Planet Tinkerbelle Liz Money - Only the Cute Survive

We all know how I love me some Uni-Ball Pens. Now they have a totally cute uni-super-ink Robot. I really wish that there was an action figure of him. I love him!

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In New Orleans, even the chi is fried:

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So, there’s been a big wave of phishing and hacking on Twitter in the last 24 hours, and causing mass twit-steria in the twitter universe, frantically prompting everyone to change their passwords. People’s passwords were getting hacked, mass phishing links in DMs, and general panic about the sacred space getting infiltrated by the spammers/phishers/nigerians.

Among the Twitters that have been hacked, Britney Spears was one of them. Her latest update stated:
“HI Yall! Brit Brit here, just wanted to update you all on the size of my vagina. Its about 4 feet wide with razor sharp teeth.” [Screen grab below]. The update has since been removed.

Bill O’Reily also seems to have been hacked:

CNN’s Rick Sanchez is not coming into work today:

Surprise. This is not a rant about the most recent ex. I’m leaving all that in 08.

This is to give my good exes mad props for being so good to me. I ran into my old high school boyfriend completely unexpected recently, who happened to be stationed here for a while, and we got to reconnect, hang out and catch up. We had a great time and it was good to know that the peeps I went out with are inherently good people and turned out to be pretty awesome. I had posted this little gem

*SCREAM*

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i don’t have to say anything, do i - but i will love you long time if you get it for me.

Pilot Hello Kitty Cap Limited Edition Hi-Tec-C Gel Ink Pen - 0.4 mm - 9 Color Set

  and one day, they actually showed up at my house! I was SO excited. I went straight into jazz hands/cheerleader mode and danced around with the pens. I was wondering where they came from, surely jetpens didn’t come across my blog post and send them to me gratis. I looked at the packing slip, and he sent them to me as a surprise! Aww. Made my day and it felt nice to know that I actually have peeps that care enough to do nice little things for me.
Thanks so much, Sixgun!

And The Artist Formerly Known As Mr. Liz came through yet again with a dopeass vintage American Tourister flight bag. Perfect for bringing around my laptop and it’s accoutremants around. He always has gifted me really really well. A bottle of wine and reeses pb cuppets tucked inside rounded it out quite nicely too.

oof. i did this last year and it’s a little painful for me to do it again, considering how badly the year turned out. But it’s a good little meme and i do it every year, so i’ll grit my teeth and try it again.

did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
i resolved to just to make it through the deployment, and the year, and i did. Although it all fell apart, i’m still fucking standing. 09 is going to be about me. It just has to be better, right?

did anyone close to you give birth?
yes, although i’ve lost touch with so many people.

did anyone close to you die?
no, thank goodness. hope the same for this year.

what countries did you visit?
non.

what would you like to have in 2008  2009 that you lacked in 2007 2008?
a job. a love.

What date from 2007   2008 will remain etched on your memory, and why?
First week of 08. had to send him off to iraq. that’s the day that my hell started.

what was your biggest achievement of the year?
getting out of bed every day.

what was your biggest failure?
not being who the kick wanted me to be

did you suffer illness or injury?
hm let’s see: heartache, acid reflux, insomnia, depression just to name a few.

what was the best thing you bought?
nothing.

whose behavior merited celebration?
ME. for fucking waiting out the deployment and being an amazing girlfriend. and even though it was all for nothing, i know what a good person i am through and through.

whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
i think we all know the answer to that question.

where did most of your money go?
daily necessities. debt. i had even more expenses b/c the ex was gone.

what did you get really, really, really excited about?
nothing.

what song will always remind you of 2007?
ha. see my Breakup Song of the Day series.

compared to this time last year, are you:
happier or sadder?
2008: sadder. so much more sadder.

thinner or fatter? 
thinner. the one good thing that happened out of all this. i got down to 106 from 145lbs, i’m back up to 128, and seeming to maintain it.

richer or poorer?
poor. poor poor poor.

what do you wish you’d done more of?
i really don’t think i could have done more than what i did last year. i really really tried.

what do you wish you’d done less of?
cry

how will you be spending Christmas?
dinner at my ‘rents, then home with my roommate and her friend.

did you fall in love in 2007 2008?
the opposite got crushed. But towards the end, i did get to know some great peeps.

what was your favorite TV program?
 i watched way too much crap.

Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
 yes

what was the best book you read?
um.

what was your greatest musical discovery?

2007: Guitar Hero.
2008: streaming music sites: Blip.fm, i met a really cool person from that site and we correspond all the time now via twitter and blog and email. he helped me through a lot of tough times.

what did you want and get?
 nothing.

what did you want and not get?
we all know the answer to that one too.

what was your favorite film of this year?
 Burn After Reading

what did you do on your birthday?
 with girl friends, dinner with guy friends.

what one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
who knows. can’t change the past.

How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?

2007: i hate this 80s redux trend. skinny jeans. DO NOT WANT
2008: same. fashion is just getting uglier.

what kept you sane?
sane?

which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

this will be every year’s answer: i don’t fancy such peeps

what political issue stirred you the most?
Obama beat McCain. faith in human kind is restored.

who did you miss?
the ex. while he was deployed in iraq
 
who was the best new person you met?
 my friend Rea, who’s name i refuse to spell correctly. and i reconnected with some peeps from of all places, grammar school, and i found my twin on blip.fm! props to Roddykat, he got me through a lot, and my dr. ER from Chicago.

tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007 2008
You can do everything right, and it can still blow up in your face.

quote a song lyric that sums up your year

“Hopeless” by Dionne Farriss. That was me: “Hopeless, like a penny with a hole in it”

It’s been joked around that I must be reptilian, because I’m ALWAYS cold.

Always. And it doesn’t even get that cold here in the winters, but when it gets down to the 50s, I’m ready to hibernate and not leave the house, b/c I can’t put on enough layers to stay warm, and robes never come small enough for me, plus the ties are all high waisted, and they always fall open and i just get all cold again.

Enter the Snuggie. I’m sure you’ve seen the commercials, an in case you haven’t, Here’s this wonderful piece of commerciality. It’s basically a blanket with sleeves, so you can go around looking like a monk. Sexy factor is close to nil, but I think I can work it.

My other option is to get my Duckey friend to build me a human sized hot rock. Like what pet reptiles lounge around on. Perhaps I should convert my living room into a huge terrarium. That’s much cuter than walking around monk-like in a blanket with sleeves.