Li'l Momma's Rant-O-Rama

thank goodness i have a boss who allows us to work from home occasionally. i love that i can throw in a load of laundry right before a teleconference, and do that telecon in my sweats. i have a crock of taco soup going that smells sooooo good ... and the house is -- dare i say it? -- actually peaceful with no kitties hissing or freaking out! angus is snoring in his cat condo, duck is hanging out next to me on the couch. life is good.

despite the possible ringworm thing, i let duck stay out of his quarantine room last night. it was the first time he hasn't slept in that room since i adopted him. it didn't go too badly... there was some chasing and hissing when i first went to bed, and again around 5am (which i think was more of a ploy to get me out of bed to feed them)... but other than that there were several hours of quiet, uninterrupted sleep. at one point i did wake up to find duck nestled snugly into my armpit, purring and making biscuits on my arm... my heart just about exploded. and a couple of times today he's been in my lap, or snorgled up next to me while i'm working. i hope he stays this snuggly once he's older.

jack finally posted his shots from shellefly and roughhouser's wedding... take a gander at his flickr photostream here.

here are a few highlights:

give me yer booty! (note that i have no clue how to hold a gun)


the beaming bride in her FREAKING GORGEOUS DRESS WANT WANT WANT


the groom with the bridal party (i know, take this all in. there is so much hawtness.)


and oh, i forgot to mention before about the wedding... the bride and groom FREAKING RICK-ROLLED THE ENTIRE RECEPTION during the first dance. i laughed so hard.

after a 7-hour drive back yesterday, i arrived to a house with the lights blazing and the Best Boyfriend Ever running a hot bath for me. took a soak with a Mike's Hard Punch and then passed out on jack's shoulder in front of project runway. slept like the dead for 9 hours and woke up the most refreshed i've been in weeks.

it's like Kitty NASCAR in my house this morning. all duck wants to do is chase angus around, and all angus wants to do is tell him "stop it". :) it's a riot. ducks is learning some valuable physics lessons this morning: 1. if you grab onto the tablecloth, it will slide off the table and take everything down with it, 2. if you grab onto the curtains, you will get stuck, and 3. if you run headfirst into the giant picture window, it will not give way.

i have a rant: people whose job it is to write things seen by the public (articles, website content, etc) but who have ridiculous spelling or grammar. blogging is one thing, because most of those folks are on their own. but when you're writing for a news outlet or something, i would hope you'd have a basic understanding of english.

case in point: i follow our local NBC station on facebook because i'm a dork that way. this morning they posted a weekly feature where one of the morning anchors has lunch at a local restaurant and raves about it and helps make some of the food. this particular post was about a french restaurant, and whoever posted it wrote "see Aditi make their famous keesh". KEESH? i almost spit out my coffee. of course as soon as i LOLed in a comment, they took it down and fixed it. but goodness gracious.

this isn't just one instance... almost daily i see major errors in online content, and it's not a slip of the keys, it's full-on not knowing how to spell a word. isn't there an editor looking over anyone's shoulder?

just got a call from the dr. oz producer... they want me to come on the show the day after tomorrow. eek! i have work obligations and can't take the time off... so we're looking at the first or 3rd week of october instead.

so once again, i am violently nauseous. and expect i will be until the taping is over.

i'm not sure what the most painful aspect of this video is -- the corny humor, the bizarre editing, or the sing she sings to the damn cat at the end.



yes, i know that's 3 minutes of your life you'll never get back. you're welcome.

...and reminded of why i'm glad the early 80's are way in the past.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xaf03z_dating-montage_creation

there's something very satisfying about pulling weeds out of the garden while a cool mist rains down on you. i'm not thrilled that fall arrived out of nowhere, but the slightly cooler temps don't suck.

duck is still cute, growing like a weed (up another pound!), and still very much a kitten. the duckus (rhymes with ruckus, which he causes on a daily basis) is at that stage where he's built for speed, but too young to know what to do with it -- he careens around his room like a formula 1 racecar with an 8-year-old behind the wheel. this morning i made the stupid mistake of holding on to his favorite catnip skunk while he was across the room... i looked away for 2 seconds, and in that time he bolted across the room, flew through the air, and landed on my upper thigh... sinking his claws into my leg to grab on while he desperately tried to get the toy out of my hand. OW OW OW.

my "big install" yesterday went well, although i came home exhausted -- a 13-hour day, 6 of those hours spent running around the building in heels (stupid me and my now-ouchy feet) getting everything ready. i hope when everyone sees this stuff hanging around the building on monday morning, it was all worth it.

off to do laundry and then head out to the movies this afternoon... jack will be at a silicone-stripper-boobies-galore bachelor party, so i'm going to a girlie flick. "the september issue" is playing nearby, and i'm looking forward to sitting in the dark watching fashionista catfights with a big vat of popcorn.

ok peeps, go to www.tailspinhoops.com and tell me what you see. i think my website's messed up... are you seeing a "winter/spring 2008" page, or "spring summer 2009"??? why would my site be showing me the wrong page, when i haven't touched it and it was fine a week ago?...

* angus came through his dental work with flying colors. now he's trying to make up for the breakfast i couldn't give him before the procedure, by begging to eat every bit of food in the house. that boy loves his meals! i got him microchipped too since he was under already, so now i have a bionic kitty. :)

* speaking of kitties, i think duck's ringworm is almost over. please cross your fingers for him, i'd love to be able to set him loose in the next couple of weeks!

* i slept 12 hours last night. really stupid idea. now i have a major headache.

* today is a "me day". no chores, no errands, just a few fun things i have planned that i've wanted to do for a while. tomorrow i can do laundry and garden and clean the house... today is all about relaxing and being out and about enjoying the nice weather.

* HAPPY LABOR DAY WEEKEND EVERYONE!!!!!