Other random things that I feel I should mention

[dianec42]

* The kazoo that died recently was not just any kazoo... it was (AFAIK) the last of the big batch of kazoos that lapsedagnostic and I bought at Toys R Us for a party at aliza250's place circa 1992. Imagine if you will, a kazoo chorus enthusiastically playing along to the Who's "Tommy"... good times.

* If I am informed one more time that perkiness is not allowed, I am going to have to counter-inform that I am just naturally perky and it's not my problem if other people can't deal with that.

* The "I don't want to know" post-it isn't working.

* If you play Lumines in challenge mode for long enough, the skins eventually wrap around.

* While my husband's employers are much BETTER about the whole working-ridiculous-hours thing, they are not yet perfect in that regard.

Comments

[flyingwolf.livejournal.com]

I think it was pre-92. I'm guessing 1990. Could check though - I have pictures. :)

(I'm guessing this year 'cause I think I was living in Philly that year. I'm going to go check.. just 'cause.)

[flyingwolf.livejournal.com]

yep. Kazoos. Got a pic of a bear and Haley with Kazoos. It was at the apt in Beltsville. And a baby Morgen and Althestan asleep in a corner. Next pics are Balticon. So, early 1990. I don't have any kazoos from that party though - just a bunch of weird memories. Some of them are in other people's brains.

I don't have any kazoos from that party though. :(

[dianec42.livejournal.com]

Wow, scary. 1990 was my original guess... but somehow I got this conflated with my moving in with Aliza in that condo, which happened in '92. Yay you for remembering kazoo history.

[sharikkamur.livejournal.com]

I'm told that singing in the morning isn't allowed either. But only if you're singing soprano.

[fenicedautun.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on the perkiness. That is how I cope, by being so perky and cheerful that the people who were going to annoy me go away. :) Doesn't always work though.

And try adding a second post-it that says, "I REALLY don't want to know."

[dianec42.livejournal.com]

So tell me... honestly... am I perky?? (I was using it ironically, but now I'm starting to have doubts.)

And try adding a second post-it that says, "I REALLY don't want to know."

That one made me laugh out loud. I might just try that...

[fenicedautun.livejournal.com]

I have seen you pretend to be perky, but I'm not sure how much real perkiness is in you, compared to talented amateurs like myself or professionals such as sichling.

[scooterbird.livejournal.com]

You're not actually perky in the morning, are you? Isn't there something in the Geneva Conventions about that?

[dianec42.livejournal.com]

This is me we're talking about -- I'm not actually perky AT ALL.

However, as I have been nearly dead from this stupid cold for the past couple of weeks, yesterday I started feeling *relatively* perky. As in, relatively ALIVE; as in, this is a Good Thing.

When I used the phrase "occasional moments of perkiness" at lunchtime yesterday, Dan got the most alarmed look on his face and informed me that under no circumstances is perkiness allowed. I said it was all relative; he asked if I had perky relatives, and it went downhill from there...