litany

i have been late in paying every single bill this month. i just consistently space out and forget the due date. i feel like there's a lot going on in my head lately, and it's all competing for equal attention.

there's a place near work that's called a "bed & biscuit". i have driven by it every day for 7 years and never understood the gist of that term, until one day a couple of weeks ago when they added a sign that says "doggy daycare and boarding."

i am seeing lily tomlin on thursday, and randy newman on friday. i'm considering buying a ticket to crooked fingers on sunday, too... even though i don't really know much about them. but i think i would like it.

while i look forward to fall shoe weather, i am already lamenting the fact that my pool, at some point, will have to be closed up for the season. i do still try to get in for a swim every night, at least for 30 minutes or so, but the water is already starting to feel pretty cold.

speaking of the pool, i got a new swimsuit yesterday. it's a tankini, and the bottom part is a swim skirt. this is a very flattering style, but it drips like hell when i get out of the pool. i feel like i have to stand around for about 10 minutes, squeezing all the water from the extra fabric, before i can go inside.

i cannot wait for the premiere of suvivor: guatemala on thursday.

CNN told me that the price of natural gas was going up 71% this winter. i need to figure out how to continue to exist; life is too expensive. (especially for people who have not had raises in 3 years.)

i'm cat-sitting for a friend who went to the beach this week. unfortunately, since ophelia is looming, she's had to evacuate from their oceanfront house and is now hunkered down in a hotel in wilmington. i think i might have just chosen to come home, were it me.

on the way home from seeing "the aristocrats" on sunday (and in-between telling jokes to ourselves), minty convinced me to join in marianne's mix CD project. after spending several hours last night agonizing over which tracks to include i think i'm almost to a point where i'm happy with it. it only includes one divaville-type song, though... i hope no one is disappointed by that.

by the way, when we saw "the aristocrats" i noticed that everyone in the theater laughed out loud a lot... except during the part that was mimed. i sensed that people weren't afraid to laugh at the obscenity while there was abundant audio to cover their laughter, but as soon as we were enveloped in silence everyone got self-conscious about laughing at raunchy sex jokes... i only heard a few nervous titters.

these are surprisingly good. i don't think i've ever been able to count chips as a protein before. yum yum.

oh shit, it's raining and my car windows are down.

Posted by xta at September 13, 2005 2:29 PM | TrackBack