Proposition 8

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Shhhhhhhhh

I need a day of rest.
Please don't email me.
Don't call me.
I need to decompress and today is my day!
No stamps,
no paper,
no chat
no new websites,
no PMs,
Please, leave me in peace today.
You will be fine without me
I promise!!!

After an earthquake

Sometimes song lyrics hit home. Names those songs!! As my dear Billie says:

"This is a public service announcement, this is only a test
Emergency evacuation process
May Impair your ability to operate machinery
Can't quite tell just what it means to me

My heart is beating from me
Blinded by the silence of a thousand broken hearts
The world is spinning
Around and around
Out of control again
It's comedy and tragedy

I am standing all alone
Stepped out of the line
Like a sheep runs from the herd
Marching out of time
To my own beat now
The only way I know

Nobody likes you...
Everyone left you...
They're all out without you...
Having fun..."

ch ch ch ch changes....

Some are good some are bad. I'm sitting here furious because the web site I live at has undergone a face lift today. I don't just dislike it, I HATE it! And I know hate is a very strong word, I rarely use, if ever.

They added a live chat component, which is great, but everything else I do there is now significantly more difficult, and I don't have time for more difficult.
I'm going to leave the community. Truth be told, it's for scrappers, which I am not. My creative outlet is more and more assemblage and altered art, which is not their focus. So why do I feel like I just had my left hand cut off? I am hosting a few swaps there which will end soon, and then I have a bunch of trips planned, so I'll be too busy. I shouldn't spend that much time there anyway. Do you hear me justifying???

Well, that means that YOU, my handful of readers, will be able to participate in swaps right here! woo hoo! and I can put my energy elsewhere. All things happen for a reason. Let's see where this leads me now......

Don't give up!

Yesterday was a HUGE day for my family!!! Emily, the youngest, has been blind all her life. Everywhere we go, she keeps her eyes closed, because she has nothing to look at. She keeps her head down, with no reason to hold it up. People always comment, "Awwww, she's sleeping". 'No, actually she's blind, but she can hear you' has always been my response, then they shudder away in some asinine attempt to avoid catching blindness.
I took her to yet another vision doctor, one who specializes in muscle disorders to get a final opinion, and hopefully some therapeutic advice, or the final confirmation of her diagnosis. Well, apparently, the other doctors wrote her off so quickly, they didn't bother to test her for nearsightedness. They looked for a medical anomaly to explain the lack of vision, always blaming it on Optic Nerve Atrophy, or Cortical Visual Impairment (Translation: I dont know why she can't see). Yesterday an incredibly patient, intelligent doctor took a look at her, asked me if we had a history of nearsightedness in the family, and when I said 'Yes, very much' she smiled and said "Well, she has some random muscular movements, but she is also very nearsighted!"....... WHAT?!?!?!
She said she wasn't going to guarantee glasses would help 100%, but she was sure that without them, there was no doubt Emily wasn't able to see!!!!
As if a miracle happened, my little babe put on her glasses, opened her eyes WIDE and started looking around and smiling!
The moral to this story: Don't give up! Unless there is no heartbeat there is hope! Things change, the brain begins to repair itself, people heal, emotionally and physically! This news couldn't come at a better time!

Ectomo...wierd, bizarre, addictive

formerly Table of Malcontents...


Well, I stumbled across this little beauty on the web tonight, and had to put is someplace safe. Very safe. What an awesome collection of the bizarre, creepy, interesting, gotta watch even though you want to turn away blog of random stuff. Beware you will waste hours here!

The blog is called Ectomo

I hate arrogant people!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

I just needed to get it out.

AAAAAAAAAAAAhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

Scottish eye candy

I am such a sucker for half-naked boys with eyeliner and a guitar!

I was tagged

Ok, I rarely do these, but here you go:
A. Four jobs that I have had in my life,,,
* Public Relations Manager
* SCUBA instructor
* line cook(desserts & salads)
* Asst. Manager in a record store

B. Four movies that I would watch over and over...
*The Notebook
*Bullet in a Bible
*Sound of Music (I turn it off b4 the Nazi part)
*Young Frankenstein

C. Four places I have lived.....
*Glenview, Illinois
*Upland, Ca
*Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
*Cozumel, Mexico

d. Four TV shows that I watch.....
*Biggest Loser
*Late Night with David Letterman
*Late late show with Craig Ferguson
*Survivor

E. Four places I have been on vacation
*Mexico
*Disney
*Sanibel Island
*South Carolina

F. Four people who email me regularly......
*Mom
*John
*Lynn
*Kim

G. Four of my favorite foods.....
*Crab Vermicelli from Bob Chin's
*Icy cold, raw oysters...bite size not big ones
*bloody as hell rib-eye (prime or choice only)with horseradish whipped cream!
*Banana split with real whipped cream, tons of hot-hot fudge, crunchy toasted nuts, just ripe bananas, and french or vanilla bean vanilla.

H. Four places I'd rather be right now.....
*Disney
*Greece
*Basking in the sun
*Hanging poolside with mom

I. Four things I would like to accomplish in the next four years....
*Get a job I love
*Get my artwork published
*Write a book
*Start my own business

Back to school

Wow! I can't believe it's only a week away and my little darlings begin Kindergarden! From the first bus ride they will now begin to have vivid memories of school. It starts here! The first playground fight, the first detention, making friends, learning to read and write. It's amazing they are ready to go off into the world, on their own, without me to discover their own way. They will begin to find what makes them tick, what drives their creativity, what diversity the world offers. First love, first heartache, first report card, first forging of mom's signature. Where will the road lead? What will they become? Ah my little monkeys off you go. It's a huge day for you, but I think it's gonna be bigger for me.

a self portrait

But what does she look like? Don't you find yourself asking that, when you see someone else's work, and they are never in it? Not that it matters, but I like to put a face to a name, and thought it would only be fitting if I added a picture of myself.
My friend Lisa took this when we were in New York, a few years ago. I took her there for 24 hours as a Bachelorete gift. We found the best BBQ Pork noodles at this little shop in Chinatown. Every time I go to NY, I have to go back to my favorite noodle shop!

ps-the store next to it makes the most awesome Peking Duck!!