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11:46 am
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friends lists and locked entries
Just as an FYI - until journal codes are updated to make me able to DELETE the people I DO NOT WANT reading entries, most of my more personal stuff is going to be friends locked. That should not affect most anyone here, as I refriend anyone who friends me as is not a spam bot or serial friender (you know who you are - GO AWAY!). Most of my stuff won't be locked.
This is not anything going on in fandom. I rarely say anything I don't want the public to know. Heaven knows, I have plenty of journals on email-watch I have never friended. Mostly so I can read the fics I want without havign to friend and read the RL and other fandoms I don't want to read. I have nothing against doing that. But "sexy russians" and the people adding just because they can are what annoy me.
Oh, and the people I know who are still watching these journals, even after unfriending me so I can't read your posts and fics? Bite me.
Current Mood:  grumpy
Tags: fyi
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09:42 am
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windows7
wondering if anyone knows about Windows7? Are WinXP programs compatable? Anyone used it yet?
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08:17 am
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slap your coworker day :-)
from slash_girl!
Slap Your Co-Worker Day is coming October 23 rd!!
October 23rd is the official Slap Your Irritating Co-workers Holiday:
Do you have a co-worker who talks nonstop about nothing, working your last nerve with tedious and boring details that you don't care about?
Do you have a co-worker who ALWAYS screws up stuff creating MORE work for you?
Do you have a co-worker who kisses so much booty; you can look in their mouth and see what your boss had for lunch?
Do you have a co-worker who is SOOO obnoxious, when he/she enters a room, everyone else clears it?
Well, on behalf of Ike Turner, I am so very very glad to officially announce
SLAP YOUR IRRITATING CO-WORKER DAY!
Here are the rules you must follow:
* You can only slap one person per hour - no more.
* You can slap the same person again if they irritate you again in the same day.
* You are allowed to hold someone down as other co-workers take their turns slapping the irritant.
* No weapons are allowed...other than going upside somebody's head with a stapler or a hole-puncher.
* If questioned by a supervisor [or police, if the supervisor is the irritant], you are allowed to LIE, LIE, LIE!
Now, study the rules, break out your list of folks that you want to slap the living day lights out of and get to slapping on October 23rd.....
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11:09 am
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tarot meme
You may all now bow down to me ;-)
You are The High Priestess
Science, Wisdom, Knowledge, Education.
The High Priestess is the card of knowledge, instinctual, supernatural, secret knowledge. She holds scrolls of arcane information that she might, or might not reveal to you. The moon crown on her head as well as the crescent by her foot indicates her willingness to illuminate what you otherwise might not see, reveal the secrets you need to know. The High Priestess is also associated with the moon however and can also indicate change or fluxuation, particularily when it comes to your moods.
What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.
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11:56 am
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tardis' in disguise?
Anyone ever notice how much a port a potty from a distance looks like a TARDIS?
Church has their 120yr Birthday tomorrow. Hay rides, bouncy house, singing, and some rocky-chirstian-group in the evening. Sunday AM, church service followed by a carry-in dinner.
I have to work all weekeknd, because work "will be busy". Everyone else can get a day off, but I have to fall on my face to get 4 hours off! *gggrrrrrrr*
Current Mood:  blah
Tags: rl, tardis
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10:42 am
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bi-phobic bingo card
Think Herb sent me in this place. Anyway, I SCORED in bingo! *Claps*
http://community.feministing.com/2009/09/biphobic-bingo.html
Crossed out every last one. *Iz so proud* Still wanna know who I win (if someone can tell me what I missed in the first 30mins of Criminal minds last night, and where Spencer was, that will suffice)
Current Mood: sore, still
Tags: rl, sexuality
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12:57 pm
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Phelps A Thon - Westboro Baptist at it again/still
This is shareable. Share away.
more info about those Westboro Baptist Church/phelps ...jerks. I think this is a lovely response. I like the idea of turning the hate into a productive discussion about homosexuality. I hope to donate something to them.
http://www.phelps-a-thon.com/northcentral.html
North Central High School Phelps-A-Thon
Fred Phelps’ clan is coming to North Central High School in Indianapolis! The “God Hates Fags
” Westboro Baptist Church is planning to picket the school’s production of The Laramie Project, a play about Matthew Shepard, the young man who was killed in an anti-gay hate-crime.
The Westboro Baptist Church wrote on their website, “Matt is STILL in hell, deal with it.” Fred Phelps and his group travel all across the United States spreading their message of hate and lies about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.
However, when the Phelps group comes to North Central High School to protest, they will actually be raising money for LGBT equality at the school!
We are hosting a Phelps-A-Thon to counter Fred Phelps’ hateful message. For every minute the “God Hates Fags” clan is protesting, we will be collecting donations that will be split between the North Central High School Gay/Straight Alliance and Indiana Youth Group (IYG). (Pledge Online) “IYG provides a safe place, a confidential environment, youth development programs and support services which foster personal strength and wellness among self-identified lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender young people. IYG advocates on their behalf in schools, on the streets, and in the community.”
The Phelps clan will be protesting at the high school from 2:55 PM to 3:30 PM on September 24th. You can pledge any amount you chose, whether it be $0.25, $0.50, $1, or even $2 for every minute they protest. You can even pledge a flat rate for the entire time the group will be demonstrating. (Pledge Online- http://www.emailmeform.com/fid.php?formid=420989
The point of this Phelps-A-Thon is two fold. First, we are using Phelps’ own hateful message to raise funds for a good cause, one that will help counter the lies that are being spread about LGBT people. Second, After the event, we will send Phelps a thank you card, telling him how much money he raised for LGBT equality. This will certainly upset the group and it is possible that they will stop protesting in order to stop our fundraising.
During a three month trek across the United States in an effort to promote LGBT equality, Chris Mason, Founder of Phelps-A-Thon.com, stopped in Topeka, Kansas to visit the Westboro Baptist Church. He sat down for a conversation with Shirley Phelps, the daughter of Fred Phelps and new leader of the group to get a better understanding of why the groups feels the need to spread hate.
On the “God Hates Fags” website, Phelps has this to say about the upcoming protest at the school:
North Central High School - Matt is STILL in hell, deal w/it 1801 E 86th St Check out our new song on the subject of God's wrath sung to "I'm Bad", called "God Is Mad". Here are some of the lyrics: "Your God is mad; Gonna tell you right. You show your filth, in broad daylight. We're telling you,'Bout how God feels You won't obey. You're so self-willed Come On, Come On, Listen to us, All Right. He's given you the chance to see His blessings on this whole country. We're telling you, Just
shut your mouth He knows your sin, What you're about. Well you say his wrath has limits, but you know that's so untrue. My friends you ain't seen nothin'! Just wait till God gets through. Because you're bad, you're bad,come on(Bad, bad, really, really bad) And God is mad, he's mad, you know it (Mad, mad - really, really mad) You've sinned so bad, Admit it - you know it (Bad, bad - really, really bad) And the whole world has to answer to God Just to tell you once again, God's mad!" And to show His wrath, God has killed Matthew Sheperd. God has also let you dummies put the Antichrist in the Whitehouse. So, stand by for more wrath. Praise God! AMEN!”
We can turn these hateful words into positive change.
Thank you.
Message from Chris Mason, Founder of Phelps-A-Thon.com:
It is unfortunate that WBC has decided to picket North Central High school. However, there are some positives to be found. The protest is opening up dialogue about the discrimination faced by LGBT people in society and how to combat that homophobia. The school's production of The Laramie Project is receiving more publicity and more people will see the important play. Thousands of dollars are being raised to benefit LGBT youth at NCHS and throughout the state of Indiana.
I wish we could completely ignore their hateful message and place them on a deserted island. But the truth of the matter is that students at NCHS and folks in the community will see and hear their awful message. Many students at NCHS and citizens of Indianapolis are hurt by WBC's message and are looking for a way to respond. I believe it is right to give the students and community members a positive, productive way to respond to the hateful messages of the Westboro Baptist Church. That is exactly what the Phelps-A-Thon does.
Below are some of the comments left by folks who have pledged to the NCHS Phelps-A-Thon.
....http://www.phelps-a-thon.com/northcentral.html
Current Mood: annoyed
Tags: glbt, matt shepard, rl
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08:57 pm
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GDL as Holmes?
a...um... new Sherlock Holmes movie - with GDL as Holmes (?, I think). Fighting monsters.
http://theasylum.cc/product.php?id=164
Current Mood:  amused
Tags: gdl, ianto, tw
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10:25 am
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diviant art editorial
I found this interesting, and so true about today's paranoia.
http://news.deviantart.com/article/93825/
" Why is it when I go out and about with nothing more than a camera am I followed, distrusted and approached as if I am a criminal?
I went to a local shopping centre today with my wife and son, as normal I took my camera with me, my son went with my wife down a set of escalators I stood at the top waiting for him to come up and took the lens cap off to take his picture, as soon as I did I was approached by a "jobsworth" and told I could not take any pictures in the centre, I ask why and was told I could be a threat, I told him to go away, he did, I still took the shot. ....." read more at the link.
Current Mood: aggravated
Tags: paranoia, rl
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09:46 am
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my face update
Hey! Update on my face. It's still there ;-) Got a lovely swollen right side. Feels like the worstest sinus headache *evar!* Oh, and the only obvious bruise is right under my eye, looks like I missed with the lipstick. Should try to get a picture. Little scratch under my glasses nose piece. Still need to get the glasses straightened, but wanted some swelling to go don a bit, it hurts to place the glasses where they belong. All in all, I was pretty dam lucky. No concusion, no major trauma. Just some deep bruising and swelling.And this damn headache whenever I bend over.*I need to clean, damnit!* Oh, and can't eat crunchy or big stuff. Jaw hurts. Now, that's all :-))
Current Mood: sore
Tags: my face, rl
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06:00 pm
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my face hurts, and a happy birthday :-)
First, I love semagic - happy birthday to copperbadge and kate_mct
Second, and has nothing to do with birthdays. I am going for a lie down in a bit. Slipped in the walkin at work, and fell on my face into some containers. Right side of my face is swollen up, feels almost like I have a sinus infection. Think I might be pretty colors tomorrow.If I am still sore tomorrow, one of my work mates will take me to the care center.
Current Mood:  sore
Tags: boo-boos, rl
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07:46 pm
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just about ME!
Hey, didn't think to mention- off line rest of tonight, it's anniversay #17 today. Made pizza (Sylum friends, quit yer lauffin!) and tomorrow after work or monday (if not taking the Amish to a funeral) I am doing BB, and taking Himself out on a drive.
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07:41 pm
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I'm baaaack... sort of. Kind of. Not really.
did ya miss me, kids? :-)) I just got internet back after over a week. DialUp for here is not an option (just talking on the phone through all the noise is a chore). Prior to that, I worked 2 6day weeks, and got another 2 6day eeks coming up. Probably on 6days until after OktoberFest and the Swiss fest and all the other fests. *iz tired* If I missed anything, let me know. I won't have time to dig back in my lists.
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08:23 am
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Purple, I say PURPLE!
You Are a Confident Purple Car
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You're definitely an unusual person. Some people may even call you "weird" or "freaky."
Luckily for you, you don't care what others think. If anything, you enjoy it when people think you're strange!
You are offbeat and eccentric. You see the world a little differently than everyone else does.
You are seen as mysterious. People are very curious about you... whether they know you well already or not.
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08:19 am
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my cavalier z-24 bumper
Even if the voices aren't real - they've got some great ideas
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You may not believe in bumper stickers, but bumper stickers believe in you.
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07:46 am
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my bumpeer sticker
Come to the dark side, we have cookies
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You may not believe in bumper stickers, but bumper stickers believe in you.
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03:34 pm
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exciment, I can do without it
Shadow-kitty had a bad reaction this AM to her flea collar. A little siezure, throwing up. Zenaru got the collar off her, by the time I got home she was better, then we gave her a rinse off bath-she was SO GOOD! Almost back to normal now. I was so worried, 2 weeks to the day Fly died, very bad timing. Zenaru was beside himself!
I wasoff on my montly driving job for the Amish ladies. I now have to go back out to the store for stuff. May just go to the dollar store, all call it even. I can make him some corn chips, I have stick margarine. The problem is, Aldi's is 15miles away, Save a Lot is 7miles from work. (one way).
Current Mood: tired
Tags: cats, rl
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12:13 pm
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off line
Just an FYI, probably for the next couple of weeks I will be off line completely. HopefullyI will still be able to access email, but that's about it.
And, worse comes to worse, I can use a dialup connection. But, to give you an idea, last night I tried to access my journals. My f-list took : on LJ, 7mins, on IJ 4mins to load. That's without pictures on them, just text. Not only is dialup slow, my phone lines here are so noisey, I frequently get tossed off every 25mins, at least. I laugh at email connection. *sigh*
If anyone wants to connact me, just leave a meassge, or email me privately at snirt at snirt dot us
Current Mood: busy
Tags: rl
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06:39 pm
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he's gone
Fly kind of made the decision for us (husband, really). He started breathing very rough about noonish, and went down from there. About 2:30, I went to get Pastor, husband wanted to talk to her - he really values her opinion and friendship, even though there is hardly a religous bone in his body - because he was nearly unresponsive. She came over, talked to us for a few, then went back to get the 2 men working on her porch (umm... the neigbor across the street's truck rolled backwards into it last saturday). They carried Fly out to the car for us, I don't know how we would have done it otherwise. Pastor followed us to the vet, and the vet came out to the car. That was the best thing, as Fly is *terrified* of car rides and buildings. He was abandoned at the shelter 3 times as a pup, so does not have good experiences with cars. Fly's blood flow had already slowed, the vet was having problems finding a good vein. He did, and Fly just fell asleep. So peacefully.
So, he's gone. I am so glad we got Sam last year.
I am sure Zingo and Red Dwarf and Bear met him at the bridge, and are even now teaching how to be a puppy, something he never had a chance to be on this earth.
Thanks to everyone for their notes. It is very appriciated.
Current Mood:  thankful
Tags: dogs, rl
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10:12 am
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decisions
I have a decision to make. he doggie in my icon? That's Fly the Moose. He's about 15yrs old (we are not completely sure). He's been in pain, manageable, but has bad hip dysplasia. Friday, he stopped eating much, and got diharreha. saturday, he never pooped at all. I gave him hairball meds, he pooped this AM, but is still panting bad and miserable.
I talked to the lady at our old vets, they will see him today. I am waiting to see if he will eat here before I make a decicion. I have $93 to get me through the next weeks. if I blow off cable and internet bills, praying they won't come due until after the 28th, that is.
To get examined, is $38. To put him down is $48. They will then send him to a place that does cremation, and I pay them on pick up of his remains. Whenever that will be. So, i can pay that out.
My delemna, is to get him examined, and take the chance he will get better, or just get him put down? They will let us be with him - they did Zingo and took care of Red Dwarf when he died at home. So I know it's not this horrible shot that makes them scream, he literally goes to sleep. Peacefully, unlike his last 3 nights of rest. And, he's old. Especially for a big dog (he's down to about 100lbs, 29" tall, 36" long). I think he's had a good life, especially the last 4 years of being "ours" (when Bill and Ann gave him to us when they moved). He wwent from puppy-mill and abandined 3 times, to a home with the hupe's and 6 other dogs, to being a mostly-only dog all that time. Except for Bear for awhile and Sam and the kitten (who adores him).
And, selfishly, I work the next 6 days straight. If I am putting him down, I want it to be on my day off.
Please, tell me I am doing the right thing, not just taking the easy way out.
Current Mood: sad
Tags: rl
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