Wednesday, March 31, 2004

I've been maddeningly preoccupied playing silly online games.  Here they are if you have some time to kill:

CRIMSON ROOM in Engrish (try to get out)

LOGAN's Mystery Of Time And Space Adventure

Monday, March 29, 2004

I just finished reading The DaVinci Code.  Great book even if it isn't all true.  :p  I highly recommend Angels & Demons, also.

Thursday, March 25, 2004

NASA Landsat 7 Page

 Weather Underground: Brisbane, Queensland Forecast

Tuesday, March 23, 2004

I had the freakiest dream last night and woke up in a panic this morning.  Thank goodness Galahad is used to my crazy-ass dreams.  A normal person would get the hell out of Dodge.  :p

I won't bore you with all the details (plus I don't remember them all ;p), but there was this woman putting on lipstick with an incredibly vacuous expression.  That wasn't the weird part though.  The shade was Clinique corporate green (you must have seen one of their containers somewhere), and she was not only applying it perfectly to her lips but to her teeth also.  Gasp, splutter, omfg I'm crazy.  It was so yucky watching that and her expression not altering.  Green lips and teeth!! 

Then as if that weren't bad enough, I put my lip-gloss on (hahah cuz I assumed it wouldn't be bad etiquette after what she just did).  So I walked to the mirror to make sure it was applied evenly (dunno why I did it first instead of just waiting until I got to the mirror).  Anyway, I looked into the mirror and it wasn't me.  HOLY SHIT!  That freaked me all out and woke me up fast!

Sunday, March 21, 2004

Morning out by the pool

Lunch of homemade, healthy, organic nachos while watching Johnny English

Late afternoon in a leisurely drive with the top down along A1A.  Galahad bought me one of those GIANT floppy, wide-brimmed, rich-bitch hats to keep the sun off me.  We parked in the driveway of a house under construction and snuck onto a private beach that was mostly empty.  I persuaded him to be even more reckless with other people's property and we sat on someone's beach chairs out under their chickee hut.  What a glorious day I spent with my love.  =)

Saturday, March 20, 2004

We went to a Tibetan ceremony hosted at the Center for the Performing Arts.  It was the end of some ritual thing where they destroyed a mandala to prove how fleeting life is.  It was this beautiful sand painting done painstakingly grain by grain.  Then they dispersed the sand to the greedy Americans who all wanted a fucking souvenir.  Haha, so maybe I didn't get all the details of the event.  They did save a teensy bit of sand to throw into the river outside to bless the world.  Because of wind currents, I got some in my eye, so perhaps that helped my 5 day long migraine.  Or maybe it was just too great of a weekend to be hurting.  ;)  

Poor Galahad.  I don't take anything seriously, although he was laughing with me finally about Holy Sand in our Eyes.  He kept correcting me that it wasn't really Holy per se, but I wasn't getting the distinction.  Thank goodness he was with me to explain it all.  He said he was fairly impressed when he compared it to the ones he had seen in Tibet, although these monks were Tibetan by way of India.  Afterwards, we wandered over to our favorite Louisianan restaurant, Creolina's.  The crayfish bisque and the shrimp spring rolls were truly heavenly.  We took the Bread Pudding (with chocolate chips instead of raisins) home to enjoy later.

Friday, March 19, 2004

My lovely Galahad surprised me today with beautiful Sunset roses.  =)   I had just been remarking how much I loved the orchid that bloomed with those same colors.  So many of our orchids are blooming now, yet those golden ones tinted red on the edges are just breath-taking.

Wednesday, March 17, 2004

Happy St. Paddy's Day!!

Tuesday, March 16, 2004

The weather changed and gave me a big, fat migraine.  :(

Sunday, March 14, 2004

A lazy day of video games and pizza.  =)

Saturday, March 13, 2004

My college friend is in town this weekend for a belly dancer workshop.  She invited us to see the show put on by the masters from all over the country.  Did I mention it was tribal fusion belly dancing?  :p  We had a blast and saw some great dancers and some weirdos.  ;)

Wednesday, March 10, 2004

Saw Hidalgo tonight.  Excellent movie.  :)

Tuesday, March 9, 2004

Voting Day.  Hehe, it was quite comical to show up at my polling place and have a senior citizen offer to explain to me how touch screen computers work.  When I said yes I knew how, he still watched over my shoulder to make sure.  I stood there not doing anything until he got the hint and moved away so I could have my privacy.  Then he came over afterwards to make sure I had ended it correctly.  Laugh.  One ends it by hitting the large RED blinking button that says VOTE.  It's kinda hard to miss, but I do appreciate his diligence.  :)

Monday, March 8, 2004

Hmm, so what did everyone think of the Sopranos last night?  I liked it, but it started off so slowly.

This morning I was able to rescue my Galahad with a car issue.  I felt like Melinda the Mechanic!  Rawr!!!  He was adding coolant to his car, and the cap fell waaaaaay down inside where only my long slender arms and fingers could reach it.  It was at least 18 inches in.  I grabbed it and of course got all greasy from working on the car.  :p  I really did look like a mechanic.

Sunday, March 7, 2004

We went down to the Orchid Show in Coconut Grove.  It was so beautiful and overwhelming to see such large quantities of splendor.  After a while, we got beautiful-ed out and had to leave.  :p  We walked out of there with 2 new matching orchid plants.  It was a 2-for-1 deal that we couldn't pass up.  We had planned to get his mom another orchid plant.  We've given her two so far.  One was stolen, and I'm not sure what happened to the other one.  But somehow, Galahad really wanted this pretty burgundy dendrobium, so we now have a new addition.  :)

Saturday, March 6, 2004

What a glorious day today!  Galahad and I did yard work today, clearing out the old dead palm fronds from the multitude of trees in our back yard.  I know this will sound strange, but I completely enjoyed myself.  :)   

Happy birthday to 2 friends of mine!  =)

Sunday, March 6, 2005

Happy Birthday, Stuart!

Friday, March 5, 2004

 Sense Challenge

 March for Women's Lives! | April 25, 2004

Thursday, March 4, 2004

The string of good hair days had to end, right?  Laugh.  It doesn't look awful, maybe it's just the bags under my eyes that are detracting?  ;)

In one of my routine calls today, I seemingly had an old cell phone number for someone which has since changed hands.  So there I was with my "professional, grown-up, I know what I'm talking about" voice on when the man on the other end was like who is this???  So I identified myself again and figured this was due to bad cellular reception since he didn't sound like who I thought I was calling.   I verify the number and it's correct, but he isn't who I was looking for.  Just as I'm starting to hang up politely (since I've mentioned my company name already), he says "you sound kinda cute."  Now I'm all flustered and still trying to be polite, so like a dumb-ass I say thank-you.  And then I threw in a quick, okay bye, and hung up.  My face turned so red. 

Does that mean all these years I really don't sound as professional as I thought?  Does that mean I sound professional in the oldest sense of the word?  Sigh, why is it that a day full of great karma gets followed by a 2 minute phone call that undoes all that?  Pride certainly does go before a fall

Wednesday, March 3, 2004

Another customer meeting today and serendipity, another good hair day.  How exciting!  Personally I think all the planets must have been in perfect alignment for me because even though I was crazy busy, I was making happy customers galore.  I received several compliments today (which I of course forwarded up to the Director :p). 

/glows

Tuesday, March 2, 2004

I had an in-person customer meeting today, and fortunately it coincided with a good hair day.  ;)  That added confidence boost made the meeting go well in my eyes.  :)  The customer was happy and smiling when we left --- always a good sign. 

I happened to be near the Jamaican part of town and picked up a few beef patties for us for dinner.  Galahad was happily surprised!