.. Embrace life? How the hell can l do that if I'm not sure what life is? Living, huh? Bleech
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Thursday, April 9, 2009
Missing...
.. The simple things in life. Somehow the raises and promotions don't seem as important. Wish for loft living with minimal heat. Crazy
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The bestest present I could ever get...
My Aunt Bea told me that when I was a kid my favorite place at the zoo was the penguin exhibit. She liked taking me to the zoo but hated that standing inside the Penguinarium because it smelled reeealllyyy bad.I never noticed that
When you're a kid stuff like smell or cleanliness isn't really a big deal... you hardly notice it at all.
Last year I dated a real nice, really co-dependent guy and we spent the day at the DIA and then we went to the Zoo and I made a bee line straight for the Penguin house and could only manage to stay in there for 15 minutes before I thought I was going to barf. We walked out into the warm sunlight and I swear the stench starting baking and it was in my clothes and in my hair so I started smoking so I could cover up the smell of penguin poo with something a little better.
Anyway... since I'm no longer able to stomach seeing real live penguins I'll settle for one of Maggie's Organics Penguins.
Maggie's new penguin is made in the USA by workers at Opportunity Threads, a 100% worker-owned cooperative in Morganton, North Carolina.
The Penguin is a creative way to help keep jobs in the USA and prevent scraps from everyday mill operation, like excess fabric, irregulars and reclaimed polyester mill scrap from ending up in landfills. The Penguin’s embroidered eyes and securely sewn on hat make it safe for all ages.
Maggie's latest stuffed animal is available directly from the company for $20.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
The Bag Issue
I like to reuse things.
I like to get as much mileage from something before it falls apart. I have a sweater that I got for Christmas back in '84 that I still wear.... it's got a few holes but it's still functional.
I just thought I'd mention that. Because I just realized that the rest of this post has absolutely nothing to do with a frickin' sweater.
This post is about bags.
For years I've used those grocery plastic bags for everything.... bringing lunch to work, putting my smelly, wet work out clothes in so it won't stink up my gym bag, pistachio shells, picking up doggy doo when I the boys out for their walk... on and on and on.
But like I said before I'm trying to do this environmental thing. I've been requesting paper instead of plastic and then use the paper bags for newspaper recycling. That's good, right? Well now I'm starting to feel guilty for that and I feel like I'm being selfish for still wanting a disposable alternative.
The other day I went to a 'posh' local store and got the dirtiest look from a shopper in the other lane when I requested paper. What the hell! I thought that I had offended her, I thought that there might be someone behind me that flipped her off but the only thing I could think of was that I had the nerve to request a BAG! I should have brought my own instead of expecting a BAG to be there for me to use. How unthoughtful of me to just walk in and not have the green forethought of BYOB(ag).
Those reusable bags aren't cheap. Some stores give you credit for using them, average 10 cents, so a $2 bag would take 20 trips to recoup the cost. If I shop once every 10 days then it would take about 6 months to be in the black. Ok... I'll try it.
There are plenty of places that I can 'buy off the rack' but I've also run across a number of web sites that offer up patterns to make your own.
So this weekend I'll dust off the sewing machine, it'll give me something to do rather then watching TV and bitching about life to my dogs.
Morsbags
Martha Stewart
WhipUp.Net
About.com (with flat bottom)
... and get a free one from your local Kroger for designing your own bag
I like to get as much mileage from something before it falls apart. I have a sweater that I got for Christmas back in '84 that I still wear.... it's got a few holes but it's still functional.
I just thought I'd mention that. Because I just realized that the rest of this post has absolutely nothing to do with a frickin' sweater.
This post is about bags.
For years I've used those grocery plastic bags for everything.... bringing lunch to work, putting my smelly, wet work out clothes in so it won't stink up my gym bag, pistachio shells, picking up doggy doo when I the boys out for their walk... on and on and on.
But like I said before I'm trying to do this environmental thing. I've been requesting paper instead of plastic and then use the paper bags for newspaper recycling. That's good, right? Well now I'm starting to feel guilty for that and I feel like I'm being selfish for still wanting a disposable alternative.
The other day I went to a 'posh' local store and got the dirtiest look from a shopper in the other lane when I requested paper. What the hell! I thought that I had offended her, I thought that there might be someone behind me that flipped her off but the only thing I could think of was that I had the nerve to request a BAG! I should have brought my own instead of expecting a BAG to be there for me to use. How unthoughtful of me to just walk in and not have the green forethought of BYOB(ag).
Those reusable bags aren't cheap. Some stores give you credit for using them, average 10 cents, so a $2 bag would take 20 trips to recoup the cost. If I shop once every 10 days then it would take about 6 months to be in the black. Ok... I'll try it.
There are plenty of places that I can 'buy off the rack' but I've also run across a number of web sites that offer up patterns to make your own.
So this weekend I'll dust off the sewing machine, it'll give me something to do rather then watching TV and bitching about life to my dogs.
Morsbags
Martha Stewart
WhipUp.Net
About.com (with flat bottom)
... and get a free one from your local Kroger for designing your own bag
Monday, April 6, 2009
Wondering...
... why Starbucks coffee tastes like ass?
And should I still keep drinking it because it's free?
And should I still keep drinking it because it's free?
Friday, April 3, 2009
I've been come somewhat of a junior environmentalist as of late. Not completely fanatic, I still bag some of my groceries in plastic bags so I have something to pickup dog crap when I take the mutts out for their walk but anything I can recycle goes in my little blue bin.
I'm even taking junk mail and magazines from work to put out on the curb Tuesday night and the paper shredding for the compost pile behind the garage. Anything I can do to reduce my carbon footprint I'm doing! Ok... that's not the entire truth, I could walk to work but I drive and there's no chance in hell that I'm going to give up my 15 minute steamy shower everyday. I am doing little things, more then what I was doing a year ago. Funny how the little things seem important when I'm not getting drunk and laid every other night.
I've looked into ways to be more environmental conscience. There's just some things I refuse to do... mainly cuz it's icky. Seriously!
My feminine hygiene products will be disposable - not reusable. I'm not giving up Charmin for recycled, thin, scratchy toilet paper or installing a composting toilet. I'll turn my furnace down to 55, I'll unplug my unused electric products and I'll hang my clothes to dry instead of using the dryer but anything between my belly button and my knees I refuse the whole green initiative.
I'm even taking junk mail and magazines from work to put out on the curb Tuesday night and the paper shredding for the compost pile behind the garage. Anything I can do to reduce my carbon footprint I'm doing! Ok... that's not the entire truth, I could walk to work but I drive and there's no chance in hell that I'm going to give up my 15 minute steamy shower everyday. I am doing little things, more then what I was doing a year ago. Funny how the little things seem important when I'm not getting drunk and laid every other night.
I've looked into ways to be more environmental conscience. There's just some things I refuse to do... mainly cuz it's icky. Seriously!
My feminine hygiene products will be disposable - not reusable. I'm not giving up Charmin for recycled, thin, scratchy toilet paper or installing a composting toilet. I'll turn my furnace down to 55, I'll unplug my unused electric products and I'll hang my clothes to dry instead of using the dryer but anything between my belly button and my knees I refuse the whole green initiative.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
If I could interrupt
I spent the afternoon fondling my inner nerd by watching Wolverine on my big, wide, flat wide screen Mac. Woof! I used to be worse. I used to be a real comic book nerd but then I discovered real men not fanboys and spending three or four hours in a comic book store just wasn't as appealing as it used to be. Who knew?
Being a part of that culture that like was thrilling. Talking a language that a lot of people just were bewildered of was... was... just the best. I'm not a part of some sort of subculture anymore and, for me, isolating. In the past I've floated between band geek, punk, comic book fan girl, strip club groupie and then the most recent, and sorely missed, part of Team Freelance. Change and being un associated with a group of people to commiserate and celebrate and experience life with just is isolating. But change is a part of life, right?
So I guess I'm regressing back to being a geek... At least it's that and not a part the hairband crowd again.
Being a part of that culture that like was thrilling. Talking a language that a lot of people just were bewildered of was... was... just the best. I'm not a part of some sort of subculture anymore and, for me, isolating. In the past I've floated between band geek, punk, comic book fan girl, strip club groupie and then the most recent, and sorely missed, part of Team Freelance. Change and being un associated with a group of people to commiserate and celebrate and experience life with just is isolating. But change is a part of life, right?
So I guess I'm regressing back to being a geek... At least it's that and not a part the hairband crowd again.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
here... there...
I spend a lot of time online. My therapist tells me I shouldn't because it's not healthy and human interaction is important for me because I have intimacy issues because my mom didn't smile at me enough... blah, blah, blah...
So anyway - I'm sitting at work yesterday, the boss is out of town the shop is shut down because there isn't enough work which means I'm by myself... so much for human interaction.
I've been surfing the net and have discovered so many ways to connect, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace (*yawn*), Tumbler, Lunch.com, et al. So it's only logical that they come up with social network clearing house... maybe one, possibly two but now I seem to be tripping over those as well...
Alert Thingy
CellSpin
Ch.imp
Explode.us
So many social networking options but so little time to socialize.
So anyway - I'm sitting at work yesterday, the boss is out of town the shop is shut down because there isn't enough work which means I'm by myself... so much for human interaction.
I've been surfing the net and have discovered so many ways to connect, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace (*yawn*), Tumbler, Lunch.com, et al. So it's only logical that they come up with social network clearing house... maybe one, possibly two but now I seem to be tripping over those as well...
Alert Thingy
CellSpin
Ch.imp
Explode.us
So many social networking options but so little time to socialize.
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Seriously...
Thursday, April 9, 2009
.. Embrace life? How the hell can l do that if I'm not sure what life is? Living, huh? Bleech
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
Missing...
.. The simple things in life. Somehow the raises and promotions don't seem as important. Wish for loft living with minimal heat. Crazy
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
The bestest present I could ever get...
I never noticed that
When you're a kid stuff like smell or cleanliness isn't really a big deal... you hardly notice it at all.
Last year I dated a real nice, really co-dependent guy and we spent the day at the DIA and then we went to the Zoo and I made a bee line straight for the Penguin house and could only manage to stay in there for 15 minutes before I thought I was going to barf. We walked out into the warm sunlight and I swear the stench starting baking and it was in my clothes and in my hair so I started smoking so I could cover up the smell of penguin poo with something a little better.
Anyway... since I'm no longer able to stomach seeing real live penguins I'll settle for one of Maggie's Organics Penguins.
Maggie's new penguin is made in the USA by workers at Opportunity Threads, a 100% worker-owned cooperative in Morganton, North Carolina.
The Penguin is a creative way to help keep jobs in the USA and prevent scraps from everyday mill operation, like excess fabric, irregulars and reclaimed polyester mill scrap from ending up in landfills. The Penguin’s embroidered eyes and securely sewn on hat make it safe for all ages.
Maggie's latest stuffed animal is available directly from the company for $20.
The Bag Issue
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
I like to reuse things.
I like to get as much mileage from something before it falls apart. I have a sweater that I got for Christmas back in '84 that I still wear.... it's got a few holes but it's still functional.
I just thought I'd mention that. Because I just realized that the rest of this post has absolutely nothing to do with a frickin' sweater.
This post is about bags.
For years I've used those grocery plastic bags for everything.... bringing lunch to work, putting my smelly, wet work out clothes in so it won't stink up my gym bag, pistachio shells, picking up doggy doo when I the boys out for their walk... on and on and on.
But like I said before I'm trying to do this environmental thing. I've been requesting paper instead of plastic and then use the paper bags for newspaper recycling. That's good, right? Well now I'm starting to feel guilty for that and I feel like I'm being selfish for still wanting a disposable alternative.
The other day I went to a 'posh' local store and got the dirtiest look from a shopper in the other lane when I requested paper. What the hell! I thought that I had offended her, I thought that there might be someone behind me that flipped her off but the only thing I could think of was that I had the nerve to request a BAG! I should have brought my own instead of expecting a BAG to be there for me to use. How unthoughtful of me to just walk in and not have the green forethought of BYOB(ag).
Those reusable bags aren't cheap. Some stores give you credit for using them, average 10 cents, so a $2 bag would take 20 trips to recoup the cost. If I shop once every 10 days then it would take about 6 months to be in the black. Ok... I'll try it.
There are plenty of places that I can 'buy off the rack' but I've also run across a number of web sites that offer up patterns to make your own.
So this weekend I'll dust off the sewing machine, it'll give me something to do rather then watching TV and bitching about life to my dogs.
Morsbags
Martha Stewart
WhipUp.Net
About.com (with flat bottom)
... and get a free one from your local Kroger for designing your own bag
Wondering...
Monday, April 6, 2009
... why Starbucks coffee tastes like ass?
And should I still keep drinking it because it's free?
Friday, April 3, 2009
I've been come somewhat of a junior environmentalist as of late. Not completely fanatic, I still bag some of my groceries in plastic bags so I have something to pickup dog crap when I take the mutts out for their walk but anything I can recycle goes in my little blue bin.
I'm even taking junk mail and magazines from work to put out on the curb Tuesday night and the paper shredding for the compost pile behind the garage. Anything I can do to reduce my carbon footprint I'm doing! Ok... that's not the entire truth, I could walk to work but I drive and there's no chance in hell that I'm going to give up my 15 minute steamy shower everyday. I am doing little things, more then what I was doing a year ago. Funny how the little things seem important when I'm not getting drunk and laid every other night.
I've looked into ways to be more environmental conscience. There's just some things I refuse to do... mainly cuz it's icky. Seriously!
My feminine hygiene products will be disposable - not reusable. I'm not giving up Charmin for recycled, thin, scratchy toilet paper or installing a composting toilet. I'll turn my furnace down to 55, I'll unplug my unused electric products and I'll hang my clothes to dry instead of using the dryer but anything between my belly button and my knees I refuse the whole green initiative.
If I could interrupt
Thursday, April 2, 2009
I spent the afternoon fondling my inner nerd by watching Wolverine on my big, wide, flat wide screen Mac. Woof! I used to be worse. I used to be a real comic book nerd but then I discovered real men not fanboys and spending three or four hours in a comic book store just wasn't as appealing as it used to be. Who knew?
Being a part of that culture that like was thrilling. Talking a language that a lot of people just were bewildered of was... was... just the best. I'm not a part of some sort of subculture anymore and, for me, isolating. In the past I've floated between band geek, punk, comic book fan girl, strip club groupie and then the most recent, and sorely missed, part of Team Freelance. Change and being un associated with a group of people to commiserate and celebrate and experience life with just is isolating. But change is a part of life, right?
So I guess I'm regressing back to being a geek... At least it's that and not a part the hairband crowd again.
here... there...
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
I spend a lot of time online. My therapist tells me I shouldn't because it's not healthy and human interaction is important for me because I have intimacy issues because my mom didn't smile at me enough... blah, blah, blah...
So anyway - I'm sitting at work yesterday, the boss is out of town the shop is shut down because there isn't enough work which means I'm by myself... so much for human interaction.
I've been surfing the net and have discovered so many ways to connect, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace (*yawn*), Tumbler, Lunch.com, et al. So it's only logical that they come up with social network clearing house... maybe one, possibly two but now I seem to be tripping over those as well...
Alert Thingy
CellSpin
Ch.imp
Explode.us
So many social networking options but so little time to socialize.