So I found out from Mom yesterday that Onkle W. Isn't doing so well. My Aunt was in Germany last month to see family. Apparantly, between the time we were there in April and last month, he'd had 2 or 3 strokes. He's been moved to a home in Hannover, which is closer to my cousin.
It's kinda hit home for Mom and me that we managed to see him before all this happened (which was the whole reason we planned the trip in less than 4 months this year).
The sad thing is that the man can barely talk now and doesn't always recognize people when they come to see him. And this is a man who at 93, when we went to see him, had the sharpest memory I know of and was probably the second best storyteller from that side of my family.
To even hear about his condition now is heartbreaking. I can only hope that the end, for him, is quicker than it was for Oma, Opa and Uncle T.
I'd said that whole issue with my direct deposit had been cleared up right? Yeah... well apparantly not enough for my pay check to have been posted to my account yet. Grrr... At this point, I can't tell if my credit card's accepted the payment I set up BEFORE I knew that there was a problem... With any luck, they haven't...
To make matters worse, I got a notice last weekend about a possible fraud problem with several check cards... including mine... for the second year in a row, I might add... Well, at least my bank gave me more than 2 days notice this time... I hate money...
Apparantly there was a screw up with the people who handle our payroll and people with direct deposit weren't paid this morning... They just cleared that all up so with any luck the credit card payment I set up BEFORE I found out about the little mix up will go through...
I think I once wrote in here (I'm too lazy to look it up right now) that I didn't realize how many books I had until I attempted to shelve them all in the bookcase Dad built me...
I was wrong...
I didn't realize how many books I had until I started reorganizing, cataloging and reshelving them all... No wonder I've been putting it off for so long...
Bear guzzles 36 beers, passes out at campground
I'd hate to have been around for the bear's hangover...
A zippy little black BMW, which is what I want to upgrade to if I can ever afford to get a new car again...
I hate... repeat... HATE large sedans that make me feel like I'm one of those little old lady drivers that have to sit too close to the wheel to drive properly...
It's certainly easier to write every day now...
So the insomnia crept up on me again last night... err... this morning... Went to bed at 1am, after watching a full disk of Rurouni Kenshin... woke up a couple of hours later, unable to sleep.
So I went and surfed the web for a while... Read the comments EsoWolf posted here last night, cried, posted in her journal... cried some more... I'm a sap that way...
Then I tried to go back to sleep, but that wasn't working so I watched another disk of Rurouni Kenshin, then went to bed finally around 4:30...
I then proceeded to sleep through my alarm, pull myself out of bed 10 minutes before I had to get Earthshadow to the shop, and sleep-drive (not really, but it felt like it) to VW of North Hollywood...
So... here I am... there's a... tan... Buick... sitting in my parking space and an Ultimate Blended Mocha from Coffee Bean sitting mostly finished on my desk...
Mmmmm..... espresso beans...
Yanked from Moriah's Journal...
Post a (real) memory of me in comments.
It can be anything you want.
Then post this to your journal.
See what people remember of you.
Yes, that's right! The CSR Files have been moved into Movable Type as well... Between myself and EsoWolf (well mostly me), and over the last 3 years, we've managed to collect 87 shining examples of why the human race is doomed...
The next person in my company who thinks I have ANYTHING to do with how our office's phone system works is gonna get their ass kicked!!!
What do ya'll think of the new format? Feel free to speak up... all one or two of you who actually stumbles in here...
This place... well, the journal anyway... is starting to look professional and stuff! What's up with that?
Movable type itself isn't really that hard to work with... I have, however remembered my overwhelming "fondness" for attempting to read through code. Trying to make sense of getting some of the niffy plugins Esowolf's been showing me is a pain in the ass.
I swear, attempting to read through all the code in those style sheets and templates makes me want to go crawling back to Dreamweaver...
Julia Child died today... That's like the culinary world's equivilant of Yoda dying... ::sob::
As Esowolf pointed out during lunch... Leave it to me to run into a guy who's decended from a legendary vampire...
Maybe this means that the infrared sign on my forehead no longer says "will break for men pushing 40..."
You know it's bad when I, the quintescential non-girl, is willing to set foot in Sephora as an excuse to run away from the office for 15 minutes.
On the other hand... it did allow me to meet this cute guy in the elevator who claimed to be the great, great, great, whatever grandson of Vlad Dracula... I was about to do violence to him until he explained why he was staring at my chest the entire ride downstairs...
He apparantly doesn't often see people wearing pictures of his famous relative on T-shirts...
Honestly!
How hard is it to add $95.30 to $12.95 and subtract a $25.90 credit to figure out why someone got charged $82.35?
I am a A Amethyst Dragon!
Hey, I took the http://dragonhame.com online Inner Dragon quiz and found out I am a Amethyst Dragon on the inside.
In the war between good and evil, a Amethyst Dragon tends to walk the fine line of Neutrality....
When it comes to the powers of Chaos vs. those of Law and Order, your inner dragon walks a fine line between Law and Chaos....
As far as magical tendancies, Magical spells come as natural to the Amethyst Dragon as breathe from it's body....
During combat situations, whether by spells or by claw, your inner dragon will do whatever it takes to get the job done....
The Amethyst Dragon makes its home in the deep caverns of the earth, often in mountainous regions. They spend much time in hibernation as one of their favorite things to do is to sleep.'
Formed from translucent amethyst, it is an awe inspiring sight to see one in it's true form. Light passes through the dragon's body creating a deep purple glow. It's scales will magnify the light rays into bright lavender beams to highlight this effect.'
Amethyst dragons spend most of their time homebound but do occasionally feel the need to take a sojourn to a far destination. These dragons love books and will often pick their destination from one of the many stories and histories they may have read. Amethyst dragons are very solitary in nature, but do keep a distant watch on the world around them. They tend to be highly intelligent, and often amuse themselves in human form by building gadgets and toys. Amethyst dragons are very learned creatures.
'
This Dragons favorite elements are: Amethyst, Deep Places, and Magic
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I have traveled the paths of desire
Gathering flowers and carrying fire
Raising a grave to the reasons behind me
Looking for strength as you live to remind me
I'm drawn to you
I'm caught in you
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
The path to the web becomes deeper and wider
I dream of the silk that is tangled inside you
And know that I want to be somewhere beside you
I'm drawn to you
I'm caught in you
In your eyes
All of the promises
All the lies
Will you keep all of the promises
In your eyes
I am crossing the bridges of sorrow
Empty with yearning and full of tomorrow
The river is high and the bridges are burning
I know I've been hurt but I keep on returning
I'm drawn to you
I'm caught in you
In your eyes
All of the promises
All the lies
Will you keep all of the promises
In your eyes
I have traveled the paths of desire
Following smoke and remembering fire
The night is falling, the path is receding
I don't need to see it to know where it's leading
In your eyes
All of the promises
All the lies
Will you keep all of the promises
In your eyes
--October Project
According to what I see in my web browser, I've been to all of the journal entries on my site and copied them all into movable type...
I get this nagging suspicion, however, that I'm missing one of the entries from August 2001...
That I'll have to check when I get home... And then I can start working on setting up some of the nifty little modules that are hanging around here...
Here's a surprise...
I am The
Hermit
The Hermit often suggests a need for time alone
- a period of reflection when distractions are limited. In times of action
and high energy, he stands for the still center that must be created for
balance. He can also indicate that withdrawal or retreat is advised for the
moment. In addition, the Hermit can represent seeking of all kinds,
especially for deeper understanding or the truth of a situation. "Seek, and
ye shall find," we have been told, and so the Hermit stands for guidance as
well. We can receive help from wise teachers, and, in turn, help others as
we progress.
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So yesterday was Lughnasadh... We had a small feast, I made some damn good
bread (after it was all thawed) it was all good.
Peanut ran the meditation, as usual. We didn't get to talk about what we
saw this time around, like we usually do. Of course I don't really SEE
anything... other than this weird tunnel effect behind my eyelids...
Occasionally though, an idea will pop into my head.
Why is this all relevant? Well, this time, towards the end of the
meditation this time around, we were supposed to meet someone and "commune"
with them... As I was meditating on this thought, the idea came into my
head of someone stepping out from a tree behind me with a sword. I'm not
really sure who it was. Sometimes I got the impression that it was
sometimes a woman, sometimes it was a man, sometimes it was neither,
sometimes it was myself (the last part I think has something to do with my
Tai Chi class and the concept that, if I was fighting someone in Tai Chi,
that person would essentially be me - same height, weight, all that). But
while everyone else was communing with their people, we proceeded to spar
until we came to a draw. We then saluted each other, and I got the
impression that the person I met was impressed.
Now I just have to figure that all out. Who in the Universe could I
possibly be impressing right now?