Saturday, December 1, 2001
Remember that story I mentioned a few weeks back about the young woman who was abducted and later murdered in Camden? Well, it turns out that someone saw it happen, called 911 and relayed a large amount of detail, and the call was ignored by the dispatcher.
10:02 PM EDT
It's been a really great day all around. Our @Home service is still up, the shower seemed to be a rousing success, and I had a lot of laughs. I also finally got to meet She Who Must Not Be Named, after years of waiting, and that was just awesome. The Devils are also up 4-1, which means that Dave is probably having a wonderful time at the game. Unfortunately, our friend Bobby, who accompanied him, is a Red Wings fan, so he's probably not enjoying himself so immensely.
What a wonderful day. :)
09:11 PM EDT
Friday, November 30, 2001
Kid gets ridiculously long hyphenated name because parents are big pissy babies.
09:52 PM EDT
I'm going to break my generally-held moratorium on bitching about Dave's job here, because I'm so frustrated and pissed off at the moment that I'm going to cry.
Dave took a vacation day today, so he went out and ran a bunch of errands for me for the baby shower I'm hosting tomorrow, and he got home just a few minutes after I returned from my class. I was looking forward to actually spending a nice evening with him, since I'm leaving for Delaware at around 8 tomorrow morning, and he'll be gone to the hockey game when I get home tomorrow night.
His boss just called.
He has to go to the hosting center in Hoboken, and he doesn't have any idea when he might be back. I'll make a safe bet that I'll be asleep before he returns.
Sometimes I really, really hate his job. Tonight is one of those times.
06:49 PM EDT
I can't even believe I'm awake and ready to leave this early.
06:17 AM EDT
Thursday, November 29, 2001
Well, here I am at the office at 5:45 pm, revising agreements like a crazy person. Since I'm going to be out of the office tomorrow at a "Japanese Business Culture Seminar," I need to get these out the door tonight. I am So. Freaking. Tired. And I have to be in Florham Park before 8 tomorrow morning, which translates into needing to be awake at the crack of dawn. Ugh.
05:46 PM EDT
Let's just say that there are several people with whom I'm dealing today who need a sound whacking with the clue by four.
11:28 AM EDT
Which Evil Criminal are You?
10:23 AM EDT
Is Penn State on crack? This is outrageous.
10:07 AM EDT
Wednesday, November 28, 2001
Courtesy of the lovely and talented Marie, I bring you the Book of Revelation, Pokemon style.
03:20 PM EDT
So I'm terribly unimpressed with the attorney that we're using for our closing. Our agent, who's very competent, recommended him, and he's local, which I thought would be helpful. However, he doesn't often return calls, and he fails to provide me with copies of any of the correspondence he sends or receives. This irritates the crap out of me, because I keep everything.
Anyway, I got a message from his assistant late last night asking me to call, and when I spoke to her this morning, I found that our request to push the closing date back two days *still* has not been conveyed to the sellers, and on top of that, the title was ordered in the names of "David P*****, unmarried" and "Heather ******, married."
Uh, no.
01:11 PM EDT
Now, I know the kid was jaywalking and all, but what does it take to get a jail sentence these days? I don't even understand why there's such a thing as "misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter." By definition, that means that the perpetrator can't be jailed for more than a year. Isn't that more like "reckless driving" than manslaughter?
11:21 AM EDT
Today's Military Operation Name: "Operation Copacetic Wigwam."
07:43 AM EDT
Tuesday, November 27, 2001
Maybe we could install something like this at the new house.
02:33 PM EDT
I keep warning Dave about this kind of thing.
02:28 PM EDT
I know that there's a generator out there for this on the web, but Marie and I were chatting this morning, and I decided that I'm going to generate a name a day for future US military operations.
Today: "Operation Insurmountable Spontaneity."
01:21 PM EDT
Ok, here's my question: if the mail carrier notified police in 1998 about the mail piling up, then why did it take until now to figure out that there was a body inside?
10:27 AM EDT
Monday, November 26, 2001
I'm suddenly a domestic goddess. Since I got home, I have: bagged and taken out the recycling, laundered a load of towels and blankets, replaced all of the items in the front closet that we carpet-shampooed on Saturday, bagged up a bunch of magazines for trash on Wednesday, made ice cubes, brewed a pot of iced tea, and put away some clean dishes.
I must be ill.
07:40 PM EDT
It appears that the luscious Kate Winslet has released her first single. This page has links to streaming audio and video for the song, and honestly, it's not bad. She's certainly more competent vocally than, say, Nicole Kidman...
01:15 PM EDT
From Saundra, we get this gem: the Secret Service questioned a college freshman for 40 minutes about an "anti-American" poster hanging in her home. Frankly, I wonder why the Secret Service is bothering to investigate a poster in a college student's apartment, absent any other allegations of possibly illegal activity. Slippery slope, President Bush. Very, very slippery.
11:13 AM EDT
You would think that if your new boss and department were throwing a welcome breakfast for you, to which the whole company is invited, that you would make sure to leave early enough not to be forty-five minutes late for said breakfast.
*gnaws on bagel while waiting for admin to arrive*
09:28 AM EDT
Sunday, November 25, 2001
I've given up on The Practice, even though the cute guy from Office Space and Band of Brothers is the new DA, so Lara Flynn Pipecleaner isn't getting as much screen time.
I flipped over to Adult Swim, on my boss's recommendation, but I'm disappointed to see that yet again Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law isn't on tonight. I'll have to make do with the fast food of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, I guess.
10:06 PM EDT
It appears that the ballet was not meant to be. The performance today starts at 5, and there's no way we could make it back to the city from Dave's parents' house by that time. Maybe next year.
Hey, maybe this guy was just trying to ensure that his kid had a good future. Or at least music to listen to on the way home from the hospital. Or something.
Moral of the story: if you want to see boobs, perhaps a strip bar might be better.
Finally, Yasmine is looking not at all good in her mug shot. Looks like she might actually do time for this one.
Have a great day. More weirdness later.
12:27 PM EDT
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