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19 July 2006

Three point update. →[More:]

1. My brother left this morning after a week-long visit in which I had to work my buns off and consequently didn't get to spend much time with him, which makes me weepy.

2. My tomatoes are finally ripening.

3. When I say "my tomatoes are finally ripening" I do not mean that I have at last found the perfect boyfriend and we are making sweet sweet love 'round the clock.
post by: Specklet at: 10:21 | 54 comments
1. I'm enjoying wearing shorts.
2. Our microwave is busted.
3. I think my earrings are ready to be swapped out.
posted by jonmc 19 July | 10:23
1. I just reserved at The Mountaineer Inn for Bunnystock!

2. My tomatoes are finally ripening.

3. When I say "my tomatoes are finally ripening". . .oh I don't know. I'm kinda stressed and manic today.
posted by rainbaby 19 July | 10:24
1. Two job interviews today
2. still don't have a writing sample
3. my 3.8mm 8-bit NES game-bit is stripped and won't loosen the screws on the back of the games.
posted by sciurus 19 July | 10:25
1) I haven't gotten more than 5 hours of sleep in one night in over a week and I can barely form a coherent thought, let alone express it in a way that others can understand.

2) I really, really like avocados. Someone should make an avocado-based drink. That'd be awesome. Maybe put some garlic in there, too. And vodka. Ooooh nothing could stop me then.

3) I've given up even hoping to find a sorta-in-the-same-neighbourhood-as-perfect girlfriend or boyfriend so I think I'll just settle for a life of quiet celibacy and a dog that would bite my ankle in the morning to get me to put food in the bowl.
posted by cmonkey 19 July | 10:29
Someone should make an avocado-based drink

an Advodkado, maybe?
posted by jonmc 19 July | 10:31
1. Zzzzzzzz
2. Zzzzzzzz
3. Suddenly wakes up hungry for tomatoes
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 19 July | 10:31
an Advodkado, maybe?

Oh shit I'll start making 'em, you put together the marketing blitz.
posted by cmonkey 19 July | 10:32
1. Foot hurts (from walking around; it isn't infected)
2. Tired (from reading instead of sleeping)
3. Laughing (at my coworkers because I just stunned them by saying, "what you just asked me to do is salary work; I'm just a temp and if I understand what you want me to do, that's my little secret, so do it yourselves and leave me out of it. Seriously, you ask too much -- if you think I'm too stupid for a full-time job, then I have no choice but to meet your expectations. If you want me to do more work, get your boss to give me a big raise." Suckers.)
posted by Hugh Janus 19 July | 10:33
cmonkey, ask Tom sometime about avacado smoothies.

Also, sciurus, why do need to get the backs off your games?
posted by Specklet 19 July | 10:37
1. I'm in a bad mood because the cat peed on my wheelchair and boyfriend didn't get it thoroughly cleaned up before I sat in it.

2. I'm in a bad mood because I'm sick of people offering to help me because of my stupid ankle and then doing such an incompetent job I have to do myself anyway.

3. My tomato plants were damaged by a stupid storm we had yesterday afternoon. Hopefully I'll still get some ripe tomatoes eventually.
posted by JanetLand 19 July | 10:37
1. Making art again.
2. Editing a documentary about art, which prompted the art-making.
3. Chicago police take your goddamned license away for rolling through a stop sign. They'll probably lose it before I get a chance to retrieve it.
posted by goatdog 19 July | 10:38
1. I got a lot of work done yesterday.
2. I didn't get enough done yesterday.
3. There's yet more work on its way.


Goatdog, it's Illinois law for any moving violation; your license serves as bond on the fine. If you've got AAA, you can give them your member card instead ...well, next time, anyway.
posted by me3dia 19 July | 10:42
iMovie is hard
Phew it's hot at the moment.
Where the hell is the week going.
posted by seanyboy 19 July | 10:43
1. Although I'm really proud of the track I made a few nights ago, listening to it again, I'm not as fond of it as I was before.
(Realizing that I will have to cut the string section suxx bawlz!)

2. I hate the MTA!

3. Looking forward to performing and seeing old and new faces at the festival this weekend. WHOOHOO!!!
posted by Joe Famous 19 July | 10:43
the cat peed on my wheelchair

JanetLand wins. That may be the most pathetic 6 word statement ever made.
posted by jrossi4r 19 July | 10:43
But I wasn't moving! I came to a complete stop, honest!
posted by goatdog 19 July | 10:47
1. They're jackhammering outside my window and will be for the foreseeable future.
2. My team members fixed yesterday afternoon's firedrill (the one I requested the "It is a Mystery" GIF for) 15 minutes after I had to leave yesterday, hooray for them! So now my slate is wiped clean for whatever the next firedrill is going to be.
3. No signs of a boyfriend or girlfriend either. But I'm going to an atheist meetup tomorrow night (unless I chicken out on it like I did last time) so at least I am going to meet some new people.
posted by matildaben 19 July | 10:53
1. I get absolutely nothing done at work before 11:30am during July because I am riveted by the audio coverage of the Tour de France on eurosport.com. Today's stage was absolutely amazing and completely blew up the GC. Wow. The dream of an American winning again this year is essentially over (and surprisingly so). That it's still anybody's race this late in the Tour is unusual and exciting.
2. My chiropractor has been doing some amazing work on my ankle. This ART stuff is quite remarkable - he's pushing me close to 100%, which I didn't think was possible.
3. Nagging cough. Blech.
posted by mike9322 19 July | 10:56
1. Built all IKEA furniture last night- kitchen chairs, bed frame, desk, couch (except the coffee table, which shouldn't be too hard). House is beginning to look very nice!
2. Hoping power surges/outages last night didn't totally fuck up the place. None of my overhead lights would turn on this morning.
3. Wondering what I should eat for lunch- caesar wrap, probably. Ooo, maybe I should do some shopping at lunch, too. Yessssssssss.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 19 July | 11:00
the cat peed on my wheelchair

JanetLand wins. That may be the most pathetic 6 word statement ever made.

Thanks jrossi4r. I actually feel a bit better for having typed it out -- maybe boyfriend won't get yelled at quite so much now when I inform him of what happened. The cat, on the other hand . . . .

posted by JanetLand 19 July | 11:03
So what's the best way to put a cat to sleep?
posted by matteo 19 July | 11:08
1. Off for a long weekend with extended family in Wisconsin on Friday. There will be cheese; yes, there will be cheese.

2. I'm...actually...all caught up at work. MetaChat, shhhh: Don't tell anyone or I'll get some new unwelcome project or somethin'.

3. My tomatoes - both metaphorical and concretely vegetable - are ripening, too. Feeling peaceful, happy, hopeful, and content for the first time in many months.
posted by Miko 19 July | 11:12
1. Hey rainbaby! I'm staying at the Mountaineer Inn, too!

2. I am currently in the middle of a 12-13 hour workday. Bah.

3. At least I was able to slip out to the Korean grocery a couple of blocks away and get one of their YUMMY subs for lunch- they make my favorite subs ever. (No tomatoes.)
posted by BoringPostcards 19 July | 11:12
1. The air conditioning is arctic in the office today and it's steambath level hot outside. My body is so confused.
2. The earholes looked healed in the mirror. I'll buy a cheap pair of hoops and try 'em out.
3. I've seen more police in the past 12 hours than I have in the past year, I think.
posted by jonmc 19 July | 11:17
sciurus, why do need to get the backs off your games?

So I can thoroughly clean the ROM cards, thus completing the refurbishment of my NES system and the first step to world domination.

And so Tetris won't wig out on me anymore.
posted by sciurus 19 July | 11:17
1. Yaaaaay hotel buddy! If anyone still needs hotels, places seem to be filling up and upping prices a smidge. Mountaineer was close to the cheapest today, and they'll let you call and cancel up to a point. The lady was very nice. You do have to talk to an actual human, though, can't do it online.

2. *Squeezes Miko's tomatoes*

3. *gently hugs JanetLand about the shoulders only*
posted by rainbaby 19 July | 11:19
YAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY ASHEVILLE!!!!
posted by mike9322 19 July | 11:22
1. Apparently despite my advanced age I never have and never will learn to leave big zits the hell alone so they can heal up by themselves; no, instead, I must mess with them until I finally have my hearts' desire: a huge weeping sore on my face.

2. Bunnystock!! Yay!! Aaaaugghhh! Delighted! Freaking!

3. I have to spend the weekend at my cousin's stepkids' stupid wedding although I have been desperately trying to get out of it for months. Bah. And an old friend's MFA thesis show opens that Friday and I so, so want to do that instead.
posted by mygothlaundry 19 July | 11:25
1. glad that the temperature is somewhat more tolerable today
2. bridge tonight. happy times!
3. i am completely vacant and went through the whole online process of booking a (non refundable) ticket to atlanta out of newark instead of laguardia and didn't notice until an hour later.

where is my mind?
posted by gaspode 19 July | 11:25
Don't freak too much mgl, let us know what we can do to help, unless you are a person who doesn't like to over plan.

I had an MFA thesis show! What school? I wish you could go to that. The support would be great. But, I understand.

Somebody slipped me an upper this morning. I am chatty chatty chatty. I'm like mongochat.
posted by rainbaby 19 July | 11:28
1. I'm going to a martial arts camp this weekend and I'm scared to death of looking like an idiot.

2. I'm taking Friday off but it's because I'll be away (see 1) all weekend and I need to get all my chores done.

3. I'm coming to grips with the death of my Palm Zire 72 after multiple attempts to get it going. But I miss the camera and reminders ebook reader and...
posted by tommasz 19 July | 11:40
1. I was mistaken for being pregnant while singing drunkenly on the LIRR train home very early Sunday morning.
2. I'm moving in less than two weeks and I haven't packed anything yet.
3. I asked out a guy who works in the same office building (different floor); he turned me down because I'm not date-material to him. Oh well, time to cultivate more tomatoes, I guess.
posted by TrishaLynn 19 July | 11:47
1. my tomatoes are ripening.
2. my tomatoes are ripening.
3. my tomatoes are ripening*

*meaning in the first line that my appreciation of said fruit is ripening,

in the second that metaphoric tomatoes are in full bloom like never before,

and in the third that's it about fucking time I have tomatoes of any kind to be excited about, period.

Helps when you have a marvelous gardener also.
posted by Lipstick Thespian 19 July | 11:47
1. I'm hungry but
2. I can't go to lunch because
3. My project and section managers are meeting with the VP right now, and the rest of us can't leave until they're done!
posted by muddgirl 19 July | 11:49
I really, really like avocados. Someone should make an avocado-based drink. That'd be awesome. Maybe put some garlic in there, too. And vodka. Ooooh nothing could stop me then.

Swoon. I could make you an avocado shake with soymilk. I'd make it a bit spicy tho.

I've been known to talk for hours about avocadoes. The perfect food. Beautiful, smooth, delicious. I eat them almost daily in the summer.
posted by smich 19 July | 11:54
The atheist meetup doesn't really exist, matildaben.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 19 July | 11:55
1. Belly pain kept me up 'till three last night, and I just woke up (sans belly pain, for the most part, but with headache). Now I'm afraid to eat or sit for fear of more belly pain. [I know, I should see a doctor, but I'm hoping it'll pass; it has before, and I hate tests.]
2. I'm sweaty and I need a shower.
3. There's no internet signal for my laptop today; can't figure out how to reinstall my airport, and Apple wants $49.99 to help, which I may have to go ahead and pay. (Usually there's a signal to steal, though.)

(Geeze, I'm such a whiner today : (
posted by Pips 19 July | 12:16
1. Just finished a sudoku problem on company time
2. Having extreme difficulty obtaining three DVDs that were supposedly released just yesterday (Kino's versions of Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, Warning Shadows, and Asphalt)
3. Thinking about the gin and tonic I'm going to make when I get home--this is nothing if not gin-and-tonic weather
posted by Prospero 19 July | 12:37
Oooh, avocado + rice milk + vodka. That is going to be a winning combo this weekend, I think. Maybe I'll toss some of this stuff in if I feel daring. Boozy avocado liquid candy.
posted by cmonkey 19 July | 12:38
you market that, cmonkey, and I want credit for coining the name!

Advodkado! The pause that refreshes. or something.
posted by jonmc 19 July | 12:42
1. My tomatoes ripened a while ago, and now they're shriveling up and falling off the vine because it's been too damned hot to go out and pick them.

2. It's cloudy today. This makes me nervous.

3. I have some library books that are way overdue. Maybe I'll take them back today, if these two dolts from the city ever call me back so I can leave the house.

And for MGL: Don't fuck with stuff on your face.
posted by mudpuppie 19 July | 12:56
Also, earlier I was walking to the deli for smokes and an old guy missing teeth asked me where the nearest PATH train was. I told him Christoper Street. He said "That's the gay train, I don't want that.." while making a limp wrist. I'm not sure whether he thought I was gay or a brother homophobe or what.
posted by jonmc 19 July | 13:01
1. My current job is slowly coming to an end, with about 3 weeks to go.
2. I close on my new house next week.
3. My tomatoes are finally ripening.
posted by brainwidth 19 July | 13:08
4. I just tried to specify "ribbed mental panels" for a signage wall I'm designing.
posted by Specklet 19 July | 13:17
Yesterday the bus was filled with even more sunburned, dreadlocked teenagers than usual. I figured that they had just been hanging out at the nude beach, but apparently they were all at large multi-band gig at the outdoor arena. In other words, this campus is big enough that it can absorb 5,000 stoned punk/hardcore fans, and big enough that I was here all day yesterday and didn't hear or notice anything out of the ordinary.

Work is actually busy today. It's odd, trying to adjust mindsets all of a sudden.

I think I've finally come to terms with the randomness of life. Also, I have no tomatoes.

posted by jokeefe 19 July | 13:17
so come get your tomatoes, tooooday.

yachacha!
posted by jonmc 19 July | 13:19
He said "That's the gay train, I don't want that.."

Take The Gay Train
To Go To Park Slope Way Up In Brooklyn
posted by Fuzzy Monster 19 July | 14:47
I mean, Way DOWN in Brooklyn. (sorry Geography fans)
posted by Fuzzy Monster 19 July | 14:49
1. Busy
2. Busy
3. Hot
posted by tr33hggr 19 July | 15:53
1. Too busy!
2. Too hot!
3. Appreciative to the not-so-mystery flickr pro bumper!
posted by safetyfork 19 July | 16:12
1. Cable has been mostly off today (upgrading, so they say).

2. I have a puppy sleeping next to me.

3. Appreciating the last day of cool weather we'll have for a while (supposed to get into the mid/high 80s* this weekend and even hotter the rest of the week).

*Yes, I realize you on the East Coast are suffering pretty badly. But this is the Pacific Northwest. It's supposed to be cool and rainy. It's one of the many reasons I moved up here. I want it cool, dammit!

*throws hissy fit*
posted by deborah 19 July | 16:14
Why are my tomatoes not ripening? I feel just like I did when I was last girl in school to grow boobies. :-(
posted by jrossi4r 19 July | 16:39
1. Leaving this weekend for a no-kids getaway with Mr. V.
2. Have not packed a thing.
3. Funny, but I'll miss our little chats until I return.
posted by redvixen 19 July | 18:58
The atheist meetup doesn't really exist, matildaben.
Don't listen to him - have faith.

1. This life sucks
2. Because of #1, I can't wait to move to my next life
3. I don't really believe there is a next life.
posted by dg 19 July | 21:08
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