I have a very cute kitten on my lap.

such an odd weekend I had. It was the Madness of the Antique/flea market. Sat and Sunday - 100's of garage sales. on Sunday Main street is closed and all kinds of vendors fill the street. Thousands of people show up .there is a big neighborhood party on saturday that ends promtly at midnight so that the all night volunteers can go do their work. It is a chaotic weekend. I get a kick out of it. This year a week before the event the city sent a letter to everyone that said they would be enforcing all the codes. It was a bad letter. It scared people that were law abiding. Then on sunday when the city code enforcers came into town they were rude and unprofessional . As in I know there is a least on e formal complaint being drawn up that includes sexual harassment charges.

Most people had a good time - but there was stupid shit that could have been done much better.

Plus I got a cold.

ION, a little jobma~~ Matt's way. There could be some good news possibly great news headed his way

ND, have the other furry beast met the cute on e yet?

Yes, the kitties have now met each other. There is much hissing and growling in the household at the moment.

Ha! I found Jilli an lol cat! Or maybe Pete's. [link]

ohh fierce kitty stage

Guess what I'm wearing? A Diablo Sound T-shirt! And it's KEWL.

Oh NOES! I've just reached the end of xkcd. Which webcomic should I read next?

Schlock Mercenary!

Re: rings, I would need something to make an engagement feel real. I need ceremonial rites of passage. It wouldn't have to be anything expensive, just something special. Though I'd like to have rings, I don't care about expensive stuff, I'd rather spend the big bucks on a cute little house or a wonderful vacation. But yeah. You say yes, you're engaged, that's it. Special presentations after the fact are anticlimatic. Unless it's a wild party, which is always appropriate.

I don't like the traditional symbolism behind the rings, but a thing can mean something special to a person despite whatever it used to mean when the tradition got started.

And if I'm going to get a gemstone, I'd rather a created stone or an antique. I want to love the thing without wondering if it ever killed anybody.

My engagement ring is a star ruby. Set in silver ivy leaves and nestled next to a small skull

That's wonderful.

What year is cool, entertainment electronics?

Every year!

Miss Manners says that you don’t congratulate the woman, you congratulate the man, but wish her the best.

"Congratulations, you bastard, you finally trapped one! All the best, dear, you'll need it!" WTF?

Ha! I found Jilli an lol cat! Or maybe Pete's.

aaaauuugh! My nose itches now, thankyouverymuch.

Oh cool. How did the t-shirt turn out?

The Tale of Paul and Barney is the cutest thing ever.

Sparky's student, however, is as dumb as a box of rocks. Seriously.

GC's flats are so sugar. I want the ones she posted today.

The new job continues apace. One thing I've discovered is that lesson plans for middle school take significantly less time than lesson plans for high school. Add in the fact that I'm teaching a subject I know REALLY well (drama) vs. a subject that I know just not as well (English) and I got all my planning for the week done in less than an hour. And I have 4 preps. Woot!

I have one class that continues to test me, but I'm making headway. Baby steps, I suppose. I hope I'll have them whipped into shape by Friday. Of course, one of the nuts was in in-school suspension today because he shaved a gang symbol into his hair over the weekend. He won't be let back into classes until he gets a hair cut.