2004-09-21

* * * I think the DVR is about the best invention since sliced bread. Since the WHEEL, even. We actually sat and watched something in “real time” last night and it was horrible. “Can’t you fast forward past the commercials?” I whined at Fred. “No, this is real time!” Fred sighed. We’ve pretty much decided that we’re just going to record everything on the DVR from here on out so we don’t have to suffer through commercials. Tonight we’re recording an amazing number of shows and since we have nothing recorded on the DVR (and that, my friends, is something that rarely happens), I rented Scooby Doo 2 for Fred to watch, and I’ll most likely sit on the couch and read since I have NO desire to see that movie. I also rented Mean Girls and Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen. It’ll be a Lindsey Lohan kinda week for me. If I had to choose between Lindsey Lohan and Hilary Duff, I’d totally choose Hilary Duff because I think she’s adorable and Lindsey Lohan tends toward the skanky (JUST MY OPINION). Luckily, since I’m not trying to date either one of them, I don’t have to choose, so I can enjoy both of them. Anyway. What was I saying? Oh, lordy. Lindsey Lohan is signed up to play Vig in Fashionistas. That should be… uh… INTERESTING. I also rented Bad(der) Santa, because I knew we’d watched Bad Santa and kind of enjoyed it, and figured we’d enjoy the sequel as well. And then Fred told me that Bad(der) Santa isn’t the sequel to Bad Santa – it’s Bad Santa, uncensored. Oh. Well, fuck. That’s another three bucks down the drain. That’s what I get for not looking at the back of the box, I guess. When I was working out this morning, I started watching My Sergei. Let me tell you, it’s hard as hell to use the elliptical trainer when you’re trying not to cry. I absolutely LOVED Gordeeva & Grinkov and was heartbroken when he died. I can’t believe it’s been almost 9 years already. Anyway, the movie is really good – though I don’t know if it’s actually good, or if I just love it because I loved G & G, and it has tons of footage. If you’re at all interested in figure skating, give it a try.

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I spent the morning running errands, including going to Lowe’s (which was a little scary. That place is HUGE.) and buying bug killer and a platform bird feeder. Since I figured out that Meester Boogers was catching birds only when they become trapped under the platform feeder sitting on the ground, I decided to get rid of the one sitting on the ground, because I find that I’m happier when there aren’t birds flying around my house. I had to toss the old feeder because it was nasty and beyond saving. So I put the new feeder together, hung it up, tossed the old feeder, and filled all the bird feeders. THEN I filled the hummingbird feeder (though I think they’re about to head South, since it’s starting to get a tad cool at night) and chopped down my butterfly bush. I figure the butterfly bush will come back just fine, since I trimmed it to the point where it was nothing but two sticks sticking out of the ground in April or May, and it was about eight feet tall by the beginning of August. I hated cutting it down completely, since the butterflies were still visiting the bush regularly, but it looked awful, all listing to one side, so I just chopped that fucker down. And now I think I’m going to go watch Dr. Phil. Maybe I’ll do some more exciting cleaning or housework-type stuff tomorrow. Whee!
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Why yes, that IS the dining room table we eat at every night. Oh, quit freaking out – no one’s asking YOU to eat at that table. Besides, they’re very clean. When they’re not tromping through the litter box or licking their asses, that is.
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20 thoughts on “2004-09-21”

  1. Just wanted to let you know that My Sergei is a fabulous book. But you probably already knew that being the reading queen that you are!
    smiles!

  4. (yay first post!). Nice pic of the Bean and Miz Poo hangin’ out together(?). Look at that GIGANTOR bottle of coins!! When are you going to bring those to the bank?

  6. LOVE the kitties on the table shot. That’s the kitties fav place in our house too, but only when I have the nice fancy (read:shred-able) tablecloth on it!

  8. We have almost that exact same kitchen set! Of course, I’m sure half the houses in America do.
    I’ve thought about planting a few rose bushes in my backyard; but I don’t want to waste my time because I know jack shit about roses.
    What does one need to do to try to make up your monthly bitchypoo sign? Do you just have people volunteer to do it?

  9. Robin, do you have TiVo or just DVR? I was so pumped today when I found out how to do an easter egg to make it (Tivo) fast forward through the commercials in 30-second intervals! I belong to the cult of TiVo…
    I don’t know if I’ll be able to wait tonight to watch The Amazing Race though.

  10. Margaret – When it’s full, of course! 🙂 We’re actually hoping to roll the coins and use it to help pay for our 10th anniversary trip to the Bahamas. Luckily, we have another 4 years to collect change!
    Susan – Roses are actually not too terribly difficult to grow, as long as you keep them trimmed. Or so I’ve been told, since I don’t think I ever actually trimmed them! 🙂 As for the logos, when I run out of them, I put out a call for help in the journal, and people always come through. I have several in the queue (so to speak), but if you have a logo idea, I’d love to have it! 🙂

  11. Pandora – we have the DVR, though I’ve been thinking about saving up for the TiVo so we don’t have to pay the cable company for “renting” the DVR every month.
    The only reason we’re not watching The Amazing Race tonight is ’cause it’s on ’til 10, and bedtime for us is 9. I can’t wait to see what happens, though. I love that show!

  12. OMG!!! I didn’t know My Sergei was made into a movie!! I loved the book… read it 3 times. Brought to tears EVERY time. Must go rent it. Time for me to join Netflix I think!

  13. I am a big fan of Steven King, and have read most of his books. I’m reading Presumption of Death by Perri O’Shaughnessy now. It’s a goodun. Btw–you have the most bee yoo ti ful handwriting. Love Love Love your Journal. Keep up the great work.
    My little kitty BoB looks just like your Spanky only in minature.

  14. I just bought TIVO (okay, a SECOND Tivo — because one was just not enough…I’m so Tivo’s bitch) and it was only $99.00 from Circuit City — a far cry from the almost $400 I spent 5 years ago. Be sure to get the right one — they make one for general cable and a special one for DirectTV — they aren’t interchangable (a long frustrating story).
    Ah, c’mon Robyn — Scooby 2 is SO CUTE and way better than the first one…Matthew Lillard (Shaggy) is probably the coolest guy on the planet, too. Give it a shot… 🙂

  17. Oh, I so agree about the DVR and how much it sucks when you actually watch something in real time. My trick is to pause it right when it starts, then go do something for about ten minutes. That way I can still fast forward the commercials. Just don’t do the super fast forward, or you’ll catch up to the program in real time. Does that make sense?

  18. Robyn….I agree with you about Ms. Lohan…I read somewhere she claimed her suddenly huge boobs were all real, she just grew them overnight…then I also read she donated a bra she ‘decorated’ with her own artwork/design…and on one cup it sait “Daddy bought this one” and on the other “Mommy bought this one”…..ewww skanky. What mother would let her 17 year old daughter buy a set of tits, anyway??

  19. I read recently that some non-native varieties of hummingbirds will camp out in your yard for the winter if you keep a feeder out, and they tell you to watch for them from November to March. Just fyi.

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