what did you do today?

[WolfMoon]

Testing...testing...


edit: Ha! It worked!

Okay, Xng all you have to do is type [.font=name of font.]*werdz-n-stuff*[./font.]*

Easy as pi!

[WolfMoon]

It was nothin', doll! I was just experimenting.

I'm trying to find one that looks like cursive handwriting.

[WolfMoon]

Gnossis, my boss didn't run a puppymill, but her dogs essentially lived their lives in cages. I forget what the name of it is, but there's a name for the dementia dogs go through that are kept in cages for extended periods of time. It's not 'cage shy', that's just being territorial.

I do think the woman should be jailed for the fact that one of her dogs damned near killed 2 people though. You could tell by the way that fucker looked at you that his mind wasn't right.

But, yes, her dogs were basically just another way that she made money.

Fi on her and other people like her!


Pathogen, it sucks that the govt. thinks it has the right to bulldoze people's homes for a fucking railway! And I'm plenty jealous of the fact that you've seen the Bettie Page movie before me.

[Pathogen.]

Originally Posted by Morrigan_Dubh

Pathogen, are the housing projects government-funded houses that are leased to people under a certain income for lower rent than normal? If so, how can they destroy them and and not replace them with modern versions for those people who need them?

MORRIGAN: I'm not sure. But the demolition of them in the not-so-distant future will be for new replacement homes--and they won't be for the low-income Black residents that currently stay in the corner of Bayview-Hunter's Point nearest to the P.G.& E. power plant. There's a strong possibility of those same Black residents being displaced. That scares me. 2 things will happen once the S.F. city government & local real-estate management companies get their way: 1) Former Bayview-Hunter's Point residents will be pushed in to the East bay, particularly Oakland & South Berkeley OR 2) they will leave the S.F. Bay Area completely. The pro-business/pro-landlord Gavin Newsom regime is counting on either happening. The city has been doing that to the Black populace of S.F. since the late 1960s, starting with the gentrification of the Fillmore I briefly mentioned in my last post. That trend continued with the wholesale eviction of the S.F. Black Panthers headquarters in the Fillmore [1972], the demolition of mostly Black-populated housing projects in the Mission/erection of expensive warehouses & "live-work" lofts [1993] & the late 1990s "dot-com boom" that brought Yuppies in from other parts of the U.$. The P.G.& E. plant will be shut down, only if the steady redevelopment of that neighbourhood continues. Want to know what the saddest part is? Sophie Maxwell--the supervisour that represents Bayview-Hunter's Point--is fully in favour of her district's facelift. For the rich tourists/sports fans & local Yuppies. This goes to show that beneath its own assertions of being a historically-progressive city, San Francisco is hella racist & classist.

[WolfMoon]

What the hell are they gonna do? Just kick these people out on the streets? If I was there I'd be protesting too! And looking for a way to vote someone more sympathetic to the resident's needs into a position with some influence.

Eveytime I read something like that my first reaction is: What is this country coming to?

I guess the answer would be:Where have you been the last 26 years?

That's just horrible, Path. I hope that there's a revolt and they're not able to demolish those people's homes.

[A Simple Poet]

I was rejected by yet another literary magazine, this time Niederngasse. I think it is definately time for more fiction and perhaps a bit less verse.

[Magpie_Tendencies]

I spent 20mins trying to find the key to the back ate to let the builder in when he gets here.

The builder is 2hrs late (and counting).

[Sanctus Dei]

You are all so jealous.. I'm eating Strawberries and Cream Pocky, *tummy happy* I should have bought 2 boxes... yes..

[TwistedKitsune]

awww, come on Sanctus, that's evil! Where's my pocky!?!? *adds pocky to her birthday wishlist*

[Sanctus Dei]

Depends... when is your birthday?

[TwistedKitsune]

July 31st, the same as Harry Potter! *is such a geek*

I filmed a music video today!

[Sobeh]

Originally Posted by TwistedKitsune

July 31st, the same as Harry Potter! *is such a geek*

I filmed a music video today!

Filmed, or 'was in'? How did it go?

[TwistedKitsune]

I filmed it. It's nothing big, or important, but I did it. It went ok minus the fact that I was working with a major migraine, major time constraints, and a girl who barely knew the music. It went rather well. I was in charge of wardrobe and makeup too. Honestly the other people there didn't do much at all...that was a bit frustrating. It went rather well though.

[Sanctus Dei]

Hmm.. I slept, chatted with Korovy, dropped off a few completed statues for a casting company and had the worst chinese buffet food ever. OH and went craft/art supply shopping..

Crongrats on the success Kitsy!

[Sobeh]

I ran a mile with the wife, then spent the day writing a 7 page paper to satisfy the final exam requirement for one of the four grad classes I'm taking.* After that I went to the class and we had a pretty good discussion (the class had eight or so people enroll but only two others and I ever showed up), then I came home to a tornado warning until about three in the morning, so now I'm on tornado watch for the nervous wife while she nurses a migraine and I nurse coffee and cloves. :P





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* The topic had to do with my attempt to reconcile Critical Theory and existential thought

[Godslayer Jillian]

We celebrated Ana's birthday today (she turned 17 yesterday)
It was a small thing, really. We just went to eat at Chili's and then went bowling. I would have preferred something more romantic, but we weren't alone.
Anyway, the important part is that I was with her, and I see nothing has really changed since we broke up.

[TwistedKitsune]

Originally Posted by Sanctus Dei

Hmm.. I slept, chatted with Korovy, dropped off a few completed statues for a casting company and had the worst chinese buffet food ever. OH and went craft/art supply shopping..

Crongrats on the success Kitsy!

Thanks for the congrats love! Maybe I'll stick a link to it up here somewhere when the chick who's editing it is done. Oh how I hate handing my visions over to an editor. I'd much, much rather edit it myself.

Also, I made a necklace today!

[DarkIce]

Today I got up late, didn´t eat a thing, just one cup of warm water (tea). Nearly missed the bus. It´s raining and bloody cold outside. Brrrr

Xng: What did you sip? And where? Alone or in a group?

[Sanctus Dei]

*grumbles under breath*


I have an interview in the AM... 4 1/2 hours to go, thinking bed is a good idea. G'nite Gnet.

[Morrigan_Dubh]

So far today I've walked to work and had breakfast at my desk... a nectarine and natural yoghurt...and a croissant. Bad girl, Morrigan. You just couldn't resist the croissant. Oh, I bemoan my lack of self-discipline when it comes to baked goods, especially french baked goods. So full of crumbly, flakey, buttery tastiness. *Drools*

Maybe I'll get another one...

[spookypurple]

I had brunch with my hubby, and later on I'm planning on making a fat-free,wheat-free, sugar-free easter cake. I like a challenge. And then there's the small matter of lines...

[edible_eye]

i'm poking my head in for a moment because i'm at work and my puppies are sleeping.

yesterday, i was sprayed in the face with blood when a tube exploded. it freaked me out for a moment before i realized two things. 1.) the guy whose blood hit me was absolutely low risk. 2.) medical professionals used to work while saturated in the stuff and we've been so brutally conditioned over the past 20 years to believe that even a drop of blood today = a death sentence, that it did freak me out.

i went through the motions set up for an "exposure". this episode is the third "exposure" of my career.

today, i'm back at work and waiting for the day to end. tonight, we (my family) pile into my wife's trck and head to jersey for a few days of partying, whiskey, a hot tub, food, family and firends.

and you know what's weird? after not being here for so many days, the landscape of the site most definitely morphs into quasi-alien territory. on the flip-side, i've finished two short story submissions for a competition, deadline may 15 and i've begun writing my novels again. this is the side of my life i've ignored for so long. it feels like a dormanty section of my mind has woken from a long sleep.

now, if i can secure a new agent this summer, i'll see if i have what it takes to get something notable published.

wish me luck.

[TheKorovaMilkbar]

So far?

I went to work. Big fucking surprise.

Oh wait, but there's more. For just the low low price of my precious sleep, I can go to class in a couple hours as well. *rolls eyes*


Just messin', it's not really that bad.

*edit* E_E, that sucks. I don't think I'd enjoy getting sprayed by someone's blood if I didn't know them either. But I wish you the best of luck on that agent.

[Oubliette]

I won tickets off the radio to go see Blue Oyster Cult. My muffin had already won 2 tickets. So now we have 2 extra.






***good luck E_E may you prosper in what you put your mind to*

[edible_eye]

thanx, korova and oubliette.

by the way, we're looking at houses in mattapoisett, oubliette. could be that we're neighbors-sorta-kinda someday.

and with that, there's editing to be done while i have time.

edible - out.