So, I’m finally home…and still not quite unpacked. I had to stop by Reiko’s on the way to pick up AMOS and my movies. Of course, when you’re coming back from a trip (especially when you shop as much as I did =..=) you tend to be taking more back with you than you originally had. So, I had to leave one box behind…no room for it in the car =..= It was mostly my many box sets and since Reiko doesn’t have cable either AND no internet on top of that, she could seriously use the diversion. Plus, I know she’ll take good care of them (or it’s her ass).

Also, I’m so very very sick. I think it’s just a head cold, but it’s making me miserable either way. No worries though! I’ve got Nyquil and Dayquil to help me...though, they only really relieve my symptoms for about 4 hours before I feel miserable again. Still, what more could a body ask for? As sick as I am, Mom was much worse when I left her. She caught a bad stomach, just like I told you, but she was all congested before that, so she’s fighting the same symptoms as I am ….plus the stomach virus. With her previous exposure to hepatitis B…well, her immune system is nonexistent. She takes forever to recover from these things.

Much too late to report in to work at this point of course, so I’ll be in bright and early tomorrow. You’ll be glad to know I was grounded enough that I didn’t simply rush over and install my computer first thing. No, my clothes has been put on to wash (after the towels were put on to dry), and mean while, I unpacked the entire car, unloading food items into the fridge first. Of course, the only thing in my fridge at this point is candy, soda, milk (questionable though it may be), hazelnut coffee creamer and sandwich meat. I will need to restock soon…

Now though, I do have internet, and the computer is up and running. Perhaps a bad idea to come down…what with Hurricane Ike RIGHT BELOW ME!!...but….the boss called Tuesday. Asked when I was coming back and wondering if I could make it sooner than later. So yeah. I’m back…for better or for worse. My house is awesome. I’m sick. And I’m going in to work tomorrow. But…it’s just Friday…so at least it’ll be jeans day and I won’t have to worry about when I get a break, right? The winds are pretty bad out right now, and it’s been drizzling off and on. Thanks bunches, Ike. Feel free to just pass on by without stopping.

…It’s so good to be home. I can’t wait till I settle back into it. I’m gonna go take some more meds or…maybe just blow my nose or something. Later, Sunshines.

You Are the Mother

You have an abundance of love for humanity. You care about all the people of the world. You love helping others more than anything else. You love to be needed. At your best, you unconditionally love people. You are very nurturing. You are a wise and gentle teacher. You are happy to guide anyone who needs your advice or explanations. At your worst, you are controlling and overbearing. You smother people with affection and gifts. And with this attention you give, you are expecting something in return.

What Family Role Do You Play?

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So, Reiko got up here safe and sound (though there’s always some question about just how sound she is). She and her mom and dad all stopped in a resort town called Fairfield Bay, which is about an hour and a half southeast of here. Scamp and her peoplez actually went to my Aunt Lane’s house. I know the power went out and at some point, their generator went out too, but evidently it’s back up and running. I’m sure since it’s farther north, the power will be resorted soon.

I had a bit of a way-side adventure yesterday. Reiko had told me that she and her dad were heading down Wednesday morning, and that if I wanted to, I could go with them. She figured we might not be able to get back into Houma, but her house in Hammond (Robert) would be reachable. We could bunk there till we could come down. So, I packed up most of my stuff (forgetting a lot =..=) and headed over to meet them. We all went to Wal-Mart and stocked up on the essentials we’d need (potted meat, water, gas cans, and for me and Reiko granola bars and pop tarts). Well, after checkout, I get a call from my mom (who was really upset that I we were leaving so soon), and she said that the mayor said not to even bother coming back till Friday; and, that power would not be restored for up to 2 to 3 weeks! So, that was very discouraging, but her opinion was what clenched it. She said she didn’t want me going down there when it was still a disaster zone, that it was her birthday and she wanted me here where it was safe. So...I sold Reiko and her dad my gas cans and potted meat, and came home. Reiko was a bit upset about this (not as upset as she was about my driving though >..>) but she got over it and I came back here.

…And now Mom and I both have some freaky sinus infection that we’re fighting =..= Reiko called sometime…the other day…and said that they had decided not to leave. That she was feeling sick with a sinus infection too, and they’d gotten the bulletin about not being able to go back till at least Friday. So, now they’re planning on leaving tomorrow morning.

I called Blue Bird (my boss), and asked her if they’d evacuated or if they were alright. She said that they’d made it to Baton Rogue, but the hurricane hit just as badly there. I told her my mom wasn’t allowing me to leave till it was safe, and she said, “Oh no. No don’t leave at all. They’re not letting anyone back in and there’s no power.” So, she has my private e-mail, and she’s going to e-mail me updates, but other than that, I’m not really worried about work. I also called Cole, and she said that her family was heading back today (I think her hubby manages one of the power plants). She said to call her Saturday before I even thought about coming so that she could give me updates first. I also called my energy provider asking if they had an estimate for when my area would have power. They told me to call back Friday. So…here I am. Can’t go home and no idea when I’m gonna be heading that way anyway.

I don’t have a TV or anything in my room here, so the only thing I can really do is read. I brought Breaking Dawn and The Host by Stephanie Meyer. Both of them are great books, and I’ve enjoyed reading them over and over…and over..and over again. Unfortunately, I’ve dang-near memorized them and…well, after 50 times, it becomes a little old. I did buy the 3rd season of Supernatural today. I got it at Wal-Mart, because I figured “Why not?”. Of course, no private TV to watch it on..so. Yeah. I’m stuck admiring the pretty pictures on the cover (and man, are they pretty ^..^). And, I did a recent search, and Bones season 3, is available for Preorder. Of course, it won’t be coming out till November 18, but still. It’s something to look forward to.

This…whatever. Sickness or whatever you want to call it, is seriously fooling with me. I’m so tired and disoriented and…just miserable. I just want to be in my own home. I love Mom, and Aunt Carolyn is alright, I just like being on my own too much. I like having my space and my stuff and my routine. Here...if I don’t feel like watching HGTV for a 24 hour period or switching over to the Hallmark channel, I really have nothing to do. So yeah….No way to entertain myself away from the fact that I’m miserable. If I wasn’t feeling bad, then none of this would really bother me so much. But I am..so. Yeah.

I guess I’m just gonna go ahead and sign off now. There’s really nothing more to update on (that my frazzled mind can recall). I’ll talk to ya’ll later, Sunshines.

What Your Name Says About You

Your name says that you are mostly: Dynamic but aggressive Your name also says you are: Fiery but unbalanced Ambitious but stubborn Inspiring but melodramatic

What Does Your Name Say About You?

 

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Saturday, we dragged ourselves out of bed around 9 to go to Vs. A Leo. We ended up walking in just as they started (thanks to Reiko and Reign’s smoke breaks). Talk about hilarious. I don’t know how they end up with come-backs so quickly, but those two guys are hilarious. After an hour of amusing ourselves with that, we headed back out (because Emphysema and Bronchitis needed their fix again). We hung out (invariable going to the dealers room or just walking around) till 1, and I went to see the panel called 15 Years of Sailor Moon…..which…..ended up frustrating me, and I just left that panel early.

There was more hanging out till about 4ish, when we headed down to the bus area. The cosplay competition had gotten so big, they actually reserved Angelle Hall on the University of Louisiana at Lafayette campus. Talk about madness. We got in on the second bus (first seats), and the lobby of the hall was full when we got there, and I’m fairly sure two more buss loads were dropped off. Then they opened the doors O..O I managed to scamper down and get us seats on the edge of the 6th row to the far right side. Finally, it seemed like everyone got seated and situated.

Then they made us wait an hour. But of course, we’re anime fans…and most of us are kids to boot. So we didn’t just sit quietly. First there was singing, clapping, everything we could do to keep ourselves entertained. Then, the guys in the back who control the lights, sound and everything in the auditorium used one of those red laser lights and he was pointing out things on the stage….well, it turns out someone else…brought a laser light. Two to be precise. There was one red one and one green one, and they would chase each other around on the walls and ceiling. Then the guys in back made the spot light chase them around. There was music, and eventually dancing by everyone in the auditorium, but…it stopped when someone stupid got on the stage. Yeah. But then we all sat down and watched the laser lights ^..^ Twas funny.

The cosplay competition was good. I got it all on Zeiss, but for some odd reason, none of the pictures Reiko took came out. But it was pretty awesome, and I did get it on DVD at least. There was a “Dating Game” thingy in between the competition and the awards (so that we don’t all go stir crazy again), and there was a “Het” Round and a “Yaoi” round =..= Oddly enough, the Yaoi round was funnier, but I didn’t record it! So yeah. I wanted to have room on the DVD for the awards and stuff, so I didn’t record that, but you know. Whatever. The memories will still rock.

We went back to the hotel (after waiting for the buss for 35 minutes) and I went to sleep. Reiko, on the other hand, went to the “Mecha Con House Party/Rave”. Then she went and swam with some guys (though the pool was closed so they had to jump the fence. A storm rolled in though. So they came back to their hotel rooms….at 4:30 in the morning =..= Evidently Reiko had met a guy named Gaven that night, and they all agreed to go and eat sushi during the “happy hour” between 10 and 2. They agreed to meet at 11…….But see, they were all exhausted. I woke up and got ready around 10ish, and Reign knocked on my door around 11 telling me that Reiko needed to get up now because they’d all agreed to go out for sushi….She was ready by 11:40 but…there was no sign of Gaven. I found out that Gaven is the “Local Fraternity Rich Kid” and he knows all the local restaurants and what’s good…and plus he was really freakin’ awesome. So yeah, they really liked hanging around with him. He did show up around 12ish, and we went through the dealers room one more time (Gaven wanted a hentai shirt and Reiko got a black Yoshi plushy), and then we headed all the way across town…to find that sushi places are closed on Sundays. I knew this, but I guess I figured that, you know, maybe not all of them adhered to this. So, we ended up going to Chili’s for breakfast (of course, by the time we got there and ordered it was around 1:40). But after much toil and sorrow we got our food and were happy. At this point, we were having such fun hanging out that I decided to blow off whatever panels I might've wanted to go to that day. Who needs the con when you've got cool people, right?

After eating and goofing off a bit, we headed back to the hotel, and instead of prolonging the inevitable, we decided to go ahead and start packing up to leave. I’d gotten a text from Scamp, but my phone was on silent so…yeah. I texted back asking if she could show up in the lobby around 3:45. She said they might be a little late, but they’d be there. We headed down, and the boys were good to help us with the luggage cart. I told them to go ahead and take the luggage out and I’d check out. After check out, I walked out to the parking lot to find Gaven on the luggage cart (surfing it) with Reign pushing the cart, and Reiko trailing behind holding Reign’s leash…..these crazy kids are so much fun. We stopped outside (after turning in the luggage cart) and they took a smoke break ….and stalked Master Roshi. Reiko had gotten some new pants that say “I *heart* Kyo”, and who better to take a naughty picture with than Master Roshi, right? So, Master Roshi finally came back (they’d seen him pass already), and Reiko got her picture with him.

Needless to say the pictures from the trip are great….even if there aren’t enough of them. True, Facebook’s stupid 60-Picture limit would hinder anything more than the 125 we had, but it’d make a great album. I was thinking of buying a couple of matching albums and printing out the pictures so Reiko and I can have the ultimate memento. It’d be awesome…it’s just…to find the right one, ya know?

Sunday after the con is a blur really. I know that Scamp showed up and then we drove home. I uploaded pics to MySpace right away, but couldn’t edit them all….the internet kept crashing >..< Oh well. I’ll get around to it. Anyway, I went to bed late, not because I wasn’t tired, but because I was so tired I couldn’t rest. I tried to read a bit (and since I bought a crap-load of manga, that worked nicely for me ^..^). Monday was terrible. I wasn’t feeling good and I was zonked from the whirlwind weekend. After work (which just dragged by), I went over to my Aunt Carolyn’s house to eat. Mom and Dad had gotten in from Arkansas, and Aunt Carolyn had cooked jambalaya and white beans. I ate and was very happy.

After getting home, I got a call from Reiko. She said she’d been talking to Reign and Gaven and they were telling her about another convention coming up in December called Louisianime. She didn’t have internet though, so she was wondering if I could look for it for her. And since I put that link right there up, I’m gonna assume you all figured out that I found it =..= It turns out it’s May 8-10, 2009 at the Marriot in Baton Rouge….which is better time-wise, because she wants to cosplay as Seras Victoria from Hellsing. I still don’t know if I’ll be going…but it’d be more realistic if it’s next year and all. I’ve already taken off all the days I can this year.

….I think Reiko stole my cereal…But yeah! That was our Mecha Con Experience. I’m pretty certain that if I got next year, I’ll be reserving a suite for Thursday through Monday so that I can get there nice and easy and then leave whenever I want ^..^ I didn’t really do that much damage swag-wise either. I ended up with 4 hacky sacks that have cute anime-ish faces on them, my two Mokona’s (one white and one black), Volumes 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11 of W Juliet and Volumes 3, 5, and 6 of Kara Kano (there was a special...8 manga for $60 ^..^). Yayness. I now have absolutely no money =..= But Friday is payday. I shall be paying bills though so…yeah. I’m keeping it simple for the next couple of weeks. Luckily, I don’t kneed much.

I guess that’s all for now. Later, Sunshines!

You are the Sense of Sight

You are a very observant, detail oriented person. You are able to take in a lot of information at once. You often see things that other people never notice. You have a good eye for design and aesthetics. You love to be surrounded by beauty - natural or not. When you imagine how something should look, you see it clearly in your mind.

Which of the Five Senses Are You?

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P.S. Did somebody order a hurricane?...

therealljidol topic: What do you like best about where you live right now? What do you miss the most about a place you've left behind?

/thinks.………………/sighs. Let’s see how to go about this then. Perhaps it’d be best to explain my living arrangements and then take it piece by piece. I’ve lived all my life in this one town. I’m so far south in South Louisiana, I might be able to sell you what will one day be beach-front property. I’ve seen this town go from boring and normal, to over-crowded and interesting. I have always lived with my parents (Raymone {65} & Clara {56}), who dote on me, and I do dote on them as well. I was taught by their example that showing consideration and affection is most important in relationships. There have been times when my older brother (Thomas {36}) has been in the picture as far as living with us goes, but this is usually, and thankfully, temporary. Our home sits at the front of 2 acres of property, with a whole acre or so of space. On the back of the property sits our rent house. It is a small A-framed house that I hope to live in by the end of the year (and I almost always refer to as ‘the Nexus’).

What do you like best about where you live right now?: Well, let’s see. Every day begins and ends with ‘I love you’s from aforementioned parents. Even when we’re upset with one another, we let our anger ebb and then go about our ways as we always do. We are very happy people, we love to tease one another and laugh with (and at) each other. We are also very open, and I feel as though there is very little (if nothing at all) I cannot discuss with my parents. I often ask their advice when I am considering even small things. Not so much in that I feel as though I can’t move forward without their approval, but because their opinions do matter to me. If I’m going to make a decision then I’ll be the one making it, but that doesn’t change the fact that I like to know where they stand on the matter...yes, I think that answers that nicely.

What do you miss the most about a place you've left behind?: My story hasn’t moved a lot really. We’ve only ever lived in two houses as long as I’ve been alive. I grew up a bit in this house that I’m currently living in....I grew up more in my grandmother’s (Called Mommie by the grandkids) house. Perhaps because I was the baby’s baby, she always seemed to have me over and doted on me more than the others. And then, she died. I was young, and I barely even remember her…it’s mostly feelings, and things I know I should remember, but only have flashes of. When Mommie died, my parents decided to buy her house. Unfortunately, it was always ‘Mother’s House’ for all the kids, and many family members abused that fact. My mom put a stop to that quickly by changing locks and declaring that while Mommie was important and well loved in life, she was now gone and this wasn’t her house any longer. Not amount of sentiment was going to change that. She probably hurt a few people's feelings…but we aren’t the sort that relies on the physical for remembrance.

Hurricane Andrew hit not long after we’d bought the house...thank God Mom had harped on Dad to keep the flood insurance. A subdivision on the other side of the bayou was flooding, so the geniuses of our community decided to let the damn break on both sides, thereby flooding booth subdivisions. Our entire street flooded, and we had 13 inches of water in our house. A centimeter higher, and the water would’ve gotten into the electrical outlets…I don’t know what would’ve happened, and I’d prefer not to think on it. At the time, I thought it was a lot of fun. Hell, Mom and Dad had propped up all the furniture on wooden chairs, bricks and counter tops, and I ended up crawling on top of the couch and sleeping through the better part of Andrew! I woke up and there was water! Inside! I was still just a kid, and having water in your house was almost as good as having an indoor pool ^.^ Once the waters receded, the insurance helped us to remodel the house. Mom was able to take out the old, yellow shag carpet and put in laminate. The wallpaper was replaced as well, and the kitchen was remodeled to her liking.Now, this was truly our house....wasn't it?

...Things were always strange in that house...Mommie had said things before, and I’d felt things before, but no one had bothered to be bothered by it all. Of course, once we moved in my parents started to see these thigns too. Sights of a little girl in an old dress walking from room to room only to disappear…things that would be set in one place only to be found in another, upended and disheveled. I swore I saw things in that house that had no business being there. I hated playing hide and seek in it, because I didn’t feel safe in the darker corners....it just wasn’t right. Luckily, Mommiee had her house on 2½ acres of land, and she had trees all through it. Oak, Pecan, Willow, Magnolia, and others I don’t even remember. I played outside with my rabbit (Thumper) . I climbed trees a lot...and sitting in their branches, listening to the wind and birds...I invented new worlds to escape to when the real one had become too much to bear.

My new house is a comfort because it holds my loved ones and myself in safety (it really is that simple)...and my old house brought a lot of adversity…and sadness, but it also taught me to make lemonade ^.^ Things may not've allways been good, but I learned that life goes on even with the bad. I miss my grandmother, though I’ll never have her back, and I miss her trees that would sing to me when the wind picked up...but I am content with where I am...and I hope to be happy with wherever it is I may go.

Beware, for I am: Amused

This is MM, reminding you to keep it real during this year's hurricane season.

Louisiana Hurricane Season Notes

Hurricane season is here! In the coming months, you're going to turn on the TV and see a weather person pointing to some radar blob out in the Gulf of Mexico and making two basic meteorological points:
(1) There is no need to panic.
(2) We could all be killed.

Yes, hurricane season is an exciting time to be in Louisiana. If you're new to the area, you're probably wondering what you need to do to prepare for the possibility that we'll get hit by "the big one." Based on our experiences, we recommend that you follow this simple three-step hurricane preparedness plan:

STEP 1. Buy enough food and bottled water to last your family for at least three days.
STEP 2. Put these supplies into your car.
STEP 3. Drive to Nebraska and remain there until Halloween.

Unfortunately, statistics show that most people will not follow this sensible plan. Most people will foolishly stay here in Louisiana. We'll start with one of the most important hurricane preparedness items:

HOMEOWNERS' INSURANCE:

If you own a home, you must have hurricane insurance. Fortunately, this insurance is cheap and easy to get, as long as your home meets two basic requirements:
(1) It is reasonably well-built, and
(2) It is located in Nebraska.

Unfortunately, if your home is located in South Louisiana, or any other area that might actually be hit by a hurricane, most insurance companies would prefer not to sell you hurricane insurance, because then they might be required to pay YOU money, and that is certainly not why they got into the insurance business in the first place.

So you'll have to scrounge around for an insurance company, which will charge you an annual premium roughly equal to the replacement value of your house. At any moment, this company can drop you like used dental floss.

Since Hurricane George, I have had an estimated 27 different home-insurance companies. This week, I'm covered by the Bob and Big Stan Insurance Company, under a policy which states that, in addition to my premium, Bob and Big Stan are entitled, on demand, to my kidneys.

SHUTTERS:

Your house should have hurricane shutters on all the windows, all the doors, and -- if it's a major hurricane -- all the toilets. There are several types of shutters, with advantages and disadvantages:

Plywood shutters: The advantage is that, because you make them yourself, they're cheap. The disadvantage is that, because you make them yourself, they will fall off.

Sheet-metal shutters: The advantage is that these work well, once you get them all up. The disadvantage is that once you get them all up, your hands will be useless bleeding stumps, and it will be December.

Roll-down shutters: The advantages are that they're very easy to use, and will definitely protect your house. The disadvantage is that you will have to sell your house to pay for them.

"Hurricane-proof" windows: These are the newest wrinkle in hurricane protection: They look like ordinary windows, but they can withstand hurricane winds! You can be sure of this, because the salesman says so. He lives in Nebraska.

Hurricane Proofing Your Property:

As the hurricane approaches, check your yard for movable objects like barbecue grills, planters, patio furniture, visiting relatives, etc. You should, as a precaution, throw these items into your swimming pool (if you don't have a swimming pool, you should have one built immediately). Otherwise, the hurricane winds will turn these objects into deadly missiles.

EVACUATION ROUTE:

If you live in a low-lying area, you should have an evacuation route planned out. (To determine whether you live in a low-lying area, look at your driver's license; if it says "Louisiana," you live in a low-lying area.) The purpose of having an evacuation route is to avoid being trapped in your home when a major storm hits. Instead, you will be trapped in a gigantic traffic jam several miles from your home, along with two hundred thousand other evacuees. So, as a bonus, you will not be lonely.

HURRICANE SUPPLIES:

If you don't evacuate, you will need a mess of supplies. Do not buy them now! Louisiana tradition requires that you wait until the last possible minute, then go to the supermarket and get into vicious fights with strangers over who gets the last can of SPAM. In addition to food and water, you will need the following supplies:

23 flashlights

At least $167 worth of batteries that turn out, when the power goes off, to be the wrong size for the flashlights.

Bleach (No, I don't know what the bleach is for. NOBODY knows what the bleach is for, but it's traditional, so GET some!)

A 55-gallon drum of underarm deodorant.

A big knife that you can strap to your leg. (This will be useless in a hurricane, but it looks cool.)

A large quantity of raw chicken, to placate the alligators. (Ask anybody who went through Camille; after the hurricane, there WILL be irate alligators.)

$35,000 in cash or diamonds so that, after the hurricane passes, you can buy a generator from a man with no discernible teeth.

Of course these are just basic precautions. As the hurricane draws near, it is vitally important that you keep abreast of the situation by turning on your television and watching TV reporters in rain slickers stand right next to the ocean and tell you over and over how vitally important it is for everybody to stay away from the ocean.

Good luck, and remember: It's great living in Paradise!

Yo. Today was...ok, I suppose. Woke up around 9:45ish. I had a strange coughing-fit during the night and my throat was killing me, so I made myself some cappuccino. Mom had to go somewhere to do something...I think she had Mrs. T check over the check book. So I was left home with little Fred.

Fred is a black miniature poodle. He’s Aunt Batty’s dog, but they were going to Tennessee, and they couldn’t take him with them. So, we dog-sit for them. Anyway, Fred is cute though. Let’s see if I can find a picture of him...ah here we go...

Fred is the little ball of fluff that’s laying against my dad’s side. Oh, that’s my dad in the pic, btw.

Here's another good shot of little Fred.

Anyway...hm...I lost my train of thought...But I was here with Fred, so I surfed around on the internet. Then, when Mom called and said she’d be coming in, I took Fred out for a walk. It was...probably around 12ish, and I hadn’t even eaten breakfast. So, When I was walking Fred, I checked the mail and got a TV dinner out of the shed. Fred was a bit freaked out by the shed...too many things I suppose.

After eating and a bit of waiting, the lady from the Small Engine place called and asked if I could meet with her around 4.

While we waited, I wrote stuff. Then I finally got dressed and put on make up (which I hate), and we got ready and went to town. We stopped by the car wash, and let the sucker wash my car. I don’t know why Mom bothers with the thing. Since our road is all dusty and white, it doesn’t matter how much we wash it, it’ll still look terrible a few days (hours) later. But we did anyway. I dropped Mom off at the mall...she has this thing about how she doesn’t want me to go to interviews with her. Something about how people would judge me if I had her with me. I don’t care in the least, and if someone’s gonna judge me by who I have waiting on me in the car, as opposed to my actual credentials...then it’s their loss.

But I’m ranting. So, I did the interview thing. It sucked big time. The lady who came to interview me didn’t have any real questions for me so we basically just sat around and tried to think of stuff to say to each other for the entire 30 minutes of it. Also, from what she’s telling me, I won’t have an office like Mr. Neil told me, but I’ll have to work with the guys on the floor. Of course this means I’ll be sitting on a stool, looking up parts on the internet, working their data base, and waiting on customers, but it’s just not what I or my parents were told in the beginning, so it’s kinda disappointing. But, I’ve already given Hancock’s the 2 week notice, so I figured I might as well try this one. Nothing bad can come from trying right? The worse that will happen is I’ll hate it. But I was looking for a job when I found this one. God I can’t wait till we move.

Oh, and has anyone noticed that little storm we’ve got that’s currently bitch-slapping Honduras, the Grand Cayman islands, and Cuba? I hate to quote Fred Flintstone, but...

*clears throat* yeah. She’s already a cat. 5 hurricane, and they’re expecting her to hit Florida...Poor Florida. I’m so sick of all these super hurricanes we’re getting. Do you guys realize that if another one comes, we’ll be seeing Hurricane Alpha...Ok, if ever we get to a Hurricane Omega it’s time to leave LA for good. Quickly.

Anyway. Moving away to other thoughts. Mom and I then met up at the mall, and walked half a lap. We stopped in at Cucco’s and had some Macho Nachos. Then we headed to Wal-Mart. Mom’s feet get really tough, and she sometimes gets Dad to scrub all the hard skin off her feet. So she figured instead of having Dad do it when he comes in only for him to leave Saturday, why not go to Wal-Mart and get a pedicure. So she got a pedicure while I looked around. I found a bunch of things I wanted in the electronics section (not computers this time). I found these cool shelves that are only like, 3 feet high, and they have doors that close and everything and they’re for storing ‘media’. Meaning CDs, DVDs, and VHS. But I’ve vowed to get rid of all my VHS and replace them with DVDs, so I would use these as DVD cabinets. But the great thing is you can stack them on top of one another. So, I could get like 4 and have 2 shelf sets. I also found some CD cases (for all my Data CDs), and some DVD-RW’s.

When Mom was finally done we headed back to the mall to watch War of the Worlds at 7:10…you know...I don’t know exactly what I was expecting...but this one didn’t do anything for me.

( Spoilers. Look at your own risk! )

*shakes head* Oh well. Now we are home, still shaking our heads and thinking how stupid that movie was. I know Mom hated it, but I warned her it was War of the Worlds and she still wanted to see it. When we sat down, I said, “You do know what this is about right?” and she said, “No...” and I’m all like O.O wtf?

Anyway. We’re home, Fred’s been walked, we’ve eaten...I shall go shower, and I hope to sleep late tomorrow.

Goodnight!

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MM

Yo. I woke up around 12ish this morning. So I feel a little bit better...but I still have my cough and it hurts all over my torso when I cough. Plus the feel of the junk in my throat isn’t pleasant in the least.

The sun just came out a little while ago. The wind is still taking its fury out on anything in it’s path, but the rain has stopped. Mom and I turned on HTV (Houma TV) and were devastated by what we saw. Dulac, Montegut, lower Lafourche, lower Terrebonne...all flooded. People are out in their boats rather than their houses. The bayous have over bourn their banks and you can no longer tell where the roads are. Schools, Churches, Homes, Garages, Business, Post offices...all are flooded. The water ranges from a few inches in the door, to nearly the tops of mail boxes and windows. The scary part...is that we are lucky. We weren’t hit nearly as hard as Lafayette, Abbeville, Lake Charles, and Port Arthur.

As for us, we are extremely blessed. We have the high ground, and so we didn’t flooded. But the only wind damage we’ve sustained is the loss of a small apple tree. We are so blessed.

Now, I am off to go take some medicine, lay in bed with Mr. Bunny, and try to forget this ache in my chest. Later.

PS: For those of you who want to know (I know you're few and far between) I've switched screen names. I'm now GarGirlMM on AIM.

Yo. So, today was...slightly stressful. At least it could be, if I let it. Mom goes into panic mode every now and then (switching the weather channel on every hour on the hour can do that), and it’s easy to put your faith in the woman who raised you...

But then I remind myself of the time she wanted to get those California Closets for me or the time she wanted to put that straightener in my hair. Both times it was like, “Oh we’ll do that and it’ll be easy. We can take car of it!” and she makes you believe that she knows what she’s talking about. About 10 minutes into it, she realizes her mistake and says, “Well you should’ve known that I couldn’t do this!” and gives up...Because of those two situations alone, I am less likely to believe everything she says. /grin.

So anyway! Today we tried to forget about Rita...or were checking to see where she was, which made it extremely hard to forget about her. She went north, she went west, she went northwest, she was cat. 5, she was cat. 4, she was a very very strong cat. 4, she’ll hit Thursday afternoon, she’ll hit Friday night, she’ll hit Saturday morning, etc etc. The storms huge though. I mean she’s over half-way through the gulf and she’s still not finished with Florida. It’s another instance where “It doesn’t matter where the eye is, this storm’s so big it’ll be hitting miles out from where the worst damage is being done.” I just hope it keeps going towards the west. We’ve had enough with super hurricanes, thank you. It’s now time for the only state in the gulf that wasn’t affected by Katrina to take its share in the hurricane season. Oh but wait! Hurricane season isn’t over yet!

However, today’s weather was extremely pleasant. It was moderately cool (or bearable) with a nice breeze. It rained occasionally, and I love rain and thunder, so that never bothers me. You could hardly tell that a hurricane’s coming...oh wait! It’s never this nice this time of year in South LA, so of course that’d mean something was causing the unnatural pleasantness.

One good thing about this is that it causes Mom to really go into “move mode” as I call it. She’s muttered, griped, and sighed at least 11 times within the last 2 days “I can’t wait till we can move to Tennessee.” I know it’ll be over a year before we actually do get to the whole moving part, but with her talking about it so much, it feels like it’s more real. Dad’s just as enthusiastic about moving too. Since the last few hurricanes came through and destroyed the barriers that we had protecting our cost, Dad’s been talking more seriously about moving farther north.

Speaking of dear-old Dad. We got a call from him last night. He will not be coming home tomorrow; he’s decided to stay out and work an extra week. I was a bit bummed, but he pointed out that we did nee the extra money for a few things. Plus, Mom said she’d be worried if they were flying into Lafayette with that hurricane still in the gulf or...doing whatever it decides to do. I talked to him for a while, and he said he’d be working an extra week, and I said

“Good, we’ll be able to pay off your eye surgery.” And there was a pause and he said,

“And we’ll be able to buy you a new computer.”

Boy...once he decides something, it’s decided. I’ve told him that I don’t mind waiting on the computer if I have to, but he’s determined to get me one before year’s end. Not that I’m complaining...it’s just I don’t need a computer as much as we need to pay off some of our bills. But he says we can pay off bills with his normal paycheck so it’s ok to get this with the extra. /shrug.

CSI was all new tonight and the start of the new season. I was so happy to see it too...even though I went threw one of those incredibly grossed-out, eww-trembling seasons at one point...But it’s just the whole ‘Break in the monotony’ thing again. I’m glad to have something to look forward too. Now that they say the Hurricane won’t come in till Saturday, maybe I’ll get to see Threshold tomorrow without fear of the cable going out....Here’s hoping.

I guess that’s all for tonight. I will now go to bed and try to sleep.

Oh, speaking of sleep! We found out that one of the ladies that goes to our church was taken into the Urgent Care center a few nights ago. All the glands around her neck were swollen. She said her throat felt swollen and it was hard to swallow and she was...well, pardon the crude terms but, chocked full of mucus. The doctor asked her if she was taking anything regularly, and she said,

“Yeah, Tylenol PMs for insomnia.” And he was like,

“Well, Tylenol PM causes an increase production in mucus, and it seems your mucus glands have become...clogged.”

Well, I’ve been complaining of a swollen, soar throat for the last three nights...This bottle of Tylenol PMs will be my last. I’m graduating to Unisom. Fellow Tylenol PM users, beware!

Ok, now I’m really closing this entry. Goodnight.

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MM

Yo. Today was...not so great. But it ended well. Woke up and Mom wasn’t here. So, I finished the laundry and made her bed (she had washed her sheets). Then I realized I was in an excruciating amount of pain, so I took a pill and hoped it would work. Then, I tried ignoring the pain and just going on.

Mom got in and we decided to go walk. So we suited up and headed for the mall. But the stupid pain medicine didn’t kick in (or wasn’t strong enough, either way), and we had to go slow, and we could only do one lap. But it wasn’t so bad...alright I was practically in labor at the time. But it’s nothing new. I go through this once a month after all...have been for years.

anyway, I sprung for lunch, using the ‘get a burger at Chick-fil-a free’ cards that I’d received when I worked at the Palace. Didn’t cost a dime and we were happy. So lunch was taken care of. We came home and watched CSI: Miami because I had been too tired to see it last night. It was so good. Really. I’m just so glad to have them on and them be new again!

Then Mom and I decided to go see The Fantastic Four together. It was at 5:10 and it was only 1:45. So we had plenty of time. Mom took a nap. I typed up one thing from the stack of stuff sitting on my desk. Then I reread Tengu by C. S. Hayden. God, but I love her Gargoyles fan fiction. I’ve got When Graeme Met Lucy, Tengu, and most of Ronin all printed out and sorted in a binder. It’s almost pathetic. But I just love reading her stuff. Ronin is still unfinished right now, but it’s just as good as Tengu was for me when I first started reading that. A little more...edgy, but good!

Anyway. We went and saw the movie, and both of us liked it. Then we stopped at Tea Tias (a local and cheap Chinese place), and then a trip to Wal-Mart, and then to Sonic for a salad for Mom. And now we are home.

I talked it over with Mom, and since we might be moving into the A-frame soon, I thought maybe it would be better to put the whole ‘buying me a new computer’ thing on hold for a while. But she said we’d talk to Dad and see how that goes.

This hurricane sure is causing a ruckus. When we went to Wal-Mart, there was no milk, and all most all the water was gone, there were only gallons left. With this heat, Mom and I have faith that the storm won’t come in directly here. And if it were to get to a category 3 we still wouldn’t be worried. If it gets above a Cat. 3 and come in closer to home, then things will get bad. We don’t know if we’ll be able to board up the windows with Dad gone. I don’t even know where he keeps the stuff we use to cover the windows. Oh well. Maybe we can get Uncle C. to help us with it.

Tomorrow will come soon as it always does, so I shall be off to bed. Goonight!

LJ Interests meme results

1. chocolate:
   Hullo! Who doesn't love chocolate? It's a stress-reliever, it's stomach medicine, it's good for a headache, and it just makes you feel better.
2. everquest:
   EverQuest was my first MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game). I loved it because it gave me a world to let my imagination soar in. By the time I was done, I had 82 characters, each with their own stories.
3. ghostbusters:
   It's the funniest movie in the world...I don't care how old it is. I love the part at the beginning of Ghostbusters 1 where he goes "Listen!..." and they all pause and listen, and he goes "Do you smell something?" and Peter looks at him like "wtf?"
4. johnny depp:
   ....you need a description...Look, just google him if you don't know who I'm talking about.
5. moons:
   ..um..they're large rocks that orbit planets. I love them because they're pretty and cool. Plus they're nice to look at.
6. pencil & paper rpgs:
   P&P RPGs are Role Playing Games that are done entirely on paper. I like them because they help me to remember everything about my character...because it's all written down.
7. role-playing:
   Role Playing is fun because you can be whatever you want to be (depending on the RPG you choose). Plus it's a whole lot of fun to walk into an RPG in progress. I mean, a bunch of grown people talking, laughing, and fighting stuff that isn't there...it's a sight.
8. star wars:
   The brain-storm of the great George Lucas! One of the coolest things Sci Fi. What else is there to say?
9. veggietales:
   A really cute cartoon that stares digital vegetables. I have one of the Veggie Tales sound tracks and the songs are so corny. They always make me smile.
10. zorak:
    BWAHAHAHAHAHA! No seriously. Zorak is from Space Ghost, and then he was one of the coolest cynics on Space Ghost Coast to Coast and Cartoon Planet (I have both sound tracks from the Cartoon Planet shows). He's just funny in that biggot way.

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