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I should not have told the audience to "shut up" tonight. Unfortunately their mindless catawauling got the better of me on that ocassion.






he got that angry over the audience expressing their opinion......maybe he should have thought about that before making this a live show......just sayin'.......

idk, any remaining respect i had for him flew out the window once he told the audience to shut up......

Let's go with something happier.
( chilluns )

It was a day of disappointment and frustration.

The internet was down and our phone line wasn't working. The phone line had been down for a few days and there had been this whole thing with the phone company where they claimed they tried to contact us via cellphone but Mr. Jenner never got a call. I am guessing the phone company either called the wrong number or don't know that cell phones will mention missed calls. They said they would show up between 10-2.
Did I mention I also have pink eye? Well I do. (Miss Biscuit's case is improving.)
I was trying to maintain a cheerful attitude. I took Senor Onion out for a walk and it was going all right, but he ran out into the street, so things had to get crazy serious for a moment. I hate those moments as a parent. Getting across the fact that something is SUPERDANGEROUSOMG. Again I tried to keep my cool. We came home, made lunch and read stories. Then it was time for a nap.
He would not feckin' nap. NAP DAMMIT NAP!!!! He kept trying to get up. He had things to say. He was just not sleeping. Did I mention when I was trying to hoover the dining room, he somehow found a screw-driver and began to smash the screwdriver onto the keys of my laptop. No serious damage. I am trying to figure out how the hell he found that. I make it a point to keep a lot of things out of his reach. Did the little monkey grow in the middle of the night? So he doesn't get to play with Daddy's tools for the rest of the week because of what he did. Non-napping child. Lucky me. Then I went to look up the tracking for a package from Amazon. It said it was out for delivery in California. Funny... the package was being delivered to me. I looked to make sure I didn't somehow insanely send it elsewhere. Nope. I emailed Amazon and they said, "eh?" In the end the package arrived. Yay. I think these are called First World Problems. But they are my first world problems. They also had stuff for Senor Onion's birthday. I don't feel like rushing around Thanksgiving week trying to find things. I am trying to do little things to keep my sanity in check. Where was I? Oh yeah so it was after two and the damn phone guy still had not appeared. Between 10-2 motherfuckers. between 10-2. I had a non-napping child and errands to run. Let's leave the house then!!! He was good in Trader Joe's. We had to go to the pharmacy to pick up my prescription and Miss Biscuit's. 20 minute wait. Okay fine, we can go to the other grocery store next door to pick up something else. Blah blah blather. We go back and wait in line. Senor Onion is being nearly three and overly exhausted in the afternoon and is trying to touch everymotherfuckingthing in sight. "We do NOT touch the glasses." "PUT THAT NETI POT BACK NOW!" I have Miss Biscuit in the sling. Finally I told him if he tried to touch one more thing I was going to carry him. We got to that point. I have a baby in the sling and I am holding a wiggly toddler. Then the person helping me says, "oh yeah this prescription for iron could be had OTC for cheaper and tries to start a fucking conversation about it. I said, "then no iron. Just GIVE me the prescription for pink eye." Then he wants to try and start a long conversation about that. I wasn't feeling it. I told him, "I have had pink eye more times than I care to count. Just let me pay for it dammit." Eventually get out of there and go home. Phone is fixed! Package has arrived! Child is still alive.
I was kind of on edge by then. I was making dinner and accidentally poured boiling water on my hand. I didn't cry. I laughed.
I had to laugh. Senor Onion was having melt-downs, my baby was having a melt-down and exploding, the house is a mess, my hair is askew and Australia was looking good.

You know the punchline to one of my favorite jokes is most appropriate in regards to today:
"Yeah? Well FUCK YOU Clown.!"

Thank goodness Glee is on tonight. I need something fluffy to enjoy.

Things are okay though.
Phone is fixed. (as is internet)
Package is here.
Hand isn't badly burned.
Children are asleep.
Tomorrow is another day.

Thanks for letting me blather.

I don't think this is spoilerish and I hope this is allowed! I would just like to see what the general consensus is. Did you agree or disagree with Nigel's scolding of Nathan tonight?

DISCUSS!

Rhode Island is neither a road, nor an island. Discuss.

( Numbers: )

I am answering some questions. If you comment, I will ask you questions. Simple enough.

cogshiftingman asks me:

1) What is the most embarrassing incident you recall from your time working in retail, that you are willing to no longer remain vague about?

I never really had any embarrassing incidents myself, but I recall something that happened in one retail job I had. We had a new hire and on his second day there he somehow (I believe he thought he was doing one thing, but another thing happened) soiled himself while working on the floor. He managed to wrap a blanket or something around himself and someone came to pick him up. Here is the thing I am still impressed with; he came back to work the next day. Everyone liked him a lot and never mentioned the incident. But one couldn't help think it when looking at him.

2) Given the choice of a large, plump breasted pigeon, or a large, plump breasted turkey, which would you rather cook, and what would you do with it?

I have cooked a lot of turkey so that is old hat. I think cooking a pigeon would be an interesting experience just because I haven't ever tried that. I think I would cook it with something like berries. I recall watching something where Marco Pierre White discussed being out in nature and being inspired by what he saw to pair game with edibles. Sure he might be known for being a bit of a psycho-path but the guy knows a bit about food. Though if one wanted to be accurate based on the pigeons one sees in an urban environment, one might pair a pigeon with fried chicken. Yeah... that is when you know that nature and birds are fucked up.

3) Have you ever had cause to repair your underwear with needle and thread?

Not that I recall. Such adornment is transient.

4) If you had to pick one redeeming feature of the UK, and England in particular, what would it be?

It sounds sort of bucolic but the countryside in England is magnicifient and surprising. I think some of it comes from my first visit there. We were driving along in Southern England and once we escaped all that is Heathrow and Slough, it kind of came as a great shock. It was like something out of a storybook. So even when there are the Vicki Pollards and boring BNP sorts trying to make England look like a sideshow, it is nice to see nature kind of doing its thing.
I also like the jaffa cakes.

5) On the whole, taking everything into consideration, would you rather have breasts or not?
I sense a theme...
Upon mild contemplation I think I would rather have breasts. They are a terrific example of the marriage of form and function. They can improve the line of an article of clothing, they can get you your own way, they can feed someone, they can provide hours of entertainment to someone. What is not to like?

Another well-child check-up with Miss Biscuit. We walk off the elevator and there are people with masks on and more purell than you'd find at an OCD convention. (This year's theme? Fun ways to re-purpose old clorox wipes containers for fun holiday craft projects!) I was immediately asked,"have any flu symptoms?" "um...nope." then she marked me off and let me go onto reception to check in. I appreciated the fact that they created an isolation area for the sickies. I went and hung out in the newborn area. Had a nice chat with another Mom with a baby about the same age. she admired my peanut shell sling. Parents in waiting rooms tend to talk gear. I have directed a few people toward a local-ish website so they too can find cute cloth nappies and slings. Eventually we made it to the exam room. Miss Biscuit now weighs 11Lbs and she is 23 inches long. She also has an enormous head but we aren't surprised. She is healthy, crazy long and doing what she should.
She does have pink eye. She woke up with gunk in her eye and it has only gotten more icky. The Dr. said I was doing all the right things. (putting breast milk in her eye. Seriously. The stuff is like the all-purpose magical healing liquid.) She also gave me a prescription for eye drops just to make it all better. Then we did our first set of shots. Miss Biscuit hadn't had any until now. It wasn't a party, but is it ever? She did enjoy the polio one but that is oral and tastes of sugar.
So that was that. We go back in a couple of months for another glam time. I do love the view there. It is a million dollar view of the city.

On the drive home I noticed a medical examiner van and a police car outside an apartment building -obviously they aren't there on a social visit. Makes one's eyes perk up a bit.

The rain continues, but the leaves remain beautiful, so the drive isn't a bother.

I noticed the LJ writer's block question (that a few people have answered) is about last words. Someone answered, "what, already?" This reminded me of something my Mother told me awhile back. When my Great Aunt Fern was in the hospital near the end of her life. My Mother came to visit her. My Mom was telling her about me being pregnant with Senor Onion and various bits of news and Auntie Fern said, "It goes by so fast." This is a woman who was 93, so she had seen a lot but I think she was right. Maybe it is having children that just presses upon a person, one's mortality? Maybe not. But it does feel like things go by at a lightning speed. I feel like I need at least a couple hundred years to even enjoy half of what is out there. There are places to see, people to get to know and books to read. 80-90-some years seems kind of short. I suppose it makes a stronger case for living every moment in a full fashion. I don't mean always being a jet-setter and living the high life, but taking the time to appreciate more moments -even the inane ones. I know it does make it easier for me to forgive certain people. I don't want to be old and realize I spent many years being angry or hurt.
I am approaching a birthday of some significance in less than two months. It kind of frightens me a little. I do like the fact that I can say I am a great deal happier than I was a decade ago. So maybe on second thought the age doesn't frighten me all that much. Age/living has softened me a bit. I can handle that.

Back in July I bought my ticket for the San Diego season 5 tour date (for this Thursday, Nov. 12).  I recently came to the realization I can't go, and so now I have a ticket I need to get rid of.

It's a single $70 ticket (including ticketmaster fees), but I'm willing to let it go for $50 or the best offer I can get.  Depending where you live, I can deliver it to you today/tomorrow or over-night it to you.

Please comment if you're interested, PM me, or email me at crysbo7 [at] hotmail [dot] com.  Thanks!

From the same people that made the tiger video from yesterday come snow leopard babies. Bonus videos of their checkups from when they were younger! Note: Some videos include mom.

( Especially when exploring their exhibit for the first time! )

( Baby Snow Leopards chirp. Who knew? )

THIS CATTEN DOES NOT LOOK REAL

I don't think I ever posted these here. Daisy is now around 2 years old, but these are from when we first rescued her.
( Same kitty, same fishie; three months apart )

So cute!


( Hamster cupcakes! )

I've been searching off and on for months for the account I knew I had with pics of my kids when they were itty bitty puppies. Well, I finally found it and transferred the pics to my current photo hosting.

( Click through for a preview and link to the album. )

These are pics taken from about 3 weeks old to about 2 months old. Note a few pics include the Mom.

I trimmed four inches off of my hair. It is still fairly long and it isn't Mom hair, but I got rid of all of the split-ends/scraggly bits. Things look a little healthier and full. My hair grew down to my waist when I was pregnant but it wasn't looking so lovely the past few weeks. I should still do something with my hair but these days having it clean is considered high living.

It rained all morning so walks weren't going to be had. Then when the weather was decent all of the children were asleep. It was a grand conspiracy to keep Mummy from getting much done.
Well that isn't entirely true. I baked cookies and muffins, untangled some yarn & did some laundry. It is just a stop-start sort of state of existence.

Tomorrow I have things to do. Hopefully it won't be too chaotic.

I swear there was more I was going to post about. It will come to me in the middle of the night.

Cupcake says, "Hey! Post more pics! Our fans insist!" Okay, okay - here are a few then...

( baaaaaaaby kittens, just a click away - includes a meezer video! )