jane austen and the neilsen ratings

last night my sis and my gal shannon went to a jane austen one woman show at the community college. it was sooo good. it was like meeting jane herself. what was really neat is that i'm reading becoming jane austen and some of the things i've just read were mentioned last night. i'm like, 'yeah, i knew that!' well worth the $5. sorry for the extremely poor photo quality. and my poor hair quality. it's better the second day.

i got a call this morning from the neilsen rating company asking for our input. i have wanted to be part of the neilsen rating system since the fifth grade. i really was a weird nerd-child. so now i get to let someone else in on the morbidly exorbitant amount of tv watching that goes on in our house.

odd things you remember

i want to give a birthday shout out to my best friend from the first grade, shelly scriver. today is her birthday, and although i haven't seen her since my wedding (1999) and once in 1993, i still remember that today is her birthday. weird, huh?

by the way, this guy graduated when i was in first grade. as a kid, i always thought he looked like barry manilow. what do you think?

ps, what weirdo 7 year-old knows who barry manilow is? poor barry, now that i look at this pic, it's almost like a caricature of him. the huge basset hound eyes and the jimmy durante nose. he's like a freak of nature. i'm pretty sure he's had work done. check it out:

he almost looks like rod stewart now.

busy, busy day

tonite my sister and her husband are coming over for dinner. i am so busy. and tired. i re-organized and cleaned out my pantry. much easier to see what you have when everything is in groups and in the right place. we have waaaaay too much coffee. especially for people who make it less than 6 times a year. i bought a new calendar. nuns having fun. this month is snow skiing. off to pick up dot from school. then grocery shopping. vacuuming. folding laundry. tidying. cooking. etc. think i'll take a short nap.

weekend craft-meister

this weekend i crafted like a rockstar. i found some awesome material for $3/yd and re-upholstered a mauve swivel rocker that came from someone's granny. it's amazing what you can do with a staple gun, hot glue gun and some upholstery tacks. i measured and bought some trim. as i was applying it, i found i was 3" short. i think the lady's calculation was off, because i added several inches to my measurement. so i found a bow and placed it over the deficit. i like how it looks. then, i tackled my dining chairs with some sale fabric. i also dyed a few shirts and my jane austen dress from a drab grey-green to a fabulous blue. i think jane would be proud that i was re-purposing. i intend to add some embellishments to make it authentic. my current fascination has moved on from vampires to jane austen. this weekend, i had a self-imposed austen film festival. persuasion, sense and sensibility, mansfield park. i'm also reading the jane austen handbook and becoming jane austen. my mom worries i'll become so ensconced that something will happen and i'll be thrust back in time and stuck with the georgians. how awesome is my mom?

i can't believe my mom bought the wonderfalls disc set after watching 7 minutes on youtube!

once upon a time, there was a teenage girl who loved the x-files. there was one episode that was particularly memorable. mulder and scully traveled to gibsonton, florida, to investigate some weird murders. now, gibsonton is a real town in florida that was once home to circus people, carnies, and side-show 'freaks'. i say once because these unique people that make their lives and living (2 different things) off of their differences are a dying breed. sure, people are born with deformities every day, but their parents aren't as likely to exploit them by selling them to ringling brothers like they would have during the 1800's or the depression. that being said, my high school girlfriend and i always wanted to take a trip to 'gibtown', but we never did. this may be partly due to the fact that we had no internet maps and our aaa map did not locate gibsonton. like, such as, the iraq...

back to x-files...

in this episode, a side character was this jigsaw puzzle tattooed man that pulled a gollum and ate a raw fish by the lake that he'd caught with his bare hands. i'd all but forgot about one of my first (of many) somewhat disturbing memories caused by x-files, until i checked the fx guest list again....

the enigma will be at fx this year, and i'm weirdly excited to see him in person.

i've said it before, and i'll say it again

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8_bmzRhfag&feature=related

best prematurely cancelled tv show ever! we got the 50" behemoth on the wall last night. yea verily!

what is this, spring fever?

i'm sort of obsessing about this gardening thing and have drawn out plans for my vegetable garden, my front 'lawn'(those of you who've been to my house know this is a loose term) landscaping, and have started the clippings for my side fence jasmine. we need some serious tree trimming, though. too much shade as is. and i hate spanish moss! i hope the hubby will be on board for this. i also have an idea for the exterior painting of the house. oh the ideas, and not the $$$. i will receive 11 trees from the arbor day foundation in return for my donation. i did it last year, but delayed in planting and they did not last. that will not happen this year.

plant fetishes and home life

in my mind's eye, i'm going crazy with the planting and gardening and it's going to look beautiful out there. i can't wait. trees and climbing flowers and vegetables. then there's the flat screen that will be here this week. yea verily! and the hubby is giving up the hunting lease in ga, and selling the camper! hooray! he also partially approved the dismissal of our bedroom furniture. we're still discussing the particulars about the bed. then, there's the issue of him making up to me being gone two weekends in a row. i'm thinking trip to o-town to indoctrinate him in the ways of ikea. and shop around for the lovely new european bed.

gearing up for the 'nerd convention'

fx 2008 is right around the corner, and i'm so excited. there have quite a few new additions to the guest list that are going to make this year awesome!

those disturbing ausies

okay, me mum says to me, she says, 'oi! you need to take a gander at this old greg on youtube. he's all sortof a creepy bloke with seaweed hair and makeup. you won't scream or nothing.' alright, says i, i'll check the old greg. now i been having the nightmares and a bit of the gout. whatever you do, do not even think about looking at old greg on youtube. your eyes will shrivel up like raisins and fall out of your head.

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