Had a really chipper update for this here page, but its been dumped in favor of this one. Why, because I thought the other one would give you all the false impression that I was actually happy and chipper, which, I am not. Due to the fact I actually feel dishonest if I put a facade on the pages here, the facade has been removed.

Fact of the matter is, that this week I've been going from reasonably okay to depressed to downright pissed off. Not at anything in particular of course, just the way life seems to be ushering me towards going for a career with major military backing instead of the one I want, which is basically just to be happy working with graphics in some firm somewhere, where I can concentrate on the work and leave all my social and financial cares to distant memory.

Anyway, that's of course not happening and that's a bitch. Oh remember when I said if I was working for musicland at Christmas this year, I wanted someone to shoot me? Well by the grace of technicality, I get to live, but I'm still working at the shell of the suncoast/musiclandia empire and quite frankly I'm pissed. Its been a year, a year of skating by. Of course this means that I've held a pretty consistent if crappy job for a year, so yay me, but it still pisses me off.

I think Eddie Mercury said it best, "I want to break free" (Yes Steve, am listening to your Ken-tuck-ie Mix ;) )


Wish Lists et al

Someone Mention the other day that I should get my wishlist in order. This I found touching, and darkly amusing at the same time. What do I want for Christmas really...

1. A Great Job I Love
2. LeSeur Peas (Screw World Peace)
3. 50-500million dollars
4. 50 Billion per year NASA budget... and a woman on Mars... like Sigourney Weaver.
5. An end to Rider Bills ( You want something, ask for it... seperate bills for seperate BS people!)
6. The letter M to be stricken from the English Language (Gotta have one crazy demand...)
7. A Magic Chinese Food Wand that makes good chinese food out of whatever crap I've been eating down here for the last 3 months that they loosely refer to as Chinese Food.

Lets see... beyond that, I'd like a collective Visa Gift Card for Christmas.

Why You ask? Because (A) they are available at the Menlo park mall for 1.50 processing fee as opposed to the $2.95 fee down here. (B) Because it will take you approximately 35 seconds at the mall information desk to get one as opposed to my 45 minutes at the only seller down here. (C) Because you won't have to fill out paperwork to get one, Name , Address, Al-qaeda affiliation, etc... like I do down here. (D) It will be such a relief for me not to have to go through steps A-C that I will truely be elated.

Additionally, (E) It takes care of the Gift Certificate debaucle... Where do I get it to? When do I get it? Do I have to wait in Line? Is there a store near Lourdes where she can use it? (F) It makes my life easier. (G) The Visa GiftCard is useable virtually anywhere so you could be taking me out for lunch virtually or getting me jeans that you know are going to fit. (H) Because really, its not impersonal, its the easiest and most efficient way to bring a smile to face this year... and ummm (I) Because I am Anarchy Online's Bitch.... and ummm some of it can help me float a month there without digging into other fundage.

So.. When someone asks you, What are we gonna get Lourdes for Xmas? Think Collectively, Think Visa, and think Hallmark, because whats Christmas without the Christmas Cards ? Besides I need something to put on the new IBM shelf from Home Depot that the Visa GC could help me finally get ;)

Really... I'm not kidding... its not impersonal... you have no idea what wait time is like down here in a bank.... and what withdrawal is like on AO..... and how shredded my jeans have become...


Moving On...

My foot is asleep! The right one... the one sock covered... the one that's supposed to be awake damn it.... [stretching movements being made, please stand by...] Okay... apparently Steve's Ken-tuck-ie mix works... because I'm at track 12 and I'm starting to perk up a bit. Geez, almost time now to take my pill and head off to work....

Yep So lets see, we've covered the depression bit, covered the Christmas Wishlist angle, and we're into the ...ah...uhmm..... Ah!


Shuttle Hathor!

At about the same time you guys are gathering for your 2pm meeting, we'll already be into our first meeting for half an hour! Hathor crew are getting ready to assemble at the Iroquois Library in Louisville at 1:30pm ! Lots of foundational stuff will be going on there, along with Corsetry demonstrations and Magic by the AMAZING RANDO! (Watch Rando the great lace up corsets with his very mind!).

And we are proud to announce, thanks to various intelligence sources, that Major General Sanford Berenberg, will also be moving into his new Louisville digs as of this date as well! Which means, yes, we've got two Jerseyans & A New Yorker finally in place to take over.... er... subjugate... er... enhance the lives of the people's of the great planet.... er... state... um... Kentucky. So welcome to the area Sandy!


And that's gonna be it for me today folks. Hope you found some of this sobering, amusing, and informational. See you next time with a new Divarant... Merry X-ummm.... Whatever...

(c 2003, Lourdes C., Recreation Dept., Medical Division, USS Avenger NCC-1860)