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You ever want to just hide away?23:24 Jun 30 2010
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Yesterday was a lot of fun, I went uptown to pick up my sister from work and when I tried to start the car it was dead. Hotter than hades and standing on a city street sucks. Luckily a friend of my sister's came by and gave us a jump. In the meantime another friend gave me a ride home because the kids where here alone. My sister made me leave since the heat was doing a real number on me.
The car started from the jump but as she was trying to drive it to the shop the thing died again right in the middle of the road. Oh great fun, she had standing there while folks drove by and stared, waiting for a wrecker to come take her 1/2 mile to the shop.
I needed to get my stitches out today so my aunt gave me a lift to the doctor. She's a wonderful woman my Mom's little sister actually so it's nice to be around her. But she didn't learn to drive until she was in her 30's so she drives like most of the older women around here that did that and all I can say is omg! I've ridden in police cars over 120 mph slamming on breaks and weaving lanes and wasn't made this nervous! lol
The shop fixed the car today, apparently the battery was shorting out before completely frying so together with the tow bill cost just shy of 200 bucks. I'm happy since I was afraid it would be even higher as I was worried it might be the alternator but they check it and was fine.
It hurt at this point in the month since it's mid-pay time but at least I had it. What also hurt was taking the stitches out since the very last one stuck and when pulled loose tore open my thumb again. I refused anymore stitches and am holding it together with a bandage now. My luck is holding good so far. lol Hope you're week is so much better than mine.
Forced Induction17:06 Jun 27 2010
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I'm not sure why there are questions about forced induction here but I have once again tried in my own poor way to explain it. Since I don't want to type it out again I'm adding it here so I can be lazy in the future and copy/paste it again and again...
Think of forced induction in this way:
A person walking down a street is grabbed into a dark alley and changed against their will into a vampire. They have a few days or weeks to adjust themselves to their new surroundings and how to behave to survive and flourish and once they have either done this or failed and died (left), a more powerful vampire comes along and adds them to their kiss (group) they don't ask if you want to join them, they simply are older and more powerful and add you to their group. You will now serve them unless you can persuade them to trade you to another vampire kiss you prefer. You do not do this with threats or tantrums but by using polite and correct words or they will bury you to the bottom of their group and ignore your existence or else send you to another group that will hate you as you hate them.
That is the vampire way and as this is a vampire site, does it not make sense it works that way?
Just so you know14:05 Jun 21 2010
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I'm headed off to see the doctor in a few minutes and I am not sure I'll be back online today. Going to have to have my right thumb cut on, right smack dab in the middle of it. lol I am not looking forward to this, not so much the knife as the stupid shots they stick in at the most painful points in a small area. Yep still got that needle phobia whenever someone else is sticking it into me. *that just sounded wrong*
Anyway between the cutting and stitching I doubt my right hand will be up to playing much with a keyboard or mouse. Ya'll have fun and stay out of trouble.
I may call Rat to bring over the rum when the numbness wears off, she can make a stop at sonic for a slushee on the way and fix me right up.
TGIF21:30 Jun 18 2010
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Made it to the end of a very long week, my niece was in GT camp so lots of back and forth for me, dragging my nephew with me who was mad because he wanted to sleep in this first week out of school. But today's the last day of camp and Mandy is in a school play, Shakespeare's Midsummer Nights Dream, she's playing Helena the nerdy girl who gets chased by 2 men. LOL She had her lines learned and the intonation down pat as of last night and had us rolling with her nerdy act. she even taped up her glasses and tried out a "Urkle" nasal tone. It ought to be fun and oddly enough when she's doing her lines she never even tries to stutter.
Both kids were going to vacation bible school this week so back and forth each evening though my sister helped with that once she was off work. They had a blast but I'm glad it ended last night.
Now off to dinner with Rat and Birdie and to relax and laugh for a while.
Next week is a special autistic camp for my nephew so I'm going to make tonight count!
Onto something entirely different....17:49 Jun 16 2010
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There are some wicked cool artists around here with photoshop too since I've seen some very inspired "protection stamps" around the site. These seem to come and go in popularity here but there's always a few to be found. Yes I have some they are in my journal where I can enjoy them and the fun memories of the folks that gave them to me.
I however do not have a protection stamp and for a very simple reason *or two*
1. It's a virtual world if someone bugs you block them or ignore them, I have no problem deleting a message without reading it from someone I don't care for or to talk to here or in my other emails.
2. Now for the reason that hits me the most, I ain't giving no warning shots.
Maybe it's being from the hills and raised in an old fashioned way but I have no problem with the thought of sitting in a prison cell for taking out anyone who harms my loved ones. That's about the worst thing they'll do to me and that's if I'm dumb enough to get caught. Wow that sounds like a death threat but honestly I've seen first hand the justice system and a life sentence for murder that gets out in 7 years for "good behavior" is stupid. How the hell can you have "good behavior" if your in there for murder, talk about an oxymoron!
Funny thing is I'd have a hard time beating other family members to the task, I wasn't the only one raised this way you see. lol
Just my thoughts *brings out soapbox*23:47 Jun 15 2010
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You know I really tried to respect the "promised to" stamps but no more. It's gotten ridiculous, I could respect one just put up after a member reaches level 15-19 since they've had the time to figure out a bit about the place.
But I'm running into them on level 3 and 4's who absolutely cannot have had the time to make an educated choice on the society they want to join here.
That alone has ticked me off enough to make me target those members specifically even though I don't use forced induction much, it doesn't really work well with our house but in this case I'd make an exception.
I'm also not really wild about the ideal of using a mentorship as a form of recruitment though I know it's being done right and left. My mentor ship was up before I became the master of UO but at no time have I used it to steer a member into the house and I won't do it.
If a member were to ask about the house I'll tell them to go through the same procedure as anyone else wanting to be in UO.
I felt then and still do that the mentorships were to be a teaching/ mentoring system for new members to get the most enjoyment from the site. I choose to also use mine to encourage those that wish to take the acolyte test, I think it's a very worthwhile thing to do.
Okay off my soap box now.
Funny how things happen21:08 Jun 11 2010
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The hub bub over the April reset has settled down and most if not all are back at their levels from before it happened. So all's good.
I lost something in my mentor ship forum that I do wish hadn't been lost though. About the 2nd week of April there was a new thread posted in my quiet little mentor ship from Cancer. It said there was some good information available there and it was too bad the mentor ship wasn't more active. That was lost :(
I'm just like everyone else it's a good feeling to know you did something right and for me that's what that was, a confirmation that I set up Quest for Knowledge along the lines of what the intention for the mentorships was to start with.
I wanted a place where finding the articles and threads that would help a young member work on their status and/or profile are clearly and easily found using links so it's easy to navigate.
I also wanted to touch on the needed skills to become an acolyte which I enjoyed the heck out of and still love to answer those questions. But in my attempts to pass the test and listening to friends that also took it there were some tips we discovered. Those I've posted for all to read.
Most of the pages of my mentor ship are open to the public I'm not big on hoarding knowledge.
It may be a childish wish but I would have enjoyed that thread hanging around a wee bit longer. lol
Oddly enough since losing that post I've added 3 new members to the mentorship and they seem to be the active sort so I'm making sure to check in several times a day so I don't miss out. It's exciting to help folks and the mentorship is just another way to do that for me.
Got Alastriona in the house!00:54 Jun 06 2010
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Yipee, just inducted a new member, we've tried for a couple of hours to get online together for her to update to level 20. Tried twice before she finally hit it but I was waiting and inducted her right then.
I think she'll be a great fit in the house and even if we loose a little status it's so worth it to get new members.
The bad part is that there at too many CM's out there right now that are not actually after good members but instead are grabbing everyone as they hit level 20 then ransoming them to the society they wanted to belong to in the first place.
It's defiantly a vampire thing to do, so don't start yelling to change things it just makes us work harder to get the folks we want after all.
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COMMENTS
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Vampirewitch39
23:35 Jun 30 2010
:( And I couldn't help.
Nightgame
03:36 Jul 01 2010
Them's the breaks, my dear Rat :) Hey we did watch Ratatouille again for fun.
Elemental
04:06 Jul 01 2010
Nor could I help......sorry Sis.