Friday, April 28, 2006

The Quarter - What's your Viking name?

Yeah. Just be glad it's not another pirate one.


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Your Viking Name is...
Elína Oakenhawk

(Well, actually, that wouldn't really be your name -- since you're female, your name would be something like "Elína Björnsdottir". But this is the twenty-first century, and you want to be known for who you are, not for who your father was, right? Right.)

Your Viking Personality: You're a fearsome Viking, but you aren't completely uncivilized. The other Vikings make fun of you for that. You have a thirst for battle, and tend to strike first and think later. You're not a "berserker", but you're among the toughest sane Vikings around.

A long sea voyage aboard a Viking longboat would be difficult for you, but you might be able to manage it. Other Vikings tolerate your presence, though they're not quite sure if they can trust you to fight dirty.

You have a fairly pragmatic attitude towards life, and tend not to expend effort in areas where it would be wasted. You sometimes come off as a bit of a snob. Vikings are not snobbish people -- they either like you, or they kill you. Try to be more like a Viking.

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

I'm trying very hard not to be totally bummed out by this whole lost-in-the-mail mess. It's not working - I feel absolutely sick. My mood ranges from 'What a stupid idiot you are, you deserve it, you should have gotten insured/tracking/etc' to 'What's the matter with them, it couldn't have been labeled any more clearly if it had lit up and blinked an arrow in the direction it was supposed to go!'

Complaining does me no good, I know. I've done the only thing I could do, and filed a lost mail report, with my hopes based soley on the sympathetic shrug and sad headshake of the postal clerk. I'm so screwed.

I want this FINISHED. Over with. Done. I want my little certificate. I really don't want to sit and hopefully wait that it might show up someday. So . . . I'm channelling my stress into recreating my project. Fortunately I saved the assignment requirements for the last project, so I know what I need to send. The school has been very communicative with me, and has promised to resend the information about the dining room. I have to recreate the rough sketches of the room (did that this afternoon) fill out the forms for the room condition checklist and the lifestyle questionnaire (I have NO idea what I said the first time around) redo the lighting and furniture plans (not too hard, still on the computer!) fill out the room planning worksheets and color scheme boards (bleah, but at least I have a blank copy of the forms left!) and then finally - the presentation boards. I did scan those in before I mailed them, so I know what pictures to print and where I want to place them.

I am trying to look at this as an opportunity to improve my previous results. I know what the rooms look like now. It's also helping to reinforce what I learned - it's been a long time since I looked at text from the first classes.

But damnit! Where did it go?????????

I'm going to go slink into my private little world of depression now. You're not invited.

Unless you have something good with which to coax me out.

Sight Of The Day: A lady makes a U-turn on the bike path. With her CAR.

Granted, I don't believe there's any such sign that says no motorized vehicles at that particular point, but it really doesn't look very much like a road you can drive on. I don't have any idea where she thought she was going.

All's I can say is, it was a Maryland tag.

QOTD: Beware the emowocky, my son, with livejournals that angst and linkin Park lyrics in his sig . . .

(from missmab)

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

The Cellar Image of the Day

Actually, it's more like Distraction of The Day. Lots of unusual photos!

Monday, April 24, 2006

-:* Frisco's Kutna Hora - Sedlec Ossuary Page *:-

A Czech church with unusual decor.

Saturday, April 22, 2006

CELTIC LYRICS: Scottish & Irish Folk Song Lyrics & Sheet Music

The Brobdingnagian Bards. If you can pronounce it, come say it to me. Otherwise I'll just be laughing at their lyrics and enjoying the music.

Thursday, April 20, 2006

Pirate Store Main Deck

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.

I am NOT going to panic. I'm going to calmly wait for more information and proceed from there. I know my worst option will be having to recreate the entire Unit 6 interior design project. I can do that. It's not that big a deal. 3/4s of it is saved on my computer right now. And backed up on a flash drive.

I knew better than to mail something that important without tracking. I foolishly went on successful past experiences of mailing and decided it against it. Don't do that, me hearties. Don't do that.

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

They're making a tv series out of Blade - premiering this summer on Spike TV.

I'd post a link to the alleged official website for the series, but it creeped me out too much. That, and I couldn't FIND any useful information on it. I wasn't about to follow that stream of blood with its cultlike messages any farther without some hint that I was actually at the right site. Y'know, hints like the name Blade - New TV Series - coming soon - starring so and so - etc. *rants about web site design for a bit*

They were pouring concrete for the sidewalk when I left work. I am resisting the urge to sneak back and write in it.

I think my ortho's hyper happiness is a plot to keep me from realizing that I still have to WEAR these evil rubber bands for another month. Another month of being unable to carry on conversations properly, achy jaws, and accidently knocking my teeth together if I get too bouncy. Combine this with allergy season, and I'm not a happy camper.

You ever try sneezing with your teeth clamped shut? It's more like spitting awkwardly. In unknown directions.

I embarrass myself enough as it is. This is just one more humiliation.

Perhaps I can blame everything on the rubber bands.

Monday, April 17, 2006

Ortho visit today! Finally! Got my wires trimmed and settled back to wait for the good doctor's verdict. It was well worth the wait.

"Oh, wow! They look SO GOOD! I can't believe it! Look at that! It's amazing! I don't know how I did it!" It went on for a bit, and then she started showing her assistants my teeth. And the receptionists. Rather embarassing, but it's so nice to have straight teeth. Of course, I still have to wear the evil rubber bands in their figure 8 (or officially, 'box') formation. She also removed one of the ceramic brackets from one of my teeth and repositioned it. Which meant removing wires and the wires holding the wires to the brackets. And then the bracket shattered, so they had to file it off my teeth. That would have been ok if it weren't for the file blowing air right into my mouth - dried it out in seconds.

I go back in a month. I hope it goes by fast!

(all right, interior design school. Send me my projects back!)

Saturday, April 15, 2006

I've found yet another use for orthodontic wax.

My rings are generally too big for me, and often slip around and about, and I just haven't had time to go out and find some way to fix it. I have no idea what they call those little plastic things you can stick inside your rings to better fit your fingers. (I'm a bit afraid to have all my rings resized what if I should gain that weight back?) So I took a wad of wax and rolled it up, and so far it's kept my ring nicely in place. Doesn't harm the metal, peels right off, no twisting or turning. Yay!

I cannot wait to go to the ortho's on Monday. I sincerely hope it will be the last of the rubber bands. At the very least, I can get my wires trimmed.

Friday, April 14, 2006

Life Size Chocolate Rooms

Willy Wonka was ahead of his time.

Ok, it's been, what, almost 3 weeks since I mailed my project? The suspense is getting to me.

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

petreleum jolly
The Taxonomized Register of English "Stormy Petrels"

Just remember that.

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

No revelations in Gospel of Judas - Editorials & Commentary - International Herald Tribune

I've been seeing a lot about the Gospel of Judas in the news recently. I questioned my grandmother about it, who sniffed, denounced it, and made dire predictions about this being just another sign of the Last Days. (it's fun talking to her sometimes!)

I haven't yet read this particular gospel yet, so I really don't want to pass an opinion on it, although I was impressed with this article concerning it. And heck, what do I know? What do any of us really know? We weren't there. Even those who were there probably didn't know or didn't understand all the confusion going on around them.

Friday, April 07, 2006

Chuck Norris Facts

You can always replace "Chuck Norris" with the hero of your choice.

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