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"I love your lips when they're wet with wine and red with a wicked desire."

- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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:: Movie of the Week ::

 

 

Bug (no, not the animated movie) with Ashley Judd - Intense!!!

 

 

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Birthday: October 10th

Birth Sign: Libra

Place of Birth: Southern California

Age: 50

Favorite Sweets:  Jelly beans, red licorice,  cranberry/orange scones, white chocolate

Status: Single

Location: Hades

Hair Color:  Dark Brown w/highlights

Eye Color:  Light Brown

Heritage: Sicilian/Spanish

Perfume:  Fendi, Poison, Wings, Black, DKNY

Favorite Drink(s):  Diet  Coke, Iced Chai Tea, any kind of Frappuccino,  Pumpkin Spice Cappuccino

Kids:  No

Furkids: Yes

Favorite City:  San Francisco, Ventura

Colors:  Black, Green

Holidays:  Halloween, Christmas

Favorite Quote: "You can't help it, we're all mad here."  -  The Cheshire Cat, Alice In Wonderland

:: Erotic Irrelevancies ::

 

 

According to a poll taken by a popular women's magazine, 70 percent of women would rather have chocolate than sex.

 

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T.S. Eliot

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60 Minutes

(The) Big Bang Theory

CSI

Criminal Minds

David Letterman

Life (Part 2)

Seinfeld

Two and a Half Men

Without A Trace

 

CURRENT MOON

:: Food of the Gods ::

Awesome Slow Cooker Pot Roast

Ingredients

  • 2 (10.75 ounce) cans condensed cream of mushroom soup

  • 1 (1 ounce) package dry onion soup mix

  • 1 1/4 cups water

  • 5 1/2 pounds pot roast

Directions

  1. In a slow cooker, mix cream of mushroom soup, dry onion soup mix and water. Place pot roast in slow cooker and coat with soup mixture.

  2. Cook on High setting for 3 to 4 hours, or on Low setting for 8 to 9 hours.

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1.13.09 - Ah PayDay - and Oh Gee S...must I keep sending you my journal entries?  lol  Maybe that's why I feel so exposed. It's your fault!  Hopefully that exuded a small smile onto that lovely puss of yours.

Saw Criminal Minds tonight and cried.  Although I had never been raped and given ECT by my father to forget the experience, somehow I could still relate to the unsub.  Is that normal?

I will say this:  I admire Paget Brewster's beauty on Criminal Minds (and she was also on Friends) and always have.  I love her nose.  It's almost like mine.  In 7th grade, a cruel kid measured my nose with a ruler in front of all of the kids in art class.  I pretended it didn't matter.  Amazing how some things stick with you no matter how old you are eh? 

Found a lump on my 13 year old dog Molly.  It's a matter of time now.  Albeit she has been a pain in the arse and not like my Jacob; she and I have been through alot together.  I'll keep an eye on her...

Bright spot tonight:  Madison is helping me type.

1.11.09 - Doing a YouTube download dance today.  Since I lost alot of favorite videos once I had to scrub my hard drive, I'm back online downloading what I lost. Once I download my favs, I'll be uploading them to my server to make sure I won't lose them again.

Still vacillating back and forth as to whether I should just shut down this journal altogether and disappear into the vast anonymity of FaceBook and blog/journal there.  I'm feeling a bit too exposed nowadays and not sure what to do for the moment.

One of my babies, Arthur, is sick.  The biggest boy of the lot and the most sweetest.  I guess that's kind of why I want to disappear into FaceBook, I can be the insane cat lady and no one will blink twice or judge me. *sigh*  I am so weary of people in their sparse little glass houses.

Too funny.  I belong to an alternative online personal ads forum and had made mention in my journal on there that I am trying to find myself and am not looking for anyone anymore. One idiot said that people "our age" should have found ourselves a very long time ago and could not even fathom that I haven't found myself just yet.  I think it's just so interesting no matter what you post in an online forum that there is always some insecure putz that always has to step up and argue the point.  

I think Reid should resign, the jackass.

1.06.09 - Land of Milk and Honey has finally arrived!  I checked my stats and cakecentral.com is referring the site to women who wish to use breastmilk in their recipes. lol and a huge Egads! 

I did a gourmet totally vegan dish tonight and am quite proud of myself.  Nothing from the various cookbooks I have-just from my lil old noggin:  Mushrooms, broccoli, cauliflower, stirred into butter simmered in garlic and onions.  Last minute added capers, lemon pepper, basil, little bit o'red wine vinegar, shredded mozzarella cheese and sour cream.  Tossed some fresh egg noodles into that and added freshly shaved parmesan cheese over the top o'that.  My, my, my and yum!  

Finally broke down and bought some stye med for my left eye.  I haven't had a stye in my eye since I was a little kid.  Supposedly it's brought on by stress, however I can honestly say it's attributed to vanity.

I tried a new base make-up regime; that is, powder mineral make up.  You just brush the make up on and voila!  A base!  Well so much for voila!  I had poked myself in the eye with one of the minute bristles off of the brush a few days back...

Changed the hair again.  Although I love the color red, I have finally come to the conclusion that a) I cannot wear the color on my head nor 2) I cannot wear the color period.  I have too much olive in my complexion even though my complexion is pretty fair. So now I look so much more ethnic, my Sicilian grandfather and Spanish grandfather (from yes, Spain) would be so proud to see their granddaughter now.  

It's only Wednesday right?

1.04.09 - Sometimes I write the most stupidest things in this journal.  *sighing. highlighting. deleting.*

In any event, another year gone.  I was a good girl and ate my black eyed peas on New Year's Day and for added luck had some on New Year's Eve. *knock wood*  So far so good.  Even my dearest friends in Texas had their black eyed peas on New Year's day.  lol

S. of course, had his, but then again, the true Southerner that he is, he loves his black eyed peas. 

He is planning to come to Phoenix more sooner than later. Yikes.  Here I was ready to receive him the month of May - now it may be pushed up to the end of February.  That's it!  I'm hiring a housecleaner for the day, whatever the costs.  I'll sell stuff on ebay...I just so SUCK on cleaning.  Wish my sister lived closer, she lives for it. lol

Weather has been absolutely beautiful here.  It has been in the 70's and we all are loving it.  I wish it could stay like this forever in Arizona. Fat chance, I know, but I could always always wish.  I would never leave this state if that was the case.  However, Northern Arizona is kind of like that...hmmmmmmm...

Found a fantastic book of poems and plays by T.S. Eliot at the library. I have seen quite a few of his poems quoted in Dean Koontz's book and really liked them.  I found this hardback treasure for only $1.00.  Thank god I just picked up a new pair of reading glasses, since I misplaced not one but two pairs.  Oy.

One of my kittens, Dakota, is a little girrly girl and not a boy.  Figures.  I should have known since she always stepped daintily back watching her brothers snarf down their morning meal. Once they are done, she'll step in.  She's on top of the monitor now as I type, peering over it and looking down at me. Pretty baby. Looks just like her papa Constantine.

So that being said it's also time to start getting my boys neutered.  Eeeny meeny minney mo, which one is the first to go...lol.  I think it shall be Arthur. He is the biggest and just has a ball intimidating the other boys.  Next is Jonathan, then Gabriel, and on and on we go...

Back to being a red head yet again.  Also doesn't hurt to note that Mr. S. has a thing for red heads so why not? 

Oh!  I did try to play chess on MSN Games, tried three times in fact, lost all three.  First two, the computer called checkmate within five minutes, the third, fifteen.  Obviously I am rusty.  However on a good note, I did try dominoes and beat the damn computer by one point.  lol

12.26.09 - New Year's Resolution:  I'll try to be more realistic.  I always try to give up swearing and I blow it the first day then I try it again to give it up for Lent. Nope.

Soooooooooo...I'd like to get more physical next year. I have all of this pent up energy that I need to release. I was thinking perhaps:  Tennis, racquetball or learn how to box. I used to excel at tennis and had a helluva serve.  I remember on a date I had during the summer, he was delighted to note that I wanted to box.  He said this was the first time in his 53 years he had ever heard of a woman ever wanting to do just that. :)

Oh yes, and I need to work on my chess skills, I am so rusty and I miss it.

I think I shall end here for now.  Over and out.

12.24.09 - Kind of sad today; I really cannot pinpoint why.  Maybe because it's Christmas Eve, I'm not sure.  

I know for one thing it's my one year anniversary of being without a vehicle.  The engine on my F150 seized on this exact day.  I should have been more careful but was not, perhaps I wanted to subconsciously get rid of that truck since Scott used it to travel to California to meet other women, I don't know.  *sigh*

So hey Mom, it's been awhile since I reached out to you and now I am.  For the first time in a long time I really wish you were here. Just maybe an hour or two and just let me know that everything is going to be alright.  Sometimes it's scary being out on my own and especially for this long. I miss you so so much; you always made me feel like a little princess.  *wistful smile*

Gads, here comes that black cloud reaching out with that greedy embrace, soon to engulf me. 

12.21.09 - I am thinking seriously of just staying in this tiny little room and using it as my bedroom as opposed to the master bedroom.  I thought I would just patch up the waterbed of course and it would be the guest room.  I'd hole up in here.  Too many terrible things have happened in that room over this past year.  Especially when I lost not one, but two litters of kittens because Scott would not help me with the electric bill during the hottest summer month.  For a week I had no electricity and I lost all of them except for one.  It was just horrible and oh so heartbreaking.  The very worst was losing Nala in January. I still miss him.

A bright spot for today:  Margaret's son, Bill, brought over to me a ten pound turkey today, bless his heart.  He did it last year about this time.  Awesome. I have cranberries, now turkey, think I'll do another turkey dinner Friday.  I still haven't put up a Christmas tree up even now I have one and I'm sure won't.  In my mind, the most important thing is to retain the Christmas spirit in one's heart.

12.19.09 - Almost Christmas my God!  I put the red bow back up on the mailbox, stuck a cute snowman in a high chair that I used to sit in when I was a wee one and well that's about it.

Stormdancer caught me by surprise today...He ate solid food for the first time in two weeks.  I had been giving him a bottle filled with kitten formula.  Last night I mixed it with baby food.  Poor baby jumped down to the best of his ability.  He is still having a hard time with his muscles and is weak though not like last week.  However when he sneezes he flips over and I have to right him.  So he went over to the plate of food I had in the spare room and was just so ravenous.  He ate quite a bit.  I gently put him back up on the bed and he fell asleep. I fed him about an hour ago, and he fell asleep while I was feeding him his bottle. I am very grateful that he is alive and I do believe he will make it. 

I miss kissing a man.  I wonder if I could just hire someone who is disease free who just wants to have a make out session.  lol  

Thinking of coloring my hair...I'm bored...again.

As an aside on thoughts of getting older - I don't care how bald James Taylor is or how thick his glasses are I still think he's one of the sexiest men in the world.  

12.14.09 - Today is my sister and her husband's wedding anniversary - 17 years!!!  Kudos and bravo to the both of them.  I envy them and wish I could have a "normal" relationship with another for that long.  Tomorrow is my niece's birthday; she will be 12.  I got to talk to her for a nanosecond. She was quite shy at first and then took off chattering like a little magpie. It was quite awesome to say the least.  She told me she had had a boyfriend last year for six months and then mom stepped in and squashed that relationship.  I told her not to worry, that I was going steady in eighth grade.  Oops!  She said don't worry I won't tell Mom.  *chuckle* Well I told Mom just in case it was brought up in the conversation.  

Sometimes I have regrets that I never had children.  It would have been nice to have one of each.  But good god if they ended up like me instead of my partner then what?  I couldn't put them in a closet like an old wind up doll that I was tired of.  lol

I was going to have Stormdancer put to sleep tomorrow but I shall hold off.  My sis suggested I wait on that; she said he sounds like he is on the mend especially since he is taking water (alot) and now kitten milk mixed with kitten wet food.  I'll just cross my fingers and hope for the best. I am exhausted from keeping one eye open all weekend waiting for the horrible inevitable to happen  which in this case has not.  Although he did fall off of the bed and I found him in a corner under the bed I thought well this is it.  He just wanted to relieve himself off and away from his bedding.

12.12.09 - The next door neighbor brought over muffins, like they do every year. If memory serves me correctly they are cranberry orange which is my very favorite.  

Since I have been able to be online again and updating the site, the guests have increased much to my surprise.  I'm sure it's because everyone has scurried indoors with winter's onset.

I am not a big fan of Sarah Palin, however I have got to give her credit for being such a good sport.  On the Tonight Show, William Shatner was on there reading quotes from her book on the show like he was in a beatnik style coffee house, bongos and all.  When he was done, there was applause, and here comes Sarah Palin striding on stage.  She began reading quotes from HIS book a la bongos.  The look on his face was priceless.   

12.10.09 - Okay today is a better day.  It was nice and toasty in the bedroom last night.  I bought a teeny room heater and it heated up the whole room albeit I'm sleeping in a much smaller room than the master bedroom. Did that even just make sense?  Hey I was happy, so were the furfaces.  I plan to buy another one for my bedroom once I get the bed fixed.  Yep still not.  lol

I must share.  I normally don't put links on my journal to favorite sites or anything like that, but this one I shall.  It's not even 20 seconds but it's cat related and called "The World's Cutest Kitten Ever".  If I need a big smile and a giggle I play it.  I haven't gotten tired of it yet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiC3QtKVpso

Other than that, I find it hard to believe it's Thursday already.  I do plan to put my tree up after all.  Hopefully I'll get the lights up on the outside of the house this weekend.

12.09.09 - We are amazing creatures aren't we?  I'm not talking about the rich and famous, I'm talking about the average joe.  Every day is a challenge whether good or bad or small or large.  We have to make choices as grown ups all by ourselves whether it is the right thing or not and always, always learn from them should we choose to.

Another blow to the spirit...the IRS took another $200 out of my check yet again for the month of December.  All I can do is shake my head, cry a little (okay a lot, I cried all over Kasha this morning) and want to scream.  It seems I can never rid myself of the last vestiges of the parasite I was married to.  All of my plans for this month shot to hell yet again.

So this time around, I will call the IRS and arrange a payment schedule with them, file for Innocent Spouse Relief and see what happens.  

I have a Christmas tree that I was going to put up but hard as I try, just for today at this very moment, I have no Christmas spirit.

I'm sure later I'll be picking myself up and dusting myself up yet again but in the interim - Lavida is dura.

12.06.09 - A cold front has been moving into Arizona the last few days or so and it has been cold and I mean cold! This morning at 4 - the temp was at 34 degrees.  Of course, Murphy's Law I had to grab the bus to go to the store to pick up a few things.  No gloves, since the ex roommate stole them from me, I threw on a sweater coat and an alpaca scarf I had just ordered from ebay.  On the way to the store, a kid got on under dressed for the weather.  Had I son, this guy would have been around his age.  Sweet thing too, chattering on, even complimented me on my scarf.  My stop was just coming up and as the bus stopped, I took off my scarf and gave it to him with a "Merry Christmas".  :)  Hope he didn't mind it smelled like my perfume.  More importantly I hope it kept him a little bit warmer.

Tick tock, tick tock, two more days to go and I get paid for the month of December.  I so hope the IRS doesn't put their bloody paws on my check like they did last month.  Still can't find Scott, so I guess I'm easier to find.  The bastards.

Other than that, another week down.  

I think I shall stop here for now. I really can't think of anything more to share or anything witty to pen.  Perhaps tomorrow this brief writer's block will be gone.  

12.5.09 - There's an episode on "Everybody loves Raymond" whereas Debra Barone tells her husband Ray, that sometimes every woman needs a good cry.  No reason, we just do.  Amen to that.

Today was my day.  No rhyme or reason it just came out of nowhere.  I was watching the latest episode of Criminal Minds called "100" online and the very last fifteen minutes just got to me. I bawled like a baby.  Afterwards, the tears still flowed.  I had to go to the store, so walking to the bus stop I had to struggle to keep the tears back.  Back home, I watched the last five minutes of I think it's called "Star Trek: The Next Generation" movie.  I started to weep when Captain Kirk died; and just totally fell apart when Data found his cat "Spot" in the wreckage of the Enterprise.  I think I'm about cried out for this month.  We'll see - Christmas isn't here yet.  Geesh. 

12.3.09 - I need to get this entry out post haste.  I bought a bottle of Peppermint Schnapps to kick off the holiday season with a bang and I know if I wait too long this entry will not make sense. lol

Yesterday was not such a chore after all, the library trip.  My neighbor and I ("C") took off to the library.  I met a nice older gentleman there in the buy a book section. Very well dressed, and handsome.  I thought he was in his 60's.  Turned out he was in his 80's and dying of leukemia. :(  I shall always maintain that God puts people into your life for a reason - it was a humbling experience and taught me in a brief flash to cherish Life.  I hope he'll be okay, I never got his name dammit.

Stopped off at the local Wal-Mart after that so she could get her favorite seasonal ice cream Peppermint which BTW is decadent.  She brought some over and it takes just like a candy cane. 

Next stop: Lunch at Subway.  Mana from heaven!

Last stop was our favorite craft store and I was on the hunt for a Fleur De Lis pendant - nada.  I forgot Fleur De Lis's are a hot, hot, hot jewelry trend this year.  

I haven't hooked up my DVD yet just pure laziness I'm sure.  I'll do it tomorrow so the procrastinator proclaims.

Not much more to share at the moment, my dear journal.  Am off to enjoy my 90 proof Schnapps.

So sad, that indeed Tiger Woods did cheat on his wife.  Is there anyone in this world that can have a successful monogamous relationship without having the need to stray? 

12.2.09 - Ah Insomnia has raised his nasty little head and no matter how hard I have tried, I cannot sleep.  The bastard!  So here I am at 2:56 a.m. listening to Josh Groban croon "My December", Stormdancer purring his little brains out in front of me and downloading software to play a DVD on the 'puter.  My speakers of course are being temperamental, the left one is now working, the right one is not, it was reversed a few hours back.  *sigh*

11.30.09 - I did something fun last night; I wagered a bet with S. on last night's football game.  Since he is a native Louisianan (is that even a word?), he bet the Saints against "my team", the Patriots.  I lost.  What he wanted, well I can't be too specific, let's just say I'm not too thrilled about giving back rubs and as for the other, weelllll something I don't mind doing - so who really is the winner in that respect? lol 

Full moon tonight.  It's obvious.  The fur maniacs are in full swing.  So far two of my males have gone after Arthur.  They are all litter mates and damn do I need some sleep.  It is a known fact that when the full moon rises in the sky and she exposes her pretty face, strange things happen.  The paramedics dread it, the hospitals dread it, the police department especially dreads her beautiful repose in the sky.

Still hanging out in the computer room sleeping on the daybed.  I've been vacillating back and forth as to whether I should get rid of the waterbed in my room.  I wandered in there the other day to hang some freshly laundered curtains in there and longingly looked at the bed.  Nope - it's staying up.  It just needs a heater and a new mattress...gee is that all?

Yep just a rambling today. I'm supposed to go to the library today with the next door neighbor. I like her; she loves Halloween and the macabre. You'd never know it by looking at her.  There really is no reason to go now that the computer is back up, but what the heck, maybe I can find a book there.

11.29.09 - Where have you gone?  Why do you run and what demons are you running from?  I pity you now; I guess I always have perhaps that's why I stayed for so long.  I saw someone so lost and didn't want you to feel that you were abandoned like you thought your father abandoned you. Ironically it was you who did that to me.  I think I finally forgive you.  My bitterness for what you did is finally fading and all that is left are the good memories of what we had brief though they were.  I hope you are alright and before you die, you find your happiness and peace.  Ciao Bello, Ciao.

11.20.09 - My PC is almost perfect; that is, it now has no sound.  Grrrrrrr.  I have to update the driver I'm sure. I spent most of the day trying to figure it out and finally threw up my hands and said...well anyway, I threw up my hands. *chuckle* I have better things to do, like load my programs back on and get caught up with the site, which I have adding new links to the links section.  

I do realize this has been a bad year for the majority of us here in America but geesh do we have to push Christmas so damn hard?  Even the neighbor up the street already has her Christmas tree up not to mention her outside lights.  I even found much to my chagrin, Christmas music already on one of the radio stations here. *sigh*  I refuse to take down my fall wreath down until after Thanksgiving or actually until the very last day of November.  Fall is my favorite time of the year and I shall savor it until the bloody end.  lol

Oh!  Update on the Richard thing ooops "R" thing.  *eg*  We did get back in contact with one another after five months of dead silence from him.  We attempted to get together back in September and I just could not do it after all this time. I found out he is terribly passive aggressive and overall a pain in the ass.  So I pushed a huge button of his (purposely) and he cancelled and threw out a goodbye.  I should have just realized that if I could not keep our engagement when I was 19, there was a reason for it.  Gut instinct and all that.

11.19.09 - I'm baaaaaaccckkkkk... Okay so after practically falling off of the face of the earth I do believe I am here to stay.

So what's new in my life?  I turned the big 5-0 in October! I was so bummed a few months prior.  As the dreaded day crept closer and closer I told more and more people.  Just an exercise that is used by abuse survivors, the more you talk about your experience, the easier it is to deal with.  

I did receive an unexpected 50th b.d. present:  A gentleman who I shall merely call "S" wrote me on the 8th.  Apparently he had read my blog and wanted to wish me a happy b.d.  I thought...hmmmmm...so I wrote him back, he wrote back and sent me a sweet, sweet gift! We've been corresponding since and well, it looks like there is something definitely there.  Although it is strictly LDR for now, it is absolutely perfect for me.  We can take our time, get to know each other, iron out the wrinkles if you will and welp, we'll see what happens.  We are such opposites in so many respects, but he is so intelligent, thank god.  lol  It eradicates our opposites in a heartbeat. That can be worked out, but intellectual discourse is very important to me.  So we shall see what happens. He also happens to have THE most sexiest southern drawl I have ever heard.  I guess I am as smitten as a kitten.

Kitties are fine. Circle of Life and all that happy stuff.  Lost some, gained some. Love and have loved them all.

I have found in the months I have been offline through some very painful life experiences, that it is best not to talk to too many people about my life.  People are so quick to judge. I mean I have known that since being online and I have been online for many, many years. However when you encounter the real world and it's in your face ugliness, you tend to turn inward and guard your privacy like a hawk.  No wonder my younger brother has turned into a recluse.  It doesn't hurt as much and dealing with people like that is so not worth it.

I still am planning to open my goth/horror website well just because.  I may reopen my abuse survivor site, Wings of Fire, I'm not sure yet though.  

Oh yes, over the summer I did develop a fabulous tan on my face, upper chest (god bless the person who invented tank tops), legs and arms.  Walking to and from the bus stop does has it's advantages especially in the extreme heat.

lol

3.22.09 - Good grief!  I've gone THIS long without a monitor on the home front?  Yikes and then some.  No wonder I've been tres grouchy.

I posted on the Freecycle group a couple of days back letting them know the situation here and some wonderful woman came by yesterday and dropped off a beautiful monitor by emachines.  I love it.  It's black and silver which matches my emachines keyboard.  Hmmm...I wonder if I can spray paint my tower black. lol

So the ex roomie came by a few days back to get some stuff. *shudder*  She could barely stand up she was soooooo drunk.  Do her children even care?  The whites of her eyes are yellow and she's only 46.  Perhaps they tried and that's all you can do with an alcoholic.

Ah yes and now for the good news: I am finally divorced.  Woo Hoo!  I did get alimony but collecting it will be another story.  I also asked the judge for my maiden name back.  I don't want his shitty name.  The judge was pretty peeved that Scott did not show up.  He said it showed lack of character on Scott's part.  He was a great judge I thought.  A very nice man; my landlady came with me for moral support.

On a side note: I so wish I had the means to go to the Ren Faire before it closes.  He is one of the actors at the King's Court and it would give me great pleasure to pop him one in front of the masses.  *eg*

Hmmmm...let's see what else happened whilst I was monitor less...Ah!  I am the proud Nana of seven furry wee ones.  Dante had four babies 3 weeks ago, their eyes are opened an one teeny bit hissed at me this morning. *chuckles*  Erika had only three this time four days ago; one is pure white who I have promptly named Maxx after a crazy ass cat I had a long time ago named Maxx.  He loved popcorn, always sat in front of the microwave while it was popping.  All I can do is just make sure these babies make it.  I'll be lighting alot of candles, buying mass quantities of kitten milk and pray that's for certain. 

Over and out.

3.1.09 - Still unable to get Harrison in though he is traipsing back and forth taunting me, the furry fiend. 

It's time to let R. go.  I talked to my sister for over an hour today - needed to get my fix.  lol  She like everyone else in this world cannot figure out what in the heck happened with this whole scenario.  She is going to write him.  I know it won't help, but if she wishes to that's fine.  I double checked my calendar and the very last time we communicated was the 10th of February.  Much too long to be incommunicado with someone you are supposed to be in love with.

On yet another note, the roomie is moving out today.  It just was not working out.  We butted heads quite a bit; we're both strong willed and neither one would back down on particular issues.  *sigh* 

So I am alone again.  It will be strange not having someone about.  I wish she'd leave her cat as I'd grown very fond of him.

2.27.09 - Today I was feeling TRAPPED.  No vehicle, no phone, no internet connection, good god I had to get out of the house MUY PRONTO.  My poor roommate, I had just finished borrowing her phone yet again, and gave it back to her a blubbering mess.  Poor dear. 

Told her as soon as I put on my pants I was escaping to the library because "of that bloody trapped feeling". 

So off I traipsed tears rolling down my face, hands shoved into the pockets of my jeans, body language emanating withdrawal from Life.

After a bit, I heard footsteps behind me and I thought oh Christ I'm going to be mugged.  I hadn't even bothered to find my pepper spray.  A friendly voice asked after of all things my *hair*.  He liked the way I had streaked it.  He introduced himself and we yakked all the way to almost the library.  We stopped for soft drinks and library forgotten, wandered back to my house.  However we did not walk back, we took a bus to the local grocery store before that. OMG my first adult bus ride.  Fascinating. I think I can do this by myself, thank you very much.

In any event, it was such not a shitty day after all.  Is this where people swear Fate has stepped in and have altered their lives unbeknownst to them even for just a moment?  If that is the case, many thanks to you kind Fate for smiling down upon this mere mortal just for the day.  It was so very precious, this gift you gave to me even for just a few hours.  Thank you. 

P.S.  On an icky note, he inadvertently let one of the furbabies out. *sigh*  Harrison will be back but damn, damn, damn.

2.25.09 - Okay I had to add a few more t.v. favs of mine; especially Punk'd!  OMG where have I been?  Yep no cable will do it, but have been watching the reruns on t.v. and I absolutely love it.  Ashton Kucher is too too funny and has done a great job "punking" people.  Brava Demi.  lol

2.21.09 - Okay now I cannot believe it's almost the end of February. lol

I did not go to San Diego after all.  I had a flat out panic attack at almost the last minute.  Suffice to say R. was not pleased; he became terribly depressed.  In fact we have had one conversation after that and now...nothing.  He will not return my calls nor answer my emails.  There are two sides of reasoning on this:  One is from my male friend who said he claims it as rejection, which it was not.  The other is a female friend who said that if it did not feel right that I did the right thing; that my panic attack could have gotten worse once I arrived there.  Mars vs. Venus.  Of course I opt for the latter opinion, natch and cannot believe he would cut me out of his life that quickly.   

As an aside - It's amazing R. knew I was prone to panic attacks and said that if it did happen *we* would work through it.  *We* did not.

I asked a friend of mine, who is 85 now, if she would ever marry again if she had the chance.  She had lost her husband two years ago at Christmas time.  She said probably not as her first two husbands were incurable romantics and she seriously doubt that there would be anyone like that out there like them.  Oh yes, she got a tattoo a week ago of a cardinal's head in honor of our football team the Cardinals. *smile*  Love it, love it. :))  She is one helluva woman. I hope I'm still going strong like her when I'm her age.

I am back to designing again for Sensual Pleasures.  I just finished up one webset featuring the artwork of Walter Girotto.  I have two that are half finished and I will complete them this weekend.  It's a good outlet and keeps me out of trouble.

I will be so glad when I can go back online on the homefront, but that is definitely a ways away.  Argh.

Of course let's not forget my gothic website that is in it's early infant stages.  I opened it up again last night and just stared at the opening graphic I made.  I hate it; so I quickly closed it up again.  lol 

God what a dull life I lead - I *need* a change and soon.

P.S.  I did change the color of my hair after all. 

2.6.09 - I cannot believe it's February already.  Here we go again...the year will start to whiz by yet again and before you know it Christmas shall be here.  However, it won't be such a dismal one such as last year. I can feel it in my middle aged bones.  heh

Next week I will be going to San Diego for certain to see R.  I am impatient for time to pass.  I know it will be here before I know it, but it is such a maddening feeling.

Hate my hair will be changing the color again.  lol

1.30.09 -  I can always tell when I'm starting to go through a character change. It's hard to define on a "screen" if you will, but it's there.

My dearest friend, D., was amazed at how much transpired in my life within a few short weeks.  Alas, we don't correspond as much as we'd like to for the moment because of my bloody unaccess to the Net on the home front  I'm sure that will be rectified more sooner than later.

Last night, R. asked for my ring size.  Oh good god, he's going to do it!  We were laughing though about if anyone asked us why it took 30 years to finally settle down together, we're just going to say "we just wanted to make sure".  *snicker* There may be a chance he'd move out this way and I won't have to pull up roots here.  We shall see.

The roommate, G., lent me her laptop and dropped me off at the library.  Damn library.  You are *still* at their mercy.  Sure they have wi fi access, but you have to choose their ISP in order to get online.  It's a slow connection to be certain and if you decide to forgo that and sign in just using your email addy, it's supposed to be even slower.  I couldn't even upload my files to the site, there was a firewall so I had to wander over to their PC's and do it that way. Grrrrrrrr 

I joined Netflix.  I couldn't stand it anymore.  This digital box changeover is for the birds.  You are constantly adjusting the rabbit ears and that doesn't even guarantee a solid signal.  More often times than naught, the picture on the t.v. is a bunch of pixels instead of a picture or nothing at all.  I digress.  Since there is really nothing on real t.v. on the weekends well except "Punk'd",  I took the plunge and signed up for Netflix. Hopefully I'll be getting my movies soon, number one on the list is "28 Days Later", then "28 Weeks Later".  According to Storm, they are awesome and I trust his judgment since he loves zombie movies as much as I.  *eg*

1.28.09 - Okay after vacillating back and forth to:  1) Cancel the roommate thing and 2) Cancel the trip - I have decided to venture forth with both. 

The roommate moved in yesterday and bought me or shall I say the furbabies food, today she has been here and gone.  She is a cab driver and will be gone for the rest of the evening.  It's very strange to have someone here again and she has decided to tuck me under her wing to boot.  I'm not sure what to think of *that*.  lol

The trip - definitely moving forward.  Enough said.  I need a break.

I put a geranium on Nala's grave yesterday. 

Hate the color of my hair. lol  Bitched about that to R. last evening - he had no sympathy as I did ask his opinion about the color. Shouldn't he know me better than anyone else in the world - say over thirty years?   ;)

Added my favorite perfumes to my bio.

Have added an awesome EASY recipe for Superbowl Sunday. I saw it today on "Better" and OMG had to try it. Absolutely decadent, inexpensive and oh so yummy.  It's a new recipe under "Food of the Gods". 

1.23.09 - I lost Nala early yesterday morning.  Why? Why?  Why?  I screamed like a wailing banshee; probably scared the hell out of the neighbors next door.  In return for my why's to the heavens, I received back...nothing.  He didn't even make it to his six month birthday.

Funny how things happen in life though.  The day before yesterday I offered to board a cat of a cab driver I briefly encountered last week.  They were charging her $75.00/week to take care of her kitty "Gordo".  I offered of course, old softie that I am at no charge.  She showed up here in tow with her daughter and Gordo.  She also told me that Gordo will stay in his cage and not come out.  Hmmmm...that evening I opened the door to the cage and he will not go back in.  He's like a dog, he spoons against my back and just flops all over me and falls asleep.  He is a love I must say that.  He's just trying to get used to the other maniacs.  Okay enough kitty speak.

As for the cab driver from the aforementioned paragraph, it looks like I'm taking in another stray. *wry smile*  She needs a place to live and I do have an extra room, so she'll be moving in here within the next couple of weeks.  She's a scrappy little thing, hard as nails, I just hope I'm not making a mistake. I'd take her in sooner as I do need the money, natch, but oh good god this room is a joke and I have to move my baby - the computer into my room.

Her daughter has offered to petsit whilst I disappear to San Diego over Valentine's Day weekend for free.  That should help my friend's tri-fold leather wallet. 

Still hoping against hope that a car will fall out of the sky. *chuckle*  I did have a nice reprieve yesterday; my landlady took me to the store I used to haunt as it had the best prices on pet food.  Although my stamina has increased; sometimes it's nice to know I am not totally a loser.  Where is my mom when I need her? 

And so Life grimly marches on.

P.S.  Ah yes my hair is now a nice delicious mahogany.  My stress got the better of me.   lol

1.14.09 - The site is finally back up!  Whew!  One less thing I need to worry about.

I'm a dork.  I didn't hear the alarm go off yesterday morning which was the court date of my divorce.  ARGH.  Now I have to file with the court a mystery piece of paper to proceed with it.  The judge's assistant would not tell me which paper I need to file because he said he would be "offering legal advice".  I was annoyed to say the least.  So off to the cyber cafe I go to hunt it down.

1.12.09 - I did finally obtain a duplicate of the title to the truck and got rid of it.  I got enough to pay the electric bill.  I'm done walking and the hell with being "green" idea.  lol  I was born and raised in Los Angeles and you go NOWHERE without having a car in your garage.  Now I just have to figure out where to get the funds to get a car. 

12.31.08 - My life of late has turned into a bloody greek tragedy to the point where I want to scream.  I almost did today.  Every time I turn around or even try to BREATHE something has gone wrong. 

Good case in point, in fact, excellent case in point:  The engine on the truck seized on of all days, Christmas Eve evening - four miles from the house.  It overheated to the point where it burned the oil down to nothing causing...the engine to seize, I'm sure the block is cracked.  In any event, a really sweet family towed me home with their vehicle.  So there the truck sits outside of my house.   A mechanic came by and did indeed verify there was nothing that could be done.  Sooooo I have to look for the title, call a salvage place and have them pick it up.  I'll probably get I hope, $200.00 and I'll get a bicycle.  Thank god the weather is gorgeous here 80% of the time; I don't have a problem riding a bicycle around.  And hey I'm going green!  lol   It's just when it's time to get cat litter I'll have to take a cab.  I'll even get to learn how to take the bus. Woo Hoo! 

Let's see what else.  Ah yes.  There was a  race against time to transfer the domain of Land of Milk and Honey from one registrar to another only because the other took PayPal.  The library glitched the whole damn transaction as the other company received payment for the transfer but not the instructions nor the key to unlock the registrant.  So in the interim I'll just keep posting in my journal.

Today I walked about four miles - to the library to do my mail and other stuff, to the store and back home.  I'm tired but wound up. Swell.

I do hope 2009 is alot better because really all I want is a drama free life.  Now I just need to figure out how to get to the courthouse on the 13th as that is the day my divorce will become final. 

12.22.08 - No sleep natch. *sigh*  The Melatonin did not work so at 5 in the morning I took half an Ambien. That worked.  Woke up terribly late for my important date but forced myself to go to the DES to apply for food stamps.  I'm not embarrassed or ashamed.  There is no food in this house suitable for my pets, not unless they like fruit or vegetables.  Not. One of the questions on the app is how much money do you have on you?  I riffled through my wallet and I swear a moth flew out; noted zero trying not to cry. 

There was a jerk behind me just totally bitching at his partner.  All he could do was mutter to her "I am so disappointed in you. I am so angry", like a chant.  When he finally got up to go up to the counter I was going to ask her if she was okay, but with his temper barely held in check, I was afraid he would come back and make it worse for her.  Bastard.  Come to find out, he was pissed at her because she would not give him anymore of her Xanax.  Before they finally left, he grabbed her bottle and took a couple out and popped them. 

A case worker came out calling out the next appointment and she had this huge bruise on the side of her face. I tried not to stare; I mean this is part of Life right?  I mean, how many years had I listened to the cries of my mother when my dad started in on her? 

I wasn't shocked at what I saw today, though it's something you never get used to.  I just wonder for the billionth time if there are really any real men out there that do not need to prove their masculinity by using their fists?

12.21.08 - I was busy as a neurotic bee today.  I had a fantastic sleep the night before by taking two Melatonin and woke with a ton of energy.  I am by habit, a horrible insomniac.  I'll try anything to try to get some sleep short of taking a hammer to my head. 

I digress.

It's almost as if I woke from a four year sleep and took a good hard look at the inside and outside of the house.  *shudder*  I worked four hours straight and didn't even make a dent.  It's a grand start I think, especially for a non-domestic house goddess.

I even figured out how to hook up the converter box in the bedroom; I just need a pair of rabbit ears to get a signal.  Pretty cool I think.

12.20.08 - There is a terminology that is used alot I have found in the land of ANR: Oral fixation.  I have or had my theory of what it was about until I met a gentlemen who had one. 

He explained to me that he enjoys being oral with a woman.  That evening he showed me.  

He loved to kiss, and oh my was he a good kisser.  Alot of men claim they are but are oh so not.  He was.  He kissed my face, my eyes, my nose, my forehead before zeroing back onto my mouth.  I wept a small bit as a man had never been so gentle with me.

I had told him earlier in the evening about my tattoos that I have; that is a Kanji character on each shoulder blade.  He asked to see them. I shyly pulled down the shoulder straps of my dress and he kissed each one moving up my spine planting kisses up to the back of my neck refocusing his attention on my mouth like a bee to a flower.  After awhile my lips did appear as if they were beestung. 

Finally he showed me the coupe de grace of his fixation:  My breasts and nipples.  Unhurriedly, sensuously he paid rapt attention from one to the other, creating sensations in me that I had never felt before in my adult ilfe.

Unfortunately we had to stop...he had a plane to catch later that evening.  We saw each other a couple more times after that and we just drifted apart, the miles were too great between us - his East Coast to my Southwest. 

I catch myself comparing others to my gentle man; I've yet to find another like he.  And so I wait and hope...

12.17.08 - I have missed journaling and so here I am again. Of course I had to be the frustrated perfectionist and agonize first and foremost over: What pic to use, what colors, what tables to use that are compatible in all resolutions, fonts, etc., I think I'm happy with what I chose.  I must say it did feel good designing again. 

I am planning to open up another website. It will be geared towards the more gothic side of life.  This will be fun and I look forward to putting it together.

However before I embark on that project I should figure out first where the heck I'm going to get the money to renew the domain for Land of Milk and Honey which will be expiring next week.  Always something.

I believe I have acquired a dog or I should say she acquired me.  She looks to be part Chow because of her blue tongue and mostly shepherd. She's a tawny color with a sweeping tail with the sweetest face.  She is a pretty thing; she just showed up, hungry and shy as heck. I named her Mischa.  She doesn't bother the outdoor cats which is a big plus.  Bless her heart.  I wish people would take better care of their pets.  When I die, I want to come back as either a cat or a dog and wander into my own backyard, I know I'll have a home.  :)

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