Yikes!

I update my template and end up losing all my other blog buddies! ZUT! I can't remember the links!

Thar I blow...yarr

Boy it sure is windy outside. I almost got swept away! And it was so windy i could hardly breathe...it's crazy!!! What's going on!!!

Currently listening to kate nash and having vanilla ice cream...they go well together.....SO FAR. Still feeling her out, the ice cream can stay though.

Goodbyes

When I woke up this morning I was not expecting to end my day with a goodbye.  But alas, I found myself saying goodbye to my dear friend C at 5:45pm.  I guess unexpected goodbyes are better than the expected ones.  That way you're not counting the days until that awkward sad moment.  And it's nice to know that he's off to be with his beloved finally.  It's just too bad it had to be under such circumstances.  But i guess for them, it worked out ok.  

C and I hit it off pretty well.  Before I knew it, we were getting into long heated discussions about love, politics, life, and any other topics we can think of.  It's easy to get into these discussions when you both live back in the Cave, away from the outside warfare of the Pit.  While they dodged bullets and gambled their money away out there, we shared views and opinions in the safety and warmth of the cave.  That's not to say all was  peachy keen.  There were times where I could've strangled him for such brash and impertinent views, and I'm sure there were plenty of times where he thought the same.  But nonetheless, he was a good, dear friend to me.  

I remembered being surprised about his views on Sex and the City...that it was brilliantly written, and a great show.  Now, this opinion doesn't surprise me one bit, I know it to be true already, but it just surprised me that this was coming from a male.  And this was early in our relationship too.  We both agree that Aiden was better for Carrie than Big ever was.   Show me another guy that will say the same and I will give him a crown!

We celebrated each other's birthdays, we had a fondness for Once, and we both had a great time in the cave.  

I'm reminded of the quote from the post when A&S moved away, which is...hm..odd, I don't see it in there.  I thought i had posted this a while back when they moved away...

ok, so here it is:

For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absense, as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain.

Great, now I'll be digging through old posts for this quote.  I KNOW I wrote it down before!

EXTRA EXTRA!

The DB today is unveiling it's step forward into the future! present. By popular demand from an anonymous spammer, you can now subscribe to DB through RSS. Huzzah! Pizza for all! Link is located at the bottom of the page.

Still working out kinks...wondering why I cannot post a title. May have something to do with this template. In any case, this look is kinda old...may need an update soon. More to come. For now, enjoy the feed. Pizza for all! Huzzah!

oh! oh!

ok, so this has nothing to do with the brilliant thought i had the other night, but it does deserve a post in the blogger.

ahem.

HOW SHE MOVE

Yes, yet another horrible paramount movie...OR IS IT? Ok, it is, i'm sure. But still...looks maybe kinda good, if you're into that whole choreographed hip hop crunking scene. Right? So like any of these types of movies, it usually wouldn't deserve a mention here...but there's just one thing that really bugs me about this movie.

THE TITLE!!!! IT'S GRAMMATICALLY INCORRECT!! Could someone at P not afford another consonant? I hope they lost their job over it. If it's meant to be grammatically incorrect to...I dunno, perhaps reflect the jargon of crazy dancing kids these days...then...then...oooooh I don't know. It makes me want to punch someone! And then maybe kick them while they're down on the ground...y'know, where it hurts. Hard.

That is all.

Please, discuss.

Whoa whoa...

Are spammers getting way way too high tech or are real readers asking for an RSS feed to the DB?

Hm...hard to tell. These spammers are good. They promise macys and starbucks cards. They have really interesting articles they want you to read. They post porn for you to click on. They are a high tech bunch, they are. And now...posing as interested readers?

Dot dot dot. The plot thickens.

I'm usually not one to get out of bed to write a brilliant idea down...though now looking back I should have. For some reason I always think I'll remember it with keywords or numbers or something that proves to be useless in the morning.

I had a good blog post that I was too lazy to get out of bed to write down. It had something to do with relativity...the intricacies of one thing relating to another at certain points in time. It was really brilliant at the time, but now I can't seem to remember the exact brilliantness of it. Since then, I"ve left a notebook by my bed for such instances of laziness. Let's hope that works.

It's weird with this layoff...things are happening slowly rather than all at once. It's stretching the sadness for far longer than I wish it to be. Things are just sinking in at a slower rate. Today I realized C is moving in a week. Possibly less. People moving away always makes me sad. I'm sure I've posted something about it in the past, so I won't repeat myself.

This is a bit late, but i recently went to the newly renovated observatory and found it to be quite inspiring. Maybe it's something to do with the spectacular view or the notions of the great big universe, but I just found the place really inspiring and really, just lovely. It really is a lovely place to be. Then again, I guess I had low expectation of this place having gone there as a kid. Back then I found the place boring, the planetarium show lame and uncomfortable, and probably had too short of an attention span to enjoy the view.

There was one particular moment while I was watching the planetarium show where LITERALLY, the light bulb went on above my head. (Ok, insert light bulb SH joke here...yadda yadda) But the lady in the show posed a question that I had thought about before but just for some reason, at that moment in time, it all made complete sense. It was a strange sensation. Can't say I've had many of those light bulb moments...it was really strange, but totally refreshing.

Currently listening to Rufus doing Judy. He's just fabulous. Would've loved to see this concert live. But the cd is just as good I suppose.

Oh goodie. Just finished up my internet traffic school. One ticket fixed, one more to go! As you can see, last year was not my year as far as cars and tickets go. Two traffic tickets, a tow, and...less luck with the parking? Hm...well, this is a new year. (Even though i started it by running through a red...eek.)

Got the new sia album. Awesome, as expected.

Today our channel went off the air, and was replaced by THE OTHER channel. Nothing was said, no ribbon was cut, no goodbyes cried. POOF, it was gone just like that. The only remnant left was the text crawl across the screen, something about the old becoming THE OTHER, and what THE OTHER was all about. No one could stand to watch it for more than five minutes. Not even I, a person who enjoys the type of content shown on THE OTHER. THE OTHER has now become the enemy, though it was only an innocent bystander. It's been a sad and somber week. People packing belongings. Empty offices. Speculations of past and future. Nailbiting nervousness for a fellow comrade who has only til the end of the week to stay in the country less she finds a sponsor. News of people moving. Moving far. To the east. coast. And I. I am left to watch all the mounting tension, the "see ya laters" and the K.I.T.s...the sad though optimistic goodbyes. For I was lucky enough to have been kept on for three more months. Who knows what the next three months will bring? Desperation as it charges to an end? New possibilities? Boredom? Increased productivity?

This is the part where the music swells as we cue the "boom" sound effect and quickly snap to black.

"Next time...on Daily Banterings...."

(And this is the part where you come back each week to find out what happens. I know i'll be on the edge of my seat.)

OMG OMG OMG.

I almost died just now. I just ran a red light on the way home. And I didn't even realize I was doing it until the car that could've hit me blasted his horn at me. I could've caused a major accident. All because I wasn't paying attention. My head was up in the clouds.

Dear Drivers of the intersection and the universe: I am so very incredibly sorry for my carelessness. I did not mean to cause you alarm and disturb your world on this peaceful sunday afternoon. I will be paying attention next time I'm out on the road.

I want to shout it from the rooftops!!

JANUARY IS NATIONAL VOLUNTEER BLOOD DONOR MONTH!!

Yes, it should be every month of the year. But for some reason, it is january. It has been way too long since my first donation, it's a good time to go back. Who's with me!

So apparently 2008 is THE year. The year that people I KNOW are getting married. People I KNOW!! Sure I've had friends get married. One here, one there. A year at a time. But it's looking like this is the year. I think everyone goes through "the" year. And it never comes slowly...it's all at once. So far, the people around me that are getting married: Mr. Diaz, Mr. Hawkes, Mr. Deines, Mr. Ha, Mr. McNiff, and the newest addition to the family: Ms. El Dessouky. And four of those are getting married in September. It'll be a busy fall. That is of course, if I'm invited. HA! If not, I won't have much to worry about. :)

It's raining cats and dogs outside! Thank goodness for that. I wish it wasn't so loud though. Makes it kinda scary...

Wow, guess everyone had the same idea i had this evening.

I went into trader joes today at 6pm on the dot, and it was PACKED!! Guess everyone wanted groceries after their first day back to work. I overheard somebody say "it's like no one was able to buy any food yesterday (so they're doing it today)!" Not so, my friend, not so. Grocery stores were opened yesterday, on the first day of the year. THEY WERE! Yet, everyone decided to wait til today. I guess maybe everyone was too hung over from new year's eve to shop for groceries yesterday. Lame.

I don't know if i'll be able to stay up for them tonight, but all the late night shows are coming back. I'm interested to see what they do. I hope the writers stop striking soon. It's going to start raining for the next week or so, and there will be a lot of drenched people out there. I feel bad for them. Someone said somewhere that the writers have lost more salary on strike than they would've earned with the deal they wanted. I mean, i don't know the details of it all, but it must be such a blow to the writers to hear this. And the person who said it and got it repeated over the airwaves probably wanted to do just that: sink the hearts of these writers and make them second guess what they're doing. War...what is it good for? (well, other than stupid reality shows...) Absolutely nothin.

Please. For the sake of good tv and the industry, kiss and make up already.

On a related topic, I was laid off today. More to come.