Motherf-ers.

I cannot connect via the goddamn cable. I have SO had it. Technology has won. I'm beaten. I have been assimilated. I will be at the microwave desk for the rest of my life.

To say I am full of rage and hate would be a grievous understatement.

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

Answers

And ain't nobody gonna step up and show me love? Huh? It's 10:45 est.

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

I've got love right here for you.

How I wish I could've seen Dionne throw down.

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

You don't even know. I mean, I couldn't even tell the story half as good as it was. It was drama.

I beat the MOC in two games of Gin Rummy 500 last night. He was astounded that someone could take him on in a game of cards.

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

Gin Rummy? What are ya, 80?

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

Yes. We are totally 80.

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

Your regular cable is working right? It's just your cable internet access?

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

Yes. It's the modem, I think. I am so mad about it, I'm crazy. I wish I could get them on the phone (impossible) and tell them I hate them.

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

The Mac people? iBooks are the devil, I'm telling you. But Chris has a computer, right? Is his not working either?

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

Allison, I can totally help you. Remember my cable modem/iBook fiasco? I won't even charge you $300.

I beat Vince in H-O-R-S-E yesterday at the park. He was astounded.

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

I uh, beat no one at anything because I must be a losah.

Have y'all been following the Chandra Levy thing? It's creepy.

The thread on Beth's forum is pretty good.

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

H, you beat me in haiku-writing.

I like Beth's forum. That Chandra Levy thing is CLAZY. They had some stuff about it last night on Dateline.

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

I'm all confused by it. I hate it when I start paying attention too late. Do you think Condit had anything to do with it? AB best haiku
girl in the whole big bad world
She just don't know it.

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

Greenspun!!!!!!!

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

Hannah need to learn
How to write crazy break tag
Pray I do it right.

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

See, I can't be sure. I'm sure he had something to do with HER, but I am still undecided about her disappearance. Master V thinks somebody jerked her into the bushes while she was jogging or something.

But they'd have surely found a body by now if that had happened, right?

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

Well, I thought I had double returned after the Condit question. Evidently not. Greenspun is bitchy like that.

Allison - when you were in L.A. did you notice a crazy amount of people just hanging out in the middle of the work day? None of them have jobs. None of them.

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

Yeah, you don't hide a body that well unless you have a really good reason. I doubt Johnny Street Mugger has that kind of motive, you know?

Beth's dad posted a really good scenario. (I guess he's a retired homocide cop.) He'd told her he was going to leave his wife, his wife was in town, he didn't do it, Chandra freaked out, he killed her and threw her in the river, weighed down. I can't believe they have yet to search the Potomac.

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

Ooh, I didn't read that. But it sounds plausible. What do you think about the "she's gone away" theories? That she's in hiding somewhere? I mean, it's totally possible that she's holed up somewhere in Ass Creek, Montana.

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

Well then either her parents are incredible actors, or she's a huge bitch to not contact them.

I heard something that like her mom, Condit's wife,the flight atten. and Chandra are in it together and are just watching him twist in the wind. I doubt taht though. I don't think she's alive.

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

H, did you take the "first lines" test? I missed one, and I was pissed.

Where in the world is Allison Lowe? I try to help her, she no want, that fine. That all to it.

Y'all, last night I dreamed that my legs had been amputated at age 7, in a bike accident, but that they'd grown back, and I didn't remember, and I was mad at my parents for not telling me. How fucked up is THAT?

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

I wonder what that's supposed to mean.

I got my photos back from my birthday. Also known as the night of a thousand tiaras. I'd post them, but I think some of them might be mad to know they're on the internet without their knowing and all that other nonsensical jibba jabba.

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

Yes, but you can post them for us. Hee.

I don't know what that dream meant, but I am still thinking about it. There were, like, pictures from the "accident" and everything. It seemed like the dream lasted all night.

Y'all check this out: http://www.artsquad.com/html/ftworth/ftworth_jobs.html

That place looks so cool! But how the hell am I supposed to convince them I have 2 years of experience?

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

Well, you sort of do don't you? How long have you been working for that other guy? And annachao.com counts, I think. They just don't want kids RIGHT out of college, which, clearly, you are not.

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

I've only been working for Marshall since October. Speaking of whom, y'all. He hasn't paid me since the MIDDLE OF JUNE. Broke? Yes, yes, we are, thanks for asking. He said last Monday he mailed my check. Bitch. I hate him.

But, H, do you think it's wise to give them my journal URL? I don't know.

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

Oh, check this out: http://www.geocities.com/swampygirl/table.htm

Hahahaaah! I am crazy like fox! I take over WORLD with my table!

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

That's funny. Did she email you first?

Okay, so you have a year of experience. Don't let that stop you from applying! I don't think you've ever posted anything on annachao.com that's salacious or anything, you know? I think it wuold be all right to share.

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

No, she didn't. Should I be up in arms?

You're right, I'm pretty non-salacious. I could give them the other URLs I've designed for, I guess. If I ever get the Hardlucy redesign done, that would count too.

Did you know you can nominate more than one person in the same category for the Diarist awards? I just remembered that yesterday, of course, one day after the nominations closed.

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

Yeah, and you can also nominate the same person for the same category a bunch of times. Which is why my best comedic and best dramatic noms were all MATH, all the time.

Well, since she linked to you and said where she got it, I think it's probably okay. It's not like she stole an image. Did you just find it from your logs?

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

What means "same person in same category"? Like, you could nominate Allison five times for the same category, but different entries?

Yeah, she didn't take any images. But I looked at the source code, and she was telling the truth. It's exactly the same.

I can NOT stop thinking about that dream. I'm writing about it right now.

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

Yeah, like 5 HYDs for best comedic or something.

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

Man! I need to read rules better. That all to it.

Ooh, Lynn Chao said "cut the chase" on the phone last night. Classic.

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

Hi, ladies.

Poor Berman - he don't know that I Lady of Leisure! He keep emailing me at IA!

I really, really need to start looking for a job. I'd like one that's part time, thank you very much. A job like that would be the cousin for me.

ALo, what are you up to?

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

Didn't you say something about the possibility of consulting for IA?

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

T! Rady of Reisure!

Try the library, T. They have part-time jobs here, and not bad pay.

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

People. Okay. Here's the story.

Melissa and I have been going month to month in our apartment because neither of us are sure what we're doing, and we didn't want to sign another 12 month lease. She's been complaining that she wants to find something cheaper etc.

Recently she switched offices and no longer works downtown, but up in the same suburb I do.

So. Last night she tells me that she has an appointment to see an apt. in a brand new complex, near both our works and that they give discounts for her work and for A&F. And you can sign 6 month leases for no extra and there's only a $100 deposit. I ask her to tell me how it goes, and to ask about 2 bedrooms adn stuff too. She says she will.

So, I just talked to her. SHE TOOK IT. And, not only is it ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS more than we pay now, but she just took it. Right there. Without looking anywhere else.

I'm hurt and furious. I know we're not married or anything, but hello, this impacts me in a BIG way. And if it was simply her not wanting to live with me anymore, as it clearly seems now, you think this would've come up in our previous conversations about our housing situation.

I do NOT have the money to move. Plus, there's no way I can afford another $100 a month in rent, plus the pet deposits etc. If we'd taken a 2 bdrm in this complex we could've saved (at least) a hundred a month.

I want to cry and I want to pull her hair out. I don't really know how to react.

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

Damn. That is very much not right. She didn't say anything at all about moving out?

Tell her you won't do it, and that she'll just have to figure out a way to either break the lease, or find another roommate. It's not as if she thought you wouldn't go with her, right?

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

Wait. I guess that wasn't clear. She took a one bdrm for herself.

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

Oh, fuck.

Gah! Pull her hair out.

Is there someone else you can get for a roommate?

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

Not really. And I can find a place in a complex for what I pay now, but I love where I live. It's just frustrating because she clearly made a rash decision.

But the whole point was moving to save money. Stupid!

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

Well, when would you need a new roomate? That sounds rash - does she usually do rash things?

I think it's time to take a shower.

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

I think it's time for H to get drunk. Because, when your roommate bends you over and fucks you in the ass, what else can you do?

Ahem. Excuse my language.

How does this sound, y'all? It's called "Pasta Salad: The Reckoning." I made it with everything I could find in the kitchen.

Linguine, grated onion, crushed garlic, chopped black olives, chopped celery, Tony's, grated asiago cheese, parmesan cheese, vinaigrette dressing, salt, pepper.

It's really not too bad. I think it will be even better tomorrow.

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

That sounds really good. Seriously. And I know, baby, that when you say Tony, you're talking about Tony Cachere. (Who is actually my third cousin once removed, or some such.)

I made pizza dough oday. A big mess o it - it freezes beautifully. In fact, I have half a mind to go grate some asiago cheese on tonight's pizza right now...

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001