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| Sunday, March 2nd, 2008 | | 11:51 pm |
| | Wednesday, July 18th, 2007 | | 11:27 am |
Disney Quizzes
I rather enjoyed this website, whatsitsgalore.com , where I found some Disney Quizzes, among other things, although I'm amazed at how few answers I knew. | | Saturday, June 23rd, 2007 | | 10:30 pm |
Woof, woof
| You Would Be a Pet Dog | 
You're friendly, loyal, and an all around good sport. People love to be near you.
You are very open with your feelings, and you're quite vocal in expressing them.
You are sincere and kind. You love many people - without any sort of agenda.
Why you would make a great pet: You're content to chill out with your friends
Why you would make a bad pet: You always find yourself getting into trouble
What you would love about being a dog: Running around and playing
What you would hate about being a dog: Being left home alone while everyone else is out having fun |
Thanks for pointing this one out, ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) wolfdancer! | | Monday, March 12th, 2007 | | 2:58 pm |
Just because I have a JURIS Doctorate doesn't mean I have patients
OK, let's just cover this. I am apparently under a bunch of stress, as evidenced by last week's difficulty breathing (severe enough that I debated taking myself to the emergency room last Saturday, but instead went to the primary care physician Monday morning). The PCP diagnosed it as Air Hunger brought on by stress. So what is causing me stress? Let's see... 1. I work full time. My alarm goes off at 6:33 AM every weekday morning. I then go to a job I dislike, and have disliked ever since I was switched to answering phones at the end of last October. 2. I am running out of money. Rapidly. I need to look into getting an additional job, but not leaving this one as the health benefits are still pretty good. Of course, as I work full time, my time to do job search is limited. 3. I am trying to clean my house. Not only do I dislike cleaning, the reason for cleaning also causes me stress, namely because I may have to sell my house as I run out of money. Note that I emphatically do NOT want to sell my house. 4. My love life is less than ideal. In addition, I am trying to keep up on paperwork, deal with paperwork that should have been dealt with years ago, sleep, and try to keep up with everyone in my life. It isn't happening. Therefore, I do not need any grief about not keeping up with things. I don't want to hear it. If there is something that it is important to you to tell me, call. If I don't answer, leave a useful message. Don't give me grief if I don't call back for a few days. Finally, please don't expect me to be able to provide lots of emotional and/or financial support. You may catch me on a good day and I may be able to provide emotional support. Then again, maybe not. Also, note that this means that I may or may not have a chance to read people's journals, and the odds of my having the time or patience to post a reply is getting slimmer by the minute. This doesn't mean I don't care about people. It just means that I am part of people too, and I need to take care of me. I'll be at Lunacon this weekend trying to de-stress and enjoy myself. Hugs will be appreciated. I would rather not spend my weekend venting about my so-called life, but I reserve the right for a little self-indulgent whining. Thanks. Current Mood:  grumpy | | Saturday, March 3rd, 2007 | | 1:03 am |
Things that make me go hmmm
I just read an article in my local paper about a 30 year old man who is charged with raping a drunk 15 year old girl. What's the man's name? Fuqwan Long. Am I the only one who wonders about this? | | Friday, January 26th, 2007 | | 12:02 am |
Your results: You are Luke Skywalker| Luke Skywalker |
| 69% |
| Princess Leia |
| 69% |
| Padme |
| 66% |
| C-3PO |
| 64% |
| Jar Jar Binks |
| 62% |
| Han Solo |
| 60% |
| Obi-Wan Kenobi |
| 60% |
| An Ewok |
| 59% |
| Yoda |
| 55% |
| R2-D2 |
| 54% |
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You value your friends and loved ones,
but can sometimes act recklessly
because of your emotions.
Occasionally you resort to whining.
You look ahead to great things for yourself.
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(This list displays the top 10 results out of a possible 21 characters)
Click here to take the Star Wars Personality TestOK, so I got identical scores for Luke and Leia. I'm female (I know, I checked). So why am I the male twin? I give up. | | Monday, January 22nd, 2007 | | 10:25 pm |
Well, in what is likely a sign of the apocalypse (or the universe deciding it owes me something good for a change), I called the fan line for the TV show 24 this evening after the show and actually got through to leave a message. Although I spoke carefully, and listened to my message afterwards, it is now about 14 minutes later and I have no idea what I said, although I am certain I left my phone number. Not that I expect anyone to call me back, but who knows? I am beyond stunned that I got through. I almost want to call back from a different line just to see if I get through again, but I am not a stalker, even of a voice mail fan line. | | Tuesday, January 16th, 2007 | | 8:21 pm |
| | Monday, January 15th, 2007 | | 9:42 pm |
Nuthouse in a nutshell
Short version - I still feel sick. From last week. It was better, now it's not. Probably the stress doesn't help. Had my cleaning at the dentist's office today. He took x-rays. The last time he did that, I bit him. Then I walked down to Daddy's office after the appointment. Daddy asked me if I bit Michael. I said yes. He asked "WHAT?" I responded, "You asked me if I bit him. I said yes." I bit Michael again today. Again, accidentally. Just the conversation about taking the x-rays almost pushed me to tears remembering last time. I actually did tear a little bit. They were running late. I got there early. My appointment was for 3:30. I took the 6:02 train out of Grand Central to the station by my Aunt's house to pick up my car and drive home. Funeral is tomorrow. I almost threw up tonight. Possibly whatever was making me sick last week, possibly stress, who knows. Still watched 24 on tv. Wow. I'm looking forward to having enough functional brain cells to process it. I have to drive to the cemetery in New Jersey tomorrow. Should be interesting. I'm probably in no condition to drive, but I have to go. Not just for my family, but for myself. Bed time now. Maybe I'll sleep through the night for a change. I haven't slept through the last three nights in a row. No wonder I feel like crap. Tried to get in touch with my ex the other night to let him know Uncle Moe had died. Aunt Susan and Uncle Moe took us out to dinner once or twice while we were dating. They thought well of him. I called home, office, and cell. All disconnected. Ah well, I tried. Sleep............... | | Monday, December 18th, 2006 | | 11:26 pm |
Next time I'm shipping via carrier pigeon
On the twelfth day of Christmas,  debkitty sent to me... Twelve richwillpowers drumming Eleven mangosteens piping Ten babyseas a-leaping Nine lordlnycs dancing Eight gaylord500s a-milking Seven muppets a-swimming Six roses a-singing Five ani-i-i-imaniacs Four broadway musicals Three bernadette peters Two black labs ...and a chocolate in a pear tree. | | 11:19 pm |
| | Sunday, November 19th, 2006 | | 1:52 am |
| | Friday, September 29th, 2006 | | 5:29 pm |
| | Wednesday, September 27th, 2006 | | 1:17 pm |
| | Monday, September 4th, 2006 | | 4:34 pm |
Time - Not the only thing that is warped around here
So I recently purchased the She-Ra DVD. I remembered how much I loved it, and how much fun I had looking for Lucky (who is apparently Loo-Kee), and besides, I had a coupon for an extra 15% off any one item at Barnes and Noble. I watched some of it over the last couple of days and discovered/remembered a few things. First, I seem to be able to find Loo-Kee without a problem. I have watched two episodes and found him easily. Was it really that hard twenty years ago, or was I just not paying attention? Second, I know they're just animated, but some of those male characters were NICELY built (drawn, yes, I know). It also says something about my current mental/dating state that I'm drooling a bit over a drawing. Ugh. Third, although the writers claim they were being feminist (a strong female, fighting, a pre-cursor to Xena), and how mature Audora/She-Ra is, they also boast about her being maternal. As if that is the benchmark for a mature female. Is she a good mother. They openly acknowledge that Adam, He-Man's normal side, is a doofus, but Audora is maternal. How wonderful is that. Besides which, do you remember what they said after raising their swords and transforming to their super-hero(ine) alter-egos? He-Man proclaimed "I HAVE THE POWER!" whereas She-Ra reminded herself "I AM SHE-RA!" Now I understand that the first time she transformed, an introduction was necessary, both to the audience and to herself, but after the first couple of times, we know who she is. If she doesn't, She-Ra is even a bigger doofus than Adam. I remember now how much that bothered me then. It still does. Nonetheless, I still enjoy the show. All in all, though, so far I would say it is money well spent, as I do enjoy watching it. Of course, I should be cleaning, but whatever. Current Mood: animatedCurrent Music: The Theme from She-Ra | | Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006 | | 8:12 pm |
Some days I hate being an over-achiever
I went back to the podiatrist today. He finally took x-rays. Then he showed me the not-so-pretty pictures. First, however, he showed me a picture of the worst heel spur he had ever seen. It was certainly large. Then he showed me my two x-rays. He told me and showed me that I was "giving her a run for her money." Great. Both feet. And we wonder why playing in traffic is looking more and more appealing. So now what. Now we work on several fronts. First, I get to try a different physical therapist, one who will hopefully be able to do the iontophoresis (see my earlier post) without making my feet blister. Second, he has given me some stretches to do. Third, he is in touch with my insurance company, trying to get them to cover either splints and/or electro-shockwave therapy. Splints are things I wear that go along the back of my calf and sole of my foot and basically pull the toes upwards to stretch things. Supposedly I can sleep in them. I suspect I'll be more likely to be able to sleep standing up. I don't know much about the shockwave stuff, but we'll discuss that at my appointment next week. Yes, 4 weeks in a row. Finally, we'll re-cast my feet and we'll try new orthodics with more padding. Here's hoping! (If I was a horse, they would have shot me ages ago.) | | Monday, August 21st, 2006 | | 9:33 pm |
| | Monday, August 7th, 2006 | | 7:59 pm |
I am in shape. Round is a shape.
OK, I'm tired and achy, but I haven't posted in an age, so I figured I'd do the nutshell version. I have severe bilateral plantar fasciitis. In other words, both feet hurt lots because the tendon on the sole of each foot is severely inflamed, and is sending out lots of pain, sometimes as far up as the hips. So what causes this? Let's see. Among other things: being overweight. Check. Having tight calf muscles. Check. Repeated pounding on a hard surface. Welcome to my job. So what do we do about this? Join a gym and start swimming (actually, starting with walking in the water) to try to lose weight. Check. Start physical therapy as prescribed by my podiatrist (twice a week for the next two months, co-pay every time). Check. Nightmare story about that some other time. CONTINUE to try to get my job to buy the damned anti-fatigue mat. Check. Of course, welcome to the government, it's still out for bid, not even up to being ordered yet. So, the gym. Went for the first time tonight. Felt like an impostor. Put on the new bathing suit, the goggles, the bathing cap. Got in the water. Attempted to swim. Decided I would get enough of a work-out just trying to walk for half an hour. Maybe 20 minutes. Do I hear 10? Yes, I hear ten. Tried to swim again for one of the laps. Pulled a muscle under my left arm. There's a bottle of Advil screaming my name. Now that I have taken myself off the anti-inflammatory, I can take Advil again. With the anti-inflammatory (Nalfon), I could only take Tylenol, which my body considers to be about as effective as Tic Tacs. The physical therapy. The doctor prescribed several things, including iontophoresis. In other words, sticky pads with acetic acid hooked up to a battery to use electricity to shove the vinegar through my flesh to dissolve the extra bone that we assume has grown. We did 20 minutes on the lowest setting at my first PT appointment. I felt nothing. Until they took the pads off and discovered both heels had blistered. Apparently I'm not a good candidate for the procedure, which they have had little success with anyway. We wont be doing that again. After 10 minutes of ice, I tried to stand up. Note: tried. There are truck drivers and sailors who learned some new words from me. It would appear that people with sensitive skin (read: me) shouldn't have iontophoresis. Of course, no one asked me if I have sensitive skin. However, the other stuff, stretches, ultrasound, and the like, seem to be working. At least, they aren't making things worse. As for now, time for more food and relaxing. Current Mood: achy | | Saturday, July 8th, 2006 | | 7:32 pm |
Things That Make You Go ... Huh?
On the topic of "doesn't seem like a good idea," I saw a commercial for a new kitty litter. Fresh Step has come out with a litter that eliminates smell so effectively, it's like you don't have a litter box. It features a bloodhound coming over to help the cat find the litter box, as kitty can't smell it. Now, I have never owned a cat, nor been owned by one, so I am not an expert, but it seems to me that if the cat can't find its litter box, this is a BAD thing. Did I miss something? | | Thursday, April 20th, 2006 | | 11:58 am |
The Director of the Movie based on the Sitcom that is my Life
Sofia Coppola
Your film will be 58% romantic, 32% comedy, 20% complex plot, and a $ 23 million budget. |
| Relatively inexperienced (The Virgin Suicides, Lost In Translation) as a director, but already highly respected and connected -- her dad, Francis, directed all The Godfather movies, Apocolypse Now. Also, at last word she's dating Quentin Tarantino, so I'm sure he'll have some input into the substance of your film. Sofia's good at making the romantic drama that is your life. Who didn't have at least a lump in the throat at the end of Lost In Translation? She's already won one Academy Award for her writing, now she'll be the first woman to receive one for directing -- YOUR FILM! |
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My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
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You scored higher than 72% on action-romance |
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You scored higher than 48% on humor |
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You scored higher than 0% on complexity |
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You scored higher than 5% on budget |
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