Relationship Retards

edit: I had a lot posted but decided to save it for a Mean Girls post

I was hanging with a long-time friend of mine when his chick logged in and kicked me off the land. What a fucking twat waffle. Not only has she failed to meet me the entire time their avatars have been a couple - but she failed to read that whole profile thing. Cuz ya know - reading is for stooopid pepole.

He was embarrassed and was apologizing for her, I was threatening to give her a verbal piece of my mind ... and it was all just shitty. She was soo jealousy of my midget, purple loving, cig toking, no sock wearing, fat ass. It was really funny to me, but at the same time it pissed me off and really offended me that anyone would be jealous of their man hanging out with me. In a way it felt like a round-about stab at my own relationship and marriage. I was like "Oh are you saying that even though I'm disgustingly devoted to my husband and I practically worship the chairs his cute ass sits in ... that I would even give your guy a chance? Get fucking real." But again, I'm sure I take things in completely the WRONG way as per the usual.

I sent Keith to work last night with a Tupperware container full of brownies for the guys in his squadron .. and he came back home with two. I guess they liked them! See even though I don't think I'll ever be 'THAT Air Force Wife' I am still an Air Force Wife - and I still do house-wifey things. Even though I don't go to their events, and I don't go to the market with the other wives, and though I don't offer to babysit their kids -- I still like the guys Keith works with. And I"m so so grateful they've been so accepting of him and so damned professional. Its really taken a lot of strain off our personal lives now that he actually likes going to work every day.

So yes, Mean Girls post tomorrow I'd say. I've been thinking on it since last night - so yeah soon. I'm going to stop being so methodical on my posts and just let it rip.

Today's Song of the Day is brought to you by High Contrast and the song is If We Ever.

High Contrast is a bad ass lil outfit that does some of the sickest D&B tracks I've ever heard.

I Want to Cast Magic Missle!

Alright so I'm a huge geek. My friends and I play D&D in SL - and even dress in character.

Earlier this video/skit popped into my head and I just have to post it. It cracks me up!

Jelly's Rezday and Stuff

I went to Jelly's rezday party just as soon as I was finished with film related IMs (I had let the time get away from me so I was about 45 mins late) and was really sad to see a lack of faces. I wasn't able to wish Akasha a happy rezday yesterday cuz I think my friends list was broken even then. Lots of folks didn't come out that I figured would (cough Rosie cough) but fun was still had by all.

I still can't believe she whipped out the old ass mobile club and people were diggin it ROFLPONY omg I was just cracking up. It was great.

Kitty Lalonde and I decided that we are soul mates and that we need to take a honeymoon together where we will dance like retards waving guns and swords while shouting "ALL UR PRIMS R BELONG TO US" .. wearing only torn nylons and smoking cigarettes. Okay so I added some of that in just now and she hasn't agreed to the full terms of service .. but she's already signed a user agreement (aka - accepting friendship).

At any rate its almost 4pm - I am really pissy that snapzilla didn't accept any of the photos I attempted to take last night at the rezday celebration .. but what can ya do?

As far as Real Life goes - my husband is in there snoring away (he's been working nights) and going with my moodiness I'm all 'rawr' because he hasn't given me praise over the wedding I edited .. OR pet me for lining up all these filming gigs. I want my moment in the god damned sun, Keith!

And I think I need to post another Song of the Day. Why? Because its a song of the DAY ... duh. That and I always feel the need to expose open eared people to the tunes I like.

Lil Backstory: I've been listening to this band since I found a CD of theirs at the local record store in 1999 and wet myself a little when I heard one of their songs in an episode of Buffy (I used to sooo love that show .. must remember to buy season DVDs). At any rate - I love her voice. Its so .. emotional and I like how every song has a different feel. Like Virgin State of Mind is really really trip hoppy whereas this one is kinda acousting rock/ballad like. The lyrics are always darkly sarcastic, and of course I dig the hell outta that.

Almost Happy by K's Choice

If I could look beyond your face
And photograph your hidden place
Would I find you smiling in the picture

I don’t know what you want
Because you don’t know,
So what’s the point of asking

You’re almost happy
Almost content
But your head hurts

Far too many ways to go
We learn so much but never know
Where to look
Or when we should stop looking

I can love the whole of you.
The poetry I stole from you
And hide inside my stomach

You’re almost happy
Almost content
But your head hurts

It’s easy to get lost in you
And fall asleep inside of you
I want to return to you
A reason to be here
A reason to be here

No I don’t know what you want
And you don’t know
So what’s the point of asking

You’re almost happy
Almost content
But your head hurts

I did my homework and still didn't come out to play :(

So I edited that wedding, got it rendered in windows media AND quicktime - did a NSS post on it and now its allll done :D And people think I just sit around and do nothing (cough KEITH cough).

As I said yesterday we have another wedding already scheduled in August, but I'm sure more spur-of-the-moment ones will pop up as they've been doing lately. I'm also hoping that we at least start building my computer soon so that my footage can at least hold a half dead zippo flame to Keith's. I have a feeling its going to be a slow process though *emotear*

Later tonight I am going to sit down and do a Mean Girls post. It seems to work out well that I do them either my late night or my early morning so that folks get to see the posts at 'convienent' times. Or maybe I'm just a comment whore and try to decide when will be the 'peak time' for comments. It could be both!

Mean Girls posts are coming more and more easily to me, and I"m not sure if that's a good thing or not. I mean .. it isn't like I'm straight up bitchy. There are just things that get me riled up - and they vary from day to day. Meh that's what that blog is all about anyway so I won't even try to analyze it.

I haven't done a song of the day for a while, so I think I'll do one today! Today's song is :

You're Not Alone by Olive

In a way it's all,
A matter of time,
I will not worry for you,
You'll be just fine.

Take my thoughts with you,
And when you look behind,
You will surely see a face that you recognize.

Chorus:
You're not alone, I'll wait till the end of time,
Open your mind, surely it's plain to see,
You're not alone, I'll wait till the end of time for you,
Open your mind, surely there's time to be with me...


It is the distance,
that makes like a little hard,
Two minds that once were close,
Now so many miles apart,

I will not falter though,
I'll hold on 'till you're home,
Safely back where you belong,
And see how our love has grown.

Chorus:
You're not alone

Blog Backburner

So my blog has taken a back-burner to everything else I've been doing lately ... like filming my ass off. This week alone we've had 3 weddings and already have one booked for next month. I'm not complaining - I'm just informing, I guess. Haven't really had time to keep up my blog the way I once was, but I try to set aside some time every couple days or so.

Keith's schedule is going to stay the way its been .. so that just means I'll get to hang with my SL homies more due to being eight hours ahead of SLT. Its a pain at times just to say "hi" to folks, but with his new work schedule I'll be around at a more 'convenient' SL time. Plus my note card dropping gets instant responses instead of me waking up to log into 50 million IMs.

I've got no shortage of things to bring to light on the Mean Girls blog - I just keep waiting for someone else to post before I post anything because I just keep thinking that I'm gonna be a post-tator (its like a dictator but with posts!) No one likes a post-tator on a collab blog. I know I don't. When I'm reading a blog that's authored by more than one hand - I like to read things from all hands. Even if I really like just one writer I still like to read the point of view of others.

Well I've got a wedding to edit before Jelly's party cuz I can't come out and play if I don't do my homework :(

Blargh!

Okay I took down the layout I was working on and put the old one back up because I've felt uninspired, I guess and don't want to work on a new one like I thought I did.

Lots of Second Life weddings going on so I've been filming my booty off - but I don't mind it. Like I've said - it keeps me from having to flip burgers. And regardless of what anyone says - even if it is a video game ... working in a video game is work just the same. Its hard to not let yourself get distracted by IMs or even random games on websites (or constantly reading blogs >.>) while you're working. I've just found that if I lay out a work schedule for myself that I tend to stick to it. It also helps if I get my ass around and put on normal clothes. Of course I have my days when I romp around in sweats - but even changing from my care bear pajamas to sweats is usually enough to kick me into gear ^^

Keith and I haven't gone on any outings - and that's because he was on night shift this week so we had to adjust our sleep schedules. I have a wedding to do this Saturday but we're going to market on Sunday to see what goodies we can find. I'm realllly hoping to make it to the beach before the middle of August - but you never can tell. And if not it isn't a big deal - there will be other times.

Not much has been going on socially. Keith gets along well with all the guys at work - which is a HUGE change from the redneck/frat boy mentality of all the guys at the last base. He's just not that kind of guy. At any rate - the guys he works with now - he fits in perfectly with them and thats great :D I'm glad to finally see him so happy to go to work instead of dreading it.

I'm still fighting with this friggin' phone. I don't know why I can't recieve calls .. so I'll have to call BT tomorrow to see if I've done something wrong in registering the handset to the hub (the phone works off a router of sorts) or maybe just get someone to come out and do it for me. Its quite frustrating!

Tonight I've decided that it was going to be random fun night in SL and that I'd hang with the homies and maybe film for the sake of laughing at it. No special tricks - no hard core editing ... just more of a memoir of humor I 'spose.

Long Way to Go

I started a couple hours ago REALLY working on a new layout. Actually all I was able to get finished was a header - but I hadn't realized how long it had been since I'd worked in Photoshop. OMFG I'm a noob :(

At any rate this layout has a long way to go and I'll probably completely change it once I'm able to sit down and look at it without working on it.

And yes - that is a drawing of me. I have a few 'talents' in life. Kinda.

I know I said I was going to do a new layout but so far I just haven't gotten to it. I will sometime soon - but not yet.

I was a bit sickly the past couple days, but I'm pretty convinced that it was a coupling of having no sleep and not eating right. Today I've felt a bit better, though a little knackered. I'd think within the next couple of weeks I should have new stuffs going here.

Getting things together in order to post for Mean Girls has been a breeze for me so far. No I'm not posting on the most 'controversial' things but I'm posting on things that bother me or I feel should be at least acknowledged by someone other than me!

Garbage totally revamped Appearance Mode and in case no one noticed he booted out like everyone. Not that it mattered cuz I had kinda stopped posting over there due to being buried faster than Anna Nicole could eat a Xanax. But now its gone from Sasy being the only one that posts to Garbage being the only one. Have fun with that, I guess. Being kicked out without a word - not even so much as "Kiss my ass" has left me a bit bitter. Could've at least notified me somehow, Garb :( I mean seriously.

So far I think I've really fit in with the Mean Girls crowd. I've already known most of 'em (save for Laylah) for almost two years. I'm not the nice one (Rosie) but I'm not the one everyone wants kicked off the island (Laylah :P) but I'm somewhere in the middle which surprises me after the backlash from my "caLLie coNUNdrum" post I did.

Keith and I are still doing weddings and filming and editing our asses off. Okay so its been mostly him but what can I expect when in competition with his reputation? Of course people will go around me to get him to film their wedding ... even though it really makes no difference. BAH whatever.

My days lately have been spent in SL just visiting wedding sims and trying to get note cards out to peeps in hopes of booking some video gigs. I guess its been a slow time for weddings or people either don't know that we film and edit weddings - or they are just letting their friends film/edit? I dunno but people c'mon. We spent 5k on his bad ass computer. Let us USE it! Right now the money made from weddings is going to be used to buy ME a bad ass computer so people won't have any reason to 'doubt' me. I can get good FPS in order to film now - but I would get Bebop Quality with a better computer (which I WILL get, dang it.)

SL has really gotten boring for me aside from a few small perks. I bought a cute wand/staff thing from Abigail Horton's shop and its served as a great means of entertainment. The downside is .. when I'm out in public all those shirtless guys with ponytails are all like "Oh you bad girl out without your collar on." I' all like "Fool I'm not a slave - I'm a wizard!" Bah. Whatever.

At any rate - I've been working in SL to either turn acquaintances into friends - or just get rid of the acquaintances all together. Or am I just being all menstrual emo? Who knows.

ITS KEITH'S BIRTHDAY!

I woke him up for work by singing the most annoying rendition of "Happy Birthday" known to man - which had us both laughing. The song continued while he was getting dressed for work and on the 15 min drive there. I drove him to work because I had to pick up a few things ... so as he got out of the car he laughed a bit, gave me a kiss before doing his cute emo sigh and saying "Ahhh babe you're awesome." Yeah. I love him :D

Libby had her first outdoor adventure the other day when I had mistakenly left a window open a bit too wide for her to get out. She was probably out roaming for a good 5 or more hours before she came leaping into the office window at like 1am. While we were on the front porch calling for her Keith and I saw the tiny corpse of a bird near the front step. Aww a gift! She likes us afterall!

We filmed a wedding on Friday night - and Keith is going to post it once he comes home from work since Bluehost changed their layout thingy and I have no idea how to do it now.

I'm also planning a Mean Girls video for sometime soon. I have a few songs in mind so of course its going to mostly be like a story telling type music video. Keith and I are also talking about upgrading my PC so that I can be a BAMF like him. One day kids, one day.

Keith's cake is cooling so I can slap some frosting on it. I even bought candles :D Its our first birthday together (Mine's not till October 6th -- but still!) so we're both all geeky giddy over it. Its just another moment in time for me to look back, sigh happily, and just be thankful that everything has worked out. I'm still waiting for the 'new' to wear off I guess. I keep thinking that sometime he's not going to dig me as much ... but then the more I think about it ... the more that thought makes me laugh.

I've been working on a new layout for my blog, while getting a DvD picture slideshow together for my family to ship back to the states as well as working on my video editing and overall trying to keep up with daily life. I'm reallllly lacking in the sleep department today and I'm totally feeling it. Erf.

Ugh I know its been a few days ...

Keith and I drove around Norwich for like TWO hours the other day on our way to attempting to find the RSPCA so we could adopt a cat. Needless to say we never found it and were both just upright frustrated when we left. On a lighter note we liked the place so much after driving around that we took a trip back there Sunday to be tourists. We went to like 3 cathedrals (hey on Sunday churches are always free to go in) and had a good time of it. Even though neither of us are Catholic or even Christian for that matter - we still enjoy visiting cathedrals here in England. I mean c'mon they look awesome aaannndd you get to light candles (for a small fee but hey whatever FIREEEE) and a few cathedrals even have really relaxing cloisters. We went to the refectory in the Norwhich Cathedral and had coffee and tea before we walked back across town to the car park. Great fun was had by all. And it didn't even rain!

So I was really bummed about not getting a cat still. I actually moaped! My emo-ness kinda made Keith go "Awww poor shang". He checks the bulletin boards from work (because you can only check them from a government computer) and has found us two computer desks (both practically FREE), two tables for the lounge room aka living room and we splurged on a 42" plasma TV (even though we haven't bought a television liscense yet in order to watch anything). Even with all this new stuff in the house I was still bummed.

A day passed and Keith comes home super early from work. He rang the doorbell (as he usually does because I'm here so there's no need for him to take another set of keys) and as I open it his entire BDU top is covered with hair. I said 'Fuck's sake what happened to you?' and he just stood in the doorway with a big grin and said "Well .. her name is Libby and a Master Sargeant was about to board a plane for a new base and has been trying to find someone to take her." I poked my head around the corner but saw nothing and insisted he was just toying with me. He scurried off around to the car and brought out a cage which held ... a cat!

I squeed a bit as he brought the cage in the house and opened it in the hallway. A pretty white and grey cat hopped out and started rubbing on my leg. I jumped around a bit before giving him a big hug and thanking him of course. Oh and I kissed him too. Dur.

So my new buddy Libby was born July 4, 2005 - ex cat of a Master Sargeant. Born on the 4th of July (American Holidy - Independance Day) and her name is Libby which is short for Liberty. Could this NOT have been any more meant to be?! No, it couldn't (and don't you even TRY to argue!)

I've got lots of dental work ahead of me, apparently due to what I was told today at the dental clinic - and I'm not happy about that one bit. I won't go into detail cuz teeth stuff is just gross but the wisdom tooth I had caused a few cavaties on top of needing a good cleaning. So about once a week for the next 6 months I will be going to dental appointments. Rawr. :(

So far so good with everything, though. I'm trying to set up outings for Keith and I to take every weekend - this weekend I'm hoping to plan for a beach picnic or something along that line. We'll see though. I mean .. we aren't far from the ocean and the beaches so we should totally go. I really just hate that whole 'tourist' feeling. Keith is a TOTAL tourist. He stops and takes pictures of sooo many things and even though it embarasses the SHIT out of me I'm glad he does. We come home and we go through the camera and I'm like "Awww that's a good picture!" because I know full well that I wouldn't do that.

Oh and due to us getting lost in Norwich last week - Keith went out and bought a TomTom wich is a GPS thingy. Anyway - we can download maps and such to it and we won't get lost again! Our bikes and other crap all showed up Monday so I'm thinking we might take a bike ride through Thetford Forest - but not sure when yet. I don't really enjoy playing travel agent- but I do like getting out and doing things with my badass husband. And yes .. he is a badass.

Oh! Almost forgot! Here's a picture of Libby! She's a total sassy bitch. Seriously lol I love this cat!

4th of July

I could say quite a lot, really. I'm not sure how much to say, I guess. Being in England has been really different. There are lots of differences here, 99% of which are obvious of course (and some I even listed in my previous post).

Protests, picket lines, activists, fundamentalists ... I'm no stranger to any of that. Racism, chauvanism, and overall opression is nothing new, either. But never did I expect that I would be a 'target' or be accused of being anything of the sort.

I will openly admit that it seemed very boisterous to have an Independance Day celebration in England. It even felt wrong to celebrate the eviction of a country IN the country that was dismounted. I can't even really set up a valuable arguement other than I'm American and I am married to an American soldier and I felt that it was my duty as a military wife, and as an American to attend the festivities ... that and I just like fireworks.

So even though I didn't really want to go, I went. I was already warned that protesters would be there. Of course they weren't the kind of protesters I have been exposed to. These were what's called 'peaceful' protesters in that they had signs and lawn chairs and simply sat conversing with each other. Their signs didn't really say anything mean or even angry. The big one which was behind them just said "Leave space for Peace". That's nothing, I thought.

I thought that then, anyway. My idea of it all changed as the night went on, and as last night turned into today. I guess its humbling, in a way. Last night was the first time I felt even slightly unwelcome here in England. I realize that no one likes stupid people - and for the most part the Brits don't hate or even dislike Americans - its Yanks (its like comparing a normal person to a redneck or white trash .. there's a difference) and never have I felt I was a Yank, or even Keith for that matter. Blah I'm not even going to go into a big long thing about it - mostly coz I lost my train of thought!

Well I got sidetracked and now I'll have to finish this post later.

SLACKER

I know I've been slacking in the blog department, but its been a busy few days on top of me just being in pain :( Not to mention I have two wisdom teeth left which will probably get pulled in the coming weeks/months - but I also have some tiny cavaties due to my other wisdom teeth that are going to be getting filled and such.

As most everyone knows I am living in England. For the most part things are the same here - but I will list the big differences

• No Ice

• BROWN gravy only

• No air conditioners

• No mirror in the bathroom

• No plug ins in the bathroom

• 'Fortnight' is still used

• Radiators for heat

• Driving on the left side

• Road signs are luminous

• Most the radio stations are geared to 'younger' listeners (I mean teens)

• Cuts of clothes are more simple here

• Things you've seen celebs wear - they were that every day here (those lil ballet slipper things with flowy tops and leggings is big here right now)

• The Thai and Indian food is better in England than it is in Thailand I betcha

• When you order a meal - you get a BIG full plate

• Its expensive to eat out (3x as much as the states)

• Kids wear uniforms to school

• No bikes on the sidewalk unless a sign says you can

• Dye your hair whatever color you want - the Brits won't make a fuss (I've not gotten fired places because of my wacky haircolor before in the States)

• Beer is a social drink to be enjoyed in the presence of anyone and everyone (Bars are 21+ in the states and if they serve food its probably just put in a microwave -- the only CLOSE equivelant to pubs in the states would be resturants that have a wine menu)

• The inside of a washer is about the size of a 5 gallon bucket. Don't let your laundry pile up! It goes under the counter like a dishwasher in the states would - but it smaller than a dishwasher.

• 2 litres are rare - everything is 1 litre and milk doesn't come in gallons.

• There are no stop signs. Everything is a "Give Way" which means rolling 'stops' are what they WANT you to do here. No tickets for not stopping yippie!

• Mirrors on your car come with a button that pulls them in. Your mirrors WILL get hit on a village street if you're parked and a lorrie comes by. Do everyone a favor and move your mirrors in.

• Same Language - Different Dialect (which I will list later)

• The "Organic" isle in the store is massive. HUGE on organics here

• LOTS of vegetarians here. Vegetarian alternative to ANYTHING at EVERY eatery I've been to.

• Every room in the house has a door. This is to save on heating, of course.

• A "Beer Garden" is NOT where beer is grown - its a patio, more or less.

• Before you decide to take a bath - be sure you've heated some water first. Hot Water Heaters don't run continuously here (they can if you leave it on but that would get expensive)

• No one runs around half naked in the summer. It isn't hot enough for that here (THANK YOUUU Mother Nature!)

Alright so those were the major differences that came off the top of my head. And now its time for a small vocabulary lesson! The first word will be the USA word - the second will be the Brit word for it. So format will be USA - Brit. Ready?


Cell Phone - Mobile (pronouced Mow-bile)

Semi Truck - Lorrie

Stove - Cooker

Sun Room - Conservatory (pronounced Con-serv-try)

Fries - Chips

Chips - Crisps

Cookie - Biscuit

Biscuit - Scone

Road - Carriageway

Two Lane Divided Highway (Highway) - Dual Carriageway

Interstate (3 or more lanes) - Motorway

Trunk (car) - Boot

Windshield (vehicle) - Windscreen

Buck (money slang for dollar) - Quid (Money slang for pound)

Wine Cooler - Alcopop

Truck Stop - Services

tired - knackered

Cops - The Fuzz or just Fuzz (haven't heard it said very much)

Drunk - pissed

Kiss - Snog (which I haven't heard since the Spice Girls were cool)


And right now those are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head - there are sooo many though. I mostly put up on the ones that Keith had a LOT of trouble with. I love confusing him about biscuits and scones

Me-Now pretend we're in a pub and you want a cookie for your tea .. what do you ask for?

Keith - A biscuit!

Me - Right! Now you want a biscuit with your bangers - what do you ask for?

Keith - What's a banger?

Me - A sausage.

Keith - Oh. I want a biscuit?

Me - Is that what you ask for?

Keith - No I ask for a scone.

Me - Good! Now you've got a biscuit and a scone, but you want another cuppa aand ...

Keith -Wait Jen .. if a cookie is a biscuit and a banger is a sausage what's a biscuit?

Me - A biscuit is a scone.

Keith - Right. Well what exactly is a scone?

Me - Its a biscuit.

Keith - But I thought a biscuit was a cookie?

Me - It is.

Keith - Oh god I'll never fit in!

SONG OF THE DAY!

In Keeping with my Brit fueled post I will put up a song that I've only ever heard here in England - and BBC Radio 1 has done a fine job of gettin it stuck in my head. DAMN YOU BBC RADIO 1!


Away From Here by The Enemy