( Spoilers for Stargate SG-1 8x07 - Affinity )

Current Mood: ecstatic

1) go to google.com and type in "You know you're from (your state here) if..."
2) pick out whatever you wish and bold the ones that apply to you.
3) post it in an entry.
4) have your friends do it themselves!

( You know you're from . . . )

Current Mood: lazy

( Here follows the rare and exciting tale of the Sausage Scripte, or Ye Who Pay Attention In Ye Olde Computer Language Class Wille One Daye Find a Use for Itte )

Current Mood: geeky

Happy birthday . . .

ningyouhime!

Presents are forthcoming. I promise. Really. :)

Current Mood: jubilant

My parents gave me a big box of stuff--junk, mainly--that they claimed was "mine" and that I needed to take back to my apartment. Which is fine with me, because it makes no difference where it goes--most of it is going into the trash anyway.

Started digging through and realized it's not all junk. My old Samantha doll was in there.

Come on, hands up. Who remembers the original three American Girl dolls?

::silence::

Okay, maybe just me. But still. I think I got that doll for Christmas back in 1988.

I loved that doll.

I'm going to fix it up and keep it for any potential daughter I might produce (hah, the chances of THAT are slim to none) or, more likely, a niece or other young relative in years to come. Throwing it away is out of the question.

What's that sound? Oh, yes, that would be my childhood rushing in upon me . . .

::brushes the doll's hair blissfully::

Current Mood: happy

Okay, in an attempt to be more regular about posting, the daily news:

For Monday, March 22, 2004 . . .

The Good News: I had my yearly evaluation today (hello, Stress City), and it went well. My manager had nothing bad to say, had lots of good things to say, and gave me a substantial raise. So, yippee for extra money.

Also, I think I've lost a little bit of weight, and I haven't even been dieting. Go me.

I can see the floor in my bedroom now. ::looks around:: Well, most of it, anyway.

The Bad News: No bad news yet. I think I'll take my good news and run with it while I can.

::grabs the pay raise and runs::

Current Mood: pleased

I have returned. ::falls down::

They weren't TOO awful. Demanding, whining, dependent, and immature, yes--but they're only kids, after all. Just--don't ask me to do that again tomorrow. Or next week. Or in the next few months, even. I wouldn't be able to handle it.

Phrases that I could go the rest of my life never hearing again and be the better for it:

* "When are we going to eat?"

* "Where are we going to eat?"

* "What are we going to eat?"

* . . . all similar questions related to food

* "What movie are we watching?"

* "Can you turn the sound up?"

* "What are we going to do NOW?"

* "When are we going to stop?"

* "Where are we?"

* "When are we going to get there?"

* "How much longer until we get there?"

* . . . all similar questions relating to time and/or place

* Any question that comes out of Madalyn's mouth (never known a more irritating/demanding/co-dependent child that's over the age of five)

* The word "dare" ("I dare ya" "I double dare ya" "I triple-dog dare ya . . .")

And I'll think of more later. ;)

Now I'm going to lie down. I may not get up again until April. Don't send search parties. They'll only wake me up.

Current Mood: exhausted

Just a little hote to let anyone who happens to care know that I won't be around this weekend. I get to spend the weekend in Atlanta with forty 10-12 year old children. Lucky me.

I'll be back Sunday night, though. Have a good weekend, everyone!

Cold pills are nice, too. ::dances groggily around in a circle:: Wheeeee!

Current Mood: groggy

1. Driving to Birmingham and back for a seminar for work is not fun. Driving home from Birmingham in rush-hour traffic is especially not fun.

2. Microsoft gives crap directions. This is my daily dose of wisdom for you all. Repeat after me--Microsoft gives crap directions. I will not rely on Microsoft websites for road directions ever again.

3. Sitting in a movie theater for (almost) four hours while watching a movie (Return of the King) is not the same as sitting in a movie theater for (almost) four hours attending a software seminar. Bring on the orcs.

4. When the cable modem won't work, before calling Comcast technical support and dealing with their interminable touch-tone menu system, try unplugging the power and letting the thing reset itself. It saves time.

I go to bed tonight wiser than I got up this morning. ::bows::

And, I redesigned my journal somewhat, with a new background image. No, a third-grader didn't draw that. I did. I know it LOOKS like a third-grader's work, but that's because I have no artistic talent and never did. :) Switching tactics completely this time . . . Pimpernel! Whee!

Current Mood: groggy

::giggles:: Oh, it's been a LONG while since this . . .

Vive la France!

Current Mood: silly

Every day I wake up, go take a shower, and hope that it will be a good day.

Today, I'm still hoping.

::lays head down on desk and sighs::

Current Mood: gloomy

Okay--it's not an "official" opening or anything, and it's not much of a sneak peek either, but my new and first ever website with its own domain (andbutsotherefore.com) at least has a few of my crudely-attempted music videos on it. They're Sam/Harry and Sam/Martouf--go and download, if you like. If you don't like, well, I can't help you there. Perhaps group therapy? ;)

Current Mood: accomplished

I swear, if those people next door don't stop yelling at each other soon, someone will be paying for therapy.

::scowls at the wall::

There. Maybe they're calming down now.

We didn't ask to hear your domestic disputes, idiots.

Current Mood: irritated

Considering that I won't be around for the next three nights due to an extended session of "let's see how many relatives we can visit for the holiday", I would just like to say to everybody . . .

Merry Christmas.

Happy Chanukah.

Etc., etc.

Whatever holidays you celebrate, may you have happy ones.

::throws candy and cookies and Christmas favors to all::

Oh--and a happy New Year. :)

Ugh. Sick. So sick.

I hope (really hope) it's not what it feels like, which is strep. Blech.

Home, obviously. Don't know how much I'm going to be online, but I'm here. :)

On a happier note--I have three cards! Thank you, ningyouhime, nevskaya (Sam/Harry!), and ashism (a card from England! Woo!)! They are proudly displayed on the top of my television, which is the largest flat surface in the apartment (aside from the dining room table).

I have cards for everyone who signed up for one from me, but I still need to get them in the mail. This week, I promise. This week.

Going to make some tea and lie down.

Current Mood: sick

Lemming Alert: Getting To Know You Meme (from nevskaya)

(Because I want to, and because it'll be nice to read something when I get home from work tomorrow, and because I'm exhausted, and just because, copying from everyone else:)

I know very little about some of the people on my friends' list. Some people I know relatively well, for a handful of you I know your sleeping patterns, but for a lot of you we're practically strangers! Perhaps you lurk, for whatever reason. But you friended me and I thank you :)

But here's a thought: why not take this opportunity to tell me a little something about yourself. Any old thing at all. Just so the next time I see your name I can say: "Ah, there's so and so...she likes grapes."

I'd love it if every single person who friended me would do this, please! I'm entirely too curious for my own good. Even you people who I know really well. Then post this in your own journal.

Current Mood: exhausted

[mood|cranky, irritated, misanthropic, exhausted, caged, enslaved, cynical, stifled, angry, depressed, miserable]

I need more complex mood themes.

As with everyone else, what is false is struck through. Complaints and disagreements may be submitted to management. ;)

FEBRUARY:
Abstract thoughts. Loves reality and abstract. Intelligent and clever. Changing personality. Attractive. Sexy. Temperamental. Quiet, shy and humble. Honest and loyal. Determined to reach goals. Loves freedom. Rebellious when restricted. Loves aggressiveness. Too sensitive and easily hurt. Gets angry really easily but those not show it. Dislike unnecessary things. Loves making friends but rarely shows it. Daring and stubborn. Ambitious. Realizing dreams and hopes. Sharp. Loves entertainment and leisure. Romantic on the inside not outside. Superstitious and ludicrous. Spendthrift. Tries to learn to show emotions.

Current Mood: lazy