thesinner

It's so hard not to feel bad about putting your foot down with children. Especially if they are generally good and sweet. I always feel like a terrible old hag when I do it. How old is your son?

The blue pill tasted sinful. See my new entry for the lurid details.

Correction: child. As in one little girl, who is also turning 7 in a month or so.

The proposition is scary... and I'm not going to do it. But tempting none the less.

Hey you!!

I hope your cold is gone ar at least better by now sweets.

And yeah - I imagine being in two bands is nerve racking

Let's see....what do I dread....

Tax time as well

Having to wait tables again

Unpacking.

Well, survived the weekend. Guess I should sleep. I miss that hour and I want it back!

heh heh

Thanks for the cat advice... I think we're going to go ahead and do that. As for the things I look forward to, do I even need to say... getting the hell outta here and to LA already!!!

Well, I sold another Gretsch snare that was definitely from the 60's and it had some crazy white pearl psychodelic skin and it was beautiful. It was such a strange size, too. Like a 14x14" or something. At first I thought it was a tom that had been converted to a snare but it was actually all original. The shell was perfect, nothing was cracked or damaged. I couldn't tune it for some reason ... but you don't honestly think I know how to do that anyway, do you? I was just having trouble with equal torque so I guess maybe some of the threads needed waxing or something ... but overall it was in what I would call *very good* condition for something of its age. It's the just the really ugly ones that amaze me. And I see them altogether too often. And they ALWAYS sell.

Oh, the UGLIEST thing I ever saw? (Drum related, I mean...) When we got that beautiful DK cocktail kit, there were some red glitter drum sticks that came with it. I was about to ask if drummers are just extra tacky or something but then I remembered the orange glitter flying v guitar and realize that no one has a monopoly on a bad taste. No really ... it was orange glitter. And someone did, indeed, buy it from eBay.

Today doesn't suck because my customer fucked up and then somehow a big project I thought needed to be done was STANDARD with our new system, so now I'm waiting on them and can walk proudly down the hall. This is just dumb luck, no effort on my part ... but how do you like me now? I probably won't get fired again today. Damn, I lead a charmed life.

How's Monday for you?

LOL @ "echo chamber". You are so correct. The whole house is wood floors now and the echo is ridiculous with no furniture.

So how did practice go?

You know what's funny? I didn't think that was a sad story. Ken & Barbie suck but I get to move and hopefully somewhere I really love. It WILL be better in the end. I am touched that everyone seems to worry about me, though.

I'm not working today BUT I am also out of 420 and that's how my weekend job pays me ... so I'm starting to get a little antsy. Think I'll make it until tomorrow?

Have a great day!

It is hard to find good people but I find more of them per square inch on this site than anywhere in years. That makes me happy! In fact, a nice man from this site is taking me to Elvis Costello tonight. And I'm about to run a snare stand over to thrashead at his record shop. We all just seem to help each other. Yesterday, MalloryKnoxx unknowingly inspired me to do something super groovie. And then there is nolefdetnaw ... ... ... let's just say he helps me in ways that most of you will never get the chance to. OMG, is he HOT! LOL ... I sound like a damned teenager.

Anyway, he's bringing me to Seattle in just 3 more weeks. You seem to keep ignoring me when I tell you that. So what should we do for fun and excitement up there? I have never been any further north than Sacramento, so this should be an adventure. We are meeting a few SG'ers along the route. Maybe we can arrange to show up at your place at about, oh, 4:20?

Morning CF
So this must mean that band took you on. Yayyyy!!

Congrats!!! That's excellent.

Things are good over here - just a little restless because there's nothing left to do but wait for the settlement on the house to happen - which will be the 31st. Then on to a hotel for a few days while that lovely fat check goes through and we are OUT of here. Can't get here fast enough as far as we're concerned

It's funny - on the subject of busy schedules....I used to absolutely LOVE having a crazy, tightly packed agenda.
Not so much anymore. Getting old is a bitch I still like to keep fairly busy - but I find that I require a few more hours for down time nowadays.

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Okay, so I found this new method of doing the SG site while at work so I don't have all these open browser windows for my co-workers to spy when they are sneaking up behind me. Thank gawd for headphones at work ... and curses to the evil men who think it is funny to use my headphones against me as I jump 10' in the air when they are just suddenly behind me. So what I do is have this page as the homepage on an Outlook folder and then IE never has to open up. The only problem with this method is that I will be typing a comment and then halfway through, forget what I'm doing and click on another folder. Bye bye, half finished comment. Like what just happened. I'm sure it was the most brilliant comment I was ever going to leave for you and I apologize that your life has been robbed of its wisdom and beauty because of my carelessness ... but I'll try again! This comment is like Tenacious D's Tribute song ... Suzy's tribute to the best comment ever written!

Shutting down works for me, too. It just doesn't work for any of the others around me. Some days I actually care about that. Most days ... meh!

But my #1 way of coping with overscheduling is to just forego sleep. My grandma used to tell me that you need less sleep as you get older and I have lived like I believed her for the last 25 years (because 16 IS older than say, 10).

Today someone brought brownies to work so at 9:35 AM I am flying high from 2 cups of coffee and 2 chocolatey things. That helps, too! Well, it doesn't clear the schedule ... but if feels like I can leap tall projects (and consequences) with a single bound. Geez, can't wait for 4:20 to roll around so I can *regulate* ... I think there is really something wrong with me this morning.

Well ... you know what time it is. I said it outloud at work today but no one seemed to notice. Puff, puff, pass, dude!

Ha ha--I keep getting that reaction to my trip. But its Holland, Michigan--think Kalamazoo area. I wish it were the country though--it'd be a lot more interesting.

How are feeling today? Are you ready for your thingy tonight?

*sigh* I think I'm actually going to have to work today. It's Thursday and it's really hard to put a whole week's worth of tasks off until Friday.

I was on the phone yesterday and said something like ... well, it's 4:20 and blah, blah ... I was interrupted by the guy on the other line ... IT'S 4:20?!? ... geez, this job just interferes with so many of my happy pleasures. But I thought of you at that moment.

I will be in Seattle somewhere around 4/18 or 4/19 or something like that. You can buy me a drink then if you like. One of the goals of my roadtrip is to get a picture of me kissing a girl for my journal so I will be needing all the drinks I can get! Of course, I'm having martinis with raejay next week at Musso & Franks. She said she was a WHORE for a martini so really never know.

I'm telling you ... I don't think that the tattoo is going to look like that when it is healed. The skin blew up in a couple places and it looks like the ink spread. It's the weirdest thing ... I have never seen this before. But I'm not committing to anything until it's healed. You really never know.

And take all the time you need to read it ... I'm sure I won't update again today.

Nope ... not home. Yes ... always okay. This is just the start of a whole new adventure. My day has been anything but boring ... but I did get to relax a great deal. It rocks to be me today! How's the practice coming? You all ready? I really wish I could help you shop. I love shopping!

Hey, you should play a gig the day I'm in Seattle so I can hear you. There will be a journal update tomorrow, I sure, but I have to work in the morning and I'm not going home tonight so it might not be until later in the day. I like this weekend. Of course there will be pictures...

Hey, thanks in advance for checking out what your brother did. It'd be good to know.

That's funny ... the large pink boobs follow me around, too. Sometimes I think ... wow, I'd like to squeeze those boobs. And then I remember. And then I do.

If only 4:20 meant something here at work. All it means today is that I'll be about 1 hour and 10 minutes away from happiness.

But you be sure to remember for me, k? BTW, I could live on your vices if I ever run out of my own.