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the soundtrack of my mind can be heard here. i cannot get this song out of my head. i love it.
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explodingdog.com
Posted by tofallfromgrace at 10:52 PM | Comments (0)
finished!
i met up with denton at chatters to have a drink after my presentation. then angel and ben met up with us. then april and alisha called and they joined us. then they called jamme and he joined us.
this was supposed to be a little celebration drink for us as we (angel, ben and i) had all finished our senior presentations and the stress was over!
after a few drinks we decided to switch venues and headed to 505 to play a few games of pool and sit on the patio (the girls stopped and picked me up some different clothes when they changed because because have you ever tried to play pool in a suit and 2 inch stilettos?)...
after finding out that denton is a pool shark (as well as a few more drinks)...
we concluded our tour by visiting 5th street downstairs then dancing upstairs.
yes.
dancing.
this is the amount of alcohol i had in my system: i actually danced. a lot.
oh yes, there are more photos. oh no, i am not going to post them.
thffpt!
was poured out of friend's car around 1am (i think) and opened the door to be confronted by a very cranky kaya doing the pee dance. a few minutes wandering outside while she took care of her needs and i watched the stars (they're spinning, how odd...) and i then collapsed into bed after skyping jason and making him talk to me while i was completely incomprehensible.
note to self: do not drink and skype.
in conclusion: do not start drinking at 3pm in the afternoon. ever.
people kept trying to call me this morning. i attempted to turn off my phone but could not manage it due to complete lack of coordination so ended up sticking it under the mattress. mom tried to buzz me on yahoo. i stumbled over to the computer and turned down the volume then went straight back under the covers.
now i know why i have not gone out in a long time. great night; bad, bad morning.
austin picked me up this afternoon and took me to get my car. i stopped for some hangover recovery food (medium orange slush and large chili cheese fries from sonic)and proceeded to return home and crawl into bed. okay, i also picked up some chinese takeout. leave me alone, i did not want to cook. for the entire weekend.
13 days to go.
hibernation mode has set in.
non-random quote of the day:
Live as if you were to die tomorrow, learn as if you were to live forever.--Mahatma Gandhi
Posted by tofallfromgrace at 07:50 PM | Comments (1)
is a very very very nice house.
i have petunias and pansies blooming currently. the lilacs just finished. the butterfly bush is starting to bud. the ivy has shaken off its dark mutterings and is starting to grow fresh green leaves which are snaking their way around the house. birds have again taken up residence in the nest which has been in a corner of the carport since we first moved in. the lawn is mowed, the seeds are planted, fence put up to keep away the quizzical neighbor puppies as well as the divine miss k's sudden need to bury any treasure she comes across. we ourselves found a buried treasure consisting of a two-part barn door in the garage last week and turned it into a table for the front porch. although the garden will not be planted this year, we did not forget the back porch where seeds of sweet peas and sweet williams were dutifully plopped down and patted in. i sit in my empty house with kaya on the bed looking at me uncertainly as i sit here and laugh and cry and generally confuse her with sudden shifts of emotions. going through the big plastic tubs of memories that my dad will take away to storage in may. years of stuffed animals, photos and trinkets which meant so much to me at one time or another. how can my life fit in a few plastic boxes? in a few short months these few plastic boxes will be all that is left of my life here. pictures and trinkets which i will bring out again in another place at another time and wonder again how my life which has contained so much, can still fit into a few boxes to be shifted around.
of course, you have to understand that when it comes to packing i am almost unequaled...those boxes are damn full of stuff.
*grin*
Posted by tofallfromgrace at 09:31 PM | Comments (2)
only slightly sunburned...sunburnt? not sure and do not care at this point.
semantics aside, let me give you a quick update:
friday-
austin and jamme came over and helped me clean out the entire garage! also helped me plant flowers, seeds and put on window screens.
went to the blessing of the bikes street dance with the entire "family"
watched movies with austin all night and drank hennessey (new experience) with a couple of nigerian friends; stayed up way too late (it included a viewing of fiddler on the roof...do not ask)
saturday-
recovered from previous night's fun time
austin very nicely brought in the mail and laughed at me as i was unable to get out of bed for even a brief moment until about 1pm. have to love your friends.
roger weed-eated, danielle weeded the flower boxes, i eventually picked myself up out of bed & mowed the yard and marty did about 1,000 other things that needed to be done to the house.
went to a friend's house and had dinner, stayed up too late once again watching scarface.
pictures from friday and saturday are here in a downloadable .rar file
sunday-
jamme and austin came over yet again and put hinges and locks on the doors to the garage.
they also pulled out a root from under the carport with austin's blazer. fun was had by all.
we planted more seeds and petunias.
photos from sunday are here.
jen: i hope everything goes well with selling your house and moving. best of luck!
sorry the stagger has been so quiet lately. it is bound to be so for the next few days at least due to a lot of school assignments being due and so on and so forth. please do not abandon your favorite watering hole. i am sure that once this week is over it will be back to the normal inane mutterings and rants!
not having a job is fun.
*grin*
Posted by tofallfromgrace at 08:54 AM | Comments (0)
still in kansas, toto.
despite the numerous tornados and bad weather we experienced here tonight, we have come through with flying colors.
okay, to tell the truth: kaya, the harddrive, the safebox and myself were swiftly escorted and esconced in austin's mother's home. after four hours of listening to tornado sirens and a few hail marys (which i may now know by heart thanks to austin) we have all now returned to our fair home. no worse for wear, just a bit tired is all.
resuming our original plan of movies and dinner, albeit at a much later time than originally anticipated, austin and i curled up on the bed and proceeded to watch our movies. well, part of them. several hours, a movie and several phone calls later: austin was soundly asleep as i muttered away into the phone while trying not to disturb him.
mutterings aside, it was a dramatic night as my petunias, sweetpeas, lavender, sage, lemon balm, chives, basil and dill had been planted with care with help from the boys (jamme and austin). the tornado came close and then took a powder. kaya has decided that tornado sirens are not fun. my time on the phone was informative, interesting and just a touch double-edged. now i am off to bed. to curl up with kaya and imagine that i may be able to stay awake during class tomorrow.
allen: bordeaux sounds excellent.
steimes: i may eat your cracker jacks. send me your address or they are mine for the molesting.
fromage: get a spare key and no more popcorn.
hedo, krisa-tina, jen: where the hell are you?
random quote be damned, this one is picked ripe for my pleasure:
Plan for the future because that's where you are going to spend the rest of your life.--Mark Twain
Posted by tofallfromgrace at 12:59 AM | Comments (3)
plan better.
plan for the unexpected that is.
suddenly without a job and it feels very odd. okay, i did it to myself since i walked in there with a gentle piece of paper which said "bye bye bye".
is not quite how it went, but it will work for descriptive purposes.
turned in my huge project yesterday and feel all the better for it. now i just have to get in gear with everything else and i will be sweet as orange marmalade.
april's birthday party was last night. it was a blast, i'll get some photos up here at some point.
tonight is off limits to everyone. i get a little 'grace' time with my 'will'.
cheyne's birthday is tomorrow night. (hee hee, he is getting old!)
saturday night i get to give mart a "honey-do" list a mile long and run away quickly before he explodes
three weeks of school until i am a free woman.
well, kind of free.
towards the end of the year before i am officially a divorcee.
is this not the cat's meow?
muah ha ha ha
Posted by tofallfromgrace at 09:29 AM | Comments (0)
as i am busy working on a project which is due tomorrow! ack! four weeks left. less than that...oh dear, oh dear, oh dear...i sound like the rabbit off of winnie the pooh.
and are perfuming my house as we speak
which made me very happy so i made suntea
until i realized that these were going to be my friend for the next three months: allergy medicine. so i went back inside.
with that i am going back to my homework because it is so much FUN!
most inane quote ever:
You always find things in the last place you look.--Anonymous
Posted by tofallfromgrace at 05:09 PM | Comments (0)
suggest that no more live links are posted?
maybe start using h++p://site.etc instead of http://site.etc
i don't know if this system has an option of posting urls as text and not a hyperlink
people could just copy and paste links to their browsers.
did you read the news today? a farmer won the nobel prize without trying...he was outstanding in his field.
Posted by lupine at 02:10 PM | Comments (2)
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Posted by hcl1 at 10:00 AM | Comments (0)
Some people have way too much time on their hands ...
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Posted by jayzn at 09:46 AM | Comments (1)
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Enjoy ... very funny indeed!!!!
Posted by jayzn at 09:46 AM | Comments (1)
has occured:
macromedia and adobe are finally consolidating.
i am so happy i could almost shed a tear...i think i will go buy stock instead.
Posted by tofallfromgrace at 11:03 PM | Comments (0)
to pay homage to the brilliant woody allen this post is inspired by his quote "I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia."
read on, fair readers:
mississippi=big bugs
wedding=gorgeous
new groom=good enough to be married to my steph
school=may or may not graduate
work=i quit, today
life=uncertain
mood=relatively unstable yet delectably insane
yowza!
Posted by tofallfromgrace at 01:15 PM | Comments (1)
Now, we Europeans have a tradition, that some people love, that some hate, that all deride. It is the time of year, where all across Europe, families, friends and social groups gather together, make strange food and engage in a friendly bit of anti-everyone-else-ism.
That's right folks, it is our annual festival of xenophobia, also known as the Eurovision Song Contest.
All over Europe, people will be huddled around the television joking and laughing about each others cultures, how they dress, how they sing, and how on earth did they ever think that song was any good?
For our dear American cousins, I ought to explain more about this Xenophobes festival, particularly as some may have the opportunity to watch it and enjoy it's cultural aspects.
Annually, we have a contest where a number of countries get together and all sing songs. Don't ask me why or how they thought of it, I have no idea, it seems particularly bizarre to me too.
Anyway, before the main contest, each country holds competitions and selects a song to represent them at the great competition itself. Each year, it is held in the country of the previous years winner. This year, it is in Kiev in the Ukraine.
To the powers that be, the mysterious "them" that control out lives, this is a very serious competition and a great honour to win, yet to the masses it is just a piece of kitsch, something to ridicule and laugh at and enjoy.
This year, there are 39 countries participating in this song-fest. And it promises to be a complete feast for the ears.
Undoubtable there will be some weird and wonderful musical instruments being played, including the perennial favourite, "The Bazooki" or whatever, I shall leave it to the Landlord to find the correct spelling for this Greek musical instrument that makes a sound like a cat being tortured.
We shall see some of our lovely European neighbours try to buy people's votes by fielding a group of scantily glad females with scant concern for any singing talent that they may have.
And of course, the ever present and somewhat tedious buddy voting. This is where you exchange votes with your neighbours and the countries you like, i.e. you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.
It is something that, if you can find it on BBC America or any other channel over there, you really should watch. It will give you an amazing insight into the European psyche and perhaps spur you on to build a big wall around Europe and omit any doors or windows ...
I know you are all fascinated about this, particularly you there over the pond, and I thoroughly recommend that you get in the popcorn, the ear plugs and prepare to be amazed, bemused and puzzled by this strangest of strange traditions (And if you think this is odd - just you wait until I introduce you to Morris Dancing).
This great music-fest is taking place on the 21st May, so settle down and get ready (or run for the hills whilst you have the chance and dig that bunker).
You can find more information at :
http://www.eurovision.tv/english/index.htm You can listen to the songs here!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
and
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/eurovision/2005/index.shtml
(And, if you can, listen to the BBC version as the commentry by Terry Wogan is a bit of an institution. Due to his commentry he is virtually a wanted criminal in some countries!! http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/eurovision/2005/fun_games/terryisms.shtml will give you some of his best??? lines!)
Posted by jayzn at 02:55 PM | Comments (0)
my fair readers!
off for the next few days.
wish us luck.
to stephanie: cannot wait to see you, it has been too long!
to jason: do not despair, i will be back in a few days!
to zan: best of luck, saturday!
to colin: stay froody!
to me: what the hell am i still doing up? i have to get up in four hours.
until our next encounter, i bid you adieu.
Posted by tofallfromgrace at 12:32 AM | Comments (5)
too well. not only does he know i have an overwhelming need for power but he also realizes i am incredibly lazy at times. he has thus provided me with this link. think of it as a ms word template to make really evil plans. my evil plan can be seen here: tofallfromgrace's evil plan.
yes, i should be studying.
thffpt!
ha, but why study when i can find out what emoticon i am at tickle?
Allison, the emoticon that represents you best is the Winking Face
Well, hello there (wink, wink). Aren't you quite the flirt? Maybe you reserve your talents to the online realm where you can be somewhat anonymous and sly. Or maybe you're just great at turning on the charm virtually anywhere — online or off. Why shouldn't you?
Flirting is an art, and when done well, it makes people feel good. Besides, it's fun and it seems to be something you're good at. Your clever comments and quick thinking make you a favorite friend. So, continue batting those eyelashes, winking that eye, and making others feel like a million bucks, hot stuff!
why stop there when i can find out how much karma i have? i did not know it was like a credit rating!
Allison, in the last year you've earned 870 karma points
You've earned these points by doing good things, therefore allowing good things to circle back to you. There are 6 different ways people earn karma, and by looking at your responses to this test, we can tell that your noble nature is earning you the most karma.
Doing good deeds seems to be your strong suit and such kind actions are an important way that you've earned your karma up to this point. By giving your time to the people and causes you care about most, you enhance life for your community as a whole. Being willing to lend a hand strengthens your current relationships and may come back to you positively in the future. In your concerted efforts to do what you can for the greater good, you generate positive karma for yourself and the universe.
do not worry, i laughed aloud at the results as well. yes, i am going to study now. i promise. just as soon as i have found out if i am a slacker...and what kind of sense of humour i have...and...well, you get the point...
Posted by tofallfromgrace at 11:05 PM | Comments (0)
love a little and give a little too.
just to let you know, everything is cool. i am sore and tired but the weight has lifted off my shoulders just a little. a little goes a long way, you know.
i dealt with police, social workers and various other people, while also attempting to take all three of my tests and maintain a relatively sane state of mind.
did not quite work out. i almost slept through the day as my phone had been ringing all night and early morning due to the situation from the night before. i had taken a call, fallen back asleep and proceeded to bury the phone underneath a mound of pillows. thank goodness for kellie, who called to figure out why i had not shown up for our wednesday lunch.
i scrambled through the rest of the day, always feeling one step behind until at long last the final errand (pressing charges at the sheriff's office) was complete. jamme had gone with me for moral support and when we left we started to wander around aimlessly until we realized what a beautiful day it was. the thought of grilling and enjoying the freedom of having the house completely to myself hit and we went grocery shopping. steak, salad and assorted other goodies were fixed (mostly by jamme as i was busily unpacking my cluttered living area and redistributing my belongings throughout the house once more). kaya, jamme and i were in a food coma before long, barely able to move.
so the end result is that i will be starting overnight shifts on monday. not fun, but at least i still have a job. i am now looking for a roommate, preferably a nice one? so if you have any suggestions, let me know!
thank you all for the concern. i appreciate it very much.
to those who dealt with me being a crying brat last night (you know who you are) i just want to say thanks and i adore you.
the soundtrack to my mind is here.
Posted by tofallfromgrace at 09:33 PM | Comments (1)
my last post as it could be interpreted as a violation of confidentiality with my work.
Posted by tofallfromgrace at 12:14 PM | Comments (0)
that can sometimes put me in physical danger. i do not usually mind this as i usually can take care of myself, but tonight has been rather a challenge. ah, what are a few large bumps and bruises when you are getting paid slightly above minimum wage?
i am sore. i am shaken. i am hurt.
Posted by tofallfromgrace at 07:04 PM | Comments (2)
A little bit of magic to brighten your day ;)
Posted by jayzn at 07:51 AM | Comments (0)
'twas midnight on the ocean,
not a streetcar was in sight,
so I stepped into a cigar store,
to ask them for a light.
the man behind the counter
was a woman, old and gray,
who used to peddle doughnuts,
on the road to Mandalay.
she said "good morning, stranger",
her eyes were dry with tears,
as she put her head between her feet,
and stood that way for years.
her children all were orphans,
except one a tiny tot,
who had a home across the way,
above a vacant lot.
as I gazed through the oaken door
a whale went drifting by,
its six legs hanging in the air,
so I kissed her goodbye.
this story has a morale
as you can plainly see,
don't mix your gin with whiskey,
on the deep and dark blue sea.
"Midnight On The Ocean"
Posted by lupine at 03:01 PM | Comments (1)
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Posted by tofallfromgrace at 12:43 AM | Comments (1)
and duvet dreams.
finally finished sewing the cover for my down comforter. do you know how hard it is to get a king-size covering on a king-size comforter by yourself? plus, i was going to put a series of 8-10 buttons to close the open end. i stopped at one button because buttons are a pain in the ass. i give thanks to the inventor of velcro!
the divine miss k was no help at all!
Posted by tofallfromgrace at 04:08 PM | Comments (4)
friday night.
left to right: allen, austin, jamme and myself
the great thing about having platonic male friends is you can go out and not worry about shaving your legs...not that i usually do anyway...*grin*
Posted by tofallfromgrace at 04:03 PM | Comments (0)
late late late last night. was an interesting time. got a lot sorted out which was necessary. slept in. have not gotten anything done around the house and at this point realize it is a lost cause. am going to waste the rest of the day away with homework and sewing and watching dr. who.
i sat on the front porch with my coffee on one side and kaya sniffing the wind on the other. a bit windy today, but otherwise perfect. i dawdled there and contemplated how pretty kansas can be sometimes. actually, it's only a three-week period in spring when kansas has its high moments and those three weeks are occuring right now so if you want to visit you had better hurry!
being in kansas city was nice, but being able to sit out on the porch in my pyjamas while sipping coffee and doodling in my sketchbook, without the fear of peeping toms, drive-by shootings or crackhead neighbors was quite nice.
my dad had a cat scan earlier this week. still waiting on the results of that. i still do not understand why they are scanning him for cats. badgers, maybe. cooties, definitely. but cats? sheesh.
okay, bad attempt at humour. what are you going to do, chase me around the stagger until i buy you a drink? good luck, buster. there are no free rides at the stagger.
mart's parents are moving to the bahamas a week from monday. mart has a girlfriend. welcome to my surreal life.
You have the American dream! The American dream is to be born in the gutter and have nothing. Then to raise up and have all the money in the world, and stick it in your ears and go PLBTLBTLBLTLBTLBLT!! That's a pretty good dream. --Eddie Izzard
Posted by tofallfromgrace at 02:17 PM | Comments (0)
to go bar-hopping tonight. girls' night out on the town with a designated driver to chauffeur us. as tempting as that sounds (mmhmm...right) i have instead decided to lock myself in and around the house for the weekend.
although i may need to make a quick trip to kansas city tomorrow, my plans are to stay put and do some major spring cleaning. i also rented spanglish and sideways to keep myself entertained. of course, if i get bored i can always do homework. pfft.
although i have never been a fan of watching movies alone, i have recently found that the solitude has its good points. first of all, i can talk to the movie without anyone hearing me sound like an idiot. i can also pause the movie as much as i like, to return to it when i feel. small pleasures.
best thing about living alone: you can use all the drawers in the bathroom for your own stuff (and i have a lot of stuff). no having to share space!
worst thing about living alone: when you have soap in your eyes and you suddenly feel something brush your leg and you scream hysterically until you realize that it was only a draft blowing the shower curtain against your leg--no one is there to laugh with you about it later.
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that is the stagger's promise to you.
Posted by tofallfromgrace at 04:04 PM | Comments (1)
into a second album from the spring break trip. just in case you are interested, they are mostly of estes park.
Posted by tofallfromgrace at 08:56 PM | Comments (0)
is that i have so many opportunities right now. move here, move there, do this, do that. it is a "world at my feet" type of moment and all i can think of is this would be much easier if...
then a thousand 'ifs' go through my mind and my head starts to hurt. i then rebury my head in the sand and hope to god that someone will come along and make the decision for me. like jim morrison.
he will just pop up in one of my dreams and say "lady, just do this" and point out the exact path i need to take in order to make everything turn out just right.
see what happens when you have too much time alone? in any case, i have decided that the next 36 days will contain absolutely no decision-making.
i am going to take a rest from trying to figure everything out, try to salvage what is left of this semester and have one heck of a boogie at the bbq on may 14th. on may 16th (need one day for recovery time, after all) i will start again to make decisions on my future.
until then if you ask me what i am doing with my life i will refuse to answer on the grounds that not only do i not know, i also refuse to care until may 16th.
nothing to be done
explodingdog.com
Posted by tofallfromgrace at 03:21 PM | Comments (0)
other than to get my hair cut and highlighted. woo hoo.
worked for a little on my multimedia project; worked a little on my senior project (am skipping that class because they are doing student surveys and i never fill them out as i think they are crap and worthless. regardless of how good/bad a teacher is, a student will almost always rate a teacher good/bad on personality rather than strength of teaching); worked a bit on my internship paper which has to be done a.s.a.p.; also talked to several lawyers today, i can tell you that was not the highlight of my day.
i think the first time i ever had to use a lawyer was the first day i started becoming an actual adult. *sigh* i HATE being an adult.
three great things about my day:
first, my hair looks great. yay! just in case you did not catch on: i am a very vain person.
second: the painting came in from timothy.
here is my attempt at taking a photo of it:
violet
but here is a much better one from timothy's site:
violet
third: well, a girl has to have some secrets, right?
*wink*
Posted by tofallfromgrace at 02:56 PM | Comments (0)
in a different country, a different day.
kellie and i at the bell tower on campus today.
in a week and half we will be in mississippi for steph's wedding. yes, there was a tornado in mississippi yesterday. yes, i am a bit freaked about that.
in 37 days i will no longer be a student and kellie will!
muah ha ha ha
senior send-off!
ah yes, have decided that this graduation cannot go without celebration as i had previously intended. although i will not be walking in my cap and gown or sending out graduation announcements i have decided that i will use this occasion to try and get my nearest and dearest together for a barbeque.
please consider this your formal invitation! oh i may put up a pretty little invite whenever i get around to creating one but let us not hold our breath on that, okay?
may 14th at my house, starting at 10a.m and going into the next day? byob. food will be provided. please r.s.v.p. here and please let me know if you need directions to the house.
any jokes about tornados will not be considered funny as the house was hit three years ago on may 4th by a huge tornado. you have been warned!
Posted by tofallfromgrace at 05:34 PM | Comments (1)
and still eat meat?
had dinner out and gave in to the temptation of ribeye.
*sigh*
what is a girl to do...
Posted by tofallfromgrace at 12:27 AM | Comments (7)
photos.
you know it is spring when you get the urge to play pool...do not ask me why...we did very badly last night, but it was still fun.
alisha is a pool wench, just like me.
the quilting project is limping along. has been put on the back burner for a few nights as my hands hurt from sewing. when did i get so old that i could not sew for more than a few hours at a time?
bouncing baby barrett's baby blanket
seriously random quote of the day:
Nothing pains some people more than having to think. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Posted by tofallfromgrace at 02:47 PM | Comments (1)
In every one of my Journalism classes I have asked professor after professor and speaker after speaker if blogging makes you a journalist or if they think there is some deeper meaning to blogging beyond sharing the days events with the world. Each response was generally meet with a 'no' unless you were to be hired to blog about those days events. I was then curious why I blog up until today.
Today, I shared with my classmates that I have been writing on a blog site for just a little while. I hadn't published much beyond a Terri Schiavo piece and Pope piece I have decided to scrap (too close to home). I had thought up until today I was writing in the blog just to keep my writing fresh and like my Journalism books tell me; practice, practice, and practice. This changed when Amy, fellow classmate, searched for my blog on Goggle and went about reading it much to my suprise. I should explain that Amy and I haven't always seen eye-to-eye. Not to say that we have had arguments more like we reached places in our discussions that neither continued. Lately however, this has changed and now I respect Amy and her voice in the classroom. This is largely different from my past experience, retail, whereas I found a diminishing few that I respected. Anyway, Amy proceeded to read my Schiavo piece on the computer in front of me and that is when it hit me. I didn't need to ask for her validation of the piece rather I felt good that someone had read it, whether or not they agreed with it. Maybe if I didn't respect Amy's voice this might have been different, but for me as a writer I have changed. I am now confident in my voice and I will continue to blog to make my voice stronger. I will also write to put my view out there rather than wait to see if someone had taken the time to comment on it. With that said, thank you Amy for helping me build confidence in my voice.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/surveys/smiles/
Can you guys spot the fake smiles? I got 15 out of 20 ... what about you?
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...well, when i say oil i mean something good...and when i say something good i really mean something that lifted my day (ever so slightly). a bunch of japanese tourists (11...count them...11) asking me for directions at work (a famous scottish university) and after they had received said information they bowed as one to thank me. felt like i was in a movie...t'was sweet :)
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And now, here is a report from our England correspondent ..
It is grey. Grey, grey, grey, grey and then, for a little bit of variety, grey.
It is amazing how many different colours of grey you can get in an English sky. It is really quite stunning and something that you truly have to experience for that.
Saying that, to be fair, last week there were a couple of days which almost fooled us into believing that Spring had arrived. However, they are predicting freezing temperatures at the end of this week.
By the way, has anyone ever wondered just who "they" are? We refer to "them" a lot, and blame them for much of our woes ...
On the brighter side, there are lots of flowers up and on the ground it's positively bubbling with spring enthusiasm ... the birds are doing their thing, but not with the bees and generally the view from Mother Nature is that spring is here and it is going to stay!
I'm wishing you all the joys of spring and, from a grey place, in England for The Stagger Inn
Jason
p.s. if anyone would like all my posts in the same interesting spelling style as the previous one, please let me know and I'll happily do so :)
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where you know that what you are feeling is the truth? yet you do not want to acknowledge or believe it because the truth sucks?
yeah. i have hit that wall.
i have been turning a blind eye to it. sometimes the utter hateful realization just hits you in the face and you cannot ignore it anymore.
that is where i am.
it hurts. i hate it.
i am done. it is boring and deceitful and shameful and worthless.
destructive and cruel.
what's your secret?
explodingdog.com
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yes, i am currently obsessed with joss stone. i am seeking therapy.
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things have been changing on the stagger in small but important ways. little tweaks such as colors, alignment and other random elements have been performed. i was severely chastized by hunter as i was not compressing my photos (i am lazy) so i have now started to do so. this will hopefully help the page load more quickly.
another kansas sunset
although hunter does detest my ads i have added even more with google adsense. please help me send the divine miss k to obedience school and click on an ad every once in a while.
also, every time you click on a blogsnob ad i get more of my own ads displayed on other people's blogs, resulting in more traffic to the stagger.
thanks for your support! one day, when i make official stagger coffee mugs you will be rewarded for your dedication to the stagger. or maybe they should be shotglasses? beer steins?
it has been an intense weekend of studying and sewing and cleaning. well, it was intended to be so. i even declined to go out friday night so i could work on homework! *gasp*
unfortunately, the "family" threatened to kidnap me when i said i was not going to go out saturday night either. although i held my ground for most of the day (no, i have homework! NO, i cannot go!) my resolve weakened and i eventually gave in. calling april to meekly ask what time and where i needed to be.
so, 10:15ish or so, there i am. bad bad allison. "you have homework and a lonely dog at home" my inner self was saying...until it was whapped by a devil of a vodka tonic and shushed for the night. eight games of pool, two and a half hours and a tequila shot later and i had done my duty towards the gods of relaxation.
april and jamme at the infamous mooreman's southside
i must say, in at least two of the games i was on. i actually managed to hit three in a row into the pockets. nice to know i have not lost what little touch i had. might have helped that i was pretty darn sober.
so i have satisfied my need for socialization and am back home where i belong.
i blew up eggs yesterday. just another reason for me to believe that i should not be anywhere near a kitchen. also quite ironic as jayzn did the exact same thing yesterday.
the quick brown eggs went boom
today i must clean my messy desk
i am very happy because i have all four panels done on the quilt. more than i thought i would have done at this point!
baby barrett-to-be's quilt: in progress
i am off to feast on carnivale and the new dr. who. i am so excited!
the if-this-is-random-then-wow-because-i-was-just-thinking-about-this-word word of the day:
intuition(not to be confused with paranoia which would be an entire "random word of the day essay": the act or faculty of knowing or sensing without the use of rational processes; immediate cognition; knowledge gained by the use of this faculty; a perceptive insight; a sense of something not evident or deducible; an impression.
Posted by tofallfromgrace at 01:56 PM | Comments (0)
Site wide changes are coming along today. At times pages might not load properly. This is from us making updates mainly to the archives! Please bear with me since this DB has sooo sooo many entries it can take a little time to rebuild the files over and over!
Thanks,
Hunter
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Just another day on the death star...
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have time to kill in between classes and thought i would share my current mouse news. zan already knows about this as i started to laugh hysterically while on the phone telling him about it last night.
i picked up the humane traps. glue traps. you can either lay them flat or fold them into a box shape. i had one folded into a box shape on the kitchen counter and yesterday afternoon, sometime in between 1pm and 4pm, it disappeared. which means there is a rodent running amuck in my home with a giant gluetrap box attached to its twitchy little body.
i laughed until i was almost crying last night. yeah, it's the little things that amuse me.
went to "grad finale" on wednesday. two hours and several dollars lighter i had everything taken care of: graduation fees; exit interviews; alumni sign-up; picked up my senior gift (very nice this time, an engraved keychain and a glitter pen, not sure which makes me happier!); picked up my cap, gown and tassel. do not really need the cap and gown, but what the hey, they make you pay for it regardless. at least i have a ready-made costume for halloween?
so i have a few options. i was going to move to colorado to help my grandmother if she had back surgery. it is looking as if she may not have the surgery now so i have to start at square one.
option a: stay in pittsburg, get a job to gain experience. help get the house ready to sell.
option b: scrimp and save and go stay in england for a month this summer. an invitation was issued and how can i turn that down?!
option c: move to boulder anyway, live on the street and eventually find a job.
option d: go back to school for my master's degree.urp.
option e: move to kansas city and get a job. would not be homeless. bonus.
any other ideas, questions, etc?
*sigh*
so not random word of the day (pic the definition you prefer most):
commitment
1. responsibility: something that takes up time or energy, especially an obligation
2. loyalty: devotion or dedication, for example, to a cause, person or relationship
3. previously planned engagement: a planned arrangement or activity that cannot be avoided
4. referral of bill for review: a referral of a bill to a legislative committee for review
5. institutionalizing somebody: an act of legally confining somebody to prison or a mental health facility.
let me give you an example paragraph:
due to my boyfriend's previous commitments (responsibilities) i worried that his commitment(loyalty) to the commitments (previously planned engagements) we had made would falter. after realizing that the commitment (referral of bill for review) was being intentionally delayed i decided to run him over with a car. at this point i was afraid i would have a commitment against me (court order) but instead was committed (institutionalizing somebody).
no definitions were harmed in the creation of this sentence.
ah, sometimes i make myself laugh.
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