First the frightening.

The Westboro Baptist Church is visiting my current city. They are leading a protest this Wednesday in front of New Brunswick High School from 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM, and the Rutgers Hillel Center from 8:45 - 9:15 AM.

I might beg off school that day to join in the counter protest. Not sure yet. Hopefully, they'll decide it's too cold or they've attracted too much of the wrong kind of attention and will stay home.

The full schedule is found on their website, but other locations included are: the Anti-Defamation League of New Jersey in West Orange, Elizabeth High School, Hoboken City Hall, United Synagogue of
Hoboken, Meadowlands Expo Center in Secaucus, Jewish Community Center in Paramus, United Jewish Appeal Federation of Northern New Jersey in Paramus, the New Jersey Jewish Standard in Teaneck, and Dickinson High School in Jersey City.

As a potential antidote to the distastefulness above, you can vote (or if you don't want to vote, just look at who's running) for The Cutest Dog.

The winner receives $1 Million dollars, and I'm backing Commissioner James Gordon Hastings, because 1) he's cute, and 2) I like Dr. McNinja, his owner's webcomic.

Not to let that influence you though . . . .

Discovered Gun Street Girl. Wow. It reminds me of Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman and Kaja and Phil Foglio.

Herbie (my cat) opened a yellow watermelon.

Introduced my mother to the joys of Kate Beaton.

Had my car inspected. Subsequently had to buy a new gas cap.

Quasi-rough night at work, but it will all be over in two more nights.

theatreannie is having berry beer and peanut butter on rice cakes. "It makes a pbj in my mouth = D"

Managed to get tipsy on a free Bud Light tonight.

Audition for a new church job tomorrow afternoon. I should probably be more anxious than I am. See previous deed.

I really don't remember my dreams usually. This is an odd spate for me.

Anyway, dreamed that I was visiting my folks, and when I arrived at their place, my mom and brother were watching an animated feature film of Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire. It was in the proper style, just very sleek and professional. Seems that it had gone straight to DVD but was doing quite well, sales-wise.

The sad part was waking up and realizing that it wasn't real.

I pulled this off of tscheese's journal, but everybody else was doing it too . . . .

Letter meme. All answers must start with the first letter of your first name. Go!

1. What is your name: David
2. A four Letter Word: Done
3. A boys name: Devon
4. A girl's name: Dinah
5. An occupation: Dancer
6. A colour: Dun
7. Something you wear: Dress
8. A food: Doughnut
9. Something found in the bathroom: Dung
10. A place: Denmark
11. A reason for being late: Dental work; alternately Drunk
12. Something you shout: Daggumit!
13. A movie title: Desperately Seeking Susan
14. Something you drink: Drambuie
15. A musical group: (The) Donnas
16. An animal: Dog
17. A street name: Drexel Ave.
18. A make of car: Dodge or Datsun
19. A song title: Desperado
20. A verb: Do

P.S. (this is not in the original version, but I felt like adding it)
21. A webcomic you read: Don't Know Either

. . . because I keep cutting them on random things. Today it was a minor nick on my thumb that I received while replacing my car's wiper blades.

This is the same hand that is now revealing my "bagel scar" from last month. Heck, the scar is still tender and smarts when smacked (yes, I keep finding this out the hard way).

Speaking of my car, I re-assert that I am nearly too poor for a free car.

( Car troubles go here )

But to be forgiving and sound a lot less gripe-y, my mother in-law gave me the car for free, it has 240,000+ miles on it, and this is the most trouble I've had with it. And I am very, very, very grateful to have a car at all, so it's good that I can afford it, even if I do have to put out a few large expenditures for it every once in a while.

It's Valentine's Day.

Oh well.

Wishing I had a "come hither" Look but alas, I am cursed to live without bishounen looks.

Read about Ketubot and had several epiphanies about characterization while listening to a podcast interview with Rachel Nabors of Rachel the Great fame.

Listened to wonderful Satie gnossiennes on youtube.