Greatest Ordinary Everyday Things

I NEED YOUR HELP... What is the hottest XMAS Dessert This Year?

2005-12-16T19:53:00.000-05:00

I am counting on my readers to help me... I am looking for the hottest, hippest, coolest dessert for this years Holiday Party?

Any Ideas?... Send Them all... And Then We Will Have A Vote?

Can You Think of 43 Things You Wish You Knew?

2005-12-16T19:44:00.000-05:00

With New Years Right Around The Corner...
And Everybody Trying to Be The Best That They Can Be...
and in no way does that mean perfect...
Visit 43 Things
You will find an amazing number of things that you have done,
or wish you could do, or plan to do...
It's a collection of what-have's, have-nots, and can-haves...
it's amazing place... You won't Want To Miss It.

I would rather be hated for who I am, then loved for who I'm not.

50 Ordinary Things

2005-12-12T09:28:00.000-05:00

"Symbols are just symbols; the thing's the thing."

--Howard Ogden

Ordinary things are often taken for granted. Governments do not commission studies about them, museums are not erected in their honor and people rarely put up a fight when an ordinary thing is in danger of being lost.

This is the vexation and the virtue of the ordinary thing -- which is all the more reason to save them in the next millennium.

Pros & Cons of Cellphone Usage for Kids...

2005-12-11T10:57:00.000-05:00

Does Your Child Need A Cell-Phone?

PROS

It's the most convenient way to stay in contact.
It doesn't have to be all or nothing. Limit the use.
It can help your child build & maintain friendships. Like it or not, other kids have cell phone and rely on them to communicate.
It has free long-distance. Kids can keep in touch with faraway friends and relatives without racking up long distance charges on your landline.
It offers a chance to teach responsiblity. Assign kids the task of keeping track of the minutes they use - or chipping in for the service.

CONS

It can lead to huge bills... Extra minutes & features like text messaging and cool ringtones can break the bank.
It can be a distraction in the classroom... In fact, many schools have banned the use of cell-phones during class.
It's yet more screen time. Think your child already spends too much time in front of the TV, computer & playing video games? A cell phone is another electronic gadget that could add to the problem.
It's easily misplaced or broken and it is expensive to replace or repair.

The Following Infomation came from the Januaury 3, 2006 edition
Paper Copy of Woman's Day Magazine.

Thank you Lori Murray for this information.

I would rather be hated for who I am, then loved for who I'm not.

Van Zant

I have a Definitely Not-So Ordinary Life, And I Need Someone's Help!

2005-12-10T09:58:00.000-05:00

I am going to jail... for at least a 1 year... I violated my probation on a larceny 4 charge (using credit cards and not paying them)... my sentence was 1 year suspended after 3 years probation... but just like I felt when I accepted the deal - I knew then that eventually I would end up in jail... and now there is no denying it... it is happening... I think I will be going in February or March...

So please help me if you can... I don't want my blog to disappear... if someone; anyone is willing to update my blogs at least monthly, then when I come home - they will still be up and running... and what would be even better - is if that someone, anyone - would let me write to them - and then they can even post what I am doing, how I am doing in prison...

ANY TAKERS?

I would rather be hated for who I am, then loved for who I'm not.

Blessed With A Mess

2005-12-06T12:12:00.000-05:00

Blessed
By Tammy Laws Lawson

A friend and I were standing in line at the grocery store the other day, and I was telling her how lazy my children were. I had come in from work that morning, and like most times, my house was wrecked.

"I believe children nowadays are just out for what they can get. I bend over backwards for them, and they can't even help keep our house clean. It wouldn't bother me so, but it's the woman who looks bad if the house is a mess."

"Do you know how blessed you are?" a woman behind us asked.

"I would love to go home and find my house a mess. I wouldn't mind my carpet being ruined or the dishes left everywhere. I wouldn't mind the dirty clothes being piled high or the many socks to match. I wouldn't even mind anyone talking about my dirty home. Matter of fact, I would love it. I would dearly love to kick my way through the house just to get to my kids and be able to hug them, kiss them and tell them how much I love them.

You see, my two children were killed in an auto accident and now it's just my husband and me.

My house stays clean, my clothes stay put up, the dishes are done. There are no fingerprints on my walls, no mysterious spots on my carpets. There are no sounds of arguing, no slamming doors, no laughter, no 'I love you Mom.' So you see, you are very blessed. What I would give to be going through what you are right now. How I would love to be able to hold my kids, wipe away their tears, share their dreams. Just to watch them play. If I had my children, I wouldn't care how my house looked. I would be happy just to have them."

Now if you come into my house and see a big old mess, you can think bad thoughts if you want, but I feel greatly blessed.

Reprinted by permission of Tammy Laws Lawson (c) 1999 from Chicken Soup for the Christian Family Soul by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Patty Aubery and Nancy Mitchell Autio. In order to protect the rights of the copyright holder, no portion of this publication may be reproduced without prior written consent. All rights reserved.

I would rather be hated for who I am, then loved for who I'm not.

Musings On Pictures Of Ordinary Things

2005-12-05T09:38:00.000-05:00

I would rather be hated for who I am, then loved for who I'm not.

Dontcha Just Love It

2005-12-04T10:25:00.000-05:00

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Deep Questions or Not?

2005-11-30T17:12:00.000-05:00

Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are flat?

Why do banks charge a fee on "insufficient funds" when they know there is not enough?

Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?

Why doesn't glue stick to the bottle?

Why do they use sterilised needles for death by lethal injection?

Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?

Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a gun at him?

Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

Whose idea was it to put an "S" in the word "lisp"?

What is the speed of darkness?

Are there specially reserved parking spaces for non-disabled people at The Special Olympics?

If you send someone 'Styrofoam', how do you pack it?

If the temperature is zero outside today and it's going to be twice as cold tomorrow, how cold will it be?

If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?

If it's true that we are here to help others, what are the others doing here?

Do married people live longer than single ones or does it only seem longer?

If someone with a split personality threatens to commit suicide, is it a hostage situation?

Can you cry under water?

What level of importance must a person have, before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered?

If money doesn't grow on trees then why do banks have branches?

Why does a round pizza come in a square box?

How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on bigger suitcases?

Why is it that people say they "slept like a baby" when babies wake up, like, every two hours?

If a deaf person has to go to court, is it still called a hearing?

Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?

Have a think about them & let me know if you discover anything - Thanks to Leanne in Bedford for these deep points on life.

This was borrowed from David's Alternative Views

Sneaky Uses For Everyday Things

2005-11-30T15:08:00.000-05:00

I would rather be hated for who I am, then loved for who I'm not. Van Zant

A gay Jewish New Yorker walks into a blog ..

2005-11-30T13:46:00.000-05:00

A gay Jewish New Yorker walks into a blog ..

» More Blogs, GLBT

Anytime of year is perfect for listicles, but as we approach December and the hotbed of the holiday season, keep this in mind: it's about to get worse, and it'll be more than Cargo delivering the excuses for content.

That said, we love listicles. What better way to generate readership with so little effort, which explains why we latched on to this one shared by one really gay, really Jewish, really New York New Yorker.

Given as much, please forgive us for the gay, Jewish and New York overtones.

The top ten ways you know you are deep-seated and have a one-way ticket to some level of Dante's Inferno:

1. You're in recovery for the third time.
2. You recognize clothing from last season, even when it's black.
3. You're convinced that every hot male actor is a closeted homosexual.
4. Despite an above average IQ, the first thing you read in the morning is PAGE SIX; you know Pagesix what Page Six is.
5. You're contemptuous of every fag who walks up and down 8th Avenue on a regular basis, even though you walk up and down 8th Avenue on a regular basis.
6. You know that Hiro is only on late Sunday nights.
7. You had sex with almost all of your male friends.
8. You're friends with at least one person who has topped Anderson Cooper.
9. You're over 30 and still know the names of the hot DJs and the nights they are spinning and where.
10. You swallow, even when not ordered to do so.

If we knew it took so much effort to be gay (and Jewish, in New York), we would've seriously reconsidered adopting this lifestyle.

Deep-Seated or Transitory? (Proceed At Your Own Risk)

6 yr old's sudden death shocks school

2005-11-30T13:36:00.000-05:00

A 6-year-old girl mysteriously died yesterday after collapsing inside her Chinatown school, police said.

Jasmine Man told her teacher at the Shuang Wen School on East Broadway that she was feeling ill around 1:30 p.m., and just 35 minutes later, she was pronounced dead at Downtown Beekman Hospital.

A relative said Jasmine had no known health problems.

"She was doing fine," said the girl's uncle James Sung. "It happened so suddenly."

Sources said Jasmine told her teacher at the school, which instructs in both English and Mandarin Chinese, that she had a pain in her throat. The teacher gave her some water, but Jasmine soon said she was having trouble seeing and collapsed. Principal Ling Ling Chou performed CPR until EMS crews arrived, the sources said.

The medical examiner's office will determine the cause of death. There were no signs of trauma to her body.

Neighbors of Jasmine's E. Sixth St. apartment building - where the child lived with her parents, brother and grandparents - were stunned.

Miriam White, 25, who said she used to baby-sit Jasmine, said the girl occasionally suffered headaches.

"She takes an aspirin and they go away," White said. "This is shocking. I love that little girl."

Originally published on November 30, 2005

I would rather be hated for who I am, then loved for who I'm not.

Visit Rainy Days & Mondays

2005-11-28T02:08:00.000-05:00

Got A new journal in a new place... growing tired of blogger being down, how bout you?

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2005-11-28T02:06:00.000-05:00

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ABOUT PEOPLE SPAMMING BLOGS - PLEASE STOP

2005-11-27T17:13:00.000-05:00

I have asked, and been asked - how we can control people spamming our blogs... Well I agree that the word verification does help, but is there a way we can avoid that - and just not allow anonymous comments... Meaning that everyone has to have an email addy to post.

i nipped one particular spamming once and for all... I looked up their blog, followed the link from the blog to a website selling their wares... and under contact us, wrote them a letter with all the crap they left behind on my blog. And I told them it must stop or I will FLAG your blog...and that is not a good thing... you lose precious information and costs me the bloggie... alot of time to get the blog free of that TITLE.

I wish that if you like my blog comment on it, that is what that COMMENT section is on, and if you want link back to me (use the link to me do just that)... then when people visit my blog, and see that particular entry - they will feel inclined to visit the sight it is connected to.

I am not an engineer... I am not a graphics designer... when I did work I was a data entry operator, who one day got alittle lucky an a landed herself a temporary job creating webpages for company that was going ISO 90000 and needed to get all the speciifications of their products listed on their intranet by a certain date... that gave me the knowledge of HTML I would have never gotten any other way... but today the software is so advanced... I can only created the smallest of pages using banners and pictures... and it takes me awhile to get the copy riight... and I do this because...

I WANT PEOPLE TO SPAM MY BOARD - HELL NO!

I do it because I believe in freedom of speech, and maybe somebody reading my blog has something important to say, but was afraid to publish it outright... So here I have created a place where people, ordinary everyday people - can comment on what they read or see, and leave their opinion for the rest of the world to see.

Please treat our blogs with care... if you don't have a blog, or if you are just starting out and want us to help you, leave your email addy... I would never let someone who asked me for help to go unnoticed.

Understand this is nothing else... my blog is me. I created it in such a way that it would be attractive to the eye, yet still hold my principles - and by doing this I have allowed YOU, EVERYBODY a look into my mind, my thoughts... and would expect at the same from those who read my blogs.

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2005-11-25T13:30:00.000-05:00

I would rather be hated for who I am, then loved for who I'm not.

Hello World Day November 21st

2005-11-20T13:28:00.000-05:00

The 33rd Annual
World Hello Day

November 21st, 2005
Greet Ten People for Peace

WORLD HELLO DAY
P.O. BOX 15592
Beverly Hills, California 90209 U.S.A.

View Letters Online

November 21, 2005 is the 33rd annual World Hello Day. Anyone can participate in World Hello Day simply by greeting ten people. This demonstrates the importance of personal communication for preserving peace.

World Hello Day was begun in response to the conflict between Egypt and Israel in the Fall of 1973. Since then, World Hello Day has been observed by people in 180 countries.

People around the world use the occasion of World Hello Day as an opportunity to express their concern for world peace. Beginning with a simple greeting on World Hello Day, their activities send a message to leaders, encouraging them to use communication rather than force to settle conflicts.

As a global event World Hello Day joins local participation in a global expression of peace. The World Hello Day web site address is http://www.worldhelloday.org.

31 winners of the Nobel Peace Prize are among the people who have realized World Hello Day's value as an instrument for preserving peace and as an occasion that makes it possible for anyone in the world to contribute to the process of creating peace.

Brian McCormack, a Ph.D. graduate of Arizona State University, and Michael McCormack, a graduate of Harvard University, work together to promote this annual global event.

What's Hot & What's Not in Hollywood & the world

2005-11-19T11:09:00.000-05:00

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2005-11-16T16:56:00.001-05:00

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Write - Write - Write: The Odd Mailbox

2005-11-16T16:56:00.000-05:00

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My Perceptions...

2005-11-14T23:31:00.000-05:00

I have always been one to observe quietly before gathering together my thoughts and offering up an opinion... and there is something that has been eating away at my brain for over a week or so, something that I can no longer keep inside, something I must share with others... You have probably heard that again and again, but I don't write about things that have no value to anyone... I write with insight and desire for a better life for all of us. Not just for me.

okay my opinion... When things go wrong in my life, I think "Oh My God", what is wrong with me? It seems that everything that can go wrong always does in my life (Murphy's Law)... but even that you think can't be all fate. Then I thought about the people who were made homeless by Katrina, and the people in Japan who died in the tornados, and in India all those people left homeless, and so far from anywhere - it took months to get them tents, and I go... well my problems aren't that bad at all.

Here I am complaining about a headache, or a rip in my jeans, or the fact that we have no peanut butter left... and I realize I am so self-centered that it makes me almost sick, no it does make me sick, I feel nauseaus now just writing about it. How dare we, who have not been through a horrific event, an event so terrible it has taken away your loved ones, your children... even though they have become children of God in heaven - I can't even imagine the pain and suffering those left feel... I can imagine that they feel like saying: "Why didn't you take me?", "What did my daughter/son do that was so bad that God Took him/her away from me?" - We all know that nobody had anything to do with the fact that nature came down in such a force that it destroyed anything in it's path... that's what the earth does. We go in cycles. Sometimes many many years go by without a single incident, then they seem to come in 10's & 20's - all happening at the same time.

And even if this did happen to you, or to a loved one, or someone from school, or work - you didn't do anything to make it worse for them... in many cases most of us - reached out to help those get through the early days of desolation and despair, yet we feel guilty because it didn't happen to us.

I am so ashamed that in the past month, I complained about not having my favorite food to eat, when others had no food at all... or when I complained my clothes weren't washed and folded, but wrinkled in the bottom of the laundry basket - when others have been wearing the same clothes for months, and some are walking around wearing sheets and no shoes.

I am ashamed that I was brought up to complain over the littlest things, things that some people live with everyday, and don't even bat an eye.

I too have gone through a life-changing experience... just by observing and listening and watching and learning that I am just a tiny piece of the world...and there are so many more important things I should be concerned about... not world peace (that may never happen)... but concern for our fellow americans whether at home, or the soldiers who are defending our honor in a war that shouldn't be our problem. and concern for those hurt by the tornadoes, hurricanes, blizards that sometimes vanquish whole cities...

I need to have compassion for others, and lay down my armor that keeps my heart surrounded by walls - so I don't feel... I need to feel, I need to listen, I need to help others... I don't know how I can help them, but maybe by my changing my perception of the world, and the people who live in it - I have taken a step forward in understanding and getting along with all people, not just people like me.

I never thought I was predjudice, but in a way I was... I believed that to live in America - you should speak english at all times, and use your own language in your home only... but I found out that many of those people who came here fleeing their countries because they were scared, didn't have time to learn our language while the bombs were going off... and they are trying to learn it now.

I always used to say, that if I went to their country no one would hire me, because I can't speak their language and it's true - no one would... What is hurting the american economy is those people who come from other countries with no skills and even less english but I am not putting those people down, I am just expressing my opinion as to why all of a sudden jobs don't pay as well as they used to. I believe the reason for that is because, those people who come from other countries are willing to work for any amount, even if it makes them live below the poverty level... and the companies are more then happy to hire them, saving millions of dollars a year on salaries alone, and those people are also willing to work without health insurance, and other perks the american people will not live without.

I hope that someday the economy comes back, but I know as long as there are people willing to work long hours & many days without breaks, or benefits - we will continue to struggle with trying to make ends meet in this place of the free, this place place called america.

Do You Feel This Way Too?

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2005-11-14T14:22:00.000-05:00

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Do You Remember The Electric Company?

2005-11-10T10:15:00.000-05:00

"Hey you guys!"

We're gonna turn it on

We're gonna bring you the power

We're gonna light up the dark of night/Like the brightest day/In a whole new way

We're gonna turn it on

We're gonna bring you the power

We're gonna tell you the truest word/That you ever heard/Anybody say

We're gonna turn it on

We're gonna open the book

And read every word that we see

We're gonna get us the power to learn about anything

And the power's gonna get us free

Power's gonna get us free

We're gonna turn it on

We're gonna bring you the power

We're coming down the line/Strong as we can be/Through the courtesy

Of the Electric Companyyyy

The Electric Companyyyy

The Electric Company

Here are the lyrics from the final two original seasons of the show:

Rita Moreno: Hey You Guys!

The Short Circus:

Moving out in a new way

We're gonna turn it on

We're gonna bring you the power

We're gonna light up the dark of night

Like the brightest day in a whole new way

We're gonna turn it on

We're gonna bring you the power

We're gonna tell you the truest word that you ever heard anybody say

Moving out in a new way

We're gonna turn it on

We're gonna bring you the power

We're coming down on the line strong as we can be

Through the courtesy of The Electric Company

I Grew Up Watching The Electric Company, Zoom, Sesame Street, Mr. Rogers & Captain Kangaroo... what were your favorite shows?

Bird Flu hits Disney in France (LOL)

2005-11-10T09:58:00.000-05:00

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2005-11-10T09:49:00.000-05:00

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I am not so ordinary, in an ordinary everyday life...

that's me, my story, my life...

Who and What Are You in Your Life?

Ever Feel Totally Outside The Box...

2005-11-08T21:05:00.000-05:00

I can't explain the way I feel today... I am scared, unsure, bothered, hurt... Life isn't always easy, we all know that - but when your feelings are out of control - it's like trying to stand on quicksand without sinking...

My addiction has been very active lately... I seem to have no power to stop it, as it rushes past me and into oblivion where only partying matters... not feelings, or people, or family.

I don't know how much you all know about me, but I been to hell and back, and then occasionally visit hell again... I am addicted to crack/cocaine, I admit I love it. I love it more then sex. More then friendship, more then food, more then life. But that is my addiction talking to you... Right now, it runs the show.

Each day I wake up wanting to be numb, to be high, to be unreachable, to not feel pain, sorrow, or loss... but I can't afford to keep my addiction happy... I am in active addiction mode, but I am not using. I can't... I don't have any money. I know that wouldn't matter to most addicts they would do whatever it took to get the drug to get high, and I used to be that way to, but I refuse to sleep with dealers, I refuse to steal money from my parents, I refuse to give in completely to the devil... Oh I use, on weekends... when I have the money. When I don't have to completely humiliate myself to get it.

I have a friend who married for money, he is now getting high all the time, spending upwards of 1000 dollars a week... and it's going unnoticed because his wife is the vice-president of a major corporation in NYC where her father is president. I tried to tell him, when she figures out what is going on, it's all gonna end - and then where will you be (after you get your body used to 1000 dollars a weekend)... he's only been married 38 days... I hope I can help him when it all falls apart... at least be there for him to talk. He's gonna need it, but I am angry with him in a way... all that money, all those drugs - and he can't hook me up. That's the selfishness that addicts have as a way to preserve their drugs, not to share, not to support another persons' habit.

Oh I been there... but now, if someone is hurting... I give them my last... And I go. I do a 50-100 a week... my addiction wants it everyday... but I have no transportation first... if it was easier to get, locally... I wouldn't be so straight-laced when I want to force myself underwater, til I can't breathe... because I am in an "I Hate Myself So Much Mode!"

Not asking for pity, just talking it out... trying to get back some confidence that would help me surrender my will completely to the program of recovering addicts... I am a recoverying addict.

I lived recovery for a long time, but then every so often, I give in... I shouldn't... but the lure of drugs/sex/money/power is far greater then anything I know... far greater then any kind of food, or music... it's an awesome feeling... but the down... well it's the pits. but that's living life in active addiction... we binge, purge, steal, lie, cheat, beg, borrow, use, have sex, money, the wealth of the having what others want, what others dream about... that is what makes life exciting.

but if you can stop it, please do... addiction is a disease, it's my fault, it's not your fault... but it has a treatment program that works 80% of the time, if you work the steps, seek a higher power, and commit to the program. but in most cases, we don't even try, because we aren't ready to relinquish our control on something that while harmful is so very exciting.

At least that's where I am At...

I am not so ordinary, in an ordinary everyday life...

that's me, my story, my life...

Who and What Are You in Your Life?

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2005-11-08T10:47:00.000-05:00

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I am not so ordinary, in an ordinary everyday life...

that's me, my story, my life...

Who and What Are You in Your Life?

BLOGGER IS ON THE FRITZ...

2005-11-07T22:52:00.000-05:00

Can create new photo post... won't download pictures.. .sorry - i will try to get all who have posted comments added to my list of great places to visit, might take as long as a week - i have been very busy... i am going away for a week, and the planning, and getting everything ready is hectic... especially for a person without a drivers license or car.

I am not so ordinary, in an ordinary everyday life...

that's me, my story, my life...

Who and What Are You in Your Life?

sexy cartoons - look perverted to me

2005-11-05T12:01:00.000-05:00

couldn't find anything decent where under dark erotic beautiful... but typed in erotic & delicious and got this...

http://www.lovechess.nl/artoflove/archives/crazy3d3/index.php

try it i guess... i didn't read it

Love Horror Stories?

2005-10-31T22:57:00.000-05:00

It's halloween night, I went out and trick or treated as an adult... when asked what my costume was I said... I am only as old as I feel... and tonite I feel Like I am ten... So I am a ten yr old, trick or treating in her pajamas... but feeling old creeped in fast... I didn't even make it around the condo, when my rheumatism kicked in... I barely made it home... and then I hurt so bad I wanted to sit down... but I was so stiff - sitting down was agonizing...

Guess Next Year... I Won't Go Out... How many horror movies have you watched this month? and which ones are your faves?

My faves are psycho, The People Under The Stairs, The Fog, Urban Legends, and oh I love The Howling... but for me - I find book far more fascinating then the movies... I guess that is because in the book, each scene comes alive to each person reading it a different way... I have a very good imagination and some of those books terrify me... but right now I am reading a book called "The Basement" it was written by Bari Wood. and here is a bit about it:

Myra pushed the door again, but it was stuck solid. She heard a soft, sly sound below her in the basement. It was a half-scrape, half-tinkle unlike anything she'd ever heard before. But she knew what it was, knew the sound as surely as the thud of her own heart. It was the sound of bone on tile.

Myra & her husband live in Fallsmouth CT in a beautiful home on many acres... the house has been standing there for 300 hundred years... when a women was hung as a witch, and after the women died... her husband brought her body home to their farm where he buried in the backyard... the backyard where Myra's basement sits now...

Myra always felt cold & uncomfortable in her basement... but it had a dirt floor, and stone for the walls... so she thought one day, she would have it remodeled...

Well the decorator didn't bother to tell Myra that while putting in a remodeled basement they had unearthed a woman's bones... and they moved them to an area close to a tree in her back yard and buried her deeper...

Well it was after the basement had been remodeled that the strange occurrences began to happen... And after Myra begged her friends (her rich friends that indulged this poor women's mental health) they held an exorcism. Once that was done... anyone who had ever upset or offended Myra at anytime... was being killed one by one... but circumstances that could not possibly be caused by Myra... Myra had a shy smile, and was timid... but now she told people what she thought... and then usually those people had something coming... well they got it...

One was killed by swarming bees, the other by swarming ticks... She (Myra) has now come to believe that the spirit they exorcised out of the house - is now inside her. And she is struggling to come to terms with benevolence & malice in her soul.

2005-10-31T22:18:00.000-05:00

I am not so ordinary, in an ordinary everyday life...

that's me, my story, my life...

Who and What Are You in Your Life?

Click the Link... It's For Halloween

2005-10-29T03:16:00.000-04:00

mystic mansion

now click that link...
and see what wicked things
can be found for halloween...

In The Sanitarium...

2005-10-29T02:38:00.000-04:00

Click The Picture

Awesome Site, Great Music, Wonderful Halloween Poem

It's Nearing Halloween...

So My Thoughts are creepy,

My ideas are wild

and you never know what

I will be on Halloween Night!

My Favorite Blogs

2005-10-28T11:15:00.000-04:00

These are my favorite blogs to visit... I have them bookmarked and visit them often... many times they give me the nerve to post something I normally wouldn't, and sometimes they give me ideas that I didn't know I had, to post something different. Check them out, I promise you, you won't be disappointed.

Wasabi

Waisted Life

Fun Questions

An Imperfect Life

Simply My Perspective

I am not so ordinary, in an ordinary everyday life...

that's me, my story, my life...

Who and What Are You in Your Life?

On This Day In History

2005-10-25T06:41:00.000-04:00

Buy RashGuards Here

Today Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Television History

1964 - The Rolling Stones made their first appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show."

1982 - The first episode of "Newhart" aired on CBS.

1990 - The 200th episode of "Cheers" aired on NBC-TV.

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Inovations

1955 - The microwave oven was introduced in Mansfield, Ohio at the corporate headquarters of the Tappan Company. The manufacturer put a $1,200 price tag on the new stove that could cook eggs in 22 seconds, bacon in 90 seconds.

1960 - The Bulova Watch Company introduced its high-tech Accutron electronic wrist watch. Ten years after it was introduced (as the watch the astronauts wear), it sold in jewelry stores for about $200.

Nobel Prize Winners

1962 - Author John Steinbeck won the Nobel Prize for Literature ?for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception.?

Music History

1969 - Canada?s The Guess Who got a gold record for the single, Laughing.

1974 - The single, Skin Tight, by The Ohio Players, went gold on this day.

1980 - Barbra Streisand?s Woman in Love, from the number one album, Guilty, was the number one song in the U.S. Both the album and the single were #1 for three weeks.

1984 - John Cougar Mellencamp reached the two-million-dollar sales mark with his album, Uh-Huh. Also, country group Alabama went to the three-million-dollar mark with two albums this day: Feels So Right and Mountain Music.

1986 - New Jersey-based rock band Bon Jovi rose to number one in the U.S. with their Slippery When Wet album. It was the number one album for eight -- count ?em -- eight weeks. Track listing: Let It Rock, You Give Love a Bad Name, Livin? on a Prayer, Social Disease, Wanted Dead or Alive, Raise Your Hands, Without Love, I?d Die for You, Never Say Goodbye, Wild in the Streets.

1998 - For the first time, all of the top five songs of the week were new entries: 1) Cher, Believe; 2) George Michael, Outside; 3) U2, Sweetest Thing; 4) Culture Club, I Just Wanna Be Loved; 5) Alanis Morissette, Thank U.

I am not so ordinary, in an ordinary everyday life...

that's me, my story, my life...

Who and What Are You in Your Life?

I am in a IOP (Intensive Outpatient Program)

2005-10-25T05:37:00.000-04:00

Just when I believe I have overcome my addiction... wham... I fall down flat on my face, and that wouldn't be so bad except it never fails: The one day I decide ok... I am gonna get high, just to see if I still love it as much as I used too... I had 8 months clean... anywho? The one day I give in to my cravings... Here comes the posse... my probation officer, another probation officer and 2 undercover task force cops come to my door... Now I have been on probation for 9 months, and THEY NEVER EVER CAME TO MY HOUSE BEFORE...

I truly believe that PROBATION is a set-up... you aren't really free... okay you aren't in jail anymore... but you still got these PO's on your ass, sneaking around, trying to catch you when you are down so they can put you back in jail.

Why don't the dealers, you know the ones I mean... They have gold chains in pounds on the neck, they got fancy clothes, a beautiful 50,000 dollar car... and I go to jail for having a 20 of cocaine. They have ounces of it.

So in reality in the USA anyway, if you sell drugs and get rich off helping people die - it's okay, and they can act anyway they want, cause if a cop does come across them... he just gets a cut of the money... and he pretends that he didn't see anything, but me... I barely make ends meet, and when I DO FOOLISHLY DO DRUGS... That money is hard to come by... they have to arrest me, put me in shackles, take away my shoe laces, and my hood string... they even made me take off my hair band... I am not a violent criminal... I have never hurt a person in my life, well at least not physically or sexually... sure I have argued with people, and left guys who were no good for me... I didn't hurt them... The only person I hurt is myself.

This destructive behavior, the getting ready to use, the finding the money to use, the getting of the drug, the sneaking back home, the using - yes... that is all destructive behavior that I KNOW BETTER THEN TO DO... but sometimes... it just seems that the cravings overwhelm you... and one minute your fine and you love sobriety... but then your bf breaks up with you or cheats on you, you lose a job, get into a car accident, any little thing can set off a chain of reaction that will lead a person like me who is in RECOVERY FROM ADDICTION, back on the path to using in no time.

We are not strong by ourselves... I cannot stop using drugs, but we can. That's why they have meetings, where you get to be with others who are also in recovery and together we can make a better tomorrow for ourselves and our loved ones... but only if we truly believe that (see I won't say God is watching us)... I am not sure I believe in that one... but if we truly believe that a group of recovered addicts is stronger than I am alone... that can be my higher power. What I cannot do alone, even when I just stay in my room, be online all hours of the day and night... I still wouldn't be able to say no, if it showed up on my doorstep. And being the addict that I am, that is entirely possible... Either a dealer will call or stop by when he gets new shit, or a buddy will have no place to get high and show up at my house... offering me a freebie for letting him get high in my house.

I CAN DO THIS... I HAVE DONE THIS... I KNOW WITH HONESTY & WILLPOWER ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE... yet... here I sit - knowing I have to be clean, cause they random drug test you... and it's 5:00am, I haven't been to bed yet... I AM COMPLETELY SOBER - but dying for a hit.

I won't do it, because I am in this program rather than going back to jail... and believe it or not... I liked jail... it was so much easier to live in there, then it is to live out here - where you (you the person who doesn't make good decisions), is out here alone... trying to remember to only make good decisions... in jail - you have no decisions to make, they are all made for you.

I wanted to go back to jail, but my parents begged me to go to this program and make it work. They are old, and my father can't handle when he sees me in prison garb, and talks to me twice a week collect, and can't joke around with me... like he has always done my whole life, but he is an enabler too... if I carry on enough, he will not only give me money... but he will also take me to get it, and allow me to do it at home. Because my mother knows when I want to do it, if I can't do it home... I will go somewhere else... and then she won't know if I am okay... she won't sleep, or eat sometimes for days til I come home. She loves me, and when I am out using, she is terrified...

I thought she would be terrified if the cops say I was in jail, but no... she's afraid I may end up dead somewhere... and they won't be able to find me, because I wouldn't tell her where I was, or where I was going.

So okay, I don't just hurt myself when I allow my addictive behavior get the best of me... I also hurt my mother whom I love dearly, and my father...

I had a husband, but he's gone... for the longest time I believed I loved him even though he is with someone else... but those days and that kind of thinking is long gone... I don't despise him, although I probably should. I just feel sorry for him... he loved me - but when things got alittle hairy as all marriages do at times... he ran. So now, he is being used for the money he makes to support a gf who is a drunk/addict and doesn't work... she doesn't love him, she told me time and again she just uses him... I loved him... I thought he was my world, only know I don't want him back...

I know he isn't the same person I married... he is some other person in my husbands body... and I don't like this new improved model... He is angry all the time, he never smiles... He never has anything good to say... He is always drinking. The man I loved and married died. And it's long overdue that I got over him. (NO HE IS NOT DEAD - IN THE GROUND DEAD)... but he no longer exists as he once did. He has no values now, he doesn't care about anything... No, I don't need a man like that in my life. I have enough trouble just taking care of me... It's a good thing we never had children... because I would hate to have them grow up without a dad. Some of my friends went through that.. and they would run away from their house, and come to mine (one girl I didn't like much, I wouldn't let her sleep over... so she sleep at the bottom of my driveway), just to get away from a mom who was tired of her, and mom's new bf who just thought she got in the way.

But sometimes I wish, I had his child. I would have been able to help him/her learn how to be nice person, not a user. And I would have their love, and well I am getting alittle too old to think about kids now... but for awhile, my biological clock was ticking... only nobody was home to hear it.

You need not respond unless you want... I just needed to vent. and this was the best place I could think of to let it out... a burden has been lifted just by talking about it. I am though alittle sad... I thought for sure, my marriage was gonna be a lifetime one, cause if I had any indication that he wasn't in it for long-run... well I just would have never gotten married to him.

Hate is a strong word... Love is a strong word... They are both words of deep passion... and well I am not sure I love him anymore, I know for sure I don't hate him. Torn is how I feel. Twisted is how I feel... Lost is how I feel... Like maybe if I tried harder, he wouldn't have left - but he has been back a few times, and he isn't the man I married. Maybe God will let me have the one I married when I get to HEAVEN. I hope so.

I am not so ordinary, in an ordinary everyday life...

that's me, my story, my life...

Who and What Are You in Your Life?

For All Those Blog Groups I posted At...

2005-10-25T02:31:00.000-04:00

Please Bear With Me... If I asked to be listed on your site, could you please send me the info you would like me to post on the site... I had it all done... but then my computer froze and it didn't save anything.

I am terribly sorry... I should have kept a list, but I thought that maybe just this once - my computer would comply with my wishes, rather that prove once again to me that it is just a stupid machine that doesn't know anything.

I promise to have all the banners up and running as soon as you can get them to me.

Thanks,

Lynn
CTGal_1966@yahoo.com

My New Banner

2005-10-23T10:19:00.001-04:00

Everday Ordinary Things

2005-10-21T00:46:00.000-04:00

The Profit Masters Team

Click the link or the picture

Great new homebased business!

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I am not so ordinary, in an ordinary everyday life...
that's me, my story, my life...
Who and What Are You in Your Life?

The Magic of Kissing...

2005-10-21T00:28:00.000-04:00

French Kissing Tips
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I am not so ordinary, in an ordinary everyday life...
that's me, my story, my life...
Who and What Are You in Your Life?

Got Mail? LOL

2005-10-20T23:53:00.000-04:00

Not Everyday Does A Package Such As This, Come Along? Eh?

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I am not so ordinary, in an ordinary everyday life...
that's me, my story, my life...
Who and What Are You in Your Life?

And Halloween is upon us.. once again

2005-10-20T18:36:00.000-04:00

Don't miss info and pictures
from the most haunted site in America.
Hell's Gate

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Click the pic & join in on chat involving Horror Movies, and stuff... Looked like a neat place if Halloween & Scary things are your style... They are mine... This is my favorite holiday, this time of year, is colored leaves, howling wind, all hallows eve, and then TRICK or TREAT... It doesn't matter how old you are on the outside, all that matters is how you feel about halloween - and how old your heart is on the inside. Anybody can enjoy a good scare... and you get to be whatever, or whoever you want to (even if it is just for one day a year)... Cool, Really Cool!

This is truly fascinating in a dumb sort of way...

2005-10-20T02:48:00.000-04:00

huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef

Olny srmat poelpe can. cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs psas it on !!

Can you read it? Do you understand it?
It is truly amazing what the mind can do when put to the test.

If you tihnk it's intrstnig, wred, fun or like it in any way shape or form... teh od teh rihgt thnig and psas it on.

I am not so ordinary, in an ordinary everyday life...
that's me, my story, my life...
Who and What Are You in Your Life?

Questions... Come on - Give It A Try?

2005-10-20T00:58:00.000-04:00

You are sent to live on a deserted island in the middle of some big ocean... luckily enough - you have food to last forever, a shelter, clean drinking water, and clothes... You also have candles & enough matches to last a lifetime... You are allowed to bring with you ONLY 1 ITEM? What Do You Pick?
Why did the chicken cross the road? Everybody I am sure has an answer for that one... pick your fave and post it.
You were shopping at your favorite store, which just so happened to be next to a bank. While you were in the store, someone robs the bank and runs away. You get to your car, and notice a bag of money on the seat - obvisiously the bank-robber got cold-feet and dumped the money - just so happens to be your car, cause you left the window open... What do You do With The Money?
You are dying for your favorite coffee? What Flavor is it, and how do you like it?
What's your favorite holiday? Why?
What's your favorite color? and is it the same color it was when you were younger?
What is the kookiest, tackiest outfit you have ever worn, what was it, and where did you go?
Country Music or Rap?
Pop or death metal?
What is your favorite singer or band?
How bout favorite movie of all time?
When did you first kiss? Yes I know that was along time ago... but surely you remember your first kiss?
When did you lose your virginity? and was the guy/girl older or younger than you?
What was your favorite activity as a child? What toy did you play with most? TV Show? Cartoon? Food?
Were these questions too goofy for you? and why?

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I am not so ordinary, in an ordinary everyday life...
that's me, my story, my life...
Who and What Are You in Your Life?

The Similarities of Love & Hate

2005-10-20T00:22:00.000-04:00

I recently got an opinion of a respected counselor in our town, and it shook me to the core... As you have read recently in my blog... I believed that I still loved & respected my husband as a man, not necessarily as a husband - because he indeed I thought was still a decent man... but as I was shown I cannot keep believing this... because I was in denial about our relationship, our marriage and love itself.

See, I guess I didn't understand the similiarities of LOVE & HATE... but there is a fine line between them... and somehow over the past 2 years that love I believe I carried for him - turned at some point to HATE.

Now I am not the type to hate anyone, or hurt anything... but as I talked to this woman, I saw that I had changed... and I am not real sure I am happy about this... because it goes against the grain of everything I loved and learned while growing up.

But lately the songs, you know, the songs that were "YOUR SONGS"... well I just get nauseaus listening to them now... I could I lower myself to be stepped on for so long and still believe that man was a good man. Sure, he may still be a great worker (he never missed a day), but as for the emotional connection - I don't think he ever even thought about the way I loved him, or how I thought he loved me.

He wasn't a big shower of affection, oh when we were alone it was different... but he didn't passionately kiss me in public. Hug or two, perhaps... Hold my hand, yeah he did that.

You know I am not real sure I even understand this... and I am pretty bright most of the time... this is just a mess to me... see I had stopped thinking about him, stopped missing him - kinda just put him out of the limelight and into the scenery... and now I have to stop, look, and listen to my heart and my head to see just what is going on here.

My friends will be proud of me, taking the steps I need for closure... but some of his friends - will be like... "well it's about time - you asshole!" We've been telling you for years, he was just using me... "USING ME" for what? He Married Me?

I do admit it feels good to be angry with him... it feels good to release tension within myself as I wish that the tornado's & hurricanes that are hitting florida this time of year will scare him... he hates lightening. He was always alittle on the wimpy side... Scared of alot of things... And with him living in the city "WE USED TO LIVE IN TOGETHER" - WITH ANOTHER F'KING C__T!,
makes my blood boil - and I just want him to be scared, and insecure, and I want him to wish he never left ME & Left CONNECTICUT...

But I won't take him back... he is a cheater, a user, anytime the relationship gets tight, he runs... Sometimes he doesn't have any girlfriend... and when he doesn't want to be found... he sleeps in his truck... I am just now processing the information to decide whether I will file for divorce. I am catholic and that really goes against what I believe in... but why should he be given a free ride... he wasn't thinking of me when he did these things, he wasn't thinking of my heart - he didn't care when he broke it... No for the past year, he has probably been laughing his ass off over my stupidity.

What a shame, how something so right, so beautiful can turn into garbage... it's hard for me, really hard... I keep hearing how he used to tell me I was so beautiful it made him speechless...

Well I can remember the good times, and yes there were alot, but I am disecting them so I can have good memories of the good times I felt, and somehow cutting out the side with him in it.

He's a bastard and he knows it. That's why he didn't have the guts to tell me he was moving back to our old hometown. F'k Him! F'k Him Hard!

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I am not so ordinary, in an ordinary everyday life...
that's me, my story, my life...
Who and What Are You in Your Life?

Great Halloween Stuff... click the pic!

2005-10-20T00:13:00.000-04:00

I am an extra-ordinary person, with some odd, and some not so odd habits, likes, dislikes, and more... and I am trying to provide a great website, with good content and fun things to do and see, if you know of a way to make my site better... Please... Pretty Please... leave a comment... and if you have any pics you think would go good here - send them to CTGal_1966@yahoo.com

H A P P Y H A L L O W E E N!

Halloween has always been my fave holiday!

Cat Lover? Take the test to find out how old your cat is...

2005-10-18T22:15:00.000-04:00

CatAge provides a wide array of cat health information to help you keep your cat in the best feline health. Take the CatAge Test for personalized cat health care recommendations and to learn your pet's CatAge today!

This is to test your health & get an idea or ideas on how to live a healthier lifestyle. (It's free!)

I am not so ordinary... I live what seems to be an ordinary existance but I have issues and things going on in my life, that if you are lucky - you will never have to be involved with... things that aren't fun, things I can't and don't look forward too... but I got a beautiful kitty... I can't find the pic of her, or it would have been here... She is 10 yrs old people age, and 37 yrs old cat years... that is 15 yrs younger then she would be if I didn't take such good care of her; me on the otherhand - I am 39 yrs old - but the test shows that I am 9 yrs older because of the things that I cannot control in my life.

So take the test... It's Free... It's Fun... and they have a dog test too... so I am not a dog person, but I do think those little pomeranies are adorable. Take the tests, then come back and leave comments on how you and your animals did...

Have You Joined Technorati yet?

2005-10-14T05:01:00.000-04:00

Weblog

Look why don't you check out Finding Perspective Staci has a great blog going, and I am gonna keep telling people - til she tells me to stop sending people there... because I believe she got it on the nose.

I am not so ordinary, in an ordinary everyday life... that's me, my story, my life... Who and What Are You in Your Life?

It's 3:30am in a small place in the usa...

2005-10-14T03:29:00.000-04:00

You remember hearing that curiousity killed the cat? Well what kills time?

I sure wish I knew... I am in insominac that doesn't work, so at least that's a good thing. I never miss getting to work on time, or at all... I can't work, I am partially disabled... but hey anything that happens to you... even if you can't imagine it, even in the far most outer reaches of your imagination... you can learn to live with anything, and everything - people & god throw at you... what is your alternative? Dying? Do you have the guts to do that? I tried a few times, but my psych doc told me to stop, he said - after 2 or 3 tries, if you haven't gotten the hang of suicide yet... the most that will probably happen to you - is you will become a vegatable, or you will be paralyzed with a perfect brain... and have no way to get your opinions and what you want, or how you want to live across... so you will be stewing day after day... in that body that doesn't move, but a mind that is racing around... that ought to make you crazy.

There is a song out there, The Warren Brothers sing it... yes it's country, but hey that's what I like... so deal with it. Anyhow, I don't know what the title is, but the song goes: When will they believe that I am just BRILLIANT not just insane? I have a very high IQ, but people don't give me the credit I deserve, so I just fake it... Pretending to be dumb, or stupid & strange is easy... and Gosh, you get all kinds of info that people would never ever have said, or shown you had they any idea that you understood it... they believe they are just making you look bad, when in reality - they are blubbering idiots - you are laughing so hard inside, your body is aching... The test of this though, is can you get through a conversation without giving away the truth... without following back with a statement that clearly shows intelligence. Anybody can do it with practice...

Then a couple days later... say something so profound to this person... he will believe he made you smart - Gosh how dumb are some people... but it is funny to see that person's reaction when you speak of things he/she would never even imagine... Make sure it's real important, but totally out of the ordinary - you will blow the're minds - all the while giggling like a child inside. Don't be mean, or nasty... just calmly tell them something that is true from the internet... look it up and make sure you really know what you are talking about, before you broach the subject... then let them stupid idiots - have it...

Sometimes it's all you can do to stop from crying... laughing is a much better outlet for pain...
I got a joke I been dying to tell: So Here Goes: Like it or not... doesn't really matter - this is my blog and I do have the choice of what content I put here... whether anyone else agrees or not. So GET READY FOR A REAL DEEP BELLY LAUGH!!! And try not to fall out of your chair!!!!!

2 pigs (real pigs not cops), walk into a bar, order drinks and get totally drunk... then ask the bartender "Where is the Restroom?" The bartender points, and the pigs go to the bathroom... while they are in there... 2 more pigs come in - they sit at the bar and get sloshed... then they too have use the restroom and ask "Where is toilet?" - the bartender points and off they go...

3rd set of pigs come in, sit at the bar get tottally sloshed... and start walking out the door... The bartender looks at them and asks: "Don't You Need To Use The Bathroom?" The pigs, just look at him and say... Oh No We Just Go WEE WEE WEE All The Way Home!

I am not so ordinary, in an ordinary everyday life... that's me, my story, my life... Who and What Are You in Your Life?