LJ comm livelongnmarry is running a charity auction from July 1-15 via LiveJournal. The auction items are donated by community members and include many fannish and crafty items, as well as some interesting services (learn Mayan hieroglyphs!). As to the cause, I will quote the comm:
The auction will raise money for the fight against the California initiative which will legally destroy existing same-sex marriages and ban any further ones. If the initiative passes, it will write discrimination into the state constitution, annul existing marriages, and make Mr. Sulu cry.
You can read more about the auction format and rules at the community’s info page. The info site also gives details on the organizations preferred to benefit from the auction, although the gist is that you can donate to ANY coalition fighting for marriage equality.
I accomplished many things today, but one of them was to take a photo of all of the gadgets I worked on during my previous job. As the picture contains gadgets that (as of now) should only be available to time travelers, I can’t post it here, but if anyone wants to see it and hasn’t already seen it in their inbox, drop me a comment (with your e-address if I don’t have it), and depending on who you are, I might share it with you.
Rented a BIG ASS TRUCK for the weekend. It’s a Dodge Ram. I can’t even find it on their website. I have to do a pull up to get myself into it. I can’t even reach the handle to pull yourself in until I do a little leap. It takes either regular gasoline or E85. Of course, we didn’t spot a station that had E85 until about 5 minutes after we put gas in it.
Dropped off one load of furniture and clothes to Goodwill.
Saw Alonzo Bodden at the Improv in Schaumburg with my dear dentist-friend and my dear husband.
Stayed overnight in the area (with aforementioned friend) and took BIG ASS TRUCK to the Ikea the next day. Bought loads of stuff, including bookcase that will replace one of the closet doors. Had fun shopping Ikea-style with dentist-friend’s hubby and my hubby. Ate many free meatballs.
Had late lunch at Hooters before leaving the area of CONSUMERISM. Considered that if we stayed in that area another six hours, we could do a road rallye in the BIG ASS TRUCK. Decided that the cost of fuel alone made that a silly endeavor.
Got home. Unloaded truck. Took truck out again to buy patio furniture (need better chairs to sit in on deck). Ended up buying a hammock from Cost Plus. LOVE the hammock. Would marry the hammock, were it legal. Spent quite awhile lounging in hammock with DH. Hard to get other work done when hammock beckons.
Saw Get Smart. It was alright, but I feel it either needed more funny or more action. It was lacking in both. I did not appreciate the cheap fat jokes (despite the somewhat fat-positive scene in the middle). Oh, and I wanted to see more of Anne Hathaway getting dressed up in pretty clothes. That’s what she’s there for, not silly things like plot and acting.
Finished yesterday night by curling up with DH in hammock and looking at stars. Was sweet.
I finally got my home office set up. I’m working from home today. I have a docking station for my work PC (acquired from eBay for ch3apz0rz). I have my old Logitech cordless desktop, which is so worn out that there are no labels on any of the keys on the keyboard. It is thus only usable by me. I have a big-ass 19″ monitor (okay, so it was big ass back in 2000 when I bought it). I have my Bose dual input speakers set up, so I can rock out to iPod without having my Windows sounds exceptionally loud.
Best of all, I has a kitteh splayed out on the desk. Is kitteh dock. The kitteh is very fascinated with a dish of trail mix that I put down here for snacking.
There are many things people do not know about BARACK OBAMA. It is every American’s duty to read this message and pass it along to all of their friends and loved ones.
Barack Obama wears a FLAG PIN at all times. Even in the shower.
Barack Obama says the PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE every time he sees an American flag. He also ends every sentence by saying, “WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.” Click here for video of Obama quietly mouthing the PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE in his sleep.
A tape exists of Michelle Obama saying the PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE at a conference on PATRIOTISM.
Every weekend, Barack and Michelle take their daughters HUNTING.
Barack Obama is a PATRIOTIC AMERICAN. He has one HAND over his HEART at all times. He occasionally switches when one arm gets tired, which is almost never because he is STRONG.
Barack Obama has the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE tattooed on his stomach. It’s upside-down, so he can read it while doing sit-ups.
There’s only one artist on Barack Obama’s iPod: FRANCIS SCOTT KEY.
Barack Obama is a DEVOUT CHRISTIAN. His favorite book is the BIBLE, which he has memorized. His name means HE WHO LOVES JESUS in the ancient language of Aramaic. He is PROUD that Jesus was an American.
Barack Obama goes to church every morning. He goes to church every afternoon. He goes to church every evening. He is IN CHURCH RIGHT NOW.
Barack Obama’s new airplane includes a conference room, a kitchen, and a MEGACHURCH.
Barack Obama’s skin is the color of AMERICAN SOIL.
Barack Obama buys AMERICAN STUFF. He owns a FORD, a BASEBALL TEAM, and a COMPUTER HE BUILT HIMSELF FROM AMERICAN PARTS. He travels mostly by FORKLIFT.
Barack Obama says that Americans cling to GUNS and RELIGION because they are AWESOME.
Thanks to website TallorNot, I now know that I’m the same height as the following celebrities:
Janeane Garofalo
Kristen Bell
Sara Gilbert
Carrie Fisher
Judi Dench
I am shorter than a bunch of celebrities that I previously would have thought were my height, including Alyson Hannigan (3 inches), Meg Ryan (7 inches), Tom Cruise (6 inches), and Kelly Clarkson (1 inch).
To quote BoyGenius, who did a fairly good write-up:
Considering all that Mozilla has done for us – displaced Internet Explorer by giving us what is arguably the best and most versatile web browsing experience, for free – the least we can do is help them out when they ask us for help. What is it they want us to do? Download the latest version of the Firefox browser. Yup, that’s it! Mozilla is trying to set a Guinness World Record for the most software downloads in a 24-hour period. The official release of Firefox 3 will become available for public download at 10:00 am PST / 1:00pm EST and judging by the tremendous loyalty that Firefox users typically display and the crazy amount of buzz, the record should be theirs. We’ve been using version 3 for a while now and we have to say, it’s good stuff. Mozilla claims that Firefox 3 brings with it over 15,000 improvements; no small upgrade! Most notably in our eyes, the latest release candidate is worlds faster than Firefox 2 and gobbles much less resources. It will take about a week for the Guinness World Record judges to review Mozilla’s download logs so we should find out whether or not Mozilla successfully broke the record around this time next week. As of the time this post was written, just under 1,690,000 have pledged that they will download Firefox 3 today.
