Miscellany of the random sort (as opposed to the rarer organized variety):

- Cris has a hilarious Easter set in his Flickr. All that's missing was for Cris and Mark to do a live podcast as they made the eggs.

- I saw a newer Dodge Ram (or some similar monstrosity with four doors and "dually" tires), brightly emblazoned in maroon and silver colors, drive past my house last evening . . . with a Domino's Pizza Delivery light on top of the cab. The ridiculousness of the image aside, your fuel economy is going to really cut into your profit margins there, pal.

- Lane is playing the new "Super Smash Brothers" on her Wii. I've been content to watch (because she kicks my butt at it), but I have been amused that the game features an assortment of "classic" characters Lane has never seen (such as the protagonist from "Kid Icarus" from the original NES, suitably upgraded from 8-bit graphics).

- Humanity is doomed.

Labels: cris, funny, miscellany

To Cris, who, despite his jabs at my chronological procession, is *still* older than I am. ;)

Cris is a good listener, a great friend and all heart (he can practically do the Care Bear Stare . . .). Here's good wishes for a happy birthday. :)

Labels: birthdays, cris

I uploaded this photo to my human form portfolio on Flickr some time ago. Shortly thereafter Cris commented on the graceful feminine curves of the image, which was pleasant feedback. Of course, it would have been nicer feedback if the image wasn't of me, and if the commentary on the feminine curves hadn't come in the form of "Dude, you have girl hips." Taking the teasing in its good-natured form, I laughed along and forgot about it.

Last week another Flickr "favorited" the image (in essense, adding a bookmark to the image to tell other viewers you liked the photo). When I peeked at this person's favorites list (the entire collection of favorited images), I found that every single photo (about 150) in the collection were of backs and hips . . . of women. Except for the picture of me.

[insert Cris's burst of triumphant laughter here]

I still maintain it's the angle and crop of the photo. :P But Cris wins this round.

Labels: amusement, cris, photography

My left eyebrow has been twitching randomly (a few times a day) for a couple of weeks now. Two people have assumed I'm winking at them. Yay for vague body signals.

"Don't You Forget About Me" Calls Sent to Cris ("DYFAMCSCs"): 2

I unloaded my old washer and dryer. I've discovered that apparently the key word on Craig's List is "free." Even after I listed all the problems I've had with the set, I still had three responses within 5 hours and one of them picked up the set on Tuesday evening. I'm happy. It's better than putting them in a landfill.

Over the four days from Saturday to Tuesday I finished hooking up my washer and dryer, ran an entirely new dryer vent line, sealed the window the vent line uses, sealed off the old dryer vent line inside and out, unloaded my old washer and dryer, patched a hole in my roof, patched a hole in my gutter, installed an illuminated address plaque above my garage door, unpacked and put away my Christmas presents, cleaned the basement, swept the garage and went for a couple of walks. It would appear that escaping reality is good for my productivity.

I'm amused that Carrie Underwood currently has two music videos in Yahoo! Music's Top 100, "Before He Cheats" (a song about graphically defacing a cheating boyfriend's car during a vengeful rage) and "Jesus, Take the Wheel." There seems to be a disconnect there, but perhaps I simply lack an understanding of modern country music.

Labels: cris, house, miscellany

For those of you unaware, Cris has had an unofficial campaign for many, many years to permanently link himself with the Simple Minds song "Don't You Forget About Me" in his friends' synapses.

It's worked.

When I heard it on the radio today, I decided that, to participate in the campaign, I'm going to start calling him whenever I hear the song and leave him a voicemail by holding the phone up to the speakers. ;) (Yes, I was parked.)

Ah, the silly things friends do.

Labels: cris, friends

Cris: but after that... it's naked christmas
Cris: OOPS!
Cris: Wrong window!
Jay: *lol*

Labels: cris, friends