OMFG I can access DA from work today!! Hallelujah!

Um... yeah, despite that, I have nothing of value to say. Been insanely busy. Like crazy, want to crawl under a rock so the world can't find me, busy. Potentially have some news about the house-buying situation, though I'm not going to count my chickens. Will share if/when I know more.

How have y'all been? Lots of great art from people lately.

Anyway - just wanted to post a quick update to say 'HI' to everyone, and to reassure you all that I am still here... sort of.

Some randomness:

~No More Kings: And The Flying Boombox - best album evar? Quite possibly.

~OMG why is there no one who knows who Theodore Sturgeon is? I ponder this travesty daily!

~As a Trekker of old (like, I've been to conventions. Yeah, Star Trek conventions, people), I have to say that I enjoyed the hell out of the Star Trek movie. Plus, Simon Pegg! *SQUEE*

~Which reminds me: I will watch some pretty crap movies, just because actors that I love have (usually small) roles in them. ex: Codename: The Cleaner. *Hangs head in shame* (Worst movie evar? Possibly. Right after Ghost Ship)

Oh, and since it's the friday before a Holiday weekend, I'm also slackin' off. And what better way to do that than taking random quizzes on the internet!

Gacked a quiz from

What's your score? 84 points.

If you have 00-10 ... write [I'm a goody-goody]
If you have 11-20 ... write [I'm still a goody-goody]
If you have 21-30 ... write [I'm average]
If you have 31-40 ... write [I'm a bad kid]
If you have 41-50 ... write [I'm a very bad influence]
If you have 51-60 ... write [I'm a horrible person]
If you have 61-70 ... write [I should be in jail]
If you have 71-80 ... write [I should be dead]

HAVE YOU...

[x] smoked (I'll smoke a cigar if I've been drinking.)
[x] consumed alcohol (Often)
[x] slept in the same bed with someone of the opposite sex (every night)
[x] slept in the same bed with someone of the same sex
[x] kissed someone of the same sex
[x] had sex (it's so much less 'naughty seeing that I'm married)
[x] had someone in your room other than family
[x] watched porn
[x] bought porn
[x] tried drugs (nothing 'hard')

TOTAL SO FAR: 10

[x] taken painkillers
[x] taken someone else's prescription medicine (Oh geez, I steal my Hubby's muscle relaxers all the time)
[x] lied to your parents
[x] lied to a friend
[x] snuck out of the house (many, many years ago!)
[x] done something illegal
[x] felt hurt
[x] hurt someone
[x] wished someone to die
[ ] seen someone die (I'm assuming this means, like 'actually seen' the death occur - so I can't check it. I've seen people who were dying but I don't think that counts)

TOTAL SO FAR: 19

[x] missed curfew
[x] stayed out all night
[x] eaten a carton of ice cream by yourself (NOM)
[x] been to a therapist (OMG I love my therapist!)
[x] received a ticket (1 speeding ticket)
[x] been to rehab (sort of)
[x] dyed your hair
[x] been in an accident
[x] been to a club
[x] been to a bar

TOTAL SO FAR: 29

[x] been to a wild party
[x] been to a Mardi Gras parade (not in New Orleans though - just local)
[x] drank more than three alcoholic beverages in a night (Hell, more than 3 in an hour!)
[ ] had a spring break in Florida (I've been there, just not for spring break)
[x] sniffed anything (whip-its count, don't they?)
[x] wore black nail polish
[x] wore arm bands
[x] wore t-shirts with band names
[x] listened to rap (it does not say 'liked', just listened to!)
[ ] owned a 50 Cent CD

TOTAL SO FAR: 37

[x] dressed gothic (Except back then, I don't know if it was even considered gothic...)
[x] dressed girly
[x] dressed punk
[x] dressed grunge
[x] stole something (a pair of shoes)
[x] been too drunk to remember anything
[x] blacked out
[x] fainted
[ ] had a crush on a neighbor (I didn't really have neighbors to crush on.)

TOTAL SO FAR: 46

[x] had a crush on a friend (Married the guy)
[x] been to a concert (I live next to Alpine Valley...)
[x] dry-humped someone (mmmmm... frottage)
[x] been called a slut
[x] called someone a slut
[x] installed speakers in a car (I've helped install a car stereo - it counts!)
[x] broken a mirror
[x] showered at someone of the opposites sex's house
[x] brushed your teeth with someone else's toothbrush

TOTAL SO FAR: 56

[ ] considered Ludacris your favorite rapper (ew!)
[x] seen an R-rated movie
[x] cruised the mall
[x] skipped school
[ ] had surgery (do stitches count?)
[x] had an injury
[x] gone to court
[x] walked out of a restaurant without paying/tipping (Snuck out of a Denny's once - long ago)
[x] caught something on fire
[x] lied about your age

TOTAL SO FAR: 64

[x] owned/rented an apartment/house
[x] broke the law in the police's presence (my brother is a cop - he's been witness to several illegal things)
[x] made out with someone who had a GF/BF
[x] got in trouble with the police (NOT my brother)
[x] talked to a stranger
[x] hugged a stranger
[x] kissed a stranger (tru fax: A wierd old man kissed me at my wedding reception - I assumed he was a relative of the in-laws. Turns out no one knew who he was!)
[x] rode in the car with a stranger
[x] been harassed (I was in the drama club in High School. It came with the territory)
[x] been verbally harassed

TOTAL SO FAR: 74

[x] met face-to-face with someone you met online (hellz yeah!)
[x] stayed online for 5+ hours straight
[x] talked on the phone for more than 4 hours straight
[x] watched TV for 5 hours straight
[x] been to a fair
[x] been called a bad influence
[x] drank and drove (1 time. I was buzzed and it was stupid and I will never do it again)
[x] prank-called someone (OMG we used to do that all the time.)
[x] laid on a couch with someone of the opposite sex
[x] cheated on a test

GRAND TOTAL: 84

Huh... unless my math sucks (which I wouldn't doubt) I'm off the chart. Guess that comes from bein' old.

Alright. That killed about 40 minutes (mainly because I kept having to minimize when people walked by my cube!) Gonna go see what else I can find to while away the afternoon!

Am in the midst of traveling for work-related reasons - and will be on the way home shortly. But, since I've got a bit of time to kill and I've got the Hotel PC to myself I figured I'd share a few things I've learned during this trip:

1. Hotel PC's for Guest use are amusing. I like to open up IE and check the history for the last few days. It amazes me sometimes, the kinds of things people will look up on a public PC. On the plus side, I learned the location of every adult book store near & around Alexandria, MN.

2. People who enjoy podfic, shouldn't always record their own podfic. I LOVE podfic. I'll come right out and admit that, cuz nothing makes an 8 hour trip in the car more enjoyable and less tedious. It's one of my secret little pleasures, especially when it's done well. (And ANYTHING recorded by someone called 'Zabira' is fan-fucking-tastic) However, if you've got a very strong accent and the fic you're recording is in a language other than one that is native to you - maybe it's best to just say 'no'. I was so looking forward to the new podfic I'd found... /sigh

3. If you're going to join someone for a 'night-cap' at the hotel bar (ostensibly to use up the free drink coupons burning a hole in your pocket) - especially when that someone is the Sales Manager for the company you're there to assess as a potential supplier - trying to prove yourself 'worthy' by matching them drink for drink is not always a good idea. Especially when you start running your mouth about how knowledgeable you are about certain types of alcohol. Like Scotch. Because then you have to put your money where your mouth is... (This lesson is especially important when you've gotta be up early the next morning to continue with the business meetings.)

4. Hotel elevators always smell weird.

5. If you're going to stop at a small family diner for lunch or dinner when you're on the road - stick to ordering things that are hard to fuck up. Club sandwiches, for instance, are usually hard to get wrong. Little family restaurants right off the freeway are not the place to be creative with your food choices. Breakfast, however, does not fall into this category - as even the worst choke & puke, hole-in-the-walls, are hard-pressed to screw up breakfast.

6. Get to know your rental car. At least well enough to pick it out of a very large parking lot. Yes, it honks if you hit the lock button a few times, but it just feels silly to keep making it honk in order to find it.

7. It is almost impossible to get the temperature settings in your hotel room to cooperate.
7a. Corollary to 7: If you manage to get your temperature setting close to desirable - do NOT let the cleaning staff in your room if at all possible. They will mess with your settings!

8. The quality of a hotel directly correlates to their available courtesy toiletries. I find that I usually quite like staying in places that offer Shampoo and Conditioner in separate bottles, along with body wash, and separate 'facial' soap. A slab of bar soap, and a bottle of shampoo-condition-in-one, on the other hand, is quite often indicative of a poor stay. I know this one may seem obvious - as the cheaper the hotel, the lesser the freebies - but, that rule doesn't always apply. Sometimes the more expensive places really skimp on the toiletries.

9. Rest Areas, even during the middle of the afternoon, can be scary places.

10. When packing, even if you want to pack light, always bring a few extras. Having extra socks, jeans and that sweatshirt you didn't think you'd need because the weather wasn't supposed to get that cold or snowy, really can come in handy. Especially in northern Minnesota. In February.


Well, the road is calling me ... so it's probably time to get moving. Thanks to some creative travel decisions - I'm only about 4 hours from home. I'll try to play catch-up when I get there. If you need something from me directly, though - drop me a note or an e-mail.

Yeah, totally stole this from everyone.
... Blame all those folks - they made me do it.

"You can ask me THREE questions. No matter how crazy, inapropriate, or random they are. I will answer 100% truthfully (or as close to the truth as I can).

Now here's the dare. You must put this in your journal. See what other people will ask you."

In other news. Feeling better. Maybe at about 77%... Still on drugs. Am liking those drugs more and more everyday. I'm probably gonna need to detox from the codeine after this is all over. Either that or find a way to score more!!

Oh and I really need to update my damn avatar. Chripes I'm lazy.

DeeVers

So yeah. I'm posting this from work. I have no idea what changed - but suddenly I can access DA from work again. I wonder if it's the ads that sometimes show up on DA that make it get blocked? Seems wierd that it would be blocked one day, and not the next.

I'm not gonna look a gift horse in the mouth, though.

That's the upside of things. Downside is... STILL sick. I thought I was getting better. Made it through the whole week last week, and wasn't feeling too bad. I mean, I was worn out and achey, but I figured that I spent over a week on the couch so I was bound to be a bit weak. The other thing was that I couldn't seem to kick the nagging cough.

Well, it got worse over the weekend, to the point that I could hardly talk, or move without hacking up a damn lung. I finished my last dose of Augmentin (antibiotic) on Sat. and still didn't seem to be improving.

Cue Monday morning when I nearly passed out from a ridiculous coughing fit. I decided that a revisit to the Doctor was way more important than work. Turns out, that was a good call. My sinus-infection mess not only decided to be stubborn and not go away even after 10-days of antibiotics, it also sent out its ground troops to attack my lungs. So, I've got a full blown case of bronchitis on top of the lingering sinus infection.

This means yet another round of antibiotics. This time it's something called Levaquin. And OMG talk about a case of the cure being worse than the illness... I dunno if I'm gonna survive a full 10 days of this stuff. I've been on it for 2 - and I've hardly slept, I'm constantly dizzy (well, moreso than usual) and I'm freakin' itchy! The side effects of this stuff are just... wicked. I mean, there's a warning that you should contact your physician if you start to have hallucinations!!

So, I'm gonna see how it goes. Yeah, I want to get rid of the bronchitis - cuz being this sick for 3 weeks now, has just been awful. But, I do need to be able to function. On the plus side, however - I was also prescribed cough syrup with codeine. Mmmmmmm, I loves that stuff.

Anyway - I'm around, folks - I'm just not all that 'here'. Ya know? Thanks to everyone for their well-wishes and support. I'll try to catch up on as much as I can, but if I've missed something you want me to see - please drop me a note or an e-mail.

*Hugs to all*

Sickness: Have been insanely sick. Started with a little flu bug, which then decided to become a sinus infection, which then graduated to an upper respiratory infection and an ear infection on top of all that. Heavy duty antibiotics and enough OTC cold medicine to OD a horse, plus lots of sleep and missing of work have helped. I'm back at work again - but, definitely not 100%.

Suckitude: DA is now blocked at work. It's probably my fault for stopping by all the time, but cripes, what a suck ass thing to happen. I did my best journaling/commenting/replying/polling/etc... from work.

So between the sickness and the suckitude, I'm like, way behind on commenting on art and journals and replying to things and thanking people for favs and all that stuff. Many apologies. Hopefully I'll be able to catch up soon.