04:04 - Monday, May. 02, 2005
may is here, and im still here, i aint moving!!!
TODAYS MOOD!!
happy monday!!! i have registered for journal con, have you???
its labour day in queensland! so happy labour day, miss hiss
this is may, 2005; the 11th month of my being here in SLC!!! 11 months in one place, voluntary even!!! whoo-hoo!!
piss on the detractors that sez it couldnt be done!!! boo-hiss!!
i have gathered a lot of STUFF in the past 11 months; used to be that if i didnt have a car to store STUFF in, well, i aint gonna lug it around!
11 months ago, i had the clothes on my back, and a laptop (dang! now i sound like an immirgrant!)
now, the who done it and ran, ink!! inventory of STUFF!!
room to live in
futon to sleep and sit on
clothes, lotsa clothes! i have a CLOSET!
brand new puter
brand new puter desk
junk to put in drawers
brand new tee-vee
sattelite for tee-vee
brand new coffee pot
brand new rug shampooer
brand new vaccumm cleaner
brand new grille
brand new crock pot
brand new office chair
brand new toaster oven
brand new food
brand new telephone
brand new towels
brand new soap
brand new electric razor
brand new friends
and "they" say it couldnt be done!!
i have not had a craving to wander off in months, nor do i feel paranoid about being in one spot!
ACCOMPLISHMENT!!!
this is a big deal for me, it may not be for you, but ya know, if ya live my life, you will understand how i feel.
i used to have a family, and all that what you have, and i screwed it up, big time, been thru hell, and hell kicked me out, cause i refused to pay the rent, and became a nomad for many years, and now, im bouncing back! one day at a time!
Margaret Mitchell was awarded the Pulitzer Prize on this day in 1937 for her epic Civil War-era novel, Gone with the Wind. Mitchell sold the movie rights to producer David O. Selznick for a then-unheard-of sum of $50,000. The 1939 film starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh raked in box office millions of dollars and tons of Academy Awards, and it gave TBS something to play seven times a week from 1986-1992, until they acquired the rights to another epic film based in the South, Road House.
Will all the countries with nuclear capabilities please stand up? Uh-uh. Not so fast, Iran.
One hundred eighty-seven diplomats arrive in New York today to review the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Opened for signature by the UN in 1968 and enacted in 1970, the NPT is history's most ratified arms limitation treaty. Although with countries scrambling to get nuclear faster than you can say "Kim Jong-Il," that's something akin to being voted "Mr. Popularity" in summer school. Among its many articles, the NPT established the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and placed it in charge of administering the provisions and safeguards of the treaty through routine weapons inspections.
The treaty has been reviewed every five years since its ratification, and today's five-year review stands to be a humdinger, as IAEA head Mohammed ElBaradei and the Bush administration have sharply different views on the future of the NPT. ElBaradei wants a five-year ban on the development of uranium enrichment programs in exchange for guaranteed energy to those nations that halt enrichment. The Bush administration wants to disagree with the UN, regardless of what they propose and how much Sense it makes.
On this day in 1945, Soviet forces captured Berlin and raised their red, hammer-and-sickle flag over the Reichstag building in Germany. Berlin broke its hip and injured its right arm during the fall and unconditionally surrendered from the hospital six days later, effectively ending the Eastern Front fighting in World War II.
Also on this day in 1972, J. Edgar Hoover, history's favorite cross-dressing intelligence chief, died. It could be joked that Hoover was buried in his favorite coulats, or that he'd finally gone to that great transvestite bar in the sky, but why speak ill of the dead?
well, for me, todays events include, working from 9 til noon, eating, showering and the changing of the clothes (not unlike the changing of the guard) and the ever popular food shopping and tee vee watching! whatta life, i tell ya!
its gonna be a sun shiny day!!! yay!!!
time to get started!!! cya!!!!
FACT OF THE DAY
Scotland's most celebrated monster swims into the news today in 1933 as a couple describe witnessing "an enormous animal" cavorting in Loch Ness. Although serious doubts remain about 'Nessie's' existence, it hasn't stopped numerous expeditions being launched to find and, presumably, capture the poor creature. To date only Mr Burns from The Simpsons has succeeded - and he ended up giving Nessie a job in a casino!
CAT OF THE DAY
ONE BIG HAPPY
