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that man-agement
02/28/2006 = 01:39 PM

Quotation of the Week:

"So what, your kid is only six months old? What better time to introduce him to the keyboard?"
— Cosmic, pimping votes for her Everyday Hogwash entry

Go vote. When voting for this week opens, I mean. And submit your own Hogwash, too. Perhaps, if we nip it in the bud, we can find a cure once and for all.

I am nobody's shopaholic. I have Self-Control, and thank heavens, because That Man of Mine has none.

At all.

He is intensely shoppy, and I hate it, because the shoppiness is expensive as hell, and we will come home with things we do not need, and also with things I do not want.

Even worse, he is not about the browsiness. He likes to be done with the Buying of the Not Needed Things as quickly as possible, because of the Boy Factor.

Which was the cue for our local mall to say, "On March 10th, we shall put in a Border's, so you will have a place where That Man of Yours can become thoroughly annoyed with you, because you will spend hours in there trying to decide between two books, both of which you will wind up leaving behind, as you will ultimately decide that you can live without them and you need the money for more important items, such as his own more expensive, annoying, shoppy habits."

I must be strong. It may become necessary for me to blow a wad on books such that he will have nothing left for himself, just so he can see how it feels.

That is not my nature, as you know. But I can dream.

Here is your Blingo public service announcement, from their blog:

February 27, 2006 • Blingo Frenzy

Starting on March 1st, we're adding more prizes to Blingo and launching a new feature we call the Blingo Frenzy, a short period of time where Blingo gives away prizes like crazy. We might suddenly give away a bunch of iPod Nanos in one hour, or we might give away movie tickets or iTunes every few minutes! You never know what and you never know when....

Enroll, people. Or not. You can win even if you don't enroll. But either way, use the Blingo for searching. Get the swag. Obviously, they want you to have it.

I've done lists of things I like and don't like before.

This particular one seems to be in sevens: seven things you don't like, seven things you do like, and seven tags.

So how does one make it more interesting and original?

How about seven syllables each?

(Bitch, please. I did thirty haiku for an ungrateful wretch of a prettyboy last year. This is a stroll in the park, compared to that.)

Seven Things I Don't Like, Seven Syllables Each:

1. Writing haiku for nothing.
2. I have no money for fun.
3. Arthritis in both my hands.
4. Skin dry and irritated.
5. Must drink so much water. Gag.
6. I totally miss Yvonne.
7. Want to start smoking again.

And now ...

Seven Things I Like, Seven Syllables Each:

1. The smell of coffee, first thing.
2. The word "prosh," meaning "precious."
3. Wrigley's Orbit, peppermint.
4. Ex-Leper (Life of Brian).
5. Reading Scary Personals.
6. Alive, warm, happy, and loved.
7. Hall and Oates, She's Gone. (Shut up.)

Tags? I'll tag Miss Katie, 'cos she  is weird  seems to like being tagged, but other than that, do not feel obligated. (In fact, KD, if you don't want to, you don't have to, either.) I will retrotag you if you decide you want to play.

Well, no one's ever going to mistake me for British, at any rate.

28% Dixie — I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy

drinking: no fear energy beverage fizzy-lifting drink
listening to: Lloyd Robinson, Too Late
regrets: if i liked shoes and purses better, maybe i could keep himself from thinking i'm as weird a woman as he does