I Come From Laos

Actually now it’s Discovers’ but whatever.  I was concernicus that my monies back from the government was already allocated to my Home Owners Insurance; turns out my Escrow (I’m in es-ca-row!) covers that.  Hooray me!  I used the money to pay off my Discover card instead which had my plane ticket and fun items for my NC Family Vacation trip. 

So yeah, last weekend I went to OBX (which is The Outer Banks I now know that) for a little family bonding time.  The house was huge and real close to the beach.  Good thing too, family drama kicked in 1 hour of arriving there. (which is record that it took that long)  Large house with lots of rooms to hide in a must.  Before the 2.5 hour trip down from Norfolk I got some quality Sista bonding time.  Hooray!  I’m trying to convince her to come to Vegas for my bday so other 3 people that read my blog - go harass her.  I will send you her cell number.  Tee-hee.

I got my “rebate check” on Friday from the Government.  Apparently I’m to take this money and go buy shiny shiny things with it.  If the status of the economy was based on when I buy shiny shiny things we wouldn’t be in a recession to begin with.  It would be rainbows and puppy dogs all around. 
I was going to do the reasonable thing and throw it into savings for a rainy day but then my Homeowner’s Insurance bill came and it’s now a rainy damn day.  Not even enough leftover to get me an ice cream. 

boo.

QOTD: “because everybody knows that action oriented independent women munch more carpet then a malfunctioning vacuum cleaner”

I’m in love with Zero Punctuation - the above qoute is from one of his reviews.  Shit talking gamer/critic brit living in AU who talks faster than me.  I know it sounds unbelieveable but it’s true.  If we had kids they would talk so fast there would be a sonic boom and their actual statements would be heard minutes later.

So I’ve been playin some more Mario Kart Wii and it’s starting to grow on me.  At first, I did not like it.  The Wii Wheel is a gimmick more then anything - it works don’t get me wrong, but it lacks the precision of the analog.  I think it works well for folks that don’t play racing games.  It makes sense sense the Wii is really set out to bring in a new market of gamers and non-gamers alike - the wheel though, not for me.  What does work well is the nunchuck in the left and the wiimote in the right - set the preference to manual and watch those blue sparks fly.  And yes the wavebird is the most comfortable, the nunchuck/wiimote combo still always me to get the speed boosts off of the jumps.  very nice.

My code page is updated so if you don’t have my Wii or Mario Kart code headover there and leave yours in the comments. 

ithe ramblings of a woman slowly going mad below. read at your own risk. 

my mind has been hijacked.  the thoughts running round, I do not want them to be.  I push them away and they creep back in within minutes.  Work is becoming difficult, concenertration, impossible.  I’m using music to fill the corners of my mind.  then the music stops and I’m haunted once more.

oh damn homey, my mind is playin tricks on me…

Dear tv gods,

it’s been brought to my attention that The Andromeda Strain, one of my favorite books and a cult sci-fi movie classic, is being remade into a 2 part mini-series (airs Memorial Day) and being helmed by one Ridley Scott. 

My prayer is this, do not screw up.  Or I will sacarfice your bodies on the altar of the book gods.

Thank-you, 

Amen

RAL(random Asian lady): Where are you from?
Me: uhm, here?
RAL: No, where are you originally from?
Me: Here. I’m American
RAL: mmmmm. You do not look American, I was thinking you come from Laos
Me: No. Born and raised right here in America
RAL: Where are your parents from?
Me: Also both American
RAL: Wow. You’re so pretty. Are you mixed?
Me: No, both my parents are black.
RAL: Really!? You do not *look* like you come from black.

As you can see the domains and the page title have been updated.  I’ve been struggling to find a name that fits for me and this one just seemed so…appropriate.  Update your bookmarks, icomefromlaos is in the hizzouse!