Memorial Day Meanderings

I was off work today. Röchling decided to actually close on a horribleday, which is unlike them, according to their long-term employees. I would have preferred to have worked because I don't get paid horribledays. That said, this day is particularly horrible because I am not getting paid for having to choice to stay out of work. I would shake my fist at the Man, but I'm too disgusted to eek out the energy for such an act.

In better news, I have about 15 active Sea Monkeys that I can actually see. The largest one, my first hatched named Adama, has matured and his a truly horny male. Mature Sea Monkeys show their gender by sporting either horns on the head or egg sacs at the base of the tale. I can't wait until the other Sea Monkeys mature so they can start getting jiggy with each other. Sea Monkey sex is said to be a wonder to behold.

In even better news, the Aunt Tudi A/C Salvage Fund has been a success! I'm just waiting for the transfers to the bank to go through so I can go get her an air conditioner. She'll need at least a 10k btu. I'm looking through newspapers and Craigslist to see if something is decent to buy that way, but I'm thinking I'll go with Wal-Mart or Lowes so I'll get a warranty, just in case. The temperature tomorrow is supposed to be 88 with moderate humidity. This is the warmest day we've had so far, so I'm getting her replacement A/C just in time. Thank you to everyone who participated. Aunt Tudi is literally in awe of you and the power we can all wield when we work together. She's heard so many bad things about the Internet, so it's great to show her the wonderful things that can bloom from a much-maligned human medium. You're fantastic!

Speaking of good things on the Internet, I found a wonderful reference website called Index of HTML 4.01 Character Entity References. On the site, I discovered å, which allows me to write Sechlourendål correctly for the first time ever. Déaghydhen language utilises rings over the vowels. A ring over the e, like in Deaghydhe give the e a 'yeh' pronunciation. å is pronounced like a short e. I ring is like a short a. O ring is pronounced like ö. U ring is pronounced like 'yoo.' I wish that all the rings were available instead of just å. It would make being able to translate the true Déghyden language. I guess I just use acutes to replace the rings as needed.

The Llew situation hasn't changed since my previous post. I'm not speaking to him much, as I'm afraid my anger will burst through and leave me not-so-very-much neutral. He's shown signs of affection, wanting to be intimate and whatnot, but I'm not ready to go there. Not until I know what he's truly decided to do. He says he can't make a certain choice until he talks to Melanie. When that's gonna happen, I don't know. He sold his acoustic guitar and amp for $200 and gave me $60 of it. $80 has to go for his car insurance and the rest will get him through the week. He says he's not applying for work this week because he won't know about Pennsylvania for a while and he doesn't want to get a job that he's going to leave right after getting it. So much for financial help.

Gwen has invited me to her cookout for today. I'm thinking about going, even though I'd hate to leave Aunt Tudi alone. I may drop by just for a short time just to say hello, then zip back home and hang with the Toodles. Besides, there's an Enterprise marathon going on and I've become rather fond of that show over the course of 6 or so months. It's much better than Voyager, in my humble opinion.

To everyone who celebrates it, happy Memorial Day to you. To everyone who does not, happy Monday to you! I'm off to get a shower now, on account of I stank.

RIP Dick Martin

Laugh In's Dick Martin kicks the bippy. What? He would have said the same thing, and you know it! He would have it no other way. I'm honouring the man when I say he kicked the bippy. They need to carve a big bippy on his headstone.

He will be missed by anyone with a sense of humour.

Sea Monkeys!

I was able to film my wee tykes. They aren't in focus very well, but at least you can see the larger Sea Monkeys. I'm a very proud mama. ::sniffle::

There are days....

Even though I miss him every day, there are days where the distance between Todd and myself seems to be a sentient and evil entity, like Armus, leaving me bereft of any hope. I'm left with my memories of when we were twins of evil, inspiring awe and terror before us as though we Genghis' calvary. It's like I just said to him, "If our lives had taken different paths, perhaps we'd still be together and joining forces right now, so neither of us would be worried or frightened about the current climate in our society."

Or maybe I'm just being a daft, sentimental old fool.

All I know for certain is that I've missed Todd desperately this past week and I'd give anything, anything to be able to drive off somewhere with him and just sit and talk and cry and rail against everything to him, and have him do the same with me, until we were spent of all our fears and insecurities and ready to take on the world again. But that's not going to happen. I don't know when I'll ever learn to stand on my own two feet. Learning that lesson in the manner in which I am is not at all pleasant. Maybe I have to lose everyone and everything before I learn. If that's the case, I'm not at all certain that I'm strong enough to endure it.

I just miss Todd. I miss my friend. And I need him right now more than he knows or than I'm willing to admit, except here. Again, I'm being a daft, sentimental old fool.

The latest offering from Blogthings

My quiz habits have been depleted a great deal over the past year, so I'm not saving these two, I'm just posting them outright. Have fun!

Your Ice Cream Personality:

You are an incredibly modest person. You don't feel comfortable bragging about yourself... or even receiving complements. You are incredibly cautious. You rather miss out on something than make a mistake. No one would ever call you wild... but they would call you responsible. You are a very open minded, liberal, and flexible person. You love many things. You tend to have tastes that range from down home to cosmopolitan. You tend to have a one track mind. You prefer not to multitask. You can be a big dramatic and over the top sometimes. You are bold in every way

The Ice Cream Personality Test

You Are an Okay Listener

You try to be a good listener, and usually you are. But some people are just so boring and difficult to listen to! Your mind tends to wander during some conversations. You are likely to space out a little or try to change the subject to something more interesting.

Are You a Good Listener?