Another Boring Blog But Within The Decree Limits

Jun 13, 2010

I should actually be writing a paper right now, but I decided that was boring and felt my talents were better spent on a blog. Clearly I know how to prioritize.

As much as I want to talk about the season premiere of True Blood, out of kindness for those who weren’t able to watch it tonight because they’re not as cool as me, I won’t. However, I will say that the Queen was pleased with the nakedness of her Prince, I was however, not pleased with the reason he was naked so I shall be dispatching a guard to take care of my little problem.

On a more serious matter, last night’s chat with the girls from Ecstasy was fantastic¹ and it saddens me deeply that we shall not have another for more than a month. However, given the condition of several of the participants this morning, this is probably a good thing but I won’t get into it because you had to be there².

On a second note, my theory about my problems sleeping was proved correct on Saturday when I successfully arose at 5 in the morning and took the dogs for an hour long walk. No, you didn’t misread, I did say an hour. It was actually quite liberating if I’m honest. It felt purely divine being up that early before the first stirrings of the world and it did wonders for the dogs temperament throughout the day.

Now, that I have successfully managed to avoid my paper for as long as possible, I suppose I should probably get back to it. You know considering I’m a Queen and I, I should really have someone write this for me.

*Adds on list of things to do: Find servant to write papers for me.*

1. Mostly because I was there.
2. No, seriously. What happens in Ecstasy chat, stays in Ecstasy chat. Okay, maybe not always.

Inspiration Finds Us Often When We Least Expect It

Mar 9, 2010

I’m going to preface this blog by saying, I’m tired. So if I start to ramble, please excuse my brain which is running on about 3 1/2 hours of sleep, though if I actually calculated, I’m sure would be much less. I had attempted a nap against my better judgment, however Robby decided to jump in bed with me, which effectively became my alarm clock, because Angel + snoring man bear does not equate to sleeping Angel. Oh well. Let’s hope that tonight I can crawl into bed at a decent hour despite my impromptu non-nap (though I have heard that power naps are actually quite good for you).

In any event, the events of the last few days have ranged from quite eventful to painfully drab, though I don’t suppose you can expect excitement each day right? One can hope. This weekend I picked up a new dSLR, after selling my beloved Canon Rebel XTi. Why the upgrade? Well, despite the fact that I’d lost all inspiration for awhile there, I decided (for some unknown reason) to crack open a book I’d purchased, The Digital Photography Book which inspired me to jump back into it. Secondly we had a $485ish credit with Best Buy, a $20 Reward Zone certificate and a gift card, so I only had to sale my camera for at least $350 to ensure that I had very minimal out of pocket cost (which turned out to be no out of pocket cost and $28 left over) to get the camera I had been lusting over for quite some time: the Canon EOS Digital Rebel T1i.

I’m not quite ready to upgrade to a more professional camera so to speak, therefore I decided that it was best just to upgrade within the same class. The specifications of the T1i are as follows:

15.1 MP CMOS sensor, up from 10 in my XTi
Full HD (1080p) movies (arguably not really, only shoots in 20fps in this mode)
High ISO up to 12800 for low-light conditions
3″ LCD, same as 5D
3.4fps with burst shooting up to (170 JPEGs max)
3.0” Clear View LCD with Live View mode
9-point AF system
DIGIC 4 image processor, makes for better noise reduction
EOS Integrated Cleaning System
EF/EF-S and EX Speedlite compatibility

Compared to my XTi, this was a considerably upgrade and it also meant no more running to grab my camera whenever I wanted to take video of the animals because they were doing something unbelievably cute. In any event I’m really pleased with the purchase and quite happy that the members of Ecstasy¹ seem to be quite happy with our recent addition of the photography forums. I think I’m going to find good use for it and I hope that eventually, I’ll be much more confident and creative when it comes to my photography, specifically portraits because admittedly that’s where I am the weakest (the book is helping though!).

This week marks the last week of my class from hell. Right now I have an 80%, however my instructor has yet to grade the assignment I completed on Sunday, so it can either go up or down, depending on how well or how terribly I did. Robby is going to sit down and help me with my final to ensure that I will at the very least pass my class, because we all know I cannot afford to shell out $1,035 to retake it; ironically that would probably result in the selling of my new camera, lol. In any event the Ecstastians² and I have planned a member chat for Saturday in which we are all going to get hammered on web cam (we’re celebrating the end of my perdition). It’ll be pretty amusing to say the least, I’m sure… though now that I’m thinking about it, AIM may not be feasible because I don’t think it allows video chat rooms. LAME. Ecstastians, quick help need suggestions fast! I’m sure I’ll think of something.

And to end this on a more uplifting note, there is talk of a Ecstasy meet up here at my place, late fall. Everything is still tentative, however people are actually considering it and this pleases me greatly. I think we’ll have a kick ass time and the best part? It’ll all be on video, thanks to my spiffy new camera. What’s that? What happens at Angel’s stays at Angel’s? Hmm, I think not.

1. Oh come on really, you knew that shameless plug was coming.
2. A member or rather in this case members of Ecstasy

Animals: While They Cannot Tell Us How They Feel Doth Not Mean They Suffer Any Less Than We Do.

Mar 4, 2010

I decided to switch back to the @Reply plugin as it seems those who commented where in favor of the @Reply and those in favor of the nested didn’t say a word in its defense, lol. I am still slowly getting the hang of CSS, though I think part of my problem is my creative juices have been sucked dry so it’s hard for me to think of how I want something styled and I just get frustrated and want to quit. On top of that it’s been pushed to the back burner until I finish my class. 2 more weeks left and I am free. On the upside my freak out on my previous post about turning in the wrong assignment, proved to be unnecessary as I still managed to keep my high C despite having posted it in the wrong format. In addition, Robby has been helping me a lot to make sure I pass and as long as I do well on this week’s assignments, I don’t think I will be as concerned about my final. Even still, I’m not done holding my breath until the case is over and I receive my final grade.

The other night when Robby and I were having sex, I actually put some effort into it and was so tired afterward. Thinking about it I realized just how lazy I had gotten with sex, lol. Before I would do things that would exhaust me and give him a break, for instance we’d do reverse cowgirl, but now I find I tend to favor positions where I have to do as little work as possible (doggie style, cowgirl, etc) and he’s responsible for doing all the thrusting. Now when I think about it that’s not far to him so I am going to try and make more of a conscious effort to spread the work equally. Wow, did I really just refer to sex as work? Lol. But in all seriousness, it really is unfair to me to expect him to do all the hard labor (so to speak) while I get a free walk in the part. Thinking on your sex life (especially for those in long term relationships), are there habits that you’ve picked up over the years which have changed the way you have sex?

I am finally getting back into the internet swing and bringing Ecstasy back up to where it used to be. I will admit that the past few months I have let the boards way to the wayside and if it wasn’t for Rochelle and her vigilance in keeping the boards running, I’d probably be on the verge of closing it (again, lol). I am grateful though that we have a great group of gals and guys that continue to visit each day and make it our little getaway from the stresses of real life. It’s nice to have a place I can run to whenever I just need to rant, vent or bitch about things going on in my life. It’s a relief to have that; it really is.

The work front, is slowly getting better. I say slowly because I’m still pretty angry about the whole hours thing. I did manage to recoup 6 of my lost hours so rather than working 21.5 hours a week, I am up to 27.5 hours and am usually able to pick up some shifts at night as chat coach. It’s still not even though because ideally I want to be at 40 hours, however the job search hasn’t produced any great results. It’s funny that whenever I’m not looking for a job, they’re everywhere to be found and yet when I am, I don’t even get a nibble. It’s so frustrating and there are days when I just want to pull my hair out. I hope, that the universe is just telling me I have to be patient and then something will come along that will work, but I’m a pessimist at heart, so that outlook never really suited me, lol.

I am also glad that I have such an amazing supervisor who stands up for me though. When I left for the my trip to San Diego, I had sent an e-mail saying I would cut my hours (I figured I could jump and all), well I received on e-mail on Monday, February 15th, saying these were my new hours and they were effective today. I ignored it as I had already made arrangements with her that I would not be in town and had my shifts covered and she approved my request to have my new shift begin Feb 22. Turns out she didn’t bother confirming this and when my sup tried to put in my request for my shifts to be changed she was advised they couldn’t approve it because those weren’t my hours. She had me forward the e-mail that said I could start my new schedule on the 22nd and told me told that the same girl who said I could wait to start my schedule, had told her she never said any such thing. WTF?! Seriously. Obviously she stood up for me and said that I would never do something like that and put the ticket on hold as they were attempting to code me as no call, no show– which meant I would have lost my job. So glad I have her on my side, lol.

Last weekend, Robby and I became the proud owners of two cute ferrets named Gucci and Jeezy, though I’ve taken to referring to them as Nibbler (Robby calls him Grouchy) and Cuddler. They are the sweetest things ever and we are so fortunate to have found them. Especially given the crap we had to go through with a crappy owner on Craigslist. We received an e-mail from someone who actually loves and cares about her pets, after I posted the following about crappy owner guy…

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You’re barely waking & I’m tangled up in you.

Sep 20, 2009

I’m writing this now while work is slow because I know once I get started on Aion, I’m not going to want to stop. I was able to finish my homework that was due today, last night so I have nothing keeping me from stopping, other then food and drinks, which I’ve already stocked up on. This is so going to be kickass, I can feel it. *nods*

I hate working Sundays because they’re always slow in the morning/mid-afternoon and then it tends to pick up around 1:30-2:00, EST, once the church goers have come home from lunch. It’s nice in a way because I get downtime in the morning and then the rest of my shift flies, but it also sucks because the mornings tend to drag. Right now I’m trying to get Saturday/Sundays off by doing a permanent shift swap, but we’ll see if that’ll happen. One can hope.

Tomorrow is the season premiere of House and Robby and I are looking forward to it. It’s nice to have our shows back even if it means no True Blood, but I plan on buying the second season so I can marathon it with Robby one night. I’m sure he’ll be thrilled to see my infatuation with Alex/Eric. He thinks I’m so silly with my man-crushes. Alright, I suppose I’ll end this hear and do something product, like twiddle my thumbs. Just kidding.

& now that I’m sitting here thinking it through, I’ve never been anywhere cold as you

Sep 19, 2009

Today has been a pretty shitty day. I’m still angered with Robby and his complete disrespect towards me, regardless of the fact that I have spoken to him about this particular matter and have told him how it makes me feel when he just ignores my requests. I haven’t spoken to him all day because I have no desire to speak to anyone who can’t show me any respect.

Tomorrow is Head Start for Aion so I need to finish all of my homework tonight because I highly doubt I’ll be up for stopping once I really get into the game. I’m really looking forward to it. It’ll be nice to be able to actually level and not have to stop just when I’m getting into it because I’m going to lose my characters. I’m also really happy that I managed to get my number one name for the game and also decided to risk deleting said toon and remaking her to how I wanted her to actually look without losing the name. I was originally going to wait until after Head Start began, but decided to risk it anyway!

I’m not going to lie and say I’m not avoiding homework because I am. I have no motivation to start or or do it and thus I’m looking at the clock wondering how much longer I can put it off before I have to do it. I have no idea when I became just a slacker, – but I suppose I’ll start it now since I have to do some skimming to make sure I’m actually doing the assignment now. WTB someone to do her homework.