tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136479592024-03-08T13:26:41.795-05:00sprightly spite!Curmudgeonly ranting with a twist!Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122093742351875887noreply@blogger.comBlogger203125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13647959.post-46216996827504604792009-03-01T23:54:00.003-05:002009-03-02T00:46:57.961-05:00Googly-eyedI can't believe I didn't post at all the entire month of February. I mean, I know it's a short month, but still. I was hoping I could get at least one post in (I tried last night, but I actually fell asleep beside my laptop. Not the first time that's happened, and surely not the last, either). But wow, Feb. was really busy. I can't even remember half the stuff I did, at this point, but I knowLizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122093742351875887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13647959.post-70983291069087240352009-01-31T22:47:00.003-05:002009-01-31T23:00:37.455-05:0025 thingsI did this meme on Facebook, and I'm re-posting it here because some of these things were things I've been meaning to blog about, anyway. I'll expand on the pertinent ones at some future point, if I can ever work up the motivation.So, 25 Things:We all know how this works, right? I think everyone else on earth has been tagged for this at least once, so I'm only tagging people I know have done it Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122093742351875887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13647959.post-22628745641532331162009-01-07T23:50:00.004-05:002009-01-08T00:57:15.028-05:00two years in effing paradiseTwo years ago today, I finally pulled up in front of this building, Lucy crammed full of boxes and stuff. That was it. Voila, I'd made it, I was now a resident of the Sunshine State.It's simultaneously hard to believe it's already been two years, and hard to believe it's only been two years. Part of me still feels like I just got here, but part of me feels like I've been here forever. I guessLizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122093742351875887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13647959.post-63459478065507191792009-01-05T23:13:00.004-05:002009-01-05T23:43:12.648-05:00a few thoughts for todayMy grandmother would be 94 today if she were still alive. This is the first time her birthday's passed without her being here. Happy birthday, Nana. I miss you.Picked up the cat from the cat hotel today (or, as Johnny might put it, I sprung her from the kitty jail). She certainly seems happy to be home. :) She didn't put on that much more weight while we were gone this time, but combined with Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122093742351875887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13647959.post-52344408715277675142009-01-03T16:50:00.003-05:002009-01-03T17:22:40.803-05:00ZOMFGWTFBBQ salsa blanca yes!!!So, for the past, I dunno, however-long... 8, 10 years... however long ago it was that we had that explosion of Mexican restaurants in Hampton Roads... anyway, for however long it's been since that happened, most of the local Mexican places have served two kinds of salsa with the chips they give you to munch on while you're waiting for your meal - a typical, tomato-based red salsa, and a white Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122093742351875887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13647959.post-38221664807214086252009-01-02T00:08:00.004-05:002009-01-02T00:46:32.945-05:00Happy new 2000-what? Rarr bleah stumble *crash*Seriously, it's 2009 already? I... am so out of it. Like, wow. Being sick out of my mind right now is not helping things any, I guess.So new year's resolutions are a crock of shit, but anyway, here are some things I really would like to get done this year.Blah Blah Blah Resolution-CakesPost and caption my gigantic backlog of pictures. And when I say GIGANTIC backlog, I am not kidding. I want 2009Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122093742351875887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13647959.post-70349770001671968852008-11-23T11:23:00.003-05:002008-11-23T11:33:28.860-05:00and now for something completely different...This has no relation to Taiwan at all, but I just have to say, when I saw this, my only response was, "Wow - really? Welcome to 1997, dude." Sheez. I think this guy lives in England, but that is really no excuse......Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122093742351875887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13647959.post-21264632107972483932008-11-22T23:18:00.002-05:002008-11-22T23:37:02.659-05:00horse? back on what horse?Hahah, so I have missed another self-imposed deadline to fix this place up and remove dead links and whatnot... What can I say? I guess keeping my blog pretty and current isn't that important to me. Hahahah, I suck. :/But now I'm in Taiwan, and I'm going to try to post as much as I can of this trip for those of you who couldn't be here (hi, gorontastic and Dr. R and Mr. Adams!). I'm a day Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122093742351875887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13647959.post-941204519790715122008-11-08T22:36:00.002-05:002008-11-09T11:00:30.052-05:00Dear Greg & Hal:Dear Greg & Hal: if you really want to honor us volunteers, schedule the damn festival better next year. For the love of Jose, please.Love, Liz.....Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122093742351875887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13647959.post-15739540731445729872008-11-05T11:29:00.003-05:002008-11-05T11:36:04.454-05:00Yes."For as long as I live, I will never forget that in no other country on Earth is my story even possible." - President-elect Barack Obama.....Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122093742351875887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13647959.post-73688131090430074772008-10-31T23:47:00.002-04:002008-11-01T01:08:06.606-04:00back on that horseI haven't posted here in a while, I know... Even my last post was a mobile post, made from my cell phone. I've just been very, very busy lately (as usual), but since there are a bunch of things I want to post about (also as usual), I'll try to put more stuff up here soon (as usual, again). I've managed to go back and edit some of my old posts which needed editing, but I haven't gotten to them Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122093742351875887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13647959.post-21543524979055642462008-09-07T18:57:00.003-04:002008-10-13T01:07:47.435-04:00Man.I am at practice all the time, and I can't even skate! Ha! Ha! Ha! Isn't that wacky! Ha!.....Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122093742351875887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13647959.post-25188385586614308102008-07-16T14:24:00.002-04:002008-10-13T01:06:53.183-04:00I'm going to punch someone.I'm going to punch someone. TSA, Delta employee, smug Portlander, annoying fellow tourist - doesn't matter, I'll punch any or all or them......Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122093742351875887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13647959.post-66578001822361347472008-07-03T10:24:00.005-04:002008-07-05T01:24:41.923-04:00an open letter to Wade ReddenDear Wade,That's it - we're done. You are no longer my secret boyfriend.It's not just that you didn't step up last season when my fantasy team was really counting on you. You ended up being pretty much the worst defenseman on the team. The first year I had you, the year you won my heart, you were my #1 defenseman. In the span of two years, you went from first to worst.And honestly, I could Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122093742351875887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13647959.post-16853838107632751772008-06-10T12:13:00.002-04:002008-10-13T01:09:21.041-04:00If you ever have toIf you ever have to have lunch at the Broward County Courthouse, don't get the egg salad......Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122093742351875887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13647959.post-33939828563980128612008-06-10T08:01:00.000-04:002008-07-05T12:44:18.767-04:00As far as I'm concerned,As far as I'm concerned, starting jury duty at 7:45 a.m. constitutes cruel & unusual punishment......Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122093742351875887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13647959.post-80109091842575857802008-06-05T09:52:00.001-04:002008-07-05T12:43:01.009-04:00Delta Airlines sucks. True story.Delta Airlines sucks. True story......Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122093742351875887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13647959.post-70453923865359498152008-06-02T19:32:00.001-04:002008-07-05T12:40:02.008-04:00The phrase "the little death"The phrase "the little death" is a euphemism for an orgasm. I think it would be a more apt term for moving. Ugh - I need more packing tape....Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122093742351875887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13647959.post-35180678087189006962008-05-30T16:05:00.002-04:002008-07-05T22:14:47.208-04:00something in the airThere is something about the comforting aroma of fried crap that greets you at the Charlotte airport that makes me feel like I'm home......Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122093742351875887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13647959.post-21472034454691198052008-05-08T21:47:00.002-04:002008-07-05T22:13:23.654-04:00On the plane to BudapestOn the plane to Budapest - taking off 3 hours late - but better late than never, I suppose. Will try to blog from overseas at least once! :).....Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122093742351875887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13647959.post-66207226106778262222008-05-08T10:48:00.002-04:002008-07-05T22:11:01.249-04:0045 minutes 'til we leave45 minutes 'til we leave for the airport. I'm still packing madly. This trip is going to be awesome, but I do feel quite unprepared for it......Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122093742351875887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13647959.post-66819212634086478602008-05-05T01:30:00.002-04:002008-07-05T12:49:21.484-04:00Marty Turco's a rat bastard.If he'd just let a shot in, the Sharks could win & we could all go to bed. Even the commentators are getting loopy......Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122093742351875887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13647959.post-16596104858703963032008-05-05T01:07:00.002-04:002008-07-05T12:48:15.648-04:00Oh my gosh.Watching the 2nd OT of the Sharks-Stars game. Sharks better hurry up & score! They can't let Dallas win!!!.....Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122093742351875887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13647959.post-26945795867473964642008-05-03T20:17:00.002-04:002008-07-05T12:47:06.821-04:00Sometimes I really hate flying.I just had to throw away a $2.67 bottle of water unopened at security because I forgot I couldn't take it through. :(.....Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122093742351875887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13647959.post-58618255863991122262008-05-02T00:30:00.001-04:002008-07-05T12:41:51.947-04:00Watching the Detroit-Colorado playoff game.Watching the Detroit-Colorado playoff game. The Avs are playing so badly it's comical. 8-2 with 2 mins left in the 3rd. Buh-bye Avs!.....Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122093742351875887noreply@blogger.com0