Here's my first of Deb's Eight From The Eighties.

1) You might as well face it, you're addicted to... lots of things, including playing poker online at Paradise Poker, Sweet Tooth and Dominoes at http://www.neuroticfishbowl.com/archives/003109.htmlPogo.com, Beanie Babies, Hallmark ornaments, cotton lingerie from Victoria's Secret, and Coke. Lots and lots of Coke.

2) All I really need to do is find myself a brand new... work-out ethic. Been slacking lately about getting in the gym. Really need to workout harder.

3) Who's the wind beneath your wings? Probably my mother and Steven, my boyfriend.

4) Who gives love a bad name? My old high school boyfriend whom I call Satan, for good reason. After five years he dumped over the phone when I called him from work and refused to help me pay for all the credit card bills that we'd amassed in our time together. Since the bills were mostly in my name, he bailed on them. Bastard.

5) Are you too shy? No, not really. I'm fairly outgoing.

6) Do you work hard for the money? Lately, yes! I picked up a new project to manage and I put in about six hours overtime last week alone.

7) There's something strange in your neighborhood. Who you gonna call? Steven first followed by my mother.

8) Why do I find it hard to write the next line? Sometimes I just seem to have nothing to say that's all that witty or interesting (though one could argue I never do!).

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Today I'm doing my first of Marsha's Saturday Scruples.

1. california grape pickers are on strike and organizing a boycott. the store only has california grapes and you want some. do you buy them? Probably. If I was really aware of what the strike was about and thought there was a genuine problem, I wouldn't.

2. a co-worker at a large company is stealing from petty cash. do you warn him to stop? Yes, definitely.

3. you are a policeman. a young punk is running away after robbing a store. your warning shot is ignored. do you shoot to wound knowing you might kill him? Only if he had a weapon or I was worried he was going to hurt someone.

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And now, time for today's Friday Five!

1. What is your favorite time of year? Spring time, followed by fall.

2. What is it about your favorite season that, well, makes it your favorite season? The weather is the nicest at that time of the year (at least in Houston), so that's always a plus. You get lots of pretty, sunny days.

3. What is your least favorite time of year? Why? Winter. Definitely. I hate the cold. I get cold really easy, so I am miserable when it's cold outside. I don't know how anyone can live up north.

4. Do you do anything to celebrate or recognize the changing of seasons? No, but it's such a great idea that I probably should.

5. What's your favorite thing to do outside? I am so not an outside person. My favorite outside thing to do is ride around in my Miata with the top down in nice weather.

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My boyfriend is always ranting about the overuse of antibiotics and how if we keep misusing them we'll never be able to combat disease properly. In his honor I am offering this link so you can urge Congress to protect human health by ending misuse of vital antibiotics in animal agriculture.

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I love this one. It completely describes me. And what's cooler than being an HREF tag?

You're the HREF tag - you need someone to lean on and take care of you. You can be shy but you shine in difficult situations.

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I used my minimal graphics skills to send D a house for his randomly changing neighborhood. Since he's got eighty possible houses, you can cheat and check out my house here. And yes, that is me.

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Christine posted a picture of us going topless at work today. Go on over there. You know you want to look!

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What do you get when you cross a camel with a llama? You get Rama the Cama.

(Link courtesy of Vieux Bandit)

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Sometimes I get really nervous about Mother Nature and how sometimes it seems she's just out to get us (read my post Mother Nature is coming to get YOU! to see what I mean). I read an article today about a stealth asteroid that came extremely close to hitting us this week. At least this article made it seem that a major catastrophe like this, a mega-tsunami, or a black hole actually killing us is minimal, unlike The Discovery program and their nature shows of death.

(Link courtesy of greyduck.net)

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In Nigeria a court will decide if a woman accused of adultery will be stoned to death, despite the fact that she claims to have been raped. Her attacker, of course, faces no punishment. Please contact Nigerian officials to help prevent her death.

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My week has been filled with demanding, insane clients or clients that totally ignore my requests for months on end. I've been a little high-strung (to say the least) at work these last few days. I was explaining some of my problems to my boss and he looks at me and says, "It's going to be a high volume curse-word day for you, isn't it?" Indeed it was.

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These have got to be the funniest books ever written. I remember five years ago or so I was rereading them while waiting on getting my tires rotated (No, really! My tires! Pervert!) and giggling out loud while reading and getting funny looks from people. But now it's all worth it because I am....

Which Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy character are you?

(Link courtesy of Sharon)

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I found a very interesting site today: A Picture of Weblogs. I submitted my site since the thing is just so damn cool looking.

(Link courtesy of Christine)

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I'm having a very stressful day and just thought I would take a moment to say

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!

Okay. I feel much better now. Well, not really but I don't think I'm allowed to beat problem clients with heavy sticks, which WOULD make me feel better. Maybe if I start drinking the moment I get home things will look better.

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Building on last week (a rictus of beauty queens), I thought we would use other beautiful people as this week's Group Thing. Today's group term is:

A Slouch of Models

For those of you who missed what this is all about, each week I will feature a term for groups of things from An Exaltation of Larks: The Ultimate Edition by James Lipton. I found the book really interesting and wanted to share it with everyone.

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You are Christian, the penniless poet. You believe in truth, freedom, and beauty; and above all things, you believe in love. You're sensitive and emotional, but your heart is strong.

Take The Moulin Rouge Character Test

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I discovered that I should die on Sunday, May 08, 2061 at 5:17:50 PM at the age of 86 thanks to LongToLive.com. I must say, though, it's kind of creepy to watch the Life Clock (Death Clock) tick off the seconds of your life.

(Link courtesy of Portia)

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As some of you may know, Florida doesn't allow adoptions by gay people. Plese visit Let Him Stay and read the story of Steven Lofton and Roger Croteau and their five foster children. These kids have never known another family, but Steven and Roger can't legally adopt them. Please read the site and then sign the petition letting the state of Florida know that you support adoption by gay families.

(Link courtesy of Christine)

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Time for Ashley's This-or-That Tuesday:

• Run or walk?
Walk. Like Val Kilmer says in Real Genius, I only run when chased.
• Thistle or dandelions?
Dandelions. They're prettier.
• Birds singing or crickets chirping?
Birds singing. Crickets are annoying.
• Allergies or none?
Used to be none, but lately I get headaches around some smells. Is that an allergy?
• A, B, C or 1, 2, 3?
1, 2, 3
• "Easy as pie" or "simple as cake?"
"Easy as pie."
• Trampoline or swimming pool?
Swimming pool. I would kill myself on a trampoline. Of course, I can't swim either, so I can kill myself in a pool as well, but I love the water.
• Nickel or penny?
Penny! I used to collect pennies when I was a kid. Love pennies.
• Basketball or baseball?
Baseball, definitely. Love baseball games, especially since Enron Field (or whatever it's going to be called now) is such a cool park. When we were kids, my brother and I were Astro Buddies and used to go to tons of games with my parents and my grandmother on my dad's side. She was a huge baseball fan and I guess we inherited our love for the game from her.
• Sliding doors or French doors?
French doors, I guess. The look nicer, but we had sliding doors all over the place at my parents' house, so they're more nostalgic to me.

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I dreamt last night that I was working on the new client that I inherited on Thursday. In my dream I was answering e-mails, creating project trackers for new issues that numbered approximately 150, and taking long phone calls. I feel exhausted. Don't I get the day off since I worked all night?

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It's another fishgirl's birthday today. Go tell Marsha at fishgirl.org happy birthday! Happy birthday to you, dear Marsha! Happy birthday to you!

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Well, I just completely fucked up my birthday evening. Like an idiot (because I am notoriously clumsy about spilling and things of that nature) I decided to do my work on the new leather furniture that we bought in January. I, of course, got a pen mark on the couch. I ran to the computer to look up removal tips, but before I could tell Steven what to use, he'd decided to try finger nail polish remover. It did remove the ink, but it also removed the color from the leather. Now we have a discolored spot on the couch. I've been so careful about not getting anything on the couch and I should have known it was a dumb idea to get on the couch with a pen. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Tomorrow I guess we'll have to see what a leather care place can suggest about fixing the discoloration. Fuck. And that furniture was so expensive, too. :-(

Btw, if you get ink on leather, try hair spray or a pencil eraser. It will supposedly bring the ink right out without damaging the leather.

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I just finished posting that I was going to watch TV when I stopped in the kitchen to get a coke. I looked at the two beta tanks that are on the counter and asked Steven, "Where's Flame?" I look down in the sink and see him lying in a bowl, not moving. I pick the bowl up and dump him back in his tank and he starts swimming around like nothing has happened. I bought a new beta today (a birthday fish for the birthday fishgirl) and had placed the tanks next to each other so they could puff up and protect their territories (I've read articles that say they're happier when they can do this occasionally). I guess Flame freaked out and flung himself out of his tank. Steven said that it's a good thing I walked into the kitchen since he obviously hadn't been out of the tank that long. Hopefully he won't have stressed himself too much, but it was completely freaky to see him lying in the sink like that! Poor Flame the Flying Beta!

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I'm drained (and I still need to go over some work), but I just wanted to thank everyone for the birthday wishes, e-mails, cards, and posts on their own blog. I have felt so special and loved and I must thank each and every one of you for being so wonderful to me on my special day. :-) I had a long meeting and lots of work to do today, so I didn't get to make many blog rounds, but I will catch up tomorrow. I am now off to beg for a foot rub and watch "Once and Again" so everyone have a fabulous night! ~smoochies~

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Here's PromoGuy's Monday Mission 2.11:

1. As a child, did you ever wish you had a different name, maybe a name you wish your parents had chosen? To what would change it if you could?
Actually, my name is legally Kimberly, but there were four other Kimberlys in my class. I'm an original, damn it!, so when I was about twelve I experimented with different spellings (Kimberlie, Kymberly, and others) until I settled on Kymberlie. It's different and unique, and even though people never get it right, I like it and think it suits me well.

2. What skill have you been wanting to learn but have just kept putting off?
I took a couple of Javascript and DHTML classes last year when I was laid off, but I really need to learn more computer-wise like CSS and PHP.

3. Are there there any regional foods you love but just can't get where you are living now? (burger chain, ice cream shop, etc. that was in your hometown but has no locations where you are today)
When I went to the UK with my aunt and uncle when I was fifteen they had these great chocolate bars that I loved (something with an s or a c, can't remember now). I'm not from the UK, but that's as close as I can get on this question since I've lived in Houston all my life.

4. What recreational activity would you take up if you had the time and/or money?
Hmmm. Does traveling count? If I had more money, maybe playing higher limit poker.

5. What's the biggest lie you've ever told? Has anybody ever found out?
The only thing that I can think of is when my ex-fiance and I broke up when I was twenty and I was so depressed that I couldn't even get out of bed. I would tell my parents that I'd gone to school even though I basically missed the entire semester (we broke up like two weeks into the term). I think my mom knew, especially when my grades came in and they were all drops.

What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon when you were growing up? I used to love Penelope Pitstop and the Wacky Racers. There was another cartoon that came on that had something to do with monsters, but I can't remember what it was.

Let's say one of your relatives slipped you a $100 bill, to help you out for the month. Your significant other didn't see it, would you tell them or keep it to yourself? Tell him since Steven and I don't really share money. He'd be happy for me and not expect me to share.

BONUS: Whatever happened to Saturday night?
Finding a sweetheart and holding her tight?

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As some of you may (or may not have) noticed, I took the weekend off from blogging. My site (along with a couple of others) went down Friday night and by the time it came up on Saturday, I'd already spent a solid day playing http://www.neuroticfishbowl.com/archives/003109.htmldominos at Pogo.com, reading (I've already finished Seven Up by Janet Evanovich), and conquering the world on Civilization: Call To Power, and drinking blenders full of raspberry piña coladas. In other words, I'd lost the ability to be coherent and blog at the same time. ;-) I am back now and plan on catching up on some blog reading and posting later today. Right now, though, I've got a big meeting to go to, so everyone enjoy their Monday morning (at least as much as it's possible to enjoy a Monday morning).

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Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me! Happy birthday, dear Kymberlie! Happy birthday to me!

Today's my birthday (woo hoo!) and I wanted to thank everyone who's wished me a happy birthday already. It is much appreciated. :-)

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