Recent Blog Posts: Bakotopia

Ayeee, any day now!

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:43:01 PST

I'm so uncomfortable, I can't freaking sleep at night! I don't know how I'm suppossed to feel inspite of having had labor experiences described to me many times now. Child birth seems scary, I hope I don't experience a blow out!

Another radar trailer?!

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:37:31 PST

I was a bit sad as the BPD pulled away last night with the trailer that had sat in front of my house for the day. Also sad that the people going over 40 didn't get put into my Hall of Shame because the speed would blink and my digi camera wouldn't take the photo fast enough, so it would catch it mid blink when the screen was blank. Err.

Then this morning, on my way to work, there it was ... another trailer - parked across the street from the shopping cart graveyard at the end of my block. Holy COW!

Hopefully this evening between Girl Scouts and such I'll have the chance to sit and snap offenders before they haul it off at 8. Last night I had to take the sprog to Yoga, so I wasn't able to sit in front of the trailer at the peak hour. I'll post those photos up when I get home :)

Icing on the cake

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:10:04 PST

Didn't take my meds today, forgot, how unfortunate. Now I want to toss all the people, who have for some reason decided to eat chips for breakfast, out the windows.

I stomped off to the bathroom, coffee is running through me, I also just needed to get away. I like washing my hands, the warm water running over them relaxes me. While I'm standing the Skeksi from the other side walks in. She announces that there's birthday cake on their side.

Then she states "I got icing on my boob"

I shot a sideways glance in the mirror and replied "Well, that's one way to start a party"

Skeksi then told me how so and so has her birthday 2 months before her, and she gets to tease her for 2 months that she's now older. Then she told me how she'd told my friend on the other side that that is what happens when you are 54, your boobs hang into the cake ...

"But Cubicle Dweller, you'll never have that problem"

I think she was trying to be nice, but I just looked up into the mirror and thought "Yeah, because I have little boobs". Then I had a fleeting thought of how little boobs can become long sagging boobs, and flop like bunny ears.

Aww, the comic relief I needed.

Life on a fault line.

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 09:05:48 PST

So I've been stuck in this feeling lately that much of what I do has little meaning or weight to it. I've been one of my generation to rely solely on what I can do for myself in order to pull myself up. Initially I thought myself lucky to have come from the childhood that I have and not have any major repercussions to feel from it, but the more aware of my actions I become, the more I realize that there is a lot that has affected the way I relate to people. However, I'm hoping these realizations only assist me in moving forward.

But that still hasn't changed how I feel about what I do in life. I often times feel as if I am the man with a cart full of sea shells. I wander aimlessly trying to convince people that what I have is beautiful, but the conversations that come my way are simply patronizing, and not of pure personal enjoyment. I am the familiar face at the register of your favorite restaurant, smiling at you, chatting you up a bit, and then you go home and I remain, only to close down my machine when the appropriate time has passed.

We, as always, shall see.

Okay, scratch the previous blog ... new question ...

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:15:26 PST

What are women good for?

"Look, the question, and we have to put this into correct words, say Pumpkin thinks women are only good for sex and cleaning, no cooking, because cleaning is stupid. See, she's (Twinkie) just going to think I'm mean. She found a guy that she really likes and he really likes her. So we have to find what the average guy thinks" - Pumpkin.

So now he just told me to tell you all that Pumpkin thinks all women are good for is sex, cooking, cleaning ... and writing blogs.

Men, why do you get married? What are women good for?

Now he wants to take off what he said earlier about writing blogs, because I'm the only one to write blogs and that has nothing to do with it, he was just joking around.

"Now I didn't say why do we get married, cause we get married for good cooking and sex. Hahah! The question is what else are women good for besides cooking and sex. Why are you ruining my question, it's a good question" - Pumpkin.

"The average guy will get married for good cooking and good sex. And Twinkie is going to agree with this. Hahaha!" - Pumpkin.

Telemarketing A-holes

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:13:22 PST

So a few weeks ago I got one of those lovely telefundraising calls from the "Fraternal Order of Police" - well, I was feeling generous that day and know the whole spiel, once upon a time I too was a telefundraiser.

So the guy goes off with his first screen, asking for the $75 to $100 donation. Yeah right, I laugh. He goes to screen 2 replying with how he understands that that can be a lot of money in these times and that people have been helping with smaller donations such as $40 or $50. I crack up and say ... "Now when I tell you 'no' to that you are going to go to your third screen that tells me how people help with much smaller donations and how everything helps, blah blah blah" He covered well, I agreed to donate $10.

I got the envelope a few days ago, being the busy person I am (you know, with stalking the radar trailer and all) I haven't had time to open the envelope, write a check, and drop it in the box.

Guess what ... I get a phone call today from the "F.O.P" This bitch starts out with how she's from the FOP regarding my donation, I'm like uh-huh, totally expecting to be asked for more. Instead I get "We haven't received it yet" ... like a freakin bill collector!

I was pissed. I lay into her "I just got the envelope, how rude of you to call harassing me about my donation. I shouldn't donate at all now!"

She stammers and retorts "Oh ma'am I was just calling to confirm that you had received your envelope" I just kind of made a phaphhh noise with my mouth and hung up.

I've worked for a telefundraising company before and I hope to hell our conversation was one that was monitored because her superiors need to know that these hard sell tactics are just pissing people off. I hated my job, I had to raise money for the National Right to Life ... and screen two had me describe a partial birth abortion - HOW INAPPROPRIATE IS THAT?! But I was a single mom, needing food and shelter, so I had to work the job I had and make sure I wasn't fired ... which they would do if I didn't follow the screens to the "t" - the only way I could finish a call is if I completed all 3 screens, still had a blunt NO, or they hung up on me. I always just wished they'd hang up on me.

Anyway, I just pulled the envelope out ... I'm going to send the pledge form back - minus a check, but with a letter of explanation that if I'm being generous enough to donate almost an hours worth of my time at my job then I should not be harassed just a week or two after I made the pledge. Yeah, if it had been a month after I'd received the envelope and I'd just forgotten about it, and it was a gentle reminder, not some bitch with a bill collector tone, okay, sure fine, remind me. But this call was ill-received.

Why do you get married?

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:53:47 PST

That's the question Pumpkin asked me last night. After a debate (which resulted in me calling him a pig) he told me to blog about it. He wants to know why people get married ...

Do men just marry women for sex, cooking, and cleaning?

Why do men have to give the women money in a divorce when they worked for it all?

I want lots of answers, lots of opinions, pig headed or not. Though I'm hoping I prove a point. I did throw at him that I'm a catch, I have a house, a car, a job, a life ... I'd marry for committed companionship - LOVE. He retorted that women like me don't need to get married, and obviously don't because myself and a few other women I know who have the house, car, job, aren't married at 30 or nearly 30. I really didn't know what to tell him, I have a hard time arguing with someone stuck on stupid.

So ... why DO you get married?

Classic Rock Drummer

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:52:53 PST

Radar Trailer Stake Out Day 3

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:48:09 PST

This morning I was surprised, well, more like shocked to walk out my front door to find a Radar Trailer practically in front of my house! It was parked right in front of my car, in front of my neighbors house!

My battle with the Bakersfield Police Department hasn't been a waste of time, they are actually following up and listening to my pleas! So thank you BPD, this is one small step for you guys, but a huge leap for my neighborhood and I.

Of course I will be posed in front of the trailer with my camera this evening, I'll remember to bring some snacks ... last time I got kinda hungry and thirsty, lol! I'll also sit around closer to 5 and 6 - the last time I had to perform a civil ceremony in my living room at 5:45, so I had to start early, and end early.

Anyway, yay! Unless of course they are just trying to shut me up, "Let's just meet her demands, then we won't receive anymore lengthy emails, at least for a while"

Here's hoping!

February 22 Radar Trailer Photos

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:39:01 PST

Go here to view the photos from my Day 2 Radar Trailer Stake Out

Unfortunately there were a few I wasn't able to catch ... one guy going over 40 and my daughter said that while she was walking to school someone flew by the trailer and it read 63!

My faithful companion became bored and fell asleep.

Meow No#8

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:36:49 PST

"Albert Einstein made the statement "If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would only have four years left to live." He was speaking in regard to the symbiotic relationship of all life on the planet. All part of a huge interconnected ecosystem, each element playing a role dependant on many other elements all working in concert creating the symphony of life. Should any part of the global body suffer, so does the whole body." Richard Thomas Gerber

What follows is the rest of Richard Thomas Gerber's letter to the ATCA:

"Many people would be surprised to know that 90% of the feral (wild) bee population in the United States has died out. Recent studies in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands have shown that bee diversity is down 80 percent in the sites researched, and that "bee species are declining or have become extinct in Britain." The studies also revealed that the numbers of wildflowers that depend on pollination have dropped by 70 percent. Which came first, the decline in wildflowers or the decline in pollinators, has yet to be determined. If bees continue to die off so would the crops they support and with that would ensue major economic disruption and possibly famine.

In the US, bee keepers are experiencing unprecedented die offs of bees some losing as much as 80% of their colonies. Commercial beekeepers in 22 states have reported deaths of tens of thousands of honeybee colonies. So far the cause remains unexplained and somewhat mysterious. It is being called Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) and is causing agricultural honeybees nationwide to abandon their hives and disappear and raising worries about crops that need bees for pollination. It's a kind of mass suicide in the bee world. "There have been cases where there have been these die-offs of bees before, but we have never seen it to this level," said Maryann Frazier, a Pennsylvania State University entomologist. "One operation after another is collapsing."

Bees have done quite well for millions of years, in the last 60 years that began to change. In recent years, beekeepers have been losing 25 percent of their hives each winter. Thirty years ago, the rate was 5 percent to 10 percent, said Keith Tignor, the state apiarist for Virginia.

The unusual phenomenon was first noticed by eastern beekeepers starting last fall. Researchers, including some connected with the Penn State University College of Agricultural Sciences, have identified some of the possible contributors, but have not yet found a single cause. Initial studies on bee colonies experiencing the die-offs have revealed a large number of disease organisms, with most being "stress-related" diseases but without any one agent as the culprit. Climate chaos and extreme weather seem to be a major factor.

It is hard to tell if wild honey bee populations have been affected by the CCD disorder because Varroa mites have "pretty much decimated the wild honey bee population over the past years," said Maryann Frazier of The Pennsylvania State University Department of Entomology. "This has become a highly significant, yet poorly understood problem that threatens the pollination industry and the production of commercial honey in the United States... Because the number of managed honeybee colonies is less than half of what it was 25 years ago, states such as Pennsylvania can ill afford these heavy losses."

Dennis van Engelsdorp, acting state apiarist with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture said "Every day, you hear of another operator, It's just causing so much death so quickly that it's startling."

Lee Miller, director of the Beaver County extension office, said the deaths appear to be stress-related, but that stress could come from several sources. Dennis van Engelsdorp of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture said that initial studies found a large number of disease organisms present, with no one disease being identified as the culprit. And while studies and surveys have found a few common management factors among beekeepers with affected hives, no common environmental agents or chemicals have been identified.

University of California Davis entomologist Eric Mussen specializes in bees. He thinks the answer lies in last summer's lack of wild flowers, nationwide. Janet Katz, a beekeeper in Chester, NJ, says the weather is having a major impact, "The weather last season was not cooperative," she said. "Over the course of the season it was too wet, too dry, too hot and too cold, all at the wrong times." Bees store honey every autumn -- a hive needs 60 pounds to survive the winter -- but with this year's warm weather, they ate a lot, and beekeepers had to supplement with sugar syrup.

Florida apiarists say citrus growers are compounding the problem by spraying pesticides to kill off a dangerous pest that menaces fruit trees, wiping out bees at the same time. While a combination of problems is putting the bee population in peril, it's the phenomenon of the animals suddenly deserting their hives, never to return, that has observers most baffled.

"There have been cases where there have been these die-offs of bees before, but we have never seen it to this level," said Maryann Frazier, a Pennsylvania State University entomologist. "One operation after another is collapsing."

At stake is the work the honeybees do, pollinating more than USD 15 billion worth of US crops, including Pennsylvania's apple harvest, the fourth-largest in the nation, worth USD 45 million, and New Jersey's cranberries and blueberries.

While a few crops, such as corn and wheat, are pollinated by the wind, bees help pollinate more than 90 commercially grown field crops, citrus and other fruit crops, vegetables and nut crops. Without these insects, crop yields would fall dramatically and some tangerines and pecans would cease to exist. Agronomists estimate Americans owe one in three bites of food to bees."

All of the following are dependant on bees, apples, pears, tangerines, peaches, soybeans, pumpkins, squash, cucumbers, cherries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, carrots, broccoli and avocados. And do we realise bees pollinate almonds? California has the biggest almond groves in the world, supplying 80 percent of the nuts on the market; they currently have to import millions of bees to pollinate the groves.

There are several unusual things about the phenomena and one common factor that cannot be attributed to be the direct cause but may be an "aggravating other conditions" factor and that is temperature fluctuations.

- No single cause drought chemicals/pesticides, mites, bacteria, a fungus or virus seems to be common to all the events or even indicated as a cause in any single event. Extreme weather and temperature fluctuations seem to play a major role stressing the bees and weakening their immune systems.

- There are no bee bodies; they simply all disappear, all adult bees are simply gone, sometimes leaving a queen and a few young hatched workers. This is unheard of, since normally a bee colony will do almost anything to protect its queen.

- The hive is left intact, with capped cells of honey and bee bread.

- Another unusual factor is that bees sensing a dying colony nearby aren't going in right away and killing the other bees and robbing the hive of honey, like they usually do for example when the bees have died of parasites or disease.

- Researchers have also noted few signs of damage from wax moths and small hive beetles taking advantage of dead colonies.

According to David Tarpy, a bee specialist at NC State, "Bees die all the time, although this year seems to be worse than normal." The difference now is that none of the "usual suspects" are to blame, Tarpy said. "That's what makes it problematic." Also, unlike when bees are killed by some other causes (disease, mites), there are no dead bees littering the bottom of a hive. The bees are simply gone, he said, or perhaps a queen and a few younger bees remain, but the adults have disappeared.

Reports of the situation began to come in over the fall and winter, but scientists don't yet have an answer. It might be a disease, a pest or an environmental factor or even a combination of effects making bees vulnerable to an existing problem. Now, the bees have sealed themselves inside the hives to stay warm, and the keepers can't open the structures until spring. Neither entomologists nor growers can say what will happen when the 2007 growing season for most of the country's crops starts. As a result, some people are really worried.

Diana Cox-Foster, a professor of entomology at Penn State University, has been working on the problem for months now. She says the die-off is unprecedented, and she's made some dramatic discoveries. For example, the normally resilient bees she dissected showed traces of not one or two diseases, but nearly every disease known to affect them over the past century. They had all the diseases at once, a sign their immune systems have been compromised. "The bees are immuno-compromised, being stressed somehow," she said. Some could be related to the severe weather swings we've seen over the past few years. But many questions remain unanswered.

She and the other scientists working on the CSI-style case don't think this is just a cyclical thing. It's uncommon, unusual, and frightening to everyone associated with the often-overlooked industry. No one is sure just how bad it will be when the hives are opened in late march.

Where does milk come from? "The bees pollinate the alfalfa, which feeds the cows, which give the milk. Honeybees are one of the main links in our world. They really need to be nurtured." Jerry Hayes of the Florida Department of Agriculture worries the bee is the canary in the mine shaft, "telling us something is happening that will have ramifications for us down the road. "I think the bees are so stressed, they are saying, 'I give up,'" said Hayes, Since the mid-1980s, parasitic mites have been devastating the honey bee population across the country, including the South-eastern US. In North Carolina, the number of kept beehives in the state has dropped by 44 percent, and about 95 percent of wild bees have been wiped out, according to North Carolina State entomologist David Tarpy.

A series of hurricanes in 2004, including Katrina in 2005, destroyed thousands of honey bee colonies, decimating the vital Gulf Coast bee industry. Many of the pollinators for other parts of the country traditionally came from these beekeepers. The economic impact of these storms, especially Katrina is yet to be determined.

"Replacing the Gulf Coast bee colonies, although highly important, is not enough. It is obvious that the huge losses suffered during the past 16 years must be dealt with to provide security for our future honey bee-dependent food supplies. It will take a well-defined series of coordinated efforts by all components of the beekeeping industry and the involvement of local, state and federal governmental entities to solve this potentially disastrous situation," says John Roberts, a beekeeper and President of Nature Technics Corporation.

There has been a sixty-year decline in pollinators. The honeybees and native bees may live in far more harmony than cats and dogs, but the modern world has not been in harmony with them. The last 60 years have been rough on all pollinators. In the 1940s there were over five million managed colonies of honeybees in the United States. Today there are just over two million, and their numbers are declining, both in North America and worldwide.

The entire world now faces a decline of native pollinators. Over 100 species of birds and more than 80 mammals that pollinate are considered threatened or extinct by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), a network that includes scientists, experts, government agencies and non-governmental organizations from around the world. Each country has its own tale to tell. In southern India, nearly all of the native bees died in the 1990s when they became infected with an imported virus. In Iraq, smoke from the burning oil wells during the Gulf War decimated most of the country's bee colonies.

In summary plants and animals remote in the scale of nature are bound together by a web of complex relations resulting from dependencies we have yet to fully understand. Every creature seems to play a role even, parasites serve a purpose. We are just beginning to understand the beneficial symbiotic relationship between the human body and certain bacteria. We are dependant on many other species and any failure of one part of the ecosystem can create a domino effect causing disruption throughout the entire chain of life. All plants and animals are vulnerable to climate chaos which seem to be having a major impact. Whether or not we are responsible for climate chaos is not as important an issue as to how humanity will adapt. It could also be that our methods centred on mass production and factory farming are in conflict with nature, as we can see in the case of avian flu, we may be creating a world of pestilence having forgotten that we are part of nature and there is a natural order, balance and harmony that needs to be maintained in the dance of life. Like any species in nature that gets out of hand, nature has a way to keep it in check, and humankind may be the next species in line for severe adjustment or even step-by-step eradication.

All the best

Richard Thomas Gerber"

Ding Dong...Avon Calling! + The Most Bizarre Scene Ever

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:03:50 PST

I am now an Avon Lady, lol! I got my catalogs and all my supplies and I'm ready to go. If you want a book, let me know. There are sooooo many more things that Avon has now, than they did several years ago. Some really awesome things too. I'm excited about it!! Hubby is even going to help by taking some books to work with him. I think I'll do well at this. And, it's fun too, at the very least, I'll be getting a discount on what I buy for myself, lol!!

While I was out, I stopped at In N Out, and treated myself to a burger and fries. MMMM best in town!! Anyway, sitting a table over from me, were these two guys. One was younger, about late 20's, clean shaven, hair neatly combed, dressed well - the other was not so clean shaven, older, late 40's maybe, scruffy looking. They both ordered a combo meal, and sat down, together at the same table, to eat. Well, from the time they sat down, the older guy starts in...~"I can't stand you anymore - You have no respect for anyone - If I ever see you around anywhere don't come near me - I paid my way - I'll send you the money for your f***n car - I don't give a f**k - I can't take the bus, I'm sick" - BUT, this whole time, they are sitting there, together, eating thier burgers!!! The younger guy says "I'm sorry you feel that way" and the older one says "No you're not!" They kept on and on this way, and still kept eating!! I kept looking around, thinking I was on one of those Dateline shows, where they do experiments on how the public will re-act to certain situations, LOL!! But, I don't think they would use that language on a show like that. Totally amazing!!

Another Twinkie Adventure

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:51:46 PST

This past Saturday was Dorp’s birthday so we decided we were going to hang out all day. We started at Perko’s in Delano, for breakfast. Then we headed to Goochers house. We had a couple of glasses of wine while we talked about anything and everything. Whatever came up. That’s the great part about best friends. It doesn’t matter what we talk about. It doesn’t matter where we’re at. All that matters is that we are together.

Me: “Hey you know what would be soooo cool? Girls road trip. We should take a road trip somewhere.”

Dorp: “Yeah, that sounds cool. But when? Our schedules are always so different.”

Goocher: “Let’s go right now. Today. We already planned on spending all day together, might as well go today. But where?”

Me: “Well, you guys have never been wine tasting. How ‘bout if I take you guys wine tasting? Paso Robles is soooooo close. We could make there and back in one day.”

Me, Dorp, and Goocher: “wonder twin powers, ACTIVATE” and we were off.

At this point it was about 3:00pm, so we had to hurry. We get to Paso Robles and stopped at my FAVORITE tasting room, Tobin James Winery.

Not only is their wine great, but the atmosphere is so much fun and laid back. Other than the mom and pop places you can find if you dare take those long windy roads, Tobin James is the perfect place to taste if it’s your first time. Some of the other places are stuffy and intimidating. Meridian Winery comes to mind. Great wine but a little stuffy. Eberle is also fun. And they do cave tours!

this is me, and my sisters at Eberle.

While at Tobin James we find out that Andrew Firestone has just opened his winery down the road, and he’s there doing the good ol’ “Meet and Greet”.

The lady next to us was so excited as she was describing how hot he is, how sweet and unpretentious, while showing off the picture she took of him. We had just started tasting, but Dorp got excited about meeting Andrew that she insisted we leave right then and then. Dammit. That’s my favorite place to taste. Crap. Well, ok. After all, it IS her birthday. I rushed to the register and bought my husband two of his favorite bottles of wine: Sangiovese, and Syrah.

We get to Firestone Winery and guess what? They are closed. Dammit.

Me: “Awww Dorp, I’m sorry you didn’t get to meet Andrew Firestone for your birthday trip!”

Dorp: “No biggie, I don’t even know who he is.”

Me: “Are you kidding me? You made me leave my FAVORITE wine tasting place and you don’t even KNOW WHO ANDREW FIRESTONE IS?” grrrrrrrr.

Dorp: “Whaaaaaaaaaaaat? He looked cute in the picture. Besides, the lady seemed so excited about meeting him. I wanted to see what the big deal was.”

Me: “Oh well, no big deal. Let’s move on to the dinner part of the trip.”

We decided if dinner ran too long, we’d stay the night in Pismo.

Goocher: “Hey let’s stop at Ross Dress For Less to buy a change of clothes. In case we stay the night.”

Sounds good to me. When we first walked in Dorp got a shopping cart. I thought to myself, “That’s weird, WHY does she need a shopping cart? This isn’t a grocery store. Why would ANYBODY need a shopping cart at a clothing store? Hmmm”

Little did I know I was soon to find out.

I bought two Lucky brand T-Shirts, a set of three chonies (undies), two bras and a sweater for $58.00! Not bad hu? AND I did it in UNDER thirty minutes. Then, I had to wait for their shop-a-holic booties to get done with THEIR shopping… TWO HOURS LATER… my feet hurt, I’m tired, I have a headache. I’m thinking who’s great freaken idea was it to stop at this godforsaken place anyways? Grrrrrr.

I went to pay then sat at a table near the front of the store, set my head down and took a nap. Hey, I ain’t shy. I’ll nap anywhere. Finally I decided to call their cell phones and tell them I had been waiting for them at the front forever… and are they going to be done anytime soon? They both finally came up to pay. It was then that I realized WHY they needed the shopping cart. I’ll be damned if they didn’t fill that shopping cart. WOW! Amazing, is all I have to say. Actually a few choice bad words come to mind, but I’ll stay with amazing and leave it at that. (can you tell I’m not a shopper?)

I was so pissed! As they were waiting in line to pay I was telling them off for taking so damn long.. and they just kept laughing at me for being so grumpy. Thank God for best friends, right? Who else would forgive you after you went off on them like a raving lunatic for SHOPPING!

As we were walking out of the store where I had just made a huge ass of myself by yelling at them and nagging like a bitchy wife, Dorp looks at me and says, “Ummmm Norma, WHY is your sweater on BACKWARDS?”

Ha! What a dumbass. I’d walked around all day with my tag sticking out. I laughed so hard I almost peed my chonies.

At this point we were all tired. Me from waiting, them from shopping. So we decided to call it a day. We stopped at a mini mart to use the restroom. I bought a Twinkie for dinner, they bought Hot Cheetos. We headed back home. Two bottles of wine, a Twinkie for dinner, and another adventure with my two best friends. Life just doesn’t get any better than that!

Hectic Films Protest Yet agian / BUNS update

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:26:39 PST

Hey Everyone,

We wanted to say that we are very sorry about are last event (The Pointless Protest) going down the drain. We are moving the event to March 5, 2005. The event will take place between 5:15 to 5:45. Come down and check it out. For all the folks that emailed us we are very sorry we had to cancel the event so soon and unannounced so to say we are sorry we will hook you up with a hecticfilms sticker. So you can meet us down on the "protestors corner" on Stockdale and California next Monday and protest about the most pointless thing you can think of.

Also a BUNS update:

We have posted our last buns on youtube. We will be doing these randomly through out the year about topics we find. We were going to do an episode once a week but had to cancel that because of financial reasons and because we want to film more shorts. Until we find another editor we don't have enough man power to push these out once a week. But if you know anyone who likes to edit something once a week let us know we would love to get another editor on our team that doesn't like to get paid to work. So if you can edit video and don't like money let us know.

Thanks Everyone for watching.

Hectic Films

Productive Day!!

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:25:56 PST

Yesterday was such a productive day, I just had to share! I did 3 loads of laundry, and that's having to go outside, up and down stairs to the laundry room, hoping no one else is using the machines! I washed all the dirty dishes from the weekend, put the clean clothes away, vacuumed and picked up the living room, made my bed, AND made a roast with red potatoes for dinner!! How domestic am I???!!! LOL!! While eating dinner I asked hubby, "so how was your day dear?" he totally got it, and said "fine June." HeHe!! I love great days like that. Nothing exciting, nothing fancy, but what a great feeling at the end of the day.