So Jen introduced me to library thing, and I’m addicted…

(check out my profile!)

We were talking about this at the BloggerCon…and LO! I discovered that you can take the quiz online:

Porn star or My Little Pony?

I scored a measly 4 out of 12. Go ahead, you try. And tell me your score! 😉

*post title stolen from Eden and E! entertainment television

I have a bunch of stuff hanging out in my bloglines folders that must be posted. I’m in a purging mood, and I guess that goes for bloglines too. 🙂

First, I know you’re all dying to know which Lost character I am:

Which "Lost" character are you?
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(via impenetrable prose)

And here’s a quote I enjoyed:

“You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance.”
-Ray Bradbury

And via Entertainment Weekly…could Futurama be coming back?

I would dig this. I *heart* Futurama. That dog episode (Jurassic Bark) made me bawl like a little baby.

Here’s an old Slate article on Billy Joel that made me think that Rand secretly wrote it.

All this came to a head in my freshman year of high school when I discovered Elvis Costello, who, a friend informed me, “writes songs about why people like Billy Joel are just so bad.”

And here’s another one (more recent) that’s sure to get the collective panties of the Christian right in a bunch:

What if Mary wasn’t a Virgin?

The author is a woman and an Episcopal priest.

I loved this rant at No NCLB.org:

But I know the inequities are there. I know that you can tell who will do well in school and who will fail by looking at the parents’ bank balance. I know that in my own school system most of the native kids fail to graduate high school. But I know deep down in my soul privatized is not the way.

And since I haven’t gotten around to writing about the cancellation of the West Wing yet, I give you Kelly’s post on the subject.

I own seasons 1-5 on DVD, and am currently watching season 3 with Rand. We just watched “The Women of Qumar,” which is clear proof that Allison Janney deserved her emmys. I adore Allison Janney. I haven’t really been keeping up this season, what with the whole Sunday time slot and all, but I will catch up. And I’ll be likely to tune in and see how it ends.

Finally, don’t forget to check in over at my other blog…I just finished the second Undead book and am halfway through See Jane Date. (loving it!) I’ll be posting about both soon. 🙂

I really enjoyed reading Alan’s post on the elections in Canada. I’d be interested in hearing from my Canadian friends on this, as I am completely and utterly ignorant.

Hey y’all…head over to Jen’s blog and read her post about the 2006 Community Hero Awards. 🙂

Debbie has a fantastic comic/column about freelance writing. It updates every Wednesday (which means there’s a new one today!), and it’s great stuff. Check it out!

Will Write for Chocolate

January has been an abysmal month for substitute teaching, at least for me. (Meaning that it has been DRY.) I already have three jobs lined up for the first two weeks of February, though. Woohoo!

I spent today doing some business-y things…ordering business cards, took another step toward getting my “professional” website going. Teaching, writing, and calligraphy services. I’ll keep you posted on my progress. Oh, and if I can bug you about design stuff, give me a holler. 😉

Oh, and thanks to all the technonerds who posted in response to my plea for help. Since I do not have the computers networked (and don’t even have wireless internet at my apartment), I decided to transfer the files I wanted with a jump drive. That took longer than I wanted it to, but was relatively painless.

As promised, here’s some more about our weekend in Cleveland…Jen already posted about it.

Anyway, it was great to see Jen, Tim and baby Jacob (cutest. baby. ever. of course, I say that about all my friends’ babies. but it’s always true!) and the rest of Jen’s wonderful family. This weekend was just about spending time together, hanging out, playing games and generally having a good time.

Please check out Jen’s website, Design Your Beads. She makes beautiful jewelry, and purchases benefit cancer research.

Oh, and my new most favorite game ever? Catch Phrase. We had WAY too much fun playing this. My face hurt from all the laughing.

And finally, thank you Jen, for making sure the jumbo music block songs didn’t leave my head!

So that’s a big ‘yay!” to spending time with friends. 🙂

By far the best entry in the 50 Most Loathsome People 2005 list:

16. R Kelly

Charges: As if videotaping himself urinating on an underage girl wasn�t bad enough, Kelly decided to follow up by inflicting the worst piece of music in American history upon the public consciousness. Kelly claims he is a genius for squeezing out what are so far 12 installments of his �hip hopera,� �Trapped in the Closet� like so many virtually identical turds, with no variation in musical content and a story line so patently terrible that it soon became the subject of a parody-frenzy involving Saturday Night Live, South Park, Mad TV, Jimmy Kimmel, and the Upright Citizens brigade, among many others. Even his good songs all seem to be about fucking underage girls.

Exhibit A: Seriously�pissing on an underage girl.

Sentence: Trapped in a closet. Eventually dies of thirst.

Details on fun weekend in Cleveland to come…

But first, tell me what you would pay for something like this:

(a hand-lettered, personalized wedding gift, the couple’s song in calligrapy with their names and wedding date)

Click on the photo to see a larger view.

(photo posted at Carol’s rememberance page)

This is my grandma. Here’s a link to the post I wrote last year.

I can’t believe it’s been five years.

And as I wrote last year…I still miss her. We all do.