{"id":862,"date":"2007-06-21T20:06:55","date_gmt":"2007-06-22T04:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torturedpotato.com\/cheeseblog\/?p=862"},"modified":"2007-06-21T20:06:55","modified_gmt":"2007-06-22T04:06:55","slug":"im-not-dead-just-resting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torturedpotato.com\/cheeseblog\/?p=862","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m Not Dead.  Just Resting."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As happens more and more lately I am between blog topics.  It&#8217;s so boring.  <\/p>\n<p>Also, the other day I poisoned myself with something from our fridge.  It might&#8217;ve been the hot pepper.  I don&#8217;t know.  I woke up at 2:30 am and barfed.  Then I spent the whole next day lying around moaning.  Awesome!  Because I don&#8217;t have hardly ANYTHING I want to accomplish in the next 10 days.  So I can sure afford to take another whole day off for illness!<\/p>\n<p>Do I have to put a cute little close-sarcasm-tag here or did you all get that?<\/p>\n<p>See?  Boring.  And a little mean.<\/p>\n<p>But I like to keep the oar in, so to speak.  I like to stir the ocean of my blog now and again.  If I don&#8217;t keep my toes dipped in the cold, cold water then it&#8217;s too hard to immerse my belly.  So I&#8217;m returning to an old faithful that nobody likes.<\/p>\n<p>(No, it&#8217;s not a meme.)<\/p>\n<p>This morning I was struck aghast by a search string in my referrals.  <\/p>\n<p><i>Can going down the stairs on your bum induce labour? <\/i> <\/p>\n<p>When I was a kid I used to bump down the stairs on my bum.  It induced hella carpet burn and I seem to recall some tailbone bruising as well.  But ma&#8217;am if that baby isn&#8217;t ready to come out?  It&#8217;s not coming out.  Go have a glass of wine.  Step away from the Internet.<\/p>\n<p>In other news.<\/p>\n<p><b>2 years ago:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Me: C&#8217;mon.  Wouldn&#8217;t you like to move to Saskatoon?<br \/>\nWhoever I Happen to be Talking To: Are you out of your fucking mind?<br \/>\nMe: No, no, it&#8217;s cool there!  There&#8217;s a river and art and the people are nice&#8230;<br \/>\nWIHTOTT: Yeah, it&#8217;s COLD and then it&#8217;s HOT and there&#8217;s mosquitoes and curling&#8230;<br \/>\nMe: The real estate is so cheap!<br \/>\nWIHTOTT: Not cheap enough, sister.<\/p>\n<p><b>1 year ago:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Me: So, you really want to do it!<br \/>\nSA: Yes!  Saskatoon is the answer!  We will escape Vancouver after the crash and buy half of Saskatoon using our suitcases full of gold pieces!<\/p>\n<p><b>Yesterday:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The CBC Radio: The cost of real estate in Saskatoon is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/money\/story\/2007\/06\/15\/houseafford.html?ref=rss\"> up 40% <\/a>now that rich investors from Alberta are buying it all up from under nice British Columbians&#8217; noses!  They who hesitate are lost, eh Bob?<br \/>\nBob: I guess so.  But Saskatoon?  Whodathunk, eh?<br \/>\nThe CBC Radio: That&#8217;s right, Bob.  It&#8217;s The Next Big Thing.<br \/>\nMe: WTF?<br \/>\nSA: Goddamn it.<br \/>\nMe: By the time we leave here we&#8217;ll barely break even moving to Saskatoon.<br \/>\nSA: And you know that ain&#8217;t right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As happens more and more lately I am between blog topics. It&#8217;s so boring. Also, the other day I poisoned myself with something from our fridge. It might&#8217;ve been the hot pepper. I don&#8217;t know. 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