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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
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8:57 am
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I can't believe it's almost Thanksgiving! I need addresses, people! I love to send Christmas/Holiday cards, I really do, so please,please give me your addy, even if you've sent it many times before, here on this post, or here:
hubb563atyahoodotcom
I'm trying desperately to keep my 'god, another Christmas working retail - it's a special kind of hell' attitude separate from home, and giving me something positive to do, like sending cards to you all, will really help!
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8:17 am
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| Sunday, November 8th, 2009
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5:55 pm
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When I was young, under ten, I believe, because I seem to remember reading it when we lived in Indiana, my mom had an anthology of horror stories. And one has stuck with me all these years. I had tried looking for it online quite a while back, but that was before 'Google' and before I knew much about anything on the internet. Well, for some reason I tried again tonight. Success! It's even online! It's quite short, if anyone is interested. I'm just so excited I have finally been able to read that again. It was written in 1948 by August Derleth, a name that is apparently well known in some literary circles.
The Lonesome Place
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| Friday, November 6th, 2009
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9:18 pm - HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) luci_2!!
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| Thursday, November 5th, 2009
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9:20 pm - The Fourth Kind
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How bad is a movie when the ONLY review in the promos is from Larry King? And one of the quotes is "This is Close Encounters of The Fourth Kind." Yes, that's what the movie is. It's like saying about 'Batman' "This movie is about Batman." Okay, that's not even an opinion! This is the stupidest thing to get irked over, I realize, but it's been bugging me and I just had to vent!
I'll just look at the cute kitties now and relax.
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2:38 pm - Writer's Block: Here's looking at you
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Over on stargazer60's lj, I said that Zeffirelli's 'Romeo and Juliet' was the first thing that came to mind. This was a close second...
Kyle Reese to Sarah Connor in the first 'Terminator' movie:
"I came across time for you Sarah. I love you; I always have."
Or maybe it's just his chest. *points to icon*
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| Monday, November 2nd, 2009
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9:35 pm - HAPPY BIRTHDAY debaser28!
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| Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
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2:39 pm
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| Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
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9:32 pm
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I've finished two books in the last two weeks...huzzah! I think my dry spell is over! Now I'm reading 'East of Eden' which I'd thought I'd already read. But when I was thumbing through, it didn't seem familiar. Until I actually began reading. I must have started it and never finished.
Last night I watched a documentary called 'American Movie'. It follows a man from a small town as he tries to get a small, independent movie made. It's funny, sad, touching and just so interesting.
Here's the website
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| Saturday, October 17th, 2009
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9:44 am
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Was so looking forward to sleeping in, after working eight days in a row. And then my bleeping cat woke me up coughing up a hairball. *sigh* But I actually did get to sleep until 7:30, not bad. Now my daughter and I are supposed to be cleaning house so that we can go out and reward ourselves with a dollar sundae from McDonalds. I've been promising the girl ice cream for a week now. It's hard being short on money, but also interesting to see that we, or more specifically, me, can get along with much less than normal.
Anyhow, instead of cleaning we're watching "Clash of the Gods - Tolkien's Monsters" where they're comparing, uh, Tolkien's monsters with real-life or other myths. Right now they're talking about the last tempation of Frodo. Interesting enough to keep me out of the kitchen! Even though I could be watching it *in* the kitchen and killing two birds with one stone.
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| Friday, October 16th, 2009
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6:34 pm
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The last three days were nerve-wracking at work! The big boss was in town, and we weren't sure when he was going to show, so we had to make sure everything was perfect at every minute! Which really, it's always a good thing to be pushed to get shit down you've been putting off, but the tension! We've had some good and some very bad visits from this guy. My department is looking better than I think it has since I took it over, so I was actually looking forward to him coming. Uh, he spent approximately five seconds there, the amount of time it took to walk past it! Oh well, that's the way it goes. We got a good evaluation, and I'm really glad for the store manager. He worries so much!
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And now I have the weekend off! I only wish it was going to be cool and rainy - that's coming up in a few days, but I love that kind of weather on my days off. At any rate, I'll probably be here a good deal of the time, reading the ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) oz_big_bang stories!
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My husband, son and I watched 'Burn After Reading' last night. It was an okay movie, entertaining enough, but it did have one unexpected moment that made me actually yell "oh, shit!" in an 'I did not even see that coming' kind of way. I love when that happens.
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I was hoping to take L and myself out for a movie this weekend, but after I pay our car insurance, gas up the car and put aside money for the girls' lunch, I'll have nothing. I was even thinking of seeing 'Paranormal Activity' though I have not watched a scary movie since the original 'Friday the 13th'! And how many years ago was that?
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| Thursday, October 8th, 2009
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12:51 pm
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As I was scrolling down my flist, at the precise moment I was reading kitestringer's lj which said, 'Making me happy today' my husband said - in the middle of a conversation about what we wanted to do today - "It's all about making you happy today." !
Does everyone else get such a big kick out of that kind of stuff? I've even thought about keeping a journal about such coincidences. (That really sounds lame, doesn't it...lol.)
So now we're off to look at paint, in the hopes my husband gets work soon and we can finally get my godawfulugly living room painted! That would make me happy!!
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| Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
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12:56 pm
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Woke up to a fairly hard steady rain...mmmm, nice. After I took my daughter to school, I went downstairs where my husband was watching TV and fell asleep. For about 3 hours! Got up and sorted laundry and cleaned the kitchen. Might try and get a little writing done this afternoon.
I stayed up late last night and worked on a story that I started years ago! It's a good story for Halloween, so I'm hoping I can get it polished up and posted this month.
After that I went to bed and watched the special features disc of the second season of 'The Mighty Boosh'. It had the original pilot episode - with a laugh track! Just all kinds of wrong! So glad they made the changes they did for the regular series.
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| Monday, September 28th, 2009
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9:00 pm
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I've been wanting to write lately, but it's been a no-go. My mind has been completely filled with RL issues the past few weeks. At work, where I do the majority of mulling over ideas, I'll start off with fic on the brain, then the next thing you know I'm playing out some RL scenario of maybe... and if only... and wouldn't it be great if this happened... and getting so mad at myself for having no control over my thoughts!
My husband, who is laid off right now, and my son might go fishing this week. I begged my husband to go on Wednesday, my day off. If they do, I will force myself to sit here and write, uninterrupted.
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| Sunday, September 27th, 2009
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6:11 pm - Writer's Block: Most memorable concert
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Hard question. I loved Green Day, more for their 'American Idiot' tour than this last one. It was memorable for lots of reasons, but mostly because it was my daughter's first concert. And the Australian Pink Floyd was just balls out amazing. But I'd have to go with ZZ Top, circa 1983. Just a rocking good time, so much fun. And my friend puking all over the floor on the way out sure did make it uh, not magical, but memorable!
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| Thursday, September 24th, 2009
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10:28 pm - Project Runway...
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1:30 pm - seen at jackiesjunkie's lj - she got cool names!
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11:48 am
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I ended up not having to decide between 'Glee' or 'SVU' because I watched 'Modern Family' and loved it! I laughed out loud several times - a lot of it was just slapstick humor - but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Stereotypes galore, but used knowingly, imo. When it was over, I did flip back and forth between the other two, but the ending of SVU just depressed me. Gee, what's new? ( And on Glee )
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| Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
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6:56 pm
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Mom and Dad got home while I was still at work. Kind of relieved I don't have to go back over there, but it really was nice having that alone time. Also, I was going to steal some of her food for dinner. Instead I just took some leftover pork roast, some black beans, garlic and a jalepeno (from the garden) mashed it all up and put it on a fried-to-crispy corn tortilla with lots of cheese and sour cream. Very good.
I was going to give 'SVU' another chance this season, but it appears to be on opposite 'Glee'. I know I can watch either show at other times, but why is it when there's only about five shows I care about seeing, they're on against each other?
I never watched 'Dollhouse' last year, but I'd like to give that a go this year. Especially after I saw that Alexis Denisof, Summer Glau and Jamie Bamber are going to be on!
Time for 'So You Think You Can Dance'!
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6:25 pm
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