Right now, I'm hoping that De la Hoya wins.

today was busy...
tea party at 2 (yes, a tea party. for grown-ups. or pretend ones anyway). good times of randomness.
rehersal with accompaniast at 4:15 in the next town. went well, not the person i usually play with but it was good.
dinner party with out-of-town friend at 5:30. aaand that was kind of the end of the good times. i love my friend and i like her boyf. i also like 4 out of the 16 other people who were there. also i hate it when someone arrives and decides to get people drunk. WHY is that fun? so i left early, which is too bad because i hardly ever see my friend... i hate alcohol.

I voted.

Went to work as usual. (casino security) We have a new guy guarding the lounge. He was quite excited. He said " wow, I've been squeezed everywhere tonight but my eyes".

Went to Kew Gardens and wandered around the outside bits. Saw Coots with big chicks, Coots with small chicks, and Coots with chicks so small one of them was still an egg. Various other fowl.

There was a "Woodland Wonders" event on, with May Pole dancing and various woodland crafts and displays. Lots of turners turning chairs, weavers weaving chairs, carvers carving chairs. These countryside folk need to diversify.

Watched a bird of prey display with a Buzzard, 2 Harris Hawks and an Eagle Owl. Chatted to a bee keeper and got some local honey from central London bees from hives in Hyde Park and St James Park.

Upgraded our day tickets to season tickets and will probably go back again tomorrow.

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Originally posted by Evilpenguin9000:
Nope, I'm a Master Control Operator.

Today, I discovered that EP9k has the most awesome job title ever.

The title is pretty cool. The job itself is somewhat less thrilling, especially in the paycheck department.

Sure, but when we arrive in the dystopian, mind control-society future, you're going to have a much better CV than the rest of us.

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Originally posted by Splitcoil:
Sure, but when we arrive in the dystopian, mind control-society future, you're going to have a much better CV than the rest of us.

Except that his position will be replaced with the MCP.

Got a new (to me, anyway) car.

Congrats, on the new car Archie=

Ya Archie, a new ride is always good. My friend just got a shiny silver PT Cruiser and I want one real bad. Of course, that's not really in the cards at the moment.

Was up last night with a lousy headache and an upset stomach. And it wasn't a hangover.

Off work today with the same thing.

We've got rodent problems. Our back lawn has been completely taken over buy some sort of burrowing rodent (water voles I think). We tried drowning them this weekend, but there network of underground paths seem to extensive for one garden hose to do the trick.

Meanwhile there are also plenty of mice. I noticed some mouse turds in the cabinet under the sink, and got my husband to set a trap. In less than 24 hours we've already caught *4* mice in the kitchen. We put a trap in the shed last night and caught a mouse within an hour of placing it. Probably caught one in the night as well, but didn't have time to deal with it this morning.

The problem was that they got into a bag of birdfeed and sunflower seeds and have been living the high life.

Had a mouse invasion in Albuquerque once. It was awful. Here you worry about Hanta virus. Luckily they were all grey field mice and not the brown desert dwelling deer mice. Had to set mouse traps, live traps and poison. My dog got sick from eatting poisoned mice, so be careful of that.

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Originally posted by Fashionpolice:
We tried drowning them this weekend, but there network of underground paths seem to extensive for one garden hose to do the trick.

Sandy: I want you to kill every gophers on the golf course!
Carl Spackler: Correct me if I'm wrong Sandy, but if I kill all the golfers, they're gonna lock me up and throw away the key ...
Sandy: Not golfers, you great fool! Gophers! The *little* *brown*, *furry* *rodents* -!
Carl Spackler: We can do that; we don't even have to have a reason. All right, let's do the same thing, but with gophers -!

So this weekend started early.

Wed night met my friend at a local bar for the start of his birthday celebrations. 35 yrs old, freshly divorced and new girlfriend is a tough talking bartender who would be at home in Mel's Diner, "Kiss my grits" being a rough translation of what she says to drinkers who don't tip.

We hooked up with a couple of friends.



Before long we are heading to another establishment we charitably refer to as a dive. Drunk kid starts trouble which very nearly ends violently as my friend above got involved and is ALWAYS armed. The night ended with a little pucker moment as the drunk and his friends cruised by us in the parking lot and my friend stood by the open passenger door of his car. After they passed without incident he slowly closed the door of the car. He always has a pistol on him or in the car and wanted it within easy reach.

The rest of the nights were more birthday and less armed conflict. Although my ex-wife and girlfriend finally did meet on Friday night. I am not sure what I was hoping for but all I got was a mildly uncomfortable feeling until the ex left.

Shuttling my bday pal to and fro so he didn't have to worry about a DUI and watching him suck face with his new gf takes its toll though. Also I had to work and was dealing with another friend going through a bad break up. Sunday me and my special lady friend went to the Thai Buddhist Temple on the Palm River in Tampa and enjoyed a weekly food festival they do. Fresh noodle soup with pork, fried bananas and sweet potato and other delights. Fruit tea and Thai tea of course. All at very reasonable prices and the money goes to the construction of new temple buildings. Beautiful setting on the river as well. I have been meaning to go there for some time and this was an excellent chance to check it out.

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Originally posted by Fashionpolice:
We've got rodent problems.

We got the answer.

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Originally posted by editengine:

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Originally posted by Fashionpolice:
We tried drowning them this weekend, but there network of underground paths seem to extensive for one garden hose to do the trick.

Sandy: I want you to kill every gophers on the golf course!
Carl Spackler: Correct me if I'm wrong Sandy, but if I kill all the golfers, they're gonna lock me up and throw away the key ...
Sandy: Not golfers, you great fool! Gophers! The *little* *brown*, *furry* *rodents* -!
Carl Spackler: We can do that; we don't even have to have a reason. All right, let's do the same thing, but with gophers -!

Pure genius.

ee, you've got the whole 'balanced life' thing covered - out drinking with larged, armed, tattoed mofos, then lunch at the Buddhist temple