Faekitty

05:06 pm: hooray for Monday
Yep, i did indeed just write those words.

Sharkey's free burger Monday + takeout + Castle = WIN!

Tags: win

11:33 am: Lj housecleaning
In keeping with an oath i made at our Sumbel Sat night, I am starting off with a bit of lj housecleaning. I just need to do a bit of informational tidying about.

People and communities i am finding myself scrolling through and not reading or having read for a while i am off-listing so that i may better focus my attention and energies on those i do read.

Tags: lj housecleaning, oaths

01:22 pm: blessings [pagan]
Blessed Samhain.

May those seeking peace find it easily.

May those who have crossed have an easy journey.

May those who are lost find their way home, wherever that may be.

While the veil is at it's thinnest, may your contact be peaceful and full of love.

Happy New Year.

Tags: pagan, samhain

02:02 pm: Baaaaaa

My LiveJournal Trick-or-Treat Haul
faekitty goes trick-or-treating, dressed up as Wonder Woman.
aineotter tricks you! You get a used tissue.
bakiomau tricks you! You get an eraser.
callendrethe gives you 7 dark blue grapefruit-flavoured gummy worms.
candle tricks you! You get a block of wood.
cherokerain gives you 11 blue orange-flavoured pieces of chewing gum.
darkdreamer75 gives you 1 light orange vanilla-flavoured gummy bats.
dv8dgrrl gives you 12 mauve peach-flavoured gumdrops.
dydan gives you 12 pink cola-flavoured gumdrops.
gracie_k tricks you! You get a broken balloon.
i_am_pondering gives you 6 red chocolate-flavoured wafers.
faekitty ends up with 49 pieces of candy, a used tissue, an eraser, a block of wood, and a broken balloon.
Go trick-or-treating! Username:
Another fun meme brought to you by rfreebern.

Man, i got some wierd stuff!

This is a wierd meme! I put a lot of people on my route, but only a few showed up...how odd:?

Tags: fun

09:28 pm: Renn Faire vendor question
Does anyone know off the top of your heads how much the low price (the bronze medallion) is for the coin medallion at Faire?

If it's within my price range, would someone going this weekend be willing/able to pick something up for me? I can paypal you the funds. I'm thinking about a Yule gift for my SIL if it's doable...although this is all without a clue about price.

Tags: faire

12:43 pm: Reminder - sir_alf's bday approaches
I have edited the post i made concerning sir_alf's bday quite a bit to include more info and details. Please check it out if you haven't, and let me know if we should expect you. A headcount would be most helpful:-)

BDAY!

Tags: sir alf bday

05:27 pm: from muntahz
( memes go behind a cut - Tarot! )

Tags: meme

02:15 pm: Whoa ---- time has snuck up on me!!
I just realized today that sir_alf's bday is next weekend, the 17th. *eeeeek!*

He has been notified to update his Amazon list and post a link and flesh out what he wants to do so that we can make actual plans for that weekend. I know what he wants to do, but it would be a good idea to have more solid ideas so that we can tell people the where and when instead of just the what.

I guess since we aren't going to Faire, time just got away from me. This means we will have more time with our local peeps! Yay - local debauchery!!!

Tags: sir alf's bday

02:08 pm: zombie walk
Courtesy of writersblock_va...

Richmond Zombie Walk

This is promoting Zombieland, it is being done for various charities, including the American Cancer Society; there seems to be lots of prizes and swag available and workshops for getting your zombie on proper. Go check it out.

Oh and check out the site even if you aren't in Richmond. There is a link to a board that will take you to info about Zombie Walks 'round the country and nigh 'round the globe if that's your interest.

Me - ? I'll be peeking out between parted fingers clutching a weapon in my other hand...i'm ready for the attack *grin*.

Tags: zombies

06:43 pm: squash!
I want squash!

Squashes of all kinds, all of a sudden, the craving just came upon me, and i want it now. I need to make a big pot of yellow squash and onions - all buttery goodness. Roasted zucchini with lots of garlic and paprika, and some pan fried eggplant.

That's just off the top of my head, i'm open to suggestions.

Tags: cooking, cravings, squash

03:20 pm: filters
I've been doing some basic f-list housecleaning.

I've also been trying to post a bit cleaner under filters. In the past when i've run polls to see who wants to see what, it usually turns out that when people answer it turns out that i'm fortunate that my f-list isn't easily squicked and most everyone is interested when they answer. But, should you find yourself reading something filtered you aren't interested in and i happen not to have cut tagged it that day and the scrolling mouse eludes you - let me know and i will take you off of that filter.

There is no pressure to comment, though i do like the discussion, esp while i am home all the time and can keep up with it fairly easily;).

Tags: filters

09:42 pm: For all the crap this week has wrought

see more Lolcats and funny pictures

If this gets one corner of half of your mouths in the "upward" position, that's all i can hope for.

Breathe.
One foot forward in front of the other.

Muscle memory is a good thing.

Tags: breathe, dear universe, lolcats, wtf

03:35 pm: Funny and political
Video: Will Ferrell stands up for the real health care victims

Click here to watch

This one is good, not as funny as Prop 8 the musical, but still hilarious.

Tags: political humor, vids

05:31 pm: Goals
Some small mountains climbed this weekend.

Dry erase board for total combined house and personal budget bought and filled out/up

Budget spreadsheet still to come.

No room for movement right now, and no monies for storage, but maybe in a few months. It's nice to see when things will be paid off and how bills compare to each other. It wasn't pretty, but it was good to see. Total is scary, manageable in the long term, but scary.

Dining room table cleared off so we can actually invite people over to dinner and have space for them to eat. almost, the clutter is organized, necessary purchases are on a list


I made meatloaf and frittata muffins out of fridge leftovers and pre-bought egg whites. We should have dinner for a few days between that and the leftover baked pork chops from the day before the meatloaf. The frittata muffins will keep sir_alf going for breakfast and snacks happily and healthily for most of the week. I will post methods later.

Greek festival was not made, but we reconciled to find a Greek restaurant and dine at our leisure when we can.

If i can get a few people in for massages in the next couple of weeks, we can make Renn faire. If his ticket on Wed doesn't cost as much as we think it will, that will help too. If things don't go our way...i don't know how we will make it this year but i haven't given up completely yet. I just don't know how we will do that, the Pentaparty and his high school reunion at the end of Nov too. Don't even mention $winterholiday.

I need a frickin' job!!! and yes i am starting to apply for seasonal work.

Tags: finances, goals, update

04:17 pm: medical update
Let's see here, Fri was two weeks since i got home from the hospital but it seems like much longer. I feel like i've kicked the Dilantin out of my system, thank the gods! That first week and half was hell. I literally felt like i was in withdrawals and i've been feeling it as i've been weaning off of it but it was really crappy that last week with nothing in my system; like my brain was fighting something, and going on Zoloft at the same time was strange. I'm sure a doctor would tell me i was imagining it, and maybe i am in that i am entirely too visual and literal in the way i think about things but i could feel things shifting in the way i process and think and it was none too comfortable. I knew to give it time, two weeks was my limit and i'm just glad too be back in a place i could self medicate a bit. Having the docs tell me to do what i needed to do to relax and having been open with them about what i did to relax was very stress relieving in and of itself. I did a few google searches to see if there were any big known interactions but no big red flags came up, so i plowed through.

First week of the Zoloft (i'm taking the generic), nothing major. Everything i experienced seemed to be related to coming off of the Dilantin. I had one actual anxiety attack at bedtime related to absolutely nothing and that was just interesting. I just laid there and experienced it, just pure anxiety and realized i couldn't track it to any solid thoughts. I focused on my breathing until i fell asleep.

Second week, i had almost a solid week of side effects, but those are going to be expected. I talked with the pharmacist, he is so awesome! I know to only ride it out for so long. I need to make my follow up appt with my local doc and get a counseling appt started. I had a 4 1/2 day long headache and trouble sleeping that i'm still having issues with. The sleeping thing is weird, but all listed as normal side effects and nothing i can't find ways to work with. Last week i had insomnia falling asleep and was dead as a rock trying to wake up. Now i'm just having insomnia. I'll give it two more weeks.

I'm back to the side effects of the Topomax hitting me, with no appetite and slight parasthesia, so they might want to adjust my dose of that when i go in. I can work with the appetite but my pinky toes and forehead going numb does drive me crazy, esp if i'm going to have headaches at the same time. It made me feel like there was a giant rubber band around the top of my head.

Better today, so i'm thankful for the little things, and just so damn greatful to know what i know and not feel like i did a month ago.


No seizures yet, i've had a couple fluttery moments that i've been able to recognize as overstimulation and find the source and calm down. I'm walking into the week of no birth control and i can feel that shift, so we'll see if the Zoloft does it's job yet and helps bridge that gap. It may take a few more weeks for it to build in my system. And if i have one, it's no big deal, just my brain taking a time out. I really am lucky.

Tags: medical stuff, zoloft

12:58 pm: birthday wishes
I hope i have the date right on this one.

I believe birthday wishes are also in order for nrv_majick. I hope your next year is full of exploring, inside and out!

Tags: b-days of friends

12:54 pm: birthday wishes
Happy Birthday to jescot. May your next year be filled with love, laughter, and all the happiness you can hold.

Tags: b-days of friends

12:40 pm: birthday wishes
Happy Birthday wishes go out to 2 lovely women today.

ryver and narquelion, wishing you both the best the next year has to offer!

Tags: bdays of friends

03:20 pm: in summary
The polls i posted lately were about radically subjects that happened to be going on in my brain at about the same time, hooray for journal.


On the subject of chores and budget, it would seem that most people either have a system and stay ahead or are in the same boat we are in; either way, i worry more than anyone else i know who answered and therein lies an issue i need to find a way to deal with. The best way for me to deal with given how i think and process is to find a system because it's the not having something tangible that is driving me nuts. System is already in progress, there will be a spreadsheet on the computer to make sir_alf happy and a dry erase board that i can tinker with to make me happy. These should always balance, and we can see long term goals and things being paid off. While i am not going to be a hard ass about it, i want to handle chores similarly so that i'm not having to list things out at the last minute (like on gaming weekends or before we have company).

So, thanks to everyone for your feedback on that, it really helped me put things in perspective.

On the beauty post, several people noted that the poll i put up had nothing to do with beauty, and for certain values you may be right. But what i was curious about was related in my eyes; how you saw yourself and the world around you, and how you thought others did the same before you answered that question.

For sure, beauty to me, encompasses many factors and in our society today is portrayed in a rather skewed fashion. I think it's important to remember that beauty is a concept and not a rule to be measured by, that it has nothing to do size or shape or skin tone, with our hair or eyes. Taking the conversation away from humans, beauty has nothing to do with even something as simple as the color of flowers or leaves or sunset or art, it is all perception. To be cliche, it really is all in the eye of the beholder.

And that is something that i think it is important to remember when thinking about oneself. Try to look at that thing you currently phrase in the negative, (because most of us have at least one) and rephrase in the positive, it's just a different choice in words. Look in the mirror, and for 1 week, say something positive about that 1 thing to yourself. What could it hurt?

The overarching answer i got is that the most aesthetically beautiful person could blow it all away by being rude, or callous (in my own words). And i think the same theory would apply to something non human, if you found a plant or animal you thought was beautiful and you then found it was poisonous or harmful or smelled foul, you (or most people with a survival instinct) would walk away from it.


What do you think? Discussion? Did i interpret any of that right? Did i miss something?

Tags: beauty, budget, chores, polls, rethinking, summary

02:14 pm: beauty
This has come up in conversations lately with friends in real time and here on lj and it's a common subject amongst my crowd.

I could have made this poll go on forever, but i wanted more discussion.

Poll #1457956 Beauty
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 27

Do you think most people have a realistic body image?

Do you think you have a realistic body image?

What do you think defines beauty in a person? my answer in comments

Tags: beauty, poll, self esteem