1.5.2002
Forget you, Seska? Surely you jest.
Gawd, I just want to cry. Another day spent surfing the employment ads, as I have basically every week for almost a year now. I am so bleeding tired of being unable to pay our most basic bills. Though I'm fairly certain it won't be very helpful being as I've been self-employed for forever at this point, I think next week I may just hoof it to the unemployment office and beg them to do something, anything.
Man. How depressing all of this is. Really. Not just the being broke, but you've no idea how frustrating it is being a workaholic who can't seem to find work.
posted by Heather Corinna 4:31 PM
Of course, them underbellies are one of the reasons I love porn.....
posted by Peter Throckmorton 2:27 PM
Go Seska! The dark underbelly of porn rears its lovely head!
Knock 'em dead. :)
posted by 00goddess 1:07 AM
Ok folks, I am off to the big Internet porn thingy in Las Vegas. Make sure Heather does not forget me while I am gone.
Also wish me luck. I am the first Amateur webgal to speak on a panel (as far as I know). They usually get a bunch of guys to talk about Amateur sites, but a friend thought it would make more sense to get actual performers who also webmaster their own sites to speak on the present state of affairs and he thought I would do this well. Neato.
posted by Seska Roonie 12:21 AM
1.4.2002
Ain't it amazing?
You pay your taxes and drive in between the lines and put your recycling out properly sorted and does anyone notice? Nooooooooooooooo.
But admit to one little thing, piercing someone's medulla oblongata or being actively awake in bed with more than one person or actually having published something positive about "you know -- Our Kind doesn't discuss that, dear" and all of a sudden you end up over here on the Group W Bench.
I guess us mother rapers and father stabbers and father rapers and mother stabbers aren't supposed to have high blood pressure or dental woes or waits in the lines at the veterinarian's office.
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P.
posted by Peter Throckmorton 6:48 PM
Ah, Signore Bridges. You just know how to do a Robbins-esque slingulare with anything, don't you?
Aw, Peter. I'm sorry about your owie. I actually didn't have to go nuts with the vapors, as my illness didn't erupt into the full scale Hacking Whooziwhazzits everyone else seems to have caught. But I can relate to the ice packs. I've been sleeping with one off and on on my face for a month now. What a pack of pathetic old sickies we all are.
Yet again, Heather & her friends and colleagues showing the world the incredible thrills, chills and spills of sex writers. Such an exciting bunch.
posted by Heather Corinna 5:03 PM
Now, my little Geek chela, you are learning the secrets of the Inner URLcle. Now is the proper time for you to begin the deeper meditations, which amazingly enough also include stripping naked and writhing, as do all of my previous teachings.
Ooooooommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...
posted by Chris Bridges 9:35 AM
Well, Heather, no patronizing good deed goes unpunished [uh, mine harassing you about your vinegar and garlic and stuff] and I ended up in the E.R. myself as well today.
Just a muscle tear, and now I've got instructions from MY doc to follow just like I was nagging you. And if you think applying ice packs every 20 minutes is fun at this time of the year, think again.
I'll be around to chatter here for the next few days, from a supine leg elevated and iced position. How's them vapor treatements going?
P.
posted by Peter Throckmorton 12:49 AM
1.3.2002
Good to hear, Janie. :)
Can I just say that Chris Bridges is my personal Guru of Geekdom? He introduced me to server-side includes yesterday, and I swear to the powers that be, it will change my life and cut my update time at SL in half. I haven't been this excited in months.
And yes, I know that's pathetic. But hey, I'm not a geek by nature: I get very punch-drunk when I can look at code and figure this shit out for myself, especially when it creates shortcuts that will give me more time AWAY from this infernal machine. Yippee!
posted by Heather Corinna 5:12 PM
heya, thanks for the call earlier. Just got your message, but I'm out the door for seattle in about 10 minutes.
but I wanted to check in to say I'm feeling a hell of a lot better today after lotsa water, some chocolate, and a more intense pilates workout than usual. A good night's sleep didn't hurt anything either.
And I am so wanting a sneak peek at the new Scarlet design - so I'll be calling to wheedle it out of you tomorrow. :)
posted by Jane Duvall 4:34 PM
Well, Flora is a calico, so she has plenty of orange on her. But she's convinced she is a dog, so I'm not sure she qualifies.
The last couple days I've been doing the amazing Invisible Heather trick. between being sick and deciding that I needed to tackle the SL redesign NOW (which I did, the sooner the better), I have been nestled away from the world in my office under blankies. I'm feeling scads better today, and I'm utterly stoked with the redesign so far, though I'm about to look at the basic mockup in Netscape, so I may soon be throwing myself out a window.
posted by Heather Corinna 3:12 PM
1.2.2002
I had no idea Andy was in such good company. He's actually the 2nd andy in my life - the firt andy was remarkably similar in looks and disposition, he was a cat I had as a kid - adopted stray. The current andy was given to the kids by my mother when they were far too young for a cat, and having been raised by them he avoids them like the plague and hangs out with us in the bedroom whenever he can. Or he lets Jim carry him around, because Jim is tall and he likes to be up high.
Heather, any of your menagerie orange? if not, get with the program! heh
posted by Jane Duvall 6:19 PM
A orange cat in porn trend. hmmm. It just might be.
Let me see if I can post a picture of Mr. Catamanga -that cat with the golden fur.
posted by Seska Roonie 5:00 PM
Janie,
Your Andy looks just like my Henry! In fact, I'm wondering, does everyone involved somehow with sex writing have a big orange cat? Janie Does, i believe Seska does, (Mr. Catamanga, I think?) Wolfe from erotomania has Nikko. I sense a trend here!
posted by Lisa Link 4:04 PM
Heather!!
Slowly put down the keyboard and back away from the desk, and no one will get hurt.
Thank you.
Now, isn't it about time for your garlic, goldenseal, and echinacea or are you the unusual net junkie who never lost track of time and schedules while blissfully typing? That's a good girl, and wasn't there some cider vinegar steaming also? Very good. Now, turn the computer all the way off [I know, I know, you thought I'd miss that you really haven't walked away from the keyboard] and go get healthy!
We need the hale and hearty sassy Heather, not the 10% limping along Heather.
Have a real smurfy day.
Love,
me
posted by Peter Throckmorton 3:47 PM
aw, your snake is beautiful! I am a real reptile lover, and they seem to like me, too. i must be warm and comfy.
posted by Lisa Link 8:36 AM
Never let it be said that I'm an unproductive insomniac. I do think now I've managed to make the archives work, though this page is now in a new directory, so if you had it bookmarked yesterday, you'll need to adjust yourself accordingly.
...and now that two of my friends have made me envious that they have digital cameras with far better quality than out borrowed jobbie, I say wah. Wah, I say.
posted by Heather Corinna 5:41 AM
Since Jane and Heather have posted cute photos of their pets, I feel compelled to jump on the bandwagon and show off my darling girl.
This is Quaisoir, posing for the camera.
posted by 00goddess 4:00 AM
1.1.2002
Heather...
I wipe my feet on no one. I'm not into that sorta thing [eroticising humiliation after two divorces is physically impossible]. I just try not to mark my territory in other people's houses.
Now that I look at this thing I realize that I have to add another resolution to my 2002 list .... to get myself a digital camera somehow so I can post MY pet pictures just as readily as the rest of y'all do.
posted by Peter Throckmorton 11:34 PM
sorry to hear you're ill today - it's goin' round, isn't it? I was finally feeling better until I overcelebrated yesterday. today just nursing the hangover. blah.
but I had to add my own gratuitous pet photos - here's andy, asleep at the foot of the bed. he's been there all evening as I type away...
posted by Jane Duvall 10:30 PM
Ah, but the real question is what (or perhaps, whom) will you wipe your feet on, dear Peter?
As an aside (that may be extraneous, as a blog tends to be nothing but asides, but so it goes), Sofia is starting to feel better, but she is NOT happy about the medicine I have to put in her ears twice a day. She has discovered that hiding under the bed is worth a try.
posted by Heather Corinna 4:15 PM
Heather... thanks for inviting me to join in here. I'll try to wipe my feet before entering and generally use company manners.
posted by Peter Throckmorton 4:02 PM
"You have recipes for booze, I have recipes for medicine."
Shit, you mean they aren't the same thing? Maybe THAT is what I keep doing wrong.
Really, I have done some steaming already, and I'll start the herbal after I have some mexican hot chocolate, which I'm sure is also medicinal.
By the way, Benecio so was not in Snatch long enough.
posted by Heather Corinna 3:48 PM
YAY it worked!
I'm as pleased as a peach to be here. I feel like I've joined some elite sexwork mafia.
Ah, it's Russell Crowe who is inspiring my influenzic lusts. Those shoulders! Those biceps! rowr!
I seem to be getting over the horrible thing that has been killing me all week, so I will share with you the instructions of my herbalist:
garlic and tincture of goldenseal and echinacea every two hours for 24-48 hours. Also, steam the lungs with apple cider vinegar/water mixture every four hours or so. The vinegar has amazing results.
You have recipes for booze, I have recipes for medicine. :)
posted by 00goddess 5:09 AM
12.31.2001
Oy gevalt. Now I'm sick. Of course. No parties for me. Feck. To the couch I go, where Benecio Del Toro will at least keep me company.
posted by Heather Corinna 7:58 PM
Just for reference, here's also an easy (and cheap!) sangria I used to make in vats in college:
a few bottles of red wine (it can be cheap wine, and a Sangiovese, Merlot or Burgundy always worked best for me), about 1/3 as much Ginger Ale as wine, or if you don't like ginger ale, you can use Sprite or 7Up, and some rum and a big batch of fresh fruit. I prefer lemons, limes, orange, raspberries, tart apples and/or pineapple.
You want to pour a little bit of the wine, just a couple cups, in a saucepan and put a cup of sugar in it, and heat it for a few minutes to dissolve the sugar, but don't boil. Chop n'plop the fresh fruit into the warm mixture and let it all sit in your fridge for a few hours so the fruit absorbs the ine. You can also freeze some of the fruit so that when you mix it all, it helps to keep the sangria chilled.
Find a big vat, pur it all together and add the fruit, wine and sugar mixture and slurp liberally. :)
posted by Heather Corinna 9:33 AM
For a little sandwich idea, how about broiled artichoke toasts?
10 oz. artichoke hearts, 1 tbsp. olive oil, 1/2 cup minced oinion, 1 tbsp. minced garlic, 1/2 cup tofu mayonaise, 2 tbsp. minced parsley, ground pepper to taste and six fat slices of yummy bread (I'd suggest focaccia). Sautee the onion and garlic in the oil, then add the 'chokes, the nayonaise, the parseley and the pepper to taste. Toast the bread, slice as you will, spread on the mixture, then broil until lightly browned.
posted by Heather Corinna 9:22 AM
Okay, punchy-drinks first. How about:
Lady Macbeth: 4 parts chilled Champagne or sparkling wine, 2 parts ruby port, lemon twist. Nice and easy.
Or, an Apricot Fission: 2 parts apricot brandy, 1 part tangerine juice, 1 part lemon juice, 2 parts chilled club soda, and enough cracked ice to chill the whole thing. Rim the glasses with tangerine peel.
posted by Heather Corinna 9:17 AM
Well, let me add some melting snow to the slush.
I went food and booze shopping for the New Year's Eve party I am co-hosting. My co-host amazing galfriend made up some animal party sandwiches and I am trying to decide what I shall make for me and my vegan man. Roll-ups or traditional square sandwiches? I am not good at last minute decisions.
Hope everyone has a wonderful evening.
Oh I still have not decided on my drink of the night, but I do know I want it to be a punch and it must be fizzy.
posted by Seska Roonie 9:02 AM
Last night, sleeping on the couch to try and save myself from the germs that have attacked B. so voraciously, I was surrounded by the dog and all of the cats. Rita, my eldest, took up her typical posture, pretending to be a hat by curling her body over my head completely.
That may explain why I dreamt that she had typed a manuscript, which she left in the dog food bowl, entitled, "The Dog Between Her Ears."
posted by Heather Corinna 7:47 AM
12.30.2001
Whee! Okay, so aside of being unable to figure why this won't archive the team blogging from the week before last, the slushpile is now set to be a permanent fixture.
My poor, poor, readers, I apologize in advance. I also waive all liability for whatever my odd assortment of friends may do or say. There's just no telling with some people, you know.
I'm now a sleepy girl. I got a brief escape with Becca this afternoon to the used bookstore & swapped out a bunch of comp book copies that were molding on my desk for some books I'll actually read and use (including a truly excellent new non-dairy vegetarian cookbook so I can get back on track after being bad about the dairy in the last week and a half). Otherwise, I was tending to the very sick, delirious and grumpy patient, B., who is still fighting his virus and appears to be losing the battle.
All this nursing is bloody well exhausting. I think it's time to tuck it in on the couch with the new book on a victorian era doctor who serially killed a handful of his patients. Just my kind of bedtime reading.
posted by Heather Corinna 10:50 PM
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