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Meme of No/Yes [Jun. 9th, 2009|03:10 pm]
[Current Location |The world of work]
[mood | worried]
[music |Not Meant To Be - Theory of a Deadman]

Meme of No/Yes )

So many of these have stories ... so many should...
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meme [May. 27th, 2009|01:40 pm]
[Current Location |The world of work]
[mood | awake]
[music |Supergirl-Saving Jane]

Taken from [info]meiki_cougar

Your dating personality profile:

Liberal - Politics matters to you, and you aren't afraid to share your left-leaning views. You would never be caught voting for a conservative candidate.
Romantic - You know exactly how to melt your date's heart. Romance comes naturally to you and is an important component of any relationship you have.
Sensual - You are not particularly shy when it comes to your sexuality. You know what you like and do not feel inhibited.
Your Top Ten Traits

1. Liberal
2. Romantic
3. Sensual
4. Big-Hearted
5. Adventurous
6. Outgoing
7. Wealthy/Ambitious
8. Funny
9. Intellectual
10. Traditional
Your date match profile:

Romantic - You need someone with a traditional understanding of romance. A true romantic is a must-have in any potential date.
Adventurous - You are looking for someone who is willing to try new things and experience life to its fullest. You need a companion who encourages you to take risks and do exciting things.
Practical - You are drawn to people who are sensible and smart. Flashy, materialistic people turn you off. You appreciate the simpler side of living.
Your Top Ten Match Traits

1. Romantic
2. Adventurous
3. Practical
4. Big-Hearted
5. Sensual
6. Conservative
7. Outgoing
8. Funny
9. Traditional
10. Stylish

Take the Dating Profile Quiz at Would I Date You

Interesting and pretty accurate...<3
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Snakes....On a Plane? [Apr. 16th, 2009|01:34 pm]
[Current Location |In my Office]
[mood | anxious]

Baby pythons escape during flight in Australia



http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/090416/K041602AU.html

MELBOURNE, Australia - Four baby pythons escaped from a container aboard a passenger plane in Australia, leading to a search that forced the cancellation of two flights, the airline said Thursday.

Twelve non-venemous Stimson pythons were being transported Tuesday on a flight from Alice Springs to Melbourne in the plane's cargo area in a bag inside a plastic foam box with air holes.

When the flight landed, it was discovered four snakes had escaped from the package, a Qantas spokeswoman said in a statement.

A reptile expert searched for the 15-centimetre-long snakes but did not find them.

It was not known if the snakes were still on the plane or if they had somehow escaped outside after the plane landed.

In the meantime, the plane missed two flights it had been scheduled to fly and passengers were transferred to other flights.

When the snakes were not found, the airplane was fumigated and it returned to service Wednesday.

Stimson's pythons, which can grow up to a metre long, live in western and central Australia and are not an endangered species.

© The Canadian Press, 2009

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Question Meme [Apr. 15th, 2009|04:28 pm]
[Current Location |Desk...in my office...work...]
[mood | contemplative]

Random Question Meme )
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Tweet tweet! [Apr. 14th, 2009|02:59 pm]
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[Current Location |The world of work]
[mood | anxious]

well I am now on Twitter® mArZiPaNshadow
add me if you have it or tell me to add you.
I wonder if I will get hooked on it like I am with Livejournal
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R.I.P. Snowfox [Apr. 8th, 2009|03:54 pm]
[Current Location |The world of work]
[mood | sad]

R.I.P. Snowfox

I didn't know you well and just online but you seemed a sweet soul that had a lot to endure and perhaps a bit too much drama. May the next lives find flowers and plushies and hugs for you.
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Gerbils Takeover! [Mar. 25th, 2009|10:50 am]
[Current Location |In my Office]
[mood | amused]
[music |I'm a Single Lady]

China tries abortion pills to rein in multiplying gerbils

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BEIJING - Chinese state media reports forestry officials in far western China have resorted to scattering abortion pills near gerbil burrows in a bid to halt a rodent plague threatening the desert region's ecosystem.

Xinhua News Agency says the pellets have "little effect on other animals," but can prevent pregnancy in gerbils and also induce abortion in already pregnant females.

In 2003, officials installed hundreds of perches for owls and eagles hoping the birds would cut back the rodent population but gerbils have continued to be a problem.

Xinhua says gerbils use too much of the area's limited grass to make their burrows and damage plant roots with their underground digging.

Desertification is a major concern for China.

Deserts currently cover about one-third of the country and officials fear global warming will accelerate their expansion.

The report did not say what was in the "tailor-made" contraceptive pellets, which have been used in the Gurbantunggut desert since May of last year.

"It's a good way to tackle the desert rat plague," local forestry official Du Yuefei was quoted as saying.

Du, chief of the epidemic prevention division of the Changji city forestry bureau, told Xinhua 200 kilograms of the drug were strewn over 49,000 hectares last year and cost the bureau US$11,400.

There's been a slight drop in gerbil numbers since the program was started, Du said, with about 11 gerbils now caught for every 100 traps laid out. Previously, 12 gerbils was the average.

Contraceptive pellets have been mixed into bird feed in St. Paul, Minnesota to help rein in that city's pigeon population and officials in Los Angeles have used contraceptive injections on squirrels. Animal rights groups often support contraception as a humane alternative to killing animals deemed pests.

© The Canadian Press, 2009

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/25/tech-090325-gerbils.html
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Advicey [Mar. 3rd, 2009|03:23 pm]
[Current Location |The world of Work at my desk]
[mood | worried]
[music |Love Story - Taylor Swift]

Stolen from Pepemache, I agree with the majority of this and definitely the spirit of it...Comments?

1: Life is not fair-get used to it.

2: The world won’t care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

3: You will NOT make $40,000 a year right out of high school. You won’t be a vice-president with an iphone and a loft until you earn both.

4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping- they called it opportunity.

6: If you mess up, it’s not your parents’ fault, so don’t whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

7: Before you were born, your parents weren’t as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you are. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parents’ generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. In some schools they have abolished failing grades and they’ll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. This doesn’t bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don’t get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time.

10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.

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False Memory Implants [Feb. 12th, 2009|01:57 pm]
[Current Location |The world of work]
[mood | bouncy]

Stolen from [info]snowfox19

If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now, please post a comment with a COMPLETELY MADE UP AND FICTIONAL memory of you and me. It can be anything you want -- good or bad -- BUT IT HAS TO BE FAKE. When you're finished, post this little paragraph on your blog and be surprised (or mortified) about what people DON'T ACTUALLY remember about you.

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It is no longer last year [Feb. 10th, 2009|02:53 pm]
[mood | silly]

Time out...

The phrase 'Epic Win' is now no longer valid :P

That is all

return to your regularly scheduled lives.
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Snakes and Snacks [Feb. 5th, 2009|01:54 pm]
[Current Location |The world of work]
[mood | silly]

[info]rye_bunny might like or laugh at this at least...

Picky Python

Grocery Store | Indiana, USA

(A lady comes in with an 8-foot boa constrictor draped over her shoulders.)

Customer: “Where is your cookie aisle?”

Me: “No! No! No! You cannot bring that in here. You have to leave.”

Customer: “Why? He won’t hurt you.”

Me: “I’m terrified of snakes for one, and also, it’s a health code violation.”

Customer: *walking closer to me, as I slowly back away* “That’s crazy! I’m not leaving, and you can’t make me. Plus, he’s not on the floor or touching anything in the store, so how can it be a health code violation? Now, where are the cookies?”

Me: “It’s a health code violation because no animals are allowed in a store where food is served, unless they’re service animals, and that’s not a service animal.”

Customer: “You’re crazy!”

Me: *calling to manager* “Can you please come out here, NOW?!”

Manager: *walking over* I’m sorry ma’am, you’re going to have to take the snake outside. You can come back in only if you get rid of it.”

Customer: “I’m not leaving the snake outside; I’m going to get the cookies.”

Manager: “Ma’am, you’re terrifying my employees and customers, and it’s a huge health code violation. If you would like, you can tell me what kind of cookies you’d like and hand me your money, and I’ll go get them for you.

Customer: “I’m afraid that’s not going to work either. My snake here likes to pick out his own cookies.”

Me: “…”

Manager: “Then I’m afraid we can’t help you and you must leave.”

Customer: “I’m going across the street, and telling the police station you won’t let me shop with the snake. This is an outrage, and this isn’t the last you’ve heard of me!”

(We never saw her again.)



Copied from http://notalwaysright.com so many good reads there, check it out

Life has been seriously a roller coaster from one side of the galaxy to the other lately ..wow ... I survive and smile though.
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One Word Meme [Feb. 3rd, 2009|01:26 pm]
[Current Location |Desk...in my office...work...]
[mood | worried]

I plan to make an FC post too I know it's been a week or so but life has been well downside up assbackwards and flippy! but here is a meme please try it too....

ONLY ONE WORD! It's not as easy as you might think! Copy and change the answers to suit you and pass it on. It's really hard to only use one word answers. Be sure to tag the person you received it from! I got it from Wilebobcat

1. Where is your cell phone? Desk
2. Your significant other? School
3. Your hair? Blonde
4. Your mother? Worries
5. Your father? Sainted
6. Your favorite TV Show? Doctor Who(is this cheating?)
7. Your dream last night? blush
8. Your favorite drink? Tea
9. Your dream/goal? Love
10. What room you are in? Office
11. Your hobby? Furry
12. Your fear? Insanity
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Loved
14. Where were you last night? Home
15. Something that you aren't? Sure
16. Muffins? Nom!
17. Wish list item? Mated
18. Where you grew up? Home
19. Last thing you did? Work
20. What are you wearing? Clothes
21. Your TV? LCD
22. Your pets? None :(
23. Friends? Saints
24. Your life? Chaotic
25. Your mood? Worried
26. Missing someone? Yes
27. Car? Wish
28. Something you're not wearing? Hat
29. Your favorite store? Bay
30. Your favorite color? Octarine
33. When is the last time you laughed? Noon
34. Last time you cried? 1 am
35. Who will resend this? Unsure
36. One place that I go to over and over? Work
37. One person who emails me regularly? Dondi
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FC soon [Jan. 16th, 2009|04:49 pm]
[mood | anxious]

Well it's that time of the year .. time for Further Confusion! http://www.furtherconfusion.org/fc2009/

I will be leaving monday evening taking the train down to seattle and spending a day or so down there relaxing and such(friends in Seattle? then meeting up with the Furry Van Trip from BC where I am once again one of the drivers we'll arrive sometime thursday and leave monday sometime midday.

=====FC Thingy====

YAY!

When are you getting there?
Thursday probably before noon or so hard to say///

Where are you staying?
The Double Tree. Parlour Suite!

Where will you be most of the time during the day?

All over and sometimes off site but mostly trying to be not shy and see friends and art and just be happy.

Who will you be with?
My friends and those I wish were friends.. sadly not with my BF who can't make it.

What suits will you have?
No fursuits but I have my birthday suit:P

What is your gender?
Mostly male .. strongly female in ways though.

How tall are you?
Odd question . .. 5'7"

Can I touch you?
Depends on wh you are and what mood I am in I guess.

Can I talk to you?
Sure, though at times I might be shy or anxious.

Can I buy you drinks?
Sure as long as I can return the favour too.

Can I hug or snuggle with you?
Depends on who you are but I do love snuggles.

Are you nice?
Not sure .. I guess.

Things I do NOT like at the con:
Judgmental people, that it has to end and people who give me abuse for wanting to eat or have fun or enjoy things.

Things I DO like at the con:
Art, friends, snuggles, cuteness, strangeness, parties, chatting meeting new furs being away from home.
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Grab A Brain [Jan. 15th, 2009|03:35 pm]
[Current Location |Desk...in my office...work...]
[mood | cranky]
[music |Let it Rock]

I keep hearing people talk about (and we're talking broadcast news commentators and politicos as well as joan and joe average) how 'Global Warming is obviously been proven wrong cuz it's so cold and we had snow and ice!' *facepaws* Yeah the term might be 'Global Warming' but it's Global Climate Change'!

When the climate changes in one place colder or warmer it changes the fronts and wind patterns and so on and over years this can change climate regions and patterns .. like the proverbial frog in the pot it doesn't feel it until it's boiling already. There are certainly differing opinions and theories about whether or not we as humans have helped to change this good or bad or whether it's just a pattern that cycles. But make no mistake about it regions have changed ... Arctic shelves melted away not returning though they never had for many many generations before with wildlife and forests changed. Droughts that last much longer and are more severe than before .. tornadoes, hurricanes in areas not known for them and record temperatures below and above.

It just frustrates me that people aren't thinking or getting to understand what the terms mean. Feel free to sit on the many political sides of the issue, that's something different. But don't pull an 'ostrich' and pretend it's not there.

Funny that it correlates with economic problems too ..just realized that ..hmm.
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That Fear meme [Dec. 26th, 2008|11:14 am]
[Current Location |Hearth and Home]
[mood | awake]

Key: [x]=yes 1 full point, [/]=somewhat 1/2 point, [ ]=no 0 points

[/] public speaking
[X] staying single forever (I'm ok with that if that's what's in the cards for me)
[ ] Rejection
[ ] being a parent (well not really, there is always abortion)
[ ] giving birth (Gawd no)
[/] being myself in front of others
[ ] open spaces
[/] closed spaces
[/] heights
[ ] dogs
[ ] fish
[ /] spiders (they are creepy)
[ ] flowers or other plants
[ ] that Scary guy...
[/] being touched
[ ] fire
[/] deep water
[/] snakes
[ ] silk (how is this a common fear?)
[ ] the ocean
[ ] failure
[X] success
[ ] thunder/lightning
[ ] frogs/toads
[/] my boyfriends/girlfriends dad
[/] my boyfriends/girlfriends mom
[ ] rats
[/] jumping from high places
[ ] snow
[ ] rain
[ ] wind
[/] crossing hanging bridges
[ ] death
[ ] heaven
[ ] being robbed
[ ] falling
[ ] clowns
[ ] dolls
[X] large crowds of people
[/] men
[/] women
[ ] having great responsibilities
[ ] doctors, including dentists
[ ] tornadoes
[ ] hurricanes
[ ] incurable diseases
[ ] sharks
[ ] Friday the 13th
[ ] ghosts
[X] poverty(don't want to be homeless and insane on the street my biggest fear
[ ] Halloween
[ ] school
[ ] trains
[ ] odd numbers
[/] even numbers
[ ] being alone
[ ] becoming blind
[/] becoming deaf
[ ] growing up
[/] creepy noises in the night
[ ] bee stings
[ ] not accomplishing my dreams/goals
[ ] needles
[ ] blood (but I give blood anyway : 3 )
[ ] dinosaurs
[ ] the welcome mat
[/] high speed
[ ] throwing up
[ ] falling in love
[ ] super secret

Final Total: 13 wow I'm improving .. used to be way worse

If you wish to post this in your journal, it's been requested that you title it I'm afraid of __ out of 75 common fears.

If you get more than 30, I strongly recommend some counseling.
If you get more than 20, you’re paranoid.
If you get 11-20, you are normal.
{{{If you get 10 or less, you're fearless.}}}
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Majel Barrett Roddenberry RIP [Dec. 18th, 2008|01:30 pm]
[Current Location |The world of work]
[mood | contemplative]

We lost another great today Majel Barrett Roddenberry and wonderful character actor and friend to Sci-Fi fans all over and from what I understand though I had not met her a very warm and forthright woman. http://www.trektoday.com/news/181208_01.shtml

I am glad she will live on in the roles and voices she portrayed and embodied, including next year's big new Star Trek feature as once again the voice of the computer. My personal favourite role of hers was the quixotic , bold and strong Lwaxana Troi from TNG, DS9 and in some games.
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Cute Festive Memes [Dec. 17th, 2008|03:27 pm]
[Current Location |In my Office]
[mood | giggly]

On the twelfth day of Christmas, marzipanshadow sent to me...
Twelve animals drumming
Eleven anachronisms piping
Ten gerbils a-leaping
Nine tickles dancing
Eight pulps a-milking
Seven bats a-swimming
Six movies a-camping
Five anthro-o-o-os
Four rodents
Three radio plays
Two widdle things
...and a buddhism in a comedy.
Get your own Twelve Days:


and...

In 2009, marzipanshadow resolves to...
Go to the bats every month.
Go to zen every Sunday.
Volunteer to spend time with gerbils.
Find a better toast.
Admit my true feelings to fruvous.
Backup my gossip regularly.
Get your own New Year's Resolutions:
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Holiday Drink [Dec. 16th, 2008|03:08 pm]
[Current Location |The world of work]
[mood | indescribable]



You Are Hot Chocolate



Your holiday personality is generous.

The holidays are your favorite time to practice the art of giving.



You enjoy picking out presents, sharing treats, and making everyone's day a little brighter.

And you don't even notice if you don't get anything in return.

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Bird [Dec. 16th, 2008|12:54 pm]
[Current Location |The world of work]
[mood | discontent]



Your Power Bird is a Swan



You are a truly graceful and gorgeous creature.

You easily see beauty in yourself and others.

Intuitive and in touch, you can often guess what the future will bring.

And you're flexible enough to accept the changes that life has in store for you.

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My Rainbow [Nov. 27th, 2008|04:01 pm]
[Current Location |In my Office]
[mood | creative]

Your rainbow is shaded violet.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

What is says about you: You are a creative person. You appreciate beauty and craftsmanship. You are patient and will keep trying to understand something until you've mastered it.

Find the colors of your rainbow at spacefem.com.
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