[to do / done] 4/1/2004 7:15:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |headachey]
[Current Music |tv - abc news]

* clean algae on glass
* clean outside glass, top
* check saltwater parameters
* replace tulle on mushroom frags
* load dishes into dishwasher
* work on jigsaw puzzle
* make deviled eggs

   

[reef camp 2004] 4/1/2004 2:25:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |excited]
[Current Music |tv - abc soaps]

Val and Vern invited me to Reef Camp - an annual event where some of the RAG members get together and swap frags - and Rusty said we could go!!! I'm all excited about this. :)

   

[flashback] 4/2/2004 9:25:00 AM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |sleepy]
[Current Music |tv - abc stuff]

It was one year ago today that I decided that I wanted this house. Heee!

   

[to do / done] 4/2/2004 12:15:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |blech]
[Current Music |tv - abc news]

* golden sun 1: journey to tolbi
* unload, load and run dishwasher
* feed inverts, 10% saltwater change
* work on bordered jigsaw puzzle
* update ghost hunters website

Rusty is home today (rained out), so I am accomplishing nothing around the house. I need to go out to get groceries later, and if someone brings me money, I may go to the local fish store and see if they have an emerald crab or any nice star polyps. Such an exciting life I lead...

   

[new goodies] 4/3/2004 9:35:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |ugh]
[Current Music |tv - cbs - basketball]

So I went to the LFS last night to look for an emerald crab, but they had none... so I bought a lavendar colt coral and some more mushrooms. The 'shroom rock turned out not to be a rock at all, but a giant sea squirt of some sort! I told Vern he could have it, so I'm going to remove the mushrooms and take Big Ugly to Reef Camp in June. More 'shroom fragging fun!

   

[petition] 4/3/2004 9:35:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |blech]
[Current Music |tv - cbs - basketball]

http://www.hrc.org/millionformarriage/index.shtml

   

Comments:
From: [info]instantclarity
Date: 4/4/2004 4:03:34 AM

Signed.

[more] 4/4/2004 10:35:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |accomplished]
[Current Music |tv - abc - the ten commandments]

I fragged the colt coral today, as well as a coupla red 'shrooms. Go me!

   

[the plan] 4/5/2004 5:15:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |blah]
[Current Music |tv - abc news]

I dragged out the old Eclipse 3 yesterday and Rusty cleaned it out. I think I'm going to try to find better lighting for it and use it as a frag tank. My Nano-Cube is starting to look cluttered with the monster colt and all the tulle-covered shroom rocks. I think I'll go ahead and set it up with the old crushed coral substrate and tank water, so that by the time I find and install the new lights, it should already be cycled. Yes, it's an exciting life that I lead.

   

[ooops?] 4/6/2004 1:10:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |blech]
[Current Music |tv - abc soaps]

Just out of curiousity, how long after eating bad meat would food poisoning set in?

   

Comments:
From: [info]topi
Date: 4/6/2004 1:20:49 PM

I'd think you would be aware within 6 hours if it is really bad meat. Of course my industrial strength gut can handle almost anything.
From: [info]sunshyncat
Date: 4/6/2004 1:43:30 PM

I would guess within 10 hours or so, or you could beat it to the punch by having your stomach pumped. Yikes!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 4/6/2004 1:46:56 PM

*counts on fingers*

Yep. That sounds about right. :\
From: [info]sunshyncat
Date: 4/6/2004 1:53:52 PM

I hope it passes quickly.
From: [info]jvmatucha
Date: 4/6/2004 1:44:46 PM

A couple of hours to a few hours more. If nothing happens after 10 to 12 hours you should be cool.

Why? What'd you eat?
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 4/6/2004 1:48:25 PM

Some lunch meat, late last night. I thought it looked kinda funny, but Rusty wasn't awake to smell it for me. Fortunately, there wasn't too much left.

[note to self] 4/6/2004 2:00:00 PM

purple_stardust



I want a stuffed purple dragon!!!
   

Comments:
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 4/6/2004 2:37:24 PM

Cool! I had a 3ft blue and purple glittery dragon when I was 17... I wonder where it is now?
From: [info]sioranth
Date: 4/6/2004 10:34:54 PM

Mwahahahaha!!! I've corrupted you!!
From: [info]jvmatucha
Date: 4/7/2004 12:43:35 AM

I want one too!!!

[to do / done] 4/7/2004 5:15:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |sleepy]
[Current Music |tv - ellen degeneres]

* mail mortgage pmnt
* catch up on rag forums
* check on mshroom frags [1]
* organise digital photos to print
* run vinegar through coffee maker
* download mom's songs (part 1)
* take extra cage to rat room
* work on bordered puzzle
* load, run dishwasher

Two of the three striped shroom pieces seem to have attached, but they're still wrapped in tulle, waiting for the third one. The two red mushrooms that came off of Vern's sea squirt seem to be attached, as do the ruffley shrooms that are sharing the rocks with them, so I removed the tulle from them. The largest red one was fairly unruly its first night here, and tried to escape into a deep cravice, so I'm hoping that it stays put. A rogue mushroom; who knew.

In other news, Val says that my "colt" coral looks more like Capnella to her. Good deal!

   

[purple penguin] 4/7/2004 3:45:00 PM

purple_stardust


Buster!
   

[to do / done] 4/8/2004 9:35:00 AM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |tired]
[Current Music |tv - 9/11 commission hearings]

* balance checkbook
* go to store for groceries
* shop for 10g tank, etcetera
* test saltwatr parameters
* unload dishwasher

   

[converse love] 4/8/2004 2:25:00 PM

purple_stardust



Chuck Taylors are Love.



Here is the code, if you want to spread the love:

<center>
<img src="http://www.purplestardust.com/lj/chucksbar.jpg" border=0>
<font color="#660099" face="comic sans ms"> <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/purple_stardust/758491.html"> Chuck Taylors are Love. </a> </font> </center>
   

Comments:
From: [info]sunshyncat
Date: 4/8/2004 4:06:17 PM

Right on!!!
From: [info]flamingopnk
Date: 4/9/2004 5:28:06 PM

i love this!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 4/9/2004 5:30:15 PM

Thanks! :)
From: [info]stripeystrokes
Date: 4/12/2004 6:39:48 AM

aww that's gorgeous :)
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 4/12/2004 11:33:56 AM

Thanks! :)
From: [info]stripeystrokes
Date: 4/13/2004 5:55:00 AM

haha, no problem

hey I'm new to lj, can I add you? add me back??

thanks
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 4/13/2004 7:42:42 PM

Sure, on both counts! :)
From: [info]stripeystrokes
Date: 4/14/2004 2:18:28 AM

thanks :)
From: [info]_maire
Date: 4/12/2004 7:02:41 PM

you rock my world!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 4/12/2004 7:40:33 PM

Glad you like it! :)
From: [info]imperfect__x
Date: 4/15/2004 11:25:01 PM

DEFINATLY SPREADING THE CHUCK T LOVE! <3
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 4/15/2004 11:26:45 PM

Danke! :)
From: [info]imperfect__x
Date: 4/15/2004 11:27:23 PM

Bitte. <3
From: (Anonymous)
Date: 6/3/2004 7:58:40 PM

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xoxo*brit
From: [info]imperfect__x
Date: 6/3/2004 9:48:37 PM

Ich liebe Deutsch.
<3 Haley
From: [info]_merry
Date: 6/10/2004 11:25:27 PM

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From: [info]xslitxmyxwristx
Date: 6/11/2004 12:04:33 AM

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From: [info]modernromantic6
Date: 6/11/2004 12:22:05 PM

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From: [info]frankiesaysxx
Date: 6/22/2004 1:16:12 PM

right on! that's really sex. especially since it matches my custom chuck taylors layout...
From: [info]laurewen_surwen
Date: 7/15/2004 6:23:53 PM

hawt. Can you make me a converse icon with my username in it?
From: [info]lipstick_arsen
Date: 8/5/2004 12:08:15 PM

i will be spreading the love for converse. i own black ones [doesnt everyone] and a pair of florecent pink & lime green ones! w00t. purple is next like yours
From: [info]_bleachedsunset
Date: 11/27/2004 8:26:13 PM

hot
awesome.. i totally stole it
From: [info]little_hou
Date: 12/14/2004 7:46:05 PM

i borrowed the love hope you don't mind.

[ancient news] 4/9/2004 1:35:00 PM

purple_stardust



Wednesday, April 09, 1969

US President: Richard M. Nixon | US Vice President: Spiro T. Agnew

Prices in 1969:

Bread: $0.23/loaf | Milk: $1.26/gal | Eggs: $1.14/doz | Stamp: $0.06/ea
Car: $3,400 | Gas: $0.35/gal | House: $27,900

Avg Income: $10,577/yr | Min Wage: $1.60/hr

Top News Headlines This Week:

Apr 9 - 1st flight of Concorde 002 (Filton-Bristol)

People born on April 9:

1926 - Hugh Hefner magazine publisher (Playboy)
1946 - Alan Knott cricketer | 1969 - Karl Krikken, cricketer

Top Songs for 1969

Get Back - The Beatles | Honky Tonk Women - The Rolling Stones
Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In - The Fifth Dimension

On TV in 1969:

The Johnny Cash Show | The Mod Squad | Dragnet

Hot New Toys in 1969:

Silly String | Nerf Ball | Barrel of Monkeys

Top Books in 1969:

Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut | Deliverance - James Dickey
Present at the Creation - Dean Acheson

   

Comments:
From: [info]muridae
Date: 4/9/2004 2:26:35 PM

I hear that one of my very favorite people was also born then!

:D

Happy birthday!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 4/9/2004 2:27:51 PM

Oh, really? I didn't know you were a Hugh Hefner fan... ;)
From: [info]allmyvoices
Date: 4/9/2004 5:55:20 PM

interesting! thanks for sharing it!

[today] 4/9/2004 8:55:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |amused]
[Current Music |tv - i have no idea]


It is rumoured to be my 35th birthday... however, it is actually Purple PJ's & Pigtails Day, and I celebrated appropriately. Rusty bought me a cake and Godiva ice cream, a really sweet card and a bunch of flower bulbs (gladiolus, liatris, and dahlias), and my mom got me a jigsaw puzzle and something which hasn't been delivered yet(!). So anyway, I'm old, but relatively content with it.

Of course, in the middle of Purple PJ's & Pigtails Day, my neighbour stopped by and I had to try to explain that it was my birthday, at which point Rusty yelled "She's lying - her birthday was in Febuary!" ...she probably thinks that one or both of us is insane now, but that's okay.
   

Comments:
From: [info]arkady
Date: 4/9/2004 9:12:35 PM

Heh. Happy Birthday Purple PJ's & Pigtails Day!

You're only 4 years older than me, you know.
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 4/10/2004 10:45:41 AM

Yeah... I get freaked out by my birthday every five years. Turning 30 was the worst, gawd that was a dark day. 31, 32, 33, 34 - not so bad. I handled 35 much better than I thought I would, though I'm sure 40 is going to be an u-u-ugly experience. :\

Thanks for the good wishes!
From: [info]sioranth
Date: 4/9/2004 9:26:08 PM

Happy Purple PJ's & Pigtails Day! Here's to many more, complete with more Godiva! ^^
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 4/10/2004 10:41:46 AM

OMG! Godiva Vanilla Caramel Pecan... buy some! It's the ice cream of the g-ds! *drools*
From: [info]sioranth
Date: 4/10/2004 12:11:00 PM

Ooooh! That sounds awesome! I'll have to look for it today when we go grocery shopping ^^
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 4/10/2004 12:13:23 PM

Seriously... I'm not even a big fan of ice cream, and I was amazed by that stuff!
From: [info]sioranth
Date: 4/10/2004 10:05:54 PM

Drat. Grocery store didn't have any Godiva ice cream. Guess I'll just have to remain envious - for now.
From: [info]cecerose
Date: 4/9/2004 9:53:47 PM

Happy Birthday!
If I had known, I woulda kidnapped that intense Jewish guy and fed ex'd him to you... ;0)
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 4/10/2004 10:38:20 AM

Re: Happy Birthday!
You know, it's never too late! ;-D
From: [info]kimikohime
Date: 4/9/2004 11:32:49 PM

Happy birthday! You have an adorable little girl as well. :)
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 4/10/2004 10:40:45 AM

Thanks, and thanks! She IS really cute, if I do say so myself. :)
From: [info]missfox
Date: 4/9/2004 11:48:53 PM

Happy B-day!
If it's any consolation, I would have never guessed you were turning 35!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 4/10/2004 10:39:35 AM

Awwwww.... thanks! /me gives missfox a big sloppy kiss

:)
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 4/10/2004 9:45:26 AM

Happy Purple PJ's & Pigtails Day!!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 4/10/2004 10:40:15 AM

Thanks! I think we should ALL wear purple pj's and pigtails EVERY day!
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 4/10/2004 11:03:45 AM

You know what? You're right!!

Consider it done! :D
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 4/10/2004 11:09:19 AM

YAY!!! Cute pic, too! =)
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 4/15/2004 4:27:56 PM

Sarah, my best friend, found the pic and said "So this is what you get up to when I'm at work all day!"
From: [info]closertofine
Date: 4/10/2004 10:43:40 AM

The picture is too precious! Sounds like a good day :). Getting old sucks but at least everybody else is doing it too. :)
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 4/10/2004 10:47:23 AM

Thanks! And you have a good point... and the ones who aren't getting older are DEAD. What's that saying? Getting old sucks but it's better than the alternative? lol
From: [info]titancia
Date: 4/11/2004 5:02:37 AM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
Such a cute picture! :)
From: [info]grimkitten_
Date: 4/12/2004 12:51:43 AM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY...and that pic is soooo cute! :)
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 4/12/2004 11:34:31 AM

Thanks! :)
From: [info]artmomz
Date: 4/13/2004 1:51:26 PM

Aww...I misssed it while I was gone...happy belated birthday/pigtail day...

sooo cute...
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 4/13/2004 2:16:04 PM

Thanks! :)

[reef notes] 4/10/2004 4:10:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |sleepy]
[Current Music |tv - pbs - antiques rodashow]

* My itty-bitty shroom bits seem to be full-fledged mushrooms now - they're rounded out and attached to the liverock, and they open and close and move like real mushrooms. The stem that they were cut from still has no colour, but its mouth has grown back and it moves. Coolness!

* The mother capnella is doing great, but the frags are still reluctant to open their polyps. I asked Vern about it; he said they would have disintigrated already if they were going to die.

* My shrimps have been spending more time togethr; I wonder if they're a "pair" now? They're little heathens, I know that much! If they don't leave my purple feather duster alone, I'm going to eat them both. They're really cool when they're not picking at the feather duster, though.

* Today: I broke up some of the new live rock pieces and cut more capnella frags. I now have a little capnella frag farm. I hope the new frag tank cycles soon; I'm running out of room in the Nano-Cube. I also cut the 'shrooms off of Vern's seasquirt; now THAT was scary.

   

[today] 4/11/2004 8:55:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |tired]
[Current Music |tv - the patriot]

We took the kids up to see my grandmother. My younger son asked if her cat was a boy or a girl, and she said neither. Christopher was understandably confused, so she told him that the cat had been neutered... so of course he had to ask what that meant. She stammered and meandered with a definition, until finally I said "they cut off his nuts!" ... I think he was appropriately horrified.

Anyway, we're finally home, and it's time for video games and leftover KFC.

   

[buster the emerald crab] 4/12/2004 3:55:00 PM

purple_stardust


   

Comments:
From: [info]angel_renewed
Date: 4/12/2004 4:10:54 PM

Watch them! They get cranky!
From: [info]closertofine
Date: 4/12/2004 5:39:01 PM

S/he's a beauty, by crikey!
From: [info]the_never
Date: 4/12/2004 6:33:21 PM

I just want to say that I appreciate the refernce to 1930s Flash Gordon actor Buster Crabbe.

Awesome picture.
From: [info]artmomz
Date: 4/12/2004 6:41:17 PM

Oooh wow, I didn't know that crabs came in that color...
From: [info]missfox
Date: 4/12/2004 8:06:52 PM

ahh! I want to paint my bathroom that colour!

[to do / done] 4/13/2004 4:25:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |headachey]
[Current Music |tv - cbs - millionaire]

* check shroom rocks
* re-attach capnella frags
* re-arrange squirt and frags
* clear fragging stuff off of table
* clean glass on sw aquariums
* work on jigsaw puzzles
* fix hose on washer

   

Comments:
From: [info]topi
Date: 4/14/2004 9:49:17 PM

Something for the JBCS files?
Jewish books online

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/subjectstart?BM
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 4/15/2004 8:01:01 PM

Re: Something for the JBCS files?
Sounds great, thanks! :)

[woohoo!] 4/13/2004 4:05:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |muncheriffic]
[Current Music |tv - cbs - millionaire]

Hormel now makes turkey pepperoni. I realise that it's still not kosher, but it can't possibly be considered as non-kosher as regular pepperoni. And furthermore, it's mighty tasty!

   

[my preciousssss] 4/13/2004 6:25:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |amused]
[Current Music |tv - abc news]

My mother stopped by to drop off my other birthday presents: Pretty in Pink on DVD and the uber-cool Prima Strategy Guide for Golden Sun 1-2. I have maps. Fear me...

   

Comments:
From: [info]thanny
Date: 4/14/2004 10:43:16 PM

!!!!!!!!!!
my mom just sent me the pretty in pink dvd for my birthday too! weeeeeeeeeeird....
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 4/16/2004 1:19:54 PM

Re: !!!!!!!!!!
That IS weird! Not like it's a hot movie right now... weirder still, Rusty and I were just talking about that movie the day before - for some reason, the subject of that pink Karmen Ghia came up. Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-doo...

[to do / done] 4/14/2004 5:15:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |sleepy]
[Current Music |tv - abc news]

* re-wrap mushroom frags
* check saltwater parameters
* check parameters in frag tank
* work on bordered jigsaw puzzle
* wash & dry pajamas, robe, slippers
* organise daughter's new animals
* pick some daffodils for inside
* go out for food, cigarettes
* sweep, load dishwasher

It should be noted that Rusty is my hero for fixing the hose on the washing machine. It's been leaking ever since we've had it, we finally found/fixed the problem. It fills much more quickly now, not to mention how nice it is to do laundry without having to mop up puddles on the floor.

Also, I hate this jigsaw puzzle that I'm working on now. It's a nice enough picture of various animals, but it's one of those damn "Borders" puzzles, and it's making me completely insane. Really, I like a challenge as much as the next girl, but real edge pieces would be tres helpful.

   

[i am the jabberwocky!] 4/14/2004 2:25:00 PM

purple_stardust


   

[to do / done] 4/15/2004 7:35:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |ambitious]
[Current Music |tv - jeopardy]

* take out garbage
* load, run dishwasher
* figure income taxes (hee!)
* fold and put away old laundry
* mount shelf for laundry supplies
* mark rocks for future phlox planting
* geico - get insurance quote for pimp car
* take sarah outside (finally no rain!!!)
* work on bordered jigsaw puzzle
* test parameters in frag tank
* test saltwater parameters
* check mushroom frags
* re-glue cap frags

Hooray! We're getting a nice refund this year - even after Rusty gets a shed and we spend some money on the house, I'll be able to afford a bigger saltwater tank. The LFS has a nice 65-gallon show tank with stand and canopy for $365. Of course, I'll still need the filter and a hard-core lighting system and such, plus 50-60 more pounds of live rock, but it should be sweet!

   

[to do / done] 4/16/2004 5:25:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |sleepy]
[Current Music |tv - abc news]

* feed brain and inverts
* catchup on the rag forum
* check shroom and cap frags
* 10% water change, clean glass
* fix cacti, succulents (damn cats!)
* organise laundry stuff on new shelf
* take mom to mechanic to pick up her car
* go to store for groceries, cigarettes
* download new version of semagic
* call electrician(s) for estimate
* clean off tops of appliances
* update the wvsgh website
* work on jigsaw puzzle

I finally got all the cacti and succulents re-potted. My retarded felines have a habit of knocking them down behind the dishwasher, and I'm usually too lazy to dig them back out again... needless to say, they were looking pretty sad. I think the jade plant is the only one that might not bounce back; I think the others will be fine with some water and much-needed sunlight.

   

[water softeners] 4/16/2004 10:25:00 AM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |curious]
[Current Music |tv - abc stuff]

Is anyone familier with the saltless water softeners? Do they work?

   

[poor baby seals] 4/17/2004 11:55:00 AM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |blame canada!]
[Current Music |tv - nick on cbs]

The Canadian government's plan to deliberately cull the harp seal herd has no scientific justification and is out of step with modern science. Sign the petition, dammit.

   

Comments:
From: [info]allmyvoices
Date: 4/17/2004 3:48:52 PM

signed it.

[art garfunkel: part one] 4/17/2004 1:35:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |bored]
[Current Music |dvd - simon & garfunkel: the concert in central park]



He's Jewish and he has curley red hair... what is wrong with you people?!? Look! It's Art and Mini-Art! I'd love to have his babies, just to see our uber-genetics battle it out.

   

Comments:
From: [info]arkady
Date: 4/17/2004 3:04:18 PM

He may be Jewish but I'm pagan. And I prefer my boys to have long straight hair. His hair is more ginger than red, too. And his eyes aren't blue. And he's too short.

Shall I stop there?
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 4/17/2004 3:09:41 PM

Okay, I'll buy the no-Jewish / wrong-hair / wrong eyes thing... but SHORT?!? What is your definition of SHORT? lol
From: [info]arkady
Date: 4/17/2004 3:21:35 PM

Most of my boyfriends have topped the 6' mark. And I've always got the impression from film footage that he's under that.

Oh, and don't get me wrong on the Jewish thing - I just don't think it'd be too conducive to domestic harmony though! Mostly for dietary reasons, I must admit. And the hassle over keeping a kashric kitchen. My friend Kathryn [info]ewtikins is converting to Judaism, and for simplicity's sake she made a household rule that vegetarianism would be practiced; she's being driven nuts by a new housemate, Aviva, who is also Jewish but incredibly slapdash about keeping Kosher and keeping the kitchen kashric - and refuses to give up meat. She'll make a salt beef sandwich on the same table where Kathryn is making a vegetarian lasagne, and then wonder why Kathryn is freaking out about the beef being on the same table as the cheese.

Kathryn did ask me if I wanted to move in, but I can't live vegetarian - and I didn't want to risk inadvertantly messing up. I don't want my dietary choices to affect my friendship with her.
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 4/17/2004 3:38:21 PM

I'm not sure how tall Art is, I just know he seems REALLY tall next to Paul Simon (who is freakishly short).

For some reason - and I'm not sure why - I don't think he keeps kosher... which is fine with me. I dont keep strict kosher, but I do occasionally eat meat, tho I try to not to eat anything blatantly awful (I eat tukey bacon or pepperoni instead of the pork versions, for example). Vegetarian is the way to go, if you can do it, but I'm not quite there yet.

What is "salt beef", by the by?
From: [info]arkady
Date: 4/17/2004 3:45:50 PM

It's similar to corned beef, yet slightly different - hmm, hard to describe unless you've tasted it. There's a good recipe for it here; you cab get it in delis as well. It's basically beef that's been preserved with salt and spices before cooking, then serving cold in slices.

From: [info]lunza
Date: 4/17/2004 9:21:14 PM

I don't like any of those answers. His hair is freakishly curly, but other than that ... I don't care if he's Jewish if he could forgive me for being German and Swiss. ;)
From: [info]instantclarity
Date: 4/18/2004 2:11:36 AM

OH MY GOD, THEY CLONED ART GARFUNKEL??????

[art garfunkel: part two] 4/17/2004 3:55:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |still bored]
[Current Music |dvd - simon & garfunkel: the concert in central park]

"He's not my type", "He's not my type", "He's not my type".

FINE. So I'm the *only* person in the world who likes gangley red-haired Jewish dudes with beautiful voices. Whatever. Ya'll just go about your business; I'll take care of Artie, myself.

   

Comments:
From: [info]mysticpenguin
Date: 4/17/2004 8:55:57 PM

More for us, then. Artie is awesome!
From: [info]clarice
Date: 4/17/2004 9:33:48 PM

I said mid-80s Artie... if I were 30+ I'd go for current Artie, too.

[argh] 4/17/2004 4:25:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |disgusted]
[Current Music |dvd - simon & garfunkel: the concert in central park]

So my mother calls me late last night. Apparently, the lesbians need something from their computer, which is at my house, against my will. Fine, I say. So I get up at the ass-crack this morning and I drag down my extra monitor from upstairs, which is really heavy, hook up the perepherils (includiing the mouse from MY computer!) because you know, this is urgent. I find Susan's ever-so-valuable PrintShop documents, burn to CD. Because I'm real helpful like that.

This morning, my mother emails me - they'll be here 1-1:30pm to pick up their stuff. NO. So they call at 2pm; they'll be late (no kidding?). They email again to say never mind; they'll be here tomorrow. I emailed back to say I was leaving the CD on the front porch; damned if I'm going to spend ANOTHER day waiting for these people to show up - or not - for this "urgent" info.

So sick of this. Really I am.

   

[oops] 4/17/2004 8:55:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |drunk]
[Current Music |dvd - concert for nyc]

Well. I just barfed on the front stoop. Because I'm all classy like that.

   

Comments:
From: [info]instantclarity
Date: 4/18/2004 2:03:19 AM

Awwwww, I'm sorry. But on the bright side, that's fairly hardcore, isn't it? ;)

[blah] 4/18/2004 9:25:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |hungover]
[Current Music |tv - law & order: ci]

I have nothing to say today.

   

[to do / done] 4/19/2004 5:35:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |tired]
[Current Music |tv - abc news]

* load dishwasher
* clean air conditioner
* do miscellaneous laundry
* cut up old sheets for ratties
* work on that damn jigsaw puzzle
* start on meatloaf for dinner
* go to store for cigarettes
* update ghost website
* shred mail, papers

   

[holocaust remembrance day] 4/19/2004 1:55:00 PM

purple_stardust


   

[to do / done] 4/20/2004 8:15:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |hungry]
[Current Music |tv - abc stuff]

* re-wrap shroom frags
* load and run dishwasher
* plant phlox, cut beds for bulbs
* finish that damned puzzle (finally!)
* start yet another jigsaw puzzle
* cut some lilacs fr inside
* sweep, straighten up

According to my Allergy Buddy, the pollen count is really high today. No shit, Allergy Buddy.

   

[it must be the nose] 4/20/2004 11:35:00 AM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |oogley googley]
[Current Music |tv - ellen degenerous]

Is it wrong that Barry Manilow is like a thousand years old, and almost certainly gay, and yet I still want to marry him? Yeah. Well, I thought so too, but I just wanted to check...

   

[new wallpaper] 4/21/2004 10:55:00 AM

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Comments:
From: [info]blairmaru
Date: 4/22/2004 7:25:57 PM

Beautiful!

Off topic, but these scream you: http://www.converse.com/zproductdetails.asp?zcatid=2&zsubcatid=3&zgenid=&sku=1K689
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 4/22/2004 8:10:55 PM

Heee! Clearly, I neeeeed those! =D

[today] 4/22/2004 7:45:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |tired]
[Current Music |tv - jeopardy]

We visited my grandmother, then stopped at the bank to open a savings account for Sarah. Afterwards, we went to Target, where I bought a new cooler (to be painted purple!) to haul corals and such, and then onto Petsmart for rat food and other boring neccessities...

Then we stopped at the LFS, where I bought some awesome purple and green ricordia and two more hermit crabs. Best of all, I got a hell of a deal on the ricordia, as the fish guy apparently thought they were regular mushrooms! I've been wanting some for a while, so this is good.

   

[ricordia] 4/22/2004 7:45:00 PM

purple_stardust


   

Comments:
From: [info]topi
Date: 4/22/2004 7:50:38 PM

Sea Urchin?
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 4/22/2004 8:07:49 PM

From: [info]angel_renewed
Date: 4/22/2004 8:27:28 PM

Floridian mushroom. Heard its not so good on pizza.

Nice Ricordea! Much bumpier than mine. Though, I'm thinking mine may actually be Rhodactis these days. They are hard to differentiate at times.
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 4/22/2004 8:33:02 PM

Yeah, I can't tell the difference between Ricordia and Rhodactis. I got a great deal on these, though! Marine Depot Live sells them for $19 each; I got EIGHT of them on this rock for $35!!! There are a coupla tiny zoanthids, too, that I noticed after I got it home.
From: [info]missfox
Date: 4/22/2004 8:32:35 PM

That is so cool. You pick the prettiest things...
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 4/22/2004 8:35:29 PM

Thanks! :)
From: [info]grimkitten_
Date: 4/22/2004 8:56:56 PM

wow! beautiful. :)
From: [info]ilea
Date: 4/22/2004 9:05:25 PM

psycodelic man.
From: [info]cellio
Date: 4/23/2004 10:50:11 AM

Ooh, pretty!

[today] 4/23/2004 8:45:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |tired]
[Current Music |tv - dateline nbc]

* load the dishwasher
* balance my checkbook
* order snifty rag goodies
* order mini-pc's for frag tank
* try to get drivers license renewed
* tape up cooler (to be painted)
* do 10% saltwater change
* run out to craft store
* pay the water bill

I hate the DMV. I hate it, I hate it, I hate it. I need to get my license renewed, but I can't do that because my address has changed, and I can't prove that I live where I say I do. I have a whole purse full of things with my name and address on them, but apparently, those aren't the right things. Because apparently, people often get checks made with other peoples' addresses printed on them, and banks mail them stuff at said address, and they have proof of insurance for that address, but they might not actually live there. And let me tell you, DMV haglets, if I was gonna try to steal a person's identity, it sure as hell wouldn't be mine! So there. Anyway...

After the DMV incident, I went to Michaels, where I bought stuff to make a wreath for the front door, as well as some new scrapbook stuff, which I really need to start doing again.

I picked Rusty up from work this evening, and we stopped at Office Max for graph paper (I measured the back yard and I want to draw it out so we can plan where to plant stuff), and finally Dairy Queen for some much-needed Buster Bars. Home now, hooray!!!

   

Comments:
From: [info]titancia
Date: 4/23/2004 10:03:59 AM

What is the saltwater change for? :P

[today] 4/24/2004 9:45:00 AM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |okay]
[Current Music |tv - cbs - the early show]

Funnish stuff to do today...

* 2-3 coats of paint on cooler
* draw out yard on graph paper
* finish wreath w/ purple flowers
* break ricoria rock into pieces
* start more capnella frags

When Rusty gets home, he's going to make another flower bed (he bought a rotatiller last Wednesday), and then we're going to plant a purple rhododendron and probably the liatris bulbs. I think I'm going to get him to do a garden spot too, and then tomorrow we can go to Lowe's and buy some tomato and pepper plants. Yay! I do love having tomato plants.

   

[for the record] 4/24/2004 2:35:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |oh why the hell not?]
[Current Music |dvd - david bowie - glass spider tour]

WE CAN'T HAVE ROCK STARS CROSS-BREEDING WITH NORMAL PEOPLE!!!

   

[today] 4/25/2004 5:55:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |sleepy]
[Current Music |tv - basketball game]

We went out to Lowe's and bought a purple azalea, plus five tomato plants (red, pink, yellow, striped, and cherry) and three pepper plants (red, green, and yellow bells).

I also finished my wreath, but otherwise I've accomplished very little this weekend.

   

Comments:
From: [info]ariestess
Date: 4/25/2004 6:41:49 PM

Oh, that wreath is gorgeous!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 4/25/2004 6:57:40 PM

Thanks! :)
From: [info]artmomz
Date: 4/26/2004 9:49:10 AM

It's lovely!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 4/26/2004 9:58:58 AM

Thanks!

[more gardening stuff] 4/26/2004 7:45:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |eewcrampyblah]
[Current Music |tv - jeopardy]

We went out to Kmart and bought Miracle-Gro soil for the veggie garden, a new MSE trowel and bulb planter, and gloves. I do love Martha's gardening tools; they're very nice and sturdy. I also got seeds to plant around the patio with the liatris: purple cornflowers, a pink annual mix, purple chinese forget-me-nots, a pink and purple annual mix, and purple mealy-cup sage.

   

Comments:
From: [info]allmyvoices
Date: 4/26/2004 8:01:07 PM

sounds like it will all look so pretty blooming in your yard.

[rip mojo] 4/26/2004 7:55:00 PM

purple_stardust


   

[enough already] 4/27/2004 3:35:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |headachey]
[Current Music |tv - abc soaps]

Yesterday, Mojo died for no apparent reason. He'd gotten sick (though not terribly) over the weekend, and yesterday he had what a appeared to be a small seizure (or a stroke?) and died right in front of me. As much as I feel horrible about losing Mojo, I am even more freaked out that there could be something poisonous or some disease that could kill all the other cats, too.

I was supposed to take stuff up to my grandmother today, but she ended up going to the ER instead... Louise (the lady who checks in on her) found her laying in the floor, no idea for how long. She was fairly incoherant, according to my uncle, so we have no idea what happened. She can't see well at all, so I am wondering if you took the wrong medication, or too much of it.

This has been a terrible horrible no-good very-bad week, and it's only Tuesday.

   

Comments:
From: [info]closertofine
Date: 4/27/2004 3:54:08 PM

Oh I'm so sorry :( Poor Mojo. I hope your grandmother is doing better.
From: [info]sunshyncat
Date: 4/27/2004 3:56:49 PM

*hugs* I'm sorry for your loss. It's terrible to lose a pet. *hugs*
From: [info]arkady
Date: 4/27/2004 4:12:37 PM

It sounds more as if your grandmother has had a stroke; that would account for the incoherance.

I'm really sorry to hear about Mojo. Have you considered perhaps getting the vet to autopsy him? Obviously it won't do anything to bring poor Mojo back, but perhaps it will set your mind at ease about your other cats.
From: [info]missfox
Date: 4/27/2004 4:30:02 PM

:(
I'm so sorry. He was beautiful.
From: [info]titancia
Date: 4/27/2004 7:04:29 PM

Oh, goodness! I'm so sorry. :(
From: [info]grimkitten_
Date: 4/27/2004 8:32:58 PM

omgosh! I'm so sorry about your cat, that's horrible. And I hope your grandma will be okay. *hugs*
From: [info]instantclarity
Date: 4/27/2004 10:05:29 PM

I'm really sorry! :[ Sending you good vibes.
From: [info]kimikohime
Date: 4/27/2004 10:22:04 PM

::hugs:: hope things get better. You're in my thoughts.
From: [info]muridae
Date: 4/28/2004 12:00:22 PM

I am so, so sorry to hear about Mojo, and concerned about your grandmother, I hope that she will pull through okay.
From: [info]sioranth
Date: 4/28/2004 12:45:06 PM

As everyone else has said, I'm really sorry about Mojo, I know how hard the loss of a 'pet' (aka family member) can be. I hope your grandmother will be ok as well!

[update] 4/28/2004 10:55:00 AM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |blah]
[Current Music |tv - abc stuff]

Thanks for the good wishes, guys. My mom emailed last night when she got home - she said Grandmother was bruised up and pretty confused. They seem to think she had a stroke, at minimum, and there may be other problems as well, but she seems safe and stable for now.

   

Comments:
From: [info]cecerose
Date: 4/28/2004 11:05:15 AM

I'm glad to hear that you grandma is stable...

And I hope your week gets better!
From: [info]topi
Date: 4/28/2004 11:08:11 AM

Strokes have taken out a lot of women in my family...my best wishes to your grandmother.
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 4/28/2004 11:27:48 AM

Hope she's feeling better soon *hugs*
From: [info]muridae
Date: 4/28/2004 12:01:36 PM

I'm glad to hear that she's stable and being observed. Here's to hoping she doesn't have any long-term problems resulting from the stroke.

*hugs*
From: [info]jacquez
Date: 4/28/2004 1:46:40 PM

ack.

i hope she recovers OK.
From: [info]instantclarity
Date: 4/28/2004 2:16:31 PM

I'll be keeping you guys in my thoughts.

[today] 4/28/2004 1:00:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |tired]
[Current Music |tv - abc news]

* update ghosthunter website
* put away our regular laundrey
* wash outgrown baby clothes, sort
* draw out yard on graph paper
* un-wrap shrooms, cap frags

Also, Val found the coolest rose: Jackson & Perkins Purple Tiger. It matches my website. Clearly, I must have it. I'm not even that "into" roses, but this one is really freakin cool.

I've washed five loads of Sarah's old baby clothes today, and I still have several loads left. This is depressing as hell; a) that Sarah isn't a baby any more, and b) she never even got a chance to wear some of this stuff. It's so little and pink and cute. I want another baby girl.

In other news, my capnella frags are sticking nicely now that I removed the rubber bands, and all but two of my mushrooms have attached. I still need to break up the ricordia rock. The mini PC bulbs that I ordered should be here tomorrow, and then the frag tank will be ready for use! This is a good thing, because the Nano-Cube is starting to look really crowded.

   

Comments:
From: [info]closertofine
Date: 4/28/2004 6:48:45 PM

What a cool rose! I need to get a new rose bush. I must find a cool one like that!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 4/29/2004 9:49:00 AM

Yeah, I really like it.

We have Peace too, it's pretty nice, and another one that Rusty bought this year, but I haven't seen it in action yet. I like the floribundas a lot better than the tea varieties.

[bad biorhythms] 4/28/2004 12:55:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |baffled]
[Current Music |tv - abc soaps]

Jeezus H, and now I've just managed to flood the entire kitchen floor.

I am so not getting out of bed tomorrow.

   

[today] 4/29/2004 11:35:00 AM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |bored]
[Current Music |tv - abc news]

* sweep, straighten up
* load and run dishwasher
* wash and dry regulr laundry
* wash and dry more baby clothes
* plant pink and purple flower seeds
* test sw parameters in nano-cube
* test parameters in frag tank
* put pc bulbs in frag tank
* mix up more saltwater

   

[oh hells bells] 4/29/2004 8:35:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |annoyed]
[Current Music |tv - friends]

I just spilled ramen noodle juice on my cookbook. Do ya see the irony here?

   

[today] 4/30/2004 7:35:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Mood |blah]
[Current Music |tv - jeopardy]

* feed brain and inverts
* do 10% saltwater change
* test parameters in frag tank
* test sw parameters in nanocube
* plant pink and purple flower seeds
* updte ghost website (yet again)
* wash, dry blankets (storage)
* unload dishwashr, reload
* go out to supermarket