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I've long since joined Facebook, I have a Facebook badge on my homepage.
I haven't really been doing Chore Wars, but I'm leaving the badge up for now.
Birthday Bummer
Posted May 7, 2012
Basically the only way I can write about my birthday is in my diary. It wasn't what I was hoping for.
The day before and the day after were OK. My Second Life friends were definitely there for me. And many of my Facebook friends.
Wii? — Whee!
Posted December 20, 2009
My mom got me a Wii and Wii fit for Chanukkah. I got some exercise today on it, as well as playing a couple games in Wii Resort that I really like.
International Broadcaster!
Posted November 1, 2009
This past week I had my second regularly scheduled show at a fun in-world club I like, and lots of the people are listening in other countries (e.g., Australia), so now I'm an international sensation! Hahahaha.
Seriously, DJing is fun, and it makes me feel alive more alive than anything else these days. I just picked up another regularly scheduled gig for Saturday afternoons, and no longer have to work Saturday nights. This opens up my schedule for real life parties, too.
Latest Second Life Job: Disc Jockey!
Posted October 18, 2009
So I finally get to fulfill a lifelong dream that was begun with mix tapes and had led to being a DJ! Granted, it's very part time and only in SL, but I'm still pretty excited. I had my first gig almost two weeks ago, filling in for my boyfriend, and I may soon have a regular shift. Someday I will find a venue for all the Muppet songs I have...but for now, I'll just have fun with party tunes and the occasional silly song.
Watch The Guild
Posted August 23, 2009
So The Guild is a web series created by Felicia Day, actress and World of Warcraft player. It's about a group of gamers, and what happens when they start interacting in real life.
Up Where the Air is Clear
Posted August 8, 2009
The annual Hudson Hot Air Balloon Festival was today. They usually have a raffle where thye give away a ride on a hot air balloon. "What the heck," I thought. "I'll buy a ticket."
Guess what....
Tomorrow morning I will be in a hot air balloon, soaring in the skies. Fear of heights be damned, hot air balloons are so cool...it will be one of the best days of my life.
San Francisco
Posted August 7, 2009
Went to San Francisco. I totally have to go back! It was a great time!
Reality is for people who can't handle fantasy
Posted June 12, 2009
So I've been at the Second Life thing for a few months now, and I think I like it. I've made new friends all around the world, and now I even have a "job" at an online club called Linri's Palace. Check out the schedule of events at linri.angelfire.com. You can even watch a video of some of us dancing (it's okay quality) on YouTube from March 2009: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxdKANEg1aM
Second life - only life I have?
On the recommendations of a co-worker, I've created an avatar on Second Life, one of those massive multi-player games available. So far the best part is dancing and wearing pretty dresses. But I'm having fun.
IKEA - woohoo!
Posted February 22, 2009
I went to IKEA today because I was vaguely in the neighborhood. I bought some book shelves, CD shelves, and a TV stand. I partly chose the style I did (Leksvik) because it's got furniture other than shelves, and also because it's curvy and pretty. I already built a couple last night and they look great. I'll be shipping out some old furniture and buying more of this style very soon.
Macs - a cult?
Posted February 9, 2009
So I'm watching a Frontline episode called "The Persuaders," about the advertising industry, and one guru of this industry decided to figure out what it is about cults that drives loyalty and apply it to product brands. Nike, the Mac, etc. So if you are like me, a PC user who has been abused by Mac users, don't feel bad. They've been driven by market forces to join a cult. You know you thought that--now here's evidence that the advertisers did it on purpose.
Did you know that, while product advertising is protected by law to stick to the facts, policiticians are allowed to say whatever they want? That's right, people running for office to decide how you live are less regulated than the people who try to get you to buy stuff that has less of an impact on your life.
The Acxiom group [sic] researches you via census data and other things that are allowed to be common knowledge. Are you single or married? Do you want kids or not? Do you own or rent? What kind of car do you drive? And then people target advertising directly to you.
Of course, if they were perfect, I wouldn't receive advertisments for E.D. drugs and other gender-inappropriatate crap in my e-mail.
Happy 2009
I am so glad to say good-bye to 2008.
I lost mentors, the government continued to go hay-wire,and a lot of other things went to hell.
Here's hoping things go in completely different vein.
Power failure
Posted December 12, 2008
Lost power for the longest time ever since moving to this town--that is, I noticed the power went out. I woke up in the early morning hours to colder air and no lights, so I piled on the blankets and trusted in the alarm clock battery (oops).
Luckily, my local power company is reliable and had power restored before I got home from work. I've got a fire going, anyway, drying out the wood as I go along, watching Survival Friday on the Discovery Channel. Had I no power, I'd be in front of the fire reading by candlelight. Hooray, Girl Scouts!
Sitting by the fire
Posted September 26, 2008
This past couple of weeks, I managed to schedule routine maintenance with the chimney and HVAC people. Now I'm sitting by a fire with the heat off (it's cold these days in the northeast of the United States), and I'm pretty proud of myself. I hate calling friends, let alone strangers, so it's a big achievement for me. The phone is a scary thing!
(And let me say that I am a lucky person to have these problems.)
Also, I was originally getting up from my couch because Palin is a LOSER. She is not qualified to be vice president of the United States just because she made her childhood buddies her cabinet members in Alaska. Not that anyone has ever been qualified to be Secretary of the Interior, but, seriously, stating on record that the reason was that your best friend had an attachment to cows? Who does that?
I am THIS close to voting for Cthulu...because, in the end, why vote for the LESSER of evils?
New project: get out of debt
Posted September 8, 2008
I'm going to do something I've never done before: buy a self-help book and try to follow the instructions. This one is for getting out of debt, and the price I paid for the materials (by my calculations) covers the cost of their manufacture and just a little more. So I don't feel like I'm putting tons of money in the guy's pocket, and therefore I'm not scammed.
Here's the website, in case you're interested: www.daveramsey.com. ("Where debt is dumb, cash is king, and the paid-off home mortgage has taken the place of the BMW as the status symbol of choice.") I'll let you know how this goes.
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck?
Posted August 26, 2008
Sadly, we have not seen the woodchuck outside the office windows this year. We miss him. We're coming up on my first anniversary at Sybase, and I'm hoping that he'll return with the autumn.
Today we had a barbecue—chicken, steak, veggie burgers, baked beans—with all the trimmings—chips, salad, cole slaw, pasta salad, and ice cream from an honest-to-goodness ice cream truck. I love my job.
Ginormous puzzle...of doom!
June 15, 2008
I've done a 2000-piece puzzle. The darn thing is huge! (34" x 42.5")
Thanksgiving '07
I hosted the largest Thanksgiving gathering that I have ever had to date: five family members, including myself. The way I set up the table to accommodate everyone, I ended up adding a card table to my gateleg table. I sat myself at the end of it so that I could, as the hostess, be at the head of the table, and as the youngest, sit at the traditional kid's table section.
There was no turkey left at my house afterwards, nor stuffing, and they also cleared me out of my homemade popovers. ("Have a popover, Froggie!") And the NPR Stamberg cranberry relish was a smash, too. I rocked Thanksgiving. Whoot!
(Lessons learned: bigger turkey, better stuffing prep, and more planning to accommodate people bringing side dishes.)
My First Day at Sybase
Posted Thursday, September 20, 2007
Well, I’ve had my first day at my new job and boy! it was quite the day. I’ve got an old chair with lots of levers, and it took a bit of fiddling to raise the seat. My manager’s unloaded some old stuff on me to clean his office up (giggle), so for the first time ever I’m playing with dual monitors. One is the very sophisticated monitor of my brandy-new laptop, and the other is a humungous old CRT.
I signed up for the free fitness center and ate at the cafeteria, both fun new perks. I have an ID badge with a terrible picture of me and a magnetic swipe strip for getting into the buildings, so I feel all corporate now.
Pleez Dont Mispel Mie Epitaff
Posted Sunday, August 19, 2007
My friend Dorothy is exploring her genealogical roots, which led her to the Palmer Center Cemetery in Massachusetts. We didn't find the tombstone she was looking for, but there was a grave with an unfortunate epitaph upon it.
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