we're having a garage sale at work tomorrow, where we will sell some of our stock - props, costumes, and some furniture. i am buying a piece for my very own. it's an old school console radio cabinet. one side is empty and i suspect it is the perfect size to hold my component stereo system (i have a bookshelf system for the tv/dvd set-up and a component system that is currently in a little pile on the floor because my jynormous speakers are at home in md). the other half is a hi-fi stereo and phonograph player that's german. it's way cool. currently it doesn't work, but it looks so rad. it appears that all the original parts and pieces are intact, including the vacuum tubes and everything. the dial face is broken on one end, which is sad, but it's still very cool nonetheless. i think the model number indicates it was born in '58.. and it has that martini lounge vespa-riding leopard skin rug bossa nova vibe. i really dig it and it's $30 so if it's junk, it's cheap junk. and, you're sposed to buy what you like so i'm really just following the rules. i will post pics once i re-arrange my apt. to make it a place to live.

yeah, um, it was -5 degrees when i went to work today. the wind chill was -23.
that's too damn cold.

and today it snows.
and snows.

band du jour: the rapture. such fun. can't help but tap the feet and shake the white girl booty just a little. it's sort of electropunk - hard to say. the lead singer actually sounds a lot like robert smith.

also today, took my new cellphone to walmart. it gets reception there.. which is a new thing for me. woot! we cruised the aisles, picked up some cd-rw's, some cheddar and sour cream chips and some cookies. yum.

tomorrow it's back to work. shit.

i got a shiny new cell phone. it's a flip phone, with the little caller id window on the outside. it turns colors when somebody calls. i like it.

i feel guilty when i look at my old cellphone, like i've abandoned it. it works fine, it just is time for a new one. so i feel like i betrayed it. so i think i'm going to take it to the sprint store and donate it to charity.

we're sposed to get 4-6 inches of snow tonight. yippee!!

went to go see cold moutain last night. was sorely disappointed. i felt like it had been billed as more of a love story than it really was. nicole kidman and renee zellweger were really great, and the supporting cast was also great, lots of bit parts with people i recognized (and even pointed at). i felt like there was too much gratutious violence, involving both people and animals. i realize it's a civil war picture but i really felt like a lot of the bloodshed wasn't really necessary to advance the plot or characterization, or anything for that matter.

ah, but what can you do.

i'm back in illinois now. i guess that's good. i'd rather be at home in md, but i don't get to pick what i want all the time.

i have an assortment of questions, some could be considered Rhetorical, that have been rolling around in my increasingly empty head as of late.

shouldn't one, as a grownup, have a vocabulary at ones disposal that doesn't rely on swearing and profanity when one is called upon to speak in a more formal or business-like setting?

should i get perfume and a few smaller things with my xmas money or should i invest in a digital camera?

should i get a new cell phone? the one i have is three years old and gets crappy reception where other people seem not to. the one i like would cost $-.01 after the $100 mail in rebate and approx. $10 more a month for the plan, which would give me like double the anytime minutes plus 1000 mobile to mobile minutes.

why do i feel so crappy when i thought i was pretty much over this cold i had?

why doesn't my sister post more pictures of the cutest babies ever on the web where i can see them more often?

what should i get my mom for her birthday on january 12?

where my bitches at?

well i finally made it home to md for xmas. i'm so glad to be here. the flight was uneventful, and so far the trip has been pretty low key. i went to a bowling tournament (read: "towoonament") my little brother was in. he did okay and it was fun to watch him hang out with other people.

yesterday i hung out at my dad's. it was.

today i get to go up to b'more with mom; we're going to see my sister and her baby twins.. i can't wait! they're walking and saying little words now which they weren't doing whenever i was home last. my sister just moved into her first real house, they bought this one so she's all miss Responsible Homeowner now.

i've spent a lot of time watching cable tv... more than any human should.. it's unnatural.

today i rode another different horse, lucas. he's a real sweetheart and i think he's gonna be the one i want to ride every sunday. we got along really well. it snowed here yesterday, to the surprise of everyone including the newscasters, and so the trail ride this morning was so beautiful. we ride down in the woods along a creek, which today was all snowy and frozen in some parts. it was like a beer commerical.

the rest of the day is reserved for footie pajamas and bad movies... we may rent .... gigli!

ladies and gentlemens, i give you the future of our civilization...

Sexiest Blog Ever

i've added a new link over there in the links section - it's the local newspaper from limerick, ireland. i lived there for four months in college on a study abroad program. i lived with a family in a house, not the hostel down the street where most of the other american kids stayed and got drunk every night because they could. what a rad experience that was.

i ask you, gentle reader,

what could be better than a new set of footie pajamas????

conversely,

what could be worse than bad chinese food??????

i think i had a productive day today.

i cancelled my shitty msn service, i am re-learning minicad and using it to do my groundplan for italian american, i took a 1 1/2 mile walk, and played with my kitty. not bad for stayin up half the night yakkin my guts out.

tomorrow i have a christmas party to go to, then photo call for the carol after which i hope to have a drink. then on saturday i have another party, the cobb party, at which i will definitely have a drink.

yay for computers.

almost just one week before i'm homeward bound!!!!

this sunday i rode bareback!

i got to ride on "big donnie" without a saddle. it was very cool. he is a huge horse, and his back is so wide it was like riding a sofa. i did use a bridle and stuff to steer, but it was really cool not having the saddle. he is a very gentle horse, and we just lumbered all around the ring. i tried to trot a little, but donnie just wasn't into it; he'd go a couple yards and just be done. we didn't go out on the trail because the weather was kinda sucky, but hopefully next sunday we'll be able to.

today i got a new cd burner because my other one finally called it quits. when i bought the pc i also purchased the extended warranty blah blah and now i'm glad for it. i got a kick ass burner now that writes at 52x instead of my old one which wrote at 8x.

italian american is going slow, the guest director seems really cool but since she's in wisconsin we're communicating by email and stuff which slows down the process. it's gonna be a pretty low key show though so i think we'll be fine. i'm working on proof in the meantime, hopefully we'll get a tiny jump on that one.

that's what i got. waitin to go home, just two weeks!!!

yesterday i jumped off a running horse.

jessie and i went back to the park and helped betsy with the horses again. when we took a couple out in the ring to warm up to go riding, my horse went all crazy go nuts... we were trotting and then she decided that she, in fact, was tired of trotting and would much rather go for a full out run. betsy hasn't taught us about galloping yet, so i ended up jumping off the horse since we were then totally out of control. i ended up in the sand and we watched my horse go galloping around the ring with saddle slowly sliding down to one side, and eventually all upside down around her belly. we let her go back up toward the barn and then betsy went and got her. she was fine, i was fine, and sure enough i got back on the horse after betsy saddled her up again. it was the most exciting sunday i've had in a little bit. betsy said the weather change freaks 'em out sometimes and that it wasn't anything i did wrong, just wierd horse mojo day, which happens sometimes.

christmas carol is finally officially open but i haven't been able to find a review for it. when i do i'll post it. i'm pretty happy with the end result but there are still a ton of things i would like to do to really finish it. i won't be able to though, on account of there's two other shows i'm working on now - italian american reconciliation and proof.

speaking of that, i should go to work.

again with the snowflakes!

yesterday was thanksgiving; i went to alan and roger's for dinner. they had quite a spread including smoked salmon and ham along with the requisite turkey and stuffing, etc. i ate too much.

i left there around 9 and rented a couple of movies. i watched one last night and will prolly watch the other tomorrow. last night was angela's ashes.
it was a really good movie. i read the book when it came out a while back and had totally forgotten they'd made a movie until i saw it at hollywood video last night. what a miserable childhood that guy had. my mom always says "never forget how lucky you are" whenever my sister or i bitch about what we haven't got... watching that movie last night really made me feel like a little ungrateful snotball. it was also interesting because i lived in limerick, where the story takes place, for four months in college and i could pick out scenes of places where i had been and seen while i was there. it was very cool.

i have some more painting to do before christmas carol is ready to open tonight, so that's what i'm gonna go do.. i will post pics soon, i swear.

also, i went to the fish store today, and bought two new fish. i got another upside down catfish and a gourami that's blue and orange striped. i found out that this particular fish store does trades for fish.. so i am considering trading in my plecostamus and the bigger of the two red-tailed sharks.

this seems like a weird concept, trading in your pets. on the one hand, i feel like an evil pet owner, like there's some fish union or prevention of cruelty to pet fish society that will secretly know. i am convinced i will secretly feel like a bad mom leaving my kids behind. on the other hand, the big shark is a total bully and the plecostamus shits more than any living creature ever should, filling his corner of the tank up so fast it's disturbing. he's also a bully. i'm hoping that once i trade them, and also my rosy barb finally kicks the bucket, i can steer more towards a community tank instead of the semi-aggressive groove i got goin.

we'll see....

this blog made me giggle.

Lily's Blog

this site is interesting.. a little unnerving, confusing and amusing too.

Ex-Gay Watch: Anything But Straight

yesterday i also managed to make my car payment, vacuum out my fishtank and re-arrange it with some new plants and a new driftwoody rock thing. the fish are muy happy now. i think i saw one frolic!

today i hope to finish christmas carol. otherwise i fear it may kill me if it drags on any longer. thursday is thanksgiving, and i'm going to my friend alan's for turkey etc.

also today - it's snowing.

today has been a great day so far. jessie and i went out to the state park where our friend betsy works and rode horses. betsy is in charge of the horses at lockwood state park. this morning we went out there around 9 am and helped load hay into wagon and then drove all around the pastures throwing it out for the horses to eat. there looked like around 30 horses all together and they followed the wagon to get the hay right away. then we helped feed and water the goats, sheep, swans and a chicken in the other barns up the hill. then we took horses out and rode them all around the trails up in the woods. i learned how to trot and how to saddle the horse after you scrape all the mud off (it's rainy today). we had a blast.

then we went for cheap mexican food - tres tasty. now i'm showered, i've written out all my bills, and am cleaning my apt. so productive!!