You scored as XVI: The Tower. If badly aspected this can be the worst card of the Tarot deck. The Tower always indicates upheavel, possibly chaos, loss and destruction. Its effects are never pleasant and can be painful. The card illustrates lightning striking the Tower. The lightning cannot be avoided, the destruction it brings is inevitable. All we can do is attempt to survive and rebuild. The Tower brings sudden, severe change. When the Tower appears in a Tarot spread it represents sudden and possibly violent change, disruption or loss. XVI: The Tower 94% XIII: Death 88% III - The Empress 75% II - The High Priestess 56% XI: Justice 56% 0 - The Fool 50% VI: The Lovers 50% VIII - Strength 50% XIX: The Sun 50% I - Magician 44% IV - The Emperor 44% XV: The Devil 44% X - Wheel of Fortune 19% Which Major Arcana Tarot Card Are You? created with QuizFarm.com

See. I have always known that I am inherently evil. This just proves it. Bow down, kneel, prostrate yourself and beg for mercy. Although I cannot guarantee that any of that will save you.

Now go take your own, dammit.

So I feel the urge to let all know that the bills are paid. There will be cable, their will be a phone and their will be a cell phone. Also paid is the one student loan that I didn't put in deferment and it is now under the 1000.00 amount mark.

I want to contact the bank to find out if they can take 500 bucks out of my account and invest it into something. Still waiting for info on the 401K at work.

Got two more 100%'s in the curent class. There's seriously no way in hell I won't get a 100% on these courses. Ok, ok, that's overboasting and now it's going to jinx the hell out of me. It's just I've worked with html and css far too long not to know what I'm doing. Even though I was a day late on Monday's assignment, I still got a 100% on it. Hmm.. perhaps she felt she had no choice. I did let them know I was dealing with car problems that night.

The Father Figure and I are definitely going to see Shorty the Mechanic tomorrow night. I am dropping my car off to them (I do have to clean it out first) and he'll being me home. it's right down the road. Hopefully Saturday they'll be able to tell me what's wrong with the car.

The School scared the living hell out of me today. I got an email regarding my participation not being good and that I was on probation. I sent them an email asking how on earth I could be on probation when I am not only participating but also have straight 100% A's in the current class. They accidentally sent a copy of this letter to each and every student. So, I am doing fine in school. Next assignment due on Saturday and then the big project due on Monday.

Alright.. I think that's all that's going on. Oh yeah, for those who read, Part 4 on StoryTime is up, thanks to my brother.

Sweet dreams, all!

What is it with people? Why can't they just live their lives and go on about their business? My going out friend called me yesterday and whined and cried to me about this girl who hit on her man and told her that he said he wasn't with anyone and all this other crap. Her and I both know he wouldn't have said he wasn't with someone. So what does she do when she finds this information out? She watches this excuse for a female all night long like a hawk ready to swoop in and her man is the bunny she's going to eat.

Just in doing that she gave this other woman power over her. Why the hell did she get so overworked about some stupid ass woman out to cause trouble? Because she felt insecure in herself. I hear the stuff they say back and forth to each other over the phone and sometimes it's just absolutely stupid that she would even have a doubt whatsoever that he'd cheat on or leave her.

But you know what my problem is? That other woman. What the fuck is up with women these days? I am so fucking (can you tell this pisses me off yet?) sick and tired of these psychotic women. You want to know why there are so many men out there who don't do shit anymore? Because of these women. Yes, there are a ton of men who were dogs and bastards before these women ever got to them, but there were a lot of great men who were ruined by these women. They did stuff for them. They let these women move into their homes, they took their cars and put gas in them and got them serviced, they gave these women money and took them out, spending hundreds of dollars on them. These women bitch and moan and whine and cry and ruin men. They cheat on them, they lie to them, they cut their hearts out. They steal their souls. They also ruin the chance for a good woman to be with a good man. A man who wanted to take care of and pamper their woman got ruined because she went psycho if he talked to another woman, looked at another woman, or caught the whiff of the perfume a woman was wearing across the room.

Life is not a fucking movie. Life is not a fucking so-called reality show. If anyone ever wonders why I don't go out but to one place, it's because of women like this. When I go out and talk to people, guys included, they know I'm there to have fun. They also know that I will be going home alone, or if I am out with someone, will be going home with them. I don't take people home and I don't let them buy me drinks. The only time that's prevented is when someone buys the drink and puts it in my hands. That does not happen often because I tend to not let it.

Anyway. I am just so sick of people who can't go out and have a couple of drinks and talk and dance and have fun. They always have to ruin someone else's fun. They always have to have their nose stuck to someone's ass. They have to hurt people in order to make themselves feel better. I can't stand them and anyone I meet like this better be happy I don't rule the world. They'd die a slow torturous death. No other options than to cull them from the herd, right?

Peace will never be achieved if people don't make an attempt to work with each other and come to a common ground. There is always a way. Sometimes I think I was born in the wrong century. Laters.

1) Yes, we've made it safely to California.

2) No, the car did not make it to California.

3) No, the car didn't have a transmission problem other than the spring that was replaced.

4) Yes, the car did blow a rod through the engine and left a hold the size of a baseball when the mechanic was test driving it.

So the Honey's loving, amazing, wonderful parents are going to help get a reliable, safe to drive vehicle for me so that I can go job hunting and so forth. I think his parents are amazing. They actually care and they don't bombard us with their presence. There is no whining and crying and throwing three year old trantrums from them either, which is a huge change for me, since the mom always did.

School starts on the 16th so we have to go up there monday and get a list for the kid and get her registered for school. Yay, no more trash talking teachers anymore!

Soon I will update my resume and start interviewing people who want to hire me. Yes, you read that correctly. I told honey that I know we don't really have the time frame for me to find a job that I am comfortable with, but I seriously don't care to go job hopping and I would basically prefer to tell them that if they don't meet my standards I'm not going to work for them. Hopefully I can do that and get away with it.

The screen design class is over next week. I have to finish up this week's homework and do my final presentation for next week and then the programming class starts - intro to PHP.

We haven't finished unpacking yet, but we are sort of taking our time doing so. We want things in their place and we are trying to do it right the first time. That way everything will be in order and we can have company over, etc.

The weather here is beautiful. I get cold quiet often, even in the shade, but there isn't any humidity and it will take time for me to adjust, if I ever do. So in early evening time I'm usually putting on a jacket so that I don't sit there with shivering limbs and chattering teeth. The winter here should be quite easy though because they don't get below 20 often and snow is a rarity here.

I will post some pics as soon as I can. There are a ton of pics we took on the trip here that need to be edited (lots were through the windshield) so once everything is unpacked and settled in I will try to start that whole process.

We are hopefully going to Bodega tomorrow so that the kid and I can officially see the ocean. I was warned to bring a jacket because it will be quite cold so I will be taking one along. I think the kid will definitely enjoy the site. Honey thinks that the sea lions and/or seals will be around.

There are two llamas, two alpacas, sheep, a goat, three cats (including our two) and two dogs here. So it's a true farm! Lots of animals to check out and feed.

I really don't want to but I think I'm gonna get off now. I'm basically running maintenance on the laptop after the kid has been on it the bulk of the day. I want to get all the junk off that she's put on it. I hear the family, so off I go! Laters.

I found this silly little thing from another blog I read and since I haven't taken any silly little quizzes to annoy everyone with I thought I would do so. Basically these are really silly. How many germs are on your keyboard and mouse? A lot of people don't think about cleaning the keyboard and mouse on a regular basis. You know what I end up cleaning off all the time though? The monitor! It attracts dust like crazy and I'm always wiping it off. Yet this wouldn't trigger me to clean the keyboard or - in my case - touchpad.

The whole drinks thing was really silly. I drink Smirnoff, only two, when I go out, which is extremely rare. They didn't have the Flavors listed, so I chose my tie for second favorite, daiquiris. My other second favorite is the Fuzzy Navel, which they didn't have listed either.

My honey beat us all for the most amount of people to pass away on his birthday, which is today. You know these numbers couldn't ever be exact though, because I'm sure there are a few people who would have died that weren't counted. I also don't think I'm all that addicted to coffee. I do love my coffee though.. damn, maybe I am!

And yes, I did tell my daughter she is not allowed to kill me to sell of my body. Silly cyborg!

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Sometimes I like doing these, but I always forget, so here it is, a day late. So what, it gives me something to write about and that's what I enjoy!

What is an acronym specific to your workplace or profession? (students who don’t work: What is an acronym specific to your campus or major?)

A: Since I'm not currently working but going to school, the acronym I use for the school is AIO (Art Institute Online) and the class is IMD (Interactive Media Design).

What is an acronym you use a lot in your personal life?

A: I only use them online, so probably BRB - Be Right Back.

Internet acronyms are unavoidable, but what’s one you particularly despise, and what’s one you particularly like?

A: Meh, I don't care either way about acronyms. I dislike people who don't take the time to spell though. I learned how to type so can you and I only tolerate it from certain people, those I love who don't have time or money to learn how to type properly.

What acronym could you create right now for some regular annoyance in your life?

A: DIATH = Damn It All To Hell. My personal phrase for everything that pisses me off and usually said as if one word: dammitalltohell.

What would be a memorable or appetizing acronym for your most recent meal? (if your most recent meal was a BLT or SOS or some similarly acronymed food, please choose the next-most recent meal, smart alecks!)

A: Well, now I want a BLT, badly. I miss the Saratoga Restaurant, they made the best BLT ever. Last night I made roast beef and beef flavored ramen noodles for dinner. Soooo.. RB&RBR? Roast Beef and Roast Beef Ramen? I dunno, you figure it out.

Ok, I am going to see if the dishes are dry enough to do another load. My drying towels are all in the dryer. Laters.

I refuse to have a manic monday, you know the kind from the Bangles. I always loved that song and agreed with it, but I think most manic mondays are caused by people who didn't feel there was a need to get themselves ready for it on friday. Work-wise anyway.

But no, this manic monday is the meme, I figured I should post something and I don't even know why I decided to do it.

I am sitting here on the couch freezing. I turned the heater on, which is the key to keeping me warm, and I have a flannel sheet thrown over my arms with my hands sticking out to type. I haven't figured out what to do with myself yet. I have another test to take for the agency, for Excel. I took both the Word and the Typing test yesterday while Velvet and Dusty were playing musical kitty laying spots and Dusty was also trying to get at my coffee.

I stopped taking the tests because I knew the cats would eventually win out, driving me insane and I'd screw up. I did quite well on Word and the Typing test. I missed two on the Word test, one I clicked 'next question' twice and so it skipped one. The other I apparently got wrong and I don't know which one that was. I got 77 words per minute while swatting at Dusty trying to get to my coffee with one error, which brought me down to 76. Apparently I forgot to correct something before the 5 minutes was up.

I know I need to finish off the Excel test today at some point. I think I am going to lock up the cats while I do it. They enjoy driving me insane, I swear. I haven't done dishes in two days and I didn't do any laundry yesterday. I did take a long hot shower after the tests though to try and relax, it didn't work.

I ate some buttered toast yesterday afternoon and before finishing the slice I almost got sick. My stomach started feeling really sick and I prevented myself from tossing my cookies all over the living room and decided I needed to go back to bed. That was about 2 in the afternoon yesterday. I gave the other slice of toast to the Little Lady, she did not get sick so I know that it wasn't the toast or the bread or the butter that caused it.

I'm drinking water this morning instead of coffee. I know, I know, why bother? I think I've been getting dehyrdated. When we had pop and a lot of milk, I had a drink in front of me all the time whether it was coffee, chocolate milk or pop I was drinking something. Now that we are low on milk and the pop is all gone I have been relying on coffee and I only drink one cup a day, rarely anymore than that. One day I had three cups of coffee - I was making what my Honey calls Bastard Mochas.

You want to make a Bastard Mocha? It's not hard. In your cup add a tablespoon of sugar (if you are like me you may want 2) then throw in a packet of hot chocolate. Add hot coffee and stir, then add milk as you desire. They are extremely good. I like mine sweet, but I didn't care for having three tablespoons of sugar like I normally do.

Alright, well I am off. Laters.

First, this is a great fun idea to do! Wish I had thought of it myself. Run over here and take a look at the image and leave a comment stating what the image is:

http://skeetsstuff.skeeterbess.com/2008/01/01/tuesday-teaser-for-january-1-2008/#comment-45299 = Skeet's Stuff - Tuesday Teaser. I have no idea what it is, part of it looks like a magnifying glass to me but, again, I think I am wrong.

Aftewards, check out the rest of Skeet's Stuff - she's a great writer and I admire her.

In 2007, who most made you laugh?

A: Probably WichiDude, runnerup: Crystal at Boobs, Injuries and Dr. Pepper - read all her archives, about died laughing.

In 2007, who most inspired you?

A: My Honey, he thinks I can do anything.

In 2007, who taught you the most?

A: Funny, I'll say school, but I don't think I learned as much as I should have.

In 2007, who encouraged you the most?

A: All my friends, my sister and my Honey.

What did you do in 2007 that will have the most positive effect on your 2008?

A: Abandoned Ohio for California. It'll start looking up since the temp agency is looking to place me as quickly as possible.

So once again I am receiving the 'Operation Error" when loading Disillusioned. I can't figure out what it is and watching the information in the status bar as things load doesn't seem to be helping. I removed everything having to do with PayPerPost because I thought that awhile back they were causing the issues. I'm thinking that I either missed some code and that could be the issue or there is something else causing it. Not that I am going to bother with PPP again anytime soon.

I will be going though everything on the sidebar again to see what may be harrassing me and my visitors again, hopefully I'll find it. If anyone has any clue, I'd appreciate a comment or email. Thanks!

So far I have removed two items, and I got the error again, so I will be removing a third. I'll just remove things from the sidebar to see if it solves the issue or not. I removed a tracking item from Xtreme Tracking and I didn't get the error for a couple of days. I also cleaned out the cache so that anything there wouldn't effect me loading the site and trying to figure out what is causing the problem.

Since I just ended up receiving the error again, I am going to remove another item. I don't plan on putting back anything I remove either, at least not any time soon. Hopefully I'll find it before I have everything that I like having there gone.

Wish me luck. Laters!

Somehow or another firefox now works for ABC's Full Episode Player. I'll be trying out Fox sometime soon. Anyway, ABC had a show premiere tonight called The Middleman. Unless you like shows that aren't funny, have no sense of plot, and have really bad characters, I would suggest you avoid it.

The Middleman is supposed to be a hero that saves regular people by killing monsters and making sure bad guys (or girls) go to jail. He looks like an 'average joe' dressed up in a suit and enough gear to take on the national guard by himself. Of course you won't see all this gear until he takes it off.

Somehow or another the sidekick gets picked because she was a temp answering phones at some god awful science lab because he rescued her from a monster that they cooked up. Because she was quick to not panic and grabbed a weapon (a letter opener that came from nowhere) and tried to rescue herself from the monster when it grabbed her he decided to recruit her.

Want to know how he recruited her? He stole her lighter (a gift from her father) and blamed her for a gas explosion by planting it as evidence! Then because she's a temp it ruined her name with all the other temp agencies (since when do temp agencies talk to each other?) therefore causing her to go to his temp agency in order to get a job. Of course she turned him down.

But being as there'd be no show if she didn't start working with him she went back to a crime scene in order to assist.

And if you do decide to watch it have something around you to do. Crocheting, knitting, a book or magazine. There are parts that are basic fluff. Oh wait, the entire show is fluff. Better off not to watch it at all. Laters!

I know it's hard to discipline kids these days. I mean, you can't spank them because that's abuse, right? Some crazy old man accused my best friend of child abuse because she tried to hurry along the little boy walking in front of her by poking him in the tushie with her foot. The kid didn't fall down, didn't cry, he just walked faster, which was the goal. She had three other kids with her in a busy parking lot so I completely understand why she did this. Once she explained to the officers who were sent after her, and showed them what occured it was laughed off. The officers apologized for taking up her time and left.

There are many ways to abuse a child, not just the kind that leaves bruises. Neglect is a huge part of abuse that no one ever notices. My sister and I were neglected quite well as children, let to roam where we wanted, when we wanted. As long as we were home for dinner we could have been doing anything and it would not have mattered and if we weren't home for dinner, well perhaps we are at a friend's house eating dinner there. If there was dinner.

I condone spanking when needed, grounding for several reasons regarding several items of interest for different periods of time. I have grounded my daughter when necessary from everything electronic for a month when the punishment is required. During that time she is also forced into slave labor, doing dishes each day and other cleaning as required. If she does what's asked the sentence can be reduced, if she complains it can be lengthened.

When she isn't grounded she's supposed to (notice the terms used) do dishes every Wednesday. It doesn't always happen and when it doesn't she gets extra chores as required to make up for the miss (usually cleaning the bathroom).

I would never tie her to a tree as a way of punishment no matter what the rules broken. I have threatned to throw her through a wall, but I would never ever do that. She knows that phrase is used for things that would seriously force me to consider putting her into the detention home to see how she likes it there. When she was tricked into stealing golf balls by two adults when we lived in the trailer park I actually asked the nice officers if they wanted to take her with them. They looked at me like I was crazy. I said "She did what? And who was involved? Ok, well... here she is, do you want to take her to the detention center?"

Yes, I did that right in front of her. I made sure she knew that I told them they could take her. The reason I did that is because I have told her repeatedly that if she does something wrong (even getting tricked by two horrible excuses for adults that need to this day be beaten with a metal bat) that she is to tell us so we are forewarned of what might be coming next. That was one of the occasions she was grounded for a month. She didn't even have any books to read at the time and I believe it was summer, too. No friends, no phone, no tv, no computer, no nothing. But I didn't tie her to a freaking tree.

There are so many people out there that have kids and don't realize that they are just that. Kids. These are kids who are going to grow up and they are either going to turn out to be a productive member of society (my goal for my daughter) or they are going to turn out to be a waste of government funds. In order to achieve my goals with my daughter I have to set guidelines and an example. Even if I was in pain or sick I went to work. Even if she was in pain or had a slight cold, she went to school (I always let her choose if she felt bad and made the decision for her if she was really bad). She went to work with me on occasion and knew what my job entailed. She knew that she had to either sit in the conference room and be out of sight (she always had entertainment) on the extremely busy days or she could help out by delivering messages and print outs to the others (she loved doing that). My daughter is a bright girl. She has high aspirations for her future. She plans on having a maid and a cook so she doesn't have to do those things (ha!) and plans on having a lucrative career doing who knows what. She hasn't decided and that's fine for now. She has plenty of time, but whatever she chooses I know she'll do well. And there hasn't been any need to instill these things by tying her to a tree!

I hope the state keeps the other two children away from the parents that did this horrible thing. They took the life of their child away by leaving him exposed to the environment, by neglecting his need for guidance when he's misbehaved. I can't think of what type of horrible thing this kid could have done to warrant this type of anger from his parents. Obviously they had to be angry when they tied him to the tree, twice. Did the kid fight back? Did he cry out for help from neighbors? I hope the parents rot.

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