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I gotta say, as far as years go, 2007 was pretty cool. I'm actually kinda bummed to say goodbye to it. This past year saw me making a very comfortable living as a contractor in Human Resources. I fulfilled my goal to work from home and make a good living while doing it. Definitely me living life on my terms. I settled into my townhome and discovered some of the privileges of being a homeowner (what do you mean breakers?)... I lived most of this past year alone and found it both stimulating and disconcerting. Being with myself was a challenge I encountered and I am beginning to embrace the idea of singlehood for the sake of singlehood. September saw me re-commiting to Weight Watchers. A couple years ago, I lost 40 lbs on the program and felt great. Life happened and I gained all of that weight back and then some (8 "buddies" came along). Through therapy (yep, I can now say "My therapist says...") I've discovered some of my internal roadblocks to caring for myself and my health. With these insights, I've taken on weightloss again - 5 lbs at a time. So far I've lost 5 lbs 4 times... :) I made so many new friends this year - in the area of relationships, I am truly blessed. Shout out to all of you who have made this past year a joy and constant entertainment... :) This year also saw me establishing my "chops" as a KJ/DJ. I run two shows at jUMPs now on a regular basis (and sometimes one at Sansone's) and I really love it! There's nothing that gives me a bigger thrill than having someone get up and sing who never thought they would get up on stage. The best compliment is when folks tell me that I was instrumental in them finding the courage to give karaoke a try. It's within our nature to look forward, though, and I find myself eagerly anticipating the joys of the coming year. I'm committed to this year being filled with an abundance of magic and miracles - truly, dreams coming true. I don't have any special feelings about this coming year, no crystal ball and no predictions, really. What I do have is a strong belief that I'm responsible for how my world occurs for me. I create my world with my words. And the words I'm choosing for this coming year are abundance, magic, miracles and dreams coming true. What does that mean in practical terms? It means me cultivating - daily - an "attitude of gratitude." Being thankful every day for the multitude of blessings in my life. And yes, there IS a multitude. It means abundance in all things... in happiness, in love, in friendship, in partnership, in finances, in health, in joy, in peace, in family, in satisfaction... I'll be adding to the list as the year unfolds. :) It means me delving into my creativity with a new intensity. I'm doing the "Artist's Way" 12-week course again starting on Wednesday. This is the year I discover my "river" of creativity and learn to tap into it on demand. I have no idea what that will bring about, no idea how I will be expressing this flow of creativity... It will be interesting (and fun!) to see how it manifests itself. That's pretty much all I wanted to say about the turning of the New Year. I'm at jUMPs right now, enjoying the festivities and the party atmosphere (Mina's masquerade costume is most excellent...) Tomorrow I'll sleep in a bit, maybe clean up the kitchen, probably enjoy a meal with my best friend David D. All in all, a good start to a great year!
Just a reminder for those interested in attending, the premiere for Nerima Daikon Brothers is next Tuesday, November 28th at the Alamo Drafthouse at the West Oaks mall on Hwy 6. I think it starts around 7PM... Anyway, Nerima Daikon Brothers is a musical anime that was broadcast on TV in Japan. The words and lyrics to the first four episodes have been translated into English and dubbed. I'm playing the "Evil Villian" in Episode 3. Anyway, it should be a fun time. The show is completely irreverant and NOT for the easily offended! Hope to see y'all there!!
Wed, Oct. 25th, 2006, 07:06 pm
Do YOU Dare??
The first five people to respond to this post, will get some form of art, by me. It will be about or tailored to those five lucky victims, er...individuals. This offer does have some restrictions and limitations. - You must be at least 45 inches tall to ride this attraction. - I make no guarantees that you will agree with what I percieve as art and/or quality. - What I create will be just for you, though it may include some "found objects," i.e. - a mix CD. - I am giving myself no deadline on completing this - however, the longer I take, the cooler I'll try to make it. Note, "try." And last but not least, the greatest catch: If you sign up, you have to put this in your own journal as well. DO YOU DARE?????
... but I've never learned how to put images behind a cut... or text for that matter... *lame grin*... Anybody wanna give it to me in a couple easy steps?? Fri, Mar. 3rd, 2006, 08:25 am
*GASP*
Just comin' up for air... Man, talk about a hellish 6 weeks... They've been talking about a "light at the end of the tunnel" in whispered tones for a couple days... I've been struggling not to believe 'em 'cause it seems like ever light these days is a roaring steam engine bearing down on my ass... Of the whole mess that's been 2006 thus far, however, one factoid stands out as being freakin' totally awesome: I'm buying a condo!! It is SOOOOOO beautiful, you have no idea... Here is a link to the HAR.com listing... it says it's still active on the market but that's a LIE! :) http://www.har.com/search/engine/indexdetail.cfm?mlnum=2235817&class=2&leadid=6&sTYPE=0&backButton=YSo now I'm coordinating inspectors and completing loan applications etc etc... I get to see the place again on Wednesday when I walk through with the inspector... And then of course there's the PACKING. Ugh. Still, knowing that I'm moving into my very own place doesn't make it seem so horrid... Things are good with weight watchers... finally got my -25 lb magnet... I'm gonna be adding regular exercise into the mix next week so I'm planning on speeding up the loss just a bit... Going slow is okay, just not THIS slow! Chad and Michael are in town this weekend... Don & Hil will be around in another couple of weekends for a dance convention... We're all gonna convene in Dallas on the 25th to go see Cavalia (I know, the tent is across the street from me for a MONTH and I end up driving to Dallas to see the show)... Okay... *shudder* I need to get to work...
I've been away from here long enough... geez... So I've been concentrating on creating my weight-loss website... Been in Weight Watchers since November and am determined to go all the way! (Yea, this is a different "all the way"...) It's been an interesting and educational journey, the last 12 weeks... And while I'm not as far as I would like to be in regards to weight-loss, I feel 50 times healther than I did back in November... Healthier physically and emotionally! I've been holding off on a weight-loss blog 'cause I don't really wanna have that here... but I already have a MySpace page and started a 360 Yahoo one... CRIPES... I want just ONE place for all this stuff... too many things to keep track of! I'm gonna keep LJ 'cause some of the coolest people in the world use this medium... I'm gonna try to feed this journal into my MySpace and 360 accounts (although I'm not sure how to do that)... That means I'll be blogging about my weight-loss trek on my new website... It's just a freewebs site with the basic templates they offer but it's a start. I have my own web address (thanks, David D!) and now it's a matter of tranferring what I already have to my own custom page... I usually avoid projects like this 'cause I'm so concerned about it looking "right" or being the "best"... Screw that. I'm gonna do what I like, what makes me happy. I'm not gonna post the website address here - partly 'cause it's a work in progress and partly 'cause I'm really embarassed for people to see my starting weight. I have a milestone weight in mind... When I reach that point, I'll post the web address. Right now, the only folks with access to it are on the Weight Watchers boards and they're all in the same boat as me in regards to losing weight... The only new news at this point is that I've joined a madrigal group... So now David and I are members of the Piping Rock Singers... We perform in Renaissance costume with two major concerts a year (I think) and various other gigs... I'm really looking forward to this because I've always loved madrigals, counterpoint and a cappella singing with cool harmonies... Work sucks, of course... I'm actually having to work (damn their eyes!) and am logging 60-65 billable hours a week... Not my idea of the perfect job. David is flying out East this weekend to audition for a show. If he gets it and moves out there, I'm very seriously considering asking for a transfer to our Dallas office. It won't really change much in the way of my job but with Dennis moving back to New York and Wen going part-time, I'm gonna be left carrying a load I do not want. Plus, in Dallas I'd be close to Don & Hilary... That would be fabulous! Alright... I'm filling in over at First United Methodist this month and I need to leave for rehearsal in a couple minutes... I think I get paid there tonight! Also, Todd will be paying me for filling in for him last night and this coming Friday... Gotta love the singing moola!
Sun, Jan. 8th, 2006, 08:33 pm
Yet another...
...useless quiz! Mwahahahahaha! | You scored as Philosophy. You should be a Philosophy major! Like the Philosopher, you are contemplative and you enjoy thinking about the purpose for humanity's existence.
Philosophy | | 83% | Linguistics | | 83% | Theater | | 75% | Psychology | | 75% | English | | 75% | Journalism | | 67% | Sociology | | 67% | Dance | | 58% | Art | | 58% | Anthropology | | 50% | Engineering | | 42% | Mathematics | | 42% | Biology | | 25% | Chemistry | | 17% | </td>
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No big surprises here... Still, gotta love the pointless quizzes when you're trying desperately to ignore the clients pounding on your door DEMANDING your attention... Bastards. How's that for spiritual??
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Spiritualism
Your ideals are mostly spiritual, but in an individualistic way. While spirituality is very important in your life, organized religion itself may not be for you. It is best for you to seek these things on your own terms.
60% spiritual.
40% reason-oriented.
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I have returned! Man it's good to be home... I missed it - missed my personal space and my roommate. I was able to scavenge 5 containers of "Top The Tater" from a Minnesota grocery store... I'm hoping Kari and Susan will be interested in taking 4 of 'em off my hands (they're dated December 4, 2005 so y'all have a little time)...
So here I am, Sunday night of a scrapbooking weekend that we (as a group) chose to "supersize" (which means, rather than leaving at 3 PM today, we stay until 3 PM on Monday). We had this little "ss" on the corner of our nametags. As the weekend went on, it became clear that the "ss" stood for "scrapper slacker"... We slept in every morning until like 11 AM... Everyone else was up at the crack of dawn - these people are seriously crazy about scrapbooking. I'm here with Lynne Goldade nee Peterson ("Petey the Pun Queen") and Sandy Anderson nee Doble ("Windy City")... Those were the names we gave each other back in junior high after spending many years as an inseperable trium-fem-ate from 2nd grade onwards... Lynne's nickname is self-explanatory but Sandy got hers from a memorable outpost camping trip (where we ride horses into the woods of Minnesota for a week) when one of the Wranglers (yes, Wrangler) told Sandy he'd never met anyone who talked so much and called her the Windy City... (**Sidenote... This Wrangler - for years - only knew her by the sobriquet Windy City)... My nickname was "Burbur Heggaeggas"... Yes, you read that correctly. "Burbur" was a name my brothers used to call me when I was a kid... "Burburs are babies who don't eat their vegetables!" was a familiar cry from my childhood. The "Heggaeggas" is actually my last name in Egg Latin. Basically, you put the word "egg" before each vowel. I was never very fluent at the language but my last name was easy enough to remember (and sounds suitably ridiculous) for a nickname. Anyway, I've finished my scrapbooking project (an album for Mom and Dad filled with a selection of photos from our family history) and am loathe to begin another one. I'm trying to figure out how I'm gonna work tomorrow. Officially the weekend ends at 3 PM, but I need to start driving back (yes, driving back) to Texas. I've got an extra 3 hours added onto my usual 18 hour commute and I don't think I'm gonna be able to do it in one stretch. Of course, one of my stops as I drive through the Cities (aka the Twin Cities - Minneapolis & St. Paul) needs to be dropping of the finished photo album at my Aunt Jan's house. I would love to stay and chat with her but the road calls and I'm afraid I'll have to leave before fulfilling the obligatory visit length. I also need to stop at a supermarket and pick up a bunch of Top The Tater (a sour cream/onion/chive blend that is much beloved by my fellow transplanted Minnesotans and cannot be found in Houston). I actually brought a refrigerated "bag" with me for just the purpose of transporting this dipping ambrosia. Well... looks like we're winding up for the evening. I'm gonna sign off for now. Next time I write, I'll probably be back in Houston - weeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Late Tuesday evening and I'm just about to logoff of my 'puter for the night. I'm looking forward to hoppin' into bed and snuggling under the layers of quilts and comforters. Yes, it's fall in Minnesota (pretty much winter to a Texan) and I'm sleepin' with the window open! It'll be in the low 40's tonight (if not colder) and I'm lookin' forward to that chilly air... It's the only time I can sleep with a comforter/duvet and not sweat like crazy! I love this time of year up north. I began my drive up here from Houston last Friday. Stopped in Dallas for my friends' Halloween party (Don and Hil know how to throw a spooky shindig!) with a brief shopping spree on Saturday to purchase a coat (since I'd left mine - duh - back in Houston)... Couple minutes in a plus-size retail shop and I was sportin' a lavendar micro-suede light jacket (which seemed to fit but now I discover has arms that are oddly short... hmmm...)... Another couple of stops at Tuesday Morning, Marshall's and this wicked cool fabric warehouse (I've never seen so many gorgeous fabrics in one place... I wanna live there) and I was a pooped puppy by the time we got back to Don and Hil's. Nap time for me until 8PM where I finally got my act together and hit the road for MINNESOTA! Thereby followed approximately 14 hours of book-on-cd (almost done - Jeffrey Deaver/Lincoln Rhyme novel), waaaaaaaaay too much diet coke/diet pepsi, more junk food than should be allowed in so short a space of time and early morning stops for gasoline. I arrived in Minneapolis at around 11:00 AM (having gained an hour on the way - neato!) and promptly crashed at Kevin's house on his extra floor mattress... He was on his way to church with his new girlfriend (!) (I know Susan... I know you think he's gay... *lol*)... I set my cell alarm for 4 PM 'cause I wanted to get up and make it to the Archiver's store to pick up scrapbooking supplies for this coming weekend's Scap N' Stamp at Camp Shamineau... I actually woke up before 3 PM and after rousting my brother outta the bathroom (I felt bad... he looked like he'd settled in with the Sunday StarTribune), I took a shower and skedaddled... Made it to the store with plenty of time to spare... And thereby followed 1 1/2 hours of me shopping, sitting to rest, shopping, sitting to rest... Yes, yes... Deb has finally reached maximum density. I know, I've been saying that for years, however now I have concrete proof. If you ask me, it's not a minute too soon that I've re-committed to Weight Watchers! (You can ask my parents and everyone else and they'll say it's way past time!!)... Take heed, kiddies... May I be a lesson in caution to you when stopping for fast food or binging on chocolate... You DO NOT wanna get to the point where it's difficult to even stand for any length of time. Somehow, between July and now, I've managed to pack on another 25 lbs. Scared the ever-livin' sh** outta me, lemme tell ya. Scared me right over to Weight Watchers again. And now I'm tracking everything... Yes, even the junk food binges on the car trip. It's ALL being tracked... And I'm drinking enough water to float an ocean liner... But I digress! After stopping at LeeAnn Chin's (for a dinner that yes, put me over my daily points an took up half of my weekly bonus points), I headed north to Crosslake, MN (or as Todd asked me when I told him on the phone, "Crotch-snake???"). Got to Mom and Dad's where I was warmly greeted and tucked into bed... Yesterday, we had high speed internet installed and I spent most of the day at my computer, working... Listening to Mom & Dad bicker with each other... laughing at how cute they are... Today we went "into town" (aka Brainerd) on a shopping spree... With a shopping cart to lean on, I was able to spend an hour or so vertical and cruising the store... Purchased a lot of the scrapbooking stuff I missed at Archiver's (and more cheaply, too) and then back home. Tonight, Dad and I watched "Miss Congeneality"... That was in-between calls from an increasingly drunk Kent... And then, Mom and I got into a discussion of religion... Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee... This is usually the type of discussion I avoid like the plague... But this time, I told mom everything... About that freaky "Left Behind" movie I saw when I was 10 that scared the livin' bejeeezus outta me... About how I always felt that being raised a born-again Christian, I was supposed to witness and convert people... About how I went through the motions as a teenager, praying the right things, behaving the right way all the time trying to just survive and feeling like a fraud... My parents are so amazing... we had this straight conversation... I told them where I stand in regards to my faith... and my Mom really had me see how I've automatically judged all religions based on perceptions I made as a child. I won't say that I'm suddenly gung ho to join up with a church, but I'm much more open to attending one than I was even yesterday! Anyway, I'm loving my time up here and I'm really gonna miss mom and dad when I leave. They're heading to Tucson, AZ next week for the winter and while I want to spend as much time with them as possible, I really don't wanna be in Arizona! Still, I'm sure we'll work out something. I'm focused on spending as much time with them and my family as I can finagle! Alright... bed... getting up at 8 AM to start work again... Weeeeeeeeeeeeee!
A pirate walks into a bar. The bartender says "Is that a steering wheel in your pants?" The pirate says, "ARRRRRR, and it's drivin' me nuts!" :)
I'm just lumbering in the door (and lumber is the proper word) after a 12-hour day at the client site. That wouldn't be so bad if I would have had access to the outside world at all while I was there but noooooo... I think the reason I'm so whiney about it (besides the fact that I make it a policy to work as little as possible) is because I know I have a looooong winter of many more days like this... Oh well. On my way up to Minnesota next Friday, I'll be stopping by Don & Hilary's place for their Halloween party. While I was in Dallas this past weekend, they were sharing the delights, thrills, chills and spills I can expect at the shindig. Truth be told (and I'm sure I'll be getting comments about this), Halloween isn't really my holiday. Sad, I know. I'm just such a wimp when it comes to scary stuff. I like suspense... Just not gore, body parts and all-things-gross. As a kid, of course, I loved it for the gargantuan quantities of candy. But there was always this sense of impending pressure/doom at trying to come up with a costume. And of course, now that I'm in the land of ever-expanding plus sizes, finding anything that fits is nearly impossible. Anyway, while I love watching other people party and dress-up for Halloween (I do love seeing the costumes), my holiday is really Christmas! Not even so much for the gifts (hard to believe, I know)... Okay... that's my break... Back to work!
What is my damage??? I've been IRRITATED for like two days now... Poor David... It's not "that time" of the month so I dunno what's going on other than I have completely lost what little patience I used to have and am now blowin' up at hapless drivers on the street and innocent video games! :(
They're asking me to come up to Chicago to work on this Lotus Notes email thingie... They wanted me to fly up this week but geeez... I don't wannaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!! (those who know me, know what that whine sounds like)... I'm very close to being Silver elite class on Continental 'cause of all the flying I've done this year... In fact, a trip to Chicago would put me over... I could probably even finagle staying at the W while I'm up there... Of course, I have NO IDEA how to do what they want me to do! I mean, I have an idea... but geez louise... It's not like I KNOW and I can just recreate something... I'd have to do some mighty quick self-training... And even then there's no guarantee. Anywho... I'm just waitin' for David to get his act together so we can go get some food... Looks like it's Barry's pizza tonight... Weeeeeeeeee! After that, I'm gonna come home and GO TO BED. Our water is out AGAIN... And until 6 AM they say... Whatevuh. I have this silly idea that I have to have something important to "say" to write in here... Or that it has to be of a certain length... or of a certain profundity... Screw that. Now I'm gonna write SOMETHING every time I log into LJ. That's a promise to myself!
So I'm sitting in a conference room in Boston (where I've spent the last week) and I'm waiting to find out if I'm coming back next week or not... I'm kinda of two minds about the whole thing... Yea, it's fun to stay in a swank hotel and eat awesome food on a company expense card... However... there's this feeling of being in the Twilight Zone when I'm away from home for that length of time and it's NOT vacation... It's this weird phenomena... I always feel like I'm missing or I missed something when I'm outta town for business... I mean, YES... I obviously miss things 'cause I'm not at home... That's a given... It's just a feeling like my life is "on hold" for the period I'm away... Does that make sense? Like there's little forward motion... Logically, that's not really true... I mean, I have my phone and my computer so I can communicate decisions, request assistance, etc... I think it's more a feeling of helplessness - like while I'm outta town on business, I have no say - REALLY - in how my life is going at that time... WEIRD... Never thought of it that way... Okaaaaaaaaaaaay... Just killin' time at the moment... OH... started writing a song on the airplane a couple weeks ago... It's unfinished... not sure when inspiration will strike again! (Untitled) There's a constellation On my bathroom floor That wasn't there The night before Can't explain away This phenomenon All I see is stars Where have the tiles gone? The congregation of fools Inside my head Say I'd better check What's hidden under my bed But the sparkling planets Hold my destiny And I won't look for faith In any dust bunny Chorus Sit and spin has new meaning On my throne here I am leaning And between my toes There looms a great black hole Consciousness is expanding Coming in for a landing ...... Okaaay... so... I need a couple more lines for the chorus and one more verse, then it's DONE. Well, except for a tune, of course...
I'm gonna go "perv" some other people's profiles... Maybe I'll be inspired (or scared)...
... pointless surveys!
 Yes, I'm normal. Which is up for debate... Does anyone know where there is a weirdness survey???
Wed, Aug. 31st, 2005, 11:10 pm
Addendum
The coolest thing of all from the visit - almost forgot to mention - Mom and Dad went to Al-Anon for the first time ever (Kent's been in and out of treatment for over 15 years)... I'm planning on going this coming Monday. Yeeeee-haw!
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