Make liars out of you every single time. *G*

After I bragged up Sasha? I went into the bedroom she sleeps in (at the front of the house and she sleeps on the bed so she can look out the window) this morning to find she attacked and torn open one of the pillows. One of the feather pillows. *sigh* I think she did it last night as I noticed some fluff on her face, but thought it was from a plant outside.

Anyhow, got the vacuum out and figured out how to turn it on and got everything cleaned up....

Forgot to mention that yes, I did indeed get hired on at the call centre. The interview didn't quite take the 3 hours they'd said, but close, probably 2.5.

( longer than I thought )

I have the digital camera from work with me here...so I thought I'd share pics of the critters I'm looking after...(Click on the thumbs for larger versions)

First off, we have Ray, who as he was dumped at L's house, was originally known as "Stray Ray" and became "Stay Ray" once it was obvious he was staying. He's really long and skinny, which you can't tell in this pic. He's a pipsqueak but can be oh, so cute when he cuddles. *g* He's very similar in colour to my Rowan, but just a shade or so darker.



Next is Dusty, the pure bred Rag Doll. I've included a close up to show off his gorgeous blue eyes. He's a nervous cat, but everytime I stay, he gets over that quicker. He's a sweet cat.





And finally, one of the bestest dogs ever, Sasha (she's laying on the couch next to me as I'm typing this). I like dogs, I'm just not a dog person--but if I had to pick a dog to take home with me, Sasha would be it. She's a border collie, but not hyper--she gets a bit excited when you come home, but after you give her some pettings, she settles down. Very sweet natured. And a beautiful girl!

It always seems like one step forward, two back.

I made it home last night, with many thanks to PR's hubby (he can be a dick, but damn it, he knows how to change a tire!*lol* And he hasn't been too bad the last couple months. Maybe he's gotten his head out of his ass...). DH got home from work to my van sitting in his yard with a flat...He went out and jacked the van up--it was worn away on the insdie and the wires were showing--front end is out of alignment. He looked to see if the winter tires off his pontiac would fit on my van...just a temporary measure...no joy. He had a tire (but no rim) out in back of his barn that would fit, but you have to have a machine to change the tire out on a rim. It was about ten to six when we called around to see if there was still a garage open that would do it. Third time was the charm, and although they were closing at 6 pm, the guy at the garage told DH to bring the tire down and he'd do it.

So DH took the tires down and got that done--only cost $15--for once I'd had cash on me, so I'd given DH the money before he left. He got back about half an hour later and put the tire back on the van for me. The one he gave me isn't in great shape--but he said I could get a couple months out of it--but I'm just waiting til next payday, two weeks from now--because I have to get two new tires for the front--the other one is worn on the inside as well, but DH said it'll be fine til I can get new tires. (DH is very similar to my step father in temperment and knowing how to do things with cars and building/fixing things; I don't know if it's cus they have the same first name or that they're both virgos...*lol*). The tire he gave me was one from their old van--it does have a slow leak in it, but as he said, if I keep an eye on it, and get it checked regularly, I'll be fine. He leant me his mini air-compressor--it plugs into the lighter and it'll be good if I'm up at the call centre and come off shift and the tire needs air (or any time it does, but at 12:30 in the a.m., in the middle of nowhere? yeah.) So, I'll be totally paranoid over the tire until I get them changed, balanced and aligned...

Got back to L's around 8pm, I'd stopped by home to feed the cats. I was worried about Sasha, the dog, not having food, but I'd worried for nothing. L has a couple of her friends walking the dog (I keep telling her I'd do it, but L says they owe her--and the only time they can pay back for dog walking is when she's not home...). Anyhow, when I got back, there was a note from the minister, R., one of the dog walkers--he'd just brought Sasha back and fed her, although she'd had some food at his house, too. (I swear he takes Sasha for playdates with his dog--he's not married nor has children. *G*) He left his number so I called him back and let him know I was here and thanked him for taking care of Sasha and that I'd actually planned to be home much earlier, but well, flat tire. *G*

I'm very lucky that I didn't have a blow out with the tire. So, in the long run, having it go flat while not great, was better than the alternative.

But it still feels like I've got a target on my back...*sigh* Can it please be someone else's turn? kthnxbai.

I'd have no luck at all.

I'm at PR's and my front tire is completely flat, must have run over something on my way here. We're waiting for her hubby to get home; he's got a compressor, so we'll reinflate and see what's wrong.

So much for the savings i put away from my house sitting. Maybe it can be plugged but knowing my luck no. At least I've got CAA if it needs to be towed.

And if it's not fixed by Monday, Dad will loan me his truck.

I suppose I should just be glad I didn't have a blow out while driving...

Fuck.

Sad news.

George Carlin has died.

After having this wallpaper for a LONG time...
(Click the the thumb for a larger version. If you want.)





I've made a new one! :D (I finally figured out how to use the crop tool that I needed to do this neatly.)

My boys were being cute tonight and sharing the chair...and I had a camera home from work, so I decided to take some pics and managed to get a few non blurry ones. :D

( cuteness behind the cut )

The real reason you wanted to leave CM was so you could grow a beard?

From this year's Tony awards:



No matter how good a guy looks in a beard? They never look good in this sort of beard.

*still giggling*

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You know how sometimes people on your friend's list post about stuff going on in their life, and all of a sudden you think "Wait a minute? Since when are they working THERE? Since when are they dating HIM/HER? since when???" And then you wonder how you could have missed all that seemingly pretty standard information, but somehow you feel too ashamed to ask for clarification because it seems like info you *should* already know? It happens to all of us sometimes.

Please copy mine below, erase my answers putting yours in their place then post it in your journal! Please elaborate on the questions that would benefit from elaboration! One-Word-Answers seldom help anyone out :)

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Yes, I canz.

It's currently 27 C (81F) with the humidex being 32 C (90F). It's funny, the thermometer outside our kitchen window tends to read the humidex temp instead of the actual temp. I am enjoying the heat right now--but then again, it isn't so humid as to make me break out in a sweat when I type. It was hot and humid yesterday as well...I'm not going to complain.

These might be the only two days of summer we'll get! *lol*

gakked from several people on my flist...

You are in a mall when zombies attack. You have: one weapon, one song blasting on the speakers, and one famous person to fight alongside you.

Choose.

1. I'm with cereta; I want a phaser from Star Trek. If I can't have that? Then I want a flame thrower, cus I want those bastards gone.

2. It's the end of the World--and the Great Big Sea version which is sung about 3x faster than the REM one. Trust me, the REM version sounds drag ass in comparison. It's fast and perhaps ironic.

3. Well, with the phaser, I'd take Aaron Hotchner, cus well, he's got good aim, although I suppose with a phaser, that's not such an issue. When we're done, we could, um. Celebrate. But with the flame thrower? I want Ellen Ripley (Aliens movies) handling that baby--and really, after dealing with those aliens? Zombies are gonna be a friggin' walk in the park for her.

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And it is mowed. Sis did maybe a third of it last night--she did in front of the driveway (we have a semi-circular driveway) and part on the side of the house. She asked if I'd finish the upper lawn today--she said the mower needed gas and that she'd do that and mow the lower lawn on Sunday.

I figured since I was already out and the mower going, I'd keep mowing until I ran out of lawn or out of gas, whichever happened first. I ran out of lawn, first. Yay! Honestly, though, the lawn really couldn't have waited much longer or we would've had to hay it.

I hate mowing this time of year because of the ticks. I had to wear my khaki-ish coloured jeans (lightest colour pants I own), socks up over the pant legs and my hiking/winter boots--I hate ticks and you can spot them better on light clothing and my boots have a high ankle on them, which I hoped would keep them off the rest of me. I took the boots off outside and then stripped off my pants/socks as soon as I was in the door and they went into the hamper. Near as I can tell, no ticks on me.

I couldn't find the bug spray, but luckily the black flies/bugs weren't too bad--it was better on the upper lawn cus at least there, the breeze kept them off me. The lower yard doesn't really get much breeze, unless we're getting a hurricane (our clothesline is out there and clothes get dried more by the sun than the wind), so they were a little worse there--but I don't think I got too many bites....

But it's done. For a couple days, at least. Ah, the joys of home ownership....

Hmm. I think I'm going crazy. When I woke up this morning (at 4:15 a.m.) the ceiling fan was on, as was its light. I KNOW I turned the light off last night before bed cus I was reading and using the beside table lamp. *blinks* Am I sleeepwalking? Or did I just not wake up all the way.

Or the cats are a lot more acrobatic than I thought...

( Google name meme )

Rambly randomness...or random ramblyness?

( long and rambly )

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73 words

Speedtest

xposted to cm_slash and bau_fic

Title: Rescue an equine
Author: Stacy L.A. Stronach
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Pairing/character: Hotch/Reid
Rating: NC-17/FRAO
Words: 2198
Prompt: Guy Being Penetrated? On top for the Kink/Cliché challenge on svmadelyn's LJ.

Notes: Yes, I quoted that song. Not a song fic! You can blame nebula99, she liked the idea of the cowboy theme…and well. Any excuse is better than none. *g*

Feedback always welcome.

( w00t made it! )

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( I'm a meme whore )

Done this one before, but it's always fun. *G*

Icon Meme
1. Reply to THIS post, and I will select four or five of your userpics that I like.
2. Make a entry and talk about the icons I have chosen.
3. Other people will then comment on your entry and you will do the same as I have done for you.
4. Thus creating a NEVER ENDING of icon squee.

( to the icons )

Two of my fave things. Quotes and memes.

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Go to http://quotationspage.com/random.php3 and keep refreshing the page until you find five quotes that you truly relate to, then post them to your journal.

Creativity represents a miraculous coming together of the uninhibited energy of the child with its apparent opposite and enemy, the sense of order imposed on the disciplined adult intelligence. Norman Podhoretz

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. Noel Coward

When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind. Michel de Montaigne

In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Man is what he believes. Anton Chekhov

2553 caps in jpg format. Available in a zip file or in the gallery at the Oracle of Quantico. Comments and credit are really nice. *G* Hotlinking is not.

I've also done an seperate album of caps for the scenes around the SUV blowing up--I recapped doing every 5th frame instead of 15th for those scenes--I didn't edit any of the caps out...I figured people might like that so they can study the evidence. *G* I've also done them as a zipped file which will be linked on the zipped caps page.


( How long until September? )

Funny pic spam. (Well, I thought it was funny)




( more behind the cut, some NSFW )

Spoilers for Lo-Fi

( Misdirection? )

( Okay. I hate Ed Bernero. )