weird weather

Of course, I’m NOT complaining. At least we’re not under water. We are apparently getting some stormy weather from Katrina, though. Lots of wind, and a strange intermittent rain. It will just drizzle a little, then all of a sudden it just POURS. For like ten seconds. And then it quits. And the sun comes out. Then it sprinkles a little rain again, and then there’s another ten-second torrential downpour. And there’s a lot of fog hanging around. It’s even stranger than our usual bizarre weather.

I keep trying to send myself a picture with my cool new toy, but for some reason it isn’t working. It says it’s sending, but it never shows up in my box. Weird. Well, it isn’t exactly a spellbinding picture, but STILL.

Oh, here it is – it just kind of showed up. Okay, well, this is the view out the window:

Fascinating, I know.

I seem to have exactly nothing to say, yet I want to write an entry. And it’s raining too hard again to go home. You know what that means – yes, it’s Weird Random Survey Questions Time!!!!

We’ll pretend I’m being interviewed.

1. How are you today? Ummmm…I’m super? Thanks for asking!

2. What pants are you wearing right now? I am wearing a lovely pair of capris, which I don’t care for because I think capris flatter very few people – and certainly not me – but they’re a little longer than most capris and have kind of cool big metal snap things on the legs, above the ankles, which I think are interesting. And they’re really comfortable. And they were inexpensive. They’re tan and made of slightly stretchy stuff, so of course they’re very tight when I put them on and within five minutes become baggy.

3. What shirt are you wearing right now? A very weird pink teeshirt kind of thing that has little drinks with umbrellas all over it, in darker pink with a few orange touches. Also very inexpensive, and for some reason it appealed to me in the store. Now every time I put it on, I wonder what the hell I was thinking. It’s kind of like a shirt you’d buy for a toddler, except I guess a toddler shirt wouldn’t have drinks with umbrellas. I am also wearing a black knit top with 3/4 sleeves over it, though, and it IS actually really nice and I DO like it. So all day just little bits of the strange pink drink shirt are showing. Just enough to be interesting instead of disturbing.

4. What does your hair look like at the moment? At the moment, I am quite pleased with my hair, which is very unusual. I just got it cut the other day and even though I keep saying I’m letting it grow out, it’s a great cut. Not as short as it’s been, either. I had to go get a new ID yesterday (after five years my old one wore out and I couldn’t get in the gate) and I actually like my picture. It was quite a shock.

5. What song are u listening to right now? Please don’t say “u”. That REALLY irritates me, TextBoy. At this very moment, I am listening to The Night, by Morphine. I love this whole album.

What was the last thing you ate? A whole bunch of blueberries I brought to work. They were very very very good.

How is the weather right now? Pretty much like it’s been all day. Very variable. I think at this exact moment, it’s not raining, but looks like it will resume pouring any second.

Last person you talked to on the phone: Some woman wanting to know why I put that her praxis scores aren’t on file when I filled out her verification form the other day. Well, because they aren’t on file. Why does her report say they were reported to us? Search me – why does anybody’s report say they’re reported to us, and they aren’t??? Ask Praxis!!!

Who are you talking to right now? Ummmmm…. nobody??? Okay, okay, I know I’m a thousand years old and it shows, but I can’t write in my diary, talk on the phone, text message, and chat on AIM all at one time. I can’t text message or chat at all, if you want to know the sad truth.

How do u eat an Oreo: I’ve warned you already about “u”. STOP IT. And don’t talk about Oreos. I’m hungry.

Do you do drugs? I drink lots and lots of coffee. And I pop the occasional Allegra. And Advil.

Do you drink? I’m starting to really want a drink right now.

Lights on/off: Well, they’re on right now. What ARE you talking about?

Scary or happy movies better? Here’s a sentence that needs to be finished. And I like complex movies, thanks very much.

Backstreet Boys or NSYNC? HAHAHAHHAHAHHA!!!!!!

Last Cigarette: I have no idea. I’m sure I was in college, and that’s been awhile. I went through a very short phase of trying to look all cool and avoid having to ingest calories by smoking, but luckily for me one cigarette makes me wheeze for about three days so it didn’t work out.

Last Movie Seen In a Theatre: I am embarrassed to admit it was several Harry Potters ago. The theatre has become a den of torture, what with annoying people who won’t shut up and their cellphones. I’d infinitely rather rent a movie.

Last Book Read: Glad Tidings of the Natural World, by my hero TR Pearson.

Last TV Show Watched: I am kind of stunned to realize the last TV show I watched in Real Time was the Queer Eye from about two weeks ago – we’re in a Queer Eye Drought till next season. I seriously don’t think I’ve watched anything since that last episode that wasn’t recorded.

OH, except for last night, when we viewed the last bit of the strangest documentary I have EVER seen. It was about trains, and it was on the always-astoundingly-bizarre RDF channel. (Is that the name? RDF? That farm channel way up high that has things like Joe’s Polka Palace.) It was Chinese, of all things, and was mostly scenes of trains coming slowly down the track. With lots of steam. Different angles once in awhile. And a few scenes of the train stopped and these train-guys walking around tapping random bits of it with a hammer. If that was their maintenance program, I am NEVER riding a train in China. We couldn’t quit watching. There was no dialogue at all while I was watching, although Baker B, who was watching it first, said there HAD been a narrator, and the last thing he said was, “This woman speaks English!” Whereupon the woman in question giggled madly and nobody ever said another word.

So, that’s been my TV viewing. We’re currently watching the fourth season of Six Feet Under — GRIM — and the fifth season of Red Dwarf – hysterical- – on DVD. So it isn’t like I’m doing something productive in place of watching television. Not at all.

Last Thing Written: Well, gee, I don’t know…. maybe THIS??? The person I randomly swiped this from said “I really don’t know”. Ooookkkkay!

Last Words Spoken: “You’re welcome!” To the woman who thanked me for telling her I don’t have her Praxis scores. Actually, I think I suggested she send a copy of her report along with her verification form. Duh.

Last Ice Cream Eaten: I’m not sure, but I’m hungry, so stop talking about food!!!

Last Big Car Ride: Big Car Ride?? My car isn’t all that big. I drove my parents’ car this weekend, but it’snot huge either. Big enough that I kept hitting the curbs, but not enormous.

Last Annoyance: That I started this idiotic Frankenstein Monster survey. Okay, I quit!!