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[hummingwolf]

Many thanks to two of my very favorite people, xforge and penguinboi, for sending a monitor my way. You guys are sweeties! Am still trying to adjust the settings so it's easier to focus on--and am not at all sure which monitor drivers should be used here--but, given that the monitor you sent isn't blinking, buzzing, hissing, crackling, or causing my surge protector to shut everything down in distress, it's a definite improvement. Thanks again!

Unfortunately, not everything in life can go so well. Not only did I make it through another week without any progress towards getting a real, paying job, but my left walking shoe came apart last night. Now I have to clomp around in old hiking boots which never fit properly until I can find some way to get new athletic shoes. Argh. Since the vocational rehab counselor is s'posed to take me dress-shoe shopping again, maybe I can get him to use the agency credit card to pay for walking shoes too. After all, they can't make me into a taxpayer if I can't even get to the subway station, can they? No, not unless they expect me to start taking the taxi--which I would then have to ask them to pay for. Some nice new Nikes would be cheaper in the long run.

I wish these people who are supposedly trying to help me get a job would talk to each other. This week they were each waiting to hear from the others and I apparently was the only one with powerful enough magic telephonic abilities to get through to two of them. Since I'd like to have an income before my money runs out (which will be in a few weeks unless I get some cash from an unexpected source), this is more than a little frustrating.

For those wondering how many thousands of dollars in taxpayer money have been spent in the so-far unsuccessful effort to turn me into a taxpayer myself: You really don't want to know.

On another topic, did anybody else notice this? As I said last night to daisydumont, the_pope is not on god_dot_com's friends list. Sad, really.

But then anoisblue pointed out that jesus is a friend of mrbutterpants.

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[kenhighcountry.livejournal.com]

But then anoisblue pointed out that jesus is a friend of mrbutterpants.

It's been a while since I read the bible, but I seem to remember that Mr. Butterpants first appeared in Luke, and then later in Second Corinthians.

[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

You know, there's an entire sect based on his teachings, but they're found pretty much all in one small section of Hungary, where he wound up on his travels. He lived a long and happy time, but his letters back to the home folks got lost on the way, so he's not in any of the ecclesiastical history books. I found this out when I met a Hungarian woman who showed me her rare Butterpants icons and taught me their secret handshake. Really cool, but I'm sworn to secrecy as to their nature and content.

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

I managed to see but the smallest fragment of a Butterpants icon once and was carried away to such heights of rapture that telling you of the ecstasy would be both illegal and fattening. But to have seen a whole collection of icons... well. I can only dream of such wonders.

[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

:D yes, i was transported into the 7th heaven. but i'm back and still humble, can you b'lieve it? ;)

but watch me for to appear very soon on jerry springer. if he's not on air any more, i'll be on air with howard. (eeeeeek)

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Darn it! I've got 14 different translations and paraphrases of the New Testament, yet I still don't have one that doesn't try to hide the importance of Mr. Butterpants. I wish these translators weren't so tied to their agendas that they can't do an unbiased translation. Darn them all to heck.

[jeweldevil.livejournal.com]

I noticed that you have a-ha on your interests. Just wanted to say that I was finally able to add dark is the night for all, and waiting for her to my mp3s. uh yeah. that's all.

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Heh. After all the comments I've posted, you were really stretching to think of one to post to me, weren't you? I appreciate the effort, really.

Oh, and you can see some a-ha videos--including "Dark Is the Night"--at http://launch.yahoo.com/artist/videos.asp?artistID=1000252

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[jeweldevil.livejournal.com]

no!! i was reading your interests list while listening to hte songs i had just downloaded

i am chastened. I am a baad boy. ::head bowed::

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Awww, it's okay. It's just that your choice of things to comment on amused me more than it reasonably should have.