monkeymetz

Look! My account still works.

Anyone still on this thing? (thing thing thing)?

Is that an echo? (echo echo echo)?

I got the keys to my new place today... Yeah, I don't move in til the 20th, but it's not that far away! I can go in and out as I please from now til then. Here are the things I can't wait for:


Not having rotting dishes in the sink or all over the counter
No food particles left on the counter and spreading all over the floor
No open food containers in the fridge
No leftovers in a pot on the stove, geting ripe for days on end
No mildewy dishwashing sponges that get left in the sink instead of in a sponge dish
Using less than one roll of TP a day (don't ask me how she does it!)
Having the place look just how I left it, when I come home
Knowing that when I clean, it's all MY mess and not resenting anyone for it
Being able to invite people over without getting permission
Not having wet, mildewing washcloths and random bottles rest in the bottom of the bathtub
Actually having a bathroom counter I can use without cleaning up someones mess first
Not coming home to find my oriental rug all crumpled on one side, knowing whoever did it didn't have the respect to even it out
Not having to wait for the bathroom in the morning
Starting to potty train my cat to use the toilet
I GET A BACKYARD
Getting to use BART instead of getting a million parking tickets everywhere I go
The view of the Bay Bridge from my window
The view of the sunset over the Bay Bridge from my window
Having less stuff
Living in a classy historic building instead of a slummy '70s one that is falling apart
Coming home and seeing that my couch cushions have not been fluffed into an awkward shape.
Not having to change the bathroom trash every other day due to overflowing TP from a roommate's blown nose
Not having to worry about family heirloom masks getting carelessly broken
Walking around the house naked with no fear


Things I'm worried about:
Kaptain's need to go outside - maybe have a solution which includes potty training him and also a baby monitor. Let's see. I might just end up getting a lot of exercise going up and down those stairs.
It's much more expensive


I had cold feet last night, but I'd say all in all, it's a good choice.

Here's a chance to see how well you really know your s/o. Cut, paste and fill in the answers, then tag some friends to do the same . . . shoot, you know what to do. The real challenge is to send it to your s/o to see how right you really are!

1. He's sitting in front of the TV, what is on the screen?
MSNBC or some food show

2. You're out to eat; what kind of dressing does he get on his salad?
Whatever comes on it. Ranch mostly

3. What's one food he doesn't like?
Red Peppers

4. You go out to eat and have a drink. What does he order?
Wild Turkey on the rocks

5. Where did he go to high school?
Arroyo Grande High

6. What size shoe does he wear?
12 I think?

7. If he was to collect anything, what would it be?
Martini Shakers

8. What is his favorite type of sandwich?
The Chief, from Miller's East Coast West.

9. What would this person eat every day if he could?
Salami

10. What is his favorite cereal?
Cheerios

11. What would he never wear?
A Speedo!

12. What is his favorite sports team?
The Giants

13. Who did he vote for?
oBAMa!

14. Who is his best friend?
Jack Griguoli

15. What is something you do that he wishes you wouldn't do?
talk about how wonderful and/or successful I am. He calls this "Actress-itis"

16. What is his heritage?
Irish, Scottish

17. You bake him a cake for his birthday; what kind of cake?
Lemon

18. Did he play sports in high school?
Drama

19. What could he spend hours doing?
Watching MSNBC or playing video games on his iphone

20. What is one unique talent he has?
He has the unique ability to know pwoplw better than they know themselves.

1. Pay off all debt and family's debt
2. Buy Chrix that Barry Zito Jersey
3. New wardrobe
4. Have tons of snack food around me all the time
5. maid
6. chef (or even a line cook would do)
7. Cable TV. Maybe even a tivo!
8. Monthly travelling vacation to somewhere else in the world
9. Find a home with a glass enclosed outdoor patio, which gets morning sun and has skylights, and live in it
10. Open a dance studio or a theatre. And not a crappy little one - a real one.

Here is, in essence, the email that Joe sent to his entire mailing list... (The piano player at Martunis).. I didn't include the pics. (I especially like the swiss army knife comment)
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Greetings!

There's nothing quite like a birthday. Especially a 28th birthday, celebrating your "Saturn Return" ... at a piano bar!

Come and join our birthday gal, LIA METZ, for a night of songs, cocktails, laughter and merriment.


A birthday at a piano bar? But, of course!

What a better gift than the Gift of Song? And you can expect one thing ... Ms Lia is calling the shots on her birthday. She'll be picking out songs for you to sing. Yes, she's a taskmistress, even on her natal anniversary.

You are more than welcome to bring in music to sing ... to her or to the rest of the audience in the backroom.


Lia Metz

Try to find a more generous and caring gal. Just try.

Lia is the consumate Jill-Of-All-Trades. A performer, a choreographer, a stage manager ... The gal who knows how to use a Swiss Army knife the way most people use an ink pen or a can opener ... Friend and confidant to many ... wise beyond her years ... and just plain fun to be around.

OOH OOH OOH that's funny. I've been having all kinds of backwards dreams, stuff that is the exact opposite of what would happen irl.. I wonder what that means..?

so I had this dream last night that I fucked up all the light cues for the show and we sent the audience home early... then this morning in real life I get a text from one of my cast members complimenting me on doing the lights nicely last night! weird.

I entered all of my physical discomforts into WebMD and it said I probably have one or more of these:

Hyperthyroidism
Atrial Fibrillation (can sometimes be a symptom of hyperthyroidism, and is also a form of Superventricular Tachycardia)
Labrynthitis
Anemia (unlikely given the high iron intake in my diet)
Mnire's Disease
Aortic regurgitation
Aortic Stenosis
Middle Ear infection

This is interesting, given my grandmother's medical history. It sounds to me like I need to get my ears and my heart checked out! There goes more money. Good thing I have insurance.


(Hearing Loss, Heart flutter, dizzyness, nausea, inability to gain weight, difficulty falling asleep, abnormal pounding and rapid heart beat under mild stress) <--- all happen intermittently, not often simultaneously

I hate Christmas. And I have for as long as I've been an adult. I've never really told anyone why. In fact, a lot of the time, I've pretended that I was fine.

I remember as a child, growing up, we were always dirt poor. But Christmas was an event. A big deal. Something to look forward to. I knew there was no Santa, but I pretended, and I let my parents play along. They knew I knew. But it really wasn't about SANTA. It was about the joy of making someone else smile. We would get stupid one dollar gifts like a belt hanger or a pair of socks. We would wake up at the crack of dawn because for christ's sake, we were about to spend the day together in joy as a FAMILY! And we were a happy family.

Well, when my dad died, it all went to shit. The year was 2002. That year, my family was too depressed and distracted to do anything for Christmas. So we didn't. My mom hung no decorations, we listened to no christmas songs, and we had nothing special on Christmas. After that, the event of even being together faded. I would come up and we would have a "family" christmas dinner, where Marsi and Grandma would get drunk and fight and everyone would leave with a bitter taste in their mouth. Soon, it got so bad that even guests felt uncomfortable. My sister even drove my boyfriend so far off that he refuses to even set foot in my mom's house.

Last Christmas, my mom was off on a train ride with her husband and my sister was in the aftermath of a divorce, and I'm pretty sure she was homeless or something. So Chris and I decided to spend Xmas with his family. Well we show up and his mom decided to cancel Xmas because, SURPRISE! his parents are getting a divorce. So Chris and I drive around pismo, getting turned down by restaurants because they are booked or it is too late and they are closing soon. So finally we get this Italian place and eat. Our Christmas dinner.

Oh yeah by this point, every member of my family is so poor that we decide not to give each other gifts AT all. Instead we give the gift of time. But we really don't.

This year I decided "fuck it, I've never like Xmas. I'm gonna LIKE it this year DAMMIT" and I decorate. I listen to Xmas music. I actually for once, feel something other than apathy toward Xmas.

Fast forward to today. It's Xmas eve and I'm still at work. Why? You ask. Well, I'll tell you it's because I have a lot to do before the year ends but that is a lie. It's because my boyfriend wants nothing to do with Xmas because it reminds him of how his family is falling apart. He doesn't even want to be around anyone, so he's leaving me high and dry. My mom is coming to visit, though. She's not having Xmas this year, because the family is too dysfunctional. She's on her way so I'm hoping things will perk up when she gets here. Meanwhile, I'm at work. Trying to work away the loneliness and disappointment and jealousy over the fact that it seems that everyone has some sort of christmas and all I get is my mom visiting, just like its any other day to visit. So I throw my emotions into my work. And cry as I file. Because no matter what I do, Christmas is a fucking depressing sham that I wish had never existed at all.

Merry fucking Christmas and enjoy what you have because you could be me.

Belief-O-Matic! Results...


1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. New Age (89%)
3. Liberal Quakers (86%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (86%)
5. Mahayana Buddhism (82%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (74%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (72%)
8. Secular Humanism (71%)
9. Reform Judaism (64%)
10. Taoism (62%)
11. New Thought (57%)
12. Scientology (53%)
13. Jainism (51%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (46%)
15. Sikhism (45%)
16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (41%)
17. Hinduism (41%)
18. Nontheist (38%)
19. Baha'i Faith (36%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (30%)
21. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (28%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (24%)
23. Islam (21%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (20%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (16%)
26. Roman Catholic (16%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (15%)

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Neo-Pagans are a community of faiths bringing ancient Pagan and magickal traditions to the modern age--including mostly Wicca but also Druidism, Asatru, Shamanism, neo-Native American, and more. Neo-Pagan is an umbrella term for various and diverse beliefs with many elements in common. Some Neo-Pagans find no incongruence practicing Neo-Paganism along with adherence to another faith, such as Christianity or Judaism.

• Belief in Deity
Some believe in a Supreme Being. Many believe in God and Goddess--a duality. Many believe there are countless spirit beings, gods and goddesses, in the cosmos and within all of nature--God is all and within all; all are one God. The Great Mother Earth, or Mother Nature, is highly worshipped. Divinity is immanent and may become manifest within anyone at any time through various methods.

• Incarnations
No human incarnations are worshipped in particular, as all of nature and the universe are considered embodiments of God and Goddess, or of gods and goddesses, worthy of respect, reverence, or worship.

• Origin of Universe and Life
Generally, there is no conflict between observations revealed through science and Neo-Pagan beliefs on origins of the physical universe and of man. Many believe in a supreme intelligence that created a duality of God/Goddess who then created a spirit world of gods and goddesses as well as all of the universe and nature.

• After Death
Many believe in reincarnation after some rest and recovery in the "Otherworld." There is generally no concept of hell as a place of punishment, but some believe wrongdoing can trap the soul in state of suffering after death. Some (Wicca) believe the soul joins their dead ancestors who watch over and protect their family. Some believe that life energy continues in some, if unknown, form. Some believe in various spiritual resting places. Many say we don't or can't know what happens after death.

• Why Evil?
"Evil" is imbalance. Most believe there is no evil but rather that people sometimes make mistakes. Wrongdoing results when we forget we are one with the universal spirit.

• Salvation
The concept of "salvation" is essentially irrelevant; rather the belief that people can attain spiritual balance and harmony with each other and nature. The path includes group ceremonies, dances, songs/chants, prayers, meditation, trance, altered states of consciousness, the metaphysical, magic, invoking or evoking deities or spirits, Tantric practices. Intercessors are commonly used: psychics, seers, shamans, tarot, Oui-Ja board. Ethical choices are influenced by a belief that one is rewarded or punished within this or after this lifetime for one's choices and an ethical code to do no harm.

• Undeserved Suffering
Most do not believe in Satan or any spirit being as the cause of suffering. Some believe in a karma-like principle, that choosing to live a life of wrongdoing and pain will naturally result in suffering in this or later lifetimes. Many view suffering as a result of spiritual imbalance in one's life or on the planet or in the universe. The focus is generally on healing suffering rather than answering definitively why it exists.

• Contemporary Issues
Abortion is not condemned, as there is no official doctrine; beliefs about abortion range the full spectrum. Views on divorce, homosexuality, and gender equality are generally very supportive of human differences, equality, and personal choice. Many believe that involvement in community action, especially regarding environmental concerns, is integral to the belief in human interdependence and worship of the Earth Mother.