I finished ‘Duma Key’, now I’m reading…oh, and some stuff I forgot.

After I finished all my stuff yesterday, I sat down to finish ‘Duma Key’. ((I could spend an entire day reading non-stop if given the chance…)) I didn’t have much left, and it only took me an hour or so.

I wasn’t disappointed by the ending, actually, I expected it. Well, not the suddenness of Wireman’s death…but then, I guess I *did* expect that too. I’m glad he didn’t die on Duma, tho. I knew what Edgars last painting was going to be, too. That was kind of obvious.

I did Google Persephone, because while I know I learned about mythology in school, that was, oh…14+ years ago…and mythology wasn’t anything I was really interested in. I read a wikipedia article, and since the name of the ship ((wow, I totally haven’t had enough coffee yet, cause I totally just typed that as shit…)) was Persephone…then, the connection was made for me…with the way Stephen King describes Duma Key as having vegetation growing like crazy when it really had no business growing there…I mean, not just that…there was a bunch of things that went along with the article.

I’ll def. read it again…

I went upstairs last nite to look through the books to see what I’d read now…I mentioned before that I brought down ‘Misery’, and I’ve picked up a few times since bringing it downstairs, I guess I’m not in the mood to read it. I’m stuck in novel mode, so I didn’t grab like ‘Night Shift’ or ‘Everythings Eventual’ or any of the other ones…I briefly looked at ‘Black House’, and decided no. I bought that book a few years ago, and had a wicked hard time getting through the first few chapters…I then realized it was a sequel to another book…One I hadn’t read. So, I put it away and never touched it. I saw Firestarter and Carrie, but they’re so short, I’d have them done in a night or so. I really wanted ‘Needful Things’, but I don’t have that one anymore. ((My Mum bought that for me when I was like 13 or so, and I read it once, and most likely in one of our moves, I lost it, cause I don’t remember ever seeing it again…))

So instead, I grabbed ‘It’ and ‘Insomnia’. I’ve read ‘It’ a few times, and ‘Insomnia’ once. Maybe twice. I had to do eeny-meeny-miney to decide which one to read first, and even after that, couldn’t make up my mind…So, I asked Kenna which one I should read. She’s seen the movie ‘It’ many times ((we actually watched it yesterday morning)) so that was the one she picked. Then, I made the final choice and went with ‘Insomnia’, cause there were a few parts of that one that reading it, I couldn’t quite form a clear picture of what was going on in my mind.

I have that one in paperback and hardcover…the previous times reading it, I read the hardcover. But, the hardcover is right now, in a room that’s closed up until spring…so I had to grab the paperback. I’d prefer hardcover, cause the pages are brighter…and the light I read by isn’t the brightest. I only got about 100 pages or so in when I started to feel myself falling asleep. I welcomed that, as I didn’t want another night like the two previous…

I was going to do a review on ‘Duma Key’…and I did start one, but then I thought ‘why?’. I read one by another blogger, and it really wasn’t accurate…I figured in order for me to write one that was in-depth and accurate, I’d have to read it again, y’know, to be fair and all…So, it’s in my drafts for now. Maybe one day I’ll get to it.

Something I forgot, and I was excited about it, yet I never even mentioned it here. ((I can be a dumbass like that sometimes)) Back in, August of 2011 ((I believe…I’d have to check my email to be 100% sure, but I don’t feel like it)) I was invited to contribute to a stock photo group. It was a partnership with deviantArt and Fotolia. I agreed, and went through the necessary steps. Unfortunately, some of the images they wanted, I didn’t have on my laptop, but I knew some of them were on my old external hard drive. Cool. But, the power cord for that bitch just up and died on me the summer before. Luckily, my sister has a cord for hers that fits mine. They mailed it to me, so I wouldn’t miss out on this opportunity. I found what I needed, and gave them all the photos that I could. I was told that the photos would be released to Fotolia in early 2012. Naturally, in the time between August and a week or two ago, I forgot all about them. Until I checked my email one day, and saw that the photos got a release date! It was announced that they’d come out on January 17th.

There was an announcement about it here: it’s safe to click…you will leave my site tho. And, when sorted by big thumbnails at 100 per page, my images are found here, more to the bottom of the page: again, you’ll leave my site if you click it…but it’s a safe link. They’re continued to the next page, too It would be really nice if the participating people for this project were given some sort of login link, so we can see how well the collection is doing…I know we’re supposed to get reports and royalty payments through DA…but that means waiting. And everyone knows waiting isn’t one of the things I’m good at.

If you don’t want to click the link, this is a screenshot of the images I gave them.

I didn’t pick the images to give them…Someone went through my DA gallery and picked the ones they thought were most useful. Some of them, I think were based purely on resolution, as my old images were sometimes less than 5MP.

Now, I mentioned yesterday that the weather seemed nice cause it was foggy out…and that was true. I sat with the window open for a while…and the fresh air made me feel like taking pictures…I’ve said before that I don’t do much photo-wise in the winter…and even though it was nice ((well, for January)) I still didn’t pick up the camera. Today tho, I think I *could* do something productive. It’s again, not freezing out, and the sun has made an appearance. Unfortunately, I feel a headache coming on, and I have to be at work in a couple hours, and I won’t be getting home till after 5. Ahh well, maybe this weekend. I’ll have a game to shoot tomorrow and Friday, so at least I’ll have something to edit in the meantime.

I woke up last nite, after dozing for a bit…Mike had shut off the tv ((that *always* wakes me up.)) and was, I don’t know, moving a blanket around or something…He kept trying to cover me up, and I kept kicking the blanket off cause I was hot…and in those two minutes or so, I thought I was going to fully wake up, and then be stuck laying there forever. So, like I usually do, I started a blog in my head…didn’t get too far tho, cause I willed myself to stfu, otherwise I *would* be awake all nite. It couldn’t of been that interesting, though, because now, I have no idea what it was about. I did wake up this morning thinking about Harry Potter…well, not *him* exactly, just that I haven’t watched the movies in a while. I have to make a day of that soon…

It was also time to change my desktop wallpaper…I use the Windows 7 logon background changer, so my logon screen is this:

and my wallpaper is this:

Hammie has just decided to come and sit with me…

He’s almost preventing me from using the mouse, so I guess I’ll take that as my cue to end this…I have a few things to do before work anyway.

So, until, probably Saturday…
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Well, Stephen King, you’ve done it again.

I can be prone to anxiety. I hate it. Usually it’s little things that set it off…Sometimes it’s nothing more than the repetitiveness of certain things. Like, watching too much tv ((when I have House marathons…)) or reading too much. But, when it comes to reading, the only books I can read constantly and never have an anxiety issue over are the Harry Potter books. ((Which is why I can almost sleep soundly now, considering I learned that trick with the HP books when we moved up here…My anxiety was pretty high when we came up here…being 7 hours away from my Mum, who was the one who could talk me out of a panic attack and lots of times her talking could keep one from getting full blown…a new place where we’re essentially all alone…))

Sunday nite, we had a big dinner, and that always makes me sleepy. I dozed off on the sofa, and woke up sometime later on…the kitchen light was on, and I heard Mike’s computer. I figured it was either really early ((between 3 & 4am)) or really late ((around midnite or so)). I went into the kitchen for some water, and it turned out to be 11pm. :\ I drank two glasses of water, and went to lay back down. I put on ‘Storm of the Century’ ((I have to have the tv on when I go to bed…)) But I knew as I was laying there, that I was gonna be up for a while. And I was. I stayed up for the entire movie…well, almost. I fell asleep during the last ten minutes. Then, I was up at before 6am. I felt like utter shit all day long.

I had to go into work, and I almost didn’t, because I felt so lousy. After work, W. had a basketball game, and maybe it was the atmosphere, but I felt better. Our team won ((pictures later on in the post)) and we got home early. ((It was a boys game only…)) And while I hadn’t eaten all day and I was starving, my stomach felt so lousy that I didn’t want to eat. I did anyway, and almost regretted it. I was tired, and felt flushed…my eyes were burning. ((I used different mascara yesterday tho, which was probably the reason for that.)) I sat on the sofa and read, drinking two glasses of iced Black Tea. ((love that stuff…but I tend to drink too much of it)) G. and W. were playing Black Ops, L. was watching Mike play some computer game, and Mac was sitting next to me playing Mario on one of the DS’s.

When it came time for the kiddos to go to bed, I put my book down cause Mac wanted to play multiplayer ((DS download play)) Mario, and W. wanted in too. So, we played that for about 45 minutes…until we got sick of playing. Mac decided she was going to sleep down here with us instead of in her bed ((ok with me ))

I didn’t want to watch / listen to Storm of the Century again…cause I just had a feeling I wouldn’t be able to sleep. I did feel that way for a little while…which was ok, because Mac wasn’t tired in the least. It was close to 10pm before she nodded off. I read…

I mentioned that I finished ‘Under the Dome’, and picked up ‘Duma Key’. I’m not giving a book review, so don’t worry. The beginning for me dragged a tiny bit. But that went away quick.

I’m pretty close to the end, actually…But, I digress. I read a lot last night…it kept me awake ((whereas usually, it makes me tired…I almost always fall asleep with the book open in front of my face.)) Awake in that not so good way. Also, where the story was going, it sorta made me a bit nervous…I kept hoping sleep would kick in, but it didn’t…then, the story reached a point I had been expecting, sort of, and dreading a little…I closed my eyes for a second, wondering if I could fall asleep, realized it just wasn’t going to happen…Reading about Wireman and Edgar and Jack walking up the stairs to see what was in Little Pink that shouldn’t be there…

…and I was nervous about was was going to be there…but, I flipped the page anyway. This was on the next page, and while I’m sure that was the intention, it scared the crap out of me.

And I pretty much had this entire blog written at that page. Because Stephen King, yet again, had gotten me close to that place where the anxiety is…and when it comes on at night like that, it’s the worst. Because it’s always at night when your thoughts have a way of slipping the boundaries your day-time mindset has created for them. I did read a couple more pages, but then I just put the book on the floor. I laid there for a few minutes, and I don’t think it was much longer than that when I fell asleep.

I slept good. Except for the fact that it seemed like I had one dream that lasted all nite long…In it, the kids schoolbus was outside. I was for some reason, going to take the bus with them…but as usual, I couldn’t find things I needed. My clothes, my makeup…Not that I was going to put makeup on, but I wanted to bring it with me. It was my clothes that were the issue…I kept going through a few different rooms looking for my pants, and I just couldn’t find them… Typical of me in my waking moments too…

I woke up this morning with a sore back, but def. not as tired as I was yesterday. Which is a super huge bonus.

I might be working from home today…which also works for me. My stomach still doesn’t feel awesome, but it might just be hunger, even though I don’t feel hungry at all. I have a sports schedule to update, and pictures from yesterdays game to go over. Then, I should straighten up the house and finish the laundry…and then figure out what I’m making for dinner. I also think I’d like to open a window…it’s foggy out and doesn’t seem cold, and I think I’d like a bit of fresh air.

Last nite, when I was reading while the kids were doing their own things…before Mac was sitting next to me with the DS, she was in the kitchen…sitting on the floor, in her own little world…The picture doesn’t convey the moment just right, but I just happened to look out there and just thought she looked pretty damn cute.

Next to her is her bag of popcorn that she got at the basketball game, and an envelope of stickers that came in the mail…I took about 7 pictures, and she ignored me the whole time, until she finished a level and yelled that she “beat the world!!”.

lol.

Now, some pictures from last nite’s game…We played Indian Township, and while I know I shouldn’t talk bad about people, ‘specially since I know everyone and their mother can read and I live in a small town…But, I’ve also given up on that whole ‘giving-a-shit-about-what-other-people-think’ about me. Really. So, I’m just going to say it anyway: I don’t like the other teams’ coach. Do I know her? Nope. I don’t even know her name. But I don’t like…well, I guess I can’t say I don’t like her, because I *don’t* know her. But I don’t like the way she is on the court. I think she has her kids play dirty and she encourages bad behavior. I’m not kidding, or being unreasonable…I ((and not just me, but everyone else, too…)) watched last nite, as her players outright would grab our kids. Sometimes, pulling them to the floor. Once, one player grabbed one of our boys and pulled him to the ground, fouling him. I looked at her after the whistle blew, and she gave the kid a thumbs-up. The same kid a little while later on got mad and threw the basketball in our boys’ face. Her one tall player tripped W., and he fell, and she stood over there laughing, egging her player on. Not all her players are like that, and I’m not trying to get down on them. It’s *her*. Even L., who never pays attention to the games really, because she gets bored, saw what happened with W. She was all like ‘Hey, Mum? Their coach is laughing at W., because he fell.”

It wasn’t just my kid I was thinking about, either…but of our other kids who got played unfairly by this lady’s verbal actions. I don’t know if we’re playing them again, and I hope we’re not. The games are supposed to be fun, but when the coach has that much aggressiveness ((and some aggression on the court is necessary, I know that))…well, I’d rather not watch her gloat when one of our kids gets knocked down. I’ll just say this tho: she must of had to resort to that kind of shit, cause that was the second time our team kicked her teams’ ass. Our kids don’t play dirty or violent. They practice hard, and they’re good. And we won. Again.

Our kids got new uniforms…so now, W. is #24.

After the first picture of the jump ball, the other images aren’t in any order…For now tho, I’ll end this here. I have to go do real life stuff

Until…next time.
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ps. It also dawned on me last nite, that Duma Keys’ ‘Elizabeth’, also called ‘Libbit’ is uber cute, despite the reason that name was used. I have decided, that now, I need something to name Libbit. Just not sure what yet, as I’m taking in no more kitties…and the kitties I have, are already named. A puppy? I don’t see a puppy in my future. Also, I’ve given up on fish. But I’m keeping ‘Libbit’ in mind.
And now, since I’ve done my work for the day ((unless I’m sent some more)) I might read. I want to finish the book, but then, I don’t know what I’ll read next… *sigh*.

We thought ‘yay! A 4-day week!’, yet, it seems like the longest week ever.

Seriously. How does that happen? Oh, I know: Cause we said ‘it’s only a 4-day week’. We jinxed it. :\

It’s now Sunday, but seriously, when I started this on Friday…Holy crap, longest week ever. Even Friday seemed to drag. Later Friday nite, I was totally in the mood to play some Wii Sports Resort ((bowling…it’s really the only one I play)) and because I rarely ever put games/dvd’s back in their right cases ((or in the goddamn case *at all* )) I couldn’t find it. Usually, about 4 times a year, I will take all the dvd’s off the shelves and put every single disk back in the case it should be in. It usually takes a couple hours…The last time I did it, was before Christmas, and it took two hours. However, for the most part, everything ((almost…no, like, half maybe)) is still in the right cases.

Well, not Wii Sports. Of course.

Saturday morning, I was staring at all the dvd’s and stuff, still thinking about how I couldn’t find the game. Then, because I had nothing else to do, I resigned myself to the fact that if I wanted to see that game again, I’d just have to suck it up and look through every fucking case until I found it. When I can’t find a movie, I try and think of what case I would of put it in…((Cause yeah, I mean, I wouldn’t put it back in it’s *own* case, that’s too logical.)) I do at least try and keep some order to it: I’ll put the disk with a movie that’s slightly related…For example, I’d put ‘Rose Red’ in ‘Maximum Overdrive’s case. Why? Both Stephen King movies, so when I can’t find Rose Red, I’d think to check another Stephen King case. Make sense? It does to me, and that process is actually more involved than if I were to put things away where they should go. I only do that with dvd’s though.

‘Aliens in the Attic’. That’s the case it was in. Now, I mentioned my system for a reason. And while I was looking at ‘Aliens in the Attic’, my first thought was “Now, why would I put that in there? That makes no sense.” But then I was just happy I found it, so I didn’t much give a shit about the case.

Mike was in the shower, but I knew he’d give a shit about the fact that I found the game. So, because I’m impatient and wouldn’t want him to be deprived of at least one person coming in the bathroom and letting all the hot steam out and the cold air in, I had to go in and tell him. But I didn’t go in quick and shut the door…I stood in the doorway with the door open.

“Oh! Hey! I found the game!”
Mike: “Yay. Shut the door.”
Me: “What?”
Mike: “Goody. What case was it in?”
Me: “Aliens in the Fucking Attic. Not sure why I’d do that.”
Mike: mumbling some shit I couldn’t hear
Me: “What was that?”
Mike: “Oh! That’s where I put it! I didn’t want to tell you cause I knew that I put it in some case, but I couldn’t remember which one. Thanks for reminding me.”
Me: “Yep.”

Yeah, so I found it…and then I didn’t want to play anymore. So instead, I got my computer and played around with the webcam for a few minutes while I was waiting for my Mum to get online. She finally got a new laptop with a built in cam, and we haven’t cammed in a while…

The brightness is all fucked…but this is how Hammie likes to sit with me.

Friday, we got a bunch of snow…It was that really fluffy kind that just flies everywhere. One of the plows went by the house ((I actually had my camera in my hand cause I was doing something else…)) and that snow just fucking *flew*. That sounds really stupid, but it was cool…Cause for a few seconds, you couldn’t see anything but white.

So after the plow went by, I walked around the house for a minute or so and took a few shots of the cats

lol. That little guy…I didn’t want my camera noises to scare him, cause I was afraid that he’d fall off the counter…

Mrs. Lovett…

Guardian of the tomatoes.

Hamster Pants napping…

Chewy, hanging out by the woodstove

I think I’ll be camming with my Mum again later…When we talked yesterday, my Dad wasn’t home. Course, two of the kiddos are outside right now, and W. is in the process of helping Mike bring wood in the house…So, I’ll wait a little bit till everyone is in the house

For now, I don’t think I have anymore shit to talk about…well, that’s a lie, I always have a shit ton of stuff to say. It’s just never interesting.

So, until…I dunno…
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