.:reflections of twilight:.

Yes, another update. Try not to die from shock.

Weekend went well. Friday we went to the movies (what, like this is new?) and finally got to see Princess and the Frog (which I may have mentioned in the entry before this. Sorry about that. Time seems to run together sometimes...

Saturday we didn't do anything but stay in our pajama's most of the day. I worked on printing off some pictures for the collage picture frames I bought to hang up at work (which I did today). Short of a digital picture frame, this is the best I can do.

Sunday was church and a few more errands. I bought me a couple of pairs of cute flannel PJ's at Target. Since the weather has taken a bit of a dip and I only had one pair of warmer pajamas I decided I needed a few more. This is one pair. Cute, eh? Very cozy.

I also got a charging station for my Wiimotes. This makes things a lot easier since I don't have to go through as many batteries this way.

On the way home, we stopped by Wendy's so we could grab a bite. Mom got a small chili and a side salad. Naturally, being the passenger, I got delegated to hold the bags. When we were pulling out of the parking lot, my lap felt very cold and very wet all of a sudden. I look down and my lap was wet. It seems the lettuce from the salad decided to take a piss on me. That's not the worst of it, however. The water ran down my thigh and pooled on the seat, making it seem as though I wet my pants. -_- Luckily I was able to change into my new pj's as soon as we got home and dried my pants.

Today was slow at work, so we decided to take down our Christmas decorations and stuff. I did a little rearranging of my own and put up the collage frames I worked on over the weekend. The goal is to try to unclutter my wall. It does look better, I must say. Getting the damn things hung was a bit of a bitch though, but I managed...

I also worked out on my WiiFit for the first time in almost a year. Hopefully I can manage to discipline myself enough to whittle my weight down to at least 20lbs less than I am now. Although the Balance Board did say I weigh ten pounds less than the scale at my doctors office and that I LOST close to 5lbs from the last time I used it. Go fig...

Hey, it's been awhile since I posted and actual entry, hasn't it? My life has been pretty mundane so far, so not much to post about.

Mom and I visited a friend of ours yesterday. It was awesome. She moved to Sarasota a few years ago and we haven't seen much of her since then, but she usually contacts us when she's in town and we get together and have a lot of laughs. Her health is kinda bad, so it's harder for her to get around, but we still have fun anyway. We laugh so much...

According to my friend Michele, we were successfully able to acquire Tori Amos tickets, YES!! Not only are we going to Diz on my birthday, but the day after is Tori! I'm gonna have a bitchin' b-day this year! I hope I can take pictures...

I got the Ghostbusters video game yesterday. I hope to be able to play it this weekend. Due to the fact that I'm dead ass broke, I have no plans to go anywhere so chances are good I will. Unless I get distracted by the shiny...

I've also become addicted to Bejeweled thanks to a co-worker. I have versions on my iPod and my phone as well...

We're also having issues with our A/C. And summer is technically here already which means I'll be roasting most of the weekend. Fun.

Well, I'm gonna try and clean some this weekend and maybe put away some more stuff. Or I'm gonna be lazy and not do anything. It's a toss up.

Not much going on in the land of snapdragon. I reorganized some of my bookshelves which desperately needed it. Put some of the books I don't read very often in a storage box to be sent to the storage locker at some point in the future. I also cleared away the crap-ton of mail I had on top of said bookcase and tossed the majority of it. So the teetering tower is no more. It's been reduced to the size of a mole hill.

I also managed to connect my Wii the the intarwebz... finally. After my cousin helped secure our network, the world is my oyster as long as I have the password to open it. So, those of you who who have a Wii and want to add me (and I you) just give me your number and I'll add it in. My number is in this post. I'll even create a Mii for you accordingly!

We thought we'd be without hot water and be forced to shower somewheres else, but mom fiddled and discovered the circuit breaker hadn't been flipped all the way. So, hot water we have. Which I'm thankful for, because I would've hated to have taken a shower at someone else's house...

We watched the Super Bowl yesterday. I don't care all that much for football, but I watch mostly for the commercials. There were a few noteworthy ones. I wasn't really rooting for anyone, but mom was kinda rooting for Arizona because she like the underdog like that. She was a little disappointed at the final result. Oh well...

Here are a few videos I found that cracked my shit up:





Thank you for your time. You may now return to your lives...

Birthdays Today: Farrah Fawcett-Majors
Actress
b: 1947 -

Today was another early day for me. Our company is majorly clamping down on overtime, so no working over 80 hours... PERIOD! So I left about 1:30. While I like getting off a bit early, the extra money was nice, but considering the economic
downturn we're having it make sense.

Alas I didn't use my extra time very wisely. I slept mostly. And I picked up my package from Amazon (which was a collected volume of the NF comic that I hadn't realized I ordered. I'll try to post more info on stnf).

Tonight I'm staying in. I don't feel much like going anywhere. I was going to be ambitious and try to do some of the things here at home I'd been putting off, but so much for that. Maybe I'll play me some Wii later on...

I tried watching the video of the episode of The Office I missed last night, but the video thing isn't working for some reason. I tried it both on Firefox and Safari, but no soap. Maybe I'll try it on my desktop and see if that helps any...

Hmmm, I gotta figure out what to fix for supper.

Today in History: 1865
The billiard ball was patented by John Wesley Hyatt. Mr. Hyatt won $10,000 in a contest. He was the first person to come up with a substitute for the ivory ball (in use at the time).

I love this song! How many bands do you know of that use a pipe organ in their music!! :DDD

And I use Wolfwood because he kinda looks like Crowley from Good Reads here... if Crowley carried a gun that is.

Well, last night we had a bit of excitement!

I was going out to get something to eat, when I noticed, about 20 or so feet away, that there was a CSI van, a tow truck and (what one assumes) a plain clothes police officer. They were examining a car that was parked on the far side of the parking lot in front of our building. They were paying particular attention to the driver's side tires. Sooooo, I'm wondering if the car was involved in some sort of accident that involved a fatality or something like that. So, I shall be scouring the paper to see if anything pops up.

I knew I should've taken a picture...

And the hunt for a WiiFit continues. I signed up for WiiAlerts, and I got one saying there was one available on Amazon. I come home to check, but it's being sold by a third party and the price is waaaay higher that the game in the store.

Mom's staying home tomorrow so she can get the project she's been working on for friends of ours' going away party on Friday. She kind of needs a mental health day as it is. This also means I have to record the mid season finale of BSG!

Time for Testimonials!!

On my profile, I have a few testimonials from you, my LJ friends. But since I have a few more of you than I did before, it's that time again!!


So, give me your testimonials one and all! If you've already contributed one, you don't need to do another one (unless you really want to). To see what this is about, take a peek at my profile and see what I mean!!

Today in History: 1923
Harry Houdini, while in a straight jacket, suspended from 40 feet in the air, amazed a large and quite disbelieving audience as he freed himself of the constraints.

Mnargggg... I may have to get my car looked at sometime. My brakes are grinding. It's made worse when I have to brake quickly instead of easing into a stop. Stupid lights and people who have to brake suddenly...

I may have to have my cousin have a looksee before I take it to the mechanic to see what he has to say. However, he tends to not be very... prompt most of the time.

I didn't go to the gym today because I left my sports bra at home when I was packing my gym bag yesterday. So, to at least get some sort of a workout, I came home, changed my clothes (including my sports bra) and walked around the apartment complex. It was a pretty nice little jaunt. I should do it more often...

When I came back, mom was home and she had food, so I ate, then I played a game of tennis on my Wii. I lost. Mostly because my "opponents" keep hitting the ball back at me at odd angles, so I have to try and hit it back without going out of bounds. Needless to say, I wasn't always successful.

I picked me up a copy of National Treasure 2 when I was at Wal-Mart yesterday. Since there aren't any movies coming out this weekend that either mom or I want to see, we might watch it. Not on Friday though. That's reserved for BSG.

We had an interesting morning this morning. Our powered flicked several times then went out for about half an hour or so. Mom's first thought was "I DID pay the electric bill this month, didn't I?" Since it flickered several times I knew it wasn't the case. This type of thing has happened before since we've lived here. I don't know what it is with out power source here, but we lose power more often than we did at our old house.

For some reason I keep getting phone calls on my cell phone from some number in Vegas. I mean, I added both of our numbers onto the National Do Not Call list. Maybe it takes it awhile to activate or something...

Today in History: 1959
Abel and Baker were two monkeys who survived a trip into space from a launch at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

I heard this song on an Old Navy commercial and really liked it. It was available for download, so I got it. It's very pretty.

Man, you would not believe how glad I am that it's Friday. The last couple of days at work were a little too intense for me, thankyouverymuch.

My supervisor mentioned something about the possibility of all of us working the last Saturday of the month. I sincerely hope not, because it might collide with other stuff that might be going on... *pleaseohpleaseohpleaseohplease*

And, since I was asked, and I felt dorky enough to actually do it, here are pictures of my Star Wars Mii's. I have Bleach ones too, but I didn't take pictures of them.

( sorry for the quality... )

Mom and I are planning on seeing Prince Caspian tomorrow. *is excited* There's also an exhibit of PostSecret post cards at our local art museum. I dunno if we're gonna go this weekend or not, but it looks interesting for certain!

Today in History: 1960
A research study reported this day that TV commercials "in living color" were over three times more effective than black and white commercials.

Well, it's official. I am a sheep. I joined Facebook. Since so many people I know are on it, I figured, "Why not!" I already have a MySpace (which I swore never to do...), so why not something else to suck away my time! So any of you who want to friend me (and know my name), you can. I have six people on there already, more are welcome!

I have to try to get off work a little early tomorrow so I can take my MacBook and see why it wont start up. I tried doing what the instructions say, but they might as well be written in Greek or something for what it's worth. Still, I tried to no avail. So I'm gonna take it in to the local Mac specialist and see what they can do. Hopefully 1. they can salvage my laptop (I've formed quite an attachment to it, you know) and 2. it doesn't cost me an arm and a leg. Wish me luck!*lights incense and says chants over Hakuryuu*

Work was a bit hectic today. I had to catch up with the stuff I missed for the past two days. In actuality it didn't take as long as I thought it would. I think I'm getting faster. Still, after having two days off, it took me a bit to get used to the ol' routine. Not that I was playing hooky or anything those last two days or anything, although I did watch me some of my Count Duckula DVD's. LOL

I tried to play some more Mario Galaxy, even to the point of starting all over again. Yet, I STILL get stuck at the friggin' Black Hole on Planet D. Once I got soooooo close. I was able to get past the Piranha Plant and onto the switches, but when I went to hop up onto the wall to turn the wall switches off... I overshot it and fell into the Black Hole again. *sobs*

I played more of my Bleach game and moved onto the Arcade Mode. First I played as Renji (and kicked ass) then I played as Ichigo. I still won, but it took me a few times to win against Hitsugaya. As soon as I saw I was up against him, I was all, "Man, I am so gonna get my ass kicked." Of course, it doesn't help matters any that he has those ice wall shield thingies he uses. Still, eventually I was able to defeat him. Hell, I had a hard enough time defeating Uryuu!

So, the Super Bowl was last night. The Giants won. I was happy. Truthfully I wasn't rooting for either team, but I kinda sided with the underdog, so I was cool with it. The commercials were great though! A few of them made me laugh out loud. We were at friends of ours' house, so that made it all the better. It was fun.

Today in History: February 4, 1974
Patricia Hearst, the grand-daughter of the late William Randolph Hearst, was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army.

I just finished playing WiiTennis as Tenel Ka and I KICKED ASS!!! I got 138, which is the highest I've ever gotten! Maybe it's because I've been playing for awhile now, or it could be because TK is THAT much of a bad ass. I was gonna play as Jacen afterward, but since the first game was so intense, I didn't. Maybe Wednesday. If I get to go to D*C, I'm totally bringing my Wii.

Maybe I should try to channel her when playing Mario Galaxy...

If I get to go to D*C, I'm totally bringing my Wii.

I had to get some blood work done this afternoon for my Colonoscopy on Friday. The actual procedure itself isn't that big a deal, especially since I'll be unconscious during it. What I'm really dreading is the prep. for one thing, I have to drink this stuff:



It's FOUR FRAKKIN' LITERS!!! Imagine drinking two 2 liter bottles of the nastiest soda you've ever drunk over the course of the evening. That's what my Thursday late afternoon/evening is going to be like. There's four "flavor packets" included which is supposed to make it taste better, but it won't help. All of this plus, the 2 hour season premiere of Lost is going to be that night...

We cleaned mostly this weekend. We got a carpet spot cleaner due to the fact we have a cat who likes to make messes. It works pretty well, too.

We also managed to do laundry despite not having our new dryer yet. Luckily our apartment complex has a decent Laundry Room.

I also bought some new clothes Saturday. Just another pair of jeans and a few tops and shirts. I bought a neat pair of kicks also! They're retro looking and cool!

I got the newest DVD of Bleach and Death Note as well as the new Naruto Wii game (which I've yet to play).

Speaking of which, I saw the conclusion of the Naruto and Sasuke fight and it looks like there might be MORE FILLERS coming!!!! Argh!!

Now I gotta try to write out my profiles for my OC in the Kriff Thiss! RP...

Today in History: January 28,1934
Robert Royce’s ski lift was used for the first time in Woodstock, Vermont. Previously, snow skiers had no way to get to the top of the mountain conveniently.

When is a Buffy quote NOT appropriate?

I just finished a rigorous game of Wii tennis. I played two games since I was creamed (unusually) the first time. Not satisfied with allowing that record to stand, I played again instead of a round of boxing. I still lost, but a lot more respectfully.

While I was at it, I made some more Mii's. Dork that I am, I made a Rukia and an Ichigo Mii as well as a Jacen and a Tenel Ka one. Now I have both of my fandoms covered! Maybe I should make an Amelia and a Zelgadiss one and play "Brass Rackets." LOL

Mom has been showing me pictures of a house in Tennessee and tormenting me with it. It's basically the perfect house for us. Location, size, amenities. Even the price is decent. We've both fallen hard for this house, but it's doubtful we'll be able to do anything about it. My heart, it breaks.

Work gripe ahead:

I need to write a note or something to the girl who sends me my fee tickets to post so she'll send them directly to me instead of my supervisor. She used to do them, but I've been doing them since I was hired, and I would've thought by now, they'd realize that. Today some came in, but I never got them until almost the end of the day, so I had to stop what I was doing so I could prep them. I have to wait till tomorrow in order to actually post them since I ran out of time. This wouldn't have happened if I'd gotten them earlier and I probably would've if they were sent to me. *sigh*

And I just realized that I've still been using my word of the day. I need to rectify that since it's the new year...

Today in History: This is National Nothing Day, set aside each year for people to sit around for the entire day and just hang out. No celebrating, observing or honoring anything. It was created by Harold Pullman Coffin. -- and why isn't this a national holiday?