{"id":298,"date":"2004-06-15T01:54:47","date_gmt":"2004-06-15T08:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dee-rob.com\/wordpress\/?p=298"},"modified":"2004-06-15T01:54:47","modified_gmt":"2004-06-15T08:54:47","slug":"pointless-and-random","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dee-rob.com\/wp\/pointless-and-random\/","title":{"rendered":"Pointless and random"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s today&#8217;s random phobia &#8212; I&#8217;m in my car in a parking garage, roof down.  As I am paying, the chick in the booth is really quick to raise the gate, but then she&#8217;s slow in taking the money and counting back my change.  It looks like all the cash register-type stuff is done, but she&#8217;s moving glacially (probably because she&#8217;s talking into a telephone headset).  It&#8217;s been so long since the gate was raised, I&#8217;m convinced it&#8217;s on a timer and is going to crash onto me right as I pass through it.  While I wait, I envision the ensuing decapitation.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s today&#8217;s random nice thought &#8212; I think I like my beau, because he takes my ridiculousness at face value.  Earlier I left him voice mail in which I said I was &#8220;looking for my baby&#8221; and then I formally introduced myself and babbled something stupid about needing to introduce myself, because I couldn&#8217;t be certain there weren&#8217;t other callers referring to him as their baby.  I&#8217;m pretty sure he won&#8217;t hold it against me.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another random nice thought &#8212; (Jesus, two?  I&#8217;m a regular ball of flaming sunshine.)  Anyway in about the span of a week two different friends from two different past periods have been in touch.  Always fun to hear from the past and find out what&#8217;s up in the current.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a random stupid observation &#8212; As of today, 42 people have voted as to whether I should stay or go (It&#8217;s running about 75%\/25% in favor of my getting the hell out of Dodge).  Of course, 42 is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geektimes.com\/michael\/culture\/memoriam\/douglasAdams\/fordPrefect.html\">answer to life, the universe, and everything.<\/a>   Which, incidentally, I took as a good sign when I bought my house.  And, 42 is the age of a certain boy I like.  So, there you are.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a random Internet tidbit (courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fark.com\">fark.com<\/a> &#8212; From the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nypost.com\/news\/weirdbuttrue\/weirdbuttrue.htm\"><i>NY Post:<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p> Luke and Katrina Grant have tied the knot \u00ef\u00bf\u00bd a month after he stabbed her in the chest during a drunken attack.     Katrina, 36, of Warwickshire, England, needed 12 stitches after Luke, 22, attacked her for having pre-wedding jitters.     &#8220;People think I&#8217;m crazy, but no one knows him like I do. I love him. He&#8217;s worth a second chance,&#8221; she said. Bill Hoffmann, Wire Services<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ahhh, womens, they sure be crazy when they in love.  Thank god I&#8217;m impervious to human emotion.<\/p>\n<p>(I also liked the mouse chewing and the bathroom crucifix.  While I welcome a miracle, I wouldn&#8217;t want to have to tidy up for the parade of tourists.)<\/p>\n<p>Finally, here are a couple of random things for anyone interested in these hear newfangled weblogs &#8212; From <i>Time<\/i> magazine, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/magazine\/article\/0,9171,1101040621-650732-1,00.html\">&#8220;Meet Joe Blog.&#8221;<\/a>  And, by way of <a href=\"http:\/\/hbeeinc.com\/blog\/blog_a.php\">Paul, my jesting\/jousting nemesis<\/a> on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecomedystudi.com\/forum\">bane of my comic existence (apart from open mikers),<\/a> there&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.project-blog.org\/index.php\">Project Blog<\/a> with folks doing this kind of shite for charity.  Sounds like a good idea, but I&#8217;m on the fence about the requisite sleep deprivation.  (I wonder how fast I could lose my job if I decided to blog for the non-profit that pays me.  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