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Good Morning, Kittens.   Once upon a time, a very long time ago, I was the poetry editor for my college's literary magazine.  One of the professor's submitted a lovely poem, titled "Pancake Mornings."  I need to find it.  It was all about how her mother would make pancakes and test the skillet by throwing water on it.  When the skillet was ready, the drops would dance.  The poem ended with the professor walking into her classroom thinking "Today, the drops will dance."   And, that, my friends, is a good way to think.  I am not quite there yet.  But, I certainly would like some dancing drops today.  Rather than the lacklusterness and bone-aching tiredness that seems to be permeating my being.  At one point, I forgot how to swallow and choked on my tea.   It's been that kind of day already (and it's only 8:30).   But, enough about today ...   Yesterday, I had a lunch date ... with a cute boy.  What is it with all these 28-30 year olds sudde...

Well, not really, since you have to click on the links.  You could simply refuse to click.  I won't be offended.   Anyway ...   Good Morning, Sweet, Sweet, Happy Kittens!   The only thing of interest which happened yesterday was pottery class. Yay!  And it was a good one.   Two finished pots (a.k.a. soup mugs).  I am pleased with how they turned out.  In fact, I may keep them.  (I know.  Shocking!).  They are glazed in black and, then, were dipped in Lisa's Favorite Blue.  The blue is not quite as vibrant as I had hoped. It's a new batch of LFB, so -I am thinking- the studio manager made it a little thinner than last time.   I had several things ready to glaze - one of my raised platters, the cannister, and a small bowl.   Then, I threw another bowl .  Then, I cleaned up and came home.   And went to bed.   Such an exciting, exciting time.   Today is going to be an eventful day as well.  So come back tomorrow.  Same VUBOQ time.  Same VUBOQ channel.   Ha...

Good Morning, Kittens! Welcome to my wrap-up of all the excitement that happened this weekend ... And, there you have it! Wasn't that awesome! Haha. I kid. I kid. I did have *some* fun this weekend. Lessee ... Friday night, Cute Neighborhood Boy came over. We had cocktails and watched "The Aviator." We also made out (during the slow bits of that movie ... and, fortunately, there are a lot of slow bits). There also may (or may not) have been some of the Oral Secks. But, I don't blow and tell. OK. Maybe I do. ANYWAY, on Saturday, SCGB and I had a delicious lunch at El Golfo. Mmm. Spinach Enchiladas. Then, after I had a nap (and SCGB did some laundry), we had cocktails and measured my kitchen for the Great Kitchen Remodeling Project. Later, Tomokito came down and we had (more) cocktails and watched Burlesque . Yay. It is awesome. Sunday, I was a blob all day long. I should have gone to the birthday brunch of a one of the guys from the Summer of Fun. Howev...

Good morning, Kittens.   And, the weekend has rolled around AT LAST.  Let me just tell you: Five day workweeks are full of the SUCK.  And, yes, I know, most people work five-day work weeks.  BUT, working a five-day work week with nine hour days is worse.  Also, this week and next week are both 5 day work weeks.  GAH.  This pay period (Mar 16-31), I will be working 106 hours.  Kill me now.    On the plus side, I have an exciting weekend of Fun and Adventure ahead.  Tonight, Cute Neighborhood Boy is coming over for movies and ... um ... "movies."  He was supposed to visit last night, but he had to work late.  Tomorrow begins the Great Kitchen Remodeling Project: Design and Concept Phase. And, on Sunday, I'm going to a birthday brunch.  Should be good boozy times.  Hello, Unlimited Mimosas!   In other exciting news, yesterday, I bought a suit.  This one . Mini! (Forking!) Houndstooth!  YAY!   And, I guess that's about it.  Have a great weekend! *smooches*

Good Morning, Kittens. Since work sucks. And I have a HUGE presentation today (although, if I do say so myself, I look pretty darn cute). AND the rest of my life is dull as dishwater (although, I do have a possible date with the Cute Neighborhood Boy tonight) ... let's talk about something REALLY exciting ... My Kitchen Remodeling Project (which is still in the "Concept Phase"). First, I have found my Cherry Red Dream Refrigerator (pictured). It comes in "studio" size (14.4 cu. ft.). And, I WANT! And, who cares if it uses up 25-30% of my remodeling budget? NOT ME! I can make it work. I can. I know I can. My fabulous cuzin sent me the book, Small Spaces, Beautiful Kitchens for my birthday. I need to read it soon and formulate a plan. SCGB has agreed to help me take measurements and design what I want. FUN. Maybe I will have new kitchen by the end of the Spring or sometime mid-Summer. Wouldn't that be awesome? Good-bye, Asbestos Green Floor Tile. G...

Good morning, kittens.   As you may know, there is a bit of a budget battle going on up on the Hill.  And, I am sure you are probably thinking, "Whateverz.  That doesn't affect me at all."  You are right! It probably doesn't.  But, it does affect me!  And, in the overall scheme of things, I'm a little bit more important than you (sorry, just stating a fact *wink*).   If you haven't figured it out by now, I am a government contractor.  And, because of the Congress' inability to pull their collective heads out of their collective asses and pass a budget, spending for anything other than "Health and Safety Issues" where I work has been stopped.  [Of course, it is kind of funny to see how people can justify things as "Health and Safety."]    So, you may ask, how is this clusterfuckery of Congress' Continuing Resolution Acts fucking with my sex life?  Well, it's like this ...   During the first week of April, I am supposed ...

Good Morning, Kittens. This is going to be a long-ass post, I think. Four days of Birthday Fun! and Excitement! Woo hoo! So, Thursday was the Big Day! I turned 41! W00t! I woke up kind of early to go to the MVA to get my driver's license renewed. I couldn't renew by mail because my address needed to be changed. Bah. So, I get to the MVA Office at 8:45AM. I punch my "reason for visit" into the computer and it spits out my number. As I'm processing the number, it's called out! I went straight to the counter and was out of the MVA, new license in hand, in about 15 minutes. How sweet was that? I had been planning on being there for at least an hour and a half. With all the extra time, I took myself out for breakfast. Mmmm. Bloody Mary. After eating, I went home and chilled for awhile before I headed to the pottery studio, where I made this: CUTE! After pottery studio, I stopped off at Adega for some wine and eggplant fries. Mmm. Eggplant fries! Lat...

Good morning, Kittens.   Greetings from Germlandia!  I am still a festering, oozing mess of mucuos.  Mmm.  Tasty.  And, later on this week, I may (or may not) be marrying a box of Puffs Plus with Lotion.  I might as well, we are already sleeping together.   Yesterday, after getting home, I did ... nothing.  I sat on the sofa and blobbed the blobbing of a million blobs.  I did have a rather interesting email chat with a leftover from last summer's Summer of Fun.  He's invited me to his birthday brunch in a few weeks.  That should be interesting.  I wonder if I should take a present?  Probably ...   And, speaking of birthdays!!!  It's the Best Day of the Year Eve!!! So exciting.  And, it is also my last day of work this week!  OMG!  Yay!  I am busy putting together how I am going to spend the Best Day of the Year.  Currently, it involves a trip to the DMV (or whatever the DMV is called here in MD).  My driver's license is expiring ... and,yes, even though I haven...

Good Evening, Kittens. Some of you requested to see a photo of my Bedazzled Uterus Shirt. Here it is. Plz to ignore my bad hair and cheesy grin. This photo was taken at a friend's birthday party awhile back (and I may (or may not) have been a little intoximacated). As for my weekend, it started out fun and then *crashed* with the Thud of a Foot in Mud. Friday, Tomokito, SCGB, and the Guy Who Says Like A Lot, went to the Lady Gaga vs. Madonna vs. Kylie Dance Party at the 9:30 Club. This is what I wore: Kind of cute, no? We started by pre-gaming at SCGB's Brother's Condo. Wine. Yum. When we got to the 9:30 Club, it was already packed. And the line to the coat check snaked around the upper floor. WTF? So, we threw our coats in a corner and checked out the action. Oh, wait. What action? Dullest Dance Party Ever. With stupidly bad onstage dancers. And the crowd was 75% single straight girls in their early 20s who would only dance to Lady Gaga. Blah. No cute boys. ...

Good morning, Kittens!   I hope you all are sending good thoughts out to the earthquake/tsunami-stricken peoples of northern and central Japan.  What a mess.  It seems that most of my friends (that I know of) are OK.  Huzzah.   But, enough about them, this blog is about ME! Me me me me me me me!  And, then, a little more ME!  YAY ME!  And, there are important things going in my life ... like,   What do you think about this outfit ? I'm not entirely sold.  I feel like an upside down (and very skinny) tree.  I would have changed, except I was running a smidge late this morning.  Oh, well.  It's just work.  I could show up like a total schlub and no one would care (Exhibit A: One of my co-workers always shows up like a total schlub and no one cares.  I should take a surreptitious photo of him sometime.  It's gross.  Srsly.).   My weekend should be a Total Blast.  Tonight, I am going to the Lady Gaga vs. Madonna vs. Kylie Dance Party at the 9:30 Club with Tomokito and ...

Good Morning, Kittens.   You may recall that late last year, because I was experiencing a weird, skipping heartbeat, I gave up my morning coffee.  The weird, skipping heartbeat stopped (yay), but -without my morning dose of caffeine- I am Mr. Cranky Bear.  So, I started drinking black tea.  Mmm. Tea.  That lasted for quite awhile ... until I ran out of my regular tea and -after pillaging my cabinets for a substitute- I started drinking some loose leaf tea a friend gave me from India.  And, that's when the weird, itchy rash started.  Maybe it was related, maybe not (I am now thinking "not" because it's been nearly two weeks and, although most of the rash is gone, I am still an Itch Monster).  So, I switched to green tea.  Mmmm.  Green tea.   I *heart* green tea.   Except, recnetly, I decided that I would try the unique concept of Sleeping Later, rather than Getting Up Earlier and Dawdling.  Now, I wake up at 5:45 (instead of between 5:15 & 5:30), immediately...

Good (still barely) Morning, Kittens.   Yesterday was chock full of fun and excitement.  Wait.  No, it wasn't. Work was the same as always.  And, then, I came home.   Apparently, this guy saw me on the bus, because he sent me a message through one of the "dating" sites I use.  He's cute.  Young.  We exchanged a few emails.  Weird that he was on my bus though.  I always picture my neighborhood as being a sort of Gay Dead Zone.  We'll see if anything happens.  Probably not.   Once I got home, I decided that I didn't want to go to the gym (my cute, new shoes were hurting my feet).  I convinced myself that it wasn't *that* cold, and I could go for a run outside.  I did.  It was *that* cold.  K-brrr.  I wore a tracksuit (look at me, I'm all Sue Sylvester) and was still a bit chilly.  Then, it started to get dark.  Scary!  I only ran about 2.5 miles.  Better than nothing, I guess.   After my run, I made a martini (yes, that is one of the reasons I...

Good Afternoon, Kittens.   Busy day here at the Workplace ... well, at least this morning was busy.  Now I am unmotivated to do any more work.  *bleah*   So, this weekend ... Friday Happy Hour was fun.  It happened in two stages.  Stage 1 was with my co-worker, who was supposed to meet a friend around 6/6:30.  Since we got off at 4, we decided to have a little pre-happy hour happy hour.  Yay!  Around 5ish, I left that bar to begin Stage 2 at Nellie's on U Street, where I met JZ, SCGB, and Tomokito for supercheap vodka highballs.  A good boozy time was had by all.   Saturday, I met the Guy Who Says Like A Lot for brunch at Austin Grill, which was nice.  After a post-brunch nap, I went for a 3.5 mile run.  Then, I was supposed to go to CJ's Mardi Gras Party, but my ride flaked out on me.  I called two back-up drivers, but neither of them could go.  I checked to see if getting there via Metro was possible.  It was, but the bus from the station to the neighborhood only ran e...

Good Morning, Kittens.   Here's a picture of the newly reblonded me .  After the reblonding, I met Mike (Who Makes Cakes) for dinner at Neisha Thai in Tenleytown.  The food was yummy.  As were the cocktails.   Which meant that I did not go to the gym after dinner.  Too full.  Too tipsy.  Too bloated to run on the treadmill.   I will go early tomorrow morning ... unless I am too hungover from happy hour tonight.   Anyway, once home, I blobbed around for a bit and then went to bed.  How's that for an exciting evening?   As for my weekend plans, tonight (as I mentioned), I am going to happy hour with some friends.  Yay!  The only problem is that I finish work at 4 today (Yay!), but no one will be able to meet me until 530 or 6.  I will need to come up with some way to pass the time (that doesn't involve getting so s**tfaced I don't remember the happy hours).   Saturday, I am (hopefully) going to a CJ's Mardi Gras Party.  The only problem is that he lives ...

Good (nearly) Afternoon, Kittens!   Yesterday happened like most of my Wednesdays always happen ... with a few minor exceptions.  I woke up. I went to work.  I came home.  I made a martini.  I did laundry.  I cooked dinner.  I called my friends.    Then, I called my father to wish him a happy birthday.   And dinner was a bit of a disaster.  Still tasty, but I have yet to manage the Art of the Potato Pancake.  Maybe someday.   After dinner/laundry/calls were finished, I made another cocktail and ironed a shirt for today.  Woo hoo.   Then, covered myself in calamine lotion, popped two benedryl, and hit the sack.   How exciting was my day?   Today will also be filled with fun and excitement: Work.  Re-blonding.  Dinner w/ Mike (Who Makes Cakes).  And, if there is time, gym.   *w00t*   Have a great day! *smooches*

Good morning, Kittens!   I am still itchy and rashy ... but slightly better.  Skin is stupid.  Health insurance is stupid (but necessary).   Last night, I went to the gym.  I tried a new plan: carrying my gym clothes with me to work.  It was OK.  The gym was crowded, but I still got a treadmill with no waiting.  At some point, I really need to figure out the weight machine things.  I ran about 3.33 miles in 40 minutes (including 5 minutes each to warm up and cool down), finishing up around 7.  I walked home.    I was starving, so I ate spoonfuls of cold mashed potatoes.  Nom.  Then, I chopped up some of the kale I cooked over the weekend and tossed it with butter-y cheese-y pasta.  Nom Nom.   Tonight, I will be doing laundry.  Good times.   Have a great day! *smooches*

Good morning, Kittens!  And, welcome to the Best Month of the Year!   And, why, you may be asking is this the Best Month of the Year?  Well, for one, the long, dark dread of Winter will soon end.  PLUS, it is the Month of my birth.  and what month is better than that?  None, I tell you!   So, yesterday was very itchy.  And today is shaping up to be the same way.  Stupid Mystery Rash.  I did buy some benedryl and calamine lotion.  That seems to be helping some.  *ugh*   On the plus side, I'm almost certain it's not  Secondary Syphillis  (key word: "non-itchy").   Meanwhile, pottery class was pretty cool last night.  I am trying to make a platter on a pedastal-like thing.  What you do is throw a thick plate and then stretch it out into an oval by tossing it on a table.  Then, you throw a cylinder to use as the base of the platter.  Mine looks kind of wonky, but it was a first attempt.  I might be able to make it look better after it dries out a little.  We shal...

Good Morning, Kittens.   OK.  I didn't win an Oscar ... but I did come out as a 24-year-old gay professional Cricket player , I just wish the papers would spell my last name correctly.  *sheesh*   So, lessee ... weekend weekend weekend.  Friday, I had happy hour at Nellie's with SCGB and some of his former classmates.  I left around 8.  Got home.  Ate food.  Drank wine.  Went to bed.   Saturday, I blobbed on the sofa.  I did a little cleaning.  I went to the grocery store.  I went for a 3.5 mile run (even though it was a little on the chilly side).  I made mashed potatoes. That night, I headed up to Tomokito's for wine and conversation.  SCGB stopped by for a little while.  I didn't get to bed until after 1.  How did that happen?   Sunday, I went to pottery studio.  I made this . Then, I went to a neighbor's apartment to watch the Oscars.  Good times.    The other excitement is that I have this weird itchy rash all over (especially on my torso).  I think...

Good morning, Kittens!   Happy Friday!  *does a Happy Friday My Co-Worker Brought in Doughnuts Dance*   Yesterday, I intended to go to the gym ... of course, we know what the Road to Hell is paved with, right? (Hint: Going to the Gym Intentions).  I got off the Metro at Silver Spring Station with enough time to catch the 5:41 bus.  It may have been early.  I may have missed it, but there were people waiting at the stop.  A #12 Bus arrived, but I knew a #15 would be along soon (and the #15 is a more direct route home than the #12).  At about 6PM, I started to wonder where the bus was, so I checked the schedule on my phone.  There should have been buses at 5:41, 5:49, and 5:57.  There were not.  The next bus was scheduled at 6:05.  At 6:06, I decided to walk home (in the rain).  I was about 5 minutes from home when a #15 (packed to overflowing) finally passed me ... which means it didn't leave Silver Spring Station until about 6:15.  Seriously,  WTF?  One should not have to wait ...

Good morning, Kittens!   Last night I did laundry!  In my building!  Yay!  Of course, we only have one working washing machine (out of 2), so it took me twice as long.  but, I didn't have to go to the laundromat.  Huzzah!   I also ended up with an unmatched sock.  Grr.  I hate that.   And, that's about all I did.  Fun times.   Today I am going to go to the gym after work.  and run on the treadmill.  and try not to die.   Have a great day! *smooches*