Life is a Movie

Life is a Movie Quiz

Ok, imagine your life is a movie - what songs would be in it? To find out, here’s how it works:

1. Open your library (iTunes, Media Player, iPod, etc)

2. Put it on shuffle

3. Press play

4. For every question, type the song that’s playing

5. When you go to a new question, press the next button

6. Don’t lie and try to pretend you’re cool…
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Trailer: The Fields of Atherny - The Irish Rovers

Opening Credits: Weigh hey and up she rises - The Irish Rovers

Waking Up: Reflections - Diana Ross and the Supremes 

First Day of School: Star of the country down - The Irish Rovers (?)

First Love: Every other Weekend - Reba and Kenny Chesney (Sort of, thank god there was no kids…)

First Heartbreak: You’re nobody till somebody loves you - The Rat pack

Fight Song: Why don’t we just Dance - Josh Turner (WTF?)

Prom: If I die young - The band Perry (again WTF?)

Life: If I could be like Xena - Marilyn Rucker (oka….y)

Mental Breakdown:  Over the Ocean - The Irish Rovers

Driving: My kind of Town - Frank Sinatra 

Flashback: My Girl - The Temptations 

Getting Back Together: The battle of new orleans - Johnny Horton (What?… I’m confused….)

Losing Your Virginity: Jesus take the wheel - Carrie Underwood (*whimper*….)

Wedding: Mary was the Marrying Kind - Kip Moore 

Birth of Child: The Unicorn - Irish Rovers 

Final Battle: Spanish Eyes - Al Martino 

Death Scene: The beat goes on - Sonny and Cher 

Funeral: Me and God - Josh Turner

Bloopers: Knock on Wood - The Pointer Sisters

From Spaced to Explosions to Nightmares

well, tonight was the next game for Darkblade. Luna spent the first part of game in cryo due to the humans didn't know what to do to help her. the only ones that could help her are Psycrans. So we head to a psycran mother ship, so to speak, and the psycrans fix Luna. She ended up with an artificial lung, due to her natural lung had collapsed, and both of her eyes had exploded from the vacuum of space as well, so the psycrans had replaced her eyes, giving her artificial eyes. However, her eyes are now completely white, save the black pupils. six days of being in medical bay and her fellows didn't know what was going on with her. fun right?

well Luna's back on her feet, so to speak and we're immediatly sent on a mission. Luna's CO doesn't even have time to check her medical charts to judge how much she can or cannot do. So he treats her like a weak human, Not the smartest thing to do to Luna, if you want to remain in one piece and healthy, mind you.

well we're all sent off to some planet to stop the enemies from invading and there are explosions galore. evil magic, anti-air missiles, necrotic meltings, everything.  there's some kind of thermal event happening when we 'land' and our party's mage is telling us that it's the kind of magic he uses, only colder... or something.

after a combat and hiding from heavier ordinances, we find one of the enemy mages, well at least his hiding place. We head into the building, and I made the roll, so Luna caught a glimpse of something that would drive her insane, but managed to push past it. My fiance,  the party's commanding officer, however wasn't so lucky... he got an image of a giant monster standing over a pile of corpses, friends and fellows that had died, the one on top, being Kit, (My character from the last time Mike had run darkblade, this is a second game, a few years difference) His love interest from the past who had been MIA. the Monster picked up Kit's body and ate it, driving Yukio mad with grief, his next turn, the nightmare grows worse (He rolled the worst roll ever)

and that's where our gracious DM leaves it.... stupid cliffhangers.

Greek Game Redone - Session One (and some history)

Well tonight, after a long time of waiting, we were able to, finally, get started on Greek Game.


Greek Game is a brain child of my friend Jester, who started this game way back in 2005. I've been involved with the game since it's start and my Character, Daphne, has gone though MANY MANY changes, mainly because one of the players, Kivan, wanted to be the STAR and to do that, he wanted to be the class Daphne was.


When we first started, Daphne was going to be a bard. Xena was a main influence on my characters at the time and I wanted Daphne to be similar to Gabrielle from the show. However, I was (and still am) New to DnD and I didn't know how to use Bardic Music right (according to Kivan). And instead of letting me learn, he basically rebuilt Daphne where the bard part was no longer involved. Daphne has gone though MANY MANY changes that I can't remember what she was during the multiple rebuilds/restarts of the game at different levels, that finally we settled on Barbarian and she is still that race. Many players left and some joined till the last time we ran game we had Daphne, Lysander, Zotikos, Kivan, Laurel, Gregorio and Aloysis.


Anyways, about 2 years ago, we got an email from Jester, saying that Kivan had hacked into her email accounts and what not and she just ended her friendship with him (He is a major @$$ and I could go on and on about him, but that's not what this blog post is about). She wanted to know who would be willing to continue with game reguardless of Kivan. Since my Fiance and I disliked Ryan and wished to continue without him, we were totally up for it. Unfortunately, life happened and got in the way of all of us to prevent to play game


Now, 2 years after the fact, we have started again, this time at Level 1 (Never in all the restarts did we start at level 1). and the best, it's without Kivan. I was able to build Daphne as Barbarian, and actually didn't have to have anyone build her for me or make corrections, unlike before, when someone built her for me because I was "Too New". and unlike before, I've added werewolf affliction to my character so she has a level adjustment of 2 at first level. ((I'll post her bio in a post in the future))


As I said before, Tonight was the first game. The only player characters currently are Daphne (me), Lysander (My fiance) and Zotikos (Milante) We were all Sacrifices to the Minotaur of Knossos. We have arrived at the palace and are waiting to be thrown into the Labyrinth to be sacrifices to the bull beast. unfortunately we didn't have enough time to actually get out of the starting area so to speak so not much memorable happened to us, only that the "womanizing" Lysander got lucky first game with a serving girl. ((*Daphne in the background groaning in disgust*)).

The best part is, we had fun, more fun, I venture to say, than we have ever had in a session of Greek Game. ((except for the Bull Sh-t moment in one game that Daphne had.... needless to say, coming from a mild-manner shy girl, it was.... memorable))

 Jester is also an artist, Here's a better rendering of Lysander than before (see his pic at bottom of my blog.) She made the comment that this is very fan service-y. And I admit, it is. *can't wait to see how Daphne turns out*

Hello GhostBusters.... I may need you...

I was just in the living room talking with my fiance and my mom and I heard the microwave on. So my first thought since my fiance didn't have dinner, that he was warming something up in there and asked what he put in the microwave. When he said he didn't put anything in there and I started smelling something burning, I went to investigate.

When i got there, I pressed the stop button or any of the other buttons (None would work.) and the display screen was blank. and I heard some small clicky poppy noises as well. so I had to open the door and unplug the thing. No one besides me and my fiance have been in the kitchen today and the last time either of us were in there was well over three hours ago...

So I don't know what to think, other than it's smelling up the house. window and fan is on so hopefully it was just a fluke...

Happy Birthday....

((a picture of my dad while stationed in Germany in the 60's))

69 years ago today, a man of great importance in my life was born. My father, he helped shape me into what I am today

today would have been his 69th birthday if he hadn't passed away in september of 2008 of a heart attack/cancer.

I wonder what his take on the politico scene, though I know today he'd put that aside and watch the big game.

I miss you Dad
Rest in Peace

we'll try to get out to dixon to put flowers on your grave...

Recently Jestered and Confused

Last week, Our friend Jester came to California to visit her grandmother and us. We took her up to Nice, CA, to visit her on and off again boyfriend for the day and after the three almost four hour ride from hell, no seriously, we all figured we somehow traveled though to a new demension where there's no sign of life for miles, just rocks, trees, grass, and endless curvey roads (Oh and turnouts every five feet), we finally arrive in Nice (A nice place to live according to the welcome sign). I thnk we were so bored on the trip up there, we started laughing at the road signs to try to pass the time. anyways, we arrive and they play singstar for a bit (I didn't join, cause I can't sing worth anything, though Jester and Lysander have great voices) then Jester's boyfriend put on District 9 for us to watch (another boring amount of time, I didn't find it as intresting as the movie poster looked) and then everyone decided to run a D&D 3.5 mini adventure. One of the Roommates, ran, while everyone (save me) played quickly made characters.

I decided to stay out of the game, since it has been well over 2 years since I've played 3.5 and I can't remember the rules, I just remember that I had a hard time with the rules when I did play in the past, so, trying to remember them on the spot, was, admitidly, kinda hard. thing was, everyone tried to get me to play, even though I said I don't remember the rules (oh we'll help you was the response, Do you know how much of an idiot I feel when I need help with that?) and Jester said that I would have to famliarize myself with the rules again if I want to play Daphne in the restarted (for the zillionth time) Greek Game. A campaign that actually brought both my character Daphne together with Lysander's character and me and Lysander together.

Daphne (my D&D character) has gone though so many rebuilds, one minute she was a bard, then another player said I didn't do it right, so he rebuilt her to a ranger, then something else happened and she was, last time I checked, a duel weilding barbarian that could take a hit and keep on going. (admitidly, I liked that for a while). levels dipped as low as 10 and up there as 15 till we finally settled on 13 before the game ended abruptly because one of the players decided to harrass Jester (and commiting several crimes in the prossess).

I know the revamped version would be only level 5, and I know Lysander and Jester will help me, but I just got fed up other people creating characters for me to play because I'm too stupid to do it myself. (and of course of the people forcing me to change because I can't play the class right or they can do it better so I get stuck wth some fighting class, even though I wanted to try to understand a magic user). I got tired of the bickering over the rules (even though I didn't get them, myself) and players acting like they are the most important one in the game, that the game should revolve around him (even though it's supposed to be a group of heroes, saving the world) (It would be like a Justice League comic, but only spotlighting Superman and how great he is, I think there is a comic for Superman, called Super man, Am I right?), and even going as far as over the GM's head to get his way (it's complicated)

I have expressed intrest in playing again, I know, but at the same time I thought we'd go with 4e, not 3.5e, but as of the talk on saturday and then again on sunday, it was 3.5. I know, those that are invited in playing in the new game won't pull the same crap that the it's-all-about-me guy did, but at the same time, I'm doubting I'm going to have any fun at all, the last several times I played, I didn't, so my hopes for the next time are dimming rapidly.

and because I'm being wishy-washy, I'm confusing not only myself but Lysander as well. He keeps telling me choose a direction and go with it, but I always have to look at all the options before I can choose. not to mention if I say yes, I'll play, what happens then if we don't start for another year and a half, I could be in a tottally different mindset then, than I am now. If I knew when the game would start, I would be more apt to make a decision.

And it's not just D&D I'm having problems with, BESM (or Big Eyes Small Mouth) game set I'm having problems with as well, and I have two ideas for games for that system, doesn't help that I don't have an actual copy of the book on me to look over, I have a hard time reading pdf's on the computer for some reason. (pdfs and me don't mix well). and I don't know all the rules for the game, and because the players I'll have know more then me, I'm not sure I'm going to have fun GMing the game, my last game ended in failure, I'm not to keen to have my own world end the same way.

now if they made a system where I can ENJOY reading the rules (most of these read like dry text books) then I may enjoy running a game in the system

Immigration

I was perusing a fellow's blog and noticed a picture on it, It had lady Liberty holding out her hand and saying Stop America's Closed.

I have some mixed feelings on this issue, since I'm a great granddaughter of immigrants. I don't know what the current Immigration Laws are for our country, since I lack the need to watch and pay attention to the news 24-7 (I find it hampers my creative process, not that I don't find it interesting, just taken in little doses is enough for me, and if I miss something, I have a walking info hound as a fiance) Anyways, as I was saying I don't know the current laws, and I know there are people flooding to this country to get away from their oppressive governments and what not.

For them, it's still a land of opportunity. I think, if you want to live here, and become an actual citizen *THE RIGHT WAY* then you should have a chance. Have a sponsor here that will vouch for you, that you won't sit on your butt all day and watch tv, waiting for our government to hand you some money, that you didn't earn.

My Great Grand-father came over here, and worked. he had a sponsor here that told the government that he'd vouch for my Great grandfather, and that's what my great grandfather did. He worked, was able to become a citizen and bring his family over from Italy. His son's worked every day in their lives, all of them serving this country in branches of the military.
That's the way I think immigration should work, After all, America's a Melting pot of different nationalities and people. If we block the chance, we may loose the chance to know the brilliance of the next Albert Einstein or what have you

Draining.....

well I'm with out a laptop till I can afford to pay for a new adapter.... it fried itself. and I'm surprised that I'm not going though SL withdrawl. *shrugs* other, more pressing things on my plate than a second life and it's drama.... I'm probably "dead" by now anyways, stupid vampireism in SL.

Anyways, I'm searching, frantically for a new place to live. I hope and pray that I can find one soon.... as the realator lady said today, I have 27 days to move..... Please God, help me find a place soon..... I don't know what we'll do if it doesn't happen. I'm also worried about my friend's brother, one of my mom's friends and my aunt. the latter two seem to be inches away from death.... so to speak.... the brother had surgery after an accident. God Speed to everyone.

of Kids, Crossing Guards.... the old and the new

Ugh, I used to be a crossing guard when I was in the fifth and sixth grades, and I loved it.... however, today, I saw a kid, who couldn't be past the fourth grade doing the job, NOT only was he waving the stop sign as he was waiting for fellow classmates to cross the street, but once he was back on the corner, he was using the sign as a gun, and there was a teacher or parent STANDING right there.... what has happened to the rules for being a crossing guard? I can remember that if you played with the signs when I was doing it, we'd get repremanded.... *shakes head* I don't know about the current generation of school kids.... I think they are too soft, too babied.... too.... I don't know. Well I know but i don't know how to put it to words.....
We are treating the kids of today with kid gloves, every time we turn around there's a new case of child abuse or something, NOT because the child was beaten by the parents, but the child fell down and bruised an arm and CPS is called. Seriously, what has happened to the kids of today?
Parents are more apt to plop them down in front of the TV then send them outside to play because there are more dangers in today's world than that of yesteryear, but if you don't want the kids playing in the front yard, SEND THEM TO THE BACK YARD.....
Why are we being afraid of our kids? Yes we want them to have a better life than what we had growing up, who doesn't but why cater to their every whim? why sacrifice our morals and beliefs about child rearing to "doctors" who "know better?"
CHILDREN DO NOT COME WITH INSTRUCTION MANUALS, PARENTING IS A LEARNING ON THE JOB TRAINING, AND NO ONE IS PERFECT!!!!

once we accept that, we can relax and let our kids be kids. they are growing up way to fast these days

((I know I'm rambling, but I'm just writing it down as it comes to me i do hope in whole it makes sense))

Poor Social Commentery

I found this while looking around on a friends facebook page and after reading the comments, I decided to take a look. though some of the pictures are just humorous cake toppers, some of them, though cleaver, are just...wrong? is that the word I'm looking for?


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To me Marriage is a sacred institution that needs to be saved. people are walking down the aisle and then turning around and running to the courthouse at the first sign of trouble these days. don't get me wrong, if one partner is abusive, then I say get away as soon as you can, or if the other partner is unfaithful and you can't forgive them, but if the two of you have a disagreement, it's not the end of your marriage. I read one reader's comment, saying that she thinks Marriage isn't practical these days and is only for the highly religous. *shakes her head* I consider myself religous, though I haven't read the Bible, I don't attend church reguarly, but I view Marriage as sacred, two people entering an enternal bond, pledging their loyalty and selves to their partner before God and everyone till death do them part. I also believe that people should WAIT till after they get married to have sex, but they shouldn't get married just because they want to take the next step. Marriage, like divorce shouldn't be entered lightly, unlike divorce, Marriage is supposed to last forever, he or she will be the one you live with, laugh with, cry with, worry about, pray for, fight with, and millions of other things for the rest of your lives. it's a huge Commintment, because after the 'I do's' it's no longer me and her(or him), it's we.

As we move away from what marriage really stands for, we begin to trivaltize everthing that the institution stands for, Last year here in California, we the voters had to either stand up and support the tradtional values and rights granted to us by Marriage, or allow it to be changed to allow members of the same sex allow to marry and thus allowing them to call themselves "married". Now, don't get me wrong, I have no problems with homosexuals, if I'm friends with you, I'll remain your friend, but I don't think their union should be called a marriage. and on Nov 8th, Prop 8 was voted in favor of the traditional values (can't remember if that was a no vote or a yes vote)....

I think the point is, we really need to protect and rebuild the sacredness of marriage.

The Ho-Hum Blues

as I sit here on the last day of August, facing a new month, the year of 2009 slowly dwindles to it's final months, I look back at the last year. A marriage, a birth, death, loss both material and financial, political power struggles, insults from government officials, war, fires.... the list is endless. Last year Evy and Char married, I lost my father the very next day, the start of this year, I lose my job and source of income, we loose our house due to foreclosure, I have to postpone my wedding to Lysander, Evy and Char have a child, though she's several months premature, so each day is a struggle to survive for the little one, I'm told daily by Lysander what the politicians who are appointed to see to "our best intrests" are calling us all idiots and basically telling us that we don't know what's good for us.

I am trying to keep my head above water, be optomistic, but it seems that each day, the water keeps rising and the air ceiling keeps decreseing and sometimes undertows drag me down.

Sometimes, like Tony Lewis in the 10th Kingdom, I could be a dog, and not have to worry about everything and anything.

I've included an awesome picture of Hiei, everyone's favorite fire demon from the Anime series Yu Yu Hakuso. Anyone who knows me knows that is it my favorite Anime of all time. I have been rewatching the series on DVD at night while I explore either Second Life as either Daphne Juneberry or Mystic Winterwolf or reading. Lysander, my mother and I have been doing a readathon since June 3rd, I've extended it to 12/31 since we'll be moving sometime in the near future. and I'm surprised that I've missed reading. I used to love to read, but after starting college and dating Zynn, I stopped, save the Harry Potter Series and school releated material. It started up again after I got into Manga, and for awhile, that's all I read. but now after doing this readathon, I've got back into reading and sometimes, I'll be on Secondlife, reading, and watching TV or a DVD.

Has PETA gone too far?

This is the question I pose, after watching a news report on how they protested against McDonald's, with the Unhappy meals, to SCARE children into becoming vegetarians. HOW much of an idiot do you have to be to scare children into thinking the way they do?

Don't get me wrong, I support Animal Rights, and treating them the proper way. But there are some organizations out there, like PETA, that in my opinion take their cause to the extreme and after seeing that report about the Unhappy meals, I thought that PETA just needed to go away.

anyways, just before I was going to go this morning, a headline caught my eye on AOL news, and I had to read it. (Here's the link to the story) My GOD do these people even flipping think? How can they be so offensive to people THEY DON'T EVEN FLIPPING KNOW?

I'm an overweight person, and it's not because, oh my gosh, I had a piece of meat got me that way. AND CHANGING MY DIET TO EATING JUST VEGETABLES, LIKE PETA WANTS, isn't going to make me loose weight. changing the diet to a WELL BALANCE MEAL of MEAT and veggies will do that, meat gives you PROTEIN which helps with BUILDING MUSCLES, which in turn when you excersise, burns fat.... Do they even THINK over there at PETA?

Getting back into the writing swing

well it's been a while since I've done some blogging and since Yahoo has changed things around, I've moved here. hmmm, what shall I talk about today?

well first off I'm worried. worried about alot of things, this year has turned out to be almost as bad as last year. I guess the only good thing was that Evy and Char were expecting a bundle of joy. though it seems that even that doesn't go as expected.

Aug 2, their daughter Naio joined the world. 3 months premature, weighing in at 1 pound 13 oz. I pray everything will be okay with her.



*names have been changed for personal reasons