How Do You Spell Relief?

V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N

and

B-O-T-C-O-N.

You have no idea how much I need this.

--Weasel, "Headin' on down to BotCon, gonna have myself a time!"

The Countdown Begins

Not long now.....

Today, I washed two of my Bumblebee shirts in preparation for BotCon. Only three more shirts to go and I'll have my whole wardrobe. :) I can't help but wonder if something is wrong with me, though. Normally by this time each year, I'm packed and ready. Not so much this time. I think I'm losing my geek touch. =/

After the laundry's done and packed, all I'll need to do is get a few more batteries for Spy Shot (my new digital camera) and I'll be pretty much set. I have more than enough memory for her, trust me.

Nerdvana, here I come. :)

If it were only that easy.....

If this were the case, I'd have left years ago.

From Lio .

Family Values, Anyone?

Mommy must be so proud.

The MySpace page, publicly available until Friday when it disappeared from the Internet, included cartoon depictions of rape, murder, torture and child molestation; photographs of soldiers with guns in their mouths; a photograph of a bound and blindfolded detainee captioned “My Sweet Little Habib”; accounts of illicit drug use; and a blog entry headlined by a series of obscenities and racial epithets.

But remember! It's the gays who are defective! This is just good old-fashioned family values!

...................

I'm gonna be sick.

I Hate Everything That has Ever Existed

Seriously. I do.

And of course, it's fucking limited. Couldn't have popped up at a worse time with BotCon, movie toys, a mortgage, etc. Primus, kill me now.

I'm gonna go cry now.

(Title/quote from here.)

You Can't Make This Shit Up

Jerry Falwell is dead

and

Fred Phelps is going to picket the funeral.

Can I get a WTF? here?!

All My Shines

Some people brag about their kids. I'm a geek. I brag about my Pokémon. So I present to you:

My Shiny Pokémon

Species: Tangela
Name: Vinelight
Gender: Male
Level 40
Found at Treasure Beach (LeafGreen)
Status: Traded to Pearl thanks to Prime, now in Party. No friendship yet.
Currently has 4 Ribbons.

Species: Roselia
Name: Blackthorn
Gender: Male
Level 5
Hatched on February 25, 2007 (Emerald)
Status: Traded to Pearl via Prime, now in Shinies box. No friendship yet.
Currently has 5 Ribbons.

Species: Palkia
Name:Vector Prime
Gender: None
Level: 60
Found at Spear Pillar after 34 resets on July 4th, 2007 (Pearl)
Current status: In Shinies box with Friendship maxed.
Currently has 13 Ribbons.

Species: Milotic
Name: MILOTIC
Gender: Male
Level: 30
GTS Trade: Originally a Belgian Feebas (Barpau) from Hoenn; Level 22. Was offered for trade for a Level 10+ Chimchar.
Met on August 10, 2007.
Current Status: Now in Shinies box, friendship maxed.
Currently has 10 Ribbons.

Species: Azelf
Name: Star Dust
Gender: None
Level: 50
Found at Valor Cavern on October 26, 2007
Current Status: In Shinies box, friendship maxed; awaiting grooming for Sinnoh Smart Contests.
Currently has 11 Ribbons.


Species: Spiritomb
Name: The Fallen
Gender: Female
Level: 25
Found at the Hallowed Tower on November 21, 2007
Current Status: In Shinies box, two small hearts- mid-level friendship established.
Currently has 9 Ribbons.

Species: Combee
Name: Zarak
Gender: Male
Level: 15
Found at a Honey Tree at the Valley Windworks late night Wednesday/early morning Thursday November 22, 2007
Current Status: In Shinies Box, friendship maxed.
Currently has 9 Ribbons.

Species: Sneasel

Name: SNEASEL

Gender: Female

Level: 34

Found via GTS on December 17, 2007. Offered for trade for any Latias. Was able to make trade thanks to Prime parting with one of his GTs traded Latiases.

Met at night on December 17, 2007.

Current Status: In Shinies box, no friendship establised.

Currently one ribbon (Gorgeous Ribbon).

May be traded to Prime.

Species: Charmander

Name: CHARMANDER

Gender: Male

Level: 1
Found late night January 8/early morning January 9 via GTS. Egg received on January 5, 2008. Was offered for trade for a Level 9 and under female Milotic.
Met early morning January 9, 2008.

Current Status: Currently in Shinies box, has not evolved, friendship maxed.

Currently has 11 Ribbons.

Species: Eevee
Name: イーブイ (Ībui)
Gender: Female

Level: 18

Found on GTS late nigh January 25, 2008. Originally met in the Trophy Garden on December 31, 2006. Was offered for trade for a Level 10 and up Ralts.

Met just after midnight on the night/morning of January 25/26, 2008.

Current Status: Currently in Shinies box, has not evolved and friendship is maxed.

Currently has 10 Ribbons.

Species: Riolu
Name:RIOLU
Gender: Male
Level: 1
Found on GTS late evening January 28, 2008. Egg received from Day-Care Couple and hatched on January 16, 2008 in Solaceon Town. Was offered for trade for a Level 30 and up Deoxys.
Met at 8:35 PM on January 28, 2008
Current Status: In Shinies box, no friendship established as of yet.
Currently has 2 Ribbons (Ribbon Syndicate).

Species: Golbat
Name: GOLBAT
Gender: Male
Level: 38

Found on GTS late evening Saturday February 9, 2008. Arrived from Hoenn; had been infected with PokéRus. Was offered up for trade for a Level 30 and up male Mothim.

Met at 11:15 PM on February 9, 2008.

Current Status: In Shinies box, holding Dread Plate; Friendship maxed.

Currently has 8 Ribbons.

Species: Deoxys*
Name: デオキシス (Deokishisu)
Gender: None
Level: 30
Found on GTS late night Sunday February 17, 2008. Arrived from Hoenn. Was offered up for trade for a Level 100 Deoxys.Traded a Level 100 Deoxys from GTS.
Met at 11:45 PM Sunday night.
Current Status: In Party, holding Mind Plate, Friendship maxed.
Currently has 9 Ribbons.

Species: Deoxys*
Name: デオキシス (Deokishisu)
Gender: None
Level: 30
Found on GTS late night Saturday February 23, 2008. Arrived from Hoenn. Was offered up for trade for any Palkia. Traded a Palkia from GTS.
Met at 12:15 am Saturday night.
Current Status: Traded to Prime. (You're welcome. Now stop lusting after my Sneasel! ;P)

Species: Golbat
Name: GOLBAT
Gender: Female
Level: 45
Found on GTS late night Tuesday March 11, 2008. Was originally met on Victory Road. Was offered for trade a Level 20 and up male Vibrava. Traded Vibrava from GTS.
Met at 11:45pm Tuesday night.
Current Status: In Shinies box, no Ribbons, no Friendship established and holding no items.

Species: Psyduck
Name: PSYDUCK
Gender: Female
Level: 41
Trade from Prime for a second shiny male Golbat that I found on GTS. Originally from Kanto, arrived on Oct. 25, 2007. Italian.
Met on Saturday March 15, 2008 during the late evening hours.
Current Status: In Shinies box, no Ribbons, no Friendship established, holding Mystic Water.


Species: Skitty
Name: Sammy
Gender: Male
Level: 40
Met at Route 222, Skitty number 45 in a chain of 54.
Met at midnight Friday March 21, 2008.
Current Status: In Party with 4 Ribbons, holding a Soothe Bell. Trying to establish Friendship.
May or may not be evolved to Delcatty.

Currently Breeding/Soft Resetting For:

Species: Vulpix
Name: None
Gender: Unknown
Level ?
Breeding began February 25, 2007
625 Eggs hatched

Shinies Up for Trade:
Currently none.

Expect this page to be updated as I progress in Pearl and begin chaining. Thanks for reading!

Credits: sprites are from Pokesho, all Pokémon are shown in their shiny forms except for Azelf, Spiritomb, Riolu, and Combee.

* I cannot verify the legitimacy of either shiny Deoxys due to the sheer number of shiny Deoxys that have popped up on GTS over the past few weeks. Unlike most of them, the two I traded for were at Level 30 and not 100, so I am inclinded to believe that they might actually be legit but I am not certain.

Sweet Sanity

It comes in a little box and only costs $35.00!

Hey, it's cheaper than therapy!

(Photo from Amazon)

The Son of the Return of Random Thoughts

Simply because it's been a while. Let's have at it, shall we?

*Mitt Romney is an ass. 'Nuff said.

*Don't worry, the melamine meat is okay to eat..... which is great because it's now been found in fish feed. I can see the new ad campaigns now- Long John Silver's: Yarr, Melamine! Red Lobster, for the Melamine Lover in You...

*I got my copy of Pokémon Pearl on April 26th. That game is the only reason I haven't completely lost my mind. Now all I need to do is catch up to Prime.

*I'm sorry, but this is just plain creepy. And am I the only one who thinks the Queen's visit is a non-story?

*This whole tainted food thing has me freaked out. I'm starting to wonder if photosynthesis is the way to go.

*It's May, which means we have about a month or so until BotCon. Not long until I reach Nerdvana.

*I can has lol? Yep, it's Star Trek, lolcats style. Read. Enjoy. You're welcome.

And that's all for today. Join us again when we pick the detritus from my brain and label it "Random Thoughts"

And It Gets Even Worse

The alert has been expanded.

So, photosynthesis anyone? That might be the safest thing right now.....

Plastic, the Other White Meat

First, we had the tainted pork. Now, we have tainted chicken.

And people wonder why in the hell I want to eat organic so often. =/

...and Miss Sakaki is crying...

Hunters kill one of the last Amur leopards living in the wild.

There just aren't enough tears.....

Situation Normal, All Fucked Up

It's not just in wheat gluten. Melamine is also being found in rice protein.

Oh, and remember how this stuff "didn't get into the human food supply"? Bullshit.

In California, state agriculture officials placed a hog farm under quarantine after melamine was found in pig urine there. Additional testing was under way to determine whether the chemical was present in the meat produced by American Hog Farm in Ceres since April 3, the state Department of Food and Agriculture said. (Emphasis mine)

Plastic. It's what's for dinner. If you'll pardon me, I'm going to go throw up now.

Why?

We all know what happened at Virgina Tech. We all know the details. We know it's a tragedy.

So why does Fred Phelps have to rub even more salt in the wound?

Why in God's name can't he just leave the families alone and let them mourn their losses in peace and dignity?

Does the man have no shame? No decency?

Why?

It Keeps Getting Worse

Whoever pulled this bullshit needs to go. Now. Because it's fairly obvious we are dealing with some class Alpha morons here.

According to AMERICAblog, the CFO of Menu Foods dumped his stock less than three weeks before the shit hit the fan.

Even worse? Some of that tainted pet food is still on store shelves.

Wanna get really pissed off? Head on over to Shakesville.

Way to go, idiots. I'd slap the lot of you, but shit splatters.

I'm switching Sammy's food again. I'm going to look for organic dry cat food. I won't be buying Iams again. Not after this. It's pretty obvious that they cannot be trusted.

Image from Creative Worlds

Cosmic Rust

I have been in the world's worst mood for the past two weeks. I have no idea why.

Maybe it's the stupidity at work. Maybe it's just the world in general. Again, I have no idea.

The sheer volume of idiots has seemingly risen in the past few weeks. And they've been walking through my lane. And it's pissing me off.

Prime and I have been hitting assloads of snags when it comes to the vacation. I could scream, but it won't do a damn bit of good.

Prime's been pissing me off quite a bit. It's probably due to my mood, but damn it's irritating as hell.

And we're getting snow in April. It's April, FUCK THE SNOW! We don't need it!


Picture from Creative Worlds, pissy attitude from the Weasel.

Way to Go, Asshats

You may have done this shit on purpose.

From CNN:

Contaminants that led to a massive recall of pet food could have been added intentionally, according to one theory being considered by the Food and Drug Administration.

"Somebody may have added melamine to the wheat gluten in order to increase what appears to be the protein level," the FDA's Stephen Sundlof told CNN on Friday.

Bravo. Way to go, you shits. Why would they do this? Simple answer: greed.

"Wheat gluten is a high-protein substance and by trying to artificially inflate the protein level, it could command a higher price. But that's just one theory at this point."
(Emphasis mine.)

Fuck this shit. I'll make my own damn cat food. It's brutally apparent I can't trust any of you fuckweeds.

--Weasel, pissed beyond words.

The Pet Food Recall

As most of you now know, there's been a huge pet food recall, affecting both cat and dog food. Usually, this sort of thing doesn't affect me.

Then, I read the newspaper this past Sunday. One of the recalled brands was Iams.

I occasionally give my cat a pouch of Iams wet food as a treat. Needless to say, I panicked.

Prime checked the remaining pouch of food we had in the pantry. It wasn't part of the recall. I dug out a pouch of chicken flavored food that I bought recently. Prime checked that one. With a serious look on his face, he told me to get the empty pouch of salmon we had fed Sammy two nights ago.

As it turned out, the salmon pouch was okay. The chicken was not; it was part of the tainted batch. I could have inadvertently fed Sammy something that could have sickened or killed him.

I pretty much lost it right then and there. I started crying. Prime managed to calm me down, but he was pretty upset, too. We were damned lucky. We dodged a potentially fatal bullet.

Sammy's fine, thank heavens. His appetite is great, he's full of energy, and just as goofy as ever.

The pouch went back to the store. I figure if I'm going to treat the cat to chicken, it'll be the real thing, not processed crap. I refuse to gamble with his health again.

How to Turn a Child Gay

Have Prince perform the Halftime show for the Superbowl. That'll turn 'em gay, alright.

I'd say this douchebag was acting stupid, but I don't think this is an act. I love the letter's closing line, though: Thanks CBS for turning my son GAY.

I don't know whether to laugh or cry. I leave that up to you.

--Weasel, "It don't get much stupider than this!"

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Or Left, actually.

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