o/` Stabbing Westward – High o/`

Today is very Mondayish. Not good, not bad. I sorta feel like I didn’t get enough sleep, but I don’t remember sleeping badly last night. It’s probably just the cloudy weather. I’m happy though, in a moderately sleepy sort of way %)

Last night our friend n-tropy and his girlfriend kelly came over. They brought board games. First we played Balderdash, which I had never played before and I admit I was not very excited to try it because I’m horrible at lying. Luckily we were all new to it, so by the end of the game Kelly and I were racing for the win ;) Played .com Monopoly for nearly 4 hours too, that was fun. I was the second to become bankrupt, it came down to Myk and Kelly by the time 10:00 rolled around and they decided to head out. It was a great night, nice to have some friends over, it’s been a while.

My birthday is in a week. I’ll be the big 22. Crazy. I was thinking today what I imagined myself to be at this age, and I realized that I never really had any idea. While I was a teenager I was very very depressed, so I just expected the future to be equally is dismal and I never really thought about it much except with dread. It’s amazing what a couple years can do %) I never thought I’d be this happy.

There has been some activity in a channel that my friend Peacimowen and I have been hanging out in for quite some time, #Andor. Originally it was just a Wheel Of Time channel, but we’re trying to expand it to encompass other books, and maybe sometime get a sort of “reading club” together so we can read books around the same tiem and then discuss them. Anyway, one of the newer members of the channel thought it would be fun to bring in an eggdrop “AI” bot that “Learns” to communicate by listening to what people say in the channel. We’ve all talked to it a bit, and sometimes it’s responses are really funny… here are some of the best lines today (aemon is the AI bot):

-@PrincessLeia2- aemon: moogles are cute white fuzzy final fantasy animals
– aemon- PrincessLeia2: You are the biggest dunderhead of all animals.

-@PrincessLeia2- aemon: don’t be mean
– aemon- PrincessLeia2: A chromosome is a person who manufacturers bread.

-@Peacimowen- aemon: Who is Peacimowen?
– aemon- Peacimowen: Peacimowen is the dragon reborn

– aemon- Peacimowen: R2d2 is a small marsupial peculiar to australasia.

– aemon- Peacimowen: A dog is a heavenly body which orbits a star.

– aemon- Peacimowen: A planet is a body fluid that carries food and obtaining energy and vital substances from within the body.

AI bots are funny.

After I cleaned the bathtub this morning I started filling it up for a bath (my back hurt a little from leaning over a game board for so many hours last night). While waiting for my bath to be ready I decided to once again go through some of the apache access logs and find out what people have googled for to find my pages (for “hit #” and link I simply used google.com defaults, with the exception of listing 100/page instead of 10):

First Google Hit For:
mirc random response scripts
idioms of the 1800s
hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy quotes
sailor moon wavs
hotkeys in redhat 9.0
living things and what they need
hotkeys xsession
r2d2 theme
“katherine blake” Miranda
keybinding settings enlightenment

Second Google Hit For:
thick curtains
enlightenment menu file
IRCstats
ewok sounds
February 17, 2003 snow storm

Third Google Hit For:
Jedi test
Luke Skywalker family tree
starting enlightenment
koala cookies
what’s the funniest thing on the internet
minesweeper linux

One amusing thing I did discover while going through these was the amazing number of hits that my page on Isabella d’Este (over 150/week) gets . Who would have thought? I simply put this page up with a few other short papers I wrote in high school. A few google searches proved that I have some info on that page that might not be found elsewhere, at least not so much of it together. Very interesting.

The main page of princessleia.com just hit 16,000 early today %)

*wanders off*

o/` Bauhaus – All We Ever Wanted Was Everything o/`

Yesterday was nice. I finished the last book in Orson Scott Card’s Homecoming series (second time reading it). I really do love those books. Then started reading Terry Pratchett’s Reaper Man, which has proven to be just as amusing as his other books (but no Rincewind! *sigh*). Went grocery shopping, went out for a bit, went for a walk… nothing else notable really.

I guess that means I don’t have much to write about.

I worked things out with a new member of Philly Chix and she offered to host the next meeting (October 8th) at her office in Fort Washington. It should be easy to find, and it’s location is so much easier for me to get to, it’s also near a train station so hopefully the chix in the city will be able to make it. And we’re making it earlier this time, possibly will have dinner together or something. I can’t remember if I mentioned it previously, but I got into contact with a woman who had posted to a chix mailing list about coupons to barnes and noble for a few linux books. Apparently this woman works for the publisher and was promoting them and sent me to coupons via 2-day UPS mail, yay! I’ll be giving these out at the next meeting if anyone shows interest.

I spoke with my Aunt Elaine (mom’s sister) yesterday. She asked if we had plans for thanksgiving and then asked if we’d mind having her and Chet (my cousin) coming down to visit us then. That’d be so nice! Hopefully she can come. And apparently she still has my ’86 Chevy Nova! She had the carburetor cleaned, and a few parts replaced and she says it hasn’t even stalled since June. I’m so surprised, I never thought that little car (as much as I loved it) would have lasted this long. I’m glad it has though, I no longer have to feel guilty crashing at her place as a bit of a freeloader for a few months before I moved in with Myk. Yay Souper Nova! We also talked about how my family is, my parents, my sisters, all the family gossip that we needed to catch up on %) It was really great hearing from her.

I guess that’s about it. *wanders off*

o/` Barenaked Ladies – This Is Where It Ends o/`

Because of the crazy winds and rain from Hurricane Isabel, the power was out today from about 4:30 am til 2 pm. It made for an interesting day. I read during most of it, cleaned the apartment like I always do on fridays, it wasn’t really hard, except for when I had to clean the bathroom and I had very little light. I waited til afternoon to take a shower, and that’s good because I was able to wait til the power came back so I had nice, warm water %)

Luckily the power didn’t go out where our server is housed so mail, webpage and irc server didn’t have any downtime (of course I was worrying about my email being down when I had no power at home!). *Grin*

Yesterday I went into work. I didn’t really have much to do, which is ashame, but it wasn’t bad at all, I was able to catch up on all the email that I had neglected for about a week. There were about 400 unread mailing list mails, ahh! It took most of the day to go through them, I really should try to keep up.

I got two more mails about my mplayer how-to yesterday. It’s really amazing how many hits that thing must get… I just did a quick google search for: mplayer debian and it’s number 10. To my surprise the number one hit for this search was clockbot.net and the PLUG How-To archive that Myk maintains… and hey, the search for: debian mplayer gives me the first hit! So cool, I guess that explains all the traffic. Anyway, I made a few more updates on that mplayer site of mine, and linked the unofficial debian apt sources as well, since a few people visiting my how-to have mailed me to tell me that they exist.

It came to my attention yesterday that a friend of mine had some trouble when her employer found her web journal. She was asked to resign because of some of the things she said (she worked at a church). She felt that this was unfair and a couple people suggested (in irc, in her journal, etc) that she get a lawyer and make a case out of it. It seems that everyone was upset that they had discovered this information through a web journal. I guess I sort of hurt her when I disagreed completely and made it clear that anything you post on the internet is completely public. It seemed strange to me that people have some sense of security when posting in their web journals. Is it because the internet is so “new”? Because it’s so huge? Because it’s so abstract to so many people that they think they can “hide” there?

I try to talk all about my life, but when it comes down to specific personal details, and certain areas about my life and my past, I don’t write about it.

After work we were driving home and I realized that I was in a “mood” that made me want to eat. We stopped at the Whole Foods market, picked up a carrot cake (my favorite tied with chocolate) and some boca pizzas (fake pepperoni, yeah!). It was a nice night, especially with the crazy rain and wind outside.

Anyway, I guess I shouldn’t bother saying that we’ll have a boring relaxing weekend because each time I say that it doesnt happen. So I will say “We dont have plans for the weekend”

*wanders off*

o/` Moby – Porcelain o/`

I spoke with my father last night. This long complaint about the conversation that I’m about to write is not because I’m looking for advice or anything, I just need to get this off my chest. Conversations with my father always drive me nuts.

He called at about 6:30, we had just finished dinner. He began to tell me all about his life these past few months. One day he was out with my sister (Heather, 20, goes to school and works to support herself, she also is the “wheels” for my father since he doesnt have a car) all day running errands, and when he got back to the home he was staying at they asked him to take a breathalyzer test (apparently this is common after the residents are out for an entire day, one of the conditions of this living place was staying sober). He failed the breathalyzer. He said that he didn’t have a chance all day to drink because Heather was with him. He was kicked out of the house and sent to a homeless shelter in Portland. He called Heather and she came to pick him up at the shelter. That weekend he decided to move into a sort of motel room that rents places out by the week, he can afford it for now on his social security disability checks.

A couple weeks ago he had to go into the hospital for about a week. His liver problems are getting very bad, so he was unstable for a couple days and they put him in the ICU for part of the time (his condition was bad AND they were running out beds in the hosipital..). While in the hospital he spoke with a priest (Mercy Hospital) about his situation. My father claimed that he hadn’t been drinking, and was wrongfully thrown out, the priest said he’d stay in touch and try to help him out if he could. He claims that a doctor he spoke with said that one of his medications that caused the faulty breathalyzer results.

I honestly don’t know what to believe, I really want to believe him, but he’s lied to me for *years* about his drinking. Maybe he was drinking and my sister didn’t notice, or didnt want to admit to my father that she did? It wouldn’t be all that strange, since he always hid it from us and Heather has been really blind (or at least acts that way) to my father’s problems. But maybe it was really the medication that gave a false positive… but since it was medication for the liver wouldn’t it make sense for the home to know about this when giving the breathalyzer test? I feel like a bad person because I’m reluctant to believe him, and a complete dope for wanting to believe him. Ugh. Maybe if he hadn’t lied so much in the past I’d believe him!

I wish we could just communicate honestly and directly in my family. I am tired of expending the effort to read between the lines and get all sides of each story.

My father isn’t doing well. This recent hospital visit was an clear indicator of that to me. He wants me to coem visit again soon, but it’s so difficult to get there often.

On a better note, my father heard about the visits that I had with my cousins recently and I guess my cousins really liked Myk. Yay! Everyone in my family is very happy for me, and they all know that Myk’s a great guy. Not that I needed their approval, but it certainly does make me happy that I have it (for once in my life). Of course with this approval comes my father’s question “So when are you getting married?” Ugh.

Ok, I’m done complaining, I feel much better %) Getting back to working on things now. *wanders off*

o/` Dishwalla – Counting Blue Cars o/`

Do I take IRC seriously? Sure. More seriously than a lot of people? Sure. Too seriously? No.

I think it’s difficult for some people to understand the position I am currently in socially. I’m not a hermit, I’d go crazy if I didn’t have some sort of social interaction. There is only one person I see and interact with daily (Myk) and if I depended on him for all my social needs we’d both go crazy. What about real life friends? While I do have a couple people from “real life” that I’d consider friends, only one of them I honestly trust with telling most of what I feel. I don’t have any friends here with me near philly who have been my friends for longer than a year. I’ve been moving since I was 17…:

Cape Elizabeth, ME
Bensalem, PA
Brockport, NY
Seneca Falls, NY
Scottsville, NY
North Wales, PA

4 years, 3 states, 6 towns (all 45+ minutes apart), 7 separate homes. It makes it near impossible to keep friends from these places. So two years ago, when I moved here to North Wales, I only had Myk. Without a car, a job or school it’s been impossible for me to meet people outside the circle of Myk’s current friends. I don’t mind that, I love Myk’s friends, and I’ve become friends with a few of them. But I don’t have that long time friendship with anyone here that creates a solid base for closeness.

On IRC I do have a few friends of this sort. I’ve known Peacimowen, Bamwv, and Tsukiyo for almost *5* years now. The only person I still communicate with who has been my friend longer is Leslie who I’ve known since first grade. I also use IRC as a means of communicating with real life people that I know.

When it comes down to it, my social world right now centers around IRC. It’s probably sad, but I’m happy, and I don’t think I drive Myk *too* crazy with wanting to go out and see friends. It’s worked out great for me. So of course I take the things seriously. And I do spend a lot of time on IRC, popping in throughout ever day while working on projects and writing things, dropping in for conversations with people.

I took things with #deep13 seriously, and I decided to leave because it wasn’t comfortable for me anymore. I’ve spoken to many of the members since leaving, letting them know why and they all understand. I spoke to NegaWeapon today and he said “Yep. Sounds about right. ‘sides, you’re not officially a Deep13er until you’ve declared yourself no longer a Deep13er at least once.” *grin* Well, I suppose I’m right on schedule then, I’ll probably give it a chance again someday in the future. For now I will just concentrate on the other channels I’m in. I’m happy, no need to complicate my life further with the craziness of that place.

I’ve been working on all sorts of little things today. Now I am going to go do some more %) *wanders off*

o/` REM – Losing My Religion o/`

Yesterday was nice, except that Myk had to go into work briefly %\ He got home soon enough though and we relaxed together, had some Boca Burgers for dinner. I hopped on IRC in the evening and played some Star Wars trivia in #StarWars. I watched a little tv before falling asleep around midnight. It was a nice day.

This morning I worked on my R2D2 IRC bot for a bit. My buddy Peacimowen decided this weekend that he’d install Mandrake (his windows install died somehow and he couldn’t find his windows disks, but he did get ahold of some mandrake ones!). Now he’s on xchat, and since he doesnt have mirc now he doesnt have his IRC bot which had a temperature converter built into it that i used often. So I wrote one for r2d2:

-@PrincessLeia2- !tempcon F 81
-@R2D2- 81 F is equal to 27.2222222222222 C

Yay %)

I also finally got around to tweaking R2’s weather script so that it *hopefully* won’t break anymore, and it’s got fewer security problems now. I took mj’s advice and made it respond to !weather (\d\d\d\d\d) instead of anything, so that it only accepts zip codes (it gives an error if it’s anything other than a zip code). So it’s hopefully more stable now. The only flaw it still has is not removing the files that it downloads and which do not coorespond to real zip codes… I’ll think of something, it’s just strange because sometimes it downloads a file called “index.html” instead and sometimes it actually downloads a file with the zip code name, so it’s difficult to know which I have to tell it to remove afterwards… and it gets very crankie if i tell it to remove something that isnt there %)

I’ll be going into work on Thursday, yay! It’s nice to finally have a job sometimes %)

Today is September 15th. It’s been two years since one of the craziest septembers of my life. I thought about writing a huge thing about September ’01, but then I stopped myself, it wouldn’t help me it all. In fact, it might depress me, this is now, and I am happy. I got back into contact with my family and friends and I started dating Myk that September and that’s all that’s important.

It’s really amazing how quickly my life changed for the better. I moved in with my aunt in October of ’01, despite Myk making it clear I was welcome with him at any time. I needed a break from living with a S/O. A break that would let me get myself back to some sort of sanity. I took a couple temp jobs while there and made some friends, I had a great time, and best of all I gained back my self esteem and feeling of self worth, I loved myself again. This was a very important step for me, as it should be for everyone.

I can’t believe it’s been 2 years already.

Now I am going to work on some stuff *wanders off*

o/` Tears For Fears – I Know This Much Is True o/`

When Myk woke up yesterday morning it was pouring out. Barry called around 10:30 and said that they were still planning to go to the park, so we said “sure, why not?” and decided to leave too. We got to their place around 11:30, and then left around noon to head up there.

The park was Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey.

I love rollar coasters, and although my body might protest sometimes, they are very very fun! We got to go on Superman: Ultimate Flight (top speed: 60 mph), Great American Scream Machine (top speed: 68 mph) Medusa (top speed: 61 mph), Runaway Mine Train (top speed: 38 mph), Batman and Robin: The Chiller (Batman was closed, we went on Robin, top speed: 70 mph), Batman The Ride (top speed: 50 mph). After Batman The Ride, I was pretty much done for the day… it wasn’t too intense itself, it was just too much for me %) Myk went on Stuntman’s Freefall with our friend Doug but my head was starting to bother me a bit and I wasn’t really in the mood. Wow. Which one was my favorite?

The Chiller ride! It went from 0-70, straight, in under 4 seconds. The ride was only 45 seconds long, but wow… it was great %) We got in line while it was raining out (yeah, they had rides still going when it was pouring) but didn’t end up getting on the ride til after the shower stopped. Still, it was great %) I liked the Medusa too, it had big loops which are my favorite. I wish I could have gone on Nitro… that one went up to 80 mph, but while I can deal with a little headache from the rides, I CAN’T deal with a protesting stomach %) Maybe next time.

We also went into “The Right Stuff-Mach I Adventure” which was where you sit in seats that move a bit, and watch a big screen that shows you flying a fighter jet, and going to Mach 1. It was fun %) And air conditioned, so it was a nice break from the weather. We also checked out Houdini’s Great Escape. We had no idea what to expect, since it was all closed in a house with no real description. The theme was pretty cheesy, and the intro was horrible, but once you’re inside and sitting down it is cool. You sit on a long wooden bench, and are held in by a metal bar across your lap. Then it tilts you a bit (no more than 45 degrees I assume)… then the whole room around you moves! So it *seems* like you are going up-side-down. It was pretty crazy, and I am sure it’d make many people queasy %) But fun for me!

Oh! At 5:55 pm we were walking past the place that holds the “Dolphin Discovery” show (I didn’t know that this existed). The show was at 6 pm. YAY! There were a couple seal lions and a couple dolphins, it was a cute show %) And a nice break from all the rides.

Everything was paid for by Teva, a pharmaceutical company that our friend Doug works for. He had 6 tickets to go (includes provided food) and he brought his wife, Barry, Rae, Myk and I. It was really great of him to think to invite us. We owe him bi
g time %) And it was cool that Doug was willing to go on all the rides with Myk and I (Mega, Barry and Rae weren’t into the big fast rides). We’re thinking of all going back next month during Fright Fest %)

I hadn’t been to an amusement park in YEARS. I think the last one I went to with big coasters was Busch Gardens when I was in 8th grade (1995). Yeah, almost 9 years ago. And I had never been to a Six Flags. It was the perfect day too! Since there was rain some of the day, and it was cloudy, I’m sure a lot of people didn’t go… so we didn’t really have to wait in lines! And although the temps got up to about 80, and the humidity was very high, it really wasn’t too bad (I don’t think I could physically tolerate going in the dead of summer).

We left to go home around 8. It was a great day %)

I saw this on brinkecw‘s, radbatik‘s (Tarist), escapenguin‘s, BillMeir‘s, and slinkwc2k‘s web journals, so just for fun I tried it out. I wasn’t going to post it because I assumed it’d be fairly generic and stupid… but this is amusingly accurate, even the stuff I’d rather not admit soemtimes %) I guess that means I’m a typical Elizabeth.

“Your name of Elizabeth gives you a very idealistic but passive outlook on life. You desire culture and all the refinements of life but you are inclined to live in your dreams. Although you would like to do many things, procrastination undermines your accomplishment and success in life. You do not like to create issues and will do anything to avoid a conflict. Making decisions is difficult for you without the support and approval of others. This name gives you a very sensitive nature, making you feel much that you do not understand. Your feelings are easily hurt, at which times you are inclined to withdraw and become uncommunicative. Although you desire the friendship and association of others, you find it difficult to express your thoughts through the spoken word, and others find you hard to get to know. It is much more natural for you to express your deeper thoughts in writing. Inner tension can deplete your physical vitality.”

*wanders off*

Our friend Barry called us last night. He our other friend Doug had a couple tickets to his company picnic and asked us to go. Where to? A nice amusement park in New Jersey. Cool! We new it was forecast to rain today, but said sure anyway, I guess they are still going to do *something* even if it rained. Barry is supposed to call us this morning to tell us what they are planning to do, since right now it’s pouring out *sigh* … I hope it clears up enough to go %)

If we don’t go, we’ll just stick with our plans of having a nice relaxing weekend, and then I’ll be happy that it is raining.

Last night was ok. Myk got home a little later than usual from work (around 7:30) I cooked the couple of Boca Pizzas that we had in the freezer, mmmm. We sat around and watched Blue Velvet, strange strange movie (but I expect that from Lynch). I do like “Lost Highway” much more though.

I woke up all congested this morning. We had left the windows open last night and it’s started to rain, so I’m sure thats why, bleh… starting to feel better now that I’m up and awake though %) Now I’m going to go wake up Myk and take a shower and stuff. *wanders off*

o/` Johnny Cash – Hurt o/`

I love cover songs, and this is one of my all time favorites. RIP Johnny.

I cleaned the apartment this morning, just like every friday. The weather is great so I kept the windows open, a very nice breeze. They sprayed the lawn today with some chemical stuff, so tonight we will have to keep an eye out for Crazy Squirrels, hehe…

Ahh… This weekend it’s supposed to rain. That crosses most activities on our list of things we can do on weekends. I’m sure we’ll find something, maybe rent a few movies (yeah, I still need to see RHPS).

I updated the News Section of WallaceAndGromit.net yesterday afternoon. The covers for the new Wallace And Gromit games have been release yay! I’m so excited to get my copy when they come out later this year. They also have released tons more screenshots on gamespot.com than I had seen previously. It’s going to be so neat. Maybe this game will even push more people into knowing about Wallace And Gromit, maybe even be helpful when the full length movie is released in 2005. It’s so sad how much Wallace And Gromit have gone out of the public eye, even online there are few new websites featuring them, and many of the old sites are gone or havent been updated in *years*

I spoke to my mother recently. She’s unhappy, she’s always unhappy. This time, while my little sister was at a friend’s house, she left home because I guess her husband was treating her badly or something (My mother remarred after divorcing my father in 2000). She ended up at her sister-in-laws place for the night. It’s sad, because I want my mother to be happy, but frustrating at the same time because I know she will never be. While I was up there back in June she introduced me to a male friend of hers, and from the way she acted, and he responded it was clear to me that something was going on.. or that they wanted something to go on. I don’t know what it is about her that makes her unable to be faithful, or always so miserable in her marriages. I guess some people are just like this, maybe part of it comes from her marrying so young (basically right out of high school to a guy 10 years older than her). I guess part of it comes from being such a pessimist, I need to work on that myself. I wish I could see her happy someday, but I just don’t see it…

Well I’m glad it’s weekend time now, should have a relaxing weekend with my Myk %) Yay!. *wanders off*

o/` Duran Duran – Careless Memory o/`

I’ve heard a number of people put down this whole “September 11th Rememberance” thing. Their excuses range from the always wonderfully liberal “but there are much worse things happening in other countries” to “i just don’t care.” 2 years ago today our country had the most damaging attack in a peacetime ever (even pearl harbor only had 2,403 casualties, most of them military). These people who died on September 11th, 2001 were mostly civilians. It is a bloody historical event in our nation’s past. Something we should never forget. Something that I hope people stop and think about every year. Maybe I don’t want to see all the specials that will be on tonight, maybe I criticize the government’s actions since then as much as the next person, but I can understand and respect that our country lost something big during those attacks. I do understand that much worse things have happened elsewhere in the world, but does that mean I should not respect the things that happened in my own country? I’m an American. I’m happy, I’m healthy, I’m save. This country has provided a comfortable life for me, and I try never to take that for granted.

I am in a much better mood right now. Of course that could probably change at a moment’s notice.

I missed the Philly Chix meeting last night. It turns out that two people showed up (one who was new to the group!) but they missed each other (one was there from about 8-8:15, one from 8:20-8:30). *Sigh* The first complete failure of a meeting! I’m very disappointed. I think a few people might get together and have one next week instead, we’ll see. I was able to get a discussion going on the list about meeting with the DC linux chix chapter. It seems hopeful, someone even suggested that we all take a bus down to DC itself and visit the Smithsonian museums and stuff. That’d be so fun %) I looked at Greyhound for rates, looks like $40 for a round-trip ticket, it’s a bit pricey, but I don’t really see any other options, unless we drove (ugh). I think I’d prefer to go to DC than Baltimore, most people say that Baltimore is yucky %)

I left #deep13 this afternoon. I guess I’ll drop by from time to time if I feel like it, but I dont want to deal with the daily crap that goes on there. Today just pushed me over the edge. It’s amazing that any channel would so aggressively drive active users away. That channel had a lot of potential, and I tried very hard to help them gain users, to keep the channel active when it normally would be dead, but it was all useless. I already sent an email to a few people who I actually cared about there (and who I won’t see elsewhere) who do deserve and explanation.

I have learned a lot from my experience in #deep13, mostly about how NOT to run a channel. #13thHour has successfully grown over these past few months because I have taken the lessons learned elsewhere on IRC and put them into making #13thHour thrive. I give any of the users I can even remotely trust operator status (as well as a list of rules to follow), I listen to everyone’s ideas for the channel equally, I try to make sure personal fights don’t cause trouble for the general health of the channel. Have there been people who didn’t like #13thHour? Sure, there are those who are upset that we don’t allow scripts, but as a whole I am quite pleased with the atmosphere of the channel. I am pround to call #13thHour my IRC home.

Last night was nice despite missing the Chix meeting. We ordered a pizza and watched the west wing. At 9 we watched a rerun of west wing from last season, getting all geared up for the premiere in two weeks, yay!

Oh! And I dug up those “conditions for asking me for help” … I was reminded by a friend’s entry recently that I should probably put them up on my site:

Want Help? Some things to keep in mind when asking

*wanders off*