I do most of my shopping online... that's about it, though.

OMG! It's Al! He's posting in LJ! I thought he was DEAD!

No you didn't. You're all following him on Facebook.

Srsly, how many people are using Facebook More than LJ? I check both regularly anyway, so it's good to see some of you still LJ. I think I update more on FB because a blurb is easier to do than a OMG BIG POST!

Well, I may actually be posting more here. Why, do you ask? Because I have a new, special friend who uses LJ a bit, and asked to friend me here. So, with this special new friend, comes the desire to update more.

"Why is this important?" you may ask. Well, this friend used to not be a friend. In fact, truth be told, we actually didn't like each other. But, we've gamed together recently, and we have found that we're both pretty cool people who enjoy each others presence.

I know, I always said I don't talk about RolePlay(RP) much. The gaming aspect of RP, or anything like that. But things have been going so well in RP land, lately, that I've been really happy with it. Impressed even. And this friend has helped with that.

Thanks, Tara. :D

So, I'll talk about RP a bit more, maybe. I don't know for sure yet. For the moment, RP rulz. It's been fun, room counts at the Rings of Honor have gone up DRASTICALLY, and interest is probably at its highest since we've moved off AOL. That's saying something.

There's those of you on my friends list who may be sad to know that this new crop of players don't really know who you are, or only know you via histories. So, who knows. Maybe it'd benefit from a little bit of.. I don't know.. checking it out again? Maybe throw your hat into the ring? Etc. :D

Anyway, I'm not really expecting any returns or anything. Would be nice, but priorities change, and people do other things with their time. It's cool, I understand.

Okay, Real Life.

It sucks. I'm not going to say "FML" because that's really quite emo and lame, and almost a cry for attention. Those that use "FML" like to complain that their life is so horrible despite the fact that they have *NO* idea how bad it gets. Grow Up.

I need a new job. I put in with Pepsi again, and am hoping to hear from them. If not, I don't know what I'll end up doing. My car's okay. Could use some superficial work, though. The family is doing wonderfully, though Serena's getting stressed by the kids, and Haeley and Belle are getting along like normal siblings do. Which is to say they're not really getting along. Haha! It's normal stuff, though. Jace just keeps to himself. He's mellow.

My snoring is getting worse. I thought with exercize and all and losing weight that it should be getting better. Maybe I should gain weight? Dunno. Drinking Diet Pepsi regularly, btw. I find it actually tastes good.

The trip to Philly was a blast. I had a good time there. Though I didn't like hitting the deer in Indiana on the way back. I still need to replace that mirror assembly.

Okay, it's almost 3am and I want to go to sleep. So, I shall see you all again sometime soon! TTFN!

And thanks again, Tara, for everything. :)

no more stringing lights on the tree--the tree comes with them now!

Not at all, unless you consider the stove to be "technology" (I guess you could extrapolate and go back in time and consider the discovery of fire to be early technology).

Yes, yes and no

(You people watch too many cheesy movies)

I hate these kinds of questions. Sorry, I can't pick just one CD to listen to for the rest of my life. I am sure I would get sick of it no matter how much I like it. How about I just spend the rest of my life writing my own music?

PS. I wish people would stop propagating that erroneous line from Casablanca!!!!

PPS. I sure am in a grumpy mood this morning.

"I Love you" to humanpacifier

Yeah, I've got nothing today except this interesting quote I picked up from here (which came from here);

When a lawyer files complaints and motions without a reasonable basis for believing that they are supported by existing law or a modification or extension of existing law, that lawyer abuses her privilege to practice law. When a lawyer uses the courts as a platform for a political agenda disconnected from any legitimate legal cause of action, that lawyer abuses her privilege to practice law.

When a lawyer personally attacks opposing parties and disrespects the integrity of the judiciary, that lawyer abuses her privilege to practice law. When a lawyer recklessly accuses a judge of violating the Judicial Code of Conduct with no supporting evidence beyond her dissatisfaction with the judge's rulings, that lawyer abuses her privilege to practice law. When a lawyer abuses her privilege to practice law, that lawyer ceases to advance her cause or the ends of justice.

several years ago i special ordered 4 skeins of lorna's laces lion and lamb to make a clapotis scarf.  as ms is getting the better of my hands i was hoping i could pay someone to make it for me.  i'd also send needles/cable and some other free yarn.  i really love this yarn and don't want to sell it, just want to have a scarf made.

Yes, but the evolution is so slow we can't really see it. This is something Ray Comfort just doesn't understand.

Oh, you didn't mean real evolution in terms of real (bio)chemistry, did you?

Huh? My web homepage? For which website? Or is this a Yahoo-centric thing?

So holy crap, I just signed up for Yuletide. I am excited. :D I have never done this before. This post is for the person who gets assigned to me. Person, whoever you are, you have AWESOME taste in fandoms and I will probably want to be your friend once I find out who you are. Oh god I hope that didn't sound creepy.

( Mad Men )

( Dexter )

( LA Confidential )

( Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe Series )

( General Stuff )

I hope I did that right. FIRST YULETIDE EVER YAY.

Being a musician always helps :-)

I'm not as concerned about politics or religion, although seriously doubt I could be with someone who was a creationist or a New Age crystal healer who claims to be a reincarnated Atlantean or a member of the Klan or someone who could only talk about makeup and clothes and was ultra-gossipy.

Most of all, though, she has to be able to put up with me and my neverending "hobby of the week" syndrome. Luckily I have found that person!

I would be furious, especially if that celebrity were, say, Jim Carrey.

But I know humanpacifier wouldn't even dream of doing something like that, so I have nothing to worry about.

Ummm... by reading stuff on the Internet that interests me? It's kind of a vague question to begin with. 20 years ago one might have answered with "I use archie and gopher and WAIS and USENET" but in this day and age it's just "open your browser and go". It's like asking "How do you use your TV to keep up with current events?"

meme time!

Pick a paragraph (or any passage less than 500 words) from any fanfic I've written, and comment to this post with that selection. I will then give you a DVD commentary on that snippet: what I was thinking when I wrote it, why I wrote it in the first place, what's going on in the character's heads, why I chose certain words, what this moment means in the context of the rest of the fic, lots of awful puns, and anything else that you'd expect to find on a DVD commentary track.

I feel silly doing this, since I'm not much of a writer or anything, but it sounds like fun. Plus I get to show off the fact that I have a fic masterlist and can pretend to be an actual organized person, at least in one facet of my life. :D

"Stop that."
"Stop what?"
[timidly] "Stop that. My hands are dirty."
"My hands are dirty, too. What are you afraid of?"
"Afraid?"
"You're trembling."
"I'm not trembling.
"You like me because I'm a scoundrel. There aren't enough scoundrels in your life."
"I happen to like nice men."
"I'm a nice man."
"No, you're not. You're... "
[They kiss]

My life is always in transition... I start each day off as an uncarved block of clay, ready to sculpt into something new and exciting.