Oh Hai....

Still alive, not burned in the slightest, just really, really busy. Hopefully can post in a couple weeks.

Aw HA HA HA HA!

I needed this...

Coming soon - product reviews & schtuff.

Just Because It Makes me Laugh

more animals

more animals

Fun Stuff

One of those online quizzes. This one was What religion should you be?

You Should Follow Judaism

You believe that there is only one God, but you don't get too dogmatic about it. Instead, you simply try to live the most ethical life you can. Religious holidays and cultural identity are very important to you. You enjoy following religious traditions and find meaning in them.

What Religion Should You Be?

This 'n That

I took this morning off from work, so thought that I would post some of the thoughts I have had in the last few weeks.
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Last night for the second time, a clerk in a store talked to me in Spanish. The first time, the clerk apologized, stating she was on autopilot. I guess my blank stare was a tip off that I barely understood her. Last night, the clerk spoke to me in Spanish the entire time. I thought I greeted her in English but... Luckily, sales transactions are simple enough that I can generally follow what the clerks are saying.

I don't know how I feel about this. On one hand, I am proud to be thought of as a fluent Spanish speaker. On the other hand, aren't the clerks making a snap decision based upon my physical appearance?
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Last night, I finally found a dress to wear to the wedding I will be attending this weekend.

I cannot believe it, the old gang will be together again! It has been a long time since we had one of our potluck dinners together. I miss them all, T3, Meesh, Ms. B, Ms. S, BJ & Chrispy. Now we have the addition of two partners as well. (Is the plural of spouses, spice?) Why is it as we get older, it is so hard to gather a group of people together? And we are not even that old! Between exhausting jobs, commuting, heavy school loads for three of us, and two people living out of town... it makes me sad. I use to organize these dinners because these people are important to me and I wanted to be sure that I got to see them at least once a month. I never thought that was too much to ask. But the dinners kept getting further & further apart until there were only 4 people involved.

I am super excited and glad that we are seeing each other for a happy occasion. We will have to be sure to get a picture of all of us, the original gang.
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All the media and multiple bloggers are talking about Sarah Palin. (if you missed the SNL opening skit this last weekend, you have to see it. It was great). I have only this to say and then I will post no more on this topic.

I am sick to death of all the media reports and articles that state women are flocking to the Republican party just because they have a female candidate. Hello! Where were all these reports when Hillary was running? Is our society really that backwards that we vote solely based on gender? Really? I mean, REALLY? I believe in gender equality, the same society rules that constrain women also constrain men and transgendered individuals. If we truly believe in gender equality as a nation, a candidate's gender should make no difference, we should be voting on their qualifications as a leader and on their stances on the issues. That being said, I am not happy about ANY of our choices for U.S. President or V.P. There were better choices.

Oh, By the way

The

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that time forgot" in town now has the "clerk that time forgot".


Some of you know what I mean...

In brief

Can you limp on both legs?

Yesterday:

Awake - 22 hours
On campus working - 19 hours
On my feet walking and climbing stairs - 12 hours straight

Everything aches from the knee down and I have the feeling that it will be worse tomorrow. Dropped 2.5 pounds in 2 days; don't feel dehydrated and I know what that feels like. Went to bed at 3 but work up at 6:30 today, fully functioning. I will allow myself to nap whenever and am taking Tylenol for legs.

More later.

Stealing from Christa, Part II

Googlrific

1: Type in "[your name] needs" in the Google search:
M needs... to tell him what really happened, but will he listen? ...


first picture that came up when I google image searched my name that wasn't a half naked super model

2: Type in "[your name] looks like" in Google search:
M looks like she got her chin on a "buy one, get three free" deal
Strange enough, this entry came from some one describing this entry.

3: Type in "[your name] does" in Google search:
What does the name M mean? M, which is a variant of Maria, is Latin-derived and means: star of the sea.

4: Type in "[your name] hates" in Google search:
M|Hates|You|@|The|Lemonade|Diaries...and everywhere else too ...

5: Type in "[your name] goes" or "..has gone" in Google search
M goes on the date ... from Hell!

6: Type in "[your name] loves" in Google search:
MySpace profile for M Love with pictures, videos, personal blog, interests, information about me and more.

7: Type in "[your name] eats" in Google search:
M Eats Efferdent by m :] Watch it on MySpace Videos.

8: Type in "[your name] has" in Google search:
MySpace profile for M has a car. with pictures, videos, personal blog, interests, information about me and more.

9: Type in "[your name] wants" in Google search:
Jul 28, 2008 ... M's wants board to hear the music. In the eyes of M's Ristorante owner Attilio Marini, there's nothing unsuitable about a disc ...

Runner up because it is supper funny: M begging for some "chon chon" ... Choose the language ... [You Tube Video]



A: Christa has the best stuff on her blog
B: Damn MySpace... a lot of the answers came from there. Bleh!

2nd day of school

I am apparently very excited for the start of school, I woke up before my alarm, and I mean before 5 am early, both yesterday and today. I have no idea what that is really about. But since i am awake, i have been getting up and getting to school by 7 a.m. This has given me 2 hours to work on stuff before I have to start work but left me exhausted on Monday night. I went home with my legs killing me and couldn't figure out why until I realized I am not used to standing in heels for 2 hours straight anymore. I'll get use to it again soon, about two weeks I realize.

Highlights today

*Had lunch with someone from another office today. Awkward conversation but yummy salad from a new place on campus.

*Got to start a phone conversation with, "Ewww! I have chicken!" today. Sweet.

*Visited with big bro and dad today, three of us on campus at once! Awesome!

*Had a fantastic meeting with my adviser and got all jazzed to work on my thesis. Then left the book I needed to read at work and lost my motivation. Oh well, I will work on it tomorrow. 2 pages before I come home! (I'm at about 1/2 a page right now).

*Got to show my big bro my office today and skip the really long line in the bookstore to buy new books.

Got to go to bed. Nite-nite.

First Day of School

Ah, it is so easy to spot the freshmen. They are the ones who stop and ask me if a 100 room number is on the first floor...

Ah, newbies...


Survived my first class, a bit of a mess and didn't get everything done.

Hippo Birdie, Two Ewe

Tomorrow's my birthday. No party for me....

Stealing from Christa

Just for fun, Christa Shared this link and I took the test too.

You are The High Priestess

Science, Wisdom, Knowledge, Education.

The High Priestess is the card of knowledge, instinctual, supernatural, secret knowledge. She holds scrolls of arcane information that she might, or might not reveal to you. The moon crown on her head as well as the crescent by her foot indicates her willingness to illuminate what you otherwise might not see, reveal the secrets you need to know. The High Priestess is also associated with the moon however and can also indicate change or fluxuation, particularily when it comes to your moods.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

Rising Costs

Not groceries or gas but school.

I started looking into PhD programs this month, seriously looking into them and I know I shouldn't, but I keep looking at what it is going to cost me. California has one of the lowest costs to attend college and since I am a residence, I am in an even lower cost bracket.

By attending Cal State Universities for both my B.A. and M.A., I figure that each of my degrees cost about $10,000.

Now in contrast, for one year at a couple of the universities I have been looking at:

$9,481 UC Irvine
$9,670 UCLA
$10,178/$14,336 UT Austin (depends on number of units)
$11,198 UC Santa Cruz
$21,714 Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
$29,661 Northwestern University
$33,836 USC

Most PhD programs offer full funding for their students, which is part of the reason it is so competitive but still....jeez a lou!

So that is part of the reason I have been so distracted and not posting lately. I have a lot on my mind.

How I Have Been Spending My Time

I am having a blast in NV. Here is what the last few days have been like, in no particular order:Lots of Napping
A trip to Sonic
Slowly, very slowly reading for my class this summer. Should finish article #3 tonight and that means I have to/want to finish 4 tomorrow. I plan to get up at my regular time and read my heart out. It is getting a little better with each article. Now I just have to write up everything I have read as well...
An afternoon movie
Rock Band! My new obsession! For this game alone I would buy a playstation 3.
I sang, played the drums (horribly - not my strong suit) and played the bass guitar.
No actual pics from our game but the above one is a bit like our drummer, Quinn. My bass player had a bright pink Joan jet cut for the majority of the game until I mixed it up and ended up with a shag cut that was half bright teal and half moss green, very fetching. So much fun and so much harder than it looks. Especially when I realize that I don't know the majority of the songs and the ones I do know, I don't know as well as I think I did. although I have to say, this game is easier than the Magic mic that I used Wednesday night at work.

Speaking of, I better get to bed, er...read some more before I settle in for the night. One more day, que triste! I am a little nervous about the flight home but bought some less drowsy(WTF!) Dramamine to be on the safe side. Fingers Crossed!

Nevada

Well, I made it to sin city to visit with Ms S. The flight was horrible, I got sick as we were descending but they didn't have any airsickness bags so, well.... let's just say that it was an unpleasant flight. I felt like crap when I finally got off the plane but was soon cheered up by the sight of my dear friend heading towards me.

Long story short cuz it is time for me to go to bed, the last 24 hours have been filled with new friends - finally met Titan, good food, Mr S(for lack of a better name) is a fantastic cook and we hit a great Indian buffet for lunch, (and Sonic! it did not disappoint for a great drink damn it!). I also slept like a log last night, slept in this morning and took a long nap this afternoon. I think I am making up for entire past semester. I am also getting homework done, believe it or not. I am finally on page 20 of 24 for my second article. Also reading Nickle and Dimed since the author will be speaking on campus this coming semester.

Life is good. I am enjoying this trip and may even return feeling refreshed, a change from my usual out of town sojourns. Helps that I am not running between lectures like at conferences. Any who, will hopefully get some pictures to post, got to get to be so I can go out on the town manana.

Bon Noche!

WooHoo!

With 30+ days to my B-day, I got to pick out the below item. I had just put it on my Amazon wish list but on a Costco run, they had it for less. So on August 24, I get to open my very first food processor!



Counting down the days.

Soundtrack of my life

So, here's how it works:

1. Open your music library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don't lie and try to pretend you're cool

1. Opening Credits: Rehab/ Amy Winehouse

2. Waking Up: mother Revolution/ Tori Amos

3.First Day At School: Then We Are Decided/ Jesus Chris Superstar Soundtrack

4.Falling In Love: Blue Skies/ BT feat. ori Amos

5.Fight Song: Bullets/ Creed

6.Breaking Up: Jarhead/ Immaculate Machine

7.Prom: Agent Orange/ Tori Amos

8.Life: Fotografia/ Juanes & Nelly Furtado

9.Mental breakdown: Both Hands/ Ani DiFranco

10.Driving: Let It Roll/ Train

11.Flashback: GirlTalk/ TLC

12.Getting back together: O Morro Nao Tem Vez/ Stan Getz

13.Wedding: Waiting for You/ Seal

14.Birth of Child: General Joy/ Tori Amos

15.Final Battle: Complication/ NIN

16.Death Scene: Scarlet’s Walk/ Tori Amos

17.Funeral Song: Break It Down Again/ Tears for Fears

18.End Credits: I Like Dirt/ Red Hot Chili Peppers

Mood buttons You Can’t Wear To Work: Part 5 (last Installment)

that's all the button fit to wear peeps. Write you in July.

Ahhh HA HA H AH AH HAHAH

I love my friends. Received in the mail from Tombstone.

Thanks Ms. B.

Craft Corner

Hey, sorry I have not been posting lately, very tired. As promised, here are the pictures from the graduation bears I made for my classmates. Before: After: (Lisa)
(Jeremy)
(Adam)
All

Will write more later. Ciao!