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The contest …
Today was pretty much one of those do nothing days … I spent yesterday out all day, shopping, so today I took it really easy, a little too much … I’ll need to get out tomorrow.
I woke up at noon … which is something that never happens, popped a couple of eggs in the microwave, and some toast in the toaster. Now before you say, ewww, eggs in the microwave aren’t all that weird … if you do it right. You have to crack them open in a small bowl and really stir them up … adding a little PAM or butter helps. Once they are really whipped up, toss them in the microwave for a minute … I usually add a slice of monterey jack cheese in and heat for 30 secs more … and they are done. Then just stir them all up really well, and you have some cheesy eggs and no pan to wash. I learned this when I didnt have a stove top and just a microwave.
So that was my breakfast … eggs and toast, while watching Maury. The one where he gets to act like a hero for sending kids to prison and changing them. You do realize he tapes his show across the hall from Sally … that’s why there shows seem identical. Ever since I saw a taping of Maury in person, I totally think he’s an ass … not really an ass, just a phony. His producers cue him to act caring, and they even tell him what to say to people … and totally tell the audience how to react to things … but I watch it to see if the one I was on comes on … maybe I’ll see myself.
Anyhow I was talking to Katie today and she told me that she was going to write a journal entry every day as a part of a resolution for the new year (decade?, century?, millennium?) Anyhow … now it’s a contest between the two of us …
The one who cracks first and doesnt do an entry loses … if I win, Katie tells me her 8th grade story … it wouldnt have been a big deal, but she mentioned it in our “Tim Trick”, and then wouldnt tell me about it … so now I’m intrigued. If I lose … well, Katie hasn’t told me what she wants … should I be scared. She’s even got the question to her readers, “What should I get from Greg if I win”. I’m interested in what kinds of things her readers come up with … feel free to give me your thoughts too. What should Katie make me do or give her if she wins … ?
Yall scare me sometimes.
I think people are going a little overboard with the Y2K thing. I went shopping tonight for food … and the aisle with the bottled water was completely empty … boxes strewn all over the floor … people seem to really be stocking up on the shit. I’m just playing it by ear … I mean, if there really is some kind of emergency, I’m sure there will be disaster teams out with bottled water … and anyway, I can go without water for a few days.
Also, I live in California, which is probably one of the last places that will be hit with Y2K problems … I’ll be watching the entire world shut down as it heads for us … not that I think that’ll happen. Anyway, I’ve got my bottle of champagne.
Updated 8:24 AM ET
December 28, 1999
MIAMI (Reuters) – Burger King Corp. said Monday that it was recalling millions of plastic Pokemon balls enclosing toys given away with its children’s meals after half of one ball reportedly suffocated a baby in California. The company said it was voluntarily recalling all 25 million spherical containers distributed in a U.S. promotion involving the popular Pokemon toys and trading cards, which are based on Japanese video-game and movie characters. The plastic or plush toys inside the balls are not being recalled. Burger King, a Miami-based unit of multinational Diageo Plc., said it had acted after a 13-month-old Northern California girl suffocated, reportedly because half of a Pokemon ball had covered her mouth and nose, and half of another ball became temporarily stuck on the face of an 18-month-old girl. The older child escaped injury, and the cause of death of the younger one is still under investigation, it said. The balls are hollow plastic spheres between 2-3/4 and 3 inches (7-7.6 cm) in diameter that pull apart to reveal one of 57 different Pokemon — short for “Pocket Monster” — toys. Belt clips are attached to the balls, whose colors include red-and-white and hot pink. “If you have children under 3 in the household, we urge parents to discard or destroy the balls,” Burger King spokeswoman Kim Miller said. If the balls are returned to a Burger King restaurant, customers will receive a small order of french fries, she said. Each “Clip-On Poke Ball” contains a Pokemon character with a colorful name like Pikachu, Snorlax or Poliwhirl in beanbag, top, key ring, “squirter” or other form. The characters, devised for a Nintendo video game, depicted on Hasbro Inc. trading cards and featured in Warner Bros.’ animated “Pokemon: The First Movie,” have become a multibillion-dollar marketing craze among elementary school children.
The moral of the story … dont let your kid put the stupid thing on their faces … or get some free french fries by digging through the trash for discarded Pokemon balls.
I was watching Lovelines today, and this guy said his wife forced him to have a circumcision … and he went along with it. Now of course, he’s mad about it, because it hurts when he has sex.
Can you say retarded? I dont care how much I love my significant other … there is no way I’d go along with something like that … of course it’s too late for me, since my parents made that decision, but it’s better that it happened at a young age, rather than at 26 like this guy was.
Have you ever had frozen pancakes? I bought some today … since the waffles aren’t so bad, I figure the pancakes can’t be too disgusting.
I have this $10 off coupon for Toys on Amazon.com to use before the end of the month … what should I buy? It says I have to buy $25 worth of stuff, and this will probably cover the shipping so I’ll have to still spend some money … which I dont want to do … maybe I’ll buy a game or something.
Regarding that news story I posted yesterday about Britain putting shower cubicles so the kids can have privacy … the school I went to never really forced us to take showers, I mean most of us didn’t use the showers … but not to hide our manlyness, mostly because we didn’t have towels available or didnt want to get a foot fungus from the showers. I dont know what you girls do … but most of the guys had no problem walking around the locker room naked … I mean we all have the same parts … they just come in different sizes and shapes. Of course those of us that were more in the norm had an easier time than those that hadn’t quite reached their potential … but overall, I never saw any problems. I think if you just get changed really quickly and avoid making eye contact with someone elses genetalia, you’ll be just fine.
It’s just a little weird having Mr. Naked Man walk up and have a conversation with you … could you throw a towel over that thing.
I dont know how it relates to religion as the story yesterday said … sorry its against my religion for you to stare at my manlyness. I dont know of any religion like that … I think it’s more people being shy about other people seeing them. The schools shouldn’t force showering, but also shouldnt make it such a big deal. And how do these cubicles work … I mean you can’t bring a towel in there with you … and lets say you are slick and actually get the towel wrapped around yourself … you still need to dry off and get changed … just get over it and get changed quickly.
Does anyone have an opinion on this … I’d be interested in knowing about it. Maybe I’m just out of touch … perhaps naked people are just a bigger deal nowadays … and how do you girls feel about the situation. Tell me here, or in the guestbook or even email me.
Clich» Finder
Have you ever looked for the perfect cliche? This site is awesome because you can type in a word like cat or day and it’ll come up with a cliche for you … here are ten cliches I got from the random feature …
There is more meat on a chicken’s forehead!
all the tea in China
cut from whole cloth
top-drawer people
picture of health
in the arms of Morpheus
Ill will
bats in the belfry
poker face
search for happines and find sorrow
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