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  • Cranky

    I just want to take a moment to whine about the weather. I need sun, just a little every day. I love that nice warm feeling. But we’ve had overcast/rainy weather for days now (with more days of it ahead) and I’m sick of it. Mom and I have been talking about getting a light box this year, since we both felt the benefit of it when we borrowed one from a friend of hers last year.

    I also have to drive up to Boston tomorrow, I hate driving in overcast weather. I like to be able to have the windows down, wind whipping around inside the car, and the music playing loud.

    On the plus side I might be meeting up with someone from my LJ Friends list for lunch, so that may make the trip more fun than the typical drive up, buy things, drive home. I’m also thinking this may be a good trip to make a stop to do some record shopping, since I haven’t in ages.

    Maybe it is about time to do a new mix, that tends to put me in a more positive mood usually.

  • Squirrels on Crack

    The idea of a squirrel on crack scares the crap out of me.

    Squirrels go nuts on crack

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    squirrels, digging up stashes

    SQUIRRELS are getting hooked on crack cocaine — hidden by addicts in gardens.

    They are digging up the stashes and eating the mega-addictive drug, which comes in small chunks.

    Several have been spotted behaving bizarrely in Brixton, South London, since a police blitz against pushers and users.

    One resident said: “My neighbour said dealers had used my garden to hide crack.

    “Just an hour earlier I’d seen a squirrel digging in the flower-beds.

    “It was ill-looking and its eyes looked bloodshot, but it kept on desperately digging. It seems a strange thing to say, but it seemed to know what it was looking for.”

    …

    Crack squirrels are a recognised problem in America. They are common in parks used by addicts in New York and Washington DC. [The Sun Online]

    Has anyone else heard of this problem with crack squirrels in America? Should I be frightened? The squirrels in my backyard always look a bit crazed and hyper. I’ll have to start carrying a bat to fend them off when I go out to the car.

  • Home Alone

    My parents left for a long weekend in Boston. Which is good, I think they need more downtime to enjoy themselves. That’s what you are supposed to do when retired. And this has been a crazy year for them, with my transplant and helping my sister deal with everything in NO. The only thing that sucks is being home alone for a few days. Tends to drive me a bit crazy. Though I think I might drive up to see my friends Brian and Emily in Hadley this weekend.

  • Idiot Teachers

    Thank god this substitute teacher was fired.

    Teacher Mistakes Boy’s Insulin Pump For Phone, Rips It Out

    CLERMONT, Fla. — A substitute teacher in Lake County, Fla., was terminated and banned from teaching in the county after he ripped out a student’s insulin pump during class apparently thinking it was a ringing cell phone, according to a Local 6 News report.

    Officials said a ninth-grade student at East Ridge High School, who is a Type I diabetic, was in class Monday when his insulin pump began to beep, indicating he was low on insulin. [local6.com]

    A friend of mine has an insulin pump, there’s no way I’d think someone could confuse it with a cell phone. I mean, the tube running from it to his body would be a dead giveaway I’d think.

  • My new name is

    My japanese name is 小川 Ogawa (small river) 拓海 Takumi (open sea).
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    Created with Rum and Monkey‘s Name Generator Generator.

    Now, the question is, which is my first name? Were they giving names in traditional japanese format?

  • Stop the Presses!

    From the “in case you hadn’t figured it out already” department. cbc.ca reports “Hollywood movies unrealistic when it comes to sex and pot“. Are they implying that they are realistic when it comes to other drugs?

    Hollywood movies unrealistic when it comes to sex and pot

    A team of Australian medical researchers published a new study today that said Hollywood movies fail to show the negative consequences of sex and drug use.

    The team lead by Dr. Hasantha Gunasekera of the School of Public Health at the University of Sydney studied 87 of Hollywood’s biggest box-office hits since 1983 and found plenty of sex, but only one reference to condoms. The films contained no depictions of unwanted pregnancy or sexually transmitted disease. The report also said that drug-use tended to be portrayed “without negative consequences” among the top-grossing films of the past two decades.[cbc.ca]

  • I Want These For My Birthday

    Okay, these are too funky. I want a pair of them for myself. I may just have to break down and buy them for myself.

    Heelys hidden-wheel skate shoe

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    A few days ago I saw a little girl skate across the floor of a department store. I saw her head glide by but what she was actually skating on was obscured by racks of clothing. She noticed that I was watching her and when she got to the end of the aisle and I could see her feet, she was walking normally on what appeared to be regular sneakers. I thought I was crazy but a few minutes later I saw her do it again. This time, when she popped out of the aisle, I had caught up with her and saw her gliding and then coming to a sudden complete stop before walking again…

    [via Popgadget: Personal Tech for Women]

    Yeah, they’re kinda silly, but they look fun.

  • Taking a Hint

    In the last five days or so I’ve run into at least as many references to Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. Mostly it has been via mentions in various weblogs. It had actually made it onto my list of books to check out. So today I get home to find that my mom just got it from Amazon. I think the universe is telling me I should read this book.

  • What Should I Do

    Coming up soon is the six month anniversary of my lung transplant (Oct. 14th). I’m trying to figure out just what I should do for this. Maybe some kind of get-together that weekend or maybe something this weekend. I definitely want to do something. Leaves look like they’ve got another few weeks so I’m putting that on hold. Maybe a fall BBQ? A nocturnal party with some music? Anyone up for actually coming down?

    I’ve been feeling really good lately. So I’m up for something fun.

  • For the Handyman Who Has Everything

    I personally think it should come in a big roll. It isn’t really duct tape if it doesn’t make that noise when you rip a piece off. It also needs to be multipurpose. You should be able to use it to build some bizzare contraption with it, like MacGuyver.

    Duct Tape Band Aid

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    I am a man’s man. Nothing hurts me. I am pretty much invincible, except when my kitty scratches me. The worse thing is going to the construction site (work as I call it) and getting ridiculed by all of the other guys, and even the women for wearing a daffy duck band aid. This is a duct tape band aid for the most hardcore people out there. No longer will people think you are a baby. I mean honestly, nothing says hardcore more than having duct tape wrapped around a boo-boo. Maybe dipping said boo boo in motor oil and wrapping a used diaper around it is harder core, but not by much.

    The Duct Tape Band Aid [OhGizmo!]

    [via Gizmodo]