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Jul. 12th, 2008 @ 07:00 pm LOLCats

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There are some pix of my little dude as an LOLCat in my gallery. Cuteness.

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Jun. 30th, 2008 @ 09:16 am Re-vamp.. running it by you guys... comments please

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Hi ya'all. I'm revamping my fan fic series into something publishable, and I wanted to run by what I have for them. Any comments would be really really really helpful. Much love.

::Until five years ago, humans co-existed alongside preternaturals in ignorance. Few believed they existed. Then, by what can only be described as a fluke, all of that changed. A vampire attack was captured on a camera phone and posted on You Tube. In the hysteria that ensued, it was like a domino effect. Suddenly, the human population was awake to the fact that vampires, lycanthrops, witches, and other things they thought only existed in movies were all around them.  Some meant humans no harm... others did. In the panic, the government formed the NPID, the National Preternatural Investigation Division, to research this new element of society and decide which was a threat and which wasn't. In their research, the NPID discovered some other beings they didn't expect: humans with supernatural abilities. Seeing the opportunity, they enlisted these people as special agents, and formed the NPID's Special Operations Team, the elite force sent to areas of supernatural violence to protect the human, and innocent preternatural, population::

This is where my old AK characters come in. I picked out a handfull of my faves and re-vamped them to fit the series. I chose: Vertigo (duh), Pyro, Toxin, Sigma, Sage, and Mirage. Ren, with your permission, I would like to use the idea behind Scream (and that name) in another character. I would obviously give you any credit if I get published. The code names I used in the AK are just the call names that agents give each other.. like in the military.

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Ok, now for my BtVS series. The only thing I really needed to change was the Slayer concept. The rest of it can pretty much be swapped directly. For this, I actually got my idea from the horrible DOOM movie XD In that movie, they discussed how humans have 23 sets of chromosones... in the film the 24th gives superhuman strength and ability. Pretty easy. I googled chromosomes and it says we really DO have 23, but if I'm wrong, someone please tell me.

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Jun. 24th, 2008 @ 02:19 am Rain, rain, go away

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It's been raining like a bitch here latley. We need it, we are still considered in a drought, but just when I need to start on my yardwork. Blast. The hedges need trimmed, the weeds need pulled. I've let it go too much since Matthew left. And on top of that, I discovered that we have termites the other day. The good news is that it isn't my problem, b/c it isn't my house. The bad news is that our landlords don't seem to give a crap about the house. I called twice today and no one has gotten back to me. My ass will be going in there in a few days. Guh.

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Jun. 20th, 2008 @ 02:33 pm URG

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Wow.. I am the most horrible, fickle journaler ever. In my defense, when life is as boring as mine is, it's hard to force something out. Updates:

I was taking a CNA class towards my nursing degree. I missed the first day b/c I was on a waiting list, and then I got food poisoning, so I had to drop it. I'm ok with that... I'll retake it later and be better prepared. It was kicking my ass.

At one point I had seven fish. Gillis, a light blue beauty, died the day after I got him. I think he was sick when I got him at the store. Zeke died last week. And Roscoe, poor Roscoe, became cat food when my neighbor didn't shut the door to the den while I was in Illinois. I got Finn a few days after Zeke passed. He's a bright bright yellow.. just beautiful. So now I have five.

I booked my appointment for my photoshoot for Matt's anniversary present. I'm really stoked about it. She had some really great ideas. After I get the pics, I post the more tame ones here for viewing pleasure.

That's about it, really. Less than two months until R&R!!!!!!

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Apr. 30th, 2008 @ 02:38 am I just don't know anymore.

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I respect people who have made a decision to not contribute to the over-population of the planet and not have children. However, I've always wanted to have an offspring of my own, to see my genes carried on to the next generation. But an incident this weekend has seriously made me reconsider.

I invited two of my friends with kids over for my BBQ for my b-day. I didn't call until Thrusday so it wasn't a lot of time to find a babysitter. There were 3 girls ranging from 3 to 9 years old.

OH.MY.F-ING.GOD.

1. At one point the little brats came out of my garage wearing all the stuff I had neatly boxed up for my garage sale.
2. They also unboxed all of my halloween decorations my mother had given me. These were NOT cheap decors.
3. They put the youngest one in Cooper's crate. It was funny at first, until she decided to PEE IN IT.
4. They put a hole in one of my screens in the kitchen.
5.  My house is now covered in peanut shells. Fathom it.
6. THEY ATE ALL MY CHOCOLATE :(

I just don't know. I love their parents, they are my friends, but they did nothing to stop them. They helped me clean up later, but there is still a whole in my window screen in the kitchen and MY CHOCOLATE IS STILL GONE :( I told Matthew sarcastically that I had decided to only raise furry, four legged children from now on. He really thought I was kidding, which of course he would, since we've named our future kids already.  I told him I was kind of serious. The whole thing really irked me, and I began to wonder if I would be happier just being the cool aunt. I mean, there are so many reasons I DON'T want kids, it kind of outweighs the pros. Just a couple are :the havoc they wreak on your body and the fact that you can no longer do the things you want, because you have to shape EVERYTHING around kids. (I had to listen to high-pitched, singing barnyard animals on the way to Olive Garden yesterday b/c of the 2 year old in the car)

He told me that if I really didn't want to, we wouldn't have any. I told him I didn't believe he would give in that easy, and he said that he wouldn't, but it would be counterproductive to pressure me into something I didn't want to do. I said it sounded a bit condesending but he told me he would only respect my decision. I guess I appreciate it. We had already decided that we want to wait at least a few more years. However, he's mentioned the fact that he is 30 now and doesn't want to be grandpa aged when his first child is born. So who knows. He thinks I'm just angry about the way my friends disrespected our home 'At least it's only a rental!' and will change my mind.

I'm not so sure. I heard a screaming toddler in Target yesterday and wanted to run screaming myself in the other direction.

What do you all think?

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Apr. 30th, 2008 @ 12:53 am Shopping tip: Glee

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For fans of internet shopping like me :D When using on-line sites, type name of store promo codes into a search engine. With a little looking you can save some cash! I just did this for Chadwicks.com and got a $30 off a $90 purchase coupon that wasn't advertised on the site! Also, a deferred billing option that wasn't offered on their website.

Very cool.

Got a security system installed in the house today. For 138 fucking dollars. I am hoping the landlord will reimburse us. Some of the components weren't working and I replaced them.. since it isn't my house, logically I SHOULD be paid back for it. With our landlords, tho, who knows. When I called to ask, this was my exchange with the receptionist, no joke:

Me: "(Explaining problem and asking if reimbursment is the policy)"
Her: "(Silence)"
Me: "......Hello?"
Her: "Yes, I'm here. There was a loud noise."
(silence)
Me: ".......ok."

After lots of um's and I don't know's, she left a message for someone who, in her credit, did call me back promptly, but also had to leave another message for the owner of the company to call me back.

For the love of....! First, I don't feel like moving to ANOTHER rental property just because they're incompetent, and second, I don't want to buy a house with Matthew not here. I feel that's a decision that needs to be made together. I know a lot of wives have done it, but I don't agree.

Oh, and also, my AC isn't working. Luckily, the rain that moved in over the weekend has cooled it off A LOT, but it was boiling in here over the weekend. Apparently the coil has a freon leak and needs to be replaced. I clearly remember them having to come here TWICE because the AC was out of freon. They're just NOW telling me I need a new coil?

Oh well. At least I don't have to pay for it. One of the perks of renting.

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Apr. 29th, 2008 @ 11:54 pm Writer's Block: Spring Cleaning

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Tags: spring cleaning , writer's block

Are you planning on doing any spring cleaning this year? If so, please share a cleaning tip you swear by.

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I'm totally knee deep in organizing shit. I've determined that my husband is a packrat.. he's kept so much military crap that it's ridiculous. I found day planners from 2001. Some of it I've tossed but some of it I've kept simply because I'm not really sure if it's important or not. I have a box for the I don't know stuff that he said he would go through when he gets back.

TIP: Clear plastic containers. They're cheap at Wal-mart of Target and are great for organizing. They create a ton more space in closets or garages, and since they're clear, it's easy to see what's inside. I used several of the 5 gallon ones for my purses and cleared off an entire shelf in our closet. Same with our den. I was able to transform a closet when we basically threw crap into a place that has room to spare. SCORE.

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Apr. 28th, 2008 @ 08:43 pm Writer's Block: No Laughing Matter

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Tags: no laughing matter , writer's block

What do you think is too serious to joke about?

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Honestly, there are a lot of topics that I think are a little much to make fun of, but I'm guilty of laughing at and making jokes about all of them from time to time. Personally, rape/violence jokes push me over the edge, but since I've experienced this, I find it horrible to crack jokes about it. To each his own I guess.

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Apr. 28th, 2008 @ 04:00 pm Bleck

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Happy Birthday to me. Happy first anniversary to us.

Thanks for the card, Linda.. it made me giggle :)

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Apr. 27th, 2008 @ 12:11 pm Writer's Block: Sick Day

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What is your favorite thing about being sick?

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The fact that I'm able to just sit around the house and do absolutly nothing w/out having to feel bad about it. You don't have to shower if you don't want to, leave the house, or generally do anything. Wow, that doesn't make being sick sound to bad...

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My party went ok. My AC isn't working, so it was really hot in my house, and a couple of friends that said they would come flaked on me, but I guess that comes with the territory. And their kids were cute but they made a mess of my house. Definetly doesn't help the case for future motherhood.

I watched Doom the movie on TNT and actually got a few good ideas about a publishable novel. Explaining superhuman abilities w/out stealing from another genre, specifically.

Anyway, I have another day of nothing ahead of me. What a difficult life I lead.

3.5 months until Matt's R&R!

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Apr. 25th, 2008 @ 09:25 pm Writer's Block: Happy Friday

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Tags: happy friday , writer's block

What are you most looking forward to this weekend?

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I'm having a BBQ/Party at my house this weekend. It's supposed to be for my birthday, but I just want to have some people over. I'm kind of nervous that it'll be a bust, but we'll see how it goes. I have a lot to do before then.. clean the house, prepare some food.

That's really it for now. It's been a pretty boring day.

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Apr. 24th, 2008 @ 07:36 pm Writer's Block: A Little Recognition, Please?

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What talent do you have that you wish more people would recognize?

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Ok this is going to sound really dumb, but I think I'm pretty good with makeup.. creating different styles and making it fun. I feel like I'm good, but I don't get a lot of recognition for it. I love playing with colors and ways to apply eyeshadow. Makeup should be fun, not just something you do every day. :)

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Got my gun today. I'm also getting the alarm hooked up in the house. Matt is a bit worried now, I think. He said screw the cost, just get the alarm hooked up. I'm kind of excited about taking it to the range to fire it and get used to it. I could definetly see myself makin g a hobby out of it, so I may get a couple more. Definetly a revolver, at least.

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Apr. 24th, 2008 @ 11:21 am Writer's Block: What? Everyone Doesn't Like Me?

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Current Music: Rooster - Alice in Chains

Tags: getting along , writer's block

Why do you think it is some people don't get along with you?

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Some personalities just clash. I used to be extreamly worried about people not liking me. I wanted to know why. What did I do to make them not like me? I wanted everyone to like me. I think it comes down to my issues with self esteem. I figured that if I had a huge group of people that liked me, I would realize that I was worthy. Slowly, I'm beginning to realize that that is just the way it is.. some people will just not like you, and there is nothing you can do about it. It has nothing to do with your worth as a person. Generally, people do enjoy my company. One of my friend's husband said that I was "crazy, in a good way". I took that as a compliment. :D

EDIT: New pics in the Random Stuff album

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Apr. 23rd, 2008 @ 10:00 pm Writer's Block: Stolen Goods

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Tags: stolen goods , writer's block

What is the most valuable thing you've ever had stolen from you?

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I think I'll start doing these daily. Forces me to write SOMETHING.

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I would have to say my trust. Between being raised my two parents who hated each other (a verbally abusive father and a non-present mother) and being raped in college, I still find myself not trusting my husband in situations where he deserves my trust. It's caused problems with us that I'm still trying to work through. Problem is, I feel like I'm doing it alone a lot of the time. Matthew concentrates on being angry with me for not trusting him over trying to realize WHY I'm the way I am.

Eh, we're working on it. Rome wasn't built in a day, and a solid marriage isn't built in a year.

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Apr. 23rd, 2008 @ 08:43 pm Writer's Block: Define Cheater

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What is your definition of cheating?

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This is kind of neat.. forces me to actually update. I'm assuming that this is in regards to relationships. Since every relationship is different and some people might have different view and feelings, I would have to say that anything that would hurt your partner's feelings would be crossing the line and cheating. I'd like to appoint the good old Golden Rule to this one: if the roles were reversed and you would be upset by it, it's probably not a good idea.

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So, I'm up to 6 fish now. Fred joined me about a week ago. I really got another a few days ago when I saw a white and purple spotted one at the store.. I would have called him Fido. HA.

My birthday/anniversary is Monday. It blows to spend my 1st wedding anniversary alone, but what can I do. I'm sure Matthew is going to be feeling shitty, too. I'm having a party/BBQ at my house on Saturday. That should keep the weekend busy, and Monday I might treat myself to a trip to Raleigh for some shopping and lunch at the Cheesecake Factory. Yum.

In the past two weeks, one of my neighbors had an attempted break in and another acutally did have her house broken into. It's scary/annoying because we moved out here to get AWAY from the crap in Fayettenam. I love living here, but it makes me think about trying to PCS when Matt gets back next year. Anyway, I purchased a handgun today, but apparently I need a North Carolina state ID, so I have to get that tomorrow and then go back to pick it up. I'm kind of excited actually. It's my gun. Sweeet. I'm armed and dangerous, fucka!

Nothing much else to report. Until next time. Molly out.

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Apr. 6th, 2008 @ 08:08 pm Of pets

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I'll try to get updated pet pictures up soon. I have two more bettas to add to the gallery: Sidney and Ish. Sid is my prettiest fish I think. He's sapphire blue with hints of purple. Ish is a very very light lilac with darker fins. I thought he was lighter than that in the store, but I won't hold it against him :)

I'm taking Cooper to the vet tomorrow. He has an ear infection. I feel like a bad Mom because he's had it for awhile, but I knew it would be costly to fix so I tried home remidies first. I thought maybe it was ear mites, so I got some over the counter meds and tried that but it didn't work. They need to put him under to flush out his ear and will put him on steriods to take down the inflamation after. All in all it's about $150.

And I'm a tad concerned about Gibson, too. He's had really watery stool latley. The worst part of it is the clean up. It's messy has hell and he gets poop everywhere since it's not solid. I'm thinking that it might be the new soft food I started giving him as a treat at night. I'm going to not give it to him this week and see how he does. If he's not better by Friday I'll take him to the vet. Luckily, his appetite and mood haven't changed at all.

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Apr. 5th, 2008 @ 08:20 pm Bleck

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What's new... let's see. I got canned from the gym yesterday. The only reason I'm so upfront about it is because it was bullshit. My boss had it out for me, plain and simple, and even my HR manager agreed it was crap, but her hands were tied. Whatever. We've become close friends, so she said she would give me a good reference in the future. All I have to do is put her name and number next to the gym on my resume.

I'm probably going to take a little break. That place was really getting to me. I'm going to concentrate on the house and getting in shape and then look for something. Hell, maybe I'll just go work 10 or 15 hrs a week at Barnes and Noble.

Got five fish. Adopted Ish the other day. At this point I can't see myself stopping with fish adopting until I run out of room to put them. LOL. I'd really like to find a yellow or orange one. I'll probably need to go to an actual petstore for that.

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Mar. 23rd, 2008 @ 12:33 pm *yawn*

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Not really a whole lot to report here. I got yet another fish. LOL. He was so pretty I couldn't pass him up. His name is Sid(ney), and yes, he's named after that Sidney. He's navy blue with flashes of purple. I bought him a huge vase as his home because I like some variety. I don't want 4 of the same bowl lining the shelves. LOL. I hope the other fish don't get jealous. At this point, I probably won't stop until I have one of each color. Heh.

Oh, I guess I do have some news. I got my nose pierced! It's just a little diamond stud, very cute. I'd wanted to for a while, but hesitated because it's on my face, but finally decided wtf. I so hardcore.

Still waiting on my cool purse.  Some of the shells were on backorder. :( Stupid out of stock.

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Mar. 15th, 2008 @ 07:08 pm Greetings from IL

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I'm home for a long weekend, visiting my family and friends. I flew in Thrusday and go back to Fayetteville on Monday. It's nice to see everyone and just get away for a while.. makes me appreciate it more when I go back.

Btw.. OMFG it's snowing. Shoot me.

Matt and I are good now. We bascially just pretended the argument never happened. Eh, it's probably for the best.

He didn't get promoted, AGAIN. I was so pissed at the Army I could die. Two people in his squad got it over him. Two guys that, IMO, didn't deserve it as much he did.

My pets are good. After comparing the 3 bettas, I've realized that Zeke is the moose of the group.. he's by far the largest fish. I think Masta is the runt, with Roscoe in between. Masta is warming up to me. He does his fishie dance when I come up to the bowl. Zeke randomly takes off around his bowl as fast as he can, especially if I reach up on the shelf for his food. And Roscoe is pretty chill. He doesn't seem overly active or skidish.

They is fun.

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Mar. 12th, 2008 @ 05:32 pm Ok it IS over

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No bunny.

No guitar.

He's pissed that I said no to his guitar, but at this point I don't care. He said I only said no b/c HE said no to another pet, and I said: "It's a lot of money," That's partially true. It is a lot of money for a stupid guitar, and I DID say it because he shot me down. Thirty mintues before this exchange I told him I was going to remember this next time he wanted something. I may sound childish, but I'm always backing down because I don't want him angry with me. It's unhealthy.

Besides, I REALLY wanted that bunny. I was so sad when I realized I wasn't going to get him.

Matt thinks I'm implusivly shopping to make up for the lonliness I feel. I AM lonley. I DO want compaionship. So I'm choosing to get it from an animal, big deal.

So we ended our conversation angry with each other. That's the first time this as happened, but I feel again like my habit of apologizing and just letting it go to keep him happy isn't good for either of us. Because then stuff stews and I blow.

*sigh* But I hate the feeling of knowing he's mad an not being able to make it better.

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