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05:43 am
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I'm going to burn in a "special" hell
The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Second Level of Hell!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:
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Current Mood:  amused
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05:12 pm
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New, improved me!
So, after my last fie at the universe I decided to take control of my seemingly self-imposed lameness. (just like Cerano in the movie Major League..."if you will no help me now Jobu, fuck you, I do it myself! <-Yes, I know that's lame and geeky, but hey, that's me!) I must say I have made some good progress. I have been generally more cheerful, productive, and brave. I have tried new things and met new people and challenged my comfort zones. Some experiments went better than others, but at least I'm making a consistent effort. Occassionally, I find myself slipping back into old habits..sometimes I can shake myself out of them, sometimes not. The key, I think, is to make continual, sustainable progress. Changing habits supposedly takes 21 days, right? Given the number of things I want to change, and the fact I can't change them all at once, this may take awhile. That's OK, right? So, for those of you skeptics out there, yes, you can decide one day to wake up and be a more positive person...you can change your life just by imposing your will on it...it's hard, but it can be done! Yea me! (<- nothing wrong with a little patting one's self on the back...you are your own biggest fan!)
Current Mood: determined
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05:05 pm
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Attention World!!!
Alright, I have had enough. Enough of making myself unhappy. Enough of making myself afraid. Enough of making those I love be forced to take care of themselves due to my emotional and energy unavailability. I am done.
Most of my issues are self-generated...void of external stimulus. I have a great job that pays well, I have a loving family, I have a hot (and smart, talented, perfect, etc.) wife, I have unconditional friends, I am smart, reasonably good-looking, talented, creative and athletic (and modest too! ahem). There is no reason for me to be unhappy, or unconfident, or actively caring.
So, there I sat there mired in self-doubt and wallowing in my own melancholic machinations (yes, I know that's a mixed metaphor)...I desperately thought of how to turn things around. After awhile I discovered something...if it's all in my head, then the only place I need to go to make change is in my head. So I told myself, "self, today you are going to be a positive, motivated, courageous, caring person." I can't really be that easy, can it? I have been visualizing all day that my day would be different...my routines would change, my outlook would be brighter, I would try to enjoy every moment of life and not overanalyze everything in an attempt to find the potentially crappy side of it.
Guess what...so far it's worked...I am going to keep trying this everyday. I don't have to be that other guy. I AM THE @#$%ING MAN!
Current Mood: optimistic
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06:08 am
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Boys will be boys!
OK. So I'm having the boys go upsatirs to brush their teeth before they go to bed, and with every step C1 is making fart sounds (timed perfectly, I might add)...this is mildly amusing in a "guy" kind of way...I turn the corner and there is C2, who pulls his pants down, spreads his butt cheeks and makes a long loud fart sound. Here I am staring at my 3 year old's ass, trying desperately not to laugh out loud. "Umm...that's really not appropriate little buddy, but I have to admit it was pretty funny (I say, half chuckling with my had over my mouth while C1 is practically rolling on the floor). Why is it that farts are SO damn funny?!?
Current Mood:  giggly
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11:38 pm
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Me as a D&D Character
I Am A: Neutral Good Human Sorcerer (6th Level)
Ability Scores:
Strength-14
Dexterity-14
Constitution-12
Intelligence-15
Wisdom-14
Charisma-14
Alignment:
Neutral Good A neutral good character does the best that a good person can do. He is devoted to helping others. He works with kings and magistrates but does not feel beholden to them. Neutral good is the best alignment you can be because it means doing what is good without bias for or against order. However, neutral good can be a dangerous alignment because because it advances mediocrity by limiting the actions of the truly capable.
Race:
Humans are the most adaptable of the common races. Short generations and a penchant for migration and conquest have made them physically diverse as well. Humans are often unorthodox in their dress, sporting unusual hairstyles, fanciful clothes, tattoos, and the like.
Class:
Sorcerers are arcane spellcasters who manipulate magic energy with imagination and talent rather than studious discipline. They have no books, no mentors, no theories just raw power that they direct at will. Sorcerers know fewer spells than wizards do and acquire them more slowly, but they can cast individual spells more often and have no need to prepare their incantations ahead of time. Also unlike wizards, sorcerers cannot specialize in a school of magic. Since sorcerers gain their powers without undergoing the years of rigorous study that wizards go through, they have more time to learn fighting skills and are proficient with simple weapons. Charisma is very important for sorcerers; the higher their value in this ability, the higher the spell level they can cast.
Find out What Kind of Dungeons and Dragons Character Would You Be?, courtesy of Easydamus (e-mail)
Current Mood: dorky
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10:04 pm
[Link] | Your results:
You are Malcolm Reynolds (Captain)
| Malcolm Reynolds (Captain) |
| 90% |
| Zoe Washburne (Second-in-command) |
| 85% |
| Wash (Ship Pilot) |
| 75% |
| Dr. Simon Tam (Ship Medic) |
| 50% |
| River (Stowaway) |
| 40% |
| Inara Serra (Companion) |
| 35% |
| Kaylee Frye (Ship Mechanic) |
| 35% |
| Jayne Cobb (Mercenary) |
| 35% |
| Alliance |
| 30% |
| Derrial Book (Shepherd) |
| 20% |
| A Reaver (Cannibal) |
| 15% |
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Honest and a defender of the innocent.
You sometimes make mistakes in judgment
but you are generally good and
would protect your crew from harm.
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Click here to take the Serenity Firefly Personality Test
I kinda figured this one...the surprise was that Baringobabe is Mal too (hmmmm...)
Current Mood: amused
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12:12 pm
[Link] | Your results:
You are Will Riker
| Will Riker |
| 70% |
| James T. Kirk (Captain) |
| 60% |
| Worf |
| 60% |
| Jean-Luc Picard |
| 55% |
| Deanna Troi |
| 55% |
| Uhura |
| 50% |
| Geordi LaForge |
| 50% |
| Mr. Sulu |
| 45% |
| Beverly Crusher |
| 45% |
| Leonard McCoy (Bones) |
| 40% |
| Chekov |
| 40% |
| An Expendable Character (Redshirt) |
| 40% |
| Spock |
| 39% |
| Data |
| 34% |
| Mr. Scott |
| 20% |
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At times you are self-centered
but you have many friends.
You love many women, but the right
woman could get you to settle down.
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Click here to take the "Which Star Trek character are you?" quiz...
Current Mood: dorky
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09:58 am
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I always thought I was a bit more subtle...I guess not!
the Idiot Savant
(42% dark, 65% spontaneous, 52% vulgar) |
your humor style:
VULGAR | SPONTANEOUS | LIGHT
You like things silly, immediate, and, above all, outrageous. Ixne on the subtle word play, more testicles on fire, please. People like you are the most likely to RECEIVE internet forwards--and also the most likely to save them in a special folder entitled 'HOLY SHIT'.
Because it's so easily appreciated, and often wacky and physical, your sense of humor never ceases to amuse your friends. Most realize that there's a sly intelligence and a knowing wink to your tastes. Your sense of humor could be called 'anti-pretentious'--but paradoxically enough, that indicates you're smarter than most.
PEOPLE LIKE YOU: Johnny Knoxville - Jimmy Kimmel
The 3-Variable Funny Test!
- it rules -
If you're interested, try my best friend's best test: The Genghis Khan Genetic Fitness Masterpiece |
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My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
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You scored higher than 29% on darkness |
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You scored higher than 92% on spontaneity |
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You scored higher than 81% on vulgarity |
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Current Location: Home
Current Mood: amused
Current Music: My Hump (thanks a lot Thesslea)
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07:37 am
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I SUCK!
Do you ever have those times where you feel that maybe you and your job are not compatible? Right now I am dreading being at work. Most of the time I like what I do, but the job is so draining that by the time I get home I don't have much energy left for S and the kids. Then I feel like an unequal part of my marriage and a bad father, which makes me feel depressed, which makes work harder and more draining, which perpetuates the problem into this spiraling vortex of death from which there is no escape. F*ck! I wish I had unlimited energy, or was an extravert who gained energy from interacting with people instead of having it sucked away. Right now all I really want to do is hide for a couple of days without talking to anyone (which, unfortunately, would make the aforementioned bad husband/father issue worse and get me fired). *sigh* I suck.
Current Location: Work (and dreading it)
Current Mood:  depressed
Current Music: "Linda's Song" from the Wedding Singer
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06:01 am
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Cat Butt Gum
For Xmas my wife got me a pack of "Cat Butt Gum" in my stocking. What is Cat Butt Gum, you ask? It is "8 pieces of kiss my ass attitude," according to the box. On the back is a list of "7 helpful occassions to chew this gum" (please note, the grammatical and syntax errors are as printed...which is really weird, considering it's made in Canada instead of some sweatshop in China):
1. When you suddenly need to change your mood.
2. When somebody yell at you and you don't want to listen.
3. If you are lack of attitude.
4. When you need to refuse.
5. When you want to be picky.
6. When you want to be selfish.
7. When you definitely want to say "kiss my ass!"
* chew more than one if you need extra attitude
So, the moral of the story is sometimes it's OK to channel your dead cats and give the world the finger (they will be so proud), especially if you are lack of attitude *snicker*...
Current Location: Home
Current Mood: Need Coffee...have no brain
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01:42 pm
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Home at Last!
Yea, I'm back! It's cold! Today is the first day in over two weeks where I haven't instantly started sweating the moment I went ourside. I love living here...hot sucks!
Of course as soon as I get home the boys want to play the "Slime Monster" game...i.e. I drape a blanket over my head and chase them around making slurpy, slimy sounds trying to "eat" them (which consists of being sucked under the blanket and having their tummies rapsberried). It's their favorite. I'm not sure why. Today's slime monster game had a new twist...they would coat me in slime (i.e. a blanket) which would then turn me into the slime monster, then they would gang up on me while I tried to eat them and take off the slime and "save" me, turning me back into a human. Then they'd throw the slime on me again (and again and again). *sigh* Well, at least they don't find me boring, right?
Current Location: Home
Current Mood: cheerful
Current Music: Theme from Jaws (da da, da da, da da!)
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01:32 pm
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Icons for ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) scifigal
There! Happy now???????? Sheesh! ICON WHORE!!!!!!!!!
Current Location: Home (at last!)
Current Mood: relieved
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07:52 pm
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Leaving the Land of Cheese Curds
Well, tomorrow morning I leave Wisconsin on a very slow propeller-driven military cargo aircraft (i.e. 5 hours in web seating - major suckitude). I can't wait to get home to see my cute wife and boys. I think c1 is mad at me, as he hasn't wanted to talk to me on the phone in days. C2 usually is excited to hear from me...at least one of them still likes me. I can't fathom how awful it's going to be when I leave for a month in September. Whaaaaaaaaaaa! So, here's a few things I learned while here:
1. I am not a bad leader in a combat situation. I can keep my cool (for the most part) and people will follow me (one guy said, "I'd follow you into battle any time," which was one of my prouder moments in recent memory).
2. Canadian and Dutch women are hot! The percentage of hot women is significantly higher amongst the foreign military population. (Of course, this may be because I have a thing for exotic women - like my wife).
3. I should have been a helicopter pilot. Holy cow, was that fun! I want one!
4. I miss my family, and am dreading being away for a month, or, God forbid, for 4 months if I ever get activated. Thank you to everybody who helped take care of my family while I was gone!
Current Location: Volk Field, WIsconsin (last night)
Current Mood: happy
Current Music: Sha Na Na Song (Goodnight Sweetheart)
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01:43 pm
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Chopper Rides (you are allowed to display your envy)
Yesterday and today I got to go on helicopter rides with our crazy Canadian pilot buddies. It was SOOOO freakin' cool! We got to fly with the doors open and sat on the side facing out so your feet were dangling in the air (like in the Vietnam movies). They put the choppers to the test by swooping, diving, cranking tight turns back and forth, flying so low you could almost touch the ground and then pulling up hard just before we were going to hit the tree line, making your heart sink into your boots as gravity pulls you through the floor. It was like being on a flying rollercoaster on steroids!
Current Location: Volk Field, Wisconsin
Current Mood: excited
Current Music: Danger Zone (from Top Gun)
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06:13 pm
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Unusual Sights
So, I'm standing in line to get into the chow hall when a Blackhawk helicopter flies overhead, banks hard to the left, lands in the parking lot across the street, lets out 5 people, takes off again, and the five people it just dropped off get in line for chow. Now that's something you don't see everyday!
P.S. I miss my wife and little guys :-(
Current Location: Volk Field, Wisconsin
Current Mood: lonely
Current Music: Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy Song
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12:28 pm
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Delerium et Voce
By the end of our obscenely long shift, we were all getting a little punchy and started breaking out in song. We even got a little 3 part harmony going on...yeah, baby, yeah! We only sucked a little, but that made it even more funny.
Current Location: Volk Field, Wisconsin
Current Mood:  need more coffee!!!!!!!
Current Music: My Cubicle (parody of You're Beautiful)
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10:25 am
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Of long days and delerium...
Yesterday was a long day...I started shift at 6am and finished after 10pm. I won't bore you with the details, but it was funny what the mind starts doing after it's been concentrating for that long. People get giggly over the stupidest things, such as talking about the printer scene in the movie Office Space...tears were streaming down our faces and we were getting weird looks...especially since we'd been having printer issues all day long! (I really could have used a baseball bat)
Current Location: Volk Field, Wisconsin
Current Mood: exhausted
Current Music: Somewhere Over the Rainbow (delerious person was singing it)
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08:17 am
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Is anybody out there???
I'm stuck in Wisconsin and I'm lonely, so I've been looking forward to having a few moments to check my gmail and my lj, but none of my friends have posted in days. *sigh* *whimper* Oh, woe is me!!! *sniffle*
I guess the purpose of a journal does not normally include people reading it, so I shouldn't be disappointed if people are not clinging to my every word. So, for those who have been reading my drivel, I am soliciting feedback on what types of things were more interesting than others so that I can make it more readworthy. Yes, I realize that your going to say "whatever you want", but this whole concept is new to me, so helping me focus is not a bad thing. Trust me, it's not like it'll stiffle my creativity or inpugn (sp?) my personal style, I just want to know what types of things people like to read.
Well, I'm done babbling. Email or lj me or I will die of boredom!
Current Location: Volk Field, Wisconsin
Current Mood: lonely
Current Music: ESPN theme
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05:32 pm
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I have become that which I despise!
Once again, I have sold my soul to the devil that is Wal-Mart...curse them and their low, low prices and convenient location off of the interstate! I lost both of my pens yesterday out on the convoy and had to buy new ones (plus I was running out of Gatorade), so I broke down again. That's three times in just over a week...my GOD, I am actually a Wal-Mart regular! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...*gasp*...AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <---That was my soul screaming in agony
Current Location: Volk Field, Wisconsin
Current Mood: silly
Current Music: Hold Me Now (from Wedding Singer)
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11:22 am
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Of Bullets and Bombs, Part 2
Continued from previous entry (my laptop battery died)...
So, anyways, the instructors start up our after action review...the point out some things we did wrong or right, where we might have improved, and open discussion on how we thought it went and what we saw. I make a few tactical mistakes, my team make some awareness mistakes, but for our first time ever with only one hour of training we did great! As a matter of fact we were one of only two teams all week that navigated the course without getting lost!
When we got back to the army FOB (Forward Operating Base) to turn in our weapons, we ran into the special forces guys who played the insurgents in our scenario. We all got a good chuckle over some of the rookie mistakes we made, and I teased them that some of them got whacked by a bunch of Air Force desk jockeys. They did actually pay us a compliment though...they said we were the only team that stopped early enough to get into a box formation during the final encounter, which was an outstanding defensive move. Most of the other teams got caught with their pants down or tried to run straight throught the bomb in the road. Our major mistake was not getting the RPG guys before he started blowing up vehicles. They also told us that normally they only attacked with about 5 guys, but because the Blackhawk delayed us so long (and we were the last group for the day), all 14 of them decided to ambush us (and even then we had a few survivors). Yea for Air Force Personnel Pukes!
Current Location: Volk Field, Wisconsin
Current Mood: sore
Current Music: Hold Me Now (just watched Wedding Singer)
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