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What does it mean that we discovered it was snowing outside through LJ?
A place of neat and artistic games....
Dec. 4th, 2008 12:26 pmThere's this place that has free games, and they are simple, with beautiful art and sound. They have names, but you pick by images, not titles and have no idea what you are getting until you've been around a while. They're very arty and simple and yet fabulous.
My favorite is the game represented by a bell (third box in from the right) called Winterbells. You have a little rabbit and you jump bells into the sky - the higher you go and the more bells (and the occasional dove) you bounce off you get more points. But it's all really about the little bunny defying gravity.
Look around, it's well worth it - and so very, very pretty.
Orisinal: Morning Sunshine
My favorite is the game represented by a bell (third box in from the right) called Winterbells. You have a little rabbit and you jump bells into the sky - the higher you go and the more bells (and the occasional dove) you bounce off you get more points. But it's all really about the little bunny defying gravity.
Look around, it's well worth it - and so very, very pretty.
Orisinal: Morning Sunshine
Pointless news, badly typed.
Nov. 13th, 2008 03:04 pmLargely because I cut off the tipy top of my index finger last night. Mostly skin, and a fair bit into actual "flesh." Also, I had to trim off the flap, with nail clippers. *sigh* This makes my life much more inconvenient, all because I was impatient with my new mandoline. Don't blame the equipment, blame the spaz who was agitated, sugar crashing, and fucking around with sharp objects ignoring safety for speed. Now that I'm injured and a little more with it, I realize cutting the veggies in question in half would have let me go as fast, and not lose a finger. *sigh* Some days I'm just a wee bit on the stupid side.
Also, after discovering "Only in Kenya" yesterday (and still have it stuck in my head) I also discovered you can make T-shirts! I was so excited! I made this shirt:
But apparently you can't print on the back. So now I'm heartbroken, and I can't type well.
*pout*
Also, after discovering "Only in Kenya" yesterday (and still have it stuck in my head) I also discovered you can make T-shirts! I was so excited! I made this shirt:
But apparently you can't print on the back. So now I'm heartbroken, and I can't type well.
*pout*
A Sunday Morning.
Mar. 9th, 2008 11:45 am10:00AM - Having stolen ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dthon back to bed for snuggle napping, I'm happily dozing when....
10:15AM - Phone rings.
Mentally I list the people who are likely to be calling (since all and sundry know I sleep in late most days, and very late on weekends.)
1 - My friends who are moving, since if they need me there anytime before dark, they'd best call and get my ass out of bed.
2 -dthon's "step-dad" has been doing pretty poorly, so it could be the nursing home with bad news.
3 - My Mom who occasionally forgets that I think 10AM is early, and 4AM is something they do to torture people.
I kick out of the covers, race to the phone and catch it on the 4th ring - just as I mentally finish my list.
I mumble "Hello?"
A voice so perky, excited and perky rattles off something so fast, I am momentarily struck dumb, and deaf. I think I heard the word "paws".
I get out "Who is this again?"
Again that unbelievably perky voice speaks, "HI! I'm Becca from CAMP HAPPY PAWS!"
I blink. "Who?"
A more normal voice asks, "Is this Jane?"
"No, no Jane here."
"Oh, I'm so sorry, bye."
Click.
I go back to bed, crawl in withdthon and am FORCED to share my experience.
I lean over him and perk "HI! I'm Becca from CAMP HAPPY PAWS!"
After a series of amusement and shared pain - he gets even.
He points out that it's not 10:15 it's 11:15. Fucking daylight savings.
Now I have to get up and go to Costco and the grocery store. *sigh*
Have a CAMP HAPPY PAWS day!
dthon back to bed for snuggle napping, I'm happily dozing when....10:15AM - Phone rings.
Mentally I list the people who are likely to be calling (since all and sundry know I sleep in late most days, and very late on weekends.)
1 - My friends who are moving, since if they need me there anytime before dark, they'd best call and get my ass out of bed.
2 -
dthon's "step-dad" has been doing pretty poorly, so it could be the nursing home with bad news.3 - My Mom who occasionally forgets that I think 10AM is early, and 4AM is something they do to torture people.
I kick out of the covers, race to the phone and catch it on the 4th ring - just as I mentally finish my list.
I mumble "Hello?"
A voice so perky, excited and perky rattles off something so fast, I am momentarily struck dumb, and deaf. I think I heard the word "paws".
I get out "Who is this again?"
Again that unbelievably perky voice speaks, "HI! I'm Becca from CAMP HAPPY PAWS!"
I blink. "Who?"
A more normal voice asks, "Is this Jane?"
"No, no Jane here."
"Oh, I'm so sorry, bye."
Click.
I go back to bed, crawl in with
dthon and am FORCED to share my experience. I lean over him and perk "HI! I'm Becca from CAMP HAPPY PAWS!"
After a series of amusement and shared pain - he gets even.
He points out that it's not 10:15 it's 11:15. Fucking daylight savings.
Now I have to get up and go to Costco and the grocery store. *sigh*
Have a CAMP HAPPY PAWS day!
Ok, I suckered in and did the career meme while I was/am/will be awaiting all of my old computer stuff to get reloaded on the now once again working model (thanks again sgoilear.) Suprisingly me-ish. :) Now if only I gave enough of a damn to get "career". (As Good Omens would say.)
1. Costume Designer
2. Set Designer
3. Neurologist
4. Art / Music Therapist
5. Doctor
6. Dermatologist
7. Taxidermist
8. Surgeon
9. Plastic Surgeon
10. Obstetrician-Gynecologist
11. Special Effects Technician
( 29 more behind the cut... )
If you want to play:
1. Go to http://www.careercruising.com/
2. Put in Username: nycareers and Password: landmark.
3. Take their "Career Matchmaker" questions.
sgoilear.) Suprisingly me-ish. :) Now if only I gave enough of a damn to get "career". (As Good Omens would say.)1. Costume Designer
2. Set Designer
3. Neurologist
4. Art / Music Therapist
5. Doctor
6. Dermatologist
7. Taxidermist
8. Surgeon
9. Plastic Surgeon
10. Obstetrician-Gynecologist
11. Special Effects Technician
( 29 more behind the cut... )
If you want to play:
1. Go to http://www.careercruising.com/
2. Put in Username: nycareers and Password: landmark.
3. Take their "Career Matchmaker" questions.
Belated Congratulations too.....
Feb. 14th, 2007 06:14 pmrhienelleth you know what for, and yes, we'd still love to share a hotel room with you - we should book that and buy our memberships... Assuming you can still sleep through my snoring. I'm so happy for you! I also hope you win on the Bead and Button contest!and
apostle for the fabulous trip and job all in the same week!Looks like most of you did just fine while I was gone, and the rest of you seem to have been ill. Hope you are all feeling better.
Also, those with job woes ( and
argentyne you especially) I am sending out new job hotness requests to the universe. You deserve better.And, the cats live, Oba did great at doggie camp and I want to know when season 3 NCIS comes out on DVD damn it! What season are we on anyway?
When did Quizilla turn into teenybopper hell?
All the quizzes are really stupid with all kinds of the general silliness that is common to the 10-14 range.
Like for example:
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and...
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18 Secrets about girls
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And, why yes, I am bored out of my skull right now. Thanks for asking.
I'd ask for better ideas, but I'm almost out of here and off to grocery shopping - which sounds better, now that is scary.
*faceplant*
All the quizzes are really stupid with all kinds of the general silliness that is common to the 10-14 range.
Like for example:
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So,before we begin,did u take the discribtions and part 1-10?
YES OF COURSE!^_^ <input ... >
Yes,no get on with it! <input ... >
no(me:DUH!Go take them then) <input ... >
Yes,no get on with it! <input ... >
no(me:DUH!Go take them then) <input ... >
"U ready Minari and Naruto?"
Kakashi had paired u and Naruto up in a sparing match.The object was to fight each other using jutsus but to use as little chakra as u could.
The 2 of u; began to spare as the other 3 watcheed.U were doing pretty well dodging Naruto's atttakes.U were just about to make an attake yourself but Naruto then flung another jutsu at u.U tried to avoid it but out of no where a kunive hurls at u and digs into your shoulder.
U scream out in agony.U instinctivly place your hand over the wound but seeing as the
Kakashi had paired u and Naruto up in a sparing match.The object was to fight each other using jutsus but to use as little chakra as u could.
The 2 of u; began to spare as the other 3 watcheed.U were doing pretty well dodging Naruto's atttakes.U were just about to make an attake yourself but Naruto then flung another jutsu at u.U tried to avoid it but out of no where a kunive hurls at u and digs into your shoulder.
U scream out in agony.U instinctivly place your hand over the wound but seeing as the
and...
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18 Secrets about girls
gO Ahead clickety click!numero 1 <input ... >
number 2 <input ... >
#3 <input ... >
numero quatro <input ... >
ten <input ... >
11 <input ... >
12 <input ... >
13 <input ... >
14 <input ... >
15 <input ... >
16 <input ... >
17 <input ... >
18 <input ... >
19 <input ... >
20 <input ... >
21 <input ... >
22 <input ... >
23 <input ... >Hope u liked!Rate and message! ( i really dont care if u do ,but everybody else says it so i thought i might aswell!)
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And, why yes, I am bored out of my skull right now. Thanks for asking.
I'd ask for better ideas, but I'm almost out of here and off to grocery shopping - which sounds better, now that is scary.
*faceplant*
Dichotomy, or, let's talk about drugs.
Jan. 2nd, 2007 05:59 pmSo.
Here I am a user in good standing with my medical insurance. A good person who's never been convicted of any kind of crime, much less a felony involving drugs. Seriously, prescription medications have nearly killed me, I'm not about to experiment. And yet when I visit the pharmacy for a nonprescription drug.....
I also have allergies that none of the prescription drugs work for - or they have scary, scary intolerable side effects, or best of all they are both. So I'm on over the counter Drixoral 12 hour. I take one a day, and it's not very good for me, but I can't function easily without them. Drixoral's main ingredient is Pseudoephedrine which is also a main component of Crystal Meth. So every time I go to the drugstore, I get to feel like a drug addict. They take down my driver's license information, my address, my phone number. Then they take 15 minutes to check the hand written logs to discover if I am indeed allowed to have my antihistamine. It's irritating, it's time consuming, and it's demeaning, and I'd love to see a study proving that it's cut into the production and selling of Crystal Meth. Oh, and Sudafed even changed their main decongestant to a non Psuedoephedrine formula - which is where they got their name. Must be cutting into business, this documentation so I can't be the only one who's annoyed.
Then take my Insurance company...
I'm on birth control. My doctor writes out my prescription for 3 months at a time, so that I can choose to only have my period every three months. (Whoo-hoo) Considering that my period has the nickname of "Assassin of Joy" for it's habit of waiting for or arriving weeks earlier/later in order to ruin that vacation (like one on a house boat, or a tropical island) you planned this is a pretty important function for me. But.....my insurance won't fill it for 3 months at a time, only 1 month at a time. Why you ask? Because they want me to get it in the mail, and if I mail order it, they will fill it three months at a time. WTF?
So, I can't buy a nonprescription drug, meaning that it isn't a drug that needs to be regulated, over the counter without my ID, and a mini background check every time I do make the purchase. But I should get controlled, regulated prescriptions sent to me through the mail. Which, I might add is far from secure. Especially once it is in the mailbox - the typical house mailbox in a cluster with no locks, and not close to anyone's house.
Yeah. Whatever.
Have I mentioned lately that common sense isn't so common?
Here I am a user in good standing with my medical insurance. A good person who's never been convicted of any kind of crime, much less a felony involving drugs. Seriously, prescription medications have nearly killed me, I'm not about to experiment. And yet when I visit the pharmacy for a nonprescription drug.....
I also have allergies that none of the prescription drugs work for - or they have scary, scary intolerable side effects, or best of all they are both. So I'm on over the counter Drixoral 12 hour. I take one a day, and it's not very good for me, but I can't function easily without them. Drixoral's main ingredient is Pseudoephedrine which is also a main component of Crystal Meth. So every time I go to the drugstore, I get to feel like a drug addict. They take down my driver's license information, my address, my phone number. Then they take 15 minutes to check the hand written logs to discover if I am indeed allowed to have my antihistamine. It's irritating, it's time consuming, and it's demeaning, and I'd love to see a study proving that it's cut into the production and selling of Crystal Meth. Oh, and Sudafed even changed their main decongestant to a non Psuedoephedrine formula - which is where they got their name. Must be cutting into business, this documentation so I can't be the only one who's annoyed.
Then take my Insurance company...
I'm on birth control. My doctor writes out my prescription for 3 months at a time, so that I can choose to only have my period every three months. (Whoo-hoo) Considering that my period has the nickname of "Assassin of Joy" for it's habit of waiting for or arriving weeks earlier/later in order to ruin that vacation (like one on a house boat, or a tropical island) you planned this is a pretty important function for me. But.....my insurance won't fill it for 3 months at a time, only 1 month at a time. Why you ask? Because they want me to get it in the mail, and if I mail order it, they will fill it three months at a time. WTF?
So, I can't buy a nonprescription drug, meaning that it isn't a drug that needs to be regulated, over the counter without my ID, and a mini background check every time I do make the purchase. But I should get controlled, regulated prescriptions sent to me through the mail. Which, I might add is far from secure. Especially once it is in the mailbox - the typical house mailbox in a cluster with no locks, and not close to anyone's house.
Yeah. Whatever.
Have I mentioned lately that common sense isn't so common?
Well, I had planned...
Sep. 11th, 2006 06:16 pmOn writing about:
- Some of the 9/11 stuff (since it's everywhere)
- Respond on the nature of truth (as I see it) to a fellow LJ'er
- Respond on Love, Sex and the "Hole in Self" and how they may or may not be related (as I see it) to the same LJ'er.
- Update on myself and what's been up lately in wild exoticness and at home
- Talk about the introduction of Biscotti and Orange Juice to some friends
- About my opinions on why I think we should be more socialist than not...
-Post the reason why (in hysterical fashion) we won't be seeing Oba for about three *more* weeks (hint: involves bleeding and breeding)
And the computer is starting to hitch every now and again to let me know it's tired too.
Maybe next weekend?
- Some of the 9/11 stuff (since it's everywhere)
- Respond on the nature of truth (as I see it) to a fellow LJ'er
- Respond on Love, Sex and the "Hole in Self" and how they may or may not be related (as I see it) to the same LJ'er.
- Update on myself and what's been up lately in wild exoticness and at home
- Talk about the introduction of Biscotti and Orange Juice to some friends
- About my opinions on why I think we should be more socialist than not...
-Post the reason why (in hysterical fashion) we won't be seeing Oba for about three *more* weeks (hint: involves bleeding and breeding)
.............But after fighting with two programs to make images...and then fighting with LJ trying to make a closed gallery - all around about 3 hours worth I'm all computer'ed out.
And the computer is starting to hitch every now and again to let me know it's tired too.
Maybe next weekend?
Me: What sound do cows make?
Jack: "NO!!!! I don't like cows!" (This became a weekend favorite for me...Hey, Jack....)
- Later -
Me: "Hey Collin, got your supershoes on?"
Collin: "No."
Me: "They aren't supershoes?"
Collin: "No."
Me: "What kind of shoes are they?"
Collin: "Shop shoes."
Me: *pinches toe of shoe* "So you got your shop shoes on?"
Collin: "Don't touch, they're dangerous!"
Me: "Dangerous? So you got your dangerous shop shoes on?"
Collin: Pause. "Yep."
Kids...
Jack: "NO!!!! I don't like cows!" (This became a weekend favorite for me...Hey, Jack....)
- Later -
Me: "Hey Collin, got your supershoes on?"
Collin: "No."
Me: "They aren't supershoes?"
Collin: "No."
Me: "What kind of shoes are they?"
Collin: "Shop shoes."
Me: *pinches toe of shoe* "So you got your shop shoes on?"
Collin: "Don't touch, they're dangerous!"
Me: "Dangerous? So you got your dangerous shop shoes on?"
Collin: Pause. "Yep."
Kids...
Today at 5:37PM I either got a registration for the WW Confrence that ended at noon, or the earliest bird for next year.
Weird.
More on WW later, one more quick bit and I'm for bed.
(Now if only I could get this damn song out of my head....)
Weird.
More on WW later, one more quick bit and I'm for bed.
(Now if only I could get this damn song out of my head....)
I find myself often stunned at the somewhat bizarre way comments pile (or do not) pile up. There seems to be no rhyme or reason. Stunningly random, and totally irritating.
You can write a provocative article about important "flame worthy" topics or deep self analysis and get no responses.
You can write the equivalent of "ohmygod I'm so depressed and bored" or "LOL nothing to do!" in two sentences or less, and get buried in responses.
LJ is a weird and sometimes creepy little interface with the world. It's amazing how I catch myself, thinking "Nobody commented. They must not love me." "I thought that was funny, doesn't anyone care?" "Who could pass up cute animal pictures?" I know that these things are not necessarily true, especially not in any universal sense. Yet it happens.
Why does it matter to me? Why does it bother me that it matters? Probably because I started this journal to be a conversation with people I didn't know, and be more of a spiritual/deep thoughts journal, and it's pretty much digressed to "standard LJ-ing." And I wonder if it degraded because no one uses LJ to have "discussions" or "conversation". Yet we meet new friends this way...
It's weird.
And an even weirder thing that has popped up just lately is that if I put my computer in "Standby" mode, I lose sound (a restart fixes the problem). But every time I put it on standby, when I come back to check LJ someone has posted a movie or clip or song, and I have to restart the computer to hear it.
LJ, it's a freaky, freaky thing.
You can write a provocative article about important "flame worthy" topics or deep self analysis and get no responses.
You can write the equivalent of "ohmygod I'm so depressed and bored" or "LOL nothing to do!" in two sentences or less, and get buried in responses.
LJ is a weird and sometimes creepy little interface with the world. It's amazing how I catch myself, thinking "Nobody commented. They must not love me." "I thought that was funny, doesn't anyone care?" "Who could pass up cute animal pictures?" I know that these things are not necessarily true, especially not in any universal sense. Yet it happens.
Why does it matter to me? Why does it bother me that it matters? Probably because I started this journal to be a conversation with people I didn't know, and be more of a spiritual/deep thoughts journal, and it's pretty much digressed to "standard LJ-ing." And I wonder if it degraded because no one uses LJ to have "discussions" or "conversation". Yet we meet new friends this way...
It's weird.
And an even weirder thing that has popped up just lately is that if I put my computer in "Standby" mode, I lose sound (a restart fixes the problem). But every time I put it on standby, when I come back to check LJ someone has posted a movie or clip or song, and I have to restart the computer to hear it.
LJ, it's a freaky, freaky thing.
well that's unusual....
Apr. 27th, 2006 01:19 pmVD is for Everybody
OK I get the basic idea they are trying to get across, but seriously.....
How weird can you get?
(And now I have Mistress Suki from Outlaw golf in my head chanting "Birdies make me randy! Ball gags for EVERYONE!)
OK I get the basic idea they are trying to get across, but seriously.....
How weird can you get?
(And now I have Mistress Suki from Outlaw golf in my head chanting "Birdies make me randy! Ball gags for EVERYONE!)
Random bit for the day:
Apr. 9th, 2006 10:26 am"Someday I'll find a chair that Tilda Swinton sat in and then I'll save her from that pesky lion!"
Pesky lion.
Gotta love him.
Pesky lion.
Gotta love him.
