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February 1, 2004
less purply though
hmmmm... this sort of reminds me of myself... except i don't have a sumo belt thing
dagnabit, forgot the rabbit
my dog jumped on my head, woke me up and i said something to her and THEN i remembered rabbit rabbit dangit - gotta do the tibbar tibbar tonight
this summer i went swimming...
this isn't pretty. it may take a minute or two to load (seriously, i haven't figured out how to compress stuff).
gosh, i do love my camera... i don't love the angle... i do love loudon wainwright III...
ignore the mistakes in the lyrics and ignore the exorist sort of eyeroll... that was sort of frightening... and the double chin... try to see past that...
*sigh* this camera may be my demise...
oh and ignore the gaping view of the inside of my nostrils
and the vapid stare of a dairy cow i have whilst driving...
and i have to get my brows waxed... and maybe get a facial...
um... and i don't think i will be auditioning for american idol anytime soon... but at least this little gadget gives me making-an-ass-of-myself-potential!
gigglechick halftime report
hey - real quick...
my favourite commercials so far:
1. Budweiser Clydesdale Donkey Audition. ABSOLUTELY LOVED
2. Bud Light Crotch Dog... KILLED ME
3. Chevy Bar of Soap Holy $#!* ... nicely done!! good chuckle!
4. McDonald's Dryer Sheet - good concept
5. Pepsi - Bear writing check/ID - hearty guffaw
6. Budweiser Referee training/wife screaming - excellent
7. Bud Light Horse Carriage/Gas Candle
8. National Dairy - Cow in sprinkler - Bulls watching
but going through them all (barring a bunch of movie ads...) from coin toss to half:
- Dairy - sprinkler cows - laughed.
- McD's Dryer sheet - as i said good stuff.
- Bud Light after national anthem - blah
- Pizza Hut - muppets. jessica simpson, cute not all that great
- Ford GT. i want one - great tagline "Pace Car for an Entire Company"
- Bud Light - Crotch Dog... excellent!
- Fed Ex - alien - eh, so/so
- Dodge - monkey on back - indifferent
- Pepsi - Bear writing check/ID
- AOL - blah. thought they'd be better
- Bud Light - Cedric/Bikini Wax... funny... but they've done better
- HR Block - Willy Nelson Doll. okay - good twist with Zimmer
- Chevy Aveo. cute with the big guys all tiny inside - but so so
- Budweiser Referee training/wife screaming
- Monster - find the one you dig. eh.
- Sierra Mist - Pipe Band / Air Vent/Kilt... cute
- Levitra - didn't get a rise out of me (ha.)
(good god. p. diddy is up here in the middle of halftime with a knockoff of "oh mickey"...)
back to the ads...
- Bud Clydesdale Donkey Audition - so damned cute i nearly cried :)
- Pepsi - Music Download "fought the law" - very good!
- Mitsubishi - seewhathappens.com - accident avoidance test - eh, whatever - didn't make me run to the website or buy a car
- Bud Light Horse Carriage/Gas Candle - hearty chuckle
(kid rock is sounding kick ass right now)
- Charmin ultra - funny little concept of the snapper/tp sticking out of pants
- Pepsi - monique... cute with the "falling in love" pepsi/sammich montage
- Linux/IBM - Ali shake up the world - not bad
- Visa - snow volleyball... have seen better - the guys may disagree.
- Chevy - Bar of Soap Holy $#!* ad
- Lays - ole folks tripping/dentures. cute. have seen it.
- AOL- stupid scooter blowing up into the air - not enjoying these.
- NFL - inspire us. eh... it was there, it was an ad.
as far as pre-game... i only saw josh groban who sang beautifully (except that moon/astronaut was a little tacky given the day - same with the nasa thing aerosmith was doing)
beyonce actually didn't lipsync - or at least it didn't look like it - did a good job...
oh good christ - justin timberlake is on here... i swear if the "surprise guest" turns out to be effing michael jackson in a second i hope both teams come out and pummel him....
*whew* okay - halftime is over - going back down.
post-game report...
congrats Pats!
(i've been a pats fan since 1992... but a eensy teensy part of me - even as i sit here in my minuteman logo sweatshirt - was sorta rooting for carolina... sorta - only because the numbers in my grid were making me root that way... oh well)
anyway - the ads in the second half of the game weren't all that great - some were okay... the shardsoglass.com (truth) ad and the pepsi hendrix one was the stand out in this half for me.
(see all the ads here at iFilm)
- NFL - "Tomorrow" ad - "as of tomorrow we'll all be undefeated" - i liked it
- sierra mist - guy and dog jumping off balcony into drink
- bud light - talking monkey hitting on girl... cute - not as good as 1st half
- staples - supply manager mob guy... funny...
- cialis - erectile dysfunction - works for 36 hours... um...yikes.
- gillette mach 3 - nice imagery, not all that spectacular though
- cadillac convertible (crossroads/desert) i want one.
- budweiser - "not mine" lipstick... cute
- bud - designated drive "must be tough to be..." very good
- mastercard - simpsons priceless - nice guffaw.
- aol. god these sucked
- nextel - dale earnhardt jr... football... stupid
- bud - young girls no ID... decent
- truth.com - shardsoglass.com - fantastic!
- 7up - million dollar slam dunk - pretty funny
- pepsi - hendrix guitar vs. accordian store "whew, that was a close one" very clever!
February 2, 2004
the superbowl half-bra show
this is what beri has to say about janet skankho jackson and justa trousersnake's little performance during the halftime show:
what skeezeballs... it was so staged. nice rip-away boobcover, janet... looks like you have just as much regard for kids [who might be watching the superbowl] as your brother michael does.
it's a fricking pastie - or, well, it's not so much "pasted" on than clamped on... (see below because i don't feel like nipplizing my site more than i have already)
tradition
happy groundhog's day everyone!!!
(he saw his danged shadow)
employee email #282
"man of the house"
flipped car/median
another accident (this image is a bit blurry because i was kinda close to these folks and it just happened, no cops yet - and some woman was screaming in the middle of the road - so i snapped and drove off without really aiming or holding still - i promise to do better next time (and there, unfortunately, will be a next time - hell, this is the garden state parkway we're talking about...
breathe, woman, breathe!
dooce is ready to evict her child from the womb (good luck, lady!)
February 3, 2004
half & half
Your Brain Usage Profile
Auditory : 35%
Visual : 64%
Left : 50%
Right : 50%
find out what your side is here.
[link snagged blatantly from j-mo]
i don't speak spanish, but...
i am sure the translation for this video is:
"holy crap, you could never get me to go climbing. man, that's gotta smart!"
(or something to that effect)
dean-o... fantastic-o
rhb
this is why i like the redheads.
that time of year... again.
so i have to get my taxes done. nothing spectacular, nothing like the hassle from last year, have only NJ taxes this year and 1 receipt (never have had a receipt/deduction before) for the new computer...
driving hazard
i was fooling around with an extended open shutter - this is the union toll plaza... oh so much fun at 7pm in icy rain
• my commute
• crazy rave toll
• psycho speedometer
• normal tollbooth. not that interesting.
hey. i was stuck in traffic for a couple of hours. whaddya want?
February 4, 2004
damned groundhog
effing black effing ice.
i walked out of the house with mom this morning, each of us going to our respective cars and she no sooner had said "watch out for the black ice" than...
my legs flew out from under me and seemed to run in mid-air as i then landed on my tailbone...
didn't spill my coffee though (okay - so it's a travel mug, no big feat)
i laid there on the ice for about 45 seconds in pain. mom was trying not to fall and tried to help me up... the hour and a half commute sitting on said tailbone sucked...
the worst thing? i have a chick doctor appointment at 12:30 today...
winter hates me because i was born on the first day of summer
getting my ass into the stirrups is going to hurt like a !@(*#&*$
employee email #283
Corporate Lessons...
mocking is a sincere form of flattery
heh. this is what i get for singing in the car and videotaping it....
good ol' johnny theo has swooped in and created my duet with mike myers, dana carvey and queen ....
nice one (and it's now only a teeny 1.7mb)
one pill makes you smaller
so went to the chick doc today and i asked him what's new on the "pill market" and he said there's one out there that helps one lose (or just not gain) weight...
Katherine de Vos, a health educator at Duke University in Durham, N.C., says she was so struck by the number of "students coming in and saying 'I want this pill' " that she switched to it herself. She has since lost 20 pounds.
so...
i am now the proud owner of a sample (and a prescription) of Yasmin 28
gsp/gyn
*sigh* another accident/issue/event on the garden state parkway...
(here's the very short clip of it... this was taken before the schmuck to the left of me started honking - don't they realize i have to post this stuff on my site!?)
February 5, 2004
warm tax shelter
okay - so i am not going to my "usual" accountant - not that i've ever met anyone in that office in person - it's always been me mailing in a packet to them... no receipts, no questions, nothing... and i've gotten money back, no bells or whistles though...
anyway - i've thought about it, i am not going to oujo - i shouldn't have gone to them anyway if i were to base it on their website - in fact i offered them my web services last year and they said they were redesigning... um... it's the same horrid schlock as when i called.)
and based on my frustrating phone call with H&R Block the other day, i think i am done with going to them - as i said about 4 years ago...
anyway, my friend here at work gave me the name of her guy over on staten island. yes. i am crossing over and going to The Rock (as ex-GSB called it) to get the taxes done.
i called there to get the soonest appointment.... ...
a month and a half away...
but according to melissa, it is well worth it... like reeeeally well worth it AND is legit... seriously... i have to gather every receipt in the world and last year's w-2's...
where the hell did i put my w-2's? i hope they aren't in the storage unit.
*sigh*march 26th at 7:30pm
nice going, Slick.
dammit. there's been an oil spill over here - from sea bright to brick... about a hundred gulls & loons are oily or dead. they interviewed a guy i used to work with at carlson's corner (larry ross).
damn.
apprentice (#4)
still lovin' troy and nick....
still hatin' mega-biotch and crack-skank
February 6, 2004
news.
friday night at the dog pictures.
yep - took Beri to the dog cleaner (also known as the groomer) today - she got a fancypants bow slapped in her hair and now she can see :)
i have to get up early and head to a parade meeting... then kerry and i are heading to get our pedicures/manicures for florida
February 7, 2004
it figures
3 hours before my manicure, i bust 3 nails 2 of which are torn below the quick. lovely. ow. dang. stupid nails.
yeah. it's a blurry shot. you can't really see the tear. but believe me... it's there. looks like i am gonna get them to slap some silk wrap on it & krazy glue the bejeezuz outta it.
fancypants magee
February 8, 2004
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mornin'. so i am up early. it's gonna be a full day - this morning i have a communion breakfast at doolan's honoring joe finn... following that, a few of us are heading to Kelly's to grab a "beverage" or two before the fundraiser at Bar A....
February 9, 2004
fundraiserkiltraiser
yikes
believe it or not, this was taken about half an hour into the fundraiser :)
hockey movie wasn't hokey
oh heck i forgot - on saturday night i went and saw Miracle...
i absolutely loved it!
kurt russell was fantastic and mother of pearl the hockey guys who were playing the kids on the team, *whew*.... well, let's just say i they were keeping the hot side hot and the ice side cool - no idea what exactly that means but damn, they's some fine skaters... heh.
of course, i was watching it and i couldn't help but have a fleeting thought in my head that said, "damn. the GSB™ would love this flick..." and then tried to stifle that thought by taking a swig of my lake michigan sized coke.
of course, if i had internet access during the movie i would have opted to play this game to deal with my feelings
[link snagged blatantly from the go fish]
a little something...
oh cheese and rice! this may be the worst show ever....
and yet... you know i will watch it.
how's your aorta?
oh yeah - it's getting close to "that" time of year again...
February 10, 2004
late night optimizing!
just finished posting 70 photos from the fundraiser on sunday - go check 'em out (there're 2 pages )
food coma.
good gawd. so much for attempting to fit into a bathing suit this saturday...
we just had a potluck for one of the guys here at work who is moving to atlanta...
awful.
caterwauling gone awry
here to eternity
marathon key, here we come (in 3 days)
... it's that 908.7 mile merge onto I-95 South that may kill me.
February 11, 2004
a call for help (mt...)
okay - i downloaded the MT 2.66 upgrade - i am a bit nervous as to upgrading though... even though i need to. see, quinn set me up with MT a couple of years ago and i am grateful...
anyone wanna help me figure out how to do this - before i head to florida - because i wanna upgrade so that i can slap audblogs up directly through mt (i've had audblogs in the past which have just gone to a blogger site i created and i moved them over manually - and since i won't be online at all... this will sort of ease my blogging addiction a bit if i can yap to my site...)
help me with MT so i don't have the DT's!!!!
February 12, 2004
am i back?
okay - so right now i am testing out what this does to my site - first rich attempted to help me yesterday and i thank him...
but if this works, QUINNMACDONALD is the most fantastic human on the face of the planet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
crossing fingers that this works...
1....2......
3.
here goes!
happiness!!!
HELP!!!
so this whole upgrade fiasco started because i wanted to be able to blog via audblog - and the damned thing wasn't kicking in...
now it's saying my rsd.xml file is effed...
anyone - can you help me today!?!
it's the end of Karbie...
sad news for Valentine's Day...
stinking audblog...
apparently i still can't set up audblog - mainly because i think i have to install:
(update 12am/ 02.13.04: nevermind. all is swell)
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