May would never end. May was a friendship unfurling and the accompanying pain... and a nasty car accident and the necessary painkillers. But June is looking sweeter already. June is crisp and clear. It's a 40th birthday party and seeing a whole new country. Winter has never felt so clean and hopeful.

were you in a car accident? june does not bode well here. it began with a surge in the city natural gas line that caused the kitchen in the church down the street from me and the kitchens in two restaurants to blow up simultaneously. had to work today till 4. went to bluebonnet liquor afterwards, where i chatted with polly for a while. she's from laos. she made me miss my bus. while we talked, a mechanic from australia came in and bought some beer - heineken. happy june.

"No, dummy! It's a country!"

june's a country?

it's a King of the Hill reference to Laos.

fuck fucking june. it's hot, and humid, and there's a warm breeze too. best friend moves to germany on the 25th. fuck june.

oh yeah, king of the hill. their neighbors are laotian. don't watch as much of that as i used to, even though it's pretty much set were i live. i remember when i first asked polly where she was from. she got this worried look on her face before she said "laos". i'm sure she started to hate answering that question when nobody knew where it was. or, if you did, you might happen to know that america spent nine straight years illegally bombing that country during the vietnam war. we dropped so many shells on them it made the illegal bombing of cambodia look like a practice run.

it was practice. we have undertaken so many unfortunate idiotic capitalist driven immoral self righteous invasions in the name of freedom, the little of which remains in our world slowly dimishing as a result. I forget that down under in different season. June is today hot but not yet quite so humid here in the Ozarks. Pool is cooling, fortunately, not at all a capitalist investment for sake of comfort. Many new blossoms while you aussies bundle up. Sorry bout the accident (car, not cambodia).

it's 86 f here today. i hate you, june.

It's around 55 F right here.

well, fuck you very much. And all you bastards in Cali too, hope you're enjoying the nice cool weather, fuckos.

It's 93 F here and I just went for a 1.5 hour bike ride. Fuck all ya'll!

Oh, yeah. It's also an orange ozone alert, and about two miles from home I snapped my rear wheel derailer in half. Had to wak home. Bitches!

it's like 57 here. it feels like a car with the airconditioning cranked. gorgeous. except, very windy.

your rear derailer? was it just a crappy one or are you really that cool? the best i can do is a flat tire.. and it was 95 here today..

mmmm..fat tire..

Dunno if I'm cool but my legs are pretty strong. That and the bike hasn't been used in ten years. Might have something to do with it. Whatever the reason the mounting cracked in half. Fucking bracket!

antigone's weather is my weather. but at night it was cool and there was a nice breeze. what's a rear derailer?

even in the basement with the fan on its hot here... its amplifying my shitty mood. i have to go to a funeral tomorrow... he was kinda like my 'other' grandpa. he was in his 80s, had no kids. my family was his family, he referred to my mom as his daughter, he had every christmas/thanksgiving/birthday dinner with us for around 10-15 years... he was a d-day survivor, a real good guy. i've been repressing how bad i feel, and know i'm just gonna burst tomorrow. i wish it would hurry up and rain.

A derailer is a thimajigie consisting of two little movable sprockets on the back wheel of a bike that lets you change gears.

Sorry for you loss, Rowlfe.

D-Day seems to be dogging my steps today. It rained, inexplicably. Rather a lot, actually. I kind of dig it though. It was sunny and nice this morning and I worked in my dad's garden for a few hours. Then I came home and...it rained. I need to get a bicycle. I think I am going to use the bicycle library.

I rode to work in -2. Fuckers.

I'm sorry Rowlfe.

It's still raining. Rowlfe, maybe your calls for rain were heard by the skies of Northern California, because, damn. I mean, I love the rain, and we can certainly use it, but this is a little odd, raining in June. And I am sorry for your loss as well.

right now i'm watching big black poofs of smoke coming from the direction of the hospital. there are lots of sirens.

It seems like we went from winter straight to summer with only a tease of spring. It's fricking hot and muggy, in the 80s today. Got burnt like a lobster on Sunday. Water's so cold it takes your breath away and makes you purple if you stay in for more than 5 minutes.

Summer has yet to come up here. It's weird, but it's better than being on fire.

I thought that was happening here, Dougie. It went from the usual cloudy raininess to beautiful sunny days spent at the river. And then, yesterday, the mystery rain. No fires though. Although my pant legs are soaked so I am draping them on the heater, which is probably a fire risk. Damn plants not getting trimmed and getting my pants all wet and sad.

the funeral was horrible. the wife was so upset i swear i thought she was going to throw herself on the coffin... i broke down hard. but i felt better after... i went to my aunt's house and my pregnant cousin was there. i swear she might be the most pregnant i've ever seen someone. my prayers for rain here were answered, but they were a little too effective. a kid on our street was hit by lightning. news video here: http://www.canada.com/hamilton/chtv/index.html

Wow. I totally heard that bolt hit, and thought for a moment that i should turn off the comp. then i didn't.

S'okay. The kid is the chosen one.

we just had a big ole' bolt hit, it flashed in my apt. scared cleopickles out of one her nine, i think. earlier tonight we had a blackout, but this was before I saw or heard any lightning or thunder.

I'm jealous now, we didn't get any lightning.

sorry about your grandpa, rowlfe. one of my housemates had her derailleur come off and swing up into the wheel so that she couldn't even roll the bike. she had to replace both the wheel and the derailleur. i managed to shear through the bottom bracket on my road bike.... i'm rather rough on some things. back to the three speed. so much better.

in nyc this past weekend, i was reminded what humidity is. great for my hair. bad for my general comfort. however, i was reminded how much i love a good thundershower. my last night there, tuesday night, it poured. we sat under a canvas canopy in a garden in chelsea french restaurant and got liquored. it was brilliant. but i was glad to return to my 75 and breezy, sunny zero humidity califoria.

Summer Fun

Daphne is pretty damn cute. Is she on rate my kitten yet?

Your photo links are messed up, spunkster.

i was gonna mention that spunk. wanna see my pics of my fam? NYC? drop a line. I aint postin it direct.

Links are fixed, thanks for the heads up! I will have to submit Daphne. I love My Cat Hates You.

I am also a fan of Kitten War.

How about the infinite cat project?

one hundred and fucking four today, you fuckers. It was so hot my brain shut off for like an hour, thought i was going to puke. Texas, how do you DO this? Then again, you don't have a humidity problem.

no, texas has wicked humidity. especially near the gulf. here's me!! http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/USWA0318_f.html nyaaah! warm and showers. perfect.

ofcourse..i wore a sweater at work today..the a/c is brutal around here..you go from 101 to 50 in a second..not good on the health..

i know one thing.. I'M TIRED OF MOWING THE LAWN...sheesh.. we moved in during the winter..i've never had grass before..i was like, 'this is so easy..mow every so often..i can handle it..why don't i get one of those cool rotary ones..good exercise..' and then summer hits and the grass won't stop GROWING for god's sake..damnit

I tried the rotary option once. NEVER AGAIN. And I grew up here, mowing lawns every summer for 15 years. What was I thinking? But it is great exercise.

i bought one of those sports bottles that you mount on a bike to put on my chair. my strategy is going to be to fill up the bottle the night before and put it in the freezer.

Sign the petition telling Congress to save NPR and PBS: http://www.moveon.org/publicbroadcasting/?id=5663-2702081-x5z8lAk3_dxExcsDDeWkZA&t=3 If we can reach 250,000 signatures by the end of the week, we'll put Congress on notice. After you sign the petition, please pass this message along to any friends, neighbors or co-workers who count on NPR and PBS. The cuts would slash 25% of the federal funding this year -- $100 million -- and end funding altogether within two years [1]. In particular, the loss could kill beloved children's shows like "Sesame Street," "Clifford the Big Red Dog," "Arthur" and "Postcards from Buster." Rural stations and those serving low-income communities might not survive. Other stations would have to increase corporate sponsorships. This shameful vote is only the latest partisan assault on public TV and radio. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which exists to shield public TV and radio from political pressure, is now chaired by Kenneth Tomlinson, a staunch Republican close to the White House. Tomlinson has already forced one-sided conservative programs on the air, even though Tomlinson's own surveys show that most people consider NPR "fair and balanced" and they actually trust public broadcasting more than commercial network news [2]. Tomlinson also spent taxpayer dollars on a witch hunt to root out "liberal bias," including a secret investigation of Bill Moyers and PBS' popular investigative show, "NOW." Even though the public paid for the investigation, Tomlinson has refused to release the findings [3]. The lawmakers who proposed the cuts aren't just trying to save money in the budget -- they're trying to decimate any news outlets who question those in power. This is an ideological attack on our free press. Talk about bad timing. Every day brings another story about media consolidation. Radio, TV stations and newspapers are increasingly controlled by a few massive corporate conglomerates trying to maximize profits at the expense of quality journalism. Now more than ever, we need publicly funded media who will ask hard questions and focus on stories that affect real people, instead of Michael Jackson and the runaway bride. As the House and Senate consider this frightening effort to kill public broadcasting, they need to hear from its owners -- you. http://www.moveon.org/publicbroadcasting/?id=5663-2702081-x5z8lAk3_dxExcsDDeWkZA&t=4 Thank you for all you do, --Noah, Wes, Jennifer, Eli and the MoveOn.org Team Tuesday, June 14th, 2005 P.S. You can learn more about the threat to public broadcasting from our friends at Free Press at: http://www.moveon.org/r?r=748 Sources: 1. "Public Broadcasting Targeted By House," Washington Post, June 10, 2005 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=745 2. "CPB's 'Secrets and Lies': Why the CPB Board Hid its Polls Revealing Broad Public Support for PBS and NPR," Center for Digital Democracy, April 27, 2005 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=746 3. "Republican Chairman Exerts Pressure on PBS, Alleging Biases," New York Times, May 2, 2005 http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0502-01.htm

That's small fry shit. Be afraid of this.

I spent an entire hour on kitten war the other day. AN HOUR. I am such a sucker for pussy. heh.

Uhm. No?

About H.J. Res 24, not pussy. Pussy is fine. Pussy for President!

Fascinating also that three of the four cosponsers and the author are dems...

No matter who sponsors it, it's a bad idea.

be afraid be very afraid

dammit. no more try to make the stupid jokes

kazu link no work. didn't use tinyURL. make wisper sad.