My Peanut Gallery

And HUMBUG too!

Remember when I was all "yeah , I had to configure some code" and I was all nonchalant yet bragging about that shit?

Somewhere between then and now I lost my fucking marbles because it took me 3 hours to find and then replace my header pic. Oh, and somehow in the process I fucked up my template and had to re-download it and then I lost that goddamn labels widget I was all so proud of. Did I mention I also lost the backup template download. You know, the old template that I downloaded to my computer before I started changing shit up. Just in case. Should I happen to need it. Like when I fucked up my template, had to start over, and could have just copied and pasted that label widget where I needed it. Only it's nowhere to be found on my computer. Nope. Not anywhere.

I'm over it. I'll either figure it out later or do without the damn labels.

Also? I'm not sure I like my new banner. It's only at about a 5 on my satisfaction scale. I'm thinking about going with something like this:











Or maybe my favorite Christmas movie:









or maybe this: (but this would be dumb, since that's not my cat)










This one's cute:










Ahh who knows what I'll end up with.
After all, there's always this little ol' standby:

Just a quick pop-in. Why so quick? Because I'm busy playing this. It's addicting and it improves your vocabulary (always helpful during a job search;) Oh yeah, and it helps feed people. So there's that.

What are you still doing here? Go. Play.


freerice.com

Just checking in. I hope you all had a good Thanksgiving. We went to J's parent's house and then to Orlando, spent the night, and went to Seaworld on Friday. Pictures soon. Hopefully. Except we forgot the camera and had to buy a cheap disposable. Yeah They still make those, who knew.
Anyway we'll see how long it takes me to go get the damn thing developed.

Last week I got an email from Cathryn Michon (GG) asking me to put this post that she wrote up on my site to help get the word out, but because I'm a dumb asshole that doesn't check her email enough, not to mention the whole lost job and no computer situation, it's just now getting done.

Sorry for the delay but I am proud to present to you a GG post here on my site-

It’s the Internet, Stupid!

I've spent the last two days walking the picket line at Sony Studios in Culver City, and I am here to tell you that I was truly inspired by the show of support from the member of BOTH my unions, The Writer's Guild and The Screen Actors Guild.

I also want to thank that guy who brought the Starbucks, and the teenagers that brought the Krispy Kremes. This is hard for me, I don't have the right shoes for this.

It has all come down to the one issue we are really fighting over:

It's the Internet, Stupid.

For those of you that aren't as old and crusty as I am, I will remind you that when Bill Clinton ran for president, his advisor James Carville coined the phrase, "It's the economy, stupid."

This strike can be boiled down to the fact that the studios would like to not pay writers, actors and directors ANYTHING to rerun shows on the Internet.

That's what they're doing now.

In fact, if you'll look at the ads on this myspace page you'll see the following:

"Miss the last episoded of 'Scrubs?' See the full episode on NBC.com." None of the actors, writers or directors who worked on that episode will get paid, but trust me, NBC will get paid from the ads that run.

The reasons artists need to be paid for their work that does succeed, and rerun, is because we spend the majority of our time failing at the jobs we have (shows that get cancelled) or trying to get jobs we can fail at (which happens when someone far less talented gets the part, or the script, which in my case happens ALL THE TIME).

Actually, the job or the part usuall goes to someone talented, just not always to me. That's how it is for artists, we usually DON'T get the job.

The point is, we're risk takers, we're creative entrepreneurs. We're actually willing to get paid for this new media on a percentage, and it would be easy to quantify, because there has never been a method of delivering content that was more accurate in recording how many people watch what has been posted.

But that's not good enough for the studios. They want us to get...nothing. They say that showing full episodes that are watched by millions online is "promotional."

Then why do they run the shows with ads?

Everyone knows that in a very short time TV as you know it now won't exist. All broadcasting will be over the Internet, why wouldn't it? Also, you won't go to a video store to get a movie just like you don't go to a Tower Records to get music.

Oh wait, there is no more Tower Records. Because there are no more records.

And there won't be a Blockbuster very shortly.

But the giant conglomerates that own the networks and movie studios actually want us to believe that the Internet is a risky proposition, because who knows if you can make money on the Internet?

I don't know, why don't we ask the guys that founded Google, or Youtube, or, hey...Myspace, because I heard they did pretty well with the whole "interweb" thing the kids are so crazy about.

Hell, even my mother, who is a grandmother of three knows how to use the Internet, and knows it's the delivery system for content of the future.

So, that means I'll be walking a picket line with my fellow artists until we stop pretending that no one can make money on the Internet.

Because if I don't, I can kiss the career I've been lucky enough to have since I was 23 years old goodbye.

And though I'm grateful for the gifts of coffee and doughnuts, I'd rather be back at work, making people laugh and knowing that I can pay the rent.

You can contact Cathryn at GRRLGENIUS@aol.com

ps. also be on the look out for her new movie "Cook Off" coming soon.

Nope. Sorry. Are clozing this office.

That was my friday afternoon as brought to you by lolcats

Yeah so I have no job.
I basically knew it was coming but I was kinda hoping it wouldn't happen until after Christmas.

So I was all worried and depressed because how the hell were we going to pay bills buy gifts?

Some hyperventilating and hives might have been arriving on the scene when I decided to get a hold of myself, buckle down, and figure out how the finances were going to work out.

I'm waiting to hear back from my unemployment stuff but if the my calculations are correct it will go down like this - If I only leave peanut in preschool 1/2 a day I will save $105 a week (1/2 day is free because of vpk).

So,unemployment + $105 = $20 less per week than I was making working full time.

*blink*

Um. I'm gonna make basically the same amount to stay home?

*blink blink*

Let's just say I'm not planning on seriously looking for a new job until after Christmas.


ps. also on friday my home computer took a shit and no longer works (I'm at my in-law's typing this right now) so I don't know how often I'll be posting until J can get the comp. fixed.

Except instead of ending in 2 minutes I will ride for 2 months.

My mood swinging up up up only to plunge down down down. Different parts of my brain in constant battle with each other.

So excited! Christmas is coming! This year I'm going to surprise everyone and learn how to cook. That cake and that dinner and those appetizers.

Why bother. They never look like the magazine anyway. What's the point. Who cares. No one wants to be around you anyway.

I'll write hundreds of blog posts. Only to delete them 30 seconds later. No one cares. No one wants to hear that poor me boo hooo bullshit.

At work I'll go online and laugh my ass off at funny videos and then 5 minutes later go in the bathroom and quietly sob.

I won't know what I'm crying about.

I'll put up a front and act like everything's fine and it will work for a while, but eventually people will start to ask J what's going on with me. So I'll start avoiding people.I'm doing them a favor really. It's the holidays, no one wants to be around someone like that.

I'll finally go to the Dr. and he'll tell me maybe I should go back on my pills. because my blood work came back fine.

Proof! of what I already knew. It's not a chemical imbalance. I'm just a fucked up person.

Add 4 days out of each month for PMS when I want to punch you in the fucken face just for breathing.

I'll scream at my son because Jesus Christ can't you leave mommy alone for 5 fucken minutes?!

I'll go to work and quietly sob in the bathroom.

This time I'll know why I'm crying.

I fucken hate myself.

Well.
It seems, from the fact that no one had any comments, that maybe yesterday's video wasn't your cup of tea. Ok, cool, that's cool. I have 2 more for ya, and hopefully you'll like these better, but I just gotta ask..... really? you didn't think yesterday's was funny? not even a little?

Moving right along, let me present today's choices. May you laugh till you cry.


ps.safe for work? lots of f-bombs.

If this doesn't make you laugh.... well, let's just say, the chance of us being friends in real life? slim to none.
Slim. To. None.





ps. it's NSFW due to language.

Probably should have put that little disclaimer before the video, huh?

pps. Have you seen "knocked Up"? That's the Asian Dr.

ppps. I have a feeling I'm gonna lose it tonight in my yoga class when she tells us to go to "plow" posistion.

This post might not make much sense because I think I'm in shock right now. Shock.

Maybe I'm really stooooopid, but I could not find a simple* widget anywhere to add labels (categories) to my side bar. Yet there they are!

Go ahead. Go look. I'll wait.

yeah, I had to configure some code to get them there.

That's right my dumb ass just said "configure" and "code" in the same sentence.
I don't even know how to handle that.

*And by simple I mean: something I can copy and paste into my template without having to do anything to it.

I was looking for Thanksgiving templates but I didn't really like any of the ones I found. Then I found this one and I liked the header picture. I think it has a "Secret Garden" -ish feel to it.

I was able to get rid of some link buttons that were on top of the header- which I did not want and holy crap I actually figured out how to do something to a template with out totally screwing it up! But there is no widget for my "labels".

So I'm off to see if I can figure out how to add widgets.*
Wish me luck.


*the word widget itself gives me the heebie jeebies cause it makes me think of midget which then leads me to think about oompa loompas. As far as I'm concerned this world would have been a better place if oompa loompas had never been thought up.
Fuck you Willy Wonka.

I am free of any and all forms of medication for going on 3 weeks now.
No chantix. No birth control. No paxil.

I'm still not smoking (woot, 78 days) so I don't take the chantix anymore, J got the snip so I don't need the birth control any more, but I know you're saying to yourself- "Self, I wonder why she quit the paxil? This is the most depressing time of year for her. It just doesn't make any sense!"

Everyone, say it with me now:
birth control- "may cause sexual side effects"* (translation- you will never be horny)

On top of:
Paxil- "may cause inability to achieve orgasm"* (translation- if by some miracle you do get horny? don't even bother)

To the makers of Paxil:

Know what's worse than dealing with family?
Dealing with family and knowing that you CAN NOT CUM ANYMORE.
It kinda just adds to the depression.

My friends have all cautioned me because I quit the paxil cold turkey. Apparently you are supposed to do a real long wean off of the paxil because there is a very high rate of suicide for people who just stop.

You know what's really good at cancelling out thoughts of suicide?
Multiple orgasms.
Every time.


Bringin back the mojo.


*actual listed side effect. I am not making this shit up.