pokeystar

12:26 pm: Bella June
( puppy pics inside )

All for now :-)

Tags: bella june, puppy

10:58 am: This will be at AZKATRAZ, will you?
Severus would like to know why not.



Drawn on commission by thanfiction, in the style of Shel Silverstein, to be presented for auction with the poem Seventy Hundred Shiny Black Buttons

In other news: there is a new baby at the Pokey household

Her name is Bella June



Say hello to Mr. Pokey's foot.

Cutbacks loom - potential pay cuts, furloughs and layoffs ~ we'll know by the end of July.

~sigh~ glad I have a roommate at AZ now :-)

11:12 am: Shakin' Saturday
There was a 4.5 earthquake this morning at 5:20ish. Very quick. Hubby didn't even wake up.

It did not feel like a 4.5 ~ I stayed in bed an extra 10 minutes, waiting for a bigger shock, before going to the bathroom.

Nabbed from inadaze:





That is huge fun. I want to print it out & frame it.

Speaking of framing, I can hardly wait for Thanfiction's drawing to arrive, so that I can frame it with my poem "Seventy Hundred Shiny Black Buttons" ~ I'm donating it to the auction at Azkatraz.

SO VERY EXCITED.

For various reasons ~smiles mysteriously~

Tags: earthquake, harry potter

08:26 am: Tag! You're it!
Make a list of five questions you wish someone would ask you about yourself. If someone comments to your post and officially asks the question, you must answer. Tag ten people to do the meme.

1. Who is your favorite dancer on SYTYCD this season? Your favorite judge?

2. I've read [insert title here]. How did you come up with [item/plot]?

3. What is your favorite cause?

4. Astronauts or cavemen?

5. What is it with you and deadlines?


If they are so inclined, I tag bluestocking79, itsbeenvery, lulabelle72, somandalicious, tonksinger.


I'm in the mood for a youtube war ... maybe next week?

Tags: meme, youtube

01:28 pm: Whoa! There's a LIGHT at the end of this tunnel.
Writing assignments almost done (eyes the one left).

End of year statistics looming.

Watched the Tonys last night.

The kid graduates on Friday.

( hmmmmmmm... )

Tags: life, muse, music

07:55 am: MAY Birthday Post
It's the thought that counts, right?

Many Happy (Belated) Birthday Wishes to:

harmony_bites, charmedforce, the_rainbow_jen, gammiepie, raffyv, kate0404, soundthrustereo, rahnee13, greyseal, _odella_, dolphinpoet, bryoneybrynn, sunnythirty3, greenschist, tamlane


Happy Birthday Graphic Comments

Birthday serenade ~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQvk_c_LnUg

Tags: birthday, oops

07:44 am: This was in my box this morning...
When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were.. When they were growing up; what with walking Twenty-five miles to school every morning

Uphill... Barefoot. (In the snow)

BOTH ways

Yadda, yadda, yadda

And I remember promising myself that when I grew up,
There was no way in hell I was going to lay
A bunch of crap like that on kids about how hard I had it
And how easy they've got it!

But now that... I'm over the ripe old age of
Thirty(something), I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today.

You've got it so easy! I mean, compared to my
Childhood, you live in a damn Utopia!

And I hate to say it but you kids today you
Don't know how good you've got it!

I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have The Internet. If we wanted to know something, We had to go to the damn library and
Look it up ourselves, in the card catalogue!!

There was no email!! We had to actually write
Somebody a letter, with a pen!

Then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the mailbox and it would take like a week to get there! Stamps were 10 cents!
Child Protective Services didn't care if our parents beat us. As a matter of fact, the parents of all my friends also had permission to kick our ass! No where was safe!

There were no MP3' s or Napsters! You wanted to
Steal music, you had to hitchhike to the damn record store and shoplift it yourself!

Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and the DJ'd usually talk over the beginning and @#*% it all up!
There were no CD players! We had tape decks in our car. We'd play our favorite tape and 'eject' it when finished and the tape would come undone. Cause that's how we rolled, dig?

We didn't have fancy crap like Call Waiting! If you
Were on the phone and somebody else called they got a busy signal, that's it!

And we didn't have fancy Caller ID either!
When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was! It could be your school,
Your mom, your boss, your Bookie, your drug dealer, a collections agent, you
Just didn't know!!! You had to pick it up and take your chances, mister!

We didn't have any fancy Sony Playstation video
Games with high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600! With games
Like 'Space Invaders' and 'asteroids'. Your guy was a little square! You
Actually had to use your imagination!! And there were no multiple levels or
Screens, it was just one screen
Forever!

And you could never win. The game just kept getting
Harder and harder and
Faster and faster until you died! Just like LIFE!


You had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was
On! You were screwed when it came to channel surfing! You had to get off
Your ass and walk over to the TV to change the channel! There was no
Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons
On Saturday Morning. Do you hear what I'm saying!?!
We had to wait ALL WEEK
For cartoons, you spoiled
Little rats!

And we didn't have microwaves, if we wanted to heat
Something up we had to use the stove ... Imagine that!

That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids
Today have got it too easy.
You're spoiled. You guys wouldn't have lasted
Five minutes back in 1980 or before!

Regards,
The over 30 Crowd

edited to add!


Tags: humor, nostaglia

09:06 am: Making something lovely


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QVQSZA9zSk

http://www.whoisamy.wordpress.com

plus 17 thing I made, the video that started it all: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3eZvEIdmq4

01:12 pm: On CraigsList today...
Seeking Evil Minion (location blocked)
Reply to: address blocked [Errors when replying to ads?]
Date: 2009-05-17, 11:22AM PDT


Seeking follower of the dark path who believes in indulgence over abstinence.
We don't hike or take long walks on the beach...unless it's a full moon
Nothing frowned upon, if you feel like an outcast in this world of "herd conformity"
let me know your out there and together we can find strength.
This is friendship only and you must be "aestheticly balanced"
and have one hell of an offensive sense of humor, I don't care how old
you are as long as you can make me laugh or vomit, either one is fine

oh...and i like puppies...

~*~*~*~*~

I didn't know strength had gone missing.

I'm assuming s/he needs a minion for editing and puppy worship.

Non-aestheticly [sic] balanced people need not apply.

Tags: amused, craigslist, minion

08:42 am: Mossip Top 5 ~ It Must be Friday
"Unique" Voices

1. Roland Gift of Fine Young Cannibals

2. Amanda Palmer of Dresden Dolls

3. David Bowie

4. Brad Roberts of Crash Test Dummies

5. Mojo Nixon

honorable mentions: Henry Rollins, Adele, Regina Spektor, Alison Moyet, Andy Bell (Erasure), Prince, Bing Crosby, Chrissie Hynde.

Tags: music, top 5

09:59 am: OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG


If you do not know why I am freaking out right now and you have a child under the age of 10, I am reporting you to CPS. I am not kidding. Get this book now & read it to your child tonight.

Tags: book, geek, movies, spaz attack

01:04 pm: Oh, sexy ffffffffffffffff-list!
Book Expo America is hosting a delightful little collaboration, in which people submit the first line plus title for the sequel to your favorite book. They will put the book together and sell it at the expo - proceeds go to a charity of some sort.


Go here for details: http://www.bookthesequel.com/home.php#

Tags: fun, writing

07:31 am: Friday Top 5
ganked from elfslut via mossip


Top Five Songs Mom Loves

1. Rock the Casbah by the Clash

Still never fails to get her up and shaking. Now viewed with considerably more amusement and less embarrassment than when it first happened.

2. Cell Block Tango from Chicago

I've caught her singing this with a relish that makes me wonder whether Dad should be worried...

3. Brick House by the Commodores

She made absolutely sure this would be played at my wedding. And she formed a conga line.

4. Overture from Phantom of the Opera

Her favorite Halloween song - She loves playing this one loud.

5. Jennifer Juniper by Donovan

Um, yeah. Guess what my name is?

She also adores big band, Motown, Ray Charles, The Beach Boys, crazy Christmas music and some classical/jazz.

She is not a fan of rap (with a few exceptions, like Baby Got Back) or most modern alt rock.

Happy (early) Mother's Day, y'all! What songs are your Mom's favorites?

Tags: mom, music

11:09 am: Song of the Day!


Tags: muse, music, writer's block, writing

03:51 pm: What's Your Word?

Your Word is "Think"

You see life as an amazing mix of possibilities, ideas, and fascinations. And sometimes you feel like you don't have enough time to take it all in. You love learning. Whether you're in school or not, you're probably immersed in several subjects right now. When you're not learning, you're busy reflecting. You think a lot about the people you know and the things you've experienced.

Tags: words, writing

07:51 am: April Happy Birthday post


Happy Happy Birthday Friends O' Mine!!!

lillywmw,thestatelycrow,gilded_glamour,
shiv5468,broken_deity,accioslash,
schemingreader,bunney,ericahpfa,
rdholmantx,athaena,atruwriter,
ilkee,bimah,sarakenobi,pegkerr

A serenade:




Tags: birthday, music

02:07 pm: The Secret Life of Scorpius H. Malfoy
( Yes, I wrote Next Gen... )

Seriously. Will I need to pay you to read this?

Tags: harry potter, humor, writing

10:27 am: Friday Funny!


which bears no resemblance to anyone on my f-list. nope. no resemblance at all.

~innocent look~

Pinky swear!

Tags: humor, music

11:22 am: Courtesy a dear friend...



Did I make you snortle?

Tags: humor, internetz

08:21 pm: I so miss Soul Coughing



But this is made of win, too.

Tags: music