2003-04-22 - 3:23 p.m.

Mike and I are so sad. Our favorite little convenience store closed its doors forever yesterday. Doesn't really seem like much, since there are several others in our town, but it was a kinda special place for us. Being just at the bottom of the hill from where we lived, we stopped there quite frequently and had become friends with many of the people who worked there. We will most certainly miss them. It was also the halfway point stop-over on those days when for whatever reason we decided to hike on over to my mom's house rather than driving, not to mention that it was the only gas station with an ATM within a mile of our home and the only one on my line of travel to work. Geez...now I'm gonna be in serious trouble when my gas guage reads "E" in the morning. I seldom ever leave myself enough time to travel all the way across town to fill-up! I sure do hope someone buys the building and puts in the same type of business. I shudder to think that it might be bought by someone who will turn it into yet another doctor's office, or worse yet, tear it down!
On a brighter note, I finally got rid of those annoying underlines on all but one of the links in my template. One stubborn quirky little link just refuses to do what I tell it! The code is in place, but that one link is just fond of its underline, I guess. I really do believe that these things have minds of their own!

2003-04-20 - 7:40 p.m.

I am not much on foisting my religious views on others, but this lovely passage was in our church bulletin today and I just feel the need to share it.

2003-04-20 - 7:53 a.m.

Well, after much tedious effort, it is finally done. My new template is here. My quizzes are on their very own page now. They were just cluttering things up here. Gone also are the links to archive pages and newest entries. Since this is a weblog diary, they were useless anyway. My weather geisha now resides in my template along with Treize the sea monkey & Hell's weather forcast (Yippee! I filally got it). And to think that I did this all myself! Not to worry, I saved a copy of the original template just in case I really screwed things up.The only thing that I didn't get done was removing those bothersome underlines on my links. No matter where I put the code, It just didn't seem to work. I guess I can't have everything. Maybe some other time.

Grrrr! Oh how I hate it when my ISP does system maintainence. Suddenly the entire internet becomes lost, hopelessly and utterly lost in a total lack of bandwidth. Even worse they seem to always schedule this for the time when I am planning to be online. I suppose I should be glad that they at least warn me when they will be doing this, but alas, it only angers me more to know that it's coming. "We will be performing system maintainence from 1 AM to 3 AM. You may experience some interuptions in service during this time." SOME! That is the biggest understatement that I've ever heard. Suddenly at 1 AM everything just up and quits working and you know that it ain't gonna start working again until 3! Have these people no respect for insomniacs?! Couldn't they just once do this from 6 AM to 8 AM when I am NEVER online. No! Blasted morning people get all the breaks. I hate them. I am so bored right now & it is all their fault. I'd go to bed, but I'm not sleepy. There is of course nothing on TV...I need to whine....WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!
Of course, it's all over now, or I wouldn't be posting this. I still don't like it though!

2003-01-18 - 1:48 a.m.

I just had to take this quiz since I once went to school with the Power Puff Girls' uncle!
Huh? You wish for me to explain...
Way back in elemenary school there was a kid in my class named Dale McCracken. Yup, Craig (Power Puff Girls creator) McCracken's older brother.
Honestly, a mind demented enough to create a thing such as the Power Puff Girls just had to come from my hometown!

2003-01-02 - 2:42 a.m.

2003-01-01 - 7:44 p.m.

I want to wish a Happy New Year to one and all. This includes you, Jamie! I realize now that any accusations I made against you were in error and have removed all traces of them permanently. I did believe them to be true when they were made. Please do not hold this against me. If you had formatted your example like this "111.11.1111", I would never have made this error! We represent opposing viewpoints on the whole "Gundam Wing" story. We can compliment each other or continue to feud....I will leave that decision for you to make.
Freerabidpuppies, you wanted a mention in my diary, so here it is! I thank you for your very kind words at the guild (even though they were in Spanish....Argh!). I truly enjoy our friendship & hope that it will continue for a long time. Always remember to be true to yourself & what you are. This is what I believe to be the secret to a happy life!
Treyz...what can I say? You've been there for me when I was feeling low to bring a smile to my face every time! It is not often that I find someone who shares my sarcastic sense of humor! Your friendship is a gift that I cherish very much!
Vegeta09789, you may want to smack me for this, but you are the best son to me that you could possibly be, and I thank you for this. I love you very much!
Samantha, although we are separated by many miles and many years, I truly enjoy our friendship. Lady sends her love as well!
Kimba...don't pick on that mail lady of yours too much this coming year. (LOL) I just got your message from the 24th today. Ummm...I was off that day, sleeping soundly in my bed when you left it!
To any and all of my other friends & family members whom I have not mentioned here, a blessed and happy new year to you, too. This entry is starting to get so sappy that I am beginning to make even myself ill! I think it is best if I take my leave now...

2002-12-30 - 9:32 p.m.

Once again, Trowa dear, I find myself having to respond to you here! I really do wish you'd give me a chance to say my piece elsewhere. If you scroll down, you will see that all reference to those distasteful accusations have been removed! I will take your word that what happened was just an odd and disturbing coincidence, since there have been others.
As to those entries my son made...He did it on his own. As I said, he is a big boy and does what he chooses, I have no control over his actions. He does not even live with me. I do not know what he has said, because I have kept my word and stayed away from your polls & guestbook. I am quite touched that he came to my defense, but if you feel he has done something wrong, I will tell him to stop, but this does not guarantee that he will. Better still, why not just delete the entry or entries and let bygones be bygones. We obviously have a rather large misunderstanding here that is best put behind us. Any accusations which were made were merely that, no action has been taken other than the things that were said, so far as I know. Those can be, and have been (for my part) deleted and fogotten.
Still, I wonder...
Had my votes and comments been about Trowa or any of the gundam pilots, for that matter, would you still have considered them a problem?!

2002-12-29 - 11:24 a.m.

2002-12-28 - 2:03 a.m.

Well, here it is, two days after Christmas, and I have to go back to work tomorrow. Almost none of the things that I planned to do with my time off got done. All of my site updates got put off because Geocities was down every time that I had the time to do it! This really gets me angry, since mine is not a free site. I feel that if I'm paying, unless I'm using excessive bandwidth (which I'm not) I should have nearly 100% up time. It also coincided so well with some other problems that I was having, that I got totally paranoid!
What I did get to do was see both of the 'Lord of the Rings' movies. They were both truly fantastic, if a bit long. It used to be that they gave you an intermission in a movie that long, but not anymore. It wasn't bad for the first one. I watched it at home on DVD. But by the time I was finished watching the second at the theater, I thought that I just might explode. I'll leave it to you to figure out why...
I got a bit spoiled by watching the first two movies two days in a row. It's going to be sheer torture waiting a year to see the final installment. I may just go to the library and get the book. I read it once, back in my high school days, but I can remember very little of it.
My two little nieces will be here tomorrow. I hope that I can get done with work early, since I only get to see them once or twice a year. They are quite fiesty, but very sweet.
If I were an intelligent person, I'd be getting to bed for some much needed sleep now. But I guess I'm not because I just have to play with my NeoPets a little bit more...

2002-12-27 - 2:33 a.m.

Well,it turned out to be a great Christmas after all! My brother, whom we thought would not be coming home for Christmas, surprised us all by showing up on Christmas morning. Santa was pretty darn good to me, too! Among my presents were the digital camera that I've been wanting and the *sniff* final George Harrison CD!
The only damper on the fun is of course, remembering those special people who were part of my Christmas last year, but are no longer with me this year. I consider them to be my special Chrismas angels.
These are their names, along with a little bit about what made each of them so very special.
Janet (Cindy) Chopyak - A very special family friend. She never had much to call her own, but that never stopped her from giving.
Loretta Kokoska - One of my postal patrons. Every year she gave me a card addressed to "My Favorite Mail Carrier." She made me feel so special with that!
Henrietta Keith - Another postal patron. The very first Christmas that I delivered her mail the weather was bad and I fell on my ass (for lack of a better word) while delivering her a rather large box of grapefruits. The next day I found a great big bag of grapefruits at her box for me!
Susan Dempsey - Yet another of my customers, she never uttered an unkind word to me, even when I made stupid mistakes.
I am sure that each of these lovely ladies are celebrating Christmas joyfully with Jesus in heaven, but I still miss them very much!

2002-12-25 - 2:54 a.m.

Merry Christmas, everyone! It is finally here. Whether it was worth the wait is yet to be seen. :) A happy holiday to you too Trowa...Thank-you for removing those things from your site. I hope that we can put all bad feelings behind us & be civil. If you ever need anything, feel free to contact me. I really am not an unreasonable person.
To all of my other friends out there, thank-you for your support. With the holiday over and some time off from work, I should be doing some major updates at the shrine. I may even get Chapter Two of the fan-fic posted!! That's been a long time in coming! The icons for the icon page are almost all completed too! Sorry I didn't get any new e-cards posted in time for Christmas, but I promise to do some extra special ones for Valentine's Day...

2002-12-24 - 12:24 a.m.

Trowa, dear, since you will not let this terribly slow typist have a chance to say her piece on messenger, I shall have my say here.
I would like to say that I did not start spamming your comments section until you saw fit to remove Treize from your polls.All I did previously is cast my once per day (sometimes less frequently) vote for Treize & respond to any comments trashing him. I will not pretend to understand how this created a problem for you, but I will say that if I'd known it did I would have stopped at just casting my vote. If the votes themselves caused the problem, perhaps you should reconsider having polls on your site at all. I could direct you to some poll hosting sites that you can use & link to for free.
Finally, I wish to say that I want no bad blood between us. I will remove my previous entry & stay away from your polls so long as you remove your little message from your site. I do not usually resort to name calling as I did there, but you seriously ticked me off.
As to your question about how a grown woman could be so hung up on an anime character, my answer is this:
I have spent the last 20+ years of my life in and out of bad relationships with men. The character of Treize Khushrenada represents everything I dreamed that I could find in a 'real' man. Being so completely fictional, he is much more appealing than the soap opera stars that so many women my age go ga-ga for, besides, I prefer anime. I was watching it long before you were born!
I do apologize for any problem that I may have caused you. It was never my intention to cause you any trouble. You may contact me by email here, but I will not accept any AIM messages from you.

2002-12-12 - 2:04 a.m.

Here it is, less than two weeks until Christmas. My tree is up. I went a little crazy this year & bought all new ornaments. It seems that those blown glass ones like my grandma used to have on her tree have come back into fashion. I love those! They bring back so many memories, even though they are brand new. Of course there is one less traditional ornament on my tree, a picture frame ornament with a photo of Treize! I am soooo...obsessed!
On the present buying front, I'm not doing too bad either. I've got presents bought for my grandma, Ray, and Monica. Not bad considering that I usually do the bulk of my Christmas shopping in WalMart right before it closes on Christmas Eve. A lot of my family just want money. I'm working on a bowtie thingee to make giving it a bit more fun. So far I am completely baffled by the instructions, but there is still time. If I don't figure it out soon maybe a certain friend of mine will do it for me & send the bills back via paper airplane!

2002-12-08 - 7:48 p.m.

Here it is, December 8, 2002. Twenty-two years ago today, the world lost its first Beatle, John Lennon. Then, last year, on November 29, he was joined by George Harrison. The world of music will never be the same without these two men. Both were true musical geniuses who truly put their hearts & souls into their music, both with the Beatles and later on their own! But beyond the world of music, these two were also noted for trying to make a difference in the world, be it John with his outspokenness against the Vietmam War or George with the very first major benefit concert to aid the hungry in Bangledash.
I anxiously await receiving my copy of George's final album, "Brain Washed." Funny that both men had been so long absent from the recording studio for several years before their deaths.
What more can I say...
If there's a rock 'n roll heaven, you know they've got a hell of a band!

2002-12-08 - 12:01 p.m.

It seems like forever since I have added a real entry, so I am doing so now!
The weather and my job are really starting to get me down. I know that some of my friends (you know who you are!) would love to experience the snow, but having to deal with it on a daily basis is a real pain in the arse! Sure, it would be fun to go out & play in it, but a mail carrier at Christmastime gets no time for that.
On the brighter side of things, I got a new puppy. She is an adorable shepherd/husky mix. I have named her Lady Une, but don't tell my son that, for he wasn't even pleased with the "Lady" part! She is very affectionate, and loves to follow me everywhere I go. She also has a penchant for chewing on things that shouldn't be chewed! An ample supply of chew toys is a must! I still miss my Layla, the fourteen year-old Border Collie of mine who died earlier this year, but this pup is sure to own her own special place in my heart as well.
I woke up this morning not feeling too well, but I am feeling better now. *sniff* I didn't get to go to church, though, and I really wanted to get an ornament from the giving tree. I guess I shall have to buy a couple of toys & donate them to "Toys For Tots". It always makes me so happy to give these gifts. It is such a small price to pay to know that you are bringing some happiness to a child who may not have received any gifts for Christmas otherwise!

2002-10-21 - 1:20 a.m.

A GOLD Dragon Lies Beneath!

I took the Inner Dragon online quiz and found out I am a Gold Dragon on the inside. My Inner Dragon is the most honorable of all. Golds are the third rarest of all the dragons (after Platinum and Chromatic dragons) and have a station in society that reflects their rarity. I am what one might call a Draconic Knight. Golds live by a strict code of chivalry and commitment. Remember Draco? Yep, Gold Dragon. My appearance is fearsome and all-mighty but I'd never stoop so low as to bring any harm to a human. I'm one of only two dragon types that are aligned "Lawful Good" and demonstrate great magical proficiency. My piety, beauty, wisdom, and inner strengrth are absolutely without parallel.

Of course, being a Gold Dragon isn't all high ethics and codes. I like to fly around scaring things, advise humans in their affairs, and shapeshift. Strike that, I LOVE to shapeshift. And I'm great at it. In fact, who's to say I'm not really a Gold Dragon after all? My favorable attributes are honor, truth, kindness, gold, wisdom, bravery, and trustworthiness. If anyone threatens or tries to kill me, I could strike back with my breath weapon - Fire. But then, no one's tried anything that stupid in the last couple thousand years. After all, I'm about 54 feet long.

2002-10-08 - 4:31 p.m.

Now here are some really scary test results

According to the Alien Abduction Test There is a 54% chance that I've been abducted by Aliens!

I wonder what planet they were from!!!

2002-09-26 - 4:33 p.m.

So, you wanna know what kinda mood I'm in...

Well, right now I'm feeling

If you're wondering with whom, I ain't telling! You'll just have to guess.

2002-09-25 - 6:39 p.m.

Why Treize?

Upon meeting fellow Gundam Wing fans, the first question that I always seem to be asked is, "Who is your favorite character?" When I reply that it is Treize Khushrenada, I am usually met with the internet equivalent of dead silence, followed by the question,"Why Treize?" I shall attempt to answer that question here & now.

First, the most obvious reason is that I think that he is absolutely the most beautiful male anime character that I've ever seen. Tall, slender, with those beautiful sapphire blue eyes, how could anyone resist him! That single lock of hair that always falls forward only makes him more real & appealing.Certainly other characters may be more striking, but Treize's good looks are timelessly classic.

It is not only appearance that effects my choice of Treize. He also displays a level of intelligence & character that I have seldom come across in any man, real or otherwise. His actions are always well planned and devised to be fair. He also remains loyal to his friends even when they appear to have turned against him. Why else would he call Milliardo his eternal friend, even with his last breath?

I've heard many people ridicule his fondness for roses, but this just makes him all the more appealing to me. It's just so romantic! The roses reveal the gentler side of his nature, which the majority of Gundam Wing fans tend to ignore.

So, why do I love Treize? I guess the answer would have to be, "Because he is intelligent, loyal, handsome, romantic, & his character is beyond reproach." If only I could find a real man who displays all of these qualities...
I know that many people do not agree with me, but this is how I feel.