distracted by the shinies
As those who know me know by now, it's VERY easy for me to get distracted by shiny pretties. More than that, though, it's SUPREMELY easy for me to fall full-tilt into distractions when I'm stressed out of my mind.
Thus, Neopets. Thus, my not being around the last few days. Thus, my skimming briefly certain entries and not really reading much in-depth, though I feel I should (so there's also Guilt, my constant companion). Because I've been stressed, and mindless games, playing with a virtual pet who loves me no matter what, and getting fun virtual things in online virtual auctions, really really appeals to me right now.
So apologies if I missed anything big--I'll probably miss more before things calm down. Thirty-four days...only thirty-four days.
owlkeeper, your holiday card came back. Stamped on it was "insufficient address". I typed what you gave me in the poll--what's up?
This from yavannauk:
Which Stargate Character Are You Attracted To?
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Still, you know, I can cope with it. Because that one shot at the background, where he's slightly grinning? That's damned sexy.
This is now my customized start page. Whoa. You can do the same thing, with about a hundred or so movies, music and media pages. Save your preferences on their site, set the site as your default home page, and go on with your life. Neat. Tipped by serenityfirefan on fireflyfans. So far, my only problem with it is that I have to click the little Google search box before I type, rather than just typing when Google loads. Still--to have a Serenity customized page--with space for eight separate oft-visited links that I don't have to keep in the pull-down menu? SO WORTH IT.
Pictures of various and sundry. And then I will go back to ignoring you all. (With guilt.)
Is this not one of the creepier images you've seen this year? I swear, he's an Evil Overlord in disguise. I'm not Catholic, but I at least--even when I didn't agree with him--trusted John Paul to do what he thought was best and right. This guy? I trust Pope Benedict to some day pull out the laser rifles and gun down everyone in St. Peter's Square. And then take over the world.
He's just...creepy-looking.
Pope Benedict XVI adjusts his hat as he arrives for the traditional weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. The pontiff offered prayers for the victims of last year's tsunami in south-east Asia. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis) (December 28, 2005)
I'm confused about the color text as applies to the picture. This is children enjoying ice sculptures? Apparently children are better behaved in Moscow, then. This looks like children posing next to ice sculptures, to me.
Children enjoy ice sculptures on the central square in Khabarovsk, about 3,800 miles southeast of Moscow. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) (December 28, 2005)
Okay, I know that there are huge grass fires going through Texas (and was it Oklahoma, too?) right now. So I'm not trying to make light of that. I know people are losing their homes, it's bad.
But I have two points.
One: this looks like a Halloween decoration.
Two: this looks like a Hollywood set.
The burned-out remains of a truck sit in front of a house that is still smoldering from a grass fire that swept through the small town of Cross Plains, Texas. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) (December 28, 2005)
This is what you do when you're bored.
Well, it is.
Jordan Miller, left, Alicia Westmoreland, center, and Ryan McEntire, ride a couch on skis down the hill at Angel Park in Elko, Nev. (AP Photo/Elko Daily Free Press, Ross Andreson. (December 28, 2005)
Okay, I don't know about English folk, but me, I wouldn't play anywhere near that thing. I think it's probably some monument to the derring-do of the English fighter pilots, but that is one creepy statue.
A father and son play in the snow underneath the Angel Of The North, Gateshead, northeast England. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell) (December 28, 2005)
Hanukkah candles. Enough to set the truck in Texas back on fire.
I mean, listen, it's beautiful and all, but what, did every Jewish person in Seattle bring their own menorah to a common hall? Imagine how stifling it must be in that room!
Four generations of Seattleites light Hanukkah candles Wednesday on the fourth night of the celebration at The Summit at First Hill. They are, from left: Shirley Berch, 89, who lives at The Summit; Gena Gorasht, her daughter; Jamie Holland, Gorasht's daughter; and Holland's son, Samuel Holland, 2. (December 28, 2005) (Meryl Schenker/Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
At some point today I'm going to go through and dump the Yule/holiday/Christmas icons, but I don't know if I'll have the energy to do more than that. I took down all the "holiday" graphics from my desktop--went with a generic "snow" theme over the specific "holidays" stuph--but I haven't done the sounds yet. And the sounds--snippets of carols and such--are starting to get on my nerves.
It's the little things, really. Big whomping huge life-changing events I can sail through. It's the little annoyances that really take me down. *Psigh*. And I can't watch the Monk marathon coming up on the first, because watching Monk right now? Guaranteed to trigger a massive OCD episode. It's so frustrating.
Thus, Neopets. Thus, my not being around the last few days. Thus, my skimming briefly certain entries and not really reading much in-depth, though I feel I should (so there's also Guilt, my constant companion). Because I've been stressed, and mindless games, playing with a virtual pet who loves me no matter what, and getting fun virtual things in online virtual auctions, really really appeals to me right now.
So apologies if I missed anything big--I'll probably miss more before things calm down. Thirty-four days...only thirty-four days.
owlkeeper, your holiday card came back. Stamped on it was "insufficient address". I typed what you gave me in the poll--what's up?
This from yavannauk:
Which Stargate Character Are You Attracted To?
brought to you by Quizilla
Still, you know, I can cope with it. Because that one shot at the background, where he's slightly grinning? That's damned sexy.
This is now my customized start page. Whoa. You can do the same thing, with about a hundred or so movies, music and media pages. Save your preferences on their site, set the site as your default home page, and go on with your life. Neat. Tipped by serenityfirefan on fireflyfans. So far, my only problem with it is that I have to click the little Google search box before I type, rather than just typing when Google loads. Still--to have a Serenity customized page--with space for eight separate oft-visited links that I don't have to keep in the pull-down menu? SO WORTH IT.
Pictures of various and sundry. And then I will go back to ignoring you all. (With guilt.)
Is this not one of the creepier images you've seen this year? I swear, he's an Evil Overlord in disguise. I'm not Catholic, but I at least--even when I didn't agree with him--trusted John Paul to do what he thought was best and right. This guy? I trust Pope Benedict to some day pull out the laser rifles and gun down everyone in St. Peter's Square. And then take over the world.
He's just...creepy-looking.
Pope Benedict XVI adjusts his hat as he arrives for the traditional weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. The pontiff offered prayers for the victims of last year's tsunami in south-east Asia. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis) (December 28, 2005)
I'm confused about the color text as applies to the picture. This is children enjoying ice sculptures? Apparently children are better behaved in Moscow, then. This looks like children posing next to ice sculptures, to me.
Children enjoy ice sculptures on the central square in Khabarovsk, about 3,800 miles southeast of Moscow. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) (December 28, 2005)
Okay, I know that there are huge grass fires going through Texas (and was it Oklahoma, too?) right now. So I'm not trying to make light of that. I know people are losing their homes, it's bad.
But I have two points.
One: this looks like a Halloween decoration.
Two: this looks like a Hollywood set.
The burned-out remains of a truck sit in front of a house that is still smoldering from a grass fire that swept through the small town of Cross Plains, Texas. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) (December 28, 2005)
This is what you do when you're bored.
Well, it is.
Jordan Miller, left, Alicia Westmoreland, center, and Ryan McEntire, ride a couch on skis down the hill at Angel Park in Elko, Nev. (AP Photo/Elko Daily Free Press, Ross Andreson. (December 28, 2005)
Okay, I don't know about English folk, but me, I wouldn't play anywhere near that thing. I think it's probably some monument to the derring-do of the English fighter pilots, but that is one creepy statue.
A father and son play in the snow underneath the Angel Of The North, Gateshead, northeast England. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell) (December 28, 2005)
Hanukkah candles. Enough to set the truck in Texas back on fire.
I mean, listen, it's beautiful and all, but what, did every Jewish person in Seattle bring their own menorah to a common hall? Imagine how stifling it must be in that room!
Four generations of Seattleites light Hanukkah candles Wednesday on the fourth night of the celebration at The Summit at First Hill. They are, from left: Shirley Berch, 89, who lives at The Summit; Gena Gorasht, her daughter; Jamie Holland, Gorasht's daughter; and Holland's son, Samuel Holland, 2. (December 28, 2005) (Meryl Schenker/Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
At some point today I'm going to go through and dump the Yule/holiday/Christmas icons, but I don't know if I'll have the energy to do more than that. I took down all the "holiday" graphics from my desktop--went with a generic "snow" theme over the specific "holidays" stuph--but I haven't done the sounds yet. And the sounds--snippets of carols and such--are starting to get on my nerves.
It's the little things, really. Big whomping huge life-changing events I can sail through. It's the little annoyances that really take me down. *Psigh*. And I can't watch the Monk marathon coming up on the first, because watching Monk right now? Guaranteed to trigger a massive OCD episode. It's so frustrating.