h1 - Go to Wikipedia:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random Wikipedia article title that you get is the name of your band.
2 - Go to The Quotations Page random quotations:  http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.
3 - Go to Flickr and click on "explore the last seven days:"  http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/
The third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.
4 - Be creative. Post it.

So I've spent way more time making icons than I should have lately.  It can provide a very thorough distraction sometimes.

I wasn't fully satisfied with most of my "Scrubs" icons from before so I redid a lot of those quotes, and added many more.  I also did several "Pinky and the Brain" icons.  There will be more to come as I find more decent screencaps and if I can figure out a form for text-only icons like the "Scrubs" ones.  Then there are a few miscellaneous quotes (Ingrid Michaelson and "The Office") -- certainly more of those to come in the future.  And finally, some basic stock icons.

Samples:

Yoink what you want, but please credit Lady_Liberty13 if you use them.  Thanks, and enjoy! 

 
 

I give up.  I won't ever express another negative emotion because it just makes me a spoiled little attention-seeking brat to have an emotional breakdown after all the hell and general stress that I'd been under.  I'll just take it and not be human.  My mistake.  Won't happen again.  At least not here.

Apparently there were some hurt feelings for those who read my last entry.  I am sorry if those concerned (and those who weren't) chose to read it as a personal attack; that was not my intention.

I will not say that I didn't mean it, though -- I most definitely meant it.  I was (and am) hurt and stressed as much as any of you and I am absolutely entitled to that.  This is my personal blog and as such I will use it to express myself as I see fit.  If that means that this is where I vent my frustrations, anger, pain, joy, whatever, then you may read at your own risk.  I did not force you to read my last entry -- I even put most of it behind an LJ cut ("For a detailed ranting, click here...") so you had to go out of your way to read it! -- and I cannot control whether your feelings get hurt by my honest expression of my own.

And if you're thinking that I'm being selfish in this statement, I advise you to reexamine your own behavior before criticizing mine.

It's amazing the difference spending time with relatives can make on one's mood.


So now I'm still trying to actually focus on the work I need to do, but I can't seem to do it.  I don't even want to go to class tomorrow (except to escape home) so I'm really not in an academic frame of mind.  Not even an email from FRCC telling me I'm about to get a formal, mailed invitation to join Phi Theta Kappa, the honor society of 2-year colleges, could get me focused...I need a break -- some friend time, maybe.

Speaking of friends, Lorajean and Trent are going to try to come visit for Thanksgiving so I'll only have to hold out for a couple more weeks before I can get some quality friend time.  I got an more-than-welcome email from Carsten yesterday, which helped a little bit.  Kelly wasn't feeling well on Friday so we didn't do our usual Most Haunted Live get-together and I need to call her to see when she has some time off work next.  Amanda and I were going to try to see a movie, but then I had the radio thing come up and I realized that I didn't have enough money to justify seeing a movie in the theater.  Too bad, I probably would have had more fun seeing a potentially depressing movie.  And then there's Andy -- who hasn't responded at all to my last couple messages, though I know he's gotten them, so I don't know if he even actually wants to be friends anymore.  Bad Andy...I think he was happier when I was mad at him.

I want to get away...I really want to go on a study-abroad trip to Italy next spring but don't know if I can afford it.  Maybe I'll try to hurry through the rest of my classes to get my Associates and get the heck outta Dodge.

So last night we got the first snow of the season!  Apparently Denver got snow too, but Fort Collins didn't.  Go figure.  Still, it's way cool to look out the window and see white roofs and on the ground.  It's only about a quarter inch or so,  but it's enough to count.  I could go out on the deck right now and make a snow angel, but I won't.

The first snow is a perfect excuse to listen to a bit of Christmas music.  Hehe!

The Denver Art Museum was awesome yesterday.  I only knew one person who went besides the teacher, who was from another class, but we all had a good time looking at the Artisans and Kings exhibit.  We also got to see a couple floors of the permanent exhibit, which had some really cool stuff from the Renaissance Europe and from Asia.  If my camera had been working I could have taken some really cool pictures, but alas.

'Ski ended up leaving late (surprised?...anyone?...anyone?) so they aren't here yet but should arrive probably sometime tonight.  Which means I should get going.  I have laundry to do as well as some cleaning and a couple assignments, so...I guess I'm outie.

So I have a short paper due at 9 tomorrow morning that I haven't even started yet, plus two physics assignments that are due tomorrow as well.  And I just found out that not only will the three guests we were already expecting going to be here two days earlier than originally though, but that we'll have two more coming next Thursday.  Meanwhile, the living room is practically impassable, the house just generally needs to be cleaned, we need to figure out sleeping arrangements for 5 people, Bonnie is house-sitting for the next several days (and who knows what her work schedule is), I'm going to Denver most of the day Saturday with a school trip, and Daddy will undoubtedly be working.  So this leaves my mom who also has work to do, and who is recovering from cancer, to do all the proverbial heavy lifting.

Riiight...

I wish my family planned ahead -- and communicated those plans -- better.

I just thought I would allay any concerns after my last post...I'm actually doing much, much better today.

So Andy decided that we'd be better off as friends...We'll see if that can happen again.  Bastard.  He waited until I brought some recent occurances up to tell me that he "loves" me as a friend, but nothing more.  Jerkwad.  The worst part is that it's exactly what happened last time so I should have learned my lesson then but didn't, and now I feel like the emotionally wounded, insecure 15 year-old all over again.

If I thought I could actually get away with it, I'd take all the cans of Cherry Coke (which I bought specifically for the jerkwad), shake them up really good, and let them explode all over his van.  I think he'd know it was me, though.

I am smart.  I am funny.  I am caring and loyal.  I'm not the one that gets the second looks (or even first looks) walking around campus -- but I have a lot to offer!  So why can't I find even one guy who's even slightly interested in actually dating me?  Damnit, I deserve to be pursued and wooed and romanced and I deserve someone who actually cares about me and wants to be with me.

I miss my friends -- they all seem to be either way busy or not here.  I'm totally ready for 2007 to be finished!

I'm going to bed.

So here are some new icons for anyone interested.  Nearly all of them are "Scrubs" quotes, but there are a couple extras.

I also updated and organized my Scrapbook's Avatar Icons folder if anyone's interested in checking that out.

Ok, really, I'm going to bed now.

Joy!!!

Pinky and the Brain is on Toon Disney!!!  Are you pondering what I'm pondering...?

Today we're having an actual thunderstorm.  We have had a couple big flashes of lightning and  some deep, rolling thunder.  Very cool!  Since I've had a bad cold for a couple days I was already going to be cozying it up here at home but now it seems that the weather approves.  Yay for warm blankets, movies (or homework if I get "good"), and staying in your jammies all day!

I just did something (hopefully) very smart...I opened an account with ING Direct online.  It's a money market savings account which means it has a really good interest rate, and while I will still have access to my money when I need it it won't be tempting me in my checking account.  So hopefully I'll still have enough money for the first two tuition payments for next semester (until my loan check comes in February).  It was recommended to me by a friend who still works at the bank so I'm thinking that's a good enough reference.

Well, I just thought I'd pop in and brag about our wonderful rain.  It's really making the changing leaves pop out against the wet, dark tree trunks!  Now it's time to get Sneezy-Me back off to bed.

My camera seems to be in a coma.  I had taken it with me yesterday when I walked in the CSU Homecoming parade, but didn't take it out of my bag (which was in the basket of a friend's stroller) the whole time.  I thought the battery was just dead so I tried putting mine in Daddy's camera (the same model) but then his worked and told me I had a fully-charged battery.  A few other switches of various things and my camera still wasn't turning on.  Waaah!  We were planning to drive up into Estes Park this evening to see the remaining colors and to hear the elk bugling but now I won't have my camera for it.  Fortunately, I found the receipt and warranty paperwork and realized that we bought the three-year service plan in January 2006, so I'm going to have to take it in to Sam's Club tomorrow after class to see what they say.

So I've been absolutely obsessively listening to Ingrid Michaelson all day.  She's the one who sings that Old Navy sweater commercial song.  I found her CD at Best Buy -- the last copy! -- for about $10 and haven't stopped listening to it yet.  Mostly I just repeat trak #5 "The Way I Am" (the song from the ad).  I did buy a couple other CDs as well (Colbie Caillat and, but haven't even opened them yet.  Too much fun!  Definitely check her stuff out!

Tomorrow is going to be the last day of my house- and dog-sitting duties.  I'm glad I'll be able to be back at home.  There is, after all, no place like home.

Ok, so it wasn't  exactly my homework but it was one of my textbooks.  I'm so pissed -- not only at Doozer for deciding that a book of essays would make a good breakfast, but also at myself for leaving them in the chair under a pillow.  The dumb dog doesn't know any better.  He takes things and runs with them and/or shreds them for attention because his parents will always chase after him to get them (which he thinks is all a big game) and they have recently started giving him treats as a distraction to get back whatever he took.  Doesn't exactly make things easier for me because he thinks it's a good thing to do now.  They'll be back in a week, though, so I just have to keep everything out of reach until then...

Saw "Good Luck Chuck" tonight.  It was funny, but more crude than I was prepared for.  I'd probably like it better if I saw it again, but I don't know.  "Halo 3" comes out this week.  Andy is planning to buy it, of course, and will be MIA for who knows how long -- probably until he beats it.  So I guess I have to prepare myself for the single life again for a while.  At least this week marks the beginning of the new fall tv season, so I have lots of new episodes of good shows to look forward to.  And thanks to a Family Channel marathon today, I'm now addicted to "Ugly Betty" so I'll have to remember to record that every week.

Why don't people dance like they used to?  In old movies you'd see two people go out on a date and slow dance closely.  I guess some people still do that at places like The Sundance (the country bar in Fort Collins) but most places there's only fast and/or raunchy dancing if there's any at all.  I guess I'm just old-fashioned.

Well, it's late and I should go get some sleep.  At least the bed is warm and comfy!

Last night (technically this morning), while driving back to Ft. Collins from Denver, my boyfriend was keeping up a constant conversation to try to keep me awake.  I was tired enough at that point to not remember how we jumped from one subject to the next, but one thing he was talking about did stick with me more than the rest.

Andy is a Christian as is his father, Norm, who is actually a reverend and missionary.  (Yes, I'm dating the son of a preacher man.)  Part of Norm's religious education centered around "false religions" and when Andy discusses these he always cites the LDS/Mormon faith.  Now, I don't want to debate the points of any particular belief structure or church, but I do take issue with the term "false religion."  I used to think I didn't like those conversations because I was being protective of my best friend, who is Mormon, but now I am able to form a slightly more logical argument:  Isn't religion a subjective beast?  The very nature of faith is the lack of proof -- so how are we to determine Truth from the rest?  And before you even bring up the various religious texts let me just say that no living person today was alive to witness any of the events that are the basis of these religions.  Faith is now based around some unknown bard's account of history:  they're hearsay.  Again, I don't wish to debate who's right and who's wrong, and I am certainly not saying that there's nothing of value to be gained from reading these texts...I'm just trying to say that maybe there isn't one that's better than the others.

If one were to objectively examine every religion of the modern world, they would most likely find good and bad in each of them; however, one of the nearly-universally bad aspects of religion in general is that each believes that theirs, and theirs alone, are True.  Now, as an agnostic (who adopts certain aspects from organized religions) I personally believe that it is arrogant and foolish to believe that we can fully understand the nature of whatever supreme force governs the universe; even more so to judge others who simply seek the same understanding elsewhere.  I do believe that faith can be a good thing in whatever form it takes -- and there are countless to choose from!  So why do people use such terms as "false religion" to describe those other paths that we hope will lead to understanding?  Then again, maybe I'm guilty of the same thing.

Well it's been almost two weeks since we found out that chemo was not going to be in our immediate future (yay!)...I wish I could say that things have calmed down around here -- but I can't. School and Andy have kept me pretty busy lately, and Granddad arrived Saturday for a visit. Not really sure how long he's going to be here -- I'll bet he's not sure yet either -- and it's great having him here so I suppose it doesn't matter much. I feel so scattered, though, and a bit overwhelmed at everything I have to do. Admittedly, most of it is self-inflicted, but that doesn't exactly make me feel better. (I guess that's my Capricorn showing through.)  I actually forgot to go to my tutoring job this morning -- and then I remembered that I was supposed to help with a study session yesterday as well.  I can't believe I forgot!  I emailed my boss an apology, promising it was a one-time thing, but I still feel like a giant fool.  So far I think classes are going ok, but my first round of tests and essays are coming up soon so I guess we'll see how that goes.  I did manage to finally clear off my desk a bit today.  It's a long way from actually clean or organized -- at least to the level that I ultimately want -- but I now have a flat surface for my notebook and textbook while my computer is still set up.  It's a start.  :)

Well, it's getting late and I have an early class.  I already have a hard time getting my lazy butt out of bed in the mornings so I don't want to make it worse by staying up all night...Actually (sadly), this is still going to bed "early" for me.  Maybe I should work on that...

So the oncologist said that Mom's tumor wasn't agressive enough for chemotherapy to have any significant effect...So no chemo for Mom!!  Yay!  We celebrated by going for lunch and ice cream at Culvers.  Yum...! 

I literally just found out that Josh Groban is (finally!) releasing a Christmas CD!!!!!  "Noel" comes out October 7 and guess who'll be first in line!  I hope everyone around me is prepared for about three months of Christmas music!  I've been waiting for this for 5 years and I'm going to enjoy it!

The concert last night was fantastic -- aside from the fact that the Pepsi Center wouldn't let me bring in my camera despite all the other people who had them -- and our seats were amazing!!  I did get some pictures and video with my phone but they're a predictably bad quality.  Most of the time he looks like a big white blur on the stage because of the lighting.  Still, it was totally worth the money that I shouldn't have spent on the tickets!  Also, the opener was Angelique Kidjo who (from what I saw) was amazing -- I want to get some of her CDs; or if anyone has them, can I borrow?

Ok, enough gleeful procrastination -- must go be productive...ish.