that was full of pictures from our two camping trips so far this summer!
awesome, right??? i KNOW.
anyway, my computer has sequestered the pictures in an unknown location. they are no where to be found.
i open up photoshop and there they are, all nicely tagged.
i open up the picture folder it SAYS they are stored in.
no pictures.
and i already deleted the damn card.
so this means, i have to find them, somewhere hidden on my hard drive.
WHY?! computer! WHY?!
in the meantime, a little advice:
When you are perusing the dollar aisle at your local grocer and there is a box of 100 green tea bags for $1? keep walking.
frugal emily saw 100 green tea bags for a dollar and went "SQUEEEEEE!!!!" with joy at the idea of uber cheap delightful sun tea all summer long for a dollar! IKNOWRIGHT?!?!
monday morning emily poured herself a glass of iced tea and promptly spat it out.
just say no.
to the $1 tea bags.
also please enjoy this picture:
WoW - Undead Warlock by ~evion on deviantART
that's totally me in WoW. i wish i was eating babies and fueling my dark energiez Right. Now.
but alas, it shall have to wait a bit longer.
(deviant.com is total internet crack btw)
in other news, 9 weeks!!!
9 WEEKS till grad school starts.
i haven't been this nervous since undergraduate started.
and i have to study for the most insane set of placement exams i have ever seen.
i thought IU was nuts, but seriously, this school takes the prize. 4 days of tests.
any advice on the best way to prep? i'm determined to place out of everything and i better get started with the studying.
also, i choose my own audition rep. this is very new. no idea what i should play....
awesome, right??? i KNOW.
anyway, my computer has sequestered the pictures in an unknown location. they are no where to be found.
i open up photoshop and there they are, all nicely tagged.
i open up the picture folder it SAYS they are stored in.
no pictures.
and i already deleted the damn card.
so this means, i have to find them, somewhere hidden on my hard drive.
WHY?! computer! WHY?!
in the meantime, a little advice:
When you are perusing the dollar aisle at your local grocer and there is a box of 100 green tea bags for $1? keep walking.
frugal emily saw 100 green tea bags for a dollar and went "SQUEEEEEE!!!!" with joy at the idea of uber cheap delightful sun tea all summer long for a dollar! IKNOWRIGHT?!?!
monday morning emily poured herself a glass of iced tea and promptly spat it out.
just say no.
to the $1 tea bags.
also please enjoy this picture:
WoW - Undead Warlock by ~evion on deviantART
that's totally me in WoW. i wish i was eating babies and fueling my dark energiez Right. Now.
but alas, it shall have to wait a bit longer.
(deviant.com is total internet crack btw)
in other news, 9 weeks!!!
9 WEEKS till grad school starts.
i haven't been this nervous since undergraduate started.
and i have to study for the most insane set of placement exams i have ever seen.
i thought IU was nuts, but seriously, this school takes the prize. 4 days of tests.
any advice on the best way to prep? i'm determined to place out of everything and i better get started with the studying.
also, i choose my own audition rep. this is very new. no idea what i should play....
Labels: miscellaneous doodads
Alrighty, so I’ve finished two books so far of my summer reading challenge, the first a bit of paranormal romance fluff Night Pleasures by Sherrilyn Kenyon.
This genre doesn’t quite absorb me the way that it used to, but I still enjoy the fast, fun reading experience it provides. I found the romance story predictable (which is almost the point of romance novels, I think), but I enjoyed the basic world of the Dark Hunters. The writing style is fun, and there were many genuinely funny moments between the characters, which I thought were very well written. I really look forward to getting to know some of the other characters in this world in the Dark Hunter Series, the author definitely took the time to set up an interest in her secondary characters by making them substantial in this story, even though they were not the focus of the novel. Overall, a great summer read from the paranormal romance genre!
Second book I swallowed whole after I saw it online and rated it. The Blue Castle by LM Montgomery.
This was easily my favorite by L.M. Montgomery growing up, and Megs and I were devoted L.M. Montgomery fans. I’ve read the copy of this little paperback so many times the cover is gone, and the pages came unglued. This last reading did it no favors, either, the first 60 pages fell off completely. :( I think it is time to buy a new copy. Too bad they don’t publish it in hardcover!
I saw it online and immediately went home, pulled it off the shelf and proceeded to test it out. Some of those OMG I LOVED IT books growing up just don’t hold up anymore at this point, but The Blue Castle stood up even more firmly than I remembered it.
The book starts out with Valancy as a depressed, meek little thing who is trapped in a bland existence despite her spunky inner life and follows her on her journey as she finally finds the strength in herself to be true to who she is and her hopes and dreams and learns how to live life on her own terms. Such a strong female main character for the early 1900s (a little early feminism for ya! whee!), who has the nerve to have faults, to not be insanely beautiful, but to believe in the worth of every day of her own life, and despite the insane pressure of her friends, family and the society at large reaches out for her dreams and finds a sweet contented happiness of her own making. As Valancy would say, she made her own little dust pile, it didn’t have to be the biggest or most glamorous, just a little something that she loved and was her own.
I LOVE that I got to reread this book after so many years at a time that resonates so closely to my own journey of self-discovery. I’ve always related to these “I’m invisible” sort of female characters, mostly because that is how I’ve always thought of myself, as invisible and insignificant. Reading a book about a woman who lives with the daily pressure of defining herself by her beauty and ability to “catch a man”, who then dares to defy all expectation and find her own little happiness by being who she is instead of who she is expected to be, encourages me to keep searching and know that in time my little sweet spot of contentment will come along as well. We don’t have to live into the expectations of others in order to please them at the cost of our own happiness.
While obviously intended for an older audience than her Anne series, I still think this would be a lovely addition to any young woman’s reading list. L.M. Montgomery’s writing is beautiful, and while the ending is a little happy and rounded around the edges, the journey of the main characters and the ramifications of their behavior on their family and friends is powerful writing.
One of my favorite quotes from the book is when Valancy says, “Yes, I’m “still young”, but that is not the same as young.” This woman, full of cynicism, compassion, love and humor finds true joy in experiencing her present. An admirable trait in anyone.
I’m currently STILL working on Corelli’s Mandolin. Despite the slow lumbered way I’m reading it, the book is quite enjoyable, the characters are lovely and witty and the story intriguing. I’m only into the first 70some pages, but I guess that what slows me down is how quickly the story changes voice from one character to another, as soon as I get absorbed with the journey of one character I feel slapped when I have to swap into someone else.
On the other hand, I can’t WAIT for when all these characters become intermingled. I’m definitely intrigued with this journey. It is also interesting to read a work set in the experience of Greece and Italy in the second World War. I don’t generally read many novels set in WWII, but this definitely isn’t the dominant viewpoint I’ve experienced the story told from.
This challenge is soooo much fun.
I have most of my reading list fleshed out, I will work on getting that posted for people to peruse if they are interested.
Aren’t books the coolest?
This genre doesn’t quite absorb me the way that it used to, but I still enjoy the fast, fun reading experience it provides. I found the romance story predictable (which is almost the point of romance novels, I think), but I enjoyed the basic world of the Dark Hunters. The writing style is fun, and there were many genuinely funny moments between the characters, which I thought were very well written. I really look forward to getting to know some of the other characters in this world in the Dark Hunter Series, the author definitely took the time to set up an interest in her secondary characters by making them substantial in this story, even though they were not the focus of the novel. Overall, a great summer read from the paranormal romance genre!
Second book I swallowed whole after I saw it online and rated it. The Blue Castle by LM Montgomery.
This was easily my favorite by L.M. Montgomery growing up, and Megs and I were devoted L.M. Montgomery fans. I’ve read the copy of this little paperback so many times the cover is gone, and the pages came unglued. This last reading did it no favors, either, the first 60 pages fell off completely. :( I think it is time to buy a new copy. Too bad they don’t publish it in hardcover!
I saw it online and immediately went home, pulled it off the shelf and proceeded to test it out. Some of those OMG I LOVED IT books growing up just don’t hold up anymore at this point, but The Blue Castle stood up even more firmly than I remembered it.
The book starts out with Valancy as a depressed, meek little thing who is trapped in a bland existence despite her spunky inner life and follows her on her journey as she finally finds the strength in herself to be true to who she is and her hopes and dreams and learns how to live life on her own terms. Such a strong female main character for the early 1900s (a little early feminism for ya! whee!), who has the nerve to have faults, to not be insanely beautiful, but to believe in the worth of every day of her own life, and despite the insane pressure of her friends, family and the society at large reaches out for her dreams and finds a sweet contented happiness of her own making. As Valancy would say, she made her own little dust pile, it didn’t have to be the biggest or most glamorous, just a little something that she loved and was her own.
I LOVE that I got to reread this book after so many years at a time that resonates so closely to my own journey of self-discovery. I’ve always related to these “I’m invisible” sort of female characters, mostly because that is how I’ve always thought of myself, as invisible and insignificant. Reading a book about a woman who lives with the daily pressure of defining herself by her beauty and ability to “catch a man”, who then dares to defy all expectation and find her own little happiness by being who she is instead of who she is expected to be, encourages me to keep searching and know that in time my little sweet spot of contentment will come along as well. We don’t have to live into the expectations of others in order to please them at the cost of our own happiness.
While obviously intended for an older audience than her Anne series, I still think this would be a lovely addition to any young woman’s reading list. L.M. Montgomery’s writing is beautiful, and while the ending is a little happy and rounded around the edges, the journey of the main characters and the ramifications of their behavior on their family and friends is powerful writing.
One of my favorite quotes from the book is when Valancy says, “Yes, I’m “still young”, but that is not the same as young.” This woman, full of cynicism, compassion, love and humor finds true joy in experiencing her present. An admirable trait in anyone.
I’m currently STILL working on Corelli’s Mandolin. Despite the slow lumbered way I’m reading it, the book is quite enjoyable, the characters are lovely and witty and the story intriguing. I’m only into the first 70some pages, but I guess that what slows me down is how quickly the story changes voice from one character to another, as soon as I get absorbed with the journey of one character I feel slapped when I have to swap into someone else.
On the other hand, I can’t WAIT for when all these characters become intermingled. I’m definitely intrigued with this journey. It is also interesting to read a work set in the experience of Greece and Italy in the second World War. I don’t generally read many novels set in WWII, but this definitely isn’t the dominant viewpoint I’ve experienced the story told from.
This challenge is soooo much fun.
I have most of my reading list fleshed out, I will work on getting that posted for people to peruse if they are interested.
Aren’t books the coolest?
Labels: reading, Summer Reading Challenge 2009
So I'm addicted to Good Reads.
Drooling over books all day long has become a delicious new hobby.
and I found this totally insane reading challenge on a group there.
and I've already spent tons of time drooling over the books I'm TOTALLY going to read all summer long.
riiiiiiggggghhhhhhtttttt.....
anyway, if you've got the gumption to join in the challenge, feel free to jump in the game, a good chunk of the fun is figuring out which books to read!
even if you aren't game, remember to set up your good reads account and friend me.
:D
book number uno that i'm reading is Captain Corelli's Mandolin.
Really enjoyable so far.
I've also added a widget to the right column that is displaying some of the books I've already identified to read for the challenge this year. In case you are curious.
Wheeee!!!!
Drooling over books all day long has become a delicious new hobby.
and I found this totally insane reading challenge on a group there.
and I've already spent tons of time drooling over the books I'm TOTALLY going to read all summer long.
riiiiiiggggghhhhhhtttttt.....
anyway, if you've got the gumption to join in the challenge, feel free to jump in the game, a good chunk of the fun is figuring out which books to read!
even if you aren't game, remember to set up your good reads account and friend me.
:D
book number uno that i'm reading is Captain Corelli's Mandolin.
Really enjoyable so far.
I've also added a widget to the right column that is displaying some of the books I've already identified to read for the challenge this year. In case you are curious.
Wheeee!!!!
Labels: Summer Reading Challenge 2009
so it's been a loooong time.
and in that loooong time i've had a couple mental breakdowns, about 7 bajillion trips to the doctor, and lots and lots and lots of sleeping.
even right now.
i woke up when eddie went to work, worked for a couple hours, went back to bed for 2 hours, and am now being firmly held in place on the bed by one sleepy time kitty.
in the meantime, i've got some pictures from camping adventures, hiking adventures, doing nothing adventures, eating, and a summer reading challenge to document!!
things should be busy enough again soon.
and in that loooong time i've had a couple mental breakdowns, about 7 bajillion trips to the doctor, and lots and lots and lots of sleeping.
even right now.
i woke up when eddie went to work, worked for a couple hours, went back to bed for 2 hours, and am now being firmly held in place on the bed by one sleepy time kitty.
in the meantime, i've got some pictures from camping adventures, hiking adventures, doing nothing adventures, eating, and a summer reading challenge to document!!
things should be busy enough again soon.
Labels: another resurrection
i haven't heard anything back from grad school yet.
so i, of course, am FREAKING OUT.
but that is completely normal.
this month has flown by. not much has happened. though eddie and i are busy recruiting for our team for:
Ragnar Great River Relay
you totally know you want to.
really really really want to.
we started 'training' last week. which involves us going outside and running for very short periods of time while loudly exclaiming how this is going to kill us, that we are insanely out of shape, and OMG I'M DYING! RIGHT NOW!!
this is going to be so much fun!
scriptfrenzy is coming up this month. and i'm itching to write something new this year. i found script writing fast and easy compared to novels (remember i'm not writing anything GOOD) but last year at this time i was unemployed, and sitting in caribou coffee for entire days was a welcome change of pace from sitting in the dungeon cave.
which currently still has a christmas tree living in it. yikes!
yes, i am that far behind in Real Life.
the hormones the doctor put me on have given me an eventful two months. complete with a week of hives and the most insane mood swings of my adult life. holy cow. i was worried i had actually become bi-polar. now that i'm on the 'stable' portion of the month, i feel more sane, and less in need of a padded room.
i'm so positive!! the silver lining in every cloud, that is what i see.
anyway, i think there are some small improvements in my pcos symptoms, though my body works really hard to prove me wrong every time i think things are getting better. thus, the really large and painful pimple that has been brewing on my right cheek for the last week. it is one of those super deep ones that you can hardly see, but hurts like hell.
frickin acne.
the new exercise routine should help with my symptoms, too.
normal eating is still the journey i am on regarding food (and exercise, and body/life acceptance, /sigh). i have good days, i have bad days, but as in all things, i'm still making slow progress.
i've been cooking A LOT (mostly to save money, but also because i'm a good cook and it is fun). and i would blog about it. but you all might have a heart attack just from viewing the amount of butter we've been eating lately.
but the last month has seen a downgrade in cheese consumption. babysteps, right?
and an increase in veggie consumption as well! but i'm going to have to learn the best place to buy fresh veggies without bankrupting us. the co-ops here are just. too. expensive. and farmer's markets aren't open yet.
didn't do a CSA this year.
*insert hysterical weeping*
it just wasn't in our budget. and we are living without credit cards for the foreseeable future. being financially responsible and all. the interest rate on charging a summer of farm veggies would probably bankrupt us anyway.
did i mention i hate credit card companies? and BoA. they are the agents of the devIL, me thinks. sorting out our accounts with them when they decided to fuck over perfectly good long standing credit card clients was hell on earth (still is a little). but we are in the moving forward place now, which is much better than the holy fuck we are stuck place of before.
and, i totally love it!, fafsa told me i should be able to afford $14000 of my schooling next year based on our COMBINED income of $40,000 last year. that means, with two people working full time last year, we each made about $20,000 (doing our taxes was a real eye opener, no wonder we are so broke!). so if i STOP working to go to school full-time, i should STILL be able to pay $14,000 towards my degree?
this makes me grateful for the GI Bill. however, not surprisingly, the GI Bill isn't enough to cover in state tuition. much less tuition, fees and books.
ugh.
i am disgusted with our educational system. for realz.
so anyway, $40,000 total is almost liveable (though total shit for a two person working household) but this was a serious downgrade for the Eddie/Emily show. Since I, alone, used to make more than we make combined now. we didn't change our "lifestyle" to adjust for this fast enough. thus our current financial situation. sometimes, being optimistic turns into total shit when it confronts the real world.
so, for all you people out there who will feel really special about me fucking over my life by leaving the military: get your i told you so's out of the way now.
we may have destroyed our financial lives at the worst possible time in recent history, but i'm still glad i'm not living in delusional diet world.
this post, officially, makes no fucking sense.
so i will end it with one of my all time favorite pick me ups:
The Fuck It Diet
so i, of course, am FREAKING OUT.
but that is completely normal.
this month has flown by. not much has happened. though eddie and i are busy recruiting for our team for:
Ragnar Great River Relay
you totally know you want to.
really really really want to.
we started 'training' last week. which involves us going outside and running for very short periods of time while loudly exclaiming how this is going to kill us, that we are insanely out of shape, and OMG I'M DYING! RIGHT NOW!!
this is going to be so much fun!
scriptfrenzy is coming up this month. and i'm itching to write something new this year. i found script writing fast and easy compared to novels (remember i'm not writing anything GOOD) but last year at this time i was unemployed, and sitting in caribou coffee for entire days was a welcome change of pace from sitting in the dungeon cave.
which currently still has a christmas tree living in it. yikes!
yes, i am that far behind in Real Life.
the hormones the doctor put me on have given me an eventful two months. complete with a week of hives and the most insane mood swings of my adult life. holy cow. i was worried i had actually become bi-polar. now that i'm on the 'stable' portion of the month, i feel more sane, and less in need of a padded room.
i'm so positive!! the silver lining in every cloud, that is what i see.
anyway, i think there are some small improvements in my pcos symptoms, though my body works really hard to prove me wrong every time i think things are getting better. thus, the really large and painful pimple that has been brewing on my right cheek for the last week. it is one of those super deep ones that you can hardly see, but hurts like hell.
frickin acne.
the new exercise routine should help with my symptoms, too.
normal eating is still the journey i am on regarding food (and exercise, and body/life acceptance, /sigh). i have good days, i have bad days, but as in all things, i'm still making slow progress.
i've been cooking A LOT (mostly to save money, but also because i'm a good cook and it is fun). and i would blog about it. but you all might have a heart attack just from viewing the amount of butter we've been eating lately.
but the last month has seen a downgrade in cheese consumption. babysteps, right?
and an increase in veggie consumption as well! but i'm going to have to learn the best place to buy fresh veggies without bankrupting us. the co-ops here are just. too. expensive. and farmer's markets aren't open yet.
didn't do a CSA this year.
*insert hysterical weeping*
it just wasn't in our budget. and we are living without credit cards for the foreseeable future. being financially responsible and all. the interest rate on charging a summer of farm veggies would probably bankrupt us anyway.
did i mention i hate credit card companies? and BoA. they are the agents of the devIL, me thinks. sorting out our accounts with them when they decided to fuck over perfectly good long standing credit card clients was hell on earth (still is a little). but we are in the moving forward place now, which is much better than the holy fuck we are stuck place of before.
and, i totally love it!, fafsa told me i should be able to afford $14000 of my schooling next year based on our COMBINED income of $40,000 last year. that means, with two people working full time last year, we each made about $20,000 (doing our taxes was a real eye opener, no wonder we are so broke!). so if i STOP working to go to school full-time, i should STILL be able to pay $14,000 towards my degree?
this makes me grateful for the GI Bill. however, not surprisingly, the GI Bill isn't enough to cover in state tuition. much less tuition, fees and books.
ugh.
i am disgusted with our educational system. for realz.
so anyway, $40,000 total is almost liveable (though total shit for a two person working household) but this was a serious downgrade for the Eddie/Emily show. Since I, alone, used to make more than we make combined now. we didn't change our "lifestyle" to adjust for this fast enough. thus our current financial situation. sometimes, being optimistic turns into total shit when it confronts the real world.
so, for all you people out there who will feel really special about me fucking over my life by leaving the military: get your i told you so's out of the way now.
we may have destroyed our financial lives at the worst possible time in recent history, but i'm still glad i'm not living in delusional diet world.
this post, officially, makes no fucking sense.
so i will end it with one of my all time favorite pick me ups:
The Fuck It Diet
Labels: bleak and depressing, cooking, csa, miscellaneous doodads, money, training, whining, writing
mr. bale's fuckfest set to a catchy beat.
me likes!
and because it is my favorite thing eveh...
me likes!
and because it is my favorite thing eveh...
Labels: youtube strikes again
Just in case any one else is in need of some positive affirmations this monday morning...
-I am willing to let go; I release others to experience whatever is meaningful to them and I am free to create that which is meaningful to me.
-I am loved and appreciated just as I am.
-I am willing to let go; I release others to experience whatever is meaningful to them and I am free to create that which is meaningful to me.
-I am loved and appreciated just as I am.
that is all.
Labels: whining
and is really hard.
and i can't play any of my material straight through.
and my audition is next week.
i cry inside.
me hate clarinet again.
and i can't play any of my material straight through.
and my audition is next week.
i cry inside.
me hate clarinet again.
Labels: whining
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