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We got quite a bit of snow last night, so today I took Yoshi and Ayla out. This is their first snow together :-)

Behind a cut to not overflow friends' pages:

( CLICK HERE for doggy snow photos!!! )

Looks like Web Comics Nation took care of whatever it was that set off the attack site detector. So now 2 web comics, out of the (at least) 4 dozen I regularly look at, are restored.








No wonder I'm unemployed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIC4d1V0Jsk

been having fun with facebook lately - finally figured out apps work!
i love my new windows!
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/Venkmanblues?ref=name

Ngngngngngh. I came home from work. Listened to music. Went to bed. Woke up at 2 am. Ate dinner. Drew a commission sketch (I got really behind... ugh). Now it's back to bed (nearly 6 am), only to wake up again soon! Woof. My schedule for the weekend is already fubarred.

• 07:57 School's over... It should be even more illegal now for me to be up this early. #
• 10:29 @LyanaEvrilow You're in the Pacific Time Zone and not able to see me! That's worse!!! #
• 10:35 @LyanaEvrilow Baaaaaaaah! Sad Christmas :'( #
• 19:38 I have the coolest f'king phone on the planet! I fell in love with it all over again about an hour ago. #

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Is next week. Where am I going to find something for Dad?

What about the friends I'd love to find a little something for?

And most importantly, where the hell did the year go?

I'm doing my usual web-surfey thing, doing my daily web comics check and webcomicsnation.com is coming up as an attack site!


(and "shocked" shouldn't be a fucking smiley face)

Windows 7 64 bit + 4 gig ram + media keyboard
= JAWDROP!

all i need is a terrabyte hard drive
but right now my feet feel like there gonna fall off - i been running around so much today in 30 degree height i feel like i have heat stroke

• 10:43 @rachelkvincent Probably about the time Starbucks and other coffee houses let us get that way :D #
• 13:30 As good as Whale Rider the movie was, the book was way better. #
• 15:36 "Stick plus stone equals FIRE! Math is invented!" --@tygerwulfe #

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The truth is a sadly lost commodity on the alter of sensationalism and group pandering. In an follow up article about the student who was supposedly suspended for drawing Jesus reveals the startling truths of the case.

"“It hurts me that they did this to my kid,’’ Chester Johnson, the boy’s father, said in an interview with the Globe. “They can’t mess with our religion. They owe us a small lump sum for this.""

- I think we're starting to get an idea about what the real interest in this case is: money.

"Hackett said the student, age 9, was never suspended and that neither he nor other students at the Maxham Elementary School were asked by the teacher to sketch something that reminded them of Christmas or any religious holiday, as the Gazette and other media reported and the father suggested, although his story changed as he explained it."

- How interesting. So nearly nothing about the way this story was portrayed was the least bit true. I'm saddened that so few others had the same skepticism that I had when I heard about this incident, and were so quick to jump on the Christan martyrdom train.

"“Religion had nothing to do with this at all, 100 percent nothing to do with it,’’ Hackett said, adding that Taunton is known as “The Christmas City""

- Much as I said.

"She said the drawing was seen as a potential cry for help when the student identified himself, rather than Jesus, on the cross, which prompted the teacher to alert the school’s principal and staff psychologist. As a result, the boy underwent a psychological evaluation."

- What! You mean he wasn't sent to the psychologist for being a Christian? But there so much anti-Christian sentiment in anti-Christian America where only a piddling 75%+ of the population identifies as Christian. Seriously people, we need to get away from these preposterous notions of "wars on Christmas" and interpreting supporting scientific fact and universal equality as being "anti-Christian."

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I, admittedly, was also mistaken in my evaluation of this case, but I can honestly say that it made far more sense than what I was hearing from other reactionary replies. I will be taking this incident as exemplifying the fact that I need to research and verify the veracity of internet news claims - especially when they're sensational sounding - and I hope you will do the same.

Just a note to EVERYONE that wanted something in time for FC. If I do not have payment on it I have not made it. So if you want it I need that payment NOW.

I live across the border - Overnight shipping is NOT AN OPTION. And we do not have Saturday mail here - All shipping options take at least a week and I advocate TWO WEEKS MINIMUM to account for customs delays.

EVERYTHING needs to be shipped by January 4th. When means I need payment in full a good 2 weeks before that so I have TIME to build it! Which is NOW!

I will NOT carry anything with me on the plane to FC except my own personal costumes. I do not have room for anything more. So don't plan on that.

Monday, December 21st will be the deadline. If I do not have a good chunk of the money by then (or a good story and me willing to take start your project on personal trust that the $ will come soon), I CANNOT make your item in time for FC.

For those who have paid (or whom I waived payment) you're either finished or still well on track to be done in time :)

This is just directed to those who may not realize how soon FC really is - I can relate, it's hard to think of an event still a month away and not think you still have a month. But working down to the very last day before the convention is not an option for me.

Happy birthday, skittlex!!

Just can't find the motivation to write anything, even though plenty of things have been happening.

All the gift exchange packages were send out on the 7th of December if I recall correctly. I'm hoping they'll all arrive save and sound. The first one to me arrived yesterday as well; containing many goodies from 'Teavanna'. Needless to say for someone with a cold and an ear infection, this is pure bliss. Thank you EVER so much MedicineWolf!

That cold and ear-infection came from the Jenny Watts Staff-do, which was last Monday. Standing outside scantily clad really doesn't do your health any favours!

But it was a grand night out! Almost all staff (well, the ones we wanted there anyways) made it down. We took up two full length tables in the new Fifty-Two restaurant. My dinner consisted of soup for starters, a massive steak for mains and some ice-cream with rum-raisins after. Most of the staff stuck with the traditional turkey, but most were complaining they should have gone for the steak. I have to admit, it was perfectly cooked (or lack thereof... the way I like it).

Afterwards we all went back to Jenny Watts, and we sampled some of my home-made wines and meads. This took a toll on some of them (my wines are fairly heavy), so after some left for home the remainder of our staff-do troop went to Cafe Ceol for a dance or two. By this time most of the staff was tanked, and by closing we had our chef stumble out and inviting us back at his place.

It was 4am when me and Zara finally hit bed, but it was a good night. That morning I didn't awake to a screaming head-ache (hadn't drunk that much), but rather a stuffed nose and a rather painful ear.

Same day I was working the night-shift with Craig, which is when the cold grabbed a hold of me. Wednesday was spend sleeping most of it off, and today most is being spend hugging the tea-strainer that I got from the gift exchange with an awesome blend of tea in (thanks again!).

Hopefully the infection will clear soon enough. But I had a grand time indeed!

                                        

Chains of sin are broken! We have overcome by the name and the blood of the lamb of god. Inspired by this song ^^ around 2:16: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDhIOpnyVZE I <3 Jesus Chirst

-Exdra

• 22:26 I suppose this won't change anything as far as Walt Disney Company is concerned...still, it's sad. tinyurl.com/ybxgt5k #
• 22:37 Well, I'm humped. I just realized I misread the due date/time of my Personal Finance final and missed it by 30 minutes. #

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My brain is just not wired to take an online class. I swear, I just am not able to do it! Yet, sadly, I’m probably going to be doing it again next semester.

I might get a D in my Personal Finance class this semester because I missed the deadline for the final by 31 minutes. That’s right, it closed 31 minutes before I sat down to take the test. It’s my own fault, really. I fully admit that. When I read the email that the teacher sent out regarding the test time and date, I thought it would close at 1am PST the night of the 17th. No, no… It closed on the 1am EST of the 17th… So, tonight, being the 16th, when I sat down at my computer in the good old Pacific Standard Time of 10:31 PM, the test was already closed.

Confused yet?

When I attempted to attend the Art Institute Online, I had these same problems. I always read the date and time wrong for when things were due, so they were either late or never turned in because late work wasn’t accepted. Why? If anyone else can figure it out, let me know. Though, all things considered, I made the same date/time mistakes when I had Inventory shifts at Blockbuster. I never knew what night I was coming in at midnight so I drove my manager batty checking and double checking.

Now I’m just irritated at myself. It’s completely a “Should have known better…” moment. There’s nothing more I can do about it now. I already emailed the teacher to see if there is anything I can do to fix it, but I’m pretty sure that the only option is to retake the class and replace the grade.

Has anyone else had “experiences” with online classes, good or bad?

Originally published at Nyx Goldstone. You can comment here or there.

I love late night comedy finds. Deyna and I have been laughing like crazy at this guy.

I think I have another comedian to add to my list of favorites.

I give you...Pablo Francisco!

EDIT: Better video


Enjoy!!!! XDDDDDDDDDDDDD

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Feeling better. Still very tired and stiff. Muscles are sore too whenever I move around but that's to be expected. At least now I'm spending more time awake than asleep.

So, a quick recap.

The mucin was harder than expected around my stomach, liver, small intestine, and colon so the doctor wasn't able to remove it all. He was able to remove my gall bladder, spleen, and about a foot of small intestine and a half foot of colon. He was not able to strip the organs and do the chemical bath treatment. So rather than being about 20 hours the surgery was around 8 hours. Plus the prep time before and after. I went down for the surgery at 9:30 AM and was in the ICU at 7:30 PM.

Currently, he 's checking with other specialists about doing colon chemotherapy and seeing if that will break up the mucin. If so, then he'll see about trying another surgery. I see him on Jan 19th and we'll discuss what he's found out and make plans then.

I have lost most of the bulge in my stomach although not all of it. Now I only look about 3 months pregnant rather than 8-9 :P Definitely not looking forward to another surgery however I want to get rid of this cancer. Right now, it looks like it's going to be a long year of recovery and treatments however I know I'll make it through.

Thanks again to everyone for all your support. I really appreciate it and it gives me strength.

Love you all.