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because youtube is awesome

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:18:42 GMT

So. Torchwood, right? The main actor for the Jack guy?

Totally. Awesome.

vader annnnd...whut?

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 05:45:18 GMT

pictureisunrelated.com....SO MUCH FUN.

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:04:39 GMT

Sounders won their first game! We have an HD cable box and access to the soccer channel.

...I am going to be watching a lot of soccer. Very, very soon.

WHEEE!

ps belated happy solstice

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 06:57:04 GMT

How odd, it seems as though my userpics are fubar'd. I shall have to fix that. Dammit.

HI I AM ALIVE BARRING SOME STUPID HEALTH CRAP. Oh yay, holidays.

I'm going to bed now.

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:56:37 GMT

Stolen from stewicked:

Your result for What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test...

Simple, Progressive, and Sensual

Ukiyo-e (浮世絵, Ukiyo-e), "pictures of the floating world", is a genre of Japaneseand paintings produced between the 17th and the 20th centuries. it mostly featured landscapes, historic tales, theatre, and pleasure. Ukiyo is a rather impetuous urban culture that has bloomed in popularity. Although the Japanese were more strict and had many prohibitions it did not affect the rising merchant class and therefore became a floating art form that did not bind itself to the normal ideals of society.

People that chose Ukiyo-e art tend to be more simplistic yet elegant. They don't care much about new style but are comfortable in creating their own. They like the idea of living for the moment and enjoy giving and receiving pleasure. They may be more agreeable than other people and do not like to argue. They do not mind following traditions but are not afraid to move forward to experience other ideas in life. They tend to enjoy nature and the outdoors. They do not mind being more adventurous in their sexual experiences. They enjoy being popular and like being noticed. They have their own unique style of dress and of presenting themselves. They may also tend to be more business oriented or at the very least interested in money making adventures. They might make good entrepreneurs. They are progressive and adaptable.

Take What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test at HelloQuizzy

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:44:06 GMT

I am alive! Just kinda sick...but that's to be expected for this time of year. Laying low and staying warm and we're hoping to kick this ickiness before it moves into my lungs /nod.

Hello internets! I know I've been ignoring you for paper books lately. *grovels* This will change, I assure you. Expansion is out! I feel almost up to leveling! *snivels* Maybe. If I can get up enough energy to pick myself up off the floor.

Cheerio, I'm off to collapse somewhere horizontal and shiver for a while. Ta!

Fall Weather

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:12:03 GMT

Let's hear it for mid-50's and supposedly it got down to 38 the other night. Fall is here with a goddamn bitchslap, yo.

Not much to say, aside from family drama going on, but that's about par for the course. Think I might be getting a little sick, but I hope to fight that off. Sunday should be Mom's bday dinner, with above annoying relatives, but that should pan out to be okay. Been reading more, which is always a happy thing. Got a nasty charlie-horse in my back last night which kept me up for hours. That I was not so pleased about. Got to see some friends a while back, always fun. The cars are going to cost us another $1500 total, once the bill for the truck is totalled and we get new brakes on the toyota. Sucktastic, yo. But I need new brakes for that car before the ice and snow decide to invade. You can really feel fall on the air, now.

Not much of anything else. Been listening to more indie bands and whatnot. 107.7 keeps playing The Airborne Toxic Event which are pretty good. Keeping up with what's new is a first for me..I'm usually years behind on what's playing on the radio, since the majority of what I listen to is on the classical stations. So, that's pretty cool. Not much else to report. Gonna get a cuppa and close the window in the kitchen. It's getting bloody cold up here!

Equinox

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:48:55 GMT

Happy Autumnal Equinox!

It sure as hell feels like fall up here, lemme tell you!

Because I am that bored...

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:38:41 GMT

A Quiz!

Your result for Which Chess Piece are You Test?...

The Queen's Rook

The Queen’s Rook is a pensive, analytical individual. They don’t mind spending long periods of time on their own to work through problems. They may venture so far into thought they appear vacant or detached; often they really are oblivious of the world at that moment. These wayward princes are precise about descriptions and by habit correct others (or feel sorely tempted) if the shade of meaning is slightly off. This is annoying to the less concise, but this is what gives the Queen’s Rook a gift for gab, especially in writing.

This Rook is relatively easy going until their principles of truth, knowledge and justice are violated. Because of this they hate the formalities of bureaucracy, politics, and authority – which tend to mask the truth of operations. They will respond with a flip of the switch and become outspoken and inflexible. They will eventually drop the issue, because they do prefer a reserved and benign ambiance. The problem with the Queen’s Rook is when they are debating a point; they may be convincing themselves as much as their opponent. They spend a considerable amount of time second-guessing their abilities and may come to multiple conclusions that offer plausible solutions.

An indicator that a friend may be a Queen’s Rook is an obsession with logic. If a mistake is made, it is because there wasn’t enough data or it was placed out of context. Another indicator you’re friend is a Rook, throw a strategy game at them. They enjoy Risk, Bridge, Chess, and word games. Never rush the Rook. They don’t draw conclusions very quickly. If one were to gather a bunch of Rooks together to form a group they may debate:

1.) Whether or not there should be a group.

2.) Exactly what name should the proposed group choose?

3.) Which of the persons in the group should take responsibility or should they rotate?

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One more thing...

Mon, 19 May 2008 04:23:24 GMT

I'm not so much about the whole jet-flying thing, but the music? Score, yo. Score.

Oh John Ringo No!

Sun, 11 May 2008 01:05:33 GMT

Hahaha, sooooo, for the love of link clicking, I stumbled upon OH JOHN RINGO NO, which, I gotta say, if they're publishing this shit (which gets my ire up so fast I'm laughing myself sick over it because it's either that or put my fist through the monitor) they they'll publish ANYTHING.

OH JOHN RINGO NO!

Go. Read. Try not to break things.

Apparently it's a Thing on YouTube

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:24:22 GMT

*snerk*

*snerfle*

*ROFLMAO*

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

*falls out of chair, laughing*

Lunar eclipse

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:07:50 GMT

Frank and I just watched the lunar eclipse out our bedroom window. We had a perfect sight, it was up about fourty five degrees, just over the far condo complex and between two towering evergreens. Simply amazing. We've got the blinds to the computer room up and we're watching it now as we putter around in eq - but watching it fade to greyish black - now that was fucking COOL.

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:18:45 GMT

Well, I suppose I should have posted something a while ago. January went by in a rush /shrug. I got dental surgury, got the stitches out, had a birthday, didn't celebrate it (because of the stitches) found a new author to read (Andrew Vachss) and assorted other things that are all very boring and whatnot.

Just dropping in to say I'm still alive! /nod.

Why hello mr. insanity, how have you been...

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:58:38 GMT

Hei!

Jeg heter Jen. Hva heter du? Jeg er norsk. Jeg bor i Bremerton. Hvor kommer du fra?

...and yes, once I master this, it's time to take on another language. /nod.

.......Why hello, Mr. Insanity, how have you been? Or should I say, hvordan har du det?

*flees*

Led Zepplin Viking Kittens

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 05:35:00 GMT

I have no words. The title to this post says it all.

Dude wtf

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:46:03 GMT

According to a rumor I heard...Robert Jordan died yesterday.

.........This pleases the fantasy fan in me not. Not. At. All.

Dude. WTF.

Life!

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:59:41 GMT

Hey, look, I can type on the laptop again. I have no idea why or how that came to be, since we were pretty sure it was fried. Yes, I want either a new computer or a new lap top, that would be nice /nod. But i'll make due with what I got and be grateful! *so she says in a very, very bad Russian accent*

Nothing new to report, other than it's no longer so hot and we are very happy about this. Had a GREAT thunder and lightning storm roll through the other day. Oh man was it crazy. Been pretty mellow otherwise, which (aside from the week from hell I had) is the way it normally is. So yeah, another random (and happily boring) hello from the pacific northwest!

And? The Mariners can get their heads out of their asses ANYTIMENOW kkthxbye.

MEME

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:03:20 GMT

From the friends-list:

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.

Of soul or sword -

That's kinda cool, yo.

(The book is the Collected works of Emily Dickinson. Full poem is as goes:

Garlands for Queens, may be -
Laurels - for rare degree
Of soul or sword -
Ah - but remembering me -
Ah - but remembering thee -
Nature in chivalry -
Nature in charity -
Nature in equity -
The Rose ordained!

I am, actually, alive

Wed, 30 May 2007 20:18:02 GMT

I am, actually, alive. I just haven't been on the internet with the computer that I normally post stuff at. I tend to multitask while playing video games, so I'd be playing one on the main computer and cruising LJ and myspace with the other. Since the laptop when BOOM weeks ago, - well, not BOOM but the keyboard stopped working - I haven't really thought about posting, since I haven't been playing much either.

I digress. I have this idea that's eating my brain. It's driving me mad. And I can't stop thinking about it. But alas, such is the world.

And Rai, if you read this, I saw your twin today, driving a black pick up truck near the grocery store we go to. Totally weird, which was why I headed this way to post that yes, I am alive and all that good noise.

Anyhow, news from the great PNW is...boring? We went to the SAM - the Seattle Art Museam - last saturday to celebrate our third wedding anniversary.good gods has it been three years already? It was fun, if tiring. We went to eat at this great place near the waterfront: it's called the Owl and Thistle and people they had shepherd's pie, guiness beef stew, steak, and hummas and yeah. I'm totally going back. It's more of a pub than a bar or restaurant. But it was really, really good. And they were playing Pearl Jam the entire time. Too funny.

I know there's a wedding in the wind, and Miss I do mean to call you when I can get my brain back from this insane idea. I miss lots of people in SB, I miss Hot Spots and gosh darn it I miss a good italian place to go eat at since there isn't any here on this side of the sound. At all. Good ones, I mean. We've found a host of bad to meh ones. But nothing like Patrini's or Paoli's or...you get the picture.

Ah what else...we ended up getting a small crockpot and food processor from my parents as anniversary gifts. Don't look at me. But the crockpot was nice, since our other one is made for a family of twelve. It's massive. I never use it. But the little one is for two to three people, which helps. And goddamit there I go again sounding all domestic. /facepalm. I need to go buy a bottle of vodka and steal streetsigns or something. If it wasn't so hot. Or annoying to be outside. Or...

Aw fuck it. I give up. I'm going back to the insane idea in my head. It's much more interesting than trying to move in this heat.

Right, so I hear a cuppa tea calling my name. Ta.

I live

Sat, 14 Apr 2007 23:52:49 GMT

I am tired. I am exhausted. But I am alive, taxes are paid, other bills are paid, we have food in the house and bizarrely, I like liver and onions.

It's been a hell of a week. Really. I'm tired.

And I hate the IRS.

/yawn.

Goodnight.

A TV!

Sun, 25 Mar 2007 23:30:48 GMT

We got my parent's old fixed TV for the computer room. Dad wanted a plasma thing for the new house, and my mother wasn't about to put the old thing in the trash, since they'd repaired it, so we took it off their hands. We need a splitter for the back room so we can get cable, but yay! A way to play EQ and watch TV at the same time!

Oh man are we lazy. hahahahaha

Ooohhhh we're looking forward to Battlestar tonight. I'm still pissed about Starbuck, but I have my delusional hopes. Dresden is pretty cool, but I've also found that Lifetime, of all channels, is doing their own TV version of the Vicky Nelson files. A show called Blood Ties, which is based off Tanya Huff's vampire novels, all of which I have. It shows at the same time Dresden does. We're at quite a quandry we are. Not sure how good it is, but I'm willing to give it a spin. We'll see.

Not much else...bought enough food to fill the house for two weeks or more. Let F talk me into getting brown rice for some meals. I'm not so sure about it, but we'll find out how it is. Picked up some steaks, and are they good. F gets to cook them, since I don't particularly like handling meat that isn't chicken and I'll be dead in a casket if we ever have pork that's not bacon strips cooked in my kitchen. I hate pork with a passion. Too many years of having to eat my mother's version of pork chops, and having to salt the meat so much it made my liver wince just to eat it. But meh. Such is life. We don't like it no we don't precious.

So yeah. That and reading a lot. CJ Cherryh, her Foreigner books. Good stuff. Forgot how much I liked the characters and the world. Found out I'm missing the two latest books from her and that there's another three in contract. Ohh we are happy, yes we are.

Right, tired and about to eat steak now. Ta.

Yesterday was a good day

Sun, 18 Mar 2007 21:51:28 GMT

Yesterday was a score lots for J day. I got me a new purse/bookbag thingy. The new loreena McKennitt cd, and 1880's copy of Scott's Lady of the Lake and a 1920's copy of Swinburne's poetry.

We are happy yes we are precious.

Now I am off to read lovely, lovely things. Ta.

weeee!

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 23:41:21 GMT

I got a new phone! It's so cool!

GLEEE!

Cooking...

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:07:01 GMT

I'm making homemade stew. Shaddup. With real, fresh veggies and whatnot. And no, the kitchen hasn't caught on fire.

*twitch*

Yet.

Now I'm off to make scones, ta.