but i don’t talk in my sleep. weird, isn’t it?

i’ve decided to start participating:

because nothing says “fun” like free association, and it’s a great game to play for a person like me who never follows the rules anyway!

1. Silence :: empty house (there’s nothing here but me and the computers, until tuesday. there’s your dose of literalism for the moment. nyah)
2. Wall :: lion (that is, domestic cats. we have four. they are also fence lions)
3. Killed :: stop-lossed (oh, did i say that out loud?)
4. Wishful :: thinking (you know, like not having a dumbass as president)
5. Poodle :: uselessly decorative canine with an unfortunate ability to make its presence known. only a completely backwards society could possibly want to spend an entire week pulling burs from the coats of these dogs to use them for hunting. (shut up. i’ve even helped my mom breed and raise them ~ the ‘Standard’ ones. the ‘Teacup’ variety is less than deplorable. but morons, every one. even the ’smart’ ones)
6. Sullen :: childhood (i was reminiscing earlier, thanks for the reminder)
7. Do not disturb :: what you thought were “keep off the grass” signs all over the white house lawn
8. Philadephia :: cream cheese. oh, i guess there’s some sports teams, too, maybe.
9. Anticipation :: sweat (you figure it out)
10. Sidewalk :: this stupid little restaurant on State Street in Santa Barbara i ate at once, and where the pigeons were an absolute menace, managing to shit on not one, not two, but three of us at the table in less than two minutes. i’ve never eaten at a stupid outdoor, seating-on-the-sidewalk-conveniently-located-near-the-exhaust-fumes-for-your-dining-pleasure ever again.

well, that was refreshing, wasn’t it? i can’t wait until next week. hat tip to Dorid for inspiring my involvement. but poodles do shed, i’m afraid, Dorid-me-dear.

One quick thing before I return to the moving of furniture and the juggling of boxes:

regarding this Washington Times piece:

Does Senator Clinton not realize the inherent duplicity in calling any other candidate an “elitist”? Has she an abject and total disdain for irony? Does she honestly feel that the value gained in gunning (and yes, please pardon THAT pun) her opponent for a simple expression of truth and fact (albeit a tactless one) outweighs the self-disservice that bloviating on these particular principles creates for her campaign? On the Democratic side of this campaign season, there is only one true elitist and only one true candidate who has little or no problem with issuing demeaning statements, that that candidate is not Barack Obama.

Hillary Clinton is, hands down, the most republican of the Democratic candidates. She has absolutely no business whatsoever even so much as attempting to square off with a true Democrat on issues of elitism and behavior that deprecates some segment of the population.

I have said before, Senator Clinton, that I will support you if you turn out to be the Democratic nominee. However, I’m still waiting for you to be a Democratic candidate. It would be remarkably refreshing if you’d turn away from your right-wing politics and focus on competing for this nomination on liberal and progressive principles. Right now, it’s getting harder and harder to distinguish you from the McCain/Lieberman ticket.