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Well, August wasn't quite finished with us.

Friday, Jim blew a tire driving home. I blame the temperature - the whole sidewall is GONE. The car is in the shop, getting a new one and Jim has mah car. With all of the CD wallets of DOOM we own.

AMEX decided to submit the payment I made on Friday twice. This is AMEX. This is the entire payment at once. TWICE. UH. No. YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG.

We'll have money again tomorrow. Everyone very abashed on both ends of the transaction (I love Bank of the West, BTW. They actually have shame. It's amazing.) -

My watch died. On Friday. I am watchless. I fix this tomorrow.

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Culture at large? PINK DOES NOT MAKE CANCER BETTER. It doesn't make it cute, it does nothing to motivate me towards making it Go Away and frankly, the products given the "PINK" treatment to raise funds just make me go ERR? A pink Dyson vacuum cleaner. NO.

(BTW, men can get breast cancer too. Yes, men have breasts too. I can just see it. I GOT PINK CANCER! Dumbasses.)

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Folks on my FL - is it safe to bash weddings now? I've got the one post perculating in the back of my mind that I'd like to get down, but I can't be kind doing it. There are plenty of folks on my friends list who also know where I sleep - and if you're done now? I can start talking about it.

Weddings are like that in my experience. You don't get away without pissing off someone. I, at least try to do it evenly.

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Sunday, I spent a good part of the day transferring my own wedding video to DVD. I think I got married again five or six times for the two discs I got burnt. (One for viewing, one for archiving with the VHS tape.) I also tried to convert a couple of other tapes - and got mixed results on playback. Might have something to do with the temperature in the house at the time we tried playback (above 90 degrees) - will try it again when it cools down some.

We're eating a lot of sandwiches and gazpacho the next couple of weeks.

Sunday was also the day I got most of the stuff I'd put aside for framing - done and up on the walls. The Juniper Lee print I bought at the last ComiCon? Done. The chocolate ad prints from France? Done. The freebie anime posters? In the trash.

Precious little piece haikujaguar did? At the framers for the special treatment. Already have the wall space picked out.

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Anything that requires heat is FIRED. Wait.

Well, August wasn't quite finished with us.

Friday, Jim blew a tire driving home. I blame the temperature - the whole sidewall is GONE. The car is in the shop, getting a new one and Jim has mah car. With all of the CD wallets of DOOM we own.

AMEX decided to submit the payment I made on Friday twice. This is AMEX. This is the entire payment at once. TWICE. UH. No. YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG.

We'll have money again tomorrow. Everyone very abashed on both ends of the transaction (I love Bank of the West, BTW. They actually have shame. It's amazing.) -

My watch died. On Friday. I am watchless. I fix this tomorrow.

..

Culture at large? PINK DOES NOT MAKE CANCER BETTER. It doesn't make it cute, it does nothing to motivate me towards making it Go Away and frankly, the products given the "PINK" treatment to raise funds just make me go ERR? A pink Dyson vacuum cleaner. NO.

(BTW, men can get breast cancer too. Yes, men have breasts too. I can just see it. I GOT PINK CANCER! Dumbasses.)

..

Folks on my FL - is it safe to bash weddings now? I've got the one post perculating in the back of my mind that I'd like to get down, but I can't be kind doing it. There are plenty of folks on my friends list who also know where I sleep - and if you're done now? I can start talking about it.

Weddings are like that in my experience. You don't get away without pissing off someone. I, at least try to do it evenly.

..

Sunday, I spent a good part of the day transferring my own wedding video to DVD. I think I got married again five or six times for the two discs I got burnt. (One for viewing, one for archiving with the VHS tape.) I also tried to convert a couple of other tapes - and got mixed results on playback. Might have something to do with the temperature in the house at the time we tried playback (above 90 degrees) - will try it again when it cools down some.

We're eating a lot of sandwiches and gazpacho the next couple of weeks.

Sunday was also the day I got most of the stuff I'd put aside for framing - done and up on the walls. The Juniper Lee print I bought at the last ComiCon? Done. The chocolate ad prints from France? Done. The freebie anime posters? In the trash.

Precious little piece haikujaguar did? At the framers for the special treatment. Already have the wall space picked out.

..

Anything that requires heat is FIRED. Wait.

Seriously. That's the theme of the last cross-cubicle uproar here at work.

Yay frat boy humor. Hooray.

Am I the only one who remembered today was Rakhi?

I loves me some pretties - I may just go raid Little India this weekend and see if there are any leftovers. Maybe.

It would help to have the "10-Minute Clutter Control" book at home where I could, like, use it. *facesmacks*

Weather today postcard perfect. Want to be outside under a tree right now, but the paper chase prevents me.

I've said this kind of thing makes me sad. It makes me sad in a lot of ways that have nothing to do with food. Like, the total lack of any male entries, for one.

Fat is fat. Normal is not currency. Thin is not the same as normal, and can be deadlier than fat. (And looks to me, shocking and scary. Not pretty. NOT PRETTY.)

And yes, I used video games to lose weight. I'll debate anyone into the ground about videogames making people fat.

Sad, I tell you.

Jim is working the Labor Day holiday this year - yup, we gave up on the trip to Switzerland. I just can't find the funds in time, and hoping for a last minute deal was just that. Didn't happen. The Amazing Poo Doctor of Beverly Hills got the $$$ this year. Oh well.

To the good, Southwest Airlines is now flying to Hawaii. For prices I could actually consider - but not right now.

I do need to check the timeshare bank and see when that week I have is expiring, though. I could do with some resort living, even if it's just down the street for a week. *laughs* If I knew it had a dishwasher, I'd take some of the oven dishes to really give them the hot water and soap treatment. Clean out the candleholders.

I should wash the windows instead, maybe. Maybe.

It would get my hands busy. At least.

TiVo is really good for taking up your evening. Last night I watched everything I "caught" over the weekend. (I've set the timer to catch only new shows for a couple of properties.) Which reminds me, I have emails to write. Crap.

Emails I really don't want to write, mind. Like..."Sorry you took vacation time to host us, but we can't get there from here."

Fuck me walking. *growls*