across. Its sad really. But, I guess you can't stop progress.
So although computers are great & all that (when they care to cooperate), if you are looking for a hobby or something to pass the time, try looking to the past. Find grammy's old cookbook & learn to bake something. Go to the library & check out a book on knitting or sewing. Do something productive.
Word of the Day
antiquated -  n t -kw  td - adjective
1. obsolete
2. outmoded or discredited by reason of age: being out of style or fashion
3. advanced in age
Posted at 06:11 pm by Zombie
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