Hardest thing in life is learning to live.

Set to private

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:51:12 GMT

So, I'm setting my journal to private to keep the crazy-drama-whoring-psychos away.

Sorry, Prr.

I just think it's funny that at one point I absolutely flat out told every single person that I was just sick of hearing about 'so and so'. I refused to listen to anymore whining/bitching/complaining about her. Literally. When the first thing I heard was 'So did you hear about what she did now?' my reaction was 'I told him I refuse to listen to it anymore. I'm tired of it, and I'm sorry but I don't want to hear about her from anyone else. Ever.' Why? Because I knew way too much about Her life, and Their life together, and all the horrible things she did. I never Wanted this information. I never Asked for it- but it was ALL I ever heard about.

When she was told about my personal life I was angry. Because what was going on in MY life was none of HER business. Especially not the very PRIVATE matter of mourning over the death of a family member. ( By the way, I was called nosy. Again, I never asked for the information. Just as I'm sure she never asked for information on me. Some people just blab, blab, blab about crap that they really should not talk about. Some people just lack the social skills to know what is acceptable and what is not. )

Yet, evidently, all I did was complain about her. Ever. I guess that was the ONLY thing I was ever capable of talking about.

Funny how the tables turn like that. You say quite simply that you refuse to listen to it anymore. You think it's time everyone just got over it and moved on, and then when you remove yourself from that circle you're the one they all decide to bitch about. So I guess I'm a popular topic of discussion!

Seeing as you're curious, though, I'm at a spectacular point in my life. I'm doing something I absolutely love. I'm bettering myself in many, many ways. (Including epicly loosing weight, 17 lbs in 3 weeks, woot!) I'm with someone who's ambitious, talented, intelligent, funny, and has an actual direction in life. I am happy in ways I never thought were even possible.

Move on people, please. I don't want any part of your lives what so ever. Stop stalking the websites I'm on. Stop leaving anonymous posts. Just get on with your lives... and I'll go on living mine, being the evidently horrible person that I am, hopefully with less psycho-bitchy-drama-whoring-stalkers.

Expensive Cookies!

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:10:46 GMT

So, my Grandpa forwarded me this message... and though I've sent it to everyone I thought might be entertained by it, I figured I might as well post it here just to make SURE it gets around.

----- Original Message -----

From: Tom Gallagher

To: Undisclosed-Recipient:;

Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 5:30 PM

Subject: Fw: MOST EXPENSIVE COOKIE

Subject: Fwd: MOST EXPENSIVE COOKIE

Let's let them have it! THIS IS A TRUE STORY!

My daughter and I had just finished a salad at a Neiman-Marcus Cafe
in Dallas , and we decided to have a small dessert. Because both of
us are such cookie lovers, we decided to try the "Neiman-Marcus
cookie."

It was so excellent that I asked if they would give me the recipe,
and the waitress said with a small frown, "I'm afraid not, but you
can buy the recipe."

Well, I asked how much, and she responded, "Only two fifty. It's a
great deal!" I agreed to that, and told her to just add it to my tab.

Thirty days later, I received my VISA statement, and the Neiman-
Marcus charge was $285.00! I looked again, and I remembered I had
only spent $9.95 for two salads and about $20.00 for a scarf. As I
glanced at the bottom of the statement, it said, "Cookie Recipe-
$250.00". That was outrageous!

I called Neiman's Accounting Department and told them the waitress
said it was "two fifty", which clearly does not mean "two hundred
and fifty dollars" by any reasonable interpretation of the phrase.

Neiman-Marcus refused to budge.
They would not refund my money because, according to them,





"What the waitress told you is not our problem.
You have already seen the recipe. We absolutely will not refund your
money at this point." I explained to the Accounting Department lady
the criminal statutes which govern fraud in the state of Texas . I
threatened to report them to the Better Business Bureau and the
Texas Attorney General's office for engaging in fraud. I was basically told,





"Do what you want.
Don't bother thinking of how you can get even, and don't bother trying
to get any of your money back."

I just said, Okay, you folks got my $250,





and now I'm going to have $250 worth of fun."





I told her that I was going to see to it that every cookie lover in the United
States with an e-mail account has a $250 cookie recipe from
Neiman-Marcus..for free. She replied, "I wish you wouldn't do this."

I said, "Well, perhaps you should have thought of that before you
ripped me off!" and slammed down the phone.

So here it is!

Please, please, please pass it on to everyone you can possibly think
of. I paid $250 for this, and I don't want Neiman-Marcus to EVER
make another penny off of this recipe!

************************************************************

NEIMAN-MARCUS COOKIES

2 cups butter
24 oz. chocolate chips
4 cups flour
2 cups brown sugar
2 tsp. soda
1 tsp. salt
2 cups sugar
1 8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated)
5 cups blended oatmeal
4 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. vanilla
3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)

Measure oatmeal, and blend in a blender to a fine powder.


Cream the butter and both sugars.


Add eggs and vanilla, mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder,
and soda. Add chocolate chips, Hershey Bar, and nuts.


Roll into balls, and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet.

Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees.
Makes 112 cookies.

Even if the people on your e-mail list don't eat sweets, send it to them and ask them to pass it on.


Enjoy the cookies, they are good..

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:57:15 GMT

Moroswen of Deviant Art asked me a while back to use a particular piece of my art for a tattoo. She got it done last week.

She decided to not include the little swirlies at the bottom, but I think it looks awesome regardless!

the intimidation of a bird...

Thu, 25 Nov 2004 22:00:32 GMT

We were meant to go to Dave's parents house for the bird day today but they're both feeling bad so they decided we'd stay home instead. This is after I went into the grocery store once to buy more yams (after mom tried to make the first batch with the oven set at an insanely high setting. Oh well not a complete failure- Asha liked em.) But now, we're staying home and guess what? I have to go to the grocery store again to get the stuff needed...

Have any of you actually had to cook your own turkey for thanksgiving? It's friggin intimidating. Let me illuminate...

Here you are, face to face with twenty pounds of frozen poultry... your family has suddenly changed plans and you're left with the responsibility of cooking. So, in a panic you rush to the grocery store- battle with the ferocious crowds (trip children) and manage to kick, bite, and claw your way to the last can of cranberry stuff. As a last ditch effort to save your sanity you add abottle of brandy and a cheap chardonay to your cart and walk through the check out line as if you were walking through the valley of death. You know that every grocery store secretly ups prices on thanksgiving day- no way that can of cranberry stuff would usually cost $3.24. You load the car up- including the pies you had to purchase because there wasn't time to actually bake any- and fight with the traffic because every other moron is on the road at the exact moment you are. Finally you get home, and discover that in your rush you bought too much stuffing (oh well. stock pile the stuff.) and you suddenly remember that you already had a roasting thermometer- that fourteen dollar thing in the package suddenly seems like a huge waste of cash. Not to mention when you walk through the door you find the list you had forgotten- and realize that you forgot the foil... oh well.

There lies your foe, in the sink... thawed. Sure it looks innocent enough there in it's wrapping, but the second you unwrap it you discover the true horror of the bird. Read the instructions (and read turkey 101 brought to you by the Kraft corporation) and cringe as you think "I'm about to shove my hand up a dead turkey's butt." Now if THAT doesn't entice you to cook a turkey every month I dunno what will. Better not forget to pull that little bag of 'giblets' out of the neck place.. oh and that long slimy thing you just removed from the tummy, yeah that's the neck. I have no friggin clue why they put those there... it just seems like a good place I guess. Now, how do you stuff this thing? Good question... and interestingly enough, the stuffing that you bought lacks instructions on how to stuff a bird. Sure it tells you how to prepare stuffing every other way in the world except the way they show it on the front of the bag... bastads. Once again- thank god for internet!!

Now what? Well it depends.. do you like dry turkey? No? Well then slide your hands under that icky looking skin there and shove some butter here and there cause nothing moisturizes like fattening substences. Want spices? Sure you want to do that, I mean, that was pretty gross. Oh well, go ahead, hands go under again- at least this time you're not sticking your hand up it's butt.

Congradulations you've now violated a bird in ways it should never be violated in.

Okay, all ready to go in the oven! Now what? Well, you wait for an hour or so untill it's time to baste. Hop online for a little bit, no one's on but that's a good thing because it means that Marc went to his family's for thanksgiving: infact he left you an email to confirm this. He's so sweet. Oh well, surely there's some good movie on to watch whilst the bird cooks... and besides... I'll get to write later to let you guys know if it worked.

Fri, 20 Aug 2004 07:39:03 GMT

Cocktail

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quizzes...

Sat, 14 Aug 2004 09:35:24 GMT

Morpheus

?? Which Of The Greek Gods Are You ??
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cuddle and a kiss on the forehead - you like to be
close to your special someone and feel warm,
comfortable, and needed

What Sign of Affection Are You?
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You have an animal soul! Arent you lucky! You are
very interactive with animals and can
understand them even if you dont speak their
tongue. The birds arent afraid of you, deer can
eat out of your palm, and every dog will roll
over for you. As an Animal Soul, you follow
your instinct, sometimes making rash decisions,
and not thinking properly. If you dont
understand something, you reject and push it
away, and can get very disastrous when angry.
At the same time, youre a very kind person who
can make people feel better, and are
understanding and compassionate. One of the
great things about you is that your rarely
jealous, and know that you have to share and
help other people if you want to survive this
world. You are very loyal and optimistic, and
can make it through the toughest times.

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and people wonder WHY I'm a fur...

You're Elemant is Wind. You're light-hearted,
care-free, kind, sensative, and mysterious. You
have friends and most absolutely love you. You
can be calm and soothing one minute and ragging
in anger the next so no one wants to get on
your bad side. You're beauty is inspiring and
magical.

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Fri, 13 Aug 2004 04:17:27 GMT

You are Peace.

You are at peace with your self and the world
around you. You have balance in your life and
exude tranquility from every pore of your body.
People are constantly asking you "what is
your secret?"

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seems kinda suiting... heh. (both, actually...)

Wed, 16 Jun 2004 02:06:07 GMT

THIS WAY UP
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jenkesh has fragile contents which may break!

From Go-Quiz.com

How to make a jenkesh

Ingredients:

1 part jealousy

3 parts courage

3 parts energy

Method:
Add to a cocktail shaker and mix vigorously. Top it off with a sprinkle of lustfulness and enjoy!

Personality cocktail
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BEANS

Thu, 10 Jun 2004 03:33:36 GMT

Your Homicidal Rampage! by crash_and_burn

Your name:

Weapon of Choice:

Flamethrower

Your Favorite Target:

Eskimoes

Your Kill Count:

75,766,088

Your Battle Cry:

"Beans."

Years You Spend in Jail:

How Much Money In Damages You Cause:

$110,201,033,272,891

Your Homocidal Insanity Level:: 60%

Created with the ORIGINAL MemeGen!

*giggles* this one's usin Erik's nickname for meh, I put in 'Jennifer' and got like AOL trial disks as a weapon of choice, but my kill rate was only 15%, an flame throwers are oh so much more fun.... *narrows her eyes* beware ye eskimos..... BEANS!!

Stolen from Prism

Sun, 06 Jun 2004 23:25:30 GMT

1.If you could have anything delivered to your doorstep each morning, what would it be?

I don't suppose something like "Heath Ledger" would be acceptable here, huh? Hmm. I'll go with money, then.

2.What is one vacation destination that many people think is just fabulous but which you personally have no desire to visit (or revisit)?

Any big city in the U.S., the entire state of Florida...

3.If you were five years younger but knew everything at that age that you've actually learned over the last five years, what is one thing you would definitely do differently?

uhhmmm geeze. Niyam? How about almost the entire five years?

4.If you could wake up to one smell every morning (besides coffee) what would it be?

Jupe. Jupe on some nice, clean, male skin.

5.Suppose that right now you could be at your favorite vacation spot, reading your favorite book, listening to your favorite CD, and eating your favorite food. What would be your choices for those four categories, and who, if anyone, would be with you?

oh hmmmm. Then I'd be out in some random feild on a picnic blanket horses tied to an old tree, reading a random historical romance novel (jude deveraux), listening to... well too many cd's to choose from, but I probably wouldn't be liestening to any of them.... munching on strawberries with... hm... well no, see that just won't do. If I were with any of the people who just came to my mind I sure as hell would not be reading, or liestening to music ecause you see- we'd be talking.

6.Which animated character is your all-time favorite?

oh hmmmmm good one there. *thinkers* hmmmmmmm so many, but for now I'm just gonna say Toboe.

7.If you had to write a brief message on a dollar bill that many people would eventually see as the currency circulates, what message would you write?

Can't take it with you, but it can give life to someone if you give it...

8.If you could own a home on the shore of any body of water in the world, which waterfront would you choose?

somewhere on a beach, preferably on the pacific ocean...

9.Suppose you had the opportunity to choose 3 people with whom to eat dinner: a famous sports figure, a movie star and a popular singer. Who would you choose?

I wouldn't want to have dinner with any of them... the sports star would would do nothin but talk bout sports, the movie star would probably be too busy talking about the movies *THEY* were in, and the popular singer would probalby try to take their clothes off or something...

Instead: Brian, Ryan, and... hmm. I would say Rocky an Erik, but that'd be 4 huh? Sooo let's go with Robbie.

10.What serves as the greatest motivation for you in your daily life?

My mom, who tells me if I don't succeed she's going to beat me. (just kiddin) my motivation comes from quite a few people, but my mom is the greatest influence.

11.What activity that you have to do every once in a while that you really dread?

... hmm... I hate having to yell at people for things that I don't think are worth yelling at them for...

12.If you were a multimillionaire, what do you believe you would be doing at this very moment?

I'd like to think that I'd find a way to bring joy to some people... if not, then I'd like to be hanging out with mah friends.

13.If you could have a cookie jar full of anything you wanted, except money or cookies, what would it be filled with?

*smiles* what I want couldn't be contained...

14.When people hear what you do for a living, what is the most typical question or comment they give you regarding your job?

"No shit?!"

15.If you could have any round object in the world, what spherical item would you want?

uh... hrrmmmmm...

17.If you were left alone for one hour with nothing more than a pen and a notepad, what would you be inclined to draw or write during those 60 minutes?

write

18.If you could witness anything at all in super-slow motion, what would you want to see?

*someone* smile. (cheesy, yes, I know.)

19.If someone were looking for you in a bookstore, in what section would they be most likely to find you?

Romance, Sci-fi, Pets, Zoology, Art, music or coffeeee

20.What do you forget to do more often than anything else?

phone calls >,<

21.If you could teach everyone in the world one skill, what would it be?

To take joy in other's joy, to smile when others smile- in short, to stop being so fucking selfish!!

22.You've been offered the chance to paint a billboard along a highway with any message you choose, as long as it's only 10 words long. What is your message?

Life is a gift. Live it.