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| Friday, June 26th, 2009 | | 3:34 pm |
Happy Birthday, ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) darqueone !!!
I know I don't stay in contact like I should, but I miss you like crazy, girlie.
I'm wishing you an Amusement-Park-Kinda-Wonderful birthday! :) *HUGGGGS*</span> Current Mood:  silly | | Sunday, April 19th, 2009 | | 10:04 am |
Decorating
Okay... 1950's bathroom. Pink toilet. Pink bathtub. Pink sink. Glossy black counter. Those are the things we cannot replace at this time. So...what goes with that, paint-color-wise? | | Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 | | 10:27 pm |
Status Update
Okay, I'm hearing complaints that I've (we've) been too vague about some things (or, alternately, that people feel they've "been being beaten over the head"), so here it is for public consumption: - Yes, Terence and I are married. We had a civil service on May 28, 2008, followed by a handfasting on July 30, 2008.
- Yes, we intend this to be a permanent arrangement.
- Yes, I changed my last name to Ward.
That's all that the general populace needs to know. Please refer any further questions on the matter to one or both of us directly and privately. I can't speak for Terence, but if I feel that I want you to have the information you seek, I'll share it with you. If I don't, I won't. If I want to be vague, I will. Deal with it. Sorry for the terse nature of this post, but I've had a difficult evening, and I'm coming down with something. The combination is not doing anything for my mood. Current Mood:  irritated | | Sunday, March 8th, 2009 | | 2:21 pm |
| | Sunday, January 25th, 2009 | | 12:01 pm |
Johari Window
Continuing the theme today... I've done this Johari window thing before, but I decided to start it again. I'm going to post it here and on my FB account. Please link in and let me know what you think. Thanks. http://kevan.org/johari?name=jrward | | 9:51 am |
Who the hell am I, and what do I want?
Am I the only person out there having trouble answering this question? Well, okay, certainly I'm not. And it's a tricky question-set, because it's going to change throughout a lifetime. The more we learn and experience, the more we change, so "who I am" and "what I want" are moving targets. But I know for sure that I have a lot of trouble even seeing the target, let alone being able to aim at the bull's eye. It seems like step #1 in any self-improvement program is "know yourself." You know the whole be-honest-about-your-desires, be-true-to-your-dreams, blah-blah-blah.... But none of those wise words take a look at providing step #0.5 -- "figure out who you are." All those gurus out there still haven't figured this one out. Well, I know I've broached this topic before, and I've gotten a lot of interesting responses, so I'm just floating the balloon again. Still questing over here. Roadmaps and hobo-code for the pilgrim are always welcome. Current Mood:  curious | | 8:51 am |
Meandering Update
Life goes on, and I'm adjusting. I'm losing weight at WW, and I'll even forgive myself for only losing .4 lb this week, given the emotional eating I was tempted to do (and often avoided). I'm gradually catching up on the grading I need to finish, and my 10th graders are almost finished with To Kill A Mockingbird, although I've had to do the unthinkable and summarize several of the chapters for them (I could assign chapters to read, but realistically only about 4 students out of 75 will actually do the reading). I've also applied to become an adjunct professor for an online university program. We'll see how that goes. I'm looking forward to ICON in April this year. The ideas about taverns keep running around in my head. Dancing Fox happens soon, and I'm determined not to miss this year. I'm making small inroads into cleaning and organizing my room, but it's hardly an inspiring project. My novel has been gathering dust long enough; time to pick up where I left off and see if I can't get my characters a little further along in their lives. I went to the carwash yesterday and was pulling up to the automatic bay just as the attendant was finishing a maintenance procedure and starting a test run, so he told me to go on in. I got the carwash for free; timing is everything. That's it for now. | | Saturday, November 29th, 2008 | | 7:16 pm |
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| | Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 | | 10:16 pm |
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Copy this sentence into your livejournal if you're in a heterosexual marriage, and you don't want it "protected" by the bigots who think that gay marriage hurts it somehow. | | Saturday, October 4th, 2008 | | 8:57 pm |
There and Back Again!
Whew! Okay, that was a horrible few hours, but it's okay now! He's back! I left food out on the enclosed porch and left the screen door there open. A little while ago I heard his signature mew and, thank goodness, there he was. Thank you for whatever everybody was able to think in this direction. I'm sure that's part of what helped! *MUCH RELIEVED SIGH* Current Mood:  relieved | | 7:35 pm |
Peregrine
Our youngest cat, Peregrine, seems to have escaped due to the IDIOCY of one of the house painters who FAILED TO CLOSE A DOOR AFTER HAVING BEEN TOLD TO DO SO REPEATEDLY.
Peregrine hasn't shown up for dinner; trust me, this is a cat who does NOT miss a meal. I've searched around outside, taking a bowl of food with me, but no luck so far. I'm going out again in a minute. Terence and Beren are working at the haunted hayride tonight, so they don't yet know this is going on.
I'm really frightened because we live next to a very busy road, and Peregrine doesn't have much in the way of street smarts.
Prayers and castings, whatever you can do, all welcome at the moment, ladies and gentlemen.
Current Mood:  scared | | Saturday, September 13th, 2008 | | 8:53 pm |
Ambiance
One of the nice things about living next door to a bed-and-breakfast is that you sometimes get to listen in on some wonderful live music from private parties held there. I've heard pipers and harpers, jazz bands and R&B on many a weekend, and it's pretty neat. And then there are Saturday nights, like this particular Saturday night, where I'm just wincing in sympathy with the poor people who have to listen to the stuff close up. Oh, tonight, the musicians are AWFUL. Not just a little bad...AWFUL. AMPLIFIED AWFULNESS. Mixed vocal styles that don't blend at all well, extremely amateur use of their instruments (and pretty much no attempt at tuning!) (and again amplified). Just....twitchingly bad. Bad. Bad bad bad bad bad. *shudder* I hear much clanking of bottles. I'm sure the B&B is making plenty of dough off the bar, as the patrons attempt to dull the experience with alcohol. Poor things. Maybe the performers will have mercy and quit during the break. UPDATE: Oh, thank goodness, they've switched over to recorded music. Current Mood:  naughty | | 10:49 am |
Huh.
I wonder if it's mere coincidence that IMAGINE, spelled backwards (ENIGAMI), is very similar to ENIGMA? | | Thursday, August 28th, 2008 | | 11:26 pm |
Neat Thought
I'll never be as good a guitar player as hOOt, nor as good at banjo as my brother, nor a skilled improviser at just about any musical instrument like Rick... ...BUT... ...nobody, and I mean NOBODY, can use the instrument of MY VOICE better than I can! Sure, other people can play their own voices, and maybe mine is no Stradivarius, and there's always more I can learn to get even better, but I'm the best damn musician there is for my particular instrument! So THERE! Current Mood: silly | | Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 | | 10:09 pm |
| | Friday, August 22nd, 2008 | | 1:56 pm |
I really can't argue with this...
So, rahnewhitebriar, your LiveJournal reveals...
You are... 9% unique (blame, for example, your interest in whitmore manor) and 7% herdlike (partly because you, like everyone else, enjoy singing). When it comes to friends you are normal. In terms of the way you relate to people, you are wary of trusting strangers. Your writing style (based on a recent public entry) is conventional.
Your overall weirdness is: 43(The average level of weirdness is: 27.
You are weirder than 85% of other LJers.)
Find out what your weirdness level is! | | 9:06 am |
Dental Fun
So yesterday I had my first experience with root canal. Right before Pennsic my dentist had told me that I was going to need to have root canal on three teeth. He started the process on one tooth, called a pulpotomy I believe, where he basically scooped out all the soft stuff inside the tooth prior to digging out the stuff in the roots. Well, after he got a good look at the crazy curvature in the roots, he stopped right there, threw a temporary filling on it, and referred me to a specialist. So I've been dreading this all through Pennsic. That first process, the pulpotomy...well it was nothing short of misery. I mean, I had taken valium, and I think he ended up shoving three or four doses of novocaine in my gums...but the crazy vibrations from the drill and the NOISE...I just couldn't stop shaking during most of the procedure. The dental assistant commented at one point at how my knuckles had gone completely white where I was gripping to the chair handles. So...I really wasn't looking forward to round two. Yesterday I went to the specialist's office. Wow. This place is GORGEOUS. I mean, SWANKY. Beautiful Mediterranean motif, lovely waiting room...felt more like a luxury hotel. Mind you, I was already on Valium at this point, so I guess I was relatively easy to please, but still...NICE. Then I got called in for the procedure, and the staff was just so incredibly helpful. I've had medical procedures where the office staff sort of took a joking attitude about my anxiety, but not here. They were really, really kind. And boy, were they prepared. They loaded me up with a stress ball thingie to squeeze and a CD player with my choice of music (I picked the 70's mix) before they started me on the nitrous mask. "Sweet Home Alabama" kicked in, and I was ready to go. Okay, so this is my first time on nitrous oxide, ever. Oh. My. So, yeah, that was...interesting. I know I was vaguely aware of all the stuff they were doing with the needles and the drilling and the scraping and the filling up the holes with stuff...but I really couldn't have cared less. There was one point where the local novocaine started to wear off a bit, and that pretty much brought me back to "Yo!-what-just happened?!" land, but they dosed the gum up some more, and all was well with the world. Anyway...procedure done, and I came home and CRASHED for a few hours. I've been carefully taking my ibuprofen, but I'm experiencing surprisingly little pain considering the three hours they had me in the chair. (The dentist had referred to that tooth as a "monster" due to the deeply curved roots.) I still have to go back to do the other two teeth...but now I'm not so worried about it at all. :) Current Mood: relieved | | Monday, August 18th, 2008 | | 9:01 am |
Ah-hah!
Okay, so I think I've figured out a way around the image-posting thing...I'm just a little slow with this stuff, sometimes, okay? Anyway, here's the proposed design for the Wake-Me-Up banners for the Aerie of Tir Thalor camp. NOTE: As a reminder, comments on the design are welcome, but if you want to flame the idea of having them at all, please leave it in your own journal. Thanks.  Let me know if you can't see it. EDIT: Well, since I can't see it, I'm guessing you can't, either. Dammit. Sorry folks. |
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