SpaceKitty.com

Yipe.

2010-01-05T14:19:00.000-08:00

Ok, so I made a non-binding resolution (ha!) to spend less time on the internets - but it's just a little too on the nose for my computer to take a dump today.

Really, 2010? Let's try not to be so literal.

(Posting, thank Maude, from Chris' netbook. Phew.)

And, home!

2010-01-04T23:03:00.000-08:00

Home from a wonderful trip. Took a quick look at my honey's facebook page, and I'm loving the pages of birthday well wishes from friends all over the world. And he's raised $365.00 for the Desert Protective Council!

There's something really humbling, beautiful and amazing when you see how much people care about your partner. We're both really fortunate to be surrounded by so much love.

Happy Birthday, honey!

Huzzah!

2010-01-03T11:10:00.000-08:00

The birthday festivities have begun!

I took mah honey to Musso & Frank's last night for an early birthday dinner. (Lamb chops and a proper martini, oh hell yeah.)

Today we'll head out to the desert so Birthday Morning we can wake up in his favorite place on earth.

Happy Birthday, Chris. I love you.

Actual quote -

2010-01-02T10:39:00.000-08:00

before tea this morning: "That's as far as I've thoughten."

Happy New Year!

2010-01-01T18:29:00.001-08:00

Welcome, 2010! Let's make this a good one, shall we?

The Affirmation for Planet Peace - Yoko Ono

2009-11-26T12:16:00.000-08:00

The Affirmation for Planet Peace - Yoko Ono

Thank you, thank you, thank you
Our planet is healthy and whole.
Every part of the planet is revitalized and healed.

We, the people of Earth
See clearly, Hear clearly, Think clearly.
Express and communicate our thoughts clearly,
Spiritually, mentally, and physically
For the benefit of ours and other planets.

We make the right judgement, right decision, right move
At the right time
At the right place
For ourselves and others.

We are now bathing in the light of Dawn
Standing in the Heaven we have created on Earth.
Sharing the Age of Joy
With all Lives in the Universe,
United with infinite and eternal love.

For the highest good of all concerned, So be it.

I love you!

yoko

Yoko Ono
25 November 2009

Best laid plans...

2009-09-10T22:43:00.000-07:00

Take

An internet-free weekend
A four day road trip
Six days (six! days!) in bed with the flu
Overtime at work to catch up

mangle the math, and what do you get? One broken resolution to blog every day. Speaking of resolutions, I told myself I'd get to bed at a reasonable hour tonight. It's already half past reasonable, so off I go.

More tomorrow!

It's birthday week!

2009-08-28T18:03:00.000-07:00

I haven't made a big thing of it, because I'm really ambivalent this year. (look down) Last year was the Epic Party of Doom, and it's pretty hard to improve on perfection.

But my awesome gay boyfriend A. made an event of it last night - since I coordinated his birthday last month, he wouldn't hear of me sweeping mine under the rug.

So a few of us went out dancing at Oil Can Harry's, the local gay country bar. I don't know what it is about boys in cowboy hats dancing together, but it was fantastic. My legs are killing me and I'm about to fall on my face just as we're going on a road trip, but I think I have a new obsession. And Chris is almost as excited about the boots as I am.

Speaking of road trip, there's a reservation with our names on it and my birthday present waiting for me so we are out.

Happy weekend!

Positive, positive, positive...

2009-08-26T22:26:00.000-07:00

So now that I'm back on the positive bandwagon, I'd just like to say -

1) The training was nothing like I feared it would be

2) There was something really gratifying about the 'being left alone to figure out my stuff' way my day was organized

3) Oh, hell yes -chicken & cheese quesadilla (It's what's for lunch and dinner!)

4) Mocha & Energy drink do, in fact, cure a lack of sleep

5) I get to see Tiff Saturday!

6) Work is air conditioned. Phew.

7) Took a melatonin and I'm going to bed

Night, all.

.

2009-08-25T23:24:00.000-07:00

A moment of silence.

POSITIVE-FREE ZONE

2009-08-25T19:53:00.000-07:00

The minute I decide that I'm going to be more positive (I've even got backup from the awesome Kimberly) all I want to do is complain.

I wish I weren't so very predictable.

It's not even bitching for entertainment's sake - it's more like "I'm starting my diet tomorrow, so today I'm gonna eat all the crappy chocolate in the house that I don't even like because I WON'T BE ABLE TO LATER."

So if I'm gonna be like that, I may as well get it out of my system:

1) FUCKING FUCK. Screwed something up and now I'm stuck going to training first thing in the morning. I know where I went wrong and how to fix it, do you have to rub it in too?

I'd like to think this is going to be a valuable opportunity to learn something, and who knows? If I manage not to take it personally, maybe it will be. But I've got major issues with criticism that I haven't dealt with and it makes shit like this way more uncomfortable than necessary. It feels like getting hit on the nose with a newspaper and I've got nobody to blame but myself.

2) Uncomfortable? That too. I've been ignoring what's likely a pinched nerve in my neck and I haven't been comfortable in weeks. I've been avoiding going to the doctor - because I don't feel he takes me seriously - and it's totally demoralizing to take off work to do the health care runaround with no tangible results. (...with no car*) Add HMO/primary-care changing annoyance/he's not as bad as the last one/who knows if the next would be worse/ angst; mix in some self-recrimination for not taking care of myself in the first place and GRAR.

2a) *Ok, the car is fine (fortunately) - it's my license that's the issue and I'm not even getting into that right now.

3) Hi. I'm fat. No, seriously. I have to replace my entire motherfucking wardrobe - on a 'you have got to be kidding me' budget - because nothing fits. I can't do waistbands. At all. I don't even know how to dress anymore! I've really, REALLY tried to get on board with accepting myself as I am (Honestly, I get nothing but positive reinforcement and support - seriously) but I feel like I ate a ton of bricks and I look like I'm pregnant. Taking the stairs has become a production, and I spent weekends ROCK CLIMBING last year, for fuck's sake. It's freaking me right out because I look in the mirror and don't recognize myself. Which leads to-

4) SHITTING FUCK I'm getting old and I have absolutely no idea how to cope with that. At all. In related news, my shockingly bad memory is getting worse - and I didn't think that would be possible. It's kind of hard to get an entire sentence out without stumbling, and my spelling is going to shit. To say this frightens me doesn't do it justice.

So now I've taken a huge, nasty shit on the front page of my lovely blog. I'm hoping that getting it out of my head and onto a page is enough to reboot my brain so I can start over tomorrow without any of this stuff getting in the way.

Wish me luck or its equivalent. Aren't you glad I started blogging again?

Also? Can we please not do the "Oh, but you're not fat/old!!!" thing? Not only because there's nothing wrong with being either fat or old (or both!) but because I'm not here for the sympathy or to have my feelings invalidated. I'm here because writing is the best way I've found to figure out how I want to deal with stuff and move forward.

/gathers courage, and post!

Drive by posting-

2009-08-24T19:56:00.001-07:00

Just dawned on me that I can avoid that whole "Getting canned for blogging from work" problem by emailing myself content. D'uh.
Shoe selection fail trifecta: Everything so far has been ugly, ill-fitting and too expensive. This shall not stand.
Here lies the winner of the infuriating post of the day. More to come.
Remind me to post about District 9.
Off to our weekly True Blood (link contains recap of current episode*) screening. Wheee!!

*Please note that Space Kitty is a spoiler-free zone. I'll always say something if there's spoiler material in a link. After all, I'm still bitter over Sixth Sense, and actively avoid movie trailers to keep from knowing THE ENTIRE PLOT walking in. Also, get off my lawn.

Edited to add:

PS. HOLY CRAP, best episode of True Blood yet. I don't get to see the next installment until Tuesday, so SHHHHH!!!!!

TIA

While I'm up...

2009-08-23T19:32:00.000-07:00

Spent the day at the Natural History Museum (...whose cafe makes a tasty french fry) with mah honey. In this heat, it was genius to spend the afternoon in air conditioning among our fellow nerds. Tagged along slightly behind a guided tour, and was charmed by the docent. Getting paid to geek out and tell everybody how cool The Thing You're Obsessed With is has got to be a great way to make a living. (I'm sure it's a volunteer position, but I can dream.)

Anyway, their gem collection is amazing and Chris successfully kept me from being dragged to jail for molesting and/or swiping the jewels. I probably watched The Pink Panther* too many times as a child, but secretly I always wanted to grow up to be a jewel thief or cat burglar with glamorous headquarters somewhere in the Riviera.

I was a weird kid.

Chris is posting pictures elsewhere - beware the puns. You've been warned.

* The original, for god's sake.

Oh, hi.

2009-08-23T11:25:00.001-07:00

It's been so long I almost forgot how to log into blogger. That's embarrassing. You know what else is embarrassing? I realized yesterday that blogging has been the one way I've been able to keep track of/remember my life.

So here I am again, (at least until the brain transplant) so I can look back and say, "Oh yeah, that's* what we had for dinner Saturday!"

Also: pictures from the trip.

PS. 7 more shopping days. Help.

*lobster, really tasty margaritas, the best mexican coffee I've had and a surprisingly small check. Yum. Thanks, honey!

Dear Pixar:

2009-05-31T02:42:00.000-07:00

I love you.

That is all.

sniff

2009-05-30T21:00:00.000-07:00

I'm back!

2009-05-27T10:21:00.000-07:00

Thank you Kimberly for sorting out hosting & such! Meanwhile, best sign ever at the Day of Decision march yesterday-

First Adam loses American Idol, now this?!

Hee.

I just don't even know, but....

2009-05-22T21:26:00.001-07:00

this? This is spectacular. Will post attribution as soon as I can find it. Meanwhile, click! You won't be sorry!

Three point update

2009-05-20T19:31:00.000-07:00

I'm afraid Go Fug Yourself may have to retire, because I don't see how they can possibly outdo this.

Yahoo top stories can bite my ass because I only last week got a little invested in American Idol and they just blew the finale for me. (I just wanted to check my spam account that I've had for eleventy-billion years and they put a spoiler on the DAMN FRONT PAGE.) My point stands: Screw you, yahoo.
Meanwhile, Circusfaerie and Otter Pop are having a rough go of it, so send positive energy their way.

I knew I should have gone drinking tonight.

Neo-maxi-zoom-dweebies!

2009-05-20T11:50:00.000-07:00

Saw Johnathan Coulton Sunday and the show was fantastic! Wil Wheaton was the surprise MC (hilarious!), and if you ever get a chance to see Paul & Storm, do it. The Largo is a fantastic venue and my crush on Jonathan Coulton just got even more public and embarrassing. And now I can't get Skullcrusher Mountain out of my head.

For extra added fun, here's Wil Wheaton's write up of the show.

Whee!

New poetry!

2009-05-17T16:38:00.001-07:00

My honey wrote a new poetry book: "A Tapetum Knowledge" - get yours now!

File under: Should have seen it coming

2009-05-11T09:05:00.000-07:00

Online auto refinance = metric shitload of spam. (Including text message spam! Oh, hate!)

2-second movie review

2009-05-08T09:51:00.001-07:00

Go see Star Trek! Now!!!

The new website is here, the new website is here!

2009-05-01T08:40:00.000-07:00

No, seriously.

The Clade launches today. Created by my honey, it's his newest environmental project, and much like the author, it's awesome.

What are you waiting for, go check it out! I'll wait here.

Oh, hee!

2009-04-27T12:16:00.001-07:00

http://partytimeindenver.com/