Thursday, January 18. 2007My crappy night!
So I came home from my soccer game last night (we won, and I scored another Hat-trick) sweaty and tired to find that my apartment was rather cold (approximately 60 deg. and falling fast). I called my landlord only to find out that she knew about it, but could not do anything until the next day. So I had no heat and no hot water.
My options: 1. Take a cold shower right then and get clean. Then go to bed with extra blankets to try and stave off hypothermia. 2. Go to bed as is with an extra blanket to hopefully stave off the cold of the night, and then shower in the morning. Hopefully again avoiding hypothermia. 3. Go to bed and not shower in the morning, and just hope no one would smell my sweaty body at work. 4. Boil water and take a bath. I opted for item #4. So I began the long process of boiling copious amounts of water to fill my tub with hot water. Around 10pm I had filled my tub with enough water that I felt comfortable taking a bath. I poured the last pan of hot water in the tub and then all the lights went very dim. I quickly started to turn things off, but to no avail. I was plunged into darkness. Sweaty, stinky, cold, and moist (from all the steam of the boiling water) I slumped into my chair and just sat in the darkness for about 5 minutes. I finally picked myself up and called a friend to crash at his place. I think I got about 4 hours sleep last night. I am about to leave work right now. Here's hoping when I get home I will have heat and hot water. Wednesday, January 10. 2007fanart!
Although Ladybug is the only one who will appreciate this.
Saturday, December 23. 2006Uuunhg.
What do Sailor Moon, Ed Elric, a love affair, a baby dragon, a skipping hippo in a tutu, and a witch with a wish for a merry Christmas have in common?
Nothing. In other news, there's been an art dump for those of you who haven't noticed. Seven in total, eight if you count the details shot. Saturday, November 18. 2006Thanksgiving
Since I won't see anyone between now and then I just wanted to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving. May your holiday be quiet and peaceful. We'll see you all in a little over a week.
Friday, October 20. 2006
Coming Monday October 23, 2006..... Posted by Sideshow
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Sideshow's Asylum.
That's right Sabrina and I have bought our first home. We close Monday night. However this will cause some issues for D&D. First being that next week I won't be able to make it, as we'll be moving in. Second the week after I won't be able to make it as Sabrina's Family will be in town, as they are bringing some of her stuff (Washer/Dryer, Table, Desks, Dresser) from Oregon, and will be in for that weekend and leaving on Wed. After that though I should be clear, as well as there will be a secondary HQ for the occassional D&D Night. Monday, October 2. 2006A Dying Breed
As some of you may or may not know my grandfather passed away last week. I lived with my grandfather for about the first 5 years of my life. He was a big influence on my life.
He also was one of the last true Cowboys left. At one time in Riverton he had well over 30 Horses (Including some draft horses) Goats, Dogs, Geese, Ducks, Turkeys, Bees, and Chickens all at his place. About 7 years ago he moved down to be the trail leader for Rockin R Ranch in Antimony, Utah. Somehow this little Ranch in the Middle of this little speck of a town in the Middle of Utah caught the attention of The Tonight Show and moreso Ross the Intern. Last year he spent some time down there to drive cattle. I can't find a better link but for now here is a link to the video of that segment (Scroll down a bit) My grandpa is Jerry Lovelady on the video and his "wife" is Diana who helps Ross at the beginning. Friday, September 22. 2006
The Most Relaxing Game in the World Posted by Daboo
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Seriously. I felt very zen the whole time I played it. I found half the charm to be that at first I didn't know what to do. You evolve, stuff unfolds...it's fantastic. It's linked over at PA as well.
Tuesday, September 12. 2006
Who wouldn't want to date her? Posted by Wren
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Old and tired werewolves still trying to cope with the deaths of their boyfriends.
So AGES ago, I set out to do some fanarts and never really got 'em done. I mean, I finished Ginny and the dementor, but I was also gunna do Tonks and Voldy. Well, Voldemort is still a sketch in a book, but Tonks is finished. I imagine her hair is spikier some days than others. And I expect she wears a lot of band tees. And I suspect she'd be the kind of person who would quirk and eyebrow and say something like 'Aye, aye, Cap'n Amazing." You know, semi-sarcastically. And since I put in a picuture of Ginny mourning Dumbledore on the Ginny spread, I thought I'd put one in for Tonks. Poor Tonks, unrequitte love all year long and then her mentor up and dies. He's the only one she ever let call her Nymphadora. So I'm thinking the mousy brown and pale aspects of her would stick around a bit longer. You know, because of the depression. Another thing: How could Harry ever have every thought ever that she was in love with Sirius? He's her cousin for Pete's sake! Monday, September 11. 2006
Mira and Gwen take a sunny vacation Posted by Daboo
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I thought I could do it, but I just can't. I can't maintain the story while teaching full time. I will continue to try to write, but I am not going to start posting again until I'm sure I can get some continuity going. I'll post everything I have so far, and then the girls will be off for a sun-drenched holiday in Majorca.
Thursday, June 29. 2006Opinion Formation
I have hesitated for some time over whether or not to post this subject. But after much thought I have decided to do it. It should be stated that I do not wish to offend or divide the group dynamic in any way. I simply want to know what everyone thinks. Should you find this not to your liking, then please be respectful of others opinions and just don't read it.
I recently watched an episode of the West Wing, a highly liberal show with superb writing and acting. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys fine art, and drama. While I do not share the opinion of about 90% of the material discussed, I have found it to be an excellent launching point to several meaningful debates between Joey and myself. One of the topics of the show in question was the legality/necessity of Stem Cell Research. It was proposed by the sitting Democratic White House that we should delve into such territory to provide possible cures for many maladies. While the Republican controlled House vehemently opposed any forays into Stem Cell exploration, citing it as immoral and against God. I have some ideas of my own on the subject, but I would really like to hear some of yours. Please take some time to think this over and reply to this over the next few days. Thanks Wednesday, May 10. 2006Pet Re-Placement
You may or may not know that I've worked and volunteered for various vet clinics and animal shelters, and over the years have been a halfway-house for many homeless pets. I've had a lot of experience with really bad people. One variety of these is the type of person who wants to purchase your pet for a voodoo or satanic ritual. Yes, people do this. I've had teenage boys tell me very bluntly that they wanted my black cat for a satanic sacrifice. However, the more common and subversive type of bad person tries to get your pet so that s/he can sell it to a private lab for experimentation. I recently received an email from just such a person over our cat Prosper. This is what it said:
Hello Dear Sir / Madam, Good to meet you, My name is (deleted), I saw that you are will to place your pet been adoption and immediately, I got so fascinated about having the pets. I am an honest, caring Woman with the utmost fear of God. Having the Pet is like owning a fortune and the thought of the Pet makes my vein leap for joy because i really Love Pets. I will have my International Shippers Company comes for the Pick-Up. (shudder) Wednesday, April 26. 2006Spoooky
So I read an article on CNN about the recent seance with John Lennon, in which his voice was allegedly recorded saying "Peace...the message is peace." This, of course, reminded me of several nearly-hysterical episodes with Wren in which we listened to various EVP (electronic voice phenomenon) examples on the internet, looked at several horrifying photographs of ghostly phenomenon and, to my everlasting regret, watched...videos. (shudder)
You can look at some examples of EVP at http://www.aaevp.com/ If you're fearless (which, by the way, Ray Bradbury equated with a lack of curiosity akin to a coma of the soul) you could also watch the Urban Legends series, which I can't link to due to the silly webnanny here at school. There is also a lively (no pun intended) movement of "ghost-hunters," especially here in Utah. Video, voice recordings, and photographs of their outings can be found here I believe in ghosts--several varieties, in fact. I believe that places can have memories, especially when something extreme has happened there. These residual sounds and impressions are not the presence of a real entity, but merely a place where space-time got...wrinkled, perhaps? due to the experiences of people living there/then. Like a psychic scream, perhaps. I also believe in life-after-death, that spirits of former living people can visit this plane. I don't know whether it's possible for them to get "trapped" here, though, as that idea is extremely depressing and disturbing to me. Watching a video clip of a shadow circling a car in which people had died earlier that day makes me think that perhaps when we die, we can't easily let go of our fears, worries, etc. And lastly, I believe in demons. Demons are everywhere. They can indeed possess people, if allowed, and can perform extremely accurate impersonations as well. In fact, the reason that Ouija boards and other methods of contacting the dead (including EVP) are dangerous is that I believe that demons enjoy preying on our hope to see or hear from our loved ones again. And, once you invite their presence, it is difficult to force them to leave. What do you all think? Wednesday, March 29. 2006More Cowbell
In the style of ESPN's The Sports Guy (Bill Simmons), I've got some things on my mind, and I want to throw them out there for people to be aware of.
First off, thanks AoD for your hard work in keeping this server running. I don't know what you're doing to keep the hard drives spinning so much, but I think you're going at a rate of one burnout per year. Please let us know when you'll be ready to take donations for a backup. AoD and Anon won't be able to make it to D&D tonight, due to AoD's leaving for St. George tonight. Feel free to leave comments disparaging his commitment to the group below. Sideshow informs me that he'd prefer to go ahead with things tonight, because he's purchased the food for his turn at grub a second time now. How about that patch 1.10? Anybody know? Anybody able to log in last night? Anyone? Wren, has your lazy $#! brother fixed your local network yet? Meaning, can you connect to the outside world from your computer? The results are in. . .and Oblivion looks like a fantastic graphical update for Morrowind. Unfortunately, the combat still sucks $#! Daboo has now successfully owned me in Warcraft 3 so thoroughly that I'm afraid to even load the campaign. \*Sigh\* guess I'll never play the Frozen Throne after all. At least the Counter-Strike kids will have me back. HEADSHOT! For lack of something more entertaining, we could always turn this thing into a political blog. We have all sorts of different political views represented. I propose we discuss the immigration bills being bounced around in Congress. I look rather favorably upon the one that just passed the Senate's committee; it seems like a really good compromise all around. The New York Times has a very biased editorial on it. Some Texas news station has a short article detailing the difference between the two. And our own Deseret News has a longer article with much more detail on the bill recently passed through the Senate committee. Edit: One other thing, please contact me if you want an email with thehomestarmy.com for a domain. Google was kind enough to let us use gmail for the webclient and mail hosting. Wednesday, November 16. 2005Now with Pictures!
The new gallery with pictures of Banshee the Abandoned Cat is up!
As you know, we are looking for someone to adopt her. She is really sweet, but our other cats terrify her. Luckily we got these pictures before Wash could come up and sniff her. Thursday, November 10. 2005 |
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