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Feb 09/2001 - Afternoon sometime

Yes I live.... Odd few weeks - will write more later tonight. *grin*

Jan 20/2001 - Evening sometime -

I'm reading a book - its called "How to snare a millionaire" by Lisa Johnson although, as of print of this book - Lisa, who apparently has received a number of proposals from rich men, is still single. *mmm* ... BUT - she give great advice on why someone might NOT want to date a millionaire - such as...

The ability to get by with a smaller and less attractive wardrobe.
There will be no threat of developing a taste for the finer things in life.
You wont have to worry about dieting since you wont be taken to merely as many elegant restaurants.

How can one refute logic like that?!? I ask you???? *hehe*

For those of you who have inquired after my dead coffee pot that has been sitting on my counter for almost a good month - NO I haven't thrown it away yet. I still believe in the power of prayer and it will someday soon rise from the dead.

I am surrounded by aliens. As I have soon come to realize. Last night, of course - was yet another good example of the world being over taken by extraterrestrials. Why do I say this? Because last night - I went to a networking event.

*shakes head* - And I quote...

Me and Click2learn.com Me -
"Wow, this is a great marketing leaflet - but it seems like a large amount of information - Do your future clientele read all 4 pages of straight text in one sitting?"
Them - "Of course - our clients are really intelligent."

Me and Man in infospace.com shirt -
Me - "Awe - I see you're from infospace.com" - *gentle nodding towards his logo shirt.*
Him - "No, I decided to become a lawyer and now work for Garycary.com"

Woman in bright red leather skirt -
Her - "I couldn't believe my last employer wouldn't even allow me to go home to feed my cat!"

Me in a group of people
Man 1 - "I don't see many VC's here. "
Woman 1 (Man 1's wife, I believe) - who is a tad "drunk" pointing to Man 2 - "What kind of person wears "THAT" (sweats) to a networking event like this?"
Man 2 - "A VC."

CEO of CMT software.
Him - "Unfortunately, because of the market, we had to lay off a few of our employees. But we are raising the pay for those we are retaining to up employee morale."
Me - "Huh?"

At least the food was good... Oh... and the VC and I are going out next week..... I happen to think sweatpants on a really rich men look good. *impish grin*

%#@_*&!!!! Computer crashed this week! Two days before my presentation for a client my computer up and "blahs." Actually what happened was I was installing DSL modem talking with the techy guy from Quest - and he says "reboot" and follow the "add new hardware" directions. Well - That I did... but apparently my computer thought I was added new hardware for my monitor... long story sort - it decided drivers were a "bad" thing and deleted them all. But - all ends well, Joel came over and fixed my poor machine hooked up dsl and popped me over to win2000server. So now I have a network! Or some such. :)

Client meeting went great, too. *whew* I adore PRODUCTIVE meetings. I like goals and accomplished them is even better, I realized.

Pearl sold - 350. :)

I have a 13.7 mm Tahitian Black Pearl for sale - anyone want it? I love it - but don't need it. Tiffany said it was worth a grand when I took it down there earlier... I was thinking of selling it at $375.00. I actually have 2 of them - but I'm keeping one. It's beautiful. It's amazing how well I get treated just wearing this thing inside jewelry shops. I could prance into a store in sweat pants and a ketchup stained shirt - but if I have this pearl necklace on the little blond trophy wives just jump at the chance to help me. Works in restaurants and other shops as well I have noticed. What a glorious fake society we live in. Not sure to be repulsed or overjoyed with the new found "service" I receive.

I was given a pair of roller blades today. I almost started bawling when I figured out what it was. Actually, odd thing - as soon as I saw the box I "hoped" it was a pair - but seemed to extreme of a gift. So I put my mind in the joke realm and figured the gift would be some kind of play on my awful housekeeping skills or some such. When Russ said "yes" to my guess of roller blades I felt my heart jump to my throat. How long have I craved a pair? Who knows - but finances, life,( my lack of dedication ?) have stopped me. Alas, they are a size too small so he is taking them back. As he was shutting the box up I felt this awful sense of "greed." I wanted to shout out - "No! Those are mine!" Possessiveness hit me like it was my child.

In a few weeks, after I buy pads and an attempt to "skate" around the block - I will give an update on my balancing skills.

This next week should be a killer - I am attempting to catch up on emails tonight so I do not have to do it later. I am a procrastinator at heart and it is a fault I need to work on. If you don't hear from me for 7 days - do not worry, I am merely cursing flash and watching Run Lola Run.

Wow - what an non-eventful but over done week. Sometimes I wonder what I do all day that causes me to only get around 4 hours of sleep a night. Am I producing bad time management - Or have I under estimated how long thing's really take to get done?

I had to add a new guest book. Sorry for those that tried to sign the old one... I was unaware that yahoo had shut that version down. New one not as fancy - but it still works. :)

I have been missing Europe so much. *Sigh* How I want a simple flat in Nice or a tiny villa in Milan. Something with charm, grace that over looks a tiny plaza or the ocean. America is so boring sometimes - we just don't have the historical flair of Europe. No matter what VA tries to do with their historical societies. Was talking to a friend the other day who who's a partner in a business in Russia - St. Petersburg. We conversed of the how beautiful it is there in winter how much we desired to be there at this very moment. So I grab my favorite book series - "The Russians" and romance my time away.

I have been watching my old black and white movies of late.
"Kitty" Love this flick - it's the original 'My Fair Lady.'
"Harvey" Wisdom from a rabbit - who knew?
"All About Eve" Bumpy Ride!!!
"Mr. and Mr. Smith" The ONLY comedy Hitchcock ever made - and, rumor has it, he hated ever minute of doing it.
"The OK Corral" Westerns at it's finest!
"Stagecoach" - John Wayne baby.... ohhhh yummm! :)
"The Affairs of Annabell" - Lucy Ball's first set of movies!

Saw a premier of Traffic tonight at Pacific Place - Good flick - I enjoyed it greatly. But very different! It's one of those Oscar winners that the average housewife will never "get." I will say, that Benicie del Toro is still sexier in Spanish then he is in English. YUMMMMMY!