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What was I thinking? What will I think of next? Where can I hide? ~Ani DiFranco in "Untouchable Face" ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** I make such a good statistic; Someone should study me now. Somebody's got to be interested in how I feel Just 'cause I'm here And I'm real ~Ani DiFranco in"Fire Door" ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** |
| The Bulk: Psst... Tomorrow's my birthday! Unfortuantely, I'll be on my way to MN (nothing against MN) to see my cousin become a consecrated virgin. No, not a cremated and concentrated virgin  (just add water and watch it grow! It's like marrying God... and not being able to cheat on him, raise kidswith him, or divorce him... with the consequence being ex-communication from the Church! Talk about seriuos devotion! So, that trip to NY to see Ani again, well... that's not happening!  Ohwell, I guess... *sigh* There's always next year... So, wish me luck that I make it through  Nah...it should be "interesting"... "unique"... Oh, and I do get to spend birthday morning with Pen Name  , so that'scool!  Many of you have probably seen this already, but regardless of that, I'm plugging!!
Basically, post your wishes (via ths sign up survey) and fill whatever wishes you can! All links can be found on the forum I just posted. Enjoy!! Oh, and in the process of creating this activity, I've created my first Web Page item! It is so much fun. I may do more to it, as the activity will be up until Jan 15 and I get bored easily One of my wishes is for people to use http://www.goodsearch.com/?charityid=859180 and/or http://www.igive.com for Questioning Youth Center (QYC.) GoodSearch is powered by Yahoo. Every search you do gives about 1 cent to the charity chosen. You can even download the toolbar or add it to your Search Engine box on Firefox to make it easy to use with no excuese There is also a shopping tab. If you utilize that, to go to the stores you want to shop at (eBay, BestBuy, and many more), a portion of the sale going to the charity. iGive is a shopping site, like the Shopping part of GoodSearch. However, there are many many more shops to it. AND, you can download the "Shopping Window" which will popup to let you know that the particular store gives a donation. You can look at iGive to search for a particular brand or item or look at the extenvise list of stores. (  LUSH is even on the list!) However, it seems that for sites that are listed on BOTH GoodSearch and iGive, the donatoin through GoodSearch is higher. So, if you're going to shop anyway...For those of you who don't remember from my previous mentions, Questioning Youth Center (QYC) is a local suburban youth group (in a very conservative area!) for GLBT teens! I started off as a youth there and then became a youth leader and am now a volunteer. I just started a group for adults with Asperger's Syndrom. (It is on the Autism spectrum.) The first group was Tuesday. It went very well! I also started up a CafePress shop to benefit the group (the meeting space isn't free and I bring snacks.) http://www.cafepress.com/AspergrsArtThere is the one with the people on it and there is another design on some items that says "If I Close My Eyes, You Disappear." So, if (you or) anyone you know may be interested in purchasing something, that would be !! Speaking of Asperger's, I just got approved for disability! My SSI payments have started to come and my disability checks should start soon. I'm quite confused by the whole process, to tell the truth... and it doesn't seem as if I'm alone in that...... And, on that note as well, I'm reading this book "Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight" on sensory defensiveness. If you or someone you know or may know in the future may perhaps deal with this (or if you are just interested), it is amaing! And also on the ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) note, I did get the job at Trinity! However, it didn't work out as planned, as the child I was going to work with... that family is well, growing and decided to stick with respite now instead of ABA work. And then, they put me with a child that was 45 minutes away! So, now I've done a few respite days, which is fine. Hopefully I'll get to work with a kiddo on a regular basis soon. I miss this job!Site Of The Day: My CafePress Shop http://www.cafepress.com/AspergersArt What can I say? I'm excited about it! Item Of The Day:
A very unique story.... One This I Did Right Yesterday: I moved up my therapy appointment because I was having a very rough day. Emotometer:  |      ??(On a scale of 0 to 10) -happy -sad -silly -mad -overwhelmed-physically sick/in pain -anxious/scared/worried-tired -hungry7366 |
| All comments in parenthesis are my own.... except for the title Real Facts (Strange but True) 1 Look at your zipper. See the initials YKK? It stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the world's largest zipper manufacturer. 2 40 percent of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals. 3 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled. 4 On the average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily. 5 Chocolate kills dogs! True, chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system. A few ounces is enough to kill a small sized dog. 6 Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as a medicine. 7 Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time. 8 Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood. 9 There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos. 10 Leonardo da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips. 11 Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to slow a film down so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm. 12 The original name for the butterfly was "flutterby"! 13 By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand. 14 Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there. 15 Dentists recommend that a toothbrush be kept at least six feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. 16 The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum. 17 Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than the entire Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined. 18 Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot. 19 Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor. 20 The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order. 21 To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, prick your fingers into its eyeballs. It will let you go instantly. 22 The average person falls asleep in seven minutes. 23 The "pound" (#) key on your keyboard is called an octothorp. 24 The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat. 25 Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. 26 The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. 27 Dreamt is the only word in the English language that ends in "mt". (and according to my spell checker, it isn't correct )28 It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. 29 In Chinese, the KFC slogan "finger lickin' good" comes out as "eat your fingers off". 30 A cockroach can live for 10 days without a head. 31 We shed 40 pounds of skin a lifetime. 32 Yo-Yos were once used as weapons in the Philippines . 33 Mexico City sinks abut 10 inches a year. 34 Brains are more active sleeping than watching TV. 35 Blue is the favorite color of 80 percent of Americans. 36 When a person shakes their head from side to side, he is saying "yes" in Sri Lanka 37 There are more chickens than people in the world. 38 The thumbnail grows the slowest, and the middle nail grows the fastest. 39 There are more telephones than people in Washington , D.C. (Than people? Or than residents?) 40 The average four year-old child asks over four hundred questions a day. (Why else do you think they learn so much?!!?) 41 The average person presses the snooze button on their alarm clock three Times each morning. 42 The three wealthiest families in the world have more assets than the Combined wealth of the forty-eight poorest nations. 43 The first owner of the Marlboro cigarette Company died of lung cancer. 44 Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair. 45 The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910. 46 Our eyes remain the same size from birth onward, but our noses and ears Never stop growing. 47 You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV. 48 A person will die from total lack of sleep sooner than from starvation. Death will occur about 10 days without sleep, while starvation takes a Few weeks. 49 Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. 50 The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. 51 When the moon is directly overhead, you weigh slightly less. 52 Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never telephoned His wife or mother because they were both deaf. (He also was not a very friendly man towards the Deaf...) 53 A psychology student in New York rented out her spare room to a Carpenter in order to nag him constantly and study his reactions. After Weeks of needling, he snapped and beat her repeatedly with an axe Leaving her mentally retarded (Speaking of my spell checker, it also is trying to tell me than "axe" is misspelled! ... and, serves her right!) 54 "I am" is the shortest complete sentence in the English language 55 Colgate faced a big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking Countries because Colgate translates into the command "go hang Yourself." (At least it isn't "Go fuck yourself!") 56 Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different. (Who studied this?!) 57 "Bookkeeper" is the only word in English language with three consecutive Double letters. 58 Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed People do. 59 The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every Letter in the English language. 60 If the population of China walked past you in single line, the line Would never end because of the rate of reproduction (WTF?!) 61 China has more English speakers than the United States . 62 Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell. 63 Each square inch of human skin consists of twenty feet of blood vessels. (According to a book I'm reading, a patch LESS than an inch square on the back of our hand contains this: 9 feet of blood vessels, 600 pain sensors, 30 hairs, 300 sweat glands, 4 oil glands, 13 yards of nerves, 9000 nerve endings, 6 cold sensors, 36 heat sensors, and 75 pressure sensors!!) 64 An average person uses the bathroom 6 times per day. 65 Babies are born with 300 bones, but by adulthood we have only 206 in our Bodies. (Where the FUCK do they go?) 66 Beards are the fastest growing hairs on the human body. If the average Man never trimmed his beard, it would grow to nearly 30 feet long in his Lifetime. (I wonder how long other hair would get if not cut...) 67 According to Genesis 1:20-22 68 The longest place name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangaoauauotameteaturi- Pukakpikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu - a New Zealand hill. 69 If you leave Tokyo by plane at 7:00am, you will arrive in Honolulu at Approximately 4:30pm the previous day. (How's THAT for "taking time!") 70 Scientists in Australia 's Parkes Observatory thought they had positive Proof of alien life, when they began picking up radio-waves from space. However, after investigation, the radio emissions were traced to a Microwave in the building. 71 Wearing headphones for an hour increases the bacteria in your ear 700 times. (Hell - I'm screwed!) 72 More than 40,000 parasites and 250 types of bacteria are exchanged during a French kiss.  !73 Men can read smaller print than women, but women can hear better. 74 Coca-Cola was originally green. (I want purple coca-cola!!) 75 The most common name in the world is Mohammed. 76 The name of all the continents ends with the same letter that they start with. (Uhhh... North America... hmmm.... I guess they're considering "America" one continent...) 77 There are two credit cards for every person in the United States . (Are there 2 CCs IN THE US for every person in the US... or 2 CCs in the world?) 78 TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. 79 Women blink nearly twice as much as men!! 80 You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. 81 It is impossible to lick your elbow. 82 People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond. 83 It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. 84 The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language. 85 If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. 86 Each king in a deck of playing cards represents great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, Diamonds - Julius Caesar. 87 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 (This makes me happy!) 88 If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. (What if the statue is not in the park??) 89 If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. 90 If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. 91 Question - This is the only food that doesn't spoil. What is this? Ans. - Honey 92 A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. 93 A snail can sleep for three years. 94 All polar bears are left handed. 95 American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class. 96 Butterflies taste with their feet. 97 Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. (So, I guess that song about Miss Mary Mack (Mack Mack) is not true after all! )98 In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. 99 On average, people fear spiders more than they do death. 100 Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'. 101 Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand. 102 The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. 103 The electric chair was invented by a dentist. (No wonder so many people are terrified of dentists!) 104 The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. 105 Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants. (My gosh!!) 106 The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. 107 Most lipstick contains fish scales. 108 And finally 99% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow. (Haha! I didn't -- because I tried last time...) |
| So much has happened lately. Let's start with something amazing: My application for disability went through! Wooh! And the hyersensitivity to sounds was caused by medication increase. So, now moving on to something Writing.Com related: ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** Will you free me? You have until the 7th at noon to post my ransom. Please do!! (Click on the image or go to "Invalid Item"  for more details)(Oh - and feel free to use that image 1341361 I'll go into more later! |
| The Bulk: I have a few specific questions on what 'normal' body sizes are and such... and I'm not really sure where to take them. I considered asking my dietitian and may if I don't find another outlet. So, anyone game? Hey all - say Happy Birthday to darkin Site Of The Day: PaperBackSwap: http://www.paperbackswap.com I know I've linked this before, but I wanted to let you know that at the end of the week, they're changing the sign-up program. Instead of getting 3 credits for registering 9 books, you will get 2 credits for registering 10 books. So, if you are gonna sign up, do it before Friday! And, I'm rainbowfairywings on there, so say I referred ya! Item Of The Day:
Hope you enjoy it as much as I did! Word Of The Day: assignation - an appointment or meeting, especially a lover's secret rendezvous (not to be confused with assassination) Accidentally written in "Frank" [13+] by Chanon  What I Did Right Yesterday: I called to check up on how my application for disability is doing. Emotometer: (pain)+?(On a scale of 0 to 10) -happy -sad -silly -mad -overwhelmed-physically sick/in pain -anxious/scared/worried -tired -hungry7147 |
| The Bulk: I have to share a bit of insanity. That is what's brought me here today. My brother had a band contest. They lost. Or at least, they didn't win. Him and his buddies decided they needed some cheering up, so they called some radio stations (including RadioDisney) and asked for them to play FreeBird. They wouldn't. So, they figured it would be a good idea to call Nancy's Pizza and ask the pizza guy to sing to them. He did. So, now they're gonna stop by and give him a big ole tip. Wow -- talk about customer service! (I guess they even called back later and asked him to sing something else and he complied...) Next topic: Ani! She was equally amazing in Chicago (as she was in Indy) I was in the pit. Oh my fucking God was it amazing! And I met some really cool people. I had TWO separate people offer me tickets to the show in New York. Wooh!Next topic: pissed off... *grrrrrrrrrrrrrr* So, I was supposed to start babysitting last week (Monday.) I got a call an hour and 15 minutes before I was supposed to start telling me that the person who was supposed to train the mom called in so she wasn't able to go into work, so she didn't need me. She (the mom, Kim) told me she'd call me that night and let me know what was going to happen the next day. I didn't get a call until the next day at 1:30... after I called 2x!! (I'm supposed to start at 2:15) Unfortunately, I didn't answer it, as I was going in and out of the house, cleaning my car (go me!) so she left a message telling me not to come in and that it doesn't look like she'll need me until next week. She said they changed her work schedule and she'd call me with details after 3pm. Alright, whatever. Didn't get a call back, so I called her on Thursday. Now, it's 1030pm on Sunday... and I haven't gotten a call back. I'm SOOO pissed! She gave me all this stuff about how she respected me and everything else... and now to pull this?! If she needs me this week, I can come 2 days (instead of the 4 I was going to... - 1 day I have a dr. appt, 1 day a concert) but I'll tell her I'm not comfortable with the position with the lack of communication that is going on. *sigh* I don't know why this shit keeps happening. Next topic: WDC My entry in "The Writer's Cramp" [13+] won yesterday... but I returned the prize because I didn't include word count. *stupid stupid...*
Halloween fun starts in like a half-hour (or whenever I get all the clues up....) And yes, you can still sign up to get little goblins knocking around your port...
** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** I drew that for "The WDC Artists Auction for Charity" [13+] go bid on the 8th (or so...)Item Of The Day:
She has some amazing stuff in here!!! What I Did Right Yesterday: I send out a large batch of prizes from the Pizza Party. (And I have a group where we all write 1 thing we did right each day. If you're interested in joining, let me know.) Site Of The Day: Where's George: http://www.bzzagent.com//p/9680408216/flywithme It's really cool. I've been a member of the site for years... but just got reminded of it because it is a "Frog" in the BzzAgent FrogPond. That means that I get the job of telling people about it (if I like it, that is... *laugh* - which I do!) Anyway... you get to see where your money goes and maybe even where it has been. Pretty cool. It's like BookCrossing for money... at least the tracking part. It's only for American money.... but there's also a Canadian site hosted by the same people. It is linked on the front page. So, enjoy! It's crazy that money spent in one state is journalled again across the country! Emotometer: |???(On a scale of 0 to 10) -happy -sad -silly -mad -overwhelmed-physically sick/in pain -anxious/scared/worried -tired -hungry7133 |
| The Bulk: Damn - the show was fuckin amazing! The tickets were 2nd row (well, not counting the pit, that is ) There were 2 seats available in the front row, right in front of where we were sitting, so we moved up there!Damn -- talk about being close enough to fuckin be SPIT on!! I'm shaking with excitement thinking about it. She has a band now (including a hypnotically hot drummer! , a percussionist that rocks the world, and an upright bassist) and has redone her songs to include them and give the songs a different feel. It was great. She even pulled out a song that she hasn't played in YEAAAAAAAARS.... even people at this big old Ani fanstie were shocked when they heard she played it. Oh... good thing I didn't get laid by some random hot chick after the show or anything (not like I was trying to ... lol - or even had time to) because when I tried to take off my belt this morning, it took like 10 minutes to untie it. It's a really cool belt, but either it needs to be tied tight and then is difficult to remove half the time... or it falls off. So -- hell yeah! And I'm working on getting a recording of the show. Hopefully someone comes through with it! What I Did Right Yesterday: I moved to the front row of the Ani concert... and had a fuckin blast! Site Of The Day: OnHerOwn -- http://www.onherown.net An amazing Ani fansite complete with forums, facts, and downloads Word Of The Day: Loquacious -- as seen in the title: "Invalid Item" [] by A Guest Visitor talkative Hey - that wasn't so hard... maybe I should have looked it up a while ago Item Of The Day: I didn't review yesterday, but check this out (it's ending today):
Emotometer: || (hunger pains...  )? (probably more, since I am aware of it...)(On a scale of 0 to 10) -happy -sad -silly -mad -overwhelmed-physically sick/in pain -anxious/scared/worried -tired -hungry7082 |
| The Bulk: I just learned something new from my Intro To Deafness Class. We're learning about some of the etiologies of deafness. Each of us were assigned one to research and post information about. I just read about ototoxicity (hearing loss from chemicals.) So, here's the interesting fact: eggplant and potatoes have lower dosages of nicotine [than cigarettes] What the fuck!? Anyway, what's your choice way of receiving nicotine? Well, I might as well tie that subject into my next with this: Nicotine ~Ani DiFranco i hate you sometimes but i love to be your queen you are my muse got me smokin nicotine i watch you sometimes from oh so far away but i can't forget you or anything you say you sang that song in my ear and it tickled those tiny hairs love is a puzzle some pieces they adjoin it's not like that with us but i keep flipping that coin i watch you sometimes from oh so far away but i can't forget you or anything you say you sang that song in my ear and it tickled those tiny hairs So... I got those tickets I was bidding on in ebay. I put my bid originally at $5.05 and in the last minute, upped it to $26-something. I got them for $.99!! Nobody else bid. Now, the listing was 24 hours, so I know that contributes... but damn! I am fuckin excited. Oh... and then I went to pay but the seller had it set up to require a confirmed address. I couldn't get that to work so emailed him and was told that if I'm having problems, it isn't worth the 99c. So, he sent them to me for free!! I am fuckin stoked!!! The only problem: who am I going with? I've emailed a bunch of people who I figured might be interested (offering 2 tickets just requiring some gas $$). So far, I've gotten 2 nos in response. My parents really don't want me to go alone, but I will if I have to So hell yeah -- if you want to see a scary sight, ask me to videotape myself today. Oh - the concert is at 7:30 today. WDC time. What I Did Right (Yesterday): I won Ani DiFranco tickets on eBay! And if you want to join "Invalid Item" , let me know.Item Of The Day:
I had reviewed this poem a while ago and it just got a makeover Enjoy it!Emotometer: ||| (in a good way, though)| (again, in a good way)1/2+(On a scale of 0 to 10) -happy -sad -silly -mad -overwhelmed-physically sick/in pain -anxious/scared/worried -tired -hungry7060 |
| The Bulk: I was reading through an email I get now and then called "Ideal Bite" It's all about ways to be "light green" (ie small easy ways to be environmentally friendly) and today's was about veggie jerky. They had a little note on the side that read: "Yes, for real: A pair of Brief Jerky underpants (made from beef, but not recommended for consumption) will put you back $139."  !!!What the fuck is the point of that?! Speaking of food, I've been doing well with writing stuff down for my dietitian... though I hope she isn't annoyed that I have lots of "commentary" with my log. It's really more commentary than log... hmmm... Haven't been doing well eating... but, at least I'm writing Oh, and speaking of veggie jerky, I'm writing an article:
you can't see it! But, if you *still* can't see it in like a week, start throwing things at me, cuz it probably means I haven't sat on my ass and finished it Another Item Of The Day: Another item I liked yesterday:
It looks like I'm normal... if I answered accurately, that is. |
| The Bulk: Look I've inspired another poem by THANKFUL SONALI Now What?  !:In the world, not a care Tigger now has happy hair! Look for long locks - where where? He's had a haircut so fair! Now his head sprouts enough so that he looks gentle and tough Not like a St. Bernard going wuff wuff I think I better stop writing this stuff My verse is going worse, People are getting terse They're sending for the nurse I better run off, not second but furse! Suddenly, I'm reminded by kittiara's poem... Let's see if I can find it.
What else did I want to say? Hell if *I* know... :-/ Oh well... Cya! Item Of The Day: What I Did Right Yesterday: I caught up with my reading for Intro To Deafness. (And again, if you're interested in doing this as well, I have a group set up...) Emotometer: |||1/2(On a scale of 0 to 10) -happy -sad -silly -mad -overwhelmed-physically sick/in pain -anxious/scared/worried -tired -hungry7017 |
| The Bulk: I am going to get a haircut. Sometime. Want it today, but don't think that's going to work. http://www.hairstylesdesign.com/gallery/fiche.php?id=540 ^That would be so much fun... but I don't quite think I can 'get away' with it. http://hairstyles.free-beauty-tips.glam.com/sh13.shtml ^I think this is what I'll do... but will I style it? Damn am I lazy http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.burlingtonsuk.com/images/gallery... ^more hair And here's a poem that was inspired by my handle and sent to me via email: I sing this song 'Coz my hair's too long It's growing more and more It's sweeping the floor Take a pair of scissors, please Clip it short, just to my knees That's better, thank you Now my hair is off my shoe Why'd your hair grow in a trice? I ate too much pizza, slice by slice! It was written by THANKFUL SONALI Now What?  Great to have inspired someone |
| The Bulk: Going to watch the Lunar Eclipse tonight/tomorrow? Here's the info from NASA: http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEmono/TLE2007Aug28/image/TLE2007Aug28-CDT... (for other time zones, scroll down.) I guess I'll wake up for it I got my prizes from Righteous Babe Records today (aka Ani's trivia contest). I was shocked to see how quickly they arrived! Unfortunately, they packed the "placard" with the shirts and CDs... so it is bent... but that's okay. Also, they sent me the wrong sized shirts. They asked me what sizes I would want for unisex (S) and for women's (L - they said to get 2 sizes bigger cuz they ran so small). They sent me 2 unisex shirts in M. Should I let them know? Or just be quiet about it? I mean they're not unwearable. The tshirt will probably look completely fine, the other a bit baggy. The tshirt is fine - a little larger than I usually get, but very comfortable. The worker shirt is way too large. The sleeves start 1 1/2 - 2 inches past my shoulders and continue longer than they're supposed to. I'm sorta torn here... Like I said, I'm super-excited and grateful... just not sure what to do (or not )Thanks guys! What I Did Right (Yesterday): I started to clean my room (and car.) Site Of The Day: OurStage - http://www.bzzagent.com//p/5921982872/flywithme I don't think I've told you guys about this one yet. If I have, oh well - it is worth repeating! OurStage is a cool place to find new music (and videos and -soon- photos). Two songs (or video clips) from the same genre/theme are put up head-to-head. You listen to/watch both for at least 15 seconds and then choose your favorite. If you judge enough, you get a prize. The highest-ranked artists is each genre get record deals or something... tons of different prizes for musicians/video guys to earn. (You can submit your stuff, too... it isn't big names... it is real people) Anyway, I've heard some great stuff on there (and some far-from-great, too... LOL) Enjoy! Item Of The Day: From yesterday's reviewing:
Very cute item by a site newbie. And a PS: I set up an appointment with my doc. They're getting me in tomorrow. |
| The Bulk: "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all" -- right? So, I guess this is going to be a short entry. (I will say a little bit, though.) This are swarming right now and I feel like I'm drowning. Feel very Wrong. And, I've been blacking out a lot lately. (I think that is the right word. When I stand up - usually and walk - my vision all goes black or at least mostly black and sometimes my legs also feel like they're going to collapse.) I'm not really sure why. But, hey - I did pretty good cleaning my room today. Got rid of tons of clothes that don't fit right and CDs that I never listened to .Got my sister's stuff out of the closet and put my CD rack and hamper in there. Still have quite a ways to go, but at least I started (and such, I've gotten quite a bit out of my car, too. )Item Of The Day: My favorite reviewed item from the 24th-25th: Well, I am picking two as one is an activity.
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A touching dialogue showing the progression of a relationship through time. What I Did Right: (I almost didn't do this section because I didn't write it down yesterday and thus it is hard to come up with what I did right. Let's see....) I had my full breakfast. Emotometer: |||(On a scale of 0 to 10) -happy -sad -silly -mad -overwhelmed-physically sick/in pain -anxious/scared/worried -tired -hungry6846 |
| The Bulk: Good news, a request, then struggles... in that order. Good news - I WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks to all of you who sent "pick Jamie" vibes to RBR - it worked! I won! See?: http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=85635629&blogID=... Not my favorite shirts, but I'm damn thrilled!! Happy, happy, joy joy! More good news - The day after I bought the two text books for one of my classes, I found them in a used book store for $5 each. Sure as hell beats $50! (One of the books is an older edition, but its all good.... I can get the missing chapters from a classmate) A Request - Anyone care to enter a contest for me (or for you, if you're interested)? Here's the info: Windy City Media Group is giving away a pair of tickets to see the one and only ANI DIFRANCO in concert with the amazing MELISSA FERRICK LIVE at the Auditorium Theatre (in Chicago) on Sept. 22. To enter to win do this: Email WCMGPromo@aol.com. In the subject put ANI TIX. In the body of the email put your full name and mailing address. Winners will be drawn in two weeks. Enter only once BUT increase your chances by telling your friends to enter too. Good luck. The struggles - Still can't shake that comment from the dietitian. I've been so obsessive about things. Found the scale the other day and weighed myself (and was relieved by the number -- that I don't want to care about!) Blah blah blah... but still just can't bring myself to eat what I need to. *sigh* Saw the new dietitian today and that went well.... but I mean, she can't "make" me do it, either, y'know? Just ate dinner and can't quiet the inner turmoil. I'm fuckin sick of this shit. I don't know why I'm so desperately clinging to it right now.... What I Did Right: I bought my school books from a used bookstore. And I made it to the animal shelter on time for the volunteer orientation. Site Of The Day: Tunes For Trees - http://www.tunesfortrees.com/ For those of you who use iTunes, this free service plants a tree for every 10 songs you buy there. Cool, isn't it? Words Of The Day: More vocab from Cat's Eye: ersatz (adj or noun): (serving as) a substitute; synthetic; artificial manqué (adj - seemingly used after noun) having failed, missed, or fallen short, esp. because of circumstances or a defect of character; unsuccessful; unfulfilled or frustrated (usually used postpositively) Item Of The Day:
Here's a piece from a site newbie! Emotometer: 1/21/21/2|1/2 (stomach)|???(On a scale of 0 to 10) -happy -sad -silly -mad -overwhelmed-physically sick/in pain -anxious/scared/worried -tired -hungry6828 |
| The Bulk: Starting with the good news: *Through the week, I've gotten a bunch of boxes of books from BookCrossing members to release at Panera Bread locations. (Panera Breads in Illinois, Indiana, Florida, and another state or two have officially teamed with BookCrossing and are putting a shelf or basket for books. Going to a few, I saw they were empty so I am on a mission to keep the ones I travel near the most stocked.)*On Monday, I got a Writing.Com tshirt from terryjroo. It arrived the other day (with candy and pens )*Last weekend, I went to the Art Institute of Chicago (and then to Lake Michigan and Navy Pier) with one of the other members of the Adults with Aspergers Group. (And then I even told my mom where I met him -- I had a hard time with that, for some reason. I guess I like to be 'okay' at home.) *I finished Cat's Eye at like 3 in the morning. The ending lacked a bit, but the rest of the book more than made up for that! (If anyone is interesting in reading it and then passing it on to others, I am starting up a book ring for it.) *On Monday,  I won Ani DiFranco's trivia contest!I haven't necessarily won a prize, though. Of each winner from this week (5 of them), one of us will win a prize (2 CDs and ??? - it hasn't been posted yet...) So -- send out vibes to the RBR people to pick me! On a little crappier notes: *I've had a couple people mad at me on the site lately for rating changes, post removals, and the like. *sigh* *I've been 'called out' on the forums at BookCrossing for posting a link to a site via BzzAgent. She said I was being deceptive for doing so. I didn't think I was, as I mentioned what it was about. And then to condescend further, she 'complimented' me when I posted something else and overly spelled out exactly what BzzAgent is and yadda yadda... None of this really needed to have been done in the fourms - they could have been messaged directly to me. Just kinda sucks - you guys know I'm not the deceptive type......... *I was supposed to go to the dietitian yesterday. Ended up being late due to a bad accident... and she left (if I got there on time, I would have had to re-schedule anyway.) So, now I am anxious as I wait for my next appointment.... and I'm not really sure why I'm even going because I am so off track that I don't see the point right now. And speaking of dietitians, I called that other one back as she requested. She was checking to make sure I was okay. I was honest and also let her know what bothered me about my visit. She tried to explain herself, but her explanation still doesn't read any better than her original comment *School starts this week! It's been a while since I've taken classes... and I'm anxious! The bookstore is out of my books for my one class, too.. *sigh* My on-campus class is tonight. Hopefully it goes well. What I Did Right: I told that dietitian why I wasn't going back to her. Site Of The Day: Unusual Hotels of the World: http://www.bzzagent.com//p/1795727748/flywithme Here's another site from BzzAgent. The name almost says what it is about... but you have to see these hotels to really believe how unusual they are! There's a library hotel (each floor is dedicated to a different category of the dewey decimal system) -- which is on the 'mild' end of things. There is a hotel where the rooms are sewage drain pipes. (You can stay for less than $150/night! )There are ice hotels... underwater hotels... If you can think it, it is probably there! Fun to browse and prepare for the future. Hey, maybe some of these would make good locations for stories. hehe Item Of The Day:
I didn't review yesterday, but here is my favorite item from the day before. I read it to vote in "Invalid Item" .It is a touching story of a changed lives and friendship. Word Of The Day: (More Cat's Eye vocabulary) besot(ted) - 1. to intoxicate or stupefy with drink 2. to make stupid or foolish 3. to infatuate; obsess ingratiate (-ing) - to establish (oneself) in the favor or good graces of others, esp. by deliberate effort (followed by with) Emotometer: 1/21/2 (throat, hunger pains)|1/2(On a scale of 0 to 10) -happy -sad -silly -mad -overwhelmed-physically sick/in pain -anxious/scared/worried -tired -hungry6809 |
| The Bulk: Things I Love To Do, But Hate Starting: cooking exercising reading writing showering doing the dishes (by hand) (If I think of more, I may add on) Do you have anything like that? Word Of The Day: Another unknown word from "Cat's Eye" (I'm almost done and don't want it to end, though!) abject: utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched; shamelessly servile; slavish Site Of The Day: Urbis: http://www.urbis.org.uk/ While the site isn't extremely fascinating, the place it shows is. I *need* to go there one day! Kitti? Item Of The Day:
Enjoy! Emotometer: |1/21/2|1/2(On a scale of 0 to 10) -happy -sad -silly -mad -overwhelmed-physically sick/in pain -anxious/scared/worried -tired -hungry6787 |
| The Bulk: *tap tap tap* (on her locked bedroom door) "Uhhh... mom? Mom... the dog is making some funny noises." "I'll be there in a minute." *Dad walks out* "He sounds kind of like an off-balance fan" *We listen to the dog* *Dad bends over and wiggles a slat in the table that the dog was lying next to, making the same sound*  2nd Word Of The Day: Again, from "Cat's Eye": bier - A stand on which a corpse or a coffin containing a corpse is placed before burial. How.. uh... colorful. 2nd Item Of The Day: This one is from the 12th and 13th:
Entered in my party last weekend, the "Music" portion. I truly appreciated it. 2nd Site Of The Day: StumbleUpon - http://www.stumbleupon.com Set your favorite categories and the site will randomly take you to websites. Emotometer: |||(On a scale of 0 to 10) -happy -sad -silly -mad -overwhelmed-physically sick/in pain -anxious/scared/worried -tired -hungry6738 |
| The Bulk: I feel like I'm bucking my head up against the friggin wall. After weeks of trying to get ahold of this particular school to begin the Sign Language Interpretation program, I finally did... just to find out that classes start next week. Fine. doable, I guess. My English I class from my expensive private school isn't going to count. Instead, they would could English 2 as the English 1 class at this community college. Hell! That course is NOT your basic class... (Turns out, my LOCAL CC already waived me from needing to take English 1, placed me in English 2... and the credits from there are transferable to said CC with sign language program. How fuckin bass-ackwards!) I met with the counselor and had a placement interview sort of thing to see which level to begin in. Felt quite dumb during it because there were concepts I really didn't know... but she said my vocab was good enough to get into Sign 2 to start with. Went to disability services and got the forms. The lady there said she'd meet with me after I get them in and register. Turns out, she doesn't even work with accommodations. She transferred me to someone else, who basically said that nothing I asked for could be done and to reconsider the program. A few minutes later (in the middle of typing this), I got a call from the 1st lady I talked to (the one who doesn't do the accommodations.) I feel so stupid, cuz I was bawling the whole time. She had me make an in-person appointment with her and said we'd discuss things... I haven't been eating very well. It just doesn't feel worth it. I met with a dietitian the other day and one of her comments was that looking at me, I don't LOOK like I need to worry about my weight (from a medical standpoint.) So, basically, I'm not fuckin obese, but I look huge?! I got to my car and absolutely broke down. And, since I really can't shake that. I hate that weight means anything to me. When "ed" isn't here, it doesn't. Anyway, I'm not going back to her. I'll be seeing a different dietitian next week. Looks good! I've been BookCrossing a lot. Very freeing! And, its getting me to read more. Oh... and yesterday: I finished what I was doing at the school (mind you, its about an hour from my house, 30 minutes from the hospital.) I was about the leave, but instead pulled to a different parking spot to Mapquest how to get to my next appointment the quickest. As I'm sitting there and about to leave, a girl from the EDP walked by! So, we started to talk, probably for like 20 minutes. I took that as a sign to focus on my health a little closer. And planned to... decided to go eat at Panera, but got there and didn't order anything. Then was my psychiatrist appt... and in the waiting room was ANOTHER girl from the EDP! 2 minutes later and she would have already been in her appointment! Talk about being smacked over the head with a message!!!!! (I think I ended up going home and having dinner )What I Did Right: I started the process of registering for classes. Site Of The Day: Pinger: http://www.bzzagent.com/p/1863774754/flywithme Only for US - sorry. Here's the scoop: You register. You add contacts online (I think you can skip this) You call a local number. You say the name (or number) of who (1 or more, can even be placed in a group to make it easier!!) you want to send Pinger message. You record your message. The recipient(s) receive it as a text message alerting them to call a certain number. It's sorta like text messaging via voice. The service is free other than the minutes you use to call and the cost of receiving text messages for the recipients. I used it yesterday to alert everyone of my new cell number. Super easy! Anyway, its another site I found on BzzAgent and get to tell all you people about. Word Of The Day: avuncular - adj: of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an uncle Is this an old-fashioned sort of word? Either way, it was in "Cat's Eye" Item Of The Day: Since I only reviewed 2 items yesterday, my favorite will be of the last two days.
Doesn't matter how much you review, it is how well you review. Emotometer: |||(On a scale of 0 to 10) -happy -sad -silly -mad -overwhelmed-physically sick/in pain -anxious/scared/worried -tired -hungry6725 |
| The Bulk First - I want to publicly thank everybody who has been so kind and generous to me lately, in so many different ways. You know who you are. So the party was a blast (even though I never got in here to blog about the reasons for party: day 1 yet) And, for anyone who didn't join in but still wants to, there are a few hours (8?) left until the two writing parts conclude. So, the Sunday portion of the party was in honor of Saturday. I woke up hating myself, disturbed by my looks, seeing every ounce of fat (and probably muscle) on my body in disgust, and finding nothing right about anything I could possibly do. (I think this was in part due to "Aunt Flo" ...) Anyway, despite that, I had breakfast. No problem (as its the same thing every day: cereal with 2 tbsp of peanut butter and soy milk in the cereal and in a glass). I even had my morning Gatorade (10oz)... but lunch time came around, and I would have nothing to do with it. Didn't see the point in preparing anything. Didn't want to think about what "ed" was telling me it would do. But instead of caving in, listing to "ed"... I went to the grocery store to buy something that was quick to prepare. That, at least, took out one step. (Oh; I got a Link card - food stamps. Very helpful!) So, I went through the store... la ti da... all's good for about 10 minutes. And then it all became too much. Vision started to blur... I couldn't think of anything but hiding... all that fun stuff. By the time I was out of the grocery store, I needed some time to just breathe and let my pulse get back to a semi-normal range. So, I cooked my lunch and finished it (even though I was full half-way though.) I didn't even feed a single bite to the dog (I've gotten into the habit of that since I've been home... giving the last bite or two to Prancer)Anyway... by the end of the day, I had finished the rest of my meal plan: snacks, Gatorade, and all... and noticed that through all that, I had 6 cups of fluid in... so I decided that I came that far... might as well force a couple glasses of water. And thus, it became the only day I have ever followed my meal plan AND drank 8 cups of fluid (if you look back at my goals for this year, I was working on fluids... starting with 1 cup a day, I believe...) So, yes... that was cause for celebration (not to mention the 6 years here!!!) Like I said, the party was great. The whole weekend I was giddy and bouncing. It's been so long since I had been like that. It was nice to be Tigger again. And, hell... I didn't even let an icky email from my ex-roommate bother me all too much. (Moving on. Topic 2:) In scroll, kittiara leaves with a message stating: *scoots offline again to watch a telly proggie* I was just glancing at it, but swore she wrote something about being "preggie" When I realized she didn't, I joked around with someone " I just made Kitti preggie. Damn -- that's a huge step for lesbians!"What I Did Right I kept a good mood even after reading an email that bothered me. Site Of The Day: Library Thing -- http://www.librarything.com Show what books you have, what books you've read, and what you thought of them. Also has links to many resources for trading books, etc. Thanks, Jedi Moose , for showing me this!(They also have a program where you can receive advance copies of books and review them: http://www.librarything.com/er/list ) Item Of The Day: Being party day, I didn't review any... so here are my two favorite items from the day before... both of which were reviewed as entries to a contest:
The title and brief description speak for themselves.
Erotic, yet not harsh. I enjoyed this... even though it wasn't about lesbians. Emotometer: ||1/21/21/21/2??(Obviously I'm having difficulty with decisions today, as evidenced with the 1/2s and ??s) (On a scale of 0 to 10) -happy -sad -silly -mad -overwhelmed-physically sick/in pain -anxious/scared/worried -tired -hungry6560 |
| Ooops... didn't get around to the whole 'blogging' thing today, as I meant to. i will get to writing an entry regarding the party I'm hosting at "Invalid Item" and the reasons behind the first half of it - tomorrow (I think)Cya! |
| The Bulk So, after skimping on all of my meals yesterday, having 1 snack when I was supposed to have 2, and having Gatorade twice when it was supposed to be 3 times (ie not following a single part of my meal plan), today I've been right on. This morning I had my full breakfast and then even had my first Gatorade early (due to seeing stars, but still...). After breakfast, I decided that I was going to really make it a big priority to do things as I'm supposed to today. So, my question is: what have you done for yourself today? (And if you haven't done anything yet, there's still time... or plan something for tomorrow.) My dad didn't have work today, so we went to the Museum Of Science And Industry. It sure was disappointing. There were some new exhibits, but mostly it was out of date... things that I've seen when I was there as a kid. So, anyone looking to visit Chicago -- pass on that museum! Art Institute rocks, I can say that for sure (yes, I've been there recently...) What I Did Right: I ordered new copies of my 2006 W-2s from the 2 places I was missing them from. Site Of The Day: PaperBackSwap: http://www.bzzagent.com/p/7336513371/flywithme I was planning on sharing this site with you today... and now BzzAgent added it to the FrogPond... so I figure you may find the introductory information there useful. The site is basically a book-trading website. To start, register at least 9 books. You'll get three credits right away. Each credit is used to receive a book of your choice from those posted on the site. (If there is something you want that nobody has posted yet, go ahead and add it to a wish list and you'll be in line for in when it gets posted.) Every time you send one of your books to someone, you get another credit. So, enjoy the site. I've been. If you do sign up, I'm "flywithme" over there. Item Of The Day:
A story of a boy who lost his magic stone. The emotions just creep up on you through this! Word Of The Day: primus stove (from Cat's Eye) a camping stove, as pictured here: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.sethwhite.org/images/fram/nansen... Emotometer: |(eyes hurt)(On a scale of 0 to 10) -happy -sad -silly -mad -overwhelmed-physically sick/in pain -anxious/scared/worried -tired -hungry6571 |
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