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| Friday, July 4th, 2008 | ||
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scotch1221 |
2:48p | Four days of doing absolutely nada if I want to. Perfect. |
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boxoctosis |
2:29p | How fitting Perhaps the second most ignorant man of the 20th century kicked the bucket on the 4th of July. Jesse Helms has bitten the dust. I think by dying on our nation's birthday, he has given America the best birthday present he could possibly have come up with. Too bad he couldn't have taken a few more racist Nazi assholes with him. |
| Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 | ||
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glaciercrow |
7:56a | "When you are in the woods, you cannot ever be lost. You are surrounded by friends and surrounded by God." --Joe Coyhis, STOCKBRIDGE-MUNSEE, Every plant, every animal, every insect, every bird, every tree is made up of God. God is life and everything is alive. When you are hunting, remember all nature is your friend. All nature has purpose. All nature participates in the life cycle. Nature communicates; Nature talks; Nature listens; Nature forgives; Nature respects; Nature loves. Nature lives in harmony. Nature follows the law. Nature is kind. Nature is balance. The woods are alive and beautiful. She is our friend. Great Spirit, let me honor and respect the forest and all the life it contains. |
| Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 | ||
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glaciercrow |
7:54a | Elder's Meditation for today "If I destroy you, I destroy myself. If I honor you, I honor myself." --Hunbatz Men, MAYAN It is said, when we need love the most is when we deserve it the least. Whenever I have secret thoughts about someone else, it will put bad feelings inside myself. I will hurt myself. If I secretly hold a grudge or resentment against my brother or sister, I will be a slave to that person until I let them go. Let me remember to look at my brother in a sacred manner. Today, let me think like a Warrior. Let my thoughts toward my brothers and sisters be good thoughts. Let me remember that You are in charge. If I get upset at another person today, let me remember that the most important thing I can do is to first talk to You because, when I am right with You, it is impossible to be out of harmony with my brothers and sisters. My Creator, take my hand and guide me through today. |
| Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 | ||
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cinnisugar_liar |
8:53p | it's like the stories mom tells me about teaching computer classes to senior citizens there's this guy who keeps needing my help every five minutes because he's trying to do some online assignment, and at first i thought, man, no one who has come in contact with technology before could be this computer retarded. and there are much easier ways to talk to people than by constantly flagging down the same lab consultant. but i'm starting to suspect otherwise. at least he's nice about it. |
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scotch1221 |
5:52p | Quotes for the day “We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.” -Joseph Campbell “The way to find out about happiness is to keep your mind on those moments when you feel most happy, when you are really happy — not excited, not just thrilled, but deeply happy. This requires a little bit of self-analysis. What is it that makes you happy? Stay with it, no matter what people tell you. This is what is called following your bliss.” -Joseph Campbell |
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go_ask_tesco [ clown_dust ] |
7:24a | Dear Tesco, *Knocks on screen* Just making sure the big move hasn't beat you up too much... (is prepared to give CPR if needed) |
| Monday, June 30th, 2008 | ||
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cinnisugar_liar |
6:28p | GOD i wish my feet would stop itching. it almost looks like i have the chicken pox again, except it's smaller and now it's painful and it won't. stop. itching. you'd think i would bring hydrocortizone cream with me or something, but no. shit, i still can't even remember to take a jacket. in other news, i have this box of crayons, but nothing to colour and nothing in my head to draw. last night Adam and i had a brief adventure because he wanted to get wine and we were trying to not have to go to Harris Teeter to get it. which we ended up doing anyway, but it was cool because i had a brief idea in my head for a story, but before i could really write much down he came back and it was lost. oh well. i'm just hopeful that maybe i'm starting to think things again. mostly i'm just super fucking excited because i found out that they're changing the entire week's end's hours because of 4th o' July, which means several days off in a row for me. which means i'm going to the fucking beach to visit my brother!!! EE!!! i cannot tell you how massively excited i am, and i am dragging Adam with me. |
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_scooter_ |
3:54p | I'm still around, just kinda been busy.... Sorry for skipping out on all of you guys for so long, just a bunch of stuff going on with life and I wasn't around to update. If anyone remembers I'm a recovering opiate addict and I've been doing an out-patient program for quite some time where I take this pill to help me get off the opiate pills. As of July 11th I'll finally be done with that and I'll be on my own from there and just struggling with life like everyone else. I may have been an addict in the past but that doesn't mean I have to stay addicted. I have the control and power to see this through. Am I never going to take an opiate again in my life? Pfft, I don't think there's anyway I could avoid this. I might have to in the future and I just hope I'm prepared for it. I'll take precautions such as telling the doctors about my past if something happens where they need to put me on a pain killer, such as surgery, car accident, etc.... I'll also avoid them if I can and I'll hand the bottle over to a friend and make sure I'm regulated on how much I take. Only things I can really think of to do. New medicine is being made everyday maybe I won't ever have to take them again for anything, I can only hope. I'm still single, I never got together with the one girl I mentioned in my last post. I just wasn't ready like I said, and she knew it and she knew my situation. Nothing happened we just hung out a few times and I told her I wasn't ready. I don't know what will happen in the future but I still want to be single till I'm squared away and feel good about getting into one. Some other things have been going on in my life as well but I'll save that for another time. |
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clown_dust |
3:07p | Another complaint for the day Suck the money out of my ass I saw the price of gas go up Friday morning on my way to work, one station was already set at $4.25/gal. Highest I've seen it along my commute to/from work. Filled up today and it cost me $43.00. Don't tell me I shouldn't bitch... that plenty of others are paying way more... not my problem. Hell, I've NEVER had to pay this much to put 10 gallons of gas into my car. This shit needs to stop. |
| Sunday, June 29th, 2008 | ||
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boxoctosis |
6:05p | I'm glad it wasn't me Interesting bit here is that Wendy and I got rip-roarin' drunk last night, so I was typing this with a bit of a hangover. A 17-year-old kid was brought in to the ER in the middle of the night unconscious and barely breathing by his friends. The friends told the ER doctors that he had been at a party earlier that evening and had drunk an entire bottle of 151. Anyway, to make a long story short, he had an almost lethal amount of alcohol in his system, and he had to be intubated and all that happy shit. They were hoping that they could pull the ET tube either this evening or tomorrow. I had a bit of a problem when I was younger with not knowing when to stop drinking, but jesus christ. An entire bottle of 151? Incidentally, I thought I would mention that I enjoy getting drunk with Wendy because we are both silly drunks and I enjoy the conversations we have. Current Mood:  tiredCurrent Music: Ween - Fiesta |
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cinnisugar_liar |
5:10p | sometimes i wish i could just go ahead and loose my mind so i'd have a valid reason for not being able to deal with shit. one of these days i'll write something positive and worth reading. |
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oneevilqueen |
3:45p | I'm quite happy to say that gramma was moved to rehab on Friday evening, and she is actually able to bear weight and pivot on her leg. She will have to come stay with us for a while after she gets released, of course, which is fine with me. I'd rather have her here where I know she will be safe. It makes me glad my mother is off for the summer. She is also now re-considering retiring because of this episode with gramma, and if she does retire then that means that I will probably be able to move out, unless of course I choose to go back to school again next year. Odds are not in my favor for going back to school in the spring, however, unless I take some distance learning courses. PS The ex did finally deliver on a promise for the first time. I got my Docs Friday before I left for work. Wooooot! |
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oneevilqueen |
10:27a | It looks like I won't be doing anything special for my birthday this year like I had wanted. Getting time off from work when you are a nurse is a big pain in the ass; you have to plan months ahead of time and have all the details ironed out because we make our schedules so far in advance, and for 4 weeks at a time. The schedule for August/September is already sneaking up on us, and honestly, the only time I wanted off was for Kayla's first day back at school and the weekend of my birthday. I'll just save my PTO and hopefully enough money to buy plane tickets for myself, Kayla, and my sister to go see her boyfriend's brother in Korea in March. I'm off to Big Lots with my mom then to see my grandmother in the hospital. |
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scotch1221 |
12:12a | Geh After spending two hours at the office, then the Hilton....and having a major nosebleed.....the system never came up. NOW I have to be back at the office at 7:00a.m. Sunday. |
| Saturday, June 28th, 2008 | ||
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scotch1221 |
3:52p | Ahhhh.....devotion ;-) Well, it is no secret that work has been a major stressor for me the past month. This morning, I had to go to work as part of a core group to test the data conversion....Of course there were quite a few glitches that the IT people have to work out. I just got a call that I have to go back tonight from ten until midnight. Yay me. AND....since I'm salaried now, no overtime and no comp time. What a team player :-P Anyhoo....I'm trying not to focus on the fact that I don't have a whole weekend to myself.....and I AM focusing on the fact that I get out of work on Thursday at 1:00, I'm off on Friday (Of course) and then I took the following Monday off. Once again, I have loads of PTO to use in the next six months. Woe is me :) |
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glaciercrow |
10:47a | In the News - Mascot Loss Glacier bear shot in Skagway Unusual white bear roamed environs until early June incident Skagway residents are mourning the loss of a "spirit bear" that enthralled them since it was a cub. The white or light-colored black bears are also known as "glacier bears" and historically are of special importance to the Tlingit people of the area as well as other residents and visitors. In nearby Haines, school sports teams are named after glacier bears. The local resident, who shot the bear despite a state regulation intended to protect it, not only won't be prosecuted but is soon to go home with the pelt. Now, questions are being asked about who was to blame and whether the state did enough to protect a beloved bear. "People here are extremely upset that the bear was shot and that they're returning the hide to this gentleman," said Jan Wrentmore, owner of Skagway's Red Onion Saloon. The glacier bear was first spotted three years ago as a cub, tagging along behind a regular-colored black bear mother and with a standard-issue black bear sibling.  As it grew up, Wrentmore said, it became a fixture in the town of fewer than 1,000 residents. "Children went on field trips to see this bear," she said. "It was not a garbage bear. It had just grown up here." On June 9, police say, Skagway resident Thor Henricksen may have shot the bear. Certainly Henricksen shot a bear, but was it the spirit bear? The answer hinges on the coloring of the bear, and relevant state officials say they can't be sure the bear Henricksen took near Skagway's Dyea Road on that day was the "white" bear the regulations intended to protect. Troopers seized a bear carcass from Henricksen and had it reviewed by Department of Fish and Game biologists. They determined that the bear was various colors, but concluded it was not a fully "white" bear. "It was a multi-colored pelt," said Fish and Game's Ryan Scott. "There was some black in it, some white color, some blond-cinnamon and some gray," he said. The regulations protecting the "spirit" bear, passed by the Board of Game last year specifically to protect the Skagway bear at the request of the city of Skagway and local residents, refers only to a "white" bear. "We could not definitely say this is or is not the same bear," Scott said. That, said Lt. Todd Sharp of the Alaska State Troopers, means Henricksen can't be prosecuted and may have done nothing wrong. "We weren't able to determine that it was a white-colored bear as the regulation states," Sharp said. The bear is being held in storage and will be returned to Henricksen, he said. Wrentmore has asked that Skagway residents be able to view the bear to see if they think it is the same bear. The carcass is now in a freezer in Juneau, but Sharp turned down a request from the Empire to view the bear. "It doesn't belong to the state. It belongs to the person that took the bear," he said. "It has been determined that it was lawfully taken." Henricksen took the bear in an area open to bear hunting, during an open bear hunting season, and the hunter possessed the necessary license to hunt and harvest bears, Sharp said. Wrentmore thinks Henricksen took the Skagway glacier bear that the city had tried to protect, even though it was not completely white. "It was never pure white. It was always creamy, with white ears," she said. Scott agrees that the bear Henricksen took was likely the bear the city had tried to protect. "I haven't heard anything about it being seen recently, it is potentially the same bear," he said. "Most likely, it is the bear." Henricksen, an equipment operator for the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities in Skagway, was unavailable for comment. A woman answering the phone at Henricksen's residence said he was unlikely to be willing to talk about the incident. "I'm sure he's going to have no comment. It's been nothing but a nightmare," she said. The regulations protecting the bear were put in place by the Board of Game as an emergency measure in August of 2007, and made permanent in November of that year for Unit 1D. They were modeled after a similar regulation in Juneau's Unit 1C, where taking white black bears was already banned. Such bears are sometimes called white-phase black bears, and Wrentmore said that broader designation was what the Skagway citizens had originally sought. Had the regulation barred taking "white-phase" black bears, it might have protected the Skagway spirit bear, she said. Scott said Fish and Game is trying to determine if something went wrong with its regulatory process. "The regulation was intended for an individual bear," he said. "The bear we saw just did not meet the wording of the regulation," he said. That doesn't mean it wasn't the same bear, however. Bears change color over time, and this one wasn't white," Scott said. "We are certainly discussing that internally with the troopers. It's in the forefront of our thoughts right now, what could be done differently," he said. Wrentmore said something should have been done differently. "There's lots of heartache here in town right now," she said. • Contact reporter Pat Forgey at 523-2250 or patrick.forgey@juneauempire.com. Click here to return to story: http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/062708/sta_296264739.shtml |
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cinnisugar_liar |
10:42a | i got this i am just barely staving off a hangover with amphets, and i have six and half hours left of work, and i wasn't really forgiven, but i am just okay. i thought i had reached that point where doing anything but just sucking up and dealing with my feelings would be a terrible idea and make my situation worse, but i have found company so chill it's like therapy for my heart. as long as i have little things like that, i can hold on. shit like that helps me keep my faith. and i'll be fine. i can run on faith. |
| Friday, June 27th, 2008 | ||
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boxoctosis |
6:27a | What? Behind the rabbit? http://www.filecabi.net/video/806c88599601.html |
| Thursday, June 26th, 2008 | ||
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scotch1221 |
6:12p | Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live. ~Nicolas de Chamfort |
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cinnisugar_liar |
6:15p | give me your advice i'm listening. i really am. |
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oneevilqueen |
9:15a | funny Mary can't stand Sunday school, but her brother William doesn't have a problem with it. So one day in Sunday school, Mary thinks, "The hell with it," and decides to go to sleep. The teacher sees this and asks Mary a question to keep her awake. "Mary, who created the heavens and the earth?" William, who is sitting behind Mary, pokes her in the butt with his pencil. Mary wakes up and shouts, "God almighty!" And the teacher says, "Yes. That's correct, Mary." Mary goes back to sleep and the teacher asks her another question. "Who died on the cross for our sins?" William pokes Mary again. She wakes up and shouts, "Jesus Christ!" Once again, she goes back to sleep. This time the teacher asks, "Mary, what was the first thing Eve said to Adam?" William pokes her again. Mary wakes up and shouts, "If you don't stop poking me with that thing, I'm gonna break it off!" |
| Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 | ||
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glaciercrow |
11:31p | In the News - Devasting Decision for Alaska Fishermen Court slashes judgment in Exxon Valdez disaster WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court today (Wednesday) cut the 2.5 billion punitive damages award in the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster to 500 million. The court ruled that victims of the worst oil spill in U.S. history may collect punitive damages from Exxon Mobil Corp., but not as much as a federal appeals court determined. Justice David Souter wrote for the court that punitive damages may not exceed what the company already paid to compensate victims for economic losses. Exxon asked the high court to reject the punitive damages judgment, saying it already has spent $3.4 billion in response to the accident that fouled 1,200 miles of Alaska coastline. A jury decided Exxon should pay $5 billion in punitive damages. A federal appeals court cut that verdict in half. The court divided 5-3, with Justice Samuel Alito taking no part in the case because he owns Exxon stock. --- Exxon has fought vigorously to reduce or erase the punitive damages verdict by a jury in Alaska in 1994 for the accident that dumped 11 million gallons of oil into Prince William Sound. The environmental disaster led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of seabirds and marine animals. Nearly 33,000 Alaskans are in line to share in the award, about $15,000 a person. They would have collected $75,000 each under the $2.5 billion judgment. {my note - $15,000 doesn't even cover ONE year's loss, let alone 19. Also, many of these people have died while waiting for this suit to finish} Exxon comments on Supreme Court ruling ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Exxon Mobil Corporation released a statement after the U.S. Supreme Court today (Wednesday) slashed the punitive damages award in the nation's worst oil spill ever. Instead of paying $2.5 billion, Exxon Mobil will instead shell out $507.5 million to plaintiffs in the Exxon Valdez spill. The company statement says, "The Valdez oil spill was a tragic accident and one which the corporation deeply regrets. "We know this has been a very difficult time for everyone involved. We have worked hard over many years to address the impacts of the spill and to prevent such accidents from happening in our company again Disappointment in Exxon ruling registered by Congressional delegation & Governor Alaska's Congressional delegation issued a joint release expressing disappointment with the Exxon Valdez decision. They believe the court should have allowed the judgment to stand. They said the ruling adds insult to injury to the fishermen, communities and Alaska natives who have been waiting nearly 20 years for proper compensation As a result, they vowed to redouble efforts to get signed into law the delegation plan to give the 33,000 victims of the oil spill the ability to increase retirement contributions and to provide tax relief through income averaging of the individual settlement amounts.” Governor Palin's reaction was also one of disappointment. She said the court "gutted" the jury's decision on punitive damages. Fish and Game Commissioner Denby Lloyd said the impacts of the 1989 spill on marine life continue to be felt today. He says it will be years more before fish and wildlife and people full recover from the tragedy. Lawyer for Alaskans 'shocked' by Supreme Court ruling MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minneapolis attorney who represented thousands of Alaskans in the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster says he's shocked by Wednesday's Supreme Court ruling. The Supreme Court cut the $2.5 billion punitive damages award for the worst oil spill in U.S. history to $500 million. Justice David Souter wrote for the court that punitive damages may not exceed what the company already paid to compensate victims for economic losses. The Minneapolis law firm of Faegre & Benson represented the single largest group of the roughly 32,000 plaintiffs in the case. The lead trial attorney in the case, Brian O'Neill, says those Alaskans won't have money they deserve because the court made law out of whole cloth to help Exxon. O'Neill also says Exxon never even argued for Souter's ratio between punitive and compensatory damages. --- Information from: St. Paul Pioneer Press, HYPERLINK http://www.twincities.comhttp://www.twincities.com ************************** Personal use crab fishery won't open in Juneau area There'll be no personal use red and blue king crab fishery in the Juneau area this summer. It's closed and won't open as it normally does on July 1, according to Al Tingley who is the Personal Use King Crab Manager in the Juneau area for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. The decision is based on the annual assessment survey for the Juneau area which was completed June 10th. He says the survey revealed that adult males are at very low levels and young males and all females are at or near their lowest levels on record. The survey's bottom line came up with a designation of "poor" and a recommended harvest rate of "zero." Results are poor region wide although surveys are continuing in other areas of Southeast. Tingley says they hope to have the survey completed, results in hand, and decisions made on what to do in those areas by the end of July. In the meantime he says to go for Golden crab in the Juneau area and throughout the region. There's a daily bag and possession limit of three male golden king crab per person. It increases to six in the remaining waters of Region 1 east of the longitude of Cape Spencer. |
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cinnisugar_liar |
1:18p | Tongue Friction Massacre this music fills my heart the way love used to. and i guess that's good enough. one day i'll be okay again. |
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oneevilqueen |
12:02p | Tuesday afternoon. No sign of my Docs yet. Somehow, I am not suprised. He's got one more day before I go and egg and TP his mom's house. |