dewd!! they are bringing back 'reboot'!!

I hope, I hope this is true...I *loved* 'Reboot'!! [I own the last season on DVD, even!]

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quick update

Parents made it in safely [40 minutes ahead of schedule!! Nonstop from Columbus, Ohio on new airline Skybus in just over 4 hours...holy carp!!!], we navigated the construction at Oakland International successfully, got lunch, tanked up at Starbucks, did some shopping, did much catching up, got inundated by watches [Dad has found a new eBay obsession :^) ], introduced cats to parents and parents to cats, set up laptop for Dad, got small dinner, kicked back, slept, got up, got ready, got lunch, went to San Jose Flea Market [empty on a Wednesday], ran around town for a while, bought a 4-cup coffee maker and tested it out, set ourselves a quest to find genoa salami [with whole peppercorns, very important] for Dad, now back and relaxing after a busy day.

More detail than you ever wanted, I'm sure... <grin>

[PS - Mom and Dad say 'hi' to everyone!!]

almost time!

Almost time to head to the airport to meet Mom and Dad. Glee!!

a glitch in the matrix

Shower time is my thinking time...I go on auto-pilot with the decades-old routine of scrubbing and cleansing, so my brain is free to move about the cabin. Sometimes it's the hardest part of my day, as my brain goes wandering into mine fields and shadows, imaginary conversations are held, things are replayed and rethought.

Today I'm scrubbing and sudsing, off in deep thought about life, the universe, everything, paths, lines, opportunities, life being short, making time for what's important and what matters, washing my hair, rinsing my hair, thinking, soaping, washcloth, scrubbing, pondering, rinsing soap off, washing my hair, thinking, wait...what?

Yah, I washed my hair twice. So lost in thought that I hit the end of the tape and it looped back and began again. The routine so nice, she did it twice. Deja vu, man...

it never fails

You just finish cleaning the litter pan, and along comes a cat who's all like "Dewd!! Mah bucket!! You cleand it!!! r0xx0r!!!11!!"

And proceeds to dirty it up again.

Never. Frickin'. Fails.

and now the fun part...

Finished "Harry Potter" yesterday around 10pm. It showed up around noon, but I wasn't able to get started until 2p or 3p...it sat there on the table taunting me while I ran around doing errands, making phone calls, and getting things settled. Even once I started reading, I had to set it down occasionally to do another load of laundry, follow up on some email, or check another thing off a 'to do' list. But I made it through it finally, and it was quite a ride.

And now the fun begins...sharing thoughts/opinions/"didja notice?" with friends who also plowed through it in record time. Yay!

ways in which stacey is a freak [part 2 in an infinite series]

She hangs out at Fry's for fun.

sadness

Geez...haven't even made it to the first page of "Deathly Hollows", and I'm already depressed. The inscription on the flyleaf:

"We now present the seventh
and final installment
in the epic tale of
Harry Potter."

<heavy sigh>

sucks to be UPS today

And FedEx and the Postal Service and any delivery service charged with delivering the new Harry Potter book...they must be slammed.

BUT MINE JUST ARRIVED! WHOO HOO!!!

life's near misses

Funny how the mind works. As I was coming back from the grocery store just now, I was stuck at the left-hand turn from San Antonio onto Middlefield by a tow truck and police car. There had been a pretty nasty accident at the intersection, and they were having to tow the car, clean up the glass, sop up the gas and oil. I couldn't help thinking that if I hadn't stayed in the Safeway parking lot typing some email on my PocketPC, it could have been me involved in the crash. Yeah, I know, I know...the chances of that are small, but still, the mind can't help going there. A near miss, a woulda/coulda "sucks to be them, glad I'm me" thing.

The universe can be a right bitch some times, teasing us with missed opportunities, bad timing, flaunting possibilities and futures that we can't quite have. And sometimes it throws you a bone, reminding you of the bits of good timing, the silver linings, the missed opportunities that were better off missed, the good parts you can wheedle out of what seems like a no-win situation. The trick is to appreciate the good stuff whenever you get it...