I found baseball again and I'm so happy. All those years of Barry Bonds, strikes, home run fever, suing over balls, steroids... I feel like it's finally safe to go back in the water. I got my "real" hat out (meaning it is actually a size and not adjustable) with pins from the '89 Series on it, got a new sweatshirt. Found out you can get hoarse screaming from the comfort of your living room.
Yay! Born again.

ASSES OF MASS DESTRUCTION has nothing to do with anything except I think it is a bitchin' butt shot.

I was hoping there was a movie called "Facebonk", but alas. Someone needs to make it, please.

Sickie-poo this week - my first cold in a zillion years. Don't like.

I had a Western Images dream last night - it was about various music cds left behind in the suites. Some were Jimis' and some were JK's. Mark T was there to help me figure out some of the more mysterious things. I was playing something very Jimi.

Have a great holiday, all!
PORN ON THE 4TH OF JULY!!

It is oddly tropical here today - rather like Hawai'i in October. Kind of coolish, humidish, puffy cloudish. I've been listening to the Pandora "Contemporary Hawaiian Music" station and it is perfect. Then someone sends me a thing about airfare to Hawai'i being $330 round trip in the fall - and of course even though I make money now, it has all gone elsewhere and I can't take advantage. Sigh. Been a long time.

Speaking of Hawai'i, my chorus is performing at the DeYoung Friday June 11th at about 7 pm in the Koret theater. There will be hula, song, and chant in celebration of King Kamehameha day. Only $10 - free if you are member. Check it out, if only to see how nice my ass looks in my new mu'u-mu'u.

VOLCANO ISLAND

I love the sound of breaking glass.....
except when it is my car window.
Talk about an act of Good Samaritanism gone askew: I took home all of my hairdresser's towels to wash them for her - there were many, and several capes. She usually has someone come and do it for her, since she only has a bicycle, and has to have them washed at the laundromat. So I washed them and folded them and put the bag in the car. I don't live on a big crime street, so it never occurred to me that some idiot would break my window and steal the bag. We all had a bit of a laugh visualizing the WTF moment that thief must have had.
So, I saw some Mexican dudes for my window (I love the Mission and Yelp), went to Costco and got her some towels and some Nutella, and will give her back the discount she gave me on my hair, and reimburse her for the bag and more towels and whatever else I can do. She felt bad in the end because the guy she usually has do it really needs that little bit of money, so feels it is karmic retribution. I'm not sure what my karma was about on this one.
On the brighter side I scored a free desk on the street I can use in my new sewing studio.
GRAND THEFT ORAL

I have spent the last few weeks training someone to be able to share my job with me and today he quit. Got a better-paying job. Pretty annoying, especially since this is a seriously difficult job to train someone in and I have been pretty exhausted. Good thing I had a day off yesterday, part of which I spent at the Academy of Sciences. Now it's back to square one, the drawing board, the beginning. At least I got some better insights on how to train someone, so not a total waste of time.
HIT IT & QUIT IT

I think I have been spending too much time looking at Ikea furniture...
PLOK

I've been working blissfully alone for 6 months, and that is coming to a partial end. We have hired someone to split their time between my building and the one in Berkeley, and I will be training him pretty full-time for several weeks. I will have to re-organize my office so it's not a bunch of piles that I know what is happening to. I am glad, because sometimes I am swamped, but also sad, because I like my little universe.

ALL ALONE

Last week my ptow entry was a massive FAIL thanks to the non-uploading capabilities of blogger. Oh well. You missed nothing.

Like our founder, TNSC Robot, my life is pretty boring, not because of kids and marriage but because I mainly work and then go home, or do the same extracurricular activities every week.

My big news is that I have had the MJ song "Rock With You" stuck in my head for 3 weeks.

Oh, and today I got my six-month review - passed with flying colors! Yay!

BACKDOOR REVIEW

It's Oscar Time again! I have seen one, count 'em, one (1) of the movies, and it wasn't Avatar. It was Up in the Air. But I will still dutifully fill out my ballot.

Can I say this 10 best pic thing is ridiculous? Yes, I can.

FETISH ACADEMY
(stupid picture uploader is not working)

No time for anything but porn - so here's to some
ECONOMIC STIMULATION

Happy New Year!

As I stood outside at midnight in my nightgown waving sparklers around and listening to my neighbors whoop it up, I felt a sense of optimism I had been feeling for a while. Through the holidays there seemed to be less desperation in people's faces.

I know that for many people it is still really bad. I really hope my predictions of growth and renewal do not evade them. I also think that small business is the saving grace, and those entrepreneurs and free-thinkers will build us a new foundation.

Would be nice to have this kind of year, too (in other words, I need a new bf) -
FUCKY NEW YEAR

Some very literal gate-crashing porn for your viewing pleasure today.

Most of the gifts I ordered this year were held up in customs. Good thing I ordered them a month ago - as it is I will be scrambling now to get them to all the back-easters.

But, I think I am pretty under control. Despite my stepmom's plea to only make her gifts, I am not, although what to actually get her remains a mystery.We have a gift limit this year, which kind of sucks since I actually have money this time, but rules are made to be broken. Right?

HERE CUMZ SANTA

All San Francisco folk should hie down to the Concourse at 8th and Brannan this weekend (Fri, Sat and Sun) for the annual Green Festival. Lots o' cool products, foods, and other things that will help you save the planet. I'm not a worker bee at it, got nothing to do with it, just like to go.

In honor, I present you with a Classic:

BEHIND THE GREEN DOOR

Porn Robot Lives!!

Just spent two-point-five days with my boss-lady from Seattle. It was good, but super-intense and I can barely do more than sit and look out the window. Loving my job, incredibly happy that I have one.

BOSS BITCH IN BONDAGE

Porn Robot is exhausted and must have a temporary hiatus whilst ramping up at NEW JOB!!! Details to come....

I broke my nose this week. Did a faceplant right in the street and had to go to the ER. A bone was sticking out. Heh. I'm doing pretty well and don't need straightening surgery but I never realized how much I twitch my nose to lift up my glasses. I actually can't wear my glasses all the time cause they sit right on the wound.

So it has been an interesting week - General Hospital is a pretty crazy place. When I went for my follow-up, I ran around taking pictures of the brick buildings - the detail in those is astonishing and beautiful. I'm glad they are still standing. When I get my stitches out, I plan on exploring further.

Still no job. Doesn't anyone have some work for me?

Dave Navarro's
BROKEN
(Dave Navarro?? Who knew?)

I had my first real HDTV experience when I went to Manny's house up in red Bluff doe July 4th. I have heard this from a few other people, so I know I'm not alone in this, but I actually don't much care for it. We watched a couple of movies and everything looked too sharp and kind of 3D-ish and it was disconcerting. like the way soap operas shot on video looked so weird compared to shows shot on film. it's like having glasses that over-correct your vision - everything looks really sharp, but you're going to get a headache and eyestrain.

I suppose I will have to get used to it eventually, unless there is a huge backlash. I find it interesting that, as USUAL, porn has been in the forefront of HD production for some time. Just like they were in the forefront of producing video for home use. If there was no porn, we'd still be watching movies when they came on TV's sceduled programming.

BUSTFUL OF DOLLARS