Chez Alverda

May 28

argh

I really fucking hate my job today. the fact that pretty much every other museum is also broke, understaffed and saddled with an irritating Board does not make me feel better.

May 18

Guess What?

yogisarah:

I’ve become an asshole blogger!

I offend people on my blog ALL THE TIME.

 that means people are reading it though!

May 15
I need an Iowa t-shirt, but which one?
May 14
I wondered the same thing about the clock.  also how does it know it’s an “engagement” ring and not some cheap-ass thing from a cereal box?  does it test for carats? yogisarah: Have you guys seen this “Husband Hunting Bra” from Japan? What happens is: Triumph’s latest novelty bra features an electronic nuptial timepiece, putting women seeking spouses literally on the clock. If an engagement ring is inserted into the mechanism, the countdown stops and the bra plays Felix Mendelssohn’s “The Wedding March.” But what happens if the clock expires?  Do the boobs blow up?  Do they just deflate?  I need more info here.

I wondered the same thing about the clock.  also how does it know it’s an “engagement” ring and not some cheap-ass thing from a cereal box?  does it test for carats?

yogisarah:

Have you guys seen this “Husband Hunting Bra” from Japan?

What happens is:

Triumph’s latest novelty bra features an electronic nuptial timepiece, putting women seeking spouses literally on the clock.

If an engagement ring is inserted into the mechanism, the countdown stops and the bra plays Felix Mendelssohn’s “The Wedding March.”

But what happens if the clock expires?  Do the boobs blow up?  Do they just deflate?  I need more info here.

May 13
validation for being in my 30s and still wanting stuff from Delia's!
May 12

programmers need to think like real people

Facebook and tumblr (and anything else with a “like this,” you can see how many websites I look at) need to add a “gag me” option to go along with “thumbs up” or “heart” or whatever. Think how useful it would be for all the stfumarried posts. the icon could be a Mr. Yuck. or a little spoon.

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wait, I live there too!  that’s a happier comparison than “Grey Gardens without the raccoons.”  (although now I have mice, and possible squirrels again…) yogisarah: I was subject to some Muppets music this morning and it made me think that my house is possibly turning into Happiness Hotel. To wit: “So if you don’t mind friendly animals and can learn to stand the smellWell, welcome home, to Happiness Hotel!” And remember this exchange: Kermit: What’s wrong with the drummer, he seems a little crazed.Zoot: Oh, he’s just upset about missing the Rembrandt exhibit at the National Gallery.Animal: RENOIR! RENOIR!

wait, I live there too!  that’s a happier comparison than “Grey Gardens without the raccoons.”  (although now I have mice, and possible squirrels again…)

yogisarah:

I was subject to some Muppets music this morning and it made me think that my house is possibly turning into Happiness Hotel. To wit:

“So if you don’t mind friendly animals and can learn to stand the smell
Well, welcome home, to Happiness Hotel!”

And remember this exchange:

Kermit: What’s wrong with the drummer, he seems a little crazed.
Zoot: Oh, he’s just upset about missing the Rembrandt exhibit at the National Gallery.
Animal: RENOIR! RENOIR!

May 8
What the hell is wrong with people? Babies are people too! Don't name them "Kash"! I was discussing dog names with one of my volunteers (because of the pet exhibit we just opened) and we were joking that worse than tons of yellow lab puppies being unimaginatively named Marley would be lots of little boys named Marley. We thought we were kidding!!

yogisarah:

“Debuting among the boys were Aaden (343), Chace (655), Marley (764) Kash (779) and Kymani (836). Beckham debuted at 893, perhaps a nod to the British soccer star, David Beckham, who now plays for the Los Angeles Galaxy.”
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How funny, I remember the drive to Hy-Vee and the taste-test, but not the website component at all (I do remember when we got the internets, though, and how exciting the concept of the Internet Movie Database was!). I will never forget how nasty that stuff was - maybe Orbitz is what prejudiced me against bubble tea. yogisarah: Orbitz! Hey you guys from College, remember when we got the internet at school (instead of the “Gopher”) but it seemed like there was nothing on the internet and then we found the Orbitz website and we got really excited about Orbitz and what the hell was floating in it and what it tasted like (the soda and the balls)?  Then remember how that very night we found someone with a car to take us to Hy-Vee so we could buy Orbitz and we bought like 2 flavors (not one of every flavor because we were really cheap and weren’t sure if we would like Orbitz) and went back to our off-campus house and tried it?  Remember how it tasted like flat sprite except even more tasteless and the balls were impossible to break or isolate and they tasted like nothing? What times those were, the dawn of the internet age! 
How funny, I remember the drive to Hy-Vee and the taste-test, but not the website component at all (I do remember when we got the internets, though, and how exciting the concept of the Internet Movie Database was!). I will never forget how nasty that stuff was - maybe Orbitz is what prejudiced me against bubble tea.

yogisarah:

Orbitz!

Hey you guys from College, remember when we got the internet at school (instead of the “Gopher”) but it seemed like there was nothing on the internet and then we found the Orbitz website and we got really excited about Orbitz and what the hell was floating in it and what it tasted like (the soda and the balls)?  Then remember how that very night we found someone with a car to take us to Hy-Vee so we could buy Orbitz and we bought like 2 flavors (not one of every flavor because we were really cheap and weren’t sure if we would like Orbitz) and went back to our off-campus house and tried it?  Remember how it tasted like flat sprite except even more tasteless and the balls were impossible to break or isolate and they tasted like nothing?

What times those were, the dawn of the internet age! 

May 2

Mid-1990s Gay Dance Party

yogisarah:

I wish I could go to a mid-90s gay dance party every other day, or at least once a week.  I think it would greatly improve my outlook on life.

I am working on an abitious Gay Dance Party playlist on my ipod.  Yesterday, I found many CDs at the library (I can’t believe how much music they have at the STL library, by the way) to help me with this - New Order I didn’t already have, some GoGos, some random one-hit wonders off various “Now That’s What I Call Music” CDs.

Any suggestions for M90sGDP staples for my playlist?

 I have a version of this playlist on my ipod, I will look at it for some hints (although you probably already have everything I do!)  I’m with you, I need a mid-90s gay dance party at least once a week.