On a happier note: I just saw a commercial for Life! Whoooo!
Will be on Fridays starting in the fall. Whooo!

Random dude: Who are you guys?
Dani: Detectives.
RD: I thought you said you did time?
Charlie: Trippy isn't it?*

*commercial was a couple minutes ago, so quote may not be exactly right.

Stole this meme from elsieaustin.
( Cut for length. )

Arrrrgh! I suck.

Was flipping through the guide earlier, and saw that Imagine Me & You was gonna be on Logo at 5 pm, but didn't pay any attention to what was on it before.

Which was Gossip performing live in Liverpool. Caught the last minute or two of their song Standing In The Way of Control and then the show was over. And it's not repeating that I can find. Damn it. I like their music.
Instead I just watched the NFL Network and the continuing Favre-rama coverage. Gossip would have been much more enjoyable to watch.
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Saw Dark Knight Saturday and enjoyed it very much. Was very intense and even if they didn't really 'show' anything so it would be PG-13, the intent was certainly more along the lines of a R movie. I even squeaked out some muffled screams a couple times; this might mean more if I didn't scare easy though.
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I...kind of splurged today and bought a new TV. Have been wanting a new one 'cause mine was beginning to die color-wise.
New one is a Toshiba 42" LCD, one of the highest rated for it's model blah blah blah. It's actually cheaper than a lot of the next size down, because this size is so competitive right now. Plus, the place has no interest financing for a year, so this'll be easy-ish to pay off.
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Okay, so far this movie is kind of boring to watch. Though it was kinda cool to see Giles from BtVS.

Have decided I'm going to try and keep track of the Xena fic I read. Thre's a bunch that I can't remember; they're on the edges of my memory, taunting and laughing at me.

This way, maybe I can find things that do that from now on.

First up: Destiny Conquered by Texbard/Linda Crist. First one I remember reading and if it wasn't the actual first (though do think it is) is certainly the one that made me go splurge at Amazon for the DVDs.
Conquerer fan fic, damn intense, damn good. This will be my third or fourth re-read. Wheee!

mental note: find or make an icon of Gabrielle with a scroll.

I went looking at my old posts yesterday (think it was yesterday...), to see when I read my first Xena fan fic for a thread at the XOC. Sadly, I did not mention any particular fics or specifics on when any were first read.
Daaaaaamn eeeeeeeeet.
Was able to do some fairly close guessing on when I asked about what Xena ubers were and actually buying the sets.

It was, however, hilarious to go back and read my posts about watching the show. Randomness FTW!
Do remember that I inhaled the series; distinctly remember going back and counting days and figuring out I'd watched all six seasons in 28 days.* Damn. My math skills suuuuuuuck. Have had it in my head it was 28 days, but on recounting it was actually 23. *blinks* Damn. That's a lot of episodes in a short amount of time.
Do not remember that I watched 6 episodes the very first night. Heee!

It amuses, 1) 'cause hello! obsessive much, but that now I've watched the whole thing and many eps more than once - S1 is one of my least favorite seasons. It often flip flops for last with S5. That's not to say it's not good to watch or there aren't really good episodes. Especially towards the end of the season.
Mainly, I find most first seasons to be weaker in general, as the shows are generally finding their feet.
Plus, I like it a lot more once Gabrielle could at least make an effort to protect herself. Okay, so I really like it once she can kick some serious ass. I have a thing for women who can do that, okay? Baby Gab is cute, Warrior Gab is haaaaawt. nom nom nom

Do really, really wish I'd actually posted more about my viewing though. That first rush of joy of discovery and impressions can never be reclaimed. Sucks.
Pretty much my sole comment on S3? It was intense. No shit, Olie!
And I went from grossing out about HOD to whining about FIN/how the show ended. Nothing about the shows in between.

Sort of related, but not really - two thoughts brought up in yesterdays episode chat for WFC that I want to remember. Think brought up by the same person... Anyway, if it's not written down, it will fade away from my mind.
First: (and paraphrasing. both thoughts btw) They weren't afraid to throw bestiality in our faces (human/Centaur sex and the resultant babies) but couldn't give us one real lesbian kiss. (huh. that's right, we somehow got on LotC somewhere along the way)
Second: Gabrielle destroying the universe and not caring just goes to show that she's a better person with Xena than without.

*started the evening of Jan 25 and ended on Feb 16. and worked full time as well as having the weekend mornings taken up with roping (and getting bucked off, hee!) so it's not like there was a ton of free time

I finally feel almost normal today. Yay! Really weak, but food is sitting okay and not quite so wasted feeling. Mom said I don't look pale and wan anymore either.

Being unable to do much of anything physically for over a week left me with a lot of time on my hands. After working my way through a huuuuge Xena Uber, made some changes to my LJ. Mostly it's choosing a different theme, tweaking a few of the colors - mostly for links and such.

Oh, and made a new header. Really, really like this one. Water transfer my ass. =D

Stole this from rowan_d at LJ.
( Meme - kind of long. )

Mom and Sis made some kinda sausage for sandwiches for lunch. They smell soooooooooo gooooooood.
*cries*
I still really want real food.

I've had an upset stomach since Tuesday and am getting really, really tired of it.
My guts have stayed on the inside, but it's too the point where I'd almost rather just be sick and get it over with. There've been a couple times where things seemed to be getting better, including when I woke up this morning. But not quite and still don't dare venture from the house. Damn it.

My birthday was Thursday and the highlight of my day? Eating jell-o. a;adklfafkj (not that we actually celebrate, but still.)
It was almost eating/drinking some chicken bouillon, but that ended up not sitting well. At all.

I want real foooood!
Going outside, especially being able to ride, would be really nice too. a;dkfj;akdjf

1. Go to your desktop and press the Print Scrn key (located on the right side of the F12 key).

2. Open a graphics program (like Picture Manager, Paint, or Photoshop) and do a Paste (CTRL + V).

3. Post the picture on your blog. You can also give a short explanation on the look of your desktop if you want. You can explain why you prefer such a look or why it is full of icons. Things like that.

4. Tag five of your friends and ask them to give you a Free View of their desktops as well.

( Here she be. )

Stole this from xie_xie_xie.

Your result for The LONG Scientific Personality Test...

ISFJ-The Protector

Take The LONG Scientific Personality Test at HelloQuizzy

You do not like to be in a place of authority, and will delegate poorly if forced into a lead position.
Woah. Freakily accurate there. Being in charge? Do NOT Want. kthnx

Yesterday, the family and I hauled a bunch of hay, to try and stock up a bit before winter hits. And it gets really expensive - it's already at/over $200 a ton for alfalfa and shudder to think what it'll cost in a couple months.
At $95 a ton, Papa's idea was to get a bunch of grass hay up for the cattle, but the hay looked so good we bought some for the horses as well.

Ended up loading 3 3/4 tons into the trailer and unloading yesterday, in two trips. Really didn't expect to be able to get 2 ton into the horse trailer at a time, so that was a nice surprise. Then today, my sister and I split a load between our horses and Papa used the last load to fill up his horse hay room. In the end, we hauled 7 3/4 tons of hay over both days.

And boy, is my body feeling it. My back is good, so that means I lifted correctly, but boy oh boy do my arms and hands hurt.

I ended up stacking all of what we got yesterday and that was the plan for today. We were in a different part of the field today though, and the bales were heavier. Luckily, my sister's friend helped us today and with her help, we could get them stacked four high. There is no way I could have thrown the fourth one up by myself as barely got a third bale up.
Know it's not just being tired, because in the middle of the first load, the bales were lighter again and I could throw them up by myself.

On our second trip in the afternoon, sis and her friend went hiking (this was a planned thing - we didn't find out about the hay deal until Friday night), but my uncle could come and help. Without him, we wouldn't have made a second trip - we were all too tired! He did the stacking on this load though, we just had to get the bales to the trailer, which isn't quite as hard. Plus, with Uncle M. stacking, I could be out in the field helping mom and Papa.

Verizon has broadband available where I live now.

And I LOOOOOVE IT!!!! YouTube videos just play now! It's awesome. Pages full of graphics load pretty quick! It's awesome. *happy dances*

Oh my god, I think LJ caught a clue.
LJ Policy changes.

To quote a little of it:
We have also stated within the policy that non-graphic, non-sexualized nudity is not considered explicit adult content. This includes things such as an image of a mother breastfeeding their child, or anon-sexualized work of art such as the Statue of David. We have also extended this to our policy on default userpics; non-graphic,non-sexualized nudity is no longer considered a violation of our default userpic policy.

* Our policy on Non-Photographic Images of Minors is being removed.What this means is that we will no longer be requiring the removal of this content, or suspending people who have posted it. We feel that with the introduction of the adult content flagging system, we do not need to take any further action on this type of material.


There's a bit more too. But still, some definite improvement.

Crap, I forgot about BSG tonight. Remembered while I was working the arena and busted that out so I could get down in time for the second showing. Whew. Missed the first minute or so, but caught the important stuff.
( BSG: Guess What's Coming to dinner? Spoilers )

Oh my god. No more staying up late reading!
It makes me stupid and unable to remember that I'm meaning to post a comment rather than an entry.
That's what I get for using Semagic to make sure links and stuff are working. *headdesks*