I'm Blue, Yes, I'm Blue

Yesterday was a gruelling marathon of a day, started by eight hours of coffee-slinging, and followed up with another three or four hours of modelling with Kim Taylor.

Kim's photo shoots are strange. Sara (the other model) and I are responsible for choosing most of our own costuming/makeup/props, the lighting colours/gobos, and sometimes the foreground options. Once that's all figured out, Kim gives plenty of directions.

( Here are the results from last night (NSFW): )

My Mouth is Coated With Lard

After prompting by zero_design, I cooked up a couple of sausages for myself. And now that I've eaten them, I remember why I don't like them: they're slime-filled sleeping bags stuffed with greasy, greasy pork fat!

I think the last time I ate a sausage was about five or six years ago. I hope I go at least twice that time before eating another.

I went to bed around 9:30 or so last night, and at some point, at what seemed like the middle of the night, the phone rang. As is my way, I lunged for the phone as I was waking up. "Hello?" I asked urgently. "What time is it???"

"Oh, I'm so sorry," said a strange female voice. "I must have woken you up. I'm soooo sorry! It's 10:30. I thought that wouldn't be too late to call."

"Uh, yeah. I was asleep. I get up at 5:30 in the morning for work. Who is this?"

And it ended up being a hotel where I'd applied for work. They told me they'd call back this afternoon, but so far, they haven't. If I don't hear back from them before I go to dance class, I'll try giving them a call. I really want a better job than the one I have.

But what employers would call so late at night? I don't call anyone after 9, unless it's an emergency, or I know they stay up late.

Anyhow, I didn't get much sleep because of the adrenaline pumping through my system after leaping out of bed like that. Some day, I'll train my body not to be so goshdarned somnambulistically-inclined to lurch for the phone. At least I answered in English, which is better than some of my historical late-night phone answerings.

Before I Forget

Here are a few links:

Nice Mugshots: Convicts have some of my favourite bad tattoos.

JonBenet Ramsey Case Documents: Is this story finally being put to rest?

Journalists 'egged on' suicide victim: Anything for a story....

f00Dave's Photos: Just a collection of photos f00dave has collected from around the internet which piqued his sense of whimsy.

Bees build nest in starving dog: The grossest interesting story I've read in a while. No pictures, though. Poor thing....

NASA Is Borrowing Ideas From the Apollo: "Jim Snoddy and other NASA engineers didn't just go to the drawing board or a warehouse when they needed ideas -- and parts -- for America's next lunar rocket. They went to space museums."

Top 10 Grossest Candies: Candy scabs? Yum!

Rainbows: "Rainbows have many forms. Multiple bows, bows that cross, red bows, twinned bows, coloured fringes, dark bands, spokes and more. Rainbow pictures and explanations here" (thanks, Benoit).