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I've finally got my vehicle into the shop for a free oil change for life. Its been 59000 miles since the last oil change. Yes my subaru should explode. Its held up like a trooper. Im looking at however about $1500 dollars of repairs. ow. In other news my fireworks for the 4th involved receiving a phone call at 1AM to extract my dear friend from a pressure cooker situation. Yes. I am that guy you usually call at o-dark-thirty. Funny enough I JUST finished episode 12 of Battle Star Galactica over on HULU.. it looks like the series ender. Epic. Prior to that I made first contact with Madam B. May have a new job lined up! She's a hoot, and from Texas. The company she works for is a wind consulting firm and they need data munchers! Sweet! We go for beer and sushi later tonight around 7. Today has been a good day. E. |
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Sad news ....
1. Bad news on the trip to Westercon Posted by: "Gene Armstrong" genecon@hotmail.com watchernw007 Date: Wed Jul 2, 2008 1:50 pm ((PDT)) Today on the trip down to Westercon there has been a deadly accident. We
don't have all the details yet but Roberta "Bert" Carlson was killed
in a
rollover accident. The family has been told and will keep me informed and I
will keep you informed. They thank us all for there support, but please ask
if you have and sympathy emails you want to send please send them to me at
genecon@hotmail.com and I will get them to the family. Also in the car was William Boyde, Nez, and Howazor. They are doing ok and
have been released for the hospital. Nick Navota was also in the car and is
being flown to a hospital with a crushed hand and there going to see if they
can save the hand. Bobbie and Jerry are on the seine with them. If you have any questions you can email me at genecon@hotmail.com or you can
call me at 206-304-4531. Gene Armstrong (Sad in my heart for the loss or a great friend) There is more information here - http://community.livejournal.com/norwescon/ |
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I went to work this morning, bright and early, and was in so much pain two hours later that I left. I came home, laid in bed, miserable, called a half dozen doctors to see if I could get an appointment (answer: no), and then decided to go to Urgent Care. Even if I do have food poisoning, I don't think it should last five days. So Urgent care. It was my first time going to one, and it was a good experience, all considered. I waited about 35 minutes before being seen, the nurses and doctors were all really nice. After doing an exam and asking a half million questions the doctor came up with three possibilities. I might have the following: a really severe case of food poisoning, pancreatitis and/or appendicitis. Awesome. He said that normally food poisoning only lasts a day or two, so it is rare to be hanging out so long. They pulled a metric shit ton of blood out of me, made me pee in a cup, and sent me on my way until tomorrow morning. Hopefully they should have the results by then. I guess I just have to play it by ear for now, but I hope that I'm not dying. I certainly feel like it. After Urgent Care Scott convinced me, forced me, whatever, to go by a T-Mobile store. We've been wanting to sign up for awhile, but our contract with AT&T just ended a few days ago so yeah. I've been with AT&T for 10 years, but they have shitty phones and shitty price plans. Scott just farted and blamed it on Kira. Gross ass. I have an appointment this afternoon, another appointment, and one tomorrow. I'm sick of doctors. I want to just lay in bed and not move for a few days. Blah. |
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Today is a bad day. The last few days were bad days. I'm still sick, and I'm now thinking that it's not food poisoning, but the black plague. Honestly, I'm not sure what's wrong.. Scott brought up a valid theory yesterday.. I may have accidentally eaten meat on Friday. Considering, the last time I felt like this, it was because I ate meat that was ground into my food (that I couldn't see). But then again, when that happened I threw up, then felt sick for a day or so.. but not even close to this. I'm at work currently, but my stomach has been aching all day long, and I've had a headache since last Wednesday. Today has been an extremely productive day at work, I knew it would be which is why I didn't go home mid-day. I can't wait to go home and just die. I want to just lay and bed and not move for 12 hours. Ugh. I don't think it helps that it is really warm out and nowhere in Seattle has A/C. Last night I slept with no blanket, a fan on top of me, almost completely naked and still was sweating for the majority of the night. Yech. I'm glad that Seattle only has 3 hot days a year, we're almost done with them. In other news, I scheduled an eye appointment for Wednesday after work. My eyesight is progressing to the point where I'm having problems seeing more than 5-10 feet away. We'll see what happens with that. It bothers me the most when I'm driving, but it always bugs me.. not being able to read. Although I find it amusing that because I haven't been able to see far away letters for so long, that I can decipher the shapes of letters now. |
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Movies..
really take me 'there'. I trance when I see them at the theater. Connection to 'reality' after its over is sometimes amusing. I saw someone with a shiny red heart pendant, that had the texture of galvinized steel and I thought.. 'what would an entire suit made with that material look like? And then I thought of sniper riffles. *shrug* Made Uber Udon soup tonight evne though it was balls ass hot up here. Its never as good as you make it camping. My left pinky finger is still toast. Still hurts to type a's. oO E. |
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Vogen Campaign Army List 1500 Pts - Tyranids Roster - 1500pts 5thEd Fatima v0.4
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I wanged..
my hand skateboarding on Alki.. ow :/ However Ii did get out of the house and burned a calorie or 2. :) Im icing it now. E. |
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zounds I love this song..
Sonorous - Protonic (ronski speed mix) (D I G I T A L L Y - I M P O R T E D - European Trance, Techno, Hi-NRG... we can't define it!) (skip to minute 3 there for the sample) E.
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Why I like getting out of town early..
or.. Its amazing I didn't leave a string of dead bodies from here to Monroe and back. So Friday, it was good and over and I had some gaming to do! Woot! First time in a LONG time. Didn't break the system, didn't break the GM, had a good time. Till 3:30AM. (including hot tub) So I get home and to sleep by 4AM. I told my body that I would wake up when I was done resting. I have to do that otherwise Im up in the buttfuckearly am. The Universe had other ideas. Damn ass neighbor starting up the gas powered weed eater at SEVEN IN THE FUCKING AM. I woke up and felt my synapses caramelize with the passing of seconds. Txt'd Kat, fell back asleep only to awake to the throwing of large river rocks. I was in -a mood-. I rallied, gathered pancake makings, drove to Tribehaus, made em with blue berries, gathered Elly, Justin, Ryan and Kat and we ventured to Eagle Falls past Gold Bar. Ryan is 9 and in my opinion has Asperger Syndrome
Good kid, just highly awkward, usually wiggles or moves around a lot and realllly doesn't comprehend personal space. Poor guy suffered through the car ride well. Didn't mind too good in the ice cream store but *shrug* nothing fatal. So we're a bit late. Noon is when we left Seattle. 1 Traffic accident and backup from Goldbar ALL THE WAY TO MONROE LATER we make it there. 2.5 hours of hot, when it should have taken a quarter of that, and it looked as if nobody died. Damnit I wanted blood, and bodies on a stick. So parking there is rather 'sudden' and blessed be in the shade. I have never seen the river that high. Damn. I sprint like an elf across the timber and rocks. The rest of the crew chokes, observes ticks on the wood, and stay in the shade of the forest rather than making it to the rocks where there was shade, no ticks, and beauty. *shakes head* I get 2 dives in, it felt like home after how many times I went in over at Beverley. Its 3ish and we lump into the car to drive home. Hit up the BBQ Bus just out side of Monroe for $50 dollars of MEAT! Everyone smelled like bbq afterwards, yum. The place fucking rocks.
Hit up the Snowqualmie Valley Creamery (sp) for uber yum Oh did I mention that the only way to avoid my car over heating is to turn on the heater? Yea. Good times. So we get to Tribehaus, I crash down stairs on the couch only to have Elly sit next to me with the fucking laptop, its cooling fan crying, and keyboard typing sounds all up in my ear.
More synapses frazzle, I bust it upstairs, and drive Justin to the Kent station, with Kat in tow and rally back to House of O. Jen and Rooster are there banging nails in (no really!) and we all gather up and go see the Hulk. During the movie a 'construct' crumbles, a 'staff' is broken -a spiritual thing. I am still pondering the implications of this, however it gives a nod to 'change', 'moving on', and 'energy management'. YoKahn and Raven are doing the same. :) Yo is soooooooooooooooo much happier and I hope Raven is as well :) Sounds like she is. So get back home, Kat has a tree's worth of splinters in her toes, so I go at it and get cockblocked by Jen snarking. Here I am trying to focus, using a sharp instrument and have a nag in my fucking ear, with no real sleep on board.
Here taking the fucking thing, Jebus. -i thinks.. I go off to do a few other clean up chores and post here. The movie was a nice finish to the day. Diving in was awesome. The blonde was cute too. The ice cream was nummy and the BBQ just out of Monroe heading up to Stevens Pass was damn fine.
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What's the worst thing that could happen this weekend, barring natural disaster or death? This weekend Pride weekend, which is the picture of perfect weather. The best weekend of the year, the one that only happens once a year. I got sick. Not just sniffles and a cough sick, I got food poisoning. I've never, in my life, had food poisoning, yet I got it last night from P.F. Chang. After dinner we saw Wanted, and the theatre was so packed we had to sit in the second row. I got sick halfway through the movie and spent the second half with my eyes closed, trying to not throw up again. I thought that after a few hours of sleep I'd feel better and today would be perfect, I went yesterday and spent $100 on new clothes even. But no. I woke up this morning with the most intense stomach pains I've felt in a very, very long time. I have slept for the better part of the day, sweating so much that I soaked through my shirt and partially the bed. I better feel good tomorrow, because I will be pissed if I miss the parade and the block party. But seriously, wtf body, why this weekend. :( |
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The Friday
of Happy is upon you. Make your time. :) E. |
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It's been a wee-bit stressful at work the past week, since "the incident". Whatever, I'm putting my head down and focusing, trying to get my work cranked out as fast as possible. I have major, MAJOR deadlines coming up and if I keep the pace I currently have, I should meet them. We'll see. I got into it with a dealer today. People with unrealistic expectations, I hates them. It happens, I am in control of the issue, and have already taken measures to make sure he doesn't freak out on other people.. as well as fast-tracking his site. I don't like to reward assholes for being a jerk to everyone, but sometimes it's easier to just give them what they want instead of fighting for an hour about it. He was playing the blame game, blaming me and my organization for everything (including the bad economy, how the fuck is that my problem?). This is what I had to say about it, to Scott, later. mindywcblt (10:49:40 AM): heres a clue, mr car dealer
mindywcblt (10:49:53 AM): no one wants GM cars because they are too expensive, too big, and take too much gas
mindywcblt (10:49:58 AM): he also has a honda dealership
mindywcblt (10:50:08 AM): and he said hes sold "like a million" hondas in the past month, but only 20 GM
mindywcblt (10:50:10 AM): well no shit
mindywcblt (10:50:19 AM): that doesn't have to do with marketing
mindywcblt (10:50:40 AM): if you have an issue with that, maybe go talk to saudi arabia or something, christ brother thats not my problem My mom called me the other day and told me she might have brain cancer, but not to tell my father. Later, when I told my therapist about this, she actually laughed out loud and asked if I was serious. This isn't the first time she's done this, a few times when I was living at home she told he she had breast cancer, lung cancer, liver cancer, etc. I don't know whether to believe her, though she says she's going for a CT scan next week. My puppy, Kira, who is the sweetest and happiest dog I've ever met, has a lump on her leg. We got it checked out a few weeks ago and now we're playing "the waiting game", to see if it goes away, otherwise she'll undergo surgery so they can biopsy it and see if it is cancer. I don't know what's worse, not caring at all that my mother may have cancer, or being really scared that my dog might. I don't know. I'm still at work, and it's break time though, so I'm out. |
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Joy Division--
Madam J of the House of O sayeth unto me.. "Be Happy.." Being happy is a choice indeed. Im working on it.. Kat kinda nailed it... my life has been a zoo since moving to Tacoma and now back again. The last 6 months have been a real show topper. Sleep on a bed was nice. Still have an oodle of unpacking to do. My car smells of campfire carbon. Im at Uptown Espresso getting business done. Calling..
Heather - LJ Consulting
Dan - Jebus christ I gotta get that printer bill done
Cindy - catch up
JenK - Insurance
Accountant - *cough* IRS Fun, a 3 year story.
Kirk - return call
Bank - can I retire? Kidding.
Change of Address - Oh yea.. time to do that. *cough*
Kat - catchup while she's at work.. She listened to that voice in her head "TURN BACK NOW- YOU DONT HAVE THE GEAR TO BE UP HERE" on her hike in the snow camping trip. Emailed The Smiths
Gaming on Friday! So Excited! From the Clueless Land of Catlike Help department this week old oldie
Havent done one of those in a while. *whew* From the Its Not worth $300,000 Department
They should have listed at $275,000. Ok What the Shit is this about Terrorist Fist Pounds? I spend a week in the woods and this is what the media dwells about? Must be a slow news week. Best one liner from Solstice Story Telling..
--What will John McCain be saying to the American people a year from now?
"Damn Kids! Get Off My Lawn!?" *giggle* |
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From the WTF Department..
I had a call this evening from my cousin in Watcom County who sounded like her mental facilities were impaired. Now this is funny or Im more sensitive to this given I spent a WEEK with impared folks of all sorts of reasons. *chuckle* I worry about her though, with a family history of bipolarmanicdepressivebatshitcrazyitus this could be the beginning of a long slow sad for her. E. |
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Joy Reactor..
I lost it. Solstice 2k8 however was good. Great? I was not quite myself as observed by others. All the elements were there: lots of food, bambo sweat lodge and a river next to it, early arrival, Monday departure, great folks, music, bitchin hot rocks for the lodge, 7 grills to cook on, man these hippies know how to put on a party. Me.. Me however I wasnt so there. I napped alot. The early daily cycle was something like this.. Wake up.. cook breakfast for folks, nap, wake up, cook snacks or lunch, nap, cook dinner, with hanging out in between. When people started arriving on Thursday throw in more hanging out, less napping, and more sweat lodge. With no one there to focus on, I went a lot inward and quiet. Still am. E. |
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