Recent [Equivalent Exchange]

Yes, it is more of the same shit everyone is sick of, but I am going to rant anyway. Ignore me. >_<

Thanks to

zakai_for supplying this little gem. Damned bastards.

This article just amplifies the problem, IMO. Instead of replying to all of the people directly affected, they go and issue a press release. And a stupid one at that, using ridiculous quotes that make the whole LJ community sound ridiculous and whiny, especially fandoms. One thing it does illustrate though is that they know they screwed up and aren't going to fix the problem. They basically decided that these stories that people were writing were gross and dirty and offended their pretty little morals and wanted them gone. Plain and simple. It has nothing to do with legalities and everything to do with morality. They want it a good moral community where children can roam without mommy and daddy monitoring and doing anything (which also keeps the lawyers happy). Which all boils down to bad parenting skills. *sigh* It just pisses me off.

This is the reason animals eat their young. Or maybe the reason that the young eat their parents.....

Mood::

pissed off

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Well shit. I go and get sick and disappear for a few days and LJ goes to hell in a handbasket. I swear to fucking all that's holy. What the fuck? I mean seriously? Journals and communities being deleted like it's the new craze because they engage in faux pas topics in fandoms? O_o

I agree with keeping pedophiles and bad people away from our kids, but damn. At least before everyone knew where they were. Now who the hell knows? They could be anywhere. Now they'll have to be sneakier and more devious about their posts, too. But, they'll still be out there.

However, these WFI clowns scare me. These people are seriously radical. These are the types of people that blame rock music for children being sinful. They've crossed the line between being vigilent in protection and being over-zealous. Now they're just crazy fuckers like all the rest of the world. They have crossed the line for freedom of speech and want to stop everyone from having original thoughts of any kind. Do I approve of anyone hurting children? Absolutely not. Would I ever read or approve of an underage person engaging in a sexual relationship with a much older person outside of fandom? Not a bit. Do I approve of non-con & forced situations in real life? Abso-fucking-lutely not. Do I enjoy reading fanfictions and discussing things involved in fandom? Yes. Why? BECAUSE IT'S NOT REAL. It's fantasy. It's FANDOM.

Hope everyone has a lovely day. Mine will look better once I eliminate some problem children. ^__^ *loads bazooka*

Mood::

pissed off

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As my middle name is 'Drama', I must bow to her greatness. My sister is in ICU with a drug (anti-depressant) overdose. She's on a respirator, not breathing on her own. They don't know if she'll make it. Her brain activity spikes and drops, so does her heart rate. Mom and I are flying out at 6 this morning to go to CA.

This really sucks, but we'll be back Saturday or so if things go well. If they don't... well, we'll see. Hopefully, I'll get out there and kick her ass. Whether or not this was deliberate remains to be seen. It seems to be so, though.

Sorry I'm disappearing again. After this, I may just go to work and stay there for the rest of my life though. It's safer there.

Mood::

drained

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He died at 5:30 this evening, 1 hour before we got to the hospital.

Rest in peace. You deserve it.

Mood::

sad

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In case anyone is wondering... I will be MIA for the rest of today and probably tomorrow. My great uncle is in ICU and probably won't survive the night.

Just goes to show... if you have a disease like diverticulitis, get treatment ASAP. It can become fatal.

*huggles f-list* Sorry to be so down in the dumps. Promise to be more chipper eventually.

Mood::

sad

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All is well in Whoville. ^__^ Mara arrived just fine, if a bit exhausted. ~~Can't imagine why, the bus ride was only 26 hours... XDDD~~

Apartment is still a disaster. *whines* Must clean. *glares at piles of junk* I think I'm ready to eliminate a large amount of shit. One good thing about getting a roomie... encourages downsizing.

Hope all is well in f-list-land. Sleep well little buddies! *smooches f-list*

Mood::

sleepy

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Swiped from

zakai

Online journals are little filters that we each see every one else's lives through, the parts others choose to share with us. That said, we all think we are close, but really we seldom know *a lot* about each other. So I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about. Ask away.

Then post this in your LJ and find out what people don't know about you.

Mood::

sleepy

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I hate my email somedays. AT&T sent me an email telling me there would be some issues this week. I didn't know they meant that I would have trouble sending ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!! ARRRRGGHHH!!! Can receive just fine. Just can't send. *glares at email*

Suz - I PROMISE that I will get you your chapter. When my email is less evil. Hopefully by tonight it will be fixed. If not... I'll upload it to SendSpace or something. >:EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Edit: Still can't send email. Internet is wonky & won't let me upload/download anything. Cripes. WTF? Srsly. Going to call Verizon tomorrow & throw a fit about THAT. Call AT&T and bitch about email. Tomorrow is filled with bitching.

Mood::

frustrated

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Due to the evilness that is Daylight Savings Time, I have decided today shall be a slack day. ^__^ (Plus, I get an extra long lunch today since the boss is taking us to eat and to see the pump station for North Texas XDD)

So, in honor of Slack Day, I present.... SPAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (It's all

transephera 's fault for tempting me!!! #_#)

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As for specific personality traits, you are adventurous (90%), intellectual (87%), romantic (86%), greedy (77%).

Stereotypes
Punk Rock	87%
Prep	77%
Young Professional	76%

Life Experience
Sex	40%
Substances	11%
Travel	11%

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Mood::

bored

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Whoever decided that we should have Daylight Savings Time should be tortured mercilessly.

*heads off to work, yawning & mumbling*

Edit: Research has provided 2 souls to place the blame on: Benjamin Franklin for coming up with the idea and William Willett for proposing it to the government. They shall pay... *grins maliciously while plotting ways to torture long dead people*

Mood::

tired

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Today was fun. Time for me with no hubby involved. XDD Drove 45 minutes to Plano... well, it should take 45 mins, but at 85 mph, it only takes 30... heh *sweatdrop*

Went to Collin Creek Mall and goofed around for a while. Visited Borders & bought a cool FMA shirt & Vol 1 of Death Note. Wanted to buy Angel Sanctuary, but they were sold out. *whines*

Went to Hot Topic & bought a Zelda shirt & some cool FMA pins. Bought a zodiac mug at Earthbound Trading Co and some incense. Clay hates it, but *shrugs* I didn't ask him. ^__^

Got flirted with by a really sweet kid. Maybe 18... if he was lucky. hehe Felt really bad for him. So shy. Painfully, really. Kinda cute, but WAY too young for me. (Not to mention the fact that I'm MARRIED, which he didn't seem to understand from the wedding & engagement rings...)

Grocery shopping & more ambling through stores then home.

After all of that, Clay talked me into going to the movies with him. Saw '300'. VERY good. Gory, but good. Stuck very close to the true story of Thermopylae. Very heartwrenching. And full of half naked GORGEOUS men. Yummy. Definitely a rec if you have a strong constitution for flying body parts.

Mmm... Sleep. Sleep is good. Evil Daylight Savings Time. Must kill inventor... *plots torture methods*

Mood::

lethargic

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Migraine. Some birthday present. Ugh. Kill me. Please. Have been up since 2 AM suffering with this mother fucking headache. Took meds. Not helping. Was 1 1/2 hrs late to work because I couldn't see to drive. Good news is that they were REALLY nice and understanding about the whole thing. *loves on job*

Husband = love. ^__^ Well, for now at least. hehe Why? you ask? I'll tell you why...

For my birthday, he bought me a sapphire earring/necklace set. It's pretty, but not the reason for the lovin'.

The real reason for the lovin'... he let me buy this and this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And, yes... they are as pretty and sparkly in real life as they are on the internet!!!!!! AND, they come with a free poster. It's all

sky_dark's fault, I tell you. If she didn't tease with the Crack Theatre I might not have wanted them quite as badly... needless to say, they came home with me. XDDDD

Much lovin' on

zakai_,

transephera, and

fullmetalrose as they gave me very wonderful birthday gifts. Love you all! ^__^

Unfortunately, work calls. *ignores work in favor of checking f-list*

Day... go by quickly, please? I really want you to be over, now. *sulks while thinking about her nice, cool, dark bedroom with fluffy pillows and Ed and Al dolls*

Mood::

headache

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*snuggles

zakai* Luv ya, sweetie. The card was wonderful. Brought much happiness.

Can honestly say this is the first birthday that I’ve received gifts/cards BEFORE the actual event. Surprising, really. Mom made me a cake (with characters from ‘Cars’ because she thought they were cute… O_o) and gave me gifts. Pretty FMA art she drew, yummy candle, pastels & a table top art easel so that I can start drawing/painting again… been too long since I sketched anything. Maybe will attempt this weekend to find my muses…

Work is sending me on a business trip in either April or May… hoping for May. Would take place the Thursday and Friday before Memorial Day weekend. 5 day holiday would be nice. San Antonio. Too many years since I visited. Could go to Sea World or the Alamo. Margaritas on the River Walk. *is happy* Must convince boss that May is the month to go.

Went to see ‘Freedom Writers.’ Is good story about the nation-wide group that helps inner-city kids by having them write about their lives as therapy. Nice to have a dollar cinema again. Definitely missed that.

Work day is almost over – time to go home. Will make chamomile tea and read a book. Must decide what to read. Much too long since I had a nice long soak. May do that as well.

Mood::

calm

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Today is not going well. I'm ready for it to be OVER. DONE. FINISHED. >:EEEEEEEEEE

Woke up to no electricity. AND to improve on that... NO WATER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WTF?

So. At 7:05 (have to be at work at 8:00 and it's a 12 min. drive), the water & power comes back on. Have to take a cold shower since the hot water heater is electric. The water is brown (which tells me a water main burst somewhere & they had to flush the lines).

Not happy am I. Not happy at all.

Work was very understanding when I was 10 minutes late. I think I did good to make it at all. Boss is at a funeral, so am able to play catch up on LJ and take some cool down time now.

Drink DP. It'll be okay. ~~After I kill someone. XDDDD~~

Music:: 'Voices' - Saosin

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The week is slowly drawing to a close. And, for that, we thank whatever deity happens to be listening. >_<

This has been one of those weeks. Lots of shit at work going wrong (not with my job, love my job, but we work with politicians... need I say more? O_o)

However... the salt overload thing? Found out that it was more than just too much salt. *sigh* Turns out my thyroid went wonky again. The whole swelling thing (MY ANKLE IS STILL MIA!! IF YOU FIND IT, SEND IT HOME!! O_O) is one of the more rare side effects of hypothyroidism. Lovely. Just freaking lovely. So, now I'm on more meds for it. Doc says the swelling should go down in a week or two. WTF? I need it gone NOW!!!!! *sulks* Oh, well. Can't have everything, I guess.

And, now *yawns* off to shower for work. Would rather sleep, but apparently that's the thyroid talking again...

Mood::

sleepy

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Ugh. Well, after surviving yesterday, I made the mistake of eating jambalaya for dinner. Apparently, it had a TON of salt in it (can't think of what else I've eaten recently that could contain that much salt), so last night my body decided to perform the great expanding act and swell like a damned balloon. *groans and looks at missing ankles*

Drank much water, feel somewhat better, but still swollen and lethargic. Damn. Gonna have to watch my sodium intake levels for a while. *sigh* But, I likes my chips and pickles and french fries and... you get the idea. *whines*

Oh, well... eat the foods I like and waddle around like the Goodyear Blimp or give them up for a while and let my body recover and shrink to its normal size... I think I'll go with Door #2.

Mood::

discontent

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LAISSEZ LES BON TEMPS ROULEZ!!!!!!

Don't let Tuesday fool you! It comes bearing gifts! King cake & beads & alcohol & all sorts of festivities!! So, go and enjoy the wonderful Fat Tuesday! XDDDDDDDD

Mood::

festive

Music:: 'Real World' - Matchbox Twenty

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Yes. The most evil day of the week is here. It tries to kill us with its mighty power of sleepiness. Do not let it defeat you! For it will if it can!

And, to prevent death by Mondays.... I provide more memes (this time it's all

rabbitsin's fault). *snickers*

Go! Conquer Monday so that we will all be one step closer to the blessed Friday!! XDDDDD

Your Language Arts Grade: 100%

Way to go! You know not to trust the MS Grammar Check and you know "no" from "know." Now, go forth and spread the good word (or at least, the proper use of apostrophes).

Are You Gooder at Grammar?
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What type of person do you attract? Your Result: You attract artsy people! Those free spirited artists with great imaginations find you interesting. They are usually interesting themselves, so its not a bad thing, but they CAN be a bit wifty and choose odd goals. If you like life to always be a bit 'different' from the norm, but not too extreme in any one direction, these are the people for you. If you seek logical decision making skills and good money management, you may want to change something in the way you appear. Artsy people are fun for adventure and exploring, so, have fun! (smoking weed helps too)
You attract unstable people!
You attract models!
You attract Yuppies!
You attract rednecks!
You attract geeks!
What type of person do you attract? Quizzes for MySpace

Mood::

sleepy

Music:: 'Life in the Fast Lane' - The Eagles

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Yes. Today is the day of the memes. Blame these on

fullmetalrose and

transephera . >_>

What "Later" FMA Character Are You?

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Dani

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Highly Dangerous

Extremely Insane

Extremely Insane

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Mood::

amused

Music:: 'Over My Head' - The Fray

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SOME MEMES!! hehe

You Are 71% Sexy

Your Sex Appeal Is: Extremely High

You're very sexy. You just have that certain something that takes over a room.
You know how to attract, entice, and keep whoever you want. You are truly appealing.

How Much Sex Appeal Do You Have?

What Village Are You From?

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Mood::

cheerful

Music:: 'Faint' - Linkin Park

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Equivalent Exchange

Fuckers

Holy fucking hell

WTF???

Update

MIA

Running with scissors is fun!

Meme

Email = evil

Slack Day...

The Everything Test

Evil, evil day

Just another day in paradise...

Happy Birthday to me...

is ready to go home

Today BETTER improve...

Is it over, yet?

yawns

Mardi Gras!!!!

It's a Monday...

Spam! It rules your life!!

AND - courtesy of sapphyrekikyo...

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