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Hey, the original series was great! EVERYING that you need to know in life was dealt with in Star Trek at one point or another. So many lessons in there. I'm not sure how I feel about updating things. It might be interesting in the way that colorizing the old black and white films is intersting. (BTW, I dislike colorization of black and white films for many reasons, but it is "interesting" to look at them as a curiosity.) And Shatner's acting wasn't THAT bad, for the times.

Well, I started a job Monday. No way I could possibly live on unemployment and I haven't even gotten a call in response to any resumes I have sent. So when you can't seem to get a job in your field, you have to take what you can get. So I am doing something that doesn't use any part of my brain at all. I get a list, find the products on huge warehouse shelves and move it onto a truck. Lovely. Fun. The money isn't bad--nearly what I was making in my real job. But the hours suck. Which is why no one will likely ever see me during the week--which I know will have everyone weeping and wailing and gnashing their teeth But I work from 6:30 pm to 3:00 am. That's really not a bad time for my body clock. I'm a hardcore night person and prefer to sleep in the daytime. But it really doesn't give me much time online when anyone else is on. And it will make it difficult when Sam and Scott go back to school next week. I'm really bummed about that. God! Did I just say "bummed"? I did. See? My mind is going already. It will atrophy and I will become a drooling idiot I guess once school starts, the only time I'll really be able to see Sam or Scott is dinner time. Which will really end up being more of my breakfast time. I'm really hoping that SOMEONE will at least give me an interview. Hell, just a call would be nice. Though I suppose it isn't the end of the world. Just the end of what passes for my social life and what amounts to my family life. *laughs* Yeah, I know. I'm whining. But I'm online and no one is in the chat room and Mark has gone to bed.

OMG! I am dying!

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I've always called it a water fountain.

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A lot of hard times and hard work between point A and point B. Glad you got there relatively sane So what do people who are NOT blonde use for an excuse? It really doesn't seem fair. Blondes have more fun. Blondes often get pretty blue eyes. Blondes can use the "blonde moment" excuse. What do we who have brown hair get? Grey hair shows up more quickly. You can see the hair on our bodies from a mile away (which is only a problem, I guess, if you are lusting after someone who doesn't have a fondness for fur). And we cannot use the "Sorry, blonde moment" excuse. But then again, maybe we don't NEED the "blonde moment" excuse because we are brilliant and clever and graceful and... *leans back in chair and falls over, banging his head on the file cabinet behind him* Uh...oops...nevermind...

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Happy Birthday, Kevin! Hope your birthday is everything you want it to be.

Well, Marina surprised me--though maybe not really. I was talking to my mom yesterday and telling her I thought Marina might be close to having kittens since she seemed to be getting milk. So last night when Pretty Girl decided to try to dig her way through the door to my computer room, I let her in. She is also pregnant and the last time she had kittens she completely surprised me--didn't even know she was pregnant. So just because she doesn't look big, doesn't mean she isn't ready to have them. So I set her up with a box and before I went to bed I went looking for the other two mamas-to-be (Marina and Little Girl). I figured I'd keep them all in the one room. Figured Marina would be ok with that as long as she was in the room with them BEFORE her kittens were born. She is fiercely protective of her babies and once she has them, NO OTHER CAT is allowed to cross the threshold. I found Little Girl but couldn't find Marina. I figured she was downstairs and I went to bed. I got up this afternoon (hey, I went to bed at 11:30 AM so afternoon is really about 5:30) and went looking for her. Couldn't find her. Turns out she had gotten into the closet in Sam's old room yesterday when he got something out of there. And sometime between then and now she had her kittens. She had one yellow one with white, one white one with black, one multi-colored one that looks a lot like her and one that looks to be a light grey tiger. Pretty sure she is finishehd. Last time she gave birth to 7 kittens, 6 of whom survived. So 4 is very good. They all look nice and healthy and strong and she looks very pleased. She is a good mama. I will get some pics tonight. Oh...by the way...the father of all these kittens is Meowth. He is Marina's son. EDIT: Pictures

I watched it last night. It was hysterical. I couldn't help thinking how mean and nasty some of them were, but they were SO funny. Guess it was a great opportunity to unsheath the claws and get away with it. Seemed like everyone took everything in fun, so it's all good. Farrah Fawcett seemed completely in another world, but then, I don't thnk she's ever really been in this one. George Takei was great. Andy Dick was hilarius as Kock. Definitely a must watch thing.

Well, mostly I want ANY feedback--because I like to know if someone is actually reading my stories. But what I would LOVE to see would be someone telling me what they liked about my story and what they did not like. If they see something that was confusing or boring or anything that made them start to lose interest, I want to know about it. I don't want someone to just say "It sucked." If they thought it sucked, I want to know why. On the other hand, if they liked it, I want to know why. I can't improve on anything if I don't know what works and what doesn't--and my friends lie to me SO nicely

I'm very happy for you, Joey. I hope he is everything you dream of.

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Everyone seems to hug everyone. The chat is full of So I am sitting here right now wondering what everyone

Well, the Fair is over for the year. A lot of memories there. Not all are good. Not all are bad. Mark used to do the demolition derby every year. His brother Steve still does it. He didn

Magenta will give you a really pretty purple color when it mixes with the cyan on your hands. I had an HP printer. Similar experience. One of the happiest days of my life was when the printer died. Which, coincidentally, was shortly after the ink in my freshly refilled cartridges leaked all over its insides. Who would have thought that a printer would be offended by ink? *clasps a still somewhat magenta hand on your shoulder* Good luck to you. Be strong.

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That is SO true! And you know...if you put up a sign "Free Kittens" EVERYONE calls and wants one. If you put up a sign "Free Kid" you will be waiting until you die for that phone to ring.

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You have not read the fine print, have you? Your existence is solely for the purpose of catering to their comfort and convenience. They allow you to THINK you have a life outside of their needs, but you do not. They occasionally will throw you a nice catnip mouse (such as allowing you to enjoy a nice relationship with another human), but they will be very quick to remind you of your true purpose--hence the "want brushing, then they don't, then they do" and the "in and out of the back door like I'm some sort of cat employed door opening device." And it is not like they cannot groom themselves--they would assure us that they do it MUCH better than we do. And it is not like they cannot open doors by themselves--they can open any door you do not want them to open without any help at all. And they can open those bags of cat food without our help, as well. I think if they ever find away to open the canned cat food then we will be truly obsolete and completely dependent upon their charity.