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| Friday, November 6th, 2009 | |
springdew_lj
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| Thursday, November 5th, 2009 | |
lizzieandjenni
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7:15p |
recent events http://lizzieandjenni.livejournal.com/127232.html Well, I went to Orem to see the team last week . That went worse than usual . Sometimes, its really hard to keep trying . Work has been absolutely rediculous lately . I have 2 'high priority' projects . How do you juggle 2 high priority projects ? You don't . Someone will feel neglected and escalate on your ass . The newest project is the biggest pile of crap I have seen in my 10 year career here . Chance did not do well with me gone last week . It took him 2 days to trust me enough to hold him and 2 more days after that before he settled back down (quit crying and throwing temper tantrums and started using the potty again and such) . Then, on the heals of settling down we go to court where his mother stands up and says "there is no way I can do what your asking , my sister should just keep him" . Life has been very traumatic this week to say the least . Besides the normal being pulled in 50 directions by different family members that dont get along with each other . |
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springdew_lj
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2:25p |
More Faith http://springdew.livejournal.com/1040650.html I had another profound thought about Faith this morning, but forgot it somewhere between showering and brushing my teeth. I identify strongly with her. Yeah, I know - whoa, dude, she's the bad guy! The writer of the episode "This Year's Girl", the one wherein Faith wakes from her coma, mentioned in the commentary that he takes flak for being too sympathetic with the Faith character, because she's supposed to be a villain. But he feels her pain and her loss and understands her confusion. For me it's a kind of but-for-the-grace-of-God kind of thing. I've sometimes gotten a sense that any of us are just one kill away from the crazy train. How many people kill someone, accidentally or not, and then stay sane? How many people get so near someone's death that the lines of blame are blurry, and then stay sane? Our ability to blame and punish ourselves is so immense. For a character who believes she's irredeemable, where does she go from there? Plus, I love a good redemption story, but how do you make good if you were never sufficiently bad? |
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springdew_lj
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2:13p |
Faith http://springdew.livejournal.com/1040467.html "Hey, you created me. I didn't create some loser alter-ego to make myself feel better. Take some responsibility!" -- Tyler Durden, Fight Club If I had my own kick-ass Tyler Durden who looks like I wanna look, fucks like I wanna fuck, is free in all the ways that I am not, she'd be something like Faith Lehane, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. If I took one of those "What BtVS Character Are You?" quizzes, I'd probably come out Faith half the time and Tara the other half. I'm weird like that. I'm thinking of renaming one of my cats Faith. Maybe the other two will be Justice and Mercy. Justice is a great name. That's all. |
| Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 | |
springdew_lj
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1:06p |
Legal things http://springdew.livejournal.com/1040341.html So, I'll be in to work late today due to legal things involving custody and child support. Right now I'm waiting for the bank to open up so I can get into my safe deposit box for documentation. After that comes a gazillion photocopies and a trip north to the attorney's to drop all this off and sign the signables. I'm fairly negatively impressed with the ex's attorney. Apparently this guy saw him coming and got dollar signs in his eyes. He's filed a whole lot of stuff that you file on dissolution, not on modification. If the ex could have a moment of clarity, he'd remember that we did none of this the last time, and that was a huge brouhaha. So, we're being jumped through a lot of unnecessary hoops, with subpoenas and stuff, as though I'm contesting anything. Which I'm not. I'm the one who sent the guys to their dad and insisted on flipping the child support. It's really dumb. When two people completely agree on a course of action and begin to execute it, what's the point of one of them going to war on the other? There's nothing to be gained or lost. There's nothing I have to give him that I'm not already giving him. There's nothing he has that I want to take from him. The results are going to be the same no matter what we do here. If you ever want a lawyer in Stuart, Florida (why he chose Stuart I have no idea) and need a recommendation, please get with me offline and I'll be happy to explain who you don't pick, and why. No point in your being taken to the cleaners the way my poor ex is. |
| Monday, November 2nd, 2009 | |
springdew_lj
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5:35a |
Pretty, pretty http://springdew.livejournal.com/1040098.html Know what's sexy? - Getting stuff done. - Accomplishing things. - Making some progress. - Creating things. How attractive is sheer competence, drive, initiative. Know what's incredibly unattractive? - Excuses. Especially whining. - Stagnation. - Immaturity. - Self-absorption. - Blaming. Being wasted is pretty un-pretty as well. Sure, I have "types". There are people I'm disproportionately attracted to, although I have loved some people who flagrantly defied a few: - Smart. - Funny. - Twinkly eyes. - Big geeky men. - Sassy voluptuous women. I especially adore people who are serious when it's time to be serious, and funny pretty much the rest of the time. --- On another note, one of those divas who sing the really raunchy songs should do one about breast cancer awareness. It could go something like this: Save those titties Save those titties Save those pretty, pretty titties DO - yo self exam GET - yo mammogram QUIT - them cigarettes Yo titties might be next! Save those titties Save those titties Save those pretty, pretty titties Please tell me someone hasn't already done it. |
| Sunday, November 1st, 2009 | |
springdew_lj
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7:29a |
NaBloPoMo http://springdew.livejournal.com/1039822.html On Beth's challenge, I have joined National Blog Posting Month for November. Although in my personal world, it's still Halloween, technically it's November 1st, so ... first post! I just got home from a lovely party by the ladies of BLAST. Such a fun time! Really looking forward to doing more with them - which is easy because they have just so much stuff going on, all the time. Tomorrow UUFBR is having a program fair, so I need to sit in to represent our nearly-dead small group ministry program. If we don't drum up some interest soon, we'll need to give it a rest for a while. I've captured several items to print up for handout and will do that at Office Depot tomorrow before going to church. I'm not going to stress out over the program, though. We've been a bit hasty in our implementation, which according to the getting started guide is a pretty sure way to botch it, so I predict we'll need to start over from scratch eventually anyway. Doing all the necessary research, steering, polling, coordinating, etc. would mean any launch would be well after I don't live in South Florida anymore. So, that can be saved for the next go-round, I think. We'll finish taking a whack at this implementation. Next week is the gratitude dinner for my Al-Anon district. Really looking forward. Now I have to find whoever called me from church yesterday to let them know I can't volunteer for a function the same day and time. I had not put in the gratitude dinner into my Outlook, so I didn't see it when I checked for commitments. Ugh. Tired. Me. Bed. Now. |
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springdew_lj
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3:02a |
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| Saturday, October 31st, 2009 | |
springdew_lj
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3:02a |
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| Monday, October 26th, 2009 | |
springdew_lj
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3:00a |
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