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Well, that was annoying. I called Trader Joe's to see if they had this kind of cinnamon roll I love that I was looking for there last week and they said they had some and they'd save me a package so I shlep all the way over there and not only do they not have the goddamn cinnamon rolls, they discontinued them! They tried to pawn off these other rolls on me that were really pathetic. They didn't even look good. And they didn't have any baking powder either (the other thing I needed). There's no good place to get cinnamon rolls around here anymore now, there used to be a bakery in my neighborhood that had really great ones but they went out of business. That sucks.

Sorry about the screw up involving the date on this entry, there was a power failure in my bldg and my best friend hasn't reset the calender on the computer (it's his computer not mine so I don't want to accidentally mess it up.
Interview meme from the lovely hughville:
The first thing she did was to ask me about the atheism which I have gone on about at length in earlier posts so I will just do some cutting and pasting here:
I was actually brought up christian and I'm the only atheist in my family, in fact my mom is studying to be a minister and two of my cousins already are ministers. I know if they knew I was an atheist they would go nuts so I just said I was "not religious" and they were pissed, especially my dad. As far as I'm concerned that was a test and they failed. there are many many reasons why I am an atheist, here are only a few:

no one has ever proven there is a god. I believe in things for which there are evidence.
I would rather believe in no god at all rather than a god who seems cruel (why are people sometimes born with terrible diseases?) or one who does things that seem absolutely pointless (why would I have an incredibly high sex drive and yet look terrible? and it's not all in my head, either, I hear what people say and I see how they react to me)
the bible has some awful shit in it. it says slavery is OK, it condones killing people, including little kids, etc.
most religions do not respect women at all
most religions condemn gays
millions of people have been killed or tortured in the name of religion
it is possible to have a strong sense of ethics without religion
without religion life has meaning; people give it meaning

I have no interest in converting anybody and in fact most of us atheists do not go around trying to convert people; it's religious people who do this.
If someone believes in a religion and it makes them happy I don't have a problem with it as long as they don't go around ramming it down other people's throats or using it as an excuse to be an asshat.
I know a lot of people, including yourself, who are very sincere, nice people who believe very strongly in a loving deity, and I respect that. It just breaks my heart that there are a lot of religious people who are not nice, who do terrible things and believe that their god justifies what they are doing. 9 11 was the most obvious example of this.
I like you a lot and I hope I haven't offended you at all.

2. what's your favorite childhood memory?
my childhood was not great but I do have a few favorite memories. some of the best ones would probably be summers at my grandparents' lake home in Michigan. My family spent a lot of summer vacations there from when I was a little kid right up till I was 16 (my grandmother died that autumn) and I always had a lot of fun there, we would go swimming in the lake every day and do parties and all sorts of fun things, my aunts and uncles and cousins were often there too.

3. What's your favorite House ep and why?
Three Stories because we find out a lot about House and the acting is so good and the first time I ever saw it I was in the hospital, and Merry Little Christmas just for House and Dwarf Mom.

4. What are some of your other favorite TV shows?
Jeeves and Wooster (obvious)
Monty Python
Blackadder
Beavis and Butthead
I used to love the Simpsons but they've really deteriorated
Fawlty Towers
Frasier
the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes
CSI before Gris left
CSI New York
Brother Caedfael

5. What's your favorite book?
there are literally hundreds of books I love. no exaggeration, I couldn't pick one or a top ten or even a top hundred.

OK, they fixed my dishwasher and I think it's going to stay fixed now (hard to tell what was causing problems since the guy who fixed it speaks very bad English) and my best friend's upset stomach seems to have gotten a lot better. I went to the drugstore to get him some more medicine and it seems to have helped. he was not in any shape to go get it himself.

I feel bad for my best friend, he broke up w/ his boyfriend and he's got a really bad upset stomach.

my roomie is back early, apparently things haven't worked out well and he and his boyfriend broke up. I was really sorry to hear that, I had thought they were doing better than they actually were. I have been busy being supportive, he's really sweet and deserves to be happy.

Very mixed day yesterday. The damn dishwasher broke AGAIN, apparently idiot didn't do a very good job fixing it. It took him almost 2 weeks to bother to get around to doing it and it busts again in about four days.
Last night I went to an absolutely fantastic concert w/ a Stones-alike band and a Beatles-alike band. It was so damn fun! I had a great time, between the music and lots of cool, friendly people (this one guy, Gavin, bought me enough beers to float a canoe) the only thing was the concert ran so late the Bart train was shut down (you can't cross the bay after midnight w/o a car which I think is retarded) so I had to take a bus downtown and then sit around a hotel lobby for a few hours, then go home and get some sleep. Worth it, though. I haven't had that much fun in ages. I hadn't heard that particular Beatle-alike band before and they were fucking great. They didn't look like the Beatles but they sounded a lot like them which is the important thing. I wore a button with a pic of Hugh on it because I figured it was Talented Sexy British Guy Night and a bunch of people were all like, "oo, what a cool button, I love Hugh Laurie!" except for one guy who was all "who the hell is that guy" but he was kind of a jerk anyway.
The Stones band I had heard before so I knew they would be awesome but they were even better than usual. Another interesting thing is the Beatle sound alike guys did a bunch of songs the real Beatles weren't really known for performing live, like I Am the Walrus. I actually danced to I am the Walrus, if you can believe that one. if there are any Bat geeks reading this you might be amused to know that after the John Lennon alike sang the part about "don't you think the joker laughs at you" I yelled "why so serious". I never danced so much in my life! I actually had to go sit down or I would have keeled over, and not from drinking but from sheer expenditure of energy.

I was waiting almost all day for my best friend and his boyfriend to show up yesterday and I was kind of getting a bit worried because they were so late but it turns out they just really overslept. It wasn't too late for us to do what we had originally intended to do so it was OK.

Had a nice, fun day yesterday with my best friend and his boyfriend, we watched some Jeeves and Wooster and The Two Towers. exchange...

My best friend: Pippin's a pothead.
Me: yeah, Pippin's gonna eat a bunch of cookies and listen to the Grateful Dead now.

also I had a fun Hugh dream last night, I was in the studio audience for a Blackadder reunion show which was really funny and went around in several different time periods, including some they did not do on the original show (there was an Edwardian segment, a 1930s one and a 1960s one!) and afterwards I got to say hello to the cast in a kind of meet and greet deal. I gave Hugh a hug and a big kiss while he was in the full Prince Regent costume and he was all, "oh god, I still have this damn makeup on!" and I was, "I don't care" and he goes, "You're going to wind up looking like the joker" and I go, "my mouth isn't that big" and Tony Robinson started to say something and Hugh was all, "shut up Tony". hehe.

the lovely deelaundry asked me to do the 5 words that remind me of you meme:

1.Writing
I have been going through a fic dry spell lately because I was so depressed by the House in the mental hospital plot, but under normal (normal for me, anyway) circumstances I love to write. Most of the other people in this group write really well and I find it inspiring. I hadn't written any fiction for about ten years before I joined this group and I hadn't realized how much I missed it until I started doing it again (and I will get through this dark patch, it will just take time).

2. House
As I said, it has been ages since I was this fascinated by a fictional character. I love him for his mind, his wit, his no-bullshit attitude. I relate to his music geek-ness, his curiosity, his general snarkiness and low tolerance for stupidity. When I was a little girl, I read all the Winnie the Pooh books and I wanted to hug Eeyore, there may not be much difference between that and my finding House attractive. (It doesn't exactly hurt that Hugh Laurie is both an excellent actor and cute as hell, shit, am I ever glad they did not go with Denis Leary. Ugh.)

3. Roommate
My roomie is also the best friend I've ever had. He is akumatatsu61 on LJ and he is a large, charming, smart gay man who reminds me a little of Stephen Fry. He and I have been friends for 13 years. He is one of the nicest people to walk the face of the earth. I'm the only woman whom he was ever in a relationship with and some people might think this is weird but I consider it sort of an honor. He is terrific, he puts up with my moodiness in a way no one else does and I never get tired of talking to him. he is also super helpful and an excellent roommate (good friends aren't always necessarily good roomies, trust me on this.)

4. Asperger's
Not happy about this. I don't like being defined by my disability (another possible way I identify with House?) but I accept it. It's part of me, what bothers me is the amount of absolute nonsense that gets passed around about it. there are a lot of symptoms for it, for starters, a lot of which I have but some of which I definitely do NOT have, e.g. the inability to read facial expressions. I seriously doubt I would like Hugh as much as I do if I had a hard time with facial expressions. Also, there is still a very negative stigma attached to any sort of mental illness, even a relatively mild one. Anybody who says otherwise is either very naive or just plain dumb. Also , my chronic broke-ness is due to my being on disability, which pays less than minimum wage. I know because I did the math. My Asperger's is medium level but it's bad enough to seriously interfere with my holding down any sort of a job, due to my inability to self-censor.

5. Music
I love music. my taste in music goes all over the damn map, as you can see if you just take a look at enough of the music references on my LJ (and especially in my fics). I can completely lose myself in a piece of music. i love to listen and I love to sing. When I did karaoke in Vegas some guy tried to talk me into being on American Idol but I wasn't interested. I don't own a car and I feel almost naked if I'm on a bus without my discman (I can't afford an iPod).
I jokingly said in anther forum, "David Bowie keeps me from killing people on the bus," and someone wanted to put that on a t shirt. :)

the lovely Sarcastrica gave me the following 5 questions in a meme:

1. what's the one question you never get asked in this meme that you want to get asked?
I've never done this meme before, so there really isn't one.

2. When did you "discover" Hugh?
the first thing I ever saw him in was the Bambi episode of the Young Ones and the Beer episode of Blackadder which I saw on the same day in '92 or '93. I always liked him, however, I did not decide my reason for existing on earth was to lick butterscotch sauce off of him until House. I've been watching House since ep 1.

3. What's your favorite thing to do on a rainy day?
To cuddle up somewhere where there are good drinks, good music and a fireplace.

4. What's your favorite punctuation mark?
I've never thought about it until now. I would say question marks because they stand for curiosity and skepticism, and "question authority" is one of the things I live by.

5. Name five of your favorite musical artists and your favorite song by each.
My favorite band of all time is the Beatles, but they did so many good songs that I don't have one favorite, so I will name five of my other favorites.
Jimi Hendrix--"Are You Experienced?"
David Bowie--either "Suffragette City" or "Queen Bitch"
John Lennon (his solo songs as opposed to songs he did in the Beatles)--"Instant Karma"
Prince--"Raspberry Beret"
the Dandy Warhols--"Get Off"

Partied hard all weekend and slept like a rock last night, now it's going to be a relaxing next couple of days w/ not much to do. Nice.

Had a great day again today. I went to the pride parade and rode w/ my PFLAG buds and then partied. I want to take my best friend and his boyfriend to this contest on Friday, it's a Beatles-alike band AND a Stones-alike band on the same bill. I entered a contest to win free tickets but I wanna go even if I don't win.

Just got back from the atheists' picnic in Stern grove park in SF! I had a fantastic time and got to see a lot of good friends whom I hadn't seen in bloody ages. I feel just great!

was woken up by one of the front desk staff asking me about the guy fixing the dishwasher at 8:30 in the morning, when they're usually not even here yet, much less working. I'd suspect them of doing it that early just to screw with me but I think that's giving them credit for too much intelligence. They are supposed to come over at 10:30. I was going to spend the morning baking peanut butter chocolate cookies but I'd just get in the way of the maintenance guy so I'll do it after he leaves. (If he's a no show heads will roll.)

Good news: I have been having nothing but fun with my best friend and his new boyfriend.
Bad news: It's been a week and a half and the dumb fucks in my bldg. have STILL not fixed the dishwasher. I need Jeeves. I'd even put up with him being the clothes police.

I had a lot of fun yesterday, my best friend and his new boyfriend took me out and we hung out in the Castro and he bought some "toys" and we had a great dinner. I think the boyfriend was pretty amazed by the Castro, he told me he lives in a small midwestern town that isn't exactly gay friendly, he's only been here a couple of days and he looked like he wants to move here now.
Saw a really weird sketch on youtube spoofing Jeeves and Bertie where Bertie keeps doing terrible things(beating people up, getting women pregnant, having sex with a horse!!) and Jeeves keeps bailing him out. The only problem was the guys doing the sketch weren't making any effort to be IC and weren't funny, if Hugh and Stephen had done the exact same sketch it would have been hilarious.

I met my best friend's boyfriend last night. I love him! He is so cute and nice and funny and smart. I'm so happy for my friend! He deserves this. He took us out for sushi and then we watched House at my place and really enjoyed ourselves.
exchange I found funny day before yesterday, my friend Becca and I were looking at some home fashion magazine and there was a picture of a guy wearing a butt ugly tie:
me: Jeeves would make him get rid of that tie.
Becca: Jeeves would strangle him with it.

I'm very, very nervous about the total lack of money around here. Being on disability sucks. I'm usually broke by this time in the month and there are things I need to do in several days.

I had a great last couple of days with my best friend/roomie showing a couple of friends of his the sights, they had come from Washington wanting to do the tourist thing so we took them to Golden Gate park and out for Chinese food and to the Musee Mechanique and stuff. They're both really nice and we had a terrific time. I'm feeling really relaxed right now.

I can't believe I'm up and posting this early but I woke up much too early this AM and could not get back to sleep. I had fun playing tour guide for my best friend's friends (they're my friends too now, really), they were both super super nice. They mostly wanted to go to more "touristy" places than I would usually hang out at but they're the guests so it's best to let them make the choice. Anyway we all had a really nice time and they're meeting us later today.