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This is less of a welcoming entry these days, and more of a "damn you, spambot, stop leaving anonymous comments all over my journal" type of post. Not that I, uh, don't appreciate the poorly-written compliments these bots leave; it's simply that I want to keep them all in one place... screened, preferably.

That being said, I don't mind poorly-written compliments from human bloggers, either. Or well-written compliments from human bloggers. Hell, I'd even accept a compliment from your cat.

Regardless, welcome.

I'm an aunt as of 10:45pm Saturday night! He's a real cutie -- head full of red hair! He's got his own person mohawk. Adorable!

What's not adorable is the two day drive back to Alabama.

And so is doing nothing but watching TV and hanging out with great peeps.

On the downside, though, I got a pretty nasty sunburn running some errands. I guess walking to a fro in 93 degree weather when you're fair and not wearing sunscreen is a less than delicious idea.

Peace.

My snowman officially died today. :( Heat stroke. Melted Head Syndrome. The works. Sadness. Oh well. I guess I should just be happy that it lived three days after the rest of the snow melted.

How have I not heard of this little series before?! How awesome this is.

I hope everyone is doing well. I have been. Insanely stressed, busy, and struggling to keep from speaking my mind to my paranoid boss, but all is well.

I'm actually rather stress-free today. A couple of nights ago my fella and I spent a few hours with good friends. Then we spent a few more hours watching TV and goofing on the Internets late into yesterday. We had a beautiful afternoon (after moving) of just us being together, and today I am travelling to visit relatives. As we speak.

My old apartment is completely moved in now. It's pretty awesome. Now I can't wait to get my new apartment up to par.

...Huh. My desire to post on LJ has quickly and strangely sucked itself away.

http://www.sffworld.com/news/589.html
Walt Disney Studios announced an ambitious, re-make/sequel heavy slate of up-coming films, with a generous helping of actor Johnny Depp. Depp will team with director Tim Burton once again for a live-action/CG mix adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, in which Depp will play the Mad Hatter, for release in 2010. Depp will also reprise the character of Captain Jack Sparrow in a fourth Pirates of the Carribean film, as well as play Tonto in an up-coming remake of The Lone Ranger.

Don't tell me that no one else is even the least bit excited about this! Now, I'm not the squeeing type, but with news that Depp would be playing the Mad Hatter... why, I might just make an exception!

And to what brought me to this little tidbit was a random reminder of an unrelated series I enjoyed. I was hoping to discover if plans of a Tin Man sequel had ever been considered past the writer's strike. And while it doesn't seem all terribly likely at this point (now that the buzz has faded the chances grow slim) I discovered something even better. Rumours go that the same group of people responsible for fashioning Tin Man are doing an Alice in Wonderland miniseries with a similar style! That deserves two exclamation points!!

How crazy is it that I find two separate sets of awesome on a story I adore while searching for something else entirely?

http://newfilmdimension.com/2008/09/26/the-sci-fi-channel-may-be-thinking-of-a-tin-man-sequel/

Right now, I do believe Sci-Fi is working on another mini series from the same people who worked on Tin Man. I can’t remember exactly what it is and I’m too lazy to look it up but I believe its Alice in Wonderland.

Welcome to my first installment of "WTF?!" videos. Today I present Electric Six's High Voltage. No further comment is neccesary.

I've been house, puppy, and cat sitting. It's been nice, but I've been doing too much funnage and too little school work. Darn this Spring Break 'fun' mentality. I've got a crapload of work left to do, but I can't seem to force myself to do any of it. I can't do my Excel assignments, because my sister has 2007 and this is still the 2003 book. Hey, I wanted to finish the last class while I still had used books. They're switching to 2008 next semester. My lab book is just boring calculations left, but the problem is that things are adding up in a couple of labs, so I have to be in the lab to redo them. Booage, man. Booage.

As for my drafting class, I just dunwannadoitwaa. Waaah. Maybe tomorrow, eh?

I have a feeling that life's going to stand on its head these next couple of months. I better get some good sleep tonight, because buddy, life is waiting around that corner.

Things to do while in T-town:
Stuff
Stuff
More Stuff
Less fun stuff
Sleep

I've lost my will to type.

I needed tonight -- all of it -- like you wouldn't believe. I've got a lot I want to type about, but I just don't know if I can. Hey, though. I randomly went to church tonight. Awkward, public faith and myself, but this was... comfort. It's a lot to say and I don't want to, though, if I were to properly explain all of my afternoon. So I'll just say this: my friend's uncle's a skeez.

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4 sentences on your LJ along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.


The processor still reads inputs, executes the ladder program, and updates the output status table files, but without energizing the output circuits. This feature is often used after developing or editing a program to test the program execution before allowing the PLC to operate real-world outputs. Variations of the test mode can include the single-step test mode, which directs the processor to execute a selected single rung or group of rungs; the single-scan test mode, which executes a processor operating scan or cycle; and the continuous-scan test mode, which directs the processor to continousously run the program for checking or troubleshooting.

Some processors have a three-position switch to change the processor operating mode. In the RUN position, all logic is solved and the I/O is enabled.

HA! Take that, silly meme! The closest book to me always is (and probably always will be) a text, lab, or reference manual. But here, have the selected four sentences of the closest nonschool related text:

But although their intentions are good, they can get carried away in what they say and do; they sometimes don't stay cool and reasonable. In my speech to the Aisan Development Bank delegates, I stressed the importance of calm, reason, self-restraint, and order. I think we can settle these protests through democracy and law."

Yang Shangkun: "Your speech went over well with the Party.

Speaking of the Party, people who hate Rosa Parks made me mad. I'll go more into that another time, probably tomorrow. I need the therapy of typing without actually saying what it is I want to type about. So I'll fill the gap with other things of interest. At the very least, interest to me.

Speaking of interesting only to myself: my pets rock! Speaking of rocking, I sure could use some sleep. That would be awesome. Goodnight.

You know you live in sub-standard housing when...
A. Your apartment complex doesn't have a name.
B. Your landlady screens your calls.
C. Your (mostly used) college text books cost more than your rent...for two months.
D. Locals come to your apartment complex with charitable donations of jackets and rice.
E. You didn't have to sign a lease.

That was fun. I'll have to add more as I think of them (or as they come up).

I'm staying in tonight; Brunhilda's sick. She's oozing fluids and overheating -- has the potential to be very expensive. I've been told, though, that if I cannot drive down for Thanksgiving, dagnabbit, someone's gonna come get me. Which is nice. I love that my sister and her husband are entertaining this year; it will be great.

Too fun! Put "[your name] needs" and see what you get. I'm ignoring the obvious ones, like Bessie needs a milkin'!, a bath!, a bell!, a [barn joke]!, blah, blah, insert cow joke here, blah. Post yours, either here on in your journal, so I can see what you get.

Bessie needs to fire to eliminate all of the asteroids.
Bessie needs a Stud!
Bessie needs an enema!
Bessie needs some electrical work but her engine is strong like an ox.
Bessie needs spelling lessons before she can get a job.

And my personal favourite...
Bessie needs her Napalm.


I tried my pen name, but it wasn't as good.

C. needs...
to be removed before bringover.
something to do today
Flipcharts.

And the winner here:
to allocate more tailroom (lol)

That is an accurate rendition of the bathroom vandalism at my electronics's building. I'm not 100% sure why it amuses me. Maybe it's because people are completely missing the point of vandalism (and others, obviously, misunderstood that the 'N' was a second person's scratched in addition). Maybe it's simply because people are, quite literally, arguing with a wall.

I keep meaning to add a line of my own; I probably never will, though.

For realz. I love chocolate, and I love free food, but where am I supposed to put 25 pounds of chocolate?

So! Who wants some chocolate? I cannot eat it all. It's SooOOoooOOooOOOooOOOooo tempting, but I need my fridge back. It's taking up a whole shelf. I must have chilled shelves.

or is it a movie? I don't even know what it's called. It's an old show (or movie) about a couple from New York moving to the country. I guess it amused me since the guy drives a tractor to his house in a suit in the opening sequence. haha.
... My kind of guy.

Mmm. Jack's.

lol http://www.micom.net/oops/Mental%20Health.mp3

***EDIT***

This site's pretty awesome.
http://www.songtapper.com/

I was about to clean out my car until I realized that the cops driving by would probably become slightly suspicious of a girl dumping several large, black trashbags in the dumpster in the middle of the night.

Given my record with the Florence police (being suspected of drunk driving because I took a turn widely -- my turn slipped up on me, and since no one was on the road, I didn't worry about turning fully into my own lane; being surrounded by cops because one of them thought I was running from him even though I was going less than 35 in a 35 once I saw him -- and I was only going like 40 before then) I thought it wise to refrain.

I'll probably start packing instead. I figure that I'll put as much stuff into my car as I can now. Now being throughout today. And I'm hyper. Totally unrelated, but I'm hyper.

I either have a really bad rash, or all kinds of poison ivy. It doesn't look like poison ivy, though, but hell, it itches. Nonetheless, I'm goign to refrain from touching and scratching it. It kind of looks a lot like a rash I get on my hand sometimes. Maybe I'm allergic to something other than my parent's house.

I have other things I want to say, but I need to wait a couple of days before I can confirm things. I'm kind of happy with the idea if this all works out, but who knows. A lot can happen.

A good sneeze is like a pee after you've had to hold it in -- it just feels great.

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Short Stories and Articles, or Basic Carpentry? I can't decide. They're both Continuing Education classes (meaning not for credit -- just fun and relaxation) but they overlap by a week or two, so I can't do both this summer. :( So! I want help deciding. I'll make a comparison chart below:

Stories	Carpentry
$40.00+	$32.00+
6 sessions	4 sessions
Enrich a skill I'm already good at and enjoy	Gain experience in something I like
Good place to make more friends	Good place to meet guys (and wow them with my mad building skillz)
Guys are probably gay	Guys are probably hot
Would probably fit in well with the people there	Might be a little more tense, at least at first
Would probably involve a lot of reading aloud in front of a group	Hands on, lots of public speaking unlikely
Can put stories on Glacier Studio	Can use or give result away as present

I dunno. I'd assume that the general age is going to be at least a little older than me, since most my age focus on credit coursees during the summer, but these are a side dish I've been itching to try.

So yeah, suggestions would be nice, especially from those who know me well *cough, Railey*. :) (Suggestions from everyone, how ever, are encouraged. I just can't decide!!)

I've got goosebumps, and the air conditioner isn't even on. I guess that's what I get for wearing a tank top in 84 degree weather.

I don't have much to say. I've cleaned a little today -- I cleaned a tiny bit earlier this week, though for a reason that proved pointless. However, it needed to be done, and doing a little has shown me that it can be accopmlished! So now I'm more inclined to clean the rest. I gotta move and shift some stuff around, anyway.

I've also been running errands this afternoon (and having a little recreational window shopping). I feel like one hot momma today, so I've had fun prancing around and showing it off. It's silly, yes, but let a girl have a vanity every now and again. It's a rare occasion when I can turn heads with crappy hair and just a little powder.

It just goes to show, though, that much of beauty's a state of mind. ...Or maybe it's the denim skirt. Either way, it's working.

I've realized that I'm not even a huge fan of buying things. It's fun, but the real enjoyment of a good shopping day comes from just looking around.

Anyway, I'm feeling better. I still feel a little sick -- maybe that's why I'm so cold -- but it's mainly my stomache giving me troubles right now. That should pass in the next hour, and it probably related to the crappy lunch I had.

Speaking of which, the bathroom beckons.

So! What a way to start off my Spring Break -- sick. As in infected mucus draining into my mouth sick. As in I cough and stuff comes up. As in I used so much cheap toilet paper to blow my nose with at work that it burns. Oh baby, it burns. It's pretty red, too. I ended up using like, a roll of toilet paper for nose blowing alone. NUTS. Thank goodness for face lotions.

Anyway, sick + PMS = low tolerance for Goody's customers. As in I requested to avoid the register until I calmed down a little. Because I was way too close to saying way too many things to far too many people. It was scary; I don't want to become that kind of person (*cough*).

Mmm, smores. I likes them, even if they are only cooked (aka charred) by candle flame and not a camp fire.

So I have tomorrow and the next day off. I was gonna go to ttown and help family clean (for money, since I'm broke and can't afford gas) and visit those I didn't see last time I was down, but I don't want to drive.

Sorry.

I'll just go to sleep in a few minutes and sleep until 5 pm Wednesday.

If I'm feeling better, I'll drop down later on. I mean, I just now realized that I never ate at Swen during my last visit (or two, even)! How could I go back to Northport and NOT eat at one of the greatest place ever?! I'm highly dissapointed in myself. I haven't had good Chinese in I don't even KNOW when.

I guess I really have stopped eating Chinese since I left my Chinese-eating-buddy back home. :( Arefeen! We need to eat Chinese soon. You too, Travis.

It feels like I've been snuffing sandpaper. It also feels like I could toast marshmallows on my forehead alone.

I'm contemplative, but I don't feel like typing it out right now. Maybe some other day.

Until then, I shall eat cheese (why I crave it, who knows) shower, and sleep. For a looooong time.

P.S. Dude. How freakin' awesome is this?!

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Congratulations to my uncle! I wish I could scan the pic of him and his fiancee in, but I don't want to go down toulations to my uncle! I wish I could scan the pic of him and his fiancee in, but I don't want to go down to the library.ulations to my uncle! I wish I could scan the pic of him and his fiancee in, but I don't want to go down to the library.

What the crap?! That was apperantly an auto-saved message from who knows when. It doesn't even make sense. Did I actually type that? Maybe I was drunk.

Anyway, I was in South Carolina today for the union of John W. White and Connie D. McFadden. They're so cute. :)

Yes, my uncle has finally married. He now has step grandchildren just as old as me. Haha. Crazy. (For the record, I do not like my people trying to set me up with random South Carolina guys. Especially when, technically, they are now my cousin. I know I'm from Alabama, but eww. No. I don't care if it's by marriage only. Just no.)

So now I'm bored in Tuscaloosa because I'm too lazy to call anyone to hang out. So, anyone's more than welcome to call me. I'll probably answer. Maybe. If I don't, my laundry most likely will.


PS: Is it physically possible for four bags of laundry to pull themselves out of my trunk, drag themselves into the house, and throw themselves in the machine with a little detergent? Boy, do I hope so!