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urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:unicorngoddess5 Midnight Musings From Me Yes, I'm nuts and annoying~but you knew that, I hope unicorngoddess5 2007-12-22T08:27:34Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:unicorngoddess5:9543 Yes, I'm am still alive... 2007-12-22T08:27:34Z 2007-12-22T08:27:34Z So, umm...yeah. I've been a little awol for a while. I tend to do that from time to time. I've mainly been working and spending my free time in my alternate reality world of guild wars. I picked up a part time waitressing job hear my house so all I seem to do is work and sleep. To top it off, ever since an expansion came out my precious guild wars, I've been sucked into the gaming world again. I even joined an awesome guild called TOG (The Older Gamers). They are huge and it's actually a real blast. We are total geeks and talk over a program called team speak (think of talking on skype) while doing missions and quests. Really nice people, which is good. I'm missing my online buds as well.

It does suck now though for internet usage. My lap top is running now yes, but there have been some issues with internet usage where I work. I'm trying to be more careful and not play for hours and hours on end :D (hint: give me more work to do!) It seems lately that my only online time is at night a bit and then the few hours I play guild wars a day.

I just wanted to update, since I've been soooooooo very bad. I wish all of you a very happy holiday season and the greatest of new years!

Maybe I'll have something interesting to post in the near future. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:unicorngoddess5:9304 ZOMG... 2007-11-01T05:32:40Z 2007-11-01T05:32:40Z False Pretense-RJA So today after I got off of work, I went straight home to play Guild Wars. Hey, they were giving out prizes for Halloween, I had to join the hoards. So after my morning fun, I had some calls and what not to make. One of those calls was to check on my application for dispatch. So as I start to call this doctor in the cities to change my appointment, my home phone rings. I'm standing in the 'gaming room' guild wars playing with two phones, well the home phone was the girl regarding my application. She sounded excited to meet with me and wanted me to come in to see the office and if this is something that I'd want to do. I was kind of floored, shouldn't she be saying come in and we'll chat to see if you can handle the job. :D I guess it's all those years of managing retail. If you can do retail  bullshit  management, you can do anything, and I mean anything.

So, yeah I'm uber excited for the interview. I laughed and told her that I'll come in after my shift that night for the interview. All she could say was "what is it with you overnight people?" We learn to do sleep/awake marathons that's what. Besides, I don't want to sit and be all nervous this weekend when we go down to Greg and Jana's to have some fun and be silly.

Oh and Trav brought me home a bottle of my favorite red wine. mmmm... It was really good with homemade beef and potatoes from the crockpot.

Oh and it figures, I signed up for NaNoWriMo and laughed with Tage that if I get that second job, I'm screwed. mu ha ha ha Figures! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:unicorngoddess5:9023 A little whine and pics from a good time... 2007-10-25T08:00:49Z 2007-10-25T08:00:49Z Even Flow by Peal Jam Ok so I've been AWOL from most of my online adventures. My darn laptop being down sucks. I lost my whole itunes library, all my old fan fictions that I someday wanted to finish, my resume and cover letter, some pictures from my trip to Seattle (Trav thinks we saved those to a disc). It just plain sucks. Then add to that headaches for almost the entire month of October. It doesn't help that I'm just annoyed tonight. It seems that everytime I come to work all I hear is bitch, bitch, bitch. Ugh, can't we all just get along or do we have to fiddle with the deflector dish thingy to make us all a happy little bunch :D

That said, I applied for a new job. It would be part-time to start and there isn't a position open, but one of the officers I know told me to apply to work at dispatch. I'm a little excited about it. I'd learn how to take 911 calls. As another officer jokes, tell them to crush the pills so they absorb faster. Sorry sick joke, but when you see this crap all the time you kind of start to roll your eyes a little. I even spent some time listening to 911 calls online and OMG people, you don' call 911 to crab about the traffic! Oh and if you can't swin, don't go out in boat with no life jackets. It's sad these people are allowed to breed! Ok, I need to shut up. I'm tired and sarcastic. Tension is big here tonight because some shit hit the fan upstairs for the nursing crew. That just makes the headache so much better. Anyone got a hammer? :D

Ok so for some fun. I finally got some pics to share if you want to view them. I discovred shutterfly and I love it. Free. Unlimited. I liked Flickr, but you can only upload 100 mb/month and with a high def camera that sucks. So here are some pic taken at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival of Trav and me. I'm the geek in the purple velvet dress and Trav is in the armor (that he made from scratch). It was such a fun day. I so remember this little girl giving me little presents because she thought I was a real lady or a princess. She was so cute.

So enjoy: Renaissance Festival urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:unicorngoddess5:8958 Ugh! 2007-10-15T08:34:00Z 2007-10-15T08:44:12Z Sorry if anyone is a super right-wing person, but damn-can this girl get any more retarded.

While appearing on "The Big Idea," Coulter said Judaism should be discarded, that Jews required Christianity to be "perfected," and that Christianity had a "fast track" to God.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/12/national/main3361954.shtml
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_report/2007/10/13/2007-10-13_ann_coulter_jews_can_be_perfected_by_fin.html?ref=rss

Hmm...so when can I feed discard her to the lions?

IMO, it's extreme beliefs like hers that need to be discarded. Why can't people understand that we all have the same right to believe what we want? urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:unicorngoddess5:8616 Fun little meme... 2007-10-14T07:14:47Z 2007-10-14T07:16:19Z Taken from a few on the flist.

When was the last time you cried?
At my cousin's wedding. It was just so perfect and sweet.

Have you ever faked sick?
Oh yes. A day on the couch with mom to pamper. heck yeah. I've also called in to work to play video games. :D

What was the last lie you told?
Um, can't remember any big lies. Small ones I tend to use, like I have a headache :D

Have you ever cried during a movie?
Oh yes. Happy and sad can both make me cry.

Who was the last person you couldn't take your eyes off of?
Um, the really cute irish boy at my cousin's wedding. He was too cute and nice to be legal. And Dean of course :D

Have you ever danced in the rain?
I take walks in the rain. Don't remember dancing though.

Do you smoke?
Only cigars for special occasions.

What is your full name?
Stefanie Rebecca

What is your blood type?
O pos

Have you ever been in a car accident?
A few minor ones. Scored a herniated disc from one of them. woo hoo

How old were you when you received your first kiss?
I dunno. I was in grade school.

Who gave you your first kiss?
A kid in my class named Richard that I was friends with.

Have you ever been rejected by a crush?
I remember being upset that some boy(s) didn't like me, but I don't really remember anything too crazy.

What is your favorite sport to play?
Is Guild Wars a Sport? I'd have to say volleyball or hiking.

Have you ever made a prank phone call?
Of course. I got a prank call from dispatch the other day. Must think of revenge. (I called the county to advise them that our phone system would be down and gave them my cell phone #. So the smarty pants calls back later and stated he found my # on the bathroom wall. I love those guys though.)

Have you ever said "I love you" and not meant it?
Um, yeah. I used to love to string stupid men along in chat rooms. My friend and I also used to prank on this dating hotline. I think we were strippers and doctors and god knows what else.

What is your political persuasion?
Lefty Liberal

Do you believe in love at first sight?
no

Do you believe in Karma?
Yes.
Mind the Threefold Law ye should - Three times bad an' three times good.

Who was your first crush?
Joe McIntyre of NKOTB

How would you describe yourself?
strong willed, loyal, kinda smart, witty

What are you afraid of?
failure

Are you religious?
Not in the traditional way.

What does your screen name mean?
It's a combination of things I like. I love unicorns and the power of the goddess.

What person do you trust the most?
Trav

What is the best compliment you've received?
Recently-when the irish guys told me I looked good :D (The younger girls were way hotter than me) I like it when people think I'm smart :D

What's the meanest thing someone has said about you?
That I'm fat or stupid.

What is your greatest strength?
That I'm loyal and caring. Loyal to a fault.

What is your greatest weakness?
hmm, that I can get really defensive? I'm a sucker for really good food too.

What is your perfect pizza?
Depends on my mood. I like bbq chicken pizza if it's done right. Canadian Bacon and pineapple.

What is your first thought when waking up in the morning?
Ugh! Should I go workout now or later.

What is your last thought before going to bed?
I don't really think. It's a task to just get my pjs on.

Do you play any instruments?
Flute, piccolo and very basic piano.

What kind of music do you like?
most everything, except country

Do you think you're attractive?
meh. Does anyone really say OMG yes to this?

Would you ever get a tattoo?
Got one. Butterfly and Ivy design around my ankle.

Who makes you laugh?
Um, funny nice people? I laugh a lot.

Who would you want to be tied to for 48 hours?
I like Erica's answer DEAN <3

Do you have a celebrity crush?
Jensen Ackles is my main squeeze right now.

What is one thing scientists need to invent?
A cure for metabolic syndrome (aka syndrome X, hyperinsulinemia). A cure for cancer, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, parkinson's disease...the list goes on.

An oil-free way of life. Like plastic make from soy beans, cars that use fuel made of soy beans.

I like the human teleport idea.

A cure for the stupid gene?

Have you ever broken a bone?
Yup, my ankle.

What happens after you die?
heh, what I hope happens is that when we die you go to some higher place and realize that religion was a bunch of crap and we were all worshipping the same thing. I like to think you soul can learn a lesson from each life you life and once you die, you remember the events of the past. I joke that the first thing I want to know is "Who really killed JFK".

Do you watch or read the news?
Depends on the headline.

What stereotype would you label yourself as?
weird or a rebel. Maybe a tree-hugger at times.

Would your friends agree with that label?
They think I'm a dork.

If you could change your name, what would you change it to?
Heh, can I change my last name to Winchester?

If you could go back in time to one point in your life, where would you go?I would go to college longer right out of high school. I would like to change the outcome of a friend's tragic death.

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I'd be about 40 pounds smaller heh.

What do you want your friends to think about you?
I hope they don't think too much about me.

When's your birthday?
July 25

Do you make wishes on shooting stars or eyelashes?
I have with shooting stars, but we kinda control our own reality.

Do you remember your dreams?
Sometimes I remember weird things. Like my pugs making friends with some wild bear.

Are you a morning person or a night person?
The definition of night and day is sort of blurry to me :D

Do you have any phobias?
Nothing so serious that it impacts my life.

How many screen names do you have?
1-2 I think.

Have you ever been to the hospital (other than birth)?
Yup, sick as a kid and I was hospitalized for pneumonia a few years ago.

Have you ever had a nightmare?
yup

Have you ever written a love letter?
yes

Do you prefer boxers or briefs?
Neither? J/k. I prefer boxers on my men.

Do you have any hidden talents?
Hmm...I crochet and make soap.

What's one thing you want me to know about you?
Oh, I don't know. I love my pets but hate the hair they leave everywhere.

What's one question you don't want to be asked?
When are you having kids?

Do you prefer books or movies?
Depends. If I'm tired and ditzy, I want a movie.

Who is your favorite person to talk to?
grandma

Who can cheer you up when you're sad?
My cat Ivy or my dog Cosmo and the movie Hercules.

Do you prefer British or American spelling?
British

Have you ever gotten detention?
Oh yes.

How do you vent anger?
I kill things online :D Or I have a total girl vent on Trav.

Have you ever been on a diet?
Yes, in the past. The way you eat is a way of life. Not a fad.

Would you ever date someone younger than you?
sure

Older than you?
sure

Have you ever wanted to murder someone?
I'd be lying if I said no. I like to think of it as more justice or maybe that I could care less if said person was hit by an asteroid :D Those peeps that were skinning cats and dogs ALIVE for the fur top this list. So do people that beat up their spouses.

Do you prefer talking on-line or on the phone?
I like yapping on the phone. Online chat is easier at work :D

What's one thing that nobody knows about you?
I'm not always a self confident person.

Do you consider yourself popular?
I really don't pay attention.

Have you ever had a crush on an enemy?
no

Or a best friend?
no

What is your favorite book?
Hmm...don't really have one. I'd say trav's book.

Do you collect anything?
Shot glasses from places that I've been to.

Are you happy with the life you have?
Pretty much.

 urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:unicorngoddess5:8236 TV Meme List... 2007-10-13T06:43:42Z 2007-10-13T06:49:52Z Taken from handyhunter

Adventure Island
American Idol
America's Next Top Model
*Angel*
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Are You Being Served?
Arrested Development
Babylon 5
Babylon 5: Crusade
Battlestar Galactica (the old one)
*Battlestar Galactica (the new one)*
Baywatch
*Beavis & Butthead*
Beauty and the Beast
Beverly Hills 90210
Bewitched
Blackadder
Blake's 7
Bonanza ugh, my dad always watched this
Bones
Bosom Buddies
Boston Legal
Boston Public
Boy Meets World
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
*Buffy the Vampire Slayer*
Bug Juice
Caitlin's Way
Carebears
Catweazle
Chappelle's Show
Charlie's Angels
Charmed
Cheers
CHiPs
Chuck
Clarissa Explains It All
Cold Case
Columbo
Commander in Chief
Coupling
Cowboy Bebop
Crossing Jordan
CSI
CSI: Miami
CSI: NY
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Dallas
Dancing with the Stars
Danny Phantom
Dark Angel
Dark Skies
Davinci's Inquest
Dawson's Creek
Dead Like Me
Deadwood
Degrassi: The Next Generation
Designing Women
Desperate Housewives
Dharma & Greg
Dinosaurs
Different Strokes
Dirty Jobs
Doctor Who (1963 - 1986)
Doctor Who (2005)
Doctor Who (2006)
Doogie Howser
Dragnet
Drawn Together
Due South
Earth 2
Emergency!
Entourage
ER
Everwood
Everybody Loves Raymond
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Facts of Life
*Family Guy*
Family Ties
*Farscape*
Father Ted
Fawlty Towers
Felicity
*Firefly*
Flash Forward
Forever Knight
Fraggle Rock
Frasier
Freaks and Geeks
Friday Night Lights
Friends
*Futurama*
Get Smart
Ghostwriter
Gilligan's Island
Gilmore Girls
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Gossip Girl
Greek
Green Wing
Grey's Anatomy
Growing Pains
Gummy Bears
Gunsmoke
Hannah Montana
Happy Days
Hardcastle & McCormick
Heroes
Highlander
Highlander: The Raven
Hogan's Heroes
Hillstreet Blues
Home Improvement
Homicide: Life on the Street
House
Hunter
I Dream of Jeannie
I Love Lucy
Instant Star
Inuyasha
Invader Zim
Invasion
JAG
*Jackass*
Jeeves and Wooster
Jem
Jericho
Joey
John Doe
Just Shoot Me
Keen Eddie
Knight Rider (isn't this Night Rider?)
LA Law
Land of the Lost
Laverne and Shirley
Law & Order
Law & Order: SVU
Lexx
Life Goes On
Life on Mars
Life With Derek
Little House on the Prairie
Lizzie McGuire
Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
*Lost*
Lost in Space
Love, American Style
M*A*S*H
MacGyver
Magnum PI
Malcolm in the Middle
Mama's Family
The Man from U.N.C.L.E
Married... With Children
Melrose Place
MI:5
Miami Vice
Millennium
Miracles
Mission: Impossible
Monk
Mork & Mindy
Murphy Brown
My Life as a Dog
My Little Pony
My Name is Earl
My So-Called Life
My Super Sweet 16
My Three Sons
My Two Dads
News Radio
NCIS
Night Court
Night Rider
Nip/Tuck
North Shore
Numb3rs
NYPD Blue
One Tree Hill
Oz
Perry Mason
Phil of the Future
Pokemon
Power Rangers
Prison Break
Profiler
Project Runway
Psych
Pushing Daisies
QI
Quantum Leap
Queer As Folk (US)
Queer as Folk (UK)
Red Dwarf
ReGenesis
Relic Hunter
Remington Steele
Rocco's Modern Life
Rescue Me
Road Rules
Robotech
ROME
Roseanne
Roswell
Salute Your Shorts
Saved by the Bell
Scarecrow and Mrs King
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
*Scrubs*
*Seinfeld*
Sex and the City
Silver Spoons
Six Feet Under
Skins
Sliders
Slings and Arrows
Smallville
So Weird
*South Park*
Spaced
Space 1999
Spongebob Squarepants
Sports Night
Star Trek
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Enterprise (Man I miss this show!)
*Stargate Atlantis*
*Stargate SG-1*
Starsky and Hutch
Superman
*Supernatural*
Surface
Survivor
Taxi
Teen Titans
That 70's Show
That's So Raven
The 4400
The Addams Family
The Adventures of Pete and Pete
The Andy Griffith Show
The Apprentice
The A-Team
The Avengers
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Bionic Woman (the old one)
The Brady Bunch
The Cosby Show
The Daily Show
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
The Dead Zone
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Dresden Files
The Famous Jett Jackson
The Flintstones
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The Golden Girls
The Goodies
The Honeymooners
The Inside
The Invisible Man
The Jeffersons
The Jetsons
The L Word
The Love Boat
The Lucille Ball Show
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Mighty Boosh
The Monkees
The Munsters
The Muppet Show
The Mythbusters
The Nanny
The O.C.
The Office (UK)
The Office (US)
The Pretender
The Real World
The Sentinel
The Shield
The Simpsons
The Six Million Dollar Man
The Sopranos
The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
3rd Rock from the Sun
Third Watch
Three's Company
Thunderbirds are Go!
Top Gear
Torchwood
*Tripping the Rift*
The Twilight Zone
Twin Peaks
Twitch City
Two and A Half Men
UFO
Ugly Betty
Under the Umbrella Tree
Veronica Mars
The Vicar of Dibley
The Waltons
The West Wing
Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?
Who's The Boss
Whose Line is it Anyway? (US)
Whose Line is it Anyway? (UK)
Will and Grace
Wings
Wiseguy
Without a Trace
WKRP in Cincinnati
Wonderfalls
The Wonder Years
The X-Files
Xena: Warrior Princess
You Can't Do That on Television

Holy Buckets that's a lot and I feel like I'm missing a bunch. I added: Gossip Girl, CHiPs, Night Rider (not Knight), Drawn Together, Doogie Howser, Who's The Boss, and Tripping the Rift. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:unicorngoddess5:7971 I'm back and I had a blast! 2007-10-12T06:49:23Z 2007-10-12T06:50:53Z So I don't have my pics ready to share since the bad news is that the hard drive in my mac died. Trav and I are planning to run in and buy a new one here in the next week so I should be up and running again soon. It was actually almost total hell in a hotel room to be trapped with my mom and grandma and no internet. I actually missed Supernatural too. I was trapped at dinner with the family.

All I can say is thank god for my great cousins and their great friends. I met so many great new people and we had a fantastic time! The night of the wedding was very fun. To start, there was open bar at the reception and at the jazz club they had once the reception ended. And the waiter kept refilling my wine glass all night. The groom had two friends fly in from Ireland that were just a hoot to hang with (and they were pretty damn cute too). I had the greatest time with my cousin, her fiance & their roommate. We all have a lot in common.

I also got to tour a lot. I toured Boston, Salem, Cape Cod, and the Plimouth Plantation.

So I'll prattle more about the trip when I can get the pics up. For now, Tage asked about: Angel, Anita Blake, Music, Nursing, Were-Animals, Writing

Angel
What can I say. After watching Buffy I totally fell for the moody, broody, sometimes evil vampire Angel. I loved the struggles Buffy and him had. I was sad when he left his true love. I guess I fall for characters that try so hard to be good when they are surrounded by evil. Oh, and he is pretty hot.

Anita Blake
I fell in love with Anita Blake when a friend told me about the series. I was actually one of those girls that had no interest in vampires. I tried to read Anne Rice and it didn't really do it for me. I read Guilty Pleasures and was hooked to this little bad-ass girl that killed vampires and raised zombies. The early books are fantastic, but now the later books are all sex and no plot so I'm getting over it pretty fast. In the early books the love & romance was great, now it's like that's all the books are. I miss the ass-kicking days of Anita Blake and hope the books will take a new turn-soon.

Music
Music has always been a love of mine. I love to listen, but my passion was to play. Even as a kid I had a natural draw to anything musical. I used to play my aunts little electric organ all the time when I was a kid. When it was time for band, I wanted to play the bassoon but that instrument is very expensive. I started on the clarinet (which ran in the family) and then switched to flute. I loved the flute and ended up being the geek in first chair for almost all of my junior high and high school days. I received awards and made the honor band etc but was far from superior. The problem of a really small school was that I didn't get the chance to try out for orchestra. If I had my choice, I would have started taking piano when I was like two and majored in music. I still love it and took lessons again a few years ago. I still play my flute from time to time and once I'm done with school, I'm sure I'll take it up again. I can't stay away for long. I also want to buy an oboe and learn that someday too.

Nursing
My current goal. I've always liked nursing for an unknown reason. I sometimes think that it comes from the great care I had when I was ill as a child. I like to help people and I love medical jargon. I regret not doing this right out of high school, but live and learn. I'm now on the waiting list and I have huge goals for this field. I plan to someday get my masters and become a NP.

were-animals
My favorite movie as a kid was American Werewolf in London. I think childhood is where I got my liking for dorky horror movies. Me and grandpa used to watch stuff like Puppet Master and Freddy all the time. I've always loved were animals. I find them interesting and creepy at the same time.

Writing
This is a new hobby for me that I've kind of fizzled out on. Writing was something I always used to say I hated and I dreaded writing anything. Maybe it's because my grammar knowledge sucks and I get really picky about things. I enjoy playing around with it and I'm learning to edit better as I work on Trav's book.

 urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:unicorngoddess5:7851 More about me meme... 2007-09-26T08:39:38Z 2007-09-26T08:47:58Z I know I'm a little late in doing this one, but hey I've go my mom and grandma coming in on Friday so housework comes first :D Just imagine me running around with a roll of duct tape trying to super-de-hair my house.

Oh, and I'll try to get season 2 spn music swap going here soon.

Tell us something you're happy about right now.

Seeing my mom and grandma. I have not seen them in a few years. I'm excited to go have some fun in Boston & the Twin Cities with them.

Name a book that you've really disliked, and tell us why.

Besides Eclipse, I got really upset with Kelley Armstrong's series. I loved her first two, Bitten and Stolen. Then she switched narrators. Just bam, the werewolves that I loved took a backseat to some witch character I didn't really want to read about. I see that my wolves come back in later books, but I can't bring myself to weed through all the characters I could care less about.

Name a couple of songs that you'd like to share, just because.

Back to the Hotel
A fav song from my good ol wanna be gangsta dork days. I used to blast this stupid song on my system all the time. *sigh*

We Didn't Start the Fire
Another all time fav.

I wanted to share some Celtic music, but go figure-I can't upload it!

Tell us something that nobody on your friends list knows about you.

Hmm...I dunno. I'm pretty open with people. I fear spiders because I had one crawl in my ear while I was sleeping when I was younger. I was a terminally ill child that had six months to live-heh beat that Dean!

Besides writing in LJ, what are you doing right now?

Listening to a co-worker vent about all the nasty nurses upstairs (my future=nasty nurse) and I was eating my measly dinner of beef noodle soup.

 urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:unicorngoddess5:7448 Ah wha? 2007-09-26T05:23:50Z 2007-09-26T05:23:50Z

Stefanie

"I am Spartacus!"

'What is your personal life motto?' at QuizGalaxy.com

 urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:unicorngoddess5:7400 Widget's Rule & a Meme because I'm bored... 2007-09-21T05:45:53Z 2007-09-21T07:53:34Z
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4 Meme

Four jobs I have had or currently have in my life:
1. Registration Geek: aka I sit in a teal room bored all night until some idiot cuts off his fingers and comes crawling in to see me (Oh that happened tonight btw)
2. PIP Insurance Adjuster: Progressive Insurance. I was that annoying one that called you for a 'statement' and what your injuries are. Then I looked you up in every known search database, requested all your medical records and made your life hell. If you lost a leg or something in a car accident, I was easy to deal with since we really couldn't dispute that. (PIP=Personal Injury Protection)
3. Manager: Starbucks coffee. I miss this job, but I worked my ass off. Free Coffee...nuff said.
4. Service Specialist: Providence Health Plans. Here I was the evil insurance adjuster for an HMO company. Deny...nuff said.

Four Countries I have been to in no particular order:
1. USA
2. Nowhere
3. Nowhere
4. Oh Canada

Four places I would rather be right now:
1. The Impala
2. Dean's hotel room
3. Europe
4. Home sleeping

Four foods I like to eat:
1. Zone/granola bar things
2. Coffee (yes, it's a food group)
3. Meatloaf and mashed potatoes (only good meatloaf though, my mother-in-laws kind is plague-inducing)
4. Scrambled eggs & bacon

Four heros (past or present):
1. John F. Kennedy
2. Dean Winchester
3. Sam Winchester
4. Martin Luther King

Four books I have read or are currently reading:
1. Eclipse of course
2. The Harlequin
3. Wuthering Heights...pffft
4. For a Few Demons More

Four people to tag:
sydgill
handyhunter
julieelaine
mmariebs urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:unicorngoddess5:6951 Robert Jordan... 2007-09-20T06:35:35Z 2007-09-20T06:40:13Z Sitting here surfing the yahoo news I discovered that Robert Jordan has died. Robert Jordan-NY Times

I would pop into his blog from time to time and read the process of his treatments at the Mayo Clinic for a rare disease called amyloidosis. From what I gathered, RJ's amyloidosis was causing secondary cardiomyopathy (or causing the walls of his heart to thicken).

He had some good posts and a very positive attitude on his blog. It seemed he was doing good. I'm actually sitting in total shock. Robert Jordan is my husband's fantasy idol. He loved the man and his stories.

My thoughts are with his wife Hariett and his family. Robert Jordan was 58.

"There are readers, and then there are fans. Readers offer condolences when a favorite author falls ill. Fans offer bone marrow." urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:unicorngoddess5:6258 My Life Soundtrack... 2007-09-12T06:08:32Z 2007-09-12T06:08:32Z If your life were a movie, what would the soundtrack be?

Here's what you do:
1. Open your music library.
2. Put it on shuffle.
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing.
5. When you go to a new question, press next.

1. Opening Credits: Redundant~Green Day
Yes...life can be redundant.

2. Waking Up: Been a Son~Nirvana
Hmm....

3. First Day at School: The Way You Make Me Feel~Michael Jackson
Um, scary. No Mr. Jackson didn't stalk kids at my school.

4. Falling in Love: Cancer~My Chemical Romance
Hmpt...no comment.

5. Fight Song: Disconected~RJA
(This first came up as Chapter 7 of the Twilight Audio book)

6. Breaking Up: Let It Grow~Eric Clapton

7. Prom: The Bomb~All 4 One
Ha ha ha. At least it's the right time era. Too bad it didn't come up as 'She's Got skillz'. My proms were a joke, my senior year we had a flat tire and ended up walking and then hitching with friends. Afterwards-we were very drunk. Is this where I mention that I was the girl listening to songs like this in a very country town. So I was not down with the hee-haw style prom :D

8. Life: It's Gonna to be a Lovely Day~The Soul System

9. Mental Breakdown: Toss-Up~N2Deep
ha ha, my old school days are showing a little

10. Driving: Dr. Bones~Cherry Poppin Daddies
Hmm, the name Dr. Bones kind of reminds me of my years of working auto accident medical claims. I saw many a nasty breaks. Shattered acetabulm anyone?

11. Flashback: Cowboys From Hell~Pantera

12. Getting Back Together: Wasting Time~Kid Rock

13. Wedding: Make it Ruff, Make it Smooth~Ice Cube
Um...yeah those old rap songs keep coming....

14. Birth of a Child: Everything is Everything~Phoenix

15. Final Battle: Who Say~Primative Radio Gods

16. Funeral Song: Layla~Eric Clapton
iTunes is liking Clapton tonnight...

17. End Credits: Never Gonna Stop Me~Rob Zombie
ha ha, so appropriate...never gonna stop me....

Hope you enjoyed my weird mix of music. Sheesh, not even one song I've listened to in the last few months.

 urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:unicorngoddess5:6026 Whimsical Winchester Websurfing... 2007-09-06T11:30:48Z 2007-09-06T11:34:44Z Ok I had way too much fun Dean surfing last night. I love this one for the superglue factor. Heh, my version of Bella knows all about superglue, and speedos.

More eye candy:

firefly these are for you:

And this is for Julie:
 urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:unicorngoddess5:5411 Seven silly, strange, and spectacular things about me... 2007-09-03T06:33:26Z 2007-09-03T06:42:25Z I see I was tagged by a couple of peeps, so I guess that means I have to do it...heh heh.

THE MEME
1. List seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself
2. Tag seven people to do the same.
3. Do not tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag whoever wants to do it.

1. Ok so the first thing that comes to mind is my sick pen fetish. Yes, PENS. I am a complete dork for pens that are bright colored or metallic or sparkle...remember the desk drawer full of pens. I have more! I was also such a geek in college that my notes were color coded. I drew detailed pictures of cellular mitosis and the citric acid cycle (Krebs)and had everything a different color.

2. I am a clean freak with a vacuum fetish. I must have a vacuum (love my dyson)that could suck up a cat and keep on ticking. I'm one of these idiots that will vacuum everything. The tops of the kitchen cabinets, the baseboards, the vents, the picture frames. I basically take the thing and suck up hair on any surface that won't kill a vacuum. Once I'm done with that, I mop with Basic H cleaner upstairs and bleach my basement floors (once a week) since potty box central is located in the basement. Oh and I bleach the potty boxes once a week too.

3. I smell everything. I have an annoyingly good sense of smell. I smell my food before it ever touches my lips. If I smell one bad odor in the house, I'm on the hunt until I find it (like go postal if I can't find it). I can tell you what region a coffee is from usually by the smell. I think I drive Travis nuts because 'I smell something' and he can't smell a thing.

4. I am a huge animal lover, but I understand the cycle of life. I'm not so extreme that I jump on the PETA bandwagon. They have their hearts in the right place, but I like to focus on what I can change. We have rescued, taken care of, and then found homes for cats, dogs, fish, ferrets, chameleons. Whatever needs help. This is why I have 7 cats and 3 dogs, one of which is a blind dalmation. I have even gone as far to steal an animal from a bad home. Hey-you let it wander outside it's fair game! Most people in my area of the world don't like it when I say let me tie you to a tree with a bowl of water and no shelter when it's 40 below zero so I can stand at the window and stare at you! Oh, and can't we have the death penalty for people that raise dogs just to fight? And why blame the dog when it learned it's bad behaviour from it's terrible human? Let's just euthanize the human and put the dog in rehab. Ok, yes I go a little crazy on my animals.

5. As you can see from #4, I tend to be a little anti-human from time to time. I get irked at humans that can't see past their own personal bubble and think on a global scale. What's right for me, may not be right for everyone etc. I also think humanity is the most destructive thing every created, so are we really THAT smart?

6. I'm amazed by religion and how 'some' people would blindly cut out their eyeballs if their said diety told them to. I can't tolerate people that feel their way is the only right way and all others should perish. There is no freedom or fairness in that. In my perfect world, school would teach about all religions and the basics of what they believe and that it is ok to believe in something else. None of us have proof of what is exactly right when it comes to faith, so how do we know it's not all true? So, yeah I'm a huge equal rights, religious freedom kind of girl.

7. My last is my helpless gaming addiction. My all time love is Real Time Stragety (RTS) games. I remember the days of Age of Empires with my beloved CSA clan where I was a high-ranked general CSA_R_Greenhow and everynight we played and practiced and trained newbies. You basically had to play like a robot and never miss a beat if you wanted to win. I just loved attacking my enemies with like 100 longbowmen and catapults. Yes, I did rule all in that game. Now my life is addicted to Guild Wars. I mainly like the loot! Gimme gold, gimme the good weapons, gimme the elite skills, gimme the super-expensive armor. Yeah, gaming life is good. You know you have an issue when you stay in an elite mission for 6 hours with the hopes of getting the drop of an Urgoz Longbow. To this day, I still have not received that drop, but I will keep on trying. You can also add the creepy goodness of Bioshock to my list and of course Halo 3.

I'm tagging marcyjo 3midnightwalker kissafur urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:unicorngoddess5:5366 Why I love Sony... 2007-08-28T05:28:10Z 2007-08-28T05:28:10Z Ok so we had a long and very fun weekend to start. I'll post more later on our trip to the Renaissance Festival so you all can see me in my fire-red hair and purple royal gown.

Now as to why I love Sony (oh and did I mention I hate Microsoft, and I HATE windows, but I'll get to why they are an evil need of mine). So before our fun-filled weekend started, we HAD planned to lounge on the sofa, enjoying the greatness of blu-ray and netflix. So as we were getting to the end of The Departed (and I mean to the point where you go OMG and start drooling for more) zap, poof, bang, bam. The PS3 just up and dies. Can't turn it on, no power lights, nada! Yippie flippin slippy. So we ended up surfing for something to watch and ended up finding the G4 channel and Ninja Warrior (and I am now hooked to watching people kill themselves on that show!)

So the next day Trav called Sony support. They knew exactly what was wrong with the PS3. The blu-ray player burned out. You know what makes Sony so great. They said "NO problem, we'll send you a new one and then just package yours up and send it back." *cough, hack, cough* Are they ill? I mean, were they nice to us and had the balls to back up their product? Unlike Microsoft did when our Xbox 360 overheated and died. We had to argue our way to management to get that one fixed (not to mention the lawsuit that went up against them). So word to the wise: I am not planning to ever, ever, ever, ever again buy a flipping piece of Microsoft gaming crap again, but CRAP...I'm sure Halo 25 will make us buy one *sigh*

Oh! Did I mention that The Departed is stuck in the PS3. Thank god for no late fees!

Ok, so with the loss of the PS3. I reverted to other modes of entertainment in the middle of the night. Guitar Hero. I finished up Hard mode and then went to try 'Freebird' on Expert and got my ass handed to me on a silver platter. I may claim to be a previous musician, but pffft. I was totally boo'd off stage :)

Then, I went back to an old reliable. Guild Wars. (I can tell my geeky-gamer is coming out.) Now, to start we own windows-based PCs for one reason only...gaming. We have DSL for gaming. We have wacky keyboards and gadgets for gaming. Yes, we are sick in the head. Again, I love Sony for my ancient Vaio that keeps on ticking. The thing is like 7 years old. It has lived through multiple graphics cards, sounds cards, hard drives, memory upgrades--you name it. It's been moved, kicked, dropped, spilled on, taken apart and played with and the darn thing is still playing online games. Then there is Trav's HP piece of royal crap that is barely a year old and it is having issues. I love my Sony products. You should see our old PS2 that is cracked and broken, but yet it still works.

That said, I'm all hyped up to play Guild Wars again. There is a new expansion coming out for higher level characters (yes, no noobs!) So it's time to brush up on my skills and prepare to gain god knows how much more weight as we spend our resting hours glued to the GW world. Oh, and you know you have issues if you've ever called in sick to work to play online games. I have, a few times!

That's all my geeky babbles for now... urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:unicorngoddess5:4881 The Daring Desk Meme... 2007-08-21T13:28:17Z 2007-08-21T13:30:55Z Ok snaggged from sydgill

I ran home this am, took pics and *poof* here they are.

For you (the poster):

1. Take three photos of your desk area as it is, do not stop to tidy up. Inclusion of you at desk in the picture is optional.
2. Upload the photos onto imageshack, photobucket, flickr, imagehoop, or a similar site and post them and this text to your journal, with an explanation for anything significantly MISSING, if anything.

For them (the commentor/friend):
1. Ask a question about what's in any of the pictures and the poster has to answer it, within reason.
2. Do this meme yourself!

 urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:unicorngoddess5:4700 Addictions are great, really they are... 2007-08-21T05:26:05Z 2007-08-21T06:26:58Z Netflix, netflix, netflix--squee! I know it sounds silly, but I just signed up for it and have not even got my first batch of movies and I'm like all suber-uber-silly excited. My Q is already over 40 and I'm all giddy about being able to try out all these TV shows that I didn't want to pay $40 a piece for (with the exception of my prized Buffy and Angel collection-hee hee). Oh and did I mention that the movie rental places by me are CRAP. I mean they have hoards of VHS to rent...not even DVD and I'm 'yo where's the Blu-ray?' I'm now super-spoiled by the ps3 that will upgrade old crappy dvd's to have better picture and Blu-ray in it's high definition glory. So that said, lately I've been glued to our gigantic plamsa TV every night after workout and dinner to watch Buffy or Angel, which now I have a sick addiction to David Boreanaz *pant, pant*. (He's an animal lover-like me-in real life so bonus points for him!) James Marsters is hot too, David's just, well RAWR!

And I can't forget my new addiction to Supernatural! I'd have to say it was handyhunter who got me into that with all her pretty pictures. Even though, my mother-in-law will soon be on my shit list if she doesn't return my season 1 that I never got to finish! She fell head over heels for it.

I'm sure I'll have more yapping on this issue later. I'm just excited that I can now easily get all these movies by just typing in 'Nathan Fillion' on netflix and hit click...Waitress anyone? Coming in November-heh.

Oh and PS...I'm sorry I've been away from Meyerville fandom. I just needed the break and the evil snarkies ruined the fandom for me. I've also had issues with Skype, but I think I got it running again or else they blocked me from it at work. Oh and I have actually been working on Trav's book with him and this new idea for a modern day story he came up with as well as some plot bunnies for a book of my own *grumbles*. I don't want to write, but the fictional fantasies won't leave me alone :)

Ok geek session done, I have to work anyway. Darn sick people...can't they see I'm having play time? urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:unicorngoddess5:4425 10 years of wedding bliss... 2007-08-13T17:27:46Z 2007-08-13T17:35:51Z I can't believe that Trav and I have already been married for ten years. It seems so short, yet so long at the same time. We like to joke that we've been to hell and back again in all of our struggles, but it was those struggles that made us who we are today...those cynical, tree-hugging, liberal wackos that own a bunch of animals. We've survived a painful break-up, financial torture, and some betrayal. Through it all we've learned to understand that we are both only human, we make mistakes, and that we will forever be the best of friends and companions.

Our trip started by packing up the furballs for their week long stay at 'grandma and grandpa's' house. We dropped them off and then started to head north. We stopped in Hinckley to have breakfast with Greg and Jana. They were supposed to come with us, but Jana's parents were in a motorcycle accident in New York and needed them for some TLC.

We finally got to Crosby-Manitou State Park, filled up our water supply and started to hike in. The packs were heavy of course (tent, sleeping bags, 4 days of food, clothes etc.) The humidity was nasty, but the trail was beautiful. We enjoyed the hike in and once we got to the river crossing...wow is all I can say. It was steep, steep, steep and so awesome. By the time we got to the crossing, we were tired after 2-3 hours of hiking. We looked at the map and the time, took a small break and thought we could try and huge hill ahead of us. We were wrong. After a while of constant uphill climbs, we noticed the time compared to how much further we needed to hike and chose to back track to the last campsite, just to be safe. That hill was holy hell on wheels. I had sweat pouring down my face and dripping to the ground, my legs were getting shaky. Sad thing was I was happy that Trav was tired and worn out too. I normally can't keep pace with him so kudos to me for working out in prep for this trip.

As we started back (which can be worse than climbing with 100 pounds strapped to your back), Trav promised me that we could have our special anniversary dinner tonight. I immediately asked him if he brought the Jack Daniels-heh.

When we finally hit the campsite and set up everything, Trav told me I had to stay away from a while. So why I took to gathering wood along the river, he set up the sweetest dinner EVER.

When he finally came and told me I could come back, I walked up the little hill that went to the river and saw a picnic blanket set out with a bottle of very nice red wine and two wine glasses. Oh and can't forget the very nice cigars! From there we dined on lasagna (the dehydrated back packer kind) and later had smores.

The best part of the dinner was the gifts he gave me. It started with a hand-made card, then he pulled out a little black case. To my surprise, he turned on Celtic music and showed me a new video ipod in this fancy little case with speakers. At that point I was like wow. Then the big surprise came. As I was in shock over the ipod, Trav reached behind him and said that it would not be complete without this...I then heard him say 'will you marry me' as he held out a box with a ring that I can't believe he managed to get. (Guess working our butts off this summer paid off.)

(Don't worry pictures of everything are in the link below.)

The ring is amazing. It's not a fancy diamond that you can buy from any store. It's a ring created by Trav for me. The ring was made by Walker Metalsmiths. It's a hand-made, one of a kind Celtic masterpiece. Green gold ivy leaves, white gold band, lots of rose gold and a purple gem in the middle. I was floored. I actually cried and Trav said he would never forget the moment. I'm sure I won't ever forget as well. Trav said the guy at Walker was a dream to deal with and even shipped the ring to Trav next day air at no extra charge since he was pressed for time to finish it. I guess he was making my ring at the New York Renaissance Festival and it was quite the hit. My ring is on the company website: My Ring

The next couple of days we did some day hikes and took a trip to Duluth. We had a blast rock hopping down the river and playing with the new digital camera. You can see some pics at the following:

Anniversary Photo Album urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:unicorngoddess5:4184 My Eclipse Thoughts and Feelings.... 2007-08-12T18:21:56Z 2007-08-12T18:21:56Z So I know from personal experience that I hate to have my work ripped and shredded to pieces when it was something I tried so hard to create, BUT there were a lot of things I really disliked about Eclipse I'm sorry Stephenie, but the book didn't make me swoon like Twilight and New Moon.

The first part that annoyed me was the plane trip to Florida. Edward was being a sneaky little prat about it all and not telling Bella the truth, but I would have loved to read a chapter of them in Florida, not just a flashback of the one comment we had already read in the quote of the day. That moment was very flat for me. We never got to see Renee's real reaction to Edward or to hear some of her thoughts through Edward. HUGE potential for some comedy and fun there. Instead we got moody, broody Bella back at home.

I enjoyed their little note passing session in class when Bella was telling Edward to tell her everything next time.

Rose came around and I liked that (maybe because my mind of Rose was tainted from some of the snarks on the lex). I liked how they got to have a moment, but like all the other characters it was the really only place we saw Rose. All of the other loved characters were missing or just had a few lines. Very sad there. I was hoping for more Emmett escapades and compassionate Carlisle.

I also got a little sick of Bella's inability to accept a gift. I can understand huge things like cars and tuition, but it's ok for her to give a gift, but not to receive it? I want to say drop the noble act there Bella. Edward did nail it when he stated that Jacob can give a gift, but he can't?

I know that the fans were wanting to know history of everything. I can appreciate the fact that SM was trying to give the fans what they wanted, but it was a little much. We now know everything about the wolves and how they work it seems...so now there is no mystery left to them. And, yes the imprinting thing with a young kid was kind of creepy. Make sure to check your local listing of registered sex offenders....ugh...creepy. I actually got very bored during the tribe wise tales.

And my question is that why the hell didn't Edward talk to Bella about her feelings towards Jacob? Edward could read jake's mind that he loved Bella and Edward didn't want to mentioned anything to Bella? If he wanted to be all noble and junk, he could have told Bella upfront that he wouldn't stand in the way of her choice or something. Playing all petty towards each other like two cavemen going for the girl was not what I expected out of Edward. Maybe Jake, I could understand that a little more. I mean I did think the kiss where Bella punched him was funny and it was Jake's chance to say that he loved her. When Bella kissed Jake at the end, it felt very out of place and wrong (maybe morally wrong for me? I love you Eddio, I say yes...Oh Jacob *kiss, kiss*) And you wonder where the Bella is a slut thought comes from.

I enjoyed the day that Bella and Edward had alone, the romance was better--more real. Love and sex are all normal and to see them having a few real relationship momenets added to the realism of their relationship. I was also happy at that point when Bella said yes.

Now the most annoying part was the tent. I thought the starts of the plan went well. I mean, the 'plan' had potential. I laughed at Bella smearing blood everywhere. Now at the tent. So we know the Cullen's have all this expensive camping gear. I'm ASSUMING that they didn't buy some kmart special tent and sleeping bag. I'd assume a nice North Face or Kelty tent and a backpacking sleeping bag (which are usually good to temperatures like OH 40 below ZERO) and Bella had a coat. *insert huge eye roll and a good roll on the floor laughing* The whole moment of Bella freezing her ass off was on the edge of impossible for me. I've lived in the pacific northwest and grew up in the freezing winters of Montana. Umm....Bella should have been plenty warm. I thought the conversation between Jake and Edwards was nice, but at the same time...did they go gay and all lovey-feeling like?

The last fight was uneventful for me. Stephenie Meyer had a great idea, but the action was lacking. To be honest, it wasn't real. With war and battle comes injuries. Not one giant cat fight where all the good guys come out untouched. It would have been more hair-raising and dramatic if there were injuries. If Edward was injured and had to heal or maybe werewolf had to save the day. Gah, just so unrewarding. Tell me of one battle in history where one side made out like the Cullens.

That's just the tip of the iceberg that comes to mind. Edward was weak and Bella was...I don't know, different. I have yet to fully process everything. On the good side, my desperate need for fan fic and fandom is less and less. So yeah, that's all for now. I have a much better story to post about anyway!

 urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:unicorngoddess5:3747 3:30 am ramblings... 2007-07-08T09:07:34Z 2007-07-08T09:07:34Z Twilight Audio Book Ok so I'm laughing my butt off at my lj stalker:

unicorngoddess5's LJ stalker is 3midnightwalker!

3midnightwalker is stalking you because your LiveJournal is just SO damned interesting. They are also stalking the rest of your friends list!

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I scored that meme from sydgill. I find it amusing.

Other than that, I've been up to nothing too exciting. I've watched like 13 hours of Buffy in the last two days and died laughing when Angel showed up in Buffy's bedroom (Season 2, episode 1). I was like...'that's so Edward'...*insert eye roll here* I mean, dude...he even came through the window. Yeah, I'm having fun watching Buffy. Bella Swan meets Buffy Summers...look out Edward *snort*.

I've been snickering to myself all night with a few stupid Twilight fics my mind has created. I doubt I'll ever actually sit down and write them. I have 5 or 6 fics written and 'almost' done, plus outlines for like 3 AU stories that will never see the light of day...so what does my retarded mind think of tonight. First, I want to write James' pov before he meets up with them at the baseball game. I had a sudden inspiration of vile thoughts that fit James to a tee. And then, I started giggling with vision of Bella in ballet as a kid *insert horrible moment of her bringing down the stage during a performance*. I feel like an idea factory, but always find something other than writing to fill my time as of late. I guess when you are having a crazy night and listening to Twilight on audio book in the backgroud, you think of crazy stuff.

Alright, now I'm off to battle with the drunk idiot that can't see well enough to write on a flippin form, yet he arrived here by vehicle...*eye roll, again*.
 urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:unicorngoddess5:3097 My words of wisdom for the day: 2007-06-24T04:47:50Z 2007-06-24T04:47:50Z I snagged this off hoverspot, but I felt it is so true.

Fighting online is like racing in the special olympics; even if you win, you're still retarded. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:unicorngoddess5:2977 unicorngoddess5 @ 2007-06-20T03:18:00 2007-06-20T08:48:33Z 2007-06-21T05:06:05Z So I'm finally done with my weekends of landscaping hell! For the past two months my husband and I have had no days off since we were slaving away at some town-homes doing some much needed landscaping. So after multiple attacks from the junipers and spiders I can finally breathe that it is done. We ended the little escapade by putting down mulch on all of them. That mulch was two dumptruck loads and what felt like a million wheelbarrow trips back and forth. Did I mention it was 95 degrees with the classic Minnesota high humidity? I was so over-heated and ill on Sunday I almost passed out at the end of the day. I also came away with a very painfully pulled hamstring and my hands are so sore from gripping that it hurts to grab or grip anything. (Yes-insert whine here.)

That said, some good came out of it all. First, we got paid to do it which led to my husband getting his long-wanted PS3 and, for me, my plane ticket to Boston this fall. We also scored hoards of free plants for our little yard. I think I inherited 60-80 irises, a few hostas, and enough garden bricks to pave my way to China.

I'm very much going to enjoy my next days off! No more doing my homework at 4 am prior to landscaping. Now I can take time for a new addiction: Oblivion on the PS3. I'm such a sucker for games. I'm even playing Resistance Fall of Man and I'm not dead on every street corner-woo hoo. I'm just alive because Trav and I are playing it as a team and he says I make excellent cannon fodder, lucky me. I normally hate first person shooters. Maybe that's because every time I tried to play Halo with Trav and his friend Greg they kicked my ass over and over again before I could even figure out what buttons did what. That's ok though, Trav will never play RTS games with me. I kick his ass all the way home. Makes me think: The family that plays together stays together (even thought it's more like us bartering who gets to play on a given night). Ok enough of that.

Now that I'm not slaving away my free time. I'm hoping to catch up on some much avoided fan fiction. I still can't decide if I want to keep writing it, but I keep thinking about it so I guess I do. I'm just not finding it fun when your work gets scrutinized in a non-constructive way. I'm also thinking I'm just freaking out about the number of reviews and hits on my one story which kills the muse and inflicts writer's block. So instead, I'm working on a one shot that I may get done for the Summer Romance contest. If I don't, no worries. I know I don't have a shot in hell at winning, but it's a cute scene that has been running through my brain for the last month and I even have my favorite vampire quoting Dracula woo hoo.

I also need to catch up on my reading list! And, I'm working on my mom to get internet so we can both work on doing edits on Trav's book. She's the english brain and I'm the med geek. I'll prattle on about kids and anti-depressants and she can explain how to draft court documents. Did I mention she types like 144 words per minute. Yeah-super-freak fingers there. She has also read like every classic known to mankind. Finger's crossed she'll con my dad into getting internet in their little Montana town. And I also told her she has to read Twilight and report back to me-ha ha. Time to get mommy dearest hooked on super sexy sparkling vampires! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:unicorngoddess5:2801 unicorngoddess5 @ 2007-06-13T05:41:00 2007-06-13T10:44:32Z 2007-06-13T10:56:46Z I nabbed this quiz idea from my overnight annoy--I mean supervisor kissafur and yeah, it's me to a tee.

You fit in with:
Spiritualism

60% spiritual.
40% reason-oriented.

	Your ideals are mostly spiritual, but in an individualistic way. While spirituality is very important in your life, organized religion itself may not be for you. It is best for you to seek these things on your own terms.

Take This Quiz at QuizGalaxy.com

 urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:unicorngoddess5:2455 First Twilight Drabble 2007-06-12T06:11:39Z 2007-06-12T06:23:03Z Title: Jacob's Letter
Team: Werewolf
Challenge: Letter
Words Count: 100
Rating: G
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Jacob/Bella
Author's Notes: First drabble for twilight100 set at the start of Eclipse.

I sat helpless on the porch—Bella's latest letter clutched and tattered in my hand—and stared at the ponderous paper pile now cluttering the dark stained wood.

Hurting Bella was not in my nature, but she was practically one of them! I recognized it in her eyes—the roadmap to her heart—she yearned to become a leech, a frozen monster for all eternity. Did our time together mean so little?

I did the only thing I could think of: I improvised. If I couldn't scribble my malign thoughts entirely, then I would scrawl all the letters I could: Bella could interpret. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:unicorngoddess5:2121 Kids on Drugs: The American Way of Life-or so it seems. 2007-06-11T06:38:21Z 2007-06-11T08:38:01Z Savin' Me, Nickelback Kids on Meds: Trouble Ahead?

So after a little internal debate with myself-which happens more than it should-about ethics in research for my psychology homework, I found the article linked above. Now I tend to be quite the anti-American sounding American from time to time, but dang nab it we kind of dig our own grave(s). So that said the first week assignment turned out to be over 2,000 words long and I basically wrote a mini APA format paper to discuss ethical research in the above article. What can I say? Geeky stuff just floats my boat.

As I read the article and then even went google happy on some of the other works listed within the article; I really got my undies in a bunch. Not because of what antidepressants were created to do or how they work. In the right clinical setting they do their job, but how often do we use 'happy pills' correctly? It seems that most people I know take them for the hell of it because they feel better and can handle stress better. Ok, fine and dandy if you are an adult, but what shocked me beyond belief was that appx 1.5 million kids under the age of 18 are taking these antidepressants or SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor). So you may think no big deal, kids have a lot to deal with these days and they seem to work for them. Which work they do-BUT-did you know that SSRIs were never tested in a pediatric setting? So some doctor just tested his theory on our kids without having any random clinical trial to back the theoretical use on kids. Doesn't seem too big a deal, right?

Wrong:

Research conducted by Amir Raz, a clinical neuroscience professor at McGill University, quoted: "The human brain is developing exponentially when we are very young, and exposure to antidepressants may affect or influence the wiring of the brain, especially when it comes to certain elements that have to do with stress, emotion and the regulations of these."

Tests on mice that were fed Prozac at a young age or genetically altered to bascially be 'born on Prozac' failed in experiments designed to test how they handle stress. So do these drugs actually alter the brains of kids? We don't know since pharmaceutical companies are not required to perform a pediatric and adult study. The only incentive the big drug lords have is money, of course they like money, lots of nice greedy green stuff.

The incentive to perform clinical trials for children comes from the FDA Modernization Act that was passed in 1997. Under this act, pharmaceutical companies are given 'pediatric exclusivity' under Section 111. Through this, the drug sponsors are offered from 6 months to a year of additional market exclusivity for conducting pediatric studies. These pediatric studies then turn into profit since the drug companies can continue to set the market price by keeping generic forms off the market. The example listed by Raz (2006) was the pediatric study for fluoxetine which had an estimated worth of one billion dollars.

A billion dollars in possible profit just to test these already hot-selling drugs on kids? But since when do the rich in America care about anything except their pocket book? Kids started now will be popping happy pills tomorrow so the pharmaceutical companies can keep ching, ching, chining all the way home.


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The posts speak for themselves: the 31 Day challenge was a success! I really enjoyed it, and it was so fun to have a post every day. I hope I can do it again next year, and maybe something a little more challenging than just talking about books I like.
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Spoken from the Heart by Laura Bush
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich
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Being found on the internet People use the internet in very diverse ways, and you can't possibly hope to capture every single person who might be looking for a product like yours. However, you can make it extremely easy for people to find your business by being prominent all over the internet. With so many different types of content, and various ways of receiving information, there are limitless possibilities for marketing your website on the internet. Whether this is in the form of local business directories, online classifieds or videos about your product posted on popular websites, you're sure to find people who are looking for your product or service. Internet marketing is essentially about being "found� online by the people who will become customers. They will be looking for what you are selling, and so you have to make it as easy as possible for them to find you. Your business should be all over the internet; in classifieds, directories, search engines, and once this has been done, there'll be a flood of people wanting to do business.
Building links to your business One of the most important parts of Internet Marketing is listing your business on websites with high levels of traffic that will give you the best opportunity to be seen by local customers, and therefore make plenty of sales. There are actually local directories on the internet that showcase only businesses in a particular area. These are excellent resources for you to use because they allow your business to be shown in a highly targeted manner. Local directories also tend to be used by people who are struggling to find what they're looking for, so if your site is listed properly in the right categories, then you're bound to entice people towards your business.
Conclusion As we can see from the graph below, the internet is dominating the way that people find local businesses. The graph shows the breakdown for the primary source of finding local business information:
As we've seen throughout this report, the internet is taking over as the most important way to market your business. If you embrace it now, your business will survive and probably flourish even in the most difficult times. All of the data and statistics should tell you everything you need to know, and given that local search has only become truly popular in the last few years; it is likely to grow even more in the future. There are so many different ways of building up a good online presence that you can't fail to succeed. By putting your business in front of a highly targeted audience, the profits are almost guaranteed.
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Published on Dec 30, 2010