The scoop.
If you listened to last week's show, you may have noticed that right at the end of the show all my music disappeared from my winamp library.
As of yet, I haven't figured out how to get it back.
I tried to drag it back in like I usually do when adding new music, but it was only adding ONE song at a time & opening it up in Quicktime.
WEIRD!
I have no idea what to do.
ANYWAY.
Hopefully some of my hot geek friends will help me get it back on track...but unfortunately this means there will be
NO FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE TONIGHT
:( Boohoo.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Every day is Mother's Day. Or it should be.
"God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers." - Jewish ProverbI don't know how to write flowery, prose-y things without sounding like an insincere asshole. So I'll just say...
Happy Mother's Day.
Y'all keep up the good work.
Posted by aka_Monty @ 10:57 AM
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Great Expectations. And some other crap.
I love to read. Read read read read. I don't have many requirements of a book, except that it entertain me in one way or another. And as silly as it sounds, it can't be too wordy.You know?
Like Danielle Steele's paragraph-long sentences with fourteen commas.
And Anne Rice. Did you know it took me six years to finish "The Witching Hour"? YAWN-FEST. I thought it was going to be my downfall; become the only book I started but didn't finish.
BUT I DID IT.
Then I made the mistake of trying to read "The Hunt For Red October", which, with all the technical stuff and choppy scenes, has been half-finished for about three years now. But I refuse to give up.
ANYWAY.
One thing I really hate is a badly edited book. Typos, misspellings, grammatical errors, poorly constructed sentences...they distract my eye from the story as my mind tries to arrange them in proper form.
Really, really, really hate that.
I expect better.
Strangely, however, most of those things don't bother me in the least when it comes to blog reading...or writing.
I'm way guilty of all that stuff, and I don't proofread because if it looked right the first time, chances are I'll miss it the second.
But if one of you guys publishes a book, make sure your copyeditor does a good job.
And yes, I get the irony.
I'm thinking of homeschooling my daughter next year. Well, actually, my mom would do it.
She's a terrible student. Oh, I know, she's not the only one...but I also dislike her school.
If you've listened to my radio show or the podcast, you're aware of the current situation with the Band Candy and the trip to Six Flags Over Texas (the conclusion of which will be vented tomorrow, live on the show).
Dealing with the teachers, two principals, and a member of the schoolboard lodged the seed of discontent even deeper in my heart.
But my daughter is still not a good student, either way. She doesn't turn in her work. She doesn't do her
stupidbellwork. She doesn't, despite the fact that she's grounded and yelled at, remember to take two seconds to put the homework in a folder that is specifically labeled for that purpose. She doesn't remember to write in her agenda, on which she is graded.She does, however, get her nightly reading done. But then she doesn't write THAT in her agenda and have me sign it, so that she can receive a grade.
I know some of it is typical...but I also know that when she was born, the bleeding in her head caused some slight damage.
It's hard, if not impossible, to separate which might be the result of birth and which might be the result of teenageritis.
Oh, I can continue to sit with her as we go through her backpack, and she can continue to quail from the look I know appears on my face when she tells me - yet again- "I forgot".
I tried to abdicate and let her wing it.
Unfortunately I don't have that thing in me that other people have, that allows them to accomplish that.
She's a good kid. A thoughtful, sweet kid. A truthful kid. A smart kid. And in so many other ways, very responsible. She's well liked by her teachers and principals.
But the stress level isn't good for my heart OR for hers, which is already oversized.
So. Homeschool. Maybe for a couple-three years.
I need help. I know a lot of you are homeschooling moms...I could REALLY REALLY use some advice.
I have absolutely no idea whether or not I'm doing the right thing.
and now for something completely different...
MY SISTER: "What does 'refute' mean?"
ME: "Repudiate."
I laughed. She didn't.
If I ever predict your death, you can trust that it'll be completely accurate...because obviously I plan to kill you.
DO.NOT.MISS my show tomorrow night!
It's YOU BE THE STAR OF MY SHOW PART II!!
There's still time for you to record your song and email it to me.
And as an added bonus...
MR. FABULOUS co-hosts!!
Labels: anger management, flotsam, kids, life, mpyrradio.com, Radio
Posted by aka_Monty @ 7:17 PM
Monday, May 05, 2008
A delicious review...and some other stuff
Well, some things are cooler than others, but hey - FREE GOODS. Right?
This time was a total score.
You know I love my coffee. I also love to try energy drinks - especially when I'm gearing up for the Blogathon and 24 hours of straight blogging. I tried a lot of coffee the first year & MAN it tore up my stomach. I had acid reflux almost until the next blogathon.
Last year I tried a variety of energy drinks, and I have to say that: TAB ENERGY DRINK tastes like a can off ass juice.
Also the Monster drink with the red writing, and some weird off-brand I bought for 89 cents at Walgreen's.
THE.SUCK.
So Mom Central asked if I'd like to try an energy drink made by Ocean Spray, and since I like their Cran-Grape, I was all for it.
What I got was a couple bottles of Cranergy, in Cranberry Lift and Raspberry Cranberry Lift.
First of all? YUM
Second of all? It didn't give me a huge rush, it didn't give me the jitters, and it didn't make me clench my jaws--which is what I do when I'm all jazzed up on caffeine and/or energy drinks.
What I liked about Cranergy (besides the delicious flavor) was that it did give me a gentle boost and sort of...unfuzzed my tired brain. I felt more alert and awake.
The first bottle I drank in the morning-time in lieu of coffee; I KNOW, right? But it seemed to do the trick, and I didn't even have to wait for it to brew.
The second bottle I tried the next day in the late afternoon (around 4pm I usually start fading & need a lift), and it boosted me nicely so that I didn't yawn my way through dinner. Also? Did NOT make it hard for me to sleep that night.
It's got green tea extract, antioxidents, the all-important B vitamins and - here's the good part if you're a calorie counter - 50% fewer calories compared to other energy drinks and sodas.
Since I'm in the midst of dieting right now (BLAH!), that was a bonus.
Is all I'm saying.
in case you missed it live...
You can get the podcast!
FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE - YOU ARE THE STAR OF MY SHOW!
It's one you don't want to miss - some of my friends from twitter.com sang some songs! They were awesome. I also had a fantastic and very funny co-ho, PseudoJoe.
It wants to be heard. It NEEDS to be heard.
This coming Friday will be YOU ARE THE STAR PART II.
Record me a song (with YOU singing, naturally), email it, and I'll play it for tens of people! Woo!
Hurry up though, I won't wait forever.
**BONUS! This week's guest co-ho is none other than Mr. Fabulous himself!
You'll really, really want to be there.
Labels: friday night live, mom central consulting, mpyrradio.com, Radio, Review
Posted by aka_Monty @ 10:34 PM
Friday, May 02, 2008
FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY
9pm Central, 10pm Eastern, 7pm Pacific
It's the YOU BE THE STAR show!!
That's right, we've got some excellent singers I found in my twitter.com stream
(PART II next week - won't you sing me a song? Be the star of Friday Night Live!)
Time to tune it in and TURN IT UP: EMPIRE RADIO
The Mosh Pit will be open!
Come and bring me a live request.
Hey, everyone else is doin' it.
Labels: friday night live, mpyrradio.com, Radio
Posted by aka_Monty @ 8:46 PM
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
I can haz LOLbloggerz?
Mr. Fabulous, in his comic brilliance, has created LOLBloggers (of which I am one, this week):Go check out EVEN MORE LOLBloggers!
Posted by aka_Monty @ 4:42 PM
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
I'm not nitpicky.
Really. I'm SO NOT. I don't like to pick the nits.
DO.NOT.
See, lice and nits fall under that whole "any kind of bugs touching my skin FREAKS ME OUT!" umbrella.
I was lucky as a youngster; I never had lice. Never, not once.
Which now strikes me as having dodged a bullet, since all my girlfriends and I shared brushes, combs, hats, and jackets.
My sister, though? She had lice about 4 times, and I laughed and laughed and made fun of her.
BIG mistake. HUGE.
Because the first month of kindergarten, I got a call from my daughter's school.
Yep.
"Come pick up your girl, she's got head lice."
OH.EM.GEE.
I had no idea how to deal with it.
I was all OH, no PROBLEM, I'll get some of that lice shampoo and comb her hair and BAM! No more lice.
And I did that (gagging a few times & shuddering & ceaselessly scratching my head and neck). Sent her back to school the next day...yeah, you guessed it: "Come pick up your daughter, she's still got lice."
Let me tell you, she spent a whole week at home and I spent that week practically in tears because I COULD NOT GET ALL THE DAMN THINGS OUT.
Stupid little teeny comb. Stupid stick-on lice. Stupid BUG-O-PHOBIA.
Mean Mom wouldn't help.
Two months later...SHE GOT IT AGAIN.
I almost just shaved her head that time.
Luckily good sense prevailed & I did NOT shave her head...but she did get a really cute (and very short) pixie cut. Well, sort of. I called it a pixie because it was short and uneven and sort of shaggy, because let's face it - hair-cutting is not where my talent lies.
ANYWAY. I used Rid those times (and I'm sure that's a name many of you are very familiar with), but I wanted to let you know about a PESTICIDE FREE lice treatment that's available now, LICE MD.
It's pediatrician tested, it helps prevent re-infestation, and -BEST OF ALL!- has a proven 100% effective comb.
AND you can reapply as needed! And it isn't STINKY!
I wish I'd've had Lice MD back then...but you can bet I'll be giving it a shot if there's a next time.
Now excuse me, I need to go wash my hair. And scratch.
Labels: family, kids, life, mom central consulting, Review
Posted by aka_Monty @ 10:28 PM