"Kid, I've flown from one side of the galaxy to the other..."

[lumy12]

-Number of times I spoke to/yelled at my car's CD player as if it were a human: 20? The thing really pissed me off, it refused to play the CD I had just burned. I did finally get it to play ONE TIME, hallelujah, but that's all. I probably wasted over an hour trying to get it to play. While driving, of course, so the time wasn't really wasted, per se, it was just spent muttering instead of hearing awesome music.

-Highest number of credits won on Star Wars slot machine(!): 900. Ended up losing it all though. I had never seen this game in person though I drooled over someone's pic on the web. A. had to put his football picks for the week in, and he said we could be away from the house for a few extra minutes, he wanted to show me something and he already knew what my reaction would be - yup, I SQUEE'd! Ten minutes of fun, losing money (A.'s) while listening to Star Wars music and quotes (like today's title)

-Number of dogs in A.'s sister's house that make Ewok noises: 2

-Number of minutes spent lingering in Starbucks on the way home: 40. I really wanted to write in my regular journal (you know, the pen/paper kind?) and knew I wouldn't do it once I got home.

-Number of $ added to the roadkill fund: $25 (this is low considering the length of the trip!)

-Bands I need to listen to more from: Snow Patrol, Within Temptation

-Number of turns missed on the way home: 1. I could do this drive in my sleep, really, but I ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS just space something and have to turn around. Why am I such an idiot?

I did dump most of the emo stuff in my personal journal, aren't you guys lucky? I'll just say that I am so thankful that neither I nor my family is not going through this hell. It's so unfair that A. and his family have to deal with this. It was awkward for me to be around during the tense moments... the frustrated words, the yelling, the cries of pain, the embarrassingly weird things A.'s mom would say. Funny, but kinda NOT funny because it's sad. She's on morphine - 100mg twice a day, which I guess is a lot... and she's STILL in pain whenever she has to move - and she can watch a game show and know the answers, yet can't carry on a normal conversation. The only real "mistake" I made was this morning, and I'm not quite sure what I did wrong but I got a vehement "NO!!!" head-shake from A. on the other side of his mom. I don't know if I wasn't supposed to talk to her at all or maybe just not bring up the subject I did, which I thought was lighthearted, but whatever... he's learned things, obviously, having had to deal with this constantly now for a few weeks.

She starts radiation soon, and hopefully after that she'll at least get back to the functionality that she had. I can't imagine having to depend on someone for EVERYTHING the way she's forced to. And poor A. - he said he's "trying to get her on a schedule" like she's a newborn baby... but she won't sleep through the night, he had to get up every couple hours and help his sister with her. Ugh.

I got tagged by amaelgreenleaf, and I do so adore being tagged so I promise I'll do it... like, tomorrow? Soon-ish, anyway :)

I am an uberdork for listening to songs that remind me of roleplaying.

Ummm... what else... oh! Christmas cards. I did manage to squeak out a few tonight, just for the people I'm mailing to. I think I need a new address book. I adore mine, it's got cat pictures and quotes all over the place, and it's nowhere near full... but it's from 1998, and I admit, looking through it is kinda depressing. There are people in there I haven't talked to SINCE 1998 and I have no idea what happened to them, and I probably don't need to be reminded of some of those folks all the time. I trimmed my list a little too. If I get cards from people I trimmed, it's easy enough to un-trim and whip them out a card real quick.

Someday I'll catch up on everything!

Comments

[hourglassfull.livejournal.com]

I had quite an eventful weekend myself, but ... so different. I commend you for your strength and compassion and I look forward to chatting with you again. ^_^

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

Thanks!
Oh? Now I'm curious!
I saw your post about only using one messenger though, does that mean no more AIM??

[hourglassfull.livejournal.com]

No, I have AIM... Trillian combines your contact lists from AIM, ICQ, Yahoo, and MSN into one. It's a lot less cumbersome than downloading all those messengers and it doesn't have annoying ads.

My weekend? Well, I'll tell ya, my "dry spell" is officially over. *smirk*

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

Yay! I think? Wait... not with Luke????? (if so that was awful fast) Guess I'll find out later. Hoo-ha!!!

[elegantweapon.livejournal.com]

Noticed you've added me. *waves* Howdy!

-Number of turns missed on the way home: 1. I could do this drive in my sleep, really, but I ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS just space something and have to turn around. Why am I such an idiot?
I do that all. the. time. I think I must have some kind of directional dyslexia if such a thing exists, I get too easily turned around and lost. Plus I suck at following directions, period. Other drivers hate me I'm sure. I stick to riding my bike as often as possible.

Glad you're back, too, the crack just isn't the same without your pervyPalpy around. :) I think he's probably my favourite parody-ish Palpatine/Sidious I've ever read, and I've read a lot. His emo girliness is just too funny, also when the IC!Palpy rags on him. Needless to say, the game keeps me totally amused thanks to you and everyone else.

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

Oh hello there! Thank you so much!!! I am totally loving it over there, everyone's so fun to play with, it's like a little family :) And Palpy has really taken on a different personality than I first envisioned. I didn't expect the Anakin thing to go the way it did, honestly. He should be much more of a whore :) Maybe he and Maul will get it on yet, hehehehe

[gizzi1213.livejournal.com]

Someday I'll catch up on everything!

Has someday arrived yet??

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

It's easier to stay on top of things without obsessively RPing, I'll say that much! But I still don't do all the things I want to do. There's just not enough time.

[gizzi1213.livejournal.com]

I believe I have ADD when it comes to projects/getting things done. I lose interest in something too quickly and move on to something else. Eventually I'll go back to it, but "eventually" could be a long time away!!

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

I suppose I'm that way about certain things. And some things I just completely lose interest in and abandon. Guess that's just human nature!

[gizzi1213.livejournal.com]

Aren't you surprised that I've maintained this much interest in my Top Sekret Project???

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

I am!

Woooo look at all those emails in my box!!!

Skipped ahead here, though. I should go back and answer the rest of yesterday's first. Looks like you're halfway through your daily quota already! (unless some of those are responses to my comments on YOUR LJ)

[gizzi1213.livejournal.com]

No, I intentionally skipped over those. If my count is correct I'm one short of 1K now once I post this one.

I'm going to take a break to get something for dinner. I lost time earlier because I forgot to mark my spot too! So I need to work on this a bit more yet tonight.

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

Caught up to you! Now I can read my f-list while you fill up my inbox some more!

[gizzi1213.livejournal.com]

And now I'm caught up to your responses to my initial replies. I'm going to go watch the National Geographic special on Neanderthals now, since I feel asleep on it both times I attempted to watch it on Sunday!!!

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

Do you have On Demand in Connecticut yet? We just got it here a few months ago but Aaron's had it in Vegas for years. It's nice to be able to watch certain things whenever you want! (well, within the time period they set, but I mean you can start it any time of day that's good for you)

[gizzi1213.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, we have that. Lots of on demand movies, and some of the cable channels have on demand content avaiable as well. I really should cancel netflix, since I never use it!, now that I do use the on demand movies once in a while.