You must answer yes or no. You may not explain unless someone asks you to.
Taken a picture naked? Yes Made money illegally? Yes Had a one night stand? No Been in a fist fight? No Slept with your best friend? No Had sex in a public place? No Ditched work to have sex? No Slept with a member of the same sex? Yes Seen someone die? No Ran from the police? No Woke up somewhere and not remember how you got there? No Worn your partners unmentionables? No Fallen asleep at work? Yes Used toys in the bedroom? Yes Ran a red light? Yes Been fired? Yes Been in a car accident? No Pole danced or done a striptease? No Loved someone you shouldn't? Yes Sang karaoke? Yes Done something you told yourself you wouldn't? Yes Laughed so hard you peed your pants? No Caught someone having sex? Yes Kissed a perfect stranger? Yes Shaved your partner? No Given your private parts a nickname? No Ever gone in public without underwear? Yes Had sex on a roof top? No Played chicken? No Mooned/flashed someone? Yes Do you sleep naked? Yes Blacked out from drinking? No Felt like killing someone? Yes Had sex more than 5 times in one day? Yes Been with someone because they were in a band? No Taken 10 shots of liquor in a day? No Shot a gun? Yes Gone outside naked? Yes
Need to just fucking die and leave the rest of 'civilization' alone!
Woke up to deal with lovely fraudulent charges all over the place on my bank card.
I want to get in shape...but don't feel the need to join bodybuilder.com Or register a few dozen domain names on register.com
Or any other number of things that this idiot tried to do.
We use paypal for almost everything online, and the only 'recent' transaction involving this card was a half.com purchase. And while it is an ebay company(?) I thought I was safe. We used it this winter on sites such as Amazon.com, Kaybeetoys.com and toysrus.com
This whole thing sucks. :(
And.... Vacaville is starting to fill up with water. LOTS of water. Hope it doesn't flood as bad as.... was it only last year??
Yes, it was "only MySpace." Yes, kids can be cruel, whether it is face to face, or over the Internet, and teenage boys are no exception. But what happens when the teenage boy is not a teenage boy, but the parents of a teenage girl's former best friend?
Megan Meier (above) was an 8th grade volleyball player who loved what any typical teenage girl loves - dogs, music, being outdoors, and of course, boys. She had a troubled past, including treatment for depression and ADD, and severe self-esteem issues. But she had been improving, losing weight and regaining her self-confidence after ending a lightswitch friendship with another girl. Megan's mother, Tina, attributed the positive changes to her new MySpace friend, Josh - a boy who thought Megan was pretty.
And then things changed. One day, Josh decided not to be Megan's friend anymore. He had heard that she was not very nice to her friends. He said that everyone in town knew she was a bitch and a slut. He told her that the world would be a better place without her.
What Josh never told Megan is that he never really existed. He was, in fact, a fabrication of Lori Drew - the mother of the girl Megan had once been friends with.
Distraught, Megan hung herself in her closet, a few weeks shy of her 14th birthday. Tina Meier said that Megan had been looking forward to her party. She had even bought a new dress - a dress that would not make its grand entrance until Megan's funeral.
The only thing more despicable than the action itself is the fact that there will most likely be no criminal charges pressed, because there is, "no charge to fit [the crime.]" How about harassment? Child abuse? Involuntary manslaughter?
Many news outlets declined to publish the parents' name, out of consideration for their teenage daughter. I call bullshit, as do many other outraged news-readers. Other blogs and comments on news threads have outed these parents, as have I.
Name them, and let them face their shame. Demand justice for Megan Meier.
I know... I should be posting about my awesome time at faire.... but anyways... I'll try to catch up soon.
Got back from Faire (kind of an odd weekend, Rain out on Sat... good crowds Sunday at least.) But.... this post is about what was waiting for me when I got home...
I got my anniversary present early...
AN IPHONE!!!!!
I cannot WAIT to play with it!!!! But... I'm being a good girl because had my whole week planned out and can't get distracted by gadgets. (A kind of whole house fall cleaning of sorts....) :D
Wow, it actually brought up a lot of the things I'd be interested in doing. Thanks Terpsichoros!
This was fun, you:
But now there are rumors swirling around about how the name/password wasn't supposed to get out? Taking it out for now.... wonder how this will play out?
Interest Rank
1. Office Manager 2. Health Records Professional 3. Communications Specialist 4. Administrative Assistant 5. Corporate Trainer 6. Bookkeeper 7. Adoption Counselor 8. Editor 9. Casting Director 10. Human Resource Specialist 11.Media Buyer 12. Advertising Account Executive 13. High School Teacher 14. Elementary School Teacher 15. Early Childhood Educator 16. Advertising Copywriter 17. Producer 18. Marketing Specialist 19. Art Director 20. School Counselor
Edited to only be the shows that I'm planning on catching/checking out. (Bolded are my favs)
Sept. 11 (NBC) The Biggest Loser season premiere Sept. 17 (FOX) Prison Break season premiere Sept. 19 (CW) America’s Next Top Model season premiere Sept. 19 (CBS) Kid Nation series premiere Sept. 20 (CBS) Survivor: China season premiere Sept. 23 (FOX) Simpsons and Family Guy season premieres Sept. 24 (ABC) The Bachelor Sept. 25 (CW) Reaper series premiere Sept. 25 (NBC) L&O: SVU season premiere Sept. 25 (CBS) NCIS Sept. 26 (ABC) Private Practice Sept. 26 (CW) Gossip Girl series premiere Sept. 26 (NBC) Bionic Woman Sept. 27 (ABC) Ugly Betty and Grey’s Anatomy season premieres Sept. 27 (NBC) ER season premieres Sept. 27 (CBS) CSI (What will happen with Sara??) Sept. 30 (ABC) Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Sept. 30 (Showtime) Dexter season premiere Sept. 30 (Showtime) Brotherhood season premiere Oct. 3 (ABC) Pushing Daisies series premiere
Bleah...too much tv. thank goodness for my DVR. I can just set them to record and watch whenever I feel like it. :p
Though I do want to remark that I fnished "the book" about...2 1/2, 3 hours ago. And I still don't feel that my head is quite fully immersed in 'this' reality. I feel like I"m slowly climbing out of a deep dream after reading the last book.
Kudos to Rowling
~Zara who is doing her best unintentional luna lovegood impression
I forgot to post how AWESOME Disneyland was. It was great. Lots of fun. CUTEST pic EVER above. :P
Life went on, working as and admin and writer on a couple up and coming petsites now, pm if you like games like neopets etc. :p
And...tomorrow we leave for 11 days of camping in Tahoe. :p We have an UBER-awesome tent, (with a freaking walk in closet!?!) and are really looking forward to just....getting away. Chip has been dealing with tons of icky politics and games at work and could really use the break. I'm looking forward to sunshine and fresh air and no bickering grammatically challenged kids for a WHOLE 11 days. hehehe I really believe in the website I"m working on, but.... it's aimed at kids, and I have to deal with a lot of idiots. There are quite a few bright spots...but it really makes me wonder if I should put my kid in the public school system. (Just kidding... we have Wil in line for a GREAT Alternative Cooperative Education program here in town. :D )
So....this is a bit bittersweet, with all probability, this will be our last trip to camp for the entire duration of Valhalla. :( Little man starts school next year, and it's not exactly looked upon with favor if we steal him away for the last week or so of school each year. Le sigh. He's looking forward to the trip, (little guy), but... he is a bit scared of the bears. We had 7, (yes, SEVEN) bear visits last year. I think we are looking for a campsite more inside the campground and not on the outermost perimeter this year. Should take care of that. :D
I guess I"ll go now...and stress out about not being on a gatelist. *crosses her fingers and hopes to hear from Bill shortly*
1) Tell you why I friended you. 2) Associate you with a song/film. 3) Tell a random fact about you. 4) Tell a first memory about you. 5) Associate you with a character/pairing. 6) Ask something I've always wanted to know about you. 7) Tell you my favorite user pic of yours. 8) In return, I'd appreciate you reposting in your LJ. (I reworded, 'cause I don't like things that 'require' you to do things) :p
We are keeping it secret, and are going to surprise the little one with the trip. Hopefully 3 full days, perhaps part of a 4th in the park. I'm sooo excited to see his face when he meets the characters and such!!! They've been showing commercials and he's caught a few here and there... It's going to be such a magical, fantastic trip!!!
Another friends journal kind of brought this on. This is the time of the year when the call to church is the most strong. Mostly because of the music. Music is rapture for me, it was what led me to seek out religious experiences when I was young, hitchiking with the neighbors to attend a myriad of different church services each month. And it's the one thing I miss most about being on that road to discovery and feeling so uncomfortable in various christian settings. The music.
Step One - Make a post (public, friendslocked, filtered...whatever you're comfortable with) to your LJ. The post should contain your list of 10 holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fandom-related ("I'd love a Snape/Hermione icon that's just for me") to medium ("I wish for _____ on DVD") to really big ("All I want for Christmas is a new car/computer/house/TV.") The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want. - If you wish for real life things (not fics or icons), make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address where Santa (or one of his elves) could get in touch with you. - Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ, or link to this post (it'll be public) so that the holiday joy will spread.
Step Two - Surf around your friendslist (or friendsfriends, or just random journals) to see who has posted their list. And now here's the important part: - If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes someone's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use--or even know where you could get someone's dream purebred Basset Hound for free--do it. You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out; it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf--to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not--it's your call. There are no rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. Just...wish and it might come true. Give and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.
amalthea_sf dressed as Yu-Gi-Oh. anothervoicemdf dressed as Jessica Alba's mother. blackswan666 dressed as Mary-Kate Olsen with her very own conjoined Ashley. courtneydisney dressed as a puck. cyclothemia dressed as the main character of "Rain Man". cygnet_47 dressed as something large, but what, specifically, you can't tell. dalisair dressed as your grandfather. dalisairmopy dressed as the Governor of South Dakota. dalisairpervy dressed as the Prickly Power Ranger. darkteddybear dressed as Herbert Hoover. domming_d dressed as Michael Jackson, though it looked more like the Cardinal of Osbusdale. dungeonvixen dressed as Anna Nicole Smith. edge_of_within dressed as a rainbow fish, and it suited them disturbingly well. exalted dressed as a goblin. geekgrrrl didn't dress up, spoilsport. gianni dressed as a catcher for the Yankees. hellsjester dressed as a wrath. hexadamsel dressed as the Brady Bunch -- all of them. internet_addict dressed as Paul Harvey. isara dressed as a 1970's disco child. jamientx dressed as a associate sheet spreader. lildutchgrrl dressed as Grover Cleveland. masochisticgrrl dressed as a new member of the Wu-Tang Clan, Mighty Leader. mikeandcass dressed as a nasty vampire. miss_mimsy dressed as a ferret. montecook dressed as Ted Williams. musicwomyn dressed as Captain Kirk from "Star Trek". nomercles dressed as the spirit of their dead grandmother Sonya. perverseangelic dressed as a bottle of Itanpetom. phiddipides dressed as the Archbishop of Relzetom. praetera dressed as a new superhero: Phantom Worm. rex000 forgot to put on clothes! rex_sgrl dressed as a Agnes's Manufacturing employee. scadiangirl dressed as Optimus Prime. showpony dressed as a angel. soulcookie dressed as a disturbing self-made character called "Flunky Diaperhiney". terpsichoros dressed as the love child of Al Pacino and Janet Reno. uberjeep dressed as a oblivious circuit. valiaderekin dressed as Madonna. vixenspet didn't even show up and doesn't get any candy. voyeurprincess dressed as a Level 1 fighter. yesterdaysstar dressed as Barney Gumble, and it suited them disturbingly well. zakueins dressed as a bear.
Among the smoking cinders of a life gone up in flames Lost and alone now, she's no one else to blame As the shadows fall across her face She knows to fully, her saving grace Innocence is gone, it's a thing of the past Seems in her life, nothing good ever lasts She turns ever so slowly, a gleam in her eye Longing still, for the chance to die The cold carress of slightly serrated steel Sends shivers down her back, as she ceases to feel She's numb now, and the shadows flee A sigh escapes, as she ceases to see A cry fills the night, nothing more to be said The shadows writhe, their paramour dead.
There was the beginning of a book about this character, this is one of the only pieces of actual writing I have on her still. The rest of the story, and what led her to this is just locked up in my head still. Someday, I'll write again...
My new rapier and main gauche just arrived. Yaaay! (well, actually it's Chip's, but I"m wearing it to the party on Sat night) What Puss-In-Boots would be complete without a dashing sword slung at her hip?
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