March 2, 2005.

The Bachelorette spoiler; skip to the next section if you haven’t seen the final show yet. Ugh. Man, what a travesty. I was no big fan of John Paul (I keep wanting to call him Jean-Paul) because something about his lips kinda creeped me out, but I did feel sorry for the little guy. But, what the hell? I mean, what the HELL can she possibly be thinking? Like that chick from the audience asked, what the hell is it going to take for Jen to find love? Okay, I know that this show has a stupid premise, because most people can’t meet someone, date him (at the most) once a week for six weeks and know for certain that they’re soulmates – I mean the fact that the couples from this show have such a poor track record should prove that it doesn’t really work. I wasn’t a big Jerry fan, either – I really liked Ryan and Ben the most, and I think Wendell would be fun to hang out with – but I sure didn’t like seeing him being DUMPED ON NATIONAL TELEVISION. For god’s sake, Jen seemed really convinced that he knew what she was going to say, but he looked a little shell-shocked to me. I mean, I think he was probably RELIEVED, but still taken by surprise. Why couldn’t she have just taken the ring and then broken up with him quietly later when they were alone? I understand that if there was no spark, there was no spark, but she used that excuse with a bunch of the other guys too, didn’t she? Maybe she’s just not trained to spot a spark when it happens. She’s spark-deficient! Jerry looked a lot better with the shorter hair, by the way. Oh, and the whole thing with Ryan’s family and his parents talking about Thailand constantly back when she met his family a few weeks ago? I don’t know if Jen was just trying to be funny, but her snarky “Let’s see, there’s Thailand, and Thailand, and, oh, Thailand!” comment made me want to scoop her eyeballs out with a fork and serve them to her with a nice chianti. She complained that they didn’t really make an effort to get to know her, but THE STREET RUNS BOTH WAYS, LADY!

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Hey, remember two years ago when I put up an assload of reader pet pictures? Well, I’m in the process of moving entries over to Movable Type (it’s going very slowly) and in the interest of saving space I’m deleting those pictures. I’ve already deleted the ones from March 2003, and tonight or tomorrow I’ll be deleting the ones from February. I just wanted to let y’all know, in case you were wondering where they went.
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From my comments: AND! This is bugging the shit outta me! I run Windows 2000…WHY when I load your page, when it starts to load the right hand column, I get this error message: A Runtime Error has occurred. Do you wish to Debug? Line:1 Error: Syntax Error. I have NO clue. Does anyone else have this problem? Anyone know what might be causing it? Okay, here’s what I’ve never understood about nightgown wearers…doesn’t that thing ride up to your armpits whilst you sleep? I used to wear gowns as a child and I can remember waking up with a sweaty upper-body and cold legs. Now I sleep in an old tshirt and flannel boxers every night and I’m quite comfy. Don’t you get cold too? Wearing a gown around the house…the air just blows right on up through your legs! I do have to agree with you on sizing, you want pjs that are a few sizes too big…so comfy. I never have a problem with my nightgown riding up to my armpits… because I sleep nekkid! 🙂 I put the nightgown on every night around 9, when I’m getting ready for bed, then wear it ’til 11 or 12, when I toss it on the floor and go to sleep. I wear it for a little while in the morning if I have to do some chores before I go work out, and then I put it on for a few minutes after my shower. Most of the time that I’m wearing it I’m upstairs, and I don’t get cold because the second floor of our house is about ten degrees warmer than the first floor. I will occasionally wear something to sleep in – like when the spud and I were in Hawaii last year and I didn’t want her to see me nekkid and be blinded for life – but I never sleep as well as I do when I’m not wearing anything at all. Hey, on the catnip subject, have you ever tried giving them valerian? (You can get it at places that sell herbs.) It smells a little bit like socks, but man, do the cats ever love it. Even Lena, who turns her nose up at catnip, gets all stoned on that stuff. We do have a bottle of Valerian somewhere – or at least, we used to. We don’t use it much because it smells awful and all the cats like catnip, but every now and then we’ll get it out. It’s been a while, though – I’ll have to see if we still have it. Know what else gets some cats high? Lily bulbs! They’re poisonous to cats, so you can let them have direct access, but I put a lily bulb in a small plastic container last year, and Mister Boogers would get totally, completely looped. It was hysterical, but the other cats weren’t interested at ALL.
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My lord, have you seen the latest Shania Twain video? I think the song is called “Don’t”. In the song, Shania is wearing a dress that showcases her breasts – she has spectacular breasts, by the way, in case you’ve never seen her. Anyway, at one point in the video she’s wearing her breast-showcasing dress and is on a horse, and the horse is at a full trot or gallop or whatever (I don’t know what you’d call it) and Shania’s breasts are bouncing so hard that it makes my own breasts ache. Bouncing like that just can’t be a good thing.
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I’ve taken to occasionally drinking a cup of peppermint tea lately – I think I heard about it over at The Fat Diaries, and it sounded kind of good, so I thought I’d give it a try. I bought a box and it sat in the pantry for a few months, and then finally I decided to see if it was as good as it sounded. With a lot of Splenda, it tastes exactly like one of those red-and-white peppermint candies, so on days (like today!) when I’m freezing, I brew up a nice, warm cup of tea and drink it. The other day I thought for sure that my breath must smell really good, so I said to Fred “Hey, does my breath smell all minty?”, and blew a breath into his face. He sniffed, thought for a moment, sniffed again, and said “It kind of smells like pot.” Oh.
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“Yes, I’m laying in the bed that Miz Poo has claimed as her own. She wasn’t here, so I’m laying in it. And I ain’t moving. She can smack and hiss at me all she wants, but I’m not going ANYWHERE.” (And he didn’t. You can imagine how pissed off Miz Poo was, and she hissed and smacked at him, and he just gave her this look and refused to move.)
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22 thoughts on “March 2, 2005.”

  3. I dont think the top half of John Paul’s face moved. That was always my problem with him. It wasnt just the top lip. Just creeped me right out.

  5. Re: The Bachelorette, I invested HOURS into that show and this is how my investment is returned? No more. I’m not watching it any more. The only couples still together are Trista and Ryan and Mary and that dorky fishing dude. Jenn even got to pick the original 25 guys! How can you pick 25 guys and not click with any of them? She’s a dork.

  6. Had to laugh at your comment about JP’s lips, because they really bothered me, too. I also agree about Jerry’s hair… He was hot once he cut it. I was horribly disappointed with this Bachelorette… MAKE UP YOUR MIND, JEN!!! The indecision was very annoying!

  7. Pot breath? Hmmmm. Anything you want to tell us something, Robyn?
    About the Bachelorette – I don’t know if you’re a fan of the Real World (heh), but Jerry was also featured on the Back to New York season, a few years ago. One of the cast members had a little crush on him – he was the doorman at Harry Winston. Kinda seems like he got a taste for the reality TV bug, huh? Also. I heard that he HAD A GIRLFRIEND when he applied for the Bachelorette. Jackass. I know someone who grew up with John Paul and apparently, he’s a really cool guy, weird lips aside. heh.

  8. I also am getting the debug message and it is definitely a new thing…thought it was just me!!

  9. Jennifer: Do you have any idea (approximately) when it started? Also, do you see anything at all in the sidebar, or just the debug message?
    Also (lastly) are you seeing it on the main bitchypoo page (journal.bitchypoo.com) as well as the entry page, or just on the entry page?

  10. I’m getting the error messages too — line 2 character 1 is what’s causing it. It’s on the individual journal pages, but not the main page.

  11. One day last week I got error messages something like that when I clicked on the link in the email, but about ten minutes later it worked and I haven’t had a problem since.

  12. Oh, I meant to add to that: and the page wouldn’t load apart from the error message (I wasn’t sure if that was happening to anyone else). But at any rate it hasn’t happened apart from that one tie.

  13. Do you wish to Debug? Line:1 Error: Syntax Error.
    I’m getting it also, and not just with Robyn’s page. It happens to many pages. It also happens when I am on AOL, but not when I open it just through explorer, using my cable connnection.

  14. I am not getting any errors and I am running windows xp and using internet explorer…if that helps at all

  17. Did anyone else notice that Jerry did that “scratch your cheek with your middle finger” move when Jen was dumping him? I only watched the last night so I wasn’t sure if I was just imagining it?
    lulu

  18. lulu – he for SURE did the special “finger salute” — I saw a screencap picture of it on Television Without Pity. Hysterical.

  19. Hi Robyn,
    I also get the runtime error message. Line 1 Syntax error. I run Win xp and have roadrunner/cable connection. I get this error message a lot on various pages and have since I installed Microsoft FrontPage (web design program). I don’t know if that has anything to do with it.
    Susan – I couldn’t find the recap at television without pity. I’d LOVE to see that again. I’m also from Rochester and we grew up giving that special salute. Can’t believe I missed it!
    Lisa

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