It has been brought to my attention that for my poor blogging habits I am at risk of being deleted from the sidebar of blogs all across the world...

Ok, maybe not across the world ... but from one particular blog on the other side of the country at least ... (you know who you are)

Not only that, but I realize I have been a bad friend ...
and I don't really have the excuse of being too busy because, well ... I have no idea what I am so busy doing. *sigh*

Frankly, I think I'm just depressed that there is no DC Milblog Conference this year.

But I promise ... I haven't forgotten anyone and I miss you

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1 Ah, that's just the gemini in you. We still love you. But I'm glad you're still alive!

Posted by: Dorothy at April 30, 2008 09:30 PM (jmeTO)

2 Oh, are we supposed to delete people who don't update in a while? Seems counterproductive as we do want to know when you DO get around to updating. Always glad to welcome you back when you come around. *hugs*

Posted by: Dawn at May 01, 2008 07:50 AM (cADtK)

3 So you're telling me that I won't get to see you in Vegas with those shoes? Bummer!

Posted by: David M at May 01, 2008 08:33 AM (gIAM9)

4 Linky Love!

Posted by: Telebush at May 01, 2008 10:37 AM (ayG5i)

5 We love you and miss you too. Also, that is fatherly kind of love I am talking about since you are about the same age as my baby daughter. Just do your best and let us know you are alive and well once in awhile. I know I don't blog as often as I should either but I do comment enough that folks know I haven't died or fallen of the edge of the earth or something. Let us hear at least a "kiss my ass" or something of that nature once a month or so, so we know you're okay heh? Your blog is one of my favorites when you actually write something regularly. Love and Hugs, Joe P.S. - I am also concerned about Li'l Toni at Random Bits of Pomposity. If you have any contact info for her, please write or give her a call and let her know that her faithful readers are still out here and we miss her.

Posted by: Assrot at May 01, 2008 10:11 PM (lg7BM)

6 I just use a feed reader and have you in my "seldom posts" folder - that way when you do post I can see it right away. *grin* Of course this assumes I actually have time to OPEN and LOOK AT my feed reader - something I haven't had time to do in like 4 days... you wouldn't believe how many unread posts I've got that I very likely won't have time to read. Oh well, I can but try. Glad to see you posting something though. I'm trying to figure out if I can do Vegas or not. It would be interesting as I've never been there - but I won't know for a while yet (I think it's in the fall)

Posted by: Teresa at May 03, 2008 11:29 AM (mMa3+)

7 Not a bad friend, Cat... 'cause if you are, then I am, too. And that just can't be.

Posted by: That 1 Guy at May 03, 2008 09:22 PM (ueSyz)

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So, I find myself reading books that came from blogs instead of reading actual, um ... blogs. It feels really strange, to be perfectly honest.

On the other hand, it has renewed my interest in this blog ... who knows to what end at this point. I don't really seem to stick to much of anything these days, now do I?

I laugh at the stories these women are telling, thinking to myself ... I should get in on this racket - I'm funny ... While at the same time thinking ... Why on earth would anyone read a book of my life ... and why am I reading one about theirs?

So ... you tell me? What's it gonna take to get this junk in print so I can afford that damn laptop I am still drooling over?

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If you sent me an email or a comment in the last 2 weeks and haven't heard back from me ... it is because spam is filling my inbox. I have grown weary of even turning on my computer lately because it is just so annoying.

I haven't cleaned up any of the spam comments ... so I apologize for the offensive bullshit they've left lying around.

If anyone has found a good way to deal with spam on a munu blog ... please, let me know. I don't have the patience to deal with this crap at the end of the day.

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Looks like I haven't been keeping a close enough eye on my little blog-bro, RSM ... He's brought a son into the blog-family.

Viking Medic was announced to the family this morning as our newest addition. He seems like a nice enough kid, but he is RSM's son after all ... so we'll see how long that lasts. J/K bro ...

Go check him out at The Quest for Valhalla

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Its officially two years today since content first landed on the pages of this blog.

A lot has happened in two years.

I am reminded that even though this site was not my first jump into blogging, I am still blogging for the same reasons. I am still searching for words to understand my world (and the things that happen in it), trying to connect my fingers to my heart so that my head may glimpse the hidden perspective.

More often than not, I feel like I am venting ... complaining with anger about something that cannot be changed. It does not stop me from believing that I have the power to influence the world like it could. Instead, I find myself motivated to find another solution, a way around the roadblock, insistent that I can prevail.

I'm not sure how the humor creeps in, but it does ... maybe we'd all go a little insane if it didn't.

So ... Happy Blogiversary!!

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Damn you, AWTM!

Damn you, RSM!

Damn you, Buckethead!

Now I have the macbook in my head and it won't get out!

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1 seriously, I will bring her to DC so you can touch her. She really is a sexy machine... I am officially, a pervert, some sort of technophile....

Posted by: armywifetoddlermom at March 20, 2007 08:23 AM (la4FQ)

2 Baby, it's all part of the overall plan. You'll owe me.

Posted by: RSM at March 20, 2007 10:06 AM (qz5lz)

3 If you have a macbook in your head, you should probably see a doctor... oh, and call the police about whoever managed to put it there...

Posted by: Ogre at March 20, 2007 10:26 AM (oifEm)

4 Awe man. I want a macbook more than I want anything. Now I will obsess about it all over again. LOL! Happy day, you!

Posted by: Pixie at March 20, 2007 09:07 PM (P+yvf)

5 I want one too! I want one too! Just imagine, I have to see RSM's sleek sexy machine in his office whenever I drop by! Jealousy, jealousy...

Posted by: Rys at March 21, 2007 10:38 PM (OC77P)

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UPDATE:
The voting closes at NOON CST Jan 23!
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE get your votes in, your family, your co-workers, your neighbors, the dude next to you at Starbucks, or the kid that annoyingly seems to have WiFi access EVERYWHERE you look.

Vote from home, from work, from your palm ... everywhere you can!!!

We need Hook at this conference - and your vote can get him there.

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The Milblogging Conference had a whole host of great panelists and attendees last year but there was one missing that I think really should have been there...

Sgt. Hook

This year, he's hoping to be there but he needs our help paying the way. So go over to the VA Mortgage Center Blog and vote for Sgt Hook in their Best Milblogger Contest to help him win that prize money!

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I'm late to the party but that doesn't change that it is De-lurking Week (and I know you lurkers knew it too, so don't act all surprised now that I'm calling you out on it ... in fact I'm ashamed of you for not just volunteering yourselves earlier during your designated recognition week)

So have at it ... Show yourselves in all your blog reading glory

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It's not like I've legitimately blogged here since oh ... before Thanksgiving, maybe? But, I thought I'd let you all know I'm running away again.

This West Coast girl, living in the bizarre oddity they call the East Coast, is headed back to the Midwest (That makes the fifth or sixth trip this year ...) I don't know if I should count my lucky stars that for a least a few times a year I'm that much closer to home, or if I should be afraid that the Midwest has some kind of hidden vortex it is trying to suck me into.

Either way ... off I go ... to Illin-nowa (yes yes, Illinois ... go watch Strongbad once in a while people). Too bad I'm not hitting Chicago, that might be fun.

Be back Tuesday

Side note: I was once quite excited about this trip ... it is the chance to see the good family again ... but note I said WAS. I could deal when mom said she was coming, but now Lil Bro is coming too ... ugh! Does anyone remember what happened the last time we spent a holiday together in IL? Yeah, he decided he wasn't going to drive me to the airport because I wouldn't piss of the event bankroller and plan his graduation reception. Welcome to the mature part of the holiday ...

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I think I did more damage to my kitchen by 8am today than most people do all week.

2 apple breads, 3 pies, 2 casseroles ... all in various stages of done-ness

Oh, and have I mentioned I'm not packed yet?

I'm leaving town this afternoon to see the good family and off to see the bad family on Saturday (ugh) for the trial that starts Monday.

Be back in a week. Be good (Santa's watching)

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Tampa, here I come ... my flight leaves crack-ass-early in the morning.

So .... unless someone comes to check on the Princess Palace while I'm gone, you'll be lonely til Tuesday.

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1 I'm lonely already. But "crack-ass early?" What's up with THAT?

Posted by: Ogre at October 20, 2006 06:45 AM (oifEm)

2 ... safe trip...

Posted by: Eric at October 21, 2006 07:19 PM (NlzwQ)

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A lot of people are talking lately about how they feel restricted in their blogging. Tammi's the one that got me thinking tonight, actually. Some people have family, others have friends, but we all have people reading our blogs that we just aren't sure we want inside our heads. I think that is the risk we all take when we decide to blog.

Fuck 'em. All of 'em. These are our blogs.

We put the blog out there to vent, to deal, to be validated. But we aren't always going to be validated. And what we think isn't always going to get a great response. Your mom doesn't want to read that you think her gazpacho sucks after she has been making it all these years ... but maybe she needs to. Maybe your friend needs to hear that you think she's being a giant bitch ... and maybe she needs to realize you're telling her for her own damn good. Maybe we could all use just a little bit more realism in our lives.

Treat people with respect, but fuck what they might think or who they might say something to.

If you don't want to keep reading about my opinions, you're welcome to stop. Don't get me wrong - If I can't say how I feel because of what someone might think, then maybe I need to reevaluate what I think. But if I am as comfortable saying to someone what I feel like blogging, it is fair game for the blog ... whether they like it or not. My only rules are protecting the feelings of those caught in the crossfire and covering my ass when it comes to work. Beyond that, I answer only to myself.

This is the written stream of consciousness from my mind, no one else's.

I used to be afraid to blog because of what someone might think. I wanted to be "in" and I didn't want to jeopardize that. I know that the gossip is going on, that alliances are there, and that your basic meddling is affecting lives all across the 'sphere. It kept me from being honest about what I thought. Of course I want to be liked, just like any other normal, regular person on the planet ... No one wants to be excluded, for any reason ... but, you know what? I'm not going to change who I am in order to be included.

If how I feel or what I think can destroy a "friendship," fuck 'em.

In some cases, that level of authenticity has left me on the outside of the circle. To be honest, it hurts. It hurts because I know I am an authentic, caring, fun individual. It hurts because I was genuine and not accepted. It is raw rejection without a sweet candy coating.

The friends that can survive disagreement and strife are the ones I want by my side, through the good and the bad.

There are people out there that think they are holding all the cards, that they have the world fooled with their innocent act, and that they are mighty enough to "bring people down" or have people ostracised from the group - mostly because they have been able to achieve just that - but no one holds all the cards, all the time.

And I think we've all heard the phrase 'what goes around comes around.'

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1 woohooo! That's the lady I like!

Posted by: RSM at September 27, 2006 04:59 AM (fUhX/)

2 me too, rsm. rowr, princess cat!

Posted by: shoe at September 27, 2006 07:13 AM (vyOpm)

3 At the end of the day, you have to be who you are. Course my blog situation is slightly different because it's more for the organization than it is my personal blog. So you don't see too many of my own problems and opinions there. But I agree with you.

Posted by: Laurie at September 27, 2006 11:56 AM (YmcHY)

4 Ok, now you've pissed me off! (kidding!)

Posted by: Ogre at September 27, 2006 12:42 PM (oifEm)

5 You get it. Period. That's one reason I enjoy you so much!!!

Posted by: Tammi at September 27, 2006 08:35 PM (3UQTn)

6 So I come wandering in to the blogosphere tired tonight....then I read this, I think I have to read it again in the morning. You crack me up

Posted by: Armywifetoddlermom at September 27, 2006 09:14 PM (TeFOm)

7 Amen, sister.

Posted by: Pia at September 28, 2006 03:09 PM (DCFcV)

8 So true, even when people that I don't even KNOW started reading my blog, i felt i had to censor my feelings. time again for a totally secret blog.

Posted by: Sassy Brown at September 28, 2006 07:33 PM (HxN7u)

9 I can't believe you don't like your mom's guzpacho, I've heard it rocks.

Posted by: Sgt Hook at September 30, 2006 07:22 PM (ZkBlA)

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I'm looking to take the blog mobile ... any techies out there have recommendations on wireless networking? I need a card and a router ...

What are your thoughts on important technology/features/brand???

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I just don't want to blog.

I'm in a bloggy funk.

I just don't want to read.

I'm a bloggy grump.

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That's right, I may not need a man but I'm off to meet one anyway ... sort of.

I'll be gone all weekend celebrating my little cousin's second birthday and meeting his little brother for the first time.

Ya'll be good now, ya hear?

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Ok, Kiddies ... I'm out ... again

Not for quite as long this time, but for another funeral ... ugh

Be good and send some happy thoughts to AWTM, she's having a shitty time of it today (hehe, sorry ... I couldn't help it ...)

I don't think you'll be graced with any guests this time. Sorry.

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I'm bored ... and RSM isn't home ...

I'm having way more fun blogging over at his place ... go check it out

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As I can tell, the sickie ones are going to be the primary watchers of the Cat House while I'm gone. Shoe has offered to check in on them from time to time, just to make sure no one dies on my couch or anything.

I've left plenty of DVDs (AWTM requested Avengers episodes, in case anyone was wondering), the vaporizer running, juices in the fridge, plenty of ice cream and popcicles in the freezer, chicken soup for their tired souls, and some tea to soothe their worries away.

So, I'm off to face Kansas ... and I leave you in the hands of the sickies ... hopefully everyone will be feeling better by the time I get back.

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I'll be leaving town again this week to handle some Grandma stuff and all those lovely legal battles going on. I typically don't blog around family ... simply because they are snoopy and have no business nosing around these parts.

That is going to leave the Cat House a little empty and unoccupied.

So, I'm tossing out an open call ... who wants to hold onto a set of keys and keep her feeling lived in while I'm gone?

**I've already been rejected once ... don't make me bust out the sad face ...

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Jazzy, one of my five loyal readers has finally decided to join the ranks of the 'sphere. He's set up an ecclectic little shop over at Dances With Squirrels, where you'll find a bit about world idiots, domestic oddities, and even a word or two about his life.

He's new to this funny little game we play, so be nice. Give him a read, a shove of encouragement, and maybe a little linky love (ahem, I said linky ... Harvey ... with an 'L' ...)

I think this one might actually stick with it ...

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