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Post by Caller on Feb 12, 2012 23:37:45 GMT -5
Congrats and more power to you Kikaro. Hopefully more people will be able to do the same soon once the bigots get over themselves.
/minisoapbox
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Post by Yvondith on Feb 17, 2012 10:38:20 GMT -5
Ok, a full update from Steph world. I've lost 25 pounds so far on Weight Watchers. However, this came with a price. My monthly went absolutely berserk, and I had to be put on birth control to reign it in. Granny informed me that just because I was put on birth control that I wasn't allowed to play "hide the banana" with the neighbor. Granny's got a sick sense of humor. Speaking of Granny, she's falling apart at the seams. Her elbows are fused, her rotary cuffs in her shoulders are torn, and she's going to have to have surgery done on both arms. I'll have to take care of her once she gets out of rehab. But it does mean 2 weeks alone, so that's gonna be much needed stress relief. I'll have another weight loss update on Saturday I hope.
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Post by Office Ninja on Feb 17, 2012 22:28:22 GMT -5
Bryce and I have returned from New York City. We are officially married! I am now Mr. Kost-Day. I know it doesn't change our relationship, but it was a wonderful thing to get to do. So freaking happy. And this week 2 more states have approved Gay marriage. New Jersey is trying to get it now as well if they can get their senate to get a majority vote. I sense change coming. This is too awesome.
I am a married man. WTF is this world coming to that I am now married? Love it!
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Feb 18, 2012 10:00:59 GMT -5
Way to go. I'm happy for you both. ;D I'd like to get married in a love chapel in Vegas. I just need find a girl who is down with that kind of cheesy thing. Actually, I just need to find a girl. Then I'll deal with that marriage thing in Vegas afterwards. Har har har.......
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Post by Yvondith on Feb 18, 2012 14:34:42 GMT -5
I'd like to get married too, someday. But yeah, I need a man for that. One step at a time I suppose. No success to report this week, I gained back what I lost. My friend seems to believe it's water weight from being put on the pill. I'm a little upset but I can't win em all I guess.
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Feb 21, 2012 21:09:19 GMT -5
I've been reading a lot. When I'm not killing fools in DA2, at work (while on break of course) and on the bus to and from my job I am reading. I read a few books by a Russian, American woman named Ayn Rand. She is a political philosopher and a lot of her books are about people struggling against an oppressive government. Not rebelling really but simply thinking freely.
Another one which is similar to her is George Orwell's 1984. I saw it in the book store and was like "Hey, I was born in '84." so I picked it up and read the back and it looked pretty interesting. So I bought that. Its very similar to Rand's books. Again, an oppressive government that controls people's lives and thoughts. It goes a bit farther though where the government controls the face of war. They dictate who they are at war with and when. Kind of like the Patriots in MGS. I really do enjoy these types of books, with a dystopian setting where one (or few people) break away from it.
I don't read just those types of books though. Its not good to stick to one genre so I did pick up some fantasy books. One I am reading right now is called Game of Thrones. I'm not too far into that but its pretty bad ass so far. It had a part with incest in it which I was not expecting. There is even a TV show based off the series of books. I watched the first two episodes and its pretty good. They stayed quite faithful to the book (from what little I've seen). I also picked up a D&D book for shits and giggles. I've never read one before and I was kinda curious. I'll give it a go once I'm done with Game of Thrones. Its pretty small so it should be easy reading. Its funny how the D&D book says its a New York Times Best Seller. I never take that claim seriously. You go into any book store and it seems pretty much every book in there says New York Times Best Seller. It makes me wonder if the NY Times charges people a buck fifty to have that little tag line printed on their books so people will be impressed and buy a copy. ;D
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Post by Yvondith on Feb 23, 2012 16:41:53 GMT -5
My mom just called and said the guy who robbed us back in August murdered someone last night... Wow. I knew he was dangerous but Jesus. Just damn scary. Gonna watch the news tonight and see if it's mentioned.
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Post by Yvondith on Feb 25, 2012 15:28:50 GMT -5
www.wlos.com/newsroom/Front page on today's news. That's the guy who robbed us. They tried to tell the cops that it was a suicide. Him and his mother (not mentioned) were both arrested.
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Feb 25, 2012 17:36:44 GMT -5
Creepy looking mother fucker.
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Post by Yvondith on Feb 26, 2012 15:50:42 GMT -5
I hate to admit I'm related to him. He's my Grandmother's sister's grandson. He was so cute as a child, but he wasn't disciplined. He was allowed, and even encouraged, to steal from a very young age. He's been in trouble with the law ever since he was a teen. It's a family thing with them, his mother and his grandparents are just as bad. They haven't murdered anyone, but simply by fluke, or intervention. They have certainly tried. I do not know what the murder was over, but from what I understand, the shooter's girlfriend was somehow involved. And his mother tried to help him cover it up, so she has been arrested as well for accessory to murder. What is the most sad about the entirety of this is that two young children have lost their fathers from this. Both the murdered and the murderer both had children. Ahem. In happier news, I finally found another pair of computer speakers that have a sub woofer. I lubs em. I scared the shit outta Granny though, I was playing music, quietly... and the thumping disturbed her. "WOTS DAT NOIZE?!" My brother spent Friday and Saturday with us. I was so happy to have him around, he's my Skyrim buddy. ;D Also, great news from Dejibo. Her optic nerves are healing! She might be able to recover all of her vision. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers.
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Post by Yvondith on Feb 29, 2012 19:28:00 GMT -5
Update on "murdergate"... apparently the motive was jealousy. Apparently the victim and the murderer's girlfriend had been texting each other. So, my cousin lures him to his house with a case of beer. The guy was murdered in my cousin's bedroom. So, it was completely premeditated. Also, the girlfriend is now under protective custody to protect her from my great uncle. He is one scary ass old man. Granny seems to think that he's gonna end up killing someone before this is all over with. I really hope that won't be the case.
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Post by Caller on Feb 29, 2012 22:38:08 GMT -5
Forgive the giant signature. It's here to annoy the holy fuck outta Mark. That's my Newman, Freyhdir from Phantasy Star Portable 2 (on the right) with Mark's friend Kayla's character Nahaj on the left. We're the token SAGs for our team of three. Freyhdir especially. <.<
Ahem.
So about Murdergate, you have some seriously fucked up neighbors. Not making a strong case for me to move there.
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Post by Yvondith on Mar 1, 2012 5:01:31 GMT -5
Neighbors? It's fucking family members.
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Post by Yvondith on Mar 4, 2012 6:21:58 GMT -5
I'm feeling rather concerned... Remember I said they put me on the pill, right? Yeah, it's not doing what it's supposed to do. It worked at first, but now my cycle has started yet again, and I'm in a lot of pain this time around. I pray that this will pass and that it's no big deal. Hope I don't have to go to the doctor about this. I think I would die of embarrassment. Nevermind the possibility of the fix of whatever is wrong. Knives are usually involved.
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Post by Yvondith on Mar 5, 2012 15:04:55 GMT -5
Ugh, even more bad news. They did the home inspection and found the cats. The owner of the apartments was not pleased. Granny's going to try to talk with her and plead her case that the cats aren't bothering anyone or anything. If that doesn't work, we're going to have to find new homes for Sugar and Lola. It absolutely breaks my heart to think about losing Sugar, but if it means being homeless, I gotta do what I gotta do. Maybe Dejibo would be willing to take her... that would be great. However I really doubt that. I can live without Lola, I'm not very attached to her, and lord knows she's MEAN. Sugar is a sweetheart though. Anyways... *sigh* Depression is getting worse. Good news is that my pain has calmed down, and the cycle has slowed up so I'm not panicking over it anymore. Still, I wonder if something is wrong. If push comes to shove and I have to have surgery, they can take my damn uterus. I don't want it!
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