Group Haiku Jumble!

I asked you wonderful people to write Haiku for me the other day.

HOLY MOTHER. Now THAT was quite a mess for me to sort out!

I took full editorial license, and these are the Haiku I pieced together. Thanks for writing for/with me, my lovelies! Ya’ll rock.

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Some of you could not help but write whole Ku on your own:

Haiku simple? Yes!
I have hunky geek hubby.
who can fix my shit.

This one has an extra syllable on the first line… but it turned out cute b/c of that…

what a cool idea!
oops, is that two syllables?
there are my THREE cents…

I edited this one very lightly…

It’s the bastards who
end early without even
a ‘now now now’ hint.

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Summer was blissful
Pajamas stayed on all day
Reading, playing, fun

Our homeschool started
Yesterday was the big day
No tears! Yay! Success

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I can has laptop?
Sacrifice digital lamb
To buy service plan

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Sidetracked by knowledge
Opportunity to aid
With technology rare

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Hope it is fixed soon
Hope your ‘net is again linked
You can’t post, I’m sad

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The rest of this is pieced together by single lines left in comments. I think it ended up pretty well with a little work!

Each line now links a separate person who wrote that line. (I’ve done some light editing, but not much. Italicized lines were written by me to hold together bits and pieces that didn’t fit anywhere else.)

Oh, I guess I’m first.
Wish luck on her computer
Blue Screen of Death SUCKS

crappy diapers mound
Briefly, the rain fell tonight.
will techy geeks deliver?

If you flirt with them?
They just might come through for you…
…fingers and toes? Cross’d.

To end your comp woes
you should get yourself a mac
“SHOW ME THE MONEY!”

One wagers a guess -
hard drive cables are the culprit
but then maybe not.

Using black marker -
Those Sharpies can rock your world!
Go.Back.To.Paper.

Compie, be nice please
Software, hard drive, whatever
Need my porn again

Addicted, can’t stop!
Laptop dream, please be granted
Or else I might weep

Keep clicking the cam!
Missing the Mexican pics….
and all the others

Some people say that
a Mac does it much better
but ANY comp works

waiting your return
praying for your dear compie
and your precious files

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First day of school here
Hot computer geeks, for real?
Mind blank over here

Maybe geeks are hot…
watch out for the nerdy ones!
Pocket protector?

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You touched no-no, no?
Please tell me you didnt touch!
You could get cooties!

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thank God it’s Friday
eating bagel, read’n blogs fun.
Crumbs on my keyboard.

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Flipping through paper,
Thought of your blog on Sunday.
Lushy haikus rule!

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Sarcasm is Queen
Really, do you think I care?
Think again, tootsie!

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Someone wrote a lot!
That paragraph is not ‘ku….
So this is now borked.

But I’ll restart it.
Concentrate now, please… okay?
We can get through this!

Couldn’t help myself…
Sorry my comment broke form.
“oh no you didn’t!”

pressure to perform
I miss Lotus’s sarcasm
she totally rocks

Brain has gone to sleep…
Some people can’t seem to count.
Haiku simple, yes?

Uh, well, maybe not?
Oh my Gosh, the pressure sucks.
Words, words, everywhere!

Will it turn out right?
Big Sigh. Where is this going?
At least it’s been fun.

And fun it was! You guys made me laugh. Thanks so much for playing my game! Maybe we can do it again? <3

But, on the real, I’m totally going ONE DAY, damnit.

So, lots of us actually reading things online today are “the ones who did not go to BlogHer Con.”

The ones who are going will probably be busy travelling to San Fransisco and settling in for the start of the conference on the 18th.

And some of us are jealous, and some of us don’t give a flying fart… some of us are crying into our keyboards, others are claiming sour grapes… some of us are blatantly pissed off, others of us are like, “eh? BlogWho?”  You get the idea.

I basically feel like this:  There are a ton of people all in one place right now who, for some reason or other, do this same thing I enjoy doing.  “Blog.”  Many of them do it for the exact same reasons I do, many have entirely different reasons.  A good handful of them are people I admire, adore even.  And lots of them are intriguing and interesting people I have never even been exposed to, but could meet if I were there.  I would like the opportunity to meet the people I adore, and those I could potentially adore.

I’m settling for pictures of them with a picture of my boobies.  What can I say.  I’m easily amused.

Money is the main reason I’m not there right now.  Ladies and Gents, that shit is expensive.  And, that is not to say that we don’t have enough in savings, finally.  Because we do, after kicking ourselves in our collective ass around here this past several months and scraping every extra penny into a savings account.

(Oh, hello, we can actually be responsible adults with a savings account?  Who knew?  Wow, John and Lotus are growing up! Congrats to them!)

BUT, and here’s where I might sound bitchy, I have to force myself to have some perspective right now.  To have some more sharply focused priorities than spending money to hang wif mah homies.  (This is in NO way a judgement of anyone else’s priorities – it’s about our specific situation - read on!)

I probably could have talked John into letting me spend the money in our savings on the BlogHer trip.  Not necessarily because I’m that persuasive and manipulative (*cough*) but because he loves me dearly and, to a fault, he tries to make me happy.  (The man changed out of his PJ’s the other night to go buy me ice cream, did you read about that on Twitter?  Clearly, a saint among mortals.)

But we have some lofty goals, like paying off my student loan (which I got so I could get that M.A. that I am so obviously using the hell out of right now, see? ugh.), creating a medical fund (hai, we have no health insurance, kthxbai), buying a larger family vehicle (Honda Civic not going to cut it if we ever actually succeed at having a second child), and actually having enough of a downpayment saved to buy a house again.  Because, I’m sorry, but renting sucks donkeys.

Those are big, bad, crazy dreams, my friends.  And we’d like to attain them in no more than the next 2-4 years.  Which, when starting with no savings, is pretty damn adventurous and hopeful.  But certainly not Un-Doable.

Not Un-Doable at all… With a lot of sacrifice of things not absolutely necessary, and a lot of forced prioritizing.

Which means no hanging wif mah homies that costs $1000+, no new camera, no lots of stuff I would really reee-heee-heeeeeaaaally like.

And?  It’s totally going to be worth it.  So, while I’m a bit jealous, that’s it.  I’m not uber upset.

(But once we have our house and ect., I am GOING to BlogHer, and I’m rooming with her and I’m absolutely licking her.)

I wrote this post because several people have been surprised that I’m not going to BlogHer Con, and asked me why.  Now ya know!

 

 

Sparkle On!

Here’s hoping your weekend kicks ass, guys.

Braden and I will be playing with these:

Also, eating hotdogs, playing outside, and just generally hanging out together.  On Saturday, John will join us in our merriment.  There is much to be thankful for.  Like anytime the 3 of us are together.  That’s pretty sublime.

Can you believe that is the most recent picture of the 3 of us together? That’s from October, for cryin’ out loud!?  Who thinks we should take a new one on Saturday?    *raises hand*

 

If you have any downtime this weekend and feel like reading: yesterday’s post is here, and there’s one I’m excited about here, too.   (*school-girl-type squeal*)

Comments on either/both are appreciated… as always ( b/c I’m an Attention Whore, I’ll admit it freely).

By the way, thanks so much to all of you who already hopped over there and read, and BIG thanks to those who commented! You even had to do MATH to leave a comment there. And that’s just above and beyond what should ever be required without compensation. So really, thanks, You Wonderful People! You made my day yesterday.

*gratuitous ass kiss warning*

Know this: I appreciate all of you, you who read, you who comment, – even you who don’t comment as long as you’re here with me! I appreciate you who are here often as well as you who only visit sporadically. I just appreciate all of you. Without you, there wouldn’t be much reason for me to hit “publish” on any of these posts. Sure, I write this for myself and write what I want to write, but I could keep a private journal if it didn’t have something to do with my interactions with YOU.

So, thanks so much for supporting me whenever you can.

*end of gratuitous ass kissing*

 

Now go eat some grilled stuff, drink some fun drinks, watch the bright lights and listen to the loud pops and the laughter of your loved ones, while you smile and soak it all in.  Enjoy every moment, it’s worth it.

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