Under Pressure

I'm sending out Halloween post cards!

Marian3@gmail.com — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:34:04 GMT

If you want one, leave your addy in the comments. Or email it to me at Marian3@gmail.com

woot!

Sad but true

Marian3@gmail.com — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:34:08 GMT

OH SO TRUE....

Balloon Boy

Marian3@gmail.com — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:23:23 GMT

Wow,...totally fooled me. I thought it was completely plausible that the kid really meant that the parents had explained he'd be talking on a show, and was just confused.

What a douchebag that father is, and shame on the mother if she was aware of it. And if she wasn't aware of it, she'd better be divorcing him.

I've also heard that the little boy was asked the question at least two other times on other shows...and became physically ill. It makes me wonder what the father did to him.

Unbelievable.

VtM:Bloodlines...whoa

Marian3@gmail.com — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:04:24 GMT

If you played VtM: Bloodlines...take a look at the picture at this link. Deja Vu?

http://opentravel.com/Natural-History-Museum-London-United-Kingdom

DEEEEER

Marian3@gmail.com — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:14:20 GMT

So here's how stupid I am. I'm making lunch (reheated basil pasta mmm) and I put some bread in the oven to reheat at 375. I take it out with a towel almost grazing my hand on the rack. I chastise myself as I have very nice oven mitts.

I slide the bread onto the pasta plate and put the metal tin down. I pick up my pasta to head back into the office, and then...

I USE MY BARE HAND TO PICK UP THE METAL PLATE TO PUT IN THE SINK.

Lucky for me, it was a pie tin and so was not 375 degrees, instead it had cooled and was only hot. Hot enough for my nerves to react where my brain was sleeping and launch it into the sink for me.

I'm not at all burned. I'm just stupid.

Fuck Nightmares

Marian3@gmail.com — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:24:40 GMT

Wow, that was an awful one.

So now that I'm not sick anymore

Marian3@gmail.com — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:55:59 GMT

Heat intolerance is gone. I am fucking FREEZING at times. Like, right now. I'm sitting at the computer in a t-shirt and panties...FREEZING. My toes are so cold, and I'm shivering.

And I love it. (But I'm going to go shower to get warm)

People who make the world a better place

Marian3@gmail.com — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 07:07:25 GMT

Man donates rape reward to victim

A waiter, who could have really used the money, donated a 10,000 pound reward to the rape victim. He identified her attacker, but knew the victim was left with horrific injuries after the assault (she's now in a wheelchair, and has a brain injury) and said even though it's a lot of money...he knew it would help her rebuild her life and he didn't feel he deserved it.

Just a wonderful story and a very unselfish act.

BFF

Marian3@gmail.com — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:54:56 GMT

Design Fail

Marian3@gmail.com — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:46:21 GMT

Marian3@gmail.com — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:04:34 GMT

Because misery loves company

Marian3@gmail.com — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:04:50 GMT

Sometimes LOLcats are the highlight of my day, hee!
That's a pretty sad day
...

I love this: Portal-Still Alive typography

Marian3@gmail.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:16:06 GMT

Portal - Still Alive typography from Trickster on Vimeo.

The D word

Marian3@gmail.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:48:33 GMT

I signed back up for Weight Watchers today, hooray! I'm going to be using it for weight loss, but also because I want to start eating *healthier*, and track what I eat, and exercise.

Anyway, I also find writing about it helpful. It will be under a special filter. If you'd like to be included under that filter let me know with a screened reply. I may include some of you ANYWAY ...and for those people just let me know if you want out! :)

And just for one basic open entry (and there will be some open entries anyway) ...the thing I always find most interesting about WW is with their point value system they assign 'points' to food, and you have a base number of points you can 'spend' per day. So obviously you want to get the most bang for your buck. Some things which I assume will be high...are not. (English muffin this morning? 2 points). Some things I assume will be lower...are not (French fries I wanted to have with dinner? 18 points. :( ). A single slice of pizza from a pizza joint is horrific.

For me WWs does two things. First it makes me actually EAT far more than I want to, more frequently than I want to. This is essentially for one's metabolism. I used to eat 1 meal a day that was it, which is really bad. So I've been trying to eat more often prior to this, and WWs pretty much makes me eat 3 a day, often with a snack or two so I can hit my min. points. I found it hard previously to maintain the base number of points.

Ironically I could easily blow past it with a lot less food...just by eating crap. I'm so lazy it's terrible. So I'm trying something different which is scheduling 'lunch' breaks with my work. I eat before I start work, even if it's just a piece of bread. Then I take a 'lunch' and I'm going to try to make that at a set time, like around 1pm.

Then dinner...I guess I'll try to schedule that too, though it will have to flex around my work.

So I plan to have breakfast, work. Plan to sign out with my one freelance job at/around 1pm. Eat. Then go to work with my own business, dinner when I can grab it (it will have to be flexible, so I'll have stuff I plan to make some days, and ready to eat other...I signed up for an LJ crockpot group...so that should work great!).

Shit when do I work out? I'll steal time somewhere. Maybe before breakfast, or when I take a break during the day.

Then try to wrap up my business work by around 8-9pm. Then spend evenings enjoying myself. :)

In a month I'm going to see where I'm at with this and just working out by biking (yay weather is great for it) and the Wii Fit, etc.

Then depending on where I'm at with weight loss, being healthy, and...most importantly my finances...I think I'll join a gym. I've been looking into them a lot, and I think initially I'm just going to look at a small community gym with equipment rotation, like a Curves. Then evaluate that again in a few months and perhaps step it up to one of the Fitness gyms with lots of classes. But we'll see.

I can always also motor up to my parents house, my Dad has a ton of exercise equipment, very nice stuff...and a pool. And I know I can use it any time I want. But I think if I'm paying for it, I can force myself to get up in the morning, throw on clothes, go there...work out...come home and shower then crap out a bit before work. :)

Okay! Speaking of which...back to the grind. Just post if you want in on the filter! And I'm screening replies so if you want to say you DON'T want in, no one else will see. And it's COMPLETELY cool with me obviously whether you want in or out. It's all good. And if I don't include you, don't be offended. You can ask me why and I'll tell you...but the reason would likely be that I'd simply feel a little self conscious, and anything under my filters I don't want to self censor.

Advice for Atheists

Marian3@gmail.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:40:38 GMT

Advice for Atheists

Really good article. I know many will find it caustic, but if you consider what is being responded to...the tone is very appropriate.

Resume, please see attached

Marian3@gmail.com — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:36:03 GMT

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Tom Geraedts | Internship enquiry from Tom Geraedts on Vimeo.

He created this video to try to get work...and did. :D Amazing stuff.

Starvation, the best seasoning.

Marian3@gmail.com — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:49:38 GMT

Random Thought: And yes, I'm totally thinking of trying it...primarily because I'm so damn lazy and nuking my food is appealing. That and reducing the land mass that is my arse.

One of my best girlfriends, Teri, got ahold of me last night. We'd fallen out of touch in recent years, nothing specific just...life. I was really glad to hear from her and within a minute or three it was like no time had passed.

One really funny thing I wanted to share though was she had said something to the effect of things were supposed to get better as we got older (we were talking about financial struggles, life struggles), and I said the only thing I had noticed is my ass getting wider. ;)

She mentioned she had gained *a lot* of weight...and lost it! I was shocked she had gained so much weight, as she was always so thin. How'd she lose it? Nutrisystem. She said everyone said she should promo for them as she lost almost 100 pounds. And she's back in her size 9 jeans. If I didn't love her, I'd be so green right now with envy.

I asked how she liked the program (thinking of my ever widening ass) and she gushed about it. I said that I had heard that the food was shitty.

She said, "Oh yeah, when you first start it's terrible. Then you get really hungry and you're eating it and it's okay. Then about a month in...it tastes GREAT!"

30% success rate

Marian3@gmail.com — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:40:51 GMT

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre58n1ax-us-aids-vaccine/

Holy shit. That's amazing.

;)

Marian3@gmail.com — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:22:46 GMT

It's a drag ;)

Marian3@gmail.com — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:54:39 GMT

I had someone ask me...after taking vicodin for SO long (ten years!)....do I find myself craving it at all?

Easy. No. Not a single bit. I don't miss it either. I don't hurt in a way that requires it, and that was the only use I had for it. And I hated it. I hated it so much. I hated the way it fogged me up. I hated how it made me a little too chatty at times. I hated feeling out of control, even a little bit.

No, I don't miss it. Not one little bit.

You know what I do miss though?

Smoking.

It's been over 2 years...and I still miss it. And it would be unbelievably easy to go back. I just haven't. I think I'll want a cigarette until the day I die (or until I resume the habit, which maybe I will someday, who knows.)

But not today. :)

But...that's not difficult

Marian3@gmail.com — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:59:15 GMT

Nightmares Suck

Marian3@gmail.com — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:39:38 GMT

But they give you some insights too, when you can see what it is that grips your heart with fear.

I'd still rather not have them though

On annoying things...

Marian3@gmail.com — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:36:17 GMT

There are people who've known me for years who STILL mispronounce my name.*

It's Mah-Ree-Inn

And the 'Mah' has the long 'a'. Maaaah (east coast 'a'). Sounds like Ah. If that's too hard and you're someone I REALLY like, you can call me Mar. (Mahr). If you just can't get it, think up a cute nickname or use one of my gaming names.

*this does NOT apply to anyone who doesn't have english as a native language. FFS, I certainly slaughter the shit out of foreign names and so it doesn't bother me if they slaughter mine.

Great Moments in Gaming History

Marian3@gmail.com — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:55:55 GMT

Saw this on a friend's blog...

Marian3@gmail.com — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:50:40 GMT

I LOVE IT. I especially love his Princess Bride reference. :)