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Should I

2010-01-11T21:53:00.000+02:00

Again It seems I am at the crossroads of my life. Again my faith is asking me various obfuscated questions. Life never cease to surprise me and challenge my beliefs ..my faith..

Its not that I have not tried. Its not that I have not fought. Its not that I have lost or won. Its now, I guess becoming a question of my existence asking “how long?”

I fight for something each time I woke up in the morning with the belief , I can , and I will… but that thing in itself leaves me in a nomad’s land.. I wonder from where to draw energy from. sometimes the whole reason of a fight beats you to death.

In this whole process.. every single emotion of my soul is leaving me..drop by drop..I wonder when everything will be drained out of the whole system of this cosmic existence.

And when we ran out of the whole panorama of reasons.. we say its destiny..

Why can’t the two of us can be in a simple system of existence. I need you and you need me period. I want to live ..you want to live period. I want you to believe in me as I believe in you.. as I believe in US..

I wish ..I could disappear…

Should I? Should I quit!

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Head of the Class

2010-01-11T05:50:00.000+02:00

I didn’t take a ton of art classes in high school, even though I was convinced that I was going to be a graphic artist. My what-will-you-be-doing-in-10-years-quote in the yearbook was “subliminally seducing the minds of American consumers by airbrushing phallic symbols into Absolut vodka ads.” Truthfully, I didn’t even know how to use an airbrush (still don’t) and when this sophomore painting of a horse and rider required it, Mr. Snyder had to do it for me:

I painted this in Mr. Snyder's art class in 1988 when I was 15. It is freaking HUGE and has, therefore, never been hung.

Mr. Snyder taught art and was the yearbook advisor, so I spent a fair deal of time in his classroom throughout high school. When I was junior editor of the yearbook, we were the first class to use an Apple Computer to publish part of the book. Remember those tiny little screens? Before that, everything had been plotted out on pica paper. We still shot all of our photos on black and white film and two photogs spent hours every day in an actual dark room making prints to size. (My god, I’m remembering this tedious process and it pains me to even type it out.) So we had this one Apple Computer that the entire yearbook staff shared. We would do the layouts in Pagemaker, typing in all the copy and making borders for where pictures would eventually go. Then we would print out the page I think, or maybe put it on a floppy disk, who knows, and send it with the photo print(s) for that page to Jostens or whoever was doing the real work of turning our ideas into an actual book. So yes, even the technology of a scanner was beyond us in 1991.

Acid-washed jeans, mall bangs and a Joe Satriani concert t-shirt? Oh yeah, it was 1991, baby.

One of my most fondly remembered compliments was from a fellow classmate the summer after graduation when he told me, “That was a nice piece of yearbook.”

Mrs. Reid taught basketweaving and stained glass and ceramics. When it came time for ceramics, I clearly remember Mrs. Reid telling us that we were under no circumstances to make bongs and that she could spot a bong a mile away and don’t even try to pretend that you’re not making a bong.

So I did not make a bong.

Today I went to an art show in Bandon called The Teachers that featured art educators from in and around my hometown. Mrs. Reid and Mr. Snyder were there and even though I’m a grown-up and have kids, and have graduated high school and have a mortgage and pay taxes and everything…I still cannot bring myself to call either of them by their first name.

They’re still Mrs. Reid and Mr. Snyder and probably always will be.

And...just like high school, my mom was there with her camera. Here's me with Mr. Snyder.

Me, Mrs. Reid, and a small person.

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010110: etter videregående

2010-01-01T21:23:00.000+02:00

Jeg har to fotoskoler jeg har planer om å søke på til neste år: bilder nordic i Oslo og fotofagskolen i Trondheim. Hva skal jeg gjøre hvis jeg ikke kommer inn på noen av dem? Jeg vet at jeg har skrevet flere slike innlegg om skoler/fremtiden/blahblah, men nå spør jeg virkelig. Hvilke alternativer har jeg? Folkehøgskole er uaktuelt for meg, og jeg har heller ikke tenkt å satse på musikken/fløyte. Jeg vil ikke bli noe annet, og derfor ser jeg heller ikke vitsen i å begynne på en annen utdanning som ikke er relevant. Det er selvsagt mulig med kunst/kunsthistorie etc, men.. Jeg vet ikke. Etter videregående, det er da livet skal begynne, er det ikke? Da vil jeg ikke ende opp på et studie som jeg misliker. Jeg er heller ikke særlig godt innstilt på å måtte jobbe et år.

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My kingdom for a flush

2009-12-30T13:46:00.000+02:00

Is it time YET??

With New Year’s Eve barreling down upon us, I think this is a good time for a random list. (I love lists)

~I am on vacation this week. Sweet, sweet vacation. Better timing there could not be

~My Mom got us a Keurig coffee machine and we LOVE it. If you were to picture the perfect gift for my family right at this moment in time, that would be it. Everyone (including myself) has been enjoying numerous hot beverages. Coffee, tea, hot chocolate, you name it, we drank it. The best selling point for me? No clean up of the coffee grounds. Love. It.

~This morning, I made a FAUX-LATTE with a Newman’s Bold Keurig coffee, microwave warmed milk and my favorite Starbucks sugar free vanilla syrup. Yum. MO.

~Plumbers. Can’t live with ‘em. Can’t flush without ‘em. We are having plumbing “issues” involving a clogged main line. OH JOY! We technically have running water, we just can’t use it. Again. Joy. If there is anything that will make a whole family cranky is the inability to freely use the bathroom at any given time in day or night.

~So, yeah, the clog showed up, like an unwanted guest, around 6 pm last night, depositing it’s effects in the basement (Luckily we caught it fairly soon so it was not a disaster of epic proportions) (We caught it on “Frozen Pipe Watch” because it is so North Pole cold. An igloo would most likely be our new home style with this kind of weather). For about 2 hours, we (ha, “WE”. Not we at all, ANDY) snaked the drain and fiddled and tried to move the unwanted guest along. To no avail. Clogged and clogged good. Old pipes will do that. New pipes will do that too but these pipes are senior citizens and then some.

Anyway, around 8 pm, we called a neighbor, who is a plumber. As luck would have it, he does not DO that kind of job. (I did not say GOOD luck, see?) but he gave us a name of someone who would do that kind of job. Great. A referral. We were feeling a bit cocky throwing the neighbor’s name around, thinking that would get us somewhere a bit faster. Yeah. No. It did nothing.

At 10 pm, not hearing from Mr. Referral Plumber (who most likely had the GALL to have a life when WE needed him so desperately!) I then called my place of employment, where plumbers are on the payroll. I figured that *I* could come through and have Mr. Big Corporation Plumber That I Know Personally will come and save the day.

Yeah. No. Apparently *I* don’t have any pull either. Drat it all to hell.

We spent a long, flushless night waiting for the phone to ring. It did not ring. Until 8 am today. Mr Referral Plumber will be here at 10 am. Or so.

Fingers crossed please that we will be a modern, flushable home by 10:30. Today.

~Cold. It is so blasted cold

~I was reading my new book, my Christmas gift from Derek, Stephen King’s Under the Dome (which was sold out in many a book location this Christmas, good for YOU, Mr. King), 1088 pages. A hefty read to say the least!

Anyway, I was reading away, cozy and warm on the couch (praying that I would not have any intestinal worries all the evening) (Because of the non flush zone, yanno) and Mitchell the cat wanted on the lap. I moved the book, onehanded to the side to give him room to get comfy and I almost sprained a wrist. Cripes that book is HEAVY! A bit of weight training WHILE I read. Multi tasking at it’s best.

~Here we are on the doorstep of another year. They do have a habit of rushing by, don’t’ they? Remember 10 years ago, the turn of the millenium? The hype and hysteria that went along with it? The visions of planes falling from the sky and the electricity going out permanently?

~Well, that’s it for today. I could go on and on, I’m feeling especially chatty today. Must be all of the coffee beverages I’ve been consuming lately!

~Enjoy this day, stay healthy (poor Bethany is super sick with a horrible cold right now) and have a flush or 2 for me, will ya?

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Personality Test^^

2009-12-30T05:44:00.000+02:00

Just did my personality test! Hahas.. So have you done yours? I’m pretty sure this test can help you out in understanding yourself better and maybe guide you in your choice of career in future

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Here’s my results:

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2009-12-28T13:50:00.000+02:00

This was my first Xmas in Australia and I honetly did not know what to expect; even if Lizzie had tried to explain it to me. I probably had problems understanding it as Xmas, or Yule, is so deep root in my own culture it might make it difficult for me to understand something that can be extremely different.

As I am used to celebrating Xmas on the 24th I found it difficult to grasp that here the 24th is just a normal day. Lizzie told me so, making me scratch my head and almost looking at her in disbelief; but when we arrived at her parents I realised that the 24th was actually just a regular boring day.

This might be an individual thing, but I also noticed that typical Xmas(Yule) snacks and food were missing. The closes thing to a Yule snack was my rice chocolate (rischoklad).

As they do not celebrate Xmas on the 24th, they do so on the 25th; which is a bit odd to me.

We woke up on the 25th, unpacked our presents like a wild pack of dingoes. It was more or less everyone for themselves; grabbing the gifts with your name on it and tearing off the wrapping as quick as possible.

That was followed by, to me, a pretty normal breakfast. After that you did nothing, other than maybe play around with your gifts and just be more lazy than your were on the 24th. Later in the evening you have some kind of dinner; anything goes, so nothing I know from my own Yuletide celebration.

That is more or less Xmas in Australia; or at least how I experienced it.

It was nice spending time with the family and the gifts I got were awesome, but the Yule feeling was not there at all. It was not just the lack off snow, because I have not experienced so many snowy winters the last years; but more the lack of Yule spirit and tradition.

It gladly made me appreciate my own Yule tradition even more.

Hopefully we will be back in Scandinavia next Yule.

The last days with Lizzie had been great. We have been relaxing and relaxed; just doing what we want and not having to worry about anything.

Tonight I do feel that those days might be coming to an end. I need to contact people in Sweden as I am planning to study by distance, from Australia in Sweden. Hopefully this works out better than the study here in Australia. I also need to go back to looking for work; but lucky me, I have no clue what kind of work. Can I work full-time, part-time or just casual?

Only thing I know for sure is that 2010 will start off pretty rough and with great uncertainty.

Note: This is a really crappy post, but I am posting it just as evidence that I am still alive. I am only pleased with the name; which I am not sure it deserves.

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compliments

2009-12-28T05:48:00.000+02:00

aren’t compliments the best? i love it when my husband compliments my cooking. it makes me feel good and makes me want to cook more. maybe the food sucks and he’s lying but i wouldn’t know. i just know i still want to make more stuff. it’s just a good, makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside feeling. i’m happy to be able to cook for my family and know that it taste really good.

funny, today i was making a salty beef dish and even i was like woah…this smells just like it! i still shock myself.

i’m just happy right now.

cooking tip #4

i wish i took a picture to display but unfortunately, i threw it away before i remembered to take a picture.

so the tip, purchase a good sturdy chef’s knife. you’ll use it a lot and it needs to be strong. mine was a cheap $8 knife and it bent when i tried to cut through a frozen fish. it was the craziest thing ever! the knife bent! like the bottom of the knife bent in a fold. i dunno, too hard to explain it but really crazy.

i hope everyone had a happy holiday season!!!

more photo’s of more yummies!

beef slices with green onion salad wrapped in red leaf lettuce!

green onion salad

cod porridge

bean sprouts

spinach

jangjorim

bibimbap

soon dobu – tofu soup with beef, veges & mixed seafood

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giant's wife, cont.

2009-12-25T21:50:00.000+02:00

The day’s ride towards General Putwet’s camp seemed very much to be the calm before the storm. Most of them generally ignored her and she found herself riding alone. Commander Borut favored either riding alone or to discuss millitary buisness with his officers while he rode. And though she occasionally saw Adela, the womaan regarded her now with hostility and resentment so approuching her would be impossible….

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Sings to the joy

2009-12-25T05:42:00.000+02:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS PEOPLE!!! XD

How is everyone christmas going? Fine?

Well, had dark chocalate log cake yesterday…

Yummy!!♥

Nice log cake, isn’t it? =D

Well, it is my first post in wordpress here.

Hope everyone enjoy their reading about this blog. =)

Emily

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The Benifits of Being Silent

2009-12-23T21:48:00.000+02:00

If people want to get in contact with you, care about you, want to hear what you have to say, or are even mildly interested in you or what you have to say – there are advantages to being silent.

People might get worried about you. Your silence will raise questions. Where did he go? Why isn’t she saying anything? Something must be wrong because he usually never shuts up. This kind of worry can work to your benefit. Aside from sympathy, worry can lead to a heightened sense of awareness which can lead to anticipation. The next thing you visibly say or do after a period of silence will get more attention.

It is also possible that people will think you are simply deep in thought. For some reason silent people are considered deep. For instance, monks who have taken vows of silence and movie characters who do not say much are considered deep. Whenever one of these silent people speak it is always perceived that they will say something earth shattering or life changing. In reality these people are probably just out of things to say, but the perception surrounding people who are intentionally silent can work to your advantage.

Maybe people will just think you are mentally sub-normal and therefore will treat you nicer or make things easier for you.

Of course, the most likely thing to happen is that people will just be pissed at the fact that you seem to be ignoring them or haven’t made contact in a while.

On a side note: I am afraid that some people can text faster than I can type. This scares me. I type a lot.

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Snow in Ireland....

2009-12-23T13:45:00.000+02:00

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The shortest day.

2009-12-21T21:41:00.000+02:00

Happy Winter Solstice! Sunrise was at 1010, and sunset will be at 1547. So, about 5.5 hours of sunlight. The sun just hangs right over the horizon all day, never fully rising in the sky. The funny thing is, I haven’t really felt like I’ve been in the dark lately. I guess I’ve just adapted well. The only time I really notice it is when I sleep in. If the sun is up when I open my eyes, then it’s time for lunch, not breakfast!

So… now the days start getting longer. I have to admit, I’m looking forward to summer. I want to see the ‘Midnight Sun’!

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2009-12-21T13:45:00.000+02:00

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I can't believe...

2009-12-21T05:20:00.000+02:00

that yesterday I went to see my family in Fernandina Beach and got rear-ended at red light by some crazy lady texting while driving…
that I had to go to TWO different hospitals last night because I had a persistent headache and nausea after the accident.
that I ended up having to get a CT scan just to know if I could go to sleep or not because I was convinced that I had the “talk and Die” syndrome.
that Brittney Murphy died today at 10am in LA. She was only 32…so sad.
that there is a really good possibility that in about nine months we could have two babies instead of one :O)
that I still have so much sewing to do.
that I could watch re-runs of The Nanny and Rosanne over and over and over LOL!
how much I love our new Xbox and Lego.Indiana.Jones game!
how much I missed the taste of Chips Ahoy and Mountain Dew.

We will probably be testing in the next couple of days although she is not due yet I think we are about 12/13 DPO. Wish us luck!

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Vacation all I ever wanted...

2009-12-18T21:50:00.000+02:00

Vacation had to get away

Vacation…

Today was my last day of school! I am now officially on christmas break until january 4th! So am I going to do with all of my new found free time? Besides college applications, catching up on my google reader and trying out a stock pile of new recipes im going to fill out this survey. You all know how much I love them!

Survey Time!

Have you started your Christmas shopping? Yes of course, im almost done though. Just a few little odds and end to pick up.

Tell me about one of your special traditions. Ever since I was young I have put out milk and cookies for santa – and he has always left me a little extra present. (Perhaps this year I will put out some of Katie’s raw gingerbread men! They are so delish )

Are you a Black Friday Shopper? Oh yea.

When do you put up your Tree? A week or two after thanksgiving.

Do you Travel at Christmas or Stay home? Stay home! I always go to my grandma’s house on christmas day for a huge family gathering. If I could travel though, I would go somewhere warm.

What is your funniest Christmas memory? My uncle and I did trick christmas presents for a while, and one year he totally forgot to put my teeny present in this huge box that he had. Everyone was so confused because it was just an empty box!

What is your favorite Christmas Movie of All time? A Christmas Story, or Merry Christmas Charlie Brown.

Do you do your own Christmas Baking, what’s your favorite treat? Yes I do! I don’t really have a favorite treat, but this year I am baking more for sure. My treats include two old family recipes which I’ve veganized. Welsh tea biscuits and a recipe for chocolate cake that came over from Wales with my great great great grandmother!

Fake or Real Tree? Fake. Thats all I’ve known, never had a real tree. Someday though I would like to have a real tree. I imagine that they are beautiful and smell great.

What day does the actual panic set in to get everything all done? No panic really. I like to stay on top of things and get an early start with baking and cooking so I can relax on Christmas Eve and Christmas day.

Are you still wrapping presents on Christmas Eve? No, but im sure opening them!

What is your favorite family fun time at Christmas? Sitting in a huge circle and all taking turns opening presents! I love watching everyone’s reactions.

What Christmas craft do you like the best? Hmm… christmas craft? Probably making christmas cards or baking cookies. Baking can totally be a craft if you decorate them!

Yes or No, and if yes What is your favorite song? Yes yes yes! I love christmas music and start listening to it usually the day after Thanksgiving which annoys everyone. One of my favorites is All I want for christmas is you by Mirah Carrey and good old charlie brown.

When do you plan to finish all your shopping? Hopefully this week.

I’m so relieved that I made it to winter break. I am looking forward to relaxing. I have tomorrow off from work, so for the first time in a long while I will have a free saturday! Its going to be so strange. And on sunday I’m having lunch with a really close friend… and we might be making a possible excursion to my all time favorite restaurant. (As if you need reminding on what it is!)

Dont forget to check out Fantastic Foods products and leave a comment here on which products you would like me to review.

Michal ♥

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Freedom, at last..

2009-12-18T13:52:00.000+02:00

For 2 weeks at least. Well maybe a little less if you consider the assignments that is to be done and handed in at the end of these 2 weeks. Today’s pharma paper was.. quite okay I guess. Although when I first flipped it I went..’10? I only memorized 6!’. Yeah, I gave up about 4 marks for that part a of question 1. Oh well.

Kids these days are pampered aren’t they. Or so they are in my opinion. Why do I say that? I’ve no idea either. Just a feeling.

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Queenstown

2009-12-18T05:42:00.000+02:00

We’ve been in Queenstown for a few days now and we absolutely love it. It’s small enough so that you can walk everywhere (or rather, we can walk into town from our flat) but large enough so that there is a ton of stuff to do.

Yesterday was busy. In the morning, Tim did an acrobatic plane ride where you go in loops and upside down. I skipped that one, I’ve got a tender belly when it comes to motion stuff. After lunch we did Shotover Jet, which is a jetboat ride through the canyons. We bought the photo pack, but my little travel laptop doesn’t have CD ROM so the pics will have to wait. Suffice it to say, it was a total blast. Fun and scary and heart pumping, I’d do it again in a heart beat. Tim loved it of course.

Last night we both got tattoos. Obviously. And after a bowl of pasta at the apartment, it was off to bed.

This morning we slept in and had an early lunch because the Queenstown Wine Tour bus came at noon to get us. We visited four wineries and tasted a lot…a LOT of great wine. We restrained ourselves, mostly because we have no more room in either of our wine fridge. We did pick up a great barrel top, we have no idea how much it will cost to ship but it was so beautiful, we figured: why not?

It’s early here, about 7 PM and we are in for the night. We got some chicken to cook for dinner, so Tim will be busy doing that. Ha. Yeah right.

We have another two days before we head to Christchurch. Tim is going to do a bungy jump and I’m going to find a hoodie if it kills me (who knew it would be so freaking hard?).

We are still waiting to hear if the weather is good to go for Milford Sound tomorrow. Keep your fingers crossed. I don’t think Tim will be able to get over coming all this way and not seeing it.

We heard from some American’s that it’s cold in Chicago. Stay warm!

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Four degrees of sleeves

2009-12-16T21:46:00.000+02:00

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Just Another Set of 15" SSR's...

2009-12-16T13:50:00.000+02:00

But not what you’d think! These are some SERIOUS vintage race wheels. Maybe from IMSA racing? Anyone know?

WHAM! I wish these beasts could fit under my fenders… Mmmm… Center locking wheels…

The rears…

I could flip the faces on my Reverse Meshes and it still wouldn’t have this deep of a lip. I’ll still probably try to do it just for fun though.

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Quotes from my old website

2009-12-16T05:51:00.000+02:00

*It wouldn’t hurt as much if you had died, but you willingly walked out of my life… that’s what kills me inside.

*Many times I’ve been alone, and many times I’ve cried, but anyway you’ll never know, the many ways I’ve tried…

*Don’t be fooled by a smile, Ignore that happy face, Cause deep down inside, is a completely different place

*Can you see what I see? No, I don’t think you can. This big black world that I live in, something you will never know about. The people I love see, the fake smile I wear every day not to hurt them. How much more can I take before I break?

*Everyday She wakes Up & Puts On a smile… just 2 Hide the pain she Feels inside

*Its crazy how strong the heart really is…someone can tear it to shreds…and yet every tiny piece can find the strength to love them still.

*I messed up once…I lost you once…I broke your heart but i tore mine to pieces

*You see her in the halls laughing and smiling, but you’ll never know that she cried herself to sleep that night…

*If emotional pain always changed into physical pain, I would be dead.

*Why did you say you’d be there I was alone… You lied I was stupid to think you’d care

*And all the fears you hold so dear will turn to whispers in your ear.

*If you love someone, you might get hurt…If you don’t love someone, you never know the joy of it…It’s a lose lose situation that everyone must suffer…Why?

*My world slowly turns to gray, I watch these clouds float over me, lost in eternal hell, waiting for my final dying day.

*I’m slowly fading, watch me fall; watch me hit the ground, in front of them all.

My presence is no longer here, its been gone for so many years, I shed these tears each night I go on, hoping I wont see the break of dawn

*Take a look, what do you see, a ghost in a corner, or is it me, you walk right by like you don’t even care, you must be blind to see that I’m not there…

*I’m not just sad for a little bit cause my boyfriend left me or someone died,

I always am, but because of my fake smile, you wont know how many tears I have cried.

*The night rain pours down on this lonely me with my back against the ally wall and a loaded gun in my hand

*I feel lost, left behind and betrayed. I trusted you, but then you broke my heart. So now all my hope has faded

*What’s better a lie that draws a smile? Or the truth that draws a tear?

*There are certain people who are not meant to fit in your life no matter how much you want them

*The wounds are open. My heart’s yet to heal. All of this pain it’s hard to tell what’s real.

*The most beautiful smiles are the ones that struggle through the tears.

*When I look into your eyes, theres nothing to see nothing but my mistakes looking back at me asking me why?

*You cannot begin to know where you’re going until you have left where you’ve been.

*I’m tried of trying, I’m tried of crying, I know I’ve been smiling… but I’m actually dying.

*Do you think it hurts much to die? It’s hurting so much to stay alive.

*No one is listening until you make a mistake.

*You can’t change who people are without destroying who they were.

*My heart’s been foolish, My mind’s been true, But following my mind is something I’m not used to.

*When you feel like everyone in the world has their backs turned on you. You have to rely on one person. “YOURSELF”.

*Sometimes growing up is like giving things up one at a time.

*You get one life, whatever you do with it, and whatever is done to you, you’ve got to face you can’t pretend it never happened.

*I will always love you but that doesn’t mean I’ll always like you.

*It’s the things that scare you are the most important worthwhile.

*Our eyes are placed in front because it’s more important to look ahead that to look back.

*Not all scars show, not all wounds heal, sometimes you can’t always see the pain someone feels.

*Everything is ok in the end and if its not ok than its not the end.

*Things change and you’ve got memories, seeing things you care about drifting away.

*Sometimes life will hand you situations where all you can do is put one foot infront of the other live moment to moment and breathe.

*The world is a place of sorrow and suffering caught in a spiral of death.

*Dear Mr.Self, why can’t I escape the pain, I run as fast as I can, But you run faster, I try to fly but you broke my wings, I try to believe but you broke my spirit, I don’t dream anymore cause you caused all this drop dead.

*Take my hand, and hold it tight, I’ll love you forever with the rest of my might, I don’t need to hurt you, but I needed to hurt myself, so my dying words with my dying breath I’ll forever love you, I’ll take your love with my death.

*Slowly slit my pale skin, to release the pain within getting weak, losing my breath, I’ve finally made my death.

*In every nightmare, there is an illusion. Not any illusion a bloody illusion of your death, A bloody illusion of me stealing your breath.

*With this razor I shall bleed out the last part of me that cares about you.

P.S. These are from Emo/Goth Days which don’t exist as much frequently… but some of em are pretty gud huh?!?

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Urban Landscape

2009-12-14T21:52:00.000+02:00

Driving to breakfast on the east side this past Saturday I came across this abandoned lot. I often drive right on by photo opportunities and regret it later so I decided to stop and trespass through the already open fence. The first thing that caught my eye and the reason I actually stopped was this bizarre rebar structure. Someone had spray painted a portrait of Jim Morrison on a random piece of concrete clinging to one of it’s rusted arms. My friend described it best saying you could easily move it from it’s seedy east side location to the Vancouver Art Gallery and it would be considered some kind of masterpiece.

We walked around looking at all the randomness and made a few more photos.

And then we came across this scene. I have never seen anything like it. They were everywhere!, literally hundreds of used needles and crack pipes all in one 10 square foot location.

Oddly someone had taken the time to tidy up. Filling a bottle of “Ensure” with a half dozen syringes.

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Twilight confession.

2009-12-14T13:48:00.000+02:00

This weekend I discovered the joy of reading Twilight! Yes yes laugh away, I am in my late twenties and I enjoy a piece of work meant for young-adults(which I most definitely am NOT). But hey, Twilight is more about deep emotions than adolescent love, the characters, though in their late teens, are mature enough to satisfy the mental needs of an adult reader…..HELL why am I explaining myself?

Well, with my young-adult days far far behind, I confess that I loved reading Twilight for the simplicity of language and for the way the characters are fresh and not stained by the ravages of time. I love the fact that I can read these books which are meant to be read with your head switched off and heart firmly in place. Don’t believe me? Go grab the book. Meanwhile, let me go get New Moon!

If you have read it, do let me know what you think about it, also how does the movie compare to the book?

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masterpieces from paris

2009-12-14T05:42:00.000+02:00

by susan….

While Jason was at his conference, today I took the unique opportunity to see some of the world’s most valuable artworks at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra. Arguably the most impressive collection of French art to ever come to Australia (and apparently ever to leave France), Masterpieces from Paris: Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne and beyond is a collection of post-impressionism artworks on loan from the Musee d’Orsay in Paris. The exhibition only started 10 days ago (and shows until April 2010), so it was extremely good timing to be in Canberra at this time! It was just extraordinary to see such famous paintings in person, such as Van Gogh’s Starry Night, Bedroom at Arles and Imperial Crown Fritillaries in a Copper Vase, as well as Monet’s Waterlily pond, green harmony. I remember studying these pieces in art class at high school, so I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to see them in person! And at only $25 for admission, it was well worth the visit!

I was also impressed with the gallery’s other collections (all free entry), with some famous artworks such as Jackson Pollock’s Blue Poles and a few Andy Warhols. I had a very cultural morning indeed!

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You can fly, you can - uh-oh

2009-12-11T21:48:00.000+02:00

I tried to fly Wednesday morning… I would say that it was like in Peter Pan, and I thought a happy thought and floated off of the ground… you know the song… but alas, I ended up more something like this:

I was in a hurry (something that with my reputation for clumsiness, I should never allow myself to be) and was going to “run” upstairs to grab something I forgot. That was not a good idea. I got to about the third step and slipped, crashing down into the stairs, bashing my right knee and my left forearm. Of course, my right knee is the one that I have ALREADY been having problems with… sheesh. When I told my husband later that day, he said, “Well, maybe it fixed the problem??” I’m not holding my breath.

So where did that leave me? Well, writhing in pain for a while until I could call into work and let them know I would be late because I had an ‘accident’ at home. They never did ask me what happen when I got in, although I ended up telling at least one of my coworkers. I had to whine a little bit, it hurts!

Gravity: 1 Julie: 0

We will meet another day gravity… another day.

Until then, I’m rather sore and bruised… but all things considered it could have been a LOT worse, and I’m very thankful it wasn’t.

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Do these stripes make me look fat?

2009-12-11T13:47:00.000+02:00

I’ve always heard that stripes make you look bigger, but I’m not sure that is the case this time. My youngest daughter requested that I paint a zebra for her and she picked this view. It’s a 11 x 14″ on hot press board with acrylics. I finished about half of it last night and she seemed to be pleased so far. Again everyone have a wonderful holiday and Merry Christmas!

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The Question

2009-12-11T05:40:00.000+02:00

There has been one question that the LORD has put in my mind lately that I’ve been wrestling with and have been challenged by.

“If I was a non-Christian, would anyone I know share the gospel with me?”

In other words, do I have friends who are committed to Jesus and his mission of preaching the gospel and making disciples, who are filled with the Holy Spirit and his ceaseless passion to see lost people be saved? Do I have friends who are bold, not living in timidity? Do I have friends who would risk feeling awkward around me, and possibly being shunned by my response to their preaching?

(The questions are rhetorical, obviously.. Praise God because I believe I do have friends who would preach to me. The questions are more so directed at myself to feel, again for a brief moment, the despair I had when I was not in Christ.)

I think you get the point.

God has been wrecking me with his gospel and my need to carry it with me always–freely and boldly sharing it with any inquirers, risking the respect from people who I hold ever so dear–for his glory.

“LORD, remove from me my idol of caring too much about what others think of me and not enough about what you think of me.”

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Three trees

2009-12-09T21:46:00.000+02:00

I have promised to my imaginary friend that I will say some words about the trees bellow. No reason for this, just fun and paranoia.

Nothing special about these three musketrees. I just fixed them for the future, if the gas will become too expensive.

Tree #1

Tree #2

Tree #3

Paparazzi diary

Bergen, Norway.

Klokka halv tolve.Jeg slapper av fordi jeg liker det. Lunsj er min favorit tid for å tenke at vinter kommer snart…

Hummm…. I have to apologize for this one. Really.

(c) 2009 marius09.wordpress.com

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Sharia fail. Dubai World loses New York hotel

2009-12-09T13:51:00.000+02:00

Those greedy sharia financier’s. No profit, no zakat. Next default Miami, then Vegas?

NEW YORK AP – Dubai World’s investment arm, Istithmar, lost ownership of the W Union Square New York hotel in a foreclosure auction Tuesday. One of the hotel's interim lenders, a private equity firm called LEM Mezzanine, acquired the 270-room hotel for $2 million, according to Dow Jones. The sale was another financial blow to Istithmar, which acquired the hotel in October 2006 for $285 million, according to Real Capital Analytics, a data tracking firm.Calls to Dubai World and LEM Mezzanine were not immediately returned. LEM said in a statement it plans to continue to operate the hotel and hopes to “take full advantage of any market recovery.”

The W was not the only Dubai World hotel in trouble. The Fontainebleau in Miami Beach is also in financial straits. The property’s $660 million loan was due in August. Contractors also claim the owner of the historic hotel owes them $60 million.

via Dubai World loses control of New York hotel.

Creeping Capitalism?

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Why I love South Africa (By Ian Macdonald)

2009-12-09T05:25:00.000+02:00

I love her for the perfection of her days

The crisp Karoo morning

The Joburg winter noon

The late summer Cape Town sunset

The star-filled Free State night

I love her for her people

For our warm smiles

For our resilience

For our I-am-because-we-are

I love her because she delights my senses

Highveld thunderbolts

Jacarandas in bloom

Sunday braais

African sun

Icy sea

I love her raw power, her intensity, her strength

I love her because of how she makes me feel

Sometimes angry, sometimes joyous

Sometimes fearful, sometimes love-filled

Sometimes frustrated, sometimes hopeful

Always alive

I love her because she intrigues me

And challenges me

The Chinese have a curse: “May you live in interesting times”

I see it as a blessing

I love her because she helps me keep things in perspective

By reminding me how privileged I am

Every day

I love her for being a microcosm of the world

A world in one country

For what we can teach the world

About compromise

And sharing

And forgiveness

And tolerance

And hope

I love her because she’s imperfect

And full of opportunity

And potential unfulfilled

I love her because she has come so far

And has so much further to go

And whether we ever get there

Will all depend on us

I love her because she’s been so good to me

And she inspires me to return the favour

I love her because she’s my country

No matter what

I love her because she’s my home

And where my soul is at rest

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Book Marketing 101 by Bobby Ozuna

2009-12-07T21:51:00.000+02:00

Bobby Ozuna is a public speaker, internet talk show host, co-founder to the READ3Zero foundation for kids, host to blog talk radio’s The Indie Author Show, and the author of Proud Souls. I am pleased that Bobby has allowed me to post this information about book marketing. Bobby says:

By demand and an earnest desire to help the many people who appear lost when it comes to the most effective way to brand or market themselves, I thought I would offer some tips for consideration when working to develop a place for your business, organization or art–outside of the actual product. This is what’s called brand-building.

A vast majority of my work involves authorship, but these tips can be applied to any business venture. If you wish to sale a product, then you have to learn to think beyond the product. It’s not good enough to say (using books as an example) [that] “I wrote a book and now everyone should buy it.” Like any successful business, you have to first consider the consumer. People spend money everyday, on something or many things–some of which are true desires to possess (needs) and others are simply purchases based on a good sale to their desire to own something else (wants).

Here are some things to consider when establishing a brand or marketability within your respective field. I use book publishing or authorship as an example here, but you should truly consider aspects of these examples when working to sell your product, contrary to what that may be.

1. Establishing a Web Presence

What does your website signify and is it created and written (and re-worked on a continual basis) to help search engines (potential customers) find you? How much time do you spend learning about the best ways to optimize (SEO) your website and online presence?

In today’s fast moving society of high-tech gadgetry it isn’t enough for an author to be content with simply “having a book on Amazon” (or any other online retail store). It is not acceptable either for an author to say, “I don’t know how to do this stuff” or worse “I can’t learn it.” Whether you chose to publish independently or had little or no choice to see your work in print, if you plan on making a dent in today’s book buying consumer base, then you will have to learn how to establish (at the very least) a web presence that builds on your credibility of your book(s) subject material. If you aren’t interested in building a website or quite possibly, can’t afford a good web developer/designer, there are many free tools you can utilize. Something after all, is better than nothing at all. Personally, I am a fan of blogs and all their optimization (SEO) functionalities to help you gather customers based on your sites material. Establishing a web presence is easy but maintaining the data and staying current is the hard part, because it requires continual effort. I have listed some points to consider as you design and refine your marketing plan.

Questions you might ask yourself when evaluating your present website and/or blog, including any social networking media you might incorporate.

What does my website signify? What does it say about me as a person or literary professional? Are you utilizing every social networking site for fun, or to help establish your place in relation to your artwork? For instance, many people use Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and a blog. (These are are great places to start building your online/web presence…hint, hint.) BUT, if you skim through these sites of your fellow author and publisher (and of course, your own material), you might find they are spending an ample of amount of time discussing the weather or their favorite sports game and rarely, if ever, discussing their book’s subject material. If you have a MySpace, Facebook, etc., you want to incorporate links to your storefront, images of your book cover and of course, summations of every blog post for people to navigate to and read. That leads us to one of the most important aspects of developing your web presence: Becoming the expert!

Becoming the Expert:

A major part of branding and marketing your book publishing business is solidifying your expertise within your book’s genre or field. Article writing is by far the best way to get this done. If you have a blog (if you don’t go get one now!) or website, you want to start working on a plan to contribute at least (at the very least) two articles per week about your book’s subject matter. You can use these articles as a means to discuss or share quotations from your book and also interview other people, share tips & tricks or help develop others. These people you help are potential book buyers! If people trust your information, then they will surely trust your book. The more consistent you are with refining and defining your online presence, the greater chance of exposure and of course, possibilities for selling your business’s product: YOUR BOOK!

Branding Tip:

Most of us wrote a book, then worked to develop our credibility for the information. Pretend instead, you were the subject matter expert already who HAPPENED to write a book. If you approach marketing from this perspective, it will help shed light on new methods for marketing your businesses credibility (you) and your book’s material (book) and ultimately, give way for people (followers) to trust you enough to purchase your product (sales).

2. Marketability

How are you trying to sell your work and have you determined your actual market? Trying to sell book products to people who don’t read or (let’s say) other authors who are competing against you? Are you working to establish an online presence that is catchy (building on wants) of those who fall into your customer base?

If I said the word marketing and then listed some random words, such as: soda, car & shoe, it would be relatively easy to guess what words or businesses came to your mind when you heard me say them. For soda, you might have considered Coke or Pepsi. For car you may have thought of Ford or Chevy and lastly, for shoe, the odds are pretty good you thought of Nike or at the very least, the Nike swoosh symbol. This is what’s called Top-Of-Mind marketing and branding. Top-of-Mind, being, the very first word(s) or business models that comes to your mind when a list of words are mentioned. When a business is working to focus its attention on a certain customer base or “corner of the market” it is imperative they understand just who their customers are and work within their niche to build an effective marketing plan to target that audience.

As an example, I work for Texas based children’s author (Melissa M. Williams/Iggy the Iguana) but my own work of fiction (Proud Souls) would never be considered for marketing to the same audience. Why? Well, (if it wasn’t obvious) my material is written for adults NOT children. I don’t even tell children much about my book, apart from saying, I’m a writer too! It sounds like a relatively simple thing to do, but if at the end of the day, the name of the game is sales, then why would I spend my time (or waste my time depending upon how you measure the quality and cost of your time) talking about, sharing or trying to sale a product to a consumer base that won’t purchase my product(s)?

This installment deals with marketability or your ability to market a product effectively to a particular customer base. Take these points into consideration and these suggestions as you work (and rework and rewrite) to develop your marketing strategy.

a.) Know your customers:

If you write for children, then you need to be in front of children. You need to create a product that doesn’t always fit WHAT YOU THINK is the best product for a child (or children) but what they like. Get out there and ask them. Meet with kids, conduct author visits, and school presentations and ask them what they think of your product. They are after all your entire customer base. If your book is niche, or based on events or circumstances for adults, then find the people who will identify with it the most, and get their perspective. You can offer books for free, to generate a buzz, get some reviews, offer free readings, etc.

b.) Appeal to your audience

You don’t want to create a cover that is too adult for children anymore than you want to create a cover that is too childish for adults. Look at other books in your genre and get a feel for cover styles. If you aren’t sure, ask yourself the next time you are in a bookstore. If I read this genre and I walk down that genre’s aisle, what books pop out and grab my attention? Is it a bold title on the spine? Is it an image? Is it dark? Light? The cover design should correlate with your book’s theme, that after all is an old trick of playwriters from ages ago.

c.) Streamline your visual aids

When you think of shoe, you most likely think of Nike. When you think of Nike, you most likely think of the swoosh sign. This isn’t a coincidence but targeted, planned and effective results of good marketing. If you have a profile picture, it should be the SAME one you use on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and your website. If you have a cover design image on the Internet, it should be the same as well, everywhere. Your business logo on your blog or website should match what’s on your book cover, etc. The idea is to brand one cover design, with one business logo and one author profile picture. That way, when someone sees you on Twitter they may recognize you from Facebook. If they find you posting comments on a book blog, they will recognize you from MySpace, etc. Your job is to make sure people know what you look like, what you wrote, and what your book cover looks like…without thinking twice!

d.) Learn to be convincing–and believe it!

Does one shoe make you run faster than another? Does one energy drink truly make you a better athlete? Does one laptop or personal computer help you work any better than the other? No, no and no…but…the sales and marketing staff at each of these organizations will work to make you believe otherwise. That is the power of a good marketing campaign. If your book deals with overcoming loss (non-fiction) and you have been through devastating loss and rejuvination, then YOU ARE THE EXPERT! You after all, have written a book about the subject! Get out there on blogs, guest blogs, radio shows, Facebook, MySpace, support groups, etc. and remind the people how YOUR information and knowlegde helped save your life…and how it can save theirs too! Period.

e.) Become the expert

I can’t stress this point enough. I read once that if you work at anything (consistently) for five years, you become the subject matter expert. Trust me, it may seem like you’re not at times and because of a lack of sales, you may not feel like the expert, but you are! The little things you learned and forgot you learned along the way are the very things someone else is looking for. Why not be the one who feeds them continuous content to help them get where you are? By posting articles, podcasts, interviews, etc., on a continuous (continous) basis, you are allowing people a chance to trust you and with that trust and learning, will come sales–if you have a product–and what better product to sum up your knowledge than a book?

f.) If I like you–I will like your product

Someone told me once that we write because it is our gift and we work hard at it so the world will fall in love with our work. We blog–or utilize any social networking website–so people will fall in love with us. If you want to sale books you must believe in them. If you want to sale books you must be your books biggest and greatest advocate and NOT sit around waiting on someone else to love it or promote it or believe in it more than you! If you want to sale books, then you have to learn to be personable enough that people LIKE you enough to give your art (your work, your product) a chance. Remember who you were when you were just starting out…how much you loved talking about your book…without query letters, sales pitches, guidelines, etc…? That person could inspire the world without any formal effort. Don’t let the formalities destroy the beauty in your heart…to share with the world what is in your soul.

3. Credibility

Do you write articles, teach classes, offer lectures, that solidify your expertise within your market? Are you available to help others learn how to do what you are (working) to accomplish? To help others with a serving spirit, doesn’t hinder your ability to make money, but rather opens more doors for opportunity by helping others along the way.

4. Consistency

How often are you working online to develop a TOM (top of mind) marketing presence. As an example, when people think car company, do they think Chevy or Ford? When they think (for example) of your product line, art, book genre, etc., do they think of you or your works title? What have you done to help establish that want, based on your businesses product. Your product is not only your item for sale, but YOU!

5. Time

If you are writing a book or trying to sale a book to make money only, people can see right through that. And that, makes you no different than the hundreds of thousands of other authors on the market. What makes you (YOUR BUSINESS) different than the next? What do you offer a community, a market, consumers, etc that truly makes your business worth investing in–and ultimately–buying your product? I read once that anything you do for five years [you] become the expert at. All of this work takes TIME, but if you believe in your product, if you believe in your passion, etc., then time is in your favor, not working against you.

These are a few of the various points to consider when working to write your marketing plan, develop a marketing model and lastly, create your web model (links to) your various websites.

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Wedding Photo, not mine!. Komoriuta to Canne. GA: Geijutsuka Art Design Class.

2009-12-07T13:47:00.000+02:00

Was requested by a friend to be a photographer for his wedding ceremony. I feel like posting some here, but on second thought, it’s better that I respect his privacy ( To an extent Xp ).

So I’m just going to upload 2 not-so-random photos instead. Wishing him Joy, Happiness, etc. etc.

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A little Chinese tradition for a little flavor to the blog.

Thought’s I’d use this chance to re-introduce MY FAVORITE ANIME SONG EEEVVVVEEEERRRRRRR to Canne after a short exchange of comments at Canne’s Anime Reviews.

Not doing this to force him to like it. I’m doing this because I LOVE IT. Lol!

Komoriuta by Reiko Yasuhara

Ending theme of Now and Then, Here and There.

The video however is from Abenobashi Mahoh Shotengai.

This is probably the only anime song where I can remember the full lyrics. -.-”

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GA: Geijutsuka Art Design Class

Plot Summary: GA is a class that specializes in the arts at Ayanoi High School. Kisaragi, Nodamiki, Kyoju, Tomokane and Namiko are a group of five friends who have colorful adventures and learn about art techniques.

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Lol! I respect the fact that the anime was actually intellectual in the sense that it provided good art notes, facts, tips or what thingamabob you want to call it. Even though I made 3 attempts and still couldn’t sit still through episode 6. And the reason I could manage episode 3 to 5 in the first place was because I actually enjoyed the first few seconds of the opening theme.

The part which I couldn’t get out of my head. “Hitotsu Hitotsu Hitotsu x10″. First 8 seconds of the song.

Basically, watching this reminded me of Maria+Holic, where comedy hits the wrong nerve and irritates instead of entertains. I felt the same thing in GA Art Class. It was obvious that the anime was “trying too hard”. Cranking out line after line after line of chatter. Unfortunately, none was funny to me.

Truth be told, I don’t even think viewers my age is anywhere near GA’s target audience. If so, you shouldn’t be bothered with this review. Lol!

Despite me slightly being a pro intellectual-anime (any anime which attempts to educate academically), I’ll have to say GA is too boring to pass of as a comedy. Instead, schools could adopt the anime and use it to torture students in detention. Making them sleepy yet not allowing them any. Suffeeerrr!!!! Just as I did!!!

Thank You and Have a Nice Day!

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Hello? Is this Child Welfare? I’m in dire need of proper fitting glasses.

GA: Geijutsuka Art Design Class

Rating: 1-Star

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It’s off topic but while searching for the opening theme video for GA Art Class above, I came across this comment.

KyonKunDenwa (2 months ago)

“Yes, you’re right. I’m a legal adult and yet I find myself very attracted to these small, petite young children. It’s ironic because my father is a Special Agent. (FBI)”

I laughed.

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You can view the comment by clicking on the video and going to YouTube. Duh!

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Threewave studio enters reorganisation phase // News

2009-12-07T05:43:00.000+02:00

i’ve got a cure, hold tight; do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness.

i wish there was a teenager’s guide to living. haah. wouldn’t that be awesome. Christmas is coming and so is the PMR results. jizz. time flies. too fast for my liking.

the months passed, but still everyday

i can’t believe i love you more than i can say.

©tashaming

♥

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InFamous sales top 1.2 million worldwide // News

Hollow stories.

2009-12-04T21:48:00.000+02:00

It’s hard to tell a story when you have no story to tell. Time seems to fly sometimes, and then it stands still. Nothing is quite real beyond what you allow yourself to believe. The taste, the water trickling down, no sorrows, no thought. I’m not quite sure what I mean, half the time.

Dear gods, I’m so restless. It’s been quite a while since I felt this way. It used to happen all the time. I guess I have all kinds of reasons at the moment, though.

Save me from grace. I miss you so much. I wonder if I claw at the walls when I am close or when I am straying too far away. It’s rather annoying to search for something when you don’t know what you’re searching for.

I’m worried. Again. I don’t want to be put in that situation. But waiting is… mindnumbing.

I don’t know where my mind is. All over the damn place. Not getting much said, but I have no point to get across, anyway. I don’t want to go to sleep.

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Some Days #2

2009-12-04T13:44:00.000+02:00

note: I’m not sure if I took one of those pills that makes you smaller or the sofa took one of those pills to make it bigger.

double note: if I was a boss, I’d want one of these in my office.

triple note: I’m not small minded … I just have a big head.

quadruple note: whenever I feel small and insignificant … I go to miniature world.

quintuple note: the first “Some Days“ was on another day over here.

notes to myself #75

You are never even close to being the shortest kid in class. You are back row for all of the elementary school pictures.

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Note to Self

2009-12-04T05:43:00.000+02:00

You probably shouldn’t be doing this while under the influence of cold medication.
Oh well.
You’re too excited about your new look.
If people are reading this through their reader, they can’t see your new look.
They should go directly to your blog to check it out.
Send Winn a thank you note for your new look.
Or an autographed picture of Michael Vartan.
Having a new look on the blog is kind of like wearing a new pair of panties, or a new bra.
It doesn’t matter what else is going on, you still feel kind of special.
So even if your writing is kind of the equivalent to going out in a t-shirt and sweatpants, it’s all good.
Until the new wears off and the elastic in the new panties gets kind of stretchy.
But a new banner will not stretch!
A new banner will not fade!
Again, you should probably not do this while under the influence of cold medication.
Nor while National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation is on.
Now might be a great time to watch those Pixar shorts again though.
Of course, you may also have nightmares about the baby in Tin Toy.
Apparently you aren’t the only one who feels this way.
It’s been connected to a hypothesis, because other people thought it was creepy.
Well, they said there were “negative audience reactions.”
To you, that means somewhere someone else had nightmares about the creepy baby.
Ooh. Like that one on Ally McBeal.
You’re sure to have sweet dreams tonight. Good job.
Oh well.
It’s time to go to bed.
If I’m lyin’, I’m cryin’!

Happy Friday!

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Muslim Brotherhood group holds nuclear disarmament forum on Capitol Hill

2009-12-02T21:50:00.000+02:00

The Muslim American Society (MAS) is a Muslim Brotherhood front group that is working “towards the advancement of the cause of Islam and Muslims in North America.” Not the United States, but North America. It’s unclear if any elected officials were present or if they’re opposed to Iran possessing nukes.

(MASNET) November 20, 2009 – This afternoon on Capitol Hill, MAS Freedom (MASF) as the civic and human rights advocacy entity of the Muslim American Society (MAS), held the first nuclear disarmament and abolition forum hosted by a national Muslim organization on Capitol Hill. The event, in furtherance of MAS Freedom’s 2008-2012 Legislative Agenda, which includes support of the eventual elimination of all weapons of mass destruction (WMD’s), and its commitment to promoting a broad agenda for social justice and peace, titled “Faith, Fear and the Future of Nuclear Weapons: An Interfaith Response to the Global Crisis”, was held at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C.

MAS’ legislative agenda (linked above) reads like a roadmap to implement the Muslim Brotherhood’s stated goal of a “grand Jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and “sabotaging” its miserable house by their hands and the hands of the believers.” Amnesty for illegals, no nukes, no aid to Israel, supporting and funding the United Nations, and ending poverty everywhere but the U.S.

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Red&white, expensive&cheap, that's about all I know...

2009-12-02T13:49:00.000+02:00

Åh, jag är alldeles snurrig i bollen för jag har så mycket att göra. Nu har jag nästan gjort klart min lilla spanskauppsats som ska in imorgon. Inte 2000 ord som i de andra ämnena kanske men det är ju svårt att skriva på spanska!

Ikväll får jag slappna av hur som helst, då är det vinprovning i Markinch. James kör oss och lämnar bilen där, sen får vi ta taxi eller tåget hem. Imorgon måste jag upp relativt tidigt och baka för på fredag har vi bake sale utanför biblioteket! Och jag hinner inte på kvällen för då är det Alice’s födelsedagsmiddag. Åh, vad mysigt det kommer bli, ska sätta på julmusik och baka något gott. Lussebullar? Det är någon annan som ska göra men jag kan ju köpa mandelmassa och mixa upp det lite.

Ska försöka att inte smaka för mycket vin ikväll

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Misterious

2009-12-02T05:29:00.000+02:00

Mist is foggerious.

… or something like that.

note: when I can see my breath on a cold day is that ex-hail?

double note: steam is just hot water with no attention span.

triple note: the right wrist is mildly better. I think I may blog about it next.

notes to myself #72

Hayley Mills made “The Parent Trap” 4 years before you were born: it’s not meant to be … let it go.

You’re not going to get together … yeah yeah yeah.

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Inbox...

2009-11-30T21:46:00.000+02:00

Everyday I open my inbox hoping to find some meaning in there. I don’t know what it is that I seek to get the meaning of. But for some reason, the inbox is where I look for some clue to my life. I open it everyday hoping to find a surprise. A familiar name. A long lost friend. A reason to love. A reason to rejoice for a few days. Something that will one day land in my inbox and make my life more meaningful, more worth living that it is right now.

But day after day, I get only junk. Junk from the thousands of newsletters I’ve subscribed to. Over twenty emails that I delete without reading. Without a second glance.

The only thing that makes most sense to me in my inbox, is my daily newsletter from Astrology.com. It’s the only email that I read and look forward to everyday. At least, there’s an element of excitement there.

What a menial existence this is. Waiting for surprises in the inbox. Bah.

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Welcome! It's Day 15,676 Of A Techno-Challenged Loon's Dance On Planet Earth:

2009-11-30T13:43:00.000+02:00

Hello!

Experiencing some techno challenges. Ack! Should be ironed out SOON .

Thank You for stopping by! You Are An Exquisite Work Of Art. Namaste.

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Fire Trails.

2009-11-30T05:47:00.000+02:00

With so many nooks to explore, a new bike was a must have in order to access the many fire trails and coastal tracks around the Northern Illawarra.

With camera in tow, I’m looking forward to capturing the area from new vantage points, different angles and having some tranquility in such an unspoilt area.

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Ex-CBS News producer Bernard Birnbaum dies

Are we losing the art of communication?

2009-11-27T21:28:00.000+02:00

Blackberry’s and phones in general have spun society into a world of reclusiveness, is no one seeing how anti social it’s really making people? Where does the art really lie?

I was out for dinner with friends and it was like being out by myself, they were glued to their addiction, I couldn’t help but think how rude they were. I obviously expressed myself in the nicest way possible, they understood but before they even knew it their heads were down and they were pinging away, fabulous, I’ll be sure not to go to out with them when I want some interaction, not only is it anti social but embarrassing too, sitting in a restautant with two people who really don’t look interested in you.

You walk down the street and people are like zombies captured by the electronic world, in a world of their own, totally unaware of the real world, it must be a real skill to walk in a straight line and avoid trips, bangs and falls…bravo!

PR is about communication and I understand times have changed along with technology (the ultimate forwarding factor) but where on earth has the real art of communication gone? With body language and everything, eye contact, you name it, it’s part of the art. I personally believe real life interaction is still the way forward, having meetings through video calls is comprehend- able if locations are too far away i.e.abroad and emailing your colleague from across the room is absurd.

An email is so impersonal, there is no tone, no expression no nothing, just a bland message! Yes they are more than useful, still there is nothing like person to person interaction, there is more understanding, things aren’t so mono tone and robotnic, the art of communication comes from the mouth, now voice it with your voice to other voicers!!!

If we go back in time it is possible to see we didn’t get as much done, technology has allowed us to further ourselves at a quicker rate, sorry to state the obvious I do have a point! My point is that the art of communication has always been here, business etc. was successful hundreds of years ago, are we going too far with? How far will it go? When does it stop? What’s next? Someone any one, talk to me!!!! What is social media up to?

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Go Co

2009-11-27T13:49:00.000+02:00

Jason and Samantha behind

Darren infront

Bought 2 wardrobes from IKEA- proper ones after 2 years here! plus 50% off. but still heart ache

Ate cheap brekkie in IKEA, then Boost, then Movenpick, then Nandos, then Charis seafood, but all forgot take pics.

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Random Captures

2009-11-27T05:48:00.000+02:00

It started with a craving. For Anything but mashed potatoes. It turned into a burger sharing adventure that Needed to happen. Miles may separate us but Skype brings us together. In all the right ways.

Next up was how would it be pieced together. Could I do this? Would it work?

Some curve ball life threw later….I recorded this just because. It’s always good to give shout outs to those that need them. Especially when their level of AWEsomeNeSS is off the charts. The world just hasn’t caught on yet. It will though. It. Will.

Thanks for the idea, Ashley. Next time darlin’, next time. Thanks for putting up with me for the next seven hours too. Sincerely appreciate that.

Side, err, bottom note: Katsi did Not get any of my dinner. He was patient. Didn’t meow while I was recording or on the phone. He waited though. A Long time.

Another bottom note: After that dinner I hit a 192 mg/dl then went as far as a 235 mg/dl, corrected that one, then hit a 149 mg/dl and finally rested at 112 mg/dl the following morning.

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No other word but ETHER!

2009-11-25T21:50:00.000+02:00

If this was a rap battle, AT&T’s commercials would be Jay’s “Super Ugly” and Verizon’s commercials would be Nas’ “Ether”. That’s right, Ether! AT&T just wave the white flag. This fight is OVER! KO! Done. You’re playing lightweight with Luke Wilson and those lame ass commercials and Verizon is bringing the pain. I’m embarrassed to even know you as my cellular provider *hangs head in shame*

Follow me: twitter.com/throatchopu

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Dealbreaker #1.

2009-11-25T13:47:00.000+02:00

Med dealbreaker menas något som kan förstöra en kärleksrelation. Jag satt och spånade på det här med min vän Sebastian häromveckan och vi kom fram till för mycket för att få plats i ett inlägg. Så jag delar upp det i flera inlägg.

Ponera att ni är på dejt med en jättesöt flicka eller pojke. Allt går bra, samtalet flyter naturligt och du tänker “jag kan verkligen tänka mig att gifta mig med den här personen!!!!!!!” Och då släpps bomben. Det kommer fram att personen i fråga gillar tv-programmet CSI. Det är en dealbreaker, per example. En sak man helt enkelt inte kan släppa, oavsett hur underbar personen är i övrigt.

Jag kan fortsätta med CSI-exemplet. OK om man tyckte det var spännande när det först kom. Men så här tio spin-offs och hundratusentals avsnitt senare, borde man inte ha tröttnat vid det här laget? Det har gått tio år, det är inte häftigt längre!!! Och frågan är om det ens var det från början. Ja, det var den första dealbreakern. Hoppas ni tyckte om det, mina små citrussnuttar.

Jag tycker inte om CSI.

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For those days when you can't make it to the fair...

2009-11-25T05:50:00.000+02:00

I recently found this website that is an old fashioned photo booth! So fun! Try it out… just make sure you’re at a computer with a web cam!

It’s La PhotoCabine!

(Found via BleuBirdVintage)

I took these all before bed so sorry if I have crazy eyes!

I tried to do the “I’m sleepy” look, which looks more like “I’m drugged”, then I tried to love on my kitty and it looks like I’m shaking him to death. I guess this really is for fair people. Kidding kidding!

Try it out! It’s mucho fun!

Also, be sure to vote for ADALINE. NOW. HERE. CLICK. CLICK. CLICK. Santa will put you on his bad list if you don’t vote!

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NOFX

2009-11-23T21:49:00.000+02:00

NOFX release their new EP Cokie The Clown tomorrow. The EP, named after Fat Mike’s alter ego, can be heard on-line in its entirety now via the band’s My Space page. In the video for “Cokie The Clown”, Fat Mike is up to no good. Watch Tim Mcllrath from Rise Against fall victim to the shenanigans along with a few more unsuspecting spectators.

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Bing Tries To Buy The News

Four More US Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan Day 112

2009-11-23T13:49:00.000+02:00

Notice how news of Afghanistan is virtually non existent right now from the major media outlets? Looks like the White House put out the word to all media outlets to back off on reporting any news from Afghanistan until B-HO figures out what foreign policy is. And it’s only been 112 days since General Stanley Mcchrystal urgently called on the president to send more troops. Only 112 days.

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Monday November 23, 2009

Four US and three Afghan soldiers were killed in a series of roadside bomb attacks and firefights with insurgents in Afghanistan, officials said Monday.

Two US soldiers were killed in a bomb blast in the southern region, where another soldier was killed by insurgent small arms fire, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said in a statement.

The fourth soldier died in another roadside bomb blast in the country’s eastern region, the ISAF statement said. All four died Sunday.

Three Afghan soldiers were killed and two more were injured in a roadside bomb blast on Sunday in Musa Qala district of the volatile southern province of Helmand, the Afghan Defence Ministry said in a statement.

The mine was planted by terrorists, the statement said, referring to Taliban-led militants.

Taliban rely heavily on the use of roadside bombs, a tactic copied from insurgents in Iraq, as part of their nation-wide insurgency against the Western-backed Afghan government.

Six other Afghan soldiers were injured in a Taliban attack in the south-eastern province of Kunar Sunday, while one more soldier was wounded in a bomb blast in the southern province of Kandahar on the same day, the army statement said.

The fledgling Afghan army has more than 90,000 troops, while the NATO military, which is training the Afghan security forces, has said it would reach its goal of 134,000 by October next year.

Defence Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak said Saturday that the government intended to increase the size of its army to 240,000 troops. Such an ambitious boost would not be possible unless the US and other NATO countries agree to fund and equip them.

US President Barack Obama is expected to announce his decision by the end of this month on whether to send up to 40,000 extra troops – requested by his top commander on the ground – on top of 68,000 US soldiers and around 40,000 forces from other NATO countries already serving there.

via AfghanistanNews.Net.

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GUESS THE MEDIA HOUSE...

2009-11-23T05:48:00.000+02:00

Every week on Media Madness we’re going to give you a few pointers and you get the chance to guess who we’re talking about! And if you get the answer right you get to WIIIIN! Well maybe not, but hey, at least I can give you a shout on the blog!!

It’s the oldest private station, it holds all manner of records, throwing the wildest parties, having some of the best DJ’s (well they had) good music (used to have). A famous innovative owner (depends who you ask and don’t ask Uchumi shareholders)

Guess the Media House!!

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My Books, My Way -- Yay!

2009-11-20T21:43:00.000+02:00

This is the second to last day of my blog tour. I wasn’t sure I’d manage to do all the work — 52 stops in 35 days. When you count the posts I did here to promote the tour, that means I wrote eighty-seven articles in five weeks. Whew! I truly did not intend the tour to be so long and involved — somehow it just took off on its own. I have a lot of sleep to catch up on — too many late nights – but the tour was worth it. Not in sales so much, but in what I learned about my books, me, other blogs. Because of all the interviews, I had to think about where I came from in regards to writing, and where I want to go. It turned out to be quite intensive. I do not recommend such a long tour, however. A week or two is sufficient.

Today I am at Book Reader’s Heaven with Glenda Bixler talking about My Books, My Way: Experiences With a Small Independent Publisher. It’s a bit ironic. Yesterday I started reading Dan Brown’s Demons & Angels for no other reason than I somehow ended up with the book, and it struck me that the main difference between small presses and the large corporate publishers is the distribution capacity the big guys have. It certainly is not quality. I have seen some excellent books published by small presses, and Demons & Angels doesn’t even come close. There are way too many inconsistencies, both internal and external.

Robert Langdon is supposed to be an intelligent fellow, knowledgable about symbols, yet when he finds out that physicists are trying to answer such questions as where we came from, what life is made of, and the meaning of the universe, he is astounded. Why? That’s what physics is. Or what it does. Any halfway educated person knows that. He’s also astounded when he discovers that a scientist was also a priest. Why? If he knows anything at all about ancient symbols, he would know that many of today’s religious symbols were ancient scientific symbols. He would also know that the “priests” in ancient times were scientists — science was religion, or perhaps religion was science — and that the division between church and science is a relatively new occurence. This post is not supposed to be a dissertation on religion, but a refutation of Langdon’s character. He simply would not have been surprised if he was as smart and knowledgable as he was supposed to be.

Perhaps that example is a bit esoteric. So try this: the scientists explain to Langdon that a bit of anti-matter is suspended in the center of a container, held there by two magnetic fields. Yet when Langdon looks for the bit of matter, he searches for it on the bottom of the container, and then is surprised to find it suspended in the center of the container. Sheesh. If that’s the kind of writing that is acceptable to corporate publishers, I’m glad not to be a part of it. Though I wouldn’t mind a bit of their cash.

If you want to know why I am glad to be published by a small independent press, you can find the article here: My Books, My Way: Experiences With a Small Independent Publisher.

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Time for comments from the readers

2009-11-20T13:42:00.000+02:00

It’s been an exciting week here at the awkwardly named DavisW’s Blog. On Wednesday, I was honored by WordPress with a 24-hour placement on their front page, a distinction I want to believe is a recognition of quality but suspect is actually based on some algorithm that essentially said it was my random turn. I got almost 900 views that day, and have every reason to believe that as many as five or six of these people may have read beyond the first paragraph.

So the champagne flowed last night and now it’s the morning after, a Friday morning on which I’m supposed to be posting the weekly Website Review. However, after such a momentous occasion, it seems proper instead to remember the long-term followers of this blog, the hundred or so people that tune in on a daily basis without being prodded to do so by a gimmicky promotion on a second-tier hosting domain. (Plus, I’m lazy). So I’m responding to the request made by reader Phyllis DePriest and reprinting, completely out of context, some of the comments I’ve recently received. Hope you enjoy.

Your posts flow over me … and I will read over them again.

I used to have a site like this once, but I got so much spam I had to shut it. You seem to have a better spam filter! Well done!

Most of us, I mean some of us, haven’t had that many cars in our lives.

What was the most important thing you did or are doing right now, if you don’t mind me asking?

Somehow the part of me that eventually says something is indeed always my mouth. I feel so limited. But not because I think if I were more confident my ears would speak.

Not only are there aliens with giant eyeballs that Dick Cheney doesn’t have under control, but they are illogical.

Swallowing millions of Eurotards in fiery death? I’m all for that.

You are contributing to the decline and fall of American civilization. Drive thru? or Drive through?

I haven’t really been following much lately, to be honest.

In the local tire repair facility, I encountered tissue so thin that I could actually read a book through it. When I pointed this out to the manager he simply shrugged his shoulders in a “well, whatcha you gonna do?” manner.

Massaging the face actually helps abdominal bloating. Especially if they are forcing my mouth shut thus keeping me from eating and getting bloated in the first place.

I stayed at a massage/hostel place in Ecuador. All the staff walked around in outfits that made me feel like I was in a Bond villain’s lair.

If I heard someone calling from the ditch, I might drive a little further to get rid of my garbage.

I hear the freshly killed groundling tastes really good with a side order of fries and apple pie.

I was following you until we got to the pulp/less pulp/no pulp issue.

On the weight front I’m the annoying gangly person you see at McD’s who eats as much as you do, but never goes anywhere near your proportions.

Option 4 is too harsh, but what about sewing his mouth shut?

No one takes any interest when I have my hair shorn.

The goal is to shear off the coat in one piece, as much as possible, and to do it faster than the other shearer. If you nick the sheep’s skin in the process, you lose points. If you nick the sheep’s penis, you are disqualified. I thought that was fair.

Don’t we all love people who believe in meritocracy because they happen to be the benefactors of nepotism or just particularly fortunate, and people who are deliberately obtuse about it when you tell them that equal chances in capitalist society is a gurrdamn chimera?

In Britain, you’d get at least five years in prison for writing the above.

I actually have pictures of me and my best friend from high school kissing a llama.

Fire ants in Virginia Beach are storming playgrounds.

I remembered cameras have zoom lenses, and that’s just the kind of insight that’s got me where I am today – in a tiny flat with only three news channels in English.

I have had some interesting neighbors, perhaps chief among them was the Vietnamese family two doors down who kept ducks in a pen behind the house. How sweet! I thought. Until they started slaughtering them one day in broad daylight. There had to be some city ordinance against that.

It’s Penguin right? … a penguin with crayons!

When they test you for an allergy to fire ants, they have a lot of trouble extracting the venom from a creature that is practically microscopic. So they take a bunch of them and grind them up, and that’s what they inject into your skin.

In the “pandemic preparedness” seminar I attended today with a bunch of other adult professionals, we learned from the presenters that hand sanitizer has to be 60% alcohol to be effective, and also from one of the attendees that it is flammable and burns with really pretty colors.

Just because someone tells you something with a straight face, doesn’t make it true. Self motivation: “I CAN DO IT!” ; check out a book, cd, dvd at the library. There are a lot of con artists who love preying on the gullible.

The squatters have established their territory with no regard for the rightful property owner’s rights; the property owner does the only thing left as a course of action — strike, and hard. Shock and awe, in a way. Will the ants develop a nuclear-capable response? Do they have ballistic capabilities? Who knows what goes on in the bowels of those hives? Their research and development department could, right now, be working on the plans for invasion to the brick dwelling for the purpose of conquering and … well, more squatting. Of course, too much fiber from the apple core may delay their plans by inducing excessive gas and diarrhea in their colony, but that will eventually pass.

I have nothing bad to say about those who have passed on. They don’t bother me and they don’t walk on my lawn.

You’ve got living consecutively wrong! I’d rather spend a bit of the first part of my life sleeping and most of the last part. I’d like to be awake from 20 to 60 or so.

Mrs. Dark Side is demanding I insert a Frasier DVD.

You can only personally invade Iran if you’re Dr. Manhattan.

I have become immersed in Saudi Arabia.

You try to imagine what the person ahead of you is going to do with 8 cans of lima beans, one bag of celery, and one quart of 10W30 motor oil.

I got to laughing so hard while reading this that I now have to pee.

Wally-World gets paid to accept returns so they get their money either way. Consumer satisfaction? I don’t think so. The places are on the verge of being dangerous. I’ve was robbed while inside one of those places and none of the associates could even get an outside line to call the police.

Miley – we can only hope.

I know when I go the freezers are empty, forget to get milk there is none, oh yeah try to find some decent clothes for plus size people.

If you button your shirt starting at the bottom and ending at the top, you can save 10-15% of the overall time required (as compared with starting at the top button and ending at the bottom button).

You left out Camilla Parker-Bowles.

If only the body could be adapted to make full use of all food and liquid intake.

Shooting birds in the woods is fun because we could have meat for dinner.

I was attacked by a woodpecker. He/she drew a lot of blood from the top of my head. It was startling.

Such a waste of space. Same goes with the TV magazine – and the daily TV grid. (With only 1/4 of the channels listed that are available.)

I was so moved by this. Especially the part about the Ice Age.

Thongs and bicycle seats…a dangerous combination.

Reminds me of the time I reached for my socks.

If I can’t ride my own hamster to the Blessing then I’m not coming.

I may put a safety clip on my ashtray.

I have Restless Leg Syndrome too, and take a drug for it because it was diagnosed during a sleep study for apnea and they couldn’t get that fixed until my legs stopped moving.

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some days everything goes wrong but i keep trying

2009-11-20T05:48:00.000+02:00

Day 18 November challenge:

Some days were just not meant for blogging. And today may well be one of them. Right now my computer is unusable and Hubby and I are disagreeing on why. I say it’s because of the Skype software he installed on it this morning, and he insists that has nothing to do with it. All I know is it was fine last night when I last posted. Now McAfee is going crazy and trying to fix things and I’m sweating it because it’s going on towards 11 pm and I’m using the laptop to write this. So here goes a purely wasted post…really stupid, but what else can I do?

I did manage to get my crown replaced. Turns out it wasn’t damaged so much that it couldn’t be used so I’m only $98 poorer tonight; if Dr. Burns had to make a new one, I’d be set back about $695 for the pleasure of that one free eggnog flavored salt taffy candy. (Grace, too bad you’re not my neighbor! What kind of glue would you have needed?)

I did manage to go through my entire photo file earlier this morning and found some funny pictures I didn’t remember I had. If I can get my computer back before bedtime, I’ll try to attach them. They’re good for a laugh at least. I need a laugh. I don’t know if this yearbook.com url is still valid, but I did this long, long ago, and they were buried in my pictures. I was trying various hairstyles for myself to see how I would look if I had thick hair. What do you think? Patsy Cline or one of the Andrews Sisters? Then I thought it would be fun to see what Hubby would look like with a crew cut. Do you think we look like a conservative young couple?

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you might be a rabbit if...

2009-11-18T21:50:00.000+02:00

so, somehow miraculously i made it 24 and a third years without ever eating more than one single leaf of lettuce. two of those years were even spent as a vegetarian, and i never ate a salad. not even one.

how did i do it? i have no clue. but i did.

and then…

last night i did it.

and it was delicious.

i just wanted everyone to know.

thank you.

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It Happens Every Day

2009-11-18T13:48:00.000+02:00

Every day ends the same way:

… with “day” written at the end of it.

note: why do people say the entire day’s name?

“To is Mon; yester was Sun; tomorrow is Tues.“

Maybe I’m just a simplificationist … or simple … or something.

double note: no one ever asks what night it is. I guess they’ve had all day to figure it out.

triple note: if you have a “hump year” … that’s kind of sad really.

quadruple note: why are “week days” and “days of the week” not the same thing?

… that rule usually works for everything else!

quintuple note:

Monday’s child is fair of face,

Tuesday’s child is full of grace,

Wednesday’s child is full of woe,

Thursday’s child has far to go,

Friday’s child is loving and giving,

Saturday’s child works hard for a living,

But the child who is born on the Sabbath Day

Is bonny and blithe and good and gay.

Hey! I knew I was full of something!

… and that cookie tin would come in handy one day.

notes to myself #62

Filling in Social Studies’ test blanks with Fred Flintsone, when you don’t know the answer, will never come back to haunt you.

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To Smile

2009-11-18T05:46:00.000+02:00

I pretend to know how to smile,

Turn away and fake a laugh,

They’re not looking anyway.

I smirk at something sad,

Something helpless, sadistic,

My cheeks, carved stone, my

Eyes, dark rings. I’m happy.

No, really, I am! I just won’t

Show it to you, you pretend

To care, but you are plastic,

Your eyes painted spheres,

Smile? Too much, you ask

And beg too much! You

Smile, they stitched it on,

Rain, hail, darkness,

Holocaust: you smile.

Tell me a joke, some small

Promorphoric tale… try.

Knock, knock…

Who’s there?

My smile?

Sorry, he’s locked outside,

Cold, and inside a void: a

Desert flower covered in

Snow, waiting for the end.

Ability? An inevitability,

Chop-shop grind off the

Markings of me, replace,

Remove, recover my dimples.

It’s me, it’s me: please let

Me in!

Inevitability….

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Abracadabra da Irow jyora~

2009-11-16T21:48:00.000+02:00

Thought this was interesting… especially since I’ve been going back to the old school Brown Eyed Girls days (yeah, back when they weren’t electro and they were all about vocals!!!).

Then I thought to myself (and you all know how that goes…)

What if SNSD were doing THIS instead?….!!

>>Full Performance<<

…that almost kiss by Narsha and Gain gets me every time. Then again, Gain’s butt in the air with that little jiggle….

See, now you know why it’s dangerous to let me think :p

Anyway, here’s BEG with some real vocals with I got Fooled By You

Sorta reminds me of Big Mama’s awesome song, Refusal.

Credits: xDMangaFreakxD, ChibiMoonPika. melongyi, happysukmin @YT

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a new kind of blackface

2009-11-16T13:48:00.000+02:00

“Life’s hard. It’s even harder when you’re stupid.”- John Wayne

Mark of stupidity: Burglary suspects drew masks and beards on their faces using permanent marker pen

There was little to disguise what these two had been up to moments before police pulled them over.

Would-be burglars Matthew McNelly and Joey Miller’s masterplan had one tiny flaw –their ‘disguises’ comprised of masks drawn on their faces with permanent marker pen.

American police stopped their car after a witness reported two men ‘with painted faces’ were trying to break into a flat in Carroll, Iowa.

Marked men: Matthew McNelly, 23, and Joey Miller, 20, were arrested after trying to break into an apartment in Carroll, Iowa. Police found they had drawn masks and beards on their faces in permanent marker pen

The caller added that the pair were wearing dark, hooded tops and had driven off in a big white car.

Police soon spotted a 1994 Buick Roadmaster matching the description and stopped it at gunpoint.

Inside they found the two men, both of whom had what appeared to be masks, beards or moustaches scrawled on to their faces.

McNelly, 23, and Miller, 20, were both charged with attempted second-degree burglary and released on bail.

McNelly was also charged with drunk driving.

The pair are due in court next month. Hopefully the disguises will have washed off by then.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1223724/Burglars-Matthew-Allan-McNelly-Joey-Lee-Miller-drew-masks-beards-faces-using-permanent-marker-pen.html#ixzz0X1uaycNV

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Dating Don'ts..by me

2009-11-16T05:42:00.000+02:00

After being 1 dating experience old, I think I have gained some knowledge on what we should ‘NOT TO DO’ and thought I should spread these words of wisdom, coz girls n guys if you’re not doing anything on this list then you’re NOT headed to end up like me, which btw is not so bad but yes, feeling stupid, immature, reperating my adolescent mistakes while being not-so-adolsescent, and more of stupid please.

You got it! So here’s the wisdom list. It’s separate for guys and gals, coz you know I like clarity *haha.. now is not the time for me to support this statement, but I will stick to it, I like clarity and bullet points too. Ad yes, I’m not reasoning all of them, just few confusing ones maybe.

Dating Don’ts for Girls:

- Never ever talk over the phone for more than an hour. No matter how tempting the conversation, how much ever fn you’re having, don’t cross the 60 min mark.

- Never bring up the conversation of ‘how many ex -girlfriends did you have?’ And if he asks you this, then please dump him, he has no manners at all.

- Keep the conversation light and less personal, by personal I mean, don’t cling onto every it of similarity in interests that you discover. you know, you might find all the treasure gold coins first and then see the dark sea monster. (Dun knw where dat came from, in my head I see Pirates of the Carrabiean right now)

- Do not forget to keep the hunt on, else you start getting lazy and then maybe it will also put you take some crap stuff from the guy coz you’re too lazy to start the whole search again. Duh! Don’t leave the loop, stay in the game , always!!

- Decide in your head what you don’t want for the first few weeks/month (your choice). If you mean to generally know him, then make them mostly coffee dates or lunch dates. If you’re in for some fun as well, then late evening coffees and early dinners work. But never my dear friends, go for late dinners before you know you for sure that you want to see more of this guy (and if you think about it then, this might be applied in literal sense too.. lol! ).

- Never make more than 1 future date plans, like ‘oh, we should got there sometime, I’ve heard it’s a great place!’. Girl wait up! You might not want to go the next time, so as difficult as it is for us to keep our brilliant ideas and talents to ourselves, save this for later, i.e if there will be one.

- We know you’re so talented and sweet, so let him discover it slowly and that will make it steady. It’s okay to want the other person to like you and see all the good in you, but you definitely need to take that slowly. What’s the rush, if he’s any good you’ll have plenty of time to share stuff.

- I know this is difficult, but please don’ keep high expectations on how this(date/relationship/conversation) will turn up. Even better, don’t expect anything, just don’t think about ‘what is going to happen’ and pull yourself to ‘waht is happening’. This will help, trust me.

- Don’t mention about him to your friends or family, atleast not until you are dating steady for more than 2-2.5 months. Much of the disillusion of charm and romance fogs your vision for that long I think.

- Meet him in groups also, not always alone.

- When meeting in group, introduce him as your friend. It makes sense!

- Don’t agree to everything he says and don’t disagree to everything either. Just don’t let him get so casual with you that he questions your decision, which will make you want to explain the reason to him, which is totally not required. He gets so much importance here.. notice!

- Keep reminding yourself, it’s just dating. He might be saying the same things to other girls also, and even if he’s not take you time. Whats the rush.

- Most important- be yourself! Don’t try to be what you’re not just to get compliments or fit what type he likes, eventually you will be youself and then it might not be the quick get out of it exit. If you’re a jeans girl then stick to it baby, don’t get that sexy sultry dress to make him go ‘oohhhh’, if he likes you and knows the person you are he will eventually be more than ‘oohhh’ and feel lucky to be with you. I don’t mean don’t dress up, do but be who you are. Be yourself girls., you’re one of a kind! (btw this point just got scrapped as timeout on login and had to re-write it! I think the first time one was better. )

Coming up shortly ‘Dating Don’ts for Boys’…

P.S: this is totally from girls POV, so boys read on.. this will be very helpful..and brutally honest (I love this word.. it describes me)

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Why Even Bother?

2009-11-13T21:46:00.000+02:00

I USA är det enligt lag förbjudet att knuffa en älg ur ett flygplan i Alaska.
Det är fysiskt omöjligt för grisar att titta upp i himlen.
Sköldpaddor kan andas genom rumpan.
På 60-talet kidnappades Frank Sinatras son. Sinatra erbjöd förövarna en miljon dollar, men de tackade nej, de ville bara ha 240 000.
Människor, apor och delfiner är de enda djur som har sex för nöjes skull.
Bara en bok har tryckts i fler exemplar än bibeln, nämligen IKEA-katalogen.
I Kalifornien krävs jaktlicens för att ladda en råttfälla. Fulla myror ramlar alltid åt höger.

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odessey bus

2009-11-13T05:46:00.000+02:00

after months of serving army – i finally get a break. i’m heading up to kl for a week and a half and i don’t think i’ve ever been this excited about going home ever. the stresses of coming back home 2 days later is well hidden under my rug of activities that i have planned for myself and I JUST CAN’T WAIT! CHEAP CIGARETTES! hahah

1) cheap cigarettes

2) gym/get fit cause i’m a lazy slag in singapore

3) dj lessons

4) chill with team

5) take some good pictures of einstien for future tattoo

the list goes on but i’m not really bothered right now – i’m currently sitting in the bus holding area just snabbing their wifi before i leave.

hope you guys have a good week ahead!

ben

p.s the new dashboard confessionals album is too fucking good. they have an entire album…and then chris carrabba just did every fucking song in the album acoustically and put it as an extra cd. genius

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Random is the New Coherent

2009-11-11T21:38:00.000+02:00

That’s one of my very favorite Far Side comics. (My other favorites are I Hate This Horse and Damn The Electric Fence! but that’s not relevant to what I’m discussing.) (P.S. I really miss you, Gary Larson.)

My own brain is full today. Very full. What I usually do when this happens is text my friends. Mostly Sara. A lot. Random bits of this and that, rants, observations, points to ponder, et cetera, et cetera. But today, my brain is SO full that my thumbs can’t text fast enough. And anyway, why should Sara be the only person to revel in my complete and utter insanity?

The problem with letting my brain reach this point of fullness is that there’s no room to organize my thoughts. It’s like those crappy puzzles you get from the fishing booth at the fall carnival where you slide the little tiles and try to put the numbers 1 through 15 in order. Except my puzzle has no empty space so you can’t move a thing. You can try popping them out with a knife but you can’t ever get them to snap back together the right way again and you might cut yourself, so it’s better just to let it be what it is. A random jumble.

And do with it what you will…

My child attends a private kindergarten at our church. The tuition is quite reasonable, but they nickel and dime you to death during the year. I don’t mind spending the money, because I know she’s getting a quality education with a God-centered curriculum and there’s no price to be put on that in this morally bankrupt world. I just wish I could pay one big fat yearly activity fee in August and be done with it, instead of $3 for the hay ride here and $6 for the trip to the dairy there. Mostly because I never carry cash and it annoys me to write checks for single digit amounts. Not because I’m one of those Oh dear, Lord, I can’t write a check because I opened my account in 1972 and haven’t had the sense to switch to free-checking so I’m still charged 10 cents for every deer- in-the-mist adorned check I write people who freak out if you even look at their checkbook. It just bothers me to write checks for piecemeal amounts. I don’t have a good reason for it bothering me, it just does.

The latest financial exercise was optional and included preparing a shoebox full of whatnots to be sent to an under-privileged child during Christmas. They were due today, and somehow, despite my child’s repeated mentioning of it every single day, five times a day, for a week, I neglected to remember to assemble said box. Upon depositing the child at school, I made arrangements with her teacher to bring the box by at the end of the school day. I then set out for Target where I spent nearly two hours (fifteen of which were actually box related.)

People on cell phones in public are annoying enough, but listen up, ladies. If you MUST chat during your entire shopping trip, keep it down. I neither care nor want to hear the sad saga of your son not making the football team. It is something, I suppose, that little Johnny was asked by the coach to be the team manager, as it may mean the coach has an interest in his being on the team one day. The best, though, is your relaying the heart-to-heart you had with Johnny to your phone pal. Especially the part about how it’s a big responsibility not just anyone could shoulder and it was a special opportunity (No, really, I don’t care who wins best picture. It’s an honor just to be nominated.) And that he’ll probably be expected to be in attendance at every game. But hopefully not this week because we have that thing, so make sure you tell the coach your great big special opportunity starts next week.

It really is no wonder so many teens want to commit suicide. What with having nothing better to read than Twilight and putting up with retarded parents and all.

In the checkout line, I realized I neglected to obtain a small notebook for my new job (I need a place to jot down computer stuff, hospital policies, etc. etc. Why, yes, as a matter of fact I do have a PDA, but I can’t enter info into it as fast as I can write it on a piece of good old papyrus, so shut it.) Anyway, I’m already in line behind the woman who, when her debit card is declined offers the lamest excuse for a rejected cared EVER.

I must have forgotten my PIN.

Or…you “must have forgotten” to put some pesos in el banco. Either way, you’re gumming up the works. And I’m pinned in on the other side by some coupon-laden, latte-drinking soccer mom in a baby blue J-Lo sweatsuit. Oh well, no big deal, there’s a Staples right next door. Surely they will have a small notebook to suit my needs.

Or not.

So now, I’m torn between going home (a 20 minute trip one way) or going Super WalMart (SWM) to look for the notebook. SWM is 15 minutes closer to the church than my house. I weigh the pros of home (potentially having e-mail from my friend Josh) against the cons of staying in town (wasting entire morning, don’t get to include never-opened Sponge Bob toothbrush from last dental visit in box, no wrapping paper.) Though it might seem an easy choice, there was actually a bit of deliberation on my part. See, Josh is kind of magnetic. (Not like the mini-calendar from the real estate agent that you can’t peel off the fridge, but like the tiny bottle from World-of-Coca-Cola with “real” Coke inside.) And SWM is not without its own siren song (read: Bob’s soft candy canes for 88 cents a bag.) Josh is magnetic, just not 37-mile-round-trip magnetic. I figure if I just give in and go throw some coin at Sam Walton I can get wrapping paper, tape, etc., and be done with whole thing in time to grab lunch and pick child up from school.

After an oddly not-unpleasant trip through SWM, I return to the car with the necessary items. Thanks to having finally acquired the Holy Grail of footwear (read: size 11 plain black flats sans patent leather, suede, or bedazzling) at Target, I already had a shoebox.

I’ve tried wrapping a present in a car before, and it is why I opt for the gift bag if I’m gifting on-the-go. But in this instance, a bag would not do. Not only must the box be wrapped, it must be wrapped like a present on TV—bottom separate from top so they can just lift off the lid. This particular method of present wrapping is a PAIN. IN. THE. ASS. under normal circumstances. There are no words to describe the process as it is carried out with manicure scissors in the front seat of a Honda Accord. Actually, there are plenty of words, but I won’t repeat them here.

After lunch, I head toward the church. I’m fifteen minutes early, which surely means I will be first in line at carpool, yes? No. I’m beginning to think some of the mothers just circle the drive and wait the whole four hours in the parking lot. They have to. There’s no other explanation for being that early.

As I wait, I punch buttons on my XM pre-sets to find something decent. I have the display set up to show song title instead of artist, so I know right away what’s on. Artist tells me nothing. Billy Joel? So what? Is it a song I actually care about (Rosalinda’s Eyes) or one I can’t stand (Uptown Girl)? Viewing by title makes more sense, but is not without drawback.

For example, Kelly Clarkson. I despise her. Not so much because I hate her music (I do) but because a lot of her songs have titles that are the same as other songs I actually like. Already Gone is one of my favorite Eagles songs. If I Can’t Have You is a great disco song written by the Bee Gees for Yvonne Elliman. Both Miss Independent and Because of You are nice, smooth R&B songs by Ne-Yo. Clarkson suckers me all the time with her me-too trickery. If not for her other craptastic titles (e.g. Behind These Hazel Eyes and Yeah) I’d say she did it on purpose, to lure people with decent musical taste into her putrid pop lair.

Sometimes, the display screen is not long enough for some titles, either, which is also deceptive. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen Here Comes The… switched over, expecting to hear, “hotstepper,” but, instead, get Annie Lennox and her nails-on-a-chalkboard warbling about rain.

The worst, I guess, is when there are commercials on other channels and I don’t realize it at first. Boy, that Beta Prostate sure is a popular song. They play it several times a day.

I fetch the kid, drop off the box, and we make our way back home. In the car, she asks me a ton of questions I either don’t know the answers to, partially know the answers to, or have no clue what she is even asking. Who won Battle Octopus again? Why do barber shops have those candy cane things out front? How do people in wheelchairs go potty? Can I have some Halloween—I mean fall—candy when we get home? What would happen if the blindfolded shoe ate an apple? Get it? Apple???

I’ve had too many stimuli for one day. Brain all jumbly and head is hurty. I need to just lie on the couch with my iPod and listen to this great new group called Benecleanse.

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Jurassic Park: The Musical

2009-11-11T13:46:00.000+02:00

Like Cats, but with dinosaurs

For the longest time I’ve had the (some say ill-advised) desire to pen a musical based around the movie Jurassic Park. Try as I might, I could never get it to work. Something wouldn’t ‘click’. Finally, I’ve had the breakthrough I’ve been looking for!

It’s the same Jurassic Park you know and love, but this time told from the perspective of the dinosaurs!

I’ve already penned a few verses for 3 seperate songs, so it shouldn’t be too long until it hits Broadway. Check out this amber gold:

“What are we?/We are clones!/Synthetic Blood/Synthetic Bones/Not of Nature/So they say/But, Nature finds a waaaaaaaaay!”

and:

“We’re da Rappin’ Raptors/An obvious pun/But you try rappin’ freestyle at the point of Sam Neil’s gun!”

With a calypso beat:

“I’ve been genetically programmed to be a chick/But I recently noticed I gotta dick/I suppose it’s time that I gave it try/Makin’ dino-babies so mah species don’t die!”

The cash will soon be rolling in; all I have to do is clear it with John Williams and Stephen Speilberg. I’m sure they’ll be happy to let me make millions off an intelltellectual property that doesn’t even belong to me!

Fingers crossed!

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LOPSA

2009-11-11T05:44:00.000+02:00

Horay! I just joined the League of Professional System Administrators.I have a feeling this is going to be a good outlet for both learning as well as finding contacts in the future. I joined on the advice of Matt Simmons, so thanks for letting me know about it!

If you’re interested in System Administration, you should check it out, its only 25$ to join if you’re a student .

http://lopsa.org/

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BILLY GILMAN-one voice

2009-11-09T21:47:00.000+02:00

some kids have and some don’t

and some of us are wondering why

mom won’t watch the news at night

there’s too much stuff that’s making her cry

we need some help

down here on earth

a thousand prayers, a million words

But one voice was heard

a house, a yard, a neighborhood

where you can ride your new bike to school

a kind of world where Mom and dad

atill believe in the golden rule

life’s not that simple

down here on earth

a thousand prayers, a million words

but one voice was heard

one voice, one simple word

hearts know what to say

one dream can change the world

keep believing

till you find a way

yesterday while walking home

i saw some kid on newberry road

he pulled a pistol from his bag

and tossed it in the river below

thanks for the help

down here on earth

a thousand prayers, a million words

but one voice was heard

one voice was heard

one voice was heard

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Life

2009-11-09T13:35:00.000+02:00

I know I have been slacking lately, life has been busy, and things are sort of just starting to calm down. I have some new posts in the pipeline, like my coffee table, what I happened to do this weekend, and more. I just have to get my pictures off my camera so I can properly share with you. We also upgraded to Windows 7, so that’s been slowing things down a bit as well.

Tomorrow I am off to the beautiful city of Charleston, where I promise to take lots of pictures and share many stories with you. For the time being, here is a picture of a fun apple pie I made. Random, yes, but also fun. I had gotten a new pie kit, and it came with cookie cutters, so naturally I went with the stars. Because I’m a 12 year old girl.

Oh, and you might wonder why there is no book club review for October? Well I didn’t have time to read the book, that’s why. I already read this month’s book months ago, so I’m all set!

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Stressed to the max.

2009-11-09T05:45:00.000+02:00

Well, I don’t know if it’s to the max. But I’m just not having a good past week/weekend.

Lets see… where to start?

Hmm… On the way home to the west side I realized I had accidentally thrown away my Jeff Dunham tickets for Dad’s Weekend here at WSU. And obviously since I was already two hours away I couldn’t check, so I begged my very nice neighbor to look in the dumpster and pull out our garbage bags and set them on our porch, so I could go through them later.

Fear not, I found them when I got back in the garbage can in the kitchen. This pleases me.

Then, the purpose of going home this weekend was to get a language sample, so I spent an hour with some kids playing, which was really fun. And I tested out the equipment to make sure it was working.

Then I get back today and I’m trying to type up the language sample and there’s NOTHING on the tape. I seriously want to cry.

I guess I’ll just have to get it over Thanksgiving break instead.

So frustrating.

Then I’m having some awkward tension between a friend and I. I don’t ever like that. I always like things to be peaceful.

SO, now that I’ve spoke about the negatives, lets talk about the positives shall we! Bring this up to a happy place!

Positive #1: No exams this week!

Positive #2: Courtney (future roomy/one of the best friends) got in to WSU! So that means she really will be a future roomy!

Positive #3: I got to spend lots of time with momma and sister this weekend. Which was fun. I even took some of sister’s preggo pics with her fancy new camera! Here they are:

To see more, go to Sister’s blog.

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New Year's resolution

2009-11-06T21:45:00.000+02:00

2009 is almost coming to an end. Time flies, doesn’t it? At this time every year, people start making lists, at least mental lists, of what they have achieved throughout the year, what they have not, and what they plan to achieve the following year.

I believe my biggest achievement of 2009 was passing my medical final exam. I couldn’t think of any other bigger and more gratifying accomplishment than that. I know I have mentioned before previously, but it is worth mentally celebrating it again from time to time.

The down side of 2009, well, it made me nothing short of two dozens years of age. I am still a student with no financial income. Monthly accounts always sum up to negative. Most of my 2009 new year’s resolution did not work out. *sigh*

So have you thought of how you are going to celebrate the coming new decade? What about your new year’s resolution? Let’s hear them!

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Santorum: A war of ideas within Islam

2009-11-06T13:48:00.000+02:00

By Rick Santorum

Three Muslim students approached me after I had finished a speech at Harvard University. I was there to talk about the threat of radical Islam across the globe, as part of the Ethics and Public Policy Center’s Program to Protect America’s Freedom.

The students, one man and two women, wore Western-style clothes and spoke English with little or no accent. They disputed my description of Islam as it’s practiced in the Middle East, maintaining that al-Qaeda’s version of Islam in no way reflects the Islam that is practiced around the world.

So I asked them a question: Should apostates – Muslims who convert to another religion – be subject to execution?

One of the women quickly said no. She insisted that she was free to leave Islam if she wanted to, and that she knew other people who had done so without a problem – in the United States.

I said I wasn’t talking about her and others’ freedom of religion in this country. What if they lived in a Muslim-majority country?

Silence. Eventually, the young man blurted out, “That’s different.”

Why? I asked. I recall him saying, “Because in Muslim countries, Islam and the government are one, and converting from Islam is the equivalent of treason against the government, punishable by death.” The two women agreed.

I suspect that most readers will find it shocking that three liberal, Western Muslims at Harvard expressed this view. But what’s shocking is that anyone finds this shocking.

Read it all via The Elephant in the Room: A war of ideas within Islam | Philadelphia Inquirer | 11/05/2009.

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NRB Madness/ 노래방 Madness

2009-11-06T05:43:00.000+02:00

Yea so my family group went to NRB (Karaoke) today and it was pure madness infinity. It was so crazy. David was hilarious.

Some people just went all out and it was fun night. It was also kind of funny because Deb’s first song got cut off and she could not sing second song cause her voice was dead.

I also think I never sang this much in NRB before. I sung 영원 and Heffy End by Seotaiji, 너에게넌 나에게난 by 자전거를 탄 풍경, 사랑했지만 by 김경호, and two more songs I think.

Interestingly NRB also had these Japanese songs I knew. I was tempted to try but we ran out of time. I don’t know why but my voice when it reaches high tone, I cannot bring it down and I keep sing song in that tone which kills me. I guess I lack in experience.

오늘 성경공부 그룹이랑 노래방에를 갔는데 참으로 대단했다. 진짜 말로 표현못할 대단한 그런 것이였다. David이 진짜 일품이었다.

몇몇 사람은 아주 그냥 무슨 인생이 걸린것 처럼 노래부르고 아주 재미난 밤이였다. 웃긴건, 뎁 누님의 첫번째 노래는 도중에 실수로 짤리고, 두번째 노래는 또 목소리가 않올라가서 취소했다 ㅋㅋ.

지금까지 노래방가본것중 가장 노래를 많이 불렀던것 같은데. 헤피앤드, 영원, 너에게넌 나에게난, 사랑했지만, 그리고 몇 노래 더 부른것 같다. 또 신기하게도 내가 아는 일본노래들이 또 많았는데, 불러볼려고 했다가 시간다되서 다음 기회로 미루기로 했다. 그 뭐냐, 이상하게 내 목소리가 일정 음에 올라가면 도대체 내려가지를 않더라. 계속 또 그 높은 음으로 부르려니 아주 죽을 맛이었다. 더 연습해야 함을 느낀 하루였다.

Anyway it was such a fun night and I think it was really good time for us to hang out with each other since we dont get to see each other much since most people go back to home during weekends. Later when David or other people put pictures up on facebook, I will try to import some of them to this post. I hope we get to hang out more like this in near future. =)

어째됬던, 재미있는 밤이었다. 거기다가 같이 이렇게 좋은 시간을 보내서 좋았다. 우리 그룹은 대게 멤버들이 주말에 집에가서 서로 별로 만날 시간이나 기회가 없다. 근데 오늘 이렇게 같이 좋은 시간보내고 하니 즐거웠다. 나중에 David이나 다른 사람이 사진올리면 이 포스트에도 올려야겠다. 가까운 미래에 같이 또 이렇게 좋은 시간을 보냈으면 하는 바램이다. =)

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Wine Blogging Wednesday - Driving While What??

2009-11-04T21:37:00.000+02:00

Happy Girls are Found in Vineyards

DRIVING WHILE WHAT?

but first…

White Rock Vineyards Napa Valley Claret

This is an astonishing Bordeaux-style wine from the Napa Valley. Supple and lush with loads of ripe fruit and undertones of leather and tobacco, it’s half-French, half- California in style. White Rock Vineyards was established as early as 1870 and brought back in the late ’70s by the Vandendriessche family. Made from a classic blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon with Merlot, Cabernet Franc and a touch of Petit Verdot. Perfect for that great steak or rich braised stew.

DRIVING WHILE WHAT?

It seems to me that I become obsessed with information when I’m faced with buying big ticket items. I needed a new roof and *POOF* I threw myself into research on Certainteed shingles vs. cedar shakes. I wanted a new patio and *SHAZAM* I launced into a study of exposed aggregate, brick pavers, bluestone and an array of stamped concretes. I think it’s fun to shop for just about anything until I have to lay down a signature or commit so much cash…

So when I started looking at cars, I had my notebook, #2 pencil and camera at the ready. Aestetics are just as important as reliability – so first I jotted down the cars that looked great on the road. What started off as a study on the outside of the car, quickly became astonishment at what was going on inside the car. I mean really – people in this country have turned their vehicles into offices, mini restaurants, salons and god forbid even daycare centers. They do just about everything while driving….Let’s take a look:

I CALL THESE - OVER THE ROAD *PRIMPING*

Roaving Stubble Removal

Ya ever seen one of these wands jammed in an eyeball?

What next, his back?

Ladies ~ just when you were blaming the guys for hair removal

Smile…

Curl up and Die

NEXT WE MOVE ON TO *AUTO MUNCHING*

Drive Thru Diva

Soup on the Go

A Little Help from your Friends

A Supersized Moron

MULTI-TASKING WOMEN

Getting caught up on the Soaps

Quiet Time with the Baby

Peek a Boo!

Catching the Headlines with Lipstick

Mommy Dearest

The Daydream or the Contorsionist – You Decide

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

The Cleaner

The Jock

The Singer

The Bargain Hunter

The Student

The Musician

The Dieter

Curbside Biffy – otherwise known as The Squatter

The Smoker

The Napper

The Dreamer

Animal Rights Activist

Auto Cramming

The Avid Reader

The Frat Boy

The Sorority Princess

The Last Ride

It’s official. We do way too many things in car. We sing, eat, primp, talk and even deliver babies in cars. Well… some of those babies started out there didn’t they?

With the world of technology ever spinning out of control, can we all just slow down a bit and concentrate on the task at hand – DRIVING!

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RIGHT!

2009-11-04T13:47:00.000+02:00

Okay, okay, I admit, I suck at keeping things updated.

This is why I don’t own fish, I forget things unless they’re constantly bugging me (i.e. cats meowing and following me begging for food)

Whoops, it’s been almost a month >.>

Just start smacking me every time you want me to update, that’ll work faster.

Sooo, yeah.

There was the school festival a while back, which was pretty fun. I’d always read about school festivals in manga, so it was pretty cool to visit one for the first time. It was mostly food stalls and very, very pushy sales people. I think all Japanese are practically born salesmen, they can shout loudly for long periods of time without getting bored out of their skulls.

I decided to explore the library about two weeks ago, and I was very happy to find a whole slew of mythology/folklore books that were out of print in America. Not only was almost the entirety of the color Fairy Books by Andrew Lang, but I found a very small book of Ainu myths (the Ainu are the native people of Hokkaido that have since almost all merged into regular Japanese), regrettably in Japanese, but that just gives me a mini project to work on.

There was also Tokyo Disneyland a week before Halloween. Wow was it crowded. There was a three hour wait for Haunted Mansion and the Winnie the Pooh ride along with a slew of other rides. Pirates, by contrast, was 40 minutes and Star Tours was about half an hour. Huh. I’m used to more fast/tall roller coasters, so even Space Mountain was a little tame. Star Tours was quite fun though, since the last time I went on that ride, I hadn’t seen the movies yet. Also, C-3PO spoke in Japanese. O_o yeah… quite amusing. It didn’t sound much like Anthony Daniels though.

Basically all I’ve been doing is class and homework and some extra projects on the side, so not much time/money for really fun stuff. Also, exams are coming up >.> so that’s more time cooped up.

If there’s something you want to hear about in particular (class, living, rent, cheese, whatever), just drop me a line and I can mention it. (BTW, Tammy, thanks for the bay leaves, though I haven’t had a cockroach problem since, I think the one just wanted to get out of the typhoon, though why it picked my room in particular, I don’t know)

Yeah, just digitally poke me if you think it’s been too long since I’ve updated. XD I become a lazy bum if I think no one’s paying attention.

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what's cookin'?

2009-11-04T05:47:00.000+02:00

I really enjoy cooking. Not baking – cooking. There is nothing more satisfying than trying a new recipe and proclaiming it a success! Now don’t get me confused with a foodie – because I definitely do not qualify. I doubt my pallet is very refined and I certainly don’t make complex or complicated meals. I shy away from pretentious ingredients and have been accused of under-salting my food. Nonetheless, I do enjoy it and I think I’m getting better at it! I thought I’d share a few of my favorite cookbooks, food blogs and magazine subscriptions. Do you have any favorites you want to share?

Cookbooks

Everyday Cooking: Great Food Fast (Martha Stewart) – I love this cookbook because I’ve never been disappointed. The photos are great (a photo for every recipe), the directions are simple and the food is delicious. It’s also nice because the recipes require little time – perfect for weeknight dinners. My favorite thing about the book is that it’s organized by season – which is brilliant for those of us who like to use in-season produce.

Barefoot Contessa (Ina Garten) – I have three of her cookbooks (The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook, Back to Basics and At Home)and I love perusing them and selecting my next triumph. The photos are gorgeous. The only issue with these cookbooks is that the Contessa’s recipes are really fatty and rich. Cooking too much out of these cookbooks will make you gain weight – fast.

The Food You Crave (Ellie Krieger) – This cookbook is the opposite of the Barefoot Contessa books. This book has very few photos and focuses on healthy eating. Living up to the name, Ellie showcases recipes that you love – but she focuses on maximum flavor with limited calories/fat. I’ve been impressed with these recipes, although I wish there were more pics!

Magazines

Fine Cooking – http://www.finecooking.com/

Cuisine at Home – http://www.cuisineathome.com/ (Thanks Kristina!)

Food Blogs

Smitten Kitchen – http://smittenkitchen.com/

101 Cookbooks - http://www.101cookbooks.com/

Here are pics from dinner the other night – lamb shanks – nummers!

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Life of a Photographer

2009-11-02T21:46:00.000+02:00

I got back from class today before heading over to the office to find that a bunch of pictures had fallen off my shelf and spilled all over my desk. I thought it was kind of cool so I made things wrose by throwing more pictures on it, then digging out everything so the pictures were on the bottom, like a desktop.

Life of a Photographer

There’s no real point to it, I just thought it was kind of fun and a bright spot to an otherwise crappy day. I used the aperture setting on my camera with an ISO setting of 100 and an automatically set shutter speed of 2 seconds. I had my 350D set on top of a tripod.

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Indien kryllar av kreativitet

2009-11-02T13:47:00.000+02:00

En stor nation. Sett till folkmängd, yta, filmindustri och musikindustri. Det vill säga, det som betyder något. Och idag fokuserar vi på det senare. Med ett så stort urval, är det lättare för oss västerlänningar utan kolla att stoppa huvudet i sanden och ignorera än att försöka orientera oss. Därför ska jag nu hjälpa er på traven med ett gäng musiktips från Indien.

Rahul Dev Burman är en av giganterna av alla kompositörer i Bollywood. Han har komponerat ändlöst många klassiker, och har bidragat starkt till musikalfilmen i Indien. Min favoritlåt heter Duniya mein logon ko, och kommer från filmen Apna Desh (1972).

C. Ramchandra är en annan favorit. Jag kan låta den otroligt svängiga och medryckande musiken tala för sig själv:

Ett sista omnämnande får låten Typewriter, tip, tip, tip som såg ljuset i Bombay Talkie (1970). Men framförallt har den nått framgång genom Wes Andersons film The Darjeeling Limited (2007).

Just det! Alla länkade låtar finns att tillgå på Spotify, för er som använder den tjänsten. Tilläggas bör att det är andra än kompositörerna som framträder med låtarna, vilket förklarar att andra står skrivna som artister på klippen/spotify.

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Three Days of Snow

2009-11-02T05:47:00.000+02:00

HIMYM is the last thing I would expect to make me tear up, but truthfully, as I finished watching the episode Three Days of Snow, I did. I teared up a watching One Litre of Tears, not a lot in The Pursuit of Happiness, and not even at my prom, or the graduation ceremony, but I teared up watching a comedy show. BECAUSE IT’S THAT AWESOME.

Because it took me so long to write that up … I forgot what else I was going to say! Great …

FILLERS TIME.

My mom has just discovered the pile of movies that she hasn’t watched and now spends 6 hours every day watching old movies, some of which only went to theaters in Japan or something, and others which should never have been in theaters ANYWHERE but they were because they spent to much money making it.

I love my friends.

ALWAYS listen to your mother. She’s ALWAYS right. THAT’S RIGHT FUTURE SON. MUAHAH.

My heart goes out to DelusionElle and my fobby friend. *Virtual blog hug which they can only receive if they read this ….*

‘Kay I still don’t remember what I was going to say. If I remember I’ll come back and edit …

Peace

WG

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Oh, so it ISN'T my TOES that are freakish...

2009-10-30T21:23:00.000+02:00

I have a hard time keeping up with all of the new words that seem to pop up in daily use nowadays. Ordinarily I can figure out the meaning of new words by the way in which they’re used. I heard a new word recently and I thought that I knew what it meant. It was used in reference to me by someone who obviously doesn’t appreciate my humor so I just figured it was something bad. And since it was used by someone who only knows me online, I knew it had to be because of something that I said or did on this blog.

A while back I wrote a post about my odd feet. I didn’t know that they were odd until people started pointing that fact out to me. I have very long fingers, legs and toes and my second toe is so long it’s actually longer than my great toe. I posted this picture of my malformed foot to go along with the post regarding people who suffer the same ailment:

My freak toe doesn’t bother me, and as far as I know, I’ve never suffered any discrimination because of it. But, I know how people frozen with 8th grade emotions think and most of them would seize the opportunity to make fun of me and my toe. That’s OK, I’m not stuck in 8th grade so I couldn’t care less what some nit wit says about me or my abhorrently long second toes.

Having met more than my share of feeble bullies, I can sort of see the effete attacks before they come. So, after publishing that picture of my malformed toe, I wasn’t surprised to hear that there was a name for that deformity and some childish man-wannabes were using the derogatory term in reference to me. When I became aware of the sad little attempts to annoy me with the toe jokes, I brushed them off and never really thought about it again.

Then, this morning my daughter said that one of her toes was hurting her. That made me think of my toes and the freaks who made fun of them. My daughter seems to be rather hip about things so I decided to get her opinion and see if my toes qualified for the nasty little moniker given to them by some computer troll.

As my daughter walked into the kitchen where I was sitting at the table, I took the sock off of my right foot, stuck my foot up in the air so that it was pointing at my kid and asked her, “Do I have a camel-toe?”

Well, she knew what it meant. First she looked at my face and then she asked, “Are you kidding?” Of course, I was NOT kidding and she could see that. It caused her to laugh for a very long time. She laughed so hard that she couldn’t tell me why it was funny. Eventually she did calm down enough to say, “Look it up on the computer…search images so you can see one.”

I did. Apparently camel-toes have absolutely nothing to do with feet, or toes for that matter. Even after she stopped laughing, my daughter couldn’t quite explain what an actual camel-toe was, but she was able to say that I did have one in this picture of my backside:

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the term, it seems as though the camel reference has something to do with two humps.

You know, if I had met someone with a really long second toe, I very well might have called them “Camel-toe”. Knowing me, I would have said it right to their face and with my luck, they would have known exactly what a camel-toe was.

I’m glad that the issue came up with my grown daughter, I could have asked ANYONE had the thought had popped into my head at a different time. Even so, it was slightly embarrassing. I’ve asked a few stupid questions in my life…here are some of the more asinine queries that I’ve made:

1. I took a letter to the Bensenville post office so I could send it to my cousin who lived about 10 miles away. I asked the man if they could send it air mail. He responded, “You could if there were any planes flying from Bensenville to Roselle.”

2. After a night of making love I asked the father of my kids what the fishy smell was. He laughed so hard he had an anxiety attack.

3. I asked my father the name of the song that goes, “Bingo, bango, bongo” over and over again. He didn’t even laugh, he just shook his head and walked away.

4. I walked into Auto Zone and asked for the “small funnel”. I needed one that would help me get the oil in the little hole. Instead, the guy showed me the BIG hole that said OIL.

5. I walked around the Dollar Store looking for someone to tell me how much the sponge in my hand was. Luckily I realized where I was before I actually asked for the price check.

6. My ex had a woman calling our house, I found someone else’s make-up in our car, he stopped calling me from work and he treated me like shit. Then I asked, “Is there somebody else?” That may be the single dumbest question that I, or any other woman, has ever asked a man.

I tried to come up with 10 stupid things that I’ve asked people but I only came up with 6. Do NOT let that lead you to believe that those are the ONLY dumb questions I’ve ever asked. They’re the only 6 that I can come up with right now. I may remember more and if I do, I’ll be back to let you know about them.

For now, I have to take my dog for a walk. He LOVES Los Angeles but they do have a law that ALL dogs (except breeding dogs) have to be de-sexed. That poor dog is a virgin and now he has to lose his testicles without ever having a chance to use them. How sad.

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Chocolate!

2009-10-30T13:35:00.000+02:00

I think I didn’t tell but I love chocolate too! And yesterday I made a chocolate cake to eat with ice cream, really tasty, and my brother made some hot chocolate to drink, so tasty!

And now I’ve been drinking coffe with chocolate taste, two things that I love in one.

I’m maybe going to buy candy today, as its soon halloween, and there will probably come some annoying kids to steal my /our (my familys) candy like each single year “trick or treat?”. Omg, I still remember when I was the same stupid going around begging for candy, being dressed to an ugly witch, lol.

But when I think about it, maybe it isn’t so stupid anyway, I mean, we buy the candy, and they get it, so that’s good for them atleast and bad for us “old” people. (I’m not old! not yet! I’m just not a kid.. even tho I wish I could still be..)

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Random #74

2009-10-30T05:39:00.000+02:00

The more I give in, the more attitude she is.

I’ve already tried to be thicked skin and be nice t her, but all I get is more black face and attitude tone.

I feel so… so… stupid.

I just wanna make peace.

I’m really tired of pleasing ppl. I dont owe ppl anything. Why can’t they accept who I am and not how they want me to be?

Sigh. Getting a lil too emotional at this period of the mth.

It’s Friday again. Facial later and movie w ex colleagues. Been quite some time since I last saw the girls. =)

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A Big, Sickening Breakfast

2009-10-28T21:43:00.000+02:00

Jason and I recently had a date morning with Katie Beth. Her one request was to go to iHop. She’s been asking to go forever, and as frugal as we’re trying to be lately, sometimes you have to have some extras. We sat down to look at the menu, and I saw this menu entree which made my heart sink and my stomach sick. This is a brunch item at iHop that comes with steak, two or three eggs, two bacon slices, two sausages (this person opted for skipping the bacon and doubling the sausage), two pancakes, and potatoes. It was somewhere around 12ish dollars I think. (This picture was just one I found online, not anything we ordered.) I sat there just thinking and thinking and got a little teary-eyed. It kind of brought together everything God has been speaking to my heart lately.

Why did it make me sick and my heart drop? My first thougth was Biggest Loser. We had just watched it the night before and they had gone out to eat and were analyzing the nutritional value of restaurant food. I thought Jillian would have a hissy fit if she could see that. It is suprising to me that someone actually orders and eats all of that food in one setting?? Good grief!

But then my immediate follow up thought was, What an African family wouldn’t do for that amount and variety of food! They’d stretch it out over a week if they could - many of them will NEVER eat like that – even spread out over a week or a month!

Now don’t think if I’m out and see a spread like that before you that I’ll be judging you! I’m all for good food and induldge myself too often – let’s not even mention the batch of no bake cookies that have disappeared so quickly at my house. And nobody else at my house really likes them… hmm…

But, God is really working on me with generosity. Our pastor is doing a great series on this right now called Generous Living – my favorite sermon so far has been How to Be Rich. Sit and watch it if you have a few minutes. It really puts into perspective how much we really have.

I’m going to be really honest here. I’ve never been a big giver. We do give regularly to our church for an amount that is sacrificial for our family. But, I wish we were giving more. We do plan to give more as God gives us more, but it’s not going to be skyrocketing anytime soon with saving for an adoption and paying off debt. But, it has been mine and Jason’s goal for our entire marriage to use whatever we have for God’s glory and for ministry purposes.

However in the past when we have gotten things that ask us to donate money – anything that goes above and beyond what we already do (like people going on mission trips, someone adopting, a need that has come up, etc.,) I haven’t even really considered it. We don’t have anything to give. We just don’t. I pray for them, I encourage them, and I support them in other ways if possible. But, I’m usually not giving monetarily. I’ve also been selfish with my time. Three kids and working a couple or three contract jobs plus the areas I serve is not easy to manage. But, could I give a little more of my time? I could.

One thing that’s been huge for me in this adoption process is learning to accept things from others. It’s hard for me. I talked about it here, and I’m still in awe that God is teaching me a lesson through this about receiving. But, God is also teaching me about giving.

Through the sermon series, small group lessons, discussions with friends, and lots of talks with God, my heart is changing. Jason and I are already trying to save every penny we can with the adoption so we are rethinking all that we do and things we can do without that we thought were needs – the “extras” we don’t really need. Which makes me think that I could have been giving at least something all along. But even still, those small sacrifices don’t add up to much, or do they?

I’ve always thought that sending someone a $25 or $50 or $100 check when they were trying to raise tons of money was almost like a slap in the face, a drop in the bucket, mainly useless. But, anything we’ve been given – from $25 to $250 is all the same to us encouragement wise! Obviously the larger amounts get us to our goal quicker, but the fact that someone is willing to remember what we’re doing, believe in it, want to support us, and take the time to sit down, write a check or pull out their check card, and put something behind the support is huge! Equally huge have been people willing to give of their time to come help – like with the garage sale and cleanup. Whether it was one hour or 20 hours, it meant so much to us! I’ve learned that support and prayer is huge, but being willing to back it up with SOMETHING – time or money - is such a blessing to the giver and the receiver!

Because of seeing it on this side, I’m going to try to give more try to be less mindful of what I think I can do and more mindful of what God would have me do. When someone needs even just an hour of my time to help with a project, I’m going to really work on thinking outside of my immediate little world and giving the hour. When someone has a financial need, God prompts our hearts, and He gives us the desire to give, I’m going to work on loosening the vice grip on my wallet with the budget numbers flashing before my eyes and instead praying through what God would have us do – which shouldn’t be the cheapest way out either. Can’t say how much I’ll be doing this while we’re still in the adoption raising money process. But even in a tight budget, there’s always wiggle room.

The fact of the matter is that giving is infectious! Think about it this way. A man is walking down the road and is carrying a huge load on his back. He calls out and asks several people for help; people encourage him and tell him he’s doing a great job, but nobody actually lightens his load. He makes it there, but he used a lot more time and energy than he thought he would. He’s TIRED and discouraged. On his trip back home, he sees someone else with a heavy load calling for help. He wants to help, but you know, he had to carry his own load, he’s tired, and you know what? The next time he has to carry a big load, nobody will probably be there to help him so he better just conserve his energy. Do you see how it’s a cyclical problem? If everyone would give a little, our world could be the place that God desired it to be! 1 John 3:16 – 19 says, “We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters. If someone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need but shows no compassion—how can God’s love be in that person? Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions. Our actions will show that we belong to the truth, so we will be confident when we stand before God.”

My prayer is that God continues to make Jason and I more aware of the wiggle areas in our finances and time. That He will give us wisdom to recognize when He wants us to give and the ways to make that happen. And I’m still in awe that while I think we’re just going through the adoption process that God is teaching us so many other things that I know will carry beyond this one time period. God’s good like that!

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SA PILING NIYA...

2009-10-28T13:39:00.000+02:00

Wow. I feel like bursting out my blog here rather than in my multiply. I feel like my multiply is sooo dead. NAH. Just INACTIVE> hahaha. ) Anyway, no one bother’s to read this page. No one cares to understand nor to listen to all this crappy thoughts I’m writing. Hey that’s NOT EMO. And the title HAS NO CONSTANT CONNECTION to what I’m saying right now. BUT IT HAS A DIRECT CONNECTION TO MY FEELINGS.

Grabe. Iba na tong nafefeel ko. WHO CARES?

NO, THIS IS WRONG.

I’m constantly in a state of MISSING, WISHING, COUNTING. I don’t wanna put myself to trouble. JUST THAT.

You can’t be too careful anymore, with all that is waiting for you.

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Bondings

2009-10-28T05:47:00.000+02:00

There are so many meanings to this word ‘bonding’, but what comes first to your mind?

For me, my thoughts run to emotional bonds, bonds of love, bonds of friendship, bongs of adoring, bonds of caring.

Emotions always intrigue me to think more, observe more, see through what appears and what lies beneath, know why you feel a particular way and why not? There’s so much to it and I want to see it, know it. I think that’s why I’m so fond of emotional movies too, like Love Aaj Kal, When Harry met Sally, Jerry Maguire, Wake up Sid, Forest Gump(absolute Fave, I’ll watch it a million times, I think I already know most of the dialogues), Big Fish, Never been Kissed, Made of Honor (Love this, actually love Tom too;) ),P.S. I Love You(awww I cried twice in the first I watch).. and the list can go on.

Keeping to the original thoughts ‘Emotions and Bonding’. I love to bond, I love the feeling, like you connect, literally like you can sense the existing of this thread that connects you and another person. It feels like you know this something exists and only you can feel this and share this thread/bond, its unique, its only for you too, irreplaceable, absolutely ir-reproduceable. It’s a great feeling!

It might seem that I’m making too much out of a small and very common part of human nature and existence, but, if you actually stop and think about it, you’ll know that every bonding you share with every person on this earth is so unique. It’s like its your own exclusive antique collection, nowhere else to be found on the earth. Thrilling na!

I share different kinds of bonding with so many people and this is when I’m not a very social person, so I’m so sure you’all would also have many such bondings…do share…

Friendship Bonding - Here also there are many types..

I have friends I share a total masti type bonding, we connect on how to have fun and what you find fun. It’s cool! As soon as I say ‘I really enjoy sitting at Nescafe till late nights and sipping coffee’ and the other person says ‘me too’, click, there’s a bonding. Then I have a few friends who might not know much about my personal life and vice-versa, and also we don’t feel there is anything missing if we don’t share it, coz what we’re bonding over is FUN!

There are friends I can talk to for hours without even having to stop for a second to collect what to talk about next. I love this bonding too, the Talk-Talk type, hey! that’s a nice one, I’ll call this ‘Talk-Talk bonding’. It feels so good to be able to say everything in your mind, in fact I think I share this bonding with my blog as well. I love this blog space!! I’m a working software engineer adult! Believe me!/? lol!

Another very unique bonding in friendship is that comes from books & reading. I love this one too. Now I may not know much fancy authors and I usually stick to popular fiction stuff until this last time I went to Connaught Place and picked up random books whose summary seemed interesting from a second-hand books shop (if anyone want to know, it’s the Book corner next to Plaza) and it made me feel all like ‘great reading taste and stuff type’ and the books were all good too (see my novels I’ve read links on right hand). I love to talk about the writing skills and how you interpret these words and how the other person feels about it, and the great thing about this bonding is that it exists even if the ideas you have are totally different, like opposites. It actually excites me to know that a person could find a piece so contrasting to how I felt and interpreted it. I find this different mind and thoughts type stuff quite interesting. I should have so gone into psychology. ‘The bloody list of Should’s ’ again. Hey next post on this, or maybe a book? You’ll read na..?

And another unique bonding I can think of is the ‘Altering bonding’, this happens that you may connect every time on a different thing, not like every time, but like frequently. And I think this one leads to one of the best friendships you have. I love friendships. I love to care, be cared for, to share, to confess, to console… awww… I’m all aww type now, *back to normal please, I’m in office remember!*

Also, yes I missed the ‘Confess All bonding’, there are some people you feel you can say anything to and they will not judge you for it. I confess to sis and I love her for not judging me, although her love for baby sis does surface and she advices me a little later, but never judges me. Another friend ‘S’ I used to confess to, but now things have gone sour, she was in Delhi and I called her to meet up, then she got busy and left without even talking and then I saw he status on Facebook reading that ‘if we just accept people the way they are no one would end up loosing friends’ and I knew that was for me. She doesn’t consider me her ‘confess all friend’ anymore, or even just a friend. It makes me sad. Really! I lost one very unique bond from my collection and with a lot of pain in my heart! But I don’t think about it much as it has been like this for a while now.

Other Bonding - Now I didn’t want ot put there something like ‘Love Bonding’ or something, coz I feel the source of all the above and next to come bonding is Love is some way or the other.

There’s also this ‘Adoring Bonding’ that might not totally be two-sided by I’d still call it a bonding and add it to my collection please. Sometimes, you find some people so adoring, like you can just sit and watch them/listen to them/observe them. You might adore them for their beauty, intelligence, art, talent, easiness, style, arrogance. It’s so great. I observe strangers sometimes, behaving, reacting, being themselves as in their routine ways. I like to admire the everyday routine-ness of it all, the casual natural and everyday general reactions and behavior. I also adore a few more people, for the way they are or secretly for the way I wish I could be. I love to adore…love.. This bonding make you feel so warm and human (god know why I need to feel this all the time.. wat re-assurance do I want? that I’m not a dog? .. lol! On a serious note, I think I just love to feel that I have a heart. Whatever sense that makes!)

Then there is this ‘Protective Bonding’, like you just can’t help but feel so protective of the other person.. oh, this reminds me of Edward Cullen “I feel very protective of you”, do you guys notice the way his lips move up from the corners showing his fang teeth. Ooohhh… I love this decent vampire.. lol! Anyways, so yes, about feeling concern for a person, like you know they deserve all the good and you want to make sure they get it. It may be your sibling, friend, someone else. It’s all about the concern. I have this bond for my baby bro.

One more interesting one I remember, I’ll call it the ‘You as Me Bonding’. You know sometimes when we feel every joy and grief of another person as it is our own. Like anything good happens to them and you start jumping like it was happening to you. Like I told you’all about this friend of mine ‘Nilu’. See me and him, we are so close, like we don’t know each other’s family troubles or other deep feelings, we do share stuff on life, aspirations, feelings, thoughts but all in general, sometimes each other’s relationship stuff also, but when he told me he’s going to New York, I was so happy. I could feel the happiness and I knew when its my turn then also I would feel something very similar. I also adore him lot. These bonding are the type that make you feel that even if you meet the person after 10 years or talk after ages (like me and him, we have gaps of months) even then everything will be the same, nothing changes between you two. You both might change to become different people in your own lives, but when you’re together, sharing that bonding space, then everything remains as it was 10 years ago. I fee in this bonding there is also a very strong sense of understanding and being on the same level of thinking. Yay! I have someone like that! You should too…its lovely!

I think I’ve exhausted this page..

Just one more bonding space I can think of right now, ‘Interests bonding’, when you bond over interests. I know I mentioned books above, so maybe that can go over to other interest too… any hobbies you have. Mine are sketching, reading, music, dancing, travelling, writing,.. and so many.

What the hell am I doing stuck in this cubicle and popping my eyes out for hours in front of this computer??? I Should be an artistic person, I am an artistic person…

Fuck type stuff happens… I guess just being practical and getting the bills paid.. lol!

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Funny search

2009-10-26T21:34:00.000+02:00

I know I haven’t posted in forever but work has been crazy and I barely even have time to watch TV! I just wanted to say that someone found my blog by searching for “messy pudding fight”. Very interesting…

Since nobody seems to really be following me too much anymore and I’m incredibly busy, I’m thinking about getting rid of the blog. What do you folks out there think? Is there even anyone who reads my stuff?

I’ll post a few thoughts on some shows and we’ll see how it goes. Read on!

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Hektisk uke..

2009-10-26T13:45:00.000+02:00

Er litt av en uke som står for tur nå. Det er vell ikke det at den er så veldig mye mer hektisk enn alle andres ukeplaner, men det blir en utrolig forandring for meg. Mandag (i dag) har jeg min første kjøretime klokken 16.00. Det blir spennende å se hvordan jeg ligger ann.. å rett og slett om jeg er litt flink, eller bånn i bøtta. Så er det tirsdagen, da er det første dagen på min første ordentlige jobb, Rimi (Ulefoss). Da er det tid for opplæring, Det samme skjer på onsdag. Det blir sikkert to lange dager, men det skal bli godt å komme i gang, og få tjent litt penger.

På torsdag er det den “store” OD-dagen. Den dagen går nok til futsal i Ulefosshallen med guuuttaa.. Så må jeg betale 300 kr til prosjektet. Men det har jeg vell råd til. Så blir det mer fotball på fredag. Da får jeg kjøpt de nye fotballskoene jeg kjøpte (skal legge ut bilder av de senere). Morro! Så i helgen blir det fest. Enten en skikkelig bygdefest med Vassendgutane på Ulefoss. Eller den første russekroen for RUSS2010. Det er et halloween party på Tordenskiold, Langesund. Tror nok begge festene blir bra, så er et vanskelig valg !

Peace out..

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2009-10-26T05:35:00.000+02:00

The Dead Zone

“You’re my best friend”, “I can talk to you about anything”, if you ever heard phrases like that, then chances are you’re in a friend zone. The friend zone is like the black plague, sure there’s warning signs, but you’ll never know till it’s too late, the best way to avoid it is to never be put in it. Don’t be fooled on what you see in the movies, the chances of you escaping the friend zone are almost impossible. Few people know the reason why they’re in the friend zone, but the majority are left clueless. Here are the steps to get yourself thrown into the friend zone.

Let’s start off by indentifying what the friend zone is; the friend zone is a god-forsaken hell pit of doom! Where only the lonely hearted go to die. It is the oldest and most common traps women set up to trick gullible losers into an eternity of mental enslavement. The unfortunate soul who gets trapped in the friend zone will soon realize they have no chance whatsoever to enter some sort of romantic relationship with the woman, nor come close to anything remotely sexual. In this zone the woman will take advantage of the guy for what he’s worth without giving anything in return. It’s the sad truth, but now you know and knowing is half the battle.

Then lose all your ability to say “no” pretty much solidifying your status as a doormat also known as the “nice guy”. She knows she has you on a short lease, just a snap of her finger she has you following her around like a puppy dog. You try to impress her by buying her flowers, gifts and expensive meals, but in reality you’re a sissy, who needs their man card to be ripped up and thrown in a pit of fire! She can’t wait to chop your penis off and turn you into her best girlfriend who can look after her pets while she goes running off for the weekend with a tattooed biker on his Harley.

Next turn yourself into the most hideous looking creature with a great personality, somewhere along the lines of Falkor, the dragon from “The Never Ending Story”. Sure he’s a friendly dragon, friendliest as they come, but c’mon he’s not the cutest looking thing. To her you’ll be known as the “ugly friend” that’s great to hang out with; she’ll find you funny, charming, and fun to be with, but overall she can’t imagine having sex with you, and the thought of your body rubbing against her body is so repulsing that she rather take a .357 magnum to the head.

The last thing you should do is lose all your money! Women love guy’s who are finically stable, and are able to support themselves. You do not want this, your goal is to be “that guy” who lives in the basement of their mother’s home, who always borrows money from people and never pay them back, who can’t seem to hold a stable job – even if your life depended on it. This will usually get you friend zone status, but for those persistent girls who are willing to look pass your “great” finances, having a horrible credit score will usually make them think twice.

**It’s not finish, I need a conclusion….

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Stream: Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (Remix Collection)

2009-10-23T20:46:00.000+02:00

Thomas Mars of Phoenix during their set in Central Park on September 26, 2009. Photo: Amanda Hatfielf

I put up a few of these tracks for download, but if you want to here the whole album click here for a stream. It’s well worth the listen, even the first track (Lisztomania (Alex Metric remix) ) should get you moving, it’s almost (…almost) as if Justice did a (sort of lazy) remix of the album’s lead-off track. It has the feel and the prominent midrange, but it’s a little lengthy for a Justice track.

But forgetting that tangent… it’s a stellar collection, and if you’re sitting glued to your computer for at least 45 minutes I recommend throwing this stream on in the back, I was happy I did.

Tracklist:

1. Lisztomania (Alex Metric remix)

2. Fences (The Soft Pack remix)

3. 1901 Bo Flex’d (Passion Pit remix)

4. Lasso (2 Door Cinema Club remix)

5. Fences (25 Hrs A Day remix)

6. 1901 (L’aiglon remix)

7. Love Like A Sunset (Turzi remix)

8. Fences (Boombass remix)

9. Lisztomania (A Fight For Love – 25 Hrs A Day remix)

10. Fences (Friendly Fires remix)

11. Armistice (Yacht remix)

12. Girlfriend (Young Fathers remix)

13. Fences (Chairlift remix)

14. Rome (Neighbours with Devendra Banhart)

15. Love Like A Sunset (Animal Collective remix)

Enjoy.

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While Obama Fiddles, NATO May Send More Troops To Afghanistan

2009-10-23T12:46:00.000+02:00

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday that NATO allies are moving toward sending more troops and civilian aid to Afghanistan.

Gates said he was “heartened” by allies’ commitment to the 8-year-old war even as the Obama administration mulls whether to order tens of thousands more U.S. troops to the fight.

The Pentagon chief cited a long-term commitment by NATO partners to remain in Afghanistan until the conflict is successfully resolved.

At a meeting of 28 NATO defense ministers in Bratislava, Gates said he did not seek specific promises of military assistance, and none was given. He described, however, “a renewed determination to see this through.”

“There were a number of allies who indicated they were thinking about, or were moving toward, increasing either their military or their civilian contributions, or both,” Gates said at a news conference. “And I found that very heartening.”

He praised NATO nations for already doubling the number of troops they have sent to Afghanistan over the last 15 months. “People really have been stepping up to this,” Gates said.

Gates also sought to assure allies that the United States also will remain in the fight, despite the Obama administration’s ongoing indecision over a war strategy.

via NATO moves toward more troops for Afghan war.

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Haruhi skirt done~

2009-10-23T04:40:00.000+02:00

These pictures are pretty self-explanatory xD

Apparently the skirt is also pretty short… shorted than I anticipated. But its cause of the pleats. So it has more fabric on top. I need to fix that somehow. In the front it looks the nicest. In the back.. meh. Who’s gonna take a pic of the back anyhow?

Finally finished it. Can be better. There is a small white spot in the back that you can see the velcro though!! Rawr. is it noticable?

Let’s see… this skkirt took me a total of two days! That makes me happy. But then again… Skirts are usually the easiest for me.

Now I’ll try to start the shirt … tomorrow.

I should be coming home early just because im not sure what I have to do tomorrow. I know my bro won’t let me drive anyone in his car so my options are limited >.<

But..hum. I’m getting back into my cosplay mode because midterms are over and the I have a short time span before my finals come along and I hope to finish Haruhi and Mikuru before then. Thennnn… no project during Thanksgiving holiday. But take on another group cosplay for Winter break before ALA. Yep. That’s my plan for sures. Nothing dduring thanksgiving cause I’m FINALLY planning my RE test for that week. So I get a good full week to cram everything about it into my head. No joke. If I fail it my life is totally doomed.

But hey! Gotta do it eventually. I wanna get a business card xD

I have also started two new series today. Letter Bee — which I really like. I may cosplay from there cause it looks really cute… maybe not xD Its an option! And also…Yumeiro Patissiere. Has CAKES in it! I like it alot, one cause its cute. two cause its cake. three cause its cake! xD Makes me wanna bake…

–Kimiko–

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The Epic Drop That Went the Other Way!

2009-10-21T20:45:00.000+02:00

Yeah, so this site was suppose to be my “real life” other stuff other than the Horde blog. Well, I sort of posted my real life news over there this time. It wasn’t my fault really. Lets blame Pie and Fikkle, yeah. Those guys are bad news! They are all over the place influencing me to go ahead and post about everything over there…

Okay, now I’m just spreading slander and lies. Slander and Lies I tell you. I did it for selfish reasons. See, this is the deal. I get like what 40ish hits here on a good day. 4theHorde gets 150+ on slow days. I love my new little girl, she’s a cutie. I wanted to tell the world about her! Now, let’s be honest. Which is quicker, telling 40 people a day, or telling 150 people per day? Hmmmm, I may be no Nimrock when it comes to the mathifications, but I do know that 150>40. Basics my good man, basics.

So yeah, I wanted to take a quick minute to divert you all over to the article at 4theHorde. I wrote up a big post about the delivery of the little one as seen from a gamer’s point of view. Not just any gamer, a wow gamer. I hope you all enjoy it, I know I had fun writing it. So yeah, teh Epic drop went that way and landed on 4theHorde, not here. Sorry for the 2 people who may read this one, and not that one, you guys are awesome…wait…I’m guessing there are no people who read this one, and not that one…just a guess.

Now, just a quick heads up. I’m about to open up another venue for me to unload my creative juices upon the internet. Yes, that’s right, MORE SYLUS! Have you ever wondered what your avatar would look like drawn up AMAZINGLY? Well, lets just say you might not have to wait much longer. I’ve already said too much, and my sponsors are going to kill me if I say any more…wait…we have sponsors? Well, if the wife counts as a sponsor for donating my time…then I have a sponsor!

~Uncle Sy

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Random clutter

2009-10-21T12:39:00.000+02:00

I’ve wanted to blog, but when there’s sooooo much going on in my brain I can’t do a single thing.

I have lunch with a co-ed multi-cultural group. We laugh sooo much sometimes I nearly pee on myself. On Friday we were talking about vitamins when Ram mentioned that he likes to take B12 shots…gives energy etc. I inquired more because if its that good I need that in my life stat! He went on to say that he gets them from his boyfriend. As a result of his boyfriends’ HIV status he needs them. My reaction was “wow”…then he said that he was HIV positive as well…..”wow”. We talked about this for awhile and his numbers are low enough that he does not need medication. I felt really grateful that medicine has progressed enough that being HIV does not have to mean it’s a death sentence.

It also made me wonder…are folx really STILL having unprotected secks???? SERIOUSLY??? I don’t think I updated ya’ll on this yet, but remember the girl that left her son with my friend and then went missing? Well she was found….her body that is. It seems that her boyfriend killed her because he discovered that she gave him HIV…speechless. Do you know of friends that are this careless with their bodies?? You might want to share this story.

I did the breast cancer walk on Sunday. On Sunday, the weather was cold, rainy and windy. WICKED. R picked up me and the girls. Before we left the house he kept wondering out loud if I would be warm enough. I had on leggings, two long sleeved tees, and my vest. He dropped us off at the registration booth so that he could go and park the car. We were outside a good 2 minutes when I cried aloud. It was FREEZING! I called his cell and we headed back to the house. We changed clothes and made it back without missing anything.

The walk was a little emotional. It felt great to be united with so many people for the same cause. We were doing a great thing. I plan to do the walk next year as well.

School is going well, but I’m feeling a little overwhelmed. I’m not even sure why.

Another guy in my lunch crew has been coping with his boyfriend’s cancer. This guy is only 24 years old. Yesterday he was rushed into emergency surgery, and it wasn’t looking good. I got word before I left work that he pulled through the surgery, but that his condition was still very critical. I’ve been praying hard for him.

Oy vie…what’s some good news??? The girls are doing great. They’ve had some moments of civility over the past few days. I’ve been putting some funk in my work wear dress…no pics…ya’ll ain’t ready…lol

I purchased a pair of grey shoes yesterday…I’ve had them in my thoughts for like 3 weeks. I’m glad that I waited…the price was sweeeet. They make me happy.

I’m starting to plan my holiday party.

I’ve had so many opportunities to witness in the past week or two. It’s been great…and I’m thankful to be used.

I’ll be making a trip to NC in January. I want to scope out my (potentially)new state in the winter season, and then I’ll visit again in April or May.

This is for us Nerdgirl “”Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried”.

*exhale*

Random?

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Baked Proposal ♥

2009-10-21T04:36:00.000+02:00

I have been obsessed about baking cupcakes this past week, and as a result, I have been browsing the web for recipes. The pretty pictures some blogger posted are just a plus.

Here’s some of my favorite sites:

http://www.bakerella.com

http://cupcakeblog.com

http://cookingismypassion.blogspot.com

http://chockylit.blogspot.com

This is why I ♥ http://cookingismypassion.blogspot.com:

I mean, you gotta admit that they’re so damn cute. I practically licked my screen the moment I saw them.

Okay, I’m exaggerating. Those are too cute to eat.

But my favorite site is still bakerella:

Those are not hamburgers. Those are cupcakes pretending to be burger buns, and brownies pretending to be hams, and green icing playing lettuce, yellow icing playing mustard, and of course, red one is the sauce.

http://www.bakerella.com/fast-food-fun/

But the post I saw today, totally topped all those cuteness above. It’s this one:

It’s cake on a lollipop stick, shaped as a wedding cake. The writer claimed that it can be given for:

An engagement party
A wedding shower
Wedding favors
You could even propose with them

Pay attention to the last option.

Because…

And then there’s a little writings under:

While the sarcastic part in me thinks that Rich is such a cheapskate, proposing through a website (a cooking website, no less), the hopeless romantic part in me thinks, “Awwwww…”

And she said yes!

To Melissa and Rich, whoever and wherever you are, congratulations!

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Quick Appearance For Pisa

2009-10-19T20:46:00.000+02:00

Pisa Tinoisamoa had a quick return to the Bears starting lineup. He went down with a knee injury early the the game and did not return. He had just come back from an injury he suffered on the 1st drive of the 1st game of the season.

His lone highlight so far was his tackle on Michael Turner in which he took on the oversized runningback and blasted him backwards, forcing him to fumble.

How long he will be out is not yet determined. Until then, Jamar Williams will be the starter.

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Stella's First Snow....Sort Of........

2009-10-19T12:42:00.000+02:00

"What the heckity heck is that Mama????"

So it snowed here in Maine yesterday. Yay. Yipee. It’s just not right for it to snow in October….it’s not. It didn’t start until late….after dark…and it was just kind of a slushy mess for a little while….didn’t really amount to anything.

Miss Stella is a southern Belle from Louisiana…..she’s never experienced cold weather or snow. She didn’t really seem to notice the difference when she went out in it last night. That will change in a month or so when she goes out to do her business in three feet of snow.

Like this......

Won’t that be fun Stella? Won’t it???? Don’t worry…..Papa will go out into the yard everytime it snows and shovel you a little pathway so you can go do your business.

The Internet abhors a funnel (Scripting News)

Come closer...

2009-10-19T04:46:00.000+02:00

Listen, the Sunday Nation had a story about two Kenyan Gay men and their civil union in London. As soon as that story hit the news stands Kenyans went into overdrive calling the union un- African (What’s really African then?)

Here’s a sample of what people had to the say on the Nation site

‘The word ‘unafrican’ in this context is a joke. If we have to be honest about getting rid of all things unafrican I would suggest that we begin with the Bible and Koran which are quite unafrican and have formed the basis for a lot of this hate and needless wars. The same people who are crying out to God here are the very same people who whispered evil and stood ready to carry pangas against their own neighbours on the basis of tribe. Kenyans ought to be ashamed of their hypocrisy and applaud these two for their sincerity’

‘thats against the African tradition and neither christanity,islam or any other religion supports what they are doing.shame on them’

‘Those who feel that they are too pure at heart and in their deeds should open their mouths to criticize these two people of God.So what if they are gay? Or is this the issue of what is the lesser evil?? From what i gather, they are only gay. They havent stolen your money, they havent rooted your countries resources, they dont rob your families or even kill. People get real and try to grow up..the world has moved on’

From the Nation

Now, here’s my take on it. What is sooo wrong with being gay? Seriously we as a society are ready to wine and dine with those who violate PEOPLE’s rights everyday hurting soo many people each day. We have looters amongst us, robbers, corrupt officials, murderers and soo many. I know the Holy book says that no sin is greater than the other but why are people going all coco over a man who has chosen to have bananas instead of the staple mangos?

Above is a picture that featured in one of the local dailies YES it was from a drag party! Someone told me ‘I want to vomit’ when she saw this pictures…REALLY??? Is a guy wearing make-up and heels worse than the activities you and your boyfriend try to engage in and you end up breaking beds and lamp stands? Are they worse than the callers on Maina’s show??

People live with it, gay people were here kutoka kitambo most make more money that YOU hehe, they’re better citizens than YOU! They are TRUE to themselves something y’all need to be before you curse gay people.

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Beautiful Light Edit

2009-10-16T20:32:00.000+02:00

I haven’t been taking picture but just to put something up, I took some time to edit the picture I took with my cellphone the other day. The original picture is here. You’ll notice that I went from a more reddish-warm to a more yellow-warm in this new edit. The primary reason for that is that the light that day was really golden. The red/magenta tint on the original picture was due to poor WB on my cellphone so I edited it ot be truer to the light that day.

There’s a bit of “halo”ing because of oversharpening and some clarity adjustments.

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And gravity wants to bring me down

2009-10-16T12:45:00.000+02:00

All that the animals at the zoo do is eat and sleep. All they have is in that small enclosure they lie in 24/7. Its no wonder life is mudane there- for the animals that is. Guanacos, looking sad, cats of prey walking around in circles, lions yawning and orang utans lying on trees. This is their life. A life of captive. A life just like ours. Minus the various luxuries, our lives are just as ‘enclosed’ as theirs are. Feeling sad when things are down, following routines in circles, getting tired and even bored of our lives. Though its through that we make our own future, we determine our own lives and how it is viewed; sometimes it just feels like we’re in this enclosed area, just like an invisible cage, holding us captive and trapping us, locking us down at rock bottom. It maybe the short-lived “holiday” period, but it doesn’t seem like much have changed. Just. That. ____. Life.

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Healthy Lifestyle ;)

2009-10-16T04:30:00.000+02:00

Went over to Ian’s condo yesterday since it’s his off day. We have been planning on what to do on that day. We thought about going for a movie? shopping? ktv? condo? or just to stay at home? Before we went to bed the day before, we decided to go condo

We played table tennis. Since its a weekday, so everyone has gone to work. All the sports rooms were empty shit. Hahaha.

Ian FORCED me to wear this shirt instead of the polo shirt i’m wearing. wtf. He said the attire must be cool. Shit lah XD hahaha. Though my attire looks cool but my skill isn’t COOL!! Whats the point then?? He used to be a Malaysian player, he kept saying I’m a NOOB. wtf. I only started to play t.t. this year okay?!!

I was playing until syok and he said lets stop. wth!! Fine and we stopped and headed to the gym.

SURPRISINGLY, I’m better than him! He did this running machine for a while then stop already. Babi. Ian is getting fatter anf fatter and fatter. Lazy bum. Dummy >=l We also did yoga. Hahahaha. Funny like hell.

Then, we actually planned to swim. But this stupid Ian keep complaining that he’s tired and bla blas.

The pool looks nice right?? Hee hee. Unfortunately, we DID NOT swim…due to the laziness of the dummy >=l We went back to house and bathe. I bought a snack. I don’t really remember the name of it. Chipster or something @.@ I was eating and I felt weird. Isn’t it suppose to be super crunchy?? But this is in return and it tasted weird!!! I turned to look at the expiry date.

FUCK!!!

The day was on the 15th. Can you imagine how long this snack had been displayed on the shelf of the shop? Urgh! Everytime I bought a snack, the expiry date suppose to be after one or two years time right? SHIT LAH!! But i finished everything also. Hahaha.

We went to Station One Bandar Puteri for lunch. Had spaghetti Marinara(i dunno spelling) and a tomyam soup(yummy) while Ian ahd his nasi lemak SPECIAL~ nothing special though. We returned home and take a nap. So tiring since we both woke up at 7.30am >.<

Around 3pm, we left and headed to Subang village. Ian wanna bliss~~

This baby is so cutee~~! I bought this from SnJ for Ian.Sometimes looking at it, I felt pity for this little baby. He couldn’t stop nodding!!! XD He must be really tired huh. Hahaha. Ian always said this little boy resembles him XD so HARDWORKING, even reading in the toilet while doing business.

On the way home…

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Random Thoughts

2009-10-14T20:36:00.000+02:00

Things that crossed my mind today:

- When I am not in the mood to deal with people, it happens quite suddenly, and you can tell because I am deathly quiet and you just know I am thinking humanity is on my shit list at that precise moment.

- I can’t even pretend to enjoy or want to be a part of a conversation about weddings and children. Such a conversation would require me having had a few drinks. This is null and void if you are one of those few people who is getting married or having a child and doesn’t feel the need to overshare, and I actually ask you about your wedding or child.

- People will go a long way to try to pretend they are enjoying your company while they are really thinking they can’t wait to escape your presence. If you pay attention, you’ll actually learn to recognize the look.

- Some people need to listen before they answer. Example: Question: Have the cats been inside at all today? Answer: We can’t let them in right now because there are people coming. My thought: Did you ear the question? How does that answer the actual question?

- I felt comfort and smiled widely when a friend said over the phone, “I hope the place is not filled with kids. I hate children.” He knows he can say it to me without me thinking he is a monster. I am sorry more people can’t understand that not liking children is not equal to being a heartless person. Really.

I’ve had plenty more thoughts today, but those are the ones that lingered. That an idea for a new book. Alas, I have little time to really consider writing anything right now.

Love,

Natalia

Today, I am grateful for: A flexible work schedule.

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Frivolous Anticipation

2009-10-14T11:53:00.000+02:00

Most of us know that feeling of anticipation that’s comparable to waiting for Santa to hurry his fat-ass up and deliver your presents. Of course this specific form of anticipation is the one felt when something is ordered online. More specifically pre-ordered.

Waiting for the release day is the first stage of anticipation, but then the awareness that the product is released and available to consumers hits the consciousness. Now the online pre-order seems foolish, because the product could be purchased now. Then the anticipation of the shipping confirmation sneaks into the forefront of the mind. Followed closely by the delivery confirmation e-mail that gets received right away thanks to modern day cell-phone technology. After that, the only desire is to return home and get the damn product.

Seriously. Oct. 27th is Atelier Annie’s release date for the Nintendo DS. I pre-ordered it months ago, and now the anticipation of the release date is weighing heavy on me.

God, I’m such a nerd.

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Inspiration Where Art Thou?

2009-10-14T04:23:00.000+02:00

I really need to snap out of this! I woke up this morning feeling really depressed. I guess it is a snowball of feelings accumulated overtime. I am not too sure what is triggering it. While I was back at my parents’ house for the past 2 days, I cannot help but to feel really sad because the house was so empty. There isn’t anyone except for my little baby daughter and me.

This was home for me for the past 26 years and for it to be so empty, I felt a major void in it. Apart of me really misses it. The essence of it wasn’t there and there isn’t any soul in it. I went through a lot of emotions when I was growing up in it back then. The sad and happy emotions from the past seemed to have came together in a huge mass and was hitting me at full speed. I am definitely devastated. I really needed a day just to recuperate from this hurtful state. I am not even sure if I am feeling the void for having lost my grandpa recently. That is the hardest part – to figure out what is wrong.

I was walking around the neighborhood in the morning and I cannot help but to feel really out of place because of all the changes. I remembered very clearly how each and every house were before we moved out of the neighborhood. I miss my morning walks with my dogs (they too aren’t with us anymore).

My parents are both busy looking after my newborn niece at the moment and without their presence in the house I guess that is the main reason for the void. For every home, there has got to be a soul in it.

I just couldn’t stand being in that empty house again so I decided to come back to my own little quiet crib to do things I really like doing for example doing the chores and have breakfast at a restaurant nearby.

I grew up in an environment where both my parents are always around. They work on their own business from home and it has always been 100% quality family time. Mom and dad sacrificed a lot just to be with us but I just can’t say the same for my daughter right now. I do wish to stay home and spend all the time with her but that just can’t happen with this crazy rat race.

My life is some how repetitive at the moment. Sometimes I rather wish I was dead but that is just too selfish. I just need to reinvent myself, an evolution of some sort. I need to break this habit of going round and round. I need to think out of the box.

Well, my time alone is coming to an end soon. As I look forward to search for my purpose, I am still trying to figure that part of my life out.

Why must we fight so hard for our rightful self worth I wonder. And I wonder what my life is really worth too!

This is a much needed rest for me, but while I have the time, I just can’t quiet down this wild heart of mine. It has been conditioned to be restless to a point that it is hard to tame it.

When will I ever find the peace in my heart?

Lord, please take these anxieties away.

Thank you.

Michelle Rodriguez