She's Driving Me Crazy

That would be my mother. She had a doctor's appointment last week she hadn't told me about; the doctor is sending her for apparently serious tests this Friday. But she says he never told her what her condition was or what they're doing Friday, when I should pick her up, what to expect post-test, etc. All I know is she has to be at the hospital at 8:30am Friday. And the doctor isn't returning my phone calls.  ETA - Finally got a call back from the PA. She's having an angiogram Friday. Hopefully just that, but if there's a problem they'll send her to another hospital for a stent.

Meanwhile, Mom has lost my cell phone number, is angry at me for 'letting' her throw away empty photo frames (I suggested we keep at least some, she insisted it was junk and threw them all out anyway) and oh yeah, I came home last night and she had royally screwed up the thermostat. She had it set to heat the house to 82 degrees. It was 90 outside. 'twas a hot evening in the house last night. This morning I reprogrammed the damn thing to cool the house to 76; she says it's heating to 82 again. I don't know whether there's something wrong with the thermostat or she mucked it up again.

Meep.

Music Meme - Lots

day 01 - your favorite song
day 02 - your least favorite song
day 03 - a song that makes you happy
day 04 - a song that makes you sad
day 05 - a song that reminds you of someone
day 06 - a song that reminds of you of somewhere

day 07 - a song that reminds you of a certain event
My brother's wedding song was Genesis' 'Follow You Follow Me'. As you might imagine, the song reminds me of the reception, every time, without fail.

day 08 - a song that you know all the words to
Oh, this is a sorry case. Back when the Barenaked Ladies' first released 'One Week' (and after I finally figured out it wasn't the commercial for Tysons Corner Mall), a local radio station held a contest to see who could correctly recite all the words. So I learned them. Whole darn thing. And then had to stay late and work and couldn't go to the contest. Nuts.

day 09 - a song that you can dance to
Calling Bryce...In the years I spent working at Roots Cafe, we had Bill Kirchen and Too Much Fun play the cafe at least once a year. Bill's encore song was a very elongated version of Commander Cody's 'Hot Rod Lincoln' (a song on which Kirchen had played the guitar part). Bill's solo would consist of bits and pieces of the styles of other artists. 20 to 30 other artists. Sometimes sound effects as well. My buddy Bryce and I always danced to this mish mash. Half the challenge was changing tempo and style as often as Bill did. We were always exhausted at the end!

day 10 - a song that makes you fall asleep
The Alan Parsons' Project's 'Time'. If you can't relax to the point of sleep listening to that, you can't fall asleep.


Coming soon...

day 11 - a song from your favorite band
day 12 - a song from a band you hate
day 13 - a song that is a guilty pleasure
day 14 - a song that no one would expect you to love
day 15 - a song that describes you
day 16 - a song that you used to love but now hate
day 17 - a song that you hear often on the radio
day 18 - a song that you wish you heard on the radio
day 19 - a song from your favorite album
day 20 - a song that you listen to when you’re angry
day 21 - a song that you listen to when you’re happy
day 22 - a song that you listen to when you’re sad
day 23 - a song that you want to play at your wedding
day 24 - a song that you want to play at your funeral
day 25 - a song that makes you laugh
day 26 - a song that you can play on an instrument
day 27 - a song that you wish you could play
day 28 - a song that makes you feel guilty
day 29 - a song from your childhood
day 30 - your favorite song at this time last year

Scary Number of the Day

97. As in 97%. As in, OSHA records show that of all the major, 'willful' safety violations committed by major oil companies in the last several years, BP committed 97% of the violations. (That's out of nearly 800 violations.) I guess then the surprise about the oil spill is not that it happened, but that it hasn't happened 10 times already.

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