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More collector names from anothter Sploofus quiz!
#1: A bibliophile is a collector of what?
YOU ANSWERED CORRECTLY: books
#2: A brandophilist is a collector of what?
THE CORRECT ANSWER WAS: cigar bands
#3: An oologist is a collector of what?
YOU ANSWERED CORRECTLY: bird's eggs
#4: A lepidopterist is a collector of what?
YOU ANSWERED CORRECTLY: butterflies
#5: A helixophile is a collector of what?
YOU ANSWERED CORRECTLY: corkscrews
#6: A labeorphilist is a collector of what?
THE CORRECT ANSWER WAS: beer bottles
#7: A sinistrophilist is a collector of what?
YOU ANSWERED CORRECTLY: left handed objects
#8: A phillamenist is a collector of what?
YOU ANSWERED CORRECTLY: matchbooks
#9: A philatelist is a collector of what?
YOU ANSWERED CORRECTLY: stamps
#10: A conchologist is a collector of what?
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I took a quiz about collectors of things on Sploofus. I knew only three of the answers! I learn something new every day! Look at the fun list!
lepidopterist - collector of butterflies
tegestologist - collector of coasters
cartophilist - collector of cigarette or chewing gum cards
philatelist - collector of stamps
artophile - collector or lover of teddy bears
notaphilist - collector of banknotes, paper money paper currencty, plastic notes
numismatist - collector of coins
gnomologist - collector of gnomes or aphorisms
deltiologist - collector of post cards
vexillophile - collector of flags |
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I had way too much fun today by simply playing games at Spelling Bee the Game. It is a site from when "The 25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee," a musical, was touring. I was sad that it never even came near Louisiana and doesn't seem to be touring or coming near Louisiana at all.
However, it gave me some words I knew right off and then a lot of interesting words as well! Under the cut is a list of the words that I spelled while playing the game. I suggest you not look at them if you want to play first, but if you want to see the words and then play or just see the words, go ahead and look!
( Spelling Bee the Game Words )
Oh, and you have got to listen to the sample sentences given for the words! Some of them are hilarious! I love the first word in the list just because it is so much fun to say! |
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Sometimes you just have to be silly, so I come up with a basic idea and ask for parts of speech (kind of like MadLibs, but without pre-set blanks), and my mom and sister provide the words. This way, I can also fit the words into the story later and the original idea certainly warps into something entirely different! Here's our result!
How to Survive Space Shuttle Tatting
The first thing to do is to make sure to pack all your belongings in silicone baking pans. Then, you must find your way to the hovel. Once you find your way to the hovel, make sure you take all of your silicone baking pans as then they must be scanned by the plumber. The plumber will let you know if any items are hurtling through space.
If any items are hurtling through space, they will not be allowed on the space shuttle. Once it is time to board the space shuttle, the cooper will announce the number and destination of each space shuttle.
The cooper will ask you to wait in a fuzzy-faced septagon. If you do not wait in this fuzzy-faced septagon, you may be asked to wiki whack to the core of the septagon.
Once the septagon starts squawking, people will be able to board the space shuttle and it should not take long for everybody to be on board.
Once you are on the space shuttle, you should defer to your nuclear physicist. Your nuclear physicist will instruct you in all safety deferences.
If you do not defer to your nuclear physicist, you have the risk of deprecating all of your safety deferences. This is a disappointing situation if the space shuttle happens to tat.
However, most space shuttles do not tat and armor politely at the next hovel.
After your space shuttle armors, it is time to unbridle. After you have unbridled, you can then quiz your silicone baking pans. Most likely, you are now at your high security containment facility.
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I'm not that great at knowing things about the presidents of the United States. I never really was, but I do know a few facts.
Kennedy was the only Catholic president.
Buchanan was the only bachelor president.
Taft was the, um, "biggest" president.
While Taft was the biggest president and he did get caught in his bathtub and had a larger bathtub installed in the White House, I really do not think Taft looked like Jabba the Hut with a mustache!
See?
Yes, she is the person that does "Toothpaste for Dinner."
For comparison:
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This is great, and well, do as the title of my post says, I think!
The information from the video says:
Full Story: http://www.davecarrollmusic.com/story... - In the spring of 2008, Sons of Maxwell were traveling to Nebraska for a one-week tour and my Taylor guitar was witnessed being thrown by United Airlines baggage handlers in Chicago. I discovered later that the $3500 guitar was severely damaged. They didnt deny the experience occurred but for nine months the various people I communicated with put the responsibility for dealing with the damage on everyone other than themselves and finally said they would do nothing to compensate me for my loss. So I promised the last person to finally say no to compensation (Ms. Irlweg) that I would write and produce three songs about my experience with United Airlines and make videos for each to be viewed online by anyone in the world. United: Song 1 is the first of those songs. United: Song 2 has been written and video production is underway. United: Song 3 is coming. I promise. |
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Lately, I've been getting spam that in Chinese in my hotmail account! It is very strange!
Yesterday, I got an advertisement for a cake place. I think it was just a bakery, but maybe it was also a place that taught baking. I also got an advertisement for a shoe store. I was guessing that it was for an arcade with all the bright colors of pink and green and dots, but I went to the webpage and it was www.dkshoes.com.tw, so a Taiwanese shoe store, I think. The cake place was also in Taiwan.
Today, I got more of the lovely spam!
See?
( don't worry, I'll use a cut. This is who the spam is from 福委會 )
I used Google Translate to translate the text. I'll put it all under a cut, but here are a few of my favorite phrases:
Degree of freedom can be branded with the goggles
Yes, our company try to eat soup for free on the set at five this week at noon, Welcome!
( Here's the translation Google gave )
Anyway, it's time for ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) ljdq Here are my answers to this week's quiz! Go play yourself, be funny, then come read my answers!
1. The Agatha Christie mystery “And Then There Were None” was made into numerous film versions, most of which were entitled...
You know, there are tons of versions, but um . . . hmmm . . . I'll guess, oh, I don't know, there's this song by The Jayhawks called "Ten Little Kids," so let's just go with that.
2. Whose wife "could eat no lean"?
At my high school, there was a secretary named Mrs. Spratt, so I always wondered if her husband was named Jack.
3. In “The Magnificent Seven”, he was named Vin; in “The Great Escape” he was named Virgil. What’s his real name?
Oh, I had no idea that Vin Diesel had a brother named Virgil Diesel!
4. What song by The Police (featuring Sting!) features salmon, butterflies, foxes, gulls, whales, and even people, all in grave distress?
Float like a butterfly; sting like a bee. (Hey, YOU said it featured "sting.")
5. What is the Dead Man’s Hand, and who is the dead man in question?
It's like three aces and two eights or two kings or something and the dead man is the man that was shot while holding that hand of cards.
6. What’s your favorite game?
Red Duck, Duck Dodge Soccer
(actually, Sploofus and Sporcle, but who'd believe me if I told them that?)
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I half watched the Michael Jackson tribute and funeral today. I'm not sure I can put my feelings in words. There is no happiness. I'm sure some people are all glad that "this child molestor" and "this freak" is no longer in the world, but I never felt that Michael Jackson was any of those things.
I felt he made some bad choices in his life. I felt that the media did not treat him right plenty of times.
I felt that he was very confused, a grown man that never got to have a childhood as a child and thus was a big child.
It always seemed that he was very caring and loving - not what other people would say at times.
I saw no big deal about the rushing to court in his pajama pants as was mentioned again that he was called and told to come just as he was.
I was never a huge fan of Michael Jackson's music, but, of course, there are plenty of his songs that I like. I liked the stuff from the younger Michael Jackson in general, but there was always such love for his fans and such genious in his songs and his dancing.
I know that when I found out that Michael Jackson had died, it felt like it should be April Fool's Day and later that night that I'd read that it was all a hoax.
It also felt very odd to be because this was really the first big celebrity death since my Daddy died. Sure, others died too, but this was the first big sudden shock of somebody and usually my Daddy knew before I did, but I'd mention it that somebody had died. It was always just to let my parents know that this person had died.
Summertime doesn't seem to be a great time for me. My Daddy died in May. Not long after that, Tim Russert died. I knwo there were others. This summer has been full of celebrity deaths - Farrah Fawcett, Billy Mays, Michael Jackson, and more.
May they all rest in peace.
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I've been thinking about a "rainy day playlist."
I've got a few songs that I'd like to put on it, but I'm not sure which songs I really want or if there's some that I'd like, so I'm taking suggestions. You can get the idea of the feel I'm going for by reading what I have listed:
I know it is kind of cheesy, but, yes, the word "rain" is in each of the songs at least once.
If you're wondering, I don't have any order for the songs yet (so, I'll take any suggestions) and I also don't have any small little sound bytes to put between the songs to make them flow into one another if I'd like to make something like a mix cd mix tape.
Yes:
Save it for a Rainy Day by The Jayhawks
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEVvOATOCGo)
Fire and Rain by James Taylor
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T35WXFOmwI)
Raining on Sunday by Keight Urban
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxDuckV7IAY)
Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head by BJ Thomas
?(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t30cX6OGO0U)
Flood by Jars of Clay
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grJR-7FkoWc)
Early Mornin' Rain by Peter, Paul, and Mary
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPnLK1WnXxg)
Have You Ever Seen the Rain by Credence Clearwater Revival
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS9_ipu9GKw)
Listen to the Rhythm of the Falling Rain by Johnny Tillotson
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GVo24L5onk)
Foolish Games by Jewel
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9abuQVho5I)
Singin' in the Rain by Gene Kelly
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmCpOKtN8ME)
Maybe:
I Can See Clearly Now by Johnny Nash
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkwJ-g0iJ6w)
Who'll Stop the Rain by Credence Clearwater Revival
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIPan-rEQJA)
Africa by Toto
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPT_3PEjnsE)
A Horse with No Name by America
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0KKGdb4qUY)
MacArthur Park by Richard Harris
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHS8hj4TdT8)
Cold November Rain by Guns 'N Roses
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbkG6Za6w5s)
I Love A Rainy Night by Eddie Rabbit
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvE892xEDn0)
Louisiana Rain by Tom Petty
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_td-Li1auAk)
No (either I don't like the music or it's a fine song, just not for this mix):
It's Raining Men by Weather Girls
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGLZqDXau98)
Chocolate Rain by Tay Zonday
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwTZ2xpQwpA)
Raining Blood by Slayer
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUDWLp1yIWw)
And perhaps a children's version
Rain, rain, go away by various
Rain is falling down by Steve Roslonek (Stevesongs)
It's raining; it's pouring
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Since Briana can learn Danish, I figured that I'd try to give her a list of how bull and bowl can sound. Believe me that it sounds very strange when she asks for things like "a bull of soup." Eh, anyway, it was just my attempt, nothing more. (She just told me she could ask for ebola soup, to which I said "Ewwww!")
Here's my attempt:
bull&nsbp;&nsbp;bowl
cull&nsbp;&nsbp;coal
dull&nsbp;&nsbp;dole
full&nsbp;&nsbp;foal
gull&nsbp;&nsbp;goal
hull&nsbp;&nsbp;hole/whole
lull
mull&nsbp;&nsbp;mole
null&nsbp;&nsbp;knoll
pull&nsbp;&nsbp;pole
&nsbp;&nsbp;&nsbp;&nsbp;&nsbp;&nsbp;&nsbp;&nsbp;&nsbp;&nsbp;&nsbp;&nsbp;roll/role
&nsbp;&nsbp;&nsbp;&nsbp;&nsbp;&nsbp;&nsbp;&nsbp;&nsbp;&nsbp;&nsbp;&nsbp;sole/soul
tull&nsbp;&nsbp;&nsbp;&nsbp;toll
&nsbp;&nsbp;&nsbp;&nsbp;&nsbp;&nsbp;&nsbp;&nsbp;&nsbp;&nsbp;&nsbp;&nsbp;vole |
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I was doing some quizzes today on Sploofus, whcih are just user made and don't really tell me all that much at times, so I was looking things up online at points. There was one about songs by The Monkees and I was finding the title of their songs. I had wanted to hear the song Valleri because I had never heard it and my mom's name is Valerie (which, we'll still stick with the Steve Windwood song "Valerie," for a song with her name.)
Anyway, I found the song on YouTube and it happended to be posted by a user known as VinylNostalgia. I was taking a quick look at a few of the many other songs in the list of YouTube videos.
Anyway, I realized that one of the songs he had is MacArthur Park. I laughed when I read the video inforamtion because it said, "WHAT???? I didn't understand this song in 1968 and now that I'm 40 years wiser, I still don't get it. Can somebody explain it to me and while your at it, please explain the song "American Pie" by Don McLean."
I won't go ino the craziness of having to explain American Pie because if you really don't know the meaning of that, just search it on the Internet and there are tons of sources.
However, I always love the MacArthur park and asking, "Who would leave a cake out in the rain?"
I tried listening to it and being that the lyrics were somewhat difficult for me to hear, I found a lyrics site. It made me laugh when I saw the scrolling lyrics in a heart:
However, as I listened and read the lyrics, I started wondering what the song meant. Without any help from others, here's my best interpretation of the song.
It seems that MacArthur Park is a song about lost love.
It starts out by saying that spring, which is a great time for lovers, was never waiting for the singer and the girl. It was always ahead of them. Even though tried to make the relationship work, it didn't and they just kept acting out the same thing with it never working.
These two people were parted like parted pages, but they still felt such an intense love for each other tha tit was hot like an iron and they were pressed, so then, the singer just needed something and said, "Like a striped pair of pants," or maybe because the stripes on a striped pair of pants never touch but are always close together.
So, now the guy is crying in MacArthur's park at dusk, thus it looks like the park is melting (MacArthur's park is melting in the dark).
Because trees and grass and other plants have a lot of green, though his tears, this "melting" looks like green icing (All the sweet, green icing flowing down). This makes him think of cake which is obviously seen through his tears and is wet (Someone left the cake out in rain).
He doesn't think that he can take this being without the girl (I don't think that I can take it). He feels that it took to long to try to make this relationship work and that it seemed he did everything right even though it took a really long time ('Cause it took so long to bake it). Now, he'll not be able to have a great relationship, and especially not this one again (And I'll never have that recipe again, oh no).
The next part of the song is straightforward about how he remembers a yellow dress and birds and old men playing checkers. This is just remembering times he had with his love in a park or parks.
So, now the guy is crying in MacArthur's park at dusk, thus it looks like the park is melting (MacArthur's park is melting in the dark).
Because trees and grass and other plants have a lot of green, though his tears, this "melting" looks like green icing (All the sweet, green icing flowing down). This makes him think of cake which is obviously seen through his tears and is wet (Someone left the cake out in rain).
He doesn't think that he can take this being without the girl (I don't think that I can take it). He feels that it took to long to try to make this relationship work and that it seemed he did everything right even though it took a really long time ('Cause it took so long to bake it). Now, he'll not be able to have a great relationship, and especially not this one again (And I'll never have that recipe again, oh no).
Then, he starts to get a little more hopeful with the singing of "There will be another song for me, for I will sing it. There will be another dream for me, Someone will bring it."
Then, he's saying that even if things get unpleasant, he won't let the gal that he loved new by saying that he'll drink the while it is warm (rather than refreshing and cool)
and the fact that she won't catch him looking at the sun means that she won't find him dreaming of her. Then he goes on to say, though, that really, she still is the true love of his life, but he just wasn't able to obtain the great relationship with her that he wanted.
Then, he will live his own life (take my life into my hands) and people will respect him when they see this (win the worship), but they'll lose respect for him when they realize how he sees this one person as his only true love.
While he will not have the girl, he'll be able to get other things that he desires and his passions will be able to be clearly seen by others, clearly flowing like rivers (passion flow like rivers through the sky).
Then, back to the fact that he's had loves, but really this one gal is his true love.
So, now the guy is crying in MacArthur's park at dusk, thus it looks like the park is melting (MacArthur's park is melting in the dark).
Because trees and grass and other plants have a lot of green, though his tears, this "melting" looks like green icing (All the sweet, green icing flowing down). This makes him think of cake which is obviously seen through his tears and is wet (Someone left the cake out in rain).
He doesn't think that he can take this being without the girl (I don't think that I can take it). He feels that it took to long to try to make this relationship work and that it seemed he did everything right even though it took a really long time ('Cause it took so long to bake it). Now, he'll not be able to have a great relationship, and especially not this one again (And I'll never have that recipe again, oh no).
Or, perhaps, this doesn't work at all, but it's my attempt at an analysis of the song.
Oh, and if you need some clearer lyrics than the little scrolling heart, they are located at this page.
If you'd like to hear the song:
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The spammers still think they can write poetry:
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Since Briana got paid today with her payment (for those that know, fine, for those that don't bother even thinking about it), she wanted to take us out and try something new that is something we wouldn't normally do at all. We went to Harlequin Steak House. I had a 4oz. filet (came with a salad and a side; I replaced the salad with a baked potato and got home fries [French fries] as the side). Briana got catfish and had the same sides as I did. My mom got the beef tips and gravy and got the baked potato instead of the salad. It was good, but it was definitely expensive.
I found it dark in the restaurant and quite warm. I was only in a T-shirt and shorts and I was quite warm just sitting there.
The restaurant was also very dark in colors. It was this dark red and black. The one wall is covered in Louisiana history stuff - mainly posters of and articles about Earl K. Long, but there was a bit about Huey P. Long and a few other Louisiana politicians.
Anyway, I don't understand our air conditioner. It seems that lately it tends to stop working around 4pm or 5pm and sometimes as early as 2pm. However, as it gets cooler outside, the air conditioner starts working.
I worked on chacha today and also wrote and submitted two articles. Depending on what I feel like doing tonight, I may work on chacha some more after playing today's sporcle quizzes.
There is puppy wrestling next to me, which is always very cute.
Anyway, I think some spammer seem to think they are poets, but they are not. Random lines of words are not poetry, but I got that TWICE in spam e-mail! Take a look!
( I will spare you having to see the mess of words that spammers think are poetry if you do not want to see them. )
Wow, the puppies are full of it tonight!
Oh, and I still haven't heard anything about helping out at the ELCA Youth Gathering. I'll check my spam folder and my e-mail, but I've still not gotten any information. |
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I have things to write, but at the moment, have other things on my mind. However, I did want to write that yesterday, while we were driving back, we think we passed one of those deisel vehicles that was converted to use the old oil. It was one of those bigger trucks that you'd expect to be stinky and noisy (not a semi, though
). Anyway, Briana was wondering what she smelled and I said that it smelled like French fries and we didn't see any restaurants in the area. Then, it would linger and come back a bit stronger and linger again. It finally was gone a bit after the truck exited the Interstate and we were still going.
Anyway, here are my ljdq answers. Yes, I know they are wrong, other than the one about lions. The idea of ljdq is to be funny. If you're wondering, there wasn't a quiz last week. However, you should go play! Go, play, be funny!
( My answers are under the cut )
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There's no doubt that animals have a sense of humor! Marbles would do such silly things and then do the "dog laugh."
I'm pretty sure Cinder would, though I don't remember as much of what she did. Micron was silly with all his rolling around in the dirt. Niblet is silly and does the "dog laugh" thing at times and Woofles definitely has a sense of humor! He's so roly-poly and he comes up and he thinks it is very funny to play "ferocious beasty," when he play-bites my fingers and then he does the "dog laugh."
If you're wondering what a "dog laugh" is, scientists have found that dogs laugh. When they smile with that wide smile and pant and pant and pant, which sometimes makes people wonder if they are hot, they are laughing! There's a company that even sells a CD of the sound of dog laughter! That's far fetched (oops, no pun intended), but why buy a CD of it when you can be around real dogs?
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A woman thinks that her young daughter has broken her patella, so she calls a nephrologist . . .
Get it? Get it?
Okay, anyway RIP Billy Mays. So far, with this, the next celebrity death will be on August 21 or 22 because once again, we'll be travelling. I guess August 21, because Briana gets to move into her dorm room on August 22.
Today, I drove from Seguin, TX (30 miles east of San Antonio) to Baytown, TX. Yeah, not a lot of fun, but Houston drivers . . .
Actually, things were going pretty smoothly at first, but then somebody suddenly applied their brakes, with no warning whatsoever, causing a small line-up of cars on I-10. It didn't stay that way for too long, thankfully. However, it did make Niblet scootch from the back of the car to the front and scared him and us for a few minutes.
Later, though, it was hectic. I was only trying to shift into my right lane so I wouldn't be forced to get off of I-10. Of course, not a single car wanted to let me change lanes! I am not used to such behavior. In Lake Charles, eventually, a car would be nice enough to let me over into the lane that I needed before I was forced to get off of the freeway. In Houston, it doesn't work that way.
I think Houston and Katy are way too big. I'm not even sure where Houston ends and Katy begins. Other cities that are too big are Dallas and San Antonio.
I've not really been to Los Angeles, CA and I've definitely not had to drive there. I've only been to Bethesda, MD, but it is the DC area. I didn't go far and I still didn't like it all that much. I only rode the metro and walked a block or two to get something to eat (yeah, interview at a Lutheran church, and they gave me money to eat, but they made me walk to the place and didn't take me out with the youth group! Crazy! I only met one youth!)
Anyway, we are in Baytown right now. I'm glad to be relaxing because I definitely need that after today. I'll have to get ready for August 21. At that time, hopefully my mom will also be ready to drive as well so we can switch and I won't be the only one driving Briana to her move-in day at the dorms for college. |
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Today was Bulldog Basics. We brought the dogs and since Amber (one of the advisors? registars?) had a golf cart for Briana, we rode around on that and I stayed outside with the dogs for all of Briana's inside things.
We ate at Chicken Express. They have good food.
I could say a lot more, but it's late.
Oh, except, you know those stupid Twix commercials? Tonight we saw the one with the guys in the library and the woman comes in and says "What are you reading?"
I've always hated those because they are so stupid.
Briana was just wondering what the cover of the book said and I searched it. It turns out that it says "How to Score a Mega-Hottie."
Have you noticed a trend that seems to say Twix is sexist and thinks people are stupid?
No? Where have you been.
Yes? Me, too.
Happily Bitter has a ton more information and it makes a very good point. You should read it.
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They often say deaths come in threes, especially, it seems, celebrity deaths.
First, it was EdMcMahon. Next, Farrah Fawcett. Now, to my surprise, Michael Jackson!
We've been travelling all afternoon and when we got into the hotel and I connect to the Internet and went to Yahoo! to check one of my e-mail accounts, I saw the headline that read "Michael Jackson Dies." That was certainly a huge shock!
I obviously didn't agree with everything that he did in his life, but he did do a lot of things that were great, as well. He did give us great music, too.
So, RIP to Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, and Michael Jackson. |
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I'm not finding RealD 3D images online (which surprises me). This image is from CakeWreck and yes, I did a tiny bit of editing with a freeware program.
I'd like to see if other people think this worked. Do you have any of those RealD 3D glasses? If so, would you get them? Then, sit a bit further back from your screen, if you don't already. Now, are you wearing those RealD 3D glasses? Yes? Then you're good. No? Please put them on!
Now, look at this image.
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We got a tiny bit of rain today! It wasn't much, but it made me happy and, thus, we didn't go through the horrible, horrible, horrible heat of the very afternoon time which it actually decided to come. Yes, and that is INSIDE the house as well!
It got up to 102F today. I'm sure it was that way for quite awhile and the reading they get out at the airport is always less than what it really seems to be inside most of the city. The airport is way out and in an open place around fields and such not inside where all the buildings are located.
Yesterday, my mom, Briana, and I went to see Up. We saw it in Real D 3D which was AWESOME! It's definitely not for the person who wants to lay back, relax, and watch a movie or just cuddle while watching a movie, though.
In fact, we went into the movie theater and the 3D stuff hadn't even started, and we put on the glasses, and it still made some of the stuff look more 3D.
Then it told us to put on the 3D glasses and they had 3D previews! There was this one where there was some tool with round blades on a handle and it looked like it came out right into the audience! There were also crystals that came out at the one Disney screen and they made words stand out.
( More about Up, cut for those of you who have not yet seen the movie )
The one thing that I can hardly wait to do is find stuff online or make pictures (there's a 3D rendering engine) that are able to be this Real 3D stuff so I can see it on the computer! I decided to try to watch a little bit of TV while wearing the glasses knowing that it's not in the Real D 3D and it is still interesting because it has made it look a little bit more 3D than just sitting and watching the TV without them. It actually looks more like people are standing and doing things at times than watching a flatter image.
Tomorrow, we start heading to Seguin, TX for Briana's orientation. We'll get there on Friday and then her orientation is on Saturday. This means that we'll probably leave on Sunday and stop somewhere and get home sometime Monday.
Jun. 24th, 2009 @ 08:02 pm
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It's been crazy and awesome lately, other than father's day stuff, 'cause well, you know. It's not that I mind it. Everybody at least had a birth father and those who are here should have a good day, but it's not easy for me right now. I just try to keep positive with everything that happening.
I know my Daddy would've been so happy that Briana got into college and can get herself a loan and go! I figured that she would like it from the time I first set foot on the campus!
I did the interview with the Research Turtles today. That was fun. It was a good time, though I'm not fond of the swear words they used, but it wasn't lewd . . . they just don't mind using them. I don't go and police other people's speech. After all, they are words.
The way that I can judge comedy with swear words is asking myself if the joke works without the swear words. If it does, the comic may be pretty funny. However, tons of people call themselves comedians just because they get up on teh stage and swear a ton, which isn't funny. Then, some people just aren't funny and think that they are, but I'm not going there.
The guys that make up Research Turtles were very nice. The swear words? Well, lack of vocabulary, I'd say.
I'm on an interivew kick lately. I'll have another set up with a comedian through Shout! Factory at some point, too. I don't know about it yet, but I know it'll be set up because they asked if I'd like to do it and I told them that I'd love to do it!
It was certainly fun interviewing "that Parker Lewis guy" (Corin Nemec).
Oh, and this evening? Our air conditioner stopped working, so I'm sitting out in the living room under the fan . . . it's definitely better than it was because I made sure that the fan was all the way on the fastest setting. However, it is still hot in this house. This is not fun at all.
Oh, and today I was simply reading something off of the website Fun Trivia. Here's what ensued:
Me: "my quizzes."
Briana: "I'm glad to know he does."
Me: "huh?" *thinks for a sec* "Oh Mike whizzes. Not 'Mike whizzes; my
Oh, and while I like going to church, I don't know if I'll make it this Sunday, either, because I'll probably be quite tired and sweaty because of no air conditioning. I'll just have to decide if I want to go or not. It'll depend on how I feel, how it feels in the house, how it feels outside, and probably some other factors which I don't know at the moment.
Jun. 20th, 2009 @ 09:12 pm
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I am really tired. Early this morning, I kept finding myself awake and trying to go back to sleep. Then, I still woke up early and I had a headache and my neck was sore. I think my sore neck kept contributing to the headache as well.
I also did sleep well two nights ago, so I'm tired because of that.
My freelancing is keeping me happy these days at the moment. I've found myself writing press releases for Shout! Factory. I hadn't planned on it, but wrote an article and they found it, and I've been put on their list for promoters. This means that at times, I have the option to do different interviews and that is really awesome!
I also got to interview a humor blogger over IM, which was great and hopefully I'll hear back from a local band called Research Turtles about doing an interview tomorrow!
While things aren't where I would like them in the relationship department (read: nothing's happening), a lot of other great things are happening! It really goes to show you that you don't know where God is taking you in life!
Oh, yeah, and I finally submitted my LJDQ answers:
1. According to Bobby Troup, where do you "get your kicks"?
Route 66, but I've a feeling many of your quizlings would say it's "Route 69," if you get my drift.
2.What basketball franchise (the oldest in the NBA) was known for such famous players as Wilt Chamberlain, Moses Malone, Julius Erving, and Charles Barkley?
Los Angeles 79ers
3. In the television series "The Prisoner", what is the prisoner's designation?
#86
4. The Nishan Sahib is the holy flag of which religious group?
The Satanists! The 666ers!
5. What movie in 2000 featured Arnold Schwarzenegger and his clone?
66
6. We're about halfway through the year; how's it going?
Like a hurd of turtles . . .
Jun. 19th, 2009 @ 05:19 pm
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Yesterday evening, I had my phone interview. Today meant transcribing what I had recorded (some of it was difficult to hear, so I may need to see about that with recording. Yes, I used audacity, but it was still not at a great level.)
I definitely needed breaks from doing that. I played some games at times. I watching some TV at other times. Once, I had an interview over IM (those are usually the best kinds because you can fix your questions and then you can also easily get the text while it's still a live interview!)
I've got to contact Courtney about class reunion stuff as I've been busy and don't know the dates anymore. Then I'm going to have to move the reunion website because Yahoo! has decided to close Geocites later this year. I'm not happy about that because I like Geocities. Looks like it'll be back to using Tripod.
I tried using my 50megs account today and I couldn't find things. They've tried to make it "user friendly," and it's hardly user friendly.
Ack! Now that reminds me that I'll have to try to turn on my HP to get the class reunion information I've got somewhere on it. Oh, heavens, this just isn't my day with that type of stuff.
All this Father's Day stuff is depressing for me, of course, but at least there is other stuff happening, so it's not always that terrible feeling because of the more exciting (or even sometimes boring and tedious, but necessary) stuff.
Also, Woofles is really cute and I love taking care of that little puppy! Oh, and yesterday, we found out that he can jump right through the spaces in the fence! It was safe, though, as we let him go to see my grandpa after he parked in our driveway since that was the safest time as we knew my grandpa would pick him up and bring him back.
My grandpa actually likes friendly LITTLE dogs!
So, my mom called Lowe's and somebody is coming tomorrow after 3pm to come put something around the bottom of the fence to keep him from jumping out of the spaces!
Jun. 17th, 2009 @ 11:53 pm
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Today, I found out that frize is a word. Briana and I were being silly when she wanted to go buy herself some dinner and wanted an extra side of fries from KFC when she got food there.
As we drove away, we kept being silly with the spellings.
Briana wondered if any words ended in "frize."
Later, we looked up "*frize" on Meriam Webster.
It turns out that it found ONE word, "frize."
However, it's not pronounced "fries." It is pronounced "freeze."
It is a variant of the word "frizz."
The odd things you learn!
Tomorrow is my interview with Corin Nemec (Briana brought up the fact that if his first name began with a T then you could use the T as an initial and read his name backwards and it would be "cement."
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Jun. 15th, 2009 @ 11:13 pm
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Here are some random interesting facts that I came across today while just playing on the Internet.
At the height of Holland’s tulip craze, one single bulb was sold for a bed, four oxen, 12 sheep, four pigs, four tons of wheat, eight tons of rye, two tons of butter, a silver drinking cup, a suit of clothes, two barrels of wine, four tons of beer and one thousand pounds of cheese. One bulb!
According to Taoist tradition, the ying yang symbol was introduced to China by a giant catfish.
In a number of Japanese towns, during summer and autumn festivals the locals ask the spirits for a good harvest by weaving giant ropes for tug-of-war contests involving thousands of people.
In Fiji, the villagers of Namuana gather on the beach to chant a song that summons sea turtles, who appear to listen to it.
Then, who else remembers (and misses) these awesome Nickelodeon shows? The N used to show more of these, and even they've given way to the newer programming. I love that they air "What I Like About You," and I like "iCarly"" as a cute show, but I miss these good shows!
Adventures of Pete & Pete
Clarissa Explains It All
Danger Mouse
David the Gnome
Double Dare
Eureeka's Castle
Heathcliff
Hey Dude
Inspector Gadget
Kid's Court
Littl' Bits
Mister Wizard
Salute Your Shorts
Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show
Today's Special
Wild & Crazy Kids
You Can't Do That on Television
Anyway, I'm going to go back to doing . . . stuff (yeah, I don't know exactly what, just being with my sister for awhile, probably quizzes and looking up stuff about Seguin, TX.)
Jun. 14th, 2009 @ 10:02 pm
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These are just some things that I want to remember for later. You can read them if you so want.
electronic elbow macaroni
chicken Express, Seguin
910 S State Highway 123 Bypass, Seguin, TX 78115
www.chickene.com
Kettle Restaurant
1546 N State Highway 46, Seguin, TX 78155
Kirby's Korner Restaurant
606 N Highway 123 Bypass, Seguin, TX 78155 zip code
http://www.kirbyskorner.com
Dixie Grille
1575 W Ih 10, Seguin, TX 78155 zip code
http://www.dixiegrille.com
Chiropractic Java
114 S Austin Street, Seguin, TX 78155 zip code
www.chirojava.com
Christina's Retaurante MXCN
707 E Kingsbury Street, Seguin, TX 78155 zip code
http://christinasrestaurantemexicano.com
Taco Cabana
2520 N Highway 123 Bypass, Seguin, TX 78155 zip code
http://tacocabana.com
Los Cucos Mexican Cafe
920 East Ih 10, Seguin, TX 78155 zip code
www.loscucos.com
Jun. 14th, 2009 @ 02:04 am
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We bought a "One For All" universal remote at Big Lots today. I am very happy because it actually works with our Sansui TV and our MOtorola cable box!
We went out to eat to celebrate the fact that Briana got a scholarship for TLU. It may not be huge, but it's still $3,500 a semester! We ate at PG's diner. For the first time, I realized that the picture of Elvis that is on the front wall has a part of the microphone stand that is out of the picture and is shiny! My mom and Briana said that it looks like a thermometer! I couldn't tell if it was or not from my angle, but no matter what, it was cool!
Briana also has to make a decision if she wants to try out for the choir at TLU. If she does and is accepted, she might get another small scholarship to go there! It'd be exciting, but she's not sure if she wants to sing in the choir, so she has to think about it. I do know that she wants to do costume design and I think that also provides a scholarship.
I made my new icon because a few days ago I just discovered the awesomeness that is MST3K. I won't say for how long I thought "MST3K" was some type of leet or internet talk for something called "Mistake," but it wasn't TOO long ago I learned that the real meaning is Mystery Science Theater 3000. Yeah, I don't know why. I had heard people refer to Mystery Science Theater. It never dawned on me that the 3000 was at the end of the title.
This icon is from the Season XV episode "The Girl in Lover's Lane."
Yeah, I've got my press release edition of the Season XV set.
I've been watching 20Q on Game Show Network and that's been a lot of fun! I've also been playing at www.20q.net
Oh, and there's another LJ icon. My sister made it. See?  It's from Phineas and Ferb when they accidentally hit Meap's spaceship out of the sky while playing with their automated baseball and Candace learns not to judge a book by it's cover.
Meap is so cute!
Of course, anybody can take the icons! We prefer that credit is given, but it's okay if it's not. For MST3K icon, credit ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) kagomeshuko and for the MEAP/Phineas and Ferb icon credit tsukiai.
Jun. 13th, 2009 @ 11:19 pm
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I know that I'm quite behind with this, but I just found out about this Mario Paint Composer. It's pretty neat! I've found lots of neat songs composed and put onto YouTube. It does look like the songs take a lot of time, but it still looks fun and cool! There's a really great song, too!
Jun. 13th, 2009 @ 12:38 pm
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Schaudenfraude pie . . . I don't like Kahlua, but I know that others do. So, here ya go:
http://whatever.scalzi.com/2008/09/24/whatever-x-day-xiv-2/
My sister did this to apply for a scholarship!
IT'S AWESOME!
Jun. 8th, 2009 @ 12:53 pm
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Just a quick post right now to say that I'm very happy and excited for Briana because she got accepted into Texas Lutheran University and should be starting in the fall!
Jun. 8th, 2009 @ 12:48 am
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Our "neighbor" (she used to live next door, but she now lives on a street elsewhere in the city), stopped by today. It was always fine visiting with her and at very first it was okay, but it got very weird today. She was playing with the dogs, and that's fine. We always like that and they like that. Niblet was kissing her and that's normal, too. Niblet's the kissy one and Woofles is the cuddly one.
However, then she started saying things like "It's been a long time since I had a man." She also said something about how she saw us . . . and something? And my sister? Then at first I thought maybe she was saying that she saw Niblet kissing Briana to wake her up because he does that. He likes to kiss.
However, she then went back to the long time since she had a man.
In my mind, I was like, "uhh . . . we're grown," when she started saying how she needed a job and how she could take care of "us girls."
Then, it was really weird for me. I sat down in the bean bag and tried to watch an episode of Parker Lewis Can't Lose, but she came down and sat with me. She was pulling her boobs out a bit and I was like, "uh . . . " and just not looking. Then she started to rub my leg and I backed away from that and when she said "You don't like that," I said no and didn't let her touch me again at all.
I think she was very drunk, but it was not great at all . . .
I had realized that she caught my mom earlier, but I didn't know that my mom wasn't comfortable and said that she was kind of rubbing on her, too. I would've totally supported her going then if I had known that. I had just thought she was being nice by helping my mom not fall.
Yeah, I think we'll need to not let her in the house again unless we're certain that she's not drunk.
I remembered to call Jeffery using my mom's cell phone. I've still not managed to find my misplaced one at the moment. I know . . . I know . . . I need to get on that . . .
It was just good to hear that he's doing good, though he's ready for school to be over with already . . .
I learned that the grilled ham and cheese at KD's is good. I like that.
Jun. 6th, 2009 @ 10:20 pm
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Okay, I just skipped one day of writing at least a little something this week! For some reason, it felt like I had missed more days.
Monday afternoon/evening means a new laptop! Hooray! I'm going to make sure that I do not put a lot on that laptop. We'll be using an external hard drive for a lot of things so we can simply share some programs as well and still use them.
I'll also be sure to use the cooling pad that my mom put on my desk; even if I take my laptop somewhere. I need to find a good laptop case, too.
Yeah, I tried to use my old laptop tonight and it still overheated almost immediately. I'm currently using my mom's laptop.
Briana's been working on a video for this. Take that to mean what you will.
Oh, and I loved it on Craig last night when we found out that he didn't really like snakes, but he likes things that look like snakes and viewing them - but not close to him. He's not as bad as my grandpa, that's for certain! I'll have to write another one of my little stories because of mentioning that.
Ah, also, when we've had CBS (channel 6) on to watch Craig, it's been very strange. Wednesday night, there was no sound.
Tuesday, Thurday, and tonight, the audio and video have not be synced at all. It's really quite strange. Tonight, it's the audio ahead of the video. Last night, it was the video ahead of the audio.
Craig is strange and trippy enough without that . . . hehehe . . . now, I have that!
Jun. 6th, 2009 @ 12:00 am
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I don't understand a lot of programming and what they all entail, but even I could find a few things funny at How to kill a Dragon with Programming.
I'm sure others can too and I'm certain that computer programmers will find it hilarious.
Jun. 4th, 2009 @ 02:39 pm
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I'm not writing much tonight because I want to look at my PS2 Trivial Pursuit game. However, I did want to post my LJDQ answers, so here they are. You should go play and be funny!
1. What is the official title of the heir to the throne of the Netherlands?
There's an heir to the Nether . . . *heh* *snicker* you said Nether, nether regions!
2. What short-lived frivolous Canadian political party was headed by "Pope Terence the First" and pledged to repeal the law of gravity and support global warming?
The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
3. Which German electronic music group provided pieces for the soundtracks of "Firestarter", "Legend", and "Risky
Zlod, you know, "Elektronik Supersonik"
4. What is the common term for borreliosis?
borreliosis? Did you mean something borealis? I think it's be "lights," then.
5. Who played Felix Unger in the 1968 film "The Odd Couple"?
That Grumpy Old Man, the one that was also Mr. Wilson in the Dennis the Menace movie
6. What's your favorite flavor (or flavour)?
Up, Down, Charm, Strange, Top, or Bottom . . . which one's the quarkiest?
Jun. 2nd, 2009 @ 10:35 pm
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| » Tiller, Conan, and my laptop |
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I don't agree with abortion, but honesty, you know, that killing that happened is bad as well. I also don't agree with violence and such. Killing an already living person doesn't help, either. I might write more or recap my whole stance on abortion, but I don't know if my computer will stay on long enough as it has been overheating.
Anyway, it's not really fun even seeing the name of somebody that you kinda know in such a story.
He's the drummer for a band called Echelon and he's Jonathan Rundman's friend. Back in 2001, Echelon led morning worship one day for "The Discipleship Project," so I was right at the front as they sang because one or two of the other gals and I would sit directly at the front all the time.
I've been watching Conan O'Brien to see if he's actually funny at the earlier time slot since I've heard that he may be changing some stuff, but I've not been that impressed at all. The very beginning where he supposedly ran from New York City to Los Angeles and then left his keys on the window sill was funny, but that was it.
Anyway, the first time I turned on my laptop after spraying it with compressed air, it only stayed on for less than 20 minutes. However, I'vce no had it on for a little over 30 minutes. It is getting warm, though, but maybe this is better.
Maybe I can just keep spraying it with compressed air and it'll get better. I should also go back to leaving it on my desk.
Jun. 1st, 2009 @ 11:00 pm
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Dear LJGenie that knows everything about computers ever since UNIVAC and ENIAC were starting to be made,
My laptop has been overheating a lot lately.
It used to overheat at times, but it never used to overheat as much until it got off kilter. I thought I knocked things back into place because it quit making noises, but now it's overheating every single day when it's used. It is very irritating.
It used to do better on my desk, but it still overheats there. I never know when it overheats, either, as there is no warning. It'll just suddenly power off all by itself.
In fact, I can hold it so the cooling fan is off and actually in the air and not touching anything else, but it still overheats! This morning, I went to use my laptop and had it so the fan was in the air and could hopefully cool and my laptop would work for a bit, but it overheated in less than an hour.
My mom put one of those "cooling pads" on my desk, and I've not tried it yet, but it only looks like it's a bumpy pad that raises the laptop so the fan has room to cool, whih is exactly or even less than what I do when I hold my laptop.
Do I need to open it up and look to see if the inside parts are aligned? Do I need to go get it fixed somewhere?
Jun. 1st, 2009 @ 01:31 pm
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Briana wasn't feeling good today, so she didn't go to church. I was very sore, but I still went. I actually didn't realize I was very sore until my mom and I got there. I honestly don't know why I was so sore. I'm usually not that sore at all.
Anyway, as we were going to church, we passed that gas station on Ernest and 18th. (It's the one where we would joke about "Can Sodas" not being a book of the Bible or any other sacred text that we knew. It was all knocked down and black at the top like there had been a fire. There was police tape all around the gas station and building (but the driveways still seemed to be unblocked). I wonder if there was a fire or what happened because the last time we passed it, everything was just fine, so that seems to mean that whatever happened on happened on Saturday night or maybe it was Friday night, but I think we passed it yesterday.
They had the big potluck dinner at Saint Michael today for Pentacost. I ate some there and then brought the rest home and picked at it all afternoon. It was this huge piece of barbecued chicken that I had, some macaroni and cheese, and some cookies. I had actually eaten all of my lasagna (which was way too spicy for lasagna) and baked beans at the church. Yeah, *cough*CERTAINPERSON*cough*, I know what you are going to say now.
A guy is supposed to call and come this evening about a welding job for the pipe on the generator. Then tomorrow, the people from Lowe's are coming to put in our fence in the front yard.
Also, tomorrow, Briana can buy "my birthday gift." She really wanted me to find something that I wanted because of getting some points on MyPoints, so I found something that would make me happy and the rest of the family happy.
Oh, and tomorrow also starts WriNo(Da)Ju. I'll try a little bit of it, but I don't know if I'll keep up with it or not. I need to write lots of articles and I need to work on ChaCha, too.
Oh, yeah, I was also going to write about my laptop.
My laptop has been overheating a lot lately.
It used to overheat at times, but it never used to overheat as much until it got off kilter. I thought I knocked things back into place because it quit making noises, but now it's overheating every single day when it's used. It is very irritating.
It does better on my desk, but it still overheats there. I never know when it overheats, either, as there is no warning. It'll just suddenly power off all by itself.
Do I need to open it up and look to see if the inside parts are aligned? Do I need to go get it fixed somewhere?
May. 31st, 2009 @ 07:21 pm
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Last night when I was trying to get to sleep, I had this earworm and couldn't stop singing from " the first 'line' to the second 'triangle.'"
I know that doesn't make any sense in said context, but it does when I say that I had the following song in my head:
(from what I've heard, I also know that I like "And the Dog Says" and "Rain," but I also know that there are other songs than the four or five that I've heard.)
I heard this song because I wanted to see Neil Patrick Harris on Sesame Street as The Fairy Shoe Person as I heard he did a good job.
So, this song was on PBS before Sesame Street started.
Not that I hate knowing children's and youth culture - exactly the opposite. I like to know what is popular among them and then I like a lot of the youth things - just avoid all the sex and violence. There are a few things I'll watch with a little more of that, but it's mostly comedies and then there's Monk and Psych.
Of course, it doesn't hurt one single bit that Steve Roslonek is very cute.
Yeah, it's just one of those eye candy things. He's cute and that's what I know about him other than he was on Blue's Clues and he left to try to pursue a career in music and that he sings children's songs.
Yeah, such deep thoughts for today, huh?
At least they are better than feeling sad, depressed, or lost.
May. 30th, 2009 @ 06:58 pm
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I need to write articles, but I've just been feeling really sad and depressed today. I don't know why. Yeah, I miss my Daddy, and it's the end of May and whatnot. That never helps much, but I was okay, so I don't know why I feel that way right now.
However, funny things still make me laugh, so that's good.
I was holding Woofles and decided that he could stand on my desk for a bit. I opened a notepad document knowing that he'd end up stepping onto my computer.
Here's Woofles's message:
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