5/30/2004

all sales are final... no refunds, returns or exchanges permitted...

last year i badly sprained my anterior cruciate ligament in my left knee when i landed oddly in a kids moon bounce thing at a younger cousin's bday party... and by landed oddly i mean that my thigh bone went to the outside at my kneecap and my shinbone went to the inside.... *pop* and i buckled.... in between the limping, grimacing and muffled expletives, i remembered that the kid i pushed past to get into the moon bounce had exclaimed "a mom is getting in here?!" (hindsight, i hate you) after lots of ice, heat, and a number of pain-killer/steroid cocktails shot into my knee, over the year i have managed to successfully side-step having an MRI to see just how badly (or not) i damaged my knee (and the MRI is about the only thing i have been able to physically side-step as i am somewhat limited to my range of motion and speed in pivoting on my knee)... today those same cousins are another year older and having another party... my knee aches just thinking about it.

5/29/2004

all around me are familiar faces.....

yesterday i had a waxing appointment, during which my gal and i chatted it up like we always do, talking about anything and everything - whatever to keep our minds off of the fact that she's down there making me look like a prepubescent teen. actually this was only my second appointment with this new gal, so she and i really have so much to talk about relating to ourselves and are quite far from the talking shit about our friends and neighbors phase of the client/aesthetician relationship. ha! anyhow, yesterday in our conversation we began with talking about family/kids and the long weekend, then moved on to the dire need for central air conditioning to live in the valley (she lives in encino) as opposed to the westside or beach cities, and ended comparing notes on surfing & punk rock and their influence as the twigs & spit that bind south bay natives and denizens... after a game of 'do you know so-and-so?' and 'have you ever been to here-and-there?', we almost squealed like school girls impersonating pigs (or vice versa) and exclaimed a few 'oh my god!'s, and then speculated that it is a small world but needed more confirmation... last night when I got home from work (at around 10 p.m., yeah that late!) there was a message on my machine from her husband who confirmed it is, indeed, a small world... but still, i wouldn't want to paint it.

5/26/2004

truer words have never been spoken....

life at work has been total shit for me lately. we're in trial preparation mode for a trial that should have been continued or trailed by at least a month or two to give all parties time to complete all the pre-trial bullshit... thankfully i've been able to find a little time after work for things that make me smile.
i love how in tune my friends are with me... how they seem to know just the perfect thing to say to make me chuckle out loud as if knowing that the only medicine my body needs to heal it is laughter.

i received the following in an ecard today:

When work gets you down cause it bites,
And it's keeping you up late at night
Try surfing some porn
And you'll soon be reborn
Cause naked bodies make everything right

(thanks, boz)

now, if only i had an endless supply of coffee with a side of southern lawyer.

i'm more than a handful....

i have no ulterior motive other than to pick your brain and learn a new perspective on life.
i shoot from the hip, wear my heart on my sleeve and have a bum left knee.
holy shit! you had a stalker?!
i appreciate receiving disclaimers as much as giving them.
i don't keep secrets well, you are warned.
i can be honest to a fault.
i am sarcastic, but this is not news.
did you mean to say 'bitch' like it was a bad thing?
i curse a lot... and sometimes so does my kid.
i only want to know your secrets if they involve/affect me.
i get attached to people moreso than material things.
i drive way too fast, talk too loud, and like to listen to fast loud music.
i am adept and being a partner in crime.
i suck at being emotionally vulnerable with my friends.
i often don't care what outsiders think of me.
i am my own worst critic.
i cam be extremely patient so long as i get my own way in the end.
i have low tolerance for stupid people and thus i don't delegate well.
i have horrible sleep habits.
i'll do whatever i can to help a friend, however new.
i am easily disappointed by friends because i expect the same in return.
i don't like to waste energy holding grudges... so i tend to just walk away.
i am emotionally stubborn and judgmental yet physically i am adaptable.
i am rarely early or on time.
i am the victim of a doppleganger.. so blame her for whatever has pissed you off.
i have a great appreciation for Schadenfreude.
i've learned to listen, because i know sometimes opportunity knocks very softly.
i'm nice to you because you let me be.

5/25/2004

not only have you stepped in deeper puddles...

... but i am so fucking transparent that i border on being holographic at times. (strangely, i kinda like it that way, and you should too) it embodies that whole "shoot from the hip" thing i try to put forth.... which i know confuses you, since you're jaded and just expect that people are supposed to lie and try to screw you over (ie., be mysterious)... but, really, it's my openness and honesty that makes me the enigma that you think i am. my advice? stop thinking so hard.

5/23/2004

for some of you this may come as a surprise....

What does my birth month say about me?
SEPTEMBER: Suave and compromising. Careful, cautious and organized. Likes to point out people's mistakes. Likes to criticize. Stubborn. Quiet but able to talk well. Calm and cool. Kind and sympathetic. Concerned and detailed. Loyal but not always honest. Does work well. Very confident. Sensitive. Thinking generous. Good memory. Clever and knowledgeable. Loves to look for information. Must control oneself when criticizing. Able to motivate oneself. Understanding. Fun to be around. Secretive. Loves sports, leisure and traveling. Hardly shows emotions. Tends to bottle up feelings. Very choosy, especially in relationships. Systematic.
What does your birth month say about you?

5/20/2004

so generous, i'm being kind with selfishness in the back of my mind...

i'm a pretty decent friend. i put myself out there. i'm there to stop you from falling when i can, or try to catch you when you do, or at least be there to nurse your scrapes, cuts & bruises after the fact... i can be sympathetic when needed, but you know mostly i just like to call you on all your shit, and i don't feel guilty about it because it's not wrong for me to want the best for you. my biggest flaw is expecting as much in return from my friends as i put forth... let's me down almost every time in some way or another. by the way, i take my coffee 'white & sweet' and sometimes i kinda like using the powdered creamer in my coffee... just thought you should know.

5/19/2004

here's permission to take the ball-peen hammer to the back of my head

... if i ever become the kind of blogger that is so chicken-shit as to have to blog my feelings about something or someone here and then cross my fingers in hopes that the intended recipient reads it instead of me just picking up the goddamn phone.

no amount of caffeine can make this funk go away....

there are 17 new messages on my voicemail at work from the past few days and I am at the point that I feel like flipping a coin on whether to listen to them or just delete them all without knowing what they say. anyone got a quarter?

update: of 17 messages only 5 were pertinent and the rest were either hang-ups or inane... save your change for a rainy-day ice cream cone... and the caffeine jitters have set it, which greatly improved my mood so no one has to die just yet.

5/17/2004

and you know what they said?

well maybe some of it was true....
always in his best form, the enigma that is boz has decided to pay homage to me yet again. so much love, so much distance between us that prevents me from successfully smothering him with a pillow in his sleep. heh.
so tonight after work i will meet up with another moblogger for the first time so she can see first-hand what all the 'dvl hype' is about... indeed she's in for a real treat, as all the hype is just that -- hype. feh!

lurker's disclaimer...

dear reader:
lurkers don't write anything of substance....
i just though you needed a gentle reminder as to who i am and have been up to this point. perhaps this will cushion the blow and ease the let-down of what you might have expected when you found this blog.
craptastically yours,
dvl.

5/14/2004

useless....

Here I stand the accused
With your fist in my face
Feeling tired and bruised
With the bitterest taste
All my useless advice
All my hanging around
All your cutting down to size
All my bringing you down
All your stupid ideals
Got your head in the clouds
You should see how it feels
With your feet on the ground