Friday: 11-28-02 ~ Happy Thanksgiving!

I visited with Seimei today for a bit. I'm going to be so busy in the next few weeks I wanted to drop off her Channukah present before it became a belated present.

I cooked Thanksgiving this year, put the left-overs a way, cleared the table and cleaned it, which left dad with loading the dishwasher and trash.

I'm grateful for another semester survived at school, my friends, and this picture that has me... purring... I do warn it's definitely racy but all vital areas are covered. I think you can figure out which image I'm going bananas over. OOH was that a freudian slip dealing with phallic terminology? What oh what could ever be on my mind?

*CHESHIRE GRIN*



Wednesday: 11-27-02 ~ Gobble Gobble

I'm stuck at work till 9pm tonight... I consider this cruel and unusual punishment. But I now have Friday off, I wish they had informed me earlier so I could have made up my hours the last few days. I just lost over 1/3 of my hours this Friday. >_< Argh.

Money is tight at the moment... I'm trying to work as many hours as I can, and they pull this stunt on me. >_< The people who lost their Thursday shift knew about it weeks in advance and were able to make up their hours at other times this week. I now, don't have that luxury. >_<

My parents anniversary was on the 22nd, they were originally married on Thanksgiving Day... and this time of year reminds me of what my mother likes to say: "Your father was the biggest Turkey I ever got."

It looks like I'll now be home all weekend long. Mom's doing well enough now you can call me at my parents between 10am and 10pm.

And just because I thought it was amusing over at DarkFax's pita:

Would I Survive A Pit Match Against Clinton And Bush

. 0% chance Bush would kill you. . 0% chance Clinton would kill you. . 0% chance he would sexually harass you. . 100% chance you would kill them.

Enter Combat

And hello Squirt!.!.!



Tuesday: 11-26-02 ~ Bananas

My mother has officially driven me utterly stark-raving mad. -_- There's something about her being either upset, or sick and in pain which turns her into the worlds WORST perfectionist. But of course isntead of her "fixing" the imperfections, she makes everyone around her do it.

So I've done the dishes, fixed her a sandwich, and fixing dad and I dinner, and have laundry running, and she proceeds, in the middle of those chores, to tell me to do other things *RIGHT THEN* that are not IMPORTANT at all. And if I DON'T do it THAT moment, I'm nagged to death. Gee, so a wrapper fell on the floor, I'm cooking dinner, I'll get it when I'm done.

To add insult to injury, I've been fighting off a sinus infection, which I finally succumbed to today (and do I ever feel like I got hit by a train >_<) but I also was dealing with cramps from hell most of the time I was home on top of a sore back because I'm sleeping on a yet to be broken in mattress or pillows at home. And I was on my feet so much that weekend, my heel spur was acting up too, and mother goes and nitpicks over a wrapper on the floor, when I'm 9in the middle of doing something else and have been doing nothing but things around the house for hours?

*SCREAMS BLOODY MURDER*

I think the only think that kept me from matricide was the soothing purrs of the kitties, and the fact it'd be a mercy with the pain my mother was in. >_<



Tuesday: 11-19-02 ~ OOH LOTR Goodness

North Americans... you can already buy your tickets online for The Two Towers. WOOHOO! And for those of you in the area... There is a special charity "premiere" of LOTR in the Denton area in Texas on Dec. 21st. Also, Dec. 4th at 8pm EST the WB will be airing a special on LOTR: TTT called "Return to Middle-Earth".

OOH Jasmine Watson, the jewelry-smith behind the designs of Elven jewelry in the Lord of the Rings, has a limited edition piece for sale... and I so want it. >_< Maybe I can manage to work enough hours during the break to pay for it... make it a Christmas present to myself.



Tuesday: 11-19-02 ~ Vacation Response...

Since I think getting e-mail messages for Vacation responses, is simply... annoying, I'll spare people that. But beginning tomorrow I will be incommunicado until next week at my parents. Their net access is horrible; it's hard to stay connected, and it is extremely laggy.

I would ask for people not to call me there unless it is an emergency (unless you're returning a call and I said it was alright). I don't want the phone disturbing my mother's rest and recovery. On my way home tomorrow, I'm gonna hit Toys'R Us and see if I can find one of those annoying electronic toys that makes all sorts of noises (think like one of those weird toys you'd see Sana-chan of Kodomo no Omocha sporting). That way mother could "call" for me, and I have a good chance of hearing her. My parents' bedroom is downstairs and on the opposite end of the house from my upstairs bedroom. Not to mention when I am at home I wouldn't be able to hear her except in the room most adjacent to their bedroom.





Tuesday: 11-19-02 ~ Things...

Dad called and left a message, mom's surgery went smoothly and she's now in the recovery room. My roomie has a viral upper respiratory infection, and I'm left working yet another double shift for her. That's probably for the better, last thing I need is to get sick when I'm left looking out after mom for the next week or so.

And because I never got aroudn to posting this yesterday:

I Am A: Chaotic Good Half-Elf Ranger Druid

Alignment:
Chaotic Good characters are independent types with a strong belief in the value of goodness. They have little use for governments and other forces of order, and will generally do their own things, without heed to such groups.

Race:
Half-Elves are a cross between a human and an elf. They are smaller, like their elven ancestors, but have a much shorter lifespan. They are sometimes looked down upon as half-breeds, but this is rare. They have both the curious drive of humans and the patience of elves.

Primary Class:
Rangers are the defenders of nature and the elements. They are in tune with the Earth, and work to keep it safe and healthy.

Secondary Class:
Druids are a special variety of Cleric who serves the Earth, and can call upon the power in the earth to accomplish their goals. They tend to be somewhat fanatical about defending natural settings.

Deity:
Solonor Thelandria is the Chaotic Good elven god of archery and the hunt. He is also known as the Keen Eye, the Great Archer, and the Forest Hunter. His followers respect nature, and only hunt when needed, but are quick to defend the forest from intruders. Their favorite weapon is the bow, and they tend to be extremely talented with it. Solonor Thelandria's symbol is an arrow with green fletchings.

Find out What D&D Character Are You?, courtesy ofNeppyMan (e-mail)





Tuesday: 11-19-02 ~ Rantage

I only bother with tests when I am *REALLY* bored at work... incoherently bored and verging on going postal just for having SOMETHING to do... granted going postal is an urge I have to supress sometimes with some of the more ... idiotic and assinine users who after you have patiently and politely explained something, even demonstrated it once, talked them through it several other times, keep hanging on you like an infant to their mother's teat. I am not the cosmic teat, go find someone else to be co-dependent on.

I have enough on my plate currently with school, and my mother (who has surgery today that will keep her pretty much house confined for the next 4-6 weeks), and financial aid, and appeals, and crap to last well into New Years. I'm not taking my holiday's this year, but working as many hours as I can get. And people actually think I have enough forebearance and consitency of thought to actually go about and hunt up hidden references and links in other's stuff and read between the lines? I think not.

I grow extremely weary of being the one *ALWAYS* (or nearly so) e-mailing, almost always calling to try to set something up. The majority of the time since my youth if I don't do it, I have no social life, and there's always that annoying creeping voice wondering... do they even really care? How hard is it really to answer a bloody e-mail? ESPECIALLY when it's a specific answer sought, and not a generic how's life, I'm bored you must entertain me.



Monday: 11-18-02 ~ Test Results

I'm bored at work... and too sleepy to work on my writing... so I've been checking up some friends LJ's. I found at Dorothy's LJ a variety of tests, as well as some others at Truth's. I took the Which Greek Goddess Are you? test... and I got three answers by taking it once. I'm Artemis, Gaea, and Hestia. Strangely enough they all fitted me yes, but why on earth did I get three answers?

I got Bed-Time Bear for the Care Bear test... which I feel was appropriate. I also got Firefly on the My Little Pony character test. But I got UKE on the seme/uke test. Now I'm the first one to say I'm not overly aggressive, I can be, but usually are either on an equal playing field that can appreciate being both dominant at times, and submissive at others. I got what I thought was a more accurate result from the How Seme are you? test.And my sexual appeal was Innocent

Gee look, it seems like Seimei can communicate with everyone BUT me and fails to tell me she even has a LJ. *chibifies and pouts in the corner* Nobody loves me!!!!!!!!!!! *wails*





Monday: 11-18-02 ~ NANI?!?!

Usagi: I'm a bit confused on your latest post? Are you saying there was an extra scene of Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets *AFTER* the credits? If so I missed it entirely, both times. -_- Could you tell me what I missed?

Lucius Malfoy did look somewhat elvish with that height, hair, and eyes... but he wasn't quite lean and lithe enough... and I'm with you Doby is... not an ELF, he's a santa's helper. Though I think his ears are cute in a puppy-dog sort of way.

Squirt: Heya! Glad to see you are using your pita.

Seimei: you should come over and watch the Extended Edition of the Fellowship of the Ring with me some time. ^+^ Da.



Friday: 11-15-02 ~ Harry Potter

... the film was good... it lacked the magical whimsical quality the first movie had for me. But I don't know if it was because this time I knew what was happening (had read the book) or if it's just because this is a sequeal. The film was enjoyable... but I was irked by what WASN'T included. I *REALLY* wanted to see the de-gnoming scene.

You really don't see any of the ghosts or professors from the previous movie unless they had some important part to play in this movie. Kenneth Brannaugh was brilliantly cast into his role... he did a smashing good job. And for Ringers... YES the LOTR: TTT trailer aired before the film.

To those squeamish at spiders... have a friend tell you when you can open your eyes again... but you'll miss 10-15 minutes of the film.



Thursday: 11-14-02 ~ Da precious

Da precious is here! HERE! My precious has arrived... life is good. ^+^ And we're seeing the midnight showing tonight of Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets. YEAH! And I'll be seeing it tomorrow too. WOOHOO!





Wednesday: 11-13-02 ~ Requiem

I'm a happy fangirl. ^_^ I have now officially finished my last assignment and hence grade for the semester in my clases. No more homework for me! WOOHOO!

Now I'm faced with WHAT story I wish to work on... my Koi Past the Stone love story... my weird modern fantasy in New Orleans... OR my more traditional fantasy story. Decisions, Decisions...

I also have some academic articles I want to work on. I have my paper on the role of women as shaman in the Norse worshipping culture, and how even Odin's "magic" seems to be derived from initiation rites he underwent by the Goddesses... In the Eddas it clearly states there were twelve Gods and Goddesses in Asgard all equal. Yet modern Western mainstream treatment focuses almost primarily on the "male."

I also have another paper brewing in my mind dealing with Chaos & Complexity theories and how they can be utilized to understand mythological time (in that sort of analysis) and dynamic cosmic time versus our modern day tendency to a rigid Empirical linear time. The applications are endless... I can see how someone could even use Chaos & Complexity theories to "prove" an existence in God. Basically the import of Chaos and Complexity theories... is how they relate to each other.

I want to do a bit more research first before I start cracking on this article and make sure I have a firm grasp of the theoreums, and figure out what my best examples will be. However, considering my familiarity with the Norse myths and ancient beliefs... (thank you undergraduate Honors thesis) I'll probably use as my example the concepts of odhr, hamingjya, wyrd, and the Nornir.



Wednesday: 11-13-02 ~ 05:22 a.m.

So there I was... watching the end of Gilmore Girls when SailorDot arrives at my door bearing gifts... namely a brand new un-opened PRECIOUS LOTR SE 4-Disc DVD set. But sadly I was recording TV for the roomie, and we could not watch. So meanwhile I start doing what I had planned on doing, CLEANING MY ROOM. I cleaned for 90 minutes until the Roomie came home and said the TV was ours for the watching of the film.

And there was much rejoicing in the Land of Da.

Most of the new scenes are primarily focused on the hobbits, though I do like having more background on Boromir, and Aragorn, and even the development of how the two are at odds, till at end determined not to see Gondor fall.

There was *ALOT* of new scenes in Lothlorien, so I got to see lots of elves! WOOHOO! I was happy. And I have to say Gimli is indescribably *CUTE* when getting his own "gift" upon departure from Lorien.

Once the movie was finished, we found the hidden easter eggs on Disc One and Disc Two. Disc one, scroll down to the Council of Elrond scene in the scene menu. Highlight it and press down again, a "one ring" should appear. Click on that, that will be the MTV Music Awards LOTR-Council of Elrond skit. It was my first time viewing it, and it's just *WRONG*

Why is it wrong? Let's just say Prince Albert... and leave the rest to your imagination. I must admit, they did a very good job at splicing and editing the new content with the facial expressions of the old content from the movie.

On Disc Two, again go to the scene selection menu, scroll to the last page, click on the number "48" scene in the side bar. Then going to the number 48 again in the sidebar, click down, and a hidden Two Towers should appear. This is the Two Towers Trailer that was shown at the end of LOTR:FotR as it left theatres this past year.

After this goodness, I reluctantly returned to my cleaning (I had no choice if I wanted to sleep, since I had a ton of crap on my bed).

I haven't had a chance to vacuum, it's too late at night/early in the morning to do so without pissing off my roomie, and probably the neighbors. Although the floor is horrendous with all the dust bunnies I have vanquished from the furniture and shelves to now take what temporary sanctuary they can on the floor. But I will show them no mercy! For they are making me sneeze my head off.

The big impetus for the cleaning spree in my room is (besides the fact I've been meaning too cause I couldn't find anything and it was irking me) was the fact I've killed a roach a day in my room for the past week.

I also had one get away today ('da bugger was too fast) and that just creeped me out. I don't handle bugs well, but ESPECIALLY NOT ROACHES. (Granted it could be worse, at least these aren't the water roaches that vary between 2-3 inches in length and can fly... not to mention you hear them clackety-crakety-cztask as they walk)

*SHUDDERS*

In my cleaning I found (what I believe to be the same one)... sadly in order to kill it a picture frame bit the dust. :( But I would rather know it is DEAD than worry about it coming back to get me. >_<

My room may get cluttered with books and papers, but I'm pretty neurotic about making sure there's no food or water left out to attract bugs. I think the apartment's sudden increase in bug activity (not only in my room, but the kitchen as well) comes from a combination of factors.

Foremost, it is growing colder and they're probably looking for a warmer place. They'll meet with a RAID end. But I think what's really made it horrid, is the school in their infinite wisdom has decided heavy machinery behind my window in the alley is a GRAND place for them to work on the roof of the Building behind me. And beside my apartment they have cranes moving around loads of bricks because they are rebricking the apartments.

Bugs are like the rest of us, they don't like constant loud noises or vibrations, and so they're seeking new homes. I should know. When we first moved to Texas my home was in a new neighbiorhood and we were the only house in any direction for anywhere from one block to two blocks in any direction. Everytime they built a new home, all the bugs migrated into our place... lovely. -_-

Although I haven't vacuumed, that did not mean I couldn't reinforce the monthly insecticide treatment we receive, with a nice RAID perimeter in my room. once all the crap was put away it was easy to spray behind furniture. What most people don't realize is that not only is the spray of RAID good for killing them as you see them... but the poison can work up to 6 weeks (where it's not worn away by traffic or water) and continue to kill. So any critter that walks through it will die not too long after (usually).

I'm in the habit of spraying (inside and out) monthly all windows and doors, and especially reapply after rain. The downside is... the pesticides make me sick. -_- They give me horrid headaches. So I usually try to plan things out where I spray them right before I leave my apartment for a few hours. Usually by then, it has dissipated enough not to bother me.

I'm planning on vacuuming my room later in the day today, and then slowly begin work on cleaning up the rest of the apartment. I'm in the editing phase of my last homework assignment due this semester (which has a due date of tomorrow (Thursday)). I still have class... but no more homework, no more exams. From here on out my grade will be a matter of showing up only.

So after that is complete, I'll have a great deal more free time on my hands, to work on non-academic projects. I have some personal research and writing I'd like to work on in the interim. No fanfiction is planned... I'd like to work on some original fiction that I've had on the back burners for a while.

My immediate future plans include seeing Harry Potter this Friday night with some friends. From Wednesday on next week I'll be at my parent's house. Helping my mother out, as well as probably FINALLY cleaning out my room back at my parents. Figuring out what needs to be donated, what I'd like to keep and store, and what I'd like to sell. I think the most difficult task will be going through my comics, figuring out what I intend to keep (probably my Gotham based DC comics, and my X-files comics, I have all of the first two years save issue 1 & 2 (first printing)). And I'll have to try to figure out of the rest, which ones are worth real money these days. I have boxes upon boxes of comics -_-

Oh and Squirt, I hope you enjoy the pita I made you! >^.^<



Friday: 11-8-02 ~ 12:38 p.m.

We had a guest lecturer last night in my ethnography class, who lectured on how Chaos theory is misused, and how in truth it cannot function properly without being in interaction with Complexity theory. The emergent qualities between Chaos and Complexity theory is where the true meat of the universe is. I would even say a theologian using such theoreums could by it prove the existence of a higher being (though scientist types would most likely use it to just prove the laws of Nature). Although randomness exists, it exists within a pattern, and may show up randomly within the pattern, but it still shows up IN the pattern. Quite fascinating really. I'm thinking of applying it towards the concept of cosmic time versus linear time in cultures. The idiosyncracies is quite dynamic in it's possibilities. Though the pattern is easier to see in retroscpect than to look and examine things in a present or future mentality.

Seimei, you would have enjoyed the lecture I think. :) But I owe you for the following


What's your Battle-Cry?
this quiz was made by Aroihkin of PlanetKulitron

Usagi: I'll be sending down gifts for you and Greg with Sophie and Keegan to the upcoming meeting. :) I wonder what sort of goodness lies in store for you. ^_~



Thursday: 11-07-02 ~ 03:20 a.m.

I finished up Usagi's pita design full of hobbity goodness! Yeah! Though in retrospect I'm gonna have a few problems that I'll probably need to fix... we'll wait and see how badly it bothers me in a few days.



Tuesday: 11-5-02 ~ The lesser of two evils...

Another election day has come around, and it's one of the more significant election years. (Every 2 years there are elections on a national level). Several of the states including Texas look to be anyone's ballgame. I did my civic duty and early voted a little over a week ago.

What I have always *loved* is that no matter how I research the upcoming elections (I believe in being an informed voter) there is always 1 office that I see for the first time when I'm casting my ballot. That absolutely DRIVES me crazy.

Yahoo has finally allowed me access to my e-mail accounts again, after granting me access to one then denying it to me for 2 more weeks.

I spilled coffee all over my keyboard, had to unplug it and wash it out with running water, so I was without computer access at home for a bit, until I remember the sad computer that is my roomie's (pre-pentium I believe) and I asked her permission to use her keyboard in the interim.

DarkFax finally has his new pita design (courtesy of me) up. Though there have been a few bugs, we thought worked out, appear. Finally I have taken him from grayscale and into technicolor.

I've been working on a pita design for Usagi, full of Frodo and Hobbits, which I call Pipe Dreams... ^+^ I made a desktop based off the design, because frankly it looked good as a desktop. -_- So for anyone who wants to, you better download the file now. I'll delete it off my server in about 2 weeks time. Pipe Dreams 800 x 600 & Pipe Dreams 1024 x 768. The 1024 version was amde after the 800 version was complete, so it's a rough approximation of the original.





Tuesday: 10-29-02 ~ 'Da Spiel...

Life updates... I have blisters on the back of both my heels, my hip is popping in and out. I'm walking and my entire right leg feels WRONG, like the entire leg is pidgeon-toed, sore, and achey... Ugh.

Seimei, I was 56% a tortured artist. A test where we weren't the same for a change, and if you want your lef-overs come over tonight when you get off work... or you can pick thme up Wednesday or Thursday lunchtime but I have to know aherad of time to be awake and home.





Friday: 10-25-02 ~ Legolasses

"WELCOME LASSES YOUNG AND OLD
A few words if I may be so bold,
I welcome you with Elven song
Those travelers who have journeyed long.
Come rest a while with friends anew,
Neath leaves in every rainbows hue,
Where smiles and laughter fill the air,
And Legolas walks tall and fair.
No more shall fancies go unspoken,
Within these Woods no hearts are broken,
So join the magic and the Masses
And the famous Legolasses"

--Lady of Legolas

Ah yes, I have found my Legolas fancier niche! *MWHAHAHHAHA*





Friday: 10-25-02 ~ Kiss an Elf

I've been kissing my Legolas all day! I needed some cheering up. I've been feeling a bit under the weather. In fact I came to work today wearing my eeyore PJ's... they're cute, and the 4 year old in me feels better.

Tolkien Town has elf and hobbit ears for sale. Technically, they appear to be the same thing... but da.. pointy ears, for costumes! (Paying attention Hobbit-wench Usa? OOH, would you like a Hobbit layout for a pita?).

I've also been killing time over on an extensive LotR abnd/or Tolkien forum: Council of Elrond. My particular thread is the Lego-lasses. ^_^ Lots of Legolas silliness, to make the fangirl in me feel right at home :)

And to my little fiend: .......... :P



Wednesday: 10-16-02 ~ Going Postal on Yahoo's zMedieva

I've had it with Yahoo's *BLEEP*-ing Service! >_< After 3 weeks, being finally able to check the one account again (even if doing so via the europe branch) now I can't even do that! I'm getting the same errors there I was getting with the main Yahoo branch! What gives! I'm sick of this!



Wednesday: 10-16-02 ~ Starlight, Starbright...

I was at the world edition of CNN.com today... and under the "space" section they had an image of star V2487 Oph, which had gone nova in 1998. It appears thyat smaller stars when they go Nova, will return to their original normal pre-Nova conditions... and scientists have noticed the star bounced back to normal in less than 3 years. I just found this fascinating. Da.





Wednesday: 10-16-02 ~ coded dots

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- --- / .- .-.. .-.. / - .... . / .-.. .. - - .-.. . / ..-. .. . -. -.. ... / --- ..- - / - .... . .-. . --..-- / --. --- / .... .. - / ... --- -- . --- -. . / --- ...- . .-. / - .... . / .... . .- -.. / .-- .. - .... / .- / ... - .. -.-. -.- .-.-.-



Wednesday: 10-16-02 ~ Silver Bells...

I should have known... my genetic make-up has resembled my father phsyically for the most part in my face... though I got mother's mouth. I should have realized that like the other's in my paternal line, I started off with blonde hair, to dirty blonde, to light brown, to a medium brown with a great deal of red and gold in it... and then to dark brown... that I had my father's hair... in every since of the word. Tonight while brushing my hair before a shower... I encountered grouping after grouping of silver... (I usually keep it pulled back so don't see it)... so many that after half an hour of pulling them out one by one... I had only covered about an 1/12th of my head...

I'm greying rapidly. I suspect by the time I'm 30 I'll be if not completely grey, definitely past 75% coverage...

I don't mind the color so much, in fact if my hair went all silver that'd be cool... I hate the change in TEXTURE. It's so frizzy and gnarled. Bleh.

Unless I dye it some insane color, like blue... I'll let my hair be most likely. At least until I look for a REAL job. There's too much age discrimination in the work place for women.

It's sorta sad to be greying like this, and never having been on a date.





Tuesday: 10-15-02 ~ Droopy & Drowsy

I feel like the classic cartoon character Droopy... in fact I somewhat sound like him at the moment... ah the joys *sarcasm* of sinuses. I had *SUCH* a hard time getting out of bed today because of it. I really feel wrung out.

On a somewhat up-note, I have roundabout access to one of the two rocketmail accounts I have been unable to reach for the last 20 days. I have to login via the equivalent of "my yahoo" in the european addition. And when I did nearly 500 messages greeted me. My other account is still completely unaccessible. This is simply... crazy.

Seimei: I thought you might be interested in attending the following with me. On Monday October 21st at Texas Hall beginning at 7:30pm, the Shangri-La Chinese Acrobats will be performing. It's $5 with MAV ID, or $8 otherwise... if interested let me know, I should be able to pick up a ticket for you with my MAV ID.



Friday: 10-11-02 ~ time...

I had no real idea what the net was until late in my first semester at college... Seimei and Hoto-Chan roped me into it... and I roped them into Fushigi Yuugi. We used to go downstairs into the video room at the Library and watch anime during our lunch break together... eventually they roped me into the FYML, and Seimei taught me graphics editing and html.... we were among the first handful of American fans of the fandom... and our websites were within the first 10 of the English language ones for the series... The FYML spawned off many net acquaintances... Kristi & Priya, Kailing, Ryuuen, Thea, Chi-chan, Rence, Confuzcius, Darkfax... I recall a time when we used to always be interacting in some form or another with each other... and yet now I find myself a stranger on the outside. Outside of Seimei and DarkFax... I feel isolated from the others... even reading their blogs don't help much, I've lost frames of refernces there... and there's no real communication back and forth between us anymore. It's sorta sad in a way.



Friday: 10-11-02 ~ The Stand Off

Day 16... and still no rocketmail access. I'm getting VERY, VERY, VERY annoyed. This is simply INEXCUSABLE! *GRR*

I'm spending the weekend to focus on my Russian and study, work on my upcoming presentation in ethnography, and sleep... Sleep is good. Especially since my body is fighting off respiratory crud triggered from my allergies... I start hibernating when I start getting sick... usually it does the trick, and the extra rest boosts my immune system to squash whatever is trying to bloom into being. Bleh.





Wednesday: 10-2-02 ~ When you least expect it...

Day 8... and still no access to my rocketmail accounts (provided via Yahoo). I'm getting very IRRITABLE.

And when you least expect it.. things pop up, like the non-existentn menstrual cycle when I last had one in March... has now struck, and with a vengeance too might I add. I've been positively miserable. Guys who wonder what cramps are like... imagine a pitchfork that has been heated to a dark glowing red in a fire, that is stabbed into your gut, and twists around like a fork through spaghetti... get the picture? >_<

On a slighty better note... I picked up a book I haven't reread in ages, and smooshed in the back was the very first bookmark I ever owned. I had acquired it in first or second grade at one of those scholatisc book fairs at Spootswood Elementary located in the Frederciskburg, Virginia area. It has a teddy bear riding a carousel unicorn and says "imagination can take you anywhere." The bookmark has seen better days, itno longer has the tassle... and is a bit worn, but otherwise in remarkably good condition.

The bookmark certainly brings back memories of not only that school, but many of the books I read with it. Da...



Friday: 9-27-02 ~ Brilliant ******* Yahoo!

So I e-mail support at Yahoo on my problem with accessing my mail accounts, they're response... make sure you're signed out, dump the cache, and reload/refresh... OH gee like I didn't already TRY that. If you paid attention to my original report, you'd have REALIZED that, morons.

The problem is *NOT* with any one computer, but is on the server end. Good grief, I can't stand this incompetence... and I'm going bloody nuts. I mean come-on folks! 3 days without my e-mail! *grumbles* And I *REALLY* need to get into one inbox because it has the money order amount and address I need to mail it to for someone who got me the Mitsuru Adachi artbook "Season's Album."

Not only can't I access Yahoo! Mail, I can't access Yahoo Groups, or even my Yahoo! Heck, anything that requires me to sign in, I keep going to "page cannot be displayed." And it only does it for my rocketmail accounts, my regular yahoo account through them not a lick of trouble. >_<

*twitches* Urge to kill... RISING.



Thursday: 9-26-02 ~ ARGHHHHHHHH!

>_<

I'm so ANNOYED!

I have been unable to access my rocketmail identities, or corresponding yahoo identities for 2 days now. I have mail to check, and it is drivign me crazy. I can't even access it by logging into yahoo!Groups or any other yahoo function with those id's >_<. Is anyone else having this problem?





Wednesday: 9-25-02 ~ Engrish Madness

So I was bored at work, unable to concentrate on my Russian... and hit up Engrish.com for some amusement value... and I thought I would share with you:

Submitted 6/29/00
RICK WRITES:

Hi, some humour-based ones I know:

1. On a blanket - NOT TO BE USED AS PROTECTION FROM A TORNADO.
   
2. On a shampoo - USE REPEATEDLY FOR SEVERE DAMAGE.
   
3. On a Japanese product used to relieve painful haemorrhoids - LIE DOWN ON BED AND INSERT POSCOOL SLOWLY UP TO THE PROJECTED PORTION LIKE A SWORD-GUARD INTO ANAL DUCT. WHILE INSERTING POSCOOL FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES, KEEP QUIET.
   
4. On a kitchen knife - WARNING KEEP OUT OF CHILDREN.
   

I don't think... this entry needs any further words, do you?