Boris & Natasha's Lair

 Oi, Natasha!  Are you coming to the Xmas/housewarming shindig dealio tomorrow? 

Archaeologist Tired Of Unearthing Unspeakable Ancient Evils

Thought you might be able to relate to this guy....  XD

Hey.  Did you get my e-mail about the Halloween party this weekend?  Are you and Greg coming, or have you decided or not?  Lemme know, yo!

I need to see you THIS weekend...

Late Thursday night.
Friday
Saturday
OR
Sunday

AND, if at all possible, can you open your schedule Monday (morning-mid afternoon)? It is very important, but I would like to talk to you about it in person.

Lemme' know. 

Well, what's your upcoming schedule for the next week and a half? i.e., which days can you go snake-handlin' with me?

Give me your schedule and I'll find an appropriate church, probably something in ol' Lexxy so neither of us will have to drive the full 2.5 hours to meet the other. Maybe even SOUTHLAND, as you suggested, oh the horror! Oh the fun!

I get to re-read MERE CHRISTIANITY for my class * my choice* and do an 8 page "critical review". Mwuhahaha!

Well, Mom's hysterectomy surgery is today, so cross your fingers/rub your lucky rabbit's foot/etc. and hope that everything goes okay.  I went with her yesterday to her pre-op oppointment, and she seems to be in good hands--I made sure to ask the doctors and nurses lots of questions.  They said the surgery would last one to two hours, with about an hour in recovery, and she'll probably be coming home tomorrow evening sometime. 

They're doing a laproscopy-assisted vaginal hyesterectomy, which means she'll only have two or three small incisions on her abdomen.  Hopefully since the surgery is less invasive, she'll recover faster, and will be able to enjoy her 4-6 weeks off work.  I just hope Dad behaves himself when she's at home and doesn't stress her out when she's trying to heal--he already started acting like a jack-ass last night before he left for work, because Mom told him she doesn't want him at the hospital with her.  He'll show up anyway, but if he starts his bullshit I swear I'm going to have the nurses make him leave.

Anyway, wish us luck, and I'll keep you posted on how everything goes.

"Deep in the heart (so to speak) of hell, there lies a vat of boiling, dark, foul liquid.  It reeks of.....er, fowl.....

Adjacent to this stinking slimy vat of death, stands a minion of hell, tongs and spatula ever at the ready.  With a misanthropic gleam in her eyes, she peers through the lofty skylight, raises her tongs on high, and curses the patriotic, fireworks-loving Bud-swilling revellers outside:

'Bbblaaaargh!  Just as you open your overly-priced Chinese-origin non-refundable exploding rockets, may the skies break forth and piss the rain, and may Mother Nature show your drunk-dialing, chicken-glutted, flag-waving asses what fireworks REALLY are!  MWA ha ha ha ha ha haaaa!!!' 

The minion (after having carefully put down both the tongs and spatula, so as not to drop them in the vat of boiling, dark, foul liquid that reeks of fowl) rubs her hands fiendishly together, cackling maniacally.  The misanthropic gleam in her eyes gives birth to dozens more misanthropic gleams, which then turn on and eat their mother.  From the distance, thunder rolls in like a dead mobster's body pushed down a flight of stairs.  Outside, Nature awakes from a terrible hangover, staggers out of bed, and takes a long, glorious piss on the fourth of July.

'BWAAAAA ha ha haaaaa!'"



And that was why yesterday was the best fourth of July EVER. 

The End.

So I canceled our return flight to Savannah and discovered some very disappointing "technicalities" in the pseudo-refund. Instead of allowing us to use the $100+ dollars toward any flight under that airline, we are required (according to the attendant that helped me) to use the money toward a flight BACK TO SAVANNAH. We have until June 5, 2008 to use the money toward a flight to Savannah, after that it's taken away from the account. So, alas, we must either forsake the $100+ dollars or- alternatively- go back to Savannah and actually GET TO SEE IT. Or, if we feel adventurous, we can fly into Savannah and drive to another city entirely (or maybe take a Greyhound Bus).

Well, we have almost a whole year to figure out what we want to do. Maybe we could go south in the winter time when we get sick and tired of the cold and snow. I dunno'.

I'm still into the spa idea. Inviting Krista is cool with me, she has never rubbed me the wrong way (from what I can remember). My back doesn't feel as bad, but it would be nice to have a legit massage to see whether it actually helps. If it does, I may start going in monthly just to cut all the stress.

I've been researching Wild-Domestic Hybrid Cats because, of course, I WANT ONE! Alas, they are very, very, very, very, VERY expensive

They are very pretty to look at nonetheless and it's interesting to learn about the breed features, problems they encounter in breeding them for domesticity, and the like. This site has some nice photos:

http://www.savannahcatbreed.com/breeds.shtml

Thought you might be interested.

Found some interesting Wikipedia articles on reggae music and UB40 that I thought you might like to read:

Reggae

ub40