With my posts it's either feast or famine

And today is a feast readers!

Your Stipper Song Is

The Bad Touch by the Bloodhound Gang "Sweat, baby, sweat, baby sex is a Texas drought Me and you do the kind of stuff that only Prince would sing about" When it comes to dancing, you let your freak flag fly!

What Song Should You Strip To?

I wasn't going to post again today...

But I found this unsettling: Anti-Chinese discrimination in WoW

Gamers, thoughts?

For myself, I can't really tell who's from where when I'm playing. Maybe this is just because I spend a lot of time trying to figure out the game, I'm not chatting with a bunch of different people. If I'm talking to someone, it's usually either someone I already know, a fellow guild member, or someone I'm grouped with.

So I can't see why people are jumping all over the Chinese for gold farming, when I can't even tell who is Chinese, American, Swedish, etc. I've always found it interesting talking to people from other countries playing games online at MSN. I especially appreciate their patience with me trying my high school Spanish on them. I just unnerves me to see something so enjoyable, like World of Warcraft, brought low by an ism.

I'd really like to hear what people have to say on this. Merry Part and Blessed Be!

I need to have something besides WoW to write about...

But the only other thing I seem to do lately is work, and I don't want this blog to turn into a constant gripe fest about that. Although I can share interesting customer names, I always enjoy that. I talked to a woman named Luigia today. Just like Mario's brother, but feminine. And she had their accent too. I was expecting her to break out into the Numa Numa song at any moment. And speaking of Numa Numa, I really should link Break.com (formerly Big Boys) to my blog too. Last night Jeff showed me this hilarious parody of the Switch commercials with someone's World of Warcraft characters.

Damn it! Back to WoW again! Not that I don't love it, but I know not everyone who reads my blog plays, so I want to talk about other things that are interesting also.

I'm looking forward to getting email back from Lisa. When I went to her blog last night she had written something like, "how do you catch someone up on 8 years of your life". And then I realized that it actually had been 8 years since high school. And it made me feel a little old. But it some ways it's nice too, to be able to look back and see how far I've come, how different I am, but in some ways still the same. I'm still Wiccan, still an optimist, but I like to think I've become a little more responsible. I've got a Bachelor's Degree, and gotten married. I made a lot of good friends, and gotten rid of a couple false ones. All in all, I have to say I'm pretty satisfied with the last 8 years.

My only real complaint would be that I could be someplace better career-wise. And at the age I am now, It's hard to see my way back to school to get a different direction. My life with Jeff is in Bradford, and if one of us goes back to school it should be him first. I think I'm starting to understand why if you see people in their late 20s in college, it's because they're still there, not because they left and went back. The people you see going back are in their late 30s-early 40s and they can go back because their children are now in school 8 hours a day and they have that time to themselves again. It concerns me a little that me ever getting to go back to school seems so far down the road, but it seems to me that career was never going to be my raison d'etre anyway. My greatest happiness has always come from family, friends, and love. I lack ambition I guess, or maybe the things I'm ambitious about aren't considered worthwhile in today's society, i.e. happiness, spiritual growth, community, and getting a level 60 character in World of Warcraft.

Damn it! Back to World of Warcraft again! Does anyone have the number for Online Gamers Anonymous? I think we need an intervention....

Just kidding! Merry Part and Blessed Be!

Addendum to original post:

** For some reason, I'm being extra picky about my grammar and spelling today. I've just edited this blog post at least 5 times. I don't know if I'm being more cautious because with Lisa's post I'm realizing that outsiders could be reading my blog or what, but it's very frustrating! **

Nice surprises

I love the Internet! The Internet and this miracle called blogging have helped an old friend from high school find me. So when I have time to revamp the blog again, I'll be linking her. This is just a quick post before bed. Grey, I plan to do the measuring for the network cables tomorrow after work, so I'll get you those numbers this weekend sometime.

That's all for tonight, Merry part and Blessed Be!

The Naming of the Computer

First I wanted to thank Paul for his suggestions. I seriously considered Nuitari. But then I was reading Dragons of Spring Dawning and they were talking about Takhisis in her form as the Five-Headed Dragon. This reminded me of another dragon/god from both D&D and also from Sumerian mythology. I think I shall call the new machine Tiamat.

At work, Merry Part and Blessed Be!

My new computer has arrived...

Huzzah! I will be able to get on World of Warcraft in a couple of weeks and play with everyone. I will be on as Leanora this afternoon on Jeff's account. It's a pretty slow day at work. I'm reading Dragons of Spring Dawning and trying to come up with a name for my computer for when Grey comes out to help me set up our network. I'm thinking of Tatiana, for the woman that the Vampire Strahd, Dark Lord of Barovia, loves, in Ravenloft. But I'm not sure if I like that. I really liked the name for my old computer, Takhisis. Maybe another D&D deity is what I need. Any suggestions? Please comment!

I think that's all my news. Looking forward to spending time with my girlfriend, Jamie tomorrow.

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

IT'S COMING!

Status: In Transit -
Rescheduled

Rescheduled Delivery: 01/11/2006
Shipped to: BRADFORD, PA, US
Shipped or Billed on: 01/09/2006

Tracking Number: 1Z E72 A78 42 1007 759 2
Service Type: GROUND
Weight: 45.10 Lbs
Multiple Packages: 2
Note: Your package is in the UPS system and has a rescheduled delivery date of 01/11/2006.



Package Progress:


Location Date Local Time Activity
HARRISBURG, PA, US 01/10/2006 8:23 P.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
LEBANON, TN, US 01/09/2006 5:48 P.M. ORIGIN SCAN
US 01/09/2006 7:20 P.M. BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED

My Dell XPS 400 should be here tomorrow!!! Woot!!

Yummy in my Tummy

Jeff and I just had a great dinner. We grilled chicken dressed with worcestershire sauce and Grillmate chicken seasoning, a red pepper, and toasted bread on the grill with some EVOO. We made chicken and pepper sandwiches and boy were they delicious! Just the kind of fun and tasty meal we should eat in North Carolina.

I'm already jonesing for more World of Warcraft. Grey, it's definitely time we discuss networking options. Now that there's no laptop involved I don't think we need to go wireless. I'm also debating buying a new Dell or just pumping more RAM and a new video card into Takhisis. (My PC) I really think I just want to go with the new Dell, because by the time I pay for the new RAM and the video card I would need, I might as well just throw in a little more and get a new computer, with a flat screen monitor. But we'll see.

Our friends at Pitt should be back today/tomorrow. Please give a ring, we missed you !

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

World of Warcraft

is a very powerful drug....

Jeff helped me start a character on his account last night, just so I could get a feel for the game before I decide to invest in a new computer, primarily for the purpose of playing it. So I made a human warrior, named Leanora. I woke up at 7:45 this morning and just now managed to pull myself away! What the hell!!?? Now it's not that I've never had a video game do this to me before (Sims - what happened to the daylight?) But I didn't expect to get hooked so quickly, especially on a game I thought I would be bad at. And I'm not great, I died a lot, but eventually someone gave me some help finishing a couple quests. (He was starting a second character and so was about the same level as me) And the controls were more like Diablo 2 than I could have hoped. So I have been having a lot of fun, despite that fact that it's 1:30 in the afternoon, I've had a nutrigrain bar so far to eat today, and frankly, friends, I do smell a little.

Anyway, I'm mainly posting this hoping that Wendy will read it and either send me her name or put my name on her friends list. I am going to get away from the computer to eat and shower, and maybe watch an episode or two of Nip/Tuck. But then I am sure that this new addiction will suck my back in. Hopefully I can pull myself away before Jeff gets home so I can start dinner.

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

Oh, and for anyone who may read this who plays WoW and doesn't already know, we're on the Eldre'Thalas server.

So gamers, did you get want you REALLY wanted this year?

For all you World of Warcaft fans:

Check out today's PvP by Scott Kurtz.

Free Beer!

I won free beer this morning from our local radio station, WESB! Every Wednesday they ask a really easy question. This morning the clue was, this Sunday is the first day of the new year, and the question was "What is the exact number of hairs on Frank Williams' head?" The answer was 2006. So I get to pick up a free 6 pack. I don't know what I'll do with it, since I don't drink beer, probably give it to my girlfriend. But I thought it was cool because I won something.

anyway, I'm at work so I have to go, but I just wanted to share my news about the free beer.

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

My teeth are falling out of my head!

Not really. But they were in my dream last night, and it was pretty disturbing. I had multiple rows of teeth, and all of them were incredibly loose and wiggly. I looked in a mirror and my mouth and throat looked like a long, gross, fleshy tunnel. In traditional dream analysis, losing teeth generally means that there's something you're holding back, words that need to be spoken. Luckily, on my way to work I figured out that it's probably because I really wanted the opportunity to tear my ex-brother a new asshole tomorrow, and now I won't get to because he's not invited to Christmas Eve. And even though I don't want to have a big nasty scene in front of all the family, I've had a few things to say to that boy for almost a year now. My rage is all pent up, because Mom and Dad didn't want me to get involved. And I'm not willing to drive out to his trailer in Red Brush and say them. Besides, then Yolanda would probably start spreading rumors about the Huffman's psychotic oldest daughter, and that wouldn't look good for Mom or Dad. Although I think the people that knew me in Forest County would find such accusations fairly laughable.

Anyway, I'm at work and we're leaving for West Hickory when I get home tonight, so this will probably be my last post til after the holiday. Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy Boxing Day, Merry Solstice, Happy Festivus, Merry Mithras Day, and any other holidays I may have inadvertently forgotten.

Merry Part and Blessed Be

I think one entry a week is sufficient, don't you?

This is going to be a quicky, readers. I'm on my way down to my parents' today for some holiday merriment. Mom is getting her sibs together for a Christmas gathering, like we used to do Christmas Day at Grandma Eb's. We haven't gotten together with everyone at Christmas since she passed away. One of my uncles and his wife have their own family (she had 3 grown or near grown kids when they got together over 10 years ago, and now they all have kids) and the other aunt and her kids spend the the holiday with her husband's family, because his only sibling passed away and now he's an only child, his folks really need to be with all their family on Christmas day. So it will be really nice to have everyone under one roof in December, even if it's only for a day.

I wanted to say thanks for the presents I've gotten so far. Wendy and Grant, that check was just too much. We'll have to do something really nice for you in return ;) And I love the pairs of earrings that Jamie and Adam got me.

I think that will be all for now, I really need to hit the road.

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

Narnia

This entry will contain Spoilers for anyone who hasn't read the book.

Yesterday Jeff and I went to see the new movie, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe in Olean. All in all I thought it was a great movie, and a very faithful adaptation of the book. The theater was packed, I was glad we got there 15 minutes early, otherwise we wouldn't have had an aisle seat. As it was we were a little farther back than I usually like to be, but since the other option was 4 rows from the front, I'd rather be closer to the exit. Especially since the audience was primarily kids. They were pretty good during the movie, it's the adults that brought them that got on my nerves. The guy in front of Jeff must have gotten up at least 3 times, and so did this rather large older lady sitting on the inside of our row.

Go to the bathroom before the movie, people, it's not that long.

I felt the scene of Aslan (wonderfully voiced by Liam Neeson) being sacrificed on the Stone Table was well done, it was very sad and the White Witch, played by Tilda Swinton, was just as scary as she should be. There were torches and chanting, the only teeny tiny point that was a little off with me is that the Stone Table was always described as round, and in the movie it was square. And I'm only being picky here because so many other things in the movie were exactly as CS Lewis described them, like the crimson and gold tents that Aslan and the army were staying in.

The only main difference from CS Lewis's original story was instead of focusing first on the Table cracking and Aslan's resurrection, they focused on the battle between Aslan's forces led by Peter and the White Witch's army. Plus the kids seemed more reluctant in the movie than they had in the book to fulfill the prophecy. But I think that made it more realistic for people seeing the story for the first time. The movie I think does well to start of showing England during the World War II, it sets up the Pevensies family relationship very well. I think when the book was originally written it wasn't as necessary to go into detail as to how they ended up at Professor Kirke's house in the first place.

Again, I thought the movie was wonderful, I hope they do more with the series, my eyes were leaking pretty much from the time Aslan knights Peter right up until the end.

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

IQ test

Congratulations, Suzanne!
Your IQ score is 129

This number is based on a scientific formula that compares how many questions you answered correctly on the Classic IQ Test relative to others.

Your Intellectual Type is Insightful Linguist. This means you are highly intelligent and have the natural fluency of a writer and the visual and spatial strengths of an artist. Those skills contribute to your creative and expressive mind. And that's just some of what we know about you from your test results.


This test about 15 minutes, and I feel that it is somewhat accurate. It's at Tickle if you want to give it a try.

Watching Food Network again today, and it's making me hungry. Paula just made macaroni and cheese, chicken wings and a pot roast for some fireman. All of those sound really, really good.

Jeff's Christmas presents came, so I am happy :-) I got them wrapped while he was shoveling the cars out. Our Christmas tree is up and we've got all the presents that we've purchased so far wrapped. Jamie came over today and we belly danced then I got a massage, Jeff is getting his massage now.

I'm going to play some more Sims now.

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

I need a hug.

So what do I do when I get all of my sister's voice mails, and Jeff isn't home yet? I blog.

Well, I just got bad news from my mother. My Grandma Dot is in the hospital again. She's had swelling in her left leg, and in addition to everything else she's going through, cancer, chemo treatments, etc., they have decided to close Huffman's Grocery. However, my Grandpa Harry did save the last 3 boxes of macaroni and cheese in the store for me. My grandma's doctor apparently told her he's pretty sure she won't be able to walk again. My grandparents will also be moving out of their home above the store and moving into a handicapped accessible apartment in Tionesta, I think in the River Court. I just always feel like older people moving out of their homes to smaller, easier to live in ones, is an admission of defeat. I feel like they're getting ready to make the long trip over the sea. My Grandma Eb was planning to sell her house and move into Tidioute Towers when she died. And everyone's all torn up about it. And I feel like I'm too far away to help and I hate that. And I asked if I needed to come home and Mom said I didn't.

Okay, I'm making macaroni and cheese and hot dogs. Maybe that will help. Maybe I'll try some applesauce on it. I think that's how Stenny used to eat his and I thought it was gross. But for some strange reason it sounds appealing right now.

I promise a happier blog entry tomorrow or later, I plan to write up my thoughts on Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

Merry Part and Blessed Be

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone

Due to the extremely inclement weather, I will not be going home for Thanksgiving today. I am pretty sad about it, but I really feel it is better than getting stuck someplace in the snow.

Jeff should be coming home today because of low census, but he will be on call the rest of the day. I am watching the Macy's Thanksgiving day Parade on CBS, which is kind of nice because if I was driving home I would have missed most of it. And I love a parade. Especially one I'm not marching in.

I'm also playing some Catan Online. I lost the last game, but it wasn't a drubbing. It came down to development cards, and the winner got to Largest Army the turn before I could have taken it, and he had a victory point.

I might blog more later, for now I need to focus on Winning.

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

Will I have that before Thanksgiving?

No, no you won't. I guess you're going to have to have pie after your turkey like everyone else, instead of half a pack of Newports, you stupid smoker!

Ah, customer service. It makes me want to jab pointy things into my temples somedays.

Just doing a little window shopping on Amazon. My mom has called me twice since she went to Hershey for sizes on things. I'm starting to get a little excited for Christmas. I saw someone putting out there Christmas lights on my way home, and I actually didn't think, "No! Too early! Put that away!" I just figured they were doing it now since they are calling for snow at the end of the week, the time I know when a lot of people traditionally start their Christmas decorating. I'm looking forward to doing some Christmas shopping in Ellicottville, they have so many funky things there. I always feel like giving people gift certificates is giving up on trying to be original, even though most people are really happy to get a gift certificate, especially for a store they like and shop at a lot. I always feel like it's cheating though, especially when it comes time to wrap presents. Where's the challenge in wrapping a gift certificate? I also used to get books for people a lot, but I know realistically, that many of my friends really don't have time to read anymore. Although all Jeff and I got each other last year was books, and I wouldn't mind that trend continuing.

I'm going to wrap this here so I can pop in the pizza for dinner. We have Mage tonight, I think Vita is trying to wrap this Dark Ages game before the end of the semester. Also I should put on some make-up since I'm going to see my girlfriend

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

There are more....

You are

What Rejected Crayon Are You?

Cheese Pizza

Traditional and comforting. You focus on living a quality life. You're not easily impressed with novelty. Yet, you easily impress others.

What's Your Pizza Personality?

I have to disagree with this one, I am not a depressed drunk at all.

You're a Depressed Drunk

You know that distinct taste of tears and vodka real well.

What Kind of Drunk Are You?

See, now this one is true.

Your Inner Child Is Surprised

You see many things through the eyes of a child. Meaning, you're rarely cynical or jaded. You cherish all of the details in life. Easily fascinated, you enjoy experiencing new things.

How Is Your Inner Child?

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?

Okay, I'm done with this here. As for blogging today, I had a very nice lunch at Pizza Hut with Jamie and Savannah. We talked about books and movies and things. I love talking with my smart friends. It makes up for the dumbasses I talk to on the phone at work all week. Then I came home, finished up some laundry and played a little Catan Online. (Won the first, game lost the second) Then I went to the pool and swam with Jamie and Adam for awhile. I emailed Allison back from the pool. Thanks for getting back to me so quick, notice my new links!

Then I ordered Chinese (sweet and sour chicken) for dinner and picked it up at the Great Wall. All in all, a satisfying Sunday.

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

It's an epidemic, someone stop me

You Passed 8th Grade Science

Congratulations, you got 8/8 correct!

Could You Pass 8th Grade Science?

In a Past Life...

You Were: A Gentle Spice Trader. Where You Lived: Ontario. How You Died: Killed in Battle.

Who Were You In a Past Life?

You Are Likely a First Born

At your darkest moments, you feel guilty. At work and school, you do best when you're researching. When you love someone, you tend to agree with them often. In friendship, you are considerate and compromising. Your ideal careers are: business, research, counseling, promotion, and speaking. You will leave your mark on the world with discoveries, new information, and teaching people to dream.

The Birth Order Predictor

Tootsie Roll Pop

It only takes three licks to get to your center!

What Kind of Candy Are You?

Seriously, I can't stop taking these stupid quizzes. Help!

You Are Not Scary

Everyone loves you. Isn't that sweet?

How Scary Are You?

Okay, just one more I swear.

You Are Mud Pie

You're the perfect combo of flavor and depth Those who like you give into their impulses

What Kind of Pie Are You?

Okay, I think I'm done. really... okay, make sure you comment and let me know What kind of Scary Candy Pie you are!