7.29.07
fiddy

well it's bloody, bollicky, old Shark Week again. didn't we just have Shark Week? honestly it seems like it was just 4 months ago or something. i know i'm a total killjoy when it comes to Shark Week, but i really hate that junk. Mr. Fleegan of course, loves it. Watches it and worse...pays attention to it so i can't change the channel on him like when we watch television when it's not Shark Week. so when he gets up to get a drink or wazz or whatnot i can't change the channel cos he'll notice.

"hey! i was watching that!"

"but it's just old shark junk!"

"it's a new program! i haven't seen this one yet."

"n'oh, gah and it's hosted by that grey haired guy."

"that guy?"

"yeah, he's like Discovery's golden boy of shark crap."

"what, so he's the shark guy."

"yeah, AND he was that dinosaur guy from that dinosaur show they did last year."

"and?"

"and that dinosaur show was complete shit."

"yeah, that's true."

"i swear he's gets a boner talking about mako sharks."

"you are the most unreasonable person in the world when it comes to Shark Week."

"me?! the whole CONCEPT of Shark Week is UNREASONABLE. and don't even THINK about watching that sad one coming up about the World War II battleship that sank . That is too horrific for words-"

"no, i wanted to watch that!"

"oh come on! i don't feel like crying! if i have to watch about people surviving a sinking battleship ONLY to be eaten by sharks the next...however long it took for them to be rescued... i'm not onlygoing to bawl my eyes out but i'll have nightmares for sure!"

"we're watching that."

"nooooOOOOoooo!"

"shhh. it's starting."

"what the? oh for the love. is that Richard Dreyfuss? son of a..."

"what's the deal now?"

"so now we're not only having to watch THE saddest thing on televsion but it's narrated by THE most annoying voice on the planet, great."

"you don't like Richard Dreyfuss? everyone likes Richard Dreyfuss!"

"people who like Shark Week like Richard Dreyfuss."

"you're a nerd."

"me the nerd?! you're the one watching Shark Week."

"i don't understand your hatred of Shark Week."

"few do. my hatred for Shark Week is only shadowed by my hatred of the Olympics."

7.21.07
fiddy 
unfortunately it's all Nora Roberts junk. at least it's padding my numbers.

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i'm still juggling a lot. i'm getting better at 3 clubs. my 4 balls is getting, well, honestly i'm not practicing balls much what with the clubs being so fun. i tried a 5 ball cascade for shitzngiggles, i managed to throw all the balls (which is good i thought) but i only caught 3 of them. i'm practicing the 3 ball flash like mad in hopes that i'll get to do 5 soon.

7.20.07
yesterday was jeep maintenance day: 4 new tires, brake inspection, oil change, and my checkbook raped.
also this month my tags were due on the jeeps...so there's another hundred right there. i sure do love my jeeps though.

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i've made an appointmnt for Roxy to be groomed. it's going to take three of us to get her in the place. she can be very stubborn...it wouldn't be such a problem if she wasn't Big McHugeLarge.

7.10.07
my px3 clubs seem more difficult to juggle but somehow i'm getting longer runs with them. it's like i could juggle them forever. the longer handles are still giving me a bit of trouble. i can't seem to catch them in the same consistent spot, and i must be juggling them too close to my body cos sometimes they hit my boobs... and that's not so great.

but i totally love these things! i'm telling you, catching these clubs is way better than catching my old clubs...which really, i should toss those old props, but no! i just made them so pretty! of course, i'll pro'ly not ever juggle them again and they'll just be in the way all the time and now i need to find a place to store them and blah blah blah who cares about the old props? i've new ones! new awesome ones!

7.09.07

you guys! i got my new juggling clubs! they are fluorescent green and they are way different than my other clubs. it is crazy interesting how different they are! the handles are a bit longer so they spin a little weird, like heavier somehow. oh! but the handles are so great cos they're thinner and softer which makes them so nice to catch! the old ones would make a loud snap sound every time i caught them...that was the sound of the hard plastic wrapped wooden dowel hitting the bones in my hands.

no one ever said juggling doesn't hurt.

but these handles are so strange! it's almost like they are hollow or something. hollow and squishy at the same time. and now instead of a bone popping snap sound they make a gentle thud sound in my hands. sweet!

i can't wait for you to see them and feel them! i would write more, but c'mon, it's like christmas over here!

7.08.07
i'm still alive and kickin'. just busy and all.

did you see the Robot Chicken Star Wars special? it was fantastic. i love those guys.

7.01.07

right, so it's July now. everyone act casual and we'll take it one horrible day at a time, shall we?

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oh snap! check out this awesome fortune i got from a fortune cookie today:

"A small lucky package is on its way to you soon."

hee! i said to mr. fleegan i says, "oh jimmy don't get your feelings hurt. small is relative."

he says to me he says, "hm. it probably means your juggling clubs will arrive this week."

so i says to him i says, "nah, that would be a big package."

he says, "big is relative."

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my black and white laser printer needs a new toner cartridge and i'm scared to look for a new one cos that printer is at least 6 years old and at that time the cartridges were $100. i'm afraid that
A. they don't make them anymore and
B. if they do make them, the toner is even more expensive because it's old and they don't make as many of them.

i'm gonna check right now and see. i'll let you know what i find out.

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haha! i found one on the office max website so hopefully i can find one at the store this week! on the site it's $83. it's pro'ly a little more than that at the store but hey, at least it's not obselete. i love my printer.

i love you printer! i do! i don't want to lose you, baby! i want you to be the one who always prints out my order sheets and the songs with chords or tab that i used to print out a lot when i was playing guitar. wow, remember those? all those joni mitchell songs and CSN&Y and pearl jam and gordon lightfoot and ani difranco and well, all those others. remember how i used to sing STP's "plush" like i was a nun leading a sunday school? oh those were the days. we've had some great times, you and i. well, mostly me. but you were stalwart! yes. always there, even as i sang poorly, even as i sang crappy folk songs poorly. you've always been there for me! printing out forms and CD jewel case song lists and maps and other such printable 2D things that i've found. you are my constant! and you better be glad they still make toner cartridges for you cos you'd be toast, you hear me?! TOAST!

oh baby, no. i didn't mean it. i love you, you know that. who else would i trust to print out my weeklies? you know i love you. i'd never cheat on you. not even with a color printer. who needs color when i've got you and my imagination? i love you, sweet thing. now don't you go dying on me.

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i'm getting a little, tiny bit better at juggling four balls! i see improvement every day! SO COOL.