But HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AFADOVEN!

I waxed poetic about her here.

I love her a lot.

We've pulled up to a drive thru; we're both too tired to cook dinner, we just wanna go home and forget about everything. He's had an anxiety-filled day of work, I've got a headache going on 5 days, and dammit, I want a milkshake.

We make our food order, and Puce leans over to me.

Puce: "What size do you want?"

Me: "Regular."

Puce sighs and puts his hand on my knee. "Okay. You ALWAYS do this. There's no such thing as 'regular' size. They have small, medium, or large. There's NO SUCH THING as Regular size. Medium or small? Which do you want?"

Me: We're sharing, so.. "Medium."

Puce (to the drive-thru guy): "And a medium pumpkin shake."

Drive-Thru Guy: "Actually we don't have a medium size, sir. Our shakes come in Regular or Large."

Me: *dissolves into fit of laughter*

Puce: "...Then we'll take a Regular."

Me (after I stop to breathe): "This is so going in LiveJournal."

Dear BBC:

You're all a bunch of bastards.

Sincerely,

Me.

My leather banded Pez watch
The photo album containing all of my childhood pictures
My red plaid Gripfast boots that matched my plaid miniskirt exactly
My two Nightmare Before Christmas sleep shirts that I wore CONSTANTLY at Bayside
My burgundy Tower Records hoodie
My black hoodie with the bleach stain that I loved because Puce gave it to me
My two babydoll teeshirts with punky cats on them

What awesome stuff did YOU lose that you wish you still had?

Often in our neighborhood, specifically at the apartment complex down the street, we see a company called Mow-Town taking care of the property. They have groovy vans, and it brings a smile to see them.

And then I found out today what their website is, and the site's even happier.

Legends of Landcare.

Too bad they're only commercial. I would hire them just based on the awesome.

A is for Amazon
B is for Best Buy
C is for Craigslist
D is for Dictionary
E is for eBay
F is for Facebook
G is for gmail
H is for Hotmail
I is for IRS
J is for JCPenny
K is for Kohl's
L is for Lowe's
M is for MySpace
N is for Netflix
O is for Orbitz
P is for Photbucket
Q is for Quotes
R is for Realtor.com
S is for Southwest Airlines
T is for Target
U is for USPS
V is for Verizon Wireless
W is for Wal*Mart
X is for XM Radio
Y is for Yahoo
Z is for Zillow

I have a new icon.

new site for lolz. this one made me laugh until I cried:( snipt for pic. )

I'm watching Bill Nye the Science Guy whilst doing my finances. It's currently the one about meteors and comets, which sparks a conversation between Puce and I over what the various planets are made of (I need to brush up on my astronomy).

I google "What is Venus made of" and come across this.

I shouldn't have found this nearly as funny as I did.

EVERYONE STOP GETTING INTO CAR ACCIDENTS.

THIS IS NOT A HIP NEW TREND.

STOP IT.

It's 10 in the morning, and the fan in the attic space has already kicked on because of the heat.

Summer can EFF OFF.

So that scone recipe? Isn't Chef Ian's. It's one I typed up from my textbook awhile back. I totally pasted in the WRONG RECIPE.

I mean, it's still a really good recipe. But it isn't Chef Ian's.

I posted his, here, back in May of 2006. THIS is the recipe I use anymore. THIS is the certified kickass Certified British scone recipe.

THIS is the best one. Sorry about that.

I think I posted this recipe before, but my darling Heartspunmom asked for a tasty scone recipe, and this is the best one. It was given to me by my bona-fide Englishman pastry instructor, so he should bloody well know scones.

Here is the entry about that.

( SCONES )

Who authorized this?!

Cats exploit their owners by purring.

Seriously. This is news?

..A child of maybe ten is walking along the breezeway behind my house, absolutely belting out "Cum On Feel The Noize".

I saw this ad on my Facebook. Wow. Just...wow. I don't have words.

Just condolences for anyone who actually clicks through that ad and purchases resumé services.

Well, did you know that he did a little "That Makes Me Think Of" segment for Time Magazine?

He totally did.

It's like The Show got to breathe again for 2 minutes and 20 seconds.

IN the meantime, there's Uncle Jay Explains The News.

You might want to pick this one first: Uncle Jay Explains how Congress works (or doesn't). It's made of win.

Dave McKean - you know, the guy who did all of the most amazing Sandman comic covers, directed MirrorMask, illustrates all kinds of other Neil Gaiman work? - has been commissioned by the Royal Mail to create a series of stamps depicting mythical creatures.

You can buy them starting today. The presentation pack includes short bits written by Neil Gaiman. They're gorgeous and the presentation pack is about $7 US.

Worth it. I've bought mine already.

1. Got to sleep as late as I wanted to
2. Played Plants vs. Zombies while eating cherries for breakfast.
3. Shower with new delicious smelling soap from Villainess.
4. Randomly introduced to the drummer from Steppenwolf while buying ear plugs at Guitar Center. True story. Very nice guy.
5. Seeing Afadoven after a too too long period of absence.
6. Good dinner at a very chic little Thai bistro.
7. PORTLAND TAIKO. AWESOME.
8. Creme brulee at the Heathman.
9. Closing out the evening by watching my husband play Shadow of the Colossus.

FANTASTIC EVENING A++ WOULD LIVE THROUGH AGAIN

Yoinked from a friend on Facebook. This is made of WIN AND MUSIC:



Axis of Awesome are an Australian comedy group. In this clip, they demonstrate that all you need for pop music success is four chords.

You won't stop believin'.

Alice and Kev, a social experiment.

This is an experiment in playing a homeless family in The Sims 3. I created two Sims, moved them in to a place made to look like an abandoned park, removed all of their remaining money, and then attempted to help them survive without taking any job promotions or easy cash routes. It’s based on the old ‘poverty challenge’ idea from The Sims 2, but it turned out to be a lot more interesting with The Sims 3’s living neighborhood features.

This blog nearly made me cry. Twice.