Mr FD and I were discussing whether to watch a particular program on teleivsion when Mr FD said we didn't need to as "I have the VD."
I burst out laughing at his delusion of grandeur.
His reply was "there is no way out of this is there?"
Best laugh I have had all year (you didn't think I was going to miss the opportunity to say that did you really?)
And Mr FD didn't watch the program as he has the DVD.
I don't think I'm going to make it to midnight. I hope everyone has a safe New Years. I hope this year many dreams come true!!
A segment from an old Tamil film is apparently one of the latest Internet memes:
It's official I am sick as a dog. I'm not sure if it's a really bad cold or the flu (I got a shot). No fun for me tonight...
WASHINGTON — In a rebuke to government prosecutors, a federal judge on Thursday dismissed criminal charges against five Blackwater security guards accused of fatally shooting 14 people in Baghdad in September 2007.
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2009 hasn't been one of my better years. My finances have become increasingly tighter this year -- I'm nearly as broke now as I was in college -- and I remain underemployed in a state with a high unemployment rate. I've spent much of the year robbing Peter to pay Paul just to barely make minimum payments on my bills. My son also lost a good job this year, and he has yet to find permanent employment.
I ended an important relationship this year out of necessity, yet I still miss her to this day. Intellectually, I know it was for the best, but my body tells me differently.
I also lost one of my cats this year and I likewise mourn his loss.
On the plus side, I remain healthy, and no one has died in my family or among my friends this year. That's always something to celebrate.
I finally paid off my car loan, so that should help to ease my finances a bit in the new year.
Plus, my "social life" is still as active as ever which is, again, always a reason to celebrate.
But I can safely say I'll be glad to bid 2009 good riddance and I look forward to see what 2010 will have to offer. I offer no resolutions, as it's not in my nature to do so, except to say that I will be alert to whatever opportunities present themselves in the new year.
No chance of missing the New Year in the Flamingo Dancer household as the neighbours had some very illegal fireworks that they exploded right on time. Happy New Year! Now to bed!
If you want to see fireworks, catch a replay of the fireworks at Sydney Harbour - incredible is the word.
The new year is just hours away now. Mr FD and I are already celebrating with a cheese platter along with dried apricots and quince paste. If only I could have some bubbly, but alas the medication I am on does not allow it. Even if I don't manage to stay awake, even if I end up snoring in my chair, it will have been a nice evening.
But alas and alack, now it seems that Mr FD may not make it - as we are currently watching one of the Lord of the Rings movies and he keeps repeating all of Gollom's lines after him. I give Mr FD about another 10 minutes of life,
-make that 3 minutes as he has taken to comparing me to the ugliest characters in the movie: "did they ask permission to use your photo?" Death is about to come to him. It will hurt too,
How will you be ringing in the New Year?
New Year's Tri-Cities 2010. But I'm still calling it First Night. Those dorks will realize that the old name was specific and people know what it is, and don't confuse it with some other New Year's celebration by some random schmoe/shlub.
