Author Archives: Cindy

done

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I think I got everything migrated over from my old blog. There were some posts I didn’t bother moving because they didn’t seem to be worth the effort of copying & pasting. And I lost all my comments, which is disappointing, but not a huge deal because there weren’t that many of them to begin with.

I have a feeling that there’s going to be a great deal of tweaking in my future, but I don’t mind because I think I really prefer this setup.

Somebody try out that comment section & make sure it works.

The new blog

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Ok, I decided I don’t really like the look of my old blog – it’s kinda boring and I don’t like the font colors – so I’ve started a new one. I’m now using Blogger instead of BlogMe, for those of you who really care. And this way I can host my blog on my home page instead of linking it to another website.

Now I just have to figure out a way to migrate all of the posts from my old blog over here, because I really don’t want to lose everything I’ve written so far. Not that it’s all that much – it’s only a month’s worth of stuff – but I’d like to hang on to it if I can.

Hopefully this will work without too many huge complications. I suppose we shall see.

censorship & ladies undergarments

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Originally posted: September 8, 2003

Ok, pretty much everyone I know & respect hates Limp Bizkit, and I know that I should hate them, but I don’t. I agree that Fred Durst is a mysoginistic egomaniac, and the lyrics are vapid, but damned if they don’t make the best music in the world to listen to at the gym. It also helps with getting rid of road rage. (Blast it really loud, sing along and yell the f-word about 40 times in less than 3 minutes, and feel pretty darn serene afterward.) I guess you could say they’re kind of a guilty pleasure of mine.

So LB has this new single out, called “Eat You Alive”. Probably not the best song I’ve ever heard by them, but I’m reserving judgment until the album comes out. I saw the video for it this morning, which is interesting because it has Thora Birch (from American Beauty) and Bill Paxton in it. The one really notable thing about the song is that there’s a line in it where he says something like “no doubt I’d love to sniff on them panties”. Now, if you ask me, this is a pretty disgusting & offensive song lyric. Not that I really blame Fred Durst for writing it – I think that if a guy dates Playboy Playmates for too long, he’ll start to think that type of thing is sexy, and it’s really just so not. (I hope all of my male friends are taking notes on this. Write it down, guys: panty sniffing = icky.)

Anyway, I guess the folks at MTV also found this particular song lyric disgusting & offensive, so their solution? They bleeped the word panties!! Ok, I agree that it’s a gross line, but since when is “panties” considered obscene?!?!!

I’m just trying to imagine how this kind of blind censorship could affect those Victoria’s Secret commercials. “All (beep) are on sale for only $2.99 until September 30th…” No one would understand what they sell, so people would stop shopping there, and they’d go out of business. Which I suppose is no big loss, but then where would all the rude salesgirls work? They might filter out and find employment among the rest of us, and that would be tragic. I personally sleep better at night knowing that they’re all in one place.

I guess the moral of the story is that MTV has no problem showing women in their panties (or less, in certain videos), but saying the word out loud is a big no-no.

Go fig.

do a little dance…

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Originally posted: September 7, 2003

Things I learned last night:

1) A vodka sour with either Orange Stoli or Absolut Mandarin is one of the greatest drinks ever created.

2) I’m a much better dancer after a couple of cocktails. Or at least I feel like I am. I guess that’s the beauty of drinking the hooch – you might still suck, but you don’t really care anymore. (Scott, meanwhile, is a very good dancer, who I’m sure has very bruised toes today.)

3) I really thought I hated jazz, but it turns out that I kind of like it when I’m in a dark swanky club with someone who I really like to cuddle up against.

4) Very surprised to learn that Scott can pick me up. I guess most women think of themselves as being heavier than we are, and I’m certainly no exception to that rule. Still shocked the heck out of me.

5) Eric W. was right – the best cure for a hangover really is a packet of Emergen-C and some BC headache powder.

6) The temperature dropped suddenly this weekend & I ended up wearing one of Scott’s sweaters home. Teenie is in love with it, she’s been all over it since the minute I took it off. I promised Scott that I’d give it back, but I think he may have to wrestle the cat for it. Can’t blame her, really – it is a damn comfy sweater.

There’s some other stuff too, but I’m too tired to think of it all right now.

Hope everyone had a great weekend.

no Sexie pour moi

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Originally posted: September 4, 2003

Found out today that Eddie Izzard is playing tonight, tomorrow & Saturday here in Seattle. Part of his “Sexie” 2003 world tour. And it’s sold out. sigh….

Oh well, nothing like missing a show you really, really wanted to see to remind you to update your Ticketmaster.com alerts.

Not much else going on. My mom is stressing me out about my vacation days (i.e., what days I’m going to take off & when), but that whole subject has got me totally bummed out & I don’t really feel like talking about it.

Work is good this week. Last week was slooooooow. I guess people are back from their vacations now & finding all kinds of problems with their computers. I’ve been relatively busy all week. Which is a good thing, because I don’t deal well with boredom. In fact, I’d like to take a moment to thank the hacker(s?) responsible for the creation of all of those viruses that came out during the month of August, because it’s people like them who guarantee my job security.

I’m out of here in 15 minutes, then I’m going to try to summon my strength to go to the gym in this god-awful heat. But more than likely, I’ll end up lying out by the pool with a book. I’m up to #6 in the Stephanie Plum series….

buncha dirty hippies

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Originally posted: September 2, 2003

Warning: this is going to be a little incoherent. Not enough caffeine yet this morning.

We didn’t get to see REM yesterday. They have this system of handing out wristbands for the concert on a first-come/first-serve basis, and Scott & I got there after all the wristbands had been handed out (about 2 in the afternoon). We still went to check out Bumbershoot – we just wandered around & watched a couple of the bands on the smaller stages, ate some junk food, and did some people-watching. Things that stand out:

* Seattlites do not hide their pot-smoking in outdoor festival settings at all. We walked past a couple of spots where the aroma could’ve knocked you over. And you’d think that at some point in the past 35 years, someone would’ve told these people that patchouli &/or incense does not help cover the smell. It just smells like pot with other crap mixed in, and it’s kind of nauseating.

* Parents who dress their toddlers in tie-dye t-shirts or little gypsy/pirate outfits should be arrested. It’s just cruel. You know damn well these kids are going to grow up to be corporate tax attorneys because that’s the only way they can rebel against their folks.

* The big fountain near the Seattle Center is awesome on a hot day. Lots of kids running around in it, although the little ones that were running around in nothing but a diaper were the funniest. Dogs seemed to be a little unsure of it for the most part – I think it was a sensory overload for them with the noise of the crowd, the smells of the various food stands AND the water combined. There was one bulldog that kept leaping into the air at the jets of water like he was trying to attack them, which was absolutely hysterical.

* Scott was a very good sport about doing stupid kid stuff with me – we played skee ball & rode the bumper cars. I also got him on the merry-go-round, although I’m sure that wasn’t the highlight of his day. (I haven’t done anything like that since I was little, so I thought it was cool.)

* For all the people who’ve heard me go on rants in the past about how fruit & chocolate should never be combined, I take it all back. There was a stand called Shishkaberry’s, which had chocolate-covered berries on a skewer. We got the one that had strawberries & bananas in dark chocolate. The bananas were just ok, but the strawberries… Wow. Ok, I get it. I was wrong, and I have seen the light.

Anyway, overall it was a cool day. I took a couple of pictures which I’ll try to get posted later. I got a cute one of me & Scott (even though he doesn’t think it’s a good one of him, I beg to differ – he’s too modest).

Back to the grind. Hope everyone else had as fun a weekend as I did.

oy vey

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Originally posted: September 1, 2003

What is there to write after a 44-hour date? I had a blast. I’m exhausted. I’m smitten (and apparently so is Teenie).

Oh yeah, and tomorrow we’re going to Bumbershoot to see REM. I’m excited.

Good night, folks. Don’t forget to tip your waitresses.

Cindy

P.S. Oh yeah, finally got the pics from the trip to the zoo posted. Let me know what you guys think about that format (listing the pics on a series of pages) vs. the frames I was using before. Thanks.