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joz’s allergy results (pictures, i’m sure, to follow):

Joz’s Allergy Results. EEW!

yoshi’s allergy results (no pictures to follow. thank god.):

Yoshi’s allergy results. double EEW!

for those who can’t read that chicken scratch, a dash means no allergy, 1 is slightly allergic and 4 is very highly allergic. joz’s allergist was concerned because of the number and severity of her allergies, but i’m convinced that between the two of us and even amongst our friends, these kinds of results are pretty normal…

but i did it in record time! but because i messed up it won’t show me my ranking. doh!

Boldly striving to overcome the darkness both in this world and within yourself, you are righteously devoted to forging your own destiny.
It’s your choice, but I warn you not to underestimate my powers.
Luke is a character in the Star Wars universe. For more information, see his character entry at the Star Wars Databank.

editor’s note: i tried to post this on whatever day this was, but was unsuccessful mainly because mt 3.whatever doesn’t load right in my pda. can i just say whatever one more time before i go collapse into bed? whatever.

that means no work, sleeping in, and good food! well so far, we’ve managed to not work’ but we keep getting up before 8 am because of the time change. hopefully that’ll kind of stay the same because we have to get up for sunrise at haleakala on monday morning. i’ll let jozjozjoz fill you in on more of our adventures…

–yoshi!

this is because i know jozjozjoz has a readership that is 1,000 times more than any other place i can post this.

i received this letter today from some friends of mine who run a school in el monte…

As of June 30th, Creative Planet has moved its entire school (desks, supplies, costumes, pianos, and maybe even a few small children) into storage…. and now we are desperately trying to find a new home for this amazing institution of art and learning and its deserving students… please check out our web site, be inspired by our story, pass our story and our website onto others, so that we can turn this ending into a new beginning once again… a safe and permanent home for tomorrow’s artists… these students have given their time, hearts, and souls for this school for the past 4 years… we want to show them that their innocent faith in righteousness and justice, their honesty and integrity in sticking by the arts and the gay community through adversity, and their dream for a place where the arts are embraced is not in vain… and I believe you are a part of the community that has helped us and can continue to help us in spreading the word about our plight in order for it to reach those who might be able to offer a new hope… I thank you for your time in reading yet another plea from CPSOA… but, I know that through all the adversity of the past 4 years, there is a greater destiny waiting for Creative Planet and I thank you for your part in helping us achieve that destiny… again, please take a few minutes of your day to check out our web site and be inspired once again by the students of CPSOA… inspiration can lead to change….

make a roach crawl on the floor of the bathroom while she’s sitting on the can.

story to follow. actually, two stories to follow.

this is our new rice cooker. it’s a very small picture, and believe me, you don’t want to see the pictures i tried to take of the box. blurry or completely whited out by the flash. i’m so talented, you see…

i’ll let jozjozjoz fill you in on the details.

well, i love the parking lots at least.

we had to pick up a bunch of stuff cuz our fridge was near to empty, and we spent a good hour at ralph’s, walking up and down every aisle. we had a list, but bought about 3029219 things that weren’t on it.

the nice bag lady (the one who bagged our groceries) decided it was ok to put each item in its own bag, so we loaded a bazillion bags into the jozjozjoz mobile. as we were pulling out of the parking space and rounded the aisle to exit, i yelled, “STOP!!!!”

jozjozjoz was most notably alarmed at my tone and the volume of my voice, because she stopped immediately. good job, joz!

i unlocked the door and jumped out, bent down and picked up the $5 bill that was on the ground.

yes!!! five bucks. score! but wait! as i picked it up, i noticed it had a friend! yes! a $20 lay underneath the $5!!!!

whoo hoo! and the money was at least 4 spaces away from any other car, so i felt no guilt about picking it up and jumping back in the car to show joz the loot.

sometimes it’s the little things that make your day a really great one.

did my little joz go? oh where oh where could she be?

oh yeah. at the geekfest. hope she’s having a good time, cuz i’m sitting at home, eating pizza and buffalo wings in front of the computer.

yes, joz, you’re coming home to an even messier house than you left. aren’t you excited?

i think i’ll go to bed now. 10:30 is a respectable bedtime, right?

(commentary from jozjozjoz in footnotes*)

I FUCKING HATE ROACHES*.

we just found and disposed of one. it was the size of montana. no joke*.

joz and i were talking in the living room and she spotted it behind me, sitting (thankfully) on the cardboard wrapper of our new tablecloth (which, incidentally, was on the floor, but that’s another story entirely*). she did this quick gasp for air and then a pathetic little whine and pointed at it*. i turned around and nearly passed out*.

i have self-diagnosed entomophobia, although there’s nothing abnormal about it. bugs that large are disgusting, dirty, creepy creatures and i get the heebie jeebies just looking at them*. but not trusting that jozjozjoz would actually be able to successfully contain* the enormous, disgusting roach, i took matters into my own hands*.

we divided up the job: i kept a watchful eye over the giant, joz went to find a container* to drop over the bug. after two a few cardboard box WITH NO HOLES… Hmmmm….’);” title=” Footnote by jozjozjoz “>unsuccessful attempts*, she returned with a box that was big enough* to drop over the roach while still staying on that wonderful piece of cardboard*. with smallish cardboard box in hand, we realized that one or both of us would have to get a lot closer to the roach than either of us preferred. with eyes on the roach at all times, we discussed strategy*, thought briefly of using the swiffer to pin down the roach* or even stun it before we dropped the box over it, traded horror stories about how roaches don’t die instantly when you spray them* with raid (they scurry around and freak you out before eventually succumbing* to it), and after a good 5 minutes of procrastinating*, i prepared the box*.

i was worried that the flaps wouldn’t stay down when i dropped it, so i held all four sides with my fingers and moved closer to the roach*. it sensed my approach as the shadow of the box moved over it, those long antennae rotating around* to feel for danger. i waited for box placement confirmation* from jozjozjoz before dropping the box over the thing*. then i put most of my weight on the box, as if waiting for the roach to somehow build up its strength and lift the box and get away. come on, i’ve watched MIB.

then jozjozjoz said those fateful words, “now what?”
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then i would have a case against the stupid motherfucker (SMF) who left me sans one driver side mirror. but because i reacted well and managed to avoid a more serious accident, the highway patrol said basically it’ll be hard to prove who was at fault for the accident and therefore who is ultimately responsible for the repairs. if i had let the SMF push me into the divider wall or pin me between the wheels of his truck and the divider wall, my insurance would go after the SMF and i wouldn’t have to be dealing with ordering new parts for my car and then being without my car for two days while they fixed it.

i’m not even going to mention the lost wages from today, cuz there’s no way in hell i’m going to work.
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