A few quick thoughts

I woke up this morning shaking like crazy. I don't know why. I was so exhausted last night after all this not sleeping, I got in bed at 9:00. At 11:00, I was still awake, lying in bed seething at the dog, who would not stop LICKING. Man. It was driving me NUTS. She licked for TWO HOURS. How do you even DO that without your tongue falling off?

And then of course I woke up extra early this morning, for added fun. Sheesh.

Went to dinner with some of my family last night. My brother and his wife (the crazy one) bought me an orchid. I was kinda touched. He said she picked it out. Which surprised me; I thought the feeling of hatred I have toward her was mutual. So I thawed a little, but am still greatly upset by the things she said and did to my parents. Time will...I don't know, do something. I don't care to think about it just at the moment. The orchid is nice. It's yellow-ish, with a purple center. I'm sure there's a name for the center thingie on an orchid that sticks out but I don't know what it is and don't have time to look it up...

This same brother told us last night that he's leaving today to go down to New Orleans with a group of dudes from his work to help clean up crap. That's awesome. He works construction and they're basically going down there with a shitload of chainsaws to clear downed trees, which are still a huge problem blocking roads and covering peoples' houses so they can't get in them and stuff. He said he'll take lots of pictures. If I can get my hands on them, I'll post them on the bloginator.

Have I expressed my dislike for the word "blog" before? It's such a clunky, ugly word. There's got to be something better. I mean I might as well call this my "potato" or something, for all the heavy starchiness the word "blog" implies. Ick.

John Roberts, I see what you're trying to do and all, but answer the fucking questions already. Christ almighty.

Welcome lurkers! There are a spate of you making appearances. It makes me feel all...I don't know, validated and stuff. Thanks for leaving comments. By all means, please continue. :)

A continued call to those who want postcards: I have about five or six requests so far, and of course am eager for more. Believe me when I say I love to write postcards on trips. Email me your snail mail at j_star_katamari at yahoo dot com. As long as I get your address before, say, tomorrow at noon or so, I'll be sure to mail you a postcard of Badlands joy.

A quick survey: I was showering this morning and realized that I have four email addresses, each of which I use frequently. (These are the things I think about while I shower.) Is that a lot? It seems excessive to me. My survey question is this: How many email addresses do y'all have, and do you use them all a lot?

Geek out.