More Fun With Buttons
Tuesday, February 22, 2005 -|- 05:27 p.m.

Marius has a doll of MisterSpock

What's Your Ultimate Fandom OTP?
Shiver My Timber--A Pirate RPG
AlbertEinstein is voting for TheGiantSquid


ChiaPet is stalking AnOompaLoompa


ChristineDaae is turning cartwheels for Buffy


RonaldReagan is running for President with SeverusSnape


Poland is turning cartwheels for FrodoBaggins


Sauron secretly desires JetBlack


And yet...
Sauron worships MisterSpock

Eponine idolizes Gollum


DanaScully fangirls Gandalf


SailorMoon idolizes PrincessLeia


Kinda goes with the stalking of Luke Skywalker. In a creepy way.
JackSparrow dreams about Spyro


AlexanderTheGreat has an eye on Voldemort

That's Just Wrong
Monday, February 21, 2005 -|- 01:16 a.m.

The button amuses me.
RaoulDeChagny writes fic about PeterPan

What's Your Ultimate Fandom OTP?
Shiver My Timber--A Pirate RPG
Velma worships Ron


SailorVenus wants to shag InigoMontoya


TheOneRing fangirls StephenColbert


TheWickedWitch yearns for TheFonz


SailorJupiter is shagging SpikeSpiegel

What's Your Ultimate Fandom OTP?
Shiver My Timber--A Pirate RPG

More to follow...

Now It's Time For A Chakra Diagram
Thursday, February 10, 2005 -|- 12:50 a.m.

It's making its way around my friends' LJs, so I thought I'd post my results here too.

Root: open (25%)
Sacral: open (44%)
Navel: under-active (-31%)
Heart: open (56%)
Throat: under-active (6%)
Third Eye: open (31%)
Crown: open (25%)

Take the chakra test.
Explanations.

I wonder if some of this perceived openness is just that I'm hesitant to say completely yes or no to the questions... But really no real surprises here. Altho I am surprised my Heart is open more than my Third Eye. I am very much a Pisces. That and I think it's rather obvious I took this quiz on a day off of work or that Heart score would go down.

I Got Chocolate Bubblegum
Wednesday, February 2, 2005 -|- 10:28 p.m.

You scored as Gir. WOO! Youre the idiot dog brained side kick, GIR! You love just existing and doing fun stuff! Gir 100% Ms. Bitters 83% Professor Membrane 83% Zim 67% Gaz 50% The Allmighty Tallest 33% Dib 0% Which Invader Zim Character are You? created with QuizFarm.com

More Work Musings
Saturday, January 29, 2005 -|- 12:57 a.m.

So I got my evaluation at work this week. Yay 25 more cents. Finally broke the next dollar mark. Would be really nice if I wasn't SICK OF MY JOB! Seriously, I think I'm burning out. I hate the customers. I want to scream obscenities at them. Why, why are people so stupid? Ok, I don't hate all of them. But the ones that want something for nothing or want to quibble about stupid things. It gets harder and harder not to swear at them. But at least my raise will be retroactive from October. I think I should stay on a little longer to take advantage of that. But I don't know how much longer I can take it. I hate my hours. I want to have free time when other people do, I want to go places in the evenings. I want weekends free. I want a "normal" job. I want a lot of things, including my patience back. Blah.

But anyway, here's a cute quiz.


You like the ones that understand you.

What kind of guy are you most attracted to? (CUTE anime pics)
brought to you by Quizilla

The Week Of Crazy And Ushicon 4
Wednesday, January 26, 2005 -|- 02:03 a.m.

This week has just been the Crazy with a capital C. Tuesday, Heero comes by my work to ask me if I had heard the message on the answering machine. I had not. It was my mom, calling to let me know that my grandfather had passed away that morning. He had been sick for a while, but nothing really prepares you for it, you know? I was close to my grandparents, so it was a blow. But I pull myself together and get through work. I talk to my mom later and she tells me the funeral is being planned for Friday. Yes, the Friday of Ushicon which I'm a staff head at and I had no LT. and hadn't made my staff schedule yet. Cripes. At first I didn't want to go, I felt like I was abandoning my responsibilities at the con, but after talking to various people, I realized I needed to go. So on Wednesday I go buy something to wear. I'm not much on black clothes usually. I get all the last minute details and just before I'm about to call and book my flight, my parents call and tell me that Grandma's freaking out and doesn't want my dad to come without my mom. (Mom can't travel because of various health reasons.) Oooook, well this is odd, not to mention makes it harder on me. Who gets to be there for me then? Heero can't go. I can't tear him away from the con, he's needed more than I am. So after my brain finally wraps around that, I manage to get it together in the wee hours of the night and book my flight and hotel for the morning. I'm in a different hotel from the other people as evidently there's a game in town that weekend. Faboo. I'm glad Heero kept pushing food at me or I'd have most likely not eaten more than the candy bar Lorsh gave me. I get my gofer scedule hammered out after everybody goes to bed and crash. It was so late when I got everything squared away that my parents were going to call in the morning to get all my info to pass onto Grandma. But when they call it seems Grandma's still freaking out and only wants very few people around so wants me to cancel my trip. Firkdingblast!! This is really not like her, so I can see the grief is making her make strange emotional decisions, but it still hurt. I'm sorry you don't want to trouble yourself with another body during such a stressful time, but don't I get the right to go to my own beloved grandfather's funeral? Freakin' monkey. So I manage to get stuff canceled. That is to say, Heero argues with the airlines until they back off. The hotel didn't even have my reservation on file, but it looks like hotels.com charged us anyway. Grr. So I'm free to be there at the con. I want to say that I've got some great friends. They were there for me and offered me support, whether it be physical, emotional or taking over my duties so I could get away. Heero, WMC, Lorsh, Snaketao, Lorsh's Mom, and many more, thanks. You kept me going. I wouldn't have made it without you guys.

Now that I was back to convention running, I went into Thursday night Matsuri with barely two brain cells to rub together. I wasn't really there mentally, but I was trying. It slowly got easier, and by Friday, I had slipped into con mode. It was craziness, and if I slept a bit longer than ideal for a con, I hope people understand. Oddly enough, I know other staffs had problems and mucho stress, but I had a good con. It was what I needed. I was happy to be a part of Lorsh's gift. Guy worked himself so hard and deserved something back. It made me feel good to be able to contribute even in part. As with any con, it's the stuff that happens with your friends that matters the most to you. Miz coming with me on gofer errands, the infamous hot tub incident, the sake with the Japanese guests (mostly my amusement at Mikayla at the last two), earning my nickname as the gofer madam, and seeing friends I don't get to see that often. There wasn't room for anything in my head other than con stuff. Sunday at the dinner was great, had great food and matched Mitch drink for drink. Which reminds me I must get a good recipe for mojitos, that thing was tasty. Even Miz thought so. Got one of my old Lubbock friends to drive my car back as was rather drunk tho only half feeling it anymore. I think I would have been ok if I hadn't chased it with chardonnay back at the hotel. Played some Naruto 3, badly (Well it was the first time I'd played it), nearly fell asleep, got queasy with the motion of other people sitting down and getting up off the bed, so stumbled back to my room and eventually got rid of the problem. Maybe this is why I have never got a hangover, other than I try to keep drinking water, if I drink too much my body just decides it has to get rid of it. I don't know what's up with my nausea lately, it seems to pop up more often than it used to, on planes, randomly at work. But that's another story. But I remember everything from when I've been drunk, and was at least partially in control of my facilities. I say partly because I seem to swing back and forth between goofy and normal. I know better than to say I'm in complete control, even tho it feels close. Monday was a bit of a drag, getting everything out of the hotel and then having to go to work, blah. At least work seemed short. But overall, I had a good con. I got some manga I wanted, and an awesome T-shirt. Going back to the real world is hard and I don't want to face it, but it helps to know I've got such great friends.

Phantom Movie In 15 Minutes
Wednesday, January 12, 2005 -|- 03:47 a.m.

Heero found the most amusing thing for me today Phantom of the Opera in Fifteen Minutes Awesomely funny, and all too true.

THE DREAD PIRATE ROBERTS CORPS DE BALLET: *shimmies*

Hair And DVDs, No Not The DVD Of Hair
Wednesday, January 12, 2005 -|- 12:09 a.m.

I know I haven't mentioned it, but I did get that haircut a while back. Took a good 3 inches off of it dry. And with all my curl, that's a bit more than that. Can't say if others noticed, but I could tell the difference. I like it. Who knows, I might slowly creep it shorter yet. Just gotta get used to the idea of change, you know?

I watched 10th Kingdom that I borrowed from a friend. I gotta say, wow. If you loved fairy tales a a kid, then you'll love this. It's very well done. It was a Hallmark miniseries, so it doesn't feel rushed to get to its end. It progresses like a book, which was what they were going for. One problem I tend to have with movies is that they can seem rushed, but with only about 2 hours to fit everything in, it's no wonder. 10th Kingdom was a blast. Highly recommended. I may have to pick up a copy of my own one day :p

I also picked up a good stack of DVDs I didn't get for Christmas. ROTK EE gift set, Shaun of the Dead, Oliver Twist (Disney version), plus got an early birthday present of Peter Pan and Hook. *squees* Thank you Mikayla :) I shall be busy for a while. Yay DVD extras. I find if I've already seen the movie, they are the first thing I go for sometimes. New and different material. And now, because it's fun:


Which Naruto Character Are You?
Test by naruto - kun.com

Yup, seems to fit pretty well. Leader maybe, reluctant leader yes.

Christmas and Phantom
Friday, December 31, 2004 -|- 12:12 a.m.

Christmas was pretty good for me, despite the fact that this year was Merry Christmas to my car with its $500 worth of repairs. I'd been putting a lot of it off, and it caught up with me, and some was a surprise. As for time off, it seems work considered Thanksgiving my vacation, because I got to work the day before and day after Christmas. Heero and I drove up to see his family after I got off work Christmas eve. I flew back on Christmas day. He followed the next day. I don't know if it's because of the new manager or the fact that I'm now a manager, but I've never been shafted on Christmas time off before. But this is the last time. No more retail for me next year.

As a late Christmas present, Heero set up an outing for some of our friends and us. He can be quite closed mouthed about his surprises, but he told me a bit and I figured out the rest the day of from his unavoidable clues coupled with my past knowledge of stuff he's set up. But it was fun, even if I figured it out. Besides, the fun was seeing the reaction from our friends who were completely in the dark. We rode in a limo to pick them up, go to dinner, get some dessert and join two other friends, and then go see The Phantom of the Opera movie. Now I'm a big phan, no secret, so I was eager yet fretful. I saw clips from the website and the Phantom's voice really threw me off. I mean, granted, I'm used to Michael Crawford in the original London recording of the stage show, so anything different I'm going to notice. But the movie version was deeper than I was prepared for. I'm glad I was warned tho, it helped make the adjustment smoother. I'm afraid I have to agree with a review I read, Christine was fantastic, but the two lead guys could have been better. Raoul was appropriately foppish. Stupid pretty boy. What phan actually likes him anyway? But he didn't seem as highly bred as he should have. And they changed him to me more heroic. He did too much. Blah, no one cares Raoul. You're in the way. One of the big things that had me waving my hands in the universal language for wtf, was several of Christine and Raoul's lines were now spoken instead of sung. Blah! It made it seem flat and threw off any fans of the musical as grating to the ears. Thankfully, hardly any of the Phantom's lines were altered such. But, sadly, I thought his performance was lacking in emotional intensity in many occasions. Particularly after Christine first removes his mask, his reaction was flat. He just seemed tired. Where was the emotion that should be pouring off him in waves? He got better, but still, I thought this Erik was too much just a guy instead THE PHANTOM. He revealed himself far too much and he didn't have the power radiating off him that would frighten anyone from jumping him. For instance, during Masquerade. Which, buy the way, I was sadly disappointed in the costumes for. All in black and white. Not that fantastical at all. Makes the lyrics not really make sense. Oh, the choreography was good, but the costumes rather bland. This is highlighted again in the Phantom's costume. If you've seen his Red Death costume in the stage show, you know that thing's impressive and quite imposing. It had a presence all its own. In the movie, his costume was sadly understated. I wondered why the crowd didn't just jump him right there. Wasn't scary at all really. Just a guy in a cape and mask. And don't get me started on the graveyard scene. It was completely changed so that it left a bad taste in my mouth. Raoul getting the upper hand? Excuse me? Where's the taunting the fop into foolishness? The end of it again threw off the scene so the lines once again don't really make sense. If the costumes were understated, the sets were not. That's fine in the opera house. But the statues in the graveyard got out of control. I leaned over and commented to Heero at one point that not that I minded, but wasn't the Phantom a little too pretty? He did have sex appeal, but not really the power and sense of danger he should have. Even when his true face was revealed, it didn't look all that bad. This was their chance to use all that movie makeup can offer to go more for the book description. Instead we get what looks more like a bad skin condition. He was shunned his whole life for that? I guess they were just more unforgiving in the 1800s. The movie adds some scene and removes others. Most notably Erik interacting with any of the rest of the opera house. In my opinion all of the changes were not to the good. Meg freaking finding the mirror partially open! Sloppy sloppy sloppy! Would never happen. Even with its shortcomings, the movie is watchable. I'd probably enjoy it more a second time if I could turn my brain off. I do, in the end, love the story. I agree with that review I read and give it a B-. It's good, but the stage show is better. Well there is one thing that I thought the movie actually did better, and that's the transformation at the beginning of the movie from the "present" back to the glory days of the theatre. That was really good. The lyrics are the most current version of the libretto. Why they've changed over the years, I can't say, but they have. The sets, at times overdone, the costumes underdone. At many times, I wished I was the director of this movie. I could have gotten more emotion out of those people. And no speaking sung parts! A true translation this isn't. Evita was better in that regard. If anything, I think of it as an add for the stage show. That's where it shines the best. But then, I'm a nitpicky phan. I leave you to make your own opinion.

I Saw The Precious!
Wednesday, December 15, 2004 -|- 12:25 a.m.

Tuesday night was the time for me to get together with my Rings on the Range buddies to see ROTK EE. I'm "patiently" waiting for my copy of the box set. I had meant to watch the theatrical release again beforehand so I could spot the changes better. Didn't happen for multiple reasons. Anyway, so after some mix up getting in touch with them (they had my number wrong) I got picked up and headed over there. I had some pizza and lots of hobbit worthy snackage. Plus some several pleasant glasses of wine. The extended edition is good, like we would have expected any different. Gimli was quite funny, take that for good or ill. My only complaint was the scene with Gandalf and Pippin that usually makes be start to cry, was overshadowed by the new footage of Merry killing lots of orks right before it. Friggin hot! I was still too excited from that to be all weepy the next scene. Aside from that, I again cursed the pants that were still there. No change on that department sadly enough. I dunno, maybe it was the wine making me all mellow-mellow, but it didn't shine as much as the past ones to me. That or it's just that it's been so long that we've had hobbit goodness. But then perfectionist me wanted things I know I wasn't going to get, like Beregond, the scouring of the Shire, and my own personal hobbit. Did I actually say that last part? >.> But I had a lot of fun anyway, and look forward to my own copy. In the meantime, I'm trying to get the host of the party into anime, and so loaned out some of my stuff, mostly old fansubs. I need to buy the new copies that have been released one day. Ah well, I am lazy and poor.

Filmy Rantings
Thursday, December 9, 2004 -|- 03:40 p.m.

For those of you who saw last night's Lost, I have one thing to say. @#&*$#@$%&$!#%$#@~friggin monkey!!! If someone had happened to look over at me, they would have seen my eyes and mouth as wide as dinner plates. There was shocked breathless silence, arm flailing, frustrated screaming and very nearly pillow throwing. I was this close to swearing off that show forever. My friend, Snaketao was over at the time, and he said that's as close to apeshit as he's ever seen me. I was still seething an hour later. But all that said, pretty good show, ne? Arrrgh, why are they repeating next week? Darn holiday season! Soo, it's getting good. I hate waiting.

In other news, I watched the first Inu Yasha movie. Gotta say, it contains one of the stupidest villainesses ever. Ever, ever. I think her buns were too tight, because she was showing no forethought at all. *spoilers in black* So if you know anything about the show, Miroko, the monk, has a family curse that was put on him by Naraku. He basically has a black hole in his hand. A wind tunnel, which sucks everything in it's path up and into the void. He has it contained, and can use it as a powerful weapon, but one day it will spread and he will be sucked into it himself, just as his father was. Now, this blue haired ditz was able to copy his wind tunnel and use it herself. Hello, you just cursed yourself, did you not realize that? Anyway, she has it contained pretty good, not sure how she knew how to, and she uses it in battle against Miroku. Now here's where she gets really stupid. She takes her spear and widens the hole. ?!?!?!?! You can guess what happens next. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

I Always Knew I Was A Bit Spacy
Sunday, December 5, 2004 -|- 01:16 a.m.

You Are From Neptune

You are dreamy and mystical, with a natural psychic ability. You love music, poetry, dance, and (most of all) the open sea. Your soul is filled with possibilities, and your heart overflows with compassion. You can be in a room full of friendly people and feel all alone. If you don't get carried away with one idea, your spiritual nature will see you through anything.

What Planet Are You From?

I Have Some Good News, And Some Bad News
Wednesday, December 1, 2004 -|- 11:11 p.m.

Forgot some stuff I wanted to add to my last post. Happens when you don't post for a long time and build up a lot of stuff. On the good side, we found a place that has good Dim Sum. T S Seafood. It's a bit of a drive, but worth it. Yum. I was almost afraid it was too much to hope for in theis town, but happily not. On the bad side, my computer died. Poor little laptop's screen goes all black and white patterned on startup now. *sigh* So looks like I'll get a new computer, which is good. I couldn't watch videos on that one, it just couldn't handle it. But, sadly, all the files I had on there are gone. And it was a lot of stuff. That poor thing was nearly full. Pictures, music, a butt-load of bookmarks, fics I particularly liked all gone. Thankfully, some things were backed up on the shared drive. But I still lost a lot. Not anything I can't live without, but still, I'll miss all that.

I Fear Change, But The Bushes Could Use A Trim
Wednesday, December 1, 2004 -|- 10:04 p.m.

You'd think that after M left, work would be better. And it is in some ways. But since then I have also been over worked and got to the point I was ready to see the place burn down. It's better now, but it makes me think, is this what I really want to be doing for the next how many years of my life? The new position and more money make it harder for me to give up. But all the same, it does suck sometimes. But doesn't every job?

I've gone back to pondering a library science degree. Hey, I like books. I already have a degree, so that part of the requirements is met. But it would mean going back to school again. And going for a masters degree. That does give me some pause. I work sucky hours now and don't feel like I get to see my husband that much, but I don't have to bring work home. Blah, papers again. Eh, it's not that bad I guess. Not like I haven't done it before. But the thing remains, it's not cheap, and am I really sure this is what I want to do? If not that's a lot of money for something that's not going to go to use. Much like my bachelors degree, but I felt I should have a degree in *something* and I didn't know anything better to choose. Besides, I felt I learned a lot, even if I'm not using my degree. I got to talk to one of my old co-workers who evidently has a LS degree, so I found out a little more about what's involved. It seems if I want to try this in the fall, then I should get moving on it now. Still other preliminary tests to take just for admission. *sigh* I still don't know. I'm struggling with what direction I want to take my life right now. All I know is I feel like I'm in a rut. Somehow, I want a change. I know, me. I'm scared too.

And as a part of that need for change, I've been thinking about my hair. It's in sad need of a trim. I sort of want to do something different with it. Not too different, I like my long hair. Change is scary, especially if it takes a long time to grow it back. But I want to do something. Something that actually works with my face and my hair; not to mention that I don't have to baby. I'm a no fuss girl. My hair is lucky to get brushed. I don't blow dry. I don't use anything on it and not really looking to start unless it's super easy. But I don't know where to start right now. I don't know what I want O.o I wish I knew girly stuff like about hair at times like this, but I don't.

Ding Dong, The Bitch Is Gone
Saturday, October 16, 2004 -|- 10:57 p.m.

Which old bitch? That Puddlebitch. M, the woman so bitchy that her bitchiness overflows onto the floor. She was officially written up the other day, and she refused to sign that too. Had to have a witness sign that she refused. But she didn't quit on the spot as we thought she might. However, in the middle of her shift the next day or so, the schedule had just been posted and she sees she's not on it. So she walks out in the middle of her shift. Leaving only one person there. There's supposed to always be at least two employees in the store at all times. So yeah, I'd say she's gone. I was reserving judgement to see if she'd show up for her shift today, but nope. I noticed when I saw the schedule, her name was on there. Now whether that was an honest mistake (they do happen), or she was conveniently added later, I can't say. But I don't care, as long as she's gone and doesn't come back! *dances in glee*

And if I haven't said it before, see Shaun of the Dead. Fantastic fun movie. It's billed as "A romantic comedy. With zombies." Gotta love British wit. I've seen it twice now. So if you haven't go see it. I hate horror movies, and I loved this movie. So don't let that stop you if you're not a horror fan. I think the scariest thing in the whole experience was some of the trailers for other movies before it :-p Why are you still sitting there? Go see it.

I Like Working Around Halloween
Monday, October 4, 2004 -|- 10:57 p.m.

Yesterday, my store manager came in for a bit and asked me to write up my incident with M. She said she's going to have to write her up. And then the woman will be gone till Friday again.... I'm hoping this will be more than a slap on the wrist. But still, it's positive direction. Gotta think positively. *crosses fingers* Fire, fire, fire.

Yesterday, I also had a kid call the store and ask if we had any Harry Potter fabric that had crests on it one could use for a robe. I looked and all we had was the one for pillow panels, which are a bit too big, especially for a kid. But, we had some suitable last year, and I had bought a yard of it and have never done anything with it. So, I told the kid to come in the next day and I'd give him some if that worked. So today, the kid and his Grandma (I assume) come in. Cute little kid, red hair, well spoken. Name of Zane if I caught it correctly. I didn't ask his age, but I think he was probably around or below 3rd grade. I gave him a piece of my fabric so that he got two of every house crest. I've still got a decent amount left. And besides, not like I was doing anything with it. That and I'm a sucker for a sweet boy and fellow costumer ;p Gotta start them young! Anyway, they bought a pillow panel anyway, and fabric for a robe. I helped them find a pattern for it too. And I got to measure him to see which size they needed. Heeheehee. *looks around* What? I like helping people who are nice and have similar interests as mine. Wish I could do that every day. But if everyone was that cool, then that would become average and mind numbing too I guess. Maybe... I don't know. People suck, but thankfully not all the time.

The Sunday From Hell, And The Coworker
Sunday, September 26, 2004 -|- 08:16 p.m.

It's been a day. Oh has it. Last night, we have a big one day sale at work. I don't get out of there till midnight. But I get to talk to one of my coworkers about some of the new people that work there. One person, let's call them M, evidently does not bother to put things away where they go. When confronted, she shrugs and will not correct her mistake. Today I open the store. My first time opening. So, I go in early and the usual opening manager goes in with me to show me the ropes. On the drive I spill Pitch Black Mountain Dew on my white shirt. If you're interested, it stains a light pink/purple. On the drive to the bank, I hear about the contents of a phone call the previous day, in which a man calls to say he's never coming back to our store because of treatment he received from M. Evidently he was not asking his question fast enough, because M stopped him mid-sentence to say that he had to ask his question because she did not have time to wait for it. I observe person M tell another customer today she did not have time to do something. Even if it's true, you can put it another way! And then, the final straw. It was mentioned to me earlier to review with the team members to resume cutting stand tickets, so we weren't getting multiple slips for the same customers at checkout. I get two slips at one point during the day at the register. So, later I go over to M and ask her if she remembers how to resume tickets, and if not I'll review it with her. Get everybody up to speed as it were. But, she flat out refuses. Complains about it not working for her, says I can report her or whatever, but she isn't going to do it. Don't even bother going over it because she won't listen. I am understandably flustered, turning quickly to angered. It seems it will turn into an old fashioned parking lot fight for a minute. I eventually just walk off and vent to the other manager there, letting her know the situation. I don't speak to M the rest of the hour she's there. What's the point? She isn't going to listen to a word I say. Six hours later, before I close the store, I leave the other manager a note that I can't work with M. It's just insulting. Why the hell is she there if she's only going to do things her way and not the store's way? This is crap. I want her to either shape up or be canned, I won't put up with this crap. But our store manager is out of town all this week. *Grumble* Good thing I have tomorrow off. I'd snap.

The Dark And the Light
Saturday, September 18, 2004 -|- 01:41 a.m.

Sometimes I have my most interesting dreams on little sleep. Probably because then I actually remember them. Before I went to bed, I was surfing around all kinds of Lord of the Rings stuff, as I often am. Well, I hit on one site that talked about how to give yourself an elvish name. Their sugession was to find the meaning in your name and look that up in an elvish dictionary. Now my name means light, so I looked for fun. Doing so, I realized that Galadriel is called the Lady of Light for a reason. I hadn't realized that what her name meant before.

Now, skip ahead to one of my dreams last night. It's a very stylized dream, or possibly highly symbolic. Galadriel is there, but she litterally is a lady of light. A being made of light. She is at the top of a waterfall and dives down through the water into the lake below. In the water below is a man made of darkness, waiting with a sword made of the same stuff he is. When she enters the lake, he stabs her with his sword in the chest and pulls it out. Yeah, Freud would have a field day with this dream, I bet.

Trial By Fire
Wednesday, September 1, 2004 -|- 12:50 a.m.

A little while back, we had one of our keyholders at work leave. Sad really cause he was one of my friends, but as he said, he we tired of getting credit for gay college by working in a fabric store. But that means that a position opened up and I was asked to become a keyholder. Against my better judgment, I said yes. I've been wondering where I was going in my job. Considering other work options and maybe going back to school. And just plain considering quitting since I love my manager soooooo much. But eh, it's more money. More responsibility too, but I suppose it's good for me...

So tonight was my first time to close all by myself with no one there to coach me. That would have been ok, but for the other person there. Poor woman, it was her first day and there it was only the two of us from 3 to 10. Now there should be a third person there so we can take a meal brake, but there isn't. Second day in a row it's happened too. I barely had time to show the poor woman how to work anything before the flood of customers descended on us. Trial by fire indeed. And she isn't trained on the register yet, so I was the only person there who could run it. What do they expect out of me? It was crazy indeed. But despite the craptasticness of the scheduling or lack there of, I think the closing went ok. Wasn't the fastest in history, but hey, I'm still learning. I'll see tomorrow if it was all correct, but I think it was. I think I may survive this yet.

Oh, and getting the time off for AnimeFest has been a bitch. Ok, I did turn in my request a bit late, but I forgot it was getting so close ^.^' Not like it's not something I go to every year. So I've been trying to trade with people to get that Friday and Saturday off. I finally managed to trade with someone for Saturday. Still no luck on Friday. Nobody wants to trade. That and just about everyone is already working that day. On the upside, it means we have a good amount of coverage, so they might be ok without me. So far my current plan is to not show up. But I'll at least warn them first.

LOTR Trivial Pursuit
Tuesday, August 17, 2004 -|- 01:22 a.m.

Last Ushi meeting, a lovely lovely person brought over a copy of Lord of the Rings Trivial Pursuit. I had been wanting to play that game! The results were as expected. There were three teams. Two apiece vs. me. I was beating them so bad they asked me questions backwards, I got it. In pig latin, I got it. Ok, when the question was backwards and in pig latin, I got a little confused. To win, I not only had to answer one question of the other team's choosing, I had to answer all 6 questions on the card. I missed the last question on the first card. I got all 6 on the second. But then I was sad as they continued to play for second place and I couldn't answer questions anymore. It's not really about winning, I just like testing my geek knowledge. Most of the questions were pretty easy, well for a geek like me anyway, but some were quite tough and detail oriented. And two I still have issue with, after checking the movie to confirm. One is misleading and picking out a really hard to see detail, but whatever. The other I swear is wrong. I challenge that card's answer! Not that I'm obsessive or anything.... ^.^; But this person was kind enough to inform me that Target had put this game on clearance and while it was marked as $24 some odd, it actually rang up at $8 and change. Oh yeah. Needless to say, I have me a copy now. Rematch anyone?

A Trucker, A Stalker, And A Real Life Hobbit
Monday, August 16, 2004 -|- 11:21 p.m.

This past month was interesting in regards to men. Unwanted attention and one interest of my own. For instance, I've been unloading freight at my work for a while now and the truck driver seems to awkwardly be hitting on me. I didn't even follow at first and had to be told by other employees. Whatever. So not interested. I think the last time he finally got the message that I wasn't available.

Last month my local Lord of the Rings meetup was larger than normal and had this one guy that showed up that seemed like he was trying to half take over the meeting. Then after it's over I get this e-mail from him and I'm like who the heck is this? Evidently other people there thought I had picked myself up a stalker. I set him straight with "the group of men on your doorstep with bats if you push this" talk. Actually he was rather nice about it. But again, soooooooo not interested.

So this leads to when I went to Walmart and happened to find an action figure of Merry in his Rohan armor. I had to have him. And so I tucked him under my arm and wandered over to the magazines and buried my nose in pages for a while. When I look up again, I notice there's a young man around my age also in the magazines. And he is cuuuute! I surreptitiously circle as I vaguely peruse the books. And yes, he is several inches shorter than me, numerous glances confirm. Squee! A real life hobbit. Someone very cute, short and older than ten. And I'm sure about that last part. Last I checked ten year olds couldn't grow facial hair. Course hobbits don't tend to either, but one can shave. I circled for a while, he didn't even look up. If I were single I might have tried to get his attention, but as I am happily attached, I just grinned to myself and continued to the checkout. Makes me wonder tho. Would a guy be pleased to know a random woman found him attractive or just be weirded out? Maybe a bit of both. Either way my eye candy was oblivious.

But all was good cause I got Merry in armor! This of course, as it always does sparked the need for all four of them. Cause if I have Merry in armor, then I need Pippin in armor, and Frodo with a glowing sword. Yes I know it's a compulsion. But I also found that they have really neat figures on horses. I have Eowyn and Merry and Arwen and Frodo. Full size women carrying around hobbit men :) What, why are you looking at me like that?

Long Delayed Posts
Monday, August 16, 2004 -|- 10:17 p.m.

Man, I just haven't been posting lately. And it's not that I had nothing to post about either. I just haven't been finding/making the time. I meant to post about Pitch Black and Chronicles of Riddick, which I enjoyed muchly, but I didn't. Trying to catch up.

A Long, Long Day
Saturday, July 24, 2004 -|- 12:48 a.m.

Today is the day that we get frieght at work, and I'm on the frieght team. I don't mind it. Actually I like having something to do that keeps me away from customers. And I like putting things in their proper places. I'm weird that way. So today I get to work at 8:30. I work for for 7 hours, not counting lunch, so I'm done by 4. I go home and decide the kitchen is long overdue for a cleaning. Close to 5:30, while sitting on my kitchen floor mostly done sorting my mess of plastic bags into the ones without holes and those with, I get a call. They want me to come back in and close. Yarg. Good thing I hadn't bothered to change. I reluctantly agree and drag my feet, but get back to work at 6. I didn't look at the time when we left, but I'm sure it was after 10. I'm exausted and my back is killing me. At least I don't have to open tomorrow. But I do have to close and change all the sale signs over. I hate that, it takes forever! *sigh* Working through the weekend sucks. But to distract myself from that, quizes!

Which generic smut novel character are you? (With somewhat relevant pictures!) The Well-Endowed Kitchen Wench Look, if you’re going to keep slipping in the rain, at least stop wearing those revealing cotton gowns.

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Take the quiz: "What do you love about making love?"

Love
You are a lover of love. You love to love and be loved. You are perhaps a hopeless romantic but those are rare nowadays. Think of it as a gift. Whether you are saving yourself for that special someone or you have already found him or her. You are part of an almost extinct species of human. The kind that believe in true love... Because love is truly beautiful!

Interestingly enough, I also had a threeway tie with Love, Tenderness and Intimacy.

Ancient Personalities
Tuesday, July 13, 2004 -|- 01:18 a.m.

You are Phlegmatic - The ancient Greeks
believed this was caused by too much phlegm.

Strengths:	You are easy-going, steady, peaceful, and gentle.
Weaknesses:	You can be indecisive, unmotivated, and uninvolved.
At your best:	You are a loyal diplomat.
At your worst:	You can be a self-righteous stick-in-the-mud.
You measure your own value by:	Attention
For personal growth, you should focus on:	Initiative
For others to relate well to you, they should be:	Agreeable
Others should support your:	Involvement
If someone wants you to make a decision, they should give:	Assurances

What Ancient Greek Personality Type Are You?
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Too true. Well if you want to get technical, I'm a Phlegmatic Melancholy with just a teeny tiny hint of Choleric. (Courtesy of my Mother.) This system of personality definition has always been my favorite. At least it's fit me best. The book "Why You Act The Way You Do" by Tim LaHaye has been my favorite for many years.

The Year I Was Born
Sunday, July 11, 2004 -|- 08:16 p.m.

In 1977 (the year you were born)

Jimmy Carter becomes president of the US Most of the 10,000 Vietnam War draft evaders are pardoned by President Carter Singer Anita Bryant starts her "Save Our Children" crusade against gay rights Elvis Presley dies in his Graceland bathroom Congress creates a Department of Energy Anwar Sadat flies to Jerusalem in a dramatic gesture of willingness to discuss peace Orlando Bloom, Shakira, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Liv Tyler, and Ludacris are born New York Yankees win the World Series Oakland Raiders win Superbowl XI Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup Swedish music group ABBA passes The Beatles as having most records sold Star Wars is the top grossing film The Shining by Stephen King is published "You Light Up My Life" by Debby Boone spends the most time at the top of the US charts Three's Company premieres

What Happened the Year You Were Born?
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What Ever Happened to Taking it to the Source?
Monday, June 21, 2004 -|- 11:43 p.m.

Finally I archived and can start with a fresh page. I've got a lot to catch up on, but for now, I want to complain about work. I've said before I don't like my manager. I still don't. Today she asks me if I have a problem with one of my coworkers because evidently I said something that hurt her feelings. Now I don't even remember the incident in question, and tho this coworker isn't my favorite person, I don't have a problem with her. I seriously doubt I meant anything untoward. Anyone who knows me knows that I wouldn't be that rude. But does the person say anything to me, no. No, I get my manager lecturing me about being respectful like I'm some punk kid whose Momma didn't raise them right. Is it any wonder I'm a bit irritated? All I can think is it's a case of humor not being taken the right way. I have no idea. I guess I'll see.

Looking back on my archives, I realize I haven't mentioned my new boss before. It seems she can't talk to me without telling me I'm doing something wrong. Three times in one day in one instance. It's not very conducive to me wanting to work for her. Oh, and the complaining coworker is the same one I posted about before who screwed up what I had just done at work, making me do it all over again. Fabulous.