Cold

Woke up chilly, chilly this morning. Too bad I don't have a dog that sleeps in my bed. I think we both could have used some extra warmth this morning. Though when I got up, I covered him up with a blanket. He is so spoiled. Won't someone spoil me?

Blogger Happy Hour #3
Last night was the monthly happy hour for DFW Blogs. We had a wonderful turnout - Leia, Matt, Tamara, Gary, Journalism Josh, Tina, Jeremy, Dave, Lyn, and Pat.

Dave and Busters did an excellent job getting dinner for such a large group. It was nice to be somewhere that a large group is welcome. Our waitstaff, Tracy and Nik, were hilarious. Nik even hooked us up with free game cards. So I got to play skeeball with Josh. (Who I beat!) The boys played some "electronic death" games...Dave's favorite. Leia and Tina got addicted to the game where-you-drop-tokens-onto-a-smooth-surface-while-a-sweeper-pushes-them-and-the-whole-goal-is-to-shove-tokens-off-the-edge-to-get-tickets. (If you don't know what I'm talking about tough...I don't either.) They racked up tickets like there was a never ending supply! (And at D&B, it might just be.) Leia was sweet enough to buy me a *diamond* ring with some of her tickets. Thank you!

Conversation was great as usual. I just love hanging out and talking with these people. Everyone is so interesting and nice. Hmm, nice...really they're better than that, I just can't come up with a word right now.

Lyn, Pat, and I discussed the strange goings-on in her neighborhood. You should go go read about it. I offered my help if there's going to be an all night vigil. Pat says work is slow (I think everyone's work is slow these days), but he's got something coming up in a few weeks. He also tried to get some work out of Jeremy. But Jeremy's clients are cheap and don't want to pay for it.

Speaking of Jeremy, I learned that he's lost 70 pounds in the last 2 years. WOW. Lyn has also lost a lot of weight (40 if I remember correctly)! Discussion turned to body image and what our society tries to shove down our throat. Pat made a good point, being a photographer he gets to see it, that so much of the images we see are chosen by a small group of people with a very focused idea of what they want.

Josh was on TV yesterday though I don't think anyone saw it. Dave offered to put the broadcast up on the net if Josh gets a tape to him. I know I want to see it! But Josh brought me a CD last night so I'm not complaining. I listened to it on the way to work and like it. Though I can't remember the band's name right now...seems like I can't remember anything today. (Who slipped me something last night?) Anyhow, thank you, Josh.

Oh wait...I remembered. It's Death Cab for Cutie.

Gary doesn't have a job yet but he's got work. So that's good. He's also got Diablo 2 expansion pack so I think he's probably set on entertainment for months.

Tamara doesn't have a full time job yet but she's working on it too. Cross your fingers she gets the morgue position. She and Lyn had an interesting conversation about morgues and a job that is recession proof. It was intersting that two people in such a random group would be so interested in working with dead bodies. But, hey, someone's got to do it. I'm personally thankful that someone does it, because a world stacked up with dead bodies would be weird.

Which reminds me, I've changed my route to work and every morning I drive past the dump...err, landfill. What a strange thing. This morning it smelled bad. Most mornings I don't notice. But I always think about it. Mostly because I want to go look into the huge hole. Anyone have landfill connections and can get me a tour?

I worked late tonight because I couldn't get off the phone. I'm tired. And I just want to talk. Can you tell? Karen was good to me, and we conversed in the living room for awhile. Then I retreated to talk to you. Now I'm going to go listen to you. Thank goodness tomorrow is Friday.

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