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Today's Garfield was amusing, I like that "in your face" frame. Damn that cat has big feet but I guess he needs something to balance himself out for his belly.



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I finally got around to watching the SpongeBob eps. "Atlantis SquarePantis". It was quite a weird eps. almost had a Willy Wonka feel to it (not including the singing too). The Atlantians were creepy in that *Blue Meanie sort of way and the Lord Royal Highness was voiced by David Bowie which amused me but his voice fit that creepiness of the character.

Makes me wonder who was smoking the crack when they came up with the idea for that eps.

*Blue Meanie as in the Beatles "Yellow Sub. cartoon movie bad guys"

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Stephen King has a new book called Duma Key and from what I'm reading of the reviews on LJ, sounds like it's one of his best newer titles. Now I have to remind myself to call mom to see if her work got any in yet and send me my copy!

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I decided to throw a Valentine Day challenge over at renji_rukia for those interested here.

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I can't remember if it was the end of Dec or early Jan when we got new tires on the vehicles at Sears so while we were waiting, we walked through the store and checked out their discounted X-mas stuff. The products on this one shelf had me giggling. They had "A Christmas Story" town pieces. They had Ralphie's house, the store, the flag pole incident (complete with the kid's tongue stuck to the pole), and a few others. Thought it was a cute set up. I'm sure if you google it, there should be pics somewhere.

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Shows how much I'm slacking in the music dept. but I finally got the chance to hear the new Foo Fighters album "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace" (since it came out last Sept.). Really good album but then again, I don't think there was ever a Foo album I didn't like. Now I regret not going to see them live when they came to Dallas last Wed. I hope they come back around cause I'd totally go. I bet they are pretty good live.

I also uploaded the video for "The Pretender". Dave looks a little...ummm...hagard? greasy? I don't know, the texture of his hair isn't all that great and he needs to trim his beard. But still awesome none the less. Overall, the vid is pretty neat, especially the explosion of water near the end.

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We went riding with our group last Sunday (the last time we did this was I believe before Thanksgiving) and almost turned back to go home. First off, it was pretty foggy when we left the house. Then while driving to the meeting spot, the weather was just so icky miserable that in that bit of distance, my feet were already freezing and I was even wearing double socks. I'm actually surprised that bubba didn't change his mind about heading home. I do know that we both need decent boots. When we headed out on the road once everyone showed up, I swear the next stop couldn't come soon enough. Now I don't mind my hands getting cold cause it seems like they eventually get warm after I go through some numbness but my feet are a different story. I'm always afraid of getting frost bite and the last thing I need are my feet to give me problems. It took a bit to get some feeling back in them when we stopped. The fog was also supposed to lift around 9-10am but it didn't clear up till almost 11. Once we were on some back roads, the sun finally came out and it actually felt pretty decent, just sad that it took that long for it to warm up. Regardless if we get decent boots or not, I still want to look into getting some battery operated heated socks.

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And that's my rundown for the week.

Thought yesterday's Garfield was pretty cute:




I realized I need a Garfield icon but don't know of what.

And speaking of kitty, Sam seems to be doing MUCH better and can only hope that the situation stays that way. I was shocked that he didn't even try to fight me when I gave him a bath on Sunday.

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As for Devil May Cry, I wasn't going to worry about the rest of the eps. but said fuck it cause I already had uploaded 1-4 awhile back so I might as well finish it since the series did end at 12 eps.

So here ya be:

Eps.5

Eps.6

Eps.7

Eps.8

Eps.9

Eps.10

Eps.11

Eps.12

OMG! I can't stop laughing. My gut hurts too much. What's been going on recently is that they went to a new coffee shop and didn't know just how many brands of coffee the place had. Any chance that someone could try and make icons out of any of the pics?

Wis. farm has third rare white buffalo.

Many may not know the significance this has and the small summary they give in the article doesn't do it justice if you don't know much about Native American culture (which I love submerging myself into reading as much as I can about the culture). I was so happy to see this happen again considering I didn't know that Miracle died till I read about it in someones LJ early last yr. I still have the magazine clipping when she was born.

It's no surprise that the farm has had another white buffalo, said Floyd "Looks for Buffalo" Hand, a medicine man in the Oglala Sioux Tribe in Pine Ridge, S.D. He said it was fate that the white buffaloes chose one farm, which will become a focal point for visitors, who make offerings like tobacco and dream catchers in the hopes of earning good fortune and peace.

One of the many things I love about their culture are the names that are passed down from generations. How awesome of a name is that?

"That's destiny," he said. "The message was only choose one person."

That this latest birth is a male doesn't make it any less significant in American Indian prophecies, which say that such an animal will reunite all the races of man and restore balance to the world. The coat on this animal, like Miracle before it, will change from white to black, red and yellow, the colors of the various races of man, before turning brown again, he said.

That is true considering that you don't hear of other farms producing the amount of white buffaloes like this one has. Truthfully though, I don't see this one living long enough for its coat to turn after it's brown. I have different views about it but I'll just keep it to myself cause it requires too much brain power to discuss at the moment.

The only thing that doesn't seem right is:

Women have long been revered in American Indian culture but men now need to take responsibility for their families and the future of the tribe, he said. The birth of this male signifies that, he said.

"It's the time for man's responsibilities," Hand said. "They're not listening to their children, they're not hugging them. They're not telling them what life is about."

I just don't see anything changing in their families just cause this male was born. If it slowly does, then so be it.

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Today's Garfield was funny and the doggy was cute. I see myself in the way Garfield is behaving in the last panel. *lol*



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The winners for the renji_rukia Summer Fun contest are finally announced here.

Puttering around till we get ready to go to the con. I couldn't stop laughing at today's Garfield.



And the one from Thurs was pretty funny too. I'm sure alot of us can relate to that.



So many good strips lately that would be awesome to see used for icons.