My beautiful Stella

No words or explanations needed....

What is it about the 13th of August???

Dang! It was cold last night. So cold I had to sleep under my downpuff. Cold like in the low 50's cold. So cold I had to investigate and see if I could find if it was a record breaking cold or not. I'm still researching that one - ahha. Found it. According to the NOAA website, the lowest temperature recorded for August was last year on the same day!!! That is just too weird and I wish I was at home right now under my nice warm puff with my little orange/white kitty, P.D. (named after Prince Darien from Sailor Moon) and my long haired calico kitty, Hailey.

Things to do/things to come:
1) list of favorite anime series
2) Stella!!! Adventures in Scootering - the search for a perfect seat cover and other tails
3) Current events: - ie, next Sunday, August 21 - the Muddy Buddy at Boulder Res., trip to NYC, Sara goes Hollywood, reading recommendations.
4) US Open...Montreal - will Rafe beat Agassi?? Is Roger hurt worse than he wants to admit??
5) Forey into the world of gaming - World of Warcraft. Will I ever learn how to walk/run and move in the game or am I doomed to a level less than 10? Why do I get such a perverse thrill when I "rend" something?
6) the new Mac and ipod...should I podcast?? What exactly is Podcasting? (I'm going to have to check out wikipedia.org for that answer and others...)

Stay tuned...don't touch that dial..choose life...trainspotting...Ewan McGregor...Obi Wan...sigh.

Beautiful Mexico

Ahhhhhaaa...view from the hammock. Kaillum II, June 13-16, 2005, a tad north of Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Beautiful sand, water, great facilities - this stop on the vacation gets a 9 out of 10 from this seasoned traveller. I'd go back in a heartbeat. Camping but not roughing it.

The guy on the other side of the cube...

Aargh. The guy on the other side of the cube from me is a GERD sufferer but it's me who is really suffering. Our building is not very loud and the cube farm (kind of like a server farm) is not heavily populated. On one side of me I have a bunch of newly graduated CSU students (they are funny and oh so very, very young) and on the other side of me, where Mr. gerd sits is contractor seating only. This guy drives me up the wall because he burps very loudly the entire day. I mean really loud. The good news is, he is done with this contract and today is supposed to be his last day. He just got off the phone calling and trying to get another contracting job here as well. I suppose if I were in his shoes I would be trying to get another job as well but I hope I don't have to listen to him anymore after 6 p.m. or even (please, please, please) earlier today. It was quite the learning "opportunity" to decide how to address his noisiness. I was talking with the floor administrator and I mentioned that he was disgusting and whether or not he had something wrong with him. She said she had heard that he burped a lot and apologized that he was so close to me. Why the heck doesn't he just go to a doctor and get this addressed? I really had wanted to put a note on his desk or talk to his contracting company or something...But as it is, it worked out on its' own. So now I know, thanks to google and the link above, all about GERD. Yuck.

Why Sarassheena?

Why Sarassheena? My first name is Sara and I've always liked the song, "Sheena is a punk rocker" by the Ramones. When I lived in Burlington, VT, I had a yellow Honda civic that I got plates for that stated (loud and proud) PUNKR. I've had purple and bright pink hair. I own records (yes lp's, vinyl, antiques whatever) by the Clash, Sex Pistols, Elvis Costello, Talking Heads, Blondie, B52's etc...even the Dead Kennedy's, X and Circle Jerks. Sheena is a cat person as I am. Sheena also brings to my mind, Sheena of the Jungle, and my other alter ego of Xena. Xena is her own topic, in and of herself. Xena is strong, curvaceous, loving, loyal. I do not believe Xena was bisexual or more than friendly with Gabriel, I just think she was adept at showing her love and caring for her friend. If you were a friend of Xena's, you were a friend for life and she would lay down hers for yours. She also had a kickass outfit. I have a bumper sticker, not on my car, but in my bathroom that asks the question, "what would Xena do?" and this believe it or not, has always been a good question for me to ponder before doing one of my numerous things. (ie, stupid things). What would Xena do? Would she turn and fight? Would she run away (never), would she go to the ends of earth for her friends? Sheena is also part of my first ever characters name in World of Warcraft. I took an "S" for Sara and made it SSheena and this blog is entitled, Sarassheena (as in Sara is Sheena).

My favorite place in the world

This is a picture of Provo..isn't the water beautiful? I could live there - the only drawback to the island is it is not very green compared with St. Johns, USVI, which is very plush and green.

This is Oliver - number 3 of 5 (middle cat syndrome)

This is Oliver. He is a cat. He is a grey tabby cat. See Oliver do a kitty cat smile. He is happy and fat. He likes to go on walks with me and the two dogs (pics to come) and some of the other kitties. His sister is named Umi after one of the characters in Magic Knights Rayearth.

I walk alone/story of my life

I walk the thin line between genious and insanity on a daily basis and sometimes I fall off on one side or the other.

Songs going through head:
I walk alone - Green Day (next concert - Sept 12, the "can" Pepsi Center, Denver, Co along with Jimmy Eat World) WOOO HOOO!!!

Story of my life - Social Distortion