Friday, August 31, 2007

More Pirate Madness....

Ok, so I had the Old Man do the quiz too.... this is too funny!



My pirate name is:


Iron Davy Vane



A pirate's life isn't easy; it takes a tough person. That's okay with you, though, since you a tough person. You tend to blend into the background occaisionally, but that's okay, because it's much easier to sneak up on people and disembowel them that way. Arr!

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Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Yo Ho Ho, A Pirate's Life for Me!

ROFL!



My pirate name is:


Mad Bess Vane



Every pirate is a little bit crazy. You, though, are more than just a little bit. You tend to blend into the background occaisionally, but that's okay, because it's much easier to sneak up on people and disembowel them that way. Arr!

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Wednesday, August 22, 2007

This Looked Like Fun....

So The Deep Thinker had this for a post today. It looked amusing, so I tried it myself. Here are the results:


You are The Star


Hope, expectation, Bright promises.


The Star is one of the great cards of faith, dreams realised


The Star is a card that looks to the future. It does not predict any immediate or powerful change, but it does predict hope and healing. This card suggests clarity of vision, spiritual insight. And, most importantly, that unexpected help will be coming, with water to quench your thirst, with a guiding light to the future. They might say you're a dreamer, but you're not the only one.


What Tarot Card are You?
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So those of you that know me, what do you think? Accurate?

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Well I love a rainy night...

So we had quite the storms the last few days. Within 3 days, we've managed to almost make up for the deficit of the summer. Granted, it would have been much nicer in spurts, but I'm not going to complain too much. We were very fortunate that we didn't suffer any damage, just some small branches down.

I love storms tho. Didn't used to when I was small - was terrified of them in fact. Not so much the storms but when it would get so dark, & the sky would turn green. Then the sirens would go off. That's what would get to me. For years I couldn't even watch the tornado scene in the Wizard of Oz, it would completely freak me out. (True story - sad huh?) But as I got older, I decided that I would study weather-stuff, hopefully to understand what was going on. Then I started taking photos of clouds. Not the fluffy, happy blue sky clouds - those were boring. I'm talking about the big, black menacing kind - exactly the kind that I feared as a child. I guess you could call it a primitive form of therapy. It worked tho. Oh sure, I get nervous when things really get rockin' & rollin' - kinda like last night when the Weather Geeks were talking 5" hail (that's grapefruit sized folks) & winds over 100 mph. But I also wish for daylight - 'cause those would have been some kick-ass clouds to shoot. Oh well - next time.

Saturday, August 4, 2007

Rainy Saturdays

I don't know whether it's the gray & drippy weather outside, the events of the last week or what, but I'm in one sour-assed mood today. The only upside was that I was able to sleep in this morning, something that I desperately needed. It was a very long week, lots of work & mild stress trying to get projects done. Then we had the whole bridge thing, which thankfully didn't directly impact me but was one of those "taking stock" moments. I don't know how many people I talked to said "Jeez, I've been over that bridge (insert number of times here) & it could've been me." This includes myself. I'm just thankful that the number of fatalities has been so low so far. It could have been sooo much worse. Unfortunately this was one of those events that gets you thinking, & getting me reflective hasn't been all that productive lately. It just gets me in one of these moods, & then the day tends to go into the crapper.

Right now, I'm giving serious thought to going back to bed. Yeah.... perhaps.