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WA Trip: Day 1 by Cayenne on July 14th, 2009, 6:00 am
Okay here. Not anywhere near done yet, but here we go. I got up at 3 AM, woke up the princess (aka my mother), ran downstairs. She was driving me to the Aboutown depot. I thought I saw it to the right of one intersection, she insisted it was at another address. Okay then. So she turned out to be wrong, and off we went to where I'd seen the sign in the first place. So we got there, and she headed back to her bed. I, in the meantime, got in the big comfy shuttle. Note for everyone, if you do use Aboutown, ride shotgun. The back seats suck for slumping/slouching/snoozing. End result, I was awake and stayed awake. Got to the border in about two hours, so we made good time. Went through security, and headed to the airport. Got there about twenty minutes ahead of schedule. I was thrilled. Got through ticketing, checked the duffle, took the laptop and purse as carry-ons. Through security, which wasn't so bad, but it would have been nicer to be able to hear them. But no real problems there. Past security, and into a veritable freaking mall. The Detroit Metro Airport is kind of freaking awesome. I got the muffin of my dreams, and it was sensational. I kind of want another, but I know better. Found the tram, which is a VERY nice way of moving from end to end of this enormous freaking terminal. Found my gate, and lo and behold, tell it from the mountain, but THERE IS A BOOKSTORE RIGHT BY IT. I am in love. Picked up two new books. They will be fun. (Continued after landing) So I picked up two new books, and I read one on the plane, and it was faaaaabulous. Absolutely side-splitting hilarious... The Portable Italian Mamma. The flight was good, though we took a while to get off the ground, and the turbulence meant we were delayed about 45 minutes. I got a window seat, and did have a kid beside me, but she was very well behaved, very quiet, and basically clung to her mother, who kept her quiet. Disembarked, met up with Jen and Matt in the airport, got my bags, and headed... [ Continued ]
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Character Sheet Sample 4 by Wart on July 28th, 2013, 8:17 am
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Duis vel vulputate eros. Quisque tempus lacus eu lorem ultricies, ac vehicula tortor ullamcorper. Curabitur ac tellus consectetur, dapibus risus ac, condimentum ipsum. Maecenas sed elit risus. Suspendisse ullamcorper augue metus, vitae pulvinar ligula volutpat non. Suspendisse dictum congue mauris, at varius odio pellentesque sit amet. Nunc augue justo, vehicula eu pretium in, ullamcorper vitae mauris. Cras vulputate porttitor lacus eu sagittis. ... [ Continued ]
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Ugh. The week goes on. by Gossamer on February 4th, 2010, 6:31 pm
Well, its been a long week and it keeps getting longer. A lot has happened in real life and it keeps getting worse. I'm not sure why, but I bet if someone was interested in astrology they'd say something like 'Mercury is in bad alignment with the planet Bullshit' and that's why life is going oddly. It just keeps getting weirder. I started out the week having a day where I was seriously the biggest klutz ever. I tripped up stairs, down stairs, over my own feet, broke eggs collecting them from the chicken house cause I dropped them, lost tools, broke a headlight, and had misc things happen in a long string of exhausting events. My tire went flat, I was late for work, etc. Can you say Ugh? I can. Anyhow, I thought it was getting better. Until last night. Anyhow... what changed my mind? Life was crazy busy last night. And above all the other stuff going on that defined crazy, I met someone who was acting crazy. Well, you know how distracted people can get driving right? They talk on cell phones, text, eat cheeseburgers, shave, apply lipstick, drop something on the floorboards, fiddle with the radio, etc. Well, officially as of last night, I saw an all new high of stupidity. A driver had a laptop computer mounted to his dashboard that was playing a movie. He was more interested in watching the movie than dropping his load and picking up his empty. He was acting dangerously, and so I stopped him. I asked him to not watch his video in the yard and please please please be thinking of safety. So he pulls out his work permit? Green Card? Some sort of card BS and his lawyers card, and flashes them all at me. I'm not kidding here. Then he goes "You are interfering with my civil rights! I will sue you!" In heavily accented russian. At least I think it was russian. Yea. Dude... you have a high probability of running over my family (or someone else's family) with your 18 wheeler because your stupid distracted driving and I'm crunching... [ Continued ]
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My absence.. by Ronin on May 24th, 2011, 5:47 pm
I need to apologize for the absence of my characters, Ronin, Neville, and Gwen. I have been very busy irl and I have also been dealing with some health issues. But still, I will try to catch up on everyone's threads sometime this week and hopefully I'll be able to get back into regular posting.
For those of you who know I live in Missouri, I am still alive. The Joplin tornado was about two to three hours south of me, but at the moment the tornado sirens are going off in my own town and hail continues to hit the windows. I haven't seen severe weather like this in my lifetime, so please pray that I stay safe. Thank you.
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Me Ranting about My Own Church by Skylar Draykin on July 6th, 2014, 4:14 pm
If this isn't allowed feel free to say so through pm. I'm currently sitting in my church listening to my pastor speak about our new youth pastors. I am no longer apart of the youth group as I am graduated and what not. I'm trying to get my life in order both spiritually and physically. Let me start by saying I'm against my pastor. I'm against a lot of things be stands for and I think he has done no good for us. I cannot say I'm a good christian- far from it. But we used to be known for our ...realness? I guess I'm at a loss for the word right now. But for our passion andd commitment to eachother to lift eachother up. So os it wrong of me to dislike him when ever since he came I- a member for eight years- have felt a coldness and fakeness from the people I used to call my family? But everyone likes to pretend. Our church has also been known for musicals, plays, skits, and acting. Sothey have seemed to be intertwining the things we use for showing our faith in their everyday lives. Or at least, every sunday and church event. And the pastor is the greatest fake of them all.. Again, I'm not perfect, nobody is. But I don't think the leader of a church society should be able to force himself to cry over every single subject. aim sorry but that is humanly impossible. Its not human is what I mean. Goat, why don't you find another church? When you've built a relationship with people for eight-nine years, you tend to get attatched. The one thing that pretty much saved me in highschool was youth group.I loved youth group. feeling as if I belong somewhere. having older kids to look up to(as the oldest child, its hard to lead withoht example)that was awesome. So the youth group, not the people in it, the idea of it, its something I hold near and dear to my heart. I have also gained one youth member as a younger sibling. Though it would seem that she's my leader. Which she is. But I'm still protective of all of them. I never once haf a youth pastor...an actual payroll youth pastor...throughout... [ Continued ]
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