i was almost late for work because my dreams told me to turn my alarm clocks off

well, it wasn't quite like that - i apologized for the noise and offered to make it stop. that was that. the mind does funny things sometimes and i awoke with ten minutes to shower, dress, do hair, brush teeth, grab food and out the door - i did it in twelve, but only because i am now addicted to water - great large bottles of the stuff...

holidays are funny things, my christmas is stretching out and soon it will be my turn to play santa claus, dress up in a red suit and don't forget the beard - well, metaphorically speaking, anyways.

christmas started early for me with the trip to texas that i still must detail parts to you (like the amusing, if over-priced "uncommon objects boutique" or the instructions for a ritual i found on the ground at a gas station: "after the ceremony is over, return your hood and return to your pew").

it continued over the actual holiday (so the main reason i have been lax on the fish is that i have been playing Prince of Persia 3 - yes, i know, i have no life. but can you blame me? it's so damn cool!!!) and it's not over yet.

my family was unable to come to get together this december, as far flung as we seem to be, so it was decided that we would celebrate christmas at the end of January in LA. LA! ah, nothing quite like after-christmas sales and opening presents on the beach.

so since the pressure for pre-christmas family shopping fell away, the actual holiday snuck up on me and i realized that my friend here and there and all over the place will mostly be getting New Year's Gifts instead - something small and fun to start 2006 in a direction that i can only hope as up.

but that's ok, because it's not about christmas - it's about those little things that meant someone thought about you in this hectic time of year, when the most we want to do is curl up with a hot, spicy rum and cider and watch the fire flit and play in the fireplace. so no matter what the present nor when i give it, every one has a small bit of me in it - even this.

so, MERRY WHATEVERYOUWANTTOCELEBRATE! (or for short: HAPPY HOLIDAYS!)

love, mysfit

mysfit's triumphant return

hello hello hello


i have missed the fish with surprising intensity in the week of my absence. i realize i told no one (NO ONE) that i was leaving for a week-long trip through the lone-star state and i'm not sorry. but i had a fun trip full of chaos, kids, food and livestock... yes folks, livestock. (don't worry, i return to CO with no more of an accent than I left with, though will one more pair of boots.)

i look forward to regaling you with harrowing tales of cowboys and chickens and factory people:
and why it's vindicating to have a 2-month-old fall asleep in your arms (careful "they're catching" - no no nononono way) and how much the analogy prevalent in the chronicles of narnia gets obnoxious in later books (audio books are the best for 16-hour drives)...

i'll tell you what - you just keep your pretty little faces tuned to the fish and the tourist for more adventures and photographic proof of my journey through the panhandle.



(p.s. there will also be more imaginary adventures coming out of the chaos journals, if you're not careful...)

oh and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

mysfit signing out

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small silver poem-fish

some old poetry, cause, hey, what else am i going to do with it? (yay bloggie spacing!!!!!!)

    eyes stray avoiding crush contact
         teeth constant grinning
                                   stars
         and when you say my name
         i jolt
               out of

               into
                    Damogen
                                  (or is it Io?)
         Jupiter moons alighting
                    hydrogen tunes
                                 i could fade in that smile
         i’ll catch a ride with you
         one day
                   and i’ll—
                              i’ll—
                                  i’ll
         say nothing
         do nothing
                       wading daisies in my
                                            sundress sonata
         what will you do?

tagged, i guess my fish is "it"

yes, well, tesco tagged me again (that bastard) and here's another meme - at least this one is short.

5 random things (about my little fish)

1) food - i became a vegetarian when i was 11 years old and only started eating fish about 2 years ago. so i'm not sure what i am now.

2) clothes - when i was little i refused to wear pants and believed that jeans were evil. i kept my only pair in the bottom drawer, all alone and would not open it - until one day, i opened the drawer and left it open all night, so the evil could seep out. after that, i wore pants all the time and never looked back. to this day, i rarely wear skirts/dresses.

3) if i had the choice, i'd never be published under my own name.

4) people might say that i have no concept of time. this is incorrect. i don't believe in time and thus, have had to make up an arbitrary concept of time as a manmade idea used for convenience of interaction. thus, though i may not know what day it is or what time it is, i usually know where i'm supposed to be.

5) i hate people in a general sort of way.

as for tagging 5 more people... since a "meme" is a unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another(according to dictionary.com), i'm gonna let your mind pick up what my mind is transmitting and thus let you decide if this meme will be picked up by you.

doodle-fish today : awaken

doodle-fish 87 : mask

riddle me this

ergh - this would have gone up yesterday, but:

it was a dark, cold night. bloggie and IE came out of a bar and jumped into IE's truck - bloggie was driving. unfortunately, the truck had had too much to drink and the road jumped out from under it, so into a fence our two heroes went and you know what happened?

I lost two posts.

(ahhh hahaha - ok I know that sucked, so shut up)

the riddles went well so here's a few more:

Alive without breath,

As cold as death;

Never thirsty, ever drinking,

All in mail never clinking.

What is it?

so you're right. the man pictured above is none other than the infamous Riddler as played by Frank Gorshin in the original 1960's Batman TV series.

"I developed the Riddler's fiendish laugh at Hollywood parties." -Frank Gorshin, 1966

And this is one of his animated counterparts:

There was a green house. Inside the green house there was a white house. Inside the white house there was a red house. Inside the red house there were lots of babies. What is it?

here's another: "Riddle me this, riddle me that, who's afraid of the big, black bat?"

As much as Batman Forever sucked (Schumacher has his moments - Falling Down(1993) is fantastic - as does Val Kilmer - who doesn't like Tombstone(1993)? - but this isn't one of them), and paled in comparison to the Batman(1998) and the most recent one, Batman Begins, - Jim Carrey was perfect to play the Dark Knight's frustrating villain, just as Jack Nicholson was a fantastic Joker.

Many people over the years have bent their creative minds to one of my favorite comic book heroes. Unlike many superheroes, Batman has no super powers, just lots of money to buy cool toys that supplement his supreme physical condition and bright mind. He also has a dark side (or rather is Bruce Wayne's darkside), lives in a corrupt city and fights dirty for justice and revenge. Maybe this is why he replaced Superman as America's superhero darling - because he's what anyone could be with a lot of money and the desire to go vigilante. He's a hero in the shadows who uses the bad-guy's supreme weapon, FEAR, to fight crime - and boy, what great villains, eh? He's my kind of hero in my kind of stories.

What driver doesn't have a license?

i heard that groan - what's wrong? too easy? want more? well tease your brain with the 768 riddles you can find here or the hundreds of riddles and other mind-puzzles here but be warned: Edward Nygma may be hiding behind the www or even behind the .com

am i the one?

do you ever get the feeling the someone is watching the inside of your brain? no? oh, well ok.

anyways, my fish is whispering to me that too few people use their brains, so here's two riddles:

The beginning of everything,
The end of time and space,
The beginning of every end,
And the end of every place.
What is it?

The more it dries, the wetter it gets. What is it?

yes, i know. these are classic and not very hard. but hey, it's monday right? don't want to strain your brains too much.