The winners are here -
It’s Friday - what can I say?
Can’t forget haiku!

Thank you all so much for making this another successful Save The Boobies campaign! Between links and comments, there are 86 entries for the prize drawing. Andy and I will donate $172 to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

Up there, on the top of this site, you’ll see a new page. “STB 2008” That’s where I’ve listed all of the awesome of the awesomeness - the eighty-six entries. Y’all rock.

(Aw, what the hell - shall we make it $175? Andy, are you in for an extra buck-fiddy?)

Now, for the drawing…. Someone do a drumroll, yea?

Step 1:
Print out the spreadsheet with all of the link and comment entries

Step 2:
Cut the pages up into a one-entry-per-piece-of-tiny-paper pile

Steps 3 & 4:
Fold all of those pieces of paper and put them in a hat

Look Jen! How cute is that?

Step 5:
Stick your hand in and pull out the winners.

First - the four pink bracelet winners:

The Well Read Hostess
Jennifer at The Cubicle’s Back Porch
CommentLuv Andy (I swear this was a legit pick)
and
Jamie (BitrCountryGirl)

Next - the notecard winner:

Fee - from Herdimentality

And - the necklace:

Kim from MeThinks

—- Congratulations to you all. Please email me at reereep[at]gmail[dot]com with your addresses so I can get your prizes out to you! —-

I’m busy with work stuff today. Seriously…busy like I haven’t been in weeks. Which is weird since, y’know, there’s like 10 working days left before my last day. And at least one of those days is going to be spent, um…. not working. Not working in a place that’s not my home office, with a bunch of people that I’ve known for years and years and years who may or may not have jobs either.

Kinda like a retirement party, but without the actual, y’know, retirement. Or pension. But with vodka and stuff. And maybe meatballs on toothpicks. So, there’s that to make it better.

Annnnywayyyy, since I’m fancy spreadsheet-ing and documentation-ing and meet-ing and stuff, I just have time to pop in to mention a few things.

Are you participating in NaBloPoMo?

All you have to do is post every day for a month! It’s fun! Really, it is. If you want to exercise your creativity, or, if like me, you’re just a wordy bitch, please join us.

And, there’s AWESOME prizes. Go check it out.

I’m going to cut off the entries for the Save The Boobies - Part 2 campaign at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern) tonight. That’s my bedtime and I need mah beauty sleep. See the pink thermometer? So far, we’re at the $85 mark (that was as of 1:30 p.m.) - which means that Andy and I will donate $170 to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

There’s still time to make us pay more! Get your links to that post up. Get your friends to comment there. Six hours, forty minutes and counting.

Mr. Hot is putting his garage back together. He spent Tuesday painting over the primer. Yesterday, he started moving things back in. A lot of that moving involved him screaming up the stairs, “HOT! I need some help!!!” Especially after he discovered that there were WET boxes. I did manage to save lots and lots of yarn… (Suburban Correspondent and Mad Mad and Dawn…ha! New stash without spending money!)

Today he’s bitching and drilling and pounding. I think he calls it “putting shit away”. Then we get to go on our weekly grocery shopping date tonight. Damn good thing since I’m running low on limeade.

Now, for Kelley. Who’s been bugging me for a picture of the new hair.

—- Please pay no attention to the primer splatters on the glasses. I’ve been told they’ll wear off eventually. —-

—- Don’t forget. Only ONE (uno, un, eins, ein) more day to GO HERE and do what I ask! Win a prize! Help others! Make Andy and I send big money checks!!! The drawing will be held on Friday, October 31st. —-

Remember this issue with my Dell? It happened again today. Once again, I contacted Dell through the chat window (by using my other computer). Not wanting to subject you to the entire painful experience, let’s just highlight a couple of the really good parts.

10/28/2008 07:44:13AM Agent (SK2987): “In order to fix this problem we are going to have to try a few things.”
10/28/2008 07:44:18AM Agent (SK2987): “Is the issue with the same system we are chatting on ?”
10/28/2008 07:44:52AM Hotfessional: “No….. I wouldn’t be able to SEE anything since the video isn’t working. I’m chatting on my work computer.”

10/28/2008 07:50:15AM Agent (SK2987): “Restart the system and then on the Dell logo,keep tapping F8 until you move onto a screen which says Advance boot menu options.”
10/28/2008 07:50:21AM Agent (SK2987): “Let me know once done.”
10/28/2008 07:50:52AM Hotfessional: “How will I know when the Dell Logo comes up if I’m not able to get the video working?”
10/28/2008 07:51:04AM Hotfessional: “Can’t read the monitor”
10/28/2008 07:51:17AM Hotfessional: “Can’t see the Dell Logo”
10/28/2008 07:51:21AM Agent (SK2987): “Please give it a try.”

—- This “conversation” went on for 75 minutes. I finally convinced him that I knew what I was talking about, and he agreed to send me a new video card. In 3-4 business days. —-

I KNOW! Hush. I’m sorry, but Katy and Krissa both tagged me for this one. Since I’m still seeing spots and picking primer out from under my fingernails, I’m going to fulfill my obligation to tell you seven MORE effed-up weird and random things about me.

By the way - I think it’s just sad that I can come up with all of these strange things about myself on a regular basis.

So, blame them if you’re sick and tired of, well, me.

And apparently, there are rules:

1. Link to the person who tagged you and post the rules on your blog - Done!
2. Share 7 random or weird facts about yourself - Ohhhkay.
3. Tag 7 random people at the end of your post and link to their blog.
4. Let each person know they’ve been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

Like how I just arbitrarily decided to do away with the last two rules? Ha!

Annywayyyyy, shall we start?

1. Cherry flavored anything (yogurt, ice cream) or cherry filled anything (pie) makes me want to vomit. I can eat POUNDS of fresh cherries, but DO NOT ask me to eat that gross cherry stuff.

   

2. I have a minor in mathematics, but cannot do basic arithmetic in my head. If I have to add or subtract, and it involves borrowing or carrying carrying or borrowing, I’m lost. Get me a calculator.

   

3. When I was a senior in High School, I had a HUGE crush on my boss. He was a veterinarian, and CUTE. CUTE. CUTE. I used to fantasize about us developing x-rays together in the dark and him telling me that he wanted us to get married after I graduated from MSU and open a practice together. He turned out to be a douche who fired me.

   

4. I gag (gag, I tell you!) when I try to do as the dentist says and brush my tongue. I can’t even write about it without wanting to retch.

   

5. The only time I’ve ever had a non-dental x-ray was when I was playing soccer. A woman on the other team tried to kick the ball and missed. She kicked my shin instead. I had a cleat-shaped bruise and pain that would not stop. I figured she chipped a bone, but everything came back negative.

   

6. I am WAY quieter than people think I am. I’d much rather listen than speak. Okay, sometimes, I’d rather EVERYONE be quiet. I have to be in the right frame of mind to be social, and it doesn’t happen very often, so if I ask you to socialize with me? You’re either really special or … nah, you’re just really special.

   

7. I have a chicken pox scar at the end of where my left eyebrow would be if I had eyebrows. It’s the only chicken pox scar I have.

   

All images courtesy of FotoSearch

—- Now, the next person that tags me with a meme where I have to come up with strange things about myself is going to pay. I will find you and make you sit SILENTLY with me. After I slap you a bit. But, please, feel free to STEAL this and do it yourself. —-