7.30.2002
My part-time dog was back on Sunday. He spent the night. And, his owner finally posted a "missing" sign today. If he had just come to my house, he would have found the dog in my backyard. I didn't bother calling them when he showed up because I knew they didn't give a shit about him. I wish I could keep him. But, since they posted a sign for him, I feel like they at least tried. So, I left them a message, chewed them out for not having I.D. tags on him, and told them to pick him up from my backyard. Stupid people don't deserve to be pet-owners.
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7.24.2002
I'm having a burst of creativity lately. I'll go for days or weeks without painting or creating anything. Then, I'll have an art binge. This week, I've been making a bunch of Polaroid transfers for the Art Walk. I'm also working on some Halloween stuff. 10/31 is only a couple of months away!
I haven't been kayaking in a long time. Must do that again soon. Haven't been to a Mariners game this year either. Wonder if I'll miss them all?
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7.23.2002
7.22.2002
The Truth *
Almost half a million people die from cigarette related illnesses every year.
And guess who helps pay their medical bills when some of these people don't have insurance...
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Almost half a million people die from cigarette related illnesses every year.
And guess who helps pay their medical bills when some of these people don't have insurance...
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7.19.2002
DannySeo.com
A great site for "fast philanthropy" and other good ideas. Check out his books and other links. The site hasn't been updated in a while. But, there's some great info here.
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A great site for "fast philanthropy" and other good ideas. Check out his books and other links. The site hasn't been updated in a while. But, there's some great info here.
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ConAgra Beef recall
One of the many reasons why I'm a vegetarian. It's scary how much of this goes on that we don't hear about.
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One of the many reasons why I'm a vegetarian. It's scary how much of this goes on that we don't hear about.
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7.18.2002
WTF?!
Zacarias Moussaoui tried to enter a plea of guilty today. But the judge would not let him. WHAT?! She wouldn't accept his formal plea. Then, she tried to change his plea to not guilty! What the fuck is going on??
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Zacarias Moussaoui tried to enter a plea of guilty today. But the judge would not let him. WHAT?! She wouldn't accept his formal plea. Then, she tried to change his plea to not guilty! What the fuck is going on??
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7.17.2002
Vegan Mania
It promises to be the kick-assingest Vegan site on the web. I'm not a vegan. But, I eat vegan-style sometimes.
My boss still won't order the software I requested weeks ago. What a tool. Meanwhile, my Mac is still fucked. I need to reformat the harddrive and reinstall everything. But, I can't do THAT until I get the new software from him.
Julia arrives tomorrow. She's staying for 1 night. I'll probably take her out to meet the friends at Ray's. Great sunset dinners there. But, you have to wait an hour and a half to get a table. Ok, so maybe we won't go there.
Juan bought a condo.
Shara is looking for a house.
Everybody's settling down. or just investing?
I went dog shopping yesterday. All the puppies were already adopted. So, I'll keep checking back. There were some bigger/older dogs. But, they were either adopted, or male, or evil. (pitbulls)
This weekend, we have our first Teamworks project of the new round. It's out at Snoqualmie - Northwest Railway Center. It's going to be a kids day with Thomas the Tank.
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It promises to be the kick-assingest Vegan site on the web. I'm not a vegan. But, I eat vegan-style sometimes.
My boss still won't order the software I requested weeks ago. What a tool. Meanwhile, my Mac is still fucked. I need to reformat the harddrive and reinstall everything. But, I can't do THAT until I get the new software from him.
Julia arrives tomorrow. She's staying for 1 night. I'll probably take her out to meet the friends at Ray's. Great sunset dinners there. But, you have to wait an hour and a half to get a table. Ok, so maybe we won't go there.
Juan bought a condo.
Shara is looking for a house.
Everybody's settling down. or just investing?
I went dog shopping yesterday. All the puppies were already adopted. So, I'll keep checking back. There were some bigger/older dogs. But, they were either adopted, or male, or evil. (pitbulls)
This weekend, we have our first Teamworks project of the new round. It's out at Snoqualmie - Northwest Railway Center. It's going to be a kids day with Thomas the Tank.
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7.16.2002
what I rented -
DVD of Michael Moore's "The Awful Truth" -season 2. Excellent show. I wish there were more Michael Moores out there.
what I ate for dinner -
cheese. fried tofu, peanut sauce, sesame seeds; more cheese. brown rice, stir fried peppers/garlic. wine. pound cake.
what I want -
to win the $23 million lotto tomorrow.
what I'd do with it-
go to Wally Pleasant's wedding in Las Vegas next month; buy season tickets to the Mariners games; see every movie.
when I'll get a critter -
hopefully soon. Maybe I'll go to the shelter at lunchtime and look around.
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DVD of Michael Moore's "The Awful Truth" -season 2. Excellent show. I wish there were more Michael Moores out there.
what I ate for dinner -
cheese. fried tofu, peanut sauce, sesame seeds; more cheese. brown rice, stir fried peppers/garlic. wine. pound cake.
what I want -
to win the $23 million lotto tomorrow.
what I'd do with it-
go to Wally Pleasant's wedding in Las Vegas next month; buy season tickets to the Mariners games; see every movie.
when I'll get a critter -
hopefully soon. Maybe I'll go to the shelter at lunchtime and look around.
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7.12.2002
Most of my friends are off in the mountains this weekend. They rented a cabin as a "stag night" event for 2 friends, who are also going to be there. I stayed behind because I didn't want to be around all the new couples. I'd be the only non-coupled loser there. Who needs that? So, I made plans to have some friends and neighbors over tonight instead. The people across the street are really cool, but never show up to anything I invite them to. I'm sure they won't come tonight. But, there should be 4 others who will come. I was planning on just wine and cheese. But, it's so fucking hot outside. It would have been better just to do beer and chips and stuff and sit in the backyard. I guess wine and cheese is a winter thing.
I still have to finish cleaning the house in the next 2 hours. It's good to have people over. It forces me to keep the place somewhat neat.
Tomorrow, I'm going to the West Seattle street fair. Not sure what that's all about. But, I'm going to check it out and see. Saturday night, I'll check out the Ballard Art Walk. Kristin wants me to take pictures for the BFC.
That's my weekend so far. I'll probably squeeze a few movies in there somewhere. I'd like to see MIB2. But, I have no interest at all in seeing "Road to Perdition." I don't care what Letterman says. It just looks shitty.
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I still have to finish cleaning the house in the next 2 hours. It's good to have people over. It forces me to keep the place somewhat neat.
Tomorrow, I'm going to the West Seattle street fair. Not sure what that's all about. But, I'm going to check it out and see. Saturday night, I'll check out the Ballard Art Walk. Kristin wants me to take pictures for the BFC.
That's my weekend so far. I'll probably squeeze a few movies in there somewhere. I'd like to see MIB2. But, I have no interest at all in seeing "Road to Perdition." I don't care what Letterman says. It just looks shitty.
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7.11.2002
Don't Give Me No LIP!
I don't know why this is. But, sometimes people assume my name is "Phillip," even when I introduce myself as "Phil."
stranger: Hi, I'm Fred.
me: Hi, Fred. I'm PHIL.
stranger: Nice to meet you, PHILLIP.
me: ??!
I mean.. I can understand if I had said my name was "William" and they called me "Bill." Shortening makes sense. But, why add letters that aren't there? Phillip is not my name. Not that I wouldn't mind having that name. It just ain't my name.
Other stuff.
Why don't more states do this? Washington has a program where you can add an extra 3 bucks (or 6,..) to your electric bill. And, they use it to invest in renewable energy. (wind farms, solar, etc..) I think it's a great idea. Every state should be doing this. It's really sick how reliant we are on the middle east for our energy. And, the mess it makes when that shit is burned makes it more ridiculous. Instead of drilling for and spilling oil and burning coal, we should be using a resource that's there every day and never burns out. (at least not for a while.)
Here are my fourth of july pictures.
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I don't know why this is. But, sometimes people assume my name is "Phillip," even when I introduce myself as "Phil."
stranger: Hi, I'm Fred.
me: Hi, Fred. I'm PHIL.
stranger: Nice to meet you, PHILLIP.
me: ??!
I mean.. I can understand if I had said my name was "William" and they called me "Bill." Shortening makes sense. But, why add letters that aren't there? Phillip is not my name. Not that I wouldn't mind having that name. It just ain't my name.
Other stuff.
Why don't more states do this? Washington has a program where you can add an extra 3 bucks (or 6,..) to your electric bill. And, they use it to invest in renewable energy. (wind farms, solar, etc..) I think it's a great idea. Every state should be doing this. It's really sick how reliant we are on the middle east for our energy. And, the mess it makes when that shit is burned makes it more ridiculous. Instead of drilling for and spilling oil and burning coal, we should be using a resource that's there every day and never burns out. (at least not for a while.)
Here are my fourth of july pictures.
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7.10.2002
Cigarette Litter dot org
Why do most smokers think that cigarette butts will magically decompose as soon as they drop them on the ground? Butts are trash.
Some crazy chick in my neighborhood was walking down the street yesterday. She stopped in front of my house; took a few more drags from her cigarette; then, dropped the butt in the street by my mailbox.
WTF?!?!
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Why do most smokers think that cigarette butts will magically decompose as soon as they drop them on the ground? Butts are trash.
Some crazy chick in my neighborhood was walking down the street yesterday. She stopped in front of my house; took a few more drags from her cigarette; then, dropped the butt in the street by my mailbox.
WTF?!?!
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7.9.2002
Bible BELT
What a world. Why would anybody participate in anything whose followers believe this sort of thing is ok? And all in the name of "god."
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What a world. Why would anybody participate in anything whose followers believe this sort of thing is ok? And all in the name of "god."
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7.7.2002
There's something very very wrong with my Mac. On the 4th of July, it worked fine up until about 8pm. Then, it decided not to show me anything but a system folder.
For some reason, all my applications still work. I just can't save anything. So, I'm going to reinstall everything today. I think it's a good time to go ahead and upgrade to OS X too. Most of the apps I use are OS X native by now.
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For some reason, all my applications still work. I just can't save anything. So, I'm going to reinstall everything today. I think it's a good time to go ahead and upgrade to OS X too. Most of the apps I use are OS X native by now.
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7.4.2002
Happy 4th
Happy Independence Day. Let's keep those critters inside, away from the fireworks!
Julia's 3rd Husband
Julia Roberts got married again. WTF?! I didn't even know she had a new guy. Doesn't matter. It won't last. I'm her #3 anyway.
Lotto
I wonder if I won the lottery last night. It's up to $19 million. Yesterday, I pumped $7.77 in gas, just for good luck. Let's hope it worked.
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Happy Independence Day. Let's keep those critters inside, away from the fireworks!
Julia's 3rd Husband
Julia Roberts got married again. WTF?! I didn't even know she had a new guy. Doesn't matter. It won't last. I'm her #3 anyway.
Lotto
I wonder if I won the lottery last night. It's up to $19 million. Yesterday, I pumped $7.77 in gas, just for good luck. Let's hope it worked.
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7.3.2002
FINAL RESULT: PASS
I passed my emission inspection today. I still think of my car as being fairly "new", even though it's about 8 years old now. I can't imagine it failing the test, because I try to keep it in good condition. But, today it started putting out a lot of smoke during the test. I thought I was going to flunk! But, they gave me the thumbs up and sent me on my way.
Cook-In
I'm thinking of having a 4th of July cookout. But, the forecast calls for rain. If it does rain, we could always eat inside, I guess. Then, we'll watch the fireworks on TV. The other benefit of this is that we can hide from the terrorists!
My dog
My friend, Bradley, has escaped again. His stupid fucking owner drove by today asking if I'd seen him. He probably doesn't have a tag on still. And, he's terrified of the fireworks that have been going off. Stupid people should not be allowed to keep pets.
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I passed my emission inspection today. I still think of my car as being fairly "new", even though it's about 8 years old now. I can't imagine it failing the test, because I try to keep it in good condition. But, today it started putting out a lot of smoke during the test. I thought I was going to flunk! But, they gave me the thumbs up and sent me on my way.
Cook-In
I'm thinking of having a 4th of July cookout. But, the forecast calls for rain. If it does rain, we could always eat inside, I guess. Then, we'll watch the fireworks on TV. The other benefit of this is that we can hide from the terrorists!
My dog
My friend, Bradley, has escaped again. His stupid fucking owner drove by today asking if I'd seen him. He probably doesn't have a tag on still. And, he's terrified of the fireworks that have been going off. Stupid people should not be allowed to keep pets.
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7.2.2002
The Animal Rescue Site
In the tradition of the Hunger Site, the Breast Cancer Site, and the Rainforest Site, .... here's a new one! Click on the Animal Rescue site to help out animals in need.
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In the tradition of the Hunger Site, the Breast Cancer Site, and the Rainforest Site, .... here's a new one! Click on the Animal Rescue site to help out animals in need.
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Save Your Poptops
The Ronald McDonald house charity saves these to raise money for their organization. Save your tops and turn them in to RMH or send them to me!
Still no word on what happened to my neighbor yesterday. But, everybody saw it. The people across the street called me over to talk about it last night. I haven't seen anybody at the house today. So, I hope we figure out what's going on soon.
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7.1.2002
News of the Weird
2 police cars pulled up to my house today around noon. They went up to the neighbor's door. And, 5 minutes later, they were escorting him to away in handcuffs. WTF?! I'm going to try to find out what happened. How weird is that? Does he have a bunch of parking tickets? Is he a serial killer??
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2 police cars pulled up to my house today around noon. They went up to the neighbor's door. And, 5 minutes later, they were escorting him to away in handcuffs. WTF?! I'm going to try to find out what happened. How weird is that? Does he have a bunch of parking tickets? Is he a serial killer??
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Happy July.
The 4th is coming. And, I'm a little worried that some terrorist is going to ruin the day for us. Let's hope that everybody's on the lookout for anything out of the ordinary.
Here are some links where you can help out the world a little bit. First there's the Rainforest site. After you click the link, be sure to also click once on the Hunger Site badge, and the Breast Cancer Site badge. All it takes is a click to help out. No money needed.
It's nice and quiet here today. With the parents gone, I'm back to my normal schedule.
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The 4th is coming. And, I'm a little worried that some terrorist is going to ruin the day for us. Let's hope that everybody's on the lookout for anything out of the ordinary.
Here are some links where you can help out the world a little bit. First there's the Rainforest site. After you click the link, be sure to also click once on the Hunger Site badge, and the Breast Cancer Site badge. All it takes is a click to help out. No money needed.
It's nice and quiet here today. With the parents gone, I'm back to my normal schedule.
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