Sep. 8th, 2010

vanillafluffy: (Interrobang)
This year...most of you have been around for it. I've been out of work the whole time. Kat passed away in February. S is a mess; prescription drug abuse isn't pretty. (However, I have been enticed into schnauzer-sitting for her when she and T go to their Key West time-share in a matter of weeks.)

In general, life goes on, and starting tomorrow, it's going to go on with me beyond my 40s. Big Red said in an email this morning that she's never seen anyone so excited about turning 50. I replied that I was hoping I'd finally feel like a grown-up. She LOL'ed, but I was kinda serious.

This countdown was something I embraced without thinking it through, and nearly succumbed to summer malaise a few times. I may have left things out; it's not easy to remeber exactly when things happened, or they may have not made it into an otherwise busy entry, as with BC and NJ's wedding, which was in the spring of the year my dad died. (1985)

If there's something you think I've skipped over, I WILL take questions---can be about life, fic, cast of peripheral characters, whatever. If you think I've left something essential out, let me know. I'll allow commenters ONE question, and I reserve the right to remain silent if I think something is TMI that you'd be better off not knowing.

It's been real, folks!
vanillafluffy: (Interrobang)
This year...most of you have been around for it. I've been out of work the whole time. Kat passed away in February. S is a mess; prescription drug abuse isn't pretty. (However, I have been enticed into schnauzer-sitting for her when she and T go to their Key West time-share in a matter of weeks.)

In general, life goes on, and starting tomorrow, it's going to go on with me beyond my 40s. Big Red said in an email this morning that she's never seen anyone so excited about turning 50. I replied that I was hoping I'd finally feel like a grown-up. She LOL'ed, but I was kinda serious.

This countdown was something I embraced without thinking it through, and nearly succumbed to summer malaise a few times. I may have left things out; it's not easy to remeber exactly when things happened, or they may have not made it into an otherwise busy entry, as with BC and NJ's wedding, which was in the spring of the year my dad died. (1985)

If there's something you think I've skipped over, I WILL take questions---can be about life, fic, cast of peripheral characters, whatever. If you think I've left something essential out, let me know. I'll allow commenters ONE question, and I reserve the right to remain silent if I think something is TMI that you'd be better off not knowing.

It's been real, folks!
vanillafluffy: (Carnivale masque)
I was just noodling around on my f'list, where someone on [livejournal.com profile] steamfashion was saying that if they were a millionaire, they'd furnish their house with faux antiques, like touchtone reproduction phones and gramophones with CD players and the like. Which put me in mind of one of my old I-won-the-lottery fantasies.

There was a local oil change place that had a life-size animatronic gorilla out front to wave at passing cars. I wanted on like it, and I wanted someone to work a Teddy Ruxpin number on it. I was going to dress the top half of it in a dinner jacket, so it would look like a butler, put a tray in his hand and stand him by my library door (in the terrific house I was going to build with my winnings). There'd be one of those pressure pads under the nearby Persian rug, so that as you walked past, he'd greet you with, "How are we today? May I take your coat? Dinner will be served at 7 PM." and the like. These days, I'd probably pay extra and see if I could get a celebrity to record the voice for me for a donation or something.

I wonder what Jeff's going rate is....


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vanillafluffy: (Carnivale masque)
I was just noodling around on my f'list, where someone on [livejournal.com profile] steamfashion was saying that if they were a millionaire, they'd furnish their house with faux antiques, like touchtone reproduction phones and gramophones with CD players and the like. Which put me in mind of one of my old I-won-the-lottery fantasies.

There was a local oil change place that had a life-size animatronic gorilla out front to wave at passing cars. I wanted one like it, and I wanted someone to work a Teddy Ruxpin number on it. I was going to dress the top half of it in a dinner jacket, so it would look like a butler, put a tray in his hand and stand him by my library door (in the terrific house I was going to build with my winnings). There'd be one of those pressure pads under the nearby Persian rug, so that as you walked past, he'd greet you with, "How are we today? May I take your coat? Dinner will be served at 7 PM." and the like. These days, I'd probably pay extra and see if I could get a celebrity to record the voice for me for a donation or something.

I wonder what Jeff's going rate is....


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