| Good things of Tuesday - Day 12 |
[Dec. 3rd, 2008|04:31 pm] |
1. I saw my therapist.
2. There was good chicken noodle soup at dinner.
3. Learned about cummingtonite which was hilarious.
4. Had a good chat with a friend online.
5. I got my laundry done, after two weeks of it stinking up my room/luggage. |
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| A struggle, to be sure! Good things of Monday, Day 11 |
[Dec. 2nd, 2008|05:09 pm] |
1. I received and read the 2nd volume of the Courtney Crumrin series. (I've already read the first and third.)
2. I did better on an exam than my previous one.
3. The libray had a book, a DVD and two CD's for me to pick up.
4. I talked with my best friend.
5. Going to see "My Name is Bruce" Wednesday with my best friend and other people in Madison.
6. Had dinner with another close friend. |
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| Catching up on the gratitudes - Days 9 & 10 |
[Dec. 1st, 2008|07:19 am] |
Good things of Saturday:
1. Saw Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
2. Mozarella cheese sticks.
3. Bought lots of groceries, including sparkling grape.
Good things of Sunday:
1. Answers!
2. Having good friends who don't pretty up things for you. |
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| Black Friday good thingamabobbies |
[Nov. 29th, 2008|04:35 am] |
1. It wasn't as overwhelming seeing his relatives again for dinner. (Though I mostly hid upstairs.)
2. We browsed Best Buy and I finally got to see what Kohl's is like.
3. We saw "The 40 Year Old Virgin." I started it several years ago (in 2005) in Poland but we weren't able to finish it.
4. I talked to my eldest sister on the phone! Her wedding ceremony for our side of the family is done!
5. I got to lay my hands on Prince of Stories: The Many Worlds of Neil Gaiman in Barnes & Noble, though I have the special limited edition waiting for me, come late December.</b>
6. A friend who got into a car accident isn't terribly injured. |
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| Accidental End to the first phase of the sale |
[Nov. 28th, 2008|12:00 pm] |
I set the sale to automatically end at noon today, the code, for some reason, ran at 10:21 pm. I have set the prices back to the early price and they will stay that way for 3 more hours (until 3PM EST).
In addition, I have refunded the difference to anyone who purchased a permanently insane account at the wrong price. |
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| Thanksgiving Day Gratitudes! |
[Nov. 28th, 2008|03:45 am] |
1. Awesome, scrumptious food!
2. Meeting more of Nathaniel's extended family and not being that intimidated.
3. Having my eyebrows tweezed!
4. I learned a new game that doesn't involve drinking or anything sexual.
5. Nathaniel and I watched The Lake House though it has two of his most disliked actors (Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock).
6. A friend sent me a Hallmark E-card to wish me Happy Thanksgiving.
7. Finished The Pagan Stone by Nora Roberts and Belle by Cameron Dokey.
8. Nathaniel's mother said she woud like to see pictures of my family. (This was Wednesday night, really, but I still feel happy about it.) :D |
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| Whew, busy Thanksgiving |
[Nov. 28th, 2008|03:40 am] |
Nathaniel and I got to bed pretty late last night. Around 3am, I reckon. So I woke up pretty late Thursday - in fact, Nathaniel woke me up. After eating a scrambled egg, I watched Nathaniel and his family help prep the house. I asked if there was something I could do, and his father said they were fine. Apparently a whole bunch of his relatives were coming, not just the grandpa and the two cousins I had met the previous Thanksgiving and their mother I had met last summer. One of his mother's brother was coming with his wife and their three children. So that's five new people, making a total of fourteen people in the house (including me).
( Thanksgiving )
Nathaniel and I did our own thing after we hung out with his parents and sister a while. I read more of a book, he did whatever. We had a bit of a talk, or maybe I talked and he listened. Mmmm. Well, we I watched The Lake House. Okay, so time paradox present in that movie - not going to get into that. The movie was okay. Not one I would recommend, but I'm glad I managed to get Nathaniel to see it. (He dislikes Keanue Reeves and Sandra Bullock greatly. HEE!) My emotions have been a whole morass of cynicism and romanticism/idealism and homesickness and sentimentalism that I had such mixed feelings about the movie. I've also been tearing up each night. >_<
Is anybody even going to read this all the way through? Heh. I hope to get some shopping done tomorrow (or today, since it's past midnight). |
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| The sale has started |
[Nov. 27th, 2008|09:33 pm] |
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I was slightly late getting it started, but the sale is up and running. |
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| Good things of Wednesday |
[Nov. 26th, 2008|11:39 pm] |
1. Though it kicked my ass, at least the biometrics exam is over.
2. The philosophy quiz ended up being a take-home quiz.
3. FOUR DAY WEEKEND BEGINS!!!
4. Seeing Nathaniel's family again, and meeting more of his relatives tomorrow during Thanksgiving.
5. Being able to sleep in a full/double-size bed instead of the skinny singles/twins at college. (Stupid bed size names.)
BONUS! 6. Finished Fables 11. |
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| Mmmmm |
[Nov. 26th, 2008|06:25 pm] |
Well, the biometrics exam kicked my ass. I really messed up one question worth 20 points (out of 100). I bumped into my TA during lunch and she asked me how it went and told me it was what I initially thought it was, but I second-guessed myself. *cries*
I'm now in Nathaniel's parents' house. His two cousins are here (in the city) as well as their mother. Tonight dinner is only going to be us five, though (he has a sister). That'll be nice. It was a little amusing how quickly people whipped out their laptops, though! Turns out my philosophy quiz is a take-home quiz!! Yay! I'm so glad because I was stressing about having two exams today. Whew! A friend came up to my room after class when I was finishing packing. We talked a bit, reminisced about things. I'll miss having dinner with her (we got almost day together) but it's nice to not have to think too hard about classes and have that constant pressure. Nathaniel's parents' birthdays have passed earlier this month - I feel I should get something for them, but I am uncertain. Maybe I'll ask Nathaniel if he has any ideas.
Being in Madison will make some emailing with someone I communicate with frequently a little hard to do, but I'm not going to worry about that. If I need to talk only of books I've read or not email at all because I can't say anything, then that's what needs to be. I wonder if my parents, sister and her husband have gone yet to the northern state for my eldest sister's wedding preparations. They're 14 hours ahead of me in Central Time, US, and my sister's wedding is November 29th (Saturday). The wedding for her fiance's family is a few weeks later.
Nathainel and his sister and parents are laughing at a joke. It's very heart-warming. :) |
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| Update: InsaneJournal Holiday Sale |
[Nov. 26th, 2008|05:59 pm] |
Hello we have decided to extend the hours of the first part of the InsaneJournal Holiday Sale. Our 2008 Holiday Sale that will occur on Thursday and Friday November 27-28th, 2008.
We are running the sale in 2 phases.
The first sale will start at 9pm(EST) Thursday, November 27th and end Noon(EST) Friday November 28th.
The prices will be as follows
Insane Userpics: $65
Permanently Insane: $30
1 Year Self-Committed: $20
6 Months Self-Committed: $10
12 Months Extra Userpics: $10
6 Months Extra Userpics: $6
Rename Tokens: $4
Then from Noon(EST) until Midnight(EST) pn November 28th we will have the second part of the sale.
The prices will be as follows
Insane Userpics: $100
Permanently Insane: $50
1 Year Self-Committed: $20
6 Months Self-Committed: $10
12 Months Extra Userpics: $10
6 Months Extra Userpics: $6
Rename Tokens: $4
After midnight Insane Userpics and Permanently Insane Accounts will not be for sale and the rest of the prices will go back to normal. |
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| The smile-worthy things of Tuesday |
[Nov. 26th, 2008|12:22 am] |
1. Lab went okay.
2. I have Fables 11! Also the library had The Pagan Stone for me on hold. There are 57 holds on that book (10 copies) through our inter-library web. It just came out today.
3. ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) mercurychaos received the tie and likes it.
4. I "shoved my boobs" in a friend's face. :P
5. My boyfriend finished his application. |
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| On the American Civics Quiz |
[Nov. 25th, 2008|01:26 am] |
I scored 22 out of 33 right - 66.67%. Not bad for a non-American who's really clueless about economics. :D Click to take the quiz! (I bet I'd score abysmally on a quiz about Malaysia.)
I talked to my sister a few hours ago - my mom called me. They made it safely back home, and they're staying in a hotel because my parents' house doesn't have air-conditioning and my brother-in-law sweats buckets. He's definitely of a winter country! They're tired, but it sounds like it's going well. I wonder when they'll meet my eldest sister, if they haven't already. I forgot to ask them, as well as asking them to explain to her about the UPS delivery snafu. :-( |
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| Crappy day so now I gotta find the good things... |
[Nov. 24th, 2008|10:56 pm] |
1. My middle sister and her husband landed safely and I got to talk to her.
2. Two pre-orders, one made in August, have shipped and will arrive tomorrow.
3. I finally finished The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson. It's been in my room for months. I also managed to start and finish two other books today.
4. I bought some beautiful cards and Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb at the bookstore.
5. I have candy incoming, if it's remembered. |
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| Looking for more amigos & amigas! |
[Nov. 24th, 2008|09:55 am] |
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Name: Katie
Location: Fairview Heights, IL (i.e. next to Saint Louis, MO NOT Chicago, IL)
Age: 33 going on approximately 17
Interesting fact about you: I was born in Texas, raised in Missouri, and have lived in Utah, Massachusetts, and New York state. On a typical day, all of the accents cancel each other out and I end up with a middling accent.
Egg preference (scrambled, over-medium, um yuck): Scrambled with ketchup... hey, it's a Southern thing!
Shoe size: 12... did I also mention I'm 6' tall?
Which color of the rainbow best represents you? Why? Purple. Because it's somewhere between pink/red and blue.
I was looking at my friends page and realized that I need more people to chat with, so I figured that this group was probably the safest one for me at the moment. I got hit with the gay stick quite a bit - queer, poly, AND trans - although I try to stay away from labels, but it's interesting to try to come up with some that fit. I started transition from straight boy to queer woman at age 26, met my main partner almost 4 years ago and recently started dating a second partner who is about 10 days younger than I am, which is weird.
I do occasionally ramble, followed by days of silence while I'm living life. I'm at this point in life where my identity is slowly solidifying like gelatin. I have odd fandoms, sayings, thoughts and like to make people think. I'm political without being preachy and believe in everyone's right to individuality. And if you've gotten this far in the entry, you should friend me already!
Interests include: singing, anime, science fiction, the Final Fantasy games, alternative rock, reading, early Stephen King, and console gaming.
My nickname is hazumuchan , who happens to be a character from the manga/anime Kashimashi ~Girl Meets Girl~. Hazumu, originally a boy, basically gets hit and destroyed by a spaceship who then recreates hir as a girl. Most of the story is taken up with a love triangle between the newly-female Hazumu, the tomboyish Tomari and the skittish Yasuna. Which is exactly why I love anime! ^_^ |
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| Good things of Sunday |
[Nov. 24th, 2008|12:27 am] |
1. I found out I don't have philosophy class Monday (though it is because my professor had a family emergency, which is bad).
2. I didn't talk to someone on Saturday (not that we were ignoring each other, but I slept through her call) so we had dinner together Sunday and caught up and leaned on each other's shoulders.
3. I had an exasperating, but amusing conversation with someone in the library.
4. I went to Cub. I have pads now. Yay! And new lotions.
5. I got 8/10 for my solo biometrics presentation on Friday. |
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| Good things about Saturday |
[Nov. 23rd, 2008|12:41 pm] |
- The professor's whose museum-studies focus group study I helped with was awesome nice and I liked helping her.
- I watched "Day Watch" with Nathaniel.
- I have more songs by The Misfits from Jem and the Holograms TV series.
- My period started but the good part is at least I won't have it during Thanksgiving and my pap smear appointment the week after.
- I saw more episodes of Jem.
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| 2008 Holiday Sale |
[Nov. 22nd, 2008|09:33 pm] |
I am announcing our 2008 Holiday Sale that will occur on Friday November 28th, 2008.
We are running the sale in 2 phases.
The first sale will start at 6am(EST) Noon(EST).
The prices will be as follows
Insane Userpics: $65
Permanently Insane: $30
1 Year Self-Committed: $20
6 Months Self-Committed: $10
12 Months Extra Userpics: $10
6 Months Extra Userpics: $6
Rename Tokens: $4
Then from Noon(EST) until Midnight(EST) we will have the second part of the sale.
The prices will be as follows
Insane Userpics: $100
Permanently Insane: $50
1 Year Self-Committed: $20
6 Months Self-Committed: $10
12 Months Extra Userpics: $10
6 Months Extra Userpics: $6
Rename Tokens: $4
After midnight Insane Userpics and Permanently Insane Accounts will not be for sale and the rest of the prices will go back to normal. |
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exhausted
touched
good
lazy
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accomplished
sleepy
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