mom placation was ironing by which mens perrypops in a womansuit is the new child mystericating teats that can taint baconated digestive broads plastercasting gnostically from the great gospel wwjh

Okay I have switched from M.I.A. to Radiohead

WHAT'S THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIS

I am listening to the quiet of the upstairs of my house. But I can hear J downstairs, flipping through whatever she's watching on the TiVo. I am a Bad Mommy.

Only if you've been save Real Sex episodes with no parental control code!

ha ha, no, I haven't even seen that! Probably the worst thing she could come across would be the season finale of Lost.

I do let the kids watch The Simpsons, which has led to all kinds of fun moments. I like it when J says, "DOH!"

I AM DOING NOTHING IN CARMEL.

But being lazy and smug.

:-D

Ned, sometimes I don't "love" you.

This evening I discovered that there is a fine line between drinking to take the edge of off a hangover and drinking to drunking again. I regrets nuffin.

i keep thinking tomorrow is saturday and then realizing it's not and that makes me ;_;

I am so unprepared for the weekend (J's birthday is Saturday), that I almost prefer this.

Although I'm about to go walk a billion miles on my treadmill, so I'm obviously an idiot.

Friend: (to J031) He can wear it for Halloween.
J031: Have you EVER seen either of us dress up for Halloween?
Friend: Well, now you can! You should by a Catwoman costume.
J031: waht

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

btw "Paper Planes" is not on Kala, right? Or did my version of Kala just not have it? It is the fucking best song.

POW POW POW POW

The video is awesome, too.

we fly like paper get high like planes

your version is broek. want me to send it to you?

RR I asked my friend just now about her tenure at Border's and all she had to say was "It's real easy to steal from." I'll try and pry more out of her.

Upt0eleven, YESSS plz! :D

I have been getting my Paper Planes fix by watching the vid on her site over & over. Her vid for "Jimmy" is the best. We played "Jimmy" at our wedding. Shit is boss.

your wedding i would have most definitely enjoyed. to where would you like me to dispatch this track?

HEY NICK I RODE THE BIKE!! no photos tho, maybe next time

now i am watching jordan be all manly and fix his bike.

There's a euphemism.

oh, you

"him"?

Yay Friday?

so tired!!!!

The new Harry Potter movie has been pushed back from November to July!!

This is devastating me. Stupid writer's strike.

Oh, that is a bummer. I'm sad now!

Tired here, too. Annnnnnd... just received my syllabus for my next class. I think I need a nap.

ooh yeah, i was just thinking this morning that i am going ot have to buy books, and how expensive they are, and how much i don't want to do it. they make you buy the books before they disburse the student loan money. someone please tell me how this makes sense?

Can you just wing it and wait until the loan money comes through?

probably not since they usually don't disburse it until early or mid october, and classes start on 8/27...

god what a shame harry potter part 200 will be pushed back -- far worse than all the writers who lost their job so you can get your jollies on cheap corprocratic entertainment

coprocratic

Sorry Remy, I'm not biting.

@(*#&% ^ FINANCIAL AID OFFICE I CUT YOU!!!!!!!

What happened?

I dread dealing with financial aid when I finally go back to school.

months ago: registered, filled out fafsa, direct loan website says "The student's prospective school will draft an aid package" (direct quote from the site)

few weeks ago: i get e-mail saying "your tuition payment is past due, therefore your classes have been dropped"

last week: call registrar, who tells me i have to get loans processed before i can register, or classes will be dropped again if i try to re-register

monday: call financial aid, they tell me they have never heard of "drafting an aid package" and that i have to download a very carefully hidden loan application and send it in. i do, and fax it. i call to make sure they received it, and they don't answer. 5 times. only a recorded message w/ no option to leave voicemail.
call again yesterday, same thing.

today: call again, finally get someone who tells me they do not have my fax and to re-fax it. i do. i call to check if they got it, a woman answers and says 'the fax isn't here' and transfers me to a number that no one answers. i call back, and ask her to please go check for me since this is v. important. grudgingly does so. then tells me she can't process it til i register. so. i register. then call back to let them know, at which point some other chick tells me i put the wrong $ amount (silly me, i used the estimated expenses for the year on THEIR site) and tells me i can't have that much (which is odd considering last year they said the loan amount was based on the estimate) and then when i'm trying to get her to explain why that is and how i should pay the rest of the $ i don't have, she blind transfers me (essentially hanging up on me) to some other dept. where bitchy lady finally tells me that i *should* be ok but it will take 6-8 weeks to process the loans, at which point i worry they're gonna drop my registration again but she assures me they won't.

we shall see.

So sorry. That is a fucking NIGHTMARE.

It will be over soon and you will be in school and get $$$.

i am not counting on that. they seriously fucked me over last year. anyway, deep breaths. and thanks ;)

I have no idea what the real story on my financial aid for this year is, either. Last year they finally got it to me the week before Thanksgiving. Am I going to know whether I have it before then? Your guess is as good as mine.

All I need for this first couple of months is a skills kit (I already have a ton of books, so yay), so at least all I have is the zillion dollars of tuition.

Also just found out insurance will not cover treatment for 4l3x's ADD if it is neurotherapy (which is what the dr. says we should do). It's considered "investigative." So either find the money or do nothing or slap him on pills. Ugh.

yeah, i finally got mine last DECEMBER. srsly. wtf is that? also, they screwed up my amounts, and spring semester, i got part of it on time (still a month after semester started) and the rest i didn't get until MAY. MAY!

aw, sorry about the add stuff :( how does the neurotherapy work? i totally understand not wanting to put him on pills - they really screwed my sister up for a while.

I think the Financial Aid people at St. K are just hopelessly stressed by the new computer system. It's not a great excuse, but at least it's understandable. (Not that it makes it okay!)

From what I've seen, the neurotherapy is like a semi-dull video game that they hook up with electrodes to your head so that when you are in a proper (focused or whatever) state, you wind up being rewarded for that - so that is reinforced. (It's hard to describe, but kind of cool to watch).

I'm pretty hesitant to use medication when its positive effects are temporary and its negative effects are unclear; neurotherapy's effects allegedly last much longer and also - obviously are not going to harm a liver or kidney.

misery, i am not trolling. i am not trying to make you 'bite'. i am, however, sensitive to your complaining about the writer's strike that basically put me out of work, broke my bank account and and forced me out of my apartment and out of los angeles -- so have a care.

aw, rems :( does it make you feel better if i say i don't give a shit about harry potter?

That makes three of us. And this guy too: http://www.fuckofffilm.com/movie-and-film-news/2008/8/14/harry-potter-is-a-four-eyed-cunt-sorry-cathy.html

I always enjoy the HP books and movies, but I would enjoy my media more if the writers never felt they had to strike (because they would always be fairly compensated in my little fantasy universe).

I'm glad you're landing on your feet, remy. Any news about the promotion?

kinda actually yeah, tza.

and maybe, sara. events pending, etc.

speaking of movies and movie related ire, have i mentioned my poison hearted hatred for the FLASH BANG GAZOOM HOT ACTION RIGHT HYAR remake of "Death Race 2000" that's coming out?

i really expected a round of applause for the news that i rode my bike finally. first time in 13-15yrs i have gotten on a bike, and plans for a test run in a quiet place didn't quite work out... we needed to go to supermarket last night and jordan was like 'let's bike' and i was too chicken about being a chicken to say 'uh no fuckin way' so i agreed.

so i just got on and... biked. and i didn't fall off or look like a spazz.

You ridered a bike? WOOOP. Have my previously posted default applause gif:

http://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/gadget-freak/1ApplauseCard.gif