Men, you need not dawdle, this is for us girls to ooh and ahh. Unless you like talking about shopping deals, and bedding linens. Or gay. Either way, you’ve been warned.

Anyway, I mentioned last week that there was a this junky hole of a place practically in my backyard that gets all the Target (and Kmart/Martha Stewart, and other places) clearance cast offs by the truckload. They just throw them out into a dilapidated old store with missing ceiling tiles and birds living inside and let people in. Some stuff is broken, some merely scratched, other stuff is out of package, some stuff is perfect, it’s all very mix and match; thus the nickname Bargain Pit.

Well, today, I took my brother and his lovely wife and I scored BIG time. They have a large aisle of bedding and stuff - there are some real freaking gems in there.

For instance I got (I knew it was from a Target line) Fieldcrest 400 Thread count Egyptian Cotton King size duvet cover for $8. Yeah you read that right - $120 in savings*.

I also got a “bed skirt” to match but when I got it home I discovered it was repackaged and it was in fact THREE pillow shams to go with the duvet. Two matching cotton ones and a 100% silk satin embroidered quilt one, like this, only in the taupe color to match everything … all three of those were… $6. The silk is OMG amazing. I have no idea what I will do with it, yet, other than be buried with it. We’re really not ‘decorative bed pillow” type folks.

*(I’m such a junkie I can tell you that those prices on the website are actually marked down for that entire line, they were even more in the store.)

And to think Mr Man was fighting my buying anything!

4 Comments

L.L.Bean is now making custom bags in all sort of colors, and the duffles even have some nice hawaiian prints. Prices aren’t bad either.

I’ve just spent an hour playing around, oh for $50 or $60 of guilt free blowing money.

1 Comment

Leave it to the Brits: Da Vinci Code plagiarism case Inspires judge to encode his judgement documents with secret “mithy Code”

In other brilliance:
The most misunderstood domain names and Illinois might have the smartest policitans ever.

0 Comments

But Marina’s dolls are stunning. I discovered her boyfriend’s set of pics of her dolls on flickr and thought they deserved some linkage love.

Her website was tracked down and it’s here and has some additional pics as well as info on some of them. She has a flickr set as well.

1 Comment

What happens when teenager girls get online - they IM ME! This is an actual conversation I JUST got done with… NOT KIDDING I have the logs to prove this! like I’ve said before, having Pixeldecor makes being IM’d by a stranger a regular occurance, I get numerous ‘bings’ a week.

This time it was a bit of a standout, first she didn’t ask to use a pattern on her myspace page…

4:31:24 PM StupidGirl: hey sexy ;-]
4:31:58 PM StupidGirl: guess what my parents arent gonna be home tonite! =] you know what that means baby? ;-]
4:32:32 PM StupidGirl: just me, my p**y, and your long hard c**k ;-]
4:32:56 PM StupidGirl: baby..you there?
4:48:57 PM StupidGirl: dood im so f**cking horny

I decide to answer to see if it’s porno bot, since it was a multiple message not a one time thing

4:50:48 PM Jen: if I was a “dood”
4:51:04 PM StupidGirl: baby..?
4:51:11 PM StupidGirl: is this you
4:51:12 PM Jen: however I am a female and immune to your porno ways
4:51:15 PM StupidGirl: or your brother again
4:51:24 PM StupidGirl: who is this?
4:51:28 PM StupidGirl: isnt this Jason?
4:51:30 PM Jen: uhm, YOU msged me
4:51:45 PM StupidGirl: ISNT THIS JASON?
4:51:49 PM Jen: Go away
4:51:52 PM Jen: Uh, no. not jason
4:52:56 PM StupidGirl: huh
4:53:02 PM Jen: dont know a jason
4:53:06 PM StupidGirl: im srry he gave me this sn and said it was his new sn
4:53:19 PM Jen: i’m so blogging this
4:53:29 PM StupidGirl: huh

Smart thang, ain’t she? The last half dozen lines are abridged, I spared you all the repeating… she wasn’t getting it.

4:53:47 PM Jen: my sn is dsignfunk
4:53:52 PM Jen: so now you know which one to cancel
4:55:01 PM StupidGirl: wtf are u talking about?
4:55:15 PM StupidGirl: my boyfriend said this was his new screenname god im sorry ok
4:55:55 PM jen: I’ve had this sn for 8 years
4:57:02 PM jen: just delete my sn ok?
4:57:08 PM StupidGirl: ok srry bye

So I decide to mess with her… I mean really how much time is she saving not typing the O in ’sorry’ anyway? Oh yeah… I bet her right hand was busy…

5:08:21 PM jen: when you get jason tell him you want a filthy sanchez
5:08:36 PM StupidGirl: what’s that
5:08:42 PM jen: he’ll show ya, lol BYE

0 Comments

I was in the back yard doing some gardening looked in the barrels to see if th at was where Mr Man had tossed some of my flower pots and I saw a floating hairy mass. *I* thought it was some kind of mold, or mosquito nest and went back to work. When he came home he looked in there too. I told him i had no idea what it was. He tipped it over and… A dead bloated squirrel with a branch in a death grip with it’s little paws.

YUP. The Smell MY GOD the smell.

It was probably jumping tree to tree to avoid my dogs (who the squirrels love to torment) and fell in, possibly after being knocked out cold after maybe hitting the shed next to the barrel. God only knows how long it was in there.

Mr Man threw the body over the fence into no mans land, and I finished potting some herbs so no one saw Gary the Little White Machismo until AFTER he’d rolled in the stench ridden puddle where the little squirrel body had washed out. He was bopping around SO pleased with himself. AHHh!

I took the hose to him but he’s still stinky as all hell and banished away from us until after dinner. Guess who gets a bath ina few minutes!?!

At least he doesn’t seem to MIND getting a wash. While I was hosing him down he just stood there and didn’t even move to run away when I took my hand off his collar, I think he likes it.

Pet ownership, what fun.

0 Comments

I’ve had this tickling of mistrust when ever I see this Locks of Love on TV, so I went to read up.

All those well meaning folks you see on TV or in schools growing their hair out in honor of a relative or schoolmate, or just because they want to be generous, and cutting it off to donate to Locks of Love would be shocked to find out most of the hair they get in donation is sold overseas. It also accounts for HALF the earnings the charity makes, and in fact, the “charity” fails to meet even one of Give.org’s standards for a gifting accountability.

QUOTE: “The following information is based on LoL’s independent accountant’s compilation report for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2002:
Source of Funds
Contributions: 194,398
Hair sales: 150,719
Grants: 18,991
Interest income: 7,858
Program income: 2,474
Gain on investment sales: 103

Total Income: $374,543″

And - who knew that people with long lovely locks are rudely hounded to cut it off and donate it all the time. Locks of Love has a posse. Mines not quite long enough to get hounded, but if I do I’m gonna wail on them with these facts. You should too if you get bugged. Who knew liking to wear your hair long and not wanting to donate makes you into a dying child hating bitch? (Remember, everyone thinks it’s for bald Chemo kids, it’s not.)

In the thread someone breaks down the numbers of donations versus wigs made to offer some scope:
I just checked the LoL website, the only numbers I could find were here, on their “history” page:

They said they get over 2000 (ponytail) donations a week, which would be over 104,000 a year. And they say they’ve made “over a thousand” wigs. At ten ponytails per wig, that’s enough hair to make ten thousand, four hundred wigs a year…

That, alone, should be enough to quiet anyone.

Later on (in the thread) someone found numbers saying over 3,000 ponytails a week donated, that’s even more sickening when you realize they get more donations that they could EVER use for the extremely small segment they were founded to help and are just profiting off people’s selfless generosity. They make money off harvesting your given hair and selling it at market price to overseas commercial wig makers. Pure and simple. You get a warm fuzzy feeling that only being lied to can provide.

I wonder where the number for the salaries of the director are…

16 Comments

Be afraid: I AM ON MYSPACE And no, I have no idea who “tom” is. He appeared on my list moments after making the account. (edit: kicked his ass off). Why did I do it? I’ll jump on any fad. I’ll prolly never look at the page again after a week.

---

Movies to avoid on PPV or rental:
The Ice Harvest - dark, dismal and confusing. Even John Cusack being in it could not save this for me.

The Legend of Zorro - The pain, OMG the pain. I think the continuity director died from a self inflicted wound. (All Bev’s fault… Too many snarks to list. Bad, bad, bad! Might be good candiadte for drunken movie night with friends though - MST3K’able. Even Rufus “Pretty Eyes” Sewell being in it could not save this for me (and I’d watch him eat toast). Plus they straightened his pretty curly hair, Ick.

---

Patton Oswalt cancelled, the comedy club seems to be ignoring this fact. I have however booked my tickets for the Photoshop confernece in Columbus, who else is going?

---

Oh. My. Freaking. God.

I have found the place where all Target clearance goes to die, and it’s just three blocks from the house. It looks like everything that doesn’t sell gets auctioned off in a HUGE truckload and these guys buy it and sell it for next to nothing. Tons of lamps, clothes, bags, homewares and linens, the works. most are open package, but some $30 tablecloths curtains were marked a buck or two. Also has furniture, fixtures, entry doors, shower surrounds, tubs, spas, or laminate flooring cheap… So, If anyone in the Dayton/Cinci area wants the scoop, it’s only open Fri-Sunday. We bought SO much for next to nothing. T’was wonderful and dangerous. Screw Goodwill.

6 Comments

The wardrobe_remix Pool on Flickr describes itself:

i believe the best stylists walk the streets, not the photo sets, nor the backstage of the runways. the real innovators are you and me: real, fashionable people.

how do *you* put it together? where did you get that item of clothing from? is there a story behind something you wear? a reason why you wear specific styles or types of clothing, or a particular item all the time?

All I see is “people working hard to dress REALLY badly”. Who knew that homely lady at the office or living on the corner was on Flickr showing her groove thing! Some of these outfits are simply awful. Ug! Truly Davezilla Freakwatchers awful. And I didn’t really look that hard to find these! This is just like on the first three pages of the pool!

The these four are unrepentant repeat offenders
so be sure to click the pics for all the “fashionable” pain…

Hidden gems on flickr I tell ya, good enough to keep you laughing all through your lunchtime. (I did notice though that a major portion of these chics in the pool are from London… So much for the so-called rise of British fashion.)

And, I’m sorry to those I’ve picked out and the other hundreds of other offenders (simply too many to put here), as much as the tv show fashion gurus try to sell skirts over pants as being cuting edge hip and now, it just makes you look like a crazy cat lady.

If you want a fugly bag to “go with” that godawful fugly outfit try this pool…

6 Comments

Patton Oswalt is coming to Cincinnati May 26 and 27th.

Me, Mr Man, My brother FunkyBlue and his lovely wife are all going. Tickets are bought! Woo! Gonna give Patton a Tivo antenae bobber since he was largely behind us getting one. I’ve still got one or two poking around since they were $1.50 from the Tivo website and $3 shipping, so I bought a few extras to make the shipping worth it. Hopefully I’ll have a way to get it to him, might send it back to him via a waitress.

---

Speaking of my lovely sister in law: She was in Yellow Springs at the Little Art Theatre regarding a photography show (she’s a photog), and Dave Chappelle walked by (remember he grew up in, and currently lives, in town). I haven’t gotten the entire scoop yet (she’s supposed to sign on and give me the story in it’s entireity) but I’m entirely jealous. I’ll post more as I have it!

---

I heard back from upper management at PF Changs. They agreed that the difficulties we had were completely disgusting. Offered me a free meal to make up for it, I turned them down. We’re not poor, we eat out (all too) often at some upper end places. And I don’t care if the foods free, it’s still not worth it if it’s not good.

---

I’m still making Pincushions - some are so cute I could just kick my own ass. gonna try to sell some next weekend. I don’t expect much biting, as SCA people are infamously cheap for anything that’s not a book. Maybe I’ll sell them online. If someone sees one they want, drop me a line privately. I’m not charging all THAT much ($2 to $20 depending on size and amount of embroidery work). Make me an offer, I love to haggle.

Other news:
I predict a “Daddy Dearest” book by Suri Cruise in 20 years. Run Suri run! (SURI?????)

---

Steve jobs appeared in front of the Cupertino City council to propose a second 50-acre apple campus. Anyone else bet it’s for iTunes/iPod stuff?

---

Rolling Stone’s new cover will certiainly get some right wing fire - but YAY them!

5 Comments

And it was filmed in a London Flat and not in the US at all.

Love it.

1 Comment

Commercial for the next episode of Crossing Jordan came on, something about a living ’saint’ who can revive the dead is found murdered. On screen the words “who would kill a saint?” come on.

Jen: Who would kill a saint? The Romans. Duh!
Mr Man: :::Snort!:::

Extra bonus points: if you are catholic or get the joke.

1 Comment

School video project presenting the theology of the church of Scyentuhlogee (spelled wrong to hide from lawsuit). Sadly, it’s all true. That IS the actual backing theology when you are founded by a hack scifi writer who wants to make some money.

AND - Two words you thougth you’d never hear together: Juggler Fight!

Jason Garfield duplicates the now internet famous Beatles juggling routine by Chris Bliss, and disses it with superior juggling skill. Garfield does the same routine - but with five balls.

Sure, five balls is more complicated, but it doesn’t fit the music as well. The beauty of Bliss’s act was how it WORKED with the music, since, well he designed the act around it. Throwing more balls in it unbalances that act. In several places there are single piano notes/chords and not having equal sets of balls (say 6) really does little more than say “I’m a oneupper” and confuses the eye.

3 Comments

Mr Man and I finally visited your “fine” establishment after hearing much love about your food from friends and seeing lines around the block for it. We went at an offtime to be sure we didn’t have to wait, and I wish now we’d went to Steak & Shake instead.

I liked that the waitress brought out the little tray of six sauces, however when she non-chalantly took a dip of hot pepper sauce and Hot mustard and mixed it in the helpless innocent dumpling sauce I had a silent shit fit. Is that a normal procedure for you guys? If it is you have invented a flavor that is similar to feet rubbed with peanuts and Ben-Gay. I was seriously disturbed by this callous and non-voluntary condiment mixing. I happen to LIKE dumpling sauce au naturale. To begin with what balls you have to assume I want HOT anything on my food let alone the Napalm you made on demand. I’m positive when I looked up at the waitress in shock and asked for an unadulterated cup of dumpling sauce that it got me labeled as a bitch.

I ordered the Wok Seared Lamb. The menu said something like ‘medallions of lamb on a bed of lettuce’. I love lamb, I love everything about it so this sounded great.

Silly me was expecting a couple, maybe three, half dollar sized medallions of rare lamb with a nice crispy sear, but when it came out I realized that should have said ‘half chopped ribbony pieces of well-to-overcooked lamb “seared” until obtaining a black and crunchy char layer on a bed of hastily cut cheapass iceberg lettuce’. Would a half a handful of pretty Arugula or Romaine have put you guys too much in the red? I felt cheated. If I had known this was what I would have gotten I would have ordered Lo Mein instead because damn it, if I wanted a Lamb Charcoal Salad I would have ordered one. And while I’m on it, would a side of measly rice have killed you?

I tried a dash of white vinegar on my Cripsy Lamb Char Chunks - tasty - and it actually hid the taste of charcoal somewhat. That was before I noticed the white cloudy inclusions floating freely inside the glass spritzer. I see such things often in my snowdome collection and I’m equally sure I don’t want to ingest them either. I’m positive alerting the waitress to the issue got me labeled a double-bitch in the kitchen as they peered over the window at us. It’s hard to grow ANYTHING in vinegar. Congratulations, that’s quite an accomplishment.

Five minutes later after sampling some of Mr Man’s Mediocre Mongolian Beef (you know, I’m not a much veggie person, but what do YOU have against them?) I noticed that my half drunk Pepsi had a completely different formerly dried filmy white debris floating on the surface. Ew. Thank God (I think) that I was using a straw. I’m positive alerting the waitress to the issue got me labeled a triple-bitch when I asked for a clean glass of pop.

Had I actually been a bitch I would have asked for a bill refund, or tipped less than generously, but we didn’t. (For the record; I didn’t say anything when I noticed she brought us the Shrimp dumplings and I had said pork dumplings for our appetizer. We dig shrimp fine too.)

It’s not like we’re food snobs, we just like Good Food - so you have to at least be worth however much money we spent. We have eaten everyplace from Emeril’s to the corner no habla englais mexcian grocery that serves tamales to go on paper plates - and everything in between. We will try anything once. (Hey we even did indonesian. I won’t say we’ll do it again with all the weird flavors and boiled peanuts, but we gave it a fighting try).

Sorry, after comparing notes with the man I’m afraid we won’t be back anytime soon, at least I won’t have to bother with your funky “street parking” scheme over at Streets of West Chester again. All in all We spent about $15 more than the food was worth. I’ll let the soccer moms have my spot, I’ll be down at Uncle Yip’s on Route 4 next time I’m on an asian bent.

PS: Your chopsticks suck ass.

Yes I did send this to their feedback line on thier site. Muhahah.

(And yeah, I’ve ranted about this kind of thing before…

3 Comments

Arby’s has a commercial for some of thier cold cut sandwiches featuring “artisan” bread.

When did bread become an art? What ever happened to the word BAKERY? How does it being a loaf of Ciabata make it more artistic than a loaf of whole wheat?

I blame Panera and american lack of a mother culture.

Grr!

2 Comments

Photoshop Seminars | Photoshop CS2 Creativity Tour : Columbus, OH

$99 for an entire day of classes on very indepth photoshop stuff. WøOt! Mr Man was in a good mood and he gave me the A-Okay to register!

If anyone reading wants to go with (or meet up at) let me know.

1 Comment

So a couple days ago I dumped the nasty litter box and rinsed it out.

And forgot to refill it.

It was wet so I popped the lid on so I wouldn’t kick it and did dishes fully intending on refilling it when it had dried a few minutes later - just forgot.

Well, it looks as if one of the cat’s was a trooper and used the empty box. One of my two. Now I just have to find where the other ones are hidden. Christ.

Well, this is a mistake I won’t make again.

1 Comment

We met the ‘tar Wars Kid’.

This week he cuts a deal with his school tormentors.

2 Comments

Uploaded on April 6, 2006
by mikeyfreedom

1 Comment

I just got an im from someone I don’t know - not unusual with as many sites as I have. This time it was someone from the Freecycle Yahoogroup who saw on Yahoo that I was logged on. I’ve talked about the ballsy grabby attitude on freecycle before (check the archives).

crissiemwells 9:05 AM
good morning

jen segrest 9:06 AM
hey

crissiemwells 9:07 AM
i know you dont know me im a new member of freecycle and was wondering if you have anything on there i might be interested in

hello did you leave me

jen segrest 9:14 AM
so you are just directly begging

no when I have something i’ll post it thsanks

crissiemwells 9:16 AM
no im not begging thank you

jen segrest 9:16 AM
uhm, yeah ya are

approaching someone unsolicitated to ask for things.
that’s begging, toots.

crissiemwells 9:17 AM
your very rude and i hop you get nowhere in life

jen segrest 9:17 AM
you beat me to it

2 Comments