Author Archives: Cindy

wow

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I got my first angry comment from a complete & total stranger. Thanks to my sister for pointing this out to me. I posted this thing a couple of months ago (on 11/24, to be specific) about a care package that my mom sent me. Just for those of you who might not have read it, this was one the items in said care package:

” * An article she cut out of the paper about Bret Michaels of Poison’s solo album. Dear god, will I ever live down the fact that I liked hair bands when I was 14? It was actually kind of sad, the article was a promotion for his upcoming show at The Dock in Jackson. The Dock, by the way (as anyone who’s lived in Jackson knows), is a tiny depressing dive of a place that’s been stuck in a time warp since 1985. Not entirely inappropriate for Bret Michaels’ target demographic, I imagine, but still. What a miserable existence. (I’m not sure if I mean him or his fans. Maybe both.) ”

Now, the angry comment from some person that I have never met:

” I just read your article about Bret Michaels, and I am PISSED at what you had to say about him and his fans. I am a fan and I got to meet and hang out with him in November and maybe before you badmouth someone you should know them because he is on of the coolest nicest human beings and for saying what you did you are a fool. ”

She left her email address in the comments section, so I just emailed her this:

“Hi,

I just found your comment on my blog. Actually, my sister found it & told me about it — I posted it almost 2 months ago, and I never look that far back to see what people have to say.

Just to be hopefully clear some things up, what I wrote is my opinion, it’s not an “article”. That’s the whole purpose of having a web log in the first place. I don’t know Mr. Michaels personally, and I have no idea who you are, so I certainly wasn’t going out of my way to attack anyone. But you know, my web site is just there for me to talk about whatever, and I never intend for anyone outside of my family or friends to read it. If you don’t like my opinion, I’m sure that there are millions of web sites out there that worship Bret Michaels, and you’d probably enjoy reading those much more.

Point being, I’m sorry if I offended you, but my piddly little web site is not worth the energy it takes you to get pissed.

Have a nice day.

Cindy”

I tried to be polite. I swear I really did. The “have a nice day” felt just the teensiest bit sarcastic & condescending, but I couldn’t bring myself to omit it. I was also tempted to write the word “pissed” in all caps like she did, but I thought that would be too much.

Hey, who even knew that anyone outside of my tiny little circle of friends ever read this damn thing? I wonder how many Google hits you have to go through before you find my site on a “Bret Michaels” search. Hmmm…. future geek research.

boring

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Not much going on this week. I’m only posting this because I feel like I should have something to say. Work is ok. Steadily getting over the cold. Birthday next week. What else is there?

Last night I saw Dave Matthews & Emmylou Harris on CMT “Crossroads”. Damn, that was good.

Oh yeah, and why am I watching CMT, you ask? Well, I heard on the radio that Dave was going to be on, which is the only reason why my remote paused for a moment on that particular station. But also, my cable box died earlier this week, so for the moment, I’m stuck with only 60-something channels. All my HBO’s and Encore’s are unavailable to me until a technician can come out & fix my box. (No dirty jokes, please.) That should be tomorrow, sometime between noon & 4:00. I can’t wait.

snow day!

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I woke up this morning, looked outside, and saw no snow. And this is on the day that all of the news channels have been talking about some Massive Blizzard of Death the likes of which western Washington hasn’t seen since 1996. I was kind of disappointed, particularly because I woke up 15 minutes early to allow for the roads to be crappy.

It started to snow while I was getting dressed, and by the time I left for work, I’m guessing maybe 1/4 to 1/2 inch was on the ground. No biggie, but the highways hadn’t been plowed, so it was good that I had the extra drive time. (People in the fast lane were going 30 mph – fun!) As the morning wore on, the snow started to get progressively heavier & heavier, as predicted. So I got sent home from work around 11:00 this morning. Hooray!

I guess I got a little excited about having the afternoon off, because I took all these pictures of the snow outside of my apartment as soon as I got home. Ok, I’m a geek. And I love my digital camera.

Alright, I’m gonna go make some nice, hot soup for lunch, then curl up in bed & read for the rest of the afternoon. Ah, bliss…

4 to 8 inches

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That’s how much snow they’re predicting overnight & tomorrow morning. In Seattle. Where it never snows.

And wait, who still has to go to work tomorrow morning? Oh that’s right, I do. Thank god my little Subaru has 4 wheel-drive.

Happy news: When I came home for lunch today, the maintenance man was already here working on my washing machine. It was fixed before I got home this evening. Awesome. I love renting.

sick

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I’ve had a cold since New Year’s Day, and I’m getting really tired of it. Bleah. And my washing machine is broken, so I’m washing things in the bathtub & then putting them in the dryer. Thank god I rent this place, so the landlord has to pay to fix it, not me.

In happier news, the final season of Sex & The City starts tonight, so I’m excited about that.

Oh, and earlier today I saw George Clooney’s butt in “Solaris”. Can’t get much better than that. Actually, I’m not sure if I liked the movie or not — it was kind of weird. But it shows the Clooney Butt, so it can’t be all bad.

1st post of 2004

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Hope everyone had a fun evening last night. Nate & I had a very good time, although by my standards, it was a pretty low-key (and, for me at least, unusually alcohol-free) New Year’s Eve. But it was fun. And I just added the pictures that I took last night to my photo album section.

And now I’m off to the supermarket to buy some black-eyed peas, because I’m a southern girl & this is what we do on New Year’s Day. My grandmother would be so proud.