Blogs are Boring: A Study in Computer Mediated Ennui

old GE toaster

bettyx1138 — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:24:14 +0000

old GE toaster, originally uploaded by bettyx1138.

had one of these when i was a little kid.

hadnt thought of it in 35 years.

i saw this on mad men and remembered every molecular detail of this thing!

the 2 dials were eyes and the tray was its mouth and the lever in the middle its misplaced nose.

i remember the writing on the handle in crazy detail.

and u could use the body of it as a mirror.

sometimes the tray had crumbs in it and it freaked my mom out (she was a clean freak.)

campaign to ban the word “robust” from any work-related conversation.

bettyx1138 — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:51:31 +0000

“robust” is a vague word. what’s robust to one person may not b robust to another. do not use this word. its liek saying “its good” or “its bad”. u have to define what u mean by robust, bad or good.

it really gets my goat.

i went to the gym

bettyx1138 — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:17:30 +0000

yippee.

i also took a shower.

i had butternut squash and cornbread from angelica for dinner.

yay.

procrastination

bettyx1138 — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:38:27 +0000

m procrastinating… must go to gym… deposit check… work on specs… should go to ia meetup 2nite… work on jewelry… why dont i? whats wrong w/ me?

ach!

the 1st procrastination’ google image search result:

word of the day: elision

bettyx1138 — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:47:25 +0000

1.	the omission of a vowel, consonant, or syllable in pronunciation.

2.	(in verse) the omission of a vowel at the end of one word when the next word begins with a vowel, as th’orient.

3.	an act or instance of eliding or omitting anything.

(from dictionary.com)

sotomayor loves u

bettyx1138 — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:37:38 +0000

addicted to lexulous

bettyx1138 — Thu, 28 May 2009 06:00:01 +0000

it’s 2am and I can’t stop myself from playing lexulous.

I managed to put down my computer but now I can’t put down my iPhone. (yes there is a lex iphone app.)

I’m really trying to read for a few hrs/day but it’s not happening.

:-/

werkin on it.

does the US have the evil eye curse?

bettyx1138 — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:16:26 +0000

“The evil eye is a belief that the envy elicited by the good luck of fortunate people may result in their misfortune. The perception of the nature of the phenomenon, its causes, and possible protective measures, varies between different cultures.”

maybe the us needs an evil eye amulet the size of rhode island? or maybe if enuf ppl in the US have them shit will stop happening?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_eye

bored, depressed, distressrd

bettyx1138 — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 02:46:33 +0000

bored, depressed, distressed.

dream log

bettyx1138 — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:14:43 +0000

last nite had dream that i won a beauty pagent/contest on the howard stern show that had 4 judges. i was older and not skinny and not super pretty unlike the other grrls but i won anyway cuz they judges judged me that was. i played a guitar on a stand w/ one hand.

for winning i was to be a howard stern embassador to the world. i got to choose one other grrl who didnt win to come w/ me to 3 countries overseas. i chose the only one who seemed a little more non-ditzy than the others. i remember thinking that i won cuz i was smarter and more mature than the other gals.

i was thinking o shit i have to lose a lotta weight b4 this trip. and that i’d have to get contacts and wear makeup. but i knew i could do it! (((note to self – do this in real life)))

then there was a place kinda like downtown new britain but somewhere else. me kris and judy were in a condo. a bomb exploded. turns out someone bombed a huge lovely palm tree by a pretty pond cuz there are palm trees where there are terrorists or soemthing like that. when it 1st went off ppl thought it was a car backfiring. i called 911 and phoned the popo. i forgot the name of the park we were on but they knew where we were…

i think stevie herman was there w/ 2 younger guys/kids (his bro or son?) and they were returning those metal shopping carts/carriages to a store on the other side of the park…

hank and sue were in the walled backyard sitting in the sun of our condo…

nighttime came and i was adamant that we lock all doors and windows cuz there were scary ppl out there. there was one window that couldnt be locked and it freaked me out. i knew there were scary ppl out there.