Pictures are coming.
But being the good and polite friend I am, I am awaiting approval from (most) of the pictees before I post. :D
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
New Meme
01. What does your Blog Name mean?
Oh it's just a non-clever take on my regular username.
02. Elaborate on your icon.
Well it doesn't seem to be there anymore but it WAS a picture of Hayden with the lime helmet kitty on his T-shirt. My good friend photoshopped it for me for my birthday last year. I just love it. Have it in a frame at home too. :-)
03. What's your middle name?
Ugh. Louise.
04. What is your current relationship status?
I'm hooked up. :D
05. Honestly, do you and your crush flirt alot?
Yep. Still do. :-)
06. What is your current mood?
I'm still recovering from being sick, which is making me feel tired and listless. Lately I've been worried that my depression was acting up...but then I remember I'm still sick. ;-)
07. What do you love most?
My BF. My friends. My family.
08. What makes you most happy?
Any extra time with the BF...intentional or unintentional.
09. Are you musically inclined?
I used to be. I used to sing.
10. If you could go back in time, and change something, would you?
Yes. I would never have picked up that first cigarette.
11. If you had to be an animal for one day, what would you be?
A lazy, fat-ass housecat. Preferably one of mine.
12. Ever have a near death experience?
Yes. I almost drowned once while bodyboarding in the ocean. And during the 1989 quake, I THOUGHT I was going to die.
13. Name one thing you do a lot?
I watch a LOT of TV.
14. What's the name of the song that's stuck in your head right now?
Actually right now it's that stupid "lalala, lalala, lalala LA" friggin Nokia ringtone. Thanks, Jerk Sitting Next to Me.
15. Who did you copy and paste this from?
Alice.
16. Name someone with the same b-day as you?
Famous person? The only one I know of is Peggy Fleming. Semi-famous person? My stand-up comic friend, Steven.
Actual person? TxMomma is the only other person I know with the same birthday as me. :D
17. Here, enter your own secret question: Is there something you are worried about right now?
Yes. Yes indeed. But I'm afraid to say it out loud.
18. Have you ever sang in front of a large audience? Where?
Many times. I was active in the choir and musical theater when I was younger.
19. What are the things you notice about the OPPOSITE sex?
I like tall guys with pretty eyes. :-)
20. Do you still watch kiddy movies or TV shows ?
Yes. All the time. :-) I watch Cartoon Network, Boomerang and Nicktoons more than anything else.
21. Do you have glasses?
Yes. Lots of them. Tumblers, juice glasses, hi-ball glasses, wine glasses, champagne flutes...
22. Are you comfortable with your height?
No way. I have always wanted to be taller. I've always felt stumpy.
23. Name something funny that always happens to you?
I trip over my own feet a lot.
Once I slipped on a banana peel in the mall parking lot. Now THAT was funny. (Considering how much time I spend watching cartoons...)
24. Do you speak any other languages?
Some Spanish.
25. What's your favorite smell?
Tie between the Carribbean Sea and the BF's cologne. :-)
Oh it's just a non-clever take on my regular username.
02. Elaborate on your icon.
Well it doesn't seem to be there anymore but it WAS a picture of Hayden with the lime helmet kitty on his T-shirt. My good friend photoshopped it for me for my birthday last year. I just love it. Have it in a frame at home too. :-)
03. What's your middle name?
Ugh. Louise.
04. What is your current relationship status?
I'm hooked up. :D
05. Honestly, do you and your crush flirt alot?
Yep. Still do. :-)
06. What is your current mood?
I'm still recovering from being sick, which is making me feel tired and listless. Lately I've been worried that my depression was acting up...but then I remember I'm still sick. ;-)
07. What do you love most?
My BF. My friends. My family.
08. What makes you most happy?
Any extra time with the BF...intentional or unintentional.
09. Are you musically inclined?
I used to be. I used to sing.
10. If you could go back in time, and change something, would you?
Yes. I would never have picked up that first cigarette.
11. If you had to be an animal for one day, what would you be?
A lazy, fat-ass housecat. Preferably one of mine.
12. Ever have a near death experience?
Yes. I almost drowned once while bodyboarding in the ocean. And during the 1989 quake, I THOUGHT I was going to die.
13. Name one thing you do a lot?
I watch a LOT of TV.
14. What's the name of the song that's stuck in your head right now?
Actually right now it's that stupid "lalala, lalala, lalala LA" friggin Nokia ringtone. Thanks, Jerk Sitting Next to Me.
15. Who did you copy and paste this from?
Alice.
16. Name someone with the same b-day as you?
Famous person? The only one I know of is Peggy Fleming. Semi-famous person? My stand-up comic friend, Steven.
Actual person? TxMomma is the only other person I know with the same birthday as me. :D
17. Here, enter your own secret question: Is there something you are worried about right now?
Yes. Yes indeed. But I'm afraid to say it out loud.
18. Have you ever sang in front of a large audience? Where?
Many times. I was active in the choir and musical theater when I was younger.
19. What are the things you notice about the OPPOSITE sex?
I like tall guys with pretty eyes. :-)
20. Do you still watch kiddy movies or TV shows ?
Yes. All the time. :-) I watch Cartoon Network, Boomerang and Nicktoons more than anything else.
21. Do you have glasses?
Yes. Lots of them. Tumblers, juice glasses, hi-ball glasses, wine glasses, champagne flutes...
22. Are you comfortable with your height?
No way. I have always wanted to be taller. I've always felt stumpy.
23. Name something funny that always happens to you?
I trip over my own feet a lot.
Once I slipped on a banana peel in the mall parking lot. Now THAT was funny. (Considering how much time I spend watching cartoons...)
24. Do you speak any other languages?
Some Spanish.
25. What's your favorite smell?
Tie between the Carribbean Sea and the BF's cologne. :-)
Thursday, October 19, 2006
The Mother of All Rants
If you weren't dead, I'd punch you in the face.
Even in the grave, you are finding a way to make my life difficult and complicated.
I don't even have all the details on this particular pile of crap yet, but here's what little I do know so far:
For those who don't know, my ex-husband went into the hospital last year (around this time) for attempting to drink himself to death. He was in ICU in a medicated coma for a month. He has no insurance. Ergo, a $250,000 hospital bill with no way to get paid (that I'm aware of anyway).
Well now he's dead -- apparently successful in what he attempted last year. Of course, said hospital bill never did get paid. At all...nothing.
Our divorce was final in July and not only that, but the papers SPECIFICALLY STATE that he is to be responsible for all of his own medical costs. Blam. Done.
Or is it?
Apparently not. Now I've got some chick from the collections department at the hospital calling me, my parents, my ex-in laws specifically wanting to talk to ME...looking to get paid. LOL! So what, right? My lawyer told me just because they call doesn't mean I have to call them back.
But I did. (I've left a message...no call back yet). I spoke to my ex-FIL last night and what little he told me has something to do with the ex's 401k. He never changed the beneficiary so the payout still goes to me. (How this can possibly be legal, I just don't know. I would think that the divorce would have negated all of that but...I'm obviously not a lawyer.) Fidelity (holders of said 401k) will not release any information to his parents about how much is in there or how it can be accessed because they are not the beneficiary. I am.
So I figured..."fine, I'll just sign some stupid form with Fidelity and be done with it." Which is why I got involved last night.
Oh no!! They jsut dumped the whole fucking thing in my lap! I have to call this woman from the hospital and take it fromt here. WTF? Does anyone not get the concept of DIVORCE????
HE'S NOT MY FUCKING PROBLEM ANYMORE!!!!
I keep thinking..."what if I was in another state? what if you couldn't get a hold of me?"
And the kicker, the KICKER for me last night was when the ex-FIL said "don't worry...the hospital is totally willing to negotiate."
Negotiate WHAT? I'm not paying this fucking bill! Are you off your damn onion!!???
And then I get even MORE angry when I think of this: I know how this is going to go down. I'm going to get stuck doing all of the work -- phone calls, paperwork, this and that, you name it -- and it's going to end up COSTING me money. I just know it.
Negotiation or not, there is not enough money in that account to cover this bill and you know damn well that the hospital is going to take every penny they can. I'm going to need to get my laywer involved and she needs to be paid.
I'm going to end up with nothing except a shitload of frustration and pent-up anger and a big, fat attorney fee.
Fucking asshole.
Even in the grave, you are finding a way to make my life difficult and complicated.
I don't even have all the details on this particular pile of crap yet, but here's what little I do know so far:
For those who don't know, my ex-husband went into the hospital last year (around this time) for attempting to drink himself to death. He was in ICU in a medicated coma for a month. He has no insurance. Ergo, a $250,000 hospital bill with no way to get paid (that I'm aware of anyway).
Well now he's dead -- apparently successful in what he attempted last year. Of course, said hospital bill never did get paid. At all...nothing.
Our divorce was final in July and not only that, but the papers SPECIFICALLY STATE that he is to be responsible for all of his own medical costs. Blam. Done.
Or is it?
Apparently not. Now I've got some chick from the collections department at the hospital calling me, my parents, my ex-in laws specifically wanting to talk to ME...looking to get paid. LOL! So what, right? My lawyer told me just because they call doesn't mean I have to call them back.
But I did. (I've left a message...no call back yet). I spoke to my ex-FIL last night and what little he told me has something to do with the ex's 401k. He never changed the beneficiary so the payout still goes to me. (How this can possibly be legal, I just don't know. I would think that the divorce would have negated all of that but...I'm obviously not a lawyer.) Fidelity (holders of said 401k) will not release any information to his parents about how much is in there or how it can be accessed because they are not the beneficiary. I am.
So I figured..."fine, I'll just sign some stupid form with Fidelity and be done with it." Which is why I got involved last night.
Oh no!! They jsut dumped the whole fucking thing in my lap! I have to call this woman from the hospital and take it fromt here. WTF? Does anyone not get the concept of DIVORCE????
HE'S NOT MY FUCKING PROBLEM ANYMORE!!!!
I keep thinking..."what if I was in another state? what if you couldn't get a hold of me?"
And the kicker, the KICKER for me last night was when the ex-FIL said "don't worry...the hospital is totally willing to negotiate."
Negotiate WHAT? I'm not paying this fucking bill! Are you off your damn onion!!???
And then I get even MORE angry when I think of this: I know how this is going to go down. I'm going to get stuck doing all of the work -- phone calls, paperwork, this and that, you name it -- and it's going to end up COSTING me money. I just know it.
Negotiation or not, there is not enough money in that account to cover this bill and you know damn well that the hospital is going to take every penny they can. I'm going to need to get my laywer involved and she needs to be paid.
I'm going to end up with nothing except a shitload of frustration and pent-up anger and a big, fat attorney fee.
Fucking asshole.
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Just because.
And I came across THIS:http://hayden-christensen-news.newslib.com/story/7203-41/
Which for some reason I find very endearing.
You go on with your bad self, Hayden. :-)
Thursday, October 12, 2006
New Meme
1. If my life were a drinking game, everyone would do a shot when...I do/say something stupid. Get ready to need new livers, everybody.
2. The Rat Packer I most identify with is:
C) Dean Martin
3. The first famous person I liked was: Shawn Cassidy.
4. If I had to gain 30 pounds, I would eat: you mean I didn't HAVE to gain these 30 lbs? Crap and I don't remember what I ate!
5. Choose one: A) The Rolling Stones
6. The person I'm mistaken for most often is: my co-worker.
7. Pick a Jessica: A) Jessica Alba (google "Awake" and you'll know why)
8. The worst advice I've ever received: "You've just got cold feet."
9. After a long day, I like to kick back with: B) Cold Beer
10. The most underrated performer is: H. Jon Benjamin
11. The thing I've wanted to buy but am just too embarrassed to purchase: I'm too embarrassed to say.
12. My porn name is: Patches Cumberland.
2. The Rat Packer I most identify with is:
C) Dean Martin
3. The first famous person I liked was: Shawn Cassidy.
4. If I had to gain 30 pounds, I would eat: you mean I didn't HAVE to gain these 30 lbs? Crap and I don't remember what I ate!
5. Choose one: A) The Rolling Stones
6. The person I'm mistaken for most often is: my co-worker.
7. Pick a Jessica: A) Jessica Alba (google "Awake" and you'll know why)
8. The worst advice I've ever received: "You've just got cold feet."
9. After a long day, I like to kick back with: B) Cold Beer
10. The most underrated performer is: H. Jon Benjamin
11. The thing I've wanted to buy but am just too embarrassed to purchase: I'm too embarrassed to say.
12. My porn name is: Patches Cumberland.
Saturday, October 07, 2006
Is the finally the end now?
Ugh.
I finally went through my mail the other day. I'm so bad about the mail...I'll pick it up every day and then just leave it in a huge pile until I feel like looking at it. There's rarely anything interesting in there anyway.
I found a blue card, like a postcard, from the Calavaras County Sheriff's Department addressed to my ex-husband. In big bold letters on the back I immediately noticed the words "WARRANT FOR YOUR ARREST".
*sigh*
I stared at it for a while, wondering what to do. Then I decided to just call the number on the back. Here's exactly what I said:
"Hi. This is Catt. I've got a warrant notice in my hand for my ex-husband. One, you've got the wrong address -- he hasn't lived here for over a year and a half. Two, he's dead."
The response:
"Oh. Where did he die?"
I answered him.
Then he starts in on this huge rambling list of questions about whether or not the DMV and other goverment agencies have been notified...blah blah blah.
Hey! Sgt. McStupid! Did you not hear me say "EX"?
Trying to hide the disdain and irritation in my voice I just said:
"uh yeah, I can't really help you there. As I said, he was my EX husband. You'd have to talk to his family."
So, per his instructions, (and as I've done with the continuing stream of Greg's mail I keep receiving), I wrote "deceased" on the outside of the card and labeled it "return to sender".
Although I was curious, I didn't ask what the warrant was for. Nor do I know what the hell he was doing up in Calavaras County. But, knowing what we all know, I think we can safely assume it's either a DUI or a drunk in public charge.
I sure as hell hope this is the last of it. I really want to put this behind me. For good.
I finally went through my mail the other day. I'm so bad about the mail...I'll pick it up every day and then just leave it in a huge pile until I feel like looking at it. There's rarely anything interesting in there anyway.
I found a blue card, like a postcard, from the Calavaras County Sheriff's Department addressed to my ex-husband. In big bold letters on the back I immediately noticed the words "WARRANT FOR YOUR ARREST".
*sigh*
I stared at it for a while, wondering what to do. Then I decided to just call the number on the back. Here's exactly what I said:
"Hi. This is Catt. I've got a warrant notice in my hand for my ex-husband. One, you've got the wrong address -- he hasn't lived here for over a year and a half. Two, he's dead."
The response:
"Oh. Where did he die?"
I answered him.
Then he starts in on this huge rambling list of questions about whether or not the DMV and other goverment agencies have been notified...blah blah blah.
Hey! Sgt. McStupid! Did you not hear me say "EX"?
Trying to hide the disdain and irritation in my voice I just said:
"uh yeah, I can't really help you there. As I said, he was my EX husband. You'd have to talk to his family."
So, per his instructions, (and as I've done with the continuing stream of Greg's mail I keep receiving), I wrote "deceased" on the outside of the card and labeled it "return to sender".
Although I was curious, I didn't ask what the warrant was for. Nor do I know what the hell he was doing up in Calavaras County. But, knowing what we all know, I think we can safely assume it's either a DUI or a drunk in public charge.
I sure as hell hope this is the last of it. I really want to put this behind me. For good.
Friday, October 06, 2006
*sigh*
For those of you who know me, you'll know why this is so very embarrassing. :-(
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006460434,00.html
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006460434,00.html
Thursday, October 05, 2006
No comment.
Ok so that's not really true. I have lots of comments! :D
But I'm not going to make any. I'm just going to comfort my friend and leave it at that. A "Zen" approach if you will. ;-)
OK fine. I'll make one comment (so much for Zen).
Just keep in mind that I'm a Buddhist. That means I don't believe in God and I don't worship the J man. (Well not THAT J man anyway). Just keep that tucked away when you think he might be shoving his religion down your throat or preaching to you. I'd be the first one to tell him he's being a sanctimonious asshole if I thought that's what was happening. But it isn't, and we talk about this kinda stuff a lot more than you might think.
Most times in arguments like these, we just don't understand each other or things are phrased quite poorly. I don't know. That's why I stay out of it. And I was asked to stay out of it this time. Still...I felt like I should say SOMETHING and since this is my little chunk o' space, I figured why the hell not?
And another thing...(aren't you glad I wasn't gonna comment? LOL):
When talking about the life that he "destroyed", please don't forget the life that he saved. Sorry to ruin the villifying, but I just wanted to make sure y'all didn't forget that.
When everyone's done fighting, I made muffins. :-)
But I'm not going to make any. I'm just going to comfort my friend and leave it at that. A "Zen" approach if you will. ;-)
OK fine. I'll make one comment (so much for Zen).
Just keep in mind that I'm a Buddhist. That means I don't believe in God and I don't worship the J man. (Well not THAT J man anyway). Just keep that tucked away when you think he might be shoving his religion down your throat or preaching to you. I'd be the first one to tell him he's being a sanctimonious asshole if I thought that's what was happening. But it isn't, and we talk about this kinda stuff a lot more than you might think.
Most times in arguments like these, we just don't understand each other or things are phrased quite poorly. I don't know. That's why I stay out of it. And I was asked to stay out of it this time. Still...I felt like I should say SOMETHING and since this is my little chunk o' space, I figured why the hell not?
And another thing...(aren't you glad I wasn't gonna comment? LOL):
When talking about the life that he "destroyed", please don't forget the life that he saved. Sorry to ruin the villifying, but I just wanted to make sure y'all didn't forget that.
When everyone's done fighting, I made muffins. :-)
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