i called her at her office. she said she’d look in the bank to see if my birth certificate is there. she also said that she will help me fill out all of the required paperwork.
part me wants to say, “yes! woohoo!!!” but then there’s another part of me that knows how my mom is. nothing’s ever “free” with her. she’s like the Godfather, seriously: “Someday ? and that day may never come ? I’ll call upon you to do a service for me. But until that day, accept this ? gift ?” (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068646/quotes)
so i guess i’ll accept it and see what happens.
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today they sent me an e-mail about something having to do with my CNAME–huh? i called Network Solutions, with whom my domain name is registered and they said that everything’s fine. and yet TypePad wants to go over this with me. why? i have no idea how these things work, and if Network Solutions says it’s working, then shouldn’t it be?
i’m so tempted to switch to a company that will both contain my domain name as well as a blogging platform for me use, mainly WordPress. they have so many more templates available than for TypePad, and are much beautiful besides. another thing i like about WordPress is the ability to have password protected entries (as opposed to an entire blog), and the ability for commenters to be notified when someone (other than me) has replied to their comment thus creating a dialogue that actually makes it a blogging community! imagine that. very much like what i liked about LiveJournal, which ironically TypePad owns!
what to do? what to do? dishing out the yearly fee might make things tight, but on the other hand, we won’t have to worry about making any more monthly payments. any thoughts, people? this could be the new poll!
already. one of the pieces of paper the SSA wants you to supply is an original birth certificate or at least an official copy from the office. if i were born in Cook County, this would not be a problem.
unfortunately, i was born in Quezon City, Philippines, and according to my dad, it isn’t so easy to obtain government documents from there. wonderful. further, he insists that my mom has a copy in a safety deposit box and that i should call her for it. for some reason, i don’t believe she has this because she may have given it to me in the past and–duh–i lost it. second, i haven’t spoken to her in nearly two years, and i’m just not ready to.
on the other hand, i’m tired of brooding and brooding about the things that need to be done. it’s time to take some action if this ball is ever going to get rolling.
well, i just tried her on her cell phone and got no answer. my sister said that she gets poor reception in her unit and she doesn’t have a land line set up yet. we agreed that i should just call her at work tomorrow, so that’s what i’ll do.
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i’m Barb, and i’m an AFOL–that’s adult fan of LEGO, for those of you who don’t know. a few years ago, i rediscovered LEGOs when i was in a hypomanic state. i couldn’t concentrate, couldn’t read, couldn’t get anything done, basically. i don’t know where the idea came from, but i asked Brian to bring home a LEGO set for me. i was able to put it together because the instructions didn’t have words, just pictures, and it left me with a sense of accomplishment–i was finally able to start and finish a task.
i fell in love. we started buying sets for me to put together, and eventually, i came to collect Harry Potter and Star Wars (of course) LEGO sets. i’m not creative enough to build my own creations (known as MOCs), except that one time i built a Whomping Willow Tree, with Mr. Weasley’s Ford Anglia caught in it and everything. and even that was based on a picture on the back of a box for the Aragog the giant spider set.
the Harry Potter sets are modular, so you can connect several of them together. my Hogwarts castle was 4 stories tall and although the room where Fluffy the Hellhound resided might not have been on the correct floor, the room below it that contained the Devil’s Snare did lead to the Chamber of the Keys, and so on.
the problem with having a LEGO Hogwarts is the giant Natividad-Nodurft cats that i’m sure Hagrid would have loved to teach in one of his Care of Magical Creatures classes. these oversized felines stomped through the Hogwarts grounds like Godzilla through Tokyo, destroying the Whomping Willow Tree, Dumbledore’s office, even the castle itself! all that’s left of Hogwarts around here is the Chamber of Secrets, hidden well below the castle, that is, on the second book shelf instead of the very top of it.
my one other attempt at a MOC was recreating the Battle of Naboo. i’ve amassed a fairly large Gungan army and an even larger battle droid army. the problem with having a LEGO Star Wars universe is the CAT-CAT walkers that destroy everything in their paths, much like the AT-ATs the Imperials would later develop, decades after this battle. Hee Seop in particular, loved to reach for the shelf on which the fight was commencing only to knock battle droids off and bat them around. the Gungans, i didn’t mind.
i have several Star Wars and HP sets that are still in unopened boxes. those i’ve already built will be dismantled and stored in Ziploc bags. until we live someplace where we can have a cat-free zone, or at least get shelves with glass-front doors, the wars between good and evil will have to continue to take place in my imagination.
of the overwhelming total of 11 people who voted in my last poll, 7 of you want me to bring back the Daily Star Wars Trivia Tournaments. instead of putting it in a link in a sticky post, i’ve added the link in the Navigation menu in the sidebar. note that when you click on the link to play, you will get a pop-up.
there’s nothing i can do about it, and i don’t want to upgrade my
FunTrivia.com account. consider yourselves warned!
i will also add a link to the Hall of Fame (dead link, have to recreate in WP, 12/12/05) so you can see the past year’s winners. future winners will be added, and i’ll post an entry at the end of each month to announce the new winner. there’s no winner for November because i took down the link.
anyone who’s ever read a brochure on depression knows that many of the symptoms are contradictory:
- sleeps too much; sleeps little
- eats more than usual; no appetite
- weight gain; weight loss
and so on. but for people who suffer from depression, it’s important to know what your own symptoms are so you can nip it in the bud.
regular readers know that i’ve been tired more than usual for the past two or three weeks now, and have been sleeping more than i need to. the doctor thinks it’s stress, and perhaps it is: finances, the holidays–nothing more stressful than people who don’t have a mood disorder, certainly. although i have issues that bum me out, they’re nothing to lose hope over. that’s how i know it’s depression.
a lot of people think that people suffering from depression cry all the time and are suicidal. sure, some are, but that’s not true of all of us. what’s important is to be able to recognize your own symptoms, and they can differ from episode to episode. what cinched it for me this time around is that until yesterday, i hadn’t bathed in a week. that certainly isn’t pretty, but it is what it is, and what it is is depression.
when i don’t care about my appearance, it’s depression. when i don’t want to do things i normally like to do, it’s depression. when every little thing like getting a Coke from the fridge or just getting up to go to the bathroom seems like, not just a complete chore but an ordeal, it’s depression.
my next pdoc appointment isn’t for another couple of weeks, but i’m going to call tomorrow to see if he can see me sooner. my meds need adjusting, i’m thinking.
by Alex Proyas
I, Robot
is based on the Isaac Asimov novel of the same name. The year is 2035, the setting: Chicago. U.S. Robotics (USR) is a highly successful manufacturer of robots. These robots have not only made some jobs obsolete, they’re becoming household appliances as well, tending to their owners’ needs so long as they comply with the three laws of robotics:
1. A robot may not harm a human or, by inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the first law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the first or second law.
Del Spooner (Will Smith) is a detective prejudiced towards robots, unlike the rest of the population. We learn where this prejudice stems from as the story unfolds, but in the meantime, Spooner’s colleagues think he’s paranoid when it comes to robots.
Spooner receives a phone call and goes to the USR offices to find Dr. Alfred Lanning (James Cromwell), the robots’ designer, has committed suicide. The detective is convinced it was murder, and furthermore, that the murderer was a robot. With the help of Dr. Susan Calvin (Bridget Moynahan), a USR staff psychologist whose specialty is robotic psyches, Spooner attempts to solve the case
I have a fondness for movies set in Chicago, and this is no exception. The city is recognizable, but buildings have been added and the el is updated. Many elements remain familiar, such as the interiors of people’s homes. This sense of familiarity makes the viewer comfortable with the idea that robots could easily be a part of our everyday lives.
The robots are agile and capable of physical feats that make them seem like very powerful insects, especially when gathered in large numbers. The computer animation is excellent.
A really fun movie if not a little predictable. Would make a great stocking stuffer, though!
a black comedy–of course it is.? i’ll “have fun on the way to the asylum”?? only if i get to kick more paramedics in the crotch.? found at wild abandon - a bipolar blog.
The Movie Of Your Life Is A Black Comedy
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In your life, things are so twisted that you just have to laugh.
You may end up insane, but you’ll have fun on the way to the asylum.
Your best movie matches: Being John Malkovich, The Royal Tenenbaums, American Psycho
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the doctor called yesterday with my bloodwork results and thankfully, everything’s fine! he said that all of this tiredness is probably related to stress. he noticed, as did the chiro last week, that my upper back is stiff and tight, which apparently, is stress-related. i thought it was from sleeping wrong. he advised me to take it easy, and if i still feel this way in a month, to see him again.
he left all this info on my voicemail, so i didn’t have a chance to ask him what, exactly, it means to “take it easy.” i sleep for 12 hours at a time now, and that doesn’t include when i start to feel tired later in the day and sleep some more. how much easier could i possibly take it? i think i’m turning into one of my cats. maybe that’s why they couldn’t find anything in my labwork. well, if i start coughing up hairballs, maybe i’ll see the vet, instead.
