Today is June 1. I'm pretty sure I would be lit on fire by those What Not To Wear guys. Lit on fiiiiire! (I'm probably safe, though: it seems they only have one type of person on there which is "person with fairly 'good' body hidden under 'bad' clothes." Like the girl says to them, "You have these gorgeous legs, show 'em off!") Due to my massive ego, though, I would probably brave the burnination to get people to pay attention to me and fuss over me and all. It's kind of fun to daydream about what kinds of tips they might give me, or what kind of scars I would give them when they tried to take away my tshirts from 1995 or my Stevie Nicks skirts/tops =) In closing, I look good in red.
Today is June 3. Crap, I gotta pay our rent. Right now, I'm watching a disc of Friends. And I would like to present: Reasons I want to learn perl.
Make the Taurus Club site better. Currently, it sucks. I made it so the form gets sent to an old Yahoo account that I never check. So it never gets updated. I want to write a way to automate the site so the updates show up on their own. Less involvement for me, more fun for the members.

A web update tool for this blog Ever since AIT changed the security for the servers, I can only telnet from computers with the kerberos login thing. If I can get file reading/writing down, I think I can make a little form for myself so I can update this page o'crap from anywhere with an internet connection =)

Today is June 7. Here's a little entry about RWR. My thoughts mainly come from that sublime satire, Bloom County. That strip had a character called Ronald-Ann. Like me, whe was born the night Reagan was elected. Also there was a Sunday strip where the characters were really irate and fed up with Reagan's policies. Then someone pointed out....but he's so nice! A peach! (and then) "Impeach the peach!" [a scan later if I can wrangle it]. I think that pretty much sums him up for me. I am somewhat bitter that we lost him to the conservative side during the "red scare" of the 50s. When I think of Reagan's 1980's I think of homeless people in soup kitchens, the AIDS quilt stretching for hundreds of yards, and intricate, complicated multinational scandals. But when I think of him as a guy, I think of the grandpa who was president during my entire childhood, a radio personality from Des Moines's own WHO, and a great speaker. I also think of Nancy Reagan, who suffered the fate of all strong, public women. During her husband's time in office she was seen only as a domineering shrew (same brush later used to paint HRC). Now that she has been out of the spotlight she can be seen as a devoted caretaker and Alzheimer's advocate. Of course this is still a one-sided portrayal because people are unable or unwilling to let a woman have a multi-dimensional personality, but at least she has been vindicated somewhat.
Today is June 10. Yesterday was a primary election for StoCo. In my district, the lady I voted for came in 2nd, but I think the other lady is pretty good too. Also my pal Erik lost his primary =( but it was cool that he went for it though. In GOOD NEWS, a rabidly anti-gay state senator from Orange City lost the Republican primary in a district in NW Iowa. This new guy will most likely go on to win in Nov, because Dems don't stand much of a chance in a place where "western Iowa values" reign supreme, but at least we know voters in that district care a little more about the issues than they do about homophobia run rampant in the statehouse.
Today is June 14. Worked 5 days last week, didn't get 40 hrs though b/c I got sent home early on Tues due to extra ppl in the deli. This week? Back to 3 days, 24 hrs. So I have set some goals for myself. Pack some boxes (no, no job yet, just that I have to be out of here by August 1 regardless), apply for said elusive jobs, write out thank-you cards. Oh yeah, and do some laundry, before Friday. I don't really need socks in my daily summer life, but for work, yes. Right now, I'm eating a banana, listening to Jill's birthday mix cd, and assembling the proper cards and envelopes and addresses necessary to thank it up.
Today is June 16. In honor of my Grandma Rose my blog will now present some Nice Things about her.
  1. She really loved to recall humorous things said by young children, especially us grandkids. Even if she added speech impediments to make the child seem cuter, she could still tell a good story.
  2. She also enjoyed humorous commercials, mostly ones with children. Probably for the above reason.
  3. She was really good at all things domestic. She liked to knit and crochet, and she made the best chocolate brownies. And peanut butter balls. And Chex mix. Well she just made a lot of really good things to eat. She also helped me do some craft projects, and even started one of the legs on my knitted octopus for me. (This was before I knew how to cast on) You can tell which leg is hers because she had a pretty tight knitting style, so her leg is the smallest. But that means I will remember it.
  4. Along with Grandpa Harold, she liked to take us fishing. I think Jonno and I are really lucky that we got to grow up while they were still active and could do more things with us. Also it's cool that she liked fishing which is kind of a "guy thing."
  5. She once told me I looked like I had really "stretched out" (as in gotten taller and thinner). To a chubby kid, that means a lot.
  6. We had a good "deep" conversation once a few years ago when I was floating in the North Park Villa pool. I asked her all about what it was like going through nurses' training and being a nurse
  7. She was a graduate of Story City High School!
  8. She loved to play golf, and was always trying to get us interested in the game. Luckily it "took" with Jonathan and they played many rounds together. Even though I could have (seemed to) cared less, she still took me to the driving range at Veenker and we had a pretty good time hitting some balls
So, yeah, that's my grandma. Even though I may do more stuff with Grandma Hazel and feel closer to her, I still loved Grandma Rose and will treasure the good times we had together.
Today is June 22. The other day, I heard a radio ad for some company that jacks up your basement walls when they are leaning or something. And the ad included a line about how ignoring the problem would only make it worse. And I started to think, duh, all problems are that way. So I challenged myself to think up some problems that get better by ignoring them.
So those are some good ones. Feel free to add your own
Today is June 26. You know what I really love? How I'm good enough to be invited to some people's wedding SHOWER, good enough to get them a gift, but not good enough to be invited to the actual wedding. Yeah. That's great. Maybe she found out how little I spent on the gift (it was on clearance) when she tried to exchange it at Target, and decided not to invite me. I suppose I should have seen it coming when I got a thank-you card from one and not the other (it was a 2 girl shower). Although I guess it could be worse... Etiquette Hell
Today is June 29. Yesterday after work I CRASHED, thus sleeping through a party I was supposed to go to. I've been awake since around 2:30 today, doing and watching various things. Right now, it's about 4 am and there is some kind of weird-ass karaoke thing going on in 2310 Mortensen. Earlier they were doing G'n'R's Sweet Child O'Mine and now Let Her Cry by H and the BF.

Today a new Rush album comes out which as far as I can tell is composed of cover tunes. Looking forward to: Summertime Blues, just to see if my fav band can touch the Blue Cheer version. Also goin gto invite grandma Hazel over to help me do a "Keep and Toss" on all the crap in this apt, and also eat sloppy joes.
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