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Monday, October 6th, 2008
11:05 am	My computer chose this weekend to end it all. :( Well, actually I managed to pick up a super nasty virus that while managing not to become spyware & report all my actions to outside forces, took my internet connection with it while re-arranging my desktop from WinXP to Win05. It has been suggested that rebuilding might be the only option at this point....so now I am back to internetting at work. My joy knows no bounds. So until I manage to print everything stored on my Notepad & Text Documents folder, I have once again the World's Most Expensive Solitaire Machine (although I can now play Mahjong & Cradle of Rome on it as well). I will take it into the PC people this week & cry at them. Is it better just to get a new one & have them switch stuff over? How would getting a Mac affect the external hard drive (which has most of my music files) and the resident iPods? I need to get back on the phone. Current Mood: depressed Current Music: Mutterings (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, September 27th, 2008
5:01 pm	What kind of bookcrosser are you Your Result: Playfull RBACKer   Sent it as a gift, that's what you say. You are a daily visitor of the rback site. Releasing might be fun, but now I know for sure my book finds someone who actually wants it. Just admit it, you just love to giftwrap. ring in bundles   Love to meet   Talk of the toy   Thematic dropper   Obsessive releaser   lucky lurker   strange looking bystander   What kind of bookcrosser are you Quiz Created on GoToQuiz (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, August 24th, 2008
8:40 pm	Yay! An actual post! Of course, I haven't been doing very much, working...sleeping...downloading music...watching movies...stuff. :) I have actually been reading a lot. I signed up for the Set-It-Yourself Reading Challenge on Bookcrossing during my vacation and set my challenge as six stand-alone novels and two trilogies. Before I had to back to work in mid-July, I had managed to read The Magicians Guild, The High Lord, and The Novice by Trudi Canavan. Excellent series. I also managed to read Watchmen by Alan Moore, House of Stairs by William Sleator, Buddha Boy by Kathe Kolje and Kiln People by David Brin. Kiln People was one of the hardest to get through, partly because I had to go back to work while reading it and partly because it was a murder mystery/sci-fi wrapped around a meditation on individuality, consciousness and measuring the soul. Currently trying to get through Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove. This is his Lets Give the Confederate Army AK-47's and See What Happens After and while it is a fascinating read, I've discovered that I only have about 30 minutes a day to read anything. All the rest of the day I'm working, catching up with the DVR or my rentals, trying to catch up on my email, LJ friends...and don't forget sleeping. Sometimes I feel really frustrated and wish I have a kiln to create my own golems of myself so I can assign one to clean the kitchen, living and dining rooms, another to organize the Anything Room, another to shelve in the Hardback Room, and finally an advanced model to go to work for me so I don't have to actually leave home and I get my reading done. Not going to happen, really, but I can wish. Yep, I had a vacation and didn't tell anybody. That is because I am uncommunicative. I find I am much more talkative in person, but am also hermit-like in my habits. My vacation was from mid-June to mid-July, and mostly I hid under the bed, read, surfed on the internet, played with iTunes, and joined LA Fitness. No, I try to work out regularly there, but the one who has benefited the most has been glaive. I'm happy for him. :) He is also somewhat more social, telling me of interactions with people at the gym and getting out of the house almost every day. They also feature a yoga class that I try to make, but most times I have been skipping. I should stop that. dangerous_bunny sold me her Toshiba 42" LCD HDTV because of her move...and we are currently enjoying it very much. I had dangerous_bunny helping to set it up, and almost every member of my family who might own power tools come over and drill holes to try to hang it on the wall over the fireplace. Ev finally got it hung and today was devoted to cabling and connecting. After calls to Click!s tech service people, I managed to track down a HDMI/DVI cable for the cable box and some very long component cords for the DVD player. I know, I could have stuck with just the coaxial cable for cable, but I wanted to reserve that as I need to be able to plug in my Atari 2600. Yes, I enjoy playing my 8-bit games on the HDTV. :D Somehow it is very satisfying. (You can see every pixel!) Owen and Babs have not really enjoyed the heat wave here so much. Life is hard for furry people. They are adjusting to their new collars and tags, however. Every so often I keep thinking dogs must have snuck in because of the jingling of their tags. glaive accuses me of belling the cats...maybe so. Don't really know what will be next in my life. Need to get the Supreme Dalek up on the mantel so he can preside over the tv. And maybe rearrange some other things. Current Mood: accomplished (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
10:11 pm	Via chordam7 Comment and I'll give you a letter; then you have to list ten things you LOVE that begin with that letter. Afterward, post this in your journal and give out some letters of your own. Hmmmmmmmmm. The Letter W. In no particular order then: 1)Weird. I love weird stuff, weird movies and having weird friends. Best of all, I love being weird. 2)Wilderness. I must admit that I'm not all keen on walking around in it, but I love knowing that its there. And looking at pictures of acres of trees crowding the slopes of mountains and hanging out on the plains....gives me hope even while it soothes me. 3)Weaponry. I love the look and feel of all kinds of swords and knives (particularly knives....mmmmmmm). Arrows are excellent as well, and while I don't really like modern weapons as much, I do have to admire greatly how they are put together to form something both complex and simple at the same time. 4)Water. Given that water makes up 92% of me, it should come as no surprise that I prize this highly. And given the opportunity to live practically anywhere, I seem to have chosen a place that moves water around quite frequently. I love hearing the rain, listening to the susurration of the ocean, the giggling of creeks and rivers...and wonder where water would go if it managed to escape. I wonder if there isn't this huge planet out there somewhere made entirely of water; or if it would just collapse and be a huge water accretion ring in orbit around a star if it had nothing to hold onto but itself. 5)Why. The most popular question of all time is one I find myself asking of myself a lot. Usually I have no answer. On the other hand, without this question we would probably be living in stone huts. Because. 6)Winter. I don't always love this season, but I do love having seasons, and this is definitely one of them. I also loooooove snow (probably more than I should) and winter is when I was born. Winter is also fun for giving me an excuse to cuddle up with the cat, have a nice warm fire & a hot cup of tea while listening to the rain pour outside. Bliss. 7)Witch. I love this word and the images it conjures up for me. Women robed in black with pointy hats around a cauldron. Halloween. Celebrating the Goddess. Ancientness. Not necessarily wickedness, just....witchiness. Laughing and being happy, raising that cone of power. 8)Wish. I do love to wish for things, including wishing to be able to successfully be able to simplify and not wish for things I don't always need. :) But wishing in and of itself does no harm. Just try to be careful of what I am wishing for. 9)Wind. I loooooooooooooove the wind. While I am fascinated by water, wind is somehow both more wonderful and powerful. When I was younger, I thought I could influence the wind. And mostly, as far as I could tell, I was right. If I wanted a stronger breeze, all I had to do was puff a bit of air against the main direction and immediately the wind would gust stronger in response. I love how it ruffles my hair and how I used to play tag with it in spring when it would gust here and over there, never in one place for long. Even today, my fondest wish is to be able to be carried by the wind, whether it be by hang gliding, or riding a broom, or whatever. :) 10)Words. Early on, I figured out that words were better. Better than numbers, better than a lot of things. You can escape into words. Words change their meaning, growing and rearranging, inventing and becoming obsolete. Those are the best words: obsolete and multi-syllabic, rolling off the tongue or into the computer. Fresh and juicy. Musty and crunchy. Tangling tongues and tripping into speech. Wonderful. :D Current Mood: happy (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
10:53 pm	Happy B'day scifigal! (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, July 17th, 2008
2:54 am	For the 5 people who have missed this Go Here We have both Doogie Houser and Captainn Reynolds in a musical. What could be more fun? (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
11:28 pm	Happy B'day shibe111! May your next year be happier. Current Mood: calm (Comment on this)
Sunday, July 6th, 2008
8:52 pm	Happy Birthday to darkphilodox! May you enjoy many more trips around Sol. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, May 25th, 2008
3:44 pm	Need Ideas For a movie night double feature. One of the movies is Barbarella. I'm kinda at a loss as to what would go with that...except whiskey. Current Mood: curious (2 Comments |Comment on this)
1:14 pm	Books and reading and stuff I have been reading a lot lately; which is a good thing for me. Mark Twain is somehow growing on me and gaining my respect. I think I've got used to his writing style as well, because he seems somewhat easier to read. I finished with The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn a while ago, and the next book turned out to be A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court. I have to admit that I really like Huckleberry more than I remembered, although I could have almost killed Tom Sawyer when he turned up and the end of the book for what he put Jim through. I know, different times, etc., it's just that to me, you don't do that to a person. Tom should be slapped into reform school ASAP. Connecticut Yankee wasn't as bad, but I think it is definitely a soap-box novel...Mark Twain lecturing about the evils of monarchy and excessive religion via his main character. It got verrrrrrrrrrrrrry slow in a lot of places as the guy just went ON about how bad the feudal system was. At the end of that one I decided I needed a break from Mark Twain and looked around for Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham. I couldn't find it however and instead I read The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne. I was anticipating more of a sequel to 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, but really it is more of a story about castaways and how they survive on the island. Nemo isn't even mentioned until about four chapters from the end. Now I am currently in the middle of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain; #5 in my series if you are counting. :) This is actually two different novellas: the first being a somewhat melodramatic story featuring mistaken identity, murder and the science of fingerprints. The second novella is apparently what Mark Twain was going for originally, being a melodramatic love story about conjoined twins from Europe in a small Missouri town. I just finished the first last night and I hope to finish the second this weekend. In some ways, I can hardly wait to see what the next book I will be reading will be, and part of me can hardly wait to get through the next three so I can go and read something different. To return to a subject I kind-of mentioned earlier, I had a hard time believing I couldn't find Day of the Triffids when I was looking for it. Okay, a lot of my books are in that amazing space known as "The Floor", but I thought I somewhat solved that by putting them in stacks according to the last name of the author (or title if a compilation). When I couldn't find it, I felt somewhat betrayed; I knew I had a copy....I could have sworn on something that I had a copy......I knew what the copy looked like.......yet it wasn't there. Not of the thrilled was I. I really don't want to get into re-organizing my bookrooms right now. I just want to be able to find things when I want them. I have to ask for anyone familiar with eBay, what is up with those bidders that are just a**b or similar? Are they just seller's shills? Are they people with no imagination to create names for themselves? Please let me know. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
2:09 pm	"A home without a cat--and a well-fed, well-petted and properly revered cat--may be a perfect home, perhaps, but how can it prove title?" --Mark Twain Current Mood: amused (Comment on this)
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
9:56 pm	My Schedule for 5/10 8-12(ish) -- Volunteering at the Arthritis Walk at Point Defiance. Not walking, but helping staff refreshment tables, etc. 12(is)-5 -- Going to Olympia for robinsnow's birthday party. Happy birthday Robin! 5:30-? -- Taking Mom, Dad & Mike out to dinner at the Wild Orchid. Sunday I think I will just collapse. Current Mood: Anticipatory (Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
8:46 pm	Don't Get Arrested Like any of us need a reminder. :/ But. Really. Don't . Current Mood: sad (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, March 13th, 2008
7:35 pm	For those who are interested.... Below is the information regarding the Employment Information Sessions. The meetings are held on the third Wednesday of each month, and our next one is Wednesday, March 19 starting promptly at 9:00. Any potential applicant interested in attending, needs to contact the recruitment team at wa.fo.atsc.recruiting@ssa.gov to reserve a spot. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From what I understand, this is your chance to ask questions about what the job entails, what you can expect, etc. And of course, their opportunity to get your phone number and size you up for where on the call list your name will appear. (Comment on this)
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008
7:57 am	Last night I watched Beowulf and Napoleon Dynamite. I thought Beowulf was ok, I didn't appreciate the CGI although I don't think that they could have done without it. It just kept jarring me out of the movie...I would get over the CGI for a while and get into the story, then someone would show up who looks like they emigrated from one of the Shrek movies and *poof* back out of the story again. I know I'm not in the majority on this one, but I wasn't blown away by Napoleon Dynamite. glaive was, but honestly I thought it was just another indie movie about a weird teen. This is almost becoming a genre. Currently working on something I don't want to talk about just yet. Stay tuned. Started knitting another Doctor Who scarf. I am going for the ultra-long Season 16 scarf and have what seems like a metric ton of yarn to knit with. Just starting the second stripe and have 86 more stripes to go. Hmmmmm. Thank havens for communities! Someone on a Doctor Who community mentioned that they found Jelly Babies at World Market. Of course, this meant we had to stop there yesterday while running around. I now has edible babies! And they are tasty! I will be sure to set some aside for Alexander, when next I see him. ;) They seem to be a cross between a gummy bear and a jelly bean, but they are very sweet and flavorful. Yum! Current Mood: cheerful Current Music: birds singing (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
11:14 pm	I feel like I should be able to go to bed when I want to, and I keep planning all the things I want to do tomorrow....but I have to work tomorrow. Do not have day off. Why can't I have an 8/4 schedule? Why would that ruin everything? *sigh* I keep telling myself "Sunday is Service Comp Day Anniversary. I only have four more years to go to be able to get 8 hours of leave during a pay period. I'm 1/2 way to the use or lose and then I can take two months off. Patience." Current Mood: pensive Current Music: Silence... (Comment on this)
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
11:26 pm	Saw Ravenous movie tonight. Not very bloody, but disturbingly intense. So of course I had to watch Captain Blood so I could sleep. Errol Flynn from that movie could buckle my swash anytime. :) Current Mood: contemplative Current Music: Rob Zombie-Foxy Foxy (Comment on this)
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
6:41 pm	Aaaaaaaaaan from sulky_girl ( Meme! ) Current Mood: Anticipatory Current Music: Wild Kingdom (Comment on this)
10:58 am	Coutesy of chantry ( Meme ) Didn't I tell you I have no life? Some of the ones I've italiacized I've actually seen, but it was so long ago I couldn't tell you what the movie was about for the life of me. (Comment on this)
Monday, February 25th, 2008
10:50 pm	I haven't been posting very much lately....well I don't post generally....but I feel that I've been quieter than usual. Lots of changes going on, but nothing that I've been willing to talk about here. Or anywhere. For some reason, I find that I do better if I keep my goals to myself; that way I guess no-one can tell what I've failed at. :) But no-one can tell what I've accomplished, either. I am finally listening to my doctor and I got a C-PAP machine to breathe for me at night. glaive says that it is helping with the snoring...not that I do snore...to my knowledge.... and I do have to admit that I feel better and somewhat more rested when I use it. However, I hate it. I miss all the night sounds that you can hear and drift off to sleep to. I hate having something tied to my face. This is not something that even possibly confused as "fetish-y" so I don't even feel slightly interesting. glaive jokes about cyborgs, but this does not alleviate things. Main advantage that I've found so far is that you can bury your head under the covers and still get fresh air, but somehow that doesn't really help. So while I have been adjusting to that, I have been adjusting to a new supervisor at work. She is really nice so far, and hasn't bothered me as much. I still get the feeling that she is still finding her feet with everyone as of yet, but appears to be settling in pretty good. I decided this month to chuck the 5/4/9 schedule and work a normal 8/5 schedule like everyone else, so I have been adjusting to that as well. I started last week, and so far so good. Try me a couple more weeks in and see how that goes. Although I have been trying not to get to the point where I am going in on the later part of my shift everyday, it has been hard as various things have come up to prevent that. I did finally figure out the last iTunes mishap with chordam7's help, it was figured out that instead of randomly dumping files, iTunes had helpfully re-arranged them. Since then, I have been shifting files about, deleting extras and re-linking everything that had been moved. And just when I thought I have everything arranged correctly, I find that I've got about 30-40 files "lost" and at least one more megafolder to shift over to F: drive. *sigh* I don't think it will every truly end. Especially with me downloading random crap left and right. iTunes wants to update itself but won't download, and worst of all Gremlin decided to "take a powder" leaving me ipodless at present. Argh. Not to worry, at least Gremlin died within the warranty period and is currently on its way to Apple in California where I am assured that it will be replaced. How soon? Who knows? At least we are *not* dealing with "Government Time" which could be beyond Doomsday. When Gremlin comes back I am told it will be sporting the old case (since I had it engraved) with new internals. I will call it "Frankengremlin". Hopefully it will behave better as well. One of my New Years Resolves this year is to finally read all of Mark Twain. I have this 26-odd volume set that I picked up a while ago (that I am NOT getting rid of) that for some reason I decided I needed to go through. Currently, I am on Vol. 2 which has Tom Sawyer Abroad, Tom Sawyer, Detective And Other Stories. The two Tom Sawyers I could have done without, but the Other Stories are kind of interesting. Right now, I am reading a bit that is a speech on babies...I will leave it as an exercise for the curious as to what he has to say about that. ;) Of course, I have been watching a ton of movies as movies as well. And I can't quite remember them all, except the ones I own and the most recent of the other movies. I just finished Key Largo tonight, and earlier in the month I saw Spider Baby. Spider Baby is a great example of a shoestring horror movie in the 60's that decided to depend entirely on the crazy antics of the main characters. I do not want to ever see this again. Key Largo had some really good acting, although I think more of Edward G Robinson's subplot could have been left in. I know I have more on the DVR to watch, including Only Angels Have Wings, Tsotsi, The Fortune Cookie, Ravenous, The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), The Last Waltz, Blow Out (1981) The Testament of Dr Mabuse among others. Just need motivation. Current Mood: tired Current Music: Golden Slumbers-The Beatles (Comment on this)