Well, today I have an interview for a better job. Should I get the job, it shouldn't be as stressful (or at least not in the same way) and it definitely pays better. Problem is, it's a single position in a large company, and I know there are at least four others that have been recommended by someone in the company (as I have) for the job.

Wish me luck!

Stolen from hoshikaze


How evil are you?

 evulkoneko!  May you have many more, and a great amount of writing success in those years!

Well, I've been quiet here a while, I know... but I have to say it's mostly due to work. It's kept me fairly frazzled, and my concentration is more or less shot at this time. It will get better, heck I'm working out more and generally getting my life back on track. Even my emotional life is getting better.

One of the decisions I've come to is that I definitely need to change industries. The customer service/phone support thing is killing me. So I'm in the process of saving $1500 to purchase the proper tools to do Airframe & Propulsion Mechanic school at one of the local community colleges. Is this the career I want? Probably not, but at least it will be a good interim career (read, makes more money than I make now) while I head to school to actually get a degree in what I want.

Makes sense, neh?

Now for the silliness part:

Ran across this on my flist, and decided to give it a post.

What Mythological Creature are you? (Cool Pics!) created with QuizFarm.com

You scored as WereWolf WereWolf: Craving rare Meat, feeling caged, aggitated by being around people. Unable to control one's anger or temper. The person will give off symptoms of the shift. They will seem more hostile, blood thirsty, aggitated. They may even growl, bare their teeth or other animal like tendencies. In rare cases, some will physically change. Facial hair will grow thicker or darker, nails will become longer, canine's will seem longer. Embrace your wild side, for you are The Misunderstood WereWolf. WereWolf 75% Demon 67% Faerie 67% Angel 67% Mermaid 59% Dragon 17%

For those keeping score, I just got heart-wounded again.  The ex sent me a text message asking how I was doing.  Of course, I didn't want to be rude or impolite, so I merely told her I was 'Doing okay.  Healing'  Why can't she just let it lie? 

Stolen from evulkoneko

Link: The Metaphysician Test written by Jaylhomme on OkCupid, home of the The Dating Persona Test View My Profile(Jaylhomme)

Stolen from avferreira... again.

I guess I'm a real prince. :)

My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is: His Most Serene Highness Lord Adrian the Convincing of Melbury Bubblewick Get your Peculiar Aristocratic Title

This kind of explians why things have been running the way they have in my life.

In a Past Life...

You Were: A Kind Undertaker. Where You Lived: Quebec. How You Died: Killed in Battle.

Stolen from avferreira.

I am an Echinacea What Flower Are You?

I found this on marsh_dragon's page. The worst part is, I don't even LIKE Hillary!

68% Hillary Clinton
68% John Edwards
66% Barack Obama
66% Bill Richardson
65% Tom Tancredo
63% Chris Dodd
59% Joe Biden
49% Mitt Romney
49% Rudy Giuliani
47% Mike Gravel
47% Mike Huckabee
47% Fred Thompson
43% John McCain
42% Dennis Kucinich
35% Ron Paul

2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz

I'm going to warn anyone who chooses to read this that it'll probably be fairly angsty.  While not one for angst normally, I just don't know how else to express my feelings.

Found this one on marsh_dragon's site. Boy I've watched a lot of TV in my life. o.O 

( Meme below )

Boy... I haven't posted anything for nine weeks.  Erf.  Here I thought I was going to keep up with this thing.  Bah.  Well, at least I'm posting now.

November/December was a tough time for me.  More work, less sleep, thus less time for me to actually write.  Can't write at work... too distracting and I would lose my train of thought each time a call came in.  Too tired when I get home to cook, much less write.  I've got to find something different or closer so I can start writing again.  I want to write... I have ideas... I just don't have the time or energy to get them on paper/pixels.  *sigh*

So I guess it's time for the New Year's Resolutions.  They'll be hiding behind the cut for those who don't want to bother with reading what someone else wants to do.


I hope that all of my friends have a good New Year, and everyone has fun writing.  May there be many books published and much money made!

Landed just where I wanted to be. :) Results behind the cut. ( Who do I get to wander with? )

This weekend *sucked* for writing.  I got sick on Friday, so I wasn't able to go to work and my brain was way too foggy for me to even *consider* writing.  That lasted into Saturday, so I was feeling like the Christian nether-realms.  As I was recovering, my laptop up and had a series of BSoD flash up (Blue Screen of Death aka 'Windows Fatal Error'), so that meant I had to format the laptop and reinstall Windows 98.  Fortunately, I saved all the extra files that came with the Compaq, and I had backed up what work I have, so I didn't loose anything but time.  Still, it was highly annoying.

On the good side of things, I was well enough to go over to my uncle's for dinner last night.  Heck, I wouldn't pass up prime rib even if I were on my death bed!  Mmmmmm... meat.

I'm hoping this week will be better.  I'm down 500 words on my Worldbuilding challenge on the FM boards... so that's a good 1000 words of worldbuilding I need to do this week.  *sigh*  Plus I'm re-starting my ADF Dedicant program this week, so that's more homework for me.  At least I may have a grove to assist me, if the grove organizer finds time to answer questions.  I know she's busy, but that merely means she should have someone coordinating communications for the grove.  Eh, what's a guy to do?

 I had an urge to head to the local Thriftway today after lunch, which is an odd urge for me.  Well, imagine my suprise when the local group that trains guide dogs was there with some of their pups doing a fund drive.  Well, of course I threw in what I could afford in the terms of money, but I had something else drive me today.

After making the donation, I quietly asked both Dagda (chief of the gods) and Dianchect (the healer) to bless the dogs and the work they do.  Though not yet clergy, I felt that this was something appropriate.

How many times do we see these working dogs and don't even give a thought to what they do for the people they assist?  Many times in churches, groves, covens and circles we ask for the blessing and healing for those that are injured and sick, and we ask blessings for the *people* that help them.  Never have I heard of someone asking a blessing upon the animals that help.

So, I ask all of my friends to take the time, next time you see a guide or assistance dog, to ask blessings upon the animal.  It shouldn't matter if your Christian, Buddhist, Muslim or Pagan.  Ask the blessing of the healer, or the healing aspect of your God, upon them.  They may not 'heal' in the sense of replacing what was lost with the same thing, but they DO heal in the sense of returning the self-esteem and self-reliance of those that would otherwise have to rely on others.

And that, my friends, is a blessing all it's own.