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July 17th, 2009
09:59 pm - Meme
Theived from ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) queenofthecute
Post ten of any pictures currently on your hard drive that you think are self-expressive.
• NO CAPTIONS!!! It must be like we're speaking with images and we have to interpret your visual language just like we have to interpret your words.
• They must ALREADY be on your hard drive - no googling or flickr! They have to have been saved to your folders sometime in the past. They must be something you've saved there because it resonated with you for some reason.
• You do NOT have to answer any questions about any of your pictures if you don't want to. You can make them as mysterious as you like. Or you can explain them away as much as you like.
( Pics )
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08:19 pm - Summer days
Yesterday Mom and I went to Splash Kingdom (small-ish water park). We had fun. Played in the wave pool, floated the lazy river, went down the slides, and ate unhealthy food.
Being fair skinned , I slathered on the sunscreen. The experts say a shot glass full is really all you need. I think I put that much on my legs alone. We ended up going through a bottle and a half of those spray one sunscreens, on top of some rub on 60+ sunscreen.
And today, I am sporting a sunburn across both shoulders in spite of this.
I do like to swim and really love water parks, but this is the reason I almost never go.
*goes to soak in Aloe*
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July 16th, 2009
July 8th, 2009
July 6th, 2009
07:34 pm - Meme theived from Inusaga
1. If you were to be stranded on a planet inhabited by giant lobster-like beings, and could only bring one type of fruit, what type would you bring?
Mango. I love mango and the Lobster-things will probably eat me soon any way.
2. If you could be stranded on a desert island with any type of undead, which type would it be?
Vampire. After turning me into a vampire as well, we could seal ourselves in floating coffins and set ourselves adrift like blood sucking messages in a bottle.
3. If you had the choice of being buried alive at a crossroads or having your head cut off by someone with a battle-axe, which one would you choose, and why?
Bury me alive. It would be like going to sleep.
4. Why is the world in love again? Why are we marching hand in hand? Why are the ocean levels rising up?
I don't know what world you are living in, but in this one we mostly just kill each other. Oh and Globel Warming.
5. What kind of insect would you prefer to eat with your breakfast cereal? Also, what kind of cereal would taste best with that insect?
I always wanted to try chocloate covered ants. i bet they would be good in coccoa puffs.
6. When angels dance on the head of a pin, what kind of dance do they perform?
River Dance.
7. What would you wear to an exhibition of invisible man-eating zombie llamas?
Carol Burnette's Scarlet O'hara Dress
8. If a tree falls in the forest and claps one hand, what colour is the sound that is produced?
Fish
9. How many eggs make up a pound?
Depends on how much of your diet is eggs.
10. What colour of nail polish would be the best to wear when invoking a goddess to rescue you from a colony of man-eating mountain monks?
Depends on the Goddess I'm invoking. I mean, do I want to make peace with them? Kill them? Have them trampled by horses or eaten by cats? There really isn't enough information here.
11. How much more ridiculous can these questions possibly become?
How high are you planning on getting?
12. If you were going to hold a dinner party for five deities, which deities would you invite, and what kind of pasta would you serve?
I'd like a nice cross section, so... Epona, Artemis, Loki, Budda, and Ra. I'd serve spagetti, it's generally well received by all.
13. How many pairs of shoes does the average necromancer keep in his wardrobe?
I'd have to ask Kat, she has a character who is a necromancer, She'll know.
14. If you knew you were going to die tomorrow, how many fig bars would you eat?
Zero. I'd bendge on things much yummier.
15. What song would you sing to a winged demon who had just arrived in this dimension during a rip in the fabric of space-time?
The song that never ends. Eventually he'll return through the rip just so he doesn't have to listen to me anymore.
16. Would you be willing to be fed to a giant spider if it would save some planet of which you've never heard from destruction?
Define "giant spider."
17. In what shape would you make a device capable of destroying the Earth, and where would you keep it?
How do you know about my plans to destory the world?! I'll send my sharks with lasers on their heads after you! I will!
18. What kind of tree would you place in the yard of an enchanted bungalow?
A tree that grew golden apples, and have a dragon to guard them.
19. If you were to decorate a torture chamber, what sort of wallpaper would you use?
Something light and happy. Just because they are being tortured doesn't mean they need to suffer from dungeon drab.
20. What does death smell like?
For the living or the dead?
MEME THE SECOND
1. You are in the Witness Protection Program and must invent a new first, last, and middle name. What’s your new name?
Crystal Birdie Danger
2. You are in a threesome with two famous people, one male & one female, alive or dead (hopefully they’re at least alive in the fantasy). Who are they?
Daniel Cudmore (he played Colossus in X-men) and... I don't know, Jewel I guess
3. You are in charge of naming your new band. What’s the name of the band? What’s the name of their first album?
Memory Blip and Goldfish Bowl.
4. You are going to get a free tattoo. What and where is it?
Dragon, on my hip.
5. You are being forced to listen to one song over and over, ad infinitum, as a form of torture. What song is it?
I don't know, but SpongeBob is singing it.
6. You are leaving your state/province. What state do you move to?
Florida.
7. You are leaving your country (remember, you’re in the Witness Protection Program). What country do you move to?
Greece. I've always wanted to go there.
8. You get to choose one book as the best ever written. What book do you choose?
The Dresden Files, though it is really a series.
9. You get to choose one movie as the best ever made. What movie do you choose?
The Princess Bride.
10. You get to spend one day each as a bird, an insect, and a mammal. What bird would you be? What insect? What mammal?
Falcon, Butterfly, Tiger.
11. You must choose to go blind or go deaf. Which do you choose?
Deaf, then when I ignore people, I have an excuse.
12. You must relive one year of your life. Which would you least like to relive? Which would you most like to relive?
The year I turned 16. Then I could have started showing dogs as a junior handler and been well on my way by now. Last year, lots of people died in my family.
13. You have a time machine that will take you backwards anywhere from 1800 to the present. What decade do you most want to visit?
Can I go anywhere in the world on this trip or do I have to stay in the same town?
14. You must choose to go skydiving or very-deep-sea diving. Which do you choose?
Deep sea diving. I always wanted to try that.
15. You get to return to the past (using that handy dandy time machine we were talking about before) and have a sexual encounter with a rock star who is no longer alive. Who do you pick?
Sorry, don't keep that close of tabs on dead rock stars.
16. You get to be a contestant on any game show, airing today or in the past. What show do you want to be on?
Oh, I've forgotten the name of the show, but it was all animal trivia and i always did better then the kids playing it.
17. You are given $1 million dollars but you must give it all to one charity. What charity do you choose?
ASPCA. Yeah, I'm sure that surprises no one.
18. You must ban one word from the dictionary and all usage, to be no longer uttered or written. What word do you ban?
The word "stupid" it is terribly abused.
19. You can have 100 million dollars tax free but if you take it, you’ll die at the age of fifty. Do you take it?
Rather live longer.
20. You know this chick with too much time on her hands who sits and invents quizzes instead of working. Do you tell her to get a life?
Depends, is she sharing her quizzes?
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July 4th, 2009
11:12 pm - Happy Fourth!
Muppets = Win!
Current Mood: amused
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July 3rd, 2009
10:12 pm - Zero Punctuation
Because I was away Wednesday, here's a belated Zero Punctuation
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07:36 pm - I Return...not quite victorous
So, Wednesday afternoon I left with Mrs. B for Dallas and my very first dog show. I returned this morning with two Third Place ribbons and much the wiser.
I did not go expecting to win. I was a complete novice, with a 12 month old puppy who had never been to a show before. In fact, due to what happened with Mr. B, she hasn't ever been away from home before with the exception of one trip to Petsmart with me. Naturally it was quite and experience for her. And it all started with a car ride, on which she threw up (luckily missing her coat) and drooled a great deal.
We got a hotel near the show site and crashed for the night. Got up early the next morning, set up in our grooming space, and got to work. We did not find out until later that the first show was at 12:00 and we could have slept longer. Hinged sight and all that.
I got to meet a couple of the other handlers. Some of them are nice, some not so much. Rosie did okay in the ring, but she was up against older, more experienced dogs who had handlers who knew what they were doing.
We grabbed some lunch (note to self: remember to bring my own food, their's sucks) and put Rosie back together for the second show. Poor girl she was falling asleep on the table at this point. But she made it and we did much better at the second show.
At this point, the people coming for the all breed show starting the next dat were floating in, and had managed to box in our space, so getting out was interesting. We had planned to drive home, but it was already 7 pm, and we were tired, Rosie was tired, so we went back to the hotel instead.
At this point I had a pounding headache, probably part stress, part caffeine withdrawal (yeah I'm addicted), and part dehydration. So I ate supper and went to bed. This morning we drove home, during the trip Rosie drooled a lot and threw up (this time she didn't miss). Rosie needs Dramamine.
When we got home, I gave her a bath to get out the hair spray and vomit. Then she went inside and slept and I finally made it to my own house, where my dogs were very happy to see me.
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June 30th, 2009
06:45 am - House was broken into this morning
We awoke at 5 am to the sound of A's (Brother's girlfriend) car alarm going off. It took many a minute for someone to get up and head outside, thinking it was my brother's car, which is regularly burglarized. In that amount of time, they also unlocked the front door (A left her keys in her car), raffled through some stuff, and took my father's lap top. They also got A's wallet, cell phone, two diamond rings, and a diamond necklace out of her car. The house key was also in her car.
Dad and brother are pissed. A's feeling violated. And mom is in disbelief.
And me? I feel remarkably dispassionate about the whole thing. Perhaps it is because nothing of mine was taken. But I'm thinking its because I knew when you gamble the odds, eventually you lose. My brother and his girlfriend are forever leaving things sitting around in plain view, walking out of the house and leaving it unlocked, leaving their wallet or purse in the car, etc.
EDIT: Mom's iPod and camera are also missing.
In related news:
The reason all this stuff was in A's car is that she and my brother have agreed to a separation, so all her stuff was packed up. Though why she left her purse or the house keys sitting in the driver's seat is a mystery to me.
Anyway, the separation comes down to the fact that after 4 years of dating, my brother still has no interest in marriage and says he won't even consider it for another seven years. A, despite being younger then me but due to some medical issues, is already on the home stretch of her biological clock.
I think it is really for the best. A can do better, and my brother desperately needs someone who will kick him in the nuts (literally or figuratively) for his condescending, chauvinistic behavior towards women.
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June 25th, 2009
07:50 pm - *curls up*
I am so tired, it isn't even funny. For the last two weeks I've been trying to get all Mrs. B's dogs groomed and ready for a visit from her brother, on top of getting Rosie ready for the show on July 2nd. Today I did the last one.
instead of resting tomorrow like I want to, mom has volunteered me to take my grandfather to get a new cell phone. What's wrong with the one he's got? Honestly, I think it's just too complicated for him. He needs a phone that just makes and receives calls. No camera, no email, no music, no text.
Some time between now and Tuesday, I also need to get my hair cut, my oil changed, pack, and a new rock guard put on my car. I've got to shave down the morning girl's chow mix tomorrow and Mrs. B's handyman's husky on Tuesday.
Current Mood: exhausted
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June 24th, 2009
09:04 pm - Live action Avatar
I have not yet decided how a feel about this. On one hand, I like the show. On the other, anime (or cartoon) series turned live-action movies have always rubbed me the wrong way (see live-action Sailor Moon or DBZ). I feel like it loses something in the transition.
Bah, I'll probably go see it anyway.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/dwaggins/think.gif) contemplative
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June 17th, 2009
June 10th, 2009
June 3rd, 2009
10:23 pm - Okay, does anyone else know what he was going for here?
I was reading last week's NewsWeek and came across an article on Cheney. And this quote about him confused me:
It's not clear that Cheney's prominence is a good thing for fellow Republicans. Conservatives applaud him for taking a stand in the face of Obama's popularity. "I look at him as Grendel, coming out of his den," says Hugh Hewitt, the conservative talk-show host. "I admire the veep, so I'm glad when he does it."
What exactly are they going for here?
No one was happy when Grendel came out of his den, he ate people. Not to mention he was later killed by a much beloved hero. Granted, Beowulf died from his own huberis later, but not really the point. Has it been so long since I read Beowulf that I have forgotten some critical redeeming value in Grendel's character?
http://www.newsweek.com/id/197923
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May 31st, 2009
08:42 pm - *Silently weeps for the future*
Kanya West has written a book... let that sink in for a minute...
And yes, it is pretty much exactly what you would expect.
http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSTRE54P5L820090526
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/dwaggins/annoyed.gif) discontent
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May 30th, 2009
09:15 pm - Freedom
Brother's girlfriend is back. When I asked her why, she said she loves him and love makes you stupid. So much for women's lib.
After spending all week grooming dogs and work, I have a free day to do as a please...and I end up bathing Daisy. My work vs. recreation is becoming a distinction without a difference. Tomorrow I need to clean a turtle tank.
Current Mood: drained
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May 27th, 2009
May 26th, 2009
10:06 pm - Oh the drama
So, my brother is an ass. This isn't really surprising as he is very much my father's son.
But, he decided the treat his girlfriend like dirt, again; and instead of taking it, she blew up at him. This lead to throwing of things, screaming, and doors being slammed and locked. My bed room is between his room and the front door. It was a long night.
Honestly, I hope she stays gone. Not because I don't like her, but because I like her a lot. She can do so much better. But, I doubt that will happen. She claims strength and independence, but she acts very dependent most days.
In unrelated note: Has anyone else in the East Texas area noticed an exceptionally large number of centipedes lately?
Current Mood: tired
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