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September 29, 2004
lime juice? pie? key lime pie?
i pulled a "juice squeeze" out of the fridge of a co-worker, opened the top...and it tastes like pie! before i get the juice content lecture (i won't name names)it is 70% actual juice...but there are floaties in it. maybe that's crust?
i thought it would taste like juice. who wants a drink that tastes like pie?
not sure i like it. makes me want some pie.
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September 26, 2004
photo karma
i think someow i've developed some kind of bad camera karma. my first digital camera was a fuji fine pix that got stolen at my christmas party last year.
then for christmas, sweet rex sent me a brand new nikon coolpix for xmas. and i've LOVED it for the last 10 months.
but then friday night i ventured out to the W for fritz's sendoff, i pulled out my camera, went to turn it on, and nothing. changed the batteries. still nothing.
i got it to turn on in review mode, but when i put it back into photo mode...it turns off.
i'll try to have it fixed i guess. i don't know. but i'm very sad.
i went to the abbot kinney festival and was relegated to using my cell to take a couple of photos. *sniffle*
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September 22, 2004
high-strung and windblown
the santa ana winds have picked up, it's windy, hot and dry as a bone outside.
the santa anas are unsettling. i'm wound up tight cranky, irrational, emotional and quite frankly, unreasonable.
not to mention the lining of my skirt has been electrostatically clinging to my legs all day. and that makes me crazy.
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September 21, 2004
simulated skin is no laughing matter.
exercising some skills outside of my job description, i found myself in a sound booth recording a voice over for an instructional video, for the second time this month.
one segment of the script called for me to say, " simulated skin pad", but i kept stumbling over the phrase with the equivalant of verbal recoil at the concept. *gack*
however, being a professional, i decided to smile for that phrase to "lighten" the tone...which made me think about the limbs & things superstore hawking simulated skin pads for demonstration purposes only...which was a very short trip to a snorting and giggling fit verbally incapacitating me. understandably, the producers in the sound room were perplexed and straight-faced, reducing me to a squirming 10 year-old trapped in a church pew giggling FOR NO APPARENT reason. which just made it worse.
with tears running down my face, i had to politely excuse myself. until my inexplicable laughing ceased.
good thing i'm a constant source of my own amusement--i just can't seem to find anyone else to let in on the joke.
or it's just a very short trip from a slight smile to laughing my ass off at the slightest provocation.
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September 20, 2004
monday top ten checklist
1. slept through alarm. [check!]
2. ran out of toothpaste. [check!]
3. pulled on my top not realizing that it had spots on it. until i was halfway to work. [check!]
4. almost ran out of gas in malibu canyon. [check!]
5. found my framed illustration of "moki and her space pussy teako" had fallen off the wall and broken. [check!]
6. forgot portable ipod speakers, relegating me to my desk in silence sans the almighty joshua playlist. [check!]
7. request for printouts for big presentation today got lost in the shuffle leaving me handoutless for my meeting. [check!]
8. found hair in salad during meeting nearly returning my lunch to the plate in an indelicate manner. [check!]
9. momentarily forgot my place in a meeting. with my boss. [check!]
10. realized that i forgot to deposit a big check, and racked up enough overdraft fees to practically cover my car payment. [check!]
one bright spot? finding a belated birthday present on my chair with "bad girl" post its from a co-worker inside. thank you for reading my mind.
happy monday. *grumble*
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September 19, 2004
dysfuntion junction
peering into the dish cabinet, my roommate called out to me from the kitchen, "um, heidi? you didn't put these dishes away did you?"
"erm, no i had a bit of help. why?"
"i thought so" she giggled, "i just opened the cabinet, and shockingly, there there are mismatched plates stacked out of order, and knew immediately that you couldn't have put the dishes away."
heh.
yet another, er, "quirk" brought to my attention. i didn't realize people noticed these things.
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September 14, 2004
i require supervision
i just spent the weekend eating fabulous food prepared by local, and less than local foodie friends. i had pasta, tofu breakfast burritos, tapas at axe--although i _did_ down a couple orders of onion rings at the whaler last night--however besides that i've been eating fabulously.
this morning i left the house with a tofu veggie feta burrito [thoughtfully prepared by a weekend guest]accompanied by a sun-dried tomato tortilla.
so then what happens to my intake when left to my own devices? since 7am this morning i've logged the following:
- large coffee with cream and sugar. lots of it.
- zone bar, which is essentially a candy bar disguised as a healthy protein snack with clever packaging and a slightly misleading position in the supermarket.
- 12 oz can of diet coke
- three mini-butterfingers
- ice cream with m&m's
- large double latte
- a twinkie
i think i need to lie down. blech.
**update** add goldfish to the list. *sigh*
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September 10, 2004
the economy's fine...
vice president dick is attepting to insinuate that the economy is really just fine--it's just that those damn economic indicators aren't measuring the piles of money made on ebay!?
"That's a source that didn't even exist 10 years ago," Cheney told an audience in Cincinnati on Thursday. "Four hundred thousand people make some money trading on eBay."
edwards' response:
"If we only included bake sales and how much money kids make at lemonade stands, this economy would really be cooking," Edwards said in a statement.
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license plates and bumper stickers
day after day, spending 2 hours+ on the freeways of los angeles i come across vanity plates, plate frames and bumper stickers that give me pause.
to the 50ish year old graying man in the bright yellow convertible plymouth prowler with your thinning hair blowing in the wind and "ATTENTION WHORE" on your license plate frame--i nearly rammed my tiny mini cooper up your ass this morning. out of pure, unadulterated righteous indignation.
to the woman with THE "HRLY GRRL" vanity plate framed with the disclaimer, "Harley Girl...NOT Hourly Girl"--thank you. it was the best laugh i've had all week. but i have to ask, how long did it take for you to realize your error?
and finally to the woman with the "VETERANS FOR BUSH" bumper sticker--for crying out loud, please attempt to inform yourself.
okay i'm done.
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September 09, 2004
we're having some weather
11 o'clock news in los angeles.
and the top story of the evening? it's hot, humid and raining. there have been eight weather-related accidents over just three hours. forget hurricane ivan--it's balmy and raining in los angeles!
i'm more than a little embarrassed that i am beginning relate to this state of mind. when i first moved to la, i used to laugh and point at angeleans that panicked at the first sign of moisture then subsequently lost their ability to safely navigate the roadways.
but i've been in los angeles for a couple of years now. and i have to admit that not too long ago i was driving along on the freeway, and some foreign "object" splatted against my windshield. startled, i gasped, looked around and then up to the sky thinking to myself, "what in the sam hell was that?"
erm, it was a raindrop.
it doesn't take long my friends. not long at all.
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September 08, 2004
not funny. anymore.
"Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over"
a hilarious satire published by the onion, on january 18, 2001. updated with acutal news links.
uh, less funny now.
[courtesy of metafilter]
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September 07, 2004
countdown
after careful inspection, i noticed that this bottle of water expires in 1002 years.
thank god this was brought to my attention. you know before i put it in with my "just in case i live to be 1,035 years old" survival stash in the bomb shelter.
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take me seriously. no really.
sitting in a budget meeting this afternoon, i was introduced to a very serious, middle-aged woman, who was making a very serious point about budget and brand planning over the next 12 months.
i, on the other hand, was having quite a bit of trouble focusing on anything other than her bright pink Hello Kitty flip flops.
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September 05, 2004
change is good
every year i get an itch to completely change my hair. usually in the fall. not sure where the compulsion comes from. perhaps everytime my mother compliments me on my hair by saying, "i really like your hair when it's blonde and fluffy around your face."
my inner teenager kicks right in and rebels.
besides, i lost patience with the whole "growing out my hair" thing. shocking. i know.
anyway, last year it was this. mid-year it looked like this. yesterday it was kind of like this.
today, it looks like this:
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September 01, 2004
accidental martha stewart
i've accidentally discovered a new way to serve vodka at my next dinner party!
make your own:
step 1: leave freezer slightly open after you mix that third round of vodka drinks partially melting the ice in your ice bin. and everything else as well, but no one actually eats what's in the freezer. am i right?
step 2: carelessly toss the aforementioned bottle of vodka into the bin, because your freezer is too jampacked with chilling beer glasses, mochi ice cream, coffee beans and 2 year old bags of frozen vegetables to stand it up properly--not to mention that fourth cocktail left you in no shape to reorganize the freezer.
step 3: close freezer to refreeze contents.
step 4: the next time you want to mix a drink, preferably when you have completely forgotten about melting everything in the freezer. realize the bottle is frozen in place, pull the ice bin out of the freezer, proceed to vigorously banging the damn thing on the counter and eventually the linoleum to dislodge the vodka. (be careful not to shatter bottle)
and voilà! you have a fantastic new way to display the vodka at your next dinner party.
who cares if you have to keep your home at a sub-zero temperature while serving? just encourage your guests to drink very fast. great for dates! (preferably cheap ones)
tip for next week:
wow your friends! prepare a fantastic meal using only the ingredients irreversibly stuck together in your freezer.
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