January 05 2007

Yesterday afternoon, I got home from work and there were two huge UPS boxes on the back porch. I figured it was something for Duncan's work so I walked past them and went inside to take care of K Dog and such. I pulled the boxes in and noticed they had both of our names on them so I opened them up. Inside was, no were, three toboggans and three snow trays. I thought it was from some anonymous person who had read my entry because  I didn't see a from slip. It wasn't, it was Michael and Lara. Thank you so much. I love those guys. Now, if we only had some snow. Tomorrow we expect a record of 60, thirty degrees above normal. When I called Duncan to tell him we had received toboggans in the mail, he thought we got hats.

Driving home from work my Jeep started to make a horrible LOUD noise. I pulled over, it was the muffler. So this morning, I went to get it fixed. You could hear me coming a mile away as every person on the street was staring at me. I know they were thinking the same thing I would, "Why don't you fix your dam car?"

Happy New Year!

January 06 2007

Do you know who I am?
Who?
I'm a wicked city woman.
No!
Like your mother warned you about.
Haaaave Mercy...What you fixin to do?
I'm gonna vamp you.
You are?...
...Are you a vamping me?...You know what?
What?
I like it.

One of 519,624 reasons I Love Lucy.

Ok, I'm talking about weather stats...but its 70 degrees outside, 70 freaking degrees. 40 degrees above normal and 20 degrees above the former record. We should be shoveling snow and wearing big coats but people are wearing shorts. It's freaking 70...though I think it's done soon as the temperature is suppose to start falling.

January 13 2007

I've mostly been sitting around watching anything I could find Lisa Lampanelli today who is so freaking hilarious. Along with that,80's videos and sad movies. I can't remember the last time I just sat around watching television but today is so dreary outside as the temperature has been falling all day as the first real winter weather has started moving in. We've had about a half inch of snow this whole season and it's been unusually warm. That ends tomorrow as I send Duncan out of town this week on business.

Yvonne De Carlo died this week. I can honestly say I don't know anything about her pre-Munsters work but if you haven't taken time to look at any pictures of her, she was absolutely hot and fabulous.

David Beckham is coming to America. Does anyone really care?

Tonight I'm off to the karaoke bar. How old am I anyway?

January 14 2007

As I talked to my mom today, she mentioned that one of my dad's uncles died. Not that that's so strange, it's strange because not only have I never met this person, I've never heard of him. My dad has never talked about any of his family on his dad's side, including his dad. His dad was not the nicest of chaps. Old school, kids are born to work on the farm, not to give any love and affection. That's something my dad had to learn on his own and it didn't come easy. It seems to come pretty easy these days.

Today, I put Duncan on a plane in the freezing rain. Actually I dropped him off at the airport and he got on the plane himself.

January 15 2007

Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It's quite honestly a holiday much like George Washington's birthday that most years I just breeze through just like any other day. Last night I watched Brokeback Mountain again. I haven't seen it since it was out at the theaters so it again took me by surprise just how great of a movie it is. The scene where Jack Twist is beat to death with a crowbar is heart wrenching because it hasn't been that long ago where that could have been me. The civil rights movement that started in the 1950's (and before) brought to light the atrocities that had been going on for hundreds of years against black people. And although as much as King's daughter and niece don't want to believe it, Coretta Scott King said before her death, if her husband were alive, he would have been a champion for gay rights. Martin Luther King never mentioned his views on homosexuality at all publicly, mostly because that was not a topic of conversation 40 years ago. It would have killed his credibility anyway. I too believe King would have been a champion of all human rights even though he was killed long before the Stonewall Riots, long before Harvey Milk, and long before Brokeback Mountain.

Today we have freezing rain. Usually it would be too cold for that this time of year. I'm off today and I'm glad because they're forecasting up to a half an inch of ice. I can sit around and think about the gray hair I found in my goatee this morning and hope we don't lose power.

January 16 2007

It seemed like a good day to do some grocery shopping. I can't tell you how much this lady (I use the term lady loosely as I should have used the term fucking bitch) pissed me off while waiting in line to pay. The lines were long because the power kept going off and on so they started opening up more. The line next to ours opened up and an old lady started moving into it. Right away the bitch with her little boy in tow came through and actually pushed her way right past the old lady. The old lady said she was going there but the bitch started going on about how she didn't know what she's been through and what kind of a day she's had all a very condescending way. Well as it turned out, another line opened up and me and the old lady both got out of the building before said bitch. When I saw the bitch outside I told her she almost got herself punched in the face. I told her she didn't have any right to talk to an old lady like that. She then started going on about how bad her day has gone and what a bad time she had in the store. I told her nobody cared how bad of a day she was having and that old lady didn't do anything to her to be talked to like that but she kept arguing. I finally said she was a piece of fucking white trash and walked off.

January 17 2007

Ok, here I go again. I've watched the first two nights of Idol and there wasn't a lot there. So far, my favorite is a guy named Rudy....The benefit was Simon was on high octane funny tonight. Dreamgirls however, rocked like nothing I've seen in a long time.

January 18 2007

I watched T.R. Knight on Ellen yesterday and Ellen brought up the whole incident about being called a faggot on the set of Grey's Anatomy which led to him coming out of the closet. I felt bad for the guy because he looked really uncomfortable during the whole conversation. He had a hard time just saying to word faggot and I could just feel his pain. Being called a faggot hurts. To me, it's the worst word you could call me. That same word means I hate you. It doesn't mean I hate because you're an ass or mean or something, it means I hate you just because of what you are....He has nice feet by the way.

January 19 2007

We started out this morning with about a half inch or so of snow bringing us up to just a little over an inch for the season. By midday, it was gone. This fifth winter is surely different than the first two. I started out on a drive west today but got caught in a snow squall and decided to cut the trip short. I did a little visiting and came home. It's snowing again... not much expected though. I dropped by Rotterdam Square Mall today also. I hate malls but they're pretty navigable on a weekday in January. I noticed they're disassembling the old carousel by the front entrance and there's a Verizon Store Coming Soon sign beside it. It's ashamed but I assume the revenue from the Verizon store is many times what the carousel brought in. I seem to remember hearing it was an antique but I couldn't find any information on  it. If you know, let me know.

January 20 2007

Who'd ever think there were gay rap and hip hop artists? I ran across this guy name Deadlee and he's pretty darn good. Did a little research and found there's quite a few out there. It's good to see somebody coming out in a community where being gay has been quite taboo for a long time, much more so than in mainstream music. Now lets get some country music folk into the scene...Oh wait, they are...and I'm not talking about you Kenny Chesney.

FYI: If you listen to audiobooks, Deception Point by Dan Brown is 17 hours as opposed to the normal 4 or 5 hours. Hey, it's 15 degrees outside so I've got nothing better to do I guess.

FYI#2: Duncan will be home tonight.

January 22 2007

Hillary Clinton has finally announced she is running for president. I've always been a Hilary Clinton fan, though not as much as I am a Bill Clinton fan. It'll definitely be an interesting race but it makes me wonder just how ready America is for a female president. According to a lot of people, we had a female president already, during both Bill Clinton's and Woodrow Wilson's term. Barack Obama is a nice guy but I don't think he has enough experience, meaning not that he doesn't know what he's doing, but he doesn't know how to work the system yet...or maybe he does it that well that we don't know he's doing it. I don't know much about the other candidates yet but Dick Cheney won't be there, but is he really anywhere?

Woke up this morning to the snow plows going down the street. Got a wee bit of snow last night. Just an inch or so but now it's now winter. Boy, I can't wait for spring now.

And have you ever watched the Golden Girls and said, "What the fuck is Dorothy wearing?"

January 26 2007

Kaleb found a biscuit. Since it's three below outside, it's pretty well frozen solid and she was clamped down on that thing like a crocodile on it's prey. As she passed by, she sang this song to the theme of the old "My Buddy" doll commercial.

My biscuit, my biscuit
Wherever I go, it goes
My biscuit, my biscuit
I'll teach it everything that I know
My biscuit and me like to climb up a tree
My biscuit and me are the best friends that could be
My biscuit, my biscuit
My biscuit and me!

I let her keep it.

January 28 2007

We all know how Liberty Tax Service is famous for having some cheap Uncle Sam or Statue of Liberty standing out in front of their store trying to draw in business. Hey, it's the American way. There's one local town trying to say that the person is actually a sign and violates the local sign ordinance. They've gotten several tickets but the local Liberty is appealing. I hope they win. During one of the coldest days last week as the snow was coming down, I drove by a Liberty office in Amsterdam. There was the Statue of Liberty standing out front, leaning against a pole, smoking a cigarette, in the middle of the windy wet snow. Made me want to go in.

January 30 2007

I've been waiting on the perfect day for chili all winter and I think this may be it. I may have made a weeks worth.

My mom is in the hospital again, this seems to be getting more regular. It's nothing that serious but these things seem to keep popping up. Four days ago, she told me she felt better that she has in a long time. She's 81 these days.