Scooter Kitty

Vox Hunt: My Mom

nobody@vox.com(Scooter Kitty) — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:53:01 -0700

Show us your mother.

Happy Mom's Day to all the moms out there!

Honestly, they should have just combine the QoTD & The VoxHunt because they belong together!

Anyway, here is a picture of my mom on her wedding day in the Philippines. Cavite to be exact. My mom is one of the hardest working moms out there. I'm sure everyone says that about their mothers but she really did work hard. She had 4 kids and held down a full-time job plus multiple sales jobs in the evening. My dad was usually out to sea because he was in the Navy & worked on the carriers so she had 4 little kids running around while she tried to keep it all together.

She used to pick us up after school and take us with her on her sales jobs because she could not afford a babysitter. This was when we were in pre-school and up to 4th grade. I am sure people out there may be shocked but seriously, what the hell else was she supposed to do? She just immigrated her and none of her family lived here so she was pretty much alone with 4 kids.

My mom would pull a bit of a scared-straight line with us. It worked. We're all still here. Anyway, she would scare the crap out of us so that we would behave while she went to these houses to do her sales pitch. One of her stories was that if the police saw us, we were supposed to duck out of sight or else they would take us away. Hello, how freaky is that story to a couple of elementary school kids?!? We had a Red Ford Pinto Stationwagon that she added curtains to so that we were semi-concealed. Some one was always the lookout and the second that person spotted a "cop" we would scurry into hiding position, which was basically lying down in the back with blankets and pillows over us until the lights disappeared. I don't even know if those were really cop cars, I think, we just panicked any time headlights came around the corner.

So, there you have it, a nice mom's day story for you.

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T.G.I.F. - links galore!

nobody@vox.com(Scooter Kitty) — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:41:42 -0700

Links I like:
Charles Schulz Peanuts Tribute - this is why train stations rock.
The Simpsons every couch gag - just because...
Build your own roller skates from CRAFT - i really need a mikita power drill
This week in Congress - so I know what's up with the CA delegates/representatives/what have you
Less Talking, More Plumbing from IllDoctrine - yes, send this to the Demo candidates!
The Hillary Deathwatch from Slate - it's a widget! What the? Yeah, I was going to add it but I had second thoughts. It's a bit extreme for me. I know, I'm sensitive.

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Now I know what Photobombing Is

nobody@vox.com(Scooter Kitty) — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:23:59 -0700

I was reading bits & bobbins & she posted a link to this post about photobombing. It cracked me up and also horrified me. And all these photos are from MySpace (WT?!?) right? right.
Anyway, it is pretty funny and I too have been a victim of the photobomber. Watch out..there's a whole lotta boy butts. Why do boys always have to moon someone?

clipped from listoftheday.blogspot.com

Photobombers Of The Day

Photobombers = people who hilariously ruin your nice little picture. A superb idea from Jocelyn; all photos from Facebook.

WTF? Is that a ghost?

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Because I watch too much Wheel of Fortune now...

nobody@vox.com(Scooter Kitty) — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:33:53 -0700

and I do like Banksy's work. I wish I were in London to witness this. I wasn't much into the elephant he painted here in L.A. (except I do love Miss C's "elephant butt" Vox banner - lol) Anyway, I am so glad for Clipmarks because someone posted a comment with the link to pinewooddesign.co.uk. Thanks by the way fellow clipmarker! Amazing photos if you click on the link are at the bottom of the page. cool beans!

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The Cans Festival - Banksy street exhibition

Banksy had noticed an abandoned access road. Eurostar, which no longer owns the tunnel, helped to put his brainwave into action

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Home of the Sleazy Sound

nobody@vox.com(Scooter Kitty) — Sun, 04 May 2008 11:03:09 -0700

I am digging this site! Thanks tiffanybbrown. I love these sounds reminds me of the Cocktail Escapades show I did with Jason K. & Chi-Yu. Delectable.

clipped from www.tittyshakers.com

Untouchables "CRAWLIN' (THE CRAWL)" Rello

Pure unadulterated sleaze - the horns on this just ooze with the promise of sin. Highly sought after for its Beatnik themed flip side which has made it onto several compilations over the years, here at tittyshakers.com it's the lesser known flip side which is the highly coveted side for its outrageously dirty horns and slinky melody. Recorded some time around 1960, if anyone should ask you "what's a tittyshaker?" then this could be the 45 you play them. At the moment this is my number one tittyshaker 45 of all time.

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An Amazing Flier via jamesinger

nobody@vox.com(Scooter Kitty) — Sat, 03 May 2008 18:26:46 -0700

swarm flyer (front)
Originally uploaded by jamesinger.

Bike to Work Week is coming May 12 - 16. If you can't do it for the week, Bike To Work Day is May 15.

Check out the Metro site for some cool links like Pledge forms, events, free ride, there are even pit stops!

http://www.metro.net/projects_studies/bikeway_planning/biketowork/default.htm

And on Sunday, June 8 will be the LA River Ride. You have to register by May 15 so check that out too.

http://www.la-bike.org/events/los_angeles_river_ride.html

I'll be biking to work that day so I'll be there in spirit.

Happy Biking!

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He said it. Stimulus package my ...

nobody@vox.com(Scooter Kitty) — Fri, 02 May 2008 11:53:50 -0700

But at least now I know what to spend "my money" on.

clipped from www.sfgate.com

10 ways to blow your tax rebate

Gas, video games, meditation, booze. What, you were planning on paying bills? As if

Do you see? Your "economic stimulus" check is meaningless, an empty gesture, a trifling crumb of recompense after robbing you blind via insane gas prices, infrastructure meltdowns, massive failed wars that aren't really wars. Thanks for the bogus check, Dubya, now where can I buy a sliver of our missing national dignity? Oh, that's right.

So then. Here are your bloody nickels, America. Think of it as a "recession whippit," because trust me, its quickie high won't last long. What will you do with it? Pay off the porn bill? Hit the Vegas strip? Stock up on water and freeze-dried meats and a nice Bowie knife in preparation for the apocalypse? Not bad, not bad. Of course, you could also spend it on:

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And I never thought it could get any hippier...

nobody@vox.com(Scooter Kitty) — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:39:41 -0700

Our own Coachella

I just got an email from my friend, Christina, about the new Grateful Dead Archive at UCSC.

I never thought it could get any hippier. Don't get me wrong, I love that frickin' school. I love being a banana slug. I love all of my friends that I have kept in touch with and the new people I still meet. UCSC grads always seem to be drawn to each for some reason.

I am glad to read that they renovated good ole McHenry Library but a dedicated room to the Grateful Dead. Wow. Just. Wow.

Here's a new shirt you can get at the UCSC store:

GDshirt

Um...right.

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Sustainable ethical eating

nobody@vox.com(Scooter Kitty) — Thu, 01 May 2008 11:34:16 -0700

If you know me, you know I love reading about food, food culture and the food industry. Why? I'm obsessed!
Anyway, I think, I will order this for the library so I can read it. Interesting interview too!

clipped from www.salon.com

Drop that salmon!

With the days of indiscriminate fish consumption long gone, food writer Taras Grescoe explains how to eat seafood ethically. (Hint: Order mussels; skip shrimp.)

By Nicole Pasulka

How did you first start caring about sustainable seafood?

You think food writers have an ethical responsibility to discuss sustainability?

What about the rest of us? Why should we bother learning about our seafood?

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LOL! From Laughing Squid - Facebook in Real Life

nobody@vox.com(Scooter Kitty) — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:03:49 -0700

Yes.

clipped from laughingsquid.com

Facebook In Real Life by Idiots of Ants

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Watch Video

London based comedy sketch group Idiots of Ants imagines what Facebook would be like in real life on an episode of the BBC series The Wall.

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