If I were a Beer

I found this over at Barefoot Meanderings Bass (66% dark & bitter, 33% working class, 66% genuine)

So the deal with this test is that each taker, based on his or her scores, is assigned a beer that fits their personality (Corona, Bud Select, and so on), and along with the personality description, there's a poster or an ad for that beer. As you can imagine, most of the images feature booty models, sports cars, or, maybe even more depressing, retro kitsch. It's a testament to Bass Ale, and therefore to YOU, that when I went to look for ads for Bass, all I found was this. An ad from 1937. Bass is legit, and if your scores are true, so are you. I tip my glass to that. Personality-wise, you have refined tastes (after all, Bass is kind of expensive), but you know how to savor what you get. Your personality isn't exactly bubbly, but you're well-liked by your close circle of friends. Your sense of humor is rather dark, but that's just another way to say sophisticated, right? Cheers.

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 40% on dark You scored higher than 6% on workingclass You scored higher than 24% on genuine

Link: The If You Were A Beer Test written by gwendolynbooks

General goings-on

Other than the flesh-eating rash that covers 60% of my person, I'm doing well. Supposedly (according to the M.D.) it's an allergic reaction of some sort, but I'll be darned if I can figure out what's causing it. Any tips from you herbal/natural remedy saavy folks, out there, would be much appreciated!

Positively, gorgeous weather here the last few days. I'm about to take the pups out for a workout, clean house and then shower up and head out to pick up Savannah from her dance lesson. Then it's a watch-a-movie-while-trimming-reprints evening for me. 507 reprints, to be exact. Maybe I need to rent two movies? I'm not complaining though, 'cause I get a check for those reprints tomorrow! Woohoo!

Progress on the hardwood floors is slow, but steady. I hope to have all of the carpet ripped up and scraped away by the end of this week. Then the very daunting task of sanding shall begin. (GULP!)

Events of note:
I recieved a call from Q last week, thanking me for sending him the Yoda action figure. It was such a neat surprise to answer the phone and hear Q's little voice on the other end. He described the figurine to me in great detail and seemed very tickled to get it. SOOOO cute!!

A couple of weeks back, I spent a day each with Savannah and Jackson.

Savannah and I stopped by the country store and grabbed some snacks, before heading to my place. There we sampled and then downloaded several songs of her choosing from iTunes ranging from Phantom of the Opera numbers to Celtic flutes.While the music was downloading, we took a long walk in the woods with the dogs. Later, we enjoyed lunch at a Mexican restaurant and an afternoon of shopping. We both have very active imaginations and a huge appreciation for visual beauty and music, which always predisposes us to enjoy one another's company. But even if we didn't have so much in common, I still would have enjoyed our time together. She is just a delightful young lady. It was a great day and I want very much to do it again soon.

Jack and I stopped by the Rock Shop to purchase a few new pieces for his collection and then ran by the country store to grab some junkfood before heading to my place. First we went for a long walk in the fields and woods to visit the cow graveyard and the old log cabin. The graveyard yielded a very cool piece of skull from which we extracted a cow tooth (Jack informed me that this would make an EXCELLENT necklace). After returning to the house and tanking up on soda and snackfood, we loaded up the dogs and headed over to the National Forest trail. There we hiked into the woods, up and down hills and ravines and scoured the stream for cool rocks. Pockets loaded down, we made the long trek back and piled back into the car, with muddy boots and panting dogs. Back at the house, we watched a pirate movie until it was time to meet his Mom. Jack never so much as slowed down, the whole day through. He was scrambling over hill and dale---up, down, around and over---chattering happily the whole time about this and that and announcing enthusiastically each new found treasure. He must've said three times "This is a GREAT day!!!" He's such an upbeat little guy with a quick eye for details. Really keeps you on your toes. We did have a GREAT day together!

I have yet to spend a day with just Austin, but the big guy (he's taller than me now--very disconcerting!!) stays so busy with baseball and martial arts, I can't catch him! Well, one of these days.

Alrighty, I gotta get back to work here. Have a good day, folks!!

Home Improvement

Guess what I'm doing??? WASHING CLOTHES!!!!!!!!!!! The Lowe's guys just left and I'm basking in the glow of my brand-spanking new, freshy installed washer and dryer! Woohoo!!! Both appliances had to be installed in my bedroom (instead of the bathroom, where I'd originally planned for them to go) and are blocking the door to my tiny junk closet. And I don't even care! I'm just so glad to have them!! Will I ever grow tired of the gentle, melodic thrum of the washer agitating? Or the light, rhythmic beat of the dryer turining? Oh, I think not.

Another bit of good news. I have removed the carpet and scraped the padding/glue off of about two thirds of my living room floor. And to my great surprise and joy, have found that there is beautiful HARDWOOD plank flooring under there! It's gorgeous! I think it's oak---the natural grain is just lovely. Me and Nice Neighbor Boy have been working on it in the evenings this week. It's slow going and tedious---hunched over on hands and knees scraping off the old padding and glue and gunk. But it will be worth it!

Also, I've located a leather futon cover to replace my old ratty cloth one. The dog hair will just slide right off that succer! And dirt can be cleaned off easily with a damp sponge. It's not cheap, but when you combine the lower maintenance issue with the fact that it's going to look AWESOME in my living room---well, 'nuff said.

Right now, I'm working on three different picture orders that are all due tomorrow. So, I guess I'd better get back to work. I have some other things I'd like to post, but I'm just too swamped right now. Later, then!