jjc27's Xanga

Friday, February 11, 2005

Fri, 11 Feb 2005 13:46:55 GMT

yesterday was the weirdest day of my life. i was driving home from work and decided to take some backroads instead of my usual route. on the way down a long tree-lined street i passed a horse, dead on the side of the road. Well, I didn't know if it was dead, so i parked my car on the side of the road and ran down to help (what I thought) was a passed out horse. I was wrong - it was dead (like I said before). Anyway, I don't know what came over me, but I really felt like it was bad karma to leave a dead horse on the side of the road. I tried calling a few friends to help me move the horse, but I couldn't get a hold of anyone. It was starting to get cold and I wanted to get home, so I did the only thing I could think of - grab the 12 feet of rope that was in the back of my car (left there from my last sailing trip) and tied one end around the horses neck and the other end to my trunk. I made it half of the way down the street before the rope busted. My car lurched forward and I saw in the rearview that the horse was lying in the middle of the road - and behind him was a trail of blood leading back to his original resting place. It was at this point that I thought moving a dead horse wasn't the brightest idea, so I untied my rope from his neck and quickly drove home. Anyway, undoubtedly the weirdest thing I've ever done. Moral of the story: if you see a dead horse on the side of the street, just leave it there...

Friday, May 28, 2004

Fri, 28 May 2004 20:01:12 GMT

i'm about to describe a rather strange, but gross problem i'm having, so beware. it seems that when i was in louisiana this past weekend, i managed to get poison ivy IN my belly button. of all the bizarre itchy ailments i've had in my life (and believe me, i get weird ones), this is probably one of the most wonderous. here's my tale of woe...

i became suspicious on monday night when my stomach kept itching. i was scratching at it all night, but couldn't find anything that would suggest a skin irritation. the next day, it continued to itch and i still had no clue why. i offhandedly complained about it to rennan, who promptly suggested that perhaps it was something inside my belly button. well i took a peek inside and lo and behold, i found a bump! naturally i assumed it was a mosquito bite since i had 6 other ones on my legs. i briefly wondered how a mosquito found it's way into my belly button, but reminded myself that nothing on my body is off limits when it comes to those stupid things.

it's likely that i absently scratched at it throughout the day, because at some point i realized the skin was kinda tender and hurt a bit when touched. dinner rolls around, and serena and eehern came over to eat. a complaint regarding the itchy-ness slips out, and to prove the existence of the bite, i bared my belly button for everyone to see. to the disgust of all, it's slightly crusted with blood. bewildered, i went to the sink to clean it off and to take a closer examination, at which point i discovered that it was oozing some yellowish gunk, mixed in with a bit of blood. gross. the next morning, it was still oozing. so i tossed my mosquito bite theory out the window, and after a quick search on WebMD, replaced it with my current poison ivy theory.

the cool thing about having poison ivy in my belly button is that it's a convenient location for all the ooze to well up in. i just have to dab a tissue in there every 45 minutes or so to sop it up. i also came up with the brilliant idea of sticking a tiny piece of tissue in there and covering it up with a band-aid. this works particularily well for those longer stretches of time (sleeping, for example) when i'm not able to clean it as often. for some reason, it's rather comical to see my stomach with a band-aid covering the belly button, and so i'd highly recommend that you all try it out for yourself. it's pure hilarity for sure!

janet has been bitten by a mosquito in the following place:

a) Eyelid

b) Upper lip

c) Lower lip

d) Bottom of the foot

e) All of the above

the correct answer, of course, is e.

Tuesday, May 18, 2004

Tue, 18 May 2004 13:07:32 GMT

I feel like some sort of stalker when reading other peoples' Xanga sites. I mean, I wouldn't feel that way if I were just reading completely random ones since they'd be for people that I have absolutely no affiliation with. Nor would it be weird to read ones that my friends put up since I presumably am involved in their lives and should know or would be interested in all the information they're sharing anyway.

No, the stalkerish feel comes from reading sites of people that I really don't know too well, which then extends to looking at their friends' sites because I'm just so intrigued! It's weird knowing that this dude I kinda know has a friend who's brother just had a baby. The digital age brings a whole new meaning to the term 'stalking'. You've put your personal information, thoughts, and innermost emotions out there for all the world to read, so there's really no blaming me for reading it. I can hardly be called a stalker for simply reading the information that you've chosen to put up. And yet somehow, I still feel strangely dirty.

Thursday, April 29, 2004

Thu, 29 Apr 2004 17:54:22 GMT

Hmm...what picture should I add?

Thursday, April 29, 2004

Thu, 29 Apr 2004 17:43:38 GMT

I have no idea what xanga is, so I figured it's time to find out.