Saturday, December 08, 2001

Mercury bit me! Well, okay, she put her teeth around my wrist, but it was unexpected. I guess I wasn't putting enough effort into playing with her.
Posted by: Shannon M.: 9:27 PM |

Oh, and if anyone wants to spend a little money on me... A list of stuff I'd like.
Posted by: Shannon M.: 9:57 PM |

Friday, December 07, 2001

I have my Japanese final today. Eek...

In other news, instead of studying, last night, I finished up MooT. Sorta. It's gonna take me for_ever_ to finish this thing.
Posted by: Shannon M.: 11:13 AM |

Okay, so I actually haven't finished MooT at all. But I will! Someday. Maybe.
Posted by: Shannon M.: 11:16 AM |

Woohoo! I pretty much aced my final.

My car, though, has bad front axles, and I can't drive it any more than is absolutely necessary. Bleah.

Mom and I are going to see Harry Potter again tomorrow. Also: typing with my left hand only is difficult and annoying. I should move so I can meet Mercury's tummy-scratching demands with my left instead.
Posted by: Shannon M.: 10:03 PM |

Baby hedgehogs are darling.
Posted by: Shannon M.: 10:31 PM |

Thursday, December 06, 2001

I also love the 'Please, sir, I'm an endangered speicies' Toys R Us commercial (that poor guy), and the Tractor Company commercial. 'Buy your friends and family tractor stuff!' *Snerk* The thing is, though, that it's the perfect place to shop for my uncle Scotty.
Posted by: Shannon M.: 1:15 PM |

I was going to say something else, and now I can't remember what it was. Hmm.
Posted by: Shannon M.: 1:16 PM |

Oh! Most baby animals are cute, as you know. This includes baby airdale terriers (which I don't normally like), baby English bulldogs, and baby armadillos. Baby opossums are almost too cute to be real, and for some reason, all opossums make me want to be one. *Blink*
Posted by: Shannon M.: 1:22 PM |

In thinking about future careers and my intensive viewing of Animal Planet, I discovered a job that I never knew existed but sounds really interesting: animal physical therapist. In one sense, it would be more difficult than working with people -- animals don't speak and can't tell you what's working and what's hurting as clearly as a human -- but on the other hand, I -like- animals, for the most part. I'll see if the Occupational Dictionary has information on it.
Posted by: Shannon M.: 1:28 PM |

I should go eat and get ready to go get Mme. Jean...
Posted by: Shannon M.: 1:29 PM |

I rearranged HappyPear's front page a little, so that Mme. Jean can find the pictures more easily -- She's been drawing HP fanart! *Grin* She drew this wonderful little picture of Bart, sitting on a beanbag and reading a book. She also drew him as a not-so-happy pear, bouncing on a trampoline, and dressed up to go on a butterfly-hunting safari. There's also a cheery pineapple and a cute apple-girl... The girl needs a scanner, I tell you.
Posted by: Shannon M.: 6:27 PM |

The Planet's Funniest Animals has some of the lamest puns in television history. It's still funnier than some other things I've seen, though.
Posted by: Shannon M.: 7:02 PM |

Sometimes, German shepherds do -not- act like some of the smartest dogs on the face of the Earth, which is sad. And rather amusing.

Mercury watches TV with me. Heh.
Posted by: Shannon M.: 7:38 PM |

Wednesday, December 05, 2001

Apparently, I fried my iBook's RAM and did something to the CD drive. I'm not sure -what-, exactly, but Apple took care of it! I have my laptop back! *Cuddles it* *Hugs it* *Pets it* Happyhappy me...
Posted by: Shannon M.: 9:19 PM |

This morning, as I am about to leave to take the Strong Interest Inventory and Meyers-Briggs tests, and the phone rings. I, of course, answer it.

Me: Hello.
Them: ...
Me, thinking it's a fax machine: Hello.
Them: (faint breathy noise)
Me, now thinking it's someone on a cell phone, who can't hear me and doesn't know I can't hear them: Hello?
Them, in a breathy moan: Oh...
Me, not quite believing what I'm hearing, and giving them the benefit of the doubt (yeah, I know): Hello?
Them, now definitely moaning: Oh, yeah...
Me, somewhat amused: I believe you have the wrong number. -click-.

After I hung up, I just sat on the floor and laughed at the rather ludicrous situation... Then I wished I'd been a little faster on my toes and told him that I'd tell Marc (or some other highly masculine name) that his boyfriend was on the phone. I think I will, if he calls back, though I think it was a really random thing.
Posted by: Shannon M.: 9:31 PM |

Y'know, if you bother to use a little imagination, and/or bother to learn a little something about veterinary procedures, you too can figure out how a doctor removed a large knife from a doberman. (The dumb dog had managed to -swallow- it, and he survived.) The fact that the writers assume I'm stupid is one reason I tend to avoid 'Amazing Animal' shows.

Also, Steve The Crocodile Hunter annoys the living daylights out of me. Any bite the man recieves is well-deserved, in my not-so-humble opinion.
Posted by: Shannon M.: 11:04 PM |

*Blink* Eek, it's 11? I need to go to bed!

Before I do, though, a present for putting up with my whining: More Moot: Rewrite.

I'm so happyhappyhappy! *Bounces off to bed*

Posted by: Shannon M.: 11:08 PM |

Tuesday, December 04, 2001

I like personality tests, because it's interesting to me to see how close someone else's interpretation of my answers are to how I really am. I sometimes have to argue with the results, though -- For instance, I don't think I'm the first part of Picasso's Three Musicians. The 'weird' part is a given, though.

I get to take the Meyers-Briggs tomorrow, and I'm looking forward to it... It'll be the first 'official' version I've done. *Grin* I'd take the Woodcock-Johnson III from you, Scrubby, if it were possible. (Is it possible?) And I have to say that until Tom pointed it out, I never even blinked at the name before. Heh.
Posted by: Shannon M.: 10:22 AM |

I so love the Technomancy crew.
Posted by: Shannon M.: 10:43 AM |

Sunday, December 02, 2001

I'm not in the Messiah this year. Part of it was my lovely little breakdown, part of it was school, and part of it was that mom and I forgot about it until the second week of rehearsals had started. And it's okay, actually, because yesterday I'd have had to choose between blowing off class or blowing off dress rehearsal, and I would have chosen class. We're going to go see it today, though, with Ev and Katy, which will be nice.

Last night we all went to see Monsters, Inc, which was -great-. I want to go see that again! *Grin* The humor, and the artwork, and the pacing, and the music... I love Pixar because while they always have a message and a moral, they don't beat you over the head with it until you collapse due to blood loss, quite unlike another studio that I shall not name.

Afterward, mom and I went to see the Seawolves and the Wisconson Badgers play hockey. It was a good game that ended in a tie, 3 all. Lots of end-to-end action, lots of nice passing and deking (dekeing?), and some spectacular saves by the goalies... Is it usual for the refs in college games to near-totally ignore blatant penalties? In the last three games we've been to, the ref assessed maybe a dozen penalties total. *Shakes head* I really don't understand it, but maybe there's something I just don't know about college hockey. *Shrug*
Posted by: Shannon M.: 11:47 AM |

The Messiah was glorious, as usual. Dinner afterwards was fun, and then Mom and I went grocery shopping... It has been so strange to only go home to visit these last couple of weeks. I keep reminding myself -not- to ask mom how the dog is every time I call, not to ask after Ev and Katy and everyone... And every time I see people, I start talking and I just can't seem to -stop-. I think it's because I only talk to the TV and Mercury while I'm here, and neither of them care/talk back. Mercury responds, and we have a good time together, but she's just not people.
Posted by: Shannon M.: 9:33 PM |

Good Lord. The Confession is still horrible. *Snerk* Not that I like, y'know, expected it to -improve- with _age_... And I still have a hard time believing I wrote it. Icky.
Posted by: Shannon M.: 9:34 PM |

On the other hand, I -did- write Scenes From Training Camp, so I think that makes up for whatever horrid drivel I might have inflicted upon anyone earlier.
Posted by: Shannon M.: 9:40 PM |

Oh! Soy Dream's Butter Pecan frozen dessert is -yummy-. It's also dairy-free and low in fat, thanks to the fact that it's made with soy (as the name so obviously implies). Part of the reason I tried it tonight is that my gallbladder and I disagree about what constitutes 'good' food. I like foods like cheese and chocolate and butter and doughnuts, while it prefers things like soy and oatmeal and bread and margerine. *Grumple* But at least I don't have an ulcer. I've also lost a bunch of weight thanks to this little tiff, which is a nice side-effect -- my Endo will be happy. I'm relatively happy, too, as it means that I can wear (depending on the size-scale and the pricing scheme) marginally cheaper clothes. Not that I _NEED_ any more clothes at the moment, mind you...

I have also eaten more oatmeal in the last three weeks than I have in my entire _life_. I can heartily recommend Quaker's Honey Nut instant to those that enjoy instant oatmeal. It's actually sweetened to my taste straight out of the package, which is something of a miracle.
Posted by: Shannon M.: 10:32 PM |

You've probably already noticed this, but 'gallbladder' is a funny word. Hee.
Posted by: Shannon M.: 10:35 PM |

The strangest search string that I have been serious about to date: dog tonsils.

I was watching Mercury yawn, and I told her I could see her tonsils. That, of course, lead inevitably to wondering if dogs -have- tonsils.

Also: All You Ever Wanted To Know About Gallbladder Surgery (not that I'm having it any time soon).
Posted by: Shannon M.: 10:59 PM |

Apparently, -all- animals have tonsils. *Blink* I did not know that. They can even get tonsillitis!
Posted by: Shannon M.: 11:02 PM |

...and a cat's tonsil's aren't usually visible until one depresses the tongue.

That's all from Amateur Veterinary Theater for tonight, thank you and sleep well. *Grin*
Posted by: Shannon M.: 11:39 PM |