Texas still sucks. Going to be drinking nothing but Hateorade for several days.

Bred my first gold egg. Only took my girl a month and a half to decide to breed. XDDDD



Having a slightly better day today than yesterday. Still rather irked, though.

Last night I decided that my eyebrows MUST be waxed. Not a problem, I have this honey sugar wax stuff that takes just a few seconds in the microwave. To rip it off requires these thin plastic-like (but made of corn) strips. HOWEVER, that requires scissors, and scissors are like Atlantis in my house: forever lost. Hubby tends to know where they are, but he was already asleep.

So I went in the bedroom to look for them, he grumped at me, I grumped back, because dammit, I wanted to cause myself PAIN. I left to look elsewhere, a few minutes later he got up, went and found some scissors, and presented them to me in his most sullen manner.

So how twisted am I that I was mad at him before, but once he handed over the instrument to help me rip hair from the roots I was clam-happy again? XD

(My brows look verrah nice, by the way.)

Was virtually internetless for a week while in the wilds of SA for a wedding, a rehearsal, more family stuff than I can imagine, and perhaps twenty total minutes of vacation just for us. Recap post when I am not so behind the 8-ball with work and everything.

More dragons, of course. XD (If anyone wants a black, please let me know!)

I can has hang-out time with akaibara tonight.

I also can has dragons. Lots of dragons. If you're also doing this crazy dragon stuff, comment here so I know who I might send extra eggs and stuff to.

My Tuesday is a Monday, I want to cry because my hands, elbow, and forearm hurt so bad. And I am so stressed that the season tickets for the Thunder are going to sell out before I get my appointment on Thursday. (Two years as a season ticketholder when the Hornets were here, the best they gave me is four days in. "Irate" doesn't begin to convey things.)

Sending a general "DIAF" towards most everything today.

So so so happy that Roger won today!! ♥!!!! Spent today in Tulsa gathering documents for six or seven upcoming projects. Hubby went with me, so we made a day of it. "It" being working, that is. XD He was a big help, though the reality of having been up at 5:15AM is so catching up with me. Have to watch Special A 22 before bed, though!!

Still stupidly addicted to the Dragon Cave. Trying to get some of mine to grow up, because I have trades to take (and no open spaces on my scroll!). If anyone on the flist has dragon wishes, let me know and I'll give you first crack at what I breed.

Today is a day of third-day period cramps, which are sort of this dull ache from about middle of my rib cage down to my toes. Couple that with a left eye that is extraordinarily unhappy (it's gotten very sensitive to my extended-wear contacts if they aren't taken out overnight) and doesn't want to stay open. Add to the mix the sheer unexcitement of trying to do financials and all I really want to do is go home and sulk and lie down.

But...I stayed up way too late last night watching all of Special A that has been subbed. I am in so much love with this show. It's pushing all of my happy little shoujo buttons. So there's some glee in the midst of all my 'meh'.

But, random whiny natterings aside, on to the important part. HAPPY BIRTHDAY nympholepsia!!!! It is your day and I hope it is as made of awesome as you are!!

ABOUT. FREAKING. TIME.

*ahem* As you were.

From here.

Website for nonprofit (supposedly that Bill Gates invested in) complete with downloadable ringtone promoting condom use in India.

No, I'm not kidding.

Promoting safe sex = teh good...but it doesn't mean it can't bring teh funny, too. XD

I can't help it, I'm having way too much fun with this.



I have news and stuff, but I am tired and thus I will go sleep.

Nastia and Shawn did what they said and finished 1-2!! Go Team USA Gymnastics!! I am a zombie from having stayed up all week to watch Olympics, but I can't complain too much. More tea, more tea~~~~~!

Boss left for his motorcycle trip. I have so much work to do, and a list a mile long. Better get on it.

Click my babies, plz?

No words. NO WORDS.

I can't stop listening to it and wondering just who got Tezuka and Sanada to do drunk karaoke like this. XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Five events.
Five world records.
Five gold medals.

Is there anything in the water he can't do? XD

I am pulling so hard for him to get the sweep and the eight golds.

In other news, I'm working way too much. I will finish my third report this week today and I'm still catching up from being in Houston all last week. The tropical storm fizzled rather than sizzled, but it was nice to see rain then (it has been so dry here, my little evergreen on my walk is all brown and dead, and I /water/ that thing obsessively).

Hubby's interests have cycled again and the home theater is back up in the small bedroom. I really like what he's done with it, decorating-wise, and he moved the Blu-ray player in there. I'm in awe by how good it makes (certain) movies look. The nicest thing is the satisfaction of having bought many of those discs for around $10. (Pawn shops = awesome place to buy Blu-ray discs!)

Went to Tokyo in Tulsa last weekend with arithion. Had a wonderful time and got a new anime to obsess over. And a plushie black Mokona. How is that not a perfect addition to my pink Haro pillow? XDDDD

Back to work~.

See. Dork. Stalked website until I could get dragon eggs today. #^^#

Stressing over work. Must remain calm. *flail*

New eggs!!

So, the Nigerian/Jamaican scammers are trying to get more creative. They called my boss's cellphone (how did they get the number, random dialing?) and are offering him $5.5 million for the low low price of $500, wire transferred. So he's on the phone, playing mind games with them. Ah well, he's passing some time.

Also, I was listening to one of the local sports stations last Friday during my lunch. They were taking calls about a variety of subjects and there was a call that went something like this:

Host #1: And now we'll go to Jake on line 3. Jake?
Phone: *brief silence, then music begins* We're no strangers to love~~
Host #2: What was that?
Host #1: Come on, who calls us and then puts us on hold? Next call.

So, yes, the guys at the station were rickrolled and totally unaware of the fact. I was quite amused.

My fingers hurt. T-T

Or going that way, I think. Work is shaping up to where I may spend the entire month of August away from home. I narrowly avoided having to ditch Tokyo in Tulsa early on Sunday and dash home only to get on a plane. And in the midst of the travel planning for the month-long gig (I have already made eight plane reservations and an equal number of hotel bookings plus three car bookings), another job showed up that has to be squeezed into the same time frame (fortunately also in Houston). So it's rearrange travel plans and shoehorn in personnel so we have both jobs staffed. Between this and a pair of recalcitrant computers, it's a wonder today has left me with any hair.

Our nieces from B-ville stayed with us this weekend. We really had a good time. Kids, for me, are fun when you can play with them, keep them for a couple of days, and send them home. By next year I think they may be ready to stay another day or two, because we never ran out of things to do on this trip and nobody was bored. Mini-golf, museum, water balloon fights, swimming, movies, ordering pizza, cooking lunch - there was a lot of fun had. I think we took about three hundred pictures over the course of two days. (Not that I think anyone on my friends list would ask, but no, still no interest in reproducing here; no amount of wonderful time with nieces or nephew will change that. My biological clock is not only failing to tick, it's permanently broken and flashing 12:00.)

Have played my way through all of the Ace Attorney games, loved them. Am replaying And Justice For All right now (my PW:AA is loaned out, otherwise I'd play it) and having a ball. I've honestly had a lot of things fandom on ignore for a while for a multitude of reasons, not the least of which is this sense of time crunch and urgency that occupies the day when I'm at work and a corresponding sense of 'who the fuck cares' when I get home. Thus, a relative invisibility from my journal and fandom in general. Blah.

The spa was wonderful, by the way. I highly recommend a day out for anyone in need of relaxing. ^.^

Finally get to use birthday present from my dad. Full day of spa + day off work.

I have been deserving this long time y/y?

Back later, hopefully more relaxed. ♥

Happy birthday to my sweet buttery love, pikka!!

It is still June 5 in my time zone....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNNI!!! ♥!!!!

Good, good weekend. Spent much of Saturday in Tulsa with hubby and his folks and his grandmother. We went to the Gilcrease Museum, it was my second trip there and it's becoming a favorite. The sheer amount of Remingtons and Russells and Morans has to be seen to be believed. The room with the Morans is especially breathtaking because they are so big and grand. The falls at the Snake River...wow. Especially since he painted that in about...hrm, 1901 or so? The falls apparently don't exist anymore as the river has been dammed, which makes me that much more grateful that their beauty was preserved in his art. Thumbs-up to the Osage restaurant in the museum, I had some amazing chicken stuffed with spinach and a soft cheese and little bits of bacon, served on penne pasta with alfredo sauce. Mmmm~~!

Sunday was doubly special, it was hubby's birthday and arithion's first anniversary. That time last year hubby and yuki_scorpio and flamesword and I were watching a wonderful wedding. I can't believe it's been a year. Ah, but we had brunch at the Cheesecake Factory, did a little shopping, made our pilgrimage to the houses for sale we dream of owning, came home and did some laundry, had some of my family over (with presents for the birthday boy), and spent time with the kitties. All in all a fitting way to celebrate his day.

Am somewhere between ashamed and thrilled to admit that I've owned a Blackberry for about five months now and only TODAY did I land myself at Crackberry.com. I have been a ringtone-downloading, wallpaper-making, theme-hunting madwoman. Current wallpaper is one of my favorite Bleach fanarts, and I'm debating who in my address book I should tag with the Wicked Witch theme (from the Wizard of Oz) ringtone. Need to find someone with a good version of the ESPN theme, for no other ringtone will do for my brother. XD Seriously, if anyone has a Blackberry, I recommend this place. There are tips and tricks like crazy, not to mention free goodies and discounts on accessories, etc. I know I could really begin to obsess over mine if I spent a lot of time there.

Wishing like mad I was with Pez and Liz and Nori and Unni right now. ♥!!! I expect lots of stories and fun and consolation presents! T-T

Work makes me fail at getting this in early in the day, but...today, May 2, is a Holy day in the Land of Phoenicia.

FOR IT IS THE BIRTHDAY OF THE BOUTON~!

Happy birthday to my darling Tabichuu! ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

Headed for San Antonio very shortly! Back in a week or so, though not before having floor seats for Rush on Saturday. Happy birthday to me, yeah!!!

I CAN HAS MOAR COWBELL!

Someone is awesome! ♥

(I also can has moar updates to write, but have to spend most of today in a client's office. Booooooo!

And I can has moar Edgeworth! The smirky bastard I love so much is getting his own game!)

I'm this close to just packing it in and going home today. I feel terrible, and I've got to bounce back by Friday for my grand Wichita excursion.

Time to get myself more active here and, well, be social! So much has been going on, so much has been littering my mindscape for too long. It would take too long to go over it all (and way too much tl;dr), but some has been good, some has been bad, and some just has.

But, the first order of business is always photospam!

I CAN HAS EASTER BASKET!!!!



This is a present from my gay husband, who came by after he got off work today. (For those new or forgetful, my gay husband is one of our best friends and he has a habit of spoiling me. ^_^) I absolutely love it. It has all the essentials to survive the next week or two: Cadbury eggs, Lindt truffles, stuffed animal.

Man, the wind is blowing hard outside. I think I'm going to go home, brew some tea, and stay in tonight.

Happy birthday to my peacewind! I hope it is a wonderful, wonderful day, darling!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE AWESOMENESS THAT IS PEZ!!! ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

To do list for today:

--finalize 1099s for companies B, C, and D. (Company A was done two weeks ago.)
--payroll
--order supplies for G.E. - PENDING
--call insurance company about health insurance
--book CC charges in QB for 12/07
--A/P
--update time/expense reports, pay out any unpaid expenses
--book 2/18 airfare for WAW and JKS - PENDING
--book hotel for 2/18-2/22
--book car for both weeks, 1st week for WAW second for JKS
--go to bank for deposits
--make/label new A/R folder
--begin Office Depot list (self-adhesive prongs, check to see if paper needs ordering; if so, do it online so it can be delivered)
--find recycling spot for paper - PENDING
--cash report - IN THE AM

All right, time to start checking these off! *feeling motivated now that it's all written down*

"Oprah endorses green tea!"

Well, shit, I didn't even know green tea was running for office.

So....

For the next couple of weeks...

My hours have changed.

We are doing 7-2. With lunch in the office.

ZOMG I AM GOING TO DIE. AM NOT MORNING PERSON.

But, hey, off at 2PM or earlier! Real sunshine to be seen!

Today this entry can only be done on one line~!

I am making no sense....

Yes, the House of Hana is once more electrified. It came back on permanently just before midnight, though it was on when we arrived home from dinner and wasting time around 9-ish. It shut off and on again several times until we went to bed, then several more times after. But, all appears to be well today.

More to tell about various and sundry, but work calls.

And......my power is now out! Have called the co-op to report it, am hoping that they broke it in the process of fixing other people's and not that it is down for the count.

(Well, that's how all the news stations are hyping it...)

Big ice storm here, lots of destruction. I have power, akaibara and both my parents and my hubby's sister do not. Work had no power yesterday but does today, thus I am here today where I was home yesterday. Lost a few limbs on my tree, it's small and fairly young (6 or so years old), but we're unsure if it's going to survive enough. Will make that determination when it's not Disney on Ice in my front yard. XD

....is this really only my second post this month? orz

Back from vacation, it didn't last nearly long enough. (Nutcakes on the plane in Phoenix helped this not at all.)

And now 401(k) compliance review documents are making my eyes go all swirly. No rest for the wicked, it seems. My desk is absolutely full of paper.

Why yes, yes I am.

Out of here for a few days. Everyone be safe and know you are loved. ♥

I think it's only fitting that I had to get my driver's license renewed while I'm sick. If I wasn't already ghost-pale, I surely was today.

Here's to four years of a picture I can't stand. Or at least until I "lose" my license and get a replacement. XD

Survived the weekend and family and all that sundry. Do think that in addition to BARGAINS AND BIG SAVINGS I have a cold (again!) from my Black Friday adventure (hubby appears to as well, so we can be bitchy about it together). Clearly I need to do something different, I can't remember ever being sick twice within the span of a month before. WORK, IMMUNE SYSTEM!

My stepfather is out of the hospital after three weeks. (Haven't posted about it; along with some other current goings-on, things are sort of on a need-to-know basis, mostly because I don't like talking about it and there's not anything that even well-meaning encouragement can do to change the situations.) This is what I wanted for Thanksgiving, so I'm very pleased by this.

Have had a very large legal project dumped into my lap suddenly, so I see myself working some if not all of the nights this week until I leave Friday morning for San Francisco. This will be our first trip out there, so if anyone has any suggestions for things to do and see, please let me know. I wish we were staying longer, but hubby needs to be back for some things.

'Tis that time of the year, ie if I don't get going on this it WILL NOT GET DONE AND YOU ALL WILL GET PSEUDO-CHRISTMAS CARDS IN, LIKE, MARCH!

*ahem*

Please leave your pertinents so I may card you! (Also, if you have one of these posts as well, PLEASE leave a comment and link to it. I have been failing at my flist of late, there's a lot going on.)

Poll #1088608 2007 Christmas scramble
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: None

Christmas card? *__*

Name and mailing address, please!

It's worse.

Enjoy! >=)

So, back a few months ago, my FujiPod gave up the ghost and went to the great rotten Apple tree in the sky. However, I had him well warrantied, which meant I'd get his full cost refunded to me. Much yay! However the second, where I bought him no longer carries iPods, so getting the instant gift card to replace him becomes more time and a check. Much woe and yay! So, I package him up, send him off with all my receipts and good things and I wait. Less than two weeks later, I get something in the mail! Much yay! However the third, it is not the anticipated check but a gift card! For full value, but alas, I cannot buy a replacement there! Much woe! Place phone call, get some help, they have to investigate to make sure I'm not scamming them and haven't used the gift card, and it will take another three or so weeks to get the check! Much woe and yay!

Receive check today! Much yay! Debate purchasing an 80GB or 160GB replacement. Settle on the 80GB (so I don't have any out of pocket for the warranty and a different set of headphones, I like not the standard issue ones, they're too big for my little ears and hurt to use) and purchase him!

So, I have a nameless black 80GB iPod classic. What should I call this new arrival?

Poll #1079530 Name that iPod!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

New iPod! Finally! Now what to call it?

WHO LOVES THE TICKY?

How can the 4 hour non-drying sinus meds that I took LAST NIGHT BEFORE BED still be making me feel all @_@?