TUESDAY – NOVEMBER 13, 2007 Nvdadequa Tsogadu ... ᏅᏓᏕᏆ ᏦᎦᏚ About a week ago, I caught a cartoon called "W.I.T.C.H." on the Jetix station. Being Pagan all my life, and closely associated with the local Pagan community, including many of the neo-Wicca belief (aka "Witches"), I was intrigued by the title. Quite by accident, I happened to catch the very first episode of W.I.T.C.H. I noticed right away that the cartoon characters and there "super powers" were the powers of air, earth, fire, water ... and that special "5th Element" ... part of the very core of Wiccan belief.

I wonder how this cartoon would go over here in America, a predominantly Christian society (despite so-called "freedom of religion). I was also surprised to learn that this series originate in India, which is largely a Hindu realm. The characters seem to remain very aloof from any reference to being "Witches".

And after a few episodes I finally figured out that their title of W.I.T.C.H. comes from the initials of their names: Will, Irma, Taranee, Cornelia and Hay Lin. Hmmm... sneaky!? I am continuing to watch the series as our young heroines use their power to protect Earth from Evil, while simultaneously bringing many symbols and concepts of Wicca to the world in an innocuous media. I think it is well done. I love and embrace Wicca and other Earth-based beliefs and think it is nigh time for the Judeo-Christian-Islam mythologies to quit putting down their roots derived from Pagan beliefs and take those beliefs to heart.

Okay... that's my little religious outburst for tonight! (Or "morning" as the case may be!). Blesséd be!

1:18p – It's about time to head out to another day of work. At least I can look forward to having tomorrow off. May it will not be raining. It is not raining now, but it is overcast and may rain any moment.

WEDNESDAY – NOVEMBER 14, 2007
Nvdadequa Nigadu ... ᏅᏓᏕᏆᏂᎦᏚ

3:54a – I just got my blog in MySpace caught up to date.

4:51a – I am off to bed now.

12:19p – And up again. Not quite awake though.

11:39p – I spent the day doing "nothing." And enjoyed it. Skip got a ride home from Gregg. We went to the store (and got a good deal on some turkey breasts!). I go back to work tomorrow... <sigh> ...

11:52p – And I am off to bed quite early!

THURSDAY – NOVEMBER 15, 2007
Nvdadequa sgigadu ... ᏅᏓᏕᏆ ᏍᎩᎦᏚ

I had many wild and weird dream again last night. That is normal for me. However, I had a series of dreams, which I am not sure were dreams! In these dreams, my hands were cramping, my fingers becoming painfully and grotesquely positioned. First it was only my right hand, but then it took hold on my left hand also. I kept waking up in pain, and going back to sleep again. The "dream" seemed to be of me dreaming about me dreaming... or some such. I examined my hands closely this morning when I got up, still disturbed by the painful dreams. I seemed to think the back of my hands were "puffy." I don't know.

I was not only disturbed by the bad dreams, but my stomach was doing flip flops. I ended up calling late. Partly for physical reasons, and partly due to my disturbed psyche from these weird dreams.

I watched the movie "The Invisible" today. At first, I did not think I was going to like it.... but it got really good. It was a great move. I really like it, though it was very tragic.

FRIDAY – NOVEMBER 16, 2007
Nvdadequa daladu ... ᏅᏓᏕᏆ ᏓᎳᏚ

4:15a – I am trying to get focused on fixing my "petroglyph" site tonight... but, I keep getting caught up in email or some other distraction. Now I am doing my journal (lo). And now it is after 4:00a ... and I am getting more than a little drunk! (No work tomorrow).

4:53a – I was just chatting with James from work. He may join us (me and Adam) at DelMar Loop this Sunday.

My dear friend, Car, (Carl Masthay, Ph.D., Linguistic, Retired) send me an email tonight with a one of his well written and life-rich stories which I am compelled to plug here in my journal....

Squirrel stories can get endless; nevertheless here’s yet another one from me. Yesterday noon (9 October 2007) I cut a long-dead, 25-foot-long, 4-inch-wide branch off a shingle oak massively growing at the south side of my home. I didn’t want it to fall destructively some day. Its end had a forked twig interforked with a dead-branch fork of the silver maple east of my back patio 21 feet from the oak tree. That support was so strong that, when the cut branch fell, the last 5 feet of it up there about 40 feet high remained hanging with its dead pulpy wood evident. (Strong winds caused it to fall 9 days later just after midnight.) Four hours later on that bright clear afternoon I was taking some restful moments to sit on my granite bench by the driveway contemplating that precariously hanging branch way up in its airy emptiness, when my local squirrels were usually frantic in chasing one at the other’s tail up and then down each of the four trees in a row right at the east of my home (ash – sugar maple – sugar maple – that silver maple)—hot angry pursuit—must be territoriality. Up, circling trunk, down—a successive visual delight in nimbleness and speedy thinking and bark-scratching claw chorus! That silver maple was ascended in 3 seconds. The chased squirrel went up that dead branch and then halfway down the hanging 5-foot oak-branch remnant. I saw the squirrel equivalent of “Major Life Error About to Happen!” in one fiftieth of a second with its body twisting in a writhing dead stop—a good major life decision! The other squirrel chasing stopped dead on the silver maple’s upward dead branch, looking like “OK, NOW what are you going to do? I got you trapped down a limb. Oh boy, oh boy!” The moments of frantic flicking indecision of the chased one passed—8 to 10 seconds—a LONG time in clinging! The chaser scampered forth with all-deliberate evil delight up and then proceeded down the perpendicular remnant swaying with its squirrel burden. The chased one desperately descended to the end and with just-as-deliberate explosive power leapt back toward the leafy safety of a small branch off the silver maple, clutching thrashingly at the leaves and thin twigs to accomplish its escape from his persistent chaser, who took a good long look at THAT and thought, “Naah!” and ascended the oak-branch remnant to continue the delayed chase once again back up the row of trees. Well, I sat there in astonishment, thinking, “Now that I just removed that branch that squirrel couldn’t depend on the safe expanse of the formerly well-known passage from that maple to that oak and was left hanging, but its supremely quick thinking prevented sure death with instantaneously acquired arboreal knowledge—a life decision. That chaser wanted to push the chased one to its ultimate descent and death on that nice day. So how can squirrels pass now from this tree to that tree? Ah, just in back is a branch of the other sugar maple interleaving with a farther branch of the oak over my roof, but the squirrels would have to figure that one out for themselves some other time.” So I watched them return—the frantic chase was still on! The chased one 30 seconds later had indeed used the new branch path, leaping over to the oak and was soon followed by the chaser and then down the oak, at which point the chaser lost interest and the chased one went over to the western silver maple I have and sniffed the ground in peace. I sat there wondering how I could put this into words. These swift creatures fascinate me so much more than those stolid, staring rabbits can ever. Carl Masthay, Creve Coeur, Missouri 10 October 2007

7:08p – I got up around 1:00p today, not feeling too good. I feel depressed and my head hurt. I piddled around on the computer with email, heated up some leftover soup of which I only ate about half and I watched the movie "Super Nova." The movie was not all that great.

SATURDAY – NOVEMBER 17, 2007
Nvdadequa galiquadu ... ᏅᏓᏕᏆ ᎦᎵᏆᏚ

I had (as usual) weird dreams last night, but they were very strangely "family oriented." I dreamed I was visiting somewhere. There was a speaker phone in a the wall. and "Uncle Donald" was speaking to "us" ... very authoritatively. Some young boy, about 8 years old, walked up to the speaker saying "Hello Unca' Donald!" I don't know who he was, but I knew he was related... probably a 2nd or 3rd cousin. Then I spoke up and introduced myself. He know who I was, although we have never met. He is Néhna's (my grandmother's) last living brother (unless he died... I am not sure...). Then we got in a vehicle and headed over to his place (I think). There was a lot of rain and lots of southern red mud everywhere, but we got to ... our destination. I never met Uncle Donald Dabbs in this dream, as intended, but when we got to (wherever this place was), I did meet my older brother, Ken. He was wearing the same suit that he wore to our Mother's funeral, oddly enough. I gave him a big hug and expressed my most sincere condolences about the recemt death of his daughter, my niece, Tammy. He seemed very distant and cold toward me, and I suspect this is my own guilt at not calling him and speaking to him about this terrible and tragic event. 

Then we had to help the elderly lady folk out (to the car?). Néhna was there. She looked so ancient, but she had several pound of makeup on! She headed up a ramp to wherever we were headed. Behind her was Ethel, her mother. She was even more ancient and feeble. She was having trouble getting up this ramp, so I helped out be grabbing her most irreverently by the buttocks and lifting her up. There was a certain theme of humor in this part of the dream, and another one of mortification at being so improper!

Work was about the usual. Some floor support, some phone calls... nothing spectacular.

SUNDAY – NOVEMBER 18, 2007
Nvdadequa neladu ... ᏅᏓᏕᏆ ᏁᎳᏚ

5:43a – I have been sitting here doing EMAIL for 3-4 hours! I have to go to bed. I have not even eaten yet, and I have plans for tomorrow. Jeez... I must get myself on track here....

5:51a – It is late! ....err... Early! ... I need to got to bed. I have an Esperanto kunveno morgaŭ, kaj mi bezonas kunigi kun miajn amikojn en Delmar... 6:24a – I've had a bite to eat...and am off to bed. I had intended to get to bed no later that 2:00a ... I am so far off... 6:37p – Mi vekis meztage kaj leviĝis min malvolonte. I took a shower, and got ready to go to the monate kunveno. Tamen, unue, Skip bezonis ke mi portis lin al Popeye's Chicken kie lie aĉetis ion por manĝi. I brought him back home and headed to University City. I was late getting to the meeting, but I had called David F. and let him know I would be there (sed malfrua). Mi kredis ke la kunveno finiĝus je la tria horo, sed ĝi finiĝis je duono post la tria. Oops. I told Adam and James to meet me at 3:00p ... but it all worked out okay anyway. Ĉe la kunveno estis nur mi, David kaj Jerry. Ni spektis iom da lecionoj el la "Pasporto al la tuta Mondo."

Afterward, I met Adam. He was just outside our meeting room at the library. We walked over to Cicero's. They said it was supposed to be in the 80's this weekend, but it was more like about 50°f and sprinkling rain. I did not have my jacket, but it was not that uncomfortable for me. Once we were seated, I called James, thinking he was not going to make it. Turns out, he was on the street driving by and he joined us shortly thereafter. We ordered a large BBQ pizza. They took there time getting to us, but we seemed not to care. We had a very pleasant time and interesting conversation. It was good to "get out" and spend time with some friends. It seems kind of odd that I would be hanging out with people so young as 19 and 26 ... but I really am not hung up on age. Adam is very mature and intelligent, and James is hilarious and even laughs at MY humor. I have trouble believing that I could possibly be FIFTY frakkin' years old ... lol! I don't really look fifty, especially if I could lose all this extra weight, and I sure don't feel fifty (at least, not mentally). My body is showing signs of all the wear and tear though, but not as bad as some!

I took my camera with me today, and the fall colors were most vibrant, but I never found a good opportunity to take a single picture.

I got home around 5:30p, picked up Skip, and we took quick a trip to the store. And so, here we are, back to the usual routine of sitting in front of our computers, and drinking beer. Could be worse!

MONDAY – NOVEMBER 19, 2007
Nvdadequa udawadisgv ... ᏅᏓᏕᏆ ᎤᏓᏩᏗᏍᎬ

2:46p – I got up fairly early this morning... I think it was around 9:00a. I've mostly wasted the day away again. I fixed some rice and eggs to eat. I finished watching the Chuck & Larry video (it was funny). I work some on my EASL web page. I am now showered and dressed, trying to make myself go out and take some photos. The day is beautiful, sunny and comfortable temperature.

11:59p – I had a good day. Nice walk in the woods. Cooked a big pork butt. And I just watched ST:Enterprise... catching up from where I left off when I lost tract of the series.

TUESDAY – NOVEMBER 20, 2007
Nvdadequa talisgohi ... ᏅᏓᏕᏆ ᏔᎵᏍᎪ

12:01a – I am sleepy! Off to bed.

11:49a – It was too warm last night. I was sweating. I considered turning on the A/C at one point, but that would have required too much work for the middle of the night. I had many strange dreams, as usual, but one in particular was very disturbing. I was laying a bed and Mom was in the room. It suddenly came to me that this was a dream, and I knew Mom was dead. I was overcome with grief, and started crying. She came over to me and asked what was wrong. I was sobbing so violently I could barely respond, but I told her that I knew she was dead and that this was merely a dream. I can't remember what she said, but I woke up and had tears streaming down my face. Mom was there and tried to comfort me, but I realized this was just a variation of the same dream... I was really still asleep. I think I finally did wake up, but when I went back to sleep, I dreamed of family again, including Mom. In one dream segment, we were traveling in this odd little car. Darlene and I had to hold on to the back of the car, as was no room on the inside. We stopped for some reason, and when we pulled out again, Darlene did not have a good grip and fell off the back of the car. I was screaming at them to stop, and they finally did. Darlene seemed to be fine and was walking along the road toward us. However, once she reached us, she kept walking. We were just at a leftward bend in the road, and she kept walking out into a dirt road ... or maybe it was a field. I was yelling at her, something like, "Over here! We're over here! Go west!"

The last dream segment I can recall, just before getting up, was about the only one that was not family related. In fact, I seemed to be a young woman and I was married to a very rich young man. There was something happening with his family, and he could not let them see where we were living, which was on the lower levels of a huge, futuristic city. So our entire "home" was relocated on some kind of lift system. I was assured that it would not look like our home, but all of our stuff would be there. I was on my way to our "new" home in the dream and had a friend with me. We boarded a private train (more like a monorail system), and the train was lifted at a VERY fast rate high into the city complex. It was exhilarating, and I worried we were out of control. However, when the train reached the right level, we halted smoothly, and the train began moving forward. I was explaining to my vague friend that this was one of our private trains (there were no other people on the train with us). This was one of those dreams that seemed like it was not really mine... and made no sense really.

I got up in the middle of the night, sick to my stomach. I thought I was going to throw up there for a bit, but that passed. It might have been the pork I cooked for supper. I ate more than I should have, and it was kind of greasy (normal for pork). However, I am starting to worry here lately about the fact that I am not taking my medication (since I can't afford it). I used to have a massive viral wart growing on my right thumb. It started back in about 1994 and kept growing. Nothing would get rid of it and it was becoming painful and embarrassing. Then another one started up on my other thumb around 2001. In 2002 I began taking my meds and within about 3-4 months both warts simply dissolved and vanished! Since losing my job at Wash U. I have not been able to afford any meds and a couple of days ago, I notice what may be the return of the viral wart on my right thumb... again. I fear this is a sign that my medical problems are returning, and if I don't start back on meds soon, it will not be good.

1:08p – My paycheck does not need this, but I called in tardy today. I am just not feeling very good on so many levels.

I worked my but off with chats rarely going below 5 deep until about 10:43 when I got my screen cleared of chats. I rewarded myself with a game of Boggle... and then S. Dodd came up behind me and start chewing me out for "surfing the web," ... and having a thumb drive. He threatened my job, threatened to write me up, asked me if I think I am better than everyone else and was a general jerk to me. He keeps referring to me as a "senior tech." I don't know why he calls me this when I have the same title and pay as all the other agents on the floor. Anyway, that put me in a bad mood for the rest of the night. Probably will hand with me through Thanksgiving. I should quit Floor Support if I am going to be treated this way, yet get no compensation. I am tempted to just quit that entire job. I will as soon as I can get a real job lined up.

WEDNESDAY – NOVEMBER 21, 2007
Nvdadequa talisgo-saquu ... ᏅᏓᏕᏆ ᏔᎵᏍᎪ-ᏌᏉ

3:20a – I've been sullen and mopey all day. That episode with Dodd last night has left me angry, depress, disappointed, disgusted, and generally worn out. Life is enough of a struggle without having people make it worse. I got up early... I was hungry. I fixed some food and started getting sleepy. I checked some email, and then the doorbell range. It was UPS with my 13 Moons book. Very neat. I opened that up, watched some TV, they just went back to bed. Its a dreary, cloudy day, and fits (or causes) my mood closely. 8:50a – I finally got out of the house after spending a couple of hours trying to get the kitchen sink unclogged. I went to Q-Mart and got some beer, then to KFC and got some chicken. I was in the middle of eating that when Skip finally got home around 7:00p. It was about 8:15p when we decided we better run get a few things from the store since everything will be closed for Thanksgiving Day tomorrow. Some eggs, milk, butter, etc. We are back and I've turned on the heat. Mostly for Skip's benefit... I don't get too cold easily.

We have been working on getting things ready for tomorrow. It will just be me and Skip, but we are still making our usual spread of food. We have giblets in the crock-pot simmering, eggs are boiled and waiting, the turkey breast is thawed and waiting, I've just cut up onion and carrots. Bell pepper is already waiting, though I had to set it out to thaw. I am making some pork roast with onion, spinach and other seasonings for supper tonight.

Received "13 moons" sent to me by Tommy Lee today.

THURSDAY – NOVEMBER 22, 2007
Nvdadequa talisgo-tali ... ᏅᏓᏕᏆ ᏔᎵᏍᎪ-ᏔᎵ

1:00a – I am getting ready to eat. I am still overshadowed by S. Dodd's bizarre attack. I am trying to set it aside and not let his nasty behavior affect me... but it is easier said that done.

1:31a – Whoo! I've eaten, and now I am off to bed.

11:49a – I seem to be in a better mood today, on Thanksgiving Day. That's a good start. Getting up did not start off well. Skip said he was going to get up in the morning and start the turkey, but the kitchen lights were not even on. First I just crawled back in bed (clothes on) and went 'escapist' for 3-4 minutes. Then I found some core of motivation and got back up and headed to the kitchen. I got the turkey breast in the oven after injecting it with honey & butter. The oven door latch fell off a couple of nights ago, so I have been using a was of foil wedged in the door to keep it shut. I fear I may be turning into a ghetto-redneck!

5:24p – It's dark outside now and the food is finally (almost) ready! I am so hungry! 5:53p – Okay ... eating is done. Stomach is full! Skip is crashing 10:02p – I have been busy with updating webpages today. I created a webpage recognizing the book (and companion book) sent to me by Tamili (Tommy Lee Whitlock), entitled "13 Moons". See the site for details 10:42p – I just took some pictures of Skip's deviled eggs. I think the are the best shots of any of the food today.

FRIDAY – NOVEMBER 23, 2007
Nvdadequa talisgo-tsoi ... ᏅᏓᏕᏆ ᏔᎵᏍᎪ-ᏦᎢ

12:29a – I have got a lot of the food put away. Skip put stuff away, but ... I re-did his efforts and put some of the bulk of the food into ziplock bags. I also took  some of the turkey meat and added it to my pork road and mixed it up in the blender with garlic, onion, jalapeño and other ingredients to make a mixture for later. It should be very good!

It is late now. I think I will dye my hair. Long overdue!

1:10a – I am being wild and crazy... and am making an "instructional" video on how to dye one's hair!

1:18a – I am going to get in the shower in about 2 minutes ... and I am going to be capturing myself on digital video as I do so. I am wrapping my remote control in a plastic head cover for the process...

2:03a – Jeez! I filled the entire 1Gb CF card! I am downloading that to my computer now. It will be about 40 minutes it looks like. I had to swap batteries. This has been a major production it seems, as far as file space and battery power goes. I can usually take mere photos for a couple of weeks and never fill the 1Gb CF card, but ... video takes up a lot of space. And of course, the battery was not fresh.

2:35a – I am now moving files from the XD card on my camera, which I very seldom use. I typically use it only when the CF card is full.

So, my hair has gone from this....

... to this ...

11:55a – I did not want to get up today at all. I am dreading going to work more than usual, but my shoulder was aching and throbbing so badly that I could not sleep. Skip is not home. I thought he took my car and went to the store, but my car is out there. Then I remembered he was going to go play paint ball on some farm with his friend, Brian, from work.

1:24p – As depressing as it is, I am dragging myself off to work now. I knew today would suck.

It took me nearly 2 hours to get a seat and get started working today. There was no where to sit. When I finally got a seat, got logged in, and nearly up and running... we had to shut down and move to the annex. Fortunately, I had no further encounters with Dodd on a rampage.

SATURDAY – NOVEMBER 24, 2007
Nvdadequa talisgo-nvgi ... ᏅᏓᏕᏆ ᏔᎵᏍᎪ-ᏅᎩ

Happy Birthday to Chuck Welsh!

I got up finally, not so well rested, around noon. Skip immediately wanted to "go eat." I made him wait for an hour or so while I got my bearings. He was stiff and sore from his paint-ball game yesterday, which lasted about 6 hours or so. It sounds like he had a lot of fun. I could enjoy it myself, but I don't think I could deal with the physical requirements anymore. Not only am I just "out of shape" ... my old injuries just keep getting stiffer and more incapacitating. My BPPV seems to be slowly getting worse. Sometimes, just bright light causes vertigo. We finally left the house and headed to South County where Skip wanted to find a paintball outfitters shop. We found the place with little problem, and the holiday traffic was not as bad as I expected it to be. Skip bought a few low cost items, and we headed out to find some place to eat.

 I was in the mood for Chinese today. I love Mexican food, but I am starting to get tired of eating Mexican all the time. So... we ended up at Casa Gallardo ... and had Mexican food again! Oh well, what can I say. Skip ordered a very festive look dish called a "Santa Fé Chimi" (as in chimichanga). I just got a simple "Combination Plate #2."

His dish had grilled steak & chicken, with a red sauce, green sauce, and chili-cheese sauce. It was very please to look at and is a rare case when I thought the served dish looked BETTER than the picture in the menu! That's rare. My plate had a crispy taco, refried beans, rice, and a pork & beef chimichanga. Both plates had a scoop of Casa's 'sweet corn cake.' I love that stuff! I am going to have to try making some myself. I found what looks like a good recipe and am going to give it a shot. Maybe tomorrow.

These shots are from our lunch today...

I will compare that with another recipe I found ...

The only ingredient that I do not typical have on hand is the masa harina.  I can pick that up across the street a the Dollar General, however.  Or at Jay International. I need to go to Jay's soon anyway, since my 25lb bag of Jasmine rice is starting to run low.

10:13p – I have been watching Joachim Werdin's Esperanto narrated trip to Kathmandu. My friend, Rupert, is going to Japan and his home country of Nepal on December 16th, and I want to give him a copy of this CD.

SUNDAY – NOVEMBER 25, 2007
Nvdadequa talisgo-hisgi ... ᏅᏓᏕᏆ ᏔᎵᏍᎪ-ᎯᏍᎩ

1:25a – I've been watching ST:Enterprise and finishing off my chimichanga with some fried rice. It was all very enjoyable, but... I must be off to bed now.

11:30a – I am getting out of bed at precisely 11:30a by my bedside clock. It's another dreary, gray, wintry day.

12:04p – I've zipped through email already, and I gave Jeff a call to see if we are going to the art show at Cahokia Mounds this afternoon. I got no answer on either of his phones. Skip is already wanting to "go eat" but complaining that he doesn't want to go to the art show. (Well, I didn't want to go to the paintball store either). I think I will go take a shower, then try calling Jeff again and see where we go from there.

9:06p – Skip and I left home and first went to Block Buster. I dropped him off there and went over to the BP to put air in my tires. I was horrified to see that it is now .75 cents just for COMPRESSED AIR! It used to be .25 cents, and I thought that was bad. So, it appears that the cost of the very air we breath has tripled in the last few years! How sad. America is surely on its decline. Rome has nothing to fear! Oh... and I got two tires aired up, and was working on the third when when the damn machine cut off. What ev'!

Skip walked on over and met me at BP and we headed out to Ramon's with a side trip by the ATM machine in Collinsville. Skip need to check his balance and get some cash.

Ramon's  - colorfully edited by me - from our seat by the bar...

At Ramon's, we both ended up ordering the "Mexican Plate." The food was fine and our waitress has come to know us ... she speak almost nothing but Spanish to me now. They were kind of slow to get to us today, since there was a big party and she was caught up with them. As Skip said, "not our problem..." She finally got to us, but I was not worried much about the delay. I wanted to give Jeff time to get caught up. I was waiting for his call. He is supposed to join us at the Native American Art Show at Cahokia Mounds. Skip was not so thrilled about it, but he was amenable to being dragged along. Jeff called, just as our food was served, so we appeared to be on schedule.

We left Ramon's and headed over to Cahokia Mounds, which is just 3 or 4 miles down the road. Skip commented on the last time we were here together when our Sister & family were visiting (Darlene, Devon and Bill). It was a COLD and everything was freezing. Today was chilly, and dreary, and wet... but not really all that cold.

Scenes from 2 years ago...

Darlene (my sister) ... and Devon (my niece) ...  at Cahokia Mounds Interpretive Center ... November 2005

For Devon's Birthday, we got her a Harry Potter book,
and a "Green Day" album.
This year... TODAY ... she is 19 years old!

From:	~*_pSyChOtIc_pArTy_RoCkEr_*~
Date:	Nov 25, 2007 7:39 PM
Subject:	OMG~!~~~~ I HAD THE BEST BDAY EVER!!!!
Body:	wow so yea, i had an amazingly different bday....and i couldn't have asked for a funner one!!! first i went and played the Wii with my managers from work( most of you should understand what i mean) and then Kira, Stefo, Scotty, and Tashsa all took me to the wreck room (for those of you tht don't know what tht is, it a gay club and it is sooooooooooooooo awesome and fun!!!) we had a blast and loved the shows and had fun danceing, i ended up getting my leg humped by a drunk Bi dude.....scared me at first but was funny as hell!!!!!! omg i couldn't of had a better birthday!~!!!!!! awwww awesome!!!! lol then i ended up working on my actual bday, lol tht was interesting....my manager wouldn't quit singing though the walkie talkie and maken weird noises through it at me!!! lol it was some funny stuff!!! i sooooo love my job!!! well all in all i had a blast for my bday and i just wanna say thx to you 4 who let me have fun and play the Wii also!!! loved it!! lol well gnite and peace out!!!!!

Jeff arrived after we had been through most all of the exhibits, but we caught each other and chatted some. I bought something for myself AND Rubydancingmoon, but I mention what it was here because I don't want her to know (yet) what I got... that will spoil the surprise!

Skip bought some NA beads for his co-worker, Julie. I saw them and wanted to go back in and buy some for RD... but ... we needed to be moving on, I did not have much money, and we have their contact information, so maybe I can get this from them later. I did get to take some pictures while at the Art Show. First I took a picture of the "Birdman Banners" hanging in the lobby...

That picture (above) is the original, with no changes made.
Next, I decided to try to emphasize the hanging banners...

Then I got very creative (and had an accidental thing happen...).
This creation I REALLY think came out spectacular!

10:02p – I was going to try to make some "Sweet Corn Cake" tonight, but I am to tired and beer laden to deal with it now, I think.

11:24p – I am chatting with Jack! I am so happy an relieved to know he is okay!

MONDAY – NOVEMBER 26, 2007
Nvdadequa talisgo-sudali ... ᏅᏓᏕᏆ ᏔᎵᏍᎪ-ᏑᏓᎵ

1:29a – I just tied up my chat with Jack. I had been watching a movie with Skip, but I felt it was more important to talk with Jack. I can watch the silly movie later. I am glad I did. It was so good for me to speak with him about many personal and serious matters than it was to watch some video about a chick getting pregnant by some jerk... who I suppose she fell in love with and married by the end of the movie. Breeding is not all that funny when you get down to it.

I was very saddened to learn that my friend, Gabi Robertson died about a year ago. I knew I had not been getting any emails from her, but she was not very good about emailing anyway, so I did not worry about it. I owed her $40 which she would never give me an address so I could return the debt to her. I guess my debt is clean now, but I wish I could make up that debt. I wonder if there is some charity I could donate $40 to in her name? I will have to pursue that. That was my last "debt owed" from my "bad times" between 1995 and 2000. I want to make sure every debt from that time is paid back and not a weight on my conscious!

"Thank you Jack," for letting me know, even though the news was very sad.

1:41a – Now I am wide-awake and NOT ready to go to bed at all. I think I will take a couple of Tylenol PM, fix a snack, and then see if I am ready for bed. It's not even 2:00a yet... and 4:00a is my "normal" bedtime.

2:40a – My long chat with Jack got me all "awake" again ... so I fixed a bite to eat and watched another episode of W.I.T.C.H.. Now I am TOO full and off to bed. I know I will be up with heartburn and drinking down a dose of Alka-Seltzer.

12:23p – I did not sleep well... nothing new there. I had the usual lineup of weird dreams. Here is one I remember a lot of...

I was trying to sleep, but not succeeding very well (both in the dream and in real life). Some friend of mine came to me and asked if I could take care of his elderly mother for a while. He said she was mostly comatose and would just lay there. I would not have to do anything. With no great enthusiasm, I agree and he laid the frail little old lady on the bed next to me and left. As soon as he was gone she started speaking to me saying we could lay there and talk. She took my hand and placed it on her shoulder and said I could touch her like so when I was speaking and she would not take offense. Or, and turned my hand over, I would touch her this way also. I just wanted to sleep and was promised the old lady would be no disturbance to me. I told her I would just turn over and sleep. But she put her arm around me and said she wanted to talk. Then she threw a leg over me! This was getting gross and scary! The ancient old woman was getting amorous with me! I was totally creeped out and was grateful when someone (female) came in and asked if I would like to go out to eat with them. I agreed, but pointed out that I would have to take my friend's mother with us. We were then traveling in a hilly, urban area. I was reminded of San Francisco. We came up over a hill and I saw what I think was our destination. It appeared to be a combination of restaurant and grocery store, and was a merger of two companies; "I-HOP" and "Jalapeños". (I've never heard of a business called "Jalapeños").

This sort of depicts the "Storestaurant" from my dream last night,
featuring I-HOP and "Jalapeños"

I guess we parked the vehicle and were going to walk to the place, but by now it was dark (though it has seemed to be morning just moments before). The "frail" old lady seemed to be all excited about the trip and was quite animated. To my horror, she went running off ahead of us ... (not so frail!). Then she dashed out across the busy street! I was yelling at her to come back. Car were screeching as the slammed on breaks, but she made it across with no problem, and seemingly oblivious to the chaos she had stirred up. Hearing me calling her, she turned and looked at me curiously and started to come BACK across the road! NO! I yelled at her... STAY THERE! But no... she made another mad journey across the highway. Now she seemed to think it was fun, however. She was about half a block away from me, and she picks up her skirt (or gown?) to her scrawny old knees and makes another dash through the traffic, laughing insanely as she did so. I just held my breath and ... she made it across yet again. This time I was able to catch up to her. I and whoever was with me got across the street and joined her. There seemed to be several people in our group now, but I saw no faces, though they seemed to be familiar to me in someway. We went inside the storestaurant and got in line. I saw the host's face and recognized him as an actor I've seen on the Disney channel. I don't know his name. I think I realized we were in the wrong line and got us situation in the correct line to utilize the restaurant portion of the store. We had to pay as we went through some turnstiles, but one of my group told me to show them my Washington University ID. I did so, not sure what that was supposed to do... maybe I got a discount? The person taking the payments looked at my ID, then examined the back of it (which was blank) and indicated that everything was in order and passed us all through with no payment required! I thought something must be wrong ... this did not make sense... but then I woke up and it all became irrelevant ...

In another short dream segment, I was watching the news and learned that Manhattan had been flood and nearly eradicated by a tidal wave.

A scene reminiscent of one of my dreams last night...

1:06p – It looks like we are going to go eat at Flying-J and go to Wal-Mart. I need to get dressed. It's another bleak and dreary day of gray out. No rain, at the moment, at least.

4:13p – We are back finally. I ended up taking a wrong turn and we traveled about 30 miles in a huge loop trying to get back to where we were. I was so mad. We finally ended up at Waffle house and paid too much for a mediocre meal. We went to Wal-Mart and picked up a few items. Stopped off at Q-Mart ... and then home. Skip is taking his afternoon nap now.

8:32p – We have got a lot of housework done tonight. Not nearly what needs to be done, but a big dent in a major mess. I am off to wash another sink of of dishes shortly.

TUESDAY – NOVEMBER 27, 2007
Nvdadequa talisgo-galiquogi ... ᏅᏓᏕᏆ ᏔᎵᏍᎪ-ᎦᎵᏉᎩ

1:11a – I am stuffed ... and off to bed. The sweet corn cake was not bad ... but I left it in the oven to stay warm too long I think. It was a bit dry. I can do better next time.

12:12p – I slept a little more soundly last night, and my dreams were long and complicated. I got up at 11:15a and am making some soup from leftover corn cake and such. I have to head off to work in an hour. I am trying not to be to depressed about it. I just hope the car keep going. The oil leak a smoking is getting worse. I worry it will catch on fire. I just don't have money to fix it.

I spent the day in the annex. I took 13 calls and spent nearly six hours in floor support.

WEDNESDAY – NOVEMBER 28, 2007
Nvdadequa talisgo-tsunela ... ᏅᏓᏕᏆ ᏔᎵᏍᎪ-ᏧᏁᎳ

Happy Birthday to my sister, Darlene!

4:20a – I've been cooking a wild creation of pork and "masa harina" sauce. A crazy Mexican-ish creation. I am going to try it shortly ... wish me luck! Meanwhile, I have been watching a couple more episodes of ST:Enterprise. This is the most AWESOME series! I am astounded that it did not do better. Maybe there were lots of people, like me, who did not have access to watch it at the time. I think it is the best of all the ST series do date. It is just SO awesome. I love it. It moves me to tears at times. I love all the little tie-ins to future events in the Star Trek "history." It is tragic that we have no continuation of ST today...

4:40a – The food was edible. Nothing to brag about. I am off to bed. No work tomorrow, but I guess I will sleep too late, waste away the day, and complain about having to go back to work. My life just sucks these days.

12:51p – I just got up. I slept long and solid... except for some annoying dreams. One had Doug in it and he was being petty and annoying.

12:54p – I just checked voice mail. I had a message from Chuck. He just got back from Ohio. Suppose he has not had a chance to see the video birthday message I made for him yet.

Today was boring and non-productive. I went to Goodwill around 4:00p and bought a special "fork" to take to work. I am tired of plastic ware. I have watched a couple of episodes of ST:Enterprise... that was very enjoyable. I love that series. I dread reaching the end of it. I have spent some time updating my Cahokia Mounds "first visit" web site. I also made some rice & corn, with some turkey & beef... plus some little corn puff things on the side. That will be supper.

We called Darlene and chatted with her for a bit. I love my sister so much. I just don't know how to say how much I love her, and my family ... I just love them so much. I wish I lived there with them... though I doubt we could stand each other!

THURSDAY – NOVEMBER 29, 2007
Nvdadequa talisgo-sonela ... ᏅᏓᏕᏆ ᏔᎵᏍᎪ-ᏐᏁᎳ

1:45a – I am off to bed. My left eye is all swollen and painful... not sure what the problem is there.

3:00p – My eye was nearly swollen shut this morning. I had to call in absent to work (I can't see well enough to drive safely). It's a little better now... I think, but it burns and is all bleary. This is going to be bad for bills... I am getting very depressed.

7:52p – My eye is still a mess, but I opened the envelope that I received from the Cherokee Museum tonight.  It had all kinds of goodies... THANK YOU TOMMY LEE!! ᏩᏙ ᏔᎻᎵ!! I even got 4 tickets for admission to the Cherokee Museum in North Carolina. The tickets are for guests or friends I assume, since I have a 1 year membership and can get in free at any time. I hope ᏔᎻᎵ did not pay too much for all this! They even included a cool decorative magnet... not the cheapy kind, but a nice one...

8:16p – Meanwhile, my Cherokee studies took a kind of a leap forward tonight when I successfully loaded  Keyman 6.2 on my system. I can now type Cherokee nearly as fast and easily as I can type Roman/English! Except that my actual ability with the language still sucks.

Here is my first attempt at using the new font ... transcribing one of the emails from ᏔᏬᏗᎤᏍᏗ ("Little Hawk") in to not just English and Tsalagi, but into Tsalagi script as well...

8:49p – I have no idea what, if anything, I am going to fix for supper.

9:24p – Okay... I am thawing out some sausages and will figure out something to do with them for supper. Last nights "corn puffs" were awful... I put them out on the bird food platform. At least something will get some good out of my experiment! Oh dear... now Stephanie has a MySpace page! I hear Keri does too. I am freaked out first at how much she looks like Calisa, my sister, her mother... then I realize she also looks a lot like Daddy! Wow... one can for get about and let slide the concept of genetics and family resemblance... until it smacks you in your face! (or the collective faces of family members!!).

FRIDAY – NOVEMBER 30, 2007
Nvdadequa tsosgohi ... ᏅᏓᏕᏆ ᏦᏍᎪᎯ

12:21a – Okay ... it's late... I have had too many beers... yet it's really "early" for me! I have not even made supper. Off to do that now. At least I do not have to work tomorrow.

2:00a – I am off to bed now...

I did not do much today, ... HOWEVER, my gift vase from Valerie arrived! So many people have been so good to me lately. I am so very appreciative... yet almost worried. It just not what I am used to!