The Other Side of Me

Happy 4th of July

2008-07-04T19:08:00.001-07:00

Wow, it has been far too long since I updated this! Let me wish everyone a Happy Independance Day as there are many countries that celebrate their independance during the month of July.

For those of you into scrapbooking, I have a Patriotic scrapbook kit for free at my website. Just go to http://www.magicmoondesigns.com/whats_new.htm to download it.

I'm going to try and get back into posting a new picture every day. The bad news is that my digital camera uses a rechargeable battery that seems to be dying and not holding a charge at all. Unfortunately I can neither find a replacement nor can I afford to get another camera. The good news is that my video camera also does stills although they are smaller images. Plus I think I can upload video to the blog, so maybe I'll just upload some video clips later.

Bye for now, and for my fellow Northern Californians here's to hoping that the smoke clears out and the fires don't spread!

2007-08-18T18:46:00.001-07:00

Leftie is home

2007-08-12T11:33:00.000-07:00

Goodness, I forgot to post here the good news -- my cat, Leftie, is back home safe and sound! Seems he did manage to slip out the door and was living in the tool shed. Usually he's such a wuss that when he does slip out he's at the front door in a matter of hours, wanting to come inside where he's safe and has his food and water, but I guess he's become quite the adventurer and was brave enough to spend a few days and nights outside.

I lost my cat

2007-07-31T22:41:00.001-07:00

Just when I thought things couldn't get worse, my cat has disappeared, and I am completely heartbroken. I've had him for over seven years, since he was just a wee kitten, and I swear he disappeared into thin air.

The county is doing aerial pesticide spraying for the mosquitos, so I went out before 7PM and carried the lazy fat cat into the house. I heard the first plane fly over around 8PM and went out into the front yard since I was expecting my mother. Before I went out the door I saw that Leftie was there in the entry hall, just laying there.

That's the last I've seen of him. The other cats are acting like everything is perfectly normal while I'm crying and calling for him and searching everywhere. I've all but torn the carpet up in the house and he's just not in here. I've searched the front yard and the back yard, and I can't find him. He's too fat to have gone under the fence or over it, and my front yard and back yard are fenced in. Unfortunately today was garbage pick-up day so if the garbage truck scared him, he may have run out when the driver opened the gate to get the cans.

LEFTIE, WHERE ARE YOU? PLEASE COME HOME, I MISS YOU!

Why must I feel like this?

2007-07-30T20:49:00.000-07:00

I wish I could get inside my own head sometimes to figure out what's going on in there. I don't know why I get so depressed for no apparent reason. The doctors are useless, they think that drugs are the cure to everything.

Well I don't need anymore damn drugs, thank you very much!

I want everyone to stay away, and then I feel more hurt when they do. And to top it all off, tomorrow's my birthday and I just know that my well-meaning friends are going to be hurt if I don't put on a big smile and act like I'm thrilled to death with the decorations and the confetti and everything else.

Happy *&%#ing birthday to me.

The Raft of God

2007-07-19T19:18:00.000-07:00

Sorry, but I just have to blog this one...it's too funny not to share.

I was over at Topix minding my own business, reading some posts, and I came across one having to do with Christians vs. non-Christians. I love reading through those because I swear the most ignorant people are the ones that post the most to those threads. Then they get mad because other people don't agree with them and suddenly you have a trainwreck that you just have to stick around and watch.

Well I'm watching this one thread turn into quite the knockdown-dragout idiocy fest (note that I am referring to BOTH sides of the argument here) and suddenly as I'm scrolling I read the following line:

"the raft of God is coming"

??? Raft of God? Never have I heard about God rafting before. I will admit that it took me a second before the light went off that the poster must have meant "wrath of God", but by then the image had stuck in my brain.

God is sending us a raft. Cool. Just everybody remember to wear your lifejackets, and we'll be fine.

I just don't understand

2007-07-13T19:29:00.000-07:00

People that I thought were my friends suddenly don't have the time to talk, to email, to IM...and I have no idea why. I don't know what I've done, or perhaps didn't do, to make them turn on me. I know that they probably don't mean to do it, they're just busy with other things, but when an entire group of people that you thought were your friends start ignoring you, it hurts no matter what the reason.

The emotional part of me is saying, "just walk away, they'll find someone else or just pretend you never existed, if you were of any importance they wouldn't be acting like this" while the logical part of me is saying "don't act like them, continue on just as you have been and see what happens. Just give it time instead of over-reacting".

I've decided to listen to the logical part only because I really don't want to walk away from them, at least not yet, but I don't know how much more I can take of being ignored.

World Clock

2007-07-12T17:04:00.000-07:00

Sorry for no post yesterday, got a migraine and decided to just go to bed and sleep.

So I found this clock with stats of how many births, deaths, etc. there are. I think what I found the most amazing is that, according to this clock, every 15 seconds there are 22 abortions, 42 births, 27 deaths, and ONE traffic accident.

Hello? Have you seen the way we drive in California? Do you honestly believe that in the entire state of California there is not a traffic accident happening at least every five seconds? Now add in the rest of the world, and tell me that there isn't at least one accident every second.

Me thinks the programmer got births and traffic accidents crossed.

(Click on the post title to view this World Clock)

Clouds

2007-07-10T19:47:00.000-07:00

Today I took some pictures of the clouds. It's been so clear with no clouds because of the low humidity, but of course now the thunderstorms roll in...oh well. At least the clouds are kind of pretty.

It's Alvin

2007-07-09T21:52:00.000-07:00

Well maybe not, but today's picture is of an adorable little chipmunk! Ain't he cute? Okay, I cheated, there were no good pics today so this is one I took last year at Glacier Meadow.

Apples!

2007-07-08T17:42:00.000-07:00

I'm going to try to take and post a new picture every day. Whether or not I succeed remains to be seen, but today's picture is of apples in my backyard :-)

Meet PeeWee!

2007-07-07T17:39:00.001-07:00

Yep, beautiful blue skies here today...at least the temperatures have cooled down a bit. Only supposed to be 99 deg. today -- nice to not have the A/C running non-stop.

I think every now and then I'll introduce you to my kitties. Today you get to meet PeeWee! He's the baby of the family and still thinks that he's a kitten even though he's six years old.

Why, hello there!

2007-07-04T19:27:00.000-07:00

Some of you may know me from the Legends of Mernac where I am Vickie, Fire Disciple of Elsen. I have a separate blog for my adventures in Mernac. This blog is about Vickie, normal person trying to make her way in the cruel world.

For my American friends, Happy 4th of July! It is hotter than...well, it's VERY hot here. Idiots are shooting off fireworks like the Tahoe fire never happened. I'm not talking about setting off some cones that were purchased at the high school fireworks stand and using them in the manner intended - I'm talking about people lighting Piccolo Pete's and throwing them up in the air to land on roofs, in trees, etc. Calling the fire dept. does little good because they are so busy. I know that the Tahoe fire had nothing to do with fireworks, but you would think that it would have taught people just how fast a fire can spread and how much destruction it can cause, especially after a dry winter.

I guess people will never learn.