Trying to stay positive about job-hunting is harder than the job hunt itself, especially when it feels like nothing you do is going to change anything and that so many things are so out of your control.

Look what we found at Target...

Paging d2leddy... I found your little Weight Watchers-friendly chocolate cereal treats...

Right now. Without wasting any space with any of that graham cracker crust. Jason, Teddy, I'm lookin' at you.

Belle is back home and needy as ever. She has a lot more energy and feeling better, although she hates the fact that she has a little wrap from where they stuck her with the IV. Diagnosis was HGE. It caused the stomach and intestines to swell causing vomiting and bloody diarrhea. Can occur in any dogs any age, but most common in young toy and miniature breeds. She is on antibiotics and special diet for the next 5 days.

We called the vet. They didn't have a lot of info. She hasn't pooped yet so they haven't gotten a stool sample, but she's had a lot of fluids and has peed. They're treating her like it's HGE. She's being a little whiny so they're holding her a lot.

She's staying overnight at the vet. She was running a fever of 105°. They found blood in her stool, but it tested negative for anything parasitical or bacterial. They're going to put her on an IV to keep her hydrated. The vet said something about it possibly being HGE (something that's curable but not preventable and something to which dachshunds are very susceptible).

I hate when she's not here, and I feel like hell because it feels like we could have done more.

We're taking Belle to the vet as soon as Leon gets back inside with her. She's having trouble pooping, is barely eating or drinking and is vomiting every few hours. At first, we thought it was the flea and tick medication that we put on her, but after washing that off (per the manufacturer's instructions -- I called), she's stil having problems and is really lethargic.

I hate seeing her like this. I want my baby all better.

:-(

Yes, I know it was parody. I also deleted the post less than a minute after making the post, and it didn't delete.

Would it surprise any of you for that bullshit to come out of the Sanfords or Rush Limbaugh? If it would, then you're not paying any attention at all.

I'm watching Role Models, and there's a scene with a LARP, complete with boffers and spell packets. It's so remarkably nerdy that I just hurt and I feel so filthy.

He comes in a jar...

AWESOME. And totally worksafe.

I just can't make this shit up, folks.

Not to be confused with imposters!

None for you straight people!

Chocolate-covered mushroom-shaped sweets or tiny dirty penises?

There are really not that many words for this one. WHY would you EVER agree to this? And why in gay hell would you let those photos be seen anywhere outside of a very well hidden box for any reason other than blackmail?

I love this site. It's totally safe for work and it makes me feel so much better about growing up with the Sycamores.

ETA: Dammit. Awkward Family Photos is coming up 403 for me today. That makes me SAD. :-( I'm not gonna edit the link, just in case it comes back at some point. Yay it's back!

Why haven't I heard of this movie before now? Very interesting. I may have to be a little excited about this.

Go here and vote for Clay! You have to sign up for the site, but they send you NOTHING. The default is to get no spam. Use as many email addresses as you can. He’s in 3rd place right now, but 4th is right behind him. Please? Please please?

See also: Give Mama Some Sugar

Damn, I wish I would have been in the front row for last night's Tonys...



I got such wood over this video. And it's completely worksafe!

I just got a phone call from archanglrobriel's Butt! There was LOTS of rustling and some chatting in the background, but nobody was talking to me. Sad me...

Target has weird kinks...

"You can't fool me! It's turtles all the way down!"

I need to go to the UK for the next week, just for this.

Whenever I find myself in a crappy spot, certain songs seem to jump out at me. When Mark fucked me over 10 years ago, it was "Standing Outside the Fire" by Garth Brooks and "Strong Enough" by Cher. Lately, the song is "If You're Going Through Hell" by Rodney Atkins. I heard it on the radio the other day, and it keeps replaying in my mind. I need to hear it again and again, and maybe it'll sink in.

( Lyrics back here. )

The tuba!

Snagged from d2leddy and ghstlght74

1. Comment with anything that you want to see of my real life.
2. I will post photographs of the requested items/people/places.

Keep in mind that MY MOTHER is on my flist. That means say whatever you want, but I won't be posting nudes. Or anything nude-ish. No peen on this.

Ethan McNAmee, a third-grader at Montclair Elementary School in Denver, organized a rally for marriage equality and delivered a speech at the Colorado State Capitol on Saturday:

“He was concerned about the issue after hearing about anti-gay remarks on the playground and then learning about a same sex couple in his neighborhood that couldn’t get married. ‘Everybody is different in a good way,’ he said. Ethan believes that if two people love each other that is the only issue to be considered. Ethan took it upon himself to arrange the rally and line up the guest speakers. He admitted it was more work then he thought it would be, but adds it was fun.”

McNamee’s permit was filed under the name of his school teacher Kyle Kimmal, because he’s too young to apply for one himself.

According to Denver’s ABC7, the conservatives are already on the attack, accusing adults of manipulation.

The school's website is here, with address info on the side. I think it's important to let the school and Ethan know that what he said is important and was heard everywhere.

There’s a line from Independence Day that keeps running through my head.

“We will not go quietly into the night!” We will not vanish without a fight! We’re going to live on! We’re going to survive!

There’s more to it, but that’s the part that keeps playing. This fight need to continue, loudly, until the institutionalized segregation and discrimination ends. Yes, I’m “free to marry a member of the opposite sex, just like everyone else in the country.” That’s not. Fucking. Good enough.

Today’s decision about Prop (H)8 will not be the end of this fight. The lawyers for the GLBT population in California will fight this. It will head to the Supreme Court. They may or may not decide to hear it. I can’t even hazard a guess as to what they’ll do. I’m praying that they’ll hear it and rule against it and declare it unconstitutional, much like their decision on Lawrence v. Texas. At that point, will all the other states who have bigoted, hate-filled, discriminatory amendments and laws have to change them? Yes, I think they probably will.

I would love nothing more than to see the word “marriage” become something that is relegated to religious institutions. I would love to see everyone be able to get a civil union, and have to go before a judge. If you want to go through the religious ceremony, do it. The one that counts legally is the one before the judge.

Fuck, WHY AREN’T MORE PAGANS OUTRAGED AT THIS?? More importantly, where is the pagan-rights advocacy group, Lady Liberty League? (Oh, that’s right, they’re resting on their laurels from two years ago, the Pentacle Quest. Because homos don’t matter.) The MORMON MOTHERFUCKING CHURCH bankrolled this piece of shit legislation that dictates how our religion functions. MY deities and tradition say that a handfasting is between two people who love one another, not a man and a woman. My religious practices are being curtailed, being restricted. This is unacceptable and unconstitutional. Because, kids, the US Constitution overrules the State Constitutions.

On his Facebook today, my friend Don asked where all the outrage was in 2006 when Ohio residents amended their constitution to not even allow domestic partner registries. If Prop 8 had been overturned today, would all of those protesters in California fight their way eastward to help overturn those indignities? In a perfect world, yes. This is far from a perfect world. Oh, don’t get me wrong, some of them would; those people would include my friends, because they know that I would kick their asses if they didn’t. The vast majority, though, probably wouldn’t. And that fucking sucks.

I’m pretty sure that a gay community is a fallacy, something that we like to tell ourselves exists. It would be better described as a gay population made up of smaller communities. We don’t play well together, and that seriously needs to change. If we don’t stand up and fight, shoulder to shoulder, as one cohesive unit, well, then, kids? It’s done. We might as well give up now.

I’m not willing to do that. Are you?

See also: Give Mama Some Sugar

It could be that they closed early today, but still.

If you're local and wanna give us a hand, we'd sure love the help if you can help us move. If you've got a truck, you're our new best friends! :D I'm sure we can work out gas/food/drinks for compensation. :)

From my friend Clay (da_zhuang). He only needs about 75 more votes to get in the top 10. Help him out, folks. Please?
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So I just got an email about setting up a 30 minute phone interview for a spot in the Top 50 for the Wine gig.

Can I get a "WHAT! WHAT!"?

I kinda feel like I'm on American Wine Idol. :)

Anyway, thanks to everyone who's viewed/voted so far, y'all rock. I'm currently #25 on the most votes list with 155 votes (I'll need 300 votes to break the top 10). I'm WAY down on the views list (even though I'm over 400 views).

If you have a chance, and have some friends that I don't know who like helping out hard luck cases, please let them know about this whole shebang! :D

http://www.areallygoodejob.com/video-view.aspx?vid=bnSrYIyfXBc

Thanks! Love you! Mean it!

Perhaps start by not calling yourself a complete idiot.

So, we went to get haircuts yesterday. When we came out and tried to start the car on the way home, the key wouldn't turn. We called Hobbit to see if he could come get us. He did, and brought us back so we could find a tow truck and a garage. Called Alternative Auto, because they were the closest place to where the car was, and had their tow service take the car over there. Hobbit took me back over there. I waited for the truck, and dropped it off last night at 5:15. Also, I'd forgotten my wallet at home, so I got to walk all the way back. 4 miles. My legs are screaming today.

I just got the call for the estimate. It's the ignition unit that also locks the steering column. There's not one in town, so they have to order it from a Hyundai dealer. The soonest the part could come in would be tomorrow afternoon, but it might not come in until Saturday morning or afternoon. We'd have the car shortly after.

This whole deal is going to cost us right around $450.

On top of that, there's no way we can go to Wisteria this weekend. We've lost too much time in moving, and can't afford to take another two days away from it.

2009? So motherfucking FIRED.

On the tow truck for the car

I loathe moving. I want to be able to wave my wand, a la Merlin in Sword and the Stone, and have everything pack itself and unpack itself in the new place.

I need a haircut. My hair's starting to get unruly, and that's a bad thing.

Today, we paint. Enough with the primer. Weathered Sandstone, here we come. Yes, it's beige-ish, but I like the color. It will go with almost everything in the room.

I need a hot tub.

It's a Smart Car with a linear antennae for a CB.

On the curtains.