VH1 is invading my office until the bloody 20th.

This is so… irritating.

I’m off for the seaon on 11/23. It can’t happen soon enough.

There’s something I saw in the mountain mist,
That too I perceived in the thundering wave,
But then when I felt it, when we first kissed,
I knew it was something I had to save.
Nature’s noble rapture, changing seasons,
Beauty owns the blossoms and falling leaves,
But man walks alone in owning reasons,
Reflected in all is what he believes.
I passed it last night, riding the warm wind,
I was out late, rebelling against time,
Against the wind I had set out to find,
Words to anchor eternity in rhyme.
O’ Captain my Captain, hark, it’s in me,
This thundering soul, creating to be free.

— Becket Knottingham

MOTHER FUCK.
Lost my last post.

Have I mentioned how much I love Stila lipstick? I just wish they made sleazier colors.

Good lord. Glad my family emigrated two generations ago.

::|:| swak |:|::

The Reverend Jim Wallis, leader of Call to Renewal, a network of churches that fight poverty, told the New York Times that shortly after his election, Bush had said to him, “I don’t understand how poor people think,” and had described himself as a “white Republican guy who doesn’t get it, but I’d like to.”

::|:| the uncompassionate conservative |:|::

From Mother Jones:

Tons of additional air pollutants permitted to be released by 2020 under Bush’s “Clear Skies” plan: 42 MILLION

Estimated number of premature deaths that will result: 100,000

Estimated amount that Clear Skies-related health problems will cost taxpayers, per year: $115 BILLION

Days after Bush took office that he reneged on his campaign promise to regulate CO2 emissions from power plants: 53

::|:| cont |:|::

You’re a Roman! Beside the Tiber River, you and
your people were created by the great Romulus
and Remus. Beginning as a small, unheard of
town in Italy, your people overthrew their
rulers and grew to become the largest Empire
known to man.

Which ancient society do you belong to?
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The gist of this meme was to find your month, and then cross out everything that doesn’t apply to you.

I guess I must be a very February kind of girl. I feel kind of stupid not crossing out “attractive”, “sexy” and the other self-congratulatory adjectives.

– – –

FEBRUARY:
Abstract thoughts. Loves reality and abstract. Intelligent and clever. Changing personality. Attractive. Sexy. Temperamental. Quiet, shy and humble. Honest and loyal. Determined to reach goals. Loves freedom. Rebellious when restricted. Loves aggressiveness. Too sensitive and easily hurt. Gets angry really easily but those not show it. Dislike unnecessary things. Loves making friends but rarely shows it. Daring and stubborn. Ambitious. Realizing dreams and hopes. Sharp. Loves entertainment and leisure. Romantic on the inside not outside. Superstitious and ludicrous. Spendthrift. Tries to learn to show emotions.

I am consumed with animosity for our web host, so to lighten up, I went shopping. Today’s acquisitions:

Urban Decay X lipstick
Urban Decay eye shadows in Grifter and Goddess
Stila lip liner #12
Stila lipstick in Pixie
Nars liquid eyeliner in Angel Heart

… and a copy of the AD&D 3rd edition Fiend Folio.

All hail Sephora!

I should have spent the afternoon working on the Lab’s shit, but I really needed a trip to the mall.

I have the distinct feeling that my HGA is a cross between Andrew Dice Clay and Joan Rivers.

The USPS punked me again, which is another reason I was in dire need of shopping therapy. Three of my UK orders came back to me for no good goddamn reason — THREE!! — so I ended up paying to reship them Global Express Guaranteed. Damn the USPS. I need this grief like I need a sharp stick in the temple.

Tonight I’m working on the site update, though I still can’t upload jack shit. Roy Jones Jr. is fighting, which will make for pleasant background entertainment.

What I wouldn’t give for a caffeine IV drip right now.