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Saturday, August 31, 2002
Jeesh, talk about~~~the dog days of Summer and the bottomless pit where bloggers seem to be bogged down in.......I sure miss all you guys 'n dolls.. *snif* -- Long drawn-out sigh -- *Haaaaaa-hooooo* Hey! You try spelling a long drawn-out sigh.Might as well bitch about something while I'm here. How about SUVs? Yeah, that's a good one to gnash the dentures over. When I putzed my way over to the supermarket yesterday, I found a swell parking spot not too far from the front door. On one side of me was a blindingly shiny blue SUV, or maybe a Van---I don't know the difference. On the other side was another monster. The reason I got my swell parking spot was because there was only room for a normal size CAR in the spot between them.
In an opposite spot from me was yet another SUV/Van. A young mommy with a couple of kidlets was packing her groceries in the vehicle. I thought to myself, ain't that wunnerful? Look at all the room Mommy has for those two kidlets and groceries and, for that outstanding privilege, she is paying thru the nose for gas for the monster. My dumpy, worn out Cavalier would accommodate three kids comfortably, plus plenty of room in the trunk for groceries, at half the price to drive around.
So I wish someone would tell me exactly what the reallllly big deal is with these big, unattractive clunkers and why so many people feel the need for it, as opposed to a regular CAR. I'm not kidding, I really would like to know. Better for long trips around the country? Do people take them for camping trips? Safer than regular cars?--last I heard an SUV has a better chance of rolling over than a sedan would in a collision. So what IS the passion people have for these vehicles?
I want a dove-grey Mitsubishi Eclipse with Dirty Vegas singin' to me as I tool along............Oh Yeah.........
posted by Lorraine 11:52 AM
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Wednesday, August 28, 2002
The Rocky Rambo Horror Show~~~needs to be scheduled soon. The Killer Kat needs a pet-icure again. I refuse to pay $16 at the veterinarian's place, even though Rambo has a thing for the vet tech who actually cuts his nails. If you recall, the same cat who tries to bite my hand to the bone and/or tear my arm to shreds when I try to cut a nail, is the same one who cuddles in the vet tech's arms and just looks dreamily off in space. Sorry, Killer, that tech ain't worth $16 to me.So someone suggested I just go to the groomer's place, where they charge $8 for the same thing. Well now that seems reasonable. Or I could just knock the Kat on the head with a hammer and render him unconscious............wouldn't cost me nothin' then. Hmmmmm, now there's a thought.
Oooooo, I am really hyped about going to our Art Museum to see the newest exhibition, "Leonardo da Vinci and the Splendor of Poland". The kid ordered the tickets online and we'll go Sept 18th. Getting this exhibit is quite a coup for our Art Museum, one of the paintings has never been out of Europe. The museum is building a special case for Leo's pix of the woman which will maintain a special environment of humidity and light, it is apparently very fragile. Oh, the slide show of the Brise Soleil (link at bottom of page) is pretty neat. Can't call Milwaukee a "hick town" now when it has a Santiago Calatrava designed pavilion, we be in the big time now, fer shur. hehe
posted by Lorraine 8:32 AM
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Tuesday, August 27, 2002
Gotta make this short~~~ and sweet this morning. It's nearly 7:00 a.m. and I haven't done anything important yet (like drink coffee, read my paper, scarf down my peanut butter/banana toast). This is what I love about a volunteer job, as opposed to a real one. I get there when I feel like getting there, OK? Wanna make something of it? hehe No real rush, actually, the people occupying beds at the hospital will still be there even if I am a couple hours late.I have been off on a tangent these last few posts, and I was a little concerned that I was going to offend someone with my rather biased liberal view of "things". When I told the kid this, she looked at me and said, "well, you don't want to be wishy-washy about how you feel, do you?" And I said, Hell, No.
I have voted for nine different presidents since my first time in 1952 for Big Daddy Ike. (yeah, I know, he was Republican, but I never said I was perfect)-----but this pitiful excuse for a president we are stuck with now is scaring the bejeebers out of me. I simply cannot understand how anyone can still believe he knows what he's doing. So what do I do, pussyfoot around and hide my feelings? I don't think so. I never have before when I believed something terribly wrong should be made right............and tossing this imbecile and his maniacal Attorney General out in 2004 is the most important issue in my entire 71+ years of life on this planet.
All I know for sure is that there is absolutely nothing to commend this illiterate playboy and I am just not going to compromise on my feelings about it. Next rant? Hmmmm, there are so many to choose from.
OK then, like the kid always says when she goes to her hospital job -- "Going to save lives today" -- I made up my own catchphrase too. I am "Going to survey patients and be adorable today".
posted by Lorraine 7:21 AM
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