Favorites from the wedding of my nephew Tony and new niece-in-law (?) Erin, August 16 2008.
Blame John Scalzi.
I haven't decided what complicated curse this spell is for. I'm open to ideas.
ink & watercolour, 8x10 inches. This drawing appeared in Abracadabra, a book of over 30 collaborating artists who created artwork around the theme of magic.
Mr FD phoned last night. He did not phone the night before - he was too busy having cocktails dahling with the Governor of Tasmania and getting a tour of Government House.
He is certainly going to feel as though he is slumming it when he gets home!
I suspect that the poor Tasmanian Governor is so bored and perhaps has so little to do, that he meets and greets and takes drinkie poos with every conference in town! I do not think a group of agronomists and seeds men/women would have lightened his existence all that much.
I was already jealous that he was in Tasmania (land of the beautiful) and now getting a tour of Government House has tipped my scales into jealousy! He can have the cocktail circuit, not my thing, at any time.
Oh the life of an ordinary plebe!
I thought I'd be better today. I planned to take today off as my "safety day" - where I could go back to work but wouldn't because I've learned that doing so tends to cause me to relapse then be out for another week or so.
But my nose had other plans. And my lungs are feeling icky too. I'm still having a lot of hopes for avoiding bronchitis but it's hard to predict at this point. At least I'm not quite as tired as yesterday. Though still not up for anything beyond sitting on the sofa , Not even minor chores like putting away my laundry or, I dunno, buying some food.
Tomorrow will be interesting. The water line replacement project is supposed to finally finish - with my water being turned off from 8am to 3pm. And I have 401(k) rollover paperwork that must be faxed in by tomorrow or the money goes away to some account that no one seems to know how to access (I'm not sure what's up with that - it took too much energy to bother reading). So I reaaaalllly need to go into the office. But I may do little more than feel like shit and spread my germies to everyone else.
I guess I also need to cancel my workout for tomorrow night. Damn. I really want to get back on practicing flying body spirals (as I feared, after I stopped being able to do them, I haven't be able to resume). I assume I'll also be too sick to go to the workshop and "Girl's Night" party at SirenDance on Sat.
But, otherwise, I'm fine. I needed some time off from work. This just isn't my preferred method for achieving it.
"If it's not one thing, it's another..."
[Last time for intruding upon your Group. Sorry for all this]
When you talk to mum again, tell her how much I appreciated being invited to that little ceremony at the cemetary after Uncle Bob passed away. I had actually been debating whether to go or not, but was leaning more towards "Yes" because I didn't know when I would see all my relatives together again (on my mum's side, of course). I thought it would be rather nice to see you all, and I wouldn't be trapped inside someone's house...I could walk around the cemetary, talk with people, see how much everyone has changed since I left and then came back from California. So, I was waiting for mum to tell me when it was to be held. Next thing I knew, it was OVER....and so was the celebration of his life at Carole's house. I wasn't invited.
Go ahead, tell them. You've read all my other personal postings. NOT MEANT FOR YOUR EYES, OF COURSE. And you may not think so, but by not telling me who you are and that you're reading my Blog, you are for all purposes LYING to me. What a great bunch of relatives and friends of the family that are out there. I'm just LOVING how you have all snuck into my personal, private world and SPY. Guess what? Believe this or not....and it may come as quite a shock to you....BUT MY LIFE IS NOT FOR YOU TO KNOW!!!! And then to talk about it?!? And I just know that not one single person is going to 'fess up, are you? Ooohhh....I hear that little gossip network again. Hard at work....did you just read what she just wrote?
If you don't even invite me to the cemetary, why the HECK would I want you reading about my personal life????? And so far, not even ONE person has agreed with what you all have done. This is not a newsletter that I send out to my relatives and friends.......this is my Blog that I (meaning of *I* = ME), and only *I* get to choose who gets to read. I had no problems with strangers reading it, but I most certainly do when it's people I know and they are all "whisper, whisper"....we won't talk to her, we won't let her know we are here. We'll just violate her privacy, and spread the news. Who knew the internet could be so much fun. Hey, you are all a spy network now! Good for you!
Again, thanks for the invite to the cemetary. Thumbs up. Great idea!
I'm getting off the computer now. You've completely ruined something that was special to me. Thank you kindly.
I need one. In the worst way. But since Kaelin refuses to nap it means Mommy can't either. Oy vay.
I can't remember when she stopped napping on a regular basis, but it's been at least six months. Right? She gave up her naps way too early, and I'm sure her therapy schedule and Kieran's school schedule had a lot to do with that. I was dealing with it, though, because she would got to bed at a decent hour. Last night she went to bed at 7:15, but the little stinker was up shortly after 6 this morning. Now, I was up too since I had to get Kieran ready for school, but there's an unwritten rule about one rugrat at a time before 8am. :D
She is still waking during the night for whatever reason, so I am a zombie today. The lack of quality sleep is really starting to take its toll, but maybe I'll get lucky and get some sleep tonight. Maybe.
It's been a busy week working on a few client projects as well as some of my own. I wanted to put together some sort of portfolio to leave at the studio. Some of the other photographers have traditional portfolios there in the lobby, so I wanted to do something a little different.
I thought about an album, but I know how often I like to swap things out. The album would be old news before I even got it, so I decided to order one of these really cool custom portfolio boxes from Finao. The box will focus on my maternity and newborn portraiture since I do have sample wedding albums to show. The box holds 8x10 prints, and here's the outside:
I'm also really trying to promote Family Portrait Month this year. It's a PPA-sponsored charity benefiting Operation Smile. I participated last year but October was full of weddings for me. I don't have any weddings in October this year, so I decided to focus on FPM instead. It's such a wonderful charity and I'm hoping I'm able to double last year's donation. It's just a good feeling to be able to help out others...especially when you're talking about children. :)
[Sorry for intruding again, but I don't know where these people are located...so I have to send the message out to them through all of my Groups. Thanks, guys]
Okay, I don't know who these people are that know my parents as well as know that I have a Blog and Username. How, or more especially, WHY would they hunt me down on the internet like a rabid dog? And then not even letting me know that they are reading my posts? They HID from me while checking everything out about me. How did they know my Username??? How did they even know I had a Blog?? I certainly didn't tell anyone other than my kids, a couple of friends in the US, and my mum (who still doesn't understand it...she thinks blogging is the same as Messenger. I'm not even going to bother to explain to her).
Anyways, I just checked my regular email, and there was a message from her. A new message from mum, part of which says: " I thought BLOGGING would be the same as when I used to have MESSENGER. I only had 3 or 4 people who could get on it and I thought you'd be able to do the same with BLOGGING. I guess anyone can get on because I've heard from more than one person. They thought I should know. It seems terrible that you went through that on Saturday morning and your family didn't know."
For starters, it didn't happen on Saturday. And what REALLY bothers me is that "more than one person" has been in touch with her about this. What the HECK?!? Why would they possibly think that she should know? I can understand if I had ended up in the hospital, but this is ridiculous.
So.....it's not just one person reading my Blog and "ratting me out", so to speak. And my dad thinks it's unethical to tell me their names. Gosh darn it!!! Both the gossipers and my parents are wrecking my little world here on the internet.
I'm going to have to go Private. I hate that. If I delete you and you are totally innocent, I really have to apologize. I don't know what I'm looking for. And when you go Private, does anyone know if your postings will still end up on the internet...outside of the Blogging company? I've found a ton of things that I've written posted on the internet when I googled my Username. What's the point of going private if it's still going to get on the internet? I guess if that happens, I'll have to change my Username and go someplace else. But I enjoy this little Blogging site simply because it's not one of the BIG ones.
I'll try going Private later on.....and then check to see if it gets onto the internet.
Unethical to tell me their names?? That's not right. That's simply protecting them. THEY violated my space. I do NOT want to share my life with these people who know my parents....and who probably are my relatives!! I don't have a problem with them reading everything else, but not the PERSONAL postings. Gosh.....I'm just really irritated now. YOU HEAR ME?? I'M REALLY ANNOYED WITH YOUR BEHAVIOR!!!! SINCE YOU NEVER TOLD ME YOU WERE HERE, THAN I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT YOU WERE PRACTICALLY SPYING ON ME! I THINK YOUR WAY OF FOLLOWING SOMEONE'S LIFE IS EXTREMELY UNETHICAL.......HIDING FROM ME!! WHAT TYPE OF RELATIVE OR FRIEND DOES THAT??
I've had enough of this. I'll go private eventually, and if I find some postings on the internet while in the Privacy Mode, then a lot will be changing. Sorry, guys. Some people don't know when to keep their mouths zipped. This was MY affair, and it was MY decision to make as to who I would tell.
I don't know when I'll change over, but you'll know when you go to my homepage. If you've been made an innocent victim because of these "well-meaning" people, then I will look into it further. I can't stand that my parents don't see MY side of it.
Or maybe I'll just stay the way I am....knowing I'm being WATCHED (which really gets my blood boiling!!!!!!!)...but just posting the way I used to. Nothing personal anymore. I don't know. Does anyone know if going Private keeps the posts off the internet??
I can just see their little gossiping circle. One phones another with my Username, then another phones around and comments on the half-nude woman I posted (for shame!), and another calls the others to listen to one of my songs, and then they ALL phone mum and dad about my little adventure. Oh, I'm sure they've called different times. But hey....photos do wonders to liven up a story!
Your result for The Personality Defect Test...
Haughty Intellectual
You are the Haughty Intellectual. You are a very rational person, emphasizing logic over emotion, and you are also rather arrogant and self-aggrandizing. You probably think of yourself as an intellectual, and you would like everyone to know it. Not only that, but you also tend to look down on others, thinking yourself better than them. You could possibly have an unhealthy obsession with yourself as well, thus causing everyone to hate you for being such an elitist twat. On top of all that, you are also introverted and gentle. This means that you are just a quiet thinker who wants fame and recognition, in all likelihood. Like so many countless pseudo-intellectuals swarming around vacuous internet forums to discuss worthless political issues, your kind is a scourge upon humanity, blathering and blathering on and on about all kinds of boring crap. If your personality could be sculpted, the resulting piece would be Rodin's "The Thinker"--although I am absolutely positive that you are not nearly as muscular or naked as that statue. Rather lacking in emotion, introspective, gentle, and arrogant, you are most certainly a Haughty Intellectual! And, most likely, you will never achieve the recognition or fame you so desire! But no worries!
To put it less negatively:
1. You are more RATIONAL than intuitive. 2. You are more INTROVERTED than extroverted. 3. You are more GENTLE than brutal. 4. You are more ARROGANT than humble.
Your exact opposite is the Schoolyard Bully. (Bullies like to beat up nerds, after all.)
Other personalities you would probably get along with are the Braggart, the Hand-Raiser, and the Robot.
