"Credit card" companies wanting our account numbers, claiming better rates, other telemarketers, and people wanting to know if we want to "protect our borders" and about the stupid Tea Parties, for fuck's sake.

He's spilled yogurt on the leather ottoman and on the leather-topped coffee table. He's spilled yogurt on his pants. He's broken his big styrofoam airplane glider--on purpose. He's spilled a glass of water on some of my tax forms. He's blamed me for the fact Cinnamon vomited on the floor.

Cinnamon vomited, she spent several minutes scratching at the cat door before I realized it was locked, and she's been knocking stuff over in the kitchen all morning.

I have a headache, I need a nap desperately, and I cannot find the cap to the glue I JUST USED to try to fix Len's airplane, so now I am also high.

Christ on a cracker.

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html?param=public

Weather here is ominous. It'll be touch and go. Houston is saying no but most of the mission controls are saying go.

ETA: Weather is continuing to deteriorate. I think they'll be pulling the astronauts off the shuttle soon.

ETA2: scrubbed till tomorrow.

Rewiring a lava lamp can't be that difficult, can it?

ugh.

She woke me up at 6:30 this morning--thanks! And she apparently broke one of the pretty turquoise mixing bowls we got from Will's grandmother.

I recommend screened-porch exile for the remainder of the day.

In better news, I saw a turtle crossing the busy road I was on today so I stopped my car, grabbed a sweater, ran through traffic, threw the sweater over the turtle (I don't want salmonella, thanks), picked him up, and rushed him to the side he was going to, over by the thicket.

I think he was grateful.

Love means never having to say you're resigning.



"This has all been such a world wind."
"That's... not a word."
"I'm a governor... I should probably know that."

He's a total douchebag.

Aside from that I've heard reports that some officials are saying that whether or not he should remain governor DEPENDS ON HOW WILLING HE IS TO PATCH THINGS UP WITH HIS WIFE!

Oh please, whether or not he should remain governor should not depend on how well he patches things up with his wife. The only thing that should depend on how well he patches things up with his wife is whether or not he is getting a divorce.

As for the governor stuff, the only issues there are:

1. Do people want to prosecute for SC's adultery law--it is actually illegal there, and whether or not that is silly, it IS their law, and he's supposedly one of the ultimate protectors of SC law. Apparently the punishment for adultery is a year in prison, I heard.
2. What about how he was totally unreachable and didn't transfer power to his lieutenant governor? Irresponsible to say the least.
3. And does anyone REALLY think that if a lower-ranked staffer had been caught misusing public funds like this that he/she wouldn't have been fired by now?

Since I'm not an SC resident I'm not going to say really what I think they ought to do, but the numbered issues here are what should be considered regarding his removal from office, NOT how nice he is to his wife after calling this other woman his soulmate.

Seriously now.

Len was putting on some clothes today. He wanted to wear jeans because he ALWAYS wants to wear long pants, and getting him into shorts is a struggle. So he got out some jeans and had one leg in them, standing in the middle of the living room.

ME: Len, your shirt is dirty. You need to find a new shirt too.
LEN: (stops putting on pants, leaves one leg in, pulls up shirt but doesn't take it off, heads off to bedroom) OK.
ME: You can do one thing at a time, you know.
LEN: No, thank you.

Dear noisy chick in the next cube,

You have been talking nonstop for twenty minutes now about your pregnancy. In the middle of that you placed a call to your doctor, at the close of which you swore, "Damn!" and said you'd been "restricted to the Orlando area." Yeah, that sounded like pretty fake indignation.

Also, please stop saying "they've moved up my due date" when you actually mean "they've moved back the date I scheduled my induction by two weeks." Due date = when baby wants to come naturally.

In conclusion, STFU, and GBTW,

No love,

Megan

Len was awarded his yellow belt yesterday evening at his tae kwon do studio. Today is housecleaning!

Len waited until about 6:50 to wake me up today, so that is something, I guess. *yawn*

Will and I were wondering last night, why was it not OK to say bad things about people like Reagan and Nixon immediately after their deaths, and yet so many people are dogpiling on Michael Jackson?

I mean, nobody's perfect, and obviously if he did some bad things then he shouldn't have done them, but for pete's sake, I'm fairly certain Nixon hurt more people than MJ did, and I'm fairly certain Reagan was responsible for more deaths than MJ was...

Len passed his yellow belt test on Monday (this is for a real yellow belt, not a Little Dragons one--if he keeps it up at this rate he could be a black belt by age 6!). His graduation ceremony is Friday evening.

I was listening to some podcast commentaries by Ron Moore on the first season of BSG last night. When Ron Moore does a podcast, he does it in a room with a cell phone, three pagers, five tuberculotics coughing, a desk phone, an answering machine, and eight barking German shepherds.

No joke.

I hope all the dads had a good Father's Day. My idea worked out well; we went up to Wekiva and canoed, but this time brought my mom and dad and sister and Fred. We got there around 8:30, and the canoe rentals opened at 9, so we had time to set my mom and sis and Fred up in a shady area, and then Will and I took a canoe, and Len and Dad took another, and we floated down the river to the bridge, turned around and came back as usual. It was a beautiful morning, and we saw a bunch of baby alligators and many turtles and fish and a FISHING CORMORANT, who was drying his wings when we came back the other way. Adorable.

Len liked being able to sit in the bow, on a bench, and paddle. He is my cute squeezums.

By the time we came back, ate cold fried chicken, packed up, and left, the park was full and carloads of people were being turned away--it was only about 11:30 AM!

We visited my parents' pool twice this weekend as well. It is HOT here.

http://www.weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/graph/32828?begHour=13&begDay=9&from=hrly_graph

Len and I got Will a BSG graphic novel about Baltar, the Watchmen graphic novel, and the second volume of Age of Bronze, as well as the Dark Knight soundtrack and a couple cool cards. :)

Today Len tests for his REAL yellow belt. I hope he does well. He has missed a few classes this term due to various activities and I have not seen him perform that well yet. I am keeping my fingers crossed!

Buffy Summers vs. Edward Cullen.

TEN HOWS
How did you get one of your scars?
The latest one, still healing, is a nice half-inch-long one on my right forefinger from burning myself on the oven trying to make a pizza for Len.

How did you celebrate your last birthday?
iskender took me out for dinner to our local sushi restaurant.  It was wonderful.

How are you feeling at this moment?
Freakin' exhausted.

How did your night go last night?
Got to bed later than I wanted, felt kinda weird.  But finishing Memoirs of a Geisha with bsmknight was great!

How did you do in high school?
That depends on who you ask.  Well enough to get into one of the top universities in the country.  But because my second high school would not recompute my GPA to fit with their system, I graduated with an effective 0.0.  That was fun to explain.

How did you get the shirt you're wearing?
Bought it at a warehouse store, of course.  That's how I get all my stuff.

How often do you see your best friend?
I live with him.

How much money did you spend last month?
More than I made, and that's the same every month.

How old do you want to be when you get married?
----ERROR----

How old will you be at your next birthday?
33.


NINE WHATS
Your mother's name?
These days she prefers Mom-Mom from her grandsons.  That's her favorite name.

What did you do last weekend?
Hung out with friends, played Munchkin, cleaned the house.

What is the most important part of your life?
My family.

What would you rather be doing?
Not going further into the red every month.  Having some money left over for a treat once in awhile.

What did you last cry over?
A book my mom bought my son.  I'm a little weepy lately.

What always makes you feel better when you’re upset?
Yukon Cornelius


What’s the most important thing you look for in a significant other?
Shared likes and goals.

What are you worried about?
Everything.  Constantly.  Mostly failing further.  Homelessness.  Losing our health insurance.  Unfortunately all very real and possible fears.

What did you have for breakfast?
LIFE CEREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAL!


EIGHT HAVE YOUS
Have you ever liked someone who had a girlfriend/boyfriend?
Yes, but I would never have done anything with them till they broke up with that significant other.  Of course, that never happens.

Have you ever had your heart broken?
Yes, of course.

Have you ever been out of the country?
Yes. UK, France, Monaco, Switzerland, Canada (does that even count?), and the Netherlands.

Have you ever done something outrageously dumb?
Oh sure.

Have you ever been back stabbed by a friend?
Yes, usually involving people being friends with me (or even in some cases in college dating me) for a bit, and then discovering that associating with me did not help them on the social scale, and then disavowing all knowledge, etc.

Have you ever had sex on the beach?
The drink, yes.  The activity, no.  I do not think sand would add to the experience.

Have you ever dated someone younger than you?
Several.  The youngest person I ever dated, compared to my age, I married.

Have you ever read an entire book in one day?
Sure, who hasn't?

SEVEN WHOS
Who was the last person you saw?
Len, on his way out the door to go splash in puddles in the alley behind Mom-Mom and Pop-Pop's house.

Who was the last person you texted?
bsmknight 

Who was the last person you hungout with?
Other than iskender, bsmknight 

Who was the last person to call you?
My dad, asking if Len could come out and play.

Who did you last hug?
Len and iskender, group family hug

Who is the last person who texted you?
bsmknight 

Who was the last person you said "i love you" to?
Len.


SIX WHERES
Where does your best friend live?
I have to have one?

Where did you last go?
Craft store with Len to get supplies to make him a soccer shirt for tomorrow.  And the grocery store.

Where did you last hang out?
My house! It rocks.

Where do you go to school?
I don't right now.  I was considering getting a second master's soon.

Where is your favorite place to be?
ON A BOAT.

Where did you sleep last night?
Um... your mom's house!  I mean, in my bed.


FIVE DOS
Do you like someone right now?
Yes

Do you think anyone likes you?
Most of the time

Do you ever wish you were someone else?
No, I don't want to be someone else, I want to be me with some different circumstances

Do you know the muffin man?
Who lives on Drury Lane?

Does the future scare you?
I wouldn't say scare, more concern.


FOUR WHYS
Why are you best friends with your best friend(s)?
We are all highly amusing, intelligent people with many of the same interests.

Why did you get a myspace/livejournal?
Everyone else was migrating over here from Diaryland so I did too.

Why did your parents give you the name you have?
I am named after Meg from Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. 

Why are you doing this survey?
Because people just aren't posting on LJ like they used to, and neither am I, and also what the heck


THREE IFS
If you could have one super power what would it be?
Flying... duh.

If you could go back in time and change one thing, would you?
Probably, but it would take me awhile to decide what that one thing would be.  Actually I'd probably change my undergrad major.  I love theater, but I honestly don't feel I needed to go to college for it.  I should have gone pre-med.

If you were stranded on a deserted island & could bring 1 thing what would you bring?
Yukon Cornelius!  Um, I mean, a satphone, duh.


TWO WOULD-YOU-EVERS

Would you ever get back together with any of your exes if they asked you?
Well, let me see, only two have ever asked me, and one was just a hypothetical, and the other I said no to despite having just drunk an INSANE amount of tequila.  So probably not.

Would you ever shave your head to save someone you love?
Sure, but I'm having trouble picturing that exact scenario where that could save someone.


ONE LAST QUESTION

Are you happy with your life right now?
Most parts of it.

Thursday... feh...

Feh.