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too little too late.

a while back I asked what was a tchotchke anyway. cecily told me. if only I'd happened upon the word-of-the-day from 2 weeks ago, a few weeks earlier:

Word of the Day for Monday, October 16, 2006

tchotchke \CHOCH-kuh\, noun: A trinket; a knickknack.

The rare tchotchke aside, our antiquing journeys mainly amounted to wishful foraging, in the spirit of a more roomy and prosperous someday we somehow never really articulated. -- Jacquelyn Mitchard, The Most Wanted Of course, you also have arcades, like Funland, and your typical tchotchke vendors, like Ryan's Gems and Junk. -- Jamie Peck, "Rehoboth Beach", Newsday, May 18, 2001 I'm going nuts with my mother's accumulation of tchotchkes -- it's bad enough she never parted with one she got as a gift -- but why did she have to buy more? -- "Artifacts of Life", Newsday, December 9, 1996

QotD: I Can't Believe I Ate This

What's the weirdest thing you've ever eaten? 
Submitted by Megan.

I'm pretty sure I can't say that on tv.

QotD: All My Computers

How many computers do you have in your house? 
Submitted by Foomper.

Five. (1 for each person, plus 2 for the dog); in order of age:

1. an HP desktop (used for some word processing, but mostly kidlet's game playing etc)
2. my white iBook (courtesy of my university, crashed about 1.5 years ago but all better now)
3. Apple iMac that we never use (like literally, it's 2 years old and it's been used maybe 12x)
4. Gram's black Dell desktop (used for online bridge playing, email and a serious shopping addiction)
5. my silver PowerBook G4 (from which I type right now, can't live without it)

you can't help but laugh, um, I mean cry.

because my twisted sad relationship with vox (the one in which I am here only as voyeur to read my friends, unable to offer anything of substance myself as anything worth saving I'd rather have on my real- ad free- site...) has now culminated in it being a dumping ground for random snippets of no worth, I offer this:

KOREAN GIRL COLLAPSES INTO A SEIZURE ON STAGE, and the other girls keep right on singing/ dancing! Count how long it is until someone comes to help her, and even when they do- the other girls just dance/ sing right around her! Laughter, tears- man oh man.

About the LAST thing I needed was yet ANOTHER reason to be gaga over preppy-pop Asian girl groups with a roster large enough to rival that of a high school football team...

QotD: My First Kiss

Tell us about your first kiss.  Who was it with?  How old were you?

Ugh! Vox QotD is now "Sponsored by Nissan"?!?!??! BOOOOOOOO! (However, I am pleased with the relocation, redesign and the new piece of Java lets that lets me scroll through recent QotD and answer with a press of the button...) But NISSAN? BOO for ads! No clicky!

Vox and I are already kinda on the outs. This might just seal the deal.

And I don't remember my first kiss.

Not-so-lasting Frienships.

I love opening up Google in the morning, seeing my personalized Google homepage with all its little fun widgets and what not. I'm sorry Daily Affirmation, but you're fired. Our FRIENSHIP is over.

Frienship

QotD: This Week's Top 25

What are your top 25 most played songs? 
Submitted by Cooxie.  

Hmmm, interesting. I don't think I'd ever ordered the songs in iTunes by "Play Count" before- matter of fact I don't think I've even ever activated that amongst the View options. So these are the 25 (I think my screen capture grabbed 26- actually) songs I've heard the most in the past couple years. Wow. Who knew? You'd look at this list and think I liked country music! Oh wait, I do...

Mostplayed

As for the #1 track- kidlet is responsible for that ranking. He LOVES that song! The first time he heard it in the car he insisted I put it on repeat the whole way home. It was hilarious. And then when I told him that when I was his age, "The Revival" was absolutely my favorite album, well that sealed the deal. He's actually a big fan of #2 as well, it's a shame Charlie Daniels is such a xenophobe- 'cause man, "Devil Went Down to Georgia" has got to be one of the finest songs ever a man did play...

This doesn't represent my 25 favorite songs- Lord, there's no Aretha in there! I think the results are skewed because when I'm doing something mindless (playing online, half-heartedly cleaning up) I find country is the best thing to have playing in the background.

QotD: My First Gig

What was your very first job? 
Submitted by Laurel.

Harris Teeter grocery store- cashier. I was 16, pregnant, and refused to wear the green vest. I still have my nametag- if I were feeling more agreeable I'd snap a photo. To this day, I'm fiercely loyal to the Teeter. I like to pay for the ambience, the wood-floored wine section, the fresh deli, the Starbucks. I'd not be caught dead in the likes of a Bi-Lo. *shudder*

It's not you, it's me.

Dear Vox,

I've tried- you've tried, we've tried.

But I just can't seem to stay interested. Maybe it's the fact that I have a wandering eye, a short attention span, but whatever it is you just aren't doing it for me anymore- if ever you were. I don't like your demands, I'm frustrated by your limitations- I need my freedom. I'm young, I'm too young to be tied down this way. It's totally up to you, but if it's ok, I might like to stick around and pop in from time to time. Think of it as a virtual booty call. Is that cool?

But as for the possibility of a committed monogamous long term relationship- my heart just isn't in it. I hope you understand- it's not you, it's me.

Elisabeth

P.S. Do you think this will make the front page with a headline like "Elisabeth is breaking up with Vox"? Naw, I doubt it.

Vox Hunt: Winging It

Show us something with wings.

I don't have one in the house- I don't think I ever have- but if I did, I'd post a pic of one of those MaxiPads they always advertise on the tv.