In the spirit of mini rants, let’s have mini pointless things. Just a few things you feel like sharing.
I’ve been taking a creatine supplement for about three weeks now and all I can is that I feel fucking hot now. I love science.
Sam Adams Lambic is not a true lambic. I’ve been to Belgium, I’ve had lambic from one of the last surviving factories, and this is NOT it. You are a liar, Sam Adams, and you should be ashamed. Shame on you.
I make a mean omelet.
I think I’ve got a couple of years left before my bald spot starts to become noticeable to the point that I have to shave my head. That will be a sad, sad day. But on the plus side, every day I care less and less.
My creatine supplement gives me some face-meltingly powerful farts. I think if all one billion people in China could fart like this, we could block out the sun for thousands of years and bring on the next ice age. I love science.
I can’t stand my cubicle-mate, yet since she’s in my department, I must attend an overblown birthday lunch for her or I’ll come off as a curmudgeoness. See the current MPSIMS thread about having to fake stuff at work to fit in. Blech.
I dumped a lot of clothes off at Goodwill yesterday, then found some awesome bargains there. A silk shirt by Ralph Lauren, and three pairs of good-fitting jeans, all for $5 each. It’s good option for when you’re losing weight and you don’t know how long you’re going to be able to fit the next stage in sizing.
Made this season’s first batch of bacon/split pea soup, and it turned out great. I’m a soupaholic, and I look forward to winter so I can make lots of different kinds.
I’m 40 weeks and 6 days pregnant today. (Due date was the 1st.) Can I please just have this baby already?
My feet grew about half a size in length with my first pregnancy. With this one they seem to have gotten wider, not longer. I won’t know until the swelling goes down, post-partum, but I suspect I’ll be stuck with an unfortunate size (9 1/2 Wide). There are scores of attractive, comfortable, affordable shoes out there for feet like mine, right? Right??
On a not-ranty note, since this isn’t mini-rants, I love my sweet little family and supportive friends and my old rambling house and my rascally, adorable kitties. I’m a lucky gal.
While driving to work today I saw a truck that had a Jesus fish (like this one), a fish with a star of David in it (couldn’t find a picture, sorry), and a Darwin fish with a line thru it (one of these).
That’s a lot of fish, and I’m not sure what I’m supposed to think about it. On a separate note, the guy was driving like an asshole.
Also, (ok, I guess I have two) while searching for those sample images, I found this, which is pretty fantastic.
I’ve noticed an odd thing. When I’m up early, getting ready to go to work, just letting my mind wander, I am frequently thinking about death. I plan my funeral, or what I would do if so-and-so died, or remember the time I had my cat put to sleep. I’m not depressed or anything, I guess I’m just morbid.
I hope my husband gets me boots for Christmas.
We had sweet potato burritos for dinner last night. They sound weird, especially if I told you the ingredient list, but they were really good! How come people always want to ruin sweet potatoes with marshmallows? Or ruin marshmallows with sweet potatoes, for that matter.
This is good in light of the fact that our temp agency sent us a letter on Monday saying “Because of a stupid horse race on tuesday, your pay may be delayed a day until Friday”. But it wasn’t. So hooray.
I put on a pair of pants today that I haven’t worn in two years because they were too tight. They’re still a little tight despite the fact that I weigh exactly 3 lbs less now than I did when I bought them which can only mean that I’ve lost muscle mass and gained fat.
It’s really sad that I can remember how much I weighed when I bought these pants.
Dung Beetle I do the same thing. I imagine my own death in frightening detail right through to my grieving daughter and husband. Sometimes it’s upsetting but most times I can talk myself out of it. I also occasionally imagine the deaths of various loved ones. I chalk it up to morbidity and residual PTSD.
I’ve done almost nothing today at work and I’m bored and I’ve been sitting in front of the SDMB so long that my ass is numb.
I bought a Bodum Tea Infuser set yesterday at Target and it’s really great for making Oolong tea.
My HooverFloormate hard floor cleaner is a bit of a disappointment. So is my leather sofa.
Why are decent women’s winter socks so hard to find? (I mean decent socks for women, not socks for decent women.) I’ll wear a hole in the heel of cheap MalWart or Tar-zhay socks in one day.
I will loathe Thanksgiving Day, which will consist of a 3.5-hour drive each way to have the buffet with my 92-year-old mother-in-law at her retirement community.
I have never read anything by Foucault or Derrida, but I hate both of them with a passion because of the unreadable shit that people who have read them write.
There should probably be a comma in there somewhere, but I can’t figure out where.
My paper is 1-2/3 pages, out of 4 or 5. It’s due tomorrow.
When I had my first son, 16 years ago, I just knew he was going to die of SIDS. I had the funeral all planned out in my head, and was preparing myself for how I would feel. I called his doctor so much about it that she sent me for counseling. It helped.
I’m watching the Dave Chappelle reruns that I’ve already seen 57 times apiece, and they are still funny. Isn’t it time for him to return to television- he is too hilarious to not be seen regularly.
I wore 4-inch heels tonight and now my toes look like fat little sausages and are so swollen I can’t move them. But I love all my cute shoes!
For some reason, my chicken and beef yakisoba cost more tonight than it did a few days ago. It was only $1.11 more so I didn’t really care, but still.
I’m finding tons of awesome things online, my mental Christmas List for myself is getting longer. I need Santa Claus. I have been a very good boy this year. And no, those aren’t devil horns holding up my halo, why do you ask?
Speaking of Christmas, I almost have all my Christmas shopping done already. I see cool things online I know family members would love.
My checking account, though, does not love this. Anybody have Money Tree Seeds?
And finally, Maui has been very hot, humid, and stuffy the last two days. We had an awesome day of rain, (I love rain), and then bam, heat. Tradewinds, please come back, or else I may have to ask someone in Ohio to do me a favor and make a butterfly flap its wings to make it happen.
I happened upon strawberry marshmallows last week. I didn’t know they even MADE strawberry marshmallows…how long has this been going on? I think that I shall have to make Strawberry Rice Krispy Treats.
My daughter moved to Virginia a couple of weeks ago. I miss her. My husband misses her, and the cats miss her. But the job was too good to pass up.
We had to turn on the furnace last night, and then turn it off this morning.
I cheat at Civ IV. I go into Worldbuilder and grab myself a couple of Fast Workers.
I have always thought this thread had to exist. Good job.
I had pizza last night. Home made. Anchovies, capers, and a ridiculous amount of fresh basil. I just couldn’t stop eating until the whole thing was gone.
I bought my kids the drawing board for the V.Smile console. They are just loving it. They don’t even ask to play Winnie the Pooh anymore.
Last night, my boy jumped and hit me square in the face. I still have a fat lip and my nose hurts like all get out. He didn’t even feel it.
