Ain't Chicken

OK folks AC is currently pretty darned butt ugly. Working on it. OK?

Blogger, in its infinite wisdom, has required that I screw around with the settings for old AC here because it’s unhappy about my FTP status. I did the required screwing around and now none of my photos are displaying.

I’m not going to mess with it anymore today because I’m frustrated after many hours and much support from my house geek, The Husband. (Thanks, honey!)

My mood right now is: Shut the blog down. I’ve been neglecting it for the last couple of months now, anyway.

But I do go through cycles and right now my life is busy hectic since I’ve gone back to college so maybe I’m just feeling distracted. No decisions right now but also… no pictures.

I’ll let you know what I decide.

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AIDS Graffiti.

Hands down, the cutest animated penis I’ve ever seen.

(Mucho NSFW.)

I just finished filing my 2009 taxes. A few interesting things:

1. For the first time in a loooooong time, I’m getting a refund.
2. That’s only because I spent money with many zeros at the end on college tuition, but I’m OK with that – just about any reason for a refund is a good reason!
3. I filed my taxes electronically, at 2am Sunday morning. This always reminds me of how much stress Mother was under when I was a kid and it was Friday afternoon… you HAD to get to the bank to cash a check before it closed so you would have money for the weekend because there were no ATM’s, you didn’t have/use credit/debit cards, and lots of places wouldn’t take checks! I AM THAT OLD.
4. And, this is the reason I’m posting this whole post, I just paid taxes to file my taxes. Yeah. The irony. Witness:

OK this is truly amusing… Dave is quizzing Bill, trying to figure out why he would ever want a computer. Circa 1995.

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Congratulations, Senator Scott Brown (R-Mass) and welcome to the United States Senate.

Whoda thunk it?

Al Gore is a BIG, FAT, FUCKING LIAR.

Still Life with Sprinkler
Bingle at Hammerly, Houston 4:45 p.m. January 8, 2010

I live in HOUSTON, people. We are TROPICAL. We are AIR CONDITIONED for a REASON.

This is BULLSHIT.

I am wearing SOCKS. In my HOUSE. With the HEATER turned on. Fucking BULLSHIT.

Last year I made a New Year’s Resolution. It’s not something I’d ever done with any seriousness before. Oh, sure, over the years I’ve done the “I’m going to exercise!” or “I’m going to lose weight!” or “I’m going to give up (whatever evil I was enjoying)”, but I never did those with any serious plan to actually… do them.

But last year about this time, I said: Carol will no longer be the “Ooops!” girl. Carol hereby resolves to never again send an email that is supposed to have an attachment and forget to attach the attachment. SO. I set out to achieve this goal with all sincerity and effort. And I succeeded! It has been a year and I have not only not had to send the dreaded “Oops! I forgot the attachment!” follow up email, I have actually developed a specific email habit to prevent myself from ever again being the “Ooops!” girl.

Now, when I am going to send an email that has an attachment, I automatically go through these steps. At first, it was a very AWARE thing – I had to remind myself for about 2 months and be very thoughtful. Now I do it without thinking.

1. Open new email.
2. ATTACH ATTACHMENT.
3. Address email.
4. Type content.
5. Send email.

It’s that easy.

So I thought well the hell – I can do this again this year. So I’ve made another resolution. I, Carol, hereby resolve to removed at least some trash from my car at least once a week. I can do that. Yeah.

Bread. Rosemary. Baked from scratch. CHECK. Pasta salad. Parmesean, pesto, sun-dried tomatoes, romas, green onions, spinach. Chopchopchopstir. CHECK. Shrimp. Fresh Gulf, wild, marinating in soy and ginger. CHECK. UNHOLY mess in the kitchen. CHECK.

And I haven’t even broken out the Zataran’s yet. Happy Christmas eve!