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[Oct. 6th, 2008|09:49 am] |
01. Think of the first word that comes to mind when you think of me.
02. Go to Google Images and search for that word.
03. Reply to this post with one of the pictures on the first page of results (don't tell me the word).
04. Put this in your own journal so that I can do the same.
Basic image instructions, for those who don't know: find the image location, and insert it into the markup below, replacing the example address.
<img src="http://www.example.com">
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| Spam aimed at gamer geeks? |
[Sep. 29th, 2008|09:37 am] |
"Make your pants dragon huge and rock hard."
I think I'm going to call all of my male friends walking pants dragons from now on. :) |
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| Vacations! |
[Aug. 21st, 2008|10:44 am] |
I spent the weekend in Virginia with my good friend Rae. You can read her blog (and see some pictures) here. It was a lot of fun.
Top ten things about spending a weekend with my best friend: (drumroll, please)
( Read more... )
Eating an entire tube of Bottlecaps in the hotel the first night was also nice. I really enjoy road trips - partly because I get to pretend to be all grown up and the hotel people don't call my bluff! I recommend the Park Inn & Suites in Beckley, WV to anyone. It's clean, the beds are reasonably comfortable, he microfridge in the room is really cold, and the staff is friendly. Despite the reviews online I found no adult stores nearby unless you count Bob Evan's. I was almost disappointed by that - maybe I was on the wrong side of the hotel, but I expected to see a Lion's Den sign right outside my window.
On the down side, the cassette deck in my car is starting to go. At moderately regular intervals the sound cuts out and then back in - like the heads in the tape deck are going. This sucks. I had to stop and buy a cassette player in order to finish my mystery. Humiliation is walking in to a Radio Shack and having the ultra-young sales clerk help you pick out an old lady cassette deck. (Irritation is asking for a tape deck at Wal-Mart and being told they don't have any - then finding three different models on the shelf. I hate Wal-Mart. Having them offer crappy customer service gives me hope that the company might yet fail. Not much hope, of course. I am a realist.)
On the other upside, I got an average of 34.5 mpg out of my car on this trip. Since I was taxing the poor little engine with actual mountains this time I wasn't really expecting that. A nice bonus, to be sure - I don't usually get mileage like that in town. I also got to eat one very tasty meal at the Toliver House Restaurant, a nice little place in an old house. I had the best chicken of all time (easily equal to the birds they served in France) and it was natural! We were told that the chicken came from Polyface Farms. As you can read if you hit their website, it's pasture-based farming.
You might think I'm overreacting, or exaggerating, or just making this up. Pasture-raised chickens taste better. They don't taste like chicken as we know it! No more bland-could-be-just-about-anything fried boards of white meat in breadcrumbs! I don't want to go back to eating the mass-produced stuff now. I want real food!
This is going to cause difficulties. |
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| Meme |
[May. 29th, 2008|09:22 am] |
Copy and paste to your own journal, erase my answers, and add your own. Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following questions. They have to be real places, names or objects - nothing made up! Try to use different answers if the person you got this from has the same first initial. You CAN'T use your name for the boy/girl name question. And Have Fun With It!!!
1) 4 LETTER WORD: Soup
2) BOY NAME: Stephen
3) GIRL NAME: Serena
4) OCCUPATION: Sentry
5) A COLOR: Silver
6) SOMETHING YOU WEAR: Socks
7) BEVERAGE: Stolichnaya
8) FOOD: Squash
9) SOMETHING FOUND IN A BATHROOM: Shampoo
10) A PLACE: Serengeti
11) REASON FOR BEING LATE: Sleepiness
12) SOMETHING YOU SHOUT: Stop! |
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[May. 23rd, 2008|10:04 am] |
This is what happens when you grow up in Cleveland with a mother (and grandparents) from New York and a grandmother from West Virginia teaching you how to speak.
I also say that a consummate actor doesn't consummate his marriage until the end of the first act - and those two words sound different.
</form> Mid-Atlantic. This is what everyone calls a Philadelphia accent although it's also the accent of south Jersey, Baltimore, and Wilmington. Well, everyone that lives near there, that is. Outsiders can tell you talk differently from them even though they can't tell what your accent is.
If you are not from there, you are probably one of the following:
(a) A New Yorker who, unlike most New Yorkers, rhymes "on" with "dawn"; or
(b) A Yat from New Orleans.
You are probably not from Eastern New England or the Great Lakes area, and certainly not from anywhere in the West or Canada. Take this quiz now - it's easy! |
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| Mem! |
[May. 22nd, 2008|09:50 am] |
It's been a while since I've memed, so I thought I'd try this one stolen from ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) daundelyon.
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Go to this site and find five quotes that resonate with you by either reflecting who you are or what you believe.
A human being must have occupation if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.
Dorothy L. Sayers (1893 - 1957)
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.
C. S. Lewis (1898 - 1963)
To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties. For he who renounces everything no indemnity is possible. Such a renunciation is incompatible with man's nature; to remove all liberty from his will is to remove all morality from his acts.
Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712 - 1778)
I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.
Martha Washington (1732 - 1802)
Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.
Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)
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Note that while I believe what Martha Washington said to be true, I do not necessarily force myself to be cheerful. Instead I blame myself for my own unhappiness when it occurs. :P |
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| Yet another call! |
[Apr. 25th, 2008|03:12 pm] |
I got another call from my liquid-sounding not-friend today, and he hung up on me. Then he called back - twice! And he finally left me a voice message! It ends with "Thank you very much," but his accent is so damned thick I can't understand who he wants to talk to or why.
alleynbard - you will get to hear a recording of my mysterious stalker at last!
At least I remembered not to pick up the last two times - I think it might be an international call today. Bah.
And for those of you who have been following my little saga: The calls seem to be from the Senegal republic today. |
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| Ack! |
[Apr. 21st, 2008|02:04 pm] |
I feel naked - why?
Oh - I left my cell phone at home today.
It's on the kitchen counter.
I'm sure Simon is also on the counter. Simon has discovered that when he has pushed Rhiow to her breaking point (as he chose to do at 6:00 AM this morning) he can escape her righteous wrath by hiding on top of the refrigerator. He gets there by way of the counter.
Simon will likely knock my cell phone off the counter.
My cell phone might be damaged.
I should shop for a new cell phone.
:) |
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| lolcatz |
[Apr. 11th, 2008|09:56 am] |
I love cats. Muchly.
( Read more... ) |
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| Too much stuff. |
[Apr. 2nd, 2008|09:02 pm] |
Jeremy is on his way to a new home in Seattle and I volunteered to ship him some of his belongings. My living room is now beginning to resemble itself once again. I've managed to ship 6 boxes so far and I have another 3 ready to go in the morning. I've consolidated some boxes so that there were fewer to ship. I also have his cable boxes (yes boxes- he still had one from a previous apartment) ready to move out. I have sold one of his less prized possessions. I intend to sell another tomorrow. (He had already decided to give them away - I just figured I could use the proceeds to offset some of his shipping costs, so Goodwill isn't getting them.)
And still I have boxes to send.
If I ever decide to move across country, please remind me to rent a trailer. I know that Jeremy is nervous that some of his things will arrive broken, and I really wouldn't be able to handle the same suspense. I'm doing my absolute best to ensure that things arrive intact, and I'm still nervous that they won't. I'm even nervous that his clothes will arrive broken. Clothing. I need something to calm my nerves.
I'm probably just mildly worried that the car will cease to go, or that the mountains will suddenly erupt while my friends are driving through them,. or that Yellowstone is finally gonna blow and I'll never see them again. (Of course, if Yellowstone goes I think I'm dead too - so we'd all be able to party in our afterlife. Mine now officially includes Guitar Hero.)
Drive safe, guys. |
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