Last week I had a cold. I must have gotten Cooties from Cooter. Of course, as I hacked and sneezed, I worried that I had somehow contracted Anthrax. Now, a week later, I feel fine. But as I sat at my desk earlier, writing why my company should adopt ACT! as a contact managerment system, I noticed a prickly rash on my left index finger knuckle. Could it be anthrax? I’m worried. Always.

I MET COOTER (aka Ben Jones) FROM THE DUKES of HAZZARD LAST NIGHT!!!!!!! He was performing at the Sleepy Hollow Hayride with his band aptly named: Cooter’s Garage Band. They played old country songs from the likes of Patsy Cline, Hank Williams and Loretta Lynn [my favorites, although sadly, no Johnny Cash]. And he reminisced about Boss Hogg and Flash the Wonder Dog (amongst others) ! They even had 2 General Lees there, right next to the stage/cornfield! Ahhhhh, the power of a ’69 Dodge Charger! 🙂 When he was finished his first set, I met him as he climbed down off the stage and introduced myself! I told him I was a big fan of the show and he was my favorite character. I did not let on that I really liked Enus. He told me that I had great taste! He also said that they just finished a reunion movie! Pretty cool. Just so you know, I didn’t say anything about politics, since I don’t think very much of him politically. I felt it was best to remain mum on that subject. At any rate, I felt transported back to those more idyllic days, watching the Dukes of Hazzard, Thursdays at 7pm…laying on my belly atop the shag brown carpeting in the TV room….and whooping whenever Bo and Luke jumped the General Lee over some dilapitated bridge. Those were the days, my friend!

Went computer shopping with my cousin Leeann and her daughter Jessica. I was brought along because I know how to talk the computer talk and walk the computer walk 🙂 Well, I think what we found will work well, I just hope that nothing better turns up, then I’ll just feel ghastly!
Speaking of ghastly, yesterday I went grocery shopping and I saw a girl who is a friend of a friend. We have gone out together as part of a group a few times. I was rather struck by her appearance, not because she looked more unwashed than usual but rather because she wore a pair of Mr. Spock ears. She looked up and noticed I was staring mouth agape and I realized that the opportunity to run and hide behind the pumpkin display had passed. So I went over to her and said: “Christine?” Her reply was: “Yes my name is Christine….who are you?” It was rather hard to accept that not only was she a weird slob but also retarded ..how else to explain the fact that she couldn’t recognize a person that she had been with just a few days before! “I’m also a friend of Tim’s,” I said soothingly but refraining from being out and out patronizing. Apparently that was enough to jolt her memory, because she relaxed her face that had been contorted into a very strange grimace. She then started to sputter and spew, saying,”These ears aren’t mine, they aren’t mine, they are for a Halloween Party I am going to…” YEAH RIGHT TREKKIE, I BET! was about to be my reply, but instead I opted for: “Oh, I hadn’t noticed, they look so natural!” As soon as the words were out of my mouth, I turned on my heel and fled the scene. Looking back, I still can’t help but wonder, what the hell was she thinking– Spock Ears???

Experienced a horrible flight back from Florida on Saturday. The whole day was such a doozy. I awoke to a flood and had to wade to my car. The flight was the bumpiest ever, and I was tempted to kiss the ground when we finally landed. Despite all that happened on Saturday, I had a lovely Sunday. In the morning I chatted with my man, Heiko and then in the afternoon I went to my cousin’s Baby Shower. I told my mom that I thought it was so nice and one day I wish to have a shower just like it. “My mom replied: But who would we invite? I mean, we might as well just have it in the car!” She just knows how to make me feel special. Speaking of feeling special, my father told me that he thought Muhammad Atta, one of the WTC terrorists, looked just like Heiko!?!?! How crazy weird is that? Heiko is not an ARAB!!!!

Poynter.org – Covering the Attack

BTW
Can someone tell me why my page looks like shit through the browser, Opera? The main page looks okay, but the other pages are horrendous. The tables look like there are extra cells in them, or something. I don’t know! Any assistance is greatly appreciated! (Mainly I need to know if I left attributes or something out of my tables..) THANKS!

Lisa and I went to give blood this afternoon. It seemed like a nice gesture but we were turned away at the door because we didn’t have an appointment. Apparently they were overwhelmed by the turnout. I guess we will try to get appointments and go tomorrow. Who knew it was required to have an appointment to give blood?

Concerning this new website, I finally have all the pages made. Most likely I will be adding to the German section, but I don’t know when. Please sign my guestbook– there is still only my test entry from last week in there, and I know I must have had at least one visitor since then! 🙂

It was strange looking up in the sky and seeing no planes. I was to go to Florida on business but all flights were cancelled. The Oklahoma bombing didn’t really affect me..this has. Of course, 136 dead is nothing compared to what happened today. Also, it really hit home for me: I was so terribly worried about my 3 cousins in the city. Fortunately, they are all fine…well, that is what my aunt told me this afternoon. What I keep thinking about is how so many people suffered– the utmost terror that they experienced…. I can’t even begin to imagine. I don’t want to imagine.

I can’t believe what happened, it is just so unreal. My head is still spinning. I have no idea what to make of it all. Life as we know it has changed, changed forever. There will definately be retribution. War. Ugh! Yet, I feel better knowing Bush is in office.

My mom just told me something I found humorous. Yesterday she found a Saint Jude medal. Saint Jude is the saint for lost causes… The IRONY!!!!

My mom just told me something I found humorous. Yesterday she found a Saint Jude medal. Saint Jude is the saint for lost causes… The IRONY!!!!

As a birthday present for myself, I registered a domain name!!! No more stinkin’ geocities for me!!! (I am so ungrateful :-)) It is still under construction but coming along well. Check it out and tell me what you think: donna@donnaville.com (or if you know me, use my old email)!