Good news, everyone!
Feb. 6th, 2010 11:27 pmMy dad is using his frequent flyer miles and I leave on the 10th and I'll be there for most of the month! :D :D :D :D :D
I'll get to see my family and buy clothes that fit and go to restaurants I haven't seen except in commercials since summer of '08 and did I mention seeing my family?
If it weren't 3:30 a.m. in Florida I'd call my mom and tell her now!
And I'll get to see the friends I used to work with! XDDDDD
1. Tell me one thing you love about me.
2. Tell me two things you love about yourself.
3. Look through the comments... when you see someone you know, tell them three things you love about them.
4. Do this in your journal so I can tell you what I love about YOU - and if you've already done it, tell me so, so that I can go back and give you some love.
2. Tell me two things you love about yourself.
3. Look through the comments... when you see someone you know, tell them three things you love about them.
4. Do this in your journal so I can tell you what I love about YOU - and if you've already done it, tell me so, so that I can go back and give you some love.
So I got my hair cut today.
Feb. 3rd, 2010 05:56 pmNice trim, a tiny bit of layering, and bangs. (Pictures as soon as I find my camera.) I'm not really happy with how it came out, but it's just hair and it'll grow and then I can go back (to a different hairdresser) and get the bangs look that I want.
This is the first time I've had bangs since I was a child. I'm still getting used to it.
I took the on-post shuttle to the PX and had to wait an hour and a half before I could get in to get my hairs did. So I went to the PX and got a book (SuperFreakonomics) and a mocha ice thingy from Baskin Robbins, and sat in the eating area near the teevees, which were showing FNC (ugh), because my phone is totally kaput and I needed to know the time. So FNC actually did something useful for once--it told me what time it was in the four main US time zones, and the math to get Alaska time is a no-brainer.
The shampoo felt really good (yay scalp massage!) and the cut went well, despite that it kind of looks like the cheap haircuts that parents seem to always get their developmentally disabled daughters. (Come on parents, everyone deserves some style.) But when the bangs grow out a bit, I'll get a more tapered bangs look.
I couldn't get ahold of the shuttle bus to get back home after much calling. Eventually I listened to the whole voice mail message, and it had been changed from when I'd called to get there: now it was saying that there'd be no service between 3pm and 7pm. Well damn. But the lady who did my hair was nice and gave me a ride home when she got off work at five. :)
I'm tired but don't feel like going to bed yet. I'm catching up with Countdown at the moment and realizing that Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) reminds me a bit of Fizzy in facial features. :P (That's more a compliment to Sen. Collins than the other way around.)
Speaking of Fizzy, I made a really dorky gift for Fizzy before leaving for the PX but I haven't asked her yet if she wants it right then or on her birthday (which is in March), so for now I won't ruin the surprise. But suffice it to say, it's adorkable. ^_^
Um...that's all I can think of to say for now. Wow, I really should make general life posts more often. This is a journal, after all.
This is the first time I've had bangs since I was a child. I'm still getting used to it.
I took the on-post shuttle to the PX and had to wait an hour and a half before I could get in to get my hairs did. So I went to the PX and got a book (SuperFreakonomics) and a mocha ice thingy from Baskin Robbins, and sat in the eating area near the teevees, which were showing FNC (ugh), because my phone is totally kaput and I needed to know the time. So FNC actually did something useful for once--it told me what time it was in the four main US time zones, and the math to get Alaska time is a no-brainer.
The shampoo felt really good (yay scalp massage!) and the cut went well, despite that it kind of looks like the cheap haircuts that parents seem to always get their developmentally disabled daughters. (Come on parents, everyone deserves some style.) But when the bangs grow out a bit, I'll get a more tapered bangs look.
I couldn't get ahold of the shuttle bus to get back home after much calling. Eventually I listened to the whole voice mail message, and it had been changed from when I'd called to get there: now it was saying that there'd be no service between 3pm and 7pm. Well damn. But the lady who did my hair was nice and gave me a ride home when she got off work at five. :)
I'm tired but don't feel like going to bed yet. I'm catching up with Countdown at the moment and realizing that Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) reminds me a bit of Fizzy in facial features. :P (That's more a compliment to Sen. Collins than the other way around.)
Speaking of Fizzy, I made a really dorky gift for Fizzy before leaving for the PX but I haven't asked her yet if she wants it right then or on her birthday (which is in March), so for now I won't ruin the surprise. But suffice it to say, it's adorkable. ^_^
Um...that's all I can think of to say for now. Wow, I really should make general life posts more often. This is a journal, after all.
Self-Promotion. :)
Feb. 2nd, 2010 06:13 amHeather Mac Icons
http://community.livejournal.com/heathe
http://heathermacicons.dreamwidth.org/
My icon comms, obviously. I'm still catching up the DW one on what's already at the LJ one. :)
Heather's Library
http://community.livejournal.com/heathe
http://heatherslibrary.dreamwidth.org/
The blogs where I post my book notes.
Good News Week
http://community.livejournal.com/good_n
http://good_news_week.dreamwidth.or
The comms that Fizzy and I co-moderate, which explores the crackier side of Good News Week fandom. (Good News Week is a comedy/news/game show produced by Australia's Channel Ten and starring Paul McDermott, Claire Hooper, and Mikey Robins.)
Sidetrackedery
http://community.livejournal.com/sidetr
http://sidetrackedery.dreamwidth.or
http://sidetrackedery.tumblr.com/
These are places that I moved my Sidetrackedery postings to so that only those who want to see them will.
Pretty Things
http://alieninnerchild.tumblr.com/
Just for fun. It's all reblogs.
Whole Books
http://whole_books.dreamwidth.org/
An easier place to post whole books than![[personal profile]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
simone_jester. This time I've started with the Anne of Green Gables series.
Orbital Cookbook
http://orbitalcookbook.blogspot.com/
One of my Lofty Goals is to make a cookbook out of my weird kitchen experimentation ideas, and I'll have actual content there by the end of the day.
Heather's Home Ideas
http://heathershomeideas.blogspot.com/
Just a place for me to put ideas for the next PCS, and for the eventual owned home that I'm already decorating in my head.
http://community.livejournal.com/heathe
http://heathermacicons.dreamwidth.org/
My icon comms, obviously. I'm still catching up the DW one on what's already at the LJ one. :)
Heather's Library
http://community.livejournal.com/heathe
http://heatherslibrary.dreamwidth.org/
The blogs where I post my book notes.
Good News Week
http://community.livejournal.com/good_n
http://good_news_week.dreamwidth.or
The comms that Fizzy and I co-moderate, which explores the crackier side of Good News Week fandom. (Good News Week is a comedy/news/game show produced by Australia's Channel Ten and starring Paul McDermott, Claire Hooper, and Mikey Robins.)
Sidetrackedery
http://community.livejournal.com/sidetr
http://sidetrackedery.dreamwidth.or
http://sidetrackedery.tumblr.com/
These are places that I moved my Sidetrackedery postings to so that only those who want to see them will.
Pretty Things
http://alieninnerchild.tumblr.com/
Just for fun. It's all reblogs.
Whole Books
http://whole_books.dreamwidth.org/
An easier place to post whole books than
simone_jester. This time I've started with the Anne of Green Gables series.Orbital Cookbook
http://orbitalcookbook.blogspot.com/
One of my Lofty Goals is to make a cookbook out of my weird kitchen experimentation ideas, and I'll have actual content there by the end of the day.
Heather's Home Ideas
http://heathershomeideas.blogspot.com/
Just a place for me to put ideas for the next PCS, and for the eventual owned home that I'm already decorating in my head.
http://animalwelfare.change.org/blog/vi
Especially what's going on in the comments. I'm asking because I've discussed kangaroo leather and kangaroo meat with Fizzy, and the above article seems very American PETA types judging Australia by American PETA standards.
Thoughts?
---
And on an unrelated note, I'd like to thank Tria, Olive, and especially Fizzy for putting up with me. All the time, but especially this last week or so with the running out of Lexapro. Sorry about the crazy. *hugs you all*
Especially what's going on in the comments. I'm asking because I've discussed kangaroo leather and kangaroo meat with Fizzy, and the above article seems very American PETA types judging Australia by American PETA standards.
Thoughts?
---
And on an unrelated note, I'd like to thank Tria, Olive, and especially Fizzy for putting up with me. All the time, but especially this last week or so with the running out of Lexapro. Sorry about the crazy. *hugs you all*
Lofty Goals Update - January 2010
Feb. 1st, 2010 04:39 amGoing down the list...
Italicized are the ones I haven't started.
Bold are ones I'm working on.
Lofty Goals 2010.
1. Pack up all books I'm not going to read before PCSing.
2. Cut up 200 magazines. (0/200)
3. Type up 100 sets of book notes. (0/100)
4. Scan 10 journals and/or random notes books. (0/10)
5. Pay off student loans.
6. Pay off car.
7. Finish red-white-and-blue blanket and shades-of-blue blanket.
8. Exercise for at least half an hour, at least three times a week.
11. Not buy a new book until finishing two that I already own.
( +4 images )
13. Get a passport.
14. Stay caught up with my LJ flist.
16. Experiment in the kitchen, and write up a personal cookbook. With pictures.
Italicized are the ones I haven't started.
Bold are ones I'm working on.
Lofty Goals 2010.
1. Pack up all books I'm not going to read before PCSing.
2. Cut up 200 magazines. (0/200)
3. Type up 100 sets of book notes. (0/100)
4. Scan 10 journals and/or random notes books. (0/10)
5. Pay off student loans.
6. Pay off car.
7. Finish red-white-and-blue blanket and shades-of-blue blanket.
8. Exercise for at least half an hour, at least three times a week.
- This one's a fail for January, but I have ordered a new DDR to replace the one I gave the Reids for Christmas. I'm looking forward to dance-dancing again!
- I've started a collage notebook for Fizzy.
- I've got another collage notebook and maybe a quilt still in the idea stages.
11. Not buy a new book until finishing two that I already own.
- So far, so good, though my rules are pretty lax. I've been reading Christopher Pike's Thirst series, which is six books in two volumes. I finished the second two books of the first volume and counted that as two books, towards the second volume which I counted as one book for purchasing purposes, and I bought it before I'd finished earning it (heh heh, oops), and now I've finished the first two books of the second volume and am nearly done with the third, so I've earned another book. :)
( +4 images )
13. Get a passport.
14. Stay caught up with my LJ flist.
- So far, so good! I've been within a day for the past week. :D
16. Experiment in the kitchen, and write up a personal cookbook. With pictures.
- I've been experimenting, but I haven't written any of it up yet ('cause discussing said experimentations with Fizzy doesn't count as a write-up :P).
- I do intend to, though. I want to play with chunky yarns!
1. Bold the names of women you'd definitely sex it up with.
2. Italicize the names of women you might do after a little persuasion.
3. Leave the women who don't do anything for you alone.
4. Put a question mark (?) after the women you've never heard of.
5. Strike the women you wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole.
6. Add three more women to the list.
01. Katee Sackhoff
02. Rachel McAdams
03. Angelina Jolie
04. Gina Torres
05. Christina Hendricks ?
06. Sophia Myles ?
07. Kate Winslet
08. Summer Glau
09. Elizabeth Mitchell ?
10. Kristen Bell
11. Nicole Kidman
12. Tricia Helfer
13. Sara Ramirez
14. Katie Holmes
15. Sophia Bush ?
16. Sanaa Lathan ?
17. Katie McGrath ?
18. Eve Myles
19. Zoe Saldana
20. Zooey Deschanel
( cut for length )
2. Italicize the names of women you might do after a little persuasion.
3. Leave the women who don't do anything for you alone.
4. Put a question mark (?) after the women you've never heard of.
5. Strike the women you wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole.
6. Add three more women to the list.
01. Katee Sackhoff
02. Rachel McAdams
03. Angelina Jolie
04. Gina Torres
05. Christina Hendricks ?
06. Sophia Myles ?
07. Kate Winslet
08. Summer Glau
09. Elizabeth Mitchell ?
10. Kristen Bell
11. Nicole Kidman
12. Tricia Helfer
13. Sara Ramirez
14. Katie Holmes
15. Sophia Bush ?
16. Sanaa Lathan ?
17. Katie McGrath ?
18. Eve Myles
19. Zoe Saldana
20. Zooey Deschanel
( cut for length )
Criminal Minds on Tumblr:
And me being a big dork:
It's so easy. I can queue stuff! It's updated twice a day. :)
http://fuckyeahshemarmoore.tumblr.com/
http://matthewgraygubler.tumblr.com/
http://spencereid.tumblr.com/
http://fuckyeahthomasgibson.tumblr.com/
http://gublernation.tumblr.com/
http://criminalminds.tumblr.com/
http://gubler.tumblr.com/
http://fuckyeahpagetbrewster.tumblr.com
http://thegube.tumblr.com/
http://hellyeahmatthewgraygubler.tumblr.com/
http://fuckyeahajcook.tumblr.com/
http://fykirstenvangsness.tumblr.com/
http://welcometothebau.tumblr.com/
http://fuckyeahcriminalminds.tumblr.com/
http://fuckyeahmatthewgray.tumblr.com/
And me being a big dork:
http://sidetrackedery.tumblr.com/
It's so easy. I can queue stuff! It's updated twice a day. :)
Well I feel sheepish.
Jan. 26th, 2010 01:17 pmSo I remember a national holiday from the nation where I want to live. I bust out the sparkly text. I added a line of "*celebrates*" to bring the sparkly text below the icon on both my DW and LJ layouts.
And then I'm going through LJ, DW, and Tumblr, and everyone I know who's commenting on Australia day is staying home like it's New Year's Morning and calling it Invasion Day and all. So I read the entries, and discovered that Beer's Birthday is really just Be A White Male Conservative Nationalist Wanker Day with a side of cricket.
Now, I'm sure there's much more to it (cookouts and such), but that's what I saw yesterday/today.
So in the grand (well, recent) tradition of Keith Olbermann...
Oops. Sorry.
And then I'm going through LJ, DW, and Tumblr, and everyone I know who's commenting on Australia day is staying home like it's New Year's Morning and calling it Invasion Day and all. So I read the entries, and discovered that Beer's Birthday is really just Be A White Male Conservative Nationalist Wanker Day with a side of cricket.
Now, I'm sure there's much more to it (cookouts and such), but that's what I saw yesterday/today.
So in the grand (well, recent) tradition of Keith Olbermann...
Oops. Sorry.
It's Beer's Birthday!
Jan. 25th, 2010 04:27 pm*celebrates*
Well, since I'm on the ass end of the International Date Line, it'll be Beer's Birthday tomorrow, but in God's Own Sunburnt Country it is already
~AUSTRALIA DAY~
(Yes, I'm a dork who is patriotic sans nationalistic wankery fortwo countries the whole world but especially two beloved countries. Go me.)
Also, I had an appointment today for a sonogram of my thyroid. It was rather uncomfortable (I can't stand anything touching the front of my throat at all and she had to press down a bit to get the picture, though she was very nice and played Enya on her stereo and tried to be accommodating), but it was neat to see the camera images when I was able to look in that direction.
I should know what the doctor learned from those pictures in a few days. In the meantime, I play Hurry Up And Wait, which I excel at. :P
Well, since I'm on the ass end of the International Date Line, it'll be Beer's Birthday tomorrow, but in God's Own Sunburnt Country it is already
(Yes, I'm a dork who is patriotic sans nationalistic wankery for
Also, I had an appointment today for a sonogram of my thyroid. It was rather uncomfortable (I can't stand anything touching the front of my throat at all and she had to press down a bit to get the picture, though she was very nice and played Enya on her stereo and tried to be accommodating), but it was neat to see the camera images when I was able to look in that direction.
I should know what the doctor learned from those pictures in a few days. In the meantime, I play Hurry Up And Wait, which I excel at. :P
(Yes, that's how I'm denoting which journaling platform is being used. It's just easier that way.)
Anyhow...
Everything's fair game. :)
Anyhow...
ASK ME ANY QUESTION and I will answer it IN A VOICE POST.
Everything's fair game. :)
It's here if you want to play but haven't yet--I'm enjoying it and I'm gonna leave it open indefinitely. :)
I'm about ready to craaash with teh tired, though, so I'll finish it up tomorrow.
Have a good day/night/morning/whatever it is in your time zone, all. <3
I'm about ready to craaash with teh tired, though, so I'll finish it up tomorrow.
Have a good day/night/morning/whatever it is in your time zone, all. <3
Photography meme ganked from fragbert.
Jan. 21st, 2010 02:38 pmTell me 5 places in my home you'd like to see, and I will take photos and post them here.
