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Friday, June 26th, 2009
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10:33 am - I checked, he's okay
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Yesterday my sister called me to tell me that Michael Jackson had died. She then asked me if anyone had told my son Ed. I told her I'd IM him and let him know.
You see, a few years ago, Ed came up to me and asked me very seriously what he should do if he saw Michael Jackson walking up to him on the road. He asked if he should find an adult or call the police or run. He was very afraid of him.
I assured him that there was very little chance of Michael Jackson showing up in Shreveport, and that if he DID see him, he would be safe and he could just come inside. (The only place he ever went without me was in the front yard. Shreveport is dead boring)
Ed says he remembers being scared of him, and that he's doing okay.
current mood: curious
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| Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
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5:57 am - conversations and queries
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We were in a drive through and I hear Crab singing in the back seat. "We are tigers, mighty mighty tigers" from the Frosted Flakes commercials. "Hey, Abbey. Do you know the name of the tiger on the cereal box?" "Mr. Flakey?" "No, his name is Tony."
*a long pause*
"I don't know where you come up with your ridiculous nonsense!"
Just. Gobsmacked. Me. After everything I've done to her and said to her in her lifetime, from trying to teach her to talk like an old lady to calling her a communist, saying that the tigers' name is TONY is the most ridiculous thing I've ever done? Bizarre.
So I called Hannah, to get her to confirm this bit of info for me. "Hannah, what's the name of the tiger on the Frosted Flakes box?" Abbey yells, "PUT IT ON SPEAKERPHONE!" *a pause* "Um, Mark? Timothy?" "No." "I TOLD YOU IT WASN'T TONY!"
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There is a song that Abigail likes, she calls it "Peter likes Paul". The name of the song is "All In", and there is a woman's name at the beginning of the first verse that we cannot understand. I am prepared to offer the person who can give me the missing name a GENUINE AUTHENTIC FORT DRUM POSTCARD signed by Abbey herself. Tempted, aren't you?
I can't find a link to the song, so it may be difficult. But I'll keep looking! And might I say, I'm quite angry that I have to purchase the album again off iTunes to get the bonus track.
But anyway, here's the verse:
"[woman's name] likes Peter, but Peter likes Paul (Ah-ha! It makes sense, now!) she caught 'em making out in a cubicle (I rhymed cubicle once. It's hard) She ran and told her girlfriend to cause a bit of fuss then she took another hit on the pixie dust"
Oh, mystery woman, who are you?
current mood: silly
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| Sunday, June 21st, 2009
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12:55 am
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I got this from the Daily Snitch, so you may have seen it already.
http://www.megcabot.com/diary/?p=847
Yeah, It's Meg Cabot. But it's funny. Especially since I was talking to the Crab about becoming a sommelier earlier today. (Crab, not me)
While I was reading the entry, Crab asked me a question that I never heard and distractedly answered, "Look at Lav-Lav and Won-Won!" She then replied, "huh?"
You know those little folded paper things you put on your fingers and tell fortunes with? What are they called besides 'cootie catchers'? I know we called them something else, but for the life of me I can't remember what.
I just called Abbey over and asked her if I could punch her like a chicken. I don't even know what that would mean. She said, "If I let you, can I have some Spaghetti-o's?" I'm growing concerned about her willingness to barter physical violence for cash and prizes. We'll have to have a talk.
This post has been brought to you by the letter "I", for 'insomnia'.
current mood: awake
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| Friday, June 19th, 2009
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12:13 am - You talk too much and you say too little
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So, due to heavy traffic and a late start, Crab and I did NOT make it to the Better Than Ezra concert tonight. She was disappointed because she wanted to hear "Peter likes Paul" as she calls it. It's actually called "All In". But we MIGHT go see them in Milwaukee at the end of this month. It's not like I have anything better to do THIS ENTIRE SUMMER than take Crab to Summerfest. But that bit of anger-making deserves its own post.
So we went on a date. We went to see Land of the Lost (so funny!) and then we went to dinner.
Two times Abigail was unintentionally hilarious, and one time she wasn't.
1) During the movie, there was an action sequence (I hate to be spoiled, and I hate spoiling other people so I won't say when) and Abbey yelled out, "Yeah, get that mother!" She was repeating what she heard on the screen. And I did tell her not to talk like that.
2) This really is weird, no matter how you look at it. We were in the restaurant, and an old lady walks by. There is NO polite way of saying this, but she was masturbating a balloon. Why? I don't know. I told you, if something weird will happen, it will happen to me. So she walks by, with her balloon, and then Abbey says, "That was weird! She was doing this!" and mimics the hand motion. OMG it was funny. I did tell her we don't do that, too.
3) When we climbed into the car, Abbey asked me "Did my magic work? When we were walking out here, I wished that you would get an Atomic Wedgie."
The answer is no, her magic did NOT work.
current mood: energetic
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| Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
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6:15 pm - Bits and pieces
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~ ACK! My entire post was just erased by Panda.
Let me see if I can remember it.
~ After a year and a half of being out of the fandom, I suddenly find myself greedily reading all the fic I can get my hands on. I also found that I have a previously undiscovered thing for Draco. Especially tattooed!Draco. And I would KILL or give yummy e-cookies for someone to write a fencing!Draco fic. Are there any? There need to be.
~ Okay. I have loved a band hardcore for 15 years now. I still get fangirly and giggly when I think about them. Better Than Ezra just released their 7th album, called Paper Empire, which I bought yesterday. It is the best album I have heard in my life. GO BUY THIS ALBUM!!! The song "Fit" practically screams H/D with its swooping melodies and lovely lyrics. "Just One Day" seems to be channeling Harry's walk into the Forbidden Forest. There's even mention of scars!
~ emilyvandenboom is reading the HP books for the FIRST time. How are we related? She's reading DH and is on schedule to finish tonight. I expect a phone call, where I will teach her how to weave fanon into canon so it just doesn't hurt so much. We are also going to England. I'm working on my passport now. ~ Panda is a raving he-beast most of the time, but he loves a cuddle after I get out of the shower. Guess what sticks to damp skin? That's right, cat hair! But I do it anyway, because the rest of the day he is prickly and grouchy and...bite-y.
~ I'm going to Tulsa this summer. BTE played in Tulsa last night...*is momentarily sad* Why did all the cool stuff come to Tulsa after I left? It hardly seems fair. Em says there's even a Whole Foods now.
~ I am moving to Kentucky in January. Jeepers. But Shane is going Special Forces, so it has to be done.
~ Once again, I have to say GO BUY PAPER EMPIRE! Oh Kevin, your lyrics slay me and make my toes curl...ilu.
I think that's roughly all...tell me about your life!
current mood: giddy
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| Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
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8:23 am - And then I woke up
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I had a dream that Severus Snape was making me dinner. He made roasted root vegetables and veal chops with cream sauce.
I know, I know,...veal. But it was a dream! And a nice one, at that.
current mood: hungry
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| Friday, April 17th, 2009
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6:50 pm - Envie
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Here is what I came up with. I hope it passes muster!
Title : Envie Author : gracilejenn Word Count : 100 Characters : Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy Rating : PG Authors Notes : Very shmoopy, no beta. Also, it's the first thing I've written in over a year, so please be kind! But brutal! But kind... Disclaimer : I do not own these characters, but I like to see them happy.
( Envie means want in Cajun French )
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3:00 pm - HBP trailer
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Severus Snape is perfection, although he's only in for a few moments.
I'm thinking about getting into writing again, but I haven't done it in so long, I don;t know if I can anymore.
current mood: curious
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| Thursday, October 30th, 2008
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4:48 pm
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Copy this sentence into your Insanejournal if you're in a heterosexual marriage, and you don't want it "protected" by the bigots who think that gay marriage hurts it somehow.
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| Monday, October 20th, 2008
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6:52 pm - Art meme
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Your result for What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test... Extroverted, Progressive, and Intelligent18 Cubist, 3 Islamic, -6 Ukiyo-e, -13 Impressionist, 9 Abstract and -23 Renaissance! 
Cubism was a 20th century avant-garde movement, pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. It revolutionized European art and inspired changes in music and literature. The first branch of cubism, known as Analytic Cubism. It was both radical and influential as a short but highly significant art movement between 1908 and 1911 mainly in France. In its second phase, Synthetic Cubism, (using synthetic materials in the art) the movement spread and remained vital until around 1919. People that chose Cubist paintings as their favorite art form tend to be very individualized people. They are more extroverted and less afraid of speaking their opinions then other people. They tend to be progressive and are very forward thinking. As the cubist painting is like looking into a shattered mirror where you can see different angles of the images, the people that prefer these paintings like looking at all angles of a problem. These people are intelligent and they are the transformers of our generation. They look beyond what is seen into what things could become. They are ready to leave the ideas of the past behind and look at what the future has to offer. Take What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test at HelloQuizzy
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| Sunday, January 20th, 2008
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9:33 am - Because I was asked by ldybastet
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| Monday, January 7th, 2008
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9:17 am - Come back, Tori Amos!
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I woke up this morning absolutely salivating over the thought of a Red Stripe. There are a couple of problems with that. First, it was 7:20 in the morning and that is not beer time. Second, I have yet to find Red Stripe here. A plethora of Canadian beers, yes, but no Red Stripe. Oh, Canada. You are not Jamaica.
I had a dream I was trying to make Tori Amos fall in love with me because I was wearing an awesome t-shirt. But I drove her away by talking about eating babies. Her last words were, "Oh, just leave me alone, weirdo!" Come back, Tori. I don't really eat babies. I might say that I could just eat them up, but it's a figure of speech. I love babies. Just not for dinner.
current mood: crushed current music: Surprisingly, not Tori Amos.
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| Sunday, December 30th, 2007
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2:11 pm - Reasons 487 and 488 why my family is awesome
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Reason #487 Yesterday in the car, for no reason other than it was buzzing around in my head, I said, "BINARY SOLO!"
And Shane and Abbey, without missing a beat, said, "0000001,00000111"
Reason #488 Today we were cleaning the house and Abbey hid from me. She said, "Mom, I'm lost and I don't know where I am." "Do you see towels? If you see towels then you're in the linen closet again." "No." My husband pipes in with "This is like that Twilighty show about that Zone."
Simpsons FTW!
My family is freakin' awesome.
current mood: dorky
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| Tuesday, December 25th, 2007
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4:54 pm - Merry Christmas! Season's Greetings! Happy Yule!
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We had a wonderful Christmas, I hope you did too. I'm getting ready to try to make a (tiny) turkey and then we are going to throw away all the wrapping paper!
I got a baking pan that makes DINOSAUR SHAPED CUPCAKES!!!!
T-REX EVERY PEOPLES! T-REX CUPCAKES!
It is so awesome.
Enjoy your day, I am thinking of all of you!
Love, Jenn
current mood: happy
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| Monday, December 17th, 2007
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9:42 pm - Of course it is.
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| Monday, November 19th, 2007
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11:27 pm - More drabble fun
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Title: Ah, But It’s Cold Outside Author: gracilejenn/ dulcinea77 Rating: G Pairing: Severus/Lucius Challenges: Snape 100 #204 ‘Weather’, Snucius100 # 13 ‘Snow’ A/N: Heavily inspired by “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”....and then edited to fix my line breaks!
( I really must go )
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| Saturday, November 17th, 2007
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5:22 pm - Snarry 100 Challenge 84
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| Saturday, November 10th, 2007
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3:33 am
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| Thursday, November 8th, 2007
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5:22 pm - The Fire Brigade
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Or, How to Really Move Across the Country.
You know the expression, 'If it weren't for bad luck I'd have no luck at all'? I think that's me, except I just have weird freaky luck. If something weird is going to happen, it'll happen to me. If a squirrel will live in a closet, it will be my closet.
If every possible weird thing could happen on a cross country trip, it will happen on MY cross country trip.
We started out innocently enough. Driving through Arkansas, and the kitties are doing so well in their carrier. I am immensely impressed with them. I don't really remember much about the first day of travel. The only thing I really recall is that we drive through Columbus (home of Drew and Natalie Dee) and I am wearing my Toothpaste for Dinner t-shirt. No one besides me is amused. Maybe this was the second day. Like I said, I don't really remember that day. Somewhere we drove through, Stan Lee was running for District Attorney. He has my vote!
DAY 2: Driving off the highway onto a 2 lane road through some town...I see police cars. Lights. "What's going on?" I think.
"Oh my goodness! Look! It's a freaking PLANE CRASH, Shane!"
Yes. A plane had crashed into a motel parking lot, and we drove right by it. People were standing outside their motel rooms, and there is HALF A PLANE on the road next to us.
So day 2 continues.
We have decided to go to Niagara Falls, because I've never been, and Shane is always hell bent on showing me Natural Wonders. One summer I trampled through who-knows-how-many caverns. But really, it was pretty cool. Niagara Falls = A +
HERE IS THE IMPORTANT PART: We had to sneak the kitties into the hotel, because they ARE NOT ALLOWED. We are BREAKING THE RULES. And if Jenn is BREAKING A RULE, Instant Karma states that Jenn will be swiftly punished.
About 5:30 in the morning, I wake up because of an ear piercing shrieking sound. I open the door, and that flashy strobe-y light is going off. THE HOTEL IS ON FIRE! Because I SNUCK THE CATS IN! So we walk down 7 flights of stairs and the firemen are coming up the stairs with AXES and oh goodness the kitties and we're going to be kicked out, do you have to go to jail if you sneak in cats, and why did you have to look at Niagara Falls?
About a half an hour later, the all clear is given, and we go back to our room. The people across the hall have apparently snuck in a dog.(Is 'snuck' even a word?) So maybe it's their instant karma but I really doubt it.
So dawns Day 3.
We're only 4 hours from home. What can happen in 4 hours?
HAHA! Do not tempt Fate, lady!
We're driving down the highway...There's a car on the side of the road. Hazard lights and all. As we go by, flames are coming out of the car. THE CAR IS ON FIRE WITH A LADY INSIDE! Shane pulls over, runs back to her car, and gets the lady out of the car. Now he and a truck driver are trying to put out the fire. They have fire extinguishers and everything.
She set her car on fire with a cigarette, she says. Those were some pretty high flames.
Eventually policemen and firemen come, and we are on our way.
Are they signs I shouldn't have left Louisiana?
Are they signs of a grand new adventure?
I don't know.
But we're here, and the kitties are settled in. Abbey's made some friends.
And thankfully, nothing's been on fire in the last week.
current mood: hungry
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| Thursday, October 18th, 2007
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10:33 pm - It Does What? written for Snupin 100
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