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September 30th, 2008
12:01 am - Stocks?
With the stock plunge today, Thomas and I don't understand why they didn't close the market early. It happened really fast, but it was clear what was going on with the vote, they do have the authority to close early. I thought after the last big plunge, they were going to put safeguards in place to close early almost automatically in the case of investor panic. I've been reading a few of the online news articles about the stock market drop, and none of the ones I've found so far have even mentioned the idea of closing the market early, let alone explain why they didn't do it. I get the impression the people who run the market welcomed the plunge, punishing the public for telling their congressmen to vote no on the bail out.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/yawn.gif) tired
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July 8th, 2008
June 1st, 2008
01:10 pm - Question for anyone who buys on eBay
Do you feel you "owe" sellers feedback when you buy on eBay? I'm not asking if it's just a nice thing to do, I mean do you really "owe" them feedback or you shouldn't even buy?
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April 4th, 2008
01:55 am - My GoPets
Coming up this month, my third anniversary of GoPets madness! GoPets is a program with cute animated pets that play with toys, dress up, farm, cook, fish and visit other pet owners. It also has chat, profiles, minigames, and players can make custom clothes and furniture. It's a little difficult to get started right now, so definitely visit their forum for tips on how to level up and earn currency. I'd also encourage any new players to visit this little forum run by some friends of mine, for more help and to meet some great people.
I've been meaning to write up profiles of my GoPets for a long time, so here they are. These are the pets on my Asynjur account. Hodge Podge, the kitty on my WhiteElephant account, is shown in an earlier entry (in gadget form!) Maybe when I have time, I'll write up a profile for her, and profiles for my husband's kitties.
Roshambo
Birthday: April 21, 2005
Nickname(s): Ro
Favorite Color: Green
Favorite Things: Green Skateboard, Metal Headphones
Favorite Customs: His prescription glasses (our own frame design), Skull collar by Pootlecat, Tiki tooth bracelet by Delekatala
Profession: Pup of leisure!
Hobbies: Skateboarding, Golf, Fishing, Photography
Craft: Ro is an expert angler, with a level over 300.
Ro's philosophy is that GoPets don't always have to be on the go. He was instrumental in designing a line of bathrobes and slippers, he has hosted a Spa Party along with Hopscotch, and he judged a Miniature Golf Tournament (actually, a contest to design a miniature golf course on your land)--all affirming his dedication to leisure time!
He was a late comer to the crafting craze, and predictably chose fishing, a laid back pastime. He may have also been attracted to fishing because of his food preferences, he's always loved fish, particularly mackerel. When he was a pup the cats out numbered the dogs on GoPets even more than they do now, maybe he was trying to fit in (he also loves milk!) Some of his favorite activities back then were playing rock-paper-scissors, and chasing butterflies. Roshambo often wore wings when he was younger, he liked to pretend he was some kind of fantasy hero.
Roshambo loves his little gang of mircopets. Most of them have names, Sparky, Perdue, Nomad, Grumpy, Feathers, etc. He's a big brother to my other pets, and a bit of a trend setter. My pets all frequently wear metal headphones, and a tiki bracelet, just like Roshambo.
Here Roshambo is fighting a Dark Knight. He doesn't usually wear a feather duster wig, he just happened to be in the outfit he wore to Burning Man. Wiggles and Giggles are helping by nipping at the dark horse's heals (where's Sniffy?)
Orianna "Hopscotch" Pente
Birthday: October 16, 2005
Nickname(s): Hopscotch, Hop
Favorite Color: Red
Favorite Things: Red Biplane, Oriental House, Bullseye Arcade Machine (Skeeball used to be her favorite)
Favorite Customs: Gankaku, Falconess, Suicune, Turnerpunk, Treguld, ReelingIsRyan are just a few of her favorite designers.
Profession: Designer, Aviator
Hobbies: Enjoys travel and parties.
Craft: Hopscotch has not learned any of the current GoPets crafts.
From day one, Hopscotch was much more adventurous than her older brother. While Ro enjoyed lounging around at home, Hop was always in some exotic location like Kuala Lampur. Hopscotch even took up flying so she could be anywhere at the drop of a hat. Even though she's very outgoing, Hop was always a little insecure. Until Liliya called her the prettiest dog in GoLand!
Her other great love is art, she's always been the pet in charge of our custom line. She creates clothing, jewelry, accessories, and more (pictures here). She even did some landscaping at Halcyon Gardens (234, 266).
Hopscotch is very proud of her new big red dragon, who has yet to reveal his name. Although she is a very generous pup, neither her red plane nor her red dragon have ever been ridden by anyone else in the family. (But the dragon is a little touchy, she doesn't think the boys would be gentle enough.) She has a variety of micropets, but many of hers have kept their names secret.
Here Hopscoth gives a smootch to our Moon Bear.
Ouija
Birthday: July 2, 2006
Nickname(s): Well, Thomas calls her "Weej" sometimes, but she usually doesn't go by a nickname. Ouija has a last name, by the way, Tarocchi, but she really never uses it.
Favorite Color: Ouija seems to like all colors of the rainbow.
Favorite Things: Slide, Crystal Ball, and an item that could also be listed under customs, the Ouija Board she and Hopscotch designed together.
Favorite Customs: Wigs by Ruey, Lylda, Minpanda and others, and more custom clothes than I could list, LOL!
Profession: Store Manager
Hobbies: Shopping, Gardening, Divination
Craft: Ouija is a farmer, currently level 174.
Ouija loves shopping! Nothing cheers her up more than finding a bargain, or the perfect gift for a friend. She has quite a colorful collection of clothes, and wigs! Hop and Ro paid little attention to our userstore, so when Ouija came along with her shopping experience, she took over management. And Ouija volunteered to be our farmer when crafting came out, because she has an interest in gardening, and, frankly, the dogs wouldn't do it. The boys were just too lazy, and Hopscotch was already busy with her own activities. But Ouija considers herself more of a weekend gardener than a full fledged farmer. Ouija also enjoys all things mystical, and dabbles in fortune telling.
She has several micropets, Scramble is her chick, and Charlette de Berry is her parrot, to name a couple. Her baby dragon Spitfire is a bit of a pyro, he flamed the wheat fields and she had to stomp it out with her little paws. Ouch! She loves the little guy, though. We're thinking maybe obedience training will help.
Here Ouija is following our Nude for New Years tradition (2005, 2006, 2007).
Domino
Birthday: August 14, 2007
Nickname(s): Domi
Favorite Color: Blue (Gray is his second favorite, also leans towards Black and White)
Favorite items: Flying Broom, Blue Plane, Dark Blue Van
Favorite customs: Hoodies by RavynQueen, Sports Hoodies (Hop designed for him), Tail decoration by TheProtagonist
Profession: Party Animal ;O)
Hobbies: Sports fan, Sci Fi fan, likes to fly his plane and cook (not at the same time!)
Craft: Cook level 300.
Domino is a dogs' dog. He follows baseball and football, and he'd rather wear a comfortable sweatshirt than a fancy outfit. He did briefly try wearing a tie when he was young, but it never felt right no matter how much he adjusted it. I suspect he was influenced by his very first conversation with Ouija, she just happened wearing one of our Patriots' hoodies at the time. I wonder what they talked about?
 
Domi loves to relax with friends, and hosted a pizza party when he was just a young pup. Domino likes to cook almost as much as he likes to eat, but he's a bit disappointed at what he can't make. He stares at our pile of barley, hoping one day he'll be able to brew it into beer. He'd also like to make chili and do some Cajun cooking.
And his attempt to put anchovies on pizza wasn't entirely successful.
Family Portrait
My Profile
Join GoPets
If you're a friend and you join, please let me know! I don't always check my referrals, but I definitely want to know when a friend joins. The more the merrier! A quick note of caution, if you have an older computer or a slow connection, GoPets might not be a good program for you.
Current Location: GoLand
Current Mood: Sleepy..
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March 30th, 2008
04:38 am - Hodge Podge
This is the GoKitty on my second account. It used to be set up as a trade site, but Hodge has resigned as shop keeper and leads a life of leisure now. :O)
For anyone unfamiliar, these little gadgets aren't the real GoPets program, it doesn't look quite like the pets do in the real program, either. GoPets run on a client you download, and has cute animated pets that can play with toys, dress up, farm, cook, fish and more. You see now only your own pets, but your friends pets can visit you, as well. It also has chat, profiles, and players can make custom clothes and furniture. It's difficult to get established right now, so if you're a friend and want to give it a try, send me a note so I can help with tips on how to level up and earn currency.
Current Location: Wonderland
Current Mood: Sleepy
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March 25th, 2008
01:10 pm - I'm a Fatigued Ladybug Resting on a Tacky Floral Throw Pillow
The Most Useless Test Ever
This is still my most favoritest online quiz ever. Why, yes, I am old and boring, why do you ask? 
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March 18th, 2008
12:29 pm - My Forum
Asynjur's Forum for Friends
http://www.bearjests.com/forum/
I'm trying to reconnect with some of my other interests, and revive some neglected areas of the forum. The folders are a bit eclectic, because it's a combination of topics from what used to be separate forums I ran, so basically everything that interests me in particular was just tossed together, LOL! But you don't have to keep on topic, and there are a couple general discussion areas to talk about any number of things.
In Quixotic Welcome Mat you can say hello, tell us Three Things about You or join in other discussions. Exit 47 is a member's only folder where forum members can discuss whatever they like, even just how their week is going. Shiny Things is for posting fun links, sharing jokes, and the like.
Insomnia Zone is for forum games like 20 Questions, Movie Quotes (you guess the movie from quotes), TV Shows (you guess the show from quotes and/or clues), Who Or What Am I (guess any person or thing from clues), Word Scrambles, and Hot or Cold (another guessing games).
I'm hoping to breath some life into the Animals, Nature and Science folder, any help is appreciated! Fuzzy Fun is a place where teddy bears and other toys, and their humans, talk about adventures or just chillin' at home. Mythology, Monsters and Mysteries is a mixed bag, folklore, mythology, cryptozoology, legends of old, ghosts, monsters, and urban legends.
Creative Muse is a place to discuss your own art, poems, music, photography, web design, and other creative works. It's been kind of quiet lately. I'm trying to get Three Word Story going. That's a thread were you write a story as a group effort, but each post can only add 3 words. To talk about your favorite art, music, and writing by others, visit Artists and Authors. Screenplay is a place to talk about talk about movies, theater, television shows, video, and other media madness. I'm trying to post some mini movie reviews in the What movies have you seen lately? III thread every week. And last but not least, Gaming and Virtual Pets is for cyberpet agencies, virtual pets, sim games, role-playing, other computer games. Some time ago I removed the GoPets folders from my forum, so hopefully it will be more inviting to non-GoPets players now. I still play GoPets, but didn't want to be quite so immersed in it all the time.
Please stop by, and if anything intrigues you, do not hesitate to post! If you don't see any old threads you'd like to reply to, feel free to start your own.
Current Location: Isle of Demons, as always!
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/hyper.gif) Boing!
Current Music: Forgot to turn on the iPod..
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May 14th, 2007
05:07 pm - GoPets Miniature Golf Contest, Ouija Board
When the customizable flag came out, I was struck with the idea of making flags numbered 1, 2, 3, etc and setting up little golf holes. Maybe use a pond or two for water hazards, use some of the toys for trick holes, make little custom greens out of rugs (or just use the grass), bushes and other decor could go between the greens, maybe have a clubhouse with signs, or even make golf clothing for your pets. The baseballs are small, you could use some to look like stray golf balls...
As much as I'd like to do this myself, I don't have the time to devote to it (mostly because I do things slower than molasses going up hill!) So, I thought it might be a good idea for a contest. Or, perhaps, it would be more appropriate to call it a miniature golf tournament. ;O)
GoPets Desktop Challenge: Miniature Golf, see details on my forum thread!
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In other GoPets news, I was very excited to finally finish a custom item...
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Hopscotch and Ouija put their heads together, and made this ocean themed spirit board design! (Click here to see the size in relation to the pets.)
The girls pondered all kinds of designs, but decided they just had to make one of their own from scratch. I got sidetracked for a bit, when I found out how many kinds of cool ouija boards were out there--started to look for some for sale (still trying to decide if I'd like to get a nice one). Thomas was poking fun at me because my shopping obsessed GoPet now had me shopping for items IRL, not just on GoPets, LOL! Anyhoo, when I got back to the task at hand, I decided I'd like my double seahorse in the middle, so we went with an ocean theme. I used 5 or 6 different fonts for the letters. If I had more time I'd probably look into creating fonts, this is at least the second time I would have liked to design a font for a project. I drew in the little designs (most based on graphics I've made in the past).
I've also made a simple Mahogany Coffee Table, no pic yet, sorry!
Available in my Produced-on-demand merchandise store.
Current Mood: A nasty cold...
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March 4th, 2007
11:09 pm - What kind of computer..?
What kind of computer should I get?
Since I believe in "trailing edge" technology, it isn't often that I'm in the market for a new computer. To be honest, I probably wouldn't be now, either. But when we got this particular beast (about 4 years ago), we didn't get it tripped out for gaming. Because, well, we didn't play any games. But with the way GoPets has been, I figure the more pumped up, the better. I'm also hoping for something that doesn't take up too much room (because we won't have that much room for it), but still has a monitor with color that isn't too distorted (for doing graphics). Well, one can hope.
So I'm asking for almost any kind of computer suggestions--which brand, capacity, peripherals, etc. I don't exactly follow new technology. Let me put it this way, back in the day, I lamented the change from DOS to Windows! So, tell me what you like, what you hate. (Although it can't be Mac, because GoPets doesn't run on Mac.) What do you think of Vista? Is there any way to avoid getting it if you get a PC right now?
I'm getting a FiOS internet connection put in tomorrow, I hope that works out. I figured I wouldn't wait until we get a new computer to that put in--I want to know if this computer can handle FiOS, since we'll still be using this computer, as well. Verizon should be providing and installing the network. Oh, Thomas' work friends said we'll need a separate printer router, even if the computers are networked together..? Let me know if you have any information on that topic, as well. Thanks for any input!
Current Location: Sitting here..
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/wideeyed.gif) What?
Current Music: Live
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December 20th, 2006
01:09 am - Tarot meme...
You are The High Priestess
Science, Wisdom, Knowledge, Education.
The High Priestess is the card of knowledge, instinctual, supernatural, secret knowledge. She holds scrolls of arcane information that she might, or might not reveal to you. The moon crown on her head as well as the crescent by her foot indicates her willingness to illuminate what you otherwise might not see, reveal the secrets you need to know. The High Priestess is also associated with the moon however and can also indicate change or fluxuation, particularily when it comes to your moods.
What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.
Current Mood: exhausted
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November 6th, 2006
04:44 pm - Glad it will be over soon...
So far today I've only deleted 3 political recorded messages off our voicemail. Still keeping the phone unplugged, as I did all weekend. Thank goodness tomorrow is election day.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/sad.gif) Is there any hope?
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October 4th, 2006
05:21 pm - Trick or Treat
| My LiveJournal Trick-or-Treat Haul |
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| asynjur goes trick-or-treating, dressed up as Candy Corn. | | aibopals gives you 6 brown orange-flavoured pieces of chewing gum. | | brightpromise gives you 13 teal apple-flavoured gummy bats. | | dwillaman gives you 14 brown lime-flavoured nuggets. | | gloomymuffins gives you 15 green cola-flavoured gumdrops. | | manda_kitty gives you 11 brown coconut-flavoured pieces of chewing gum. | | meadowflower gives you 13 blue coffee-flavoured pieces of bubblegum. | | norda gives you 8 light yellow cola-flavoured wafers. | | ruthieangel tricks you! You get a clothespin. | | slave2three tricks you! You lose 50 pieces of candy! | | xpapergirl tricks you! You get a piece of paper. | | asynjur ends up with 30 pieces of candy, a clothespin, and a piece of paper. | | Another fun meme brought to you by rfreebern. |
Current Location: Hunted House
Current Mood: Frighty
Current Music: Spooooky!
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September 25th, 2006
06:31 pm - Praying Mantis
For the third year, not in a row, a praying mantis has shown up by our side door (one also showed up on the mailbox once). This time, it was much later in the year, and she's a lot bigger than the cute little green ones I've seen in the past.
Thomas found her just after dark, while he was finishing up changing the oil in the Mustang one evening. She was right on the door frame. I hope I didn't blind her with the flash, I didn't think of it at the time. It wasn't completey dark, though, and she was under the porch light.
I don't know why I've seen them three times on that side of the house. Or maybe they're all around the house, but we only notice them there because we come in that door. And the mantis' are always climbing UP the house. I don't know where they're trying to go, but they have a long way up because that's the highest part of the house.
We didn't have these back where I grew up in Wisconsin!
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/balloon.gif) Tired, actually...
Current Music: Live
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September 19th, 2006
08:09 am - Ahoy, me hearties! Yo ho!
It be Talk like a Pirate Day! If ye need a wee bit o' help, click here to change yer words to sea dog words. Or e'en translate a whole webpage! (I tried it on me LJ friends page, funny! It e'en changed the page title to Asynjur's Shipmates!)
Current Location: The belly of the Kraken!
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/happy.gif) Ahoy!
Current Music: What do you do with a drunken sailor?
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August 31st, 2006
10:06 pm - Just plugging my GoPets custom items... :O)
Finally finished cataloging my produced-on-demand store, with prices, links and some pictures. Please click here to see my catalog thread on the GoPets forum. Thanks!
I usually have time to do color variations, if you need something in a different color please let me know. But I haven't had much time to develop new items, lately, unfortunately. I take a stab at it once and a while, start fiddling around with something, but I never seem able to finish it to my satisfaction. But maybe I will some day, if things ever settle down around here.
Current Location: Blue Belfry Pub
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/geeky.gif) Mildly accomplished...
Current Music: Get Away Rock
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July 30th, 2006
10:31 pm - Mystery Science Theater 3000
I don't think there are a lot of MST3K fans around here, and I realize the show is kind of a hard sell. I admit, the first couple times I tried to watch it myself, years ago at the urging of a co-worker, I didn't quite get it. But once you're initiated, you never look at any movie the same way again, LOL! A few years ago, Sci-Fi channel stopped showing even the re-runs, and Thomas' misses his Saturday morning tradition of watching MST3K. So I've been picking episodes up, once and a while, from Netflix. Some episodes are duds, movies with so little action there isn't even enough to lampoon. But others are so hilarious, we often back up to listen to lines over and over again.
I know it's a cliche, but for a while tonight I was laughing so hard I was literally crying. I had to make a conscious effort to stop laughing long enough to breath! And Thomas was also having a laughing fit during the same scene, although I don't think he was having as much trouble breathing as I was, LOL! What was going on? Actually, very little. Two people in lab coats working separately, facing away from each other, and only periodically talking, somehow was a climax of absurdity in the movie. The breaks in conversation were long enough for Joel and the bots to squeeze in 4 or 5 jokes at a time. I realize describing just one of the jokes will sounds lame, outside of the context of the slow pace of the scene and the frantic pace of the wisecracks, but I will anyway. One of the characters kept looking down at the floor, something I didn't quite notice until Crow said, "I get it now! His script is on the floor!" And when the other character left, Crow said, "Wait! Page 25 is stuck to your shoe!"
What was this marvel, this work of celluloid art? Monster A Go-Go. This movie was so amature, at one point the sound of a ringing phone is made by a person trying to imitate the noise, "Brrrrrrrring!" This particular MST3K had a short before the movie, as they sometimes so. This one had a promotional film for an ice capades show, which was also great cannon fodder.
The thing with MST3K, is the more obscure references you get, the more you enjoy it. Thomas and I would often laugh at different things. I might notice a Monty Python line, while he laughs at a sports reference. It helps if you've seen a lot of movies, and not exactly current movies since MST3K stopped filming in 1999 (I feel old!) They also tend to reference previous episodes, so it's more fun as you watch more episodes. But even if you miss 2/3 of the jokes, there's still a lot to laugh at.
And the real thing that catches you and reals you in, is when a joke happens to touch on something rather obscure that means something to you, and yet you know it wouldn't mean anything to most of the audience. Because, unlike most forms of comedy, where the writers will throw out jokes unless all of the writers find that particular joke funny, MST3K would include lines that only one of the writers even understood. That's part of what gives MST3K that unique oh-so-not-Hollywood feel (the cheesy sets were just a bonus!)
If anyone is interested in renting any MST3K and would like recommendations, just ask. They aren't all funny, but some are extremely so (if you've only seen the MST3K movie, please be aware that it is by no means the funniest MST3K). Of course you need a particular kind of quirky, nerdy sense of humor to enjoy any, so results may vary. ;O)
I'd love to see an MST3K revival, but I can't imagine that will ever happen... They just don't make shows like that anymore.
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May 22nd, 2006
03:26 pm - Whole Peeled/The Maud Gonne Band
"But with my love for coffee, I know when I'm awake..."
First I'd like to say I know nothing about music, I just know what I like. So please pardon any inadequate descriptions or misused musical terms, thank you!
Years ago when I was living in Portland, Oregon, I happened to hear an unknown band from New Zealand playing at Saturday Market. I fell in love. They had kind of a celtic folk rock sound. The were selling a tape and a CD, the Maud Gonne Band's Difficult Third Album. I didn't have a CD player at the time, so I bought a tape. I gave them a $10 tip, which, ironically, along with the price of the tape, would have been enough to get the CD, instead. How I wish I had a CD! I was actually reluctant to buy an iPod now, only because I wouldn't be able to have this album on it, one of my all time favorite song collections.
I got an iPod anyway and searched for the Maud Gonne Band online, something I've done at various times in the past without much luck. This time, I first tried to email someone who had referenced the band on a website, but didn't get a reply. So I tried searching on the names of the band members, which I've also tried in the past. This time I had a significant hit.
I found a page on a website I'd never heard of called Lulu.com. It's a place where you can sign up to publish and sell your own books, CDs, DVDs, or images worldwide. This page was titled Whole Peeled Blog, which meant nothing to me. But one of the first things you see is an old play list, which made my jaw drop--it included the songs I was looking for--and the band members are listed farther down, exactly the same people as the Maud Gonne Band. (There's no explanation of the different name change, but on their MySpace page which I was directed to later, it says, "It should be noted that Whole Peeled also played more acoustic oriented music under the name of The Maud Gonne Band.") I ordered the CD Induce by Whole Peeled, which has a couple of the same songs from my tape, and anxiously waited for it to arrive. I also exchanged an email with Warwick Burton from the band, who was helpful.
My Whole Peeled CD arrived today. Having bonded so closely with The Difficult Third Album all these years, I was worried I'd be disappointed with Induce. But my fears were unfounded. I liked most of the new songs, and loved others, like Grady's Dream, Sugar Generation and Julia. Of course, I love the two songs that are also on my old tape, Bodega Midnight Coffee Song and Wellerman, although these versions are slightly different. Some of the songs on Induce have a little softer edge, but they still have the quirky lyrics and wonderful fiddling. There are a few fun unexpected choices, like a didgeridoo in the beginning of the instrumental Illinois Corn song. I'm grateful to have some more songs from this talented group of musicians and song writers.
My taste music is a bit eclectic, not completely dependent on genre. I tend to listen to more rock than folk, Alice in Chain's Dirt being another one of my favorite albums of all time. But then I also count Loreena McKennitt's Parallel Dreams among my favorites. Music hasn't been a big part of my life for a while, but when my husband got an iPod, I wanted one, too, hoping to reconnect with my enjoyment of music.
If you think you might like Whole Peeled, here are some links to visit.
Whole Peeled on Lulu.com
Some information about the band, and you can buy the CD Induce, or buy individual songs from the CD. Each song has a preview. Blog entries are here.
Whole Peeled on MySpace
Free download of the songs Home, Get Up Old Woman and Shake Yourself (instrumental), the Bodega Midnight Coffee Song, and Wellerman. The page also says a little bit about the band.
Soon May The Wellerman Come
This isn't a link for the band, it's about one of the folksongs they play. Whole Peeled seems to play a mix of folksongs and originals, but a lot more are originals.
Current Location: Isle of Demons
Current Mood: Hopeful
Current Music: Whole Peeled
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March 31st, 2006
10:43 am - Is there any way...?
Is there any way to see a list of the recent replies that I've made to other people's journals?
I see the My LJ page lists recent replies other people have made to my journals--but I comment on other people's entries much more than I add entries myself, as you've probably noticed. I signed up for LJ to check what other people are up to, but I only check every once and a while, and I'd like to follow up on entries where I replied some time ago. So I was wondering if there are tools to help me track what I've written to other people...
Current Location: Isle of Demons
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/blank.gif) out of it
Current Music: One of those GoPets tunes running through my head...
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January 18th, 2006
08:02 am - Any GoPets people here who haven't heard about my party yet?
Are your pets always on the go? Treat them to a relaxing day at the spa!
After attending many gala parties, Roshambo and Hopscotch are finally ready to host their own. The event will take place on January 25th and 26th, details below. This is a chance for your pets to stretch out and relax. Garments should be extremely casual, in fact, no clothing is required at all. If your pets do dress, it should be appropriate for a health spa, bath house or resort.
Please make friend requests now if you want your pets to attend. It will be hard for me to juggle things once the party is going, my computer has less than the recommended amount of RAM for running GoPets.
Amenities: White beach chairs for lounging, white ceramic tubs and various shampoos for bathing.
Menu: Only fruit juice, fruit and vegetables will be served. Light, healthy refreshments for the spa atmosphere.
Attire: Only comfort wear such as slippers, sandals, bathrobes and bath accessories, swimwear and swim accessories, shorts, togas, or no clothing at all. Definitely nothing heavy like winter wear or armor, nothing formal like a ball gown or tux. Your party hosts will be in their bathrobes.
Recreation: Bathing, napping in beach chairs, and sipping fruit juice will be the primary activities. Roshambo claims there will also be therapeutic massages and mud baths, but he may be embellishing a bit.
Time: I'm going to try to throw a 24 hour party, if possible, around January 25th and 26th (Wednesday and Thursday).
I'm aiming for this schedule, but if something comes up, or 24 hours in a row is not possible, I might make adjustments. I'll post any changes.
Seoul South Korea - January 25, 8:00 pm to January 26, 8:00 pm
Melbourne Australia - January 25, 10:00 pm to January 26, 10:00 pm
London England - January 25, 11:00 am to January 26, 11:00 am
East Coast USA - January 25, 6:00 am to January 26, 6:00 am
West Coast USA - January 25, 3:00 am to January 26, 3:00 am
I'm looking to buy second hand White Beach Chairs, let me know if you have any to sell! :O)
I've been planning a spa party ever since Roshambo came out with his line of bathwear, but wasn't able to have one until this month, for various reasons. One reason being the beach chairs never worked for me before! I'm having a little better luck with them now, though, so I hope to get some pets lounging. Of course I'll be accepting friend requests so pets can attend, but, please note, in February I will be trimming my friend list back down to only close friends. Thank you for understanding.
I drew the GoCat Roman statue in the title graphic just for this event, Copyright (C) 2006 Asynjur. Please don't use it elsewhere, thank you!
A Day at the Spa
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/cool.gif) Relax, bathe, enjoy.
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December 31st, 2005
08:43 pm - Get your resolution...
Stolen from ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) ruthieangel !
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/bouncy.gif) Happy New Year
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November 22nd, 2005
10:43 pm - I'm 45% Geek Lit Savvy
Nabbed from menolie
Bold the ones you have read:
Top 20 Geek Novels from The Guardian
1. The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy -- Douglas Adams
2. Nineteen Eighty-Four -- George Orwell
3. Brave New World -- Aldous Huxley
4. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? -- Philip Dick
5. Neuromancer -- William Gibson
6. Dune -- Frank Herbert
7. I, Robot -- Isaac Asimov
8. Foundation -- Isaac Asimov
9. The Colour of Magic -- Terry Pratchett
10. Microserfs -- Douglas Coupland
11. Snow Crash -- Neal Stephenson
12. Watchmen -- Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
13. Cryptonomicon -- Neal Stephenson
14. Consider Phlebas -- Iain M Banks
15. Stranger in a Strange Land -- Robert Heinlein
16. The Man in the High Castle -- Philip K Dick
17. American Gods -- Neil Gaiman
18. The Diamond Age -- Neal Stephenson
19. The Illuminatus! Trilogy -- Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson
20. Trouble with Lichen -- John Wyndham
It's been so long since I've read any books, I had to look up the plots to a few of these to confirm if I'd actually read them or not. Reading is for the young, LOL!
And I believe I should get some points for the fact that two different people, on two different occasions, felt they had to explain the whole book "Stranger in a Strange Land" to me, even though I've never read it. How annoying!
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/sweat.gif) Does the penguin look thirsty?
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October 12th, 2005
05:20 pm - Monster Name Decoder
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/annoyed.gif) Monstrous ;O)
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September 26th, 2005
08:44 pm - Nabbed from someone else's journal...
REAL reasons Americans are opposed to gay marriage
1) Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.
2) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.
3) Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.
4) Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.
5) Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Britney Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.
6) Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children.
7) Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.
8) Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in America.
9) Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That's why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.
10) Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans.
You can post this in your journal if you support gay marriage.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/determined.gif) Sarcastic
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September 7th, 2005
12:50 pm - Skeeball & Stuff
I first played skeeball when I visited my brother's family, living in New England at the time, I'm guessing this was around 25 years ago. Boy do I feel old! The skeeball was at some kind of seaside amusement area, I forget where.
After playing the GoPets skeeball mini game, recently, I was nostaligic to play the real thing. Turns out Dave & Busters is the closest place with skeeball, so we went there the other night. Thomas and I knew Dave & Buster's was a restaurant with games, and food that was too expensive. We'd never gone into the place. I thought D&Bs just had video games, and I didn't know you could go in just to play games and not eat there. The "doorman" at the front made us reluctant to go in, when we thought about it in the past. Seemed like a weird place.
But now that we've checked it out, we will be going again. Thomas and I both had a lot of fun! In the future we'll probably just eat at the food court (which is better than most food courts), and go in to D&Bs just to play games. The Skeeball game wasn't exactly like the ones I played years ago, but I enjoyed it. I probably enjoyed playing pool more, though, even though I am awful at it. Thomas and I haven't played pool for years, maybe if we play pool more again I will get better. In fact, I need to look up the rules to Eight Ball because we couldn't remember the details.
But the thing I did the best on at D&Bs, score wise, strangely, was the basketball shoot! I probably haven't touched a basketball since high school sophomore year gym class, and I was never good. Thomas wanted to give the basketball a try, but after he'd played once and felt he was embarrasingly bad, he pulled off our tickets and didn't even ask if I wanted to try--he didn't think I was interested. But I did want to at least give it a try. My first game, I was shocked that the ball kept going in time after time, and I actually got bonus time 3 times. My second play wasn't so good, it didn't give me the "classic" setting I'd pressed and the basket kept moving--plus, by the end, my arms were getting tired (my arms aren't used to this!) It wasn't as far away as a basket would be on a real court, so that was part of why I did well. But it was probably just beginners luck, since I never try to shoot baskets. If I try to play again, the next time we go, I'm sure I'll be terrible!
At any rate, it was something different for us to do. Including dinner we were there about 3 hours, we never stay out that late!
Current Mood: Hello!
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June 28th, 2005
03:59 pm - Please stop by!
I've been inviting new people to my forum, and many have stopped by, but we haven't achieved "critical mass" yet, LOL! If you've ever posted on my forum before, please come back for a visit. If you haven't visited before, please come by and check it out. Thanks!
Asynjur's Forum for Friends
http://www.bearjests.com/forum/
Visit our light hearted forum for friends, old and new. Discuss movies, art, nature, mythology, teddy bears, or almost anything. Talk about your day, share humor, play our own version of 20 questions and other games.
Current Mood: Good enough!
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