Meeshalicious

Abraxus and Cybr left comments at Yoshi’s about Sydney Pollack’s passing this last Tuesday.  I must say that I agree with them; basically, the older you get means the passing of all the great talent that you grew up with. 

I don’t know about you, but I absolutely LOVED watching “The Carol Burnett Show” and learning of Harvey Korman’s passing, is a major downer.  I mean Harvey Korman, Tim Conway and Carol Burnett were just freaking incredible together and let me tell you, they made me laugh, cry and snort so many times and sometimes all at once (and it wasn’t pretty)!  That cast and show is such a classic and we totally need more like it, specially these days. 

It’s sad, cuz I’ve noticed with each year that passes that there is so much more suckiness happening now, than when I was younger.  It just makes me think of how clueless and unaware I was about life and the events around me. 

Was that just me?  Was I one of the few, if not the only one, floating around in LALA land?

Life is such a trip!

Seriously, what’s up with the cats molesting shoes? 

My cat, Precious, always goes over to my shoes once I take them off and starts rubbing all over them.  I mean, I’ve smelled my feet and they definitely don’t smell the best; so, why would they roll around on them and such?

But, I do have to admit that it’s kinda cute the way she uses them as a pillow sometimes.

Just when you have lost faith in human kindness, someone who teaches at Kean Elementary in Wooster, Ohio forwarded the following letter.
 
The letter was sent to the principal’s office after the school had sponsored a luncheon for the elderly. An old lady received a new radio at the lunch as a door prize and was writing to say thank you. This story is a credit to all humankind. Forward to anyone you know who might need a lift today.

 
Dear Kean Elementary:

God bless you for the beautiful radio I won at your recent senior citizens luncheon. I am 84 years old and live at the Sprenger Home for the Aged. All of my family has passed away. I am all alone now and it’s nice to know that someone is thinking of me. God bless you for your kindness to an old forgotten lady. My roommate is 95 and has always had her own radio, but before I received one, she would never let me listen to hers, even when she was napping. The other day her radio fell off the nightstand and broke into a lot of pieces. It was awful and she was in tears.
 
She asked if she could listen to mine, and I told her to kiss my ass.

Thank you for that opportunity.
 
Sincerely,
Edna

You just gotta love Weird News.  Every once in a while I’ll check out what’s new and low and behold, I certainly wasn’t expecting this.  LOL!  Now there’s something you won’t see on CNN!

Of the FUJIFILM - FinePix 10.0MP Digital Camera - Pink! 

I.Can’t.Wait.

Wow, I’m finally joining everybody else in the universe.  My very first digital camera, I’m really coming up in the world.  LOL!

I got this in an e-mail from a friend (same title as above) and it is actually.  Normally, I’m pretty skeptical about what the results are and they are usually pretty far off, but a lot of these were right on.  If you like Birthday Calculation, then you’ll probably like this one as well.  Enjoy!

Dinty Moore® stew + No Gallbladder = A very sick and unhappy Meesh.  That is all.

I was just thinking about how the times have certainly changed. 

I was 18 when I got my first apartment ($310, furnished 1 bedroom) and had a job that paid minimum wage (remember, this is 1989 minimum wage folks).  No license OR car, no boyfriend, no phone, and no cable.  As you could probably imagine, money was tight and the times were hella-boring! 

If I wasn’t out walking wherever I needed to go, I was either reading, doodling or playing the family’s Atari system that I inherited when I moved.  I guess you could say that was my first introduction to any type of gaming, if you could call it that. 

Many moons later…

Renting a house for way more than $310 and I’ve been working at the same department (within different positions) since 1991.  I got my driver’s license when I was like 22 AND got my vey first car — 1970 Ford Fairmont (piece of crap I might add, but hey it was only $600 bucks).  In 1994 I got my first NEW car — 1994 Mazda Protege) and in 2007 I got my IDEAL car — 2007 MINI Cooper, which is hella-fun).  I got married in 2005 (hugs and wub to my Yoshi), got my first cell phone in 2003-ish , and now have basic/extended cable (but none of the GOOD channels).  

As for the gaming now?  Sadly, I no longer have my Atari (R.I.P. my friend) and between Yoshi and I, we have:  2 PSPs, 2 Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, Wii and a plethora of computers WITH a butt load of games.  Dude, we’re pretty much set for life and I’m SO hooked and completely addicted. 

I don’t remember where I was going with this post, I started off in one direction and weaved crazily into another.  Um, go Mariners?