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2:11PM - poll

well I am not a paying member at the moment so I can do a proper poll but I have a question for everyone.

Next weekend I have a whole 2 days in a row off! This is a rarity for me. Any suggestions on what I should do, where I could go? I don't have too much money, maybe a couple hundred dollars, but I think it would be good for me to get out otherwise I will just sit at home and sleep.

So, what should Ally do with her weekend?

9:40PM

    "There is glitter on his soul and starlight in his eyes."

11:11AM - school

Anyone know of any reputable online colleges out there? I mean, is there such a thing? Or will I have to go to a regular brick and mortar college to finish up my 4 year degree?

10:46PM - I'm a dork

8:56AM - dream

I rarely remember my dreams and when I do it's usually when I am not fully asleep...like when I wake up too early and try and go back to sleep for that last hour I have until I have to get up. Anyway, this is what I dreamed this morning when I woke at 6am and didn't need to be up until 9am!

First I was helping my mother with a computer program..she wanted to make personalized labels for her books. Then all of a sudden I was in another room looking at a red and orange bird with a bright yellow beak. It was just sitting there looking at me and it was so vibrant that I couldn't completely focus on it. I tried to touch it and it pecked me. Then it grabbed my finger with one of it's feet and pecked some more. It didn't hurt. I pulled away and it grabbed me with both feet and was perched on my hand now. I pet it a little...all the while it was biting my hand. I walked across the room with it and a few seconds before it happened I realized the bird would try and fly through the window and get hurt...but I did nothing to prevent it. So the bird took off in slow motion and smashed against the window and made a very sad sound. Then it kind of half flew half flopped under the couch while I went and closed all the shades so he wouldn't try and get through the windows again. I found him and picked him up but he was obviously injured and half dead. I touched his chest and it was bloody. I pressed a tissue to the wound but the bird remained listless. I brought him down to my grandmother who took him to the basement where she said we would keep him there but he'd probably die in a few hours. I remember feeling sad and guilty for not preventing the accident when I could of. That was the end of the dream.

7:28PM - Lovebirds

12:43PM

and say you're my hippie i'll say i'm your hippie
we'll giggle and cuddle and always be happy
we'll never go crazy we'll never feel crappy
we'll never feel crappy we'll always be happy

9:31AM

AUTHORS MEME
Copy this list of 10 authors. Remove the ones not on your bookshelves and replace each of them with ones that are (replaced/added authors are in bold).

1. P G WodehouseBill Bryson
2. Joyce Christmas Stephen King
3. J R R TolkienClaudine Hellmuth
4. Terry PratchettElizabeth Badurina (aka ModernGypsy)
5. Neil GaimanPiers Anthony
6. J K Rowling
7. Brian Froud
8. Vickie Enkoff (aka chaosposte)Robert Heinlein
9. Rice Freeman-ZacherySark
10. William ShakespeareSusanna Oroyan

11:40AM - i hate being a moron

FUCK!!!!!!!!!

I am so stupid. For my whole life other people have taken care of me. First my mother then my husband. Now at 29 years old, i am out on my own and have to figure how to do things myself...which means I make mistakes, and expensive ones at that. What does this have to do with anything? well, Jim always took care of all the car insurance junk (and my mother did before that) so I don't really understand any of it. All I knew what that a few years ago when I was in an accident and the other driver didn't have insurance, my insurance paid for all the damage to my car (minus the deductible). I assumed we still had the same type of insurance but i guess at some point asshole jim changed it and either didn't tell me or did tell me but I didn't understand because I know nothing about insurance and figured he'd take good care of me anyway. So when I called our agent last month I just told him to switch over my camry to my own policy and just give me the same stuff. I did look over the policy he sent but it's just greek to me so I signed it, again assuming it was the same as before and good, and sent it in. Turns out I only have insurance for other people...so it won't cover any damages to me other then my medical bills. So my car is totalled and I get ZERO dollars from anyone (assuming the other people don't have insurance which I am pretty sure they don't and even if they do who knows how much they will say the accident was my fault). I was feeling pretty good thinking I'd get a few thousand and go buy me a nice new to me car. Now I don't know what the fuck I will do. This will leave me with no savings and in the hole several thousand dollars. I am so depressed already this is really going to send me over the edge I think. Right now I pretty much feel like I don't give a shit about anything. I hate Jim for being so stupid and myself for being so stupid. Why in the world would have have our car insurance pay for medical bills when we have good medical insurance???????? I mean my co-pay for the emergency room won't be more then $100-200! WTF? I don't understand and I want to fucking die right now. I am so stupid.

Current mood: indifferent

2:48PM - Fat Fairies

My FAT FAIRIES are now on sale on ebay in button form. Check them out :)

11:18AM - house

ok, I don't know what's wrong with this place but for the size and proximity to the ocean (17 miles...and about 10 or so miles from Wilmington) it looks good. Of course if the roof leaks or something really major is the problem it's not so doable. I figured I could put 10000 down with a 15 year loan and pay around $130 a month for it and still have 20000 for fixing shit up and decorating. Don't know what the job market is but we can sell enough ebay shit to pay for the mortgage each month (not sure what taxes are though).

http://realtor.com/Prop/1042374520

10:59AM - wilmington, nc

so i have been researching places to live. Our criteria is being within a couple hours of the ocean, a small home that we'd own for $30,000-50,000 (can be a fixer upper), within 45 minutes of a city with a population of 75000-200000, preferably with a college or two. It should also be in a warmer climate....no snow or very little. It would be nice if the city had some sort of art community too. So I finally stumble across Wilmington, NC. It's near the ocean, warm, there is a University of NC there and some other colleges nearby. I've never been there though. According to realtor.com you can get a small (800-1000 sq ft) bungalow in our price range but since I don't know anything about the area I don't know if these are in bad areas or not. I'd rather pay more and not live in a crack house....and I know most cities have a crap area. So does anyone out there know anything about Wilmington?
Now I have to see if I can get a few days off work before GG leaves to go down there. I'm thinking the only time that MIGHT be possible is right before he leaves...like Jan. 1-5 (he leaves on the 5th) but it's a 19 hour drive to get there and back...think it's doable?

5:07PM

Ok, maybe I'm crazy but I want to live here!! Someone give me about $30,000 so I can go please?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=12605&item=4328158864&rd=1

1:49PM

9:13AM - i HAD to post this one

6:50PM

I found green Docs (boots) at Goodwill for $6 and they fit! I walked into the fitting room and there they were. I tried them on figuring my huge ass feet wouldn't fit and they did! They are a bit scuffed but so what for SIX BUCKS!

Made some vegan chimichanga/burrito things tonight. Pretty good although the sauce came out too spicy for GG's sensative taste buds. One less Chipotle pepper next time I guess. Tomorrow I try sushi since I found all the ingredients I wanted (except those tiny orange fish eggs).

Oh and apparently in England there is no such thing as a blender that unscrews from the bottom (you know, so you can take the blades out and clean them!!) so there is nom Romesco sauce all over my brand new blender :( According to GG NO blenders unscrew that way in England LOL How do they clean it well then?

10:42AM

I cleaned out all my rubber stamps and swore to only keep a shoebox full...so that means about 9 pounds of stamps (mostly unmounted) has to go! Check out the auction at http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8146327880 There is no reserve!

10:05AM

There are more then two parties people. For fucks sake go EDUCATE yourselves!!!!!!!!!

9:59AM

Great, now instead of reading about mindless sheep idiots voting for Bush or Kerry, I have to read about them all moving to Canada. If you think that's an original idea, you're wrong.

9:42AM

As far as I'm concerned 99% of the people in this nation are "mindless sheep idiots" (a quote from a friends journal), not just the people voting for Bush. I am SO SICK of hearing people say "I'm voting for the lesser of two evils"...well stop fucking voting for them moron! Find a 3rd party you like...there are lots out there just waiting to be discovered I assure you...not just Nader and his Green party. You think you'll be "throwing your vote away"? Guess what, if you voted for Kerry it looks like you threw it away anyway so you might as well find someone you actually like. Think of all the changes that would occur during election time if we had more then 2 popular parties? It would be interesting at least...we wouldn't have to be stuck voting for a Demopublican or a Repulicrat for christs sake! The changes won't occur over night but they will if everyone stops being fucking mindless sheep and does some research and stops saying stupid ass shit like "I am voting for Kerry because he is dumb" (yes, I heard people say that). And if you do want changes "overnight" I'm guessing the only way will be some sort of civil war and who the hell wants that (besides my crazy ex-husband)? He may be crazy but maybe he was right when he said it might be good if Bush gets re-elected...it might wake the country up and make people get up and make some changes already.
Ok, flame away.