Cavatica’s Neighborhood

Sorry, I have no videos of aliens taking over the world, or exploding White Houses or anything.  What I do have is the best video EVER. EVER.

Happy 4th of July! Try not to burn anything down with your crazy fireworks, ok?

I've been getting some seriously awesome Spam - with killer subject lines.  They almost make me want to make my erection huge with large doses of Viagra, Cialis and other prescription drugs -- all while wearing the hottest new replica watches and bags!

Here are a few of my faves:

• May the foreskin be with you.
• Silence of the loins
• Backdoor Lambada
• Good Willie Humping
  

and what has to be my ultra favorite:

• Sperms of Endearment
  

Well played, Spammer Dudes.

The "HAD TO" section:

1) If you HAD to get a tattoo where would you get it?
Somewhere on my body.

2) If you HAD to dye your hair a color what color would it be?
Can you dye your hair Black.

3) If you HAD to get a piercing (not ears) what would you get?
Its not going to happen.

4) If you HAD to change your name, what new name would you choose?
Why would i need to change my name. Am I going into witness protection.

The "WOULD YOU?" section:

1) Would you rather love one person or have many short relationships?
Why can't I have both.

2) Would you move anywhere else if you could?
Yes

3) If you were given the chance to go to Paris, would you go?
Oui

4) If you were given 10 million dollars to keep, what would you do?
I would keep it.

The "LET'S SAY" section:

3) Let's say you had to eat a live tarantula for $1,000...
Why would i need to eat a live tarantula for $1,000. Somebody just gave me 10 million dollars earlier.

4) Let's say you could star in any movie (made or in the works) what movie?
Some kind of porn movie would be nice.
lol lol

The "OTHER STUFF" section:

1) What makes your bedroom unique?
That it's mine.

2) What's your favorite season of the year?
Fall/Winter

3) Do you like cheese?
Yes I do.

The "2008" section:

2) Are you the same person as you were at the beginning of 2008?
Pretty much.

3) Anything exciting happen this year?
Not yet.

4) Have you been involved with the police this year?
Involved in what way? If you mean have I been pulled over or arrested this year. Then no.

5) Are your best friends still your best friends?
Yes

6) Got any tattoos or piercings this year?
Nope. But I still have time.

7) Had a haircut yet this year?
A few.

8) Been in a hospital this year?
No

9) Lost someone you cared about this year?
No

10) Been on a vacation this year?
No

11) Been kicked out of a public place this year?
No.

How old is the first person on your top?
35

Where was your default picture taken at?
Its a drawing of The Punisher skull.

What woke you up this morning?
The need to go the bathroom

What is your current mood?
confused, depressed, disappointed, slighty annoyed, tired, crazy, I mean i could go on and on. lol

What color shirt are you wearing?
Gray

Are you crazy?
Aren't we all. But yes I crazy in someway.

What are you listening to?
Ladytron's Light & Magic CD

How long is your hair?
Its very short.

Are you happy right now?
Not really. But then again I am rarely truly happy. I am happy enough to make you think I am happy.

Are you wearing make-up?
Nope.

What were you doing at 11:30 last night?
Watching T.V.

What are you doing tonight?
No Plans.

What are you looking forward to in the next three months?
Not a damn thing.

What have you done today?
Nothing fun.

Those Sand Hill Road folks pay more for gas than anyone I've seen.

good thing they can afford it

If you had to write your autobiography in 6 words, what would you write?
Submitted by mitzie.

I was born, lived, and died. 

Damien Rice
9 Crimes
Warner Bros. Records

Love this song.

As the end of the school year draws near, I am looking forward to one thing in particular: I expect the number of exposure notices to drop significantly. We all know about the lice notices, it seemed like I was receiving one (or causing one to be received by others) every few days for months. But I didn't tell you about the others that have been regularly rolling in: pink eye (which she got), scabies (which she didn't), strep throat, hand, foot and mouth disease (isn't that for farm animals?), impetigo and scarlett fever. Just so you know how grossly misinformed I am, I thought scarlett fever was a serious disease. It's not. It seems that I'm confusing the colors of my fevers.

When Cassandre was little I shrugged off these notices. She almost never got sick and over time I just chalked them up to cya on the part of the school. Recently, however, I've developed a fear of the little white notes and the maladies they represent. Our battles with lice (won, I think, she said knocking on wood) and encounter with pink eye, and having met the classmate with scarlett (not yellow) fever, have resulted in me not being able to shake the warnings off the way I could before.

I expect the number of notices to drop, but not to stop. You see, I'm sending them to french camp, at the french school and the same rug rats they hang out with today are the ones they'll be running around with tomorrow. Except that since it's "camp" (and I don't mean that the way the Nazis did even though it is at school and some of you might not think that is very camp like...) anyway, I was saying that since it's camp she'll also get exposed (ha ha) to a whole new set of mystery dates. Kids who come in for two weeks and never come back.

It seems that not everyone needs day care the way I do and many parents actually keep their kids home during the summer. Or send them to real camp, or even sleep-away camp. I loved sleep-away camp. It was my first experience getting away from home and tasting independence. Of course I was horribly shy and it took me practically the whole summer to warm up to people (yes, I was that girl, the one you think is a total bitch until you realize she's just shy) but sleep-away camp is where I learned to ride a minibike, flirt with boys and steer a canoe - all very valuable life skills.

But I digress.

My girls are too young for sleep-away camp and they need to keep up with their French language skills over the summer so they don't fall behind. Plus, french camp is fun. No really. It's just like regular day camp but in another language, full of games, field trips, pools and running around. I wish I could go.

Really I wish I could go to sleep-away camp.

I got another notice today, this one for Roseola Infantum: here is what it said, italics are all mine.

What are the symptoms? Fever (often high) and a red, raised rash.
How is it spread? Direct contact with the mucous or saliva from the nose or throat of an infected person. And this is how you know we're dealing with kids. No matter how much I love you, if you are over five feet tall there is just no freaking way I am coming into contact with your sickly mucous membranes. 
When do symptoms start? 5 to 15 days after exposure to the virus. Good, because there's nothing I enjoy more than waiting for fever and a red, raised rash.
Need to keep the child home? No. Unless child is unable to participate in activies. Hello ground control, are you kidding me? I mean isn't that why you're sending this freaking notice home to me in the first place? Because some kid got sick and got dropped at school anyway?
Return to school/childcare? Children may return to school/childcare after fever disappears. Or when you have given them so much motrin that no one can tell that they're sick anymore.

Oh right, like you've never done that.