went to the library today to pick up some books i'd reserved, and to return that crappy drew barrymore bio, "Little Girl Lost" - she shoulda waited a few years before writing this book, i think....didn't even finish it, that's how bad it was...
so, today i picked up:
"The adventures of Captain Underpants : an epic novel" - just hafta check it out, perhaps it'll give me something to talk with matt or paige about...
"Ani DiFranco : righteous babe" - what can i say, i've been in a biography sort of mood lately...tops on the list of late is michael j. fox's autobiography...
"Lies across America : what our historic sites get wrong" - one of those in the QPB catalog that looks interesting, but i don't have the cash for it right now...
"The worlds of Nam June Paik" - this book FINALLY came in - i had it on hold at the library since september! Paik's so fucking cool...i'm thinking i might be framing some of the pages from the book i bought on ebay long ago (in a foreign language) and using that as the starting point of decorating my room...
eek, my room! i have to get back to the apartment and get more packing done - this is the weekend of the big move!
Thursday, May 30, 2002
Tuesday, May 28, 2002
more vivid dreams...what's going on with my subconscious lately?!?!? it's rather cool, actually, to have dreams and be able to remember them...today's dream had me in the "er" - the television show, that is...i was working closely with dr. weaver, following her around and doing whatever she told me to do...aunt sherry was there too, as a nurse...aunt joan was there, as a patient...at some point i was puking my guts out - my pills were coming up, undigested...hrm.
Monday, May 27, 2002
ya know what sucks? i got some stuff at kroger the other day while i was at work - having a bitch of a headache and ready to claw my eyeballs out of my head cuz of some sort of allergy....when i rang up the groceries, i got $10 cash back...unfortunately, i wasn't totally aware of my account balance...so i was $5.01 short...for this the bank charges me a $28.00 overdraft fee! just so happens the next day i made a $150 deposit, as well as my regular payroll deposit going in....grrrr....one freakin day....
more weirdness in the dream department...this time i joined the navy...i reported for duty - at an elementary school of sorts - and found out i was the oldest one there...they gave me the keys to the ship (which looked remarkably like keys to a chevrolet) and told me not to lose them...when my shipmates arrived, i felt horribly out of place, far too old to be with all of these youngsters...the number 19 was very vivid in my dream as well, tho i'm not sure why....
*shrug*
*shrug*
Sunday, May 26, 2002
i finally got an article posted to fark! people usually send the same links that i find and beat me to it or whatever, but not this time...
was a bit dismayed to see that the headline i submitted had been tinkered with - i had submitted "World's tiniest baby goes home - weighed 10 oz at birth, now weighs as much as the meat in 17.6 Quarter Pounders" - going for that math geek humor...they tacked on "although not as tasty" at the end...still funny, i guess...
was a bit dismayed to see that the headline i submitted had been tinkered with - i had submitted "World's tiniest baby goes home - weighed 10 oz at birth, now weighs as much as the meat in 17.6 Quarter Pounders" - going for that math geek humor...they tacked on "although not as tasty" at the end...still funny, i guess...
urgh i hate moving!! and i've procrastinated about calling movers, i'll have to get on it! thecityofindianapolis.com has a page of movers, as does citysearch - i've emailed ed sherman for a quote, but i suspect it'll be too much considering it's such short notice...hell, i might hafta make bro hang on to my stuff for a week or two...
argh!
argh!
Saturday, May 25, 2002
weeeeeeeiiird dreams lately...dunno what's goin on, but i've had very strange, very vivid dreams the past couple nights...last night, it was of buying a car...a used light blue volvo....bought it at a dealership, paid thousands of dollars for it - like eight grand or something...took it home (er, mom's - it's not home yet) and her brother tom was there...he mentioned he'd just sold his volvo (er, don't think he really has one in real life though)...he looked at it and said it was the one he'd just sold...when he found out i'd paid $8000 for it, he got pissed...angry as all hell...when i asked him why, he said they gave him $300 for the car...then we all stormed off to the dealership and insisted on a car that was really worth $8000...they had a saturn, with all the options, pwr moonroof, kickass stereo, and these UGLY green leather seats...the seats were horrid, but the rest of the car was good, so i took it...
what the hell's that one mean? why the hell'd i have a dream with uncle tom in it? why'd i dream of getting a volvo? why were the seats in the saturn green leather? those were the most vivid parts of the dream, i'm sure they mean something....
then tonight's dream (okay, it's technically this afternoon's dream, i guess) was about donna's wedding...it was at her parents mansion (mansion?!?) and it was this huge week-long occasion type thing, i was spending the week there with her helping her to get ready...guess that medieval dress idea was out the window, she was all gussied up in this white satin number, and was really pissed off at her dad and mom...by the time the actual wedding rolled around, donna told me she didn't need me anymore and i could leave...ouch, i was so hurt. after the wedding, there was a stockholders meeting for the trader (yeah, there at the mansion) and it was announced that everyone was being fired...but they had some consolation gifts for us...badminton sets, heads of lettuce, richard simmons videos.....at the end of the dream, i found out that donna was 5 months pregnant, and i was pissed at her cuz she hadn't told me - she hid it very very well, not telling ANYONE...she went around gloating about the fact that she was pregnant in her wedding dress and nobody noticed...
???!!!???!!!???!!!???!!!???!!!???!!!???!!!???!!!???
not a clue what the hell any of it means, but it's all been very vivid...something's goin on in this head o mine...
what the hell's that one mean? why the hell'd i have a dream with uncle tom in it? why'd i dream of getting a volvo? why were the seats in the saturn green leather? those were the most vivid parts of the dream, i'm sure they mean something....
then tonight's dream (okay, it's technically this afternoon's dream, i guess) was about donna's wedding...it was at her parents mansion (mansion?!?) and it was this huge week-long occasion type thing, i was spending the week there with her helping her to get ready...guess that medieval dress idea was out the window, she was all gussied up in this white satin number, and was really pissed off at her dad and mom...by the time the actual wedding rolled around, donna told me she didn't need me anymore and i could leave...ouch, i was so hurt. after the wedding, there was a stockholders meeting for the trader (yeah, there at the mansion) and it was announced that everyone was being fired...but they had some consolation gifts for us...badminton sets, heads of lettuce, richard simmons videos.....at the end of the dream, i found out that donna was 5 months pregnant, and i was pissed at her cuz she hadn't told me - she hid it very very well, not telling ANYONE...she went around gloating about the fact that she was pregnant in her wedding dress and nobody noticed...
???!!!???!!!???!!!???!!!???!!!???!!!???!!!???!!!???
not a clue what the hell any of it means, but it's all been very vivid...something's goin on in this head o mine...
Friday, May 24, 2002
got this msg on the list today:
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"For anyone interested in participating in this year's SF Pride Parade "Be Yourself, Change the World":
The SF Gay Pride parade is 5 weeks away, and the World's Biggest Vulva (which won 1st place in last year's parade) NEEDS you to make it happen this year!!!
First of all, we need help in spreading the word, (sending out to your favorite lists, egroups and friends) to gather the women of the Bay Area in solidarity of the Worlds Biggest Vulva (a beautiful 8-foot vagina float). This is about PRIDE, LOVE, and FUN.
We also need organizers, artists, help finding sponsors, performers, any thing you can think of to make the float bigger and better than last year.
Whether you are Butch, Femme, Techno, Mechanical, Bi, Curious, Horny, Hellacious, whatever... We need EVERY ONE OF YOU. Get involved, I promise you will have the time of your life. Don't delay, send an email to pussypower79@yahoo.com today!!!
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ya know, i really need to get to san francisco for this thing one of these years....*8-)
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"For anyone interested in participating in this year's SF Pride Parade "Be Yourself, Change the World":
The SF Gay Pride parade is 5 weeks away, and the World's Biggest Vulva (which won 1st place in last year's parade) NEEDS you to make it happen this year!!!
First of all, we need help in spreading the word, (sending out to your favorite lists, egroups and friends) to gather the women of the Bay Area in solidarity of the Worlds Biggest Vulva (a beautiful 8-foot vagina float). This is about PRIDE, LOVE, and FUN.
We also need organizers, artists, help finding sponsors, performers, any thing you can think of to make the float bigger and better than last year.
Whether you are Butch, Femme, Techno, Mechanical, Bi, Curious, Horny, Hellacious, whatever... We need EVERY ONE OF YOU. Get involved, I promise you will have the time of your life. Don't delay, send an email to pussypower79@yahoo.com today!!!
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ya know, i really need to get to san francisco for this thing one of these years....*8-)
Thursday, May 23, 2002
Wednesday, May 22, 2002
Tuesday, May 21, 2002
Sunday, May 19, 2002
here's an article on donating vehicles for tax deductions...ugh, looking at the irs site makes me think there's more paperwork involved in this than i originally thought...
Friday, May 17, 2002
why do pharmaceutical companies have to be so damned difficult when it comes to giving patients information that they can understand? doc english gave me a new med - starlix - to help with the diabetes...so i go to the website and first thing i see is "This website is intended for non-US audiences." errr, what the hell's the difference? so all this shit about the meds isn't true since i'm in the US? the prescribing info is in medicalese - i think i understand most, but not all, of it...
tonight was my first night back as a volunteer at IYG - it went very well. i've missed serving as a mentor and sounding board to gay/lesbian youth. getting involved again feels good.
found out that tyler (the spouse of iyg's executive director, rob connoley) went to the earlham school of religion and has co-written a book - several people at IYG talked about it and how good it was, i'll hafta check it out...
found out that tyler (the spouse of iyg's executive director, rob connoley) went to the earlham school of religion and has co-written a book - several people at IYG talked about it and how good it was, i'll hafta check it out...
Thursday, May 16, 2002
A few random facts culled from the internet...
1. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
2. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
3. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
4. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
5. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
6. There are more chickens than people in the world.
7. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
8. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
9. On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.
10. All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.
11. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
12. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
13. All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
14. Almonds are a member of the peach family.
15. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
16. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
17. There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
18. Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"
19. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
20. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
21. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
22. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
23. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
24. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life".
25. A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
26. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
27. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
28. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
29. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
30. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
31. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
32. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
33. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
34. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
35. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
1. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
2. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
3. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
4. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
5. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
6. There are more chickens than people in the world.
7. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
8. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
9. On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.
10. All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.
11. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
12. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
13. All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
14. Almonds are a member of the peach family.
15. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
16. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
17. There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
18. Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"
19. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
20. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
21. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
22. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
23. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
24. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life".
25. A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
26. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
27. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
28. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
29. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
30. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
31. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
32. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
33. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
34. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
35. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
Wednesday, May 15, 2002
alrighty, well, it's been brought to my attention that the Captain Underpants funny name changer posted to fark wasn't totally accurate (guess i didn't read all the words - okay, i can see "butt" being in there, but "dick"? errr....)
so, for the OFFICIAL name changer, you can go to the Captain Underpants web site and go to the Professor Poopypants Name Change-o-Chart 2000 - there i'm listed as Booger Toiletshorts...think i like Loopy Monkeyshorts better....
so, for the OFFICIAL name changer, you can go to the Captain Underpants web site and go to the Professor Poopypants Name Change-o-Chart 2000 - there i'm listed as Booger Toiletshorts...think i like Loopy Monkeyshorts better....
Tuesday, May 14, 2002
'tis amazing what you can learn on fark...
Follow the instructions to find your funny name. The following is an excerpt from a children's book, "Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants", by Dave Pilkey. The evil Professor forces everyone to assume new names...
Use the third (3rd) letter of your first name to determine your NEW first
name:
a = stinky
b = lumpy
c = buttercup
d = gidget
e = crusty
f = greasy
g = fluffy
h = stiffy
i = poopsie
j = pussy
k = flunky
l = boobie
m = pinky
n = zippy
o = goober
p = fishy
q = slimy
r = loopy
s = snotty
t = juicy
u = dorkey
v = tiny
w = cootie
x = skipper
y = dinky
z = zsa-zsa
Use the second (2nd) letter of your last name to determine the first half of your NEW last name:
a = diaper
b = toilet
c = giggle
d = bubble
e = monkey
f = barf
g = lizard
h = waffle
i = poop
j = girdle
k = potty
l = liver
m = banana
n = rhino
o = burger
p = hamster
q = toad
r = gizzard
s = pizza
t = gerbil
u = button
v = pickle
w = chuckle
x = tofu
y = gorilla
z = gootus
Use the fourth (4th) letter of your last name to determine the second half of your NEW last name:
a = head
b = mouth
c = face
d = ass
e = tush
f = breath
g = pants
h = shorts
i = lips
j = honker
k = butt
l = brain
m = dick
n = nose
o = starfish
p = biscuits
q = toes
r = buns
s = fanny
t = sniffer
u = sprinkles
v = kisser
w = squirt
x = humperdinck
y = brains
z = juice
Thus, for example, George W. Bush's new name is Goober Chickenshorts.To be fair, we should publish Al Gore's new
name, too: Lumpy Burgertush.
heh heh heh....and i guess that makes me Loopy Monkeyshorts...
Follow the instructions to find your funny name. The following is an excerpt from a children's book, "Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants", by Dave Pilkey. The evil Professor forces everyone to assume new names...
Use the third (3rd) letter of your first name to determine your NEW first
name:
a = stinky
b = lumpy
c = buttercup
d = gidget
e = crusty
f = greasy
g = fluffy
h = stiffy
i = poopsie
j = pussy
k = flunky
l = boobie
m = pinky
n = zippy
o = goober
p = fishy
q = slimy
r = loopy
s = snotty
t = juicy
u = dorkey
v = tiny
w = cootie
x = skipper
y = dinky
z = zsa-zsa
Use the second (2nd) letter of your last name to determine the first half of your NEW last name:
a = diaper
b = toilet
c = giggle
d = bubble
e = monkey
f = barf
g = lizard
h = waffle
i = poop
j = girdle
k = potty
l = liver
m = banana
n = rhino
o = burger
p = hamster
q = toad
r = gizzard
s = pizza
t = gerbil
u = button
v = pickle
w = chuckle
x = tofu
y = gorilla
z = gootus
Use the fourth (4th) letter of your last name to determine the second half of your NEW last name:
a = head
b = mouth
c = face
d = ass
e = tush
f = breath
g = pants
h = shorts
i = lips
j = honker
k = butt
l = brain
m = dick
n = nose
o = starfish
p = biscuits
q = toes
r = buns
s = fanny
t = sniffer
u = sprinkles
v = kisser
w = squirt
x = humperdinck
y = brains
z = juice
Thus, for example, George W. Bush's new name is Goober Chickenshorts.To be fair, we should publish Al Gore's new
name, too: Lumpy Burgertush.
heh heh heh....and i guess that makes me Loopy Monkeyshorts...
Sunday, May 12, 2002
a-ha basks in renewed popularity - hrm, just might hafta kazaa some of their new stuff and check it out...
sheesh, the article says it's been 17 years since "take on me" - that's impossible!!!
sheesh, the article says it's been 17 years since "take on me" - that's impossible!!!
Saturday, May 11, 2002
Friday, May 10, 2002
well, i finally managed to get a track from kazaa i've been hunting down for a while now...it's the 10,000 maniacs version of the r.e.m. song "(don't go back to) rockville" - it was a bonus track on the cd single for "candy everybody wants", and it's one of those rare instances that the remake is as good as (if not better than) the original...i can't seem to locate my copy of the cd, it's out of print, and i've had the damned song in my head for a couple of weeks now...guess it's time to burn a new cd - but what else to put on the disc?
Thursday, May 09, 2002
Wednesday, May 08, 2002
got a new car - well, i'm on my way to getting a new car....'tis a 97 saturn, found it at eastgate chrysler. just have to meet up with the credit union to do all the paperwork and go to the dealership - whoo hoo! also need to figure out what to do about the old car - pretty sure i'm gonna just donate it for the tax write-off...
meanwhile, i've totally fucked up my sleep schedule - don't think i'll be going in to work tonight. i'm sure kim's calling me everything but a white girl...oh well, shit happens, and if i have the personal time, i'm gonna take it...
laa dee daa....
meanwhile, i've totally fucked up my sleep schedule - don't think i'll be going in to work tonight. i'm sure kim's calling me everything but a white girl...oh well, shit happens, and if i have the personal time, i'm gonna take it...
laa dee daa....
Tuesday, May 07, 2002
hmm, a few charities taking car donations: the julian center, the american lung association, prevent blindness indiana, and volunteers of america - haven't found any specifically queer organizations, but i might do some asking around...
arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
ya know, it's all my fucking fault - i cursed myself. i just HAD to be a smart ass...when i paid off my car, i said that NOW would be the time for it to fall apart. and wouldn't ya know it, i blew up the fucking engine tonight on my drive home from work! argh! so, i'm getting onto 465 from 69 and i hear a loud noise and feel a shaking...then a big *POP!* and it sounds like something falls off of the car. i see smoke coming out from under the hood. when i pull over, i pop the hood and see FLAMES - yup, my car's on fire! so i get a can of root beer out of my car, the only liquid i had, and put the flames out. a guy pulled over to see if he could help - turns out he's a mechanic at Hare Chevrolet - and he tells me i've blown a rod. i know i was due for an oil change, i was gonna get that done this weekend - guess i don't have to worry about that now - arrrrrgh! paid the fucker off april 11, the thing blows up less than a month later! the aaa guy doesn't think it was a blown rod though, he said it's unlikely that it'd catch fire in that instance, but who the fuck knows...both the guys sounded like they knew what they were talking about. *shrug*
so now, what do i do?
don't think i wanna drop one or two grand in it with a new engine - but i could probably get a couple grand out of it for a trade-in. kelley blue book says that the private party value of it in fair condition is $2,150 - says that the Trade-In value is $1,090 - with all the "push...pull...drag it in" for $2,000 trade ins i see in the wheels & deals and such, i think that's a definite thing to consider.
another thought is donating it to charity and writing it off on my taxes - would that be a better idea? *shrug* fuck if i know...
argh, how fucking annoying! *whine complain piss moan grumble*
ya know, it's all my fucking fault - i cursed myself. i just HAD to be a smart ass...when i paid off my car, i said that NOW would be the time for it to fall apart. and wouldn't ya know it, i blew up the fucking engine tonight on my drive home from work! argh! so, i'm getting onto 465 from 69 and i hear a loud noise and feel a shaking...then a big *POP!* and it sounds like something falls off of the car. i see smoke coming out from under the hood. when i pull over, i pop the hood and see FLAMES - yup, my car's on fire! so i get a can of root beer out of my car, the only liquid i had, and put the flames out. a guy pulled over to see if he could help - turns out he's a mechanic at Hare Chevrolet - and he tells me i've blown a rod. i know i was due for an oil change, i was gonna get that done this weekend - guess i don't have to worry about that now - arrrrrgh! paid the fucker off april 11, the thing blows up less than a month later! the aaa guy doesn't think it was a blown rod though, he said it's unlikely that it'd catch fire in that instance, but who the fuck knows...both the guys sounded like they knew what they were talking about. *shrug*
so now, what do i do?
don't think i wanna drop one or two grand in it with a new engine - but i could probably get a couple grand out of it for a trade-in. kelley blue book says that the private party value of it in fair condition is $2,150 - says that the Trade-In value is $1,090 - with all the "push...pull...drag it in" for $2,000 trade ins i see in the wheels & deals and such, i think that's a definite thing to consider.
another thought is donating it to charity and writing it off on my taxes - would that be a better idea? *shrug* fuck if i know...
argh, how fucking annoying! *whine complain piss moan grumble*
woohoo! got my camera today at compusa! the thing's so little, i'm just amazed! haven't checked out the pix with it yet, but i'll get around to it eventually...
Monday, May 06, 2002
Sunday, May 05, 2002
happy 189th birthday søren kierkegaard!
went and saw Life or Something Like It with donna today - 'twas an okay movie. not as horrible as roger ebert's review, but i can understand his disappointment. and angelina should've definitely done a nude scene or twelve in this movie, but she didn't. *whimper*
okay, enough of this work crap, i'm goin home!! *8-)
went and saw Life or Something Like It with donna today - 'twas an okay movie. not as horrible as roger ebert's review, but i can understand his disappointment. and angelina should've definitely done a nude scene or twelve in this movie, but she didn't. *whimper*
okay, enough of this work crap, i'm goin home!! *8-)
well, it's now supposedly "national digital imaging week"...i've got stuff to list on ebay, but no digital camera to get pix...i want this digital camera from kodak....this puppy's three hundred bucks though, and it's not like i've got lots of cash sitting around....but argh, i want it!!!
part of me says forget about it and get the one at walgreens this week that's selling for twenty bucks, but i want the pricey one, dangit!
*shrug* who knows what i'll end up doing....
part of me says forget about it and get the one at walgreens this week that's selling for twenty bucks, but i want the pricey one, dangit!
*shrug* who knows what i'll end up doing....
Saturday, May 04, 2002
so greg went gallavanting off to michigan this weekend, leaving us short a player for mah jongg....so dale and mommy and i went to the movies instead - Spider-Man. pretty good - i really like tobey maguire. the movie started off kinda slow, but it picked up. kirsten dunst is a hottie too - loved that gratuitous scene in the rain with her perky little nips busting out of the flimsy shirt she was wearing. *8-)
just finished reading Find Me - the book from Rosie O'Donnell....my one word review - "HUH?" it certainly wasn't what i expected it to be - a memoir. there was a bit of her history in it, but most of the book dwelled on her obsession with a pregnant teen across the country. it was just very strange.
seem to be on a memoir kick lately, tho it hasn't been intentional...the last three books i've read have been autobiographical in nature - Patient by Ben Watt, Lucky Man by Michael J. Fox and then Rosie's book....Lucky Man was certainly the best of the bunch...i also got Drew Barrymore's autobiography from the library, but i'm not sure that i'll read that one next or not...
seem to be on a memoir kick lately, tho it hasn't been intentional...the last three books i've read have been autobiographical in nature - Patient by Ben Watt, Lucky Man by Michael J. Fox and then Rosie's book....Lucky Man was certainly the best of the bunch...i also got Drew Barrymore's autobiography from the library, but i'm not sure that i'll read that one next or not...
Friday, May 03, 2002
off to get reorientated at IYG, so that i can resume being a volunteer...think it'll do me good to get involved again - i just have to keep in mind that this isn't the same IYG as the one i volunteered for a few years back.
in other news, pooky and i are shooting for June 1 as our moving date - that is, i'm moving back to mom's and he's moving into my apartment. think it'll work out well for both of us - i'll give him a good deal on the air conditioners and such and he won't have to worry about buying some and installing them and all that crap...i've got to figure out how it is i'm going to arrange things - will i be able to fit it all in here at mom's? i'll be taking over pooky's old room, aka the garage...not sure if i wanna try cramming it all in or just saying fuck it and going ahead with a storage unit. *shrug* got less than a month to figure it out tho!
in other news, pooky and i are shooting for June 1 as our moving date - that is, i'm moving back to mom's and he's moving into my apartment. think it'll work out well for both of us - i'll give him a good deal on the air conditioners and such and he won't have to worry about buying some and installing them and all that crap...i've got to figure out how it is i'm going to arrange things - will i be able to fit it all in here at mom's? i'll be taking over pooky's old room, aka the garage...not sure if i wanna try cramming it all in or just saying fuck it and going ahead with a storage unit. *shrug* got less than a month to figure it out tho!
Thursday, May 02, 2002
Sunday, April 28, 2002
weird weekend. think i must've had a seizure thursday, i was just really out of it all day thursday and friday, and i had a bitch of a headache. *shrug* why can't shit like this happen when i'm AT the freakin' doctor's office?
i think the new work schedule will work out well, once my body gets acclimated to it. it's nice to actually have some time to just veg out on weekdays - i'm not staring at the clocking, thinking "okay, if i go to sleep RIGHT NOW, i can get 7 hours and 42 minutes of sleep" and so on...all last week i woke up before my alarm went off. i just wish i could catch a bus up here or something - i really should not be driving. kim said i could catch a ride with her, but she stays till 4:30, sometimes later and i wouldn't want to be a burden on her anyways.
urgh, back to work....
i think the new work schedule will work out well, once my body gets acclimated to it. it's nice to actually have some time to just veg out on weekdays - i'm not staring at the clocking, thinking "okay, if i go to sleep RIGHT NOW, i can get 7 hours and 42 minutes of sleep" and so on...all last week i woke up before my alarm went off. i just wish i could catch a bus up here or something - i really should not be driving. kim said i could catch a ride with her, but she stays till 4:30, sometimes later and i wouldn't want to be a burden on her anyways.
urgh, back to work....
Thursday, April 25, 2002
mom & i are gonna have dinner from hardee's tonight...they're donating part of all sales tonight to a little girl named meghann...she needs money for brain surgery - a hemispherectomy to remove half of her brain to control her seizures.
Meaghann Muncy, 9, of Dillsboro, Indiana has a rare brain abnormality called Hemimegalencephaly (HME). She has multiple life-threatening seizures daily that traditional treatments can't control. Meg's last hope of relief is a surgery removing the right half of her brain. Johns Hopkins has two surgeons who specialize in Hemispherectomy but Hopkins will not accept the family's insurance. The expected cost of her surgery is $150,000 and must be paid in full before Meg can have surgery.
pretty weird....
Meaghann Muncy, 9, of Dillsboro, Indiana has a rare brain abnormality called Hemimegalencephaly (HME). She has multiple life-threatening seizures daily that traditional treatments can't control. Meg's last hope of relief is a surgery removing the right half of her brain. Johns Hopkins has two surgeons who specialize in Hemispherectomy but Hopkins will not accept the family's insurance. The expected cost of her surgery is $150,000 and must be paid in full before Meg can have surgery.
pretty weird....
Tuesday, April 23, 2002
gonna be arby's for dinner this evening...the corporate site, arbys.com, sucks, but one of their franchises has arbysrestaurant.com and they actually have a menu that tells ya what's on each of the sandwiches and such. getting everyone to agree on a place can be difficult sometimes - "does this sandwich have such and such on it" blah blah blah...
these danged fast food restaurants need to learn the difference between a menu and a nutrition guide - when i click menu i don't wanna know that the sandwich i'm thinking of has 2849 calories, i just wanna know if there's mayo on it.
these danged fast food restaurants need to learn the difference between a menu and a nutrition guide - when i click menu i don't wanna know that the sandwich i'm thinking of has 2849 calories, i just wanna know if there's mayo on it.
Sunday, April 21, 2002
urgh, can't sleep. shoulda gotten that Rx filled from the neuro doc, but i'm waiting for a coupon in the mail from the drug company so that it's free. yup, need to be pinching those pennies. mom's helped me go through all the medical bills from this year - now that I'm on the Crappy Insurance Plan with deductibles and copayments and shit, i need someone to explain this stuff to me - never had to deal with it before. i've had 3 trips to the hospital this year - the first for my seizure when i was at home and the ambulance came and got me, the second when i was having the chest pains and they diagnosed gastric reflux, and the third one being the biggie where i spent several days as an inpatient getting a video eeg done. so we pore through the mound of bills and certifications and benefit notices and find that my portion - what i have to pay now - comes to $1800. ouch. i'm really pissed. at a couple of people - the h.r. person from work that should've worked her ass off to find us new insurance that wouldn't fuck us over like this one. and i'm pissed at the neuro doc and the people at community hospital that postponed my video eeg a few times - had we done it when it was originally scheduled LAST YEAR, i would pay NOTHING for it. now i'm looking at eighteen hundred bucks worth of bills. argh. another thing that pisses me off - i've got the medical savings account thing through work, but how in the hell do they expect us to estimate our medical expenses for a WHOLE YEAR? i think 6 months would be much more reasonable. as it is this year, i have them take $50 out of every paycheck - $1300 for the year. well, i've more than covered that in the first quarter! well, thank god there's that $2000 maximum on my policy - once i hit two grand, they'll pay 100% - i figure maybe i should ask the docs for any tests that may want next year and go ahead and get 'em done THIS year. hrm, is 29 too early for a mammogram? might as well get my $$$'s worth, eh?
alrighty, i'll quit whining for a millisecond and talk happy news - i went to a vounteer meeting for IYG on wednesday, and it looks like i'll be hooking up with them again. i'm really looking forward to it. i have to keep in mind that this isn't the same IYG that i volunteered for 8 years ago, that there are a lot of changes and I can't expect everything to be sunshine and roses, but it still should be a good experience.
alrighty, i'll quit whining for a millisecond and talk happy news - i went to a vounteer meeting for IYG on wednesday, and it looks like i'll be hooking up with them again. i'm really looking forward to it. i have to keep in mind that this isn't the same IYG that i volunteered for 8 years ago, that there are a lot of changes and I can't expect everything to be sunshine and roses, but it still should be a good experience.
Saturday, April 20, 2002
urgh, what a crappy day...tho a crappy weekend day still beats a crappy day at work. just seems that NOTHING's worked out today. took clara's xmas pkg (it's finally all packed up!) to the post office to find they'd already closed. tried going to paige's soccer game but had problems there and didn't make it. then i make the saturday afternoon mah jongg call and find that dale and greg are both out of town and won't be here tonight. urgh! and aunt flo's made a surprise return visit, and that's just made everything oooh so much more wonderful.
grr.
grr.
Friday, April 19, 2002
ben & jerry's has new flavors out - i tried the Karamel Sutra, from their Core Concoctions line....the description: "A core of soft caramel encircled by chocolate & caramel ice creams & fudge chips." - errr, guess i won't be checking my blood sugar any time soon....but DAMN it was gooooooood. Karamel Sutra is a very appropriate name.
Sunday, April 14, 2002
Friday, April 12, 2002
so, i overslept and didn't go to the pitch-in, oh well...*shrug* probably missed out on the woman of my dreams, i'm sure. looks like i might get some Dale Bondage tonight tho - he called and said he wants to go out, so if the stars all align perfectly and we both remain in the mood, we'll be hitting the town in a little while...
paige called tonight - she's such a little bundle of energy! i can barely get a word in edgewise when i talk to her, but that's okay. she's got a soccer game on the 20th at 2:30, so i think i'll be going to that....
the visit to the neuro was good - pretty much told me what i already know. there was seizure activity going on in my brain while i was in the hospital, in the left temporal lobe (as was diagnosed years ago) and the doc said my brain was "a bit slow" at times - go ahead, write your own joke there....
we're going to look into the possibility that my periods are having an effect on my seizures - hrm, the only reason i HAVE periods is cuz i take the Pill to regulate the damn thing. so, would i be better off not taking the Pill? i'm gonna track it for the next 3 months and then see the Dr. again - we'll see what happens. he also told me i need to be working on days and with a more consistent schedule. big surprise there...
paige called tonight - she's such a little bundle of energy! i can barely get a word in edgewise when i talk to her, but that's okay. she's got a soccer game on the 20th at 2:30, so i think i'll be going to that....
the visit to the neuro was good - pretty much told me what i already know. there was seizure activity going on in my brain while i was in the hospital, in the left temporal lobe (as was diagnosed years ago) and the doc said my brain was "a bit slow" at times - go ahead, write your own joke there....
we're going to look into the possibility that my periods are having an effect on my seizures - hrm, the only reason i HAVE periods is cuz i take the Pill to regulate the damn thing. so, would i be better off not taking the Pill? i'm gonna track it for the next 3 months and then see the Dr. again - we'll see what happens. he also told me i need to be working on days and with a more consistent schedule. big surprise there...
yesterday was a good day off - beautiful weather, so i got some chores done. had a real nice visit at Crown Hill Cemetery - found chuck's grave, visited chris & jeff's, and my grandparent's and aunt's graves too. did quite a bit of walking, even decided to walk up to riley's tomb - quite a different experience than just driving up to it, man that hill's steep!! it was all good though. it's so peaceful there, i really like it.
while i was cleaning out my car at the car wash, i got approached by a guy - he was supposedly asking for directions, but he asked for more than that. don't know what possessed me, but i gave him my phone # when he asked for it. guess when/if he calls i'll have to explain that whole lesbian thing to him. *shrug*
going to see dr. mohan at 8:30 this morning, to get the results of my video eeg. hope there's some useful info there.
lots of stuff going on at work, i'll hafta post more about that later...
pitch-in tonight...i'm not really in the mood for it, but i suppose i should go....haven't heard from whatsherface since the last one - guess it's true about the getting a girlfriend and then dropping off the face of the planet thing....so much for those emails where she told me she really liked having me as a friend...er, friends generally check on ya when you send them an email that says you're going into the hospital to have your brain looked at...*shrug*
while i was cleaning out my car at the car wash, i got approached by a guy - he was supposedly asking for directions, but he asked for more than that. don't know what possessed me, but i gave him my phone # when he asked for it. guess when/if he calls i'll have to explain that whole lesbian thing to him. *shrug*
going to see dr. mohan at 8:30 this morning, to get the results of my video eeg. hope there's some useful info there.
lots of stuff going on at work, i'll hafta post more about that later...
pitch-in tonight...i'm not really in the mood for it, but i suppose i should go....haven't heard from whatsherface since the last one - guess it's true about the getting a girlfriend and then dropping off the face of the planet thing....so much for those emails where she told me she really liked having me as a friend...er, friends generally check on ya when you send them an email that says you're going into the hospital to have your brain looked at...*shrug*
Wednesday, April 10, 2002
Monday, April 08, 2002
Friday, April 05, 2002
ohmigod, i MUST get this CD! When Pigs Fly: Songs You Never Thought You'd Hear - *rofl* ani difranco dueting with jackie chan? doing "unforgettable"?!?!? what a hoot! according to entertainment weekly, the album producers approached anne murray's people about doing a cover of "detachable penis" but they wouldn't even ask her - losers!!!
Thursday, April 04, 2002
alrighty, can't get rid of the mysterious ?s in the Blogscapes Dual Blue Tables from blogskins, so it's time to get a new skin...so for now it's Rainbow Brite...perhaps it's just meant to be, since that quiz i took a few days ago said i was rainbow brite....
got some tinkering to do, still, but it's better than it's been this week...
got some tinkering to do, still, but it's better than it's been this week...
Wednesday, April 03, 2002
time for a little break from work...
CURRENTLY, LORI IS:
workin': one word - ARRRRRRRGH!!!!!!!
groovin': prince - i would die 4 u - on the internet radio....
ponderin': mom and i talked last weekend about the possibility of me moving back in with her...it'd make it much easier to tell this place to just fuck off and maybe be unemployed for a bit. dare to dream lori, dare to dream....
raggin': urgh, damned period. i'm starting to wonder tho - are my seizures affected by my menstrual cycle? or vice versa? is there any relation there? hafta take a look at some records here, but they do seem to happen around the same time....*shrug*
CURRENTLY, LORI IS:
workin': one word - ARRRRRRRGH!!!!!!!
groovin': prince - i would die 4 u - on the internet radio....
ponderin': mom and i talked last weekend about the possibility of me moving back in with her...it'd make it much easier to tell this place to just fuck off and maybe be unemployed for a bit. dare to dream lori, dare to dream....
raggin': urgh, damned period. i'm starting to wonder tho - are my seizures affected by my menstrual cycle? or vice versa? is there any relation there? hafta take a look at some records here, but they do seem to happen around the same time....*shrug*
Tuesday, April 02, 2002
quizzes i took a while back and forgot to post:
Just stuffed full of surprises. No one ever knows what you're going to do next. The greatest mystery to you is, naturally, "how do they get the caramel in the Caramilk bars?"
Which Rainbow Brite kid are you? By
Growing.
What Harry Potter student are you?
Take the What Kind of Slacker are you? Quiz
Just stuffed full of surprises. No one ever knows what you're going to do next. The greatest mystery to you is, naturally, "how do they get the caramel in the Caramilk bars?"
Which Rainbow Brite kid are you? By
Growing.
What Harry Potter student are you?
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Dinner suggestion for Nashville, TN - Cock of the Walk restaurant....alrighty Cher-elle, if you say so....
breaktime at worky-work....
currently listening to ani (a mix of live tracks from kazaa), eating some peach ice cream - yummy!!
vivid dreams last night - dreamt i taught pooky how to drive a stick shift, and some other stuff that was really vivid when i first woke up, but now is forgotten...
went to the library today - picked up Patient : The True Story of a Rare Illness by Ben Watt (he's 1/2 of Everything But The Girl)...what i've read thus far is interesting, once i get past all the Brit references.
*sigh* back to the joy that is my job...
currently listening to ani (a mix of live tracks from kazaa), eating some peach ice cream - yummy!!
vivid dreams last night - dreamt i taught pooky how to drive a stick shift, and some other stuff that was really vivid when i first woke up, but now is forgotten...
went to the library today - picked up Patient : The True Story of a Rare Illness by Ben Watt (he's 1/2 of Everything But The Girl)...what i've read thus far is interesting, once i get past all the Brit references.
*sigh* back to the joy that is my job...
Sunday, March 31, 2002
alrighty, if ya couldn't tell, i've switched templates...got the new one from blogskins.com
haven't changed the stuff on the sides, the movies, et al, so don't be thinking that the patriot is a fave movie o mine!
please bear with me whilst i tweak...URGH, i really need to learn html!!!
*8-)
haven't changed the stuff on the sides, the movies, et al, so don't be thinking that the patriot is a fave movie o mine!
please bear with me whilst i tweak...URGH, i really need to learn html!!!
*8-)
saw panic room with mom & greg tonite - it was pretty good, very suspenseful. jodie foster's a hottie, especially in the scenes that they filmed while she was pregnant - nice mommy-to-be boobies! *8-)
one thing i can't figure out, is WHY in the hell people insist on bringing little kids to an R-rated movie. we went to the 9:40 pm showing, and in front of us sat a couple with their 2 or 3 year old kid. a few rows up was a couple with a baby in a car seat, maybe 6 months old! i'm not sure which is worse. the baby cried a few times, but was remarkably well behaved. the 3 year old being there disturbed me more, i think - do we really need kids this age seeing movies where a woman smacks a guy upside the head with a sledgehammer and assorted people are getting shot, etc?!? sorry, but i think if you can afford eight bucks a ticket to go to the movies, you can afford a fucking babysitter, and if not, stay home and rent a fucking video.
one thing i can't figure out, is WHY in the hell people insist on bringing little kids to an R-rated movie. we went to the 9:40 pm showing, and in front of us sat a couple with their 2 or 3 year old kid. a few rows up was a couple with a baby in a car seat, maybe 6 months old! i'm not sure which is worse. the baby cried a few times, but was remarkably well behaved. the 3 year old being there disturbed me more, i think - do we really need kids this age seeing movies where a woman smacks a guy upside the head with a sledgehammer and assorted people are getting shot, etc?!? sorry, but i think if you can afford eight bucks a ticket to go to the movies, you can afford a fucking babysitter, and if not, stay home and rent a fucking video.
Saturday, March 30, 2002
CURRENTLY, LORI IS:
pogoin': i'm totally addicted to Poppit!™ on pogo.com - hangin out in the Rainbow Room...strange, right now it's filled with a bunch of 29 year old dykes, myself included...
watchin': er - listening, actually - to Rendez-View...dunno why, but i've gotten hooked on watching this show (probably cuz it's the only thing remotely watchable on late night tv without the luxury of cable at my apt?) Greg Proops, the main host, is so fucking cool - in fact, on this show he's almost as good as he is on Whose Line Is It Anyway?...there's another chick that serves as host on rendez-view, dunno too much about her, and then they have a couple of 2nd rate celebrities join in the discussion - tonight's episode featured Gervase & Susan from Survivor...they're all discussing a couple that's agreed to have cameras follow them on a blind date that's been arranged by the show. it's amazing to me that people actually volunteer to be on this show - i guess they follow the idea that "there's no such thing as bad publicity" - these people are FREAKS.
watchin': well, now that Rendez-View's over, i'm watching To Tell The Truth - the new version....it's pretty good too, for late nite tv....
achin': i fell on the ice in the parking lot at work wednesday, and i'm still sore as a mofo...the muscles in my thighs and upper arms just ache. driving my car is a bitch, didn't realize what sort of exertion there is on my legs when i'm hitting the clutch and such - it hurts to hit the pedals. *whine whine complain complain* wonder if i can get the trader to pay for a massage therapist? *8-) nice thought, but i doubt it...
pogoin': i'm totally addicted to Poppit!™ on pogo.com - hangin out in the Rainbow Room...strange, right now it's filled with a bunch of 29 year old dykes, myself included...
watchin': er - listening, actually - to Rendez-View...dunno why, but i've gotten hooked on watching this show (probably cuz it's the only thing remotely watchable on late night tv without the luxury of cable at my apt?) Greg Proops, the main host, is so fucking cool - in fact, on this show he's almost as good as he is on Whose Line Is It Anyway?...there's another chick that serves as host on rendez-view, dunno too much about her, and then they have a couple of 2nd rate celebrities join in the discussion - tonight's episode featured Gervase & Susan from Survivor...they're all discussing a couple that's agreed to have cameras follow them on a blind date that's been arranged by the show. it's amazing to me that people actually volunteer to be on this show - i guess they follow the idea that "there's no such thing as bad publicity" - these people are FREAKS.
watchin': well, now that Rendez-View's over, i'm watching To Tell The Truth - the new version....it's pretty good too, for late nite tv....
achin': i fell on the ice in the parking lot at work wednesday, and i'm still sore as a mofo...the muscles in my thighs and upper arms just ache. driving my car is a bitch, didn't realize what sort of exertion there is on my legs when i'm hitting the clutch and such - it hurts to hit the pedals. *whine whine complain complain* wonder if i can get the trader to pay for a massage therapist? *8-) nice thought, but i doubt it...
Friday, March 29, 2002
well, mom took me to the movies today - to see E.T. - just as she did 20 years ago. awwww...it's such a vivid childhood memory, going to see the movie - yet it's amazing that i barely remembered the movie at all...it was good to see it again. and i also forgot how good reese's pieces were too...hard to believe it was TWENTY YEARS AGO!
for alternately funny as hell and offensive as hell t-shirts, check out tshirthell.com - this month's shirt reads Infected by Pamela Anderson...the WWJD (for a KLONDIKE bar?) cracked me up...
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Thursday, March 28, 2002
debbie emailed me a link, but my cable-modem deprived computer just ain't havin it - hafta check it at mom's, i guess....
anyways, it's http://www.siccoproductionz.com/delta.html
anyways, it's http://www.siccoproductionz.com/delta.html
discovery health has a sensuality test online at http://discoveryhealth.queendom.com/access_sensuality.html
so, here are my results...dag nabit, they need a bit of html for us to plug our results into our weblogs!!! isn't that what online tests are all about these days?!?
About Sensuality
Sensuality is to be acutely aware of what the senses perceive. This preoccupation or devotion to that which is smelled, touched, heard, tasted, and seen has some bearing on how one experiences life…and sex.
Studies have shown that people who are exceptionally sensual are very process-oriented. In life, this means enjoying the present moment and not always being hung up on the future or the past. What is going on around at the present moment is enough to capture the sensual individuals full attention. This is an excellent recipe for happiness. In matters of sex, being process-oriented means NOT being driven by the goal of orgasm. Instead it means enjoying sex for the experience itself, basking in the actual act and not driving to a climactic finish.
Results of the Sensuality Test
Sensuality Index
Your score = 67
What does your score mean?
You seem to have found a balance between absolute asceticism and utter hedonism. You enjoy the titillation of the senses, but aren't driven to senseless ecstasy by the smell of a flower, the taste of rich chocolate cake with whipped cream, or the touch of a lover. You are able to appreciate and even lose yourself in the sights, smells, sounds, tastes, and feel of life. But you aren't totally pleasure-driven and you are able to keep your emotions balanced.
You are able to stay focused and to persevere, even though you might be trudging through a particularly dull or insipid period of life. Sometimes, it is necessary to relinquish an attachment to the physically divine in order to attain goals or to move ahead. Your ability to control your sensual side means that you aren't perpetually distracted by what you feel, see, hear, touch, and taste.
As far as sex goes, you enjoy the process of lingering lovemaking. During sex, the senses are more acute, and you drink in the touch, sight, sounds, and smell of your lover. There is always room to improve this tendency of yours, and your lover will certainly appreciate your devotion to the senses!
If you would like, you can intensify your sensual side by taking note of the present moment, by using your eyes, ears, nose, and fingertips to explore all of the stimuli that whirl around you at any given time. Remember to be careful not to indulge gluttonously on physical pleasures to your own detriment (careless sex, drugs, alcohol, or too much chocolate, etc.).
You only have one life and your senses are there to help you enjoy it. So get to it!
so, here are my results...dag nabit, they need a bit of html for us to plug our results into our weblogs!!! isn't that what online tests are all about these days?!?
About Sensuality
Sensuality is to be acutely aware of what the senses perceive. This preoccupation or devotion to that which is smelled, touched, heard, tasted, and seen has some bearing on how one experiences life…and sex.
Studies have shown that people who are exceptionally sensual are very process-oriented. In life, this means enjoying the present moment and not always being hung up on the future or the past. What is going on around at the present moment is enough to capture the sensual individuals full attention. This is an excellent recipe for happiness. In matters of sex, being process-oriented means NOT being driven by the goal of orgasm. Instead it means enjoying sex for the experience itself, basking in the actual act and not driving to a climactic finish.
Results of the Sensuality Test
Sensuality Index
Your score = 67
What does your score mean?
You seem to have found a balance between absolute asceticism and utter hedonism. You enjoy the titillation of the senses, but aren't driven to senseless ecstasy by the smell of a flower, the taste of rich chocolate cake with whipped cream, or the touch of a lover. You are able to appreciate and even lose yourself in the sights, smells, sounds, tastes, and feel of life. But you aren't totally pleasure-driven and you are able to keep your emotions balanced.
You are able to stay focused and to persevere, even though you might be trudging through a particularly dull or insipid period of life. Sometimes, it is necessary to relinquish an attachment to the physically divine in order to attain goals or to move ahead. Your ability to control your sensual side means that you aren't perpetually distracted by what you feel, see, hear, touch, and taste.
As far as sex goes, you enjoy the process of lingering lovemaking. During sex, the senses are more acute, and you drink in the touch, sight, sounds, and smell of your lover. There is always room to improve this tendency of yours, and your lover will certainly appreciate your devotion to the senses!
If you would like, you can intensify your sensual side by taking note of the present moment, by using your eyes, ears, nose, and fingertips to explore all of the stimuli that whirl around you at any given time. Remember to be careful not to indulge gluttonously on physical pleasures to your own detriment (careless sex, drugs, alcohol, or too much chocolate, etc.).
You only have one life and your senses are there to help you enjoy it. So get to it!
Wednesday, March 27, 2002
Tuesday, March 26, 2002
time for a little break from work...
CURRENTLY, LORI IS:
groovin': ya know, that launch.yahoo.com ain't too bad - i can listen to stuff thru my computer and it's easy to click through the crap ya don't like - it's a radio station with a fast forward button...currently playing Fast Car by Tracy Chapman...er, make that Life In A Northern Town by Dream Academy - hit a late 80's - early 90's cluster, i guess...
chappin': my fuckin lips are chapped - the upper ones, smart ass. *8-) we're into the first week of spring and we've had more winter weather than we did all winter...fucking greenhouse effect, probably - we'll be having 30 degree summer days and 70 degree christmases from now on....
yawnin': dunno why, but i've been yawning a lot tonight - seems to be going around the room...amazing how contagious a yawn can be...
CURRENTLY, LORI IS:
groovin': ya know, that launch.yahoo.com ain't too bad - i can listen to stuff thru my computer and it's easy to click through the crap ya don't like - it's a radio station with a fast forward button...currently playing Fast Car by Tracy Chapman...er, make that Life In A Northern Town by Dream Academy - hit a late 80's - early 90's cluster, i guess...
chappin': my fuckin lips are chapped - the upper ones, smart ass. *8-) we're into the first week of spring and we've had more winter weather than we did all winter...fucking greenhouse effect, probably - we'll be having 30 degree summer days and 70 degree christmases from now on....
yawnin': dunno why, but i've been yawning a lot tonight - seems to be going around the room...amazing how contagious a yawn can be...
Saturday, March 23, 2002
Friday, March 22, 2002
Who's Your 80s Movie Icon Alter-Ego? Find out @ She's Crafty
Which John Cusack Are You?
alrighty, a description of the video eeg....
well, it's like a regular eeg, only longer and with a camera watching you.
i guess i could offer a few more details. *8-)
first, lemme add a disclaimer...the following is MY experience of having a video eeg at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis - YMMV. (er, that's Your Mileage May Vary for you internet-acronym-challenged types)...i know my experience will be different from others because i was a bit difficult in having this procedure scheduled - my neurologist insisted i have the video eeg done at the hospital attached to his office, Community Hospital, but after having one problem after another getting the thing scheduled and then cancelled because their equipment wasn't working, i told him i wanted it done at St. Vincent. since he's not credentialled at that hospital, a partner in his office (who'd never seen me before) came to visit me in the hospital. had i done it the way my neuro wanted, i would probably seen my regular doctor while i was having my testing done.
so, they told me to show up at the hospital at 6:45 am. i arrived and asked the information desk where i needed to go. they sent me to outpatient registration - weird, i thought, since i was staying IN the hospital for my test, but oh well. i navigate my way to the registration office and they tell me i'm supposed to go to the inpatient registration, which was right next to the information desk i originally started at. so i get there and sit around and wait (why they drilled into my head i HAD to be there at 6:45AM, i don't know) and then finally speak to a woman to get registered. i give her my insurance card and she asks if i've been a patient there before...i tell her no and give her all my pertinent information - address, phone, work info, emergency contacts, blah blah blah...then she tells me that she entered my info into the computer wrong, as an outpatient or some such, so i have to give it to her again. then something else happens during the process and i have to give her all the info _again_...then we find that i actually DO have a record in their system (i'd forgotten that i'd been a patient in that hospital when i had a seizure in my car when driving my brother & sister back to their house) but i'm in there as Lori Southerland and so we have to re-enter everything yet again...alrighty, so we get all my info entered and the clerk tells me they haven't assigned me a bed yet. argh! i've had this damned thing scheduled for WEEKS! i started getting frustrated and banged my head on the table - she asks me if i'm okay, and i tell her i've run into one problem after another trying to get this thing scheduled. she assures me that it's going to be taken care of, that we can go ahead and get ready in the eeg lab.
so, it's off to the eeg lab. i sit around and wait a bit - they ask me if i want to go get some breakfast, because it turns out that my room won't be ready until 9am. apparently the floor i'm to be staying on has been remodeled, and all the rooms had been in a different area prior to that day and that was the day that everyone was getting moved back. of course, i'd had breakfast at 4am and was just ready to get this stuff going, so they tell me to hang out for a bit, then they'll get me all hooked up. (remind me again why i had to be here at 6:45am?) i get changed into my jammies and then go into the eeg room and climb onto the bed. i look ahead of me and find i'm being stared at by Larry, the cucumber from Veggie Tales. i look at the ceiling and find myself being watched by the Cookie Monster and Big Bird. a look to the right and i see Zoe and Ernie. a look to the left, there's Eeyore. i say to the eeg technician, "errr, lemme guess...you usually test children in this room?" she tells me yes. so i lie back and stare at Cookie Monster and the eeg tech explains to me what's going to happen - she's got a red grease pencil and a tape measure and she takes various measurements of my head and makes a mark on each special spot. once she's got all the appropriate marks made, she tells me she'll be placing a small piece of gauze on the spot, putting a liquid adhesive on that and then placing the electrode on top of that - then she uses an air compressor to affix the electrodes to my head. it's a weird sensation - a mix of slight pain from these things being pressed very hard onto my skull, combined with the loud noise of the cold air bursting from the air compressor, which tickles a bit.
so, there are 25 of these electrodes on my head - each with a colored wire (rainbow colors!) that's plugged into a little box (about the size of a paperback book) with a strap on it for me to carry around, should i need to go to the bathroom or whatever. additionally, they put two monitors on my chest and one below my left eye - it's to monitor eye movements when i have a seizure. so, the little box full o' wires has a computer cable connected to it. when we get up to my room (at 10am) we connect the cable to the computer in the room - the computer's less than 10 feet away from my bed, with a camera perched atop the monitor. on the monitor there's a box showing what the camera's capturing, and a window with all the eeg activity. i notice the computer has a dvd drive on it and ask the eeg tech if she brought me any movies, but i guess she didn't get the joke. apparently the info the computer gets is burned onto a dvd. a picture here shows you what the setup is like, though i'm sure my setup was older than the one pictured.
so, i climb into bed and get ready for my close-ups. since the camera is trained on the bed, that's where i spend most of my time, except when i arrange all my cords and wires properly and walk to the bathroom. i keep busy with the magazines and stuff i brought, or by watching tv. while looking at the eeg, i notice that when i raise my eyebrows all the waves go crazy, so i spend time being goofy and seeing how various facial expressions effect the waves on the screen. yup, i'm definitely bored. i spend a LOT of time sleeping, making sure all the cords and such don't get tangled and start pulling me in different directions.
since i'm not really sick, i don't see many people - they don't really come in to check on me, except when they're bringing me meals, or meds (i'm not taking my seizure meds the whole time i'm there, but i do take all my other meds), or writing down my stats (blood pressure, temp, blood sugar, etc)...the phone in the room is rather strange - the ring on it is very low, and it doesn't really sound like a ringing phone. who knows how many calls i missed. *shrug*
so monday turns into tuesday....no seizures, nothing. i ask the doctor if they're going to try to induce a seizure in me or anything...he has me take a series of deep breaths, but that doesn't do anything...i ask him if they're getting any useful information out of this, even if i don't have a seizure. he tells me that there may be seizure activity recorded even if i don't feel as though i've had a seizure. he also tells me he doesn't know anything about my case, that he's just a middleman for my regular neurologist. i feel a bit cheated, but then i also realize it's partially my fault - it was me that INSISTED i have the test done here rather than at Community. he tells me he'll see me the next day and vanishes before i know it - he was probably in the room less than 2 minutes, deep breathing session included.
so tuesday turns into wednesday...still no seizures...spend lots of time sleeping...wednesday turns into thursday and they release me thursday morning, having had no seizures...the shower i took on thursday was delightful - a great feeling, not being attached to cables and stuck carrying this little purse around. the glue they used to attach the electrodes to my head is some heavy duty stuff - i washed my hair twice, really scrubbing, but still had lots of stuff in my hair. it looks like i've got a serious case of dandruff, but i know it'll all come out eventually. the eeg tech says it could take up to 3 weeks to get all the stuff out, but i think it'll be long gone before then. she also told me i could use nail polish remover to get it out - yeah, i've got tons of that just sitting around at home! *8-) i'll just go with the extra scrubby hair washings, thanks...
amazing how 3.5 days in the hospital can be a vacation, but it really was - not having to deal with work, getting plenty of sleep, it left me feeling really good...not sure how long that feeling will last, but oh well...
i think the fact that i didn't have any seizures even with ZERO seizure meds in my system says a lot - i think the fact that i wasn't stressed and i got lots of sleep made it harder for me to actually have a seizure - they need to have me hooked up at work! it makes me think about the job thing and whether i should request a new schedule or something...*ponder*....
so now i'll sit around and wait to hear from the doc as far as what the test told him...where we go from there, who knows...
well, it's like a regular eeg, only longer and with a camera watching you.
i guess i could offer a few more details. *8-)
first, lemme add a disclaimer...the following is MY experience of having a video eeg at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis - YMMV. (er, that's Your Mileage May Vary for you internet-acronym-challenged types)...i know my experience will be different from others because i was a bit difficult in having this procedure scheduled - my neurologist insisted i have the video eeg done at the hospital attached to his office, Community Hospital, but after having one problem after another getting the thing scheduled and then cancelled because their equipment wasn't working, i told him i wanted it done at St. Vincent. since he's not credentialled at that hospital, a partner in his office (who'd never seen me before) came to visit me in the hospital. had i done it the way my neuro wanted, i would probably seen my regular doctor while i was having my testing done.
so, they told me to show up at the hospital at 6:45 am. i arrived and asked the information desk where i needed to go. they sent me to outpatient registration - weird, i thought, since i was staying IN the hospital for my test, but oh well. i navigate my way to the registration office and they tell me i'm supposed to go to the inpatient registration, which was right next to the information desk i originally started at. so i get there and sit around and wait (why they drilled into my head i HAD to be there at 6:45AM, i don't know) and then finally speak to a woman to get registered. i give her my insurance card and she asks if i've been a patient there before...i tell her no and give her all my pertinent information - address, phone, work info, emergency contacts, blah blah blah...then she tells me that she entered my info into the computer wrong, as an outpatient or some such, so i have to give it to her again. then something else happens during the process and i have to give her all the info _again_...then we find that i actually DO have a record in their system (i'd forgotten that i'd been a patient in that hospital when i had a seizure in my car when driving my brother & sister back to their house) but i'm in there as Lori Southerland and so we have to re-enter everything yet again...alrighty, so we get all my info entered and the clerk tells me they haven't assigned me a bed yet. argh! i've had this damned thing scheduled for WEEKS! i started getting frustrated and banged my head on the table - she asks me if i'm okay, and i tell her i've run into one problem after another trying to get this thing scheduled. she assures me that it's going to be taken care of, that we can go ahead and get ready in the eeg lab.
so, it's off to the eeg lab. i sit around and wait a bit - they ask me if i want to go get some breakfast, because it turns out that my room won't be ready until 9am. apparently the floor i'm to be staying on has been remodeled, and all the rooms had been in a different area prior to that day and that was the day that everyone was getting moved back. of course, i'd had breakfast at 4am and was just ready to get this stuff going, so they tell me to hang out for a bit, then they'll get me all hooked up. (remind me again why i had to be here at 6:45am?) i get changed into my jammies and then go into the eeg room and climb onto the bed. i look ahead of me and find i'm being stared at by Larry, the cucumber from Veggie Tales. i look at the ceiling and find myself being watched by the Cookie Monster and Big Bird. a look to the right and i see Zoe and Ernie. a look to the left, there's Eeyore. i say to the eeg technician, "errr, lemme guess...you usually test children in this room?" she tells me yes. so i lie back and stare at Cookie Monster and the eeg tech explains to me what's going to happen - she's got a red grease pencil and a tape measure and she takes various measurements of my head and makes a mark on each special spot. once she's got all the appropriate marks made, she tells me she'll be placing a small piece of gauze on the spot, putting a liquid adhesive on that and then placing the electrode on top of that - then she uses an air compressor to affix the electrodes to my head. it's a weird sensation - a mix of slight pain from these things being pressed very hard onto my skull, combined with the loud noise of the cold air bursting from the air compressor, which tickles a bit.
so, there are 25 of these electrodes on my head - each with a colored wire (rainbow colors!) that's plugged into a little box (about the size of a paperback book) with a strap on it for me to carry around, should i need to go to the bathroom or whatever. additionally, they put two monitors on my chest and one below my left eye - it's to monitor eye movements when i have a seizure. so, the little box full o' wires has a computer cable connected to it. when we get up to my room (at 10am) we connect the cable to the computer in the room - the computer's less than 10 feet away from my bed, with a camera perched atop the monitor. on the monitor there's a box showing what the camera's capturing, and a window with all the eeg activity. i notice the computer has a dvd drive on it and ask the eeg tech if she brought me any movies, but i guess she didn't get the joke. apparently the info the computer gets is burned onto a dvd. a picture here shows you what the setup is like, though i'm sure my setup was older than the one pictured.
so, i climb into bed and get ready for my close-ups. since the camera is trained on the bed, that's where i spend most of my time, except when i arrange all my cords and wires properly and walk to the bathroom. i keep busy with the magazines and stuff i brought, or by watching tv. while looking at the eeg, i notice that when i raise my eyebrows all the waves go crazy, so i spend time being goofy and seeing how various facial expressions effect the waves on the screen. yup, i'm definitely bored. i spend a LOT of time sleeping, making sure all the cords and such don't get tangled and start pulling me in different directions.
since i'm not really sick, i don't see many people - they don't really come in to check on me, except when they're bringing me meals, or meds (i'm not taking my seizure meds the whole time i'm there, but i do take all my other meds), or writing down my stats (blood pressure, temp, blood sugar, etc)...the phone in the room is rather strange - the ring on it is very low, and it doesn't really sound like a ringing phone. who knows how many calls i missed. *shrug*
so monday turns into tuesday....no seizures, nothing. i ask the doctor if they're going to try to induce a seizure in me or anything...he has me take a series of deep breaths, but that doesn't do anything...i ask him if they're getting any useful information out of this, even if i don't have a seizure. he tells me that there may be seizure activity recorded even if i don't feel as though i've had a seizure. he also tells me he doesn't know anything about my case, that he's just a middleman for my regular neurologist. i feel a bit cheated, but then i also realize it's partially my fault - it was me that INSISTED i have the test done here rather than at Community. he tells me he'll see me the next day and vanishes before i know it - he was probably in the room less than 2 minutes, deep breathing session included.
so tuesday turns into wednesday...still no seizures...spend lots of time sleeping...wednesday turns into thursday and they release me thursday morning, having had no seizures...the shower i took on thursday was delightful - a great feeling, not being attached to cables and stuck carrying this little purse around. the glue they used to attach the electrodes to my head is some heavy duty stuff - i washed my hair twice, really scrubbing, but still had lots of stuff in my hair. it looks like i've got a serious case of dandruff, but i know it'll all come out eventually. the eeg tech says it could take up to 3 weeks to get all the stuff out, but i think it'll be long gone before then. she also told me i could use nail polish remover to get it out - yeah, i've got tons of that just sitting around at home! *8-) i'll just go with the extra scrubby hair washings, thanks...
amazing how 3.5 days in the hospital can be a vacation, but it really was - not having to deal with work, getting plenty of sleep, it left me feeling really good...not sure how long that feeling will last, but oh well...
i think the fact that i didn't have any seizures even with ZERO seizure meds in my system says a lot - i think the fact that i wasn't stressed and i got lots of sleep made it harder for me to actually have a seizure - they need to have me hooked up at work! it makes me think about the job thing and whether i should request a new schedule or something...*ponder*....
so now i'll sit around and wait to hear from the doc as far as what the test told him...where we go from there, who knows...
Thursday, March 21, 2002
Monday, March 18, 2002
gotta take a few quizzes before heading to the hospital!!
Find out which LifeSaver you are.
What is your meaning of life?
Take the High Yield Killing Method Test Now!!
Victims are tied into you and stretched inch by agonizing inch, until they are either rent limb from limb or they confess. Or hey, maybe both. Not as bad as some people, someone tells you what you want to hear you'll feel better.
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Find out which LifeSaver you are.
What is your meaning of life?
Take the High Yield Killing Method Test Now!!
Victims are tied into you and stretched inch by agonizing inch, until they are either rent limb from limb or they confess. Or hey, maybe both. Not as bad as some people, someone tells you what you want to hear you'll feel better.
What torture would you be?
gotta be at the hospital in less than 3 hours - how am i gonna live without being on a computer (either working or just fucking off on the net) for 3 days or so? eeeek! yup, i guess i truly am a net.addict. even when i'm not blogging or emailing, i'm just surfing the web, reading fark or catching up on the local news....
Sunday, March 17, 2002
alrighty, work week from hell #3 is over and done with, and i'm halfway through a lost weekend - been too busy catching up on all the sleep i lost at the beginning of the week to actually get anything accomplished. *sigh* i wasn't really thinking of next week as a "vacation", but now i'm starting to feel that way - just the thought of being as far away as possible from the crap at work is heavenly, even if i am gonna be locked up in a hospital room for half a week with wires attached to everything. *shrug*
i worked 43+ hours in 3 days - yeah, okay, i know doctors and people like that do that shit all the time, but i sure as hell am NOT taking home a paycheck like them either. and it's not like we get any sort of appreciation for what we do either - i think our department is definitely taken for granted. at this point, all i can think is "be careful what you wish for - you just might get it" - here i was thinking i was ready for more work and more responsibilities and now that i've got them, ARGH! they're driving me nuts! who knows, perhaps kim will read them the riot act at work and it won't happen again (she PROMISED us it wouldn't) but i'm not holding my breath. it's nice to hear her say it and all, but hey, if the freakin sales dept wants to quadruple the work load on us in a given week, she can't really stop it.
i worked 43+ hours in 3 days - yeah, okay, i know doctors and people like that do that shit all the time, but i sure as hell am NOT taking home a paycheck like them either. and it's not like we get any sort of appreciation for what we do either - i think our department is definitely taken for granted. at this point, all i can think is "be careful what you wish for - you just might get it" - here i was thinking i was ready for more work and more responsibilities and now that i've got them, ARGH! they're driving me nuts! who knows, perhaps kim will read them the riot act at work and it won't happen again (she PROMISED us it wouldn't) but i'm not holding my breath. it's nice to hear her say it and all, but hey, if the freakin sales dept wants to quadruple the work load on us in a given week, she can't really stop it.
Sunday, March 10, 2002
another good mah jongg night...*8-) played quite a few games, had chinese food, then watched several episodes of "trading spaces" - there was a weird one on tonight, the designer (hildy, i think) actually glued HAY to the walls, painted the ceiling magenta (tho she called it terra cotta) and did other weird things...didn't look as horrible as you'd think, but this was in a house with CHILDREN. oh yeah!
no work tomorrow - whoo hoo! i just hope that doesn't mean that we get so far behind this week that we have another hellacious wednesday. should be better than usual since the debster will be starting.
speaking of work...saw clare yesterday. was walking into my apartment and she was sweeping off her porch...i said hi, she said hi, asked how she was doing, she said okay...couldn't even look me in the eye though. *shrug* dunno what to think of that whole situation....
march 18th's rapidly approaching...that's when i go to st. vincent's for my video eeg...here's how the web site describes what'll be happening for the 3 days i'm there in the hospital:
"Video EEG (VEEG)
Is a procedure in which a patient undergoes a continuous EEG while being videotaped. This procedure can last between eight hours to three days, depending on the episodes the physician wishes to capture. VEEG is often used to help diagnose seizures and seizure types or to help regulate anti-seizure medications.
Although the patient is encouraged to maintain normal daily activities at the hospital while undergoing a VEEG, there are some restrictions to area of movement due to the perimeter of the video camera and wiring from the EEG leads.
When undergoing the procedure, the patient visits St.Vincent’s 5 West Neurology department. After electrodes are placed and a baseline EEG is obtained, the patient is assisted into bed while the EEG machine and video camera’s recording computers are programmed. During the test, which may last 8-72 hours, the patient stays within camera range, except during bathroom breaks and baths. Following the test, the EEG technologists scan all of the recordings and create a final tape that represents awake times, sleep times and event times. The neurologist then reviews the data and interprets the results. The information can be very helpful in successfully treating episodes."
hope something useful comes outta this....
no work tomorrow - whoo hoo! i just hope that doesn't mean that we get so far behind this week that we have another hellacious wednesday. should be better than usual since the debster will be starting.
speaking of work...saw clare yesterday. was walking into my apartment and she was sweeping off her porch...i said hi, she said hi, asked how she was doing, she said okay...couldn't even look me in the eye though. *shrug* dunno what to think of that whole situation....
march 18th's rapidly approaching...that's when i go to st. vincent's for my video eeg...here's how the web site describes what'll be happening for the 3 days i'm there in the hospital:
"Video EEG (VEEG)
Is a procedure in which a patient undergoes a continuous EEG while being videotaped. This procedure can last between eight hours to three days, depending on the episodes the physician wishes to capture. VEEG is often used to help diagnose seizures and seizure types or to help regulate anti-seizure medications.
Although the patient is encouraged to maintain normal daily activities at the hospital while undergoing a VEEG, there are some restrictions to area of movement due to the perimeter of the video camera and wiring from the EEG leads.
When undergoing the procedure, the patient visits St.Vincent’s 5 West Neurology department. After electrodes are placed and a baseline EEG is obtained, the patient is assisted into bed while the EEG machine and video camera’s recording computers are programmed. During the test, which may last 8-72 hours, the patient stays within camera range, except during bathroom breaks and baths. Following the test, the EEG technologists scan all of the recordings and create a final tape that represents awake times, sleep times and event times. The neurologist then reviews the data and interprets the results. The information can be very helpful in successfully treating episodes."
hope something useful comes outta this....
Saturday, March 09, 2002
I'm the badass burgundy patent Doc Marten...
I'm cool as hell, I'm deep,
and maybe a little dark
Which Doc Marten are you?
(by *coffeebean*)
 If I were a Tetris block, I would be a L-Shaped Tetris Block! I am flexible, creative and innovative. I can be used in a variety of ways, for many different purposes; I'm probably bisexual, or at least I sleep around a lot. Use me right, and I will make your world a better place. |
big surprise here...
I love you man. You are probably the drink with the most fan clubs ever. A lot of people depend of you and your caffeine content to keep them up all night. Others are just addicted.
Find your inner cola.
I love you man. You are probably the drink with the most fan clubs ever. A lot of people depend of you and your caffeine content to keep them up all night. Others are just addicted.
Find your inner cola.
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