Wonderland or Not

Southeast Washington Real Estate News

2007-03-15T05:23:00.000-04:00

Tri-Cities Washington, is one of the most beautiful places in the Pacific Northwest and that standing has brought more and more people to the city. As Tri-Cities has grown, so too has the real estate industry, now teaming with a vibrant energy that continues to draw people in. As real estate agents, Joe and Colleen Lane have their fingers on the pulse of Tri-Cities and its surrounding areas, staying on top of the changes and fluctuations in the market over time.

That expertise and local Southeast Washington real estate news knowledge makes Joe and Colleen Lane the premier real estate team in the Tri-Cities, Wa., area. Tools like the Multiple Listing Service, otherwise known as the MLS, provide Joe and Colleen Lane’s clients with the must up to date listings on what has traditionally been a brisk moving Tri-Cities real estate market. By providing these listings fresh and tailored specifically to a buyer’s needs, time is not wasted and a dream home can be obtained that much faster.

Southeast Washington real estate For Buyers

As a buyer, the beautiful convergence of the Yakima, Columbia and Snake Rivers provides a beautiful backdrop to the homes you will be looking at. Tri-Cities is nothing if not scenic, offering a full range of homes for those on any budget. By employing Colleen and Joe Lane as your guides along the way, the real estate purchasing prospect becomes a simple exercise in describing what you want and letting Joe and Colleen guide the rest of the process.

With years of experience in the Southeast Washington real estate market, both Joe and Colleen have the ability to pinpoint areas that will best serve a buyer’s needs. That could mean a beautiful four bedroom home with a spacious lawn, a condo perfect for a young couple, a multi-family property waiting for a new investor or anything in between. Time spent in the Tri-Cities community each and every day pays off in the intimate knowledge both Colleen and Joe Lane have of local real estate trends, the major players involved, the prime areas to look at and the best floor plans in town.

Southeast Washington real estate For Sellers

No matter if this is your first sale or your fiftieth, Colleen and Joe Lane have the knowledge and expertise to guide the process in a simple and straight forward way to help you sell your home. No matter what kind of Southeast Washington real estate you hold in the Tri-Cities, Wa., area, Joe and Colleen have experience marketing similar properties and know what works and what doesn’t. From an investor that needs to show a strong income flow on a rental property to a residential seller hoping to spruce up a home for sale, Joe and Colleen Lane can help make the process painless and profitable.

The Tri-Cities area is one that is growing all the time, enabling the real estate market to remain strong. With the fast pace that is typical of the Tri-Cities, Wa., real estate market, local expertise becomes even more important in removing stress and headaches from the process. Joe and Colleen Lane offer just that, combining a love of helping people find their next homes with the business acumen to execute your sale efficiently. This combination of a passion for real estate and the knowledge to turn that passion into results makes Colleen and Joe Lane an unbeatable Tri-Cities real estate team.

“Good old fashioned quality service” is one of the ways Joe and Colleen like to describe their Southeast Washington real estate style and that rings true with the countless satisfied customers that have bought or sold real estate in the Tri-Cities, Wa., area. Every real estate transaction is different and whether expert negotiating skills are needed or some local knowledge on financing options, Joe and Colleen offer a wealth of Tri-Cities-targeted real estate information that can bring a buyer and seller together efficiently, simply and expertly.

Need of ground-work and investigations in Real Estate Investment!

2007-02-14T22:14:00.000-05:00

As in any investment business, investing in Real Estate also requires proper ground-work and investigations. Of course, one finds myriad literature, websites, how-to-do-it-by-yourself manuals, etc. regarding Real Estate Investment. But, Joe and Colleen Lane, of Kennewick Wa real estate suggests practical research will go a long way towards better understanding of the market trends and investing sensibly. With a bit of guidance, even a novice in this field can succeed, if one knows what to look for. Initially, more than the initial investment capacity, it is the identifying of property with real growth potential, which is the deciding factor.

Initially, gather information regarding sale/purchase of property from all available resources. Hundreds of sites advertising the sale of real estate can be found on the internet. Most of these sites do not bring realtors in to the picture. This saves money for both the buyer and seller. Google Base, Ebay, CraigsList are some among many which have houses listed for sale by owner (FSBO).

Property listed with realtors also needs to be considered. Get introduced to the realtors and send feelers letting them know of your interest in those properties that are hard to sell and need some work. Chances are they will offer to lower their commission to sell a house that was lying around unsold and unproductive for a long period of time.

Physically visit the property and look around, and evaluate it. Browsing through pictures of the proposed property will not do suggests Joe Lane of Pasco Wa real estate! Scrutinize the property, the rooms, fixtures and overall construction from close quarters. If possible visit during good and bad weather. Check out for any signs of wear and tear during bad weather.

Get acquainted with the folk staying in the neighboring area. Their age-groups, economic status and such details could throw some light on the growth prospects of the property in that area.

Always make a careful and complete home inspection. Although one must have made a thorough inspection, the inspector’s report can pin-point problem areas which may have been overlooked. The Inspector’s report covers details from leaks, carpet and floor damage, to problems with the foundation, or heating system. A basically solid house can be improved upon and turned out into a real gem. But a not-so-sound house can end up being a money pit of repairs and major reconstruction. Also find out from an expert whether the problem areas are worth repairing or not.

All repairs which have anything to do with the foundation of the house like heating and air conditioning problems, repairing chimneys and flues, should be done by experts. However, The Lane Real Estate Team of Richland Wa real estate reports there are many jobs which can be done without the help of experts. Examples are fixing leaky faucets, repairing minor leaks, patching drywall, or even refinishing floors. The money spent on such work can be added to the price of the property, when negotiating with the seller. The seller does not need to know who did the work.

These are some basic principles to be remembered when investing in real estate business. Apply them assiduously. The day is not far off when one realizes that there are “Hidden Gems” in real estate investments, waiting to be discovered!

Apple I-mac

2007-02-10T12:22:00.000-05:00

I just got an Apple Imac this week. I couldn't afford it so I bought it on finance: £28 a month for the rest of my life. Sweet deal.

Some Cool Sites for ya...

2007-01-23T19:25:00.000-05:00

Globalwarming Awareness2007

2007-01-18T01:24:00.000-05:00

I've set up a new site to take part in a contest being run by the good folks at the SEO World Championship site. The idea of the contest is to push my site to the top of the search engine rankings for the search term Globalwarming Awareness2007.

While the contest may be a waste if time it's not like a don't have enough of it. Most of my day is spent on eBay, so I might as well invest a little time and effort in the hope of winning the grand prize of a Citroen C2. My car situation has become critical, with my global warming pollution producing Ford struggling on its last legs, getting awful fuel economy and pumping tonnes of pollutants into the atmosphere.

So, a shiny new Citroen would suit me down to the ground. What's more, by promoting Globalwarming Awareness2007 I can do my bit, however small, to raise awareness about environmental issues.

Still, my main reason for promoting Globalwarming Awareness2007 is to win that damned car. I can almost taste it :)

Final Final Final Post

2006-05-03T15:49:00.000-04:00

If you choose to read this understand that a lot formatting has been removed - no fault of Alice - this renders a number of posts almost unreadable due to lack of paragraphs. The New Wonderland or Not - opened in February of 2006.Most of the posts have been transferred but the formatting on the transferred posts are also messed up until she fixes them. Please change your link from livingwellornot.blogspot.com to wonderlandornot.net

Alice has moved.....please follow.

2006-02-26T12:18:00.000-05:00

Wonderland or Not has moved.

Alice is residing at http://wonderlandornot.net

wonderlandornot.com will also work if that is the link you have currently standing.

nowickedwitch.com will work as well but don't use it. lol

Please if you love her change your link address.

She is going to be severely depressed as her ecosystem status is plummeting.

A years worth of posts have been forwarded to new site.

This does appear more like a hacking than it does a error on blogger's part. It's a mess for now but come over anyway and be sure to change your links.

Surely she will write something worth reading within the next month or so.

She is course devastated that her position of flappy bird in the eco system will plummett but ahhhh such is life. It was rather messed up anyway due to having two urls.

I will keep this only to allow me to post on blogger sites that require it.
If you go to the new site and there is a link you see as missing let me know. I have not added them all back as of this time.

addendum: For those who read this coming from the archives link in my new blog the formatting has gone bad; believe me there were paragraphs in the old posts originally.

Silly ( Putty ) me.

2006-02-21T18:56:00.000-05:00

Sometimes you just have to get away from the computer for a few days. I had Monday off and went snowboarding again then of course had work to do upon returning to the city.

I've been a little stretched lately and, like string cheese and silly putty, I only go so far. Silly putty of course goes further; I’m at more of a string cheese level right now but am working my way up the ladder of elasticity levels. Soon I will be in a more malleable form and then .... Oh, god then .... watch out .

Many things to consider these days and lots of decisions to be made; life just never stops happening. Why is that? I think that to be able to put life on pause for a few days with some kind of remote control contraption would he a nice . Robotman if you are listening… hell with perfecting a robotic vacuum cleaner we need a life remote control device. This device needs to allow for quick or slow pauses at least weekly.

I am adopting aliases to escape authority or is it recognition? Don’t know.

I will get to everyone’s journal over the next day I promise.

Until then I will try to answer the most profound questions of the day and you should too.

Are Homes getting too large and is there really a housing bubble?????

;)

Finally, and in reference and deference to Wombats post on Cream.......

I’ll wait in this place where the sun never shines; Wait in this place where the shadows run from themselves.

Love that song.

Strung Out Without a Light

2006-02-19T17:25:00.000-05:00

Short note. I ditched the pillow fight and went snowboarding instead. Had to do it. I am not sure how many more times I will be able to go this winter and I needed some activity to get rid of all that pent up sexual frustration. ;)

Pia has been nominated for an award. Check this out.

The fact is that she has a writing blog and the rest of the blogs are all good in their own way but they are all basically the same thing. She is not the same thing and that is why she deserves your vote.

Then keep your eye out for the time for voting and feel free to propagate this throughout cyberspace. Or

Mizzy B - the head of the organizing commitee - will get you.

addendum: Stolen from Pia who stole it from someone else.

Do Me: I will put the html in the sidebar when I get time. Kind of fun.

My Johari.

My Nohari.

Cross Posted to my DJ and my lj.

As I said at the end of my next to the last comment thread........

I'm strung out, without a light .... my leather worn and the wind is calling.

We want to really feel the feeling.Get Real!And we wont ever hit the ceiling.

2006-02-17T12:44:00.000-05:00

Ridiculous, lay off it already "get real".

I use "get real" as I get emails every so often ( a lot lately... oh god what am I doing wrong), in real life too but we won't go there, which tell me to "get real". Get Real. WTF does that mean really. I guess "getting real" is better than "getting fake ". I'm totally not into getting fake. ( beware, incorrect use of adjective) So thanks. Who knows what is real and does anyone really care. I think that Margery Williams said it best in the Velveteen Rabbit:
Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all; because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand.
I'm going to "get real" now. I have a class. The wind is blowing, it's going to get cold again, I have not eaten breakfast so my stomach hurts, I can't find that tube of purple stuff that I use to sort of straighten my hair and I have to decide if I am going to attend a pillow fight in Union Square tomorrow; can't get any more real than that. Have a great weekend.

Afternoon Delight

2006-02-16T11:44:00.000-05:00

I don't usually bother posting links to some of these sites, even though I read them, as they are usually nothing more than a bunch of people posting rhetoric back and forth and congratulating each other for their thoughts or not depending on the moment. ( Not always of course which is why I read them)This however may be a good one as there might be an original thought or two in this ( 9th Carnival of Feminists - call for submissions) so take a peak at and maybe write something on it . I can think of several people here that might have some thoughts on the subject. Even guys..................or as I am on Olympic snowboarding mode.......dudes. ;)

I don’t have time for this but maybe one of you out there might be interested. Myself ...I plan to get paid for my work the same as a man, share all house work or do none, have sex when I want and not be called a whore, not have sex when I want and not be called frigid and never allow a plastic surgeons knife to touch my body unless I do severe damage to myself in say….a snow boarding accident. :)

Pia has a featured post on BIO which you should also read and I will get to later…. because it looks like a good one and I need to think about it. Something I am unable to do until later this evening. I haven't been around as much as I would like but it has been a rather busy week. I hope to catch everyone later.

A small addendum as I am waiting for someone to return a borrowed book.

I've been watching the Olympics in spurts and frankly am glad Bode missed his gate. He may be a really nice guy but to me he is the perennial "asshole American athlete" that so many strive to be.

No I Don’t have a Wooden Heart

2006-02-13T22:33:00.000-05:00

Snowboard boots are a little heavy for walking around in the city but I’ve worn them for two days because that is all I had with me. I wasn’t at my dorm and I didn’t feel like going to get my regular boots. Damn my legs hurt.

I shan’t forget you dear sweet blogger people on Valentine's Days as my feelings on it as stated in my last years post only apply when it concerns a love or lovers and as you all are neither I can wish you all a Happy Valentine’s Day. This may seem a little too frugal in light of Shayna’s gifts to us but, I have to face it, she is a really nice person and I am not. She is one of those special people who actually try to find a gift that is just right for an individual; none of this generic gift giving for her even in blog land. I’m a cynical student living in the city with a cold but not wooden heart.

Go see what she gave us.

Of love I have nothing to say. I have surely had love in my life; love of family, love of friends and maybe “the other kind” even though, admittedly, I have been stingy in that regard to this point in my life. I’m not stingy in general, but love (to me) is a vague concept for which there exists no definition that is firm and sure. It is what it is to whoever chooses to define it and to me it remains obscure. Perhaps… when time allows, and investigation proceeds it will manifest itself to me in a way that I will understand and know, and be able to say most assuredly…ah yes…I get it now. I am pretty sure that candy, flowers, dinner or diamonds will have no role, not even an understudy role, in this revelation. I have no doubt also that love will not come after a hot sweaty night on satin sheets . Dear Judy you were right I think.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Tell me Virgil dear if you can do you still think love conquers all?

I can only hope that Erica Jong’s musing were correct .

Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk everything, you risk even more.

They say: Someday love will finally be enough;

I say:

Until that time…………it won’t

Until then……………………………….

The heart is a lonely hunter afterall.

Happy Valentine's Day................. TO YOU. <--------------------- Click

Four Three Two One

2006-02-12T19:02:00.000-05:00

Alright already. Sorry Michelle can't skate in the olympics but really who the heck cares anymore...she makes millions of dollars a year...I don't care one way or the other.... Do you think when the Italian dude said...no doping he meant marijuana? LOL Those snowboarders rock. I'm trying not to cheat and see who won the downhill. Snow Snow and more snow..... Not a comment worthy post so Walk on Byyyyyyy...do da da da....Walk on By....

Happiness is a warm gun (Happiness bang, bang, shoot, shoot)
Happiness is a warm gun, mama (Happiness bang, bang, shoot, shoot)

If he can't handle a gun...why are we letting him .....ya know?????????????

A Dot's Thoughts for the Weekend

2006-02-10T11:45:00.000-05:00

I am a dot
(nothing more)
in a sea of dots.
I sometimes touch other dots
some will be moved by the touching
others will not be

that is the best I can do .

I don't really give a crap this weekend.

I had a weird experience yesterday; my roommate from freshman year showed up and delivered to me a pair of underwear which she said were mine. It appears she found them among her things and for some reason decided to bring them to me because she was going to be in my building. Now I have no real problem with this...well except for the fact if I never saw this girl again I would be quite content and I don't really need a pair of underwear almost two years old that have been sitting among this girls things forever.... but why on earth someone would bother to do this? The whole thing was quite bizarre( as is she) and I thanked her and threw the underwear in the trash and that - I think - was my biggest mistake as I did it while she was standing there instead of waiting until she left. She proceeded to start in with...."see this is the whole problem with you and always has been"............... I won't continue but as our history wasn't pleasant you can imagine that this did not add anything to an already unpleasant week. The "whole problem" with me is hardly explained by the fact that I don’t need a pair of two year old underwear of questionable ownership and wear. Geesh

No the whole problem with me is much more complicated than underwear I hope. "Maybe not". ( she thinks as she pulls the back of her thong out of the crack of her ass )

I'm staying in to do work this weekend except for a grocery trip. and maybe a poetry event which includes Taylor Mali. It is irrelevent to life but I'll be in... somewhere.

My bag is full of things that need to be completed, other stuff as well but as that stuff may be illegal we won’t discuss it here. Some notes so that you do not lack things to read this weekend.

Great rumination and worth more than consideration. (In light of the hoopla about the Danish Cartoon) here. Thanks Indie.

Some Valentine days notes here at absurdity jam. Thanks to the Wombat.

My last Valentine day post (my only one on blogger). I won't be referring to this day this year on this blog as my feelings on it stand. As no one read the last years I might as well redirect you all there this year. I prefer orchids though........... just in case.

Shayna has some good news about the vets and Eugene and if you aren't familiar with the Eugene saga you will have to start from the beginning.

I've never mentioned Ruk here before but as he finally finished his last story I am going to direct you to Ruk so now you can read it in its entirety starting here. This is only his last one there are more so check him out. Do not direct emails to me asking me why I read such shit direct them to Ruk asking him why he writes it. Ruk is truly special though so go to it.

New site added to sidebar...check out Free Radical and join in the milieu. Some of my faorite people hang there.

The Pansi files are having a blogiversary and as they did a blogiversary review on me ( even though they did not mention my fine ass ( and weirsdo is thinking " will that bitch shut up about her fine ass she is getting on my nerves" ) and I know it is because off arguments over ownership of the affections of mister dog I forgive them. Go check them out. They haven't been around this long just because of the naked gymnastic thing. ;)

So why has the Bush administration chosen this moment to suggest that genocide is no longer taking place? Some of the answer lies in the awkwardness of having declared Darfur to be the site of genocide—which Colin Powell did in September 2004—but subsequently proving unable to do anything about it. Aside from American bluster at the U.N. and some time on the ground by Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick, the Bush administration has shown no stomach for meaningful action—and certainly not for humanitarian intervention by western troops, the only means of halting the genocide. Lacking an effective policy, Bush officials apparently decided simply to rename the crisis.

read the rest here.

Wednesday Wanderings - Wonderings ? in Wonderland or Not

2006-02-08T11:04:00.000-05:00

Wandering through the forest of concrete on a Wednesday morning while preparing my mind to accept the teachings offered to me ,at a rather hefty price tag, and wondering if I’m truly getting what I paid for. It is my responsibility to take what I paid for and make it all worth it; I realize that of course but on considering this I presume I could have gone somewhere cheaper and made more of it. Everything in the end is so dependant on me. Really annoys me sometimes.

Consider: a disillusioned electorate, recent surveys show, is profoundly fed up with politicians who speak eloquently but say little

They want a new-generation president who is honest and in touch with their daily lives, not some grand international visionary.

From Newsweek International this week, Who’s That Girl; an interesting article about the potential for Segolene Royal to become Frances first women president.

In the path of all the hoopla out there on the whole cartoon fiasco . The column by Fareed Zakaria in newsweek , which does not address the cartoon exactly but does address Islam and our current policies and knowledge of it is a must read.

Islam and Power: Is President Bush's plan to spread democracy turning into a fiasco? It doesn't have to. But it does need to change.

Cheney says we’ve done all we can for Darfur?

I’m not so sure that congress not allocating that fifty-million was everything but as Darfur has nothing to offer Cheney and his mob this is not unexpected. Three steps forward – fifteen steps back. It's not getting any prettier over there for the people who we ignore ( we meaning our media as well as our government) due to the fact that watching the GENOCIDE( and it is a genocide) is not as entertaining as watchng American Idol or news about how our low fat diets aren't gong to make us live longer). It is in reality our fault more than anything else.

Please don't ignore my renter: She she sells weird shit and Wombat you could use a hair rag I'm sure of it.

In addition: The post below was not really meant to explain but to entertain.

Just Help Yourself

2006-02-07T12:34:00.000-05:00

Musings on a Tuesday morning; which, is actually afternoon but who is really keeping track.

Addressing the inevitable questions and statements I get asked all the time (well maybe not all the time but at least once) in my email.

“What kind of guys do you like and how do you like guys to think of you” and “what kind of relationships have you had with guys"?

1. Well I like guys who are who are kind of compliant and they usually are at first.

2. Then they get to know me and it’s more like this.

3. Inevitably it ends up like this.

Although the last one wasn’t so bad it was more like this

so enjoy

Take Me Out

2006-02-05T16:24:00.000-05:00

We are going to try this again. This is the disappearing post from late Friday night. You can read my woe is me I've been hacked post below.

Can’t take me anywhere; I’m just a miserable person I guess. I went out after class with someone who has been around for awhile repeatedly asking me to go out.

So if you're lonely, You know i'm here waiting for you, I'm just a crosshair, I'm just a shot away from you - And if you leave here - You leave me broken shattered alive - I'm just a crosshair - I'm just a shot..then we can die - Ooohahhhhh

He told wanted to take me to this place near school which supposedly had the best soup in the city; it was chilly and I figured it was cool as I like soup because it's often loaded with vegetables; that in addition to the fact I hadnt eaten all day.

I know I wont be leaving here with you - I say don't you know - You say you don't know - I say... take me out - I say you don't show - Don't move time is slow - I say... take me out - I say you don't know - You say you don't go - I say... take me out -
He said maybe we could go somewhere else afterwards, or not, it was up to me. So we head to the king of soups place. He is a nice guy; smart enough though not brilliant, tall enough with white teeth. I was hungry, starving really. I was waiting to devour the only real food in twenty four hours, so when the much celebrated soup arrived and appeared to have a coating of grease on top I was kind of disappointed. No, more than disappointed as who in the heck can eat a bowl of liquid with little circlets of obvious fat floating around in it?
I know I wont be leaving here - (with you)- I know I wont be leaving here - I know I wont be leaving here (with you)- I know I wont be leaving here with you -
Greasy fat, and the fact that this guy actually made sort of a slurping sound while eating his soup, ( I think he thought it was actually kind of cute), made me wish I was home in bed eating chocolate ice cream. Again, stick with your gut feelings, and I don’t mean the gurgling instigated by hunger.
I say don't you know - You say you don't know - I say... take me out - If I move this could die - Eyes move this can die - C'mon...take me out -
He must have noticed my discomfiture, and culinary dissatisfaction (with at the very least the soup, and at the very most him and his noisy soup slurping habit, he is pretty smart I hear) because after he ate the soup (I didn’t I ended up ordering a lame salad which this place was definitely not noted for) he says, “I guess you don’t want to go catch a movie or something huh”. I’m pretty transparent that way, and that’s a good thing, It helps prevents misunderstandings.
I know I won't be leaving here (with you) - I know I wont be leaving here - I know I wont be leaving here (with you) - I know I wont be leaving here - (with you)
So he walked me to the violin man’s apartment where I made stuffed eggplant and pigged out. Yeah I always end up back here relatively safe and protected. Or not.
I missed Mozart’s birthday last week; someone could have reminded me!! I so like to dance in the dark on the top of the piano on that day. Too bad I had to miss that. Once it’s over it’s over though there is no going back.
Most humorous Blog winner Dedd; I hope dedd's hedd doesn't get too large.
I'm renting at Croakers...cuz he begged. Yup, he also offered when I was in the slums of life and no one would rent to me so he is like head of the cooper humanitarian effort so go say hey to him. He is having a bad month. Do not be mean to him because he blog battles or whatever the hell that is they do there. His real name isn’t croaker in case you were wondering.
Pia has made me queen of modified comments and she is buying me a country ( or getting one of her past lovers to get me one) so that I have something worthy to rule. She is special like that. Also her writing is getting better every day maybe because she has a new computer( which someone had better go over and help her work on as computers do not seem to be her specialty). Some people always need maids of one kind or another don't feel bad Pia. You can write we don’t expect you to know anything about the simple things. ;)
Bless Mizzy Bohem for looking for me all weekend and Wombat for cursing my hacker smakers.
Shayna has some chick trying to get into her pant. Literally.
More of are dying every day in Iraq....and Darfur has not gone away despite some rhethoric over the last few days, so as they lay dying don’t get your panties in to great a knot of anticipation waiting to see if Mariah the pariah gets her due. Hey, sit on front of the TV and enjoy your bowl game the commercials at least are entertaining and even once in a great while clever and original.
Speaking of Iraq I was wondering what ever happened to this guy? Last spring he asked me a question in my blog or maybe it was in my email and I answered it here and then some time later he disappeared. It was probably the first time I wrote some long serious thing that actually made sense and bless his little heart he treated me like an adult not some idiotic nineteen year old female.
I hope he comes back soon and lets us know he is alright. Here is to AHS Milblogger. May you come home safe and sound dude and if not hell with them all.

all red italicized lyrics compliments of Franz Ferdinand or whoever wrote and owns their shit. ;)

For The Moment

2006-02-05T11:06:00.000-05:00

This is it for the moment. I just got in as I spent yesterday with some friends in Maryland although I was annoyed all day as it appeared my blog had been hacked or something. Mizzy B was quite concerned, much more so than blogger but that is to be expected because you get what you pay for.

I will be moving to a new place because it did kind of take my breath away to think I could loose a years worth of posts, but not until I figure out how to upload wordpress themes, change them to my liking and actually make them work.

I will repost the post I wrote Friday, which kept disappearing, after I do the necessary things one does after getting up at six and immediately taking a long drive. Go to the bathroom, shower, brush teeth, grab coffee etc.

You may want to click on my renter as she paid a lot of money to sit over there and not get any hits.

If this remains all squished together it is because I can't format it into paragraphs...I it just does not come out that way.

Won't You Let Me Walk You Home From School?

2006-02-01T23:30:00.000-05:00

( Won�t you let me walk you home from school) Some guy actually asked me this today. I thought it was so kind of �back in the day"ish. Dude I live in NYC you think I�m crazy? Brought this song to mind though. Won't you let me meet you at the pool Maybe Friday I can get tickets for the dance and I'll take you I�m going to admit I fell asleep during the State of the Union and woke up as the pundits were barfing it out. From what I have heard I didn�t miss much, but do know from the extensive news coverage that the great and potential uterus thief was there but without his teary eyed spousal unit. That�s all I know. Sadly I haven�t had time to actually catch a rehash and I don�t think I�m going to . I�m growing weary of the failure of this nation to have anything even close to common sense , decency or humanity and do not want to waste a precious hour. Won't you tell your dad, "Get off my back" Tell him what we said 'bout 'Paint It Black' Rock 'n Roll is here to stay Come inside where it's okay And I'll shake you.

�Mother� ( yes I call her mother I don�t know why I have never really called her mom to her face and even she finds this strange) � have you seen my passport there anywhere�? � No why would I have occasion to see your passport, you know I don�t go through your things especially seeing all your things are boxed up or in drawers� ( ya right , you know damn well you didn�t raise an idiot so why even tell that fib ) �Okay, so will you go through my things and see if you can find my passport? Look in the desk, and the drawers and if not there go through all the boxes in the room and then in the attic� �Did you happen to throw out boxes of anything that you may have thought was junk?� �No Cooper I didn�t. Do not take on such an accusatory tone when you have misplaced something quite on your own.�

I hadn�t noticed a tone of any kind, slight anxiety maybe but panic no at least not yet.

I have lost my passport so some serious investigative work is under way. I thought that the last time I used it was London Freshman year then realized it was Chile the summer after that. (God if my memory is that bad already what is it going to be like in ten years when I�m thirty) The fact is it does make a difference when I used it last as there are several places it could be. If London was the last place than it would have been likely that it was still in my old home in Maryland packed in the attic or possible packed away in boxes in Providence, but as Chile is the last time I used it is possibly packed away in my grandmothers attic in Charleston in a house I currently own, as it was left to me upon her death, or...that I somehow threw it away or brought it to NY with me that autumn and lost it. This could pose a problem which I have to try to rectify quickly if I am going to Costa Rica. Fuck it all.

Won't you tell me what you're thinking of Would you be an outlaw for my love If it's so, well, let me know If it's "no", well, I can go I won't make you

italicized lyrics/ Alex Chilton

The End of a Whipped Cream Like Life

2006-01-30T20:05:00.000-05:00

It was nice here today for this time of year; I enjoyed it. I can no longer float along on top and just let it pass while I observe it from a distance not really trying to figure it out; it�s figuring it out time. There are times when just letting everything pass works best, and I suggest that everyone try it at least once at any given time in their life; however, it is not that time for me. I must go one further now dear friends. Why you say? Why can never be answered with any degree of certainty no matter what the question. I am drenched in the slime of serious academic pursuits this week. Drenched as if from a deluge not unlike�you know the one that occured in which an ark was required and all that fairy tale stuff occured. MJ is back, don�t think he is full speed ahead yet but he�s back. Recommended little gems for those of you who just need some inspiration. Life Inspires. A girl named Rio

Thought of Pia when I saw this: Waren Zevon released Jan 31 2006

Rest my child do not try to figure it out today, it will be better in the morning I promise; answers come without questions sometimes.

These words, which meant so much and were taken so to heart at one time, stick with me still. These words, when necessary, can be pulled back into present times. Life is funny that way. Life and death, what was and what is becomes one and the same depending on the view. In the meantime take a Cure and let�s go to bed. Thanks to You Ain't No Picasso. To those who asked the question the answer is obvious only if you understand what the writer of this blog is about... if not...the answer becomes less clear.

Sunday Afternoon

2006-01-29T14:38:00.000-05:00

I�m going to Sleep All Day and think Thoughts on Love and Sadness. Tonight Not Again shall I rise. ;)

Love to Love Rent to ya Baby

2006-01-27T19:40:00.000-05:00

My long typical pre-weekend post; good bathroom reading. What????? You don�t take your computer into the bathroom? * SHOCKED * Pre weekend notes is all and I�m sorry that this week was lacking in profundity but I was under the influence of Benadryl, and the great destroyers of kidneys and livers Motrin and Acetaminophen, for most of it. Although not from an overwhelmingly medically based family we do have our share of Hippocratic Oath takers and they are nothing if not totally paranoid; they are also nothing if not generous, and they have always made sure to share their ( not without some basis but nevertheless crazy) fears with us all. What is family for after all if not for that? My B play list for the weekend: Belle and Sebastian - I�m Not in Love, Ben Folds � Rock This Bitch, Prison Food, and Bastard Ben Harper- Waiting on an Angel and Mama�s Got a Boyfriend Now, Beach Boys � In My Room Blues Traveler-Stumble and Fall, Black Flag - Depression, Bikini Kill- Rebel Girl and Sugar I�m getting ready to go see if Mizzy B�s in - laws really did leave and I am holding my breath on this one. I have now been overwhelmingly blessed with people who are renting to me so I am going to introduce you to them even if they don't want me to. First: Dan at Scenes From a Wasted Life . I know he is tired from his recent trip to Vegas so do not annoy him too much but go say hey to him. He is on my sidebar anyway and I enjoy reading his personal journey and you will too. Next: They called my blog �for the younger crowd�� but they rented to me anyway. I guess I�m not offended but looking through most of my readers I think Wombat is the youngest at nineteen, and I am guesstimating that Joe G is about eighty- five and the in betweens are definitively in between� but hell ya�ll always wanted to be thought of as younger than you are didn�t you? So go check out blogging for kicks because hopefully most of us do blog for kicks.( and love and recognition and validation but that is another story isn�t it) Third: is San Francisco Liberal. The perfect place for me despite the fact that I am in NYC; They appear to be looking for contributors to their blog so anyone here from SF might want to make a jaunt over there. This all makes me feel so warm and fuzzy. I needed it especially after I looked at Shayna�s site and seeing that the celebrity picture look alike thing told her she looked like various hot celebrities and mine�.

� came back with one option �� Sophia Coppola - � I begged them for another option and they sent the thing back saying �no bitch it�s Coppola take it or leave it�. This most disturbing fact is that she is like fifteen years older then me. So then � I uploaded this ��

�..to see if I could trick them. Didn�t work then I got bored. You may also want to consider helping them name the Bring it On Mascot. I am going to have to think about that this weekend. He�s is too cute but needs a killer name so put your thinking caps on and go to it. I'm out for a few, or for the whole night depending on how it plays out. Yup you guessed it the drugs have worn off and it's time to get this weary ass on down the road of life. From ABC News. Two of the party's Senate leaders, Harry Reid of Nevada and Charles Schumer of New York, privately made clear their unhappiness with the strategy, even though they, too, oppose Alito's confirmation. And Rep. Harold Ford, seeking a Senate seat in Republican-leaning Tennessee, dismissed the filibuster approach openly. "It does not appear that there is any reason to hold up a vote. I hope my colleagues in the Senate will move quickly to bring this process to a dignified end," he said. Despite a decision by Kerry, Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and others to try to block a final vote, leaders of both parties agreed that Alito's confirmation was assured for Tuesday. The 55-year-old appeals court judge would replace Sandra Day O'Connor, who has cast deciding votes in recent years in 5-4 rulings on controversial issues such as abortion rights, affirmative action and the death penalty. Democrats fear he would shift the court rightward on those and other issues. Because of moves by Kerry, Kennedy and others, supporters of Alito's nomination must produce 60 votes on Monday to advance his nomination and an Associated Press tally shows at least 62. That would clear the way for a final vote on Tuesday. The AP tally shows at least 53 Republicans and three Democrats intend to vote to confirm Alito, well over the required majority. Reid announced he would side with Alito's critics on Monday, though on Thursday he had made clear his unhappiness with their strategy. "There has been adequate time for people to debate," he had said Thursday. "I hope this matter will be resolved without too much more talking."
I want those three democrats fired.

Late Afternoon Coffee

2006-01-25T15:43:00.000-05:00

Before we get on with the day check out my Diary at Bring it On.

With Scientific American: To Banish a Cancer out this month I think it worth a rehash. I�m not going to continue to add to the people that have declined my offers of rent. I will however give you the address of the gentleman that did accept my humble offer. You should all go tell him what a good choice he made. I couldn�t have asked for a better landlord, an atheist and a geek of sorts. He actually doesn�t post that often so the rental will be useless but that was never the point. So go tell this gentleman he made a great decision. I feel much better today and am recovering from what was not, THANK GOD, the bird flu. I�ll get around to all your blogs this evening I had a lot to catch up on today. Yes Jay�that ~~bastard~~ cat lover�.tagged me. I never do tags as you know�but well as you also know I have done a ton of tags recently and Jay just tagged me to be mean because being nominated was not enough for him. I will be mean and post it here so that you can all tag yourself with it should you desire. I am making it very small because these tags are getting embarrassing. The tagged victim lists 8 different points of their perfect lover/partner, mentioning the sex of said partner. Tag 8 victims to join this game & leave a comment on a post letting them know they've been tagged. Target of My Perfect Partner: male ok Leigh I'm sorry for this one. My Perfect-Partner: 1. Extremely Intelligent but doesn�t need to prove it all the time. 2. Good teeth 3. Does not babble on about what his mommy and daddy are going to buy for him all the time. God I hate those idiots as if one is actually impressed by the fact. God Bless the Child and all that. 4. Physically active-no couch potatoes 5. If arrogant leaves it home when I�m with him. Nothing worse then some fool who thinks disparaging waiters or waitresses makes him important. 6. Emotionally ~~mature~~ stable Sometimes you just have to settle for stable. 7. Independent. 8. Sense of humor but doesn�t think he is all that funny. Actually my list is much longer and much more particular than this. I'll be back around later to slum in your blogs. Until then. Don't forget Darfur.

She Spurt Fire

2006-01-23T23:39:00.000-05:00

This blog is (c) nowickedwitch productions ;) Wombat brave soul made a RILF list. So check it out. Surfer Girl Leigh posted hers as well.

Of politics and poetry I know nothing It doesn�t matter I will write anyway You will read and Cough and squint Go ewww But you will love it Even though it will never make you moan

A passive aggressive AIM. I have no clue what this is about. No one has heard from Graham in some time though I don't think all his commenters want to date him. I may be wrong on that. Frightening in its simplicity. speckfriend: hello cranberijello: ? speckfriend: hi speckfriend: sorry to disturb you speckfriend: but i think you post on graham's blog cranberijello: yes speckfriend: there is this crazy chick named -------- who posts there speckfriend: you know of her? cranberijello: i don't really know any of the people that post there although i probably have read her stuff. cranberijello: why? speckfriend: just curious speckfriend: she is crazy, is all speckfriend: trying to get her contact info cranberijello: and who may I ask are you? cranberijello: i'm sure all the contact info she wants anyone to have is posted at her sight speckfriend: you want to date graham too? speckfriend: he has tons of stalkers, it is funny speckfriend: i'm his friend speckfriend: and who are you? cranberijello: i can hardly see that it matters as I didn't im you. speckfriend: jenna? cranberijello: i'm not quite sure of the point of this aim but it was nice to meet you i have to go do some reading now speckfriend: you have that tone speckfriend: i remember it now speckfriend: i was wrong speckfriend: i know now It kind of leaves you thinking Graham may have a stalker of his own and also just makes you want to scratch your head. Graham better come back from the bowels of LA soon.

The love of fame A good thing it makes us evaluate our worst and modify it as to make it acceptable to the rest Lucky for me I only have you to please.

yet
I see myself No longer as you see me But as I see me

Ella no piensa bastante Los pensamientos la matan Sin el pensamiento ella muere

It's OK If You Don't Know Everything - I do

2006-01-21T21:35:00.000-05:00

Wombat�. disregard my comment in previous post. I don�t win at everything��.. I am getting quite concerned. I have tried to rent like fifteen blogs and every time I was denied. :( Blog Bid Date Status Written In Stone 40 credits 2006-January-22 Denied Blog to be promoted : Wonderland or Not Getting Naked: Baring All About Life 75 credits 2006-January-21 Denied Blog to be promoted : Wonderland or Not Faerytale Dreams 15 credits 2006-January-20 Denied Blog to be promoted : Wonderland or Not Luka's Incogblogo 11 credits 2006-January-19 Denied Blog to be promoted : Wonderland or Not addendum 1/22/06- 4:48 pm In a Westerly Direction 40 credits 2006-January-22 Denied Blog to be promoted : Wonderland or Not infinitely pie 15 credits 2006-January-22 Denied Blog to be promoted : Wonderland or Not

addedum 1/22/06 9:32 pm

A Jumbled Mind 25 credits 2006-January-23 Denied Blog to be promoted : Wonderland or Not

atroxi.com 10 credits 2006-January-23 DeniedBlog to be promoted : Wonderland or Not addendum 1/23/06 12:13 pm Jaded Sunburns 40 credits 2006-January-23 Denied Blog to be promoted : Wonderland or Not nepalsites. sites for all 22 credits 2006-January-23 Denied Blog to be promoted : Wonderland or Not Well,~~four~~ ~~six~~ ~~eight~~ ten not fifteen but you get my point. Talk about making someone paranoid. I'm sure it has something to do with the RILF post below. I knew my reputation would be shot after that. Of course I am nothing if not extremely frugal, and looking at the stats on some of the blogs that were asking upwards of a hundred credits I had to laugh.......... mean of me I know. Either way...I will trudge on through the muck and the mire and diligently search for a cheap blog to rent just to say I did it. I am nothing if not a follower of men, lover of dogs, wooer of wombats, with a need to surf with lesbians while trapped with writers on Prince Edward's Island, who sees dead(dedd) people as an opportunity to advance the sexual sciences. As promised nothing worth reading this weekend. I'm still a little under the weather or shall we say under a nose working overtime in the mucus manufacturing field. regardless I went running in CP early this morning and spent hours in the library...god I now feel rejuvenated. You may find this odd but running and libraries do that to me. Speaking of strange, I had a weird aim the other night. Oh never mind I have to go. I�ll post it tomorrow. I�m going to see a band recommended to me by��.well no one �.but I�m going anyway. Still don�t feel great but ever the martyr I go on into the bowels of the city. I�m late, I�m late, for a very important date��..you know the drill after all this is Wonderland or Not.