Mad Ramblings of a Deranged Druid

Okay, Borders can live....for now

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 01:40:40 GMT

I have my super hoopy doo copy of twilight, the world can continue as normal. :)

Borders must die!!!!

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:24:52 GMT

Okay,
last week I go into the local Borders in order to reserve my very own special hoopy doo edition of Twilight. I even am ready to pay for it, but the worman just took my name and number and said if there was a problem she'd call and leave a message. No mention of special circumstances on holding said item, just, "if you don't get a call then everything is okay"
Yeah, so yesterday, after suffering through a three hour baby shower for someone in the family, I truck my pregnant and sick self down to Borders to pick up my booty so that I can go home, flop on the couch and die.

I get to Borders and give them my name....my name is mysteriously not on the list......excuse me??
"Oh, I'm sorry maam, we only held them till close of business yesterday, then they went back on the availability list for the next set of reserve customers." Whattt!!!!! The movie only came out on saturday, you couldn't even hold it for me until the close of business the next day, like you do everything else???!!! Needless to say, i was pissed, since this is the second time I've reserved something that would be coming out that wasn't actually held for me. I really want to get hold of a manager and give them a piece of my mind, but what good would it do? Now, gods know when I'll be able to get my extra special hoopy doo copy. I had to settle for Best Buy, when even target was sold out of their extra special three disc copy.

grrrrr.

I'm miffed.....

grrrr

m

my first public ritual in aeons and bleeps

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 03:07:19 GMT

and I was sick as a frickin' dog. as was one other person, and another had a migraine, and we all had to pull a ritual out of that somewhere.

Somehow, we did it and it was darn good! To add to all that, the Coven made the front page of the Erie Times News, as well as having a video posted on goerie.com of selected parts of the rite. That was interesting to press play and see all of us doing parts of the ritual for a local reporter and her cameraman. Bizarre.

I have to say, I'm glad I have a Group that I can do that with, and know that even when we're sick we'll still pull it together and get the job done :) I was worried when I went past the sniffles and plowed into the raging fever that it was gonna be a hard night. I napped until the last second. Fortunately for me, the UU has comfy broken in couches to crash on.

anywhoo, I had a *squee* type of moment, I had to share....

laters,
M

Motley Freakin' Crue!!!!

Sun, 08 Mar 2009 06:01:33 GMT

Dude, really.

Best Freakin' concert EVAR!!!!! I'm still deaf. We were close enough to the stage that when the really big pyrotechnics and flames went off, you could feel the heat!! The best part is, we have pics, so the Fetus (who will go by Mina when she's born) will get to see pics of her first concert while she was still in the womb.

It was really weird though, the Mayor of the city came out and gave them an official plaque and announced that this was Motley Crue day in Erie. Said he was a fan from way back...that was disturbing. It was cool though, in between songs, Nikki Sixx saw this like 7 year old girl in the audience and brought her up on stage...that was cute, started talking about how some of us were her age when we started rocking out to the Crue and how it was cool that our kids are little metal heads too. :)

Surprisingly enough all of the opening bands kicked a** too. I was shocked but even Hinder was decent, as long as you ignored that stupid girlfriend song.

anywhoo....completely tired now,,,

Ta Taa

m

concert and clothes

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:25:55 GMT

so, as some of you know i am, in fact, going to be attending the Motley Crue extravganza next weekend. (snoopy dance ensues) Yesterday, I had the displeasure of shopping for clothing to wear to said event, since I am just starting to enter the "moose" stage of my pregnancy, and all of my cool concert going clothes won't fit me anymore :(

I was almost forced to slit my wrists in defeat....I really think there needs to be a clothing store for pregnant ladies that refuse to wear pastels....I mean honestly. It doesn't even really have to be goth....but, really? You want me to wear that shtuff? I saw so many pastel shirts and dresses yesterday, I think I had nightmares about it. I ended up with a jean skirt with a frayed hem that I hated on the hanger, but liked it on me. And a plain black pregger shirt and a sort of dark green pregger shirt.....what i wouldn't give for a hot topic type outfit right now.

Anywhoo, I am still excited about the concert, despite the fact that I am going with three women who will probably be wasted before the concert even gets going (my PA, her friend from Detroit, and one of my Doc's from work) Not that I mind that they will be drinking, but I have been craving Guinness for months now!!!

My PA jokes that she will be there right after I give birth with a direct line IV of something good...or a mug of Guinness, my choice :) Little does she know, that I will find a way to have a Guinness, just have to wait until the nurses and doc are occupado. Not that I'm a lush as you all well know, but when you can't have anything for so long......well, you get fixated on it, ya know?

cool yule gifties!!!

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 06:10:36 GMT

I Just had to post that I got two Yule gifties from my friend mikey, who definately got the I love you award for the year :) First he got me the twilight illustrated movie companion...which I had gone to buy at borders and they were sold out and couldn't get more from their distributer....so that was awesome and drool-worthy. then he goes the extra mile and gets me Paint it Black: A Guide to Gothic Homemaking....very cool ;)

anywhoo...yeah, since I only got three gifts this year, and two of them rocked....I had to share :)

Okay
thanx bai

p.s. Saw Twilight for the 5th time last night....still cool....

stuff

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:54:29 GMT

Okay, so....we got to hear the future ankle-biter's heartbeat yesterday. That was pretty darn cool. Only heard one heartbeat, so pretty sure this is a solo mission. Sorry to all you who have seen two, I am SOOO only doing this once!!

In other news, I am completely obsessed with Twilight.....I have to go see the movie...again....for the third time, or I just might die. Yeah, I read the books first.....in a total of 4 days for all books, during a work week.....I know, I'm a freak, what can I say.

Also, work has called us into a meeting.....congratulating us on being lucky enough to work in healthcare and to work for a company that doesn't use credit....ever.....like apparently when they buy a 100,000 dollar pc. of machinery, they pay cash.....hrmmm...why aren't we makin more then boss?? Oh well, at least I'm employed and they say that we are safe and secure in our little healthcare hidey hole.....uh, I know they are still looking for phlebs....for any of you out there that want's to get in on that.....

okay,
bye!!

Book Meme....

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:18:56 GMT

swiped from jrtheotter

* Grab the nearest book.

* Open the book to page 56.

* Find the fifth sentence.

* Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions if you want to.

* Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.

"Sword of Darkness", by Kinley MacGregor

Morgans eyes blazed at him as he gave her a taunting smile.

fairly dull....page 56 is too early in some of my books for the really good stuff to have started ;)

ugh!!!

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:20:37 GMT

I've been tagged by Athenasdragon

Once you have been tagged, you have to write a blog with 10 random things, facts, goals or habits about yourself.

[Unknown LJ tag]

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:59:58 GMT

The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed.

1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to read.
3) Underline the books you LOVE.
4) Reprint this list in your own LJ

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The Bible
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman:
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12 Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare
15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger:
19 The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20 Middlemarch - George Eliot
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25 The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
34 Emma - Jane Austen
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
38 Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell
42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48 The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding
50 Atonement - Ian McEwan
52 Dune - Frank Herbert
53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding
69 Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72 Dracula - Bram Stoker
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett:
74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75 Ulysses - James Joyce
76 The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78 Germinal - Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession - AS Byatt
81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker
84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87 Charlotte's Web - EB White
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton
91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo

35 I've actually read, with more that I own and have intentions to read....I guess i'm not a dumb chick from pennsyltucky after all :)

since I aske otter, I must return the "favor"

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:42:04 GMT

Leave a comment and I will:

a) Tell you why I friended you.
b) Associate you with something - fandom, a song, a colour, a photo, etc.
c) Tell you something I like about you.
d) Tell you a memory I have of you.
e) Ask something I've always wanted to know about you.
f) Tell you my favorite user pic of yours.
g) In return, you must post this in your LJ.

okay, I found this funny mostly because I work in pathology....

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 06:27:03 GMT

$4105.00

OnePlusYou Quizzes and Widgets

I mean honestly.....it's rather amusing...but I know what we do to the deceased....no thanks....stick me on a pyre an light me up the old fashioned way. Then have a really freaking good wake....or else I'll come back and haunt your arse! :)

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:38:57 GMT

So, while waiting for the plumber to call, because my water heater finally gave up the ghost yesterday while I was at work......I took this little quizzy thing... the cartoon isn't so much me, but the actual description is, whether I like it or not....though, I do have a tool box...just not velvet lining :)

Your Score: 4- the Individualist

Thanks for taking the test !

you chose BY - your Enneagram type is FOUR (aka "The Romantic")

"I am unique"

Romantics have sensitive feelings and are warm and perceptive.

How to Get Along with Me

Give me plenty of compliments. They mean a lot to me.
Be a supportive friend or partner. Help me to learn to love and value myself.
Respect me for my special gifts of intuition and vision.
Though I don't always want to be cheered up when I'm feeling melancholy, I sometimes like to have someone lighten me up a little.
Don't tell me I'm too sensitive or that I'm overreacting!

What I Like About Being a FOUR

my ability to find meaning in life and to experience feeling at a deep level
my ability to establish warm connections with people
admiring what is noble, truthful, and beautiful in life
my creativity, intuition, and sense of humor
being unique and being seen as unique by others
having aesthetic sensibilities
being able to easily pick up the feelings of people around me

What's Hard About Being a FOUR

experiencing dark moods of emptiness and despair
feelings of self-hatred and shame; believing I don't deserve to be loved
feeling guilty when I disappoint people
feeling hurt or attacked when someone misundertands me
expecting too much from myself and life
fearing being abandoned
obsessing over resentments
longing for what I don't have

FOURs as Children Often

have active imaginations: play creatively alone or organize playmates in original games
are very sensitive
feel that they don't fit in
believe they are missing something that other people have
attach themselves to idealized teachers, heroes, artists, etc.
become antiauthoritarian or rebellious when criticized or not understood
feel lonely or abandoned (perhaps as a result of a death or their parents' divorce)

FOURs as Parents

help their children become who they really are
support their children's creativity and originality
are good at helping their children get in touch with their feelings
are sometimes overly critical or overly protective
are usually very good with children if not too self-absorbed

Renee Baron & Elizabeth Wagele

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you wanna know MORE?
so check out, what Wikipedia says about your type...

...even more you'll find in Google

Link: The Quick & Painless ENNEAGRAM Test written by felk on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test
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The Enneagram Made Easy
Discover the 9 Types of People
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30 Days of Night

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:18:46 GMT

Okay,
So, I'm a vampire fanatic, and I just added another movie to my collection of movies, books, comics and the like. I picked up 30 Days of night at the store on the way home from work so that we would have something interesting to watch while eating our bloody meat, rice and broccoli. I have to say, I liked it, it's been a while since a movie actually made me jump, more than once even. (I think the last one was Event Horizon) While 30 Days is not for the faint of heart, anyone who likes a good horror flick that actually has a bit of a plot will like it I think. I did anyway. The vampires were suitably creepy, and they had jaggedy teeth instead of fangs which was cool, and they kinda hissed a lot.
Anywhoo, thought I'd share that with anyone who cared to read :)

I had to do this...I found it amusing...

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:57:01 GMT

I'm with the Otter on this one, 40 hours could so change my financial standing..... :)

Powered By Stimulators

well that was amusing :)

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:38:39 GMT

Dear Santa...

Dear Santa,

This year I've been busy!

In February I ruled Asscrackistan as a cruel and heartless dictator (-700 points). Last Saturday I committed genocide... Sorry about that, aspasia93 (-5000 points). Last Monday I invaded Iraq, broke it, and couldn't glue it back together before Mom got home (-1012 points). In October I saved a busload of nuns in Angola (326 points). In August I caught a purse-snatcher who stole mightytart's purse (30 points).

Overall, I've been naughty (-6356 points). For Christmas I deserve a moldy sandwich!

Sincerely,
brannaghwolf

Artsy Goodness

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:44:50 GMT

And so....

You all know the cat is sick sick sick. The good news is that AFLAC will pay 100% as long as he's working less than 80% of what is considered full time for him. *phew*

But, that money comes in bulk and then nothing for weeks...sooo...I pay bills that need paid and then we're poor again.

So.....I am doing a craft fair in December. I know...I never in my wildest thought I'd be doing this...but I need the extra moola. I am doing cute Sleds with snowmen painted on them and little wooden boxes and whatnot. I just wanted to post cause I could take orders if people were willing to pay for my artsy-ness :) I haven't decided on prices, but I can guarantee it won't be expensive...any of it.

I will also be willing to barter for items that i might like to have....in the past I have bartered a large pastoral painting I did for a rather nice shawl I had been coveting...it was a great deal in my opinion.

So, that said. Orders up guys! Pass the word and all that....every dollar you spend buys cat, dog, fish and rat food for a slightly hungry animal in my house
:)

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Thu, 25 Oct 2007 03:24:22 GMT

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Eventually something will have to be good...right??

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:55:12 GMT

The "Cat" is home. But still not working due to not enough energy to make it through even emptying the dishwasher withough getting tired. Meeting with the Surgery team next monday in order to discuss his guts....we have to wait until december for the final decision on the Kidney and whether or not it will come out....gods...I hate waiting for anything. I have no patience, those of you who know me well know this!!

To make matters worse, our friend from college just lost his wife tonight to a battle with Cancer. It's upsetting in and of itself, but then I think of the fact that the dr's are sure that the "Cat" probably has Cancer in his Kidney and I get scared. I was a mess while he was in the hospital...I don't know what the hell I would do if he died on me...eck....

Actually , the good parts are, we have AFLAC and we're covered. and we had a bit of a nest egg in the bank that's been helping while we're waiting for the AFLAC to kick in...after it does, I have to get the house insulated before it gets cold.

If the mass in his kidney gets diagnosed as Cancer, he gets 5 grand for the kidney....to pay for treatments or whatever...but he has the disability too that will pay for his time off. The Surgery is scheduled for January 7th... we plan on using the kidney money to pay off more bills. And I hope to wrap the basement so it will be insulated and the first floor wont be so cold on the toes. He tells me his agent had the big C and he used the money to put a new roof on the house....the money is to help pay for things that you need....*shrug* Apparently you can use it for whatever that may be, medical or otherwise.

Anywhoo....puked enough out of my brain for now...

laters,
M

update on the "cat"

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:17:17 GMT

The cat is home from the hospital, still gonna be down for at least another week. bleh...he's slowly getting better, but energy is easily drained. He has to have tons of tests done before December, when we find out for sure weather the kidney is really being removed or not. The surgery is already scheduled though, for January 7th.

everyone keep their toes crossed.

M

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:14:23 GMT

Okay, this is hilarious....*snicker*

What ancient breed are you?
created with QuizFarm.com

You scored as Dragon

You are a dragon. You very, VERY easily angered and are extremely protective. Take a chill pill and stop running around breathing fire on people. Chances are they're only trying to help you...

Dragon

83%

Sorceress

67%

Drow

67%

Wolf

58%

Zombie

58%

Goddess

50%

Shadow Spirit

42%

Vampyre

42%

Elf

33%

Faerie

17%

The Cat is Sick

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 02:46:32 GMT

Yeah,
most of you know. the hubby, a.k.a the cat, is sick. In the hospital indefinately, and looking at at least a kidney being removed, lest the cancer spread to the nice clean kidney next door, and maybe some intestine removed as well if he doesn't start getting better soon. Although, he actually got up and walked me to the elevator tonight, which he hasn't been able to do since last friday, so I have hope....now if they can stop feeding him through a tube.

He's hissy....

laters

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 02:47:12 GMT

huh, interesting....I'm not sure if I'm surprised or not :) I know the hubby would find this amusing, must tell him about this when I see him tomorrow :)

Which Norse God or Goddess are you most like?
created with QuizFarm.com

You scored as Freya

What do you all think? Is it me?

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 01:30:16 GMT

Twitch - 1/2 a cup of sexiness - 1/4 cup of playfulness - a teaspoon of ambition Boil together and serve.
'What is your personality recipe?' at QuizGalaxy.com

Lyrica drunkeness

Sat, 01 Sep 2007 03:48:45 GMT

Heh, my first real post ever...and it's about drugs...heh heh

So, I started a new drug to combat the whole fibromyalgia thing....the 1500mg dose of Neurontin just wasn't cutting it anymore. So, I started taking Lyrica. Lyrica was just approved for fibro treatment within the last few months. Dr's have been using it for quite some time even though it hadn't been approved. The interesting side effect of the Lyrica is that it makes you feel funny, like you've been drinking. For me, it seems to hold off the side effects to a minimum during the day, but when I get home and sit down to rest and am not running around anymore, I get really drunk feeling. And tired, and usually my arms and legs tingle and my lips tingle which is kinda funny....and I get giggly...I really feel as if I've had 3 or 4 large Guinnesses....Heck, I'm just glad the side effects wait until I come home to take full effect. :)
Other than that, I've started using the damn cane....eck...31 with a cane makes me want to gag. I also am in the process of applying for a parking placard....for those really bad days...which come much more frequently now. Also, with the parking placard, the hospital will give me a space in the garage and I wont have to walk 4 blocks to get to and from work.

So, still fighting the Fibro, still upright and moving forward, most of the time... :)
Laters,
M