it's really creepy getting phone calls when I'm watching Ringu
Well, it is.
So...about that phone call. It was Jane, asking when the bus on her chosen route next runs. And I tracked down three pages, one of them Tri-Met's own page, and all of them told me the same thing--there's a bus that runs around through the neighborhood that left two minutes ago, and then there's one that runs at 6:58 pm. And that's it for Saturday buses through this area.
Jane sighed, all despondent, and said, "Well, I guess I'll have to walk from McLoughlin, then."
I couldn't take it. I was as polite as I could be, but I said, "You know, we told you the buses don't consistently run out here. We're in the suburbs. You're lucky they run during the week."
"I know, I know, but..." she said. I made polite noises and hung up.
I mean, really--if she's not going to listen to the people who live here who know about the trouble with weekend buses, or to Tri-Met, the company that sends out the buses,who the hell is she going to listen to??? It's so frustrating.
I wrote this this morning:
BWAHAHAhaha...Oh. Man. Just what I needed after that eight ayem "I've left messages before, and they weren't returned, so I'm not going to leave one now" call.
I told him, "Fine, then I'm not going to answer the phone at eight ayem." Jerk.
But it still applies...
Ooh--not only do they have clove gum available year-round, they've also got Sky Bars, chocolate licorice sticks and horehound drops! I'm sold! Bookmarked!
Taken verbatim from ellenneithernor's post on audiography: In case you're wondering whether one of your CDs has copy-protection software that makes you vulnerable to hackers, the list of discs with numbers is here. There are a lot of genres represented, so it's worth checking out.
Yeah. What she said.
Devil's Panties:
Can we air any of that?
Ooh, the vendor of shiny sharp things! We have the same reaction at cons and faires. :)
Why taking DJ's advice is maybe not the best thing. :)
I'm telling you, Jennie knows what she's talking about.
Two Lumps:
How did you get that stuff to stick to you?
FOOL! You've doomed us all!
I'd say run. And hide. NOW.
Cranberry sauce?
There are plush Eben and Snooch toys! And the most hysterical pictures of their real-life counterparts.
Oh My Gods!:
Depends. Is your partner an animal?
Why Victor went to the hospital that one time.
Apparently the big button erased the time Shivian didn't write the comic. Handy.
Annual Smote the Sinners Day is not going to go over really well this year.
Various photos from Yahoo I found after going through the Chocolate Show pics.
Ooh. Big snake fetish.
Two people conduct an interview behind 'The CAN-Cobra: Scaling Back Hunger,' a cobra snake made entirely of cans, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005, at 'Canstruction,' the 13th annual NYC Design and Build competition in New York. Architects and engineers compete to see whose team can build the most spectacular structure using little more than cans of food. After the competition and exhibit, which is open to the public, the cans are donated to pantries, soup kitchens, day care and elderly centers to help fight hunger. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
And it's even got its own little road. Aww.
Alice Keppler looks at Route 66, the National Reprographics team's construction of the famous U.S. highway made entirely of cans, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005, at Canstruction, the 13th annual NYC Design and Build competition in New York. Architects and engineers compete to see whose team can build the most spectacular structure using little more than cans of food. The cans are later donated to pantries, soup kitchens, day care and elderly centers to help fight hunger. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Saint Death comes around again. Santa Muerta. I'm still really liking this idea.
A Mexican man holds a statue of La Santa Muerte (St. Death) as he prays during the Day of the Dead celebrations in the district of Tepito in Mexico City, November 2, 2005. Mexicans honor their deceased loved ones on November 1st and 2nd. REUTERS/Felipe Courzo
See, this is why we need to be an older country with traditions from the distant past...because we'd get a discount on mass candle orders.
Honestly. Why don't people get this?
A woman lights a candle over the grave of a relative during Day of the Dead celebrations at Metepec cemetery in Mexico, November 2, 2005. Mexicans honor their deceased loved ones on Wednesday. REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar
Plus, picnicking after dark by candlelight, with relatives who have passed on?
Sounds like mass fun to me.
A Mexican family gather around the grave of a relative during Day of the Dead celebrations at Metepec cemetery in Mexico, November 2, 2005. Mexicans honor their deceased loved ones on Wednesday. REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar
I guess it's good to commemorate these things, but bet me which side of the 'witch-hanging' controversy they're coming down on, yeah?
Phhht.
A member of the theatre company d'Alea Teatre performs on Halloween night in the vicinity of Sant Feliu Sasserra near Barcelona October 31, 2005. Sant Feliu Sasserra commemorates the day when the last witch was hung in 1767. Picture taken October 31, 2005. (Gustau Nacarino/Reuters)
So...about that phone call. It was Jane, asking when the bus on her chosen route next runs. And I tracked down three pages, one of them Tri-Met's own page, and all of them told me the same thing--there's a bus that runs around through the neighborhood that left two minutes ago, and then there's one that runs at 6:58 pm. And that's it for Saturday buses through this area.
Jane sighed, all despondent, and said, "Well, I guess I'll have to walk from McLoughlin, then."
I couldn't take it. I was as polite as I could be, but I said, "You know, we told you the buses don't consistently run out here. We're in the suburbs. You're lucky they run during the week."
"I know, I know, but..." she said. I made polite noises and hung up.
I mean, really--if she's not going to listen to the people who live here who know about the trouble with weekend buses, or to Tri-Met, the company that sends out the buses,who the hell is she going to listen to??? It's so frustrating.
I wrote this this morning:
BWAHAHAhaha...Oh. Man. Just what I needed after that eight ayem "I've left messages before, and they weren't returned, so I'm not going to leave one now" call.
I told him, "Fine, then I'm not going to answer the phone at eight ayem." Jerk.
But it still applies...
Ooh--not only do they have clove gum available year-round, they've also got Sky Bars, chocolate licorice sticks and horehound drops! I'm sold! Bookmarked!
Taken verbatim from ellenneithernor's post on audiography: In case you're wondering whether one of your CDs has copy-protection software that makes you vulnerable to hackers, the list of discs with numbers is here. There are a lot of genres represented, so it's worth checking out.
Yeah. What she said.
Devil's Panties:
Can we air any of that?
Ooh, the vendor of shiny sharp things! We have the same reaction at cons and faires. :)
Why taking DJ's advice is maybe not the best thing. :)
I'm telling you, Jennie knows what she's talking about.
Two Lumps:
How did you get that stuff to stick to you?
FOOL! You've doomed us all!
I'd say run. And hide. NOW.
Cranberry sauce?
There are plush Eben and Snooch toys! And the most hysterical pictures of their real-life counterparts.
Oh My Gods!:
Depends. Is your partner an animal?
Why Victor went to the hospital that one time.
Apparently the big button erased the time Shivian didn't write the comic. Handy.
Annual Smote the Sinners Day is not going to go over really well this year.
Various photos from Yahoo I found after going through the Chocolate Show pics.
Ooh. Big snake fetish.
Two people conduct an interview behind 'The CAN-Cobra: Scaling Back Hunger,' a cobra snake made entirely of cans, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005, at 'Canstruction,' the 13th annual NYC Design and Build competition in New York. Architects and engineers compete to see whose team can build the most spectacular structure using little more than cans of food. After the competition and exhibit, which is open to the public, the cans are donated to pantries, soup kitchens, day care and elderly centers to help fight hunger. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
And it's even got its own little road. Aww.
Alice Keppler looks at Route 66, the National Reprographics team's construction of the famous U.S. highway made entirely of cans, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005, at Canstruction, the 13th annual NYC Design and Build competition in New York. Architects and engineers compete to see whose team can build the most spectacular structure using little more than cans of food. The cans are later donated to pantries, soup kitchens, day care and elderly centers to help fight hunger. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Saint Death comes around again. Santa Muerta. I'm still really liking this idea.
A Mexican man holds a statue of La Santa Muerte (St. Death) as he prays during the Day of the Dead celebrations in the district of Tepito in Mexico City, November 2, 2005. Mexicans honor their deceased loved ones on November 1st and 2nd. REUTERS/Felipe Courzo
See, this is why we need to be an older country with traditions from the distant past...because we'd get a discount on mass candle orders.
Honestly. Why don't people get this?
A woman lights a candle over the grave of a relative during Day of the Dead celebrations at Metepec cemetery in Mexico, November 2, 2005. Mexicans honor their deceased loved ones on Wednesday. REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar
Plus, picnicking after dark by candlelight, with relatives who have passed on?
Sounds like mass fun to me.
A Mexican family gather around the grave of a relative during Day of the Dead celebrations at Metepec cemetery in Mexico, November 2, 2005. Mexicans honor their deceased loved ones on Wednesday. REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar
I guess it's good to commemorate these things, but bet me which side of the 'witch-hanging' controversy they're coming down on, yeah?
Phhht.
A member of the theatre company d'Alea Teatre performs on Halloween night in the vicinity of Sant Feliu Sasserra near Barcelona October 31, 2005. Sant Feliu Sasserra commemorates the day when the last witch was hung in 1767. Picture taken October 31, 2005. (Gustau Nacarino/Reuters)