It's alive!
In the winter we rarely go in or out of the front door because we have no hallway at the front of the house. We always use the back door so that we don't track mud or snow onto the hardwood floors. Unfortunately, this means that I forget about everything on the porch including these festive Halloween pumpkins. Jon was tasked with disposing of these rotting horrors but not before I could take a picture.
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Heather talks about public tantrums (from kids) on today's Momversation.
- Bedtime, Leta lingering defiantly in the hallway. Jon: "If you want fart stories, you better get in bed RIGHT NOW."
- RIP Louis Mortimer Armstrong: http://bit.ly/1R4tv6
- Hugs and kisses to you, too! RT: @Monkey_Tree: @dooce he probably committed suicide because he was tired of LISTENING TO YOU WHINE.
601. Carol said:
Oh, Amanda B. - you're a funny girl.
I thought the hoohoo lady looked a little "rode hard, hung up wet"
602. Cristin said:
carol, stop, I just spit soda!
HAHAHAHAHAHA
603. different kim said:
w00t! good job heather- you rock the mullet.
604. Creepy Susie said:
mullet? she don have no stinkin' mullet!
605. Anita said:
Agreed about hoohoo chick. Not the best look. Although DOOCE looked fantastic and where was that southern accent? It sounds like mine: lost in L.A.
You looked Cool Dooce!
606. cathy milw said:
Re: link from Cindy in CT,
>posted a message on a chat site
>frequented by his fellow Kmart
>employees.
There are Kmart chat sites?
Huh. It's always kind of eerie when I realize that there are whole other worlds out there.
607. megchem said:
oh for fucks sake....leta didn't even scream....i need to hear the scream!!! Congrats heather you did great!
608. Trance said:
Man, I missed it. So. Bent. Damn!
609. 01234 said:
Is there an online version of this piece? The ABC news page has a shite lil article about 3 paragraphs long. No video, no audio, nada. What to do?
610. Diana said:
Guess there isn't anywhere you can see it online right? Bummer :(
611. K E N N Y said:
Great job Heather! Wish it had been a longer spot though. You blew KMart dude away!
612. marie said:
Dang Cold,
I'm right there with ya!
I really did think that Heather out-classed the entire group with which she was lumped....I mean, the K-mart tard, the Delta whore, and the Washingtonienne, who is aparently fond of anal-sex (Thanks, who-ever pointed that out!).....again, WTF????
613. Amanda B. said:
Whatever, I think I love Mr. Kmart and his awesome glasses.
614. Carol said:
mr. Kmart is SEXAY!! i loved his accent!
615. Dang cold.. said:
I didn't notice his glasses. I was blinded by the light reflecting off of his shiny head.
616. eli said:
Yay!
I got to see and hear the Dooce! You totally blew away the others. They weren't the cool, confident and classy blogger we all know. Who cares about mrK's stupid shiny head secrets. We needed to hear about the Asian Database administrator. Even though it cost you your job, I think that you are still the perfect archetype of being dooced.
Um, maybe that is why it is called dooced? (duh.)
616th YAY!
617. Marie said:
Okay, nice that we're taking Dooce's 15 minutes and turning it into a Kmart-tard-bashing....but seriously.....who was the genius who thought that HE would be the one w/ the most air-time?? huh??
618. Sidney Ann said:
Instead of throwing them out, why not bake a pie?
619. Carol said:
Marie - people who want to make southerners look as stupid as possible
620. K E N N Y said:
He only had the most airtime because it took him the longest to speak coherantly. Sorry, I know that was bad and I'm going to hell...
621. Libraryhill said:
K E N N Y: I agree... uh about the incoherent kmart guy.
622. Bucky Four-Eyes said:
Is The Monkey still here? 'Cause I had to leave before we finished our business.
Does The Monkey need to be spanked?
Am I suffering from computer withdrawal today?
623. Marie said:
Carol,
I'm Texan, and according to Dooce, not tecnically southern....but I hear ya...do you know how fucking annoying it is as a transplanted "Texan" to see all the stupid-ass fucking stereotypes about people who live here??? Jesus. H.....
okay, sorry...
624. Dang cold.. said:
K E N N Y
nevermind hell. the haters are coming...coming for you. Hi haters! He's over there..see??
cruel hate mongering sinner! Someone oughta poor you a tall glass of Jesus and then a chaser of the Lord!! (jk)
625. Colleen from NJ said:
I was putting dinner on the table: FISHsticks for kids, Ash-Wednesday-omelet for us, and I kept asking:"what time is it? what time is it?" Then I left the room and hubby says all snottylike, "you're not going to sit down and eat with your children?"
People, I never watch tv. I never really ask for anything.
Gave my man the fuck-you stare, sat down, and stared wickedly into space.
Thinking, he's guilting me out of watching 5 minutes of Worldnews? WTF has my life become?
Then the baby cries. Thank you, Colin! Bottle in hand, I sat me down to watch a little Heather B.
Guess who joins me. He says, "she looks different." He says, "that was stupid...they did not say anything worthwhile."
He said, "those lemurs are cute."
That's right, buddy, you better kiss my ass.
Heather, you were awesome. NPR, NYT, ABC...you rule the world.
626. Marie said:
Kenny--Thanks for the laugh. I'll join you in the aisle seat!
627. Carol said:
Marie - yes, I live in Georgia. I hear ya, too.
628. sam said:
FUUUUCK!!! I can't believe I missed it! AAAAAAACK! What a load of crap.
629. Carol said:
Colleen - don't feel bad. A sistah's gotta take time fo ho'sef ever now and then. Fo SHizzle! I did the same damn thing!!
630. eli said:
Colleen from NJ - It is really hard to get any respect from people who just don't get the whole blogging thing. I am sorry about the spousal unit his giving you grief. But on the upside, you did get to see Heather!
I swear, the next stop for Heather is the BBC, and then *the world* mwah ha ha ha hahhhhh!
Oh, umm, sorry about that, just got a little carried away. And is it just me, because the first thing that popped into my mind when I saw Secretary Rice on the broadcast was "dooce could totally kick her ass!"
631. Marie said:
Entiendo, Carol, entiendo....
and in my earlier post, that would be tecHnically.....i'm on my 3rd glass of wine, so, lo siento!!
632. megchem said:
What's wrong with you people....TIVO...i've watched it 5 times so far...neener neener!
633. maricar said:
10 more minutes!!
634. K E N N Y said:
Hi Colleen. We live in NJ too. What exit? lol.
635. Gooooder said:
ahaha
gave my man the fuckyou stare
for dooce! all for dooce!
636. Cristin said:
hey K E N N Y - exit 98 here
637. Marie said:
Okay, sorry, Dang Cold! i REALLY meant to type your name, not Kenny's; but, sheeat, this wine is really getting to me. Anyway, that post where I told Kenny, the K-mart tard, was meant for you. I've really gotta lay off the sauce. really.
638. Creepy Susie said:
fuhgedaboutit!! Exit 148 GSP Babee!
soon to be the Dooce State!
639. kristine said:
*YAY*
yes, I see Oprah in your future!
640. Biggest Apple said:
Congrats! I just watched you on the BBC here in London.
641. LadyBug said:
No time to read through all the comments....
I watched it! I was tied up with kids at the time, so I couldn't get on the computer then, but I recorded it and just got through watching it again.
First...Dooce, that was awesome. You looked great. Sounded only slightly southern-with-a-California-twist. You were terrific. But I can't believe they didn't mention the term "dooced."
Second...that KMart guy was sooo sexy. I mean, I was just shocked - SHOCKED - that he wasn't wearing a wedding ring. (Okay, yeah, I couldn't even TYPE that without laughing out loud.)
Lastly, I showed the segment to my hubby and had to stop myself from saying, "That's my friend Heather." I am a total DORK.
642. Grace said:
Is there ANY way we can see this without signing up for that stupid membership?
643. kristine said:
LADYBUG-
Kara asked what I was watching and Shaun said, "It's that girl your mom reads everyday."
I yelped, "SHE'S MORE THAN JUST A GIRL! THAT IS HEATHER B. ARMSTRONG...AND THIS IS ABOUT HER SITE!"
He looked at me and said, "You're a dork."
If only he knew.
644. RazDreams said:
amanda b.: i'll buy you a monkey if you buy me a ronco electric food dehydrator.
dooce: you're hot. will you marry me? oh, wait. you're married already. plus, i'm a chic, and they don't allow same-sex marriages between two consenting adults in this "free" nation of ours that our men and women in uniform are fighting to protect...that's right. my bad.
645. Creepy Susie said:
Six Hundred Forty-Five served...and still counting!
646. RazDreams said:
Marie: *Never* lay off the sauce. I just tried to give it up for Lent, but it lasted all of 24 hours. And I can't give up dooce.com. Sooo, I'm guessing I'll give up some loser guy I've been chasing after for five years. I get more turned on by this site than I EVER did by him, anyway.
647. jess said:
does anyone know of someone who digitally recorded so I can see the clip online??
648. CAdesert said:
I just wrote the Oprah show to suggest that they have Heather and Leta on. I rarely watch Oprah, but I think it would be really fun to see a Dooce show!
http://www.oprah.com/email/reach/email_showideas.jhtml
649. Sarah said:
Oh! I just caught it live in the nick of time! You were on for such a short time... your voice sounded differently than i had imagined.
Good for you, girl! Neat!
650. Dr. Johnny Fever said:
If I ever get shitcanned by my shitcan employer, I pray that my termination will have a shelflife of three years. You are the shitcanee we all strive to be, Heather. For reals.
651. Amanda B. said:
Raz- thankyou. Only 50 more comments and it's monkey time.
652. sporty said:
I think you had a little too much fun with Windy Lou over the weekend. Leftover accent that I didn't hear on the NPR interview. ;o)
653. Susie (plain ol', not creepy) said:
#1 million! No time to read everyone, but I did notice my creepy namesake here. You were wonderful, Heather. I love that Leta is so famous. Please share with us just how Jon kept you from shitting your pants.
654. everyoneknowsitsWENDY said:
Aww...man! I was at work and missed it! Does anyone know if they will be re-broadcasting it on the east coast and what time?
655. Libby said:
Why in the world would it make a good Oprah show? A woman who got fired because she wrote about her coworkers? how about all those real moms who have kids with Downs, or AIDS. How about the moms, who are single and don't get child support, what about the moms who do wonderful things everyday and don't blog about it.
Gah--your noses are so far up her ass. Does she come by and congradulate you on all your hard work each and everyday on your blog?!
656. kristine said:
Gee Libby, tell us how you really feel.
657. Susie said:
Whoa! I just read backwards thru the comments to the point at which Stacey suggested a connection between the esteemed Congressman and the Washingtonienne. I take humbrage at that aspersion. I don't know whether I'm spelling humbrage correctly, but I'm absolutely taking it. No way Chuck did that. NO WAY.
658. Creepy Susie said:
express, don't repress (sp?) geez lighten up lib
659. honestyrain said:
how cute are you, you dork. awww. how fun to be on tv and so very happy to hear you did not shit your pants. let's call that a bonus!
660. Bucky Four-Eyes said:
Libby -- You're right. My nose is so far up Heather's ass, I can tell you what she had for dinner last night.
Oh, and there's a Pop Tart!
(sorry, Heather, just funnin' about your booty there!)
661. kristine said:
You know what...we like it here because we have made friends here, Heather's website is what brought us together.
And yes, she did visit my site and say some really fucking awesome things to a 13 year old girl who was having a really hard time. All of these people with our noses in her 'comment ass' wrote something too. It made a difference in that little girls life.
So yeah.
Whoa, I just stuck up for Heather. Oh shit that means I'm a dooceling huh?
662. Libraryhill said:
Looks like there's a hater amongst us dorklings...err doocelings.
663. leslie said:
Libby,
Jealous much? Methinks Libby wants something hot and red shoved up HER ass...
Oh my, how these high profile interviews bring out the fucktards.
664. RazDreams said:
Dooce would make a great Oprah show because even people who *disparage* her on her own website whilst reading through all 650+ comments still continue to read said comments and even comment themselves... Even the naysayers "watch" her website. THAT'S why she'd make a good Oprah show; a multitude of people would watch. Plus, she's been through some stuff that many of us can relate to: depression, post-partum issues, an eating disorder, a wonderful marriage, having a best friend, loving her kewl dog... She's Mrs. Everybody. You know you'd watch. Come'on...admit it. We all get sucked in.
665. kelc_in_OZ said:
When do we get to say 'Suck IT!' ???
666. Carol said:
Hey, Libby, honey. It's congraTulate. M'kay?
667. Creepy Susie said:
hell yeah we relate! i've been logged on from 9am and its 9:47pm EST now - i just put the kids to bed, hubby is on Metro Stars site, while watching Myth Busters and laughing at me for still refreshing for Dooce comments - its addictive cause it can happen to any of us, and how we deal with it is the key.
Keep bringing the Dooce-ade Heather!
668. kristine said:
Carol-
I swear EVERYTIME I read M'kay when you write it, I laugh.
The simple things in life.
Thanks! keep em' coming at those random moments!
669. eli said:
Libby - If you really had a point, why did you leave it here? Hmmm? If you are really so callous why don't you spend your time making www.antidooce.com instead of stinking up the place here while we share the joy.
anyhou, we all know that the name libby is a cover up for the fact that you are 40, male, overweight and gay suffering from a nasty case of website envy.
670. Lessa said:
I just saw the interview here in AK, and I must say, you looked fabulous! And not entirely too nervous.
though I wanted to hear Leta scream too. *L* oh well - maybe next time?
671. kendra said:
Tee-vee! You did great, Heather. You really did.
672. eli said:
addendum: (not that anything is wrong with being gay mind you!) it is just you who is wrong.
673. Laurel 825 said:
Congrats on the segment. Sorry I missed the broadcast.
God must have forgiven your Waffle House follies - Good hair and good press...at the same time.
674. copy_kitty said:
Who was it who predicted trolls would arrive after the ABC story? (Can't remember, since that was a squillion posts ago.)
I say, let's just love bomb them.
Libby: here's a big group hug to you! Feel the love? Yup. In our country, we call it "freedom of speech."
Welcome to Dooce.
We've stamped your passport, now go home.
675. Jeni Reno said:
I'm totally devastated their wasn't a schedule time posted on this website. I missed it! (I didn't think it would run by tonight.)
I hope there's a clip tomorrow or link to one where we can see you!
676. Creepy Susie said:
in dooce name, amen!
good night folks, its been real!
big kiss to leta and chuck.
see y'all in the mornin : )
677. Cristin said:
eli-BWAH HAH
Kristine- bab, If I am one, you've been a dooceling for some time now.
heh . lubs ya all
678. RazDreams said:
play, rewind, play, pause, slow, rewind, play, sloooow, *rewind!*
i saw leta blinking and moving and she's just too darned adorable and heather was just lovin' on her like a doting mom. scrumptious.
then heather was talking and she was laughing a little, probably because jon was making faces at her and trying to get her to stop farting and keeping her from just shatting her pants right then. and there wasn't enough time devoted to her. and i saw the DORK entry up close on the monitor. what dorks are they to actually show that?! they didn't show the nasty stinky f'ed-up pumpkins rotting or GEORGE'S! poop in the potty, nor did they show chewed-up ducklings or chuck with his legs lifted. but leta was just edible and heather was purty.
679. Danielle - shit said:
I missed it all....
sadness.
:(
680. Alyssa said:
Umm wow.. Can't tell you how many times that ones happened to me!
oh and on the ABC thing all I saw was a five minute blurb when I signed up for the 14 day free trial, was there more?? Where can I view more? What did everyone else see?
681. JuJuBee said:
Libby, ever watch Debbie Downer on SNL? Ok, that's YOU.
682. k syrah said:
Raz - I've met Ron Popiel (of Ronco) and yes - HE WEARS HIS OWN "SPRAY ON HAIR"
Loving SO many of you, and thank you Heather for bringing this trippy-assed forum to life: Fish! Amanda B! Bucky 4 Eyes! Ladybug! The person who mentioned Gerry Blank! So many more that I can't recall - your commentary makes me smile!
....nothing to do with the mescal I've been drinking tonight....
I hardly post - ususally just sit back and laugh my southern California Fried Ass off...
Been trying to get a last minute airfare to Knoxville (Gran-Gran is hospitalized at 95+) and stopped in the middle of all my frantic fare-finding-fuckery and thought: DAMN! Did I miss the ABC clip? Not three minutes after I flipped, the segment came on. I have TV-ESP. Don't be jealous! Heather - I caught a bit of your accent - cute!
Oh - and Libby - you misspelled congratulate - HA!
(don't raz on my funky punctuation, y'all!)
Closing in on 700 comments?!?!
683. Gooooder said:
DAMN
Dooce, what is the record for comments ?
This is the most I have seen.
684. sweetney said:
hi, pestilent-laden dork here who missed the ABCnewshoedownofdooce... anybody know where i can catch it online?
like, uhh, ABC.com? duh....
685. copy_kitty said:
Commenting on Comment 195 from Amanda.B:
700 by midnight tomorrow?! Chiquita, we're about to hit 700 by midnight TONIGHT.
Don't underestimate the power of a dooceling of dorks!
686. Alyssa said:
I watched it on ABCnews through Realplayer but it was like 2 minutes 3 seconds long...
There has to be more to it than that....is there?
687. lexagirl said:
Hey dooce that was pretty cool indeed.
688. rich said:
George's poop in the potty?? George poop in potty, Good George.
689. jess said:
Man... I hate negative people...
And I think the Oprah episode would SO not be about getting fired (that's SO 2001!) but about how many women Heather has helped. Like seriously folks! I may be a youngin, but I've learned so much from Heather that now I feel that much more prepared for marriage+kids. AND Jon gives me hope that there really are amazing men in the world.
So I think it would be about that. How many lives Heather has changed and helped just from her being her cool, funny, chemically imbalanced self. And she has the cutest kid ever, can we talk about that please?
690. dooce said:
nope, Alyssa. that's all there is. even though they spent well over two and a half hours in my house, with my dog FREAKING OUT.
i am so tired. and old trolls started posting on FLICKR pictures making totally false claims. i have deleted the comments, but no telling what that woman is saying about me. i babysat three kids under the age of four for four hours today and I am fried. must now watch Project Runway and then die.
691. Katy said:
I saw the commercial for World News Tonight and thought, Dooce should be on that segment. Then I left the house. I MISSED IT!!! Where can I see video footage???
692. Shannon said:
I am glad to see that I am not the only one who has documented a "Rotten Pumpkin Project" Kudos on the TV appearance. I hope you remember the little people, now that you are famous and all... Can't wait for the "Dooce" action figure!!!
693. closet metro said:
Yeah, Kristine you're a total dooceling, dooceaholic, doocehead.
694. copy_kitty said:
Dooce:
Ante up that FLICKR link, and we'll snark at 'em.
You, on the other hand, deserve a break. Go away (shoo, shoo!) and we'll handle the bullies.
Sure, you're a big girl and can defend yourself. But you've had a busy day. There should be a serious jumbotron cocktail in your immediate future.
695. sweetney said:
at ABC.com you need to sign up (complete w/credit card info) for their realplayer superpass or some crap... if anyone has a no-strings-attached-type link to a copy of the video segment i'd be most grateful for it.
fortunately for me, i *did* remember to tivo project runway. otherwise i might have to, you know, SHOOT MYSELF IN THE FACE.
696. Tu said:
I beat my computer into submission long enough to record the segment and upload it to my webspace, so here's the clip:
http://tubertarian.com/dooce/dooce_on_abc_world_news.avi
I only uploaded the 30-some seconds you were on to save on filesize. It uses Divx for video encoding, MP3 for audio encoding, so download your codecs accordingly.
Cheers!
697. becky said:
it sucks that THAT is all they had to say about you. you were much more interesting than the other chick (& i'm not just saying that - she was a freaking hooker!). sorry. anyway - i was hoping they'd do a better job on the story. they had nothing new to say & it was pretty boring. but that's totally not your fault & i think it's cool that you're getting so much notoriety. it's just obvious that the mainstream news still just doesn't get the blogging culture and what a phenomenon it is. anyway, you done great, kiddo. i managed to catch the news just in time.
698. copy_kitty said:
700?
(I'm not a morning person, so I can only hope to be LAST!)
699. copy_kitty said:
Damn. Only 698.
700. copy_kitty said:
Now?!
701. RazDreams said:
anyone know where i can acquire a monkey at this hour? methinks i owe amanda b. one since we're just about to hit 700 posts - well before midnight tomorrow. plus, i wants my ronco electric food dehydrator. i'll even take the spray-on hair as a booby prize (hehehe, i said "booby").
702. Jentle said:
Tu, you're my hero. :)
703. closet metro said:
Yay, 703, Amanda B. gets a monkey!
704. Cristin said:
...she always wanted a monkey
705. sweetney said:
TU: wha? umm, monkey confused. no worky for monkey.
sigh. sorry for clogging up the comments, guys.
706. Katy said:
Tu, I only got audio. Is there video?
707. LadyBug said:
I considered buying Amanda B. her much-sought-after monkey, but I KNOW she'd name the damn thing WEINER. And I just. can't. be. a part of that.
708. kelc_in_OZ said:
Audio & Video worked for me. You might need to download a codec from www.divx.com
709. Anna said:
Just for the heck of it, I'll make it 708. And I MISSED THE SEGMENT! Someone shoot me.
710. Cathi said:
Raz - Search Yahoo! shopping for pet monkey. I've seen 2 live ones (not counting sea monkeys). One is $4000, and the other is $1950.
711. Tu said:
sweetney, Katy: make sure you have the Divx codec installed ( http://www.divx.com/divx/download/ ), and that you have an MP3 codec installed. Windows XP should already have an MP3 codec installed, and I assume Mac OSX does as well.
If not, well, I can always re-encode it as MPEG or something.
712. LadyBug said:
Oh, shoot! Dooce, I forgot to mention how ADORABLE Leta was on your segment. Sounds weird, but it was just neat (yeah, I said "neat"...I TOLD you I was a dork) to see the "live" Leta, not just the "still-life-photo" Leta. And was she holding a frog? I couldn't really tell. Guess I'd better go watch it again.
Anyhow -- I'm repeating myself now, but my brain is fried -- to sum up: Leta was super-cute, you were beautiful and fantastic, and Jon was awesome for helping you hold everything together. Oh, and Chuck was cute for freaking out at all the commotion. (Sure, we didn't get to see him, but come on, we KNOW he was cute.)
Okay. Off to bed now...
God bless,
LadyBug
713. yes I'm blonde said:
Yeah, Amanda B gets her monkey!
Me too, Anna, I totally missed it tonight. Maternal obligations and all that!
714. RazDreams said:
oh. amanda b. didn't want a *sea* monkey? ooops. methought i'd be spendin' about $19.50, not $1950!!! oh well. maybe i'll get a chia-pet out of this whole deal...
715. R 2 D 2 said:
I just figured out that you look like Madonna.
716. yes I'm blonde said:
Oh Raz, I had sea monkeys when I was a kid! Loved them. Just add water and watch them die in 7 days...
717. moose said:
heh. dorklings. good one, Libraryhill.
Congrats, Amanda B. you won! (not sure yet zackly what you won...)
Heather, enjoy your Andy-Warhol-15-minutes. And have a big ol drinkypoo and a good night's sleep. You must be exhausted from all the excitement, not to mention the monsters.
718. pinky said:
I wanna see these comments get to over 1000.
719. karinka said:
argh! I'm so pist that I missed the report. Before I could figure out what time it came on here, it was over. Does anyone know how I can view it?
720. Amanda B. said:
YES!!!
I shall call him wiener and he shall be my wiener.Hewwo wittle wiener...squeeeeze...
Pay up woman.
721. Mrs.Strizzay said:
What the hell time does ABC world news come on?
722. RazDreams said:
R2D2: *THANK* you!!! I was trying to figure out who in the heck she reminded me of! At first, I was thinking Michelle Pfeiffer, but I wasn't 100% sure. Madonna!!! That's who. But you're MUCH purtier though, dooce. Mucho-nicer teeth than Madonna.
723. Carol said:
monkey!!!!!
for amanda BEEEEEE
724. Carol said:
nighty night. good job, dooce.
725. nik said:
aww man.. i missed the world news :(
726. moose said:
Dooce, I forgot to say that IMHO, they gave you less air time precisely BECAUSE you came across as more intelligent, articulate, put-together -- in other words, to the media: boring -- than the other more sensational bloggers mentioned.
Amanda B, you are funny. (Is that a fishism?)
727. copy_kitty said:
Amanda B. is in the house!
728. Mrs.Strizzay said:
I think it come son here at 2 am
Anyone got a link? The video HAS to be on the net somewhere. Come on dorks. Help me out.
729. Tu said:
Okay, let's try this again :)
So this is the link to the .avi file I posted earlier: http://tubertarian.com/dooce/dooce_on_abc_world_news.avi
If that video file doesn't work, try this mpeg file: http://tubertarian.com/dooce/dooce_mpeg.mpg
It's the same clip, just encoded differently. Hopefully one or the other should do the trick for everyone.
730. copy_kitty said:
Mrs.Strizzay:
See #696 from Tu. 711 is a follow-up.
731. copy_kitty said:
Ah! Tu beat me to it with Comment 729.
732. Mrs.Strizzay said:
I use IE, no fawking numbers! BLECH
733. rebecca said:
Hi Heather,
Just found you a few months ago, late bloomer I guess. Anyway, without reading all of the well deserved fawning above I am throwing my own comment out into the void. The thing that was interesting to me about your bit on the news was what it left out which is everything. All the content of this beautiful thing you have created was whittled down to you getting fired, something that at this point seems totally irrelevant.
It is amazing how pop culture can dumb down ANYTHING, even you. What is interesting to me about this site, in addition to the raw uniqueness of your insights and style, is that you have created an opportunity for people to be self reflexive, for people to muse about meaning. People see themselves in you which may be a drastic distortion of who you really are. I compare and contrast myself to you, as I am sure other readers do, which says more about how I construct my own identity than it does about who you are. You are a storyteller, you are a diva, you are a patient, you are a lover, you are a martyr, you are a friend.
The remarkable thing about the particular form (the blog) you have chosen to express yourself in is that lines become very, very blurry and this disarms people. All great art makes you look at your life afresh. Heather, you are an artist!
(p.s. I know this post is too serious and rambling for what I think is the usual comment fair but give me a little slack if you have it. I got jipped on the funny bone which is why I stock up here.) Thanks dooce.
p.s. The other weird thing is that we feel we might lose you. Like we had you to begin with, sooo funny.
734. Mrs.Strizzay said:
HOORAY HEATHER!!! I never saw dork though. Kinda dissapointed.
You said Shaaawked. You are so friggin country I love it. You go with your country ex mormon non pooping ass.
735. Sundry said:
Heather, you looked and sounded awesome. How exciting! Did anyone else yell out "Doooooce!" when the segment came on?
736. Mrs.Strizzay said:
My dog has the stankest farts right now. She smells like she ate a fucking skunk. Why does she have to come next to me TO fart?
737. stillheidi said:
THANK YOU TU!!!!
738. Tu said:
Mrs.Strizzay: in Internet Explorer, scroll to the beginning of the comments, then press Ctrl-F and search for "Tu said at 09:20PM, 02.09.2005" That should take you to the video clips I posted.
739. Mrs.Strizzay said:
Why? You just posted it 4 posts ago. lmao, I watched it already.
740. Another Heather said:
First time poster and I have to say that I love this site. In addition, I was actually really interested in watching the news tonight. Way to go Dooce!
Uh-Oh. My 3 month old son just woke up. No more online time for me. :)
741. RJ said:
so, I, like, have tivo record stuff like ABC nightly news and bbc america so I can, like, pretend like I'll watch them and feel like I'm not pure reality tv trash -- thank god! Got home tonight and watched abc news and there's dooce! Thanks, Tivo, once again you've saved the day and stuff!
742. Tu said:
Mrs.Strizzay: sorry, I've been teaching my friend's 50-year-old instructor how to use The Internet! for the past few weeks and I went into teacher mode for a sec ;)
743. Already setting up indoor pen... said:
Copy kitty- howdy
Moose- thanks, and yes it is a Feeeshism. You are funny too.
I hate that people are being mean to you Dooce. I open up my can of ass whip if you want- just gimme the word.
744. Chris said:
Fuckety, fuck, fuck! Where can I see the news footage? For once in my life, I was away from my computer today and MISSED THIS! Argh!
745. RazDreams said:
i've purchased you your monkey, my dear. please pick it up at your local "wool-mart", the section marked "bananas." to see how to care for your wiener, check out this link:
http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/jan/12look.htm
746. erika said:
THANK YOU TU! Now I feel bad for having my parents tape it on a trusty VHS. *sigh*
you are the bomb.
Dooce, I can't believe that was it. You did a great job and it's cool to know what you actually sound like. aahh, technology.
747. Kristina said:
*sobbing* I missed the news! I didn't think they would air it right away. And there's no repeat air time so it's only once!! Whyyyyyy!?
748. copy_kitty said:
Um, Raz. I'm all for evolution and whatnot, but that nipple-locked monkey is a little too close for comfort.
749. BeckaJ said:
Hey! i know you won't see me down here, but I just wanted to say: I walked home, through the snow, giving up my dinner break, so I could watch you before going to my evening class. I saw Dooce on TV! My friends were wondering why I was bouncing up and down and shrieking. "Look! Look! It's a normal person and she keeps a journal! We're not freaks!" (becuase I'm not the best advertisement for normality, natch.)
I love your voice, you looked absolutely beautiful, and no, I couldn't see you typing 'DORK' on the screen, though I tried and tried and tried.
750. Amanda B. said:
Raz- thankyou so much for that image right before bed.
What if I'm not lactating?
751. copy_kitty said:
rebecca:
You're very articulate, and I appreciate your comments. Heather is a storyteller (extraordinaire, I might add).
We all have funny, profound and universal experiences, but it takes a true writer to put the insights in words.
Here's to Heather, teller of stories!
752. Lauren said:
Heather, you looked absolutely beautiful! Sadly I missed the original broadcast, but I'm so glad that tu posted the link.
I wish you could have gotten more air time, because I agree with others that the report didn't do your site justice.
and to libby and all the other haters - it's not like Heather goes out asking for attention. Her website is just awesome, and she's an amazing person so it seems that news crews find that worthy of a story!
And to all the newbies soon to join the society of dooce - welcome!
753. Katy said:
Tu & kelc_in_OZ - THANK YOU! I saw it. It was glorious!!!! (That was a rip off from Old School).
754. copy_kitty said:
Amanda B.:
I don't know how to do that tiny url thing, so here's the full url.
http://library.adoption.com/Adoptive-Breastfeeding/Induced-Lactation/art...
755. RazDreams said:
o'm'god, what have i started?!
756. p-hawk said:
Thank goodness for Tu. My stoopid roommate/landlord forgot to pay the cable bill when he traipsed all over Europe and Guatemala for his Christmas break. No cable + night class = must watch it on internet. In conclusion, God did not want me to watch television tonight (or for the last two weeks).
757. Katy said:
Anyone know what happened to Symbioticfishes??
758. Mrs.Strizzay said:
Umm regarding that forced booby thing...
Pumping, sucking, herbs and drugs all help raise the prolactin level.
Yeah, nuff said.
759. Amanda B. said:
Don't worry, I plan to bottle feed my Wiener. It's ok Raz.
Good night all.
Kick ass Doo-chay!
760. Meggan said:
He went away. I miss him.
761. jess said:
Dooce: She's a diva AND she poops at work
thanks so much for posting the link - that's awesome. And I have to agree with the comment on the small amt of footage because she came off as smart. People like to think that people who spend too much time online are somehow abnormal or have IQs of 47, which is quite the opposite, I've found. In any case, you were great and I barely heard an accent and I'm from freaking Canada. Leta is adorable (as I mention constantly) and you continue to rock my socks.
762. Katy said:
Why'd he go away?
763. jess said:
i think dooce needs a chat room
764. jess said:
oh and Amanda B. don't feel bad about the 'thank you' thing. One time I was buying coffee from Tim Horton's and I was waiting for my coffee. When the girl came back with the coffee I asked "Is that everything?" before she could and then I started laughing because that was supposed to be her line and it was just really embarassing because I just blurted it out and I felt like an asshat
765. copy_kitty said:
Fish update, from yesterday:
The artist formerly known as Fish said at 10:15AM, 02.08.2005:
Dear Doocelings,
I promised myself that I wasn’t going to do this, but I feel like I have to after seeing what some of you have written here. Please do not worry, nothing terrible has happened to me or my family. It’s just that life sometimes takes you in a different direction than you intended. I’m sorry that I can’t be any less vague than that.
Thank you so much for your wonderful sentiments. Although Symbioticfishes is RIP, I‘ll still be around here and there.
So PLEASE, no more requiem-type stuff. I’m not nearly as dead as that duck.
Truly yours,
le Feeesh
766. copy_kitty said:
Ah, I'm a late-nighter. The rest of you obviously have day jobs (SAHMs included, of course!).
767. Katy said:
Thanks Copy_Kitty. Im a SAHM too. I know how you feel about the late nights.
I hope Fish didnt get Dooced!
768. Henryk_DTG101644KFEB05 said:
Looks pretty sick and gangrenous to me!!!
769. Meggan said:
I momentarily wondered why Henry was referring to Fish as sick and gangrenous, and then I realized he was referring to the picture and not the topic at hand.
dork dork dork.
770. rebecca said:
Amazed anyone even read the blurb. Thanks copy_kitty. Heres to heather.
771. Katy said:
I miss Fish. :(
772. Susan said:
I don't post often, but I had to comment on the news thing. Can you imagine now, years later the person that turned you in and had you fired, gets home from a crappy day at the office, switches on the news and is now watching you on the tv? They were out to harm you and in turn made you famous. karma. pure karma. Kudos to you Heather.
773. kim said:
Alas, there was a time when my mom had a pumpkin implode on a small table next to the couch. A big, full-sized pumpkin.
The top of the table got all warped and is no longer flat. Oops.
774. Henryk_DTG101958KFEB05 said:
Megan...I didn't see the topic at the time....there seems to be a coupla minutes time lag. Maybe it's a looooong trip to downhere in oz!
775. Henryk_DTG102155KFEB05 said:
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...late innit??!!!
776. jensplace said:
I wonder if this will hit 1000 before the new pic goes up???
777. Cheryl said:
Heather,
You were awesome on ABC News. I just thought they didn't give you enough time. I did see Leta and her FROG and almost started crying, I felt like Will Ferrell in ELF, I KNOW HER! I KNOW HER! Well I really don't know you, but I feel like I do.
Anyway, great piece, and you didn't sound like a hick!
778. Bucky Four-Eyes said:
I really need to stay up all night so I don't miss the late-night monkeying here.
Amanda B: How was the first night with your new, uh, *monkey* ?
779. Jenie said:
Woo...I saw someone I "know" on TV!! lol You were awesome Heather!
780. 01234 said:
*Tu*,
thanks for the links. The latter one worked for me.
Was that the entire Heather segment? Are her old bosses watching that and thinking "Damn that woman!"?
Coming up on 800 posts. Whoa!
781. edith said:
780 comments.
Is that a new record?
Yes. I think that is a new record.
A new record! Woot!
782. jen said:
Wait, someone actually STOPPED YOU FROM POOPING??? I know it would have been embarrassing, but all things considered...
;)
783. Gooooder said:
MY GOD.
all these comments better be nice!
784. jodi-no-blog said:
dooce!
You were terrific, and Leta is FAMOUS!
That was so cool! Now I can hear your actual voice in my head when I read your on-line words...
Um... that isn't weird, is it?
785. Minla said:
I was so glad I got to see you last night on the news! And I felt so important pointing you out to my husband. You sounded great. Looked confident. I'm so proud of you Heather!
786. jamie said:
How sad, I go to bed reading dooce, I wake up reading dooce. Yesterday was my first posting after months of reading and now I am a dooceaholic, thanks dorks.
787. Danielle NOT SAD anymore, thanks to Tu! said:
Oh, happiness happiness!
Happiness reigns.
Thank you Tu at 9:20 pm!!
yippee
Leta with her frog was just too cute and you look so pretty doocey, dooce (that's like Fishy, fish or Girlie-girl, but different).
I have to switch computers to go hear the audio though, so I can't say if you sound different than the NPR interview or not.
How exciting! and it isn't even Chuck Friday!
788. bushra said:
Libby: there's nothing wrong with a blog that shows you life has its highs.
or is it that you suffer from poop envy?
789. Becky said:
All the words of love you've written to and about Leta (and all the feelings behind them) were captured in the precious way you brushed her hair back off her forehead. I loved being able to see that in live-action.
I hope at least in your private thoughts you can see how lovely and well-spoken you really are. You did a great job!
790. annabelle said:
Rebecca, nice post- and I agree, very seriously, with almost everything you wrote to and about Heather. But a martyr? I've yet to witness martyrdom from Heather Armstrong- many great things, but not that- thank God.
791. Seven said:
Dammit! I hate being at school and not having TV. Is it possible for someone to upload it somewhere so us poor unfortunate college students can see it?
792. SueFromOhio said:
I'm pretty sure I've never seen this many posts before on Dooce...am I wrong?
793. Sherri said:
Seven...scroll up a bit (sorry, I can't see post numbers on my 'puter) and look for a post by Tu, with 2 links where you can see the broadcast.
P.S.
Thanks, Tu!!!
794. Circus Kelli said:
Heather! You were great! It was awesome to see you on television! You're a celebrity, baby!
795. stillheidi said:
I am just trying to get it to 800.....Go Dooce...
796. 796? said:
woohoo!
797. 797 said:
Keep it going, baby!!