Looks like my therealljidol run is over.

For those of you who honor me by voting for my therealljidol entries, I should warn you that there will not be a vote this weekend. Mysterious folk called the Gatekeepers will be deciding our fate. 14 people are getting the boot this week ( Read more... )

This week's therealljidol topic was chosen by my f-list. Thanks, guys!

I'm a Christian, but I'm certainly not your mainstream Christian. When I went to church, I went to a Unity Church, although I now do my celebrating at home. My personal rituals are a mixture of many different techniques - my Christian background comes into play, as does Medicine Reiki, ( Read more... )

My computer died on me today. Yes, my new one.

Luckily, after letting it cool for a while (it got mega-hot, and it almost never gets hot), I was able to do a recovery. I'm making my long overdue back-up cds now. I was scared into action on that one.

I am eternally grateful to everyone who looked at my post and voted for me in therealljidol. I made it through ( Read more... )

I'm a little nervous about how I'm doing in this week's therealljidol poll. We're losing ten people this week. I was nervous last week, because it was eight and I really thought that was my weakest entry yet. I was actually pretty pleased with this one, and it seems to be sucking a lot harder than I expected. So if you liked my Coloring Outside the Lines post, ( Read more... )

“That's nice, but you colored outside of the lines right there.” I peer at the paper. Where? Oh that, up at the turtle's head. I was almost finished. I just got sloppy. “You should really try to stay in the lines ( Read more... )

Humor is sexy. So many of my friends went for the “bad boys”, but I've always went for the ones who made me laugh. As I mused over this week's therealljidol topic, Cracking Up, it occurred to me that seven out of ten boyfriends were chosen because of humor. (Two, desperation, and one was a dare for the both of us.) I couldn't even tell you how many of my ( Read more... )

I hate starting posts with definitions, but since there are several ways of looking at this word, I wanted to narrow it down to one to focus on. This is the one that seems to stand out for me:

Having a decided purpose; determined; resolved; fixed in a determination; hence, bold; firm; steady. I had a decided purpose once, but boy, 2008 really set ( Read more... )

It's been incredibly hard for me to narrow down my favorite story for this week's therealljidol entry. I've been reading and writing for as long as I can remember. I grew up devouring books and writing my own. It was something I did for fun, until second grade, when Mrs. Moore told me I had talent and helped me get my first story published. Then it became a way ( Read more... )

This is my entry for Week 10 of therealljidol. Remember to vote for me this weekend so I don't have to beg and plead, which is lame. Now, in order to more fully encompass the true drama of the misunderstood Livejournal post, I've decided to throw back a couple stout margaritas and do it meme-style. That's right, an LJ triple-play.

A Bunch Of Things I Wish I ( Read more... )