Drugs Are Bad, M'kay?

Saturday, June 11, 2005 | 0 Comments

When her family confronted her, my in-town-bestfriend's baby's daddy (that is way too long; we'll just call him "The Dude" from now on)...

SO, when The Dude's family confronted his sister, she finally admitted that she has been using (meth of all things, silly girl, and because of a boy no less). She said that she wanted help and would move back home to get clean. I suggested that they get her to a clinic to get it done right. You really don't want to be messing around with this. Besides, people coming down from addictions are no one you want to be living with!

I think she stands a good chance of getting clean since she hasn't been using for that long and the only reason she was doing it, really, was to be close to her loser user boyfriend. She had been telling everyone that she had been losing all the weight because she was eating at Subway. Right!

Interventions don't always go that smoothly. I'm glad that she finally told the truth. If I were The Dude I would go find that piece of shit she was dating and beat the hell out of him and tell him he'd better never come near her again!

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Blogger sideshow bob said...

The Dude abides...

June 11, 2005 3:26 PM

Blogger jac said...

And that won't stop there you Know ? They are never single, they are in groups, you will only shake a hornet's nest.

June 12, 2005 4:03 AM

I Got My Baby Back!!

Friday, June 10, 2005 | 0 Comments

My friend (my in-town bestfriend's baby's daddy- you know, the one with his head up his ass) was dropping off his little boy and was in the process of telling me how he wasn't sure when he'd be able to pick him up since his whole family was getting together today for an emergency intervention for his sister when the Big Brown Truck came down the road. Oh, I really do feel bad about it all, REALLY, I DO, but, uh, I think that truck is for me.

OH YEAH! My computer! It's back! It's finally back!!! Reunited, and it feels so good! Everything seems in order. They even fixed something that had come loose right before shipping. There is a crack in the top case that wasn't there before, but I knew that was only a matter of time and it doesn't affect the function. And I'm just glad to have my beautiful, wonderful little computer back!!! Ah, computer, I was lost without you! ::Caress, caress. Kiss, kiss.::

Uh, what were you saying about your sister and her drug problem?

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Blogger SierraBella said...

Hooray!

Great, now I'm going to have that song running in my head!
I Got My Baby Back, Baby Back- Ribs!

June 10, 2005 3:39 PM

Blogger evilsciencechick said...

ummm...need a moment there, sylvana? we can give you some privacy...

June 10, 2005 3:39 PM

Blogger sideshow bob said...

Next time I won't kick your computer to the floor in a drunken jealous rage...promise!

June 10, 2005 7:05 PM

Blogger OldRoses said...

Pretty scary how dependent we have become on computers. Wait, that's a good thing. Without computers, I wouldn't have a job!

June 10, 2005 11:34 PM

Blogger jac said...

Oh your lucky computer! Can I be your computer for a day. lol

June 11, 2005 2:33 PM

Blogger Scott said...

Hooray for the big brown truck!

June 13, 2005 8:51 AM

Blue Ravine

Friday, June 10, 2005 | 0 Comments



I bought these Blue Ravine clematis about four or five years ago at Kmart. Yeah, Kmart. And I got them for under $2, too!

This year is the most they have ever bloomed and I don't have to do anything to them. I don't even water them! Now that's the kind of plant that I just love. No work- all glory!


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Blogger Randi said...

however, dont things in wisconsin "just" grow anyway??? in las vegas, not only do you have to water every couple of hours cuz the water evaporates before it soaks into the ground, you almost have to talk the plants into staying alive, "please mr plant, it is worth it! its a dry heat, dont worry, and it only freezes the ground like 4 inches from the top, just grow the roots down further, I swear, its worth it!" and then they die anyway.....

June 10, 2005 10:21 AM

Blogger Sylvana said...

Our weather is so erratic here in Wisconsin that it can be very difficult to get plants to do well. Blazing hot one day, freezing cold the next. No rain for weeks, then torrential downpours for days. High winds and humidity. A plant has to be tough to make it. But on the other hand, we have plenty of the plant essentials- water and good soil.

June 10, 2005 10:27 AM

Blogger jac said...

Flower Power.

June 10, 2005 12:48 PM

Blogger Randi said...

yea in vegas each day its hot...in the winter it gets cold, but we only have winter and summer....oh yea and then there is the rainy season that lasts for 3 days....aaaahhhhh predicability is great.

June 10, 2005 7:52 PM

Van Gogh

Thursday, June 09, 2005 | 0 Comments

This is a project that I did for a design class. The assignment was to make a self portrait in VanGogh's style as a postage stamp. I need a little more work on my VanGogh style, but I liked the result anyway.
I really like the Impressionistic style, but Van Gogh did far more with it than others had. There is a lot of emotion and energy in his work and not just technique. There is just something about crazy people I guess.

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Blogger Beo said...

Sylvana, that is so unbelievable! You are really friggin' great at painting. I think you should put that in your picture section instead of the south park character. Seriously!

It's funny, I'm planning on getting some paints and some canvas and an easel for my porch.

Maybe I can ask you what I should get because I would love to try to do VanGogh like you do VanGogh.

I love the color defintion on the sides of the face and the neck. I really mean it. Do you do art often?

June 09, 2005 3:41 PM

Blogger Sylvana said...

I have been creating art since I was very little. My forte is drawing. I only started painting a few years ago. Although I do paint with both acrylics and oils, this particular piece is actually a digital painting. I will be posting more of my art later.

June 09, 2005 6:50 PM

Blogger evilsciencechick said...

Yay! Bella BEAUTIFUL!

and the painting's pretty good, too ;)

June 09, 2005 8:23 PM

Blogger OldRoses said...

I'm impressed. And madly jealous. I can't draw a straight line. You are so talented at so many different things.

June 09, 2005 9:30 PM

Blogger Jennifer said...

Wow! What beautiful work! You are very talented indeed.
I can barely draw a stick figure.

June 09, 2005 11:26 PM

Blogger Sylvana said...

Yes, I am a Jacqueline of all trades.

June 10, 2005 8:35 AM

Blogger SierraBella said...

Wonderful!
I wish I was artistic.

June 10, 2005 11:30 AM

Shade Garden

Thursday, June 09, 2005 | 0 Comments

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This is SSBs garden. It sits under a large white pine. I'm going to be making it bigger over the next two years, but even right now it looks fabulous.





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Blogger Jennifer said...

Wow it looks wonderful!
You two have quite the green thumbs!
And here I am still tring to get my grass seed to start sprouting.

June 09, 2005 10:08 AM

Blogger SierraBella said...

That's just gorgeous!
and I'm sooooo jealous...

June 09, 2005 12:22 PM

Blogger OldRoses said...

WOW!! That's just gorgeous.

June 09, 2005 9:29 PM

Blogger jac said...

That gives my eyes, more than a day's looking pleasure in a flower show.

June 10, 2005 2:44 AM

Out of the Loop

Wednesday, June 08, 2005 | 0 Comments

I just got a letter from the financial aid department of the school I just graduated from. They wanted to inform me that they felt that I was not making satisfactory progress toward completing my degree so I would no longer be eligible for financial aid. I'll take note of that.

I've never been a fan of the financial aid department. They have serious attitudes. I remember in the first go round, where I met SSB, we went to the financial aid department to get something taken care of for him and the lady was a complete bitch. She kept telling us that there wasn't anything they could do for him. She just kept harping, "Set in stone!! Set in stone!!" I went over her head and did manage to get him some extra money. That bitch; guess I showed her. Too bad it still wasn't enough money.

Eventually...when he figures out what he wants to do.

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Blogger SierraBella said...

You graduated, yet you're not making satisfactory progress???
If they want to make stupid mistakes, why don't they zero out any balance you owe?

June 08, 2005 1:32 PM

Blogger Jake said...

I guess you had a chisel, hunh?

Nice work.

June 08, 2005 5:20 PM

I Am Sofa King!

Tuesday, June 07, 2005 | 0 Comments

SSB and I are watching Aqua Teen Hunger Force, which we normally don't watch, but it was another bloody pool episode and SSB says that our new neighbor across the street looks like Carl. So, why not? I liked the last bloody pool episode where Carl learns that his house sits on an ancient elven burial ground when he tries to put in a pool.

But here's why I had to post. Master Shake kills himself and Frylock is talking to a guy from WitchDoctor.com about getting Master Shake back. He says that he can do it but they all have to participate in the voodoo ritual. He has them read cards. "I am". They all read it. "Sofa King". This is when SSB and I burst out laughing. We know this. "We Todd it".

Here's our story with this joke: I got this from someone at work and was showing it to my brother. He thought it was pretty funny. My dad wanted to know what it was. I told him it was a joke. He takes the slip of paper from me. I didn't even have enough time to explain it.

"OK. Let's see. I am Sofa King we Todd it."

Everyone bursts out laughing.

"I don't get it. I am..Sofa King we Todd it."

We're all crying, we are laughing so hard.

I try to tell him to stop, but he will have none of it. "No. No! Don't tell me. I can do it. E-hem. I am Sofa King we Todd it! I don't get it."

We are rolling on the floor. Finally I gasp, "I am Sofa King we Todd it!"

"OH!!" His face lights up. "I get it now!"

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Blogger Lyvvie said...

It's a keeper. I learned it from another Blog. See how they can help in real life!

June 07, 2005 3:04 AM

Blogger Maria said...

I have no idea what's going on here..

"Keep looking surprised, and move slowly towards the cake."

June 07, 2005 1:33 PM

Blogger sideshow bob said...

What's your favorite bloody pool episode of all time?

June 07, 2005 4:58 PM

Blogger evilsciencechick said...

bwaaahahahahaaa!!! your poor dad!

I love cartoons, but somehow I just can't get my brain around ATHF. I keep thinking...what do they do? And why are they fast food items?

I do have to say those strange austrian jagged alien guys crack me up, though.

June 07, 2005 7:02 PM

Blogger The Doc said...

I only marginally enjoy ATHF, and like ESC, my favourite episodes always involve the Mooninites. "These are not spikes, these are pointy arms! We shoot soap out of them!" Those guys are awesome. I also enjoy the episode with David Cross as the depressed and sadistic Happy Time Harry Doll.

As for what they do, I think they were initially supposed to be fast-food mascots that banded together to fight crime, but then...they just sat around the house being jackasses. Just think of them as the poster children for lazy.

June 08, 2005 7:14 PM

Blogger Rae Ann said...

OH, I love Aqua Teens! Of course I do. That's why Frylock is my profile pic.

June 10, 2005 8:35 AM

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