Merry Christmas!

Yeah, it's a day late, and I haven't post in a month, but you're still glad to hear from me right?

Anyway, I got a pile of sweet loot for Christmas. I know that's not what it's about, but it is a lot of fun. And my friends and relatives really outdid themselves. Jeff got me a Celtic necklace, a pretty scarf, The Princess Bride (the novel, not the movie, I already have the movie) and a Wicked Witch of the West Keepsake ornament. My Mom and Dad got me an IPod Shuffle (which is totally awesome!), some cute clothes from Old Navy, and the Seasons expansion for Sims 2. Jeff's Mom and Dad got me some books and DVDs from my Amazon Wish List, more Sims 2 stuff, and some neat things from their travels this year (a mask from Vegas and a necklace from Tennesee. We got more Department 56 pieces for our Halloween village from Jeff's aunt and uncle, and he got some cool gargoyle bookends from his cousin Steve. Oh, and I also got some big fluffy bath sheets and a fairy statue from my Aunt Beck and Uncle Rick.

I also got to see Allison, and Grey briefly. This week we have Adam coming to visit, and we're going to see Grant and Wendy too. It's also my nephew Aidan's first birthday on Saturday, so we have a birthday party to attend.

It's such a fun time of year! I hope everyone enjoyed their Solstice/Christmas or whatever you celebrate as much as I did.

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

It's been a month again, so I figure it's time to post

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving with their families yesterday. Jeff and I went to St. Marys and had turkey, mashed potatoes, etc. at his Aunt Sue's house. Today we are going to Ellicottville to shop with his family and also eat.

I've been playing a lot of World of Warcraft lately. The recent patch made it easier to get from level 20-60, which is great, because those are the levels that didn't really get new content from the expansion, so they are kind of boring if you already have a level 70 character (or 2 or 3. I don't know where some people get the time!) So my warrior, Sampsa, has gone up 5 in the past 10 days or so, I'd say. She's currently working on Un'Goro Crater, Winterspring and Silithus. Actually, as I am typing this, she is flying from the night elf capital back to Un'Goro Crater (great area, volcanoes, dinosaurs, tar pits) to collect dirt to do a quest that increases your reputation with the night elfs. I want one of the night elf mounts, which are a big cat, and I am not going to get a night elf character to level 40 anytime soon.

Work is going better, they are going to change my scheduled to Monday-Friday until January to see "if it meets the needs of the business." I wanted to point out that me being dissatisfied and looking for a new position would also not meet the needs of the business. I think the problem is I know too much. It's handy to have me there on Sundays for them because then I can answer questions about mail, do the logging spreadsheets for the Admin team, and answer help desk calls from the phone reps while the managers are on break. I'm like a pseudo-manager that they don't have to pay management salary for. I didn't even apply when they opened the last two Team Lead positions, because they were for weekends and evenings. I'd like to see my husband and friends, thank you very much!

Anyways, Sampsa should have landed in Silithus now (desert area, ruins, big insects) so I am back to WoW. Merry Part and Blessed Be!

I know you aren't surprised

The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Second Level of Hell!

You have come to a place mute of all light, where the wind bellows as the sea does in a tempest. This is the realm where the lustful spend eternity. Here, sinners are blown around endlessly by the unforgiving winds of unquenchable desire as punishment for their transgressions. The infernal hurricane that never rests hurtles the spirits onward in its rapine, whirling them round, and smiting, it molests them. You have betrayed reason at the behest of your appetite for pleasure, and so here you are doomed to remain. Cleopatra and Helen of Troy are two that share in your fate.


Level descriptions: http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html
Take the test: http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-test.mv

I bought a new book at Books Galore in Erie yesterday called Talk Nerdy to Me by Vicki Lewis Thompson. I had to buy it as soon as I saw the title. The other books I saw of hers are also about smart women with a thing for guys with huge.... brains. I really enjoy Talk Nerdy to Me, I polished it off before bed last night. We also got some Christmas shopping done yesterday, and bought Halloween costumes.

Hope you are enjoying the beautiful fall weather! Merry Part and Blessed Be!

So wrong...

Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net

From the net. I have Jay's sister, Erin, to thank for introducing me to Cyanide and Happiness. It's worse than Red Meat. It's so wrong, yet I just keep reading!

MP and BB

Cute picture!

I got to talk to Allison on AIM this morning! We are having a nice visit. I am going to start some laundry, and make some lunch. Hope you all have a great weekend!

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

I am a winner!

This morning I was caller three and I got to play "Who's Minding the Store" on Scott's Morning Buzz on WBRR Cool 100. I qualified for the drawing on 10/25/2007 to win 4 tickets and a limo ride to the Bills/Dolphins game. I also won a bowling gift pack for Byllye Lanes here in Bradford! I was so nervous I screwed up my choice for who's minding the store (I said Marcia from Byllye Lanes, but it was actually Brenda from Byllye Lanes, Marcia was from Worth W. Smith. Of course I can remember that now, but not while I was on the air) But I still won! I am going to pick up my bowling stuff at the radio station on Friday. And Jeff heard me on the radio!


Reviewing that paragraph, there are a lot of exclamation points.

I added a cool playlist to my Myspace page. If you have a myspace account, you should check it out.

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

One more Blogthing

Your Deadly Sins

Lust: 100% Gluttony: 40% Greed: 40% Envy: 20% Sloth: 20% Pride: 0% Wrath: 0% Chance You'll Go to Hell: 31% You'll die while in the throws of passion - the best way to go.

How Sinful Are You?

I think this one is pretty dead on. :-)

I have been quite ambitious today, I think getting almost 10 hours of sleep last night helped. I did Yoga when I got up, and took a 40 minute walk after dinner. We are having fun with Brewfest in WoW. You have to be drunk off your ass to see the pink elekks (elephants) and wild wolpertingers (bunny rabbits)!

Yet More Blogthings

You Are a Log Ride

You prefer to live a fairly calm, relaxed life... with a few surprises thrown in. You don't tend to get yourself worked up easily. You can roll with what life throws at you. In relationships, you are steady and solid. You maintain a pretty broad perspective on what's going on. That's not to say you can't get swept away. You're emotions run as deep as anyone else's. Your life seems like it has been remarkably easy so far. But that's due to how you manage it. You never stretch yourself too thinly, and you think out your decisions carefully. Taking the time to enjoy each day is important to you, and you don't let your emotions rule you. You stay the course and do what's right... knowing it will all work out in the end. At your best, you are tolerant and understanding of other people's quirks. You take "go with the flow" to the extreme. Even if you don't like where you're going. At your worst, you repress your feelings and end up being a little tightly wound. You definitely have some explosive emotions that occasionally come to the surface!

What Carnival Ride Are You?

The Movie Of Your Life Is A Cult Classic

Quirky, offbeat, and even a little campy - your life appeals to a select few. But if someone's obsessed with you, look out! Your fans are downright freaky. Your best movie matches: Office Space, Showgirls, The Big Lebowski

If Your Life Was a Movie, What Genre Would It Be?

Your Seduction Style: Siren / Rake

You possess an unbridled sensuality that appeals to many. The minute you meet anyone, you can make the crave you almost immediately. You give others the chance to lose control with you... spiraling into carnal bliss. A dangerous lover, you both fascinate and scare those you attract.

What Is Your Seduction Style?

I don't think that one is true, personally.

There's a 36% Chance You've Been Abducted By Aliens

Even though you have a few alien abduction signs, you're almost certainly in the clear. However, if aliens ever do come to your neck of the woods... they'll probably be coming for you!

What Are the Chances that You've Been Abducted by Aliens?

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

Time for more Blogthings

Your Halloween Costume Should Be

A Sexy Bunny

What Should You Be For Halloween?

You Are Lightning

Beautiful yet dangerous People will stop and watch you when you appear Even though you're capable of random violence You are best known for: your power Your dominant state: performing

What Type of Weather Are You?

You Are 61% Pure

You're pretty pure, and you have no plans on changing that. You do have a devilish side though... and it will probably get the better of you.

The 100 Question Purity Test

Artie wins!

Last night Artie and Harriet came over to hang out. We had pizza subs from Parkview, and played Star Munchkin. Artie was playing the Bounty Hunter class, which has gives you the ability to resurrect the top monster from the discard pile when you discard your hand. He kept bringing back the level 1 Chair and beating it, and there was nothing Harriet, Jeff or I could do to stop him.

This is his victory dance:



And I told him I would blog about it and so I have.

Waiting for Lacy and Jay to get here. Looking forward to Alumni weekend.

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

Passion and Power

I thought this was a great little video, it was posted on the GoodVibes blog. It's a promotion for a documentary based on a book called The Technology of Orgasm. From what I can tell, the book follows the history of how vibrators were developed, first as a cure for women's "hysteria" at the end of the 19th century. This is a topic that has long interested me, I definitely believe that a healthy and active sex life contributes to overall better health and well-being. If you interested in learning more about the history of vibrators, check out the Antique Vibrator Museum at Good Vibrations.

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

Level 70 Biznitches!

Tonight, my hunter Kharasa, on the Eldre'Thalas server, reached Level 70. That is currently the highest level available in World of Warcraft. I also got a cool flying mount, an ebon gryphon. I killed many, many demons, and now I have about a dozen things to sell in the Auction House.





Merry Part and Blessed Be!

Charging dice

Artie and Harriet came over tonight and we played Werewolf. Harriet and I discovered that exposing your d10s to breasts seems to help them roll more 10s. I felt that this information needed to be shared.

Today was my friend Jason's last day with Synergy. I really hope he likes his new job and I know he'll do great there. The only bright side is that they did post his position, which I applied for today, and that would be Monday-Friday.

I am watching South Park and I am disturbed. Stan is the reincarnation of L Ron Hubbard.

Anyway, just a brief note before bed. Going shopping with my mom in Erie tomorrow.

Merry Part and Blessed Be

Yes, I am still alive

We are currently watching Cash Cab on the Discovery Channel. I want to go to New York and take cabs until I get in the Cash Cab. I think I would rock at it.

Things are going okay at work. My friend Jason is done on Friday, so I am kinda bummed about that. We are finally all caught up on our work, but a new month starts next week, so we'll be swamped again.

I'm looking forward to Alumni Weekend. Lacy and Jay are coming up, and I have a shower to go to for my cousin Jen on Sunday afternoon. She is getting married in November.

I really don't have a lot to write about, I guess that's why I haven't been writing. Still doing my Yoga about 3 times a week, feeling strong and flexible.

Off to the Sims 2 site now to see if there are any new downloads, then I will be playing World Of Warcraft. My hunter is getting close to level 70.

Merry Part and Blessed Be

Hi folks

Arthur and Harriet are over making up characters for Werewolf. We had a beef roast done in the slow cooker with veggies for dinner, and after we make up characters we might play Super Munchkin. Since my character is already made up, I am stealing a moment to blog.

No overtime at work this week, so my hands are back to normal. Played some Sims last night. I discovered that vengeful widow ghosts can actually scare the new wife to death. Pretty freaky stuff.

We are going to West Hickory tomorrow night to see my family, we will be back sometime Saturday. Yoga is going well, I hope to get some pictures of me in some poses to maybe share, or just for my own records of my progress.

That's all for now. Merry Part and Blessed Be.

I blame work.

We've had mandatory overtime at work the past 2 weeks. I blame that for my lack of updates.

Found a video on YouTube I thought people might like. I also updated my myspace layout.
hands hurt from typing, that's all I am posting for now.



Merry Part and Blessed Be!

Rain, rain, go away

It's not that I don't like rain, I normally do. A rainy day is a great day to cuddle up with your special sweetie, or join him in all day fest of questing and killing things in World of Warcraft. But yesterday it rained, and I really wanted to take a walk, because Adam is here, and he will actually walk with me. So no walking. We did go to Pizza Hut and had the lunch buffet. They had macaroni cheese. It was pretty good, if you like Velveeta, which I do.

Back to work today, I am hoping they announce who got the team lead position today. I don't think I did. I had a dream where Grandma Eb and Mom came to tell me I hadn't gotten the position. And I generally believe every Gram tells me in a dream. At least now I am prepared if I don't get it, I can be gracious and congratulate whoever does.

Today is Jeff's last day of work at BRMC. Then he is off til he starts his new job on Monday, 8/27.

Time to get dressed for another cold, rainy day. I hope the parking lot at work isn't a mess. It's a bitch to walk across normally, and worse when it is wet.

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

Stardust

Jeff and I went to Olean today to see Stardust. It was a lovely fairytale, with a really good cast. Nice special effects, some comedy, and romance. In short, right up my cinematic alley. Robert DeNiro was especially hilarious as Captain Shakespeare. Michelle Pfeiffer was a very scary witch, but the magic was just awesome. And some of the most subtle magic turned out to be the most powerful.

Back to work tommorrow. I hope they tell us who got the Team Lead position soon.

I am still loving Yoga, it is teaching me how to listen to my body better, and this evening I was doing a forward bend (hands flat on the floor, knees straight but not locked) and looking at my thighs from that angle, for once they seemed strong rather than chubby. At some point, I'd like to get some pictures of me doing Yoga. I wish I had a big mirror so I could see if I am doing the poses correctly.

We're watching our favorite shows on the Travel Channel, Bizarre Foods and No Reservations. Then it's time for bed.

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

Feeling accomplished

I am feeling particularly accomplished today because I not only got up and did Yoga before work today (which was about 5 hours of overtime, cha-ching!) I also walked/jogged for 20 minutes or so out at the trail on the Pitt campus when I got home from work. So I am feeling very fit right now.

I haven't heard anything back yet about my interview for the team lead position at work, they said they would try to let us know this week.

Merry Part and Blesssed Be!

Your Confectionary Sins

Is this

A) The title of a bad novel
B) The name of a band
C) A new sweet shop
D) Some random thing Jeff said I thought was funny.

Answer at the bottom of this blog post

A lot of things happening here. We were in Lebanon last weekend and I went wedding dress shopping with Lacy. I really really like the one she is going to go with, it almost makes me want to have a second wedding (to the same groom, of course!) so I can have something exquisite and gorgeous.

Jeff applied for a new job and has his second interview a week from today. He gets a much better schedule if he takes it, but less money. But the new schedule would help him go back to school for his Masters.

I also applied for a new position at work, my team lead Maureen is leaving. I am sad Mo is leaving, but I am excited at the chance to advance. I just want management experience on my resume. I turned in my application and resume yesterday, and another one of the team leads I like, Juli (she is also a Sims 2 freak), said, "Oh, I was hoping you would apply!" So I hope that is a good sign!

Anyway, I think I am going to play some WoW. I want to get Kharasa's mining skill to 300 so I can stay in Outland. Also, I want to do some fishing in Zangarmarsh.

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

Oh, and the answer is D. :-)

New acquisitions!

Tonight Jeff and I went to St. Mary's to have dinner with his folks and get a new cell phone. We ended up coming home with two. We now both have our own lines. If I haven't already called you, please call for my new number. Jeff's is the same as it was. Dinner was great, and I helped with the fish. It was tilapia and it was yummy.

I also went to Edinboro yesterday and saw Allison, Grey and Jessika. Al brought me back yummy smelling body/hair gel from England. It's from a company called Lush and the smells I have are called Tramp and Sonic Death Monkey. I am excited about using them tomorrow morning. :-)

We also went to Erie and had lunch at Tops Buffet and went to Books Galore. It is the only bookstore I know with a used New Age section. I got 2 new witchy books for $14, and a hardcover book on Yoga for $6. I love that store!

So that is all for this evening. I am currently working my way through the Harry Potter books so I can be ready for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows next weekend.

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

300!

Tonight, we dine in hell!

Not really. This is my blog's 300 post!

TAG

I got myspace tagged by Kim, so I am reposting it here too, since many of you non-conformists I am friends with have not succumbed to myspace madness.

TAG!
Hi everyone! I have been tagged by Kim, and I am supposed to share 10 random or little known facts about myself, and then make 10 more of my friends do the same.

The problem is I don't know if there are 10 little known facts about me, since I am pretty much an open book, but we will give it a go.



1) I practice the nature-based religion of Wicca, and have been for over 9 years now.

2) I almost joined a sorority 3 times, I attended open and closed rush for all three of the social sororities at UPB.

3) I was a cheerleader

4) I read tarot cards

5) I play golf

6) I workout by doing Yoga and sometimes belly dancing.

7) I startle very easily.

8) I talk in my sleep

9) I have been watching ABC Soaps since I was 5.

10) I would love to teach sex ed, I think people need to be informed about sex, not only so they are safe from disease, unwanted pregnancy, etc, but so they can enjoy it to the utmost. Knowledge = orgasms. "All acts of love and pleasure are my rituals" - Charge of the Goddess.

And I am supposed to TAG 10 more people so:

1. Molly

2. Danielle

3. Megan

4. Hilary

5. Vita

6. Harriet

7. Lisa

8. Jess

9. Steve

10. Roxanne




I have been listening to Avenue Q a lot, and I am really loving belting out "You Can Be As Loud as the Hell You Want (When Your Making Love)" in the car.

Post number 299...

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

Quote from Harriet last night

"I was inspired by your cruel wisdom" - to Jeff, regarding her death house in Sims 2.

Artie ran D20 Star Wars last night, and we had a lot of fun. We broke into an apartment looking for information on a scientist building something for the Empire and had to fight our way out through a bunch of security guards. I am playing a Twi'lek again.

It's been a pretty good week at work, they took my team off the phones so we could actually do our own work!

Short post today, I want to play some Sims 2 before Jeff gets home. I am trying to let Jeff and I become elders, but it's hard. I don't want us to age and die, but I also have things I want to do with the next generation of Sims.

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

Merry Solstice! One day late

I should never start a blog entry saying "there's been nothing to blog about" again. Because yesterday I got a ticket while I was in Warren taking Postal Exam 460. I was done with the test, feeling a little fried, and on my way to Youngsville to see my Aunt Ann and hopefully catch lunch with my cousin Danielle. And I got pulled over doing 60 in a 45 in Starbrick. Luckily though, the trooper, Office Cumberland, seemed to sense my frazzled state, and cut me a little break because of it. I also discovered that apparently, in the state of Pennsylvania, you are supposed to notify PennDot and update your license within 15 days of moving. So instead of nailing me for the address on the license and my speeding ticket, he just wrote the ticket for the address. So my ticket is not for a moving violation, I get no points on my license, and it will not affect my insurance. So thank you, Officer Cumberland, of the Pennsylvania State Police, for your compassion and kindness. I plan to go into the DMV tomorrow to update my license. They are only open on Tuesdays and Saturdays in Bradford.

I think the post office test went well. The only part I am concerned with is the memory section. I think I did well on everything else. I had a good time having lunch with Danielle, we went to the Galley in Youngsville, and I had a pizza sub with garlic butter and it was delicious.

On my way back to Bradford, I saw something that made me very sad. A female pheasant got hit by a car and was flopping around in the middle of the road, and her mate was dodging traffic trying to get to her. It just made me think of how lost I'd be without Jeff, or how he would be without me.

Then I came home and read for a while, talked to Lacy on the phone and tried to clean the house a bit since the Bleach Fairy herself is coming to visit this weekend. Then we had roleplaying, and took on a camp of orcs and goblins. The leader ran away, and came back riding a cyclops with a platform attached to his upper body, the platform bearing a one story building, two ballistas, and BlackSpear, the orc leader. We ended there because it was getting late, so we are all looking forward to next week.

I think that's all for now. Plans today include going to the Flickerwood Winery to pick up some Sweet Angel Red. Lacy and Jay won't be here til later this evening. I am thinking about building their Sims a sweet ass house.

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

16 days and no update.

It's been over two weeks. Nothing has happened that I felt the need to blog about. I have gotten back into WoW and Sims 2 is starting to lose its appeal. Work is work-like. I have been having fun bellydancing with Harriet. Today we tried a Cardio-Salsa DVD. It is fun, but I think their living room is not quite wide enough. I am going to propose that our Monday workouts become Cardio Salsa day and we do them at my house.

I gained back 1.5 lbs at weigh in this week. I am a little pissed at myself. Why did I have to have a waffle cone for lunch on Sunday, and eat a ton of Dip, with cheese and pepperoni? Oh yeah, cuz they were yummy.

Anyway, just a brief shout to say, I'm still here, I still exist!

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

It must be summertime

I was just going through my friend's blogs, and of the 7 or 8 of them who have them, only 2 have updated since Memorial Day. All that nice weather makes it hard to sit inside at a desk. I know, since that's what I do all week for work. I have made it through Phyllis Currott's Book of Shadows, which I bought in Erie last week, and I have started reading a book on Astral Projection and Anthony Bourdain's book, Kitchen Confidential. I really liked Book of Shadows, rather than being another Wicca 101 book, it is the story of what brought Phyllis, who was raised in a academic/atheist family, to the religion of the reawakening Goddess, and the story of her life during the year she was training for initiation.

I am about 100 pages into Kitchen Confidential, and it is hilarious, but I don't recommend reading it if you are squeamish and like eating out. I had friends that worked in restaurants in high school, and I decided a long time ago that I don't really care what goes on in a kitchen as long as 1)my food tastes good, and 2) I don't get miserably ill.

Today looks like another day of Sims 2 and World of Warcraft here. It should actually be cool enough today that our office won't be like a big convection oven. (no opening windows, 2 PCs running)

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

Erie Trip, Dream Blog

Jeff and I decided to go to Erie yesterday rather than Tuesday since Tuesday morning we have to have Adam back in DuBois at 8 AM. So we started out by at Borders, as Jeff and I still had a gift certificate to spend from Christmas. Then we ate lunch at Red Lobster. I had the crab meat fettucine alfredo, and Jeff and Adam both had Harborside Trios, which included a lobster tail and some excellent shrimp scampi. Then we went to the mall. Jeff and Adam went to the cigar shop while I started shopping for new clothes for work. Our new dress code goes into affect June 1st. I started a Macy's and found a dress and a pair of flat black shoes I liked, but a lot of the other things I liked were just way too expensive. So Adam and Jeff found me, and then we went to JC Penney's, which is better anyway since the one in Erie is bigger than the one in Olean, so it has more selection, but I can return things to the one in Olean if they don't fit right. So there I got a new pair of khaki capris, a pair of nice light khaki pants and skirt that were made of the same material. I also got 2 new polo shirts, and 3 light weight sweaters. Then we stopped at the Shoe Department and Payless, because I wanted another pair of sandals with a closed toe to wear to work this summer. Adam also found a new pair of sandals, which he put on immediately after leaving Payless, as his old ones were pretty well beat.

After that, we headed out of the mall and went to Dick's Sporting Goods, where I found a new golf bag on sale for half the original price. It's so sharp looking, it's red and black, my favorite colors. Jeff also found 1 pair of golf shoes in the entire store to fit his big feet, so we bought them too. Then we drove up to Tinseltown and got tickets for Pirates of the Carribean, At World's End. The theater was completely sold out, luckily we found three empty seats right at the end of a full row before the show started, so the ushers didn't have to ask us to scoot down. This was in one of the bigger theaters at Tinseltown, so the seats are on a steeper rake then in most theaters. My feet were actually behind the head of the person in front of me, so I had a full view of the everything on screen. I'm not going to talk about the movie a lot now, I know a lot of my friends probably haven't seen it yet, and I don't want to give out spoilers. I will say I throughly enjoyed it, and I would like to see it in the theater again. And we will definitely own it.

After the theater we went to Outback Steakhouse. I had never been there before. Our steaks were awesome, and so was my beverage, a New South Wales Sangria. It was like alcoholic fruit punch. Jeff also tried a Newcastle Brown Ale, which he enjoyed. After that, we headed up Peach St. towards home, but the light at Krispy Kreme was on, so we had to stop for dessert. We only bought half a dozen, which were killed between the three of us on the car ride home.

All in all, a fantastic day with my wonderful husband and my favorite son. I would have liked to have called Allison and Grey, but we weren't sure what time the movie would get out, or where we would end up eating if Outback was really busy, so I didn't call, and I am sorry! Hopefully I might be able to see them today, since I know they always go down to the Farm for Memorial Day.

Oh, this was supposed to be a dream blog too, wasn't it? I had a dream that I was jumping from the mouth of a cave, and I fell a long way, into a perfectly still, clear pool of water that was reflecting the full moon. I want to hang onto that image, as I think it will be a powerful one for meditation. Also, I dreamed I was doing fun things with a character from Nip/Tuck, and it's not the one you may think!

That's all for now, we will be going to West Hickory today to see my family. Tomorrow is Keely's birthday. Merry Part and Blessed Be!

Adam's here!

Last night Jeff and I drove to Du Bois, PA to pick Adam up from the bus station. The first thing we discovered is the bus station was not where I remembered it from 5 years ago. No big deal though, we had gotten to DuBois almost an hour early, and Jeff had printed MapQuest Directions for the current location. So we went to Sheetz and asked for directions. The girl was able to tell me where the address we had from MapQuest was, but she also told me that the bus station there had burned down about a month previously, so she wasn't sure if they were still dropping off at that site. So we drove up to where she said, it was easy to find, she gave me a good landmark to look for. Unfortunately, all we found was the burned out shell of a furniture store and a bus station. I tried calling Adam, but I got to speak to his mom, because his cell phone was in Hanover. So we sat at the soccer field near the burned out bus depot until 7:30 or so, when the bus was due in. We don't know anyone living in Dubois currently, not that would use a bus anyway, to call and ask for directions. Finally it occurred to me that the police would probably know where the bus station was, so I called 411 and got connected to the non-emergency number to the Dubois Police Department. The officer was very helpful. And after a little more driving around, and following the right bus to the wrong place, because it had already dropped Adam off, we found him, and went to Hoss's for dinner. The menfolk had steak and I had crab cake and a yummy baked potato. It was neat, because I haven't been to Hoss's since Wendy and Grant's wedding.

Time to go to work now. Merry Part and Blessed Be!

I don't want to be crucified with a spork

But this is what Jeff says the Jehovah's Witnesses and probably the Mormons too, will do to me if I buy this beautiful item from Pyramid Collection and hang it on my front door.



But with my last witches leaving Bradford, how else am I supposed to find new witchy friends? I really wish I could go to Erie for more circles, but driving an hour and a half after work and getting home late to get up early the next day just doesn't appeal to me. I really wish I had a space to myself to practice in. It doesn't bother me being a solitary Wiccan, but I feel like I don't practice enough. It's one of the reasons I want a house. I could take a corner of the basement or small room, set my altar up in there and leave it. When I want to work, I can go in, close the door, turn music on, and not worry about being interrupted. If it had an attic, maybe I could even burn incense a little, since the smoke and the smell would rise up and not float around the house to suffocate my poor hubby's allergies.

Wow, that is not where I expected the title of this entry to lead me. It's funny what happens when you just start writing.

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

Catching up on my web comics

I really liked the PvP from May 16th. There were some good Ctrl+Alt+Del I especially like today's, where Korea looks like a big schlong. The sad part is, I think it is about the Starcraft 2 announcement, but I am not sure.

I think it's about supper time. Enjoy the goodness of my linky-ness.

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

Roombas rock

Yoda and Darth Roomba

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This made me think of Wendy and Grant since they are the only people I know that own a Roomba. I wish I had one. Or a dog. Damn I hate being home alone.

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

Sims 2

Well, this morning I pulled off a big lesbian wedding. The happy couple afterwards moved into a bigger house and has now adopted a little boy. And I only used the cheat code for an extra $1000 once. Weddings are expensive you know!

Speaking of weddings, Al and Austin are now engaged. See the link to her blog for a cute picture. Congratulations!

Plans for the day: possibly try to see Michelle, as I have heard around the way that she will be leaving Bradford before long. :-(. Can some more witches move here please? It's a beautiful place. Plenty of woods to roam in, lots of room to do outdoor rituals where no one cares if you are willing to hike a bit.

I'd like to see Shrek 3 today as Jeff said he is not particularly interested, but I am not sure I will find anyone else who wants to go.

Anyway, time to take a shower and pick up the phone if I intend to see Michelle today.

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

Angel

Dream blogging again. The main thing I remember about last night's dreams though is that I was looking for Angel at Pitt-Bradford, and there were all these nerds standing around comparing notes on him. And I do mean nerds, not geeks. All of them were wearing thick black glasses and talking about Angel like he was a comic book hero. And a lot of the stuff they were saying was wrong. Like they kept saying he had an alter ego, like Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne. I also remember in this dream that I was singing "If You're Not In It for Love (I'm Outta Here)" by Shania Twain in an elevator, and dancing and watching myself on the security camera.

Having a great weekend so far. Yesterday, my parents and Keely and Jeff's parents came up to Olean to have the brunch buffet at the Old Library with us. It was yummy, I had a Belgian Waffle with thick hot fudge, strawberries amd whip cream. Even Keely ate a good bit, although she is very picky, and she asked every member of the waitstaff that went by us when her grilled cheese sandwich was coming. After we got home, we called Artie and Harriet and went to Mystic Water resort in Limestone to shag a few balls at the driving range and to play the mini golf course. The mini-golf course was very hard, a lot of angles and very fast. Artie won, but he only beat me by 4 strokes. Then we went to Togi's for dinner. We hung out at there house for a while and Harriet and I browsed fun things at one of my favorite websites. After that I came home and Jeff playing some Destroy All Humans while I got my Sims 2 fix for the day.


And onto my Sims 2 fix for today! Merry Part and Blessed Be!

Dream Blogging from the new bed

I had a long kind of strange dream early this morning. It started at some kind of fair, where people wore costumes. I saw 2 little girls dressed as bugs, one was a big blue beetle and the other was a blue and purple ant. From there, I was being rushed along a hallway, I got the sense that I was underground, in a subway system maybe. I was being pulled along by Jason Bateman, who I think was playing his Arrested Development character, Michael Bluth. We were going down some stairs when I noticed a funny door along the stair case. There was a tiny sign next to the store that said "Ye Old Records Shoppe, Golden Memories" When we forced the door open, the space dropped down beneath and we had to step on top of a refrigerator and a recline to get to the floor. There was an older man than, who at first looked like Jeffrey Tambor, also from Arrested Development. He looked more like Oscar than George Sr. though. There were all these strange old things, and a lot of things that looked like junk. There was a little wind-up diorama of a lumberyard or something, where you could see the little logs moving through and different little figures chopping them up, smoothing them out, and pushing them into a water way. At this point, Jeff (my husband) was there with me, and as we looked around, I realized that the store was full of things I had lost over the years. I found one old notebook with story ideas in it, mixed with doodles and school notes from college. But some of the things were changing, even as I looked at them. I picked up a picture of a little girl with glasses and flipped it over, and on the back it said "Jen, 1990" before the text faded and the picture disappeared" And I got worried. I said, "that wasn't mine, am I not supposed to be with Jeff? Did something go wrong?" And I was jumping and stomping around until there was thunder from the back of the room and monitor on an old computer on desk went black and then lightened again. The shop owner (still played by Jeffrey Tambor) said, "now don't get angry young lady, why don't you just sit down and rest a minute" And I fought him for a bit longer, but I did then sit down in an old plaid recliner in a dark, dusty corner. When I opened my eyes, Jeff was standing in front of the computer screen, which was now showing a dark sky filled with stars. I came to stand next to him, and the shop owner said to me "Now the only light you have in there to guide him is this," and he pointed to the diamond on my engagement ring. We seemed to be getting ready to skidoo, a la Blue's Clues, (Blue Skidoo, we can too!)
into the computer screen.

After that, we were underground in a coffin, and I think we were being played by Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock. They were both dry and corpselike, kind of like Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin's characters in Beetle Juice. We were trying to pile up other coffins to climb out. That was the end because my alarm went off.

That's all for now, I have to head to work. Merry Part and Blessed Be!

Reviews of my latest acquisitions

First - the new bed! The new bed is very comfortable, and I do feel like I am sleeping better already. I am having more dreams (none particularly interesting or meaningful) which indicates to me that I am getting more REM sleep. I wake up in the morning feeling refreshed and ready to go. I am very pleased.

Second - The Sims 2. It's dangerous, going back to an old addiction. I knew I was never really over it, it's just the new PC wouldn't run my old game very well. It was always just a matter of time before I broke down and bought the newest one. So far I have built houses for almost everyone I know in Bradford. What is strange to me is that Sims actually age and die now, so eventually I'll have generations of Sims in my little pretend Bradford. You can also build your own community lots right into your neighborhood, and I've built a little park, the Corner Bar, and Bradford Plaza. I like the Aspiration Aspect, it gives your Sims more to accomplish than just getting to the top of a career field. There are better cheats in this one too. There is the standard $1000 cheat, which is Kaching. There is also one to get $50,000 at once, which is motherlode. There have been a couple glitches that were annoying. When you are doing character creation, switching between different mouths and noses and eyes can leave your Sim ending up looking like a mask in a Halloween store rather than a person. I had a woman whose eyes dropped down almost level wtih her nose and her cheeks looked weird too. There was also a glitch when Jeff and I were raising Adam. When he transitioned from toddler to kid he was in the high chair and he got stuck. The only way to fix it was to move us out of that house and move into a new house. Which was a pain, because I had to rebuy all of our stuff. I decided to move us to a new house rather than moving back into the house I made that is laid out like our current apartment.

My next Sims 2 project is to make a sorority house for the sisters of Zeta Alpha Chi. Hilary helped me make up Sims for her and a few of her sisters when she was here last night.

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

I did a bad thing....

I bought Sims 2. So now you all know why I won't be posting for awhile. The character creation is so much more in depth than the original, but you can also use standard pre-made Sims if you just want to start playing the game. I haven't experimented with building much yet, but from what I've seen the tools are more flexible, so again, you have many more options than in the original.

Happy Beltane to all! No plans here, hoping the new bed will be here tomorrow.

My addiction calls... if you don't here from me for a couple weeks.... don't be alamred....

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

Weekend Update

That skit on Saturday Night Live has not been as good since Norm McDonald got fired, but I digress.

This has been a busy weekend for us so far. Yesterday, we drove down to Camp Mountain Run and went to the wedding of two of Jeff's good friends from camp. It was drizzly and a little cold out, but the ceremony at the chapel by the lake was still lovely. The reception was very nice too. There was a beautiful cake with raspberry filling, and little appetizers to eat. I also thought it was incredibly sweet that the bride, Jenn, presented her grandmother with her own personal cake before the actual cake was cut, since yesterday was her grandma's special day, first, as it was her birthday.

Today we are going to graduation at UPB. Adam, Harriet, Artie, Hilary and Vita are all gradutating this year. Adam and Hilary will be leaving after today, but Vita is hanging out til June to take 1 last class, and Artie got a job here, so he and Harriet are now renting a house.

Currently, we are watching Ninja Warrior on G4 and it is awesome. I hope everyone can get outside today at some point,it looks like it's going to be a beautiful day!

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

We bought a new bed today!

Jeff and I went to Mattress City Sleep Shop in Foster Brook and purchased a Tempurpedic DeluxeBed. I am so excited! I tried all of my normal sleeping positions, and they were all very comfy. (Couldn't try any other positions, as there were other people in the store). It will probably be delivered next Wednesday (not 2 days from now but 9) I can't wait to see what kind of interesting dreams I have when I get a more restful sleep every night!

Adam and Vita are coming over to do some evil deeds with me in Jeff's D&D game. It is a very interesting game, the group dynamic in an evil party is very different than the dynamic in a good/neutral party.

Gotta go, Merry Part and Blessed Be!

Adorable

I read a forward once that said if you are feeling a little down, do a Google image search for baby penguins. And you know what, it works pretty well.

Sending out adorable penguin wishes to everyone who needs them, especially my Mini-Me, who has mono, Grey and his lady, my great-aunt Sarah, and Princess Molly.

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

The Full Update

For those currently out of phone reach.

I started drinking a lot more water than usual 2 Mondays ago now. I was also sweating heavily and going to the bathroom about as often as someone who was downing 100+ ounces of water during an 8 hour work day would. I was concerned that I might have diabetes, as those are all symptoms of that and I have the family history for it. So my doctor's office arranged for me to get blood drawn last Friday. I did that, and then went into work. I started feeling worse at work, week, and I was still downing liquids at an alarming rate. As it was Good Friday, my doctor's office was closed, so I couldn't get any test results til Monday. I didn't want to wait that long, so I left work and went to the ER. They drew more blood, and took X-rays. But my sugar level was normal, so was my thyroid, and everything else they checked. The CRNP I saw in the ER suggested that it could be viral, and to follow up with my regular doctor if I wasn't feeling better. She also scheduled a CT scan, just to cover all the bases. So I had the CT scan, and discovered my fun new allergy to iodine/contrast. I got a stuffy nose and some congestion for a day or so, but that's pretty much gone away. I'm still thirsty all the time, and my throat hurts. I called my doctor's office yesterday, and they agree with the CRNP, they think it's a virus. If I am not feeling different by Monday, I am supposed to call them back.

So that's the update, for my worried packsister, who is over the sea. Keep a good thought for me, hopefully I'll be better soon.

Merry Part and Blessed Be

Love love love

"It's like a loving octopus of loving tentacles suction." - Jeff, regarding me, when he got home from work. I was happy to see him!

First full day of work today in almost a week. I am feeling somewhat better, although still somewhat puzzled as to what was making me so thirsty. I had my first CT Scan yesterday, and I discovered that I am allergic to the iodine they shoot you up with to create contrast in the scan. So they gave me Benadryl and I slept for about 2 1/2 hours yesterday afternoon.

I am currently playing WoW, waiting for Ben to join me in the Hinterlands. Have a good evening!

A Poem (with my name in it)

Brother Paul! look!
—but he rushes to a different
window.
The moon!

I heard shrieks and thought:
What's that?

That's just Suzanne
talking to the moon!
Pounding on the window
with both fists:

Paul! Paul!

—and talking to the moon.
Shrieking
and pounding the glass
with both fists!

Brother Paul! the moon!

by William Carlos Williams

Baby-sitting

Tonight Jeff and I watched our nephew Aidan (Jess and Frosh's baby) for a couple hours while they ran some errands in Bradford. I changed him, and walked with him, and we gave him a bottle. Babies yell a lot, is something I have realized. It must be hard to be that little, and not be able to communicate what's wrong with you very well. You're wet, you cry, you're hungry, you cry, you are lonely, you cry, you are tired, you cry. He is absolutely adorable though. He can smile a little now, and he makes cute little giggly and cooey noises when he is happy.

I am tired now, and since thankfully I am not a 3 month old, I can put myself to bed. With a nice cup of tea.

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

Shallow and Deep Thoughts

Shallow Thoughts - I saw two incredibly ugly cars today. One was a hot pink Taurus and one was this ugly shiny yellow-green Saturn. I think the color might be called chartreuse. They were eyesores and I hope they get charged higher insurance rates because they are so ugly that they are distracting to other drivers.

Deep Thoughts - I took a walk today when I got home from work. I walked over to Campus Drive and up to the gym, then back along the trail by the creek. On the trail there are stone benches that have been dedicated as memorials to those who have passed by their family and friends. It made me think about my Grandma Dot. I think a bench along a walking trail would be a fitting memorial for her because some of my favorite memories of her are taking walks with her and her sister, my Great Aunt Evie, on summer evenings. We'd walk about a mile, from her store in West Hickory out of town to the foot of Tank Hill and back. It was always interesting to hear her and Aunt Evie talk about the old school that used to be in West Hickory, the old houses we would pass, and the people who used to live in the area. And then I remembered that for some reason, in the spring I always end up thinking about death, and endings. This morning, I noticed that on my calendar that today is the anniversary of Scott Cunningham's passing. For those of you who don't know, Scott Cunningham is a rather prolific Wiccan author. His book, Wicca, A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner, was one of the first to say, "Not everyone can find a coven or a teacher, and this beautiful, Earth-based religion should be shared with anyone who wants to learn about it." So I lit a candle for him this morning while I drank my tea. It has always seemed strange to me that I think about death during the springtime, because spring is about new beginnings, and things starting over again. Life is blooming all around me. I saw buds and seed pods forming on the trees and bushes along the road and the trail today. Maybe it's the weather in part, because 50 degrees and a cold wind feels the same in October or March here in Bradford. Or maybe it's because before you can have a new beginning, there is always an ending. To plant new crops, you have to turn the old growth in the fields over into the soil. Death fertilizes life, and the Wheel Turns.

Merry Part and Blessed Be

Cavemen prefer full figured ladies!

I knew there was a reason I loved those Geico commercials with the cavemen! Check out this article from the Discovery Channel!

On the hunt

I printed up my first resume in about 2 years today. I will send it out with tomorrow's mail. The job is with Northwest Consumer Discount company, which is apparently a subsidiary of Northwest Savings Bank. The job would be at their Bradford branch. It'd be nice to work right in town, plus I bet they have banker's hours, so I'd have off every holiday and weekends too. So keep your fingers crossed for me! I am going to look for some other places to send resumes to.

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

What happens down in Mexico...

Apparently happens in my dreams. I had a dream shortly before waking up this morning that I was in this little Mexican neighborhood. I was following two men, and we went into this little house. The men ordered two beers and I ordered a tequila. The drink the women in the house prepared for me was strange. It was savory and cold, a brown and frothy. It had tequila in it, and garlic, and lime squeezed into it. Once I started drinking it, I head back out into the crush of people and found one of the men I had been travelling with. He was leaning over a beautiful young woman who looked like Natalie Portman. Maybe it was Natalie Portman. She rejected his advances, but seemed very interested in me. We were planning to go back to my seedy Mexican hotel room when I woke up.

And after I woke up and got around, the first thing I saw on TV was a Tempur-pedic commercial. Jeff and I are seriously discussing getting one once our tax refund comes in. And I just had the thought while writing this that if I have a more comfortable mattress, maybe I wouldn't wake up just when my dreams were getting interesting!

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

Man V. Wild

Just surfing around the Discovery Channel website and found some video clips of our new favorite show, Man V. Wild. I think you ladies will see why I like the show so much. I was going to link a video clip, but it isn't working, so I just linked the main page for the show on the Discovery Channel website.

Enjoy! Merry Part and Blessed Be!

New Foamy!

I know I already posted, but I wanted to share this, since it made me laugh my ass off. Seriously, I just lost 5 pounds of ass due to this video. *Sigh* not really, but it is very funny.

Enjoy! And don't smoke!

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

Update!

Sorry I haven't posted in over a week folks. I can't blog from work anymore, and we've been so busy at work that I don't even want to type when I get home. I have started a new WoW character, a blood elf hunter on the server Quel'Thelos. We ran out of room on Eldre'Thalas. Blood elves are hot.

A lot of stuff has been happening with other friends, but I figure, if you know them, you've already read their blogs. I do want to pass along some good news. Lisa, a friend of mine from West Forest, just had all of her scans come back telling her she is now completely cancer-free. So congratulations to her and her fiance, who has stood by her and supported her through her treatments over the past year.

I visited Michelle and her family yesterday. They've moved to the Kiwanis Court apartments on Bushnell St in Bradford, but I didn't know which apartment. But it was nice yesterday afternoon when I got home from work, so I went for a walk. I thought I could find her car, and then maybe there would be a mailbox, or a bell marker to tell me where to find her. But it turns out I didn't need to look for that, because as I was walking into the parking lot, Michelle's husband and her little girl, Sophie, were heading out to the store. So I got pointed in the right direction and I got to surprise Michelle. Hopefully we can see more of each other now that she lives within walking distance.

We also started a new D&D campaign. Jeff has had campaign written for an evil party for some time now, so last weekend Adam, Vita and I made up characters. They are both playing necromancers. Adam's character is an androgynous human, kind of like a Final Fantasy character. Vita is playing an orc necromancer. I am playing a half-ogre fighter named Kitta. We are currently staying in the Capital of the Empire, the city of Ankrada. One can find anything in Ankrada, for a price. Ankrada is also home to a great Arena, where my character has enjoyed viewing the gory, bloody violence. Our characters in Jeff's regular Thursday night game also discovered the wonders of the Arena. They signed up for some battles and won some gold, which is always nice. My bard, Tana, did not join in, as bards are not strong combatants.

I think that is enough of a post for now. Tomorrow I am going to Port Allegany to visit Jess, Aaron, and my adorable nephew, Aidan. Merry Part and Blessed Be!

Flying in an airplane

I had strange dreams again last night. In one, Jeff and I were going on a trip with my parents. My parents were flying in a little two man plane, and I had to follow them in my plane. I also had another dream with a plane where I was visiting Grey and Jessika, and one of the rats playing in the grass, then he knocked on a window to be let back inside. We went outside to let him in, and a silver plane flew over head with a red dragon painted on it, with Al's initials as the signature. I think she might have waved from the plane. I got the definite impression she was saying "hello!"

We watched the Riches on Monday and it was great. I highly recommend it. I don't want to say too much about the plot or I'll be giving things away. Eddie Izzard is wonderful, so is Minnie Driver, and I like the young actors playing their 3 children. Watch, on Monday at 10 on FX if you can. Also, you can catch the pilot again at 10 tomorrow.

Getting ready to eat dinner so I will end this here.

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

Just watched a man eat a Guinea Pig

We're watching Bizarre Foods on the Travel Channel. It's a very interesting show. Andrew, the host, is visiting Ecuador, where apparently guinea pigs are a delicacy. At the place he visited, he actually got to pick out which of the furry little buggers he wanted to eat, just like you'd pick out your lobster at a nice seafood place. He said it was delicious, but I don't think I could bring myself to eat something that looks like a giant roasted rat, plus is still looking at me. But I must remember that while guinea pig looks disgusting to me, there are Hindus and Buddhists who would look on all the cow I eat with the same level of distate. To each his own. And what I really like about this show is the host adopts an attitude of "When in Rome, do as the Romans do" He tries all the local food, from the local gourmet, to the local street food. He's now going through the jungle with some locals and preparing to lunch on some coconut grubs.

I'm off Monday and Tuesday this week because I have to work Saturday and Sunday both next weekend since the girl who works opposite me is going out of town. So next week I only get Monday off, which Jeff has to work. I am not too happy about this.

Anway, The Riches is starting on FX in about 60 seconds, so later!

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

Video

Lacy showed this to me last time we were in Lebanon and I had the song on my myspace page for awhile, but I figured I'd put it here for my friends that shun myspace.

I'm no superman

Still loving Scrubs. Maybe this week I can catch the new episode since the kids are on Spring Break and won't be here for D&D. The clip I posted from YouTube is from a whole musical episode I would like to see all of. Things at work are crazy. I won't be blogging from there anymore since our Internet usage is being watched more closely.

Jeff and I are getting over being sick, just a winter cold. I finally broke down and I'm getting a primary care provider so I can actually get an antibiotic when I get sick. I just don't want to have to sit in the ER for 3 hours ever again to get a prescription. I also hate missing things because of being sick, like the All-County Musical my cousin Danielle was in last Saturday in Warren. I was just exhausted and didn't feel like trying to quietly cough and blow my nose through an entire show. My mom and Keely went though and Mom said it was really good.

I started re-reading Mists of Avalon this morning. There was something on the History Channel about Vortigern last night and it got me interested in reading about Arthur again.

I think that's all for now, just wanted to post an update.

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

I love Dr. Cox!

Scrubs is awesome. Dr. Cox is awesome. The Janitor is awesome.

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

Quote from work today

"I like hot dogs as much as the next guy, as long as the next guy isn't Bob." - Miller.

Our supervisor, Bob, eats 4 hot dogs for lunch every day. Each hot dog has a different condiment on it. It's simply amazing. I don't know where he puts them either, he's not a big guy.

Work has been interesting of late. They changed my schedule on me. I'm supposed to have Sundays and Mondays off, but I am probably going to switch to Fridays and Saturdays, so that I can have two days off in a row with Jeff rather than 1 each week.

I think it's time to work some mojo and print up some new resumes.

We went to see Hannibal Rising this evening. I just finished the book this morning, and I thought the movie stayed true to the story of the book, even though some parts were edited out. The woman who plays Lady Murasaki is beautiful, I think she was also in Memoirs of a Geisha. Ah yes, looking at the link I just added, she played Hatsumomo.

I think that will be all for now, it's been a long week and I'm looking forward to two days off with my hubby.

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

I am the Anti-Cupid

I am linking this article from MSN by Laura Gilbert, which explains some of the very good reasons to hate Valentines Day.

I agree wholeheartedly with this article. I think far too many women let themselves get worked up over this pipe dream of a perfect, romantic Valentine's Day. They end up terribly disappointed and angry, when they usually didn't tell their man what they wanted in the first place. Because they are all supposed to morph into a combination of Fabio, Don Juan and Elvis on February 14th. A guy might have thought he was doing great by bringing home a dozen roses, when his wife or girlfriend wanted to go out to dinner at a nice restaurant, where a box from her favorite jeweler came out with the dessert. Valentine's Day emphasizes all the negative sexual stereotypes in our society. Women are sending the message "If you buy me nice things, nookie is guaranteed!" This lets men think that what women really want is to be taken care of, and that our bodies are their reward. The goal of equality women been working towards for hundreds of years is completely abandoned in a chocolate bon-bon and conversation heart induced sugar high. And if he even gets close to giving her the Valentine's Day she wanted, she will put up him leaving dirty socks on the bathroom floor, not calling when he's going to be late, and generally acting like a stereotypical 1950's husband the rest of the year.

We are not hardwood floors, ladies. Don't let him lay you right once and then walk all over you!

And men are forced to try to be both the caveman who brings home the biggest woolly mammoth (i.e. the most expensive gift) and the sensitive creative modern man who can access his inner goddess and pick the perfect romantic present. I imagine it must be very stressful for them. I know Jeff is rather relieved that I abhor this holiday and want no part of it. And that I really mean it and it's not a trick.

So then we've also added all of this romantic/relationship stress to the normal stress of every day life. For example, this year, Valentine's Day falls on a Wednesday. Sure, let's stick the kids with the baby-sitter on a school night, eat in a crowded restaurant, where we're getting rushed because someone is waiting for our table, drink a bottle of expensive champagne so that we can be hungover, tired, and cranky for work on Thursday. The true goal of the holiday is to make people who are involved in relationships spend as much money as possible.

So do I think romance is bad? I am against love? No, of course not. I love love. I am married to the man I love so much it makes my heart overflow. But I want to make sure he knows that every day, and I want to feel like I am loved and respected every day. And I am loved and respected everyday. Not just on February 14th, because of an old tradition that promotes outdated ways of thinking and that has been commercialized to the point where it makes me nauseated thinking about it.

Merry Part and Blessed Be

I love Outland

Where gold falls from the sky like rain drops... I've made 50 gold just doing some quests in Outland the past couple days. Maybe that epic mount isn't as far off as I had thought... I've played in Hellfire Peninsula, Zangarmarsh, and I've gotten a peek at Terrokar Forest. I was thinking of picking up one of the Worgs in Terrokar Forest as a new pet, but I have noticed that my bear isn't leveling very quickly. It's probably because they don't get quest XP. I think I need to do some grinding to help them level. And grinding is good, because grinding = gold.

Well, that portion of the post really only made sense to anyone who plays World of Warcraft.

Although I am loving my Burning Crusade, I find that the PS2 is singing a siren song to me. It's accompanied by my co-worker Jason, who is playing Dragon Quest VIII. It sounded really fun, and I liked Dragon Warrior VII for the PS One, which was made by the same people. Then I looked up the X-Play review of Dragon Quest VIII and it got a 5 out of 5 from Morgan and Adam, which is rare. So now I think I must get it, although I'm going to have to figure out how to go without sleep to play a new RPG, Warcraft, and work at the same time.

Well I am at work, so that's all you get for now. Merry Part and Blessed Be!

Not to brag but...

Your Kissing Technique Is: Perfect

Your kissing technique is amazing - and you know it. You have the confidence to make the first move. And you always seem to know what kissing style is going to work best. Sometimes you're passionate, sometimes you're a tease. And you're always amazing!

Are You a Good Kisser?

You Are Chocolate Ice Cream

Dramatic. Powerful. Flirty.

What Flavor Ice Cream Are You?

Supergirl? I thought I was Batgirl...

Your results:
You are Supergirl

Supergirl 90% Wonder Woman 80% Spider-Man 70% The Flash 70% Green Lantern 70% Superman 60% Robin 55% Catwoman 40% Iron Man 35% Batman 20% Hulk 20%

Lean, muscular and feminine. Honest and a defender of the innocent.

Click here to take the Superhero Personality Quiz

Happy Birthday to me!!

Today is my 27th birthday. It's been a pretty good day despite being at work. I had pizza logs for lunch and Sarah sang "Happy Birthday" to me. Barring a blizzard, I plan to be down in West Hickory tomorrow.

Lots of work to do, so I'll end this here.

Happy Birthday to me!

Crank and The Covenant

Last night Jeff and I rented some movies and got pizza from the pizza place by Beefeater's. First we watched The Covenant. Jeff had heard good things about it, and I had heard bad, so I wasn't expecting too much. The movie was somewhere between okay and pretty good. If it was a video game and I was on X-Play, I'd give it a 3 out of 5. The plot was simple, but it had some good special effects. I thought at times they could have done more with the plot and saved a little on their effects budget. Seeing two guys blast each other around is only interesting for so long. Basically it was an action movie, with magic. The main character, Caleb, was very likable. They are all rich kids in this little New England town, but despite driving a BMW and having "The Power", Caleb is a pretty responsible guy. He takes care of his family. He's not cocky and arrogant, and he didn't get the girl by throwing money or magic around. He's obviously completely fictional, since he's both rich and powerful and not a complete asshole.

So as "magical" movies go, I liked it much better than The Craft, but less than Practical Magic. I can see an interesting prequel and possibly sequel coming from this movie. There's a lot of back story they hint at regarding the founding of the Covenant which would be interesting for a prequel set in the 1600's. Also at the end of the movie, we are not entirely certain what happened to the villian, which always makes for a good sequel. I hate sequels where we ended the first movie with the villian definitely dead, and they somehow come back. I think it's why I don't care for the Nightmare on Elm Street movies or really any from that genre. Anyway, I digress, onto the second movie.

We also watched Crank, with Jason Statham. This was a great action movie; very fast paced, with both funny scenes and gory moments of violence. Statham's character, Chev Chelios, is hit with a needle full of an obscure and deadly Chinese drug that causes your heart to stop by blocking your adrenal receptors, or something like that. (it's explained better in the movie, I just can't remember the exact details myself) This is retribution for killing a prominent Chinese gang leader, Don Kim, several days before. He goes after the man who shot him up with this stuff, a low level gang flunky named Ricky Verona. Throughout the movie, Chev has to come up with ways to keep his heart pumping or he'll die. He does drugs, picks fights, raids an ER crash cart for ephenephrine, steals cars, and sticks his hand in a waffle iron. I also enjoyed Chev's girlfriend, Eve, played by Amy Smart. You may remember Amy from Road Trip, or as Tasty Coma Wife from Scrubs. She is clueless that her boyfriend is involved in organized crime for most of the movie, and it's really funny when she finds out.

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

(I posted 3 days in a row, did you notice?)

Substituting movie quotes for a real post

Memorable Quotes from PCU (1994)

Katy: What about Naugahyde Windpipe?
Cecilia: Too metal.
Raji: Oedipus and the Mama's Boys.
Cecilia: Too college radio.
Deeje: My Johnson Is 12 Inches Long.
Cecilia: Interesting, but I don't think it's a band name.

Droz: Yes! That's the beauty of college these days, Tommy! You can major in Game Boy if you know how to bullshit.

Droz: Ok, now it's true, the majority of students today are so cravenly PC, they wouldn't know a good time if it was sitting on their face, but there's one thing that will always unite us and them. They're young. They may not realize it yet. They've got the same raging hormones, the same self-destructive desire to get boldly trashed and wildly out of control. Look out that window! That's not a protest! That is cry for help! They're begging us...
[shouts]
Droz: Please have a party! Feed us drinks!
[Continues shouting]
Droz: Get us laid! Aahhhhhh!

Jock #1: [at a party] What's up, babes?
Womynist #1: Pack up your rape culture and take a hike!
Jock #1: [holds up a beer] You want a brewdog?
Womynist #1: We're not interested in your penis!
Womynist #2: Wait, wait, I think he's offering us a beer. [turns to jock, speaks slowly]
Womynist #2: Um... Yes. We, would like, a beer.
Jock #1: Okay! [turns around to get a beer]
Womynist #1: So it's like, if you're nice to them, they *bring* you things?
Womynist #2: Exactly.

I love this movie, and I don't think I own it, and I think that I need to own it. I also love Jeremy Piven, and I think that the face that Smokin' Aces is coming out on my birthday Friday is a present from him to me.

I did not do yoga this morning, as I was up til 11:30 playing my dranei paladin.

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

Sweat

I am dripping with sweat, but I feel good. I just did my Veena and Neena Slim Down workout for the first time in months. I've done other exercise on and off, like Yoga and Pilates, but I have only done the Slim Down tape once since last spring. I got through all of it without stopping;, I think the belly dance workshop I attended at Pagan Pride Day in Erie this summer really helped. My form is better now, and I'm not flailing about so much.





I plan to start doing my Yoga and Pilates DVDs again soon, but I fell on some ice last week. I'm ok, but I've got a big bruise on my left knee that makes rolling around on the floor a bit uncomfortable. Hopefully I can get up early tomorrow and do workout one of my Louise Solomon DVD, as it's all stuff lying on your back so it won't hurt my knee. I need to work on getting my flexibility back, I'm not looking forward to trying to do this:

any time too soon!

Merry Part and Blessed Be, readers!

You want drama? Forget TNT!

Come to work at Synergy Business Management! Today, the beotch who got our cool call center managers, Jeremy and Dan, fired, came back to work. She will now be working in I&O (inventory), even though there weren't any positions open there (that we were aware of) I'm quite sure Amber ran to Jim and said she was being abused, etc. Really, unless stuff was happening outside of work that I'm unaware of, she was just being ignored. And there is nothing that bothers attention seeking little beotches more than being ignored. The group of people she'll be working with now are also really unhappy about having her Snitchiness forced on them. So, with a little luck, hopefully we'll be seeing the back of her soon.

Don't let the door hit you in the butt on the way out!

I've also brought my Llewellyn 2007 Witches Calendar into work. It's gotten a couple compliments. I think I need to order a 2nd one for at home.

Burning Crusade comes via UPS today, don't look for any updates for a while. I plan to start 2 new characters, a dranei and a blood elf. Plus, now my level 60 hunter can explore the new area, Outland. It's going to be so awesome!

Merry Part and Blessed Be

I've been a bad blogger, I know

In my defense, I was away for a week, and it's been very busy since. I will post my full thoughts on Disney and some pics soon hopefully, but today I am blogging about work.

We just found out this afternoon that our two call center managers, Dan and Jeremy, will no longer be with the company. No explanation has been given to the remaining staff or management. A lot of my co-workers are very upset about this, as they were close to Dan and Jeremy. I am unhappy, as they were good guys to work for. Dan especially was always great about being very flexible with my schedule when needed. I am more concerned as to what this means for the future of my job, and how it will affect working here. I know Dan and Jeremy were largely responsible for the fairly open and laid back atmosphere I have enjoyed while working here.

Well, all I can do for now is cross my fingers and hope for the best, since there's no additional information forthcoming.

Merry Part and Blessed Be