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September 30, 2000 My head is in incredible pain right now. I blame the hard-hitting combo of inhaling smoke (everyone seemed to want to get in that one last leaf-burnin') and not getting much sleep (5 hours, tops). I'm very excited about leaf-burning becoming illegal tomorrow. Maybe we'll be able to keep our windows open on nice fall days, now. Mastered an ability! Counter attack! We're not going to St. Louis this weekend, after all. Details as the story develops... OK - you know I'm bored when I watch Gamera, non-MSTed, in it's entirety, and then look up rhythmic gymnastics info. From nbcolympics.com: I [heart] rhythmic gymnastics. No, really! It fascinates me! I wish I could twist myself into knots and roll a ball from my foot to the top of my head. (I don't care so much for the ribbon and rope routines. It's all about the ball and hoop. And the clubs, but I haven't seen those used here.) I'm not sure why Gamera is something they'd show on AMC, but I enjoyed it. The important thing is that Gamera is on right now. Seriously... who did let the dogs out? September 29, 2000 When you talk about the Rams, you'll want to disregard the D. mmm... ugly pie... Hmmm.... Not one of Stephenson's better outtings. Michael's hair was purple today! But he washed it out. "Your momma's so fat, when she walks down the street, she really walks down the street!" Mas search queries. What is up? Almost all of my regular haunts are down tonight. "We live and die in a Pokémon world! September 28, 2000 I've been having entirely too much trouble with my eyelashes getting into my eyes. I might have to pluck them all out. Yay, for Darryl Kile's 20th win! And for the Cardinals' season series sweep of the Padres (they went 9-0, with 6 of the games in San Diego). Fox Sports sent me a hat for participating in their "Cardinals Legends of the Game" game. How thoughtful! I think I might try to get a job at the new Champaign Hooters. I could sell T-shirts and stuff! I'm not sure why Cat would rather sleep on me than something that doesn't move. She looks unhappy, but won't go away. Dork. They should test athletes for performance-enhancing chunky soup. September 27, 2000 A choppy new entry. I just tore a huge gash in my thigh with my fingernail while putting on pants. It's a pants-related injury. (Or a fingernail-related injury - pants are just more fun.) I love what I've done with my pita. Well, who doesn't like to play the harpsichord while nude? Again, I have updated the search queries. I love the price grabbing lobster. The American hostages truly were "2 Legit 2 Quit". September 26, 2000 Why are so many people searching for "pirate jokes" lately? It would be pretty cool to name a child Aquaman. I have updated the search queries. It's Homecoming week at my ex-high school. Tomorrow is "Retro Day". I think that Michael should go dressed as a Conquistador. But he shouldn't take a sword, because then he would get expelled for bringing a weapon to school. OK... The children of the new neighbors can come into the yard without being shot, but only if they've come over to kill our dog. This softball game I'm watching would be a lot more exciting if I didn't already know how it will end. September 25, 2000 I punched the monkey! I didn't shock it, though. The new neighbors are moving in today. They have three children (bleh) and a new TV. A bad entry, and I fixed some other random things. I got an email that promised "the hottest sex ever!" The link didn't work. I can only hope that they send the correct link to me soon. I'm very disappointed. My eyes are really hurting today. And table tennis is on. Yay, table tennis. September 24, 2000 If crosswinds sucked any more, they could award it a trophy for sucking. If I had golden shoes, it would be all over. Everyone here is constantly ill. It's getting old. Whoa! Donny Osmond just appeared as if from nowhere! This is one of the handiest Cardinal fan pages I've ever seen. Wow. Gotta love it when your browser randomly dies. Yep. Redesign, obviously. Maybe not the prettiest, but it's legible. I think. There seems to be slightly less filler in the late night Olympic coverage. My asthma is better today. But not entirely. My chest hurts considerably less, though, which is a plus. It's stormy! I had to log off for a spell. September 23, 2000 I think Cat is growling in her sleep. What if you're happy and you know it, but you don't have any hands? I don't know why the Illini decided to lose, but I'm sure there's something up their collective sleeves. Well, something ate the nectar out of our oriole feeder. I'm not sure what - I never saw any birds on it. And I doubt the bees could have done that without at least a few of them killing themselves. My email rules: (Tickets are for the 30th and 1st, not today and tomorrow. That would really be pushing recovery time.) From postnet.com: Apparently, I have tickets to the Cards' game on both Saturday and Sunday. I hope I'm not still unable to breathe then. I should probably go to the doctor and demand drugs. Wow... water polo looks excrutiatingly hard. Especially since I can't breathe right - water pressure combined with physical activity looks like a killer. I hope this Duratuss doesn't make my heart explode. Or make my stomach cramp up, which is more likely. September 22, 2000 Actually, I think they were playing Bingo on a bus. Hmm. It doesn't really matter. I'll see if I can remember the joke that Eric made up in the car: Now that the Cardinals have clinched, they don't plan to win another game all year. Silly! Don't they know that their record still counts? Yay, diving! There should be two Jumbles in the paper today, because they reprinted Wednesday's in Thursday's paper. I've been working on a basic redesign for the past few hours. I think I'll finish up tomorrow. I'm becoming disinterested. How come I never get to see Jim Edmonds stand on a trash can and lead cheers? September 21, 2000 Since getting my nebulizer on, I feel slightly better. It's mad cold in here tonight. And I still can't breathe. Hmm. I feel excessively icky today. I hope Eric taped the post-game stuff tonight. It may be the only way I'll ever get to see the uncensored version of Stephenson's interview again. Breathing is hard tonight. I can't come up with a decent reason why. It's been raining all day, so it shouldn't be due to harvesting or leaf burning. Magic Number = Zero! September 20, 2000 I just spent about an hour reading a fight between a group of people (none of whom I know) on a random message board. Good waste of time, that. It's been raining all day, and the roof isn't leaking! The novelty will wear off soon. The paper came! Now I can go to bed! (Cat and Chicken won't be happy. She gets lonely.) Rat did NOT spill her water tonight. Good Rat! (I'll be giving her fewer cedar chips and only filling her bottle about a third of the way in the future. I'm getting my preventative measures on, as the kids say.) Did I mention that Rat spilled her water all over her aquarium again last night? I should probably go check on/feed my rodents now, just in case I have to clean Rat again. Better now than 5 or 6 AM when I want to sleep. (Of course, I still don't get to sleep until 7, but that's another issue entirely.) Stupid late night news. They need to give some sort of spoiler warning before they tell everyone who just won [insert Olympic event]. I don't really want to know yet (since they won't air it live - feh). Do you think I'll ever stop thinking about signing up for free web space? Just now, I was checking out blogspot.com/ and thinking, "I should sign up for an account here." Why? Magic Number = 1(!) This is one of the best editions of The Onion that I've read in a while. September 19, 2000 I've been referring to Gary Hall, Jr. as Gary "Arsenio" Hall, Jr. without giving it a second thought. It all goes back to that closed captioning error in '96. She had a titanium rod inserted. *nods* The little cartoon about the Olympic Mascots (Syd, Olly and Millie!) was the best thing ever. I hope they show it again so I can tape it. CRACK CON QUESO: NOW WITH MORE CRACK! Whoa! Sloooow day on-line... And again, everything is annoying tonight. And it shouldn't be! But it is. Ex-chat regulars who know - is Ep (Hil) still alive? And, if so, how might I contact her? September 18, 2000 I did a lot of the sleeping today. Blah. I absolutely must stop picking at this sore on my face. The Cardinals Triple-A affiliate, the Memphis Redbirds, are going to the Triple-A World Series! (I actually heard about it Saturday, but I'm just now looking at their site, so...) I choose to call Hurricane Gordon, "Gordy". I think I set up a few accounts at zzn.com about a year ago. I can't remember for sure what they were. I'm fairly certain "ilikepie" was involved. I think that Claritin-D makes my chest hurt. It's fun when the Cards sweep the Cubs in a four game series (after sweeping the Pirates). I got a salad at McDonald's earlier, and they didn't give me any dressing. Bastards. Why is my computer always faster after midnight? September 17, 2000 "While he was harvesting sporks from the rear of the combine..." I don't know why the computer doesn't love me anymore. If it tells me what I'm doing wrong, I swear, I'll change! I wish it would just talk to me. It's very cold in here. I should go to bed. I need my Allegra. My doctors suck. Where do they want Ricki to go? I don't get it. Whenever someone on my AIM Buddy List first logs on - while the little icon with the opening door is still up - it tells me that they've been on for 12 days, 3 hours, 16 minutes. Weird. I hate it when I get email that was meant for someone else. Should I let them know that they sent it to me instead of who it was intended for, or will it be embarrassing for them? The one I got today I should probably forward back with a little note, since there's nothing in it the person would feel awkward about me knowing. Annoying, nonetheless. September 16, 2000 This computer is going painfully slow. I think I should find something else to do. Dave Veres » STOP MAKING IT INTERESTING! You're gonna kill me! Ian Thorpe looks way less like Mike Matheny in live action, but that picture of him that they put up at ESPN looked more like Mike Matheny than Mike Matheny looks like Mike Matheny. My Mom just called to ask me what the third word on today's Jumble was. Apparently, the people working in the restaurant she's at have been trying to solve it all day. OK... The paper came! And it's really cold out! Yay! I just rewatched the Cardinal game. McGwire's homerun tonight - came off the bench, sent the first pitch out of there, ultimate game-winner - was too perfect. You wouldn't even script it that perfectly in a movie (unless the character was fantasizing). Wow. My back is starting to hurt, which means it's time to start thinking about getting off of the computer. Wow! Mike Matheny is a 17-year-old Australian swimmer! Blue Team lost. They always lose. They suck. BLUE TEAM!!! September 15, 2000 It was cool torch-lighting. Not as cool as the flaming arrow of Barcelona, but what is? I'm flipping back and forth between the Olympics and Cardinal game, because the Opening Ceremonies are (no less than) 75% filler. I'm getting my Olympics on. I was prepared to feed my rodents, put away some clothes, and sleep. That didn't quite work out. Rat had spilled her full bottle of water all over her cage, so I had to clean it. And it was considerably nastier than usual, so it was a longer job. Also, I bit my tongue, and now I'm in a lot of pain. Not having anything to do - at least, not anything that's fun, or feels important - gets old. But I think that's a given. I need to build a battlebot. I'm thinking that the Opening Ceremonies are taking place right now. I wish they were on the tv here. September 14, 2000 Those Burger King ads with The Backstreet Boys rule. Magic Number = 5 I need to learn how to sit in this chair without putting my legs to sleep. I have updated the search queries. Dog - SHUT UP! I don't remember ever seeing the SNL that's on now before. September 13, 2000 The Pittsburgh Pirates' half-assed pirate theme is quite charming. It reminds me of my own half-assed pirate theme. Counter, why don't you work? I should go sleep for a while before the roofers wake me up (even if it will only be a brief disturbance). But first, I will bring in the paper. I have no idea where Cat and Chicken is. I hope she's not closed in Michael's room. Well, at least I have a design to work with. Still can't find a color scheme I don't hate, though. Cardinals' Magic Number = 8 The roofers should be able to finish up in about an hour tomorrow. (They would have finished today, had they not run out of shingles.) That was far quicker than expected. September 12, 2000 I managed to get my sleep on between 2 and 6 PM, despite the excessive noise. roofing = no sleep An entry, from yesterday (that I didn't get a chance to upload due to storms). It's a dark and stormy night. September 11, 2000 Mas Fantasy Points! Yay! El Big Mac hit a dinger tonight! (It's not being televised here, of course. They'd rather show reruns of 7th Heaven.) Cat and Chicken attacked me because I wouldn't let her hang out in my room. The celebration of Cats closing on World News Tonight was painfully awful, but brilliant. Like an Opening Night play! "Scotch! I choose you!" One of my mice died. I'm sad, now. Why is it so impossible to find a color scheme I don't hate? You know, I honestly couldn't care less one way or the other that Cats closed on Broadway. September 10, 2000 Fortunately, the Rams won. That helps things out. The Cardinals suck again. That's a shame. I want an egg and cheese biscuit, but have no way of getting to Hardees. Darn. My Yahoo! voice chat died. And it's insanely entertaining, too! Not that I talk to anyone. I just listen in. I like it when things are sponsored by "JAMMIN 105". There. Now I'm caught up. I'm catching up on my Jumbles. It's not so much a victory over the other team as it is a victory over thirst. September 9, 2000 Mr. Radio Man says that the Cardinals' Magic Number is 12. I hope I get some quality "out of the house" time tomorrow. Or, technically, later today. My links are awfully sad these days. I just don't visit that many sites (that everyone doesn't already know about) and feel odd linking personal sites made by people I don't at least sort of know. This domain needs a serious overhaul. I have all sorts of files uploaded that I don't need anymore. I'll get around to that, and general updates, when I feel motivated. The St. Louis Zoo really needs to get the penguins back. Though, to be honest, I'm not sure that they don't have penguins. I haven't heard about it. My socks are falling apart. September 8, 2000 The Cardinals' Magic Number could be down to 11 by tonight! I have updated the search queries. I should really prepare for bed now. I should probably try to get my sleep on by 5, this morning. Blah. Why don't they always have either Scott Lasky or someone from Whose Line...? hosting Talk Soup? September 7, 2000 Ingrown hairs are annoying. I bet that my shampoo doesn't taste anywhere near as good as it smells. I need to stop searching for that random tripod page I made. It probably doesn't even exist anymore. Why are there so many ladybugs in here? I'm starting to wonder if certain people are still alive, and my email addies are horribly out of date. "Oh, my! Onion rings!" By the way, I was right about barely being able to move today. My back/shoulders/abs are in a world of pain. I signed up at nameplanet.com. I don't really want or need a new email account, but I don't want my name to be unavailable to me. Tonight has been consistently annoying. I'm going to launch a TV show called Chili! Cook-Off!! September 6, 2000 Does anybody know who sang that song about how some person's momma looked like Big Bird and had a buffalo butt? Or, for that matter, what it's called? It's from the 80's, I think. Super poorly written entry. I'll correct any problems in the archives when I get my redesign on. "Merlin, isn't it wonderful!?" Britt Reames got his win on tonight. We're very proud. September 5, 2000 Quote from some guy's profile on AOL (he says he's Rick Ankiel): I tried some new strength-training moves today, and I'll be surprised if I can walk tomorrow. I'm already sore. Michael thinks that I've decided not to sponsor a child for all the wrong reasons. I'm supposed to not want to sponsor a child just because I'm cheap. I updated my contact info a few days ago, and I don't think I ever mentioned it. I'm a little lost as to how some of the failure reports from today happened. Everything seems OK, on my end. Blah. The Rams went! And won! I wonder how many people went from the Cardinals game to the Rams game today. September 4, 2000 GO RAMS! I should go to bed. There's not a thing to do that's so important I can't put it off until tomorrow. Except feeding my creatures and taking my Azmacort, which I will do now. Small update to the last entry. All of the links in that area should work now. There were a lot of failure reports in my stats from yesterday. I'll investigate further when I'm less tired. I think I have most of it straightened out. If you ever run across an image, page, whatever that isn't working, I'd be thrilled if you would let me know. It makes things easier to fix. My face hurts. I think I might be getting sick. September 3, 2000 Damn, but I'm bored. I like it when the Cardinals beat the Mets. My lips keep cracking open. I have added a short entry. A Night at the Roxbury was much less bad than I would have expected. September 2, 2000 I'm not sure why my connection is so slow, but it's getting old. The Illini won today, too. Yay. I updated at nicolette.diaryland.com. I'm not sure why. I don't think I've been so excited about a Cardinal victory since '96. The Cards have officially won a series against the Mets. I'm telling you: that's huge! I just noticed today that there is a wee thing about Fernando Tatis in the latest ESPN magazine. I'm quick. I just calculated that, not even considering referrals, I can make around $1500 a year if I do these programs each day. That's pretty good. I have updated the search queries. I have injured myself drinking water. Again. Tonight is strange. September 1, 2000 THE CARDINALS BEAT THE METS!!!! That's huge! It's time for the rodent feeding and sleeping, now. An entry, technically from yesterday, and more pay sites. Isn't that special. |