Provide me with the requested information, pretty please!

Lifted from deyaniera.

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o reason behind your LJ username:
o five things you want to do/accomplish before you die:
o what makes you happy:
o what have you been listening to lately:
o do you enjoy reading my LJ:
o if so, why:
o interesting fact about you:
o are you in love at the moment:
o favourite destination:
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o a movie (that amazes you - a beautiful movie):
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o yourfavourite LJ user (not on my list already):
o favourite community:

Yankovic

( I've actually said this on many occasions )

Open Poem to Aerosmith

Smoke some crack
Do some smack
Get your music back on track.

The end.

Bible Gloatin', Dog Adoptin', Hula Dancin' et al

No joy with the headline thingie yet, so I'm just gonna post my piccie and the wee essay. Again, I was only allowed 100 words. I started out with several hundred more and had to pare it down, so it's really not all I wanted to say. Actually, it's probably for the best that I could say everything I wanted; otherwise, I may have been lynched for being Uber-Liberal instead given the Good Book.

( hallelujah and pass the ammunition )

I got me a neato pair of shoes at Wally World today. They're called Earth Shoes, but they aren't the classic Earth Shoes from the 70s (like what Jeff Lynne is wearing in the picture on the inner sleeve of ELO's "A New World Record"). They're good for walking and everyday wear, and that's exactly what I needed. Breaking away from my traditional black, these shoes are black, dark grey, light grey, with touches of yellow. I can live with that for $16.95.

We'll be getting a new family member soon. Sheba, Mandy's faithful companion of 7 years has lost out to Mandy's little girl and must now live elsewhere. Elsewhere turns out to be with us because Aunt Tudi has loved Sheba since the day she saw the dog. From the looks of it, Sheba is part Cocker and part Bassett, so she's also an enlongated canine like Riley-dog. I'm hoping that she'll be keen on playing with Riley since Chester is a little asshole who refuses to play with anyone but Aunt Tudi and myself. I asked that Sheba be caught up on her shots and dewormed accordingly before she joins our menagerie. I really can't afford her bringing any bugaboos to the house to where I'd have to treat everyone, especially since I may be looking at some hefty medical bills for Chester. I'll be taking him on Wednesday to be checked out, along with Smidgen for her eyeball thingie. We had to put that off since Aunt Tudi was still on the mend from her stress test.

So here's a picture of Sheba with her soon-to-be former family.

( sheba girl )

Is it just me or does Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's version of "Somewhere over the Rainbow" inspire bittersweet, wistful tears in the eyes of listeners worldwide? It's a shame he is gone. Earth is a lesser place for no longer harbouring this beautiful soul.

Something I wonder

Who the hell was it who decided that deep frying pig skin and eating it would be a good idea?