AUGUST 30
FUN with my new Bluetooth earpiece:
*BEEP*
Say a command.
"Call Evva Work."
Did you say 'Call Evva mobile?'
"No. Call Evva Work."
Did you say 'Call Tania'?
"Call Evva Work."
Did you say 'Call Fred'?
*BEEP*
*BEEP*
"Call Evva Mobile."
Did you say 'Call Tammy'?
"No. Call Evva Mobile."
Did you say 'Call Becky Mobile'?
"Call Evva Mobile."
Did you say 'Call Evva Fax'?
"No. Call Evva mobile."
Did you say 'Call Jon'?
*BEEP*
*BEEP*
"Call Evva Mobile."
Did you say 'Call Tammy'?
"No. Call Evva Mobile."
Did you say 'Call Tania'?
"Oh, for Christ's sake..."
Did you say 'Call Christ'?
*BEEP*
AUGUST 24
SOME bad news to report tonight - Big Bertha, the 20" Trinitron monitor that's served me so well for the past 2 1/2 years, kicked the bucket a few hours ago. So we had to get another one and managed to find a 19" flatscreen at CompUSA for $180 after rebates. Rebates are a weird American thing - basically you buy a product (usually something electrical) and then send in the receipts and get money back. (The new monitor was $240 before rebates). I've gone through this rebate crap before with Best Buy, who are notorious for either losing your receipts (you have to send originals) or for simply not paying - I think we're still owed about $50 from buying the big telly back in March 2004. Anyway, the new monitor's pretty good (Ev loves it) but I'm trying to get used to a lower screen res than I'm used to and the fact I can actually see more than 3% of the desk.
AUGUST 23
IF I didn't know better, I'd say Emric just farted.
AUGUST 17
I WAS driving home tonight along Shoreline Drive when I spotted something in the road. I think it's best described by my thought process: "Oh, there's a little kitten crossing the ro... JESUS CHRIST IT'S A RAT!!"
AUGUST 13
LAST night we stopped for a coffee at a petrol station on our way to our friends' house. We were in the environs of Ladera Ranch, which is - for those of you who don't know - a bastion of everything I hate about Orange County. Anyway, the highlight of the stop had to be the SUV full of teenage Paris Hilton lookalikes all doing their best to imitate the well-known walking condom and scourge of humanity. Why they didn't just have a sticker on the back of the SUV saying "Sperm Bank - Open 24 hours for donations" amazed me. Then again, looking at them there wasn't enough brains in the car to cover a small cracker, let alone use something as complicated as a pen.
AUGUST 9
CHRIST in a sidecar, has it really been seven days since I updated this? I'm trying to think if anything's happened... no, can't think of anything. I did have the day off today and managed to do so little that I was nearly comatose by the time Ev got home. Then we went to Costco in Los Alamitos, which is a city near us where time seems to have stopped in 1973. Seriously, I have to get some pics of it. We had dinner in the Katella Deli, which also appeared to have suffered a temporal freeze in 1975. I'll have to get pics of that, too.
AUGUST 2
THE Planet Mut t-shirts have arrived! Each one is 100% cotton and comes complete with:
One (1) left sleeve;
One (1) right sleeve;
One (1) hole for your head and a little tag;
One (1) lovingly reproduced logo and web address. They're available in sizes small, medium, large, x-large, xx-large and American and are a steal at only $12. So what are you waiting for? Go order one!
AUGUST 1
RYAN went on holiday to Washington last week, so I decided to cover his stuff in tin foil. It's amazing how much you get for $1.50. Thanks to Garland for the help!
