matthew sent me the following video which absolutely cracked my shite up! please know though that i have already sent out my away ballot…not telling you who i voted for though and i’m sure you could NEVER figure it out right?
tee hee!
christopher sent me a nasty email the other day telling me to update this for all you n00bs out there. it really hurt my feelings! he called me “phag”! i cried for days, even though it’s only been about 24 hours.
*sigh*
ok, so i’ve been up to a lot, but also not much.
i spend about 50 hrs/week on work then a little bit of time during the week on fun. weekends have been packed with tons of things. my sister visited one weekend, the next we went on a trip to new orleans (THE FRENCH QUARTER IS AMAZING!), then boating, and on it goes. i like doing things, but it feels like i have no down time to just veg out. i mean, i’ve only read 3 books since i’ve been here! that’s craziness!
so, i am half way through and can’t wait to finish. i love my job/coworkers, but i really need portland! although i am trying to make this halloween good (with help from my super amazing sister in law who sent me the most adorable care package ever), i know that i will not be able to fully enjoy it. the weather down here is way to warm/sunny for anything spooky to occur. i HAVE made a great costume though. it’s kind of my take on american mcgee’s alice. instead of a blue dress, i used black/white striped material and for the apron i used a cloth pattern with chess pieces (ala through the looking glass).
sorry i haven’t posted pictures, but i have no editing software down here and downloading anything more than a java update on my mom’s pc would crash it so i won’t be posting pix till my return.
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HEY CHRISTOPHER: AM I STILL A PHAGGY N00B??
shanna and i went to popcorn kingdom last night. i HIGHLY recommend it! especially the creamy dill and salt/vinegar popcorn.
we also picked up our own political pez. mine (donkey of course) is she-man and her’s (not that she’s a *shudder* repub…just likes elephants) is named he-ra. (get it? she ra and he man?)
ok, i’m still alive and kickin “ya’ll”
here’s the deal: i am in florida until december 11th finishing my internship. it’s a super job that is so sci fi that it would blow your mind. basically, not only do i do individual therapy, but i also provide eeg administration for well, basically, brain repair. the sci fi part is that people actually control video games with their minds. it’s wicked!
ok, so christopher is still in oregon 
i miss him greatly, but we talk/email all the time. i’ll be back with my stinky friend soon enough! just have to deal with it, you know? sometimes you just have to suck it up and do things you need to do.
i haven’t been writing cause there is not too much else to say. i have a great boss and have made friends with a fabbity fab chica down here. i work 6 days a week and spend the other day cleaning/grocery shopping/prepping for the next week.
12 weeks and 5 days!
i have just found the most amazing books in history. they are coloring textbooks. specifically, the human brain coloring book. it is INCREDIBLE! what i find bizarre is how these books are not the norm. it’s probably because the idea of a coloring book is childish, but since we know that memory is enhanced by associations, isn’t it only natural that we would want our textbooks to have an interactive format???? gersh!
oh, and the reason i am reading up on the brain is because my clinicals will be in a neurobiofeedback clinic. generally, in normal therapy, we can only assume that progress has been made. with neurofeedback, we have a tangible record of where we began and the current position. i am super excited about it and want to learn as much as i can on the topic.
….and i can’t believe that harry potter vi has been postponed for release until next year. that’s bollix.
I GOT AN INTERNSHIP! HALLELUJAH! FINALMENTE!
the only problem is that i have to go out of state to do it. i’ll be away from home for 15 weeks. but, after i’m done, i will then have a world of opportunity ahead of me. just need to tough it out.
i’ve noticed something very adaptive in my decision making. whenever things don’t go as planned, i might get nervous at the prospect of doing it another way, but soon i am off raving about all the positive possibilities that the new scenario may bring. internship=case in point. i didn’t want to go out of state, but there are so many good things that can come of it. another time=when i was in high school, i applied for an exchange program to france. i wasn’t placed in a family there, but a family in italy wanted me. for the first 3 minutes i was like “i don’t speak italian!” “*whine* but i want to go to france!”…and then i switched over to all the cool things i could do there. i could eat tons of pasta. i could see the leaning tower of pisa (which i did!). i could meet guys in the mafia and ride in a gondola.
i love the fact that i don’t dwell on the negative of the future but that i see it for it’s possibilities rather than what i feel is unfair.
*phew* wow, that was a nuts trip.
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someday i will get some pretty pictures from etsy. the following artists are amazing:
for nursery art: 
i got some tarot cards for my birthday and i’ve been playing around with them a lot lately. (working part time will do that to a girl) i was recently looking up some fun spreads to try out and came across this one. now, i don’t take tarot too seriously. actually, i’m the type of person that will ask the same question and do as many spreads as it takes to get the answer i want 
so it worries me that presidents might be chosen this way. gersh.
recent bands i’ve been devouring:
someone still loves you boris yeltson (best track=think i want to die)
harry and the potters (*lol*)
delerium (who will be in portland sept 12!)
midlake (best track=roscoe)
imogen heap (best track=speeding cars)
camera obscura (all good tracks!)
bic runga (again, all good tracks)
