This is totally going to be me after I quit World of Warcraft:

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/7/21/

Especially since I work with sex offenders -

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/26/scotus.child.rape.ap/index.html?iref=topnews

It started with 3 weeks or so of bronchitis, which lead to a sore side. Then I found out the hard way on Saturday that you can, in fact, crack a rib from coughing. It's kind of unnerving to feel a *pop* when you cough. No bueno :-(

Does anyone else get creeped out by those little dancing CGI people in web ads?

I know I do...

I just found out today that And One is playing in Seattle on Thursday. I don't know how awesome they are live, so can anyone tell me if they are worth $40 in gas, 6 hours total in driving plus $15 for the ticket to go see?

I love these guys.

http://defamer.com/352822/vicious-cross+network-melee-leaves-stewart-obrien-and-colbert-in-critical-condition

French pressed coffee is so good, I wonder why I didn't buy one sooner.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/01/23/gailhard.fl.cat.sneaks.in.luggage.wpec

WTF airport security?

New apartment in new neighborhood means a new start. I hadn't even really unpacked in the year at the current place. Hopefully I will have more time and motivation for bike rides, exercise and interior decorating.

On another note, we took the kids at work rollerskating almost a month ago and my hand still hurts from the one fall I had... I should probably get that looked at :-/

Pringles on stuffonmycat.com 7/17/07:

The major problem I have discovered with the graveyard shift is the fact that on certain days I simply decide, 'Hey, I don't think I want to sleep today.'

I find myself so full of energy and creativity when I am driving home and I know that if I go to sleep, I'll lose it all. That and I've been feeling extremely exhausted when I wake up, no matter how long I sleep for.

I know I'll probably regret this decision later, but I figure if I keep myself well fed and full of liquids, I may not be too delirious when I go to work later.

Or I may decide to sleep anyway... I dunno :-/

There are too many thoughts running through my mind to organize right now.

It is a beautiful Saturday morning here in Portland. The sun is out, birds are chirping and it is finally feeling like spring. The majority of my drive home was through fog so dense I had to turn on my windshield wipers. As I passed downtown on the bridge, it was completely engulfed in white haze - neither it nor the river were visible.

As much as I am trying to adjust my sleep schedule to go to bed at 8am, I am finding myself most definitely awake and hyper when I get home from work. More awake than I ever was when I got off at 6pm or 9pm from Macy's. So here I find myself, drinking wine at 8 in the morning (hey, technically it's my evening!) and doing something mindless on the computer to try and flush all of the work terminology out of my head before bed.

I can only hope that my mood is this pleasant when I wake up. I think I might draw or paint later on tonight. I just wish my mood would stay more stable lately and not shift as often as it has been.

I'd never seen this before:

http://www.softpaws.com/gallery.html

It's a great idea, I wonder if the cats really don't notice it as much as people claim...

Sometimes when I'm going through a lot of trouble to make a meal for dinner, I think to myself, 'Man this is a lot of work... humans are so weird...'

And on that note, a quote from the 2nd season of the new Dr. Who:

"Always bring a banana to a party! Bananas are GOOD!!" - The Doctor