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Saturday, February 25th, 2006Something Stupid
Tuesday, January 24th, 2006There’s nothing that quite sums up a mistake with diabetes management than:
“Umm… Hi Nancy, I just did something very stupid.”
Somehow “stupid” seems like a tremendous understatement. I’m okay, this happened back in December, but I had to send my logs over to my care team today and my note just cracked me up. XD
Basically, I had been extremely tired when I woke up that morning and accidently mistook my Humalog insulin with my Lantus. I only take 3 units of Humalog at maximum, and 16 units of Lantus in the morning only. So I gave myself 16 units of Humalog that morning. I realized what I had done as soon as the plunger reached the bottom of my syringe. So I immediately bolted down a full glass of orange juice and ran to call the Diabetes Center for a game plan. And of everything I could have said, I choose to say “I just did something stupid.”
LOL! At least I’ve only done that only twice in the years I’ve had diabetes, they assured me that they have other patients do it all the time. (Ouch.)
In other news, today I had to take my resume in to one of the local staffing agencies so I could see if I could get a job. To disclose my diabetes, or not to disclose my diabetes. I’m perfectly healthy, no neuropathy or other complications . . . other than my blood glucose drops like a stone if I do anything too strenuous. I ended up disclosing it against my better judgement, just so they wouldn’t try pushing me into a strenuous job.
Instead, I walked out with contact information on becoming a Database Specialist. Starting wages of $12/hr but I don’t know that I know enough yet to be able to do the job. They’re asking for a BS in Computer Science, and all I’ll have this Fall is an Associates. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll be able to do many of the requirements when I leave school, but I can’t do them all quite yet. The bullet about “Windows programming” is the point that worries me the most. Yes, I do have to take Visual Basic, but I still have more prerequisites to do before I can attempt it. I called anyway, made myself sound like an idiot on the Human Relations voicemail, and have spent the rest of the evening worrying about it.
I know it’s pointless to worry, but I can’t help it.
Much love to everyone, I’ll try to reply to everyone tomorrow morning.
I hate banks
Thursday, September 15th, 2005Well, my english class is finally over. So far I’m getting a straight A, but lets see what happens after my final paper is graded. I wrote my proposal about geothermal furnaces and suggested that more people got them for their homes – then maybe they wouldn’t pay so much to heat their home. (I’ll post it sometime, once my grade isn’t hinging on it.) I put WAY too many quotes and citations in it, but I’m not sure how else I could put in ALL those government statistics. Of course, when dealing with government anything there’s no easy way to do it. The names of their various agencies have to contain — at minimum — 5 words? 10 words? 12 words? And the various statistics you’d think would be in just ONE place will be spread out across nearly every office in existence. >_>
So ah well, at least I didn’t try to save the world in a 7 page paper like some of my classmates. ^_^;;
Tried to purchase my math book off from Amazon.com, but it looks like the bank decided our debit card didn’t exist anymore. Actually, we have no idea what’s wrong, only that we can’t check our balance or buy anything with it. So we get to call the bank tomorrow morning to figure out what’s going on. I’m really tempted to skip math this semester – I seriously didn’t want to take it anyway. The fact that it’s math aside, I really don’t want to burn $123 of my financial aid on a silly book. Not that I wanted to burn $45 on Amazon either. But darnit, just when we think we’ve finally found a bank we like, BOOM. *shakes her head* Anyway, I’ll let mom take care of that – thank you much.
Dropping math wouldn’t be too bad either, so far I’m holding a perfect 4.0, so it’s not like I haven’t made satisfactory progress. I would be taking the exact number of credit hours I took this semester, so I wouldn’t be short there either. Besides, that would leave me with a little more time and money to concentrate on my other classes . . . and well, life in general. Seriously though — I’m dreading math. I can’t pass it to save my life and I’d REALLY like to keep that 4.0 for as long as I possibly can. But I’m running out of classes that don’t need it. All the real Web design and programming classes have it listed as a prereq, so I’m going to have to take it sometime in the next couple semesters. I really thought I’d get it taken care of right away, but the more crap I go through to get this damn book, the more I’m dreading it.
*sighs*
Found an awesome program today, makes a wee calendar with a to-do list appear in the corner of my screen. It’s called Rainlendar – very nice program. ^_^ Taken by a sudden urge to be fashionable, I’ve been hunting for skins sets for my other desktop programs. WinAMP is easy and so is Rainlendar, but Trillian is a pain to find good skins for. Everything is either outdated or uses impossible-to-read fonts. Haven’t found anything I’ve really liked so far.
With finals, I haven’t had a chance to do much with eFiction other than read their forums on my breaks. I really need to edit my template so it uses HTML 4.0 Transitional instead of my usual XHTML Transitional and adhere more to their templates. I still haven’t gotten an answer back yet on how they want blocks done, so I’m going to assume they don’t want custom blocks and go from there.
I’m trying to be on chat more, but I can’t guarantee anything. I’m really not used to it anymore. Unless I’m talking with a very good friend, all I can think about is “Can’t I turn it off already?” Doesn’t help that people are just plain weird. How should I know why I’m on your contact list? You’re the one who put me there. Yeah, I went and wiped out most of my contact list. Broke my heart deleting my old Guide contacts, but I doubt I’ll probably hear from them. I rarely spoke to anyone outside EQ when I was participating, thanks to the old machine’s quirkiness. *sighs* But I miss everyone terribly. I don’t dare rejoin or even begin any new games until I’m done with school. I know myself and new games far too well.
Anyway, I think I’ve done more than enough rambling for tonight. Here’s hoping the bank didn’t just screw us over.
Just a quick quiz
Friday, August 26th, 2005Just a quick quiz from
| How to make a firefall_varuna |
| Ingredients: 5 parts mercy 5 parts courage 1 part energy |
| Method: Add to a cocktail shaker and mix vigorously. Add a little lovability if desired! |
Five Favorites
Monday, July 25th, 2005*grins* Nothing like a quick Meme
Meme? Isn’t that what the road runner says?
Taken from wordsgate
Top 5 reasons I love fanfiction
1. Series don’t always have an end or end with a lot of loose ends
2. The world is just so big, you can write characters doing almost anything. (e.g. Chrono Trigger, Star Wars.)
3. Escapism within my favorite anime or manga! ^__^
4. Where else can two straight guys have hot, YAOI sex?
5. Sheer FUN
Top 5 characters you would love to have a conversation with and why?
1. Alphonse from Fullmetal Alchemist
2. Rowen from Ronin Warriors
3. Grissom from CSI
4. Batman (Bruce Wayne) from almost any of the series that has Batman in them.
5. Batman (Terri McGuiness) from Batman Beyond and JLU.
Why (for all 5): Once upon a time, I used to have frequent conversations with intellegent men. It was almost arousing being able to have heated debates about controvercial subjects and know that afterwards they wouldn’t act like I was their nemesis. I think all these guys could deliver.
Top 5 favorite characters from a book
1. Corran Horn from I, Jedi
2. Anskiere from The Cycle of Fire
3. Elrond from Lord of the Rings
4. Gandalf from Lord of the Rings
5. Aragorn from Lord of the Rings
Top 5 favorite cities, anywhere in the world
1. Tokyo, Japan
2. Dublin, Ireland
3. London, England
4. Berlin, Germany
5. Rockford, Michigan, USA
Top 5 things I’d rather be doing:
1. Watching Anime
2. Reading Manga
3. Jogging
4. Doing some photography
5. Winning the Lottery
Meme!
Monday, July 11th, 2005Wow, Hill. lol Okay, I’m game. ^_^
Tagged by simpletype for both of these.
Bevey, Nette, and Trelithe! I choose you!
THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP
1) Trust, because without if I don’t know I can trust someone I don’t know how I can be around them…
2) Loyalty
3) Supportiveness. I’ll laugh and cry with you and give you all the support I can, but I need that too…
TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE (in no particular order):
1) I once stole $100 from my employer
2) I haven’t ever smoked or drank anything stronger than coffee.
3) I really don’t like roleplaying anymore
THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE PREFERRED SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
1) Nice, strong facial features. Baby-faced guys are cute, but half the time you gotta wonder if you’re not robbing the cradle. ^^;;
2) Well-groomed. Frankly, as much as I appreciate virile guys, I don’t need to be kissing Chewbacca.
3) They gotta have a butt! None of this work the upper body and completely forget about the rear view. I wanna see something I can grab onto.
(Okay, that was WAY more honest than I needed to be! XD)
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1) Web Design. Nothing like melting your eyes into slag!
2) Gaming. And relax those throbbing peepers like staring into yet another screen!
3) Anime and Manga ^_^
THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1) Go on vacation – a really long one.
2) Play EverQuest (I miss playing it badly)
3) Go window shopping or just plain shopping!
THREE CAREERS YOU’VE CONSIDERED:
1) Vetrinarian.
2) Meteorologist…. until I realized how badly media corporations sucked.
3) English Teacher. Wait… don’t I hate kids?
THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
1) Ireland
2) Japan
3) New Zealand
THREE KID’S NAMES YOU LIKE:
1) Alaessa Marie
2) Ian Jacob
3) Nathan Alan
THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1) Build my dream home in a wooded area
2) Run my own comics and collectables shop. With an Anime and Manga section of course, OH! And with a Japanese vending machine somewhere inside. ^__^
3) Run a charity
THREE WAYS THAT YOU ARE STEREOTYPICALLY A BOY:
1) I’m a science nut? ^^;;
2) I love building, inventing, and repairing things. I love power tools!
3) Every time I cut my hair short, people mistake me for a boy.
THREE WAYS THAT YOU ARE STEREOTYPICALLY A GIRL:
1) I love shopping.
2) I gush over baby animals.
3) I love decorating.
THREE CELEB CRUSHES:
1) I really don’t tend to crush on celebs.
2) None
3) None
THREE PEOPLE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE TAKE THIS QUIZ NOW:
1) destiny6336
2) ladypegacorn
3) grobanitechick
Ack, Hill… I don’t tend to fanticize over fictional characters. LOL XD
Guess what? Bevey, Nette, Trelithe, and Ook!
Name five fictional characters you would have sex with, then tag five people who have to do it, too. Be sure to mention who tagged you when posting it, though:
1. Magus aka Prince Janus (Chrono Trigger)
There’s just something about anti-heroes that appeals to me and Magus fits the bill. He’s a tall, dark, brooding wizard who looks like an elf (bonus!) Maybe I’ve been looking at too much Japanese fanart of him, but darnit, I find him hopelessly sexy.
2. Rowen (Ronin Warriors)
Ah, the first character I ever fanticized about having sex with back so many years ago. Frankly, it’s not often a girl can get some real, intellegent conversation and frankly Rowen could deliver. You also know that thanks to all those martial arts moves he’s gonna have a body under that armor. I’d do him in a heartbeat for old times sake.
3. Ban (Get Backers)
You gotta love a guy who can get inside your head. With his Evil Eye, Ban can make his victim either experience one minute of unspeakable horror or one minute of pure bliss. You choose. ^_~ Like Magus, he’s tall and mysterious, but he’s got his funny side too.
4. Dais or Anubis (Ronin Warriors)
The second and third characters I ever dreamed of having sex with. Anubis fits the anti-hero bill, Dais fits the mysterious. They’re both tall, dark, warriors skilled at what they do and they’re obviously intellegent. You also know they’re going to have a hot bod under that armor. I can’t really decide between the two, so they’re tied for fourth place.
5. Prince Zuko (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
Yet another exiled prince. Like Magus, he’s another brooding anti-hero who’s skilled in the manipulation of fire. Even though he tends to be a bit rude, he’s also charismatic, elegant, and mysterious. And you gotta admit, any guy who can pull off a ninja act is pretty damned hot. He gets last place mainly because he’s underage. ^^;;
Ack, I’m running out of LJ friends to take this! Umm…
Taggage: destiny6336, ladypegacorn, random_ook, grobanitechick
Randomness
Sunday, July 3rd, 2005I’m feeling strangely hyper and nostalgic right now, which is really odd, I suppose.
Avatar:The Last Airbender: Is it disturbing when a 25 year old woman finds a kid’s cartoon sexy? Just watched an episode I taped where Prince Zuko was fighting Admiral Zhao, shirts off, feet and fire flying. And strangely, I found that whole sequence unbelievably sexy. (Maybe it’s the nipples *shrugs*) Hell, Zuko is supposed to be 16 and he’s my favorite character. Thank goodness he’s a cartoon character or else this would be really bad. XD
On the Neighbors: If our next door neighbor’s kids scream right outside my bedroom window ONE more time -!!! Nice kids, but I think they scream more than they talk.
On Echo: My cat is in heat AGAIN. If I wasn’t already there, I’d say she’s driving me crazy.
Fireworks: Buy fireworks? Please — those piddley little things? Nothing beats the experience of display fireworks. Plus, you’re not having to pay for them out of pocket. ^__^
Misc: I need to wash my hair. A haircut would be nice too.
Avatar again: Is it wrong to be rewinding the tape just so I can see Admiral Zhao and Prince Zuko fight again? (Mmm… realistic muscles and NIPPLES!)
Nostalgia: I dunno why I’m doing this, but I keep going through the Internet Archive just to see if I can’t dredge up old blog posts so I can keep them. But if I knew then what I know now, I wouldn’t have lost them in the first place.
College: I think I can safely say that this post has been brought to you by college. Improve your brain – Hah! Melt it to slag is more like it. ^_^;;
LiveJournal: I wonder if anyone’s told them yet how ugly their styles are. ^^;; Can’t find anything I really like
Much love to all of you! (And don’t worry, I’m sure I won’t be threatening anyone’s bishie collections anytime soon.)
Downbeat Randomness
Sunday, June 12th, 2005Eviction post: *hugs* Theresa, Derrian, Trelithe, Kim, Hillary, Bevey, and Ook. Thank you for all your thoughts, prayers, and hugs.
Writing Randomness: Why do you always get the best story ideas at 3am, have it all written out in your head, but by the next morning — you can’t remember a damn thing? XD I had this whole short story about some post college guy going to Las Vegas for a job interview and by this morning I’d forgotten everything. I really need a handheld “tape” recorder. lol
On Kids: I’ve decided I want to be a mom. I want to be a mom bad. Yet I really have no plans of ever getting married. Hell, I’ve slid back into an almost child-like “boys are icky” stage again. Pathetic, huh?
Diabetes: I’m feeling weird again. I’ve only gone hypoglycemic three times today, so I have a feeling I’m crusing for another. Of course, I could just be tired. Hypoglycemia does that to me.
Website Promotion: Have you ever felt just plain dirty when you haven’t done anything TO feel that way? I’ve been promoting my domain today and a couple sites I wanted to put my link on required me to put up advertising reciprocal links. Now I feel all dirty. lol
Anime: There’s some new samurai anime on Adult Swim. I haven’t had the energy to find out which one it is. Just wish they’d stop censoring the swearing. That record scratch is annoying.
Randomness: I really feel like making some kind of dessert using rum. Rums good. Very good. Too bad there’s none in the house. Then again, that’s probably good.
Website Promotion II: I summed up my promotion thoughts on Arise today in a tutorial. I’m still trying to promote the boards, but forums are a royal bitch to promote. I really don’t know how to write down what I really want to say, so I guess I’ll play the part of the bitch and just say it. During their infancy, forums NEED an established, successful website in order to be successful themselves. With RW.com long dead, it’s no wonder we’re having trouble attracting people.
Anime #2: Watching some anime on cable, not sure which… I wonder if they ever get motion sickness the way they… I dunno – bounce? – when they run. Making me dizzy just watching it.
Blah, my randomness is nowhere near as amusing as Kim’s randomness. ^_^;; Kim, you’re my hero! Y’know that? Alrighty, I’m going to bed now. Maybe I might remember that story.
*glomps*
My life, in a pixel
Wednesday, May 18th, 2005Well, the mess with Mesopia went easier than I thought it would. Still no word back on my domain, well, unless you just count the receipt of them charging us $12 for the domain. *sighs*
Today was a massive grocery getting day, a quick attempt to fill up the pantry until we can get another chance to catch out breath.
Well, it didn’t last long. Apparently, mom didn’t think for the last rent check she wrote and it bounced. All of five days before she cashed her next paycheck. Since I’ll be the only one home tomorrow, I suppose it’s up to me to go talk to the landlords and beg forgiveness for the check. I don’t remember for sure, but I seem to recall seeing a note in the rules we agreed to that says we now have to pay via money order. Oh well, that’s for tomorrow.
(Waiiit… wasn’t I avoiding money matters?)
First week of college went okay, I’m pretty sure I can do this. The group project they want for this next week is a little scary, but everyone seems pretty nice. I really didn’t do anything today with it, so tomorrow I have to check the class message boards again and make myself known.
It’s hilarious, Jass and I have become lurkers on every MB on the planet… with the exception of the school boards. Thing is, since we’re not appearing in person, we have to make significant posts in order to be considered “participating.” But it’s not that hard, the instructors give you essay questions you have to answer almost every day and since everyone is so nice; chit-chat is easy too.
The academic advisors already have my summer classes picked out. I get to take Composition II, Human Relations, File Management, and Internet and the WWW. Composition II sounds okay, I’ve needed it for a while and I’m not sure what to make of Human Relations. But taking me through Files and a introduction to the internet is just, well…. funny?
Yeah, my blog isn’t pretty anymore. I HAD to upgrade wordpress. So tomorrow, after the walk to the office and then school, I’ll settle down and rework my poison layout to work with the new version. I tried to get the LiveJournal auto-update program to work with Wordpress, but it’s not compatable. So, I’m still crossposting.
Much love to everyone
Fun stuff
Sunday, February 8th, 2004Hehe, got this from Amanda’s LiveJournal ^___^
EXOTIC FOREIGNER ALIAS = Favorite Spice + Last Foreign Vacation Spot
Cinnamon Notapplicable
“FLY GIRL” ALIAS (a la J. Lo) = First Initial + First Two or Three Letters of your Last Name
S. Kni – heh
DIVA ALIAS = Something Sweet Within Sight + Any Liquid in Kitchen
Creamsavers Water
GIRL DETECTIVE ALIAS = Favorite Baby Animal + Where You Last Went to School
Kitten Sparta
BARFLY ALIAS = Last Snack Food You Ate + Your Favorite Drink
Popcorn Cola
SOAP OPERA ALIAS = Middle Name + Street Where You First Lived
Marie Schultz
PORN STAR ALIAS = First Pet’s Name + Street You Grew Up On
Sandy Schultz
ROCK STAR ALIAS = Any Liquid on the Bar + Last Name of Bad-Ass Celebrity
Vodka Bloom – XD
SOCIALITE ALIAS = Silliest Childhood Nickname + Town Where You First Partied
Lucy-Moose Mount Pleasant – mmm… kay XD