I wonder if J would approve of me pimpin' his wife?

[same_sky]

Okay, now that I've got your attention, I am totally going to make someone blush. Are you ready? ;)

I have this friend--yes, in real life. I met her in college.. we had a bunch of classes together because we are nerds. (This is unfair because she is much cooler than I am, but it makes me sound like I am less alone in the world of nerds, so, sorry Glenna!) I have mentioned her before. If you follow the link you will note that I mentioned how she told me about an upcoming job posting where she worked--well, guess what? I have that job now. So Glenna, who was a random email friend who I hadn't heard from in about two years when she let me know she was reading my journal, is now one of my coworkers, so you could say that my writing got me a job, right? That sounds pretty cool when I think about it.

She used to say that she wished she had time for journaling, but she was working sixty hours a week and planning a wedding and she didn't have a computer at home. I honestly cannot imagine a computer programmer without The Internet at home, but she said, among other things, that she needed to make sure she had time to spend with her puppy dog, since she was already gone so much during the day Isn't that the sweetest thing you've ever heard? So, even though she created her journal (starrflowerr, with a code generously donated by blookum back when you needed codes) a long time ago to read friends-only posts from the Yayer household when it was still located in Morehead, she never really got into posting. Well, now she's married, and she quit her second job (finally!) and they bought themselves a computer for Christmas and so I've been dutifully nagging at her ever since I found out to start writing. (Sound familiar, anyone? I have nagged at least three people now into journals.) Since she caved in and has now posted twice in two days, I must have won. Yay! Hopefully she'll get into the swing of things shortly and it'll become a addiction habit for her like it is for the rest of us.

Okay, so anyway, Glenna is really a nice person, and I think that you should all add her to your friends list because she totally reads your journal anyway but is too shy to start adding friends and leaving comments because she's a little afraid that you'll think she's crazy for talking to you when you've never met her. She's been reading my friends list for two years. You probably don't have a more loyal reader. Sometimes, we sit in the break room and talk about what's going on in the world of LJ (when she's not cracking jokes about fuzzy pink thongs, of course) and I think we have mentioned all of your names at some point or another (positively, of course.) She still asks about the well-being of those of you who have gone friends-only (like courtesy, stephbairey, ozswede (who happened to be a particular favorite of hers.) See, I told you she's been reading for a long time.. ya'll haven't posted much publicly in quite a while. Do you have any idea how fun it is to have a friend at work you can call to say, "hey, Dooce is gonna be on ABC World News tonight* if you want to watch it."? Well, it rocks, alright, and she will be an excellent friend. Go on, do it. You know you want to. Journal name again for your convenience: starrflowerr. (By the way, she seems to be on the same server as me (filetmignon, of all the stupid things to name a server) and so her journal may be experiencing crappiness for a few days.)

Alright, I'm done being sappy now, and must go pay the bills and try to muster the energy to do our taxes. Well, actually, I'm probably not going to do either of those things, but instead sit on the couch and knit, but I can always pretend that I do worthwhile stuff in the evenings. (Not that it's evening anymore, either, since I couldn't post this last night. Keeping my fingers crossed for this morning when I push the "post entry" button...)

*Yes, I watched it, although I was also forced to sit through long minutes about social security budgets (synopsis: prescription medicine costs a lot of money; democrats pissed, republicans pissed) and iraq (more american soldiers killed, as well as a [reporter? missed that part] and his three-year-old son) and HP's female CEO getting fired, but not for her website and that segment really depressed me because they pointed out that 493 of the top 500 positions in the country are held by men, but also, this lady probably was fired because of her lack of success at making money than her ability to wear stockings and a bra in a socially-acceptable manner.) But as far as Heather B. Armstrong goes, she talks exactly like I imagined, and I (dork) knew (dork) just (dork) what (dork) she (dork) was (dork) typing (dork) when they filmed that clip of her writing on her website, which I found oddly intriguing.

Comments

[ozswede.livejournal.com]

I'm confused now! I looked at the journal you said was hers starrflower) but I don't see you added as friend, nor any entries for ages. Do you mean blookum, maybe? Just asking so I add the right one :)

[ozswede.livejournal.com]

Okay, forget it! I see you have edited the name to starrflowerr now :)

[same-sky.livejournal.com]

Yeah, sorry about that! I'm glad I checked. I was really confused as to why she had said she was a single mom from Texas. *grin* I would have edited it when I changed the name but I didn't think anyone would be fast enough to notice.. you get a gold star for your prompt attention.. hehe.

[ozswede.livejournal.com]

I thought you were not able to post. Or is that M telling fibs again?

[same-sky.livejournal.com]

I couldn't last night, and the lj-maintenance page insinuated that the trouble might continue for over a week due to hardware changes. Supposedly, read-only mode will only be "on and off" during this time but last night, the "check again in several minutes" thing turned into several hours before I gave up. Perhaps it's just that I'm posting at a slow time (before 8 here on the east US coast not that I'm on the east coast but I do share the time zone!)

[blookum.livejournal.com]

Why, yes! She meant for you to add me!

Um... nevermind, I'm just friend-whoring.

[ozswede.livejournal.com]

I'll happily add you as it is impossible for you to judge as it's "Friends Only". But I warn you, I am an acquired taste :) You are welcome to look around.

[same-sky.livejournal.com]

Why, I never knew you could sing!

(Acquired.. a-choired..)

*runs away before you get a chance to hit me*

I don't even know what I was thinking by saying that.. you hopelessly outclass me in the pun department. :)

[blookum.livejournal.com]

From back in the bad old days of codes, that practically makes us related!

Added!

[same-sky.livejournal.com]

It sure does. :) It feels totally inappropriate to thank someone for befriending someone else, but it IS what I asked people to do so.. thanks. :)

[starrflowerr.livejournal.com]

Thanks blookum !

[courtesy.livejournal.com]

I wish I could have seen the interview ... but I had to do the second best thing and read what she wrote while being filmed ... dorkdorkdorkdork ...

I've added starrflowerr but it wouldn't let me post in her journal to (a) check if that's okay and then (b) let her know and tell her she's welcome to add me :)

[same-sky.livejournal.com]

I guess you have this one worked out by now because she's added you back already, it looks like. :) I guess the timing of my pimping was bad, given the LJ server issues.

I did a brief look for a copy of the Dooce thing but I didn't see it. The article that went with the story was pretty much exactly what they said, though.

[starrflowerr.livejournal.com]

Like same_sky said, I read your journal before you went "friends only". I hope that doesn't bother you. The things that I can remember reading about were, Grandpa calling you Courtesy -which is so cute, you ate cereral for a living - totally cool, and you were about to let a guy friend move in with you - not sure how well that went!?!

Thanks for adding me!

[courtesy.livejournal.com]

No that's fine, that's what open journals are for in a way and I do the same :) But wow, what a long time ago it was ;) It was an old family friend who called me courtesy actually, and it just stuck :) And that guy who I lived with has long gone, as sweet as he was, and I am just in the process of re-connecting with an ex of mine who happens to be ... *drum roll* ... swedish :)

Thanks for adding me, and welcome!

[same-sky.livejournal.com]

Could have been worse.. she could have been like me and remembered things about you that didn't actually happen...

[courtesy.livejournal.com]

When did you do that?? My memory is shocking... :)