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Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
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11:15 pm - Still here!
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So, it's been forever since I posted. I'm going to try to post more often (I think I say that every single time I make one of these posts.)
( Life updates are under this cut )
Coming soon, expect rants about work, musings on RP's, and why you should watch the shows I like.
In other words, the same things everyone posts about on LJ.
current mood:  accomplished
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| Monday, September 10th, 2007
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4:04 pm - Big news!
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So, over the weekend I attended the Wedding to end all Weddings (as part of the Bridal Party, no less), had a wonderful day at rennfest, and got engaged!
Yes, James finally popped the question, and I was wonderfully surprised. The ring is beautiful (that's it on the kinda crappy icon I made, and I'll get James to post a better picture to his Myspace), it's just what I wanted. It's a star sapphire with three diamons on each side. We had actually seen it a little while ago and I pointed it out as the sort of thing I'd like. James snuck back and bought it, like a ring-buying ninja!
We're talking about October '08, for the date, so we're not going to start the planning until February or March or so. But if anyone knows any tips about planning weddings (Either "I'm so glad we....." Or "I wish we had ......" or "I've always planned on...."), let me know!
( The Long Version )
current mood:  ecstatic
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| Friday, June 29th, 2007
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9:54 am - Why does everyone want money?
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I have a job I love, but it just doesn't pay enough for everyone who wants money from me. I'm just so tired of it. I wish I could just make some of it go away. I know I should get a better job, and I probably could, but I don't want to leave Pier 1. Also, I'm thinking of going back to school, part time through University of MD University Park (online school) or Excelsior College (formerly Regents College, which allows you to take classes anywhere and transfer credits, so I'd be taking classes through Salisbury or UMES, or University Park) But it'll be three or four years before this means anything other then going deeper in debt.
This summer is annoyingly expensive. I have a cousins wedding that I probably should have turned down (between the $180 bridesmaid dress, shower gift, wedding gift, and traveling up to the western shore a half dozen times), and fun but once in a lifetime stuff like the first BPAL will call on the east coast and the 7th Harry Potter book. Then on top of that, Home insurance and Property Tax are both due in the summer. I'm super broke, and only likely to get broker.
James also recently got a sort of promotion- they're giving him a small raise and training him one day a week as a butcher. They claim that they'll try to give him more days in the meat department as he learns it, and give him a larger raise to put him in line with the other people there (the meat department in a supermarket is traditionally well paid) but I've learned never to trust the promises of your employer, so as far as I'm concerned, the mini-raise is it. Now, once he's trained he's in a good position to go to another supermarket if Foodlion doesn't follow through, since he'll have a skill, so they'll be more likely to hire him then someone they can teach from scratch.
So there are all these "Maybe we can make more in the next couple of months" "We can definitely make more in the next couple of years." But none of them are making me feel any better. I just don't know what to do.
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| Thursday, May 31st, 2007
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7:55 pm - Coming late 2009
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| Sunday, May 27th, 2007
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10:39 pm - I guess they landed on "Chance"
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I know that most people I know on here aren't from the area, but those who are from MD/VA/DE/PA and vacationed in Ocean City growing up may want to know that Trimpers Rides, on the boardwalk, may be closing after this year. There was a huge tax hike, and the Trimpers, who still own the place, got hit with a property tax increase of $500,000 in three years. They talking about selling off parts of their property, but no one knows which parts, and they're saying they might start as early as this fall. (Story here)
I mention this because if you have happy memories of the place (as I do,) you may want to visit it this year if you wanted to see it as you remember it.
current mood:  sad
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| Friday, May 25th, 2007
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4:55 pm - The Feminist Love/Hate Relationship With Pirates of the Carribbean: At Worlds End
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| Thursday, May 10th, 2007
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9:06 pm - Book related cure for the blahs?
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I'm feeling uninspired and just blah. Most importantly, I realized how long it's been since I was truly wowed by a book. It's been at least 2 months since anything came close, which is forever for me. I work best on 2 amazing new books a month. I need some recommendations. I tend to like modern/urban fantasy, particularly leaning towards the poetic (or "Romantic" in the 19th century sense of the word.) Charles De Lindt is my favorite. I'll also try traditional fantasy or cyberpunk if it looks like I'd like it for some other reason (political/mythological/idealogical.) The last book I read which only took me a day and a half (the more I like a book, the faster it goes) was The Privilege of the Sword, by Ellen Kushner, which is sort of traditional swashbuckling psudeo-fantasy dealing with gender politics.
I'm also a little grumpy due to injuries sustained last saturday.
( The part where I swoon. No, literally. )
current mood:  blah
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| Thursday, April 26th, 2007
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11:10 am - I almost never post memes
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....I take them a lot, but I almost never post the results. But since this one is interactive, I thought I should post it.
The movie is going to be cool, too.
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| Friday, April 20th, 2007
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3:59 pm - My new obsession.
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| Thursday, January 18th, 2007
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4:25 pm - Two Projects, and how you can participate!
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I have two projects in the works, and I wanted to tell everyone about them and also get some opinions, and possably people interested in joining me.
1st: Goblin Market Games
James and I are publishing some of his D&D writing as .pdf s for sale on ther internet. We're hoping to have the first ones (a D&D supplement for incorperating Gypsies into your campaign world (including classes, feats, magic items, etc,) and a few individual classes.) out in late Feburary. We"re short on artists right now, so if you do fantasy/historical art, or you know anyone who does and might be interested in selling a few scketches, email me: philosopgo to your locaher_rebel@yahoo.com. We can't afford to pay much, and pay will vary based on the quantity/quality of work you can offer us.
2nd: Novel Writing Month
No, I'm not 3 monthes behind or 9 months ahead. I just can't do NaNoWriMo in November. My busy season, for both work and family, hits smack in the middle of it. However, I'm liking March for my own try at it. If anyone is interested in trying it with me, I'd love some comraderie and comiseration, whether over the net or here in Salisbury, or something inbetween. No one ever needs to see your work of genius, so don't stress about that, but try it with me if it's something you've considered doing but always hated doing it in November.
(Side note: for those who don't know, I'm not crazy, this is based on the proven idea that anyone can write 50000 words that might vaguely be construed as a novel in one month. Every november, a bunch of people across the counrty do it. There's a book on the subject called No Plot, No Problem. If it's something you're at all interested in, I reccomend you go to your local Barnes and Noble or Borders, have a cup of coffee and look though it.)
If you are interested in any of this, let me know in email or leave me a note below.
current mood:  hopeful
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| Thursday, January 11th, 2007
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12:08 am - GM-ing Highs and Lows
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So I've started running this great game, Deliria. I've loved this game since I got it, and the chance to run it just dropped in my lap after James bailed on a Shadowrun game. The game is based on the idea of modern fantasy with a fairy tale element, very influenced by Charles De Lint. However, in terms of GM-ing, the cards are stacked against me.
( Read more... )
current mood: accomplished
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| Monday, June 19th, 2006
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7:10 pm - Using my Boggan Birthright
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I've been cleaning all day. We moved in a year ago and the mess got kind of out of control. It took a couple things to get me off my butt, including A) mom kicking my ass (figurtivly) and B) the new roommate having his gf over. For some reason, I can be as messy as I want around guys, but I always feel like other women are judging me.
I feel bad because I didn't get anything "big" done today, I just got the first half of a bunch of smaller things done. But I have off tomorrow too, so hopefully I'll be able to finish things up then.
current mood:  productive
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| Sunday, February 19th, 2006
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9:49 pm - Homefae?
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I'm back online, finally.
I have a house now. The problem is, this makes me somewhat less of a gypsyfae. I'm trying to decide whether to start a new journal, more reflective of my status as homeowner, or keep the username gypsyfae because it's easier.
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| Friday, August 19th, 2005
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3:27 pm - Meme thing
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| Friday, August 12th, 2005
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9:51 pm
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News, news, news.
Um... I'm buying a house?
Yeah, mom's going to pay for it and as long as I pay the rent, it'll be mine when I can get a mortage. I'm looking here in Salisbury, or for something really cool out in the boonies.
I'm still working at Pier 1. Everyone there is cool, but right now they need to hire more people, because I'm working 10-20 more hours then I want.
I'm really looking foreward to having my own house and turning it into my place.
I just watched Firefly, which was cool. (I'm not the type of person who only needs to be told "cowboys in space" to want to buy the boxed set right away.) James is ahppy I like it and is now running a game set in the universe. I'm playing a Ship owner based after post-war Scarlett O'Hara. It's not as strange a fit as it sounds.
So that's about whats up with me. And oh, yeah, a reminder: Even when I don't post I still keep up with other peoples journals.
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| Tuesday, May 17th, 2005
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8:37 pm - Anti-Faith
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So, I've decided I'm anti-faith. I don't like faith. I'm replaceing faith as a positive trait with belief. This might seem like semantics, but I feel that there's a signifigant difference in the ways the words are use in our cultires, so that claiming to be for one and against the other makes sense. I will explain.
Faith seems to be used to mean that people believe some idea, be that religion, science, political ideas, etc. and that they will go on beleiveing it not matter what anyone else says. People with faith in various religions seem to think that no matter what science says, if it doesn't go with what they believe, science is wrong. People who have faith in science seem to think that whatever science is saying now is the correct thing and there's no chance it could be wrong, despite that a good number of things science has held as fact at one time or another have been shown to be incorrect later.
Belief. People believe in fairies. They believe in Santa. Some believe in angels. When people say they believe in something, in general usage, they seem to indicate that they would like for this to be true, but if it came down to it they'd be willing to accept that it might not be. They don't want it taught in schools, but they like to believe it. I think this is what has always made people not take my religious beliefs seriously; they're beliefs, not faith. I'm not willing to say "I'm right! Right right right!"
So, given the differences in these ideas, as I describe them, I no longer support the idea of faith. I support belief in whatever you'd like to believe in, but if you have faith in it you can forget it. Faith is the cute baby picture you can compare to the mug shot of Willful Ignorance.
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| Friday, May 6th, 2005
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1:36 pm - Good news!
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So, we've already found another apartment possability- a place with studio apartments in our price range. Now, I'm not under any illusion that studio apartment means anything but "apartment so little it only has one room," and that this means that my laundry basket will have to be in the closet rather then, say, the entire bedroom floor. But it's been so long since it was just me and James somewhere, that even a studio apartment seems like a kind of neat idea.
The place is called Merrifeild, it's off of College Ave, near where Kirt and Jamie used to live. Anyone who lived in Salisbury know anything about it from personal experence or friends?
current mood: hopeful
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12:48 am
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So, everything in my life was going very well. Even now it's still going well, it's just a little bumpier.
My roommate mentioned tonight that she's moving out in a month, which means I either need a new roommate or a now place to live. Since the place is in her name, and I refuse to get it put into my name without someone who is signed into a physical contract to pay the rent for the next three monthes (and even then it would have to be someone I know is good for it.) So we are deffinitly looking for a new place.
Now this isn't bad. Everything here is in her name, so even if she decided to break the lease at the end of the month we're not out anything. There is the $250 pet deposit, which I've made clear she owes me if she decided to break the lease, but that shouldn't be a problem as long as I get it by a month after we move out.
Even so, all this stresses me out. I know we can find something in the next month, but it's annoying to me.
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| Thursday, April 21st, 2005
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8:40 pm - Fairy Scouts
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I was thinking about magic, and whether it exists the other day. While I was thinking, I remembered something, a story from my Brownie Handbook from when I was a girl scout. If I could remember, without looking it up, how to LJ cut I'd post it here, but I can't, so here's a link to the story: http://1stmarhambrownies.netfirms.com/Toadstools/thebrowniestox.html
So I thought, what if fairies work the same way? I mean, what if most people now days don't believe in fairies because we've stopped being fairies? So I think everyone so inclined should be a fairy scout, and make the world a more magical place. Be the fairy you want to be.
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| Tuesday, February 15th, 2005
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11:55 am
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More Halloween-y goodness... http://www.witchinghour.org/
This is, well, I guess the best way of phrasing it would be a scholarly Harry Potter con in Salem, Mass. this October. From reading the page, it looks like they combine a lot of the typical con activities with some interesting talks by authors and academics on Harry Potter and fantasy literature. It's really pricey, advanced tickets are $160 per person, and most of talks are extra, but then you're also in Salem, which has other neat things to do if you're interested in that sort of thing.
It's neat to drool over, at least.
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