Well, here I am…
[Holding breath] I’ve never blogged before, and haven’t a clue what I’m doing with the site softwhere, but what the heck. You only live once. I don’t have to tell anyone about it if I don’t want to, right?
I’ve been looking for a good blog site for a while (starting when Gather was banned at my workplace) and since both the estimable Mr. Rochester and the irrepressible Bongo Mirror appear to find this one to their liking, I’ve decided to give it a try. Whether I stick around is largely dependent upon whether the irritatingly irrational internet filter at my place of employment [sigh] labels this site unseemly and undesirable. It thinks a toilet de-clogging device is a “weapon”, so I have a feeling this low-key site may be safe. In time I plan to move my favorite Gather writings, mainly my wildlife rehab stories, to this site.
More later. It’s too nice outside to be tapping on a computer keyboard indoors. The least I could do is take my laptop outside on the deck!
davidrochester said,
July 1, 2007 at 5:11 pm
You mean a toilet de-clogging device ISN”T a weapon? And after all the trouble I went to to mount that laser tracking device . . . damn.
BONGO MIRROR said,
July 2, 2007 at 2:45 am
I’m laughing because David kept the shift key down while typing ‘ISN”T’ and thus what should have been an apostrophe showed up as a double quote.
The main thing that isn’t as fun about this place as opposed to that other place is that this is far less rapid fire. It isn’t so much like a conversation.
However, there are a bunch of really nice features. As things go, you’ll find out what they are. In point of fact, you’ve already figured out something that I haven’t yet done. You’ve got a trackback entry. I don’t know what they are for nor how to use them. Perhaps I’ll figure that out soon. I imagine there’s help on it.
Aha! I forgot to say WELCOME to HERE!
BING BING BING! I’m pleased you are here. I shall add you to my blogroll quite quickly.
auntiesmedley said,
July 2, 2007 at 3:22 am
Thanks for the warm welcome, Bongo. It’s quite pleasant to see your little stick figure about again. I know that this is more a writing site and less of a social networking place, but our last meeting place gets a little too social at times, particularly when the banal white noise and petty infighting heat up. I terribly miss my pals from the lounge and our silly, clever and amusing antics during the workday, but the old place has less and less appeal during non-work hours.
[Opening and shutting several cupboards and doors] Anyway, this looks like an attractive place to leave my brain droppings and curmudgeonly rants. With any luck somebody more inclined toward cleanliness than I will come over occasionally and take care of the refuse for me.
Mr. Rochester, I strongly suggest you return that laser tracker to Target post-haste for a full refund, unless of course you happen to have a deadly accurate upright vacuum to which to attach it.
jkerouac59 said,
July 2, 2007 at 4:27 am
Anyone who has ever been attacked by an enraged would-be plumber wielding a plunger KNOWS a toilet de-clogging device is a weapon…at least, its hard to explain those unsightly rings it leaves…
Nice seeing you ’round the net, auntie.
Zelda said,
July 2, 2007 at 8:43 pm
*Zeldapie enters auntie’s blog, wearing white cotton gloves. She runs her hand along the mantel.
Z: GAAAAAAH!
Auntie (blushing): Oh.. uh, hi Zelda. How’s things?
* Z, pale and shaken, wordlessly olds up a blackened glove to auntie’s face.
A (defensively): I was just getting around to it, honest! I’m still unpacking! You should see all the damn boxes!
Z (sadly shaking her head): Auntie, auntie, auntie. What am I going to do with you?
*Auntie kicks her toe into the shag carpet and shrugs her shoulders.
* Z sighs, then smiles.
Z: I’ll be back in a jiffy, my dear.
Minutes later, Z enters the blog wearing a French maid’s outfit, gaily brandishing a (fake) feather duster.
Auntie: COUGH COUGH COUGH!! Hey, watch it with that duster! Oh my gawd, the dust! The cat hair! COUGH COUGH!!
Frick said,
July 3, 2007 at 12:44 am
*Frick shows up and lets himself in the Blog through the unlocked basement window*
(looking around) So this is Auntie’s new place… (starts rooting through boxes of CD’s and books). Hmmm. What do we have here? ..The Best of Billy Ray Cyrus…Wayne Newton Sings Oingo Boingo… Beat the Meetles…The King Crimson and Clover Project… What the? I’m thirsty. I wonder if she’s got any brewskies…
(walks into kitchen, opens fridge and cadges a couple of Summit Pale Ales, and sits down on couch and flips on TBS to watch a “Leave it To Beaver” marathon.).
(to self).. Auntie won’t be back for hours, she’ll never know I’ve been here…
Zelda said,
July 3, 2007 at 1:25 am
*Zelda runs over Frick’s foot with a carpet cleaner.
F: What the…?
Z: Tsk tsk. Look at all these crumbs! And hey, haven’t you heard of coasters?
*She wipes off the coffee table, then runs off with Frick’s last pale ale.
auntiesmedley said,
July 3, 2007 at 1:33 am
[Auntie's head suddently pops into the blog, emerging through a moderately large hole in the ceiling plaster].
Frick, that better not be my copy of “Bat Outta Hell” sticking out of your jacket pocket… And get those muddy shoes off the silk ottoman! Can’t you see that it’s brand new!?
[muttering] Sheesh. I leave for a coupla hours and all hell breaks loose in here. I’m not even unpacked yet! Thank goodness good ol’ Zelda & Kerouac stop by once in a while to help clean up…
Zelda said,
July 3, 2007 at 1:39 am
*Zelda, drunk from the pale ale, lies passed out on the kitchen floor. Her snores rattle the cupboard doors.
auntiesmedley said,
July 3, 2007 at 2:00 am
Miss Kitty, the blog feline-in-residence (being both capricious and prone to conniptions), wobbles into the blog unsteadily, makes her way to Zelda, and bites her big toe. It is clear that she has found the catnip stash.
modestypress said,
July 3, 2007 at 2:08 am
Auntie,
I will have to report you to the job Nazis.
Oh, they found you already?
Join me in the torture chamber (aka work).
Random
auntiesmedley said,
July 3, 2007 at 2:14 am
Joke’s on you! The Nazis are all on vacation this week. I’m alllllll aloooone in my cubicle. well, unless you count the piles of end-of-month paperwork loudly screaming “Yesterday! I was due yesterday!” at me.
[Softly] Jerks. [Turns up radio volume]
Frick said,
July 3, 2007 at 2:31 am
*Frick takes a side trip to Cheap’s to sell off some CD’s he recently “found”*
(to clerk in disbelief) Waddya meany you’ll pay only 50 cents for “The Best of The Ferlin Huskies?” This is an Heirloom!!! And this one… “Symon and Garfield: Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Catnip” it’s priceless!
Zelda said,
July 3, 2007 at 2:57 am
Auntie, you must get control over your blog! Miss Kitty’s high on catnip, Frick’s stealing your beloved LPs, and your paperwork is yelling at you! My gawd, it’s chaos!
BONGO MIRROR said,
July 3, 2007 at 3:02 pm
I rather like the whole socializing thing. I think that my favourite part was the sometimes sharing of laughter at the same time as another person. The thing with this place is that timing jokes don’t happen as much or as well.
I suppose that as I get more used to the place, I’ll figure out something that satisfies me.
Just Julia said,
July 3, 2007 at 7:10 pm
Snazzy digs, Auntie. Glad you used “Theme: Dusk” instead of “Theme: Musk.” Just sayin’.
*grin* It looks really, really nice. How often do you plan to update?
In other news: It took over 24 hours for Zpie to don a French Maid’s outfit in here? What is this world coming to?!
Zelda said,
July 3, 2007 at 8:55 pm
I know, I know… I was lax in my sexy-maid duties.
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Frick said,
July 3, 2007 at 10:28 pm
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auntiesmedley said,
July 3, 2007 at 10:48 pm
Thanks, Julia! You know, the “Musk” theme was mighty compelling, but in the end I went with “Dusk” out of deference to my friends with allergies. Didn’t want them wheezing and dropping kleenexes all about the blog, you know.
I have no idea how often I plan to update the blog. Maybe a couple of times a week, or when a good conniption comes up. It’s just a casual thing, I don’t plan to be all obsessive about it. On Gather I often felt obligated to spend unselfish time reading and commenting on others’ stuff. This will all about meeeeeee, updated at my caprice.
As for Zelda’s French maid outift, you shoulda seen what she was wearing before she changed. Hai carumba!
Frick, I see you lurking there in the corner behind the armoire! C’mon out and tell us more about your latest album purchases. I’m off to the record store in search of a the Curtis remix “Fark Side of the Moon”. You know, that’s the album with the sublime vocals on “The Great Pig In The Sky”.
Frick said,
July 4, 2007 at 1:32 am
I just picked up The Hoganists “The Bob Crane Wife”.
auntiesmedley said,
July 4, 2007 at 2:00 am
Oooooh, that’s a good one, Frick! I do hope you’re planning to put my favorite prog track (Porn Island/Cum & See/The Landlord’s Lusty Daughter/You’ll Not Feel The Dripping) on your next mix CD, ‘k?
Onan da Barbarian said,
July 4, 2007 at 2:02 am
I know, I know… I was lax in my sexy-maid duties.
You’ve been a VERY naughty girl for being lax…
*Dons handcuffs*
You must be punished…
Oooh…The Hoganists!!!
I heard they just bludgeon to death those other bands…
Barry Thomas Goldberg said,
July 4, 2007 at 2:26 am
Barry downs a shot and heads down the alley singing a happy tune. He slips and falls breaking a rib and sues Aunties blog.
Onan da Barbarian said,
July 4, 2007 at 2:41 am
BARRY!!!!!
How goes it my man!!
Zelda said,
July 4, 2007 at 3:37 am
*Z shakes her head.
Z: Poor auntie… now she’s gettin’ sued! She shoulda picked up those old banana peels out in the alley, like I said!
stevo said,
July 4, 2007 at 5:32 am
Nice to see you again, Auntie. I keep checking back.
If you wish to circumvent your office filters drop me a line.
SpecialK said,
July 6, 2007 at 9:46 am
okay girlie, if UR gonna do a blog; U gotta keep going….none of this once and then I’m done thing….go deep; bare your soul….
Onan da Barbarian said,
July 6, 2007 at 7:11 pm
Yeah…what SpecialK said!
auntiesmedley said,
July 6, 2007 at 10:10 pm
I dunno, SK & Onie. I’ll try, although a walk through the ocean of most souls would scarcely wet your feet…
jkerouac59 said,
July 6, 2007 at 10:27 pm
nekked souls – what next?
corinajoyc said,
July 19, 2007 at 3:02 pm
Welcome to wordpress, Auntie. I agree with David…a toilet de-clogging device is definitely a weapon, especially if it has been recently used and not washed!