Tick Offs
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I was in a good old holiday mood and someone just brought me down. Yes it's true this time of year you should be nice just because it's a good idea and not for any rewards. Ultimately, if that's your belief then morally you should not wait till Christmas to do this. Should be year round and it is it's own reward. Now that that has been said, I posted a holiday poll on my Dev art that I took down because someone wasn't in the right spirit of things. I asked people to say If they were Naughty or Nice this year. Totally joking, just trying to lighting peoples hearts by saying 1. Oh you know I've been Naughty, 2. Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice, 3. Meh so-so and so on and so forth. Seems most people were selecting naughty just to be funny. Seems I really made a few folks mad. O.O I took it down with appologies but I'm just sitting here going...dang, is this going to turn into that thing like saying "merry christmas" to folks? You know where people get personally offended if you wish them "happy holidays." or "Merry Christmas."????

I'm Pagan and I still say "Merry Christmas" ON THE BLOODY DAY. Because IT IS FRIGGING CHRISTMAS! What if you're from Italy and I wish you happy 4th of July when you're living in this country. Are you going to have a hissy? Just be in the spirit of the season and be a little more forgiving for frith's sake (points if you know what Frith is from)

Get off your holiday ego and be nice or naughty damn it! -shakes the screen-

Aaaaahhh I feel better ^_^
Now one more rant then I shall plot what cookie I shall try to make for my cookie exchange.


Big Boys
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I was watching W2 and there was a commercial for Life According to Jim and King of Queens. Both are shows where very large, fat and unattractive men have rather good looking, slim sexy women for wives. The commercial talked about "they are big guys, with hot wives." and I just kind of had to gawk. Why is it okay? No no, really...why is it okay that a man be huge and eat like a pig, act like an ass and some how gets a tig of a woman who I could break like a pinata as a wife. There are no sexy beef cakes on TV with a more curvy woman. No american idol backstreet boy reject with a six pack is dating a Susan Boil. (or however her name is spelled)

I'm disgusted. I'm going to take post-it notes, go to barns and noble, write on them you are beautiful the way you are and put them in all the frigging Cosmo mags I find. I've done it before I'll do it again.

(Yes grace I know this is your rant about Heavy Metal. I agree it's valid.)

Mouse
Citizen of Action!

Current Mood: angry

Celebrities Behaving Badly
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I miss the days when Rolling Stones use to be about people who DID SOMETHING. Now it covers what people do badly or the scandles. Nothing about who people were inspired by. Their style of music. No...it's about 'who's gay' or 'did you see or hear about this?' When did all the media coverage of celebrities turn into a gossip clip. Or people are becoming famous for their bad behavior. Balloon Boy and family for example. Everyone knows who they are because of how poorly they acted ultimately. Matt and I were on our way to Utah when that store was covered on a News Radio. Usually I try to avoid things. I only recently found out that Tiger Woods was in the news for some crash or something ...

... I try to avoid it and not talk about it but I'm honestly annoyed. It's the media shows like American Idol and those kind of reality shows that seem to push people to tell them they should care about this. IT DOESN'T MATTER. It's honestly none of our business if somewhere wears a thousand dollar dress to an award show to be honored for acting/lieing. PICK UP A FRIGGING Science Magazine! -ROAR- Feed your brain with nutrition and not Twinkies!


Hat Trick Cops
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Well not really a hat trick given that it was all for the same thing but it was a three different locations. I shall back track. While leaving from work on Tuesday about 9pm-ish I was stopped at the corner before turning off to head down wadsworth by a cop. My head light was out on the driver side and I got a warning for it. Okay no big deal, get home and call the dealership to get the part I need to fix it. No it can't be that easy because these guys are the Westy cops. -groan- I got down to 88th street which is about a minute away and was pulled over again. FOR THE SAME THING!! I took another warning, told him that another cop had just told me that about a mile back and cross my heart I'll get it fixed. I took the warning card again and kept on my way. Another mile and what do I see in my rear view mirror? I laughed. I couldn't help it. I just laughed as the cops pulled me over once more time not but 1/4th away from my apartment. I rolled down the window, handed him the license, reg, insurance and the two warnings. The cops started to walk away, looked at the cards, looked at me and asked "Know why I pulled you over?" And I was like "yeeeeap, two of your buddies already let me know. Headlight's out. I'm going to get it fixed in the morning." "Thank you. Have a good night ma'am."

I'm so glad my tax dollars are going to this. I think my car gives the westy cops a hard on. Bleh! So I got it fixed yesterday morning in the cold snow and wind and had to walk uphill both ways blah blah blah.


Addicted to Gum
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My god I've realized I have a gum addition. I'm not kidding. I didn't have gum a few days ago and I was acting like a junkie. I need to have something in my mouth. I've moved away from chewing on pencils and pens and even a tack once which some of you know that story. So I moved on to gum. I don't know why I have this need to bite things! I'm going to get lock jaw by 30 -sob-

Challenge
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For those of you that read this, I challenge you to put some money in the little red buckets. I had such a good day yesterday. I bought a dog coat for spike that didn't fit so I went back to get the 9 dollars back. 9 bucks is not a big deal but I was like 'oh starbucks' and being just really selfish honestly. When I went in to walmart I recalled that my store is doing a food drive. So instead I got some soups. There were some where it was like 5 for a dollar and not the nasty stuff no one wants. I mean we're talking nice stuff! And not about to expire or anything. So I got as many of those as I could carry thinking and then some small candy canes to give out at work. Turns out I had 2 dollars and some change left over. Rather than going back I put it in the bucket out side and said today...I will go chai free. Well the universe was happy with my good dead I guess because JD bought me a chai tea and then later than night a man tipped me a 5 for helping him with some desk top publishing. I used it to pay for another person's copies and put the rest on my bosses desk and told her to get a coffee on me. She seemed to need it this morning cause she called me to thank me.

The red bucket has the power to make you feel good. Feed the magic bucket!

Mouse
Citizen of Action

Current Mood: chipper

Thanksgiving AfterMath
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I managed to cook a bird after a scissor mishap. I had plans to spatch cock it and cook it flat but when I went to cut the birds spine out, the handle cracked and sent one part of the blade off in another direction. I've still yet to find where it went. (I think it fell behind the stove ... )

But after listening to everyone's advice and looking over the 14 pound beasty I got. I managed to thaw, cook and season the bird. No one is dead from eating it and there were those going back for seconds. Spike enjoyed a nice cooked kidney, heart and liver of the turkey and was rather well behaved given all the food everywhere. I think the chicken bone insident has made him leary of poultry. Mom and Dad came down from Santa Fe but had to leave early this morning as a friend of the family was having a funeral for his wife today. Harsh. My condolances to Bill and his family.

I think the only other mishap was that our families traditional dish, "Green Salad", came out poorly because I put too much water in it and the shrimp we have as hoursdoveries went bad. Thankfully I tossed stuff before anyone saw. Ha ha ha like it never happened. Otherwise it was a good time. I was really happy Josh and Matt made it over for a short time.


Holiday Gifts
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I have a small window of time to ship things so that I get a employee discount of a very LARGE and helpful nature so for those of you that live out of town or a good ways away from me...you're gifts shall come early. Now I don't really celebrate Christmas but if you do...wait to open them. If you don't or don't care, shred those bad boys open. And some of you i'm giving fair warning, will be late. It's nothing personal it's just takes me longer to make or procure gifts for some of you. Stop being so complicated -points dramatically- Anyways, just letting you know. And don't think you OWE me something. I'd be happy with an email going "SQUEEEEE" and such. It's not about that. I know a ton of you are out of work, having babies, buying houses, and the like. SAVE YOUR MONEY. I mean it. I'll slippity slap ya'. Just accept and enjoy!

Speaking of such things. If people are in need or in want of things, lemme know cause you might be on my hard to figure out list haha.


Meet Freya
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For those of you who've played FF9 you'll know the dragon night but for those of you who have not, Freya is also my new ratty. My mom took me down to the shelter more or less to drop off the old cage I had and told me to stop fussing over 'a rat'. There were unkind words said and she convinced me to get a new critter. They had just got a baby black hoodied in and while I was picking up one named Axel and seeing if he was a good match...Freya wandered out and started to examine my hand with nips and sniffs and the exploritory nose push. I put Axel down and picked her up (her name at the time was choochoo) and she did just about the same thing Lexaeus did when I first got him. The scaleing of the arm to the shoulded and some cuddles.

Might be silly but I took that as a sign that Lex thought it would be okay if I had a new rat in my life. He wasn't the type to be jealous. So she came home with me and we'll see how this goes. I was going to name her pockey but it didn't stick. She seems more like Freya from the video game. I liked her alot because she was a rat girl rather than a neko girl or a bunny girl or something like that. And she wasn't dressed in skimpy stuff.

I'll have pictures soon as I get off my butt and find the camera's battery. I think I figured out where it ended up in my storage room. Got to learn to unpack when I get home from a con because I loose less things.


Book Shelf
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Before family showed up, I cleaned off my book case which was mostly me packing away manga I was done reading but not willing to give up yet. I wonder how many other people do that with their books. Cycle them I mean. Put some away and then put new one's out and then when you want to read things again cycle them back into the mix? Is it unusual? I kind of pulled out most of my summer books and put out the seasonal christmas one's or the one's I started reading a year ago and needed to get back into them and some new school books. Just curious if anyone else does this.


School
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FINALS AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH.
After this I'm taking a semester off to build up the money for a summer class. I'd rather take the spring one but I didn't have enough saved up give the health stuff that sprang up. That's okay though. I have some time to build it up. I'm working on a grant as well. Seems i'll be in this apartment for another year. I'll be looking at stuff after. I still want to move but for now this will do.

Mouse
Citizen of Action

Current Mood: calm

Lights the Lights
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I've been able to go every hear down town to see the lights on the capital building being lit up and it seems this year I don't get to. Boooo! Someone's going to have to go down with me on sunday or something. Any takers want to walk around in the cold and look at shiny things? Come on we can work off the turkey.

Spike is my Child
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...because he eats things he shouldn't. Seems he counter surfed, ate some of the chicken I have up there, flipped it back over and got a bone stuck in him. Someone had to go to the vet and close me a pretty penny to get the dang thing out. He was given a cone of shame which he's not wearing because he freaks out and because he is leaving the area alone. (internal stuff. He scratched a little once and yelped and hasn't done is since) He's on some wet dog food and still coughs a little but at least is not throwing up. Eh, I needed to shampoo the rug anyways. Simply a stressful book end to the week.

I Hate Mondays
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And my mondays start on tuesdays. Holy hell today was a nightmare. I come in late and I'm opening at 7:30am (I bloody well don't do mornings with out my mana potions or a pot of coffee)to find Eight Jobs waiting for me. Emails that have not been dealt with, Orders in various stages of insanity, and a phone ringing off both hooks with no relief in sight till 11am. Had a lady wanted 800 sets of a 3 page, 6 page, and 8 page document, stapled and folded. Now this is not unusual but wanting it by 1pm is inSAnE! I called all our other stores to try and get help since we had cards to make, things to ship, stuff that needed a Quality Control check all before noon and it was just me...

...It was literally a train wreck till about 10am and and then it got worse. A girl passed out and had a seizure. Thankfully, Dale had come in early so I told her to call 911 and myself and another customer tended to the fallen girl. Dale was amazed at how calm I was and how collected. You know what so was I. She's okay but maaaaan that's the second time since I've worked for this company that someone has passed out on me. I stopped being an EMT for a reason. It didn't get better. I had to leave to go to the doc early and ended up coming back after to make sure they were okay. I worked for about two hours without pay just because tomorrow would have been another shit storm if I didn't.

JD and I should be able to relax a little tomorrow now.


Needles
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The scarf finally broke 'em. Well bent them to the point of needing new one's. Evil.


Taylor
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I DON'T CARE IF HE'S JAIL BAIT THAT BOY IS HAWTNESS. -makes grabby hands at Jacob puppy- MINE!!

Mouse
Citizen of Action

Current Mood: Here...

Yesterday when I got home from work my little companion Lexaeus had passed away along with the remaining jellyfish, Peanutbutter. He's survived by Spike Squirrelbane Speigel and Mouse.

Needless to say with the strange and painful week i've had I will be in a small communication black out.

Tonight however spike has been throwing up all night so I don't know what that's about. Don't worry Scott it's not your turkey at all. I think he ate something he shouldn't have out of the bathroom.

Such is the way of the world

Mouse
Citizen of Action

Current Mood: sad

Strong?
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In a conversation the other night with Kim it was brought to my attention she thinks Sammy and I are strong independent single women. This came on the heals of a slight mother to be freak out mind out but it got me thinking. I just wanted to point out I only have survived this long on luck, duct tape and a lot of coffee. Strong my ascii code! She's seeing a duck gliding along and I'm paddling like it's sink or swim under the water.

For some reason people ask me advice...

Me!?

I'm kind of touched people value my input on some matters. I just, don't really know why they think I have it together enough to listen to my ideas.


Sephiroth
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-FAN GIRL SQUEEL-
I'll explain later. Or not. HE'S MINE DAMN IT! -draw draw drawing hentai-


Rent Renewal
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There is time, end of the month though I have to make a choice to stay or book it. And get my plates renewed. AND COOK A TURKEY.


All This Crud
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...and now one more thing to add. Peanutbutter died. Thus ends my expensive adventures in the world of jellyfish. I don't know why. His water was clean, the right temp, he was eating, the filter was suppose to be adjusted just right for one jelly vs two. Lighting was right on where he likes it. But he followed his brother to the great beyond. I'll clean the tank tomorrow. I'm a bit fed up and mentally about to have an episode.

-eating the pie that was suppose to be for thanksgiving-
I won't lie. I want sex instead but this is the next best thing.

Mouse
Citizen of Action

Current Mood: Spazzed

Ever have a day where you just feel like you're a hamster no a wheel? Running and Running and just really not getting anywhere? Today has been that feeling. I know I've DONE a lot but I'm just confused as to why nothing feels really DONE.

I'm not going to beat myself up over it. It's my instinct to do so but I figured I'd just have a handful of M&Ms and a deep breath and try to remember that you can't fix stupid. Just try to avoid becoming it yourself I suppose.

Doy!

Scarf of Doom
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I have decided that given all the people getting preggers and talking about their children that this on going massive creation is as close to have a child as I'm going to get. My back hurts. I wake up in the night having a hot flash because I fell asleep under it. I panic wondering if I'll make it right. It's sucking the life out of me!! Dr. Who is a dead man =_= -shakes fist-

I hate you scarf
I hate you...

Crepes
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Not just for breakfast. Rinnu-chan introduced me to a reaaaaaaally good place. Boba and Crepes. Google the love. I'm having my next birthday there. Then we can all do indoor skydiving. Yeah. Good times.

The Visitor
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As most of you know the mouse issue had been an on going war. I have resorted to poison finally and it looks like round 12 might be the winner. But now a new problem. I was having a shower the other day and had a total spaz momment at seeing a cockroach. Seems the folks below me were having their place sprayed so the little F*er was on his way up the pipes.

I was not amused and Drain-o-ed 'em back down. Two birds with one stone. I needed to do that anyways. I then precided to yell at the spider on my aloe plant about the matter and that he wasn't pulling his weight around the apt. to which I later appologized when I calmed down. Yes I talk to the spider.

I need to get a S.O. >.>
Jokeing

Mouse
Citizen of Action

Current Mood: frustrated

Because....it's....FuNnY



It's so easy...
...Happy Go Lucky...


And yes my friend it would be cute if you had a puppy.
(-sniggles-)

Mouse
Citizen of Action

Current Mood: hyper

http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/1519RW6KHM7DN/ref=lst_llp_wl-head
Thinkgeek.com gift certs
Any of the seasons of Deadliest Catch on DVD
1" Button Maker http://stores.americanbuttonmachines.com/Detail.bok?no=1
Glow in the Dark yarn http://www.marymaxim.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_10001_10054_3074457345616825697_-1_15019_3074457345616693772
Gift cert to walmart, michaels, target

donald duck stuff
Mice things
Nice cards


Yeah...
All I can think of ...

Mouse
Citizen of Action

Current Mood: hungry

Phone
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I find phone shopping as stimulating and clothes shopping. And yet I really really want a new phone given the horrid nature of the current creature. I can leave T-mobile at any time so I've been looking at new plans and looks like I HAVE to get texting. Lord love a duck I hate to text but I keep getting people who TEXT ME. STOP IT!!! I enjoyed it from a particular person and didn't mind paying the extra 2.50 to have them tell me things or say g'night but that's been like a year ago and it let in the flood gates and now I canna stop it cap'in! So I'm pondering and looking and banging my head off the wall at what phone I should get and what frigging plan will last me the longest.

It's odd but cricket was my first phone and I switched over so I could talk dirty to a boy long distance. How lame. How totally lame of me. So, now I just have to figure out what I like to talk about and to who and with who and for how long and find a phone that fits my life. I really do have to get this done soon. My old phone kind of looks like it belongs in a landfill.


Thanksgiving
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I did some shopping to night because I was down to cup o noodles and some peanutbutter which alone work well but together, not so much. I started doing the 'holiday' cursing. I'm going to attempt to make thanksgiving dinner for my folks who will be coming here for that holiday.

I won't lie, I'm freaking out.

I told my mom I'm cheating and having someone else cook it and then put it in my oven and pull it out at the right time. I'm not going to be on the nightly news channel thank you! Not as a charged burn crunchy thing that didn't cook the turkey right. Honestly, this bird is deadly from all the horror stories! I feel like the next Die Hard movie should star a thanksgiving Turkey.


Short Lived Adventure
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Peanutbutter is not looking so good. I got the new tube in and he's not eating. I'm not sure what's up but maybe it's me watching season 4 of Deadliest Catch. Hang in there little guy...


Therapy
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We continue to make progress but most of the healing is coming from day by day adventures of my own. Finding myself again and realizing that the work on myself will attract the kind of people I need to be around and to stop worrying about the things I have been worrying about. To a few of you, no i'm not writing a secret journal. I have facebook now but it's just for hockey link. I have a myspace which I use to keep in touch with a few people from high school and college but I do not write in it. I have a journal under ramune042 which I started back when I was the NPSninja and was bored at work. Most of the journals I didn't like about myself have been deleted and removed because I see no reason to relive some of my nasty personality. Lastly, I have my creative journal for rpg and wicca things which I can't even remember the password to. That's it. If I have other things to write or talk about I'm just keeping my mouth shut about it really and letting it go. (More I want to talk about but it's private and for me to work on)

A friend once told me that if you don't want something to be known, don't write it down... And it's taken me awhile to really understand what that encompassed. It wasn't NOT talking or bottling but finding the right venue and timing. I have a horrible sense of that. I'm not the quickest mouse in the kitchen, but I'm learning as best as I can and trying to accept my failures.


Mice in the Kitchen
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I feel like I'm in the movie MouseHunt. I'm about to resort to a shot gun.


Cleaning
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Sat night I shall start a massive cleaning of my apartment. Somethings are going buh-bye cause they are not things I want to move. When I get frustrated I usually cut my hair and clean. Weird. I"m going to be balled and lemon fresh.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH
Mouse
Citizen of Action

Current Mood: AAAAAHHHH

We are going to be over run
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By babies...come Feb we will be over run.
-loads her shot gun- I'm ready!

Schedual Changes
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My work schedual is about to flipping get turned on it's head. Things with work seem to have settled but they are still waving the axe in the distance. I applied with the state for a temp job incase it comes down on my head. Just have to keep my head up and plan for the boat to sink. If I have to I can move back in with my family down in New Mexico. It's a worst case but spike and I would have a roof without being an impossition to anyone.

Travel
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Once more I was not accepted to volunteer up in Alaska for march. -POUT- That's sad but I'll keep applying.

A Strange Dream
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I was sitting with a little boy about 3 in my lap and showing him how to fly a plane. My dad was there and asked if he could take MY SON -GASP- with him on a hunting trip and the little boy turned into a deer and bounded off over a cliff. This dream replayed it self three times before I woke up to Spike's nose on my neck and ended up throwing him off the side of the bed. Strange...

Therapy
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Progressive...It's, progressive.


Scarf
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Good goddess. This thing is everywhere!!! -dies-
No more knitting for a day or so. My hand hurts for all the wrong reasons.

Mouse
Citizen of Action

Current Mood: rushed

It goes from bad to worse rather quickly...

...I will keep you posted but they have grounds to fire me at work now. The calendar project is still having trouble as I keep trying to get them to people and some how they are escaping or not being delivered because people are not listed on the address, they can't get buzzed into the building or life the universe and everything is trying to stop this project this year.

To Gracey: I didn't move silly! I'm looking at apartments in upstate New York for some time now. I've not found anything I like yet but my uncle is helping with the leg work. (he knows a lot of cops so he can tell me good or bad areas so ... slow going but it's a thought of mine for the past year and more and more so now)

I wish I could pass off some of my situation to that time of the month or seasonal depression but some how this is more. I'm going back into therapy to try and get my head on straight.

On a side note I'm volunteering with the local animal shelter before work next week. I'm kind of excited about it because I'll be working to clean up the small animals cages so I can play with ratties and bun buns but not have to you know...keep them or take them home so that's nice. I have enough of a zoo at home.


I'm also looking into selling my eggs
I mean their not doing me any good right? Might as well donate them if I'm not using them. Just like my hair. Yes we are about to do the locks of love I just have to get a time with my stylist for a tuesday morning. It will be cool. I'll be all stream lined!


Sorry for no titles I'm kind of just free floating ideas out as they come to me.
Peace
Mouse
Citizen of Action

Current Mood: depressed

Oh get ON with it already
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It's NOVEMBER. I love baseball as much as the next but man oh man why is it still going on. It's hockey season.

Hockey
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Went to practice the other day and man it hurt so good. Between shoveling snow and shooting pucks all over the place I got a decent work out. I do realized how out of shape I am though so I'm looking into a gym where I can go to swim. I need to get my Cardio back up to where it was given the heart disease in my family. I want a happy heart.


Order a new friend?
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I'm pondering if I replace Gourry or not. They are not cheep mind you. Peanutbutter seems to be doing alright and it means less food fights but I don't know if they are like other fish and get lonely? I have to consult my "fish dude" on the forums. Might just save the money and keep the smart one. Er, smarter one.

I really need to get a picture of them >.O!!
Clean my place maybe i'll find my cameras battery charger.


On the Floor
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Spent the night on the bathroom floor humming Nine Inch Nails "Hurt" and feeling guilty, depressed and like I should be in therapy again.


The Scarf that never ends
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It has...begun!

Mouse
Citizen of Action

Current Mood: Just Here

A move to New York
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Yeah...


Return to Japan
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Matt's plotting to go. I told him I would head out with him if he wanted. I miss that place.
Alaska is still in the mix but looks like I'm on the wait list for the dog sled times. Keep fingers crossed for me please because I still want to go.


Jellyfish Brain
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Well, Gourry finally had one to many rides in the vent. I found him dead in the filer this morning. Peanutbutter and I are having services tonight. I put him in a shoe box and he will be launched into the trash. He'd want it that way. He always dreamed of flight. -sob-


And Because I'm Grumpy
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@#$%^&*^%)*(_)_+*()_)(*^&$^&^$#$!!!!!11111111one one one oneoenoenoeoeooeooo
LIFE


Mouse
Citizen of -flips off screen-

Current Mood: bitchy

Denver Winters
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22' inches. Most of it on my deck. Snow. I'm so frigging sore from not only shoveling my deck but the stairs down to the two landings below so I could get spike out. I got yesterday off dude to the amount of snow dumped but looks like I have to go in today.

Took me a few tries to uncover my car given that I forgot where it was and got down to the bottom of two before not seeing the green of my baby. I stupidly parked in a different place cause I knew the weather would suck but forgot and so some people got their cars uncovered.


How Much Dr. Who...
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...is too much? Is there a limit? I think there should be. That scarf is showing up in my dreams. Usually to suffocate me.


Jellies
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Well, I can tell them apart now. Gourry is the one that keeps getting sucked into the filter and swished around like a sock in a washing machine and peanutbutter is the smart one who stays away from the dang vent. I have a new part on the way to try and solve this problem as I'm tried of having to scoop irony of ironies, the retarded one out of the wood works as it were. Sometimes he finds his own way out...

...other days. Not so lucky.


Spike Grooming Service
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Hiding from the snow under the covers seems like the right idea. He and lex were both cuddled up and I missed a damn cute picture where he was licking my very panic stricken rodent's head. Lex now has a mohawk but he's cleaner than he's been in a while.

Fended off the cruds and now...just trying to get commissions done and stay warm.



Mouse
Citizen of Action.

Current Mood: cold

To Bask in the Glow of Idiots
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Transformers 2 was not good. Though that the DVD miiiight have given me time to adjust to the stupidity of the big screen. It did not. Smaller didn't = less stupid. You need to just admit that you have no brains if you think it was better then the first. I think it COULD have been much better with out dogs humping, robots humping, retardacons, T-1000 wanna be bots, and a fem bot that WAS THE WORST DECEPTICON EVER. Excuse me. They are cybernetic organisms and turn into cars and even on a rare occasion into an animal like thing. There is not deceptacon that turns into human. Though it does bring to mind some new meaning to the phrase "Transform and roll out." Kinky.

I've decided Micheal Bay hates Books. He makes me think of a idiot friend in college who is always lighting parts of himself on fire and thinking it makes him cool. Two stupid robots, Skid and Mud Flap act like morons dropping the F Bomb all over, only surviving through dumb luck and Jar Head like moves, and openly admit to not readin' much huyuck! And then a library blows up. Why the library? And the plot...bleh. Had a shot, it really did. I don't expect shakespear because it's based off of a line of toys after all but when the cartoon series is beating it out on witty plot lines and more popular than the movie with hard core fans (with out Miss Fox's boobs I might add) then you know something is not quiet right.

Michael Bay Hates Books
Yeah...

Kids
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Good golly. Everyone is popping them out. Just found out my friend Rob just had one. Wondered what happened to him. He vanished for a while there and then I decided to go find what happened and I see pics of 'baby' I'm not partial to babies but that kids actually damn cute. I'm happy for him. He's going to be a good dad. Heather's little one is still cooking and the house is coming along. Kim's move is this weekend though she's putting the ban on Kennet for two months till things settle down. Somehow I don't think Kennet will complain too much. From what I hear he's pretty casual about that deed as it were. I hear nothing anymore from Cristy and her family since the move to Texas. And Ami fell off the planet long ago. Her kids got to be like 8 years old by now. They're not so bad at that age. They are a little more house broken with good training lol. And Karen's adopting a little chinese cutie. SEE BABIES EVERYWHERE!! -passes out-

There there is me. I won't lie, I like kids but not babies. They change people and ooze. I get sad and depressed but happy for people at the same time. Guess it's good to know where I stand but ... yeah. It's a complicated emotion. At the very least, I'm kept in the loop for now with some people. Two years from now though I don't know. It's as it should be though. It's as it should be.


Kelly
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While fishing for Rob I came across a picture Kelly had posted on her MySpace of me. The caption read "I can't believe she turned out to be such a ..." I never stopped liking the girl. I questioned her motives in things and I knew when I broke it off with dan that the ugly that happened between him and myself would roll out into other areas. I could have done better. He could have. She could have too. We ALL were at fault and she listened and believed him the most. Recently there was a falling out between them. Maybe I wasn't such a bitch then to see it before her? Maybe I am a bitch. But I'd rather be a bitch than be a door matt which is what I was becoming. Guess it's all in the eye's of the beholder. Either way...she'll find her own path and I wish her the best as I did Dan.


Mouse
Citizen of Action

Current Mood: angry

Scarf Land
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So someone wants to commission me to do the Doctor Who Scarf (AAAHHH!) but hey it would be 100 dollar scarf. I have to think about that. I already have a pokeball scarf, a Roy Mustang Scarf, a mog hat, a fox ear hat, a Nobody Scarf, and Griffondor Harry Potter Scarf.

Doctor Who, yer killin' me here buddy. 12 foot scarf of doom


Mouse
Citizen of Action

Current Mood: crazy

Wed 14th
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I have mailed my stuff and actually get sleep. Matt (oh driver!) did not. Seems to be his thing to sleep for two hours and then go to work then drive for hours to Utah. I'll work on getting my driver more sleep next year or drive some myself so he can sleep.

Thursday 15th
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I took spike for a walk to empty the tank and then on impulse power we started out about noon. Weather was good and Spike actually did very well in the car. I think the most interesting thing about the drive was that we were listening to the news and heard about the "Balloon Boy" as we made our way through Wyoming and the Switch Backs in Utah. We really got laughing pretty hard over that.

Once we got to the hotel I had a scare that Spike might not shut up if we left him in the hotel alone. The manager had asked us to keep him quiet so took some work getting the right channel to be background noise for him. We met up with Sy, Kim and Kennet and went for sushi to start the con off. Sy was going to head to Cali for the week so this was the only time I'd get to see him and it was nice to see Kennet because he and his friend Van were working on the new house during the convention. It was good foods and fun conversations and we had "DrAgOn Balls!" which are mushrooms and crab meat done up tempura style. Tasty!

Once back at the hotel, I did a fast run of my stock and decided to get up nice and early. 9am seemed like a good idea...

Friday 16th
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...But it was not. This was one of the more disorganized conventions I have been to but granted I don't think they were ready for how much they have grown as a convention. The night before they were still stuffing bags O.O!!

So I got in line and ended up being there for waaaaay to long even for pre-reg. It left me with a few minutes to let spike out and then blaze like a bat outta hell over to the two rooms that were holding the Artist Alley (A.A.), find my table (table 11 yaaay!) and get set up. I had so much stuff this year I actually filled up my table before I was able to put my prints out. I was kind of amazed by that so I decided it would be okay to leave the prints off till I sold some more things.

It was a good first day sales wise. I made 50 in the first 20 minutes. Record!

Poor Matt got up after me and was stuck in the reg line to the point where he missed his panel. He showed up and hung with me for a bit till about 2pm so I could go save spike, get food, and get food for Kim. I found out she was in the other room next to us and it was not only dark but freezing where our room was over heated and way to bright. She was to the left and I was to the right. I got lucky to be in the room I was. Table 11 remains "the most awesome of tables" and "Spinal Tap Table". It's a running gag that I always get the table that goes to 11.

I went as long as I could and met tons of nice people but it got to be about 6:45 and I had to get to the Swap Meet and help Kim. Matt and I were doing Banzai Battle of the Snacks where we handed out 'team' stickers of pocky, ramen, and ramune to folks and then posted the results and so I have a few last minute takers and I had to get spike some walk time so I was late to the room to help.

Kim was going nuts. They gave us round tables instead of square. They didn't clean up the mess from the event prior and there were no ninjas at first to help us out as promised. I got there and told her to focus on the door and that I'd help take care of the rest. I went around seeing what was out to make sure we didn't have anything naughty sneak in and that people selling stuff like Gravitation didn't sell to really little kids. I got the water pitchers out of the way, got the room made pretty and got the fire hazards out of the way while giving people a green or red light for their stuff.

Since that event, Kim has been dubbed the "Kimigami" because you do not want to mess with her or you'll end up dead ahhaha. It still went over amazingly. I sold or traded all my old anime stuff I was done with and made some good profit from it. Got to the end though and I was just like bleh...take it. Some people got some really good deals from me no doubt. Two cents for an action figure. Huzza!

I picked up a video game and a manga but other wise there was nothing else that interested me. I'll probably pass them on once I'm done.

After that Sammy had landed so Kim, sammy and myself all hung in the room and went over the panel. Seemed we were ready as we were going to be. I didn't go to the PJ party which according to matt was 'worst PJ party ever." People just sitting around playing Duck Duck Goose. Greaaaat...

Sat 17th
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I woke up so late.
Stupid >.<

But such is the way of con burn out. Got to my table to sell for a few hours then ran to the panel. It went smashingly. We had hand outs and noise makers, I think Sammy clocked someone one with her free plushie and over all no on walked out of the event. People were listening, asking questions, even following us back to the table for ideas. Now here's the down side. People are more charged to try for A.A. next year which means I have to be on the ball to get a table next year.

Once back at my table, matt joined me and we realized people were really loving the sticker contest and seeking us out. It was totally helping out our sales. Very good idea! Went as long as I could once more and then closed down. I needed food.

Kim, Sammy and myself went to a very tasty pizza place while Matt went to the dance. He told me later, the dance was canceled because the cosplay went long so he got to hang out with his friend for 4 hours. He said he should have gone for pizza and was very disappointed with the dance.

Sun 18th
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Nothing is OPEN in UTAH on a sunday. Hello. LDS lives there and they don't work on sunday. Oddly though it was still doing rather well at the Artist Alley. Some people were gone or run down. I was doing okay other than nursing a head ache from the lights, heat and lack of caffeen. I was so busy I had forgot...FORGOT...to get coffee. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH! Matt and I realized we're way to old to be doing this. In con years we're like ancient because we don't want to stand in lines anymore to meet actors or get autographs. Work till 2 and ended it with giving out alot of my art in trades with some other artists. I got some awesome prints and items from the trades.

I
DID
SO
WELL

1k gross. Best year yet.
Still figuring net but it's 4-5 hundred.
I CAN PAY MY MEDICAL BILLS!!!

Matt, kim, sammy and myself all went to the panel for feed back and talked to the staff. We then all opted to clean up the court yard because it was trashed, to help the convention out before heading to 'Squatters' for dinner and then to Kim's new house and apt for some talking and hanging out. I got to meet her ratty and the lizard of cool.

That night we had a thunderstorm which had spike wanting to go out to pee in fear but then go back in fast cause of the lighting. He's such a cat.

Monday 19th
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Packed, clean, and partied out the door all the way back to the Colorado.
I started to fall asleep during the drive and Matt caught a cold like last year but I have to admit it was a good year. A good con year indeed.

Tuesday 20th
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Wait what? I have to go to work now?

Damn


Mouse
Citizen of Action

Current Mood: busy

Training
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So it wasn't so bad other than the fact I was sitting right next to our regional director. My fake laugh was well used that day. I didn't get paid over time for going in on my day off which was annoying but given that we're in a new pay period and I have my convention coming up end of the pay period. It will keep my hours up but I'm also taking it as a paid vacation so I'll have a very fat pay check and next pay cycle. Which I need for doctor bills. Goody.

So learned about how to cut down claims and never got a chance to use my peeps. Sad! So they ended up being fire starter. Those dang things work better than gasoline.


Sat
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Family left last sunday and I was kind of a wreck. I miss my folks. Couldn't wait to leave for the longest time and then I got out and realized how much I still liked and loved my family. A rare thing I find anymore is kids who actually like being around their parents. I got a pillow, some food and a few things I'm storing for them since it wouldn't fit in the sports car or truck when they left so this sat my dad is coming up for a Rockies game and to pick up the rest of the stuff. He'll be crashing at my place for a day or so which is just odd to me.

All my life I've been crashing at -their- place. As I said it's just a weird post it note.


Jellies
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Well the babies are here. I have two male moon jellyfish named Gourry and yes, Peanutbutter. In a conversation with Kim, I explained why one does not poke the top of jellyfish given that they can drown if they do not keep a supply of air in their bodies. Poking them causes it to be released and they sink and can't stay "floaty". This led me to the thought that Dorry from Finding Nemo is some what of a mass murderer!

They are about the size of my thumb nail if not a bit bigger than that and really just sorta bob around. I can't move the tank yet because the motion of the ocean getting too violent will make them suicidal. No kidding. Says large upsets to their environment can cause then to spill their insides and die. CrAzY. So no one gets to Jelly sit just yet. I have JD coming over to make sure they are okay while I'm gone but when they are bigger they can handle more.

Pictures will be up when I get around to charging my camera >.<


Con Prep, school, and all that jazz
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I could go into detail but I'll stick to the basics... Seems I'm loosing my funding for classes because I didn't make the grades go up enough for my report and couldn't B.S. my reasons well enough so I'm going to have to get a loan to finish up. Coupled with medical bills that's going to be fun. Oh well, Just means my car or computer can't break down again or I'm S.O.L Hopefully the con will go well and I can get a little extra money to put towards this icky mess. Worse case I'll dig into the emergency fund. I'd rather not if I can avoid it but...I guess that's what it's there for.


I'm going to Mars!
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http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/participate/sendyourname
...well my name is at least! Way cool.

All for now I have to get back debugging my computer and go pick up my new phone.

Mouse
Citizen of Action

Current Mood: busy

I hate mondays
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Suppose to be my day off so what does my boss do? Schedules me for training...
...in Golden...
...from 9 till 5pm....

...

To go over shipping and packing.
Um what do I do all day?

Nothing against my boss. But the company really needs to take that long to teach people how to put eggs in a box? I'm going to bring a marshmellow peep and put it in there instead of an egg so my instructor gets a shock when she opens it.

Me: "Gosh that rarely ever happens!"

-hits head off the wall a few times-
Mouse
Citizen of Action

Current Mood: pissed off