So, it's been a really long time since I posted a P.O.D. blog. Sorry about that! I don't have anything too terribly interesting to report except that I went out to lunch with Bryn and Alan last Saturday and took pictures of Mr. Cutie Pants...Granted that was last Saturday rather than today, but I'm lazy, so the pictures had to wait a bit. Nevertheless, I have come to the conclusion that Alan is just as cute this evening as he was last Saturday, so it's all good.
I am the only person who could look at a bunch of toilet paper and think Hey! That looks like the Leaning Tower of Pisa! Only it's toilet paper, so really, it's the leaning tower of TP. Cooooool Yeah, I'm a freak. Of course anyone who's known me for longer than a month, knows that I'm pretty much obsessed with all things Italian, so it's not as surprising as one might initially think. If I were a famous artist, I'd defiantely call this "Puddy and the Leaning Tower of TP". Alas, I am not famous. Nor am I an artist. I'm still calling it that though. YOU CAN'T STOP ME!!!Okay, I think that was sufficiently frightening...I also took another pic of my scarf (what? Can there really ever be too many knitting pictures? I mean seriously...) The new pic shows the colors a little better. It kind of comes off looking like a McDonald's scarf , but I assure you it is intended to be a Gryffindor scarf! You might recognize the book from and old BSKG/Fiborg blog I posted. It's In the Wake of the Night by Joseph McGee. It's pretty good as far as predictable horror novels go although the editing is non-existant. There are more typos and incorrect spelling/grammar in this book than there are typos in my messages! I know that sounds harsh but I swear to you, it's the truth! Oh, and for those of you who don't know what the Hell BSKG/Fiborg is, it's my knitting blog (the Big, Sexy Knitter's Guild/Fiborg). 
(6/29/2007)
LOOK! DUCKIES!!! For some deranged reason, I thought it'd be nifty to take a picture of my shower curtain. Then I thought it'd be even niftier to take a pic of me hiding behind my shower curtain - after having showered - with REALLY bad lighting! OMG NIFTY!!! Cause you know, me taking a shower is a really special event or something. Anywho, this is as close to a naked picture of me as anyone's ever going to get, so I figured What the Hell...I might as well post it online! That's what you're SUPPOSED to do with nakey pics right?
Wow, I've been slacking off for over a week?! Crazy...In case it wasn't obvious, I watched the season premier of The Closer on TNT. There was quite a lot of hype about it on TNT and it's sister station USA about how SHOCKING the premier would be. It was, in fact pretty surprising, but I wasn't shocked beyond all belief...I guess that's what 24 years of watching too much T.V. will get you. All in all it was a really good show though. I heart Sergeant Gabriel. If you missed it, you can still watch it online here! Hooray for TV online!!!
Grizzly Adams? No, it's Stellan Skarsgård as Cerdic, silly! I watched King Arthur today & naturally I loved it! I could've sworn I hadn't seen it, but I remembered most of the scenes in the movie. I think I must have just watched it when I was very tired or something...who knows? Anyway, being the dweebazoid that I am, I sat and took pictures of my own television screen until my digital camera ran out of battery power. Taking pictures of my parents' T.V. is NOT dweeby. I guess since it's a big screen(?) I'm not really sure Sad, but true....I took some pics of Clive Owen, Ray Stevenson and Ioan Gruffudd, but thought this one warranted placement in my POD. Unfortunately, my camera ran out of juice before I got any good pics of Kiera - in any case, here are some of the other pics I took:
I just had to take a picture of this...it's over on Hickory Rd. I saw it as I was driving home from my parents' house and thought "Hmm, that really gives new meaning to the term 'flower bed'!" I have to admit though, that I'm happy beyond reasoning that there are no gnomes at the foot of MY bed...those fuckers just creep me out. I once saw this movie in which an evil troll/gnome thing climbed up into the beds of sleeping children and sucked the breath/life out of them. I think it was something by Stephen King. All I know for sure is that it was a collection of scary stories and for some reason, that's the one I remember...
As you most likely already know, my home has been invaded by gnats. Those little pains in the ass that just sit around all day, eating my chocolate and laying eggs so that more of the little bastards can ruin my life. I might be exaggerating just a little, (I don't actually HAVE any chocolate *cry*) but they're still annoying as Hell damnit! So, like any normal human (a.k.a. insect murderer) I went to WalGreen's and got a big ol' can of Raid Ant and Roach Killer. It seems to be pretty effective. My only complaint is that it makes me feel lousy in addition to killing only some of the gnats. They'll die of boredom soon though - I feel certain! 
This is a picture that I drew a few years ago (maybe 3?) It's my rendering of an old photo of my mom and me. I always loved the photo because you could see how happy we both were. My drawing skills are barely even passable, but my mom seemed to really like the picture. I matted it, framed it and gave it to her for mother's day that year. The main thing I remember about drawing this is that every time my teacher came by to offer a "helpful critique" he referred to the baby (ME!) with male pronouns. It drove me completely insane...'splains a lot, doesn't it? LOL Anyway, I was over at my parents' house today (since the Raid fumes were making me feel really sick) and decided this was as good a thing to take a picture of as any.
I stayed at mom & dad's house for the weekend to give the Raid some time to wear off. We watched Music & Lyrics, which was cute. Apparently Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore did all their own singing in that movie. Or at least Hugh Grant did. The surprising thing is that they're not at all bad! LOL Anyway, obviously being at my parents' house makes it necessary to take pictures of Callie! Duh! It took me 30 minutes to tell my mom how to use my camera since it's really complicated and works just like a regular camera. I had just put on some lipgloss that Callie was very interested in, as you can see. hehehe..I love my doggie!!! 
Yes, this is a real picture, taken from the driveway at my parents' house. I had to go into PhotoShop and lighten it up some because I wanted the leaves on the tree that was above me to be visible, even if they are an unbelievable neon green! It was 2 days past the half moon. It looks a lot closer to full than it actually was, but what do you really expect from a $120 digital camera? I need to go back out on the 30th and get one of the REAL full moon...assuming there aren't clouds blocking my view Saturday night!
I was supposed to have an appointment with my Opthamologist today, but had to call and reschedule because I was feeling so badly. I ended up spending most of the day asleep. Stupid Raid! On the plus side, I'm seeing fewer and fewer gnats around here! As for the pic, I just happened to have an extra lying around (in my hard drive) that I took on June 3rd. Don't ask me why I remember the date, I just do. Ain't the bluebonnets (which look purple) pretty? 
Just for you, Cassi! I know, I know...It's about time, right? As you can see I haven't gotten very much further than I was the last time I posted a pic of my scarf...only about 52 more rows, but nevertheless...it IS longer! In addition to a whole mess of knitting, (yes - 52 rows is "a whole mess" to me) I also watched The Ringer - which turned out to be significantly better than I expected. Which is convenient since I bought it without having seen it. Yeah, I'm an idiot. I don't even particularly like Johnny Knoxville...oh, well. Despite my immense stupidity, it still ended up being a pretty decent movie imho. Yay! Also, I'm feeling quite a bit better today. Although there seems to have been a new insurgence of gnats - GAH! For some reason they keep flying at my face. Brian mentioned that they must know that it's safer there since I don't really want to spray my own face with Raid, or even smack it for that matter. I refuse to believe that gnats figured that out. Primarily because that would make the gnats more intelligent than the people ruling our country and that's just plain ol' scary. Then again, I wouldn't dispute a gnat prossibly* having a higher IQ than Dubya... 
Well, I've put off doing my POD for long enough, I think. I felt a lot better on Thursday and decided that I would avoid overdoing it (haha) and just take it easy. After lounging like the bum I am all morning, I took a shower and met my dad for lunch at Casa Ole. I didn't really know what to take a picture of, until I saw the little dude that watches over the cash register. I'm not sure how effective he is at disuading robbers or whatever since he's about 5 inches tall, but he's there damnit! And that's really what matters, isn't it?Day 15:
(6/15/2007)
Friday, I chose to stay home and chill so I would *hopefully* be able to go out sometime this weekend (unfortunately I didn't have much luck) My dad called and asked if I wanted him to stop by and bring me some lunch. Of course, since I'm a lazy ass and this would help me avoid preparing something, I said SURE! When he arrived the first thing he said to me was "Your knocker's bigger than hers!!" At first I was like WTH and thought my neighbor (who's a good 20 years older than me) was standing outside and dad was comparing our boobs. (creepy much?!) Then when I looked confused he said "Don't you remember Young Frankenstein?" I laughed and said "No, I haven't ever seen it!" so he explained to me about how some guy told a girl she had big knockers referring to the door knockers at her home. Anyway, later that day I was curious, having thought that all the apartments had the same door knockers. Obviously I was incorrect and INDEED - my knocker IS bigger than hers! I wonder if there's such a thing as door knocker envy...
Day 16:
(6/16/2007)
I believe it was on Friday that Cassi asked me to take new pix of my HP scarf. Unfortunately, it's not much further along than it was in the last pictures. I think I only did one or MAYBE 2 more sets of stripes (I'm working on another set now. On the plus side, I'm now more than halfway done. Yeah, I knit slowly. I guess you could call it retarded knitting. Hahaha Anyway, since I'm not ready to photograph it at this time, I thought I'd post a different photo of yarny goodness...MY YARN STASH!!! I know it's small, but hey, I could BARELY get all that alpaca, wool and cotton stuffed into my box! I think it's a really appropriate box for the storage of yarn, don't you? As you can see, I have some needles shoved in there as well, and I propped up my No Sheep For You book just for you, Cassi! I promise, I'll post those scarf pics soon!!!
Didn't do much today except watch Hannibal Rising with my parents. I forgot to take my camera so I'm using this pic I found online. It's funny that in this pic he has brown eyes, since the kid in the movie has beautiful blue eyes. Maybe it's supposed to signify blood, of which there is a lot in this movie. It definately helps you understand why Hannibal is the way he is. I personally have never disliked Hannibal, which I know is weird, but there you have it
Day 11:
(6/11/2007) 
I didn't go out at all today since I wasn't feeling well. I actually spent the majority of the day asleep. My dad dropped by to bring me something to eat in the late afternoon and told me that he learned his job was being cut as of October. He wasn't too happy about that. Anyway, the reason there's a big picture of a notebook that reads "Friends" for today is I spent my only productive time today putting photos into the pages of that notebook. Yes, it's actually a photo album. hehehe
Day 12:
(6/12/2007) 
I've been suffering from allergy-related sinus issues and therefore feeling like crap all week.
Today, I spent the day in bed again until about 3. That was when my mom got me out of the bed/apartment by tempting me with Blood Diamond. It was a disturbingly enlightening movie. I seriously doubt I'll ever buy a diamond. I would say "again" but seeing as how I've never purchased one in the past that would just be dumb. I can definately see what you were talking about, Andrea, when you said diamonds have bad juju. In any case, I can't say it was one of my favorite movies, but I'm glad I watched it.
