australia

sometimes you just find people, or maybe you find just one person. something happens and you click, there is a connection. it seems so random- you go one way, the class goes another, except for two people. and you can’t help but talk and interact- you’re forced to do so.

i was forced to. and i was glad i did.

and then on a bus you sit behind two people, and before you know it you are walking under the hot australian sun looking for houses to rent with them. and you think these people may become friends for life.

a friend of mine would call this meaning. she would say it happens for “a reason.” i would say it’s a coincidence. an amazing coincidence. and that’s why life is amazing. and that’s why i appreciate it every single day.

and other times you can’t help but notice that the stove top is covered in grease, again. dirty dishes are placed on top of clean ones. you think, “what did i do to deserve this?” and i would tell you, “nothing. it just happened. you’re going through your life just as much as they are.  i don’t like it anymore than you. but i just deal because unlike the the things worth fighting for these have no meaning.”

and perhaps you would say, “but you said there is no meaning, just coincidence.”

i would just smile and say, “maybe i’m wrong. i’m wrong a lot.”

nose hair

you know, some nose hairs are fantastically long. it’s not that they are fantastic; they aren’t. i’m not excited to have any nose hairs, though i understand their importance.

it’s that some of these these are so fucking long i just gawk at their length.

when it’s cold and i’m running the tunica dartos and cremaster muscles are something fierce.

mac os

i’m a mac person. i’ve always been a mac person. and i always will be a mac person.

back in the day, when i was kickin’ it old school. my first mac, my first computer, a performa 550 was hacked to the gills. i cracked it open numerous times to look at it’s electronic innards. i dove deep into system software. i destroyed resource forks and killed the system multiple times. but i always got it back.  that os, system 7, was mine.

however, as time went newer operating systems appeared. we didn’t have any money. i was left in the technological dust. when i got a job i was finally able to buy  anew computer, system 8 was out for years; however, i moved from 8.6 to 9 as soon as i got my imac. then X(10) came out: unix- command line, usr, lib, and of course- root. and by then i was in college and had other things to focus on.

the newest os is out: 10.6

the link that follows is the most comprehensive article i have ever read on an operating system. there is no other way to describe it. and once again i understand (to a point) what i’m using. and i have to say apple does fine, fine work. i never expected anything less.

Snow Leopard

puppy

in “the old country” accent:

“they don’t come inside. i take good care of them. you know, i take good care of dogs, but they are just dogs.

i feed them. i give them vaccinations as puppies. then i leave them alone.”

i just hope he stops feeding the damn thing milk and bread. and i really hope the little girl he was with doesn’t learn anything about dogs from him…

mental floss part deux

i ran out of floss last night. this wasn’t a problem as i had an extra container under the sink. “easy glide,” was written across the package.i had never used “easy glide” floss before but it seemed enticing.

i pulled off a length and was ready to go. but it slipped out from between my fingers. “that’s odd,” i thought. i tried again with the same result. this stuff is so smooth it’s practically impossible to hold onto. i knew i had another package under the sink (which is another story in itself). i breathed a sigh of relief- it was target brand. “there’s no way the cheapo stuff will work like the brand name stuff.” i was wrong, horribly wrong. what was i to do? i had chicken wings earlier; i needed to floss. there was an option. i was at the dentist earlier in the month. they gave me a bag with a toothbrush AND floss. i was saved. there is no way they’d give that stuff out.

i was wrong once more.

by this point i was incredibly frustrated. i was ready to give up on flossing for the evening. however, i knew it was the wrong thing to do. i grabbed a pair of hemostats from my kitchen and ratcheted down on one end and gripped as tight as my fingers could bear on the other. success! until the hemostats cut through the floss.

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don’t use this shit. yes it “glides” between your teeth; however, it “glides” out of your fingers as well. it’s crappy and worthless. man up and get the regular floss. you’ll be glad you did.

mental floss

i love flossing. pulling chunks of food from in between my teeth is just so… cathartic. broccoli? yes, yes i did have broccoli today. take that cavity bugs!

flossing the the most satisfying thing you can do by yourself, right behhind masturbation.

alice

disney’s alice in wonderland is beautifully colored. it just explodes in bright vibrant colors without being gaudy.  however, it doesn’t amaze me. this does

the artist’s “name” is pogo and he’s pretty freakin’ cool

maybe i’m amazed

so, you know what amazes me? facial hair.

not any body’s facial hair, but my own. becasue it’s three distinct colors. dark brown, brown and light brown. i never knew until i started to grow it out. and even then, i had to look very closely.