Monday, February 02, 2009

SuperBowl Awesomeness!

Was that a hell-uv-ah game or what?!

I was a bit disappointed with the commercials. Not too many funny ones. A lot of attempts at being funny but a case of trying too hard for the punch line seemed to be more of the standard.

I did, however, LOVE the Subway commercial where the people eating junk food had their pant buttons flying off and smashing into things! LOL

Beats the hell out of their "five dollar foot long" annoying ad--which MiniWarrior loved so much he begged me into driving him to Subway to purchase one--WHILE singing "FIVE DOLLAH FOOT LONGGGGGGG" the entire way.

Can anyone tell me what happened to Jack in the Box character? I tried to go to the site it listed during the commercial but couldn't remember the URL by the time I could type it in...so--as far as I know, Jack is still laying on the pavement with the bus imprint on his cracked egg head.




*snort*

What was your favorite commercial?

Sunday, February 01, 2009

Jason Mraz -I'm Yours (live)

For my Lord V...

Friday, January 30, 2009

Guido~ness

Guido: What the heck is that on yer fro, dude?

Dog: It's my halo!

Guido: BWAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Walking With Chanda

It was a crisp foggy morning and Chanda whispered a plea in my ear.

Gathering her up, I packed her bag with filters, a wide angle lens, a 50mm lens and other sundries, snapped on my ski vest, wedged a cleaning cloth in one of it's pockets and headed out the door.

Wanna see what we saw?

Go HERE!

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Humpday Chortle

A young blonde woman was driving through south Louisiana while on vacation. She wanted to take home a pair of genuine alligator shoes in the worst way, but was very reluctant to pay the high prices the local Vendors were asking.

After becoming very frustrated with the attitude of one of the shopkeepers, the young Blonde declared...

"Well then, maybe I'll just go out and catch my own alligator and get a pair of shoes for free!"

The shopkeeper said with a sly smile, "Well little lady, why don't you go on and give it a try?"

The blonde headed off to the swamp, determined to catch an alligator.

Later in the day, as the shopkeeper was driving home, he spotted the same young woman standing waist deep in the murky water, shotgun in hand.

As he brought his car to a stop, he saw a huge 9-foot gator swimming rapidly toward her.

With lightning reflexes, the Blonde takes aim, shoots the creature and hauls it up onto the slippery bank. Nearby were 7 more dead gators, all lying belly up.

While the shopkeeper stood on the bank, watching in silent amazement, the Blonde struggled mightily and managed to flip the gator onto its back.

Rolling her eyes heavenward, she screamed in frustration...

"CRAP! THIS ONE'S BAREFOOT, TOO!"


Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Tuesday. Mewsday.

Today is much better.

(even if my grammar isn't)

*pokes imaginary tongue in direction of 4th grade teachers everywhere*

It's snowing outside.

Big. Fat. Fluffy. Flakes.

I scurried out on a "soda excuse" run so I could frolic a bit amongst the fuzzy sky droppings :)


Sign outside my building. Quarter to 50 cent sized snowflakes! :)


Look closely and you can see my frolic steps :)

Monday, January 26, 2009

Monday. Monday. Difficult Monday.

Walked during lunch break at work. Northern wind biting into any exposed skin.

It matched my mood.


Sunday, January 25, 2009

Change is in the Air

MiniWarrior turning 11 has forced me to make some changes. Changes in his routine and changes in my Momma mindset.

He's no longer a little boy.

In a few short months he will start Middle School which will be a whole different world for him than grade school.

*sigh*

I have had to take a good long look at myself this past week and I saw how I've worked to keep him little.

This cannot be, no matter how much I wish for him to stay small, innocent and sweetly dependant on me.

I've begun to loosen my Mommy grip and have forced myself to begin letting him grow up to become the wonderful man I know he will be.

This weekend I went through my boxes of old pictures with him. Showing him images of himself as a baby and pictures of myself at his age.

"Mom, what was it like when you were 11?"

Images flickered through my head like a bad movie. The kind you watch late at night that haunt you for weeks after with an unbalanced feeling.

It was the worst time of my life.

Looking into MiniWarriors sweet, curious eyes I smiled and ran a hand through his hair smoothing down a wayward bang.

"Oh. I dunno. There were lots of things changing then." I said. Feeling a sense of accomplishment that even if I told the truth MiniWarrior would not understand the ugliness. That while he faced a time of darkness, it was brief and hadn't tainted his generous heart and sunny outlook on life.

This time, remembering the dark seemed somehow softer within the light of his happiness.

I created a tiny album for him of pictures he loved the most and he scampered off to play with it clutched in his hand.

And I?

I poured Lord V and I a snifter full of Scotch, clinked my glass against his in a silent salute and downed it in one shot.

Saturday, January 24, 2009

His Guidoness

I grilled Brats on the outdoor grill last night--and Mr. Guido took the opportunity to slink his way outside (un-seen).

We were chomping our feast when Lord V perked up his head and said, "Is that Guido?"

Apparently he heard him yowling.

He got up and searched out side calling for Guido but couldn't find him.

Guido has snuck out before and always come back so I wasn't too alarmed and knew he'd be back when he got cold.

A short time later while cleaning up the dinner carnage MiniWarrior heard Guido scratch at the door. He opened the door and Mr. Guido shot inside slinking low and looking spooked and cold.

"Where's his collar? I don't hear it jingling?" MiniWarrior asked.

I coaxed Mr. Guido out from under the darkness of the stairs and found him bare necked. Collar gone.

We think the yowl that Lord V heard was Guido being trapped outside by his collar!

Thank goodness I followed the cat rule of only placing a break-away collar on him and didn't put a regular collar on him!

Now that it's daylight I'm going hunting to see if I can find where Mr. Guido had been trapped...

Friday, January 23, 2009

Mummy Be Gone: Two Claws Down

We watched the 3rd Mummy movie this evening.

I loved the 1st.

Tolerated the 2nd.

And laughed my way through the 3rd.

Not cuz it was funny, but because it was just. that. bad!

If you wanna waste an hour and a half of your life...go ahead and rent it.

Don't say I didn't warn ya!

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Gran Torino

Lord V and I went and saw 'Gran Torino' yesterday.

Very.

Very very.

Very very very.

Good Movie.

Get thee hither and hence to the theater to see it!! :)

Monday, January 19, 2009

Happy MLK Day!

Crazy busy weekend with parties. I was (almost) glad to get back to the quiet of work yesterday! (almost) :P

It was officially MiniWarriors birthday yesterday which he was going to celebrate at his Dads (we celebrated it on Friday)...'cept his Dad called me yesterday morning and MiniWarrior had woken up with a terrible stomach flu! :( Poor little guy.

He was very disappointed and a bit blue, so I spent some time talking to him on the phone to cheer him. I was glad that he had celebrated his birthday already with us--so he didn't totally miss out on his celebration time!

*sigh*

It's hard when I hear him so sad and sick. Everything in me wants to go over and take care of him but I realize that would be intruding on his StepMom and Dad time so I have to allow them their time to care for him and bond with him.

So...

Any big plans for today? Is everyone watching the inauguration festivities going on? It's crazy! So many people converging on Washington!

I just hope the Secret Service does a better job of protecting Mr. Obama then they did Mr. Bush during the infamous shoe throwing incident!

Don't even get me started on that rant...

I'm not a Bush fan...but he is/was the head of our country--visiting a foreign country during War time--and someone was allowed enough time to not only hurl an item at him without being put down but was allowed to hurl a second item before the Security guarding OUR leader responded and tackled the assailant.

I ask you, Peeps...is that the representation we want the world to see of our security?

ARGH...sorry.

End rant.

*puff huff pant*

Where's Clint when ya need him, ya know? ;)

"Feeling lucky, Punk?"

"Well do ya?"

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Which View is....You?

realism vs idealism.

Which viewpoint is you?

Place comment HERE!

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Unintended Consequences: Cat Removal

Mmm Hmmm

I could have told them that.

Any project that wears the fiendish title of "Cat removal" is gonna end badly.

Baaaaaaaaaadly.

(click here to read article)


*Z snaps*

Happy Happy Humpday!

Fridayyy its my Fridayyyyy.

WOO!

Filled up weekend comin' my way.

Lotsa birthday celebrations.

XOXOX to my birthday guys!

I love you



have a grand rest of your week, Peeps.

See ya on Sunday!

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

If I Were A Cat...

Monday, January 12, 2009

Blogilation

Busy week, Peeps. Busy week.

I have 3 birthdays to plan for--one of them being MiniWarriors!

He stands as tall as my eyebrows and had begun the pre-teen eating fest.

To that I have to say--GOOD LORD! WHERE does he PUT all that FOOD??

Oh yeah.

Into his legs which are mini tree trunks and growing as fast as a dandelion in Springtime.

Just this past week I received the frantic phone call from his StepMom for more pants--'cuz he's out grown 'em all.

ALL of them...

*tsks and shakes my head*

And another thing?

When we drive past teenage girls loping on the sidewalks he turns to me and says, "Those girls are cute. Or should I say, flamin' hot!" which he finishes off with a manly waggle of his eyebrows.

God help us all.

My baby's growin' up.

*sigh*

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Fridayyyyyy

Hurrah! It's my Friday AND I'm leaving work in 1 hour.

*shoops around the blog*

*Shoop Shoop* *Shoop Shoop*

I don't have big plans. Just jazzed over the fact that I won't be workin!

I hope for a sunny weekend day so I can drag Chanda out for more pic captures.

What's your plans?

Gimme some news.

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Hurrah!!

I won second place in a photo contest!



I feel like I'm 5 and this blog is my parents refrigerator gallery door...

*big happy grin*

Monday, January 05, 2009

This Made Me Giggle

Sunday, January 04, 2009

Dinner With Friends

Lord V and I went out and had a post Christmas dinner with friends at their house last night.

You know the Italian movies where they show the families all bustling around the kitchen and dining table, laughing and talking to and over each other in booming decimals while shoving down delicious food with wine chasers?

Yeah.

It was like that.

And it was fantabulously wonderful.

We've all known each other for so long that we move in a rhythm that is family.

We tease. We laugh. We hug. We celebrate accomplishments. We commiserate and share losses.

We love.

And for a girl who grew up where family meant something to be avoided, every time I am with my friends, I feel some empty space inside me fill.

They are my treasures :)

Friday, January 02, 2009

Through the Eye of Chanda

New Chanda pics

HERE

and new iPhone pics

HERE

Native American Eagle

Eagle teaches us:

Ability to see the highest truth or highest viewpoint
Connection from earth to sky symbolising balance
Spiritual energy
That we have the ability to reach great heights when we find the courage to do so
That freedom is our birth right

Opportunities are coming to you that will enable you to reach new heights. Be aware they are coming and have the courage to grab them.


I find this a comforting start to my new year, 2009 :)

Thursday, January 01, 2009

Soaring into the New Year!



There were three Eagles flying and screeching outside our house this morning.



I grabbed up Chanda and slunk into the wind driven rain to try and capture a picture of them.



This is a close as I got to them. I was out as long as possible but Chanda and I were getting soaked so I had to race back inside.





Happy New Year!

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

The Sickies Have Gone--HURRAH!

Right after opening my Christmas stocking, I was hit with a horrible terrible no good flu bug and spent the rest of my Christmas day curled up in my bathrobe sipping Sprite.

Hurrah.

Today--on day 4 of no Coffee *groan*--I awoke to a blazing headache and full body withdrawel caffine aches.

However, my tummy seemed (finally) calm.

So--I tenatively ordered a Mocha and took a tiny sip--testing the tummy status.

EUREKA! No rolling tummy!

I sipped the Mocha with glee and even managed to nibble on a bagel.

And now?

Hurrah! I feel grand!! GRAND I tell you!

So bring on the New Year. I'm ready for ya.

Bring it!


Sunday, December 28, 2008

Merry Post Christmas!

How was everyones Christmas?

Mine was fantabulous! :D

Family was able to make it through the snow--and we had a beautiful, delicious ham dinner Christmas Eve--then fell upon the presents with glee.

MiniWarrior cracked us up.

Right after dinner, he stood up and started going around the table collecting dirty dishes from everyone and said, "Now, you guys just rest and let your dinner digest. That way when you open your presents you won't yell JACKPOT! and get a stomach ache!"

*Snort*

His angle was to get us to move into the progression of eat dinner--open gifts. He had been asking all day as to when we were going to open them but had not gotten a definitive answer.

The kid is a born politician!

God help us...

Santa was very kind to me!

Here are two of my gifts: (the fridge in the middle was from last year)
Loveeeeeeeeeee them *sing song voice*




Annnnnnd...my main gift?

A telephoto 70-300 image stabilization lens for Chanda! WOO!!

You can see the Christmas Sunset I took with her new attachment HERE


Everyone was delightfully spoiled by Santa and his relative elves this year.

But *other then the awesome lens* the thing I love the most?

Was being cozied up with family, snowbound, enjoying the Ham feast and sharing the excitement and laughter of the holidays.

Good times. Good times.

I have tracked myself all over your blogs this morning checkin on how your holidays were. Seems everyone (who posted: *hint*cough*hint*) had a fabulous Christmas time!

Yay us! :D

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Merry Christmas Eve!



Hope you'v been good 'cuz Santa's on his way, Peeps!

WOO!!

Merry Christmas, my Peeps. Have a wonderful, fantabulous day!

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Priorities!

I was hoofing it to Starbucks through the half shoveled sidewalks of Portland this morning.

There had been a slight thaw the day before but the cooler night temperatures had frozen the snow melt to a treacherous high gloss sheen.

I was walking on the snowy street along side the ice skating sidewalk when a man sightly ahead of me suddenly flew through the air and landed with a WHOMP! onto his back on the sidewalk.

He hit pretty hard and I was a bit alarmed.

"Sir, are you OK?" I asked

He didn't respond.

"SIR! Are you OK?" I asked moving closer to him.

He slowly moved to a sitting position and shook himself.

I reached down and started gathering up his belongings that had gone flying.

Handing him his book, I asked again if he was OK.

He didn't say anything but turned to look to to his right.

"Awww Sh*$! My COFFEE!" He suddenly bellowed.

I followed his forlorn gaze to his coffee cup laying upside down, spilling its contents onto the sidewalk.

"Bummer." I commiserated.

He rolled an eyeball to the Venti Mocha I held clutched to my chest and sighed.

I tsked in sympathy, helped him to his feet then patted him on the arm and stumbled my way to work.

Hey.

It may be Christmas time--but I ain't given up my morning Mocha.

No way.

Nuh uh.

*Z snaps*

Monday, December 22, 2008

New Photo Site!

I have organized my iPhone Portland City photos and have given them their very own home.

Check it out HERE!

Sunday, December 21, 2008

Santa's Demise

I opened the front door to check on the snow status and found a grim sight...



Santa carcass!

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Winter Storm

It's been snowing all night and day.




We stopped and bought chains for my truck this morning. The line of waiting people twisted around the store like a sleeping anaconda.

With chains on my truck tires making a comforting chug-a-chug-a-chug sound on the snow lined streets, we made a pit stop at the local grocery store to nab a few last stocking stuffers and groceries.



Every teller aisle was crammed with people loading up on supplies.

There is a strange sense of camaraderie that comes with such moments. Where normally people groused at long lines, they now stood patiently leaning on their filled grocery carts, texting on their phones or chatting with their companions.



Lord V and I spent the afternoon by the fireplace watching TV while the wind blew the falling snow in swirls around the house and across the river.



So wild. So beautiful. So cold.

I am thankful we have a warm house tonight.

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Christmas Ships!





Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Christmas Party Goodness!

The Christmas party was awesome.

Our house was filled with the sights and sounds of many friends and their families.

You know what I enjoyed most?

No one stood around. Everyone flung themselves into the kitchen and started digging around and cooking--it was like one huge family gathering where no one was the "guest".

The Christmas ships passed our house all decked out in their light displays. Most people piled out of the house and stood by the fire pit to wave and cheer at the ships as they cruised by.

On the way back by us the ships stopped and turned their ships towards our house and played a bit of their music. My girlfriend, MiniWarrior and I were whooping and hollering at the ships screaming "MERRY CHRISTMAS! and THANK YOU!!"

I spent some time trying to get every individual family to pose by the Christmas tree so I could take their photo. I was able to get a lot of family shots. I'm so looking forward to my weekend and having some time to work on the photos! I feel passionate about being able to capture those rare moments where the entire family gets the opportunity to be complete in a casual photo. I tried to capture every ones unique personalities--I hope I was able to do so.

One of my friends asked if I would take her daughters Senior photos. I am a little intimidated by that as that's an important time of a kids life--but I am also honored that they felt it was something I could do. I lay in bed last night with my mind spinning with ideas of locations and ideas for the photo shoot. There will be no charge--but I feel the weight of the responsibility and want to be able to give them some memorable photos :)

When I was done with taking the Christmas family shots, I walked into my kitchen and my friends had cleaned the entire place! There was not a stray cup/napkin/plate or dirty dish to be found and they had packaged up all the leftovers in baggies for us.

They rock. Seriously. R.O.C.K.

I don't know how I got so lucky to have such wonderful friends.

I'll try and post some Christmas ship pics this weekend. Not sure how well they came out as I need to get a different lens for my camera that will allow me to take distant shots.

Good times, Peeps.

Awesomely good times :)

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

A Meme

To put a smile on Cindy's face I am participating in her Meme...

*i want. More coffee!
*i have. Too many hobbies and not enough time :)
*i fear. rejection
*i hear. space heater cookin' my feet under my desk.
*i search for. The rare gotta-have-sell-first-born-for purrrrfect Hello Kitty
*i wonder. If I'll ever do anything professional with my photos
*i regret. not being brave when I needed to be
*i love. my little family
*i always eat. unhealthy snacks
*i try not. to upset people
*i seem. too complicated
*i know. I am probably annoying to those close to me
*i feel. many things too deeply
*i dance. awesome in my imagination...and totally suck in real life.
*i dream of. making a living from my photos
*i sing. when I am alone :)
*i laugh because. I find many little things hilariously funny
*i can't. forget making someone upset at me
*i write. less then I used to
*i cry. when I feel helpless or angry
*i sleep. easily but not enough
*i am. excited about big christmas party at our house tonight :D
*i see. a slightly skewed version of the world then others around me
*i need. to belong
*i should. go back to work on my projects! :D
*big hug sent out to Cindy* Please visit her and bring a smile to her face today.

Sunday, December 14, 2008

The Apple of Santas Eye



Its snowing in Portland!!

Not a big deal for some...but super cool for us Northwestern Peeps who are used to sky moisture drizzling on us in rain form.

Wanna see pics of our snow?

Go HERE!

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Guido~ness

Mrowr!

I am most pleased that my Christmas lair is returning.

Stay tuned to my slaves Masters blog for adorable pics of me inside my Christmas lair.

*Purrrrrrr*

Guido-the-cat

Tuesday, December 09, 2008

MiniWarrior~ism

Mom? Do only married people have babies?

No. You don't have to be married to make a baby.

Oh. Hmm. Then how are babies made?

(oh crap)

Um. Well. You see. Um. Well...boys have things in their bodies called "sperm" and girls have "eggs" inside them. The sperm finds the egg and makes the egg turn into a baby inside the girls tummy.

Really? But how are babies made?

(crap crap crap!)

I'll tell you that when you're older. Just know that you don't have to be married for a girl to get pregnant.

(I so suck at this...)

Oh, yeah--that's true. You have to be careful when you sit by a girl...

(oh god, I've warped him against girls...)

...in the cafeteria. 'Cuz they may eat something they're allergic to!

Monday, December 08, 2008

Daily *snort*

Lord V just sent me THIS!



A nurse tends to a baby inside a Hello Kitty themed maternity ward inside a hospital in Changhua County December 4, 2008. Mommy, daddy -- and Hello Kitty -- welcome newborns at a cat-themed Taiwan maternity hospital that hopes the Japanese cartoon icon will ease the stress of childbirth as well as boost business. The 30-bed Hau Sheng Hospital in Yuanlin in central Taiwan claims to be the only institution of its kind authorised by the popular cartoon cat's parent company Sanrio Co Ltd. Newborns get everything Hello Kitty but a set of whiskers, including pink or blue receiving blankets, nurses dressed in pink uniforms with cat-themed aprons, cot linen and room decor. Picture taken December 4, 2008. To match Reuters Life! TAIWAN-HELLOKITTY REUTERS/Christine Lu (TAIWAN)

The header of his email?

"The next batch of future serial killers is being raised here"

*SNORT!!*

He's convinced Hello Kitty is evil and plots our demise. :P

Sunday, December 07, 2008

Katmas Cheer!

Holiday Craze

After dropping MiniWarrior off at his Dads house yesterday, I decided to get a few errands done while in that neck of the woods--and then zip on home to enjoy some World of Warcraft play til you drool "me time".

It started off well.

I hit the Pharmacy to refill a prescription and had a relaxing time perusing the Christmas aisles while waiting for the pharmacy.

Prescription in hand, I headed out to the local Craft store humming a Christmas tune and plotting decorating ideas in my head.

La la la la.
La la la la...


Oh my. Lotsa people out and about today...

Dee dum dee dooooo
Dum diddly deeee...


Ooooh! Look at all the neat Christmas stuff!

la la la...

Oh, 'scuse me.

Pardon me.

'scuse me!

I'm sorry. If I just need to get over to this...

Just let me grab this....

OMG Peeps! MUST you ALL stand in the middle aisle?!

sorry sorry...let me just...

Where are the freakin christmas balls?!

OMG its crowded in here.

Sweet Jesus, just let me find the stupid christmas balls and I'm outta...

Oops sorry didn't mean to bump into you.

Good Lord that kids got a pair of lungs on him.

'scuse me.

Oh sorry! 'scuse me!

Where the frack are the &%#! Christmas BALLS!

'scuse me, Ma'am? Where are the Christmas balls?

Ma'am?

MA'AM!

I can't believe she just freakin' blew right by me!

ARGH!

OK. Can't find Christmas balls...gonna use gold packages instead.

Excellent.

Good.

Now let me just pay for...

'scuse me.

'Pardon me.

The line starts...WHERE?!

sweet Josephine. I'm never getting out of here.

Why isn't this line MOVING?!

Sweet mother of...is she pulling out a checkbook?

Who freakin pays with checks anymore?

oh sweet lord. I'm gonna die in here.

Archaeologists will dig up my bones and be mystified as to how a person died standing up without a sign of mortal woundage.


Finally!

Yes yes. Merry Christmas to you, Ma'am.

Yes yes. I found everything I needed.

'cept the freakin' christmas balls!

ARGH.

Here's a note my Peeps.

Never.

Never ever EVAHR

go out Christmas shopping on the weekend.

Ever.

ever ever ever EVER.

Amen.

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Peek-A-Boo!



My lastest insanity was captured in a shop window ;)

More images of insanity found HERE

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Guido-the-Cat

Guido-the-cat watchin' TV with me last night! :D

UM....YIKES!!!!

Cool new template, hmm?!

Unfortunately, I've lost the links to all my blog Peeps!

If you visit and want me to visit, please leave your blog URL in your comment.

Please please please

I have blog visitin' needs!!!

*cries*

Buddy Can You Spare A Coin?

Hi.

My name is HaphazardKat.

I am addicted to Photography and WoW (world of warcraft).

I have neglected my blog Peeps.

I have neglected my overflowing laundry baskets.

My conversations with Lord V consist of:

"Yes, Hun. Just a minute. I have to finish this quest"

or

"Check this one out! I took it with my iPhone!"

or

"I'll help you with that in a minute. I gotta finish my kill and get to a safe place..."

It's not pretty, Peeps.

Addiction.

And all its ugly faces.

Send help.

And while yer at it?

Send gold.

I need 110 gold pieces to purchase riding training and a horse.

Don't be mac'n on me...the World of Warcraft is a fracken huge place and I've wore out 6 pair of leather boots running everywhere!

Right now I've got 26 gold jinglin' in my leather hip pouch so I need...(hang on a minute)

*110 minus 26 equals*
*cross out the zero, make it a ten*
*cross out the 1, subtract one cuz I borrowed from the zero to make a ten*
*cross out the 1 cuz you borrowed and subtracted...*


brain cramp. brain cramp!

Well whateverrrrr.

I need a whole shizzle more.

I put my soul up for auction in Stormcity and someone named DaRkDoMiNiOn bought it for 6 gold.

*snort*

sucker.

I'd have taken 2.

hehehe

noobs.


Sunday, November 23, 2008

Another Soul Passes

Thanks to everyone for your well wishes to me during my sickies.

I seem to have conquered the flu bug that held me in its grip last week...and successfully (?) passed it onto Lord V. (sorry, Hun)

So far MiniWarrior remains unscathed. I hope this stays that way through the upcoming Thanksgiving weekend!

I had some sad news when I returned to work this morning. Seems one of my coworkers from our team in the South, suddenly passed away this weekend. Apparently she had been battling cancer. I had no idea as there was not a day that hasn't gone by where I haven't seen an email from her detailing some network issue she was working on.

I'm trying to wrap my head around the fact that she is gone.

It's not clicking.

It's unfathomable to me how a person can one day be here and then gone.

There has been a lot of loss this year.

I think the Universe is in the RED karma wise.

She better start filling up the gaps she's been leaving behind or she and I are gonna have a pissed off kat on her back moment. ;)

Ever have an angry feline on your back?

MMmm hmm.

It's a scarring experience.

I'm just sayin...

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Work Train Reflections

I am not well this morning.

The flu lurks behind my skin, slithering inside my joints and muscles leaving behind slug trails of misery.

*sigh*

It is very hard to be at work on days like these.

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Self Portrait

I was walking during lunchtime at work (yet again) and trying to capture the brilliant colors of a warm Fall day in the City with my iPhone eyeball--when I inadvertantly took a picture of myself.



Wanna see more? Go HERE!

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Rainy Lunchtime Walk



I snapped up my umbrella and headed out into the wind and driving rain on my lunchtime at work today.

I love wild weather and how it changes the normal every day world into a moody, shadowy place.

I couldn't resist trying to capture a piece of it with the tiny eye of my iPhone.

Want to see more? Go HERE.