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April 26, 2004
er, that explains it
uh. stumbled across a good wife's guide [courtesy of metafilter]. because it's important to remember...a good wife always knows her place.
ahem.
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time for a quickie?
yahoo launched it's own horoscope content. now they offer a quickie forecast, you know for those in an astrological hurry. for today:
Heidi's Daily Leo Forecast
Quickie: What a way to begin the week: You're radiant. You're the lamp. They are the moths.
ah, well. see that'd be a nice change.
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April 25, 2004
ah, love
solo moviegoing report. eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. such a painful movie. beautiful but painful. if you asked me why i liked it, i couldn't tell you. and it's not so much that i liked it. i mean i liked the film, loved it in fact. but i didn't much like how it slowly worked on me like a dredge, scraping up that feeling. the feeling of having something that had been packed down nice and tight polished over and silent, and in less than two hours it had expanded and burst screaming, "remember me? i'm that feeling you get when that really precious thing is torn and shredded right before your eyes. did you really think that you could forget?"
on the way home, the driver in the car in front of me reached out of his window as he passed by to pick a purple blossom off the flowering plant on the median. then he turned and offered it to his girl who was sitting in the passenger seat.
it was so fucking sweet i wanted to ram my car right through their trunk.
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April 23, 2004
warning label
i've decided. there should be a surgeon general's warning clearly displayed on the label of every alcoholic beverage:
SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: If you consume more than 3 or more alcoholic beverages, check with your girlfriends before attempting to operate any telecommunication device (including cell phones, text messaging, and email). Excessive Alcohol Consumption Causes Impaired Judgement, Irrational Thinking, And May Complicate Your Social Life.
that's all i have to say about that.
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April 22, 2004
bottle cap wisdom
under the bottle cap of my honest tea:
"those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt the people doing it."
- chinese proverb
yes.
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April 18, 2004
latent towel folding neurosis
let me start by saying, my mother is a clean freak with a strict aesthetic. growing up i remember that on any given day, if you walked down the hall and opened the linen closet, you'd see perfect stacks of towels tied in batches of three with ribbon. it was that bad.
so this afternoon, pulling the towels out of the dryer, i suddenly became aware of something about myself i never noticed before...
i pull out the towels, dump them in a pile on the couch, fold each towel in half once the long way and then in thirds so they stack nicely.
then i promptly pick them up, carry them into the back bathroom, unfold them, then re-fold them in thirds the long way and drape them over the towel rod.
as i pointed this out to my roommate, i realized how ludicrous this is. laughing so hard her tea starts to spill out of her cup, she asks wryly, "would you like some ribbon? i have some..."
bugger. one more thing. i thought my dinner plate organization was bad enough.
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April 02, 2004
blood and rain
yesterday i tried to give blood. i made an appointment a month ago when i heard
that the blood drive was coming to the office. and yesterday, knowing i should
eat something (which i rarely do in the mornings) i dutifully ate a muffin and
some soup. i drank 3 bottles of water. i was nervous, but ready. and i kind of
had to pee.
as i sign in there's a woman sitting in a chair with ice packs strapped to both
elbows looking a little pale. suddenly she starts to get a little green around
the gills and three workers have to practically carry her back into the RV. that
wasn't promising. they call my name, and i crawl into the converted RV in the
parking lot at work, answer all the questions and get pricked to test my
blood...for something or other. they drop a tiny bit into a little beeker full
of blue liquid and watch it carefully..."oops, you're a floater!". can't give
blood. not enough hemoglobin. i was disappointed, but to be honest, i was also
kind of relieved.
on another note, did you know that there's actually a word for that amazing
smell after it rains? it's petrichor (PET-ri-kuhr), meaning "the pleasant smell
that accompanies the first rain after a dry spell".
i was very pleased to find there's a word for that smell. i just wish it sounded
a little more like it smells.
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