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Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - 4:24 PM

I've been getting a few e-mails about not finding the puppy pictures in my Gallery page. The Gallery program that I use is set up in albums. The pictures that you see on that page are not the only pictures in the Gallery. Those pictures represent albums. Click on the albums to open them and see an array of pictures. Also at the top of the gallery pages are numbers which represent different pages of albums. Click on those to see the other albums that I have. The album with the new puppy pictures is on the third page in an album called "My Children". Click on the picture of my dog and cat and go to the third page of the album to see the new pics of the puppy. To everyone thinking that their e-mail spawned this post, trust me, you weren't the only confused person. I was confused the first time I visited a picture gallery using this program, so you definitely aren't alone. Now go there and enjoy!
A good friend pointed out that most of the confusion comes from the fact that the albums are in chronological order, so it's confusing where to find other albums. I've now moved the album with my animals to the front page of the gallery along with the albums of my insane collections. Everything should be easier to find, even when I post new albums. Sorry for the confusion, folks.

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Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 4:57 PM

Okay, body, you have 24 hours to decide if you're getting sick or not. You've made me feel like I'm catching something for weeks now. Either get sick or leave me alone. I'm not missing Halloween to prevent disease catching. Those are my terms. Meet them or meet the consequences.

Now that that has been said, I will talk about a happier topic, like our new baby! Our new puppy is probably one of the cutest puppies I have ever seen. If you haven't seen his baby pictures, go visit them in the gallery. He looks like a cross between a bear cub and an Ewok. I know I said in earlier posts that his name is Loki, but we've had second thoughts. His mannerisms are so reserved and guarded, he doesn't have much Lokiness to his personality. Right now I'm thinking of calling him Naku, which is Japanese for cry. He cries all the time! And it's not just when he's sad or scared. He cries while playing and wagging his tail. I've been told by other Chow owners that all Chow puppies are like this, and it too, will pass. God, I hope so. His cries are a little cute now, but I think they'll wear very thin after a month. I'm also tossing around the name Baylor, since he looks like a bear and he's quite slow to react. I want to try to teach him how to do a Sic 'em Bears too. Another name on the table is Koga. I had thought of it before and Christi brought it to my attention again over the weekend. I like the name, but I'm not sure I want to name another dog after an anime character (even though this one doesn't die...at least so far he hasn't). People will start to think I'm weirder than I really am. If any of you would like to vote on his name, or offer a name, feel free to e-mail me. I have to decide something before I make his first veterinary appointment next week.

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Sunday, October 26, 2003 - 9:12 AM

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT! I got my LSAT score this morning! I got a 160 which places me in the 83rd percentile! So nice to know all that studying paid off. Oh yeah, and we got the new puppy on Saturday...guess I'll talk more about that later. Right now I'm going to get back to dancing all over the house!

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Friday, October 24, 2003 - 10:26 AM

I'm finally used to my hair color and I really really like it. However, it has given me one problem. The dark color really washes out my face so I have to wear makeup to make me not look like a ghost. Makeup and I have had our battles for years, and I'm a little put out that I now need makeup. I'm not going as far as actually wearing foundation or powder (my complexion would revolt) but I wear enough that forces me to wake up a few minutes early. Yes, I know it's amazing that I now care how I look. Most of my sorority sisters would probably cry tears of joy to find out that I'm wearing makeup. They've been trying to get me to ever since I pledged.

As for other milestones in my life, I had my first car accident this week. It was nothing big. I'm okay, my car runs fine and the guy who hit me has insurance, so all is good. I was rear-ended at a red light on the way home from work. The impact scared the crap out of me. Thank God I didn't hit the car in front of me. That was all I needed. Basically my car needs a new rear bumper and a new grille, which was jarred loose in the impact. Now I get to play the fun insurance waiting game that I've heard so much about but never wanted to play. Sigh.

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Monday, October 20, 2003 - 9:05 AM

I just read Christi's site and she says that my hair looks good, so I'll have to believe it since everything on the internet is true. To update what I said on Saturday, I have seen her hair totally dry and it is fabulous. Maybe we'll post pictures later when we're a little more confident.

Check out this little guy! We received a picture of our baby boy (I guess the breeder has already picked out who is getting who). I agree with Christi's assessment: he looks like a trickster. UPDATE: We finally agreed on his name. Meet Loki!

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Saturday, October 18, 2003 - 9:19 AM

I am still in shock. For the first time ever, I'm a brunette. I'm not even a light colored brunette. Oh no...it's a rather dark brown. But I didn't take the plunge alone. Christi is now a redhead. We both wanted something different and we were not disappointed in that aspect. I still jump a little when I look in the mirror. I'm still not sure how it looks. It must look somewhat okay, because a few people at work asked if this was my natural hair color. I haven't seen Christi's hair totally dry, but she said that everyone at her job loved it (except for this one punk kid, but I won't go into that here). I can't wait to see what it looks like.

I know these next few days are going to be weird. Everytime I went into my boss's office, he would stare at my head while I was talking. Shawn does the same. But at least Shawn isn't mad. He's always gone on about how upset he would be if I dyed my hair another color. Instead, he laughed and stared. Then he said the most romantic thing ever: "It's like I'm with another woman, but it's not cheating!"

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Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - 9:58 AM

One of these cuties is our newest family member!

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Tuesday, October 07, 2003 - 12:10 PM

Oy, vey...maybe pain killers are not my friends. Yesterday the firm closed at 1 p.m. so we could all help build a house with Habitat for Humanity. I had a lot of fun. We helped saw the plywood for the roof and wrap the house with plastic insulation. I myself did not saw anything (I have a problem with doing anything in a straight line) but I helped measure the plywood and I was the only one tall enough to hand the finished product to the workers on the roof. So where do the pain killers come in all this? I was on my feet for over four hours...my knee was in so much pain I could barely move when I got home. I couldn't sleep either. So I took one, only one, of my pain killers from my surgery. It made me so sluggish and groggy I could barely get myself out of bed this morning. I'm still feeling sluggish this afternoon...can't concentrate on anything and I'm moving very slowly. It scares me to remember that I got so used to taking these things.

This past weekend started out extremely stressful and ended up very relaxing. I took off work on Friday to study for that lovely LSAT. I actually did study all day long, as Christi took my Playstation 2 memory card hostage the night before. I went to bed freaking out that I didn't study enough. Maybe I didn't do enough hard games questions, or maybe I should have done a couple more timed arguments sections. The test came and went. I feel pretty good about this go around. I finished every section before time was called, and the games section didn't throw a massive curve ball at me. I left the test rather pleased. That night we went out with Christi and Matt to watch the Tech/A&M game. I am so happy that Tech beat the Aggies...I love anyone who beats the Aggies, but now I fear for my Baylor Bears who must play the Aggies this weekend at College Station for Aggie homecoming. Sigh. I feel a terrible slaughter coming on. Why must Baylor always play A&M the week after the Aggies suffer an embarrassing defeat? On Sunday I treated myself to a shopping spree at Borders. Yes, I did buy the next book in that Sword of Truth series I'm reading. I can't get enough of this story. I don't have much to do but read as Christi still has my memory card hostage. I have no idea what the ransom is, but I will find some way to meet her demands. Yes, I know I still have a GameCube, but I really want to finish Kingdom Hearts before I dive into another rpg like Zelda.

It be lunch time so I think I will go see if food will help this near comatose state I'm in. Everyone pray for the weekend to get here faster!

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Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 2:25 PM

No going back now. Just submitted all of my available online applications (Baylor, Texas Wesleyan and St. Mary's). I would be mailing in the rest of my applications, but SMU is having me REWRITE my personal statement. Grrrrrrr. It has to focus on why I want to attend their evening program. I think they want something longer than, "So I can eat. The End."

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Wednesday, October 01, 2003 - 10:31 AM

Last night as I lay sleeping...
I died or so it seemed,
Then I went to Heaven
But only in my dream
Up there St. Peter met me
Standing at the pearly gates,
He said "I must check your record
Please stand here and wait."
He turned and said "Your record
is covered with terrible flaws,
On earth I see you rallied
For every losing cause.
I see that you drank alcohol
And smoked and used drugs too,
Fact is, you've done everything
A good person should never do.
We can't have people like you up here
Your life was full of sin."
Then he read the last of my record
Took my hand and said "Come in."
He led me up to the Big Boss and said
"Take her in and treat her well,
She used to work in television,
She's done her time in Hell."
- author unknown

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