I was a good citizen today.

I came home from work at about 1PM to get my car and drive to Shoreline to see a client. I took the bus home like usual and walked the three blocks from the bus stop to our house. About half a block from our house, I saw a woman walking up ahead of me. She walked up to a parked car with four people in it and started screaming at them. They got out and started screaming back. They were all clearly very angry and threatening each other so I ducked behind a bush and called 911.

The dispatcher had me narrate what was going on and give descriptions of everyone. The woman had come from a silver car behind me that still had another man sitting in it. The dispatcher said not to let the people see me, so I combat crawled through the yard I was in to get that car's description and license plate, too. Back at my bush, I kept talking to the dispatcher. I first thought it was road rage and both cars had pulled over to yell at each other. The woman then started yelling about her car being stolen. It became obvious that the woman had somehow gotten the car of four people to pull over. She thought they were driving a car of hers that had been stolen. The four people in the car disagreed and they continued to scream.

Fairly quickly, I heard several police cars some with sirens. There were two regular cruisers, one of those fancy new Dodge Charger cop cars, and some kind of white police support truck. They came swarming in. The dispatcher told me I could hang up, but took my name and number first. I walked the rest of the way home, got inside the house, and my phone rang. It was an officer, wanting me to come outside to give a statement.

By this time, my adrenaline was super high, it was hot outside, I was worried about being late for my client appointment, I had to pee, and I was super nervous. I could barely breathe as I talked to the officer and kept hyperventilating. I gave my statement and that was that. I got to my client's house a little late, but he didn't care. I think I'm still a little revved up from the whole thing. For being a quiet little neighborhood, we do seem to have our share of police involvement around here.

Why does my tongue feel like it's been burnt with hot liquid? I woke up with it like this yesterday morning. I didn't drink (or eat) anything hot to burn it on Monday. It's still bad this morning. My first thought was thrush, but my tongue looks completely normal. No weird colors or anything. I Googled it and the Internet says thrush, diabetes, or menopause. Sorry, Internet, I disagree with your diagnosis. Whatever it is, it needs to go away. This is driving me nuts. I can't even really taste anything.

Edit: I also now have a canker sore on the side of my tongue. I haven't had one of those in ages. Oh, the ongoing saga of my tongue!

I bought myself a fancy LJ paid membership and haven't done anything with it yet. After having just a few icons saved and the same default icon for years, I've decided it's time for a change. I've uploaded several new icons. Please welcome the new default icon, "old girl".

Happy Passover!

jizosh is playing on the radio tonight, on C89.5. He's playing right now if anyone is reading this at the moment! Anyway, he was supposed to go on a midnight and when we turned the radio on, it wasn't him. I called the radio station to ask when he was going on and I guess they recorded me because they just played my phone call on the radio. I'm radio famous!

I spent a good part of the day today sorting out our eating plans for Passover, which starts next Saturday. It's hard considering we have to follow kosher guidelines, Passover guidelines, and pescetarian guidelines. Also, we follow Ashkenazi rules which makes things even more complicated by adding additional restrictions. On top of that, I'm trying not to totally destroy clockworkrat's diet and find things that don't take hours to make or break the bank.

( Here's what I've got planned. )

Looking for a wife? No problem! Forget eHarmony or Match.com. The Torah has all of your answers! Here are some principles to follow:

1. Find an attractive prisoner of war,bring her home, shave her head, trim her nails, and give her new clothes. Then she’s yours. (Deuteronomy 21:11-13)
2. Find a prostitute and marry her. (Hosea 1:1-3)
3. Find a man with seven daughters, and impress him by watering his flock. (Exodus 2:16-21)
4. Purchase a piece of property, and get a woman as part of the deal. (Ruth 4:5-10)
5. Go to a party and hide. When the women come out to dance, grab one and carry her off to be your wife. (Judges 21:19-25)
6. Have God create a wife for you while you sleep. (Genesis 2:19-24)
7. Agree to work seven years in exchange for a woman’s hand in marriage. Get tricked into marrying the wrong woman. Then work another seven years for the woman you wanted to marry in the first place. (Genesis 29:15-30)
8. Cut 200 foreskins off of your future father-in-law’s enemies and get his daughter for a wife. (I Samuel 18:27)
9. Even if no one is out there, just wander around a bit and you’ll definitely find someone. (Genesis 4:16-17)
10. Become the emperor of a huge nation and hold a beauty contest. (Esther 2:3-4)
11. When you see someone you like, go home and tell your parents, “I have seen a… woman; now get her for me.” If your parents question your decision, simply say, “Get her for me. She’s the one for me.” (Judges 14:1-3)
12. Kill any husband and take his wife. (2 Samuel 11)
13. Don’t be so picky. Make up for quality with quantity. (1 Kings 11:1-3)

Look where I am!

Yo mama's yogurt:

Is anyone using Twitter? I've gotten into it this weekend but don't have many friends yet. Who wants to be my friend?

For this month's theme in bakebakebake, I made Caramelized Apple Bread Pudding.

Straight out of the oven:


Prepared and ready to eat:


( The recipe. )

There are no escalators in Wyoming. Seriously.

I got a hair cut!

Happy Purim! This is the Jewish holiday where you drink alcohol, get dressed up in costumes (it's often called the Jewish Halloween), and totally party. The traditional food is called hamantaschen, which means Haman's hat (or pocket) in Yiddish. Purim is the celebration of Jews escaping from the bad guy (Haman) in the book of Esther. To celebrate best, you're supposed to drink so much that you can't remember who Haman is and also eat his hat/pocket. Here are my hamantaschen!

I sent letters to all of my new clients at work today, introducing myself. I was so tired and brain dead at work today that I spelled my name wrong in the letter. I didn't realize it until they were all done and there was no way I was going to re-do everything. Oh well!

I don’t consider the Beastie Boys to be a rap artist, but they’re still one of my favorite groups. According to the new RapArtists.com website, the Beastie Boys original lineup included a girl! I wish I could have seen them when they were huge years ago. This website also says that the Beastie Boys were nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Pretty cool!

(Disclosure policy.)

For my new job, I'm going to be carrying around a laptop and charger a lot. It's an older laptop (or so I've heard) so it's rather big and heavy. I need an appropriate bag to carry it around in. They provide a rolling suitcase thing but it's gross black leather and ugly as hell. I need something cute to carry this laptop, charger, and a thick folder of paperwork. For those of you who carry laptops around, do you have any suggestions for a brand or type of bag? I'm thinking of a rolling bag since I've heard the laptop is heavy. However, I'm also open to other non-rolling options if it won't break my back. Bonus points if it's available through Amazon. Give me your thoughts!

One thing I miss about being a renter is having a mortgage payment that combined so many things together. Sure, I have to pay rent now, but it’s not the same as a mortgage. When I owned my condo, I had my mortgage payment, property taxes, and homeowners insurance all bundled into one payment. It was so easy that way! Now, since we’re renters, we have to pay rent and renters insurance separately. I wish more things were available to bundle into one payment like my mortgage payment was combined. Someday when I have a mortgage again, I’m definitely setting it up like I had before. The fewer things to worry about remembering, the better!