good news badnews.

good news, got my net connection at home working, at last.

bad news, apparently not in time to talk more to my dearest one. She’s tucked in bed, deeply a sleepy at this point. Hopefully, I’ll get to talk with her tomorrow.

anyhow, got a fresh cartoon from a friend in new york. The poor guy’s trying to get me to like anime, but I’m not really much of a fan. some of the storybits are fun, and much of the art is interesting, but to paraphrase sturgeons law, I think that 98% of all the anime I’ve seen is pooties. (the 2% has been good though, which is why I’ll still eyeball some, if it is reccomended to me by someone I trust)

Here’s the latest on a big ol’ tape of his. (on a borrowed VCR from Tim! Thanks Tim!)

Basically there’s a high school student who gets a disease (it was hard to tell what with the fan subbed, billionth-generation tape – but it was probably bone cancer). He takes some special medicine that only gives him a fever for a week. Then, 5 years later, he witnesses a pillar of supernatural light and a ball of ghostly energy passes through him.

From that point on, he sees big spiders on some people’s chests and necks. After failing a wide variety of stress checks, he stumbles upon the fact that these spiders are the memories of regret, guilt and shame – and he starts taking them from people and eating them. Sin-eater indeed.

Anyway, he gets addicted and (to spoil the episode) starts going to greater and greater lengths to get these spiders. Then Boogie Pop Phantom herself (the God of Death, what a name for her, eh?) shows up and “collects” him. She says that she’s not the one who is killing him though, and points at his chest, where we see all the spiders he’s been eating latched onto him.

Very nice stuff.

The show has some strange direction as well. The first two episodes happen at the same time, but have different plots and characters – they just intersect in the middle. I have the feeling that this “same story, different angle” approach will continue. The show itself is also rather odd, drawn with fuzzy borders and colored almost entirely in cepia. That’s sure to piss some people off and for those who know stuff about anime, it’s apparently written by the Lain guy and directed by the man who made Slayers. An odd combination that ends up being nothing like Slayers at all, and strikingly similar to Lain.

Definitely something people should check out if they get the chance, if they like that sort of thing. 🙂

Acorn cap, and thimbleful of ale,
leafy skirts, granting wishes.

Where are you now? Still sleeping? I long for your laughter… the tinkle of your shoes. I suppose the best chance will be to try and catch up with you in our dreams….

If you see a faery ring
In a field of grass,
Very lightly step around,
Tip-toe as you pass,
Last night faeries frolicked there-
And they’re sleeping somewhere near.
If you see a tiny faery,
Lying fast asleep
Shut your eyes
And run away,
Do not stay to peek!
Do not tell
Or you’ll break a faery spell.

(Thanks to Billy Shakespeare!)

Polishing up my Age of Kings skills. Don’t want to end up with my cheese in the wind when playing this weekend.

Anyone want to recommend the winningest group to play? I lean to vikings and goths.

Getting some good writing in tonight…I should have another story posted to the website by the end of the week.

I’m missing talking to the girl though… I think she went to bed, and sleep. Missing her… but thinking good thoughts!

This coming weekend is Robb’s last in town, before his journey to Seattle. I’ll miss the guy, but I feel that he’ll keep up communications, unlike the gross majority of the others. Upon reflection, he’s the best friend among them. I don’t really miss the others, but was rather upset when the first batch left for greener pastures. Odds are good that I won’t buddy up with more computer type folks… not locally anyhow.

It’s eat a mythical creature week at scotto-ville!

Crunchy Pecan Chupacabra Chops

6 Chupacabra rib, loin or shoulder chops, about ¾ inches thick – about 2 pounds (Prepared in duck press)
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons mayonnaise or Cool Whip
1 tablespoon of vegetable oil
1 slice Wonder bread, minced
4 sprigs fresh parsley or 1 tablespoon dried parsley flakes
1 lb butter

1. Cut outer edge of fat on Chupacabra chops at 1-inch intervals to prevent curling.
2. Mix mustard, mayonnaise or Cool Whip, and oil. Place remaining ingredients in blender or food processor. Cover and blend on high speed, using deft on-and-off motions.
3. Set oven control to Broil.
4. Spread mustard mixture over Chupacabra chops. Coat evenly.
5. Place chops on rack in broiler pan. Broil chops with tops about 6 inches from heat about ten minutes until brown. Turn; broil 10 to 15 minutes longer or until chops are slightly pink in center.

1 Serving: Calories 590 (Calories from fat 280), Fat 57 g (Saturated 27 g) Cholesterol 300mg; Sodium 710mg; Carbohydrate 43g (Dietary Fiber -3g); Protein .25 g
!!!

Bear traps voting officials in polling place

How very sad. 🙁 Poor little black bear.

red lips/red nails/red hair

her smile/her touch/her scent

the way she thinks/feels/lives

her joy/her comfort/her happiness

I desire/I want /I need

our embrace/our talks/our laughter

sharing/growing/smiles

walking by a lighthouse… time spent in dreams .resting her head on my shoulder.
fair skin, steals my breath, though I give it willingly. freshly painted toes, quick smiles.

tired, must sleep, will continue this assembly tomorrow.

Theodore Roethke

I knew a woman

I knew a woman, lovely in her bones,
When small birds sighed, she would sigh back at them;
Ah, when she moved, she moved more ways than one:
The shapes a bright container can contain!
Of her choice virtues only gods could speak,
Or English poets who grew up on Greek
(I’d have them sing in chorus, cheek to cheek).

How well her wishes went! She stroked my chin,
She taught me Turn, and Counter-turn, and Stand,
She taught me Touch, that undulant white skin;
I nibbled meekly from her proffered hand;
She was the sickle; I, poor I, the rake,
Coming behind her for her pretty sake
(But what prodigious mowing we did make).

Love likes a gander, and adores a goose:
Her full lips pursed, the errant note to seize;
She played it quick, she played it light and loose;
My eyes, they dazzled at her flowing knees;
Her several parts could keep a pure repose,
Or one hip quiver with a mobile nose
(She moved in circles, and those circles moved).

Let seed be grass, and grass turn into hay;
I’m martyr to a motion not my own;
What’s freedom for? To know eternity.
I swear she cast a shadow white as stone.
But who would count eternity in days?
These old bones live to learn her wanton ways:
(I measure time by how a body sways).

Sweet Disorder
by Robert Herrick

A sweet disorder in the dress
Kindles in clothes a wantonness:
A lawn about the shoulders thrown
Into a fine distraction —
An erring lace, which here and there
Enthrals the crimson stomacher —
A cuff neglectful, and thereby
Ribbands to flow confusedly —
A winning wave, deserving note,
In the tempestuous petticoat —
A careless shoe-string, in whose tie
I see a wild civility —
Do more bewitch me than when art
Is too precise in every part.

Difficult times ahead in the workplace. Found out from the immediate boss that the big boss seems to think I do nothing at work. heh. So, starting tomorrow, I will be re implementing log sheets in the programming department. Something that shows time spent on projects, jobs done, etc. My only gripe is that the reason I stopped doing the logs in the first place was that it took 30 minutes out of every day, in 3-5 minute nibbles at a time.

I wonder what the big boss is going to say when he sees that there are folks doing 10-16 hour a day shifts because he won’t authorize new personnel? Or for that matter vacation time in the near future, because nobody can be spared?

All it will take is one person to quit for the whole department to be brought to the floor. Am I that person? Better question, is Kev? I feel that if either of us left tomorrow, that the company would take a crippling financial blow from lost work, and one that it probably couldn’t recover from. If only some company would sneak up on Kev and offer him 60k or so to leave, I’m sure he’d do it in a heartbeat. I’m keeping my eyes open… Perhaps a more respectable and respecting job is on the horizon. I’d like to go back to doing library work.. I hope that my application went ok up north. I haven’t heard from them, perhaps I’ll call them tomorrow.

In related news, another fun person left us the other day. Joel is the latest in a long list of goodly folks that went west in the footsteps of Bheesham, Tuan, and Paul. Competent people who saw fit to get out while the getting was good.

Perhaps I can convince the girl I’m interested in to adopt me as a resident poet and worshipper of her….

“You’ll regret being so damn abusive when the electric UFO gods transphase in from Dimension 10 to appoint me manager of the universe.”

You are walking down a country road. It is a quiet afternoon. You look up and far, far down the road you see someone walking toward you. You are surprised to have seen someone so far away. But, you keep walking, expecting nothing more than a friendly nod as you pass. He gets closer. You see he has bright orange hair. He is closer–a white satin suit spotted with colored dots. Closer–a painted white face and red lips. You and he are fifty yards apart. You, and a full-fledged clown holding a bicycle horn are twenty yards apart. You approach on the lonely country road. You nod. He honks, and passes.

a few things…

1. On behalf of the state… sorry about that… but you really should’ve gotten a better group of people to do the counting. Miami is infamous for stuffing ballot boxes, theft and outright fraud when it comes to collecting votes. The only honest thing to do would be to do it again, with non-biased folks at the help. No more talk about the vote from this little lorax. (for now. maybe again when it’s not so beaten into the ground.)

2. I don’t believe I’ve never seen this resource! How really amazingly uber-spiffy!

Howdunits. hmm… maybe I’ll do a mystery soon.

Toora, loora, loora
Toora, loora, li
Toora, loora, loora
Hush, now, don’t you cry
Ah,
Toora, loora, loora
Toora, loora, li
Toora, loora, loora
It’s an Irish lullaby

Over in Killarney, many years ago
My mother sang this song to me in tones so sweet and low
Just a simple little ditty in her good old Irish way
And I’d give the world if she could sing that song to me this day

Toora, loora, loora
Toora, loora, li
Toora, loora, loora
Hush, now, don’t you cry
Ah,
Toora, loora, loora
Toora, loora, li
Toora, loora, loora
It’s an Irish lullaby

GREEN EGGS AND HAM

I am Sam

I am Sam
Sam I am

That Sam-I-am
That Sam-I-am!
I do not like
that Sam-I-am

Do you like
green eggs and ham

I do not like them,
Sam-I-am.
I do not like
green eggs and ham.

Would you like them
Here or there?

I would not like them
here or there.
I would not like them
anywhere.
I do not like
green eggs and ham.
I do not like them,
Sam-I-am

Would you like them
in a house?
Would you like them
with a mouse?

I do not like them
in a house.
I do not like them
with a mouse.
I do not like them
here or there.
I do not like them
anywhere.
I do not like green eggs and ham.
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.

Would you eat them
in a box?
Would you eat them
with a fox?

Not in a box.
Not with a fox.
Not in a house.
Not with a mouse.
I would not eat them here or there.
I would not eat them anywhere.
I would not eat green eggs and ham.
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.

Would you? Could you?
in a car?
Eat them! Eat them!
Here they are.

I would not ,
could not,
in a car

You may like them.
You will see.
You may like them
in a tree?
d not in a tree.
I would not, could not in a tree.
Not in a car! You let me be.

I do not like them in a box.
I do not like them with a fox
I do not like them in a house
I do mot like them with a mouse
I do not like them here or there.
I do not like them anywhere.
I do not like green eggs and ham.
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.

A train! A train!
A train! A train!
Could you, would you
on a train?

Not on a train! Not in a tree!
Not in a car! Sam! Let me be!
I would not, could not, in a box.
I could not, would not, with a fox.
I will not eat them with a mouse
I will not eat them in a house.
I will not eat them here or there.
I will not eat them anywhere.
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.

Say!
In the dark?
Here in the dark!
Would you, could you, in the dark?

I would not, could not,
in the dark.

Would you, could you,
in the rain?

I would not, could not, in the rain.
Not in the dark. Not on a train,
Not in a car, Not in a tree.
I do not like them, Sam, you see.
Not in a house. Not in a box.
Not with a mouse. Not with a fox.
I will not eat them here or there.
I do not like them anywhere!

You do not like
green eggs and ham?

I do not
like them,
Sam-I-am.

Could you, would you,
with a goat?

I would not,
could not.
with a goat!

Would you, could you,
on a boat?

I could not, would not, on a boat.
I will not, will not, with a goat.
I will not eat them in the rain.
I will not eat them on a train.
Not in the dark! Not in a tree!
Not in a car! You let me be!
I do not like them in a box.
I do not like them with a fox.
I will not eat them in a house.
I do not like them with a mouse.
I do not like them here or there.
I do not like them ANYWHERE!

I do not like
green eggs
and ham!

I do not like them,
Sam-I-am.

You do not like them.
SO you say.
Try them! Try them!
And you may.
Try them and you may I say.

Sam!
If you will let me be,
I will try them.
You will see.

Say!
I like green eggs and ham!
I do!! I like them, Sam-I-am!
And I would eat them in a boat!
And I would eat them with a goat…
And I will eat them in the rain.
And in the dark. And on a train.
And in a car. And in a tree.
They are so good so good you see!

So I will eat them in a box.
And I will eat them with a fox.
And I will eat them in a house.
And I will eat them with a mouse.
And I will eat them here and there.
Say! I will eat them ANYWHERE!

I do so like
green eggs and ham!
Thank you!
Thank you,
Sam-I-am!

I’m Sergeant Scotto Very-blue-who

and Newt is Noble Newton very-blue-who, too.

you can find out who you are, by going to the city hall at http://www.meanone.com/frame_home.html

wow…

1 anonym0uss 1029 (100.0%)
2 scottobear 1029 (100.0%)

This person likes Everything I do! Including things in a wack code that only I know about!

An evil twin?

A stalker?

kind of weird, because I think odds are good they’re not interested in a couple of my entries, unless they’re a total social duplicate. 🙂 silly things, like being a boy I believe, and am flattered that was enjoyed enough to take and add…. that’s what interests are about. other interests, like cej, cookie belcher, and numerous others. I know for a fact that the interest harvester has no idea what it’s about, so it strikes me as sort of wacky. I’d love to discuss what the reason they have for having gort, nikto, and marada as different entries, and who cathi and dave are to him. 🙂 I suspect odds are really slim for having all 1029 of my interests as your own. 🙂

other folks apparently harvested are petfish, loverlips, goatbird, rebequa, everyone, muse, and nashata.

Should this preson be confronted? I asked them what the deal was, and look forward to seeing the answer.

I’ll leave you with some factoids. Provided by “Did you know?” copyright 1988, compiled by Max Zedelmen.

Babies are born with 300 bones. An adult has 206.

Caligynephobia is the fear of beautiful women.

The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue. (insert your own joke here)

An average man’s skin weighs about 6 pounds. (The average man (20 yrs. old +) weighs 180 pounds. The average woman weighs 152 pounds. ) – taken from a US Bias.

The minimum age for marriage for Italian girls was raised to 12 in 1892.

In Iceland, tipping in restaurants is an insult.

Isaac Newton died a virgin.

A man at rest will generate as much heat as a 100w lightbulb.

The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.

Paul Winchell, who invented the artificial heart, was also the voice of Tigger in the Winnie The Pooh movies.

60% of all babies are named after a relative.

The sailfish is the fastest animal in water, which can travel at speeds up to 68 mph.

The United States has more prisoners than any other country with over 1.6 million. Russia is second with just over 1 million.

Women blink twice as much as men.

Sugar Free Mr. Pibb has the highest amount of caffeine out of all sodas, even more than Mountain Dew.

The celibacy requirement for priesthood was adopted in 1215.