Today's Special: Katy's Brain Diarrhea

I am bored at work today. I started my job two weeks ago so I don't have too much knowledge about anything yet to find something worth-while to do today. It's the day before Thanksgiving. All is quiet at 1340 Centre Street.


It's my burfday this Sunday, and I've started to notice crow's feet in the corner of my eyes!! I know I'm not old, but I'm not getting any younger!



I have exactly $12.61 in my checking account right now (and that's after I shifted the last of my savings' account money into my checking account!), and I'll need to take my container of change to Coinstar after work today so I'll be able to afford enough gas to get myself to Cape Cod later today. I've been spending a lot less money on unnecessary things recently, but I've been without a paycheck in three weeks thanks to my job transition. Those bills are still due regardless.



Last weekend, I took the telescope outside on a beautifully clear night in Chatham and pointed it towards Comet Holmes/17P. It was absolutely amazing! According to articles I've read over the last few weeks, the comet combined with it's debris field is larger than the sun! That's pretty gosh-darn impressive. I thought it looked like a jellyfish or a horseshoe crab through the telescope. It was white and fuzzy, and had a beautiful curve on one side of it. While I was outside, I also saw a great meteor streak by- almost a fireball it was so bright! Thank you Leonids!



I've been feeling really bummed lately about "losing" a friend of mine. He is an ex-boyfriend who I thought I was on good terms with, but he hasn't given me the time of day in almost two months, and it's really starting to bother me that he's written me off. I had a dream about him last night, and it was a beautiful dream. I ran into him on our street, and he ran up to me and gave me a huge long-lasting hug. It was one of those dreams we've all had... a beautiful dream we wake from and damn it to hell... it wasn't real. All I want is my friend back and to not feel like I've been forgotten.



I went to Medway yesterday, and spent all afternoon and evening in the recording studio for my band's new album. There's nothing like recording tracks for an album... it's like someone takes a big ass mirror and holds it up to your face so you can see every single imperfection and blemish. In the end, I finished recording my trombone parts for three songs and my vocals for one. Hopefully, that will be the longest and hardest day I have in the studio. I tried not to get frustrated, but I think everyone shares the same experience... oh wait... except for S.J. Tucker. She is amazing, and every single take of her vocal tracks were mind-blowing.



Also in band news, we're heading out to Goshen in western Massachusetts on Friday for a big party/DVD shoot. I have no idea what this is all going to look like, but it's going to be something like the band with all our friends around a bonfire having a blast... in the freezing cold. I have to decide what I'm going to wear exactly. Jason says we should all have a tribal look. I'm thinking all black and some crazy hair falls... somehow wearing enough layers to look both fabulous and stay warm. The party is also a four-way birthday celebration for Jason, Jake, Tiffany and myself. We're going to Sag-it-out, yo.



That is all the brain diarrhea for now, I think.



To end on a light note... check out this funny shit:

WTF, CNN.com?

I'm sorry, but if I remember correctly, CNN.com used to have actual relevant news! If you've been a frequent visitor to CNN.com over the years, you must have noticed that the headlines have become quite sensational lately.

Sure sure... they're no Onion. They still report on the major headlines, but take a look on the right side of the screen under "Latest Headlines". When I see some of those headlines, I say to myself, "WTF, CNN?" What is happening? Is America becoming that dumb? No wonder we have stupid, evil assholes in Washington! No one is paying attention to ANYTHING that matters anymore!!! Don't even get me started on local news broadcasts.

Here are some actual CNN headlines for ya...

Crocs, kids, escalators could be dangerous mix
Armless man quizzed in neighbor's death
Man puts rattlesnake in mouth, gets bitten
Bikini-clad 'Obama Girl' now hot for troops

They've obviously changed their approach to news to attract more, dumber people!!

This sucks. Now I've worked myself up into a tizzy.

If I were in charge, I would require that every person must take a basic test before voting in a general election. It would be a kind of "politically stupid" test to weed out the people who don't know anything about our country, political issues, and the candidates.

Don't get me wrong, I don't want to make this "test" so hard that it eliminates too many voters. I would definitely avoid limiting the voting base to only college-educated Americans. It seems to me that people should be able to correctly answer questions like "How many states are there?", "What state was George W. Bush the governor of before becoming president?", or "How many illegal immigrants did Mitt Romney have working on his lawn?" (just kidding on that last one). If you can't answer simple questions to demonstrate your basic knowledge of what's going on, your vote should not count.... or at least... not count as much.

If we can spend millions and millions of dollars on bullshit space probes to check out Pluto, we must have some cash lying around to employ some really smart people to come up with a fair test like this. We could call it the "Voting Qualification Test" or something like that.

Pluto is cold. It's fucking far away. There's nothing there. Get over it.

Let's face it. The reason we're knee-deep in shit right now with the war, global warming, oil prices, the struggling economy, etc is because we have an "elected" fucktard in the White House. People in 2000 and 2004 heard all sorts of soundbites and talking points repeated over and over and over again... until they accepted these little nuggets of shit as the one and only truth. Hearing the term flip-flopper was starting to make my ears bleed in 2004. Unfortunately, I think it was this simplistic, dumbed-down horseshit that too many people actually believed that resulted in our situation. Some of those idiots could have been weeded out with my little system!

And I don't want to hear any shit from you guys saying I'm disenfranchising people because that's exactly what my little test intends to do! It eliminates the lazy assholes (republican, democrat, independent alike) who can't pick up a newspaper, watch a debate, or god-forbid check out CNN occasionally to become more informed about the issues.

Voting Qualification Testing for all!!!

Rant over.

What's up with me today?

I've got butterflies in my stomach... for a couple of reasons.

I've got Daft Punk stuck in my head.

I dreamt about hooping last night, so I'm going hooping with the kids in Cambridge later.

Been busy making costumes this week. Why couldn't I motivate myself before container loading?

9 days until launch. "It's an adventure... NOT a vacation!" Haha... I like that.

Gotta pay the cable bill tomorrow.

You say it's you and not me, but I'm not so sure. Don't know how long I can walk on these eggshells.

It's wicked windy outside right now.

This blueberry muffin is good, but it's not doing the trick.

Okay, after titling this post, the song stuck in my head is now "Up With Me" -Boys Night Out

There ain't no bugs on me. There ain't no bugs on me. There might be bugs on some of you mugs, but there ain't no bugs on me.

My car is making bad noises when I'm driving slowly. It's not the brakes. It doesn't sound good, and I can't afford to take it into the shop right now.

Let me get this straight.

Let me get this straight. People are making a HUGE fucking deal out of Lindsay Lohan's 21st birthday? While we were in Vegas, we stopped by Ceasar's Palace and saw this gigantic sign up in front of "Pure", their nightclub. Check this out, the bitch is in REHAB right now, correct? Svedka Vodka is sponsoring this shindig, and they are saying it should be one of the best parties ever. Oh yeah, she is now a member of Alcoholics Anonymous, despite not yet being legally old enough to drink... well until July 2nd that is.

Here is an actual quote from Lindsay herself: “I’m going to milk it,” she said. “It’s a big birthday and I think it’s been a long time in coming for my friends in L.A. who have clubs … (soon they won’t) have to worry about getting in trouble because I’m underage.”

WTF? Can someone explain this to me please?

Chinchilla On My Cat

• I have a Stuff On My Cat page-a-day calendar on my desk at work. Today, there is a chinchilla on the cat.


• Mr. Wizard died. I couldn't really remember watching the show as a kid, but when I watched the show's intro on YouTube last night, I felt like I had seen it a million times! Check it out yourself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wv0wM8Ht2w


• Mad Science will be moving next month (knock on wood), and Lynne is getting us high-speed internet! It's like fucking Christmas! I've been here 2 1/2 years... all on dial-up. I know. You didn't think dial-up still existed, did you?


• I bought some sugar-free cookies at the grocery store today. How do they have 160 calories per serving with 1.5 grams of trans fat??? I am perplexed.


• My sister and I watched the series finale of the Sopranos yesterday. Anyone who is angry at the ending is severely retarded. You just don't get it, do you?


• Yuck, those cookies left a nasty aftertaste in my mouth!


• No seriously. I need a toothbrush.


• I am simutaneously playing Dope Wars right now. I've got about $90 million. I'm going to go blow it on a shit ton of cocaine, LSD, and special K.


• Okay, so I ended up spending $78 million on a new coat with more pockets to stash drugs. I'm getting into the big time drug dealing now.


• Enough randomness for now. I'm off to watch General Hospital. I sure hope Jason dumps Sam right on her ass! She sucks and she's annoying. If Jason and Liz get together, I would be psyched! I mean, Liz did just have Jason's baby, but Lucky thinks it's his because Lucky and Liz are married, and Liz didn't want Lucky to find out that it's really Jason's and have him go back to popping pills and hurting everyone around him! I wonder if he's impotant! Everyone has knocked up/been knocked up at least once on this show! I don't think Lucky ever has put a bun in anyone's oven!? Maybe he needs to go visit the Port Charles Fertility Clinic.