6/1/2002 7:37:00 AM

purple_stardust

SimilarMinds.com Compatibility Test

Your match with Tara
you are 83% similar
you are 79% complimentary
How compatible are YOU with ME?
   

Comments:
From: [info]wampithesilver
Date: 6/1/2002 10:06:06 AM

I'm 91% similar and 88% complimentary
From: [info]ayzalove
Date: 6/2/2002 2:46:32 PM

Here's the score
Your match with Madnessie
you are 51% similar
you are 68% complimentary

6/1/2002 11:20:00 AM

purple_stardust

I had to meet Sandy in Frederick MD this morning to drop off her blue baby ratlet. Normally, Rusty drives, but since he wouldn't get his ass out of bed, I drove myself.

Here is a strange thing. I was driving up I-81 NORTH at about 8AM, and the sun was directly in my face. I thought this was odd, since as I recall from elementary school, the sun usually rises in the east, not in the north. So I get off on I-70 EAST, and the sun is on my left, which would be north if I-70 East really does go EAST. So - either these roads are really screwed up, or the sun has moved.

Anyway. I got to Frederick and Sandy and I compared navel piercings and then we went into Petsmart and she bought sixteen huge bags of dog food and I bought a banana plant and then she took her rat and we both went home. And here I am.

See, Laurie? My journal is WAY more boring than yours!

   

Comments:
From: [info]wampithesilver
Date: 6/1/2002 12:38:09 PM

bannana plants! yAy!!!!
i got more baby bettas...oy!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/1/2002 12:48:33 PM

Really? What colours?
From: [info]lcremeans
Date: 6/3/2002 1:28:51 PM

That's because I-81 in that area actually runs anywhere betweeen northeast and due east (depending or where you are).

-lee

6/1/2002 11:42:00 AM

purple_stardust

Laurie, [info]closertofine posted a link to a page about turtles crossing the road that I thought you might like to see. It was put out by the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission. I know you probably know all the info there, but I thought you might like to post the link in for other people.

   

6/1/2002 3:01:00 PM

purple_stardust

I cleaned out the bigger aquarium, refilled it with clean water, and added 1.5 pounds of salt. When I was stirring to dissolve the salt, I found what I *thought* were fish poops, but turned out to be tiny red worms. YUCK!

   

6/1/2002 3:22:00 PM

purple_stardust

Is it a bad sign that I can navigate the Martins Cages website well before the navigational buttons even start to load? Yeah. I thought so too.

   

Introducing... 6/1/2002 8:30:00 PM

purple_stardust


Blossom! I got her from Rachael a little over a month ago, and she just got out of quarantine today. She is VERY sweet, and will be bred to ZBR Brutus eventually.
   

Comments:
From: [info]driftwood
Date: 6/1/2002 11:09:10 PM

Yay, what a sweetheart! XD
From: [info]wampithesilver
Date: 6/2/2002 2:20:02 AM

awws she's cute!

6/1/2002 10:19:00 PM

purple_stardust

Here are my top three ideal places to live, according to findyourspot.com...

* Annapolis MD

* Baltimore MD

* Providence RI

There is a definate theme here. A wet and expensive theme.

   

Comments:
From: [info]lcremeans
Date: 6/3/2002 1:27:20 PM

Expensive?
I wonder how much more expensive it is over in Annapolis than it is in, say, Fairfax or Prince William (I'm in Manassas City fwiw). I'd say getting a place on the bay would *really* kill your wallet.

-lee
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/3/2002 1:50:59 PM

Re: Expensive?
Well, those links don't work anymore, but as I recall, an average home in Annapolis was $199,000! I know Manassas is pretty expensive too, being so close to DC, but probably not that bad. Ya have to pay extra for the bay and the Navy men! :)

6/2/2002 8:48:00 AM

purple_stardust






YOU ARE A LIVEJOURNAL.COM ADDICT!

You pride yourself on your ability to update and maintain your journal and communities 5 times a day despite your hectic lifestyle. More people visit your live journal than your website and your family probably keeps in touch with you through your journal rather than visiting or calling you on the telephone. You spend most of your day witting new HTML code and making pretty pictures and backgrounds and when you are not actively updating your journal you are thinking about what you will post next! In fact, I'm surprised you even had time to complete this test! Congratulations!
   

6/2/2002 3:02:00 PM

purple_stardust

For years, when I had to talk to Rusty's friend about weed, we would refer to it as "fish food" even though neither of us kept fish ... because we were both paranoid potheads who didn't want anyone listening to know what we were up to. Now that I do have fish, I feel strange to talk about fish food and be actually referring to ... real fish food. Oh yeah, and I stopped by to see Rusty's friend. Gigglesnort.

   

Comments:
From: [info]rattyluv
Date: 6/3/2002 10:55:51 AM

Fishfood
I sure do wish I had some fishfood too. My poor fish haven't had food in years. ;-)
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/3/2002 12:56:13 PM

Re: Fishfood
You see, it's a shame you don't live closer; my fish are going to be having a big feast later this week. :)
From: [info]closertofine
Date: 6/3/2002 11:55:52 AM

We like to say "strawberries" but it can get confusing when we actually have strawberries. LOL
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/3/2002 12:56:55 PM

I bet! LOL

6/2/2002 4:50:00 PM

purple_stardust

I'm gonna have to get the Dell. I can't give up Caesar III. I love that game. I'm not even playing it right now; I'm just sitting here thinking about how much I love it.

   

6/2/2002 8:10:00 PM

purple_stardust

I downloaded 35 new scenarios and careers and cities for Caesar III; now I am going to wait for PJs to deliver my food whilst I try to conquer the world.

   

Comments:
From: [info]muridae
Date: 6/2/2002 9:33:07 PM

It sounds like a lovely evening. =)
From: [info]rattyluv
Date: 6/3/2002 10:53:50 AM

Caesar III
I have been wanting to play that civilization game, but wasn't sure it was easy enough for me to figure out. Isn't the Caesar game similar to that?
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/3/2002 1:01:18 PM

Re: Caesar III
It's the same basic principle, but Civilization has a lot harder gameplay, I thought. I had Civ II for a while, but I didn't like it. I would get Caesar III if I were you. :)

6/3/2002 10:38:00 AM

purple_stardust

I feel crampy and cranky and I really need to clean the house today. Blech.

   

Comments:
From: [info]wampithesilver
Date: 6/3/2002 10:44:33 AM

oo! join the "i'm cranky,crampy,i have stuff to do, and my snail is eating all my watermelon" club!
we should get secret decoder rings yep.
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/3/2002 1:06:20 PM

Well, fortunately my snail is NOT eating all my watermelon, but the secret decoder rings would still be fun! lol

6/3/2002 4:20:00 PM

purple_stardust

And the Number One thing I hate about living here is... No matter how much I clean, I know this place will never be TRULY clean. But that's what I'm doing today; cleaning off the kitchen counter so I can set up our new used microwave that we've had sitting on a step stool for several months now. What fun. Nothing like a thousand little mouse turds to start the day off right. I hate this apartment.

   

6/3/2002 5:50:00 PM

purple_stardust

The counter has been cleaned, covered with contact paper (because I hate the colour), and the microwave has been set up. I still hate this apartment.

   

6/4/2002 1:10:00 AM

purple_stardust

I just woke up; I took a nap on the sofa for several hours upon returning home from Coe's house. Now Rusty is watching some war movie with Dylan McDermott. *yawn*

   

6/4/2002 1:38:00 PM

purple_stardust

I overslept this morning and now I have a headache. Dammit.

   

6/4/2002 2:16:00 PM

purple_stardust

If any of you are Teddy Goldstein fans, you might want to check out Joell's new community: . I need a nice Jewish boy.

   

Pinched from [info]wampithesilver 6/4/2002 3:27:00 PM

purple_stardust



1. What facial feature do you find the most attractive on others?
Eyes, I guess.

2. Would you vote for a woman candidate for president?
Sure, if she was a good choice!

3. Would you marry for money?
How much money?

4. Have you had braces?
No, but I need them.

5. Do you pluck your eyebrows?
Good God, no!

6. Do you ever cut or hurt yourself?
Not on purpose, anymore.

7. When was the last time you had a hickey?
Never, gross.

8. Could you live without a computer?
Definately not.

9. Do you use ICQ, AOL Buddy list etc..?
AIM constantly, ICQ if I have to.

10. If so, how many people are on your list(s)?
About 50, though I don't talk to all of them anymore.

11. If you could live in any past time period, which would it be?
The sixties. Peace, man.

12. Do you drink enough water?
Drink... water?

13. Do you wear shoes in the house or take them off?
Take 'em off!

14. What is your favorite fruit?
I don't eat fruit.

15. Do you eat wheat bread or white?
I eat rye bread.

16. What is your favorite place to visit?
The beach.

17. What is the last movie you saw?
In the theater, The Crow. Not sure about on TV or VHS.

18. Do you kiss on the first date?
My husband doesn't let me date.

19. Are you photogenic?
NO.

20. Do you dream in color or black and white?
Colour, I think. I don't really know.

21. Are you wearing fingernail polish?
No.

22. Do you have any dimples?
Only on one side.

23. Do you remember being born?
Hell no. I can't remember yesterday!

24. Why do you take surveys?
Because they're there.

25. Do you drink alcohol?
Sometimes.

26. Did you like or do you like high school?
I despised high school with a burning, seething hatred.

27. What is the most beautiful language?
English, if spoken by English people.

28. When you are asleep do you like being kissed awake?
Not particularly.

29. Do you like sunrises or sunsets the most?
Sunsets.

30. Do you want to live to be 100?
No, not in the least.

31. Do you think women should be expected to shave their body hair?
Not if they don't want to shave it.

32. Do you like salty food or sugary food the most?
Salty.

33. Is a flat stomach important to you?
In theory, anyway.

34. Do you or have you played with a ouija board?
I have.

35. Are you loyal?
I try to be.

36. Are you tolerant of other people's beliefs?
Usually.

37. When you watch movies at home, do you like the lights on or off?
On, usually, unless it's a horror movie.

38. Do you believe in magic?
Probably.

39. Do you have nightmares frequently?
No.

40. Do you like your nose?
Not really.

41. Do you like abstract art?
Some of it.

42. Do you think you can draw well?
No.

43. Do you listen to music daily?
Usually.

44. Do you like to watch cartoons?
Some of them; Ren & Stimpy, Angry Beavers, Rocko, Sponge Bob.

45. At what age did you find out that Santa Claus wasn't real?
I never believed.

46. How many pairs of shoes do have in your closet?
None in my closet, a lot on the floor - all of them Chuck Taylors.

47. Do you like to wear the same shoes everyday or do you like a variety?
I switch between 2-3 pairs of Chuck Taylors - black, white, and purple.

48. Do you write poetry?
Not anymore.

49. Do you snore?
I don't know, I'm always asleep.

50. Do you sleep more on your back, front, or sides?
Stomach and sides.

51. Would you rather have a poodle or a rottweiler?
A rottie, any day.

52. Do you lick stamps?
I buy self-adhesive.

53. Do you use an electric can opener?
No, too noisey.

54. Have you ridden in a hot air balloon?
Never.

55. Which hurts the most, physical or emotional pain?
Emotional.

56. Do you think balding men should shave their heads?
If they want to, I guess.

57. Do you know anyone who is clinically depressed?
Including myself?

58. Do you prefer a piano or a violin?
Piano.

59. Are you a sex addict?
No.

60. Do you know someone who has cancer?
No, they've all died.

61. Do you hunt?
I would rather eat my own spleen than kill an animal.

62. Do you like fast food joints, or expensive restaurants?
Fast food. I'm a peasant.

63. Would you rather visit a zoo or an art museum?
The zoo.

64. Do you have a middle name?
Yes.

65. Are you basically a happy person?
I'm either insanely happy or completely miserable.

66. Are you tired?
Sometimes.

67. Did you drink anything with caffeine in it today?
As if I drink stuff that DOESN'T have caffiene in it!

68. Have you ever met anyone off the internet?
Yes, several people.

69. How many phones do you have in your house?
One, but it is rarely used.

70. How long is your hair?
Shoulder-length.

71. Do you get along with your parents?
My mom is great, I don't speak to the other one.

72. What color of eyes do you prefer?
Green.

73. Are you an active person?
Not in the least.

74. What medications do you take?
Aspirin, Codiene.

75. What does your bedroom look like?
Like it was bombed.

   

6/4/2002 4:41:00 PM

purple_stardust

Well, my headache has gone away, so I am making tuna jerky, seasoned with sea salt, soy sauce, and lemon pepper salt. Little fishy salt balls, yum!

   

6/4/2002 5:28:00 PM

purple_stardust

Or maybe they're salty little fish balls. I haven't quite decided. But they're good!

   

Comments:
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/4/2002 5:46:44 PM

I always feel guilty eating any kind of fish now, in case my little wetpets get offended!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/4/2002 5:53:57 PM

I know, I do too! I always go across the room and turn my back to them when I open a can of tuna. :-\
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/4/2002 7:46:15 PM

Those fish totally own us! I've stopped eating fish and chips because I feel so bloody guilty, it really puts me off, heheh. Actually, knowing my little guys they're probably staring because they want some, they were after my Ritz crackers the other day!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/4/2002 8:31:53 PM

Mmmm, fish and chips! I need to move to England, dammit.
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/5/2002 9:20:31 AM

Definitely! As Android's Dungeon Guy would say, "Best national dish evurrrrrr"!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/5/2002 10:02:04 AM

No doubt in my mind! I would way rather have fish and chips than any of the other "national dishes" that I can think of! There is a place in Virginia that sells "authentic" British fish and chips. Having never been to England (sob!), I can't vouch for the authenticity, but they ARE good, and they're wrapped in newspaper, so I can pretend they're authentic! :)

6/4/2002 8:24:00 PM

purple_stardust

My headache is back. I really hope it doesn't turn into a migraine, but things don't look promising. I took three Codiene in an attempt to dissuede it, so we shall see.

In other news, Laurie, could you let me know if you get the email I sent you? Yahoo is being screwy again... it's a shock, I know. /end sarcasm.

And I can't get any fish food until Friday. Waah.

   

Comments:
From: [info]muridae
Date: 6/4/2002 9:11:45 PM

I did get the emails, and I also just poked myself in the eye with my fingernail, which was kinda painful.

I have to agree about the two-headed taxidermy thing. That is SO weird.
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/4/2002 10:34:14 PM

Were my emails that exciting, that you poked yourself in the eye, or did you just do it for the hell of it? :-Þ
From: [info]muridae
Date: 6/5/2002 6:14:30 PM

I'm just "special" that way.

6/4/2002 9:17:00 PM

purple_stardust

The Codiene is making me rather goofy. I had to get Rusty to help me make a box of macaroni and cheese because I couldn't figure out how to use the measuring cup. :/

   

Comments:
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/5/2002 9:17:14 AM

Heheh codeine rocks. I had a toothache last week and the ibuprofen wasn't helping so I took a hefty swig of the codeine suspension in the cupboard, and then spent 10 minutes trying to figure out how to work my TV remote!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/5/2002 9:29:03 AM

LMAO! I love the stuff. I don't take it often, but when I do, I have a lot of fun!

6/4/2002 10:31:00 PM

purple_stardust

Well hell. I can't think of anything interesting to say (I know, not that THAT ever stopped me!) and I feel all light-headed (insert brainless joke here), and I'm bored, so I think I will wander off to play DW3 in bed. So there.

   

6/4/2002 10:34:00 PM

purple_stardust




Whatever I do to make it real, it's never enough.


Which Cure single are you?
   

6/5/2002 2:33:00 PM

purple_stardust

Holy mother-of-pearl, I don't care WHAT we run out of, I am never going out ever again. I mean, if somebody needs a kidney, I'm gonna see if I can order it online.

So I went to Kmart, see? I HATE Kmart; and the only reason I go there is because I hate Walmart MORE. Anyway, Kmart was annoying enough to begin with, but now that Martha "The Borg" Stewart has assimilated them, it's become unbearable. You can't buy anything non-MS. There were Martha Stewart DRINKING STRAWS, for crissake. Over-priced ones at that, 99 cents for a measely pack of 50 straws. But they were delightful muted shades of blue and green, so I guess that's why they can charge three times more. Anyway. SO I want clothes pins. Seems like a simple request, right? WRONG. They only had MS clothes pins. This wouldn't be a big deal, except the plastic clothes pins were three shades of TAN. Heaven forbid we have tacky coloured clothes pins that we might actually see if they fall in the grass. So I ended up getting the Martha Stewart wooden clothes pins - I figured if I'm gonna lose them in the grass, I might as well lose the cheap ones! And everything else I needed went the same way.

And every bad driver in the world was out today. I nearly got hit three freaking times. By the time I got home, I seriously wanted to kill someone which is why I am just going to stay home from now one. Bah. Online shopping is the way to go.

   

Comments:
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/5/2002 3:04:03 PM

Oh dear, haven't your people suffered enough? A Martha Stewart invasion and no Fish'n'Chips! I could weep for you, I really could! Online shopping is definitely the way forward.
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/5/2002 5:35:14 PM

I know, isn't it awful??? I want to go back to the Mother Land! I want fish and chips!
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/5/2002 6:20:14 PM

I think you have grounds to claim asylum!
From: [info]rattyluv
Date: 6/5/2002 3:27:52 PM

Kmart
Okay, I believe with all of my heart that Martha Stewart is the anti-christ!! Oh, and if I have to see her in BED one more time in a K-Mart commercial, I think I will just vomit!!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/5/2002 5:39:36 PM

Re: Kmart
I know... I'll take "Things I Never Wanted to Think About" for $1000, Alex. Blech.

You know the sad thing? I used to love Martha Stewart. Two things changed this: a) when she told me to arrange tiny pebbles in perfect concentric circles around my houseplants, and b) when she assimilated Kmart. Now I see her for the anal-retentive money whore that she is.
From: [info]dyfferent
Date: 6/5/2002 3:38:08 PM

Good lord, no Dollar Tree? Poor baby. *comfort*
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/5/2002 5:42:38 PM

We have Dollar Generals in this area, I'm guessing that's about the same thing. Unfortunately, there aren't any in my town (I don't think) and I was too lazy to drive more than 5 minutes. :-\
From: [info]katarina42
Date: 6/5/2002 3:43:34 PM

LOL!
LOL at the "Martha Stewart as a Borg" thing! "Today I'll be stealing your souls. After that, we'll be making some lovely tea cozies!" ;)
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/5/2002 5:43:33 PM

Re: LOL!
LMAO! She would want to gold-leaf your soul, and then add a pretty raffia bow!
From: [info]closertofine
Date: 6/5/2002 9:07:54 PM

Hmmm maybe you could start a store like KMart and just sell online, but your warehouse would be in the neighborhood and you could deliver it to them, OR they could order it online and then just pick it up at a warehouse door. Both ways it would be same day service. Hmmmm. I would shop there!

6/5/2002 5:23:00 PM

purple_stardust


Look, it's a picture of me at the Kmart in South Park! Make your own SP picture here.
   

Comments:
From: [info]ayzalove
Date: 6/5/2002 6:52:44 PM

HAHAAH
too cute! How did you get that picture to post within your journal?
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/5/2002 6:55:01 PM

Re: HAHAAH
You've just got to capture the image to your clipboard, save it, upload to some webspace, et voila!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/5/2002 7:12:19 PM

Re: HAHAAH
Yeah. What she said. And then you just link to it like this: [IMG SRC=http://www.yourwebspace.com/yourphoto.jpg] except use <> instead of [].
From: [info]ayzalove
Date: 6/6/2002 8:09:50 PM

Re: HAHAAH
Clipboard? I have the picture I want to use on my hard drive, can I just upload it from there to a URL????
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/5/2002 6:53:31 PM

Me - finding out you're drooling over poor Splashy Simon:

Oh my God, she killed Simon!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/5/2002 7:10:01 PM

ARGH! I can't see it! I want to see it!

:::stomps feet:::
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/5/2002 7:16:04 PM

Ahh, never mind - I saw it when I got the email notification! Dang... going geurilla on my ass, eh? =D

6/5/2002 5:41:00 PM

purple_stardust

Life is much better now. I am listening to da Bob Marley and wearing the fake dreadlocks that [info]muridae made, and life is good. Thanks to [info]paraxeni, I now have a dreadful craving for fish and chips, but I suppose I'll settle for Mrs Paul's fish cakes and ... something else. I got a bag of salad for Rusty, but I'm not really in the mood for salad. I think I have some leftover mac and cheese out there though. Yum.

   

Comments:
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/5/2002 6:10:48 PM

Well I'd post you some but I don't think they'd be very tasty after being shipped across the pond!

Warning to madnessies wetpets:

Hide, she's hungry!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/5/2002 6:26:03 PM

LMAO!!!

Hmmm, that Simon does look pretty fat and tasty...
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/5/2002 6:38:36 PM

Re:
*cries*

Never again will poor Simon ask anyone to 'call him Al', he'll be 'Homeward Bound' to the big bowl in the sky!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/5/2002 7:06:50 PM

Yes. He'll be 'Slip Slidin' Away' and then all we will hear will be.... 'The Sound of Silence'.

---Renee, 'Still Crazy After All These Years'
From: [info]ayzalove
Date: 6/5/2002 6:49:00 PM

OOH
I had some fish and chips Monday from somewhere... that salt and chips place. I drove by and wasn't even THINKING about fish and chips but when I saw it I almost made a U-turn to get in the driveway. I poured the malt vinegar on top and hald tartar sauce and everything. OMG It was orgasmic and at 37 weeks that's as close as I'm getting to having one LOLOL
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/5/2002 7:08:46 PM

Re: OOH
You are taunting me and it's NOT FAIR.

Oh well. At least *I* can touch my toes. ;-P
From: [info]ayzalove
Date: 6/6/2002 8:07:27 PM

Re: OOH
this is a good point! LOL

Hope you got your fish and chips by now :) I might have to get some more this weekend. I swear I never think about these things but reading this post makes me want some more! YUM!

6/5/2002 7:51:00 PM

purple_stardust

I have the "Weird" virus, and I can't seem to get rid of it. It isn't even causing any problems, except I know it's there, and if I copy any programs onto CD, the virus goes with them. I would just reformat my hard drive, except if I did that, I would need to copy some stuff, and then it would start all over again. I hate Windows.

   

Comments:
From: [info]wampithesilver
Date: 6/5/2002 11:01:33 PM

I got a proggy that will help... i'll look for the link to it tonight
:)
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/5/2002 11:39:30 PM

Thanks. I downloaded antiweird.exe and weirdcln.exe, and they say they're scanning and cleaning files, but as soon as I reboot, they're all still there and infected again. I hate Windows. :\
From: [info]laurarn
Date: 6/6/2002 9:34:37 AM

What IS the weird virus and how do you know if you have it?
From: [info]rattyluv
Date: 6/6/2002 11:16:54 AM

Weird
There's this website called antivirus.com, and they have a free online virus scan you can try. You download the program they tell you to, close and reopen your web browser, and they will send you an email with the results of the scan. It's sorta strange, because I kept trying to open up this scan program but there was nothing there. I guess they just do the scan via the web browser and send results.

6/6/2002 4:49:00 PM

purple_stardust

A big huge THANK YOU to [info]wampithesilver for the aquarium consult this morning. I went out and bought a heater (a Titanium Tube, woot!) and some other little things. I emptied 2/3rds of the salt water, put in fresh water, added Stress Coat and Bio-Zyme, replaced the carbon cartridges, and I'm soaking the filter plates in Cycle right now. Tomorrow I will add Fillet (the crazy catfish) to begin the cycling process. I can't wait for the goldies to move back into their new home.

   

Comments:
From: [info]wampithesilver
Date: 6/7/2002 1:19:24 AM

*feels special*
:)

6/6/2002 10:37:00 PM

purple_stardust

Well, it's taken me three hours, a dozen Codiene, a half pack of cigarettes, and one temper tantrum, but I think I am FINALLY rid of the Weird virus. PC-cillian told me the file that was giving me problems, but it couldn't clean it so I just deleted the fucker. And then I cleaned the other 370 infected files. Sheesh.

   

6/6/2002 11:04:00 PM

purple_stardust

And now I itch like crazy.

Ilea, I need to talk to you again about Zeolite. I bought some, but they didn't have the C-100 in little bags, and no way was I going to Walmart. The kind I bought is made by Penn Plax, and it's in little plastic boxes with holes in them. They're meant to go in Penn Plax Multi-Pore or Undergravel E filters, but I thought they might work anyway. Whatcha think? Would I use them the same way as the bags?

Also, the LFS was selling freshwater mussels and crayfish... I thought it was weird since we had *just* been talking about that. No blue snails though. They also had an adorable baby ball python... I miss having snakes.

AND I ITCH!

   

Comments:
From: [info]wampithesilver
Date: 6/7/2002 1:10:34 AM

*passes over the back scratcher* uhm... what does it say on the box about "recharging" them?
I want some freshwater mussels!!! *pout pout*
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/7/2002 10:24:15 AM

It doesn't say anything about recharging them... should it? I took pictures so you could see what they look like. The first one is of the packaging, the second is a closeup of the cartridge itself. See?

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/madnessie/files/zeo1.jpg
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/madnessie/files/zeo2.jpg
From: [info]wampithesilver
Date: 6/7/2002 11:29:05 AM

it should you can "recharge" zeolite using salt..
well i'd put em in..and just check you ammonia levels every day

6/6/2002 11:30:00 PM

purple_stardust

You have a funny effect on people, making time with you a strange and wonderful concept to perceptualise. People enjoy listening to music with you and can spend much time discussing the varying depths of sound or other such stuff. Either that or they sit for a time in a semi-comatose state. Often people in your company think they can understand Einstien's theory of relativity when in fact they are so shitfaced they cant even tie up their shoes laces, but as it has been found, neither could Einstien.

If You Were A Drug, What You Would Be?
   

6/7/2002 9:00:00 PM

purple_stardust




What kind of hacker are you?
   

6/7/2002 9:04:00 PM

purple_stardust

Yeah, I posted another quiz. I just can't seem to get the motivation to actually write anything, so the quiz will have to suffice. Will try again later. Bah.

   

6/7/2002 9:31:00 PM

purple_stardust

Nope, still nothing. Oh, I know! I'll write about the snails...

I gave Fred T Snail to my sons to keep - they live with their father. He was floating, see, and it was freaking me out. I don't appreciate things floating in my aquarium. He didn't smell dead, but I was afraid if he DID die, I wouldn't know, and it might screw up the water for the goldfish. So he went to live with Steven and Christopher.

Then I found two tiny rams horn snails. They are the perfect size; not so big as to be creepy, but too big for Sterling to eat... because Sterling loves escargo. And they don't float. The question is, what do I do with them? They are in the 10-gallon tank now. I would like to move them to the bigger tank, but there's no algae there yet, and they're too small to find every day so I could feed them algae pellets.

Ilea, could they live on the anacharis until I get some algae?

   

Comments:
From: [info]wampithesilver
Date: 6/7/2002 10:50:48 PM

yup
From: [info]blairmaru
Date: 6/16/2002 7:54:05 PM

Whoa, speaking of snails, my mother bought an apple snail the size of my fist the other day. He's HUGE!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/18/2002 8:27:39 AM

That's so HUGE! Wampi (above) says she has one that size too. That's way too much snail for me. lol
From: [info]blairmaru
Date: 6/18/2002 7:10:26 PM

Re:
Me, too. This one's for her pond, so he has a few hundred gallons to slime around. My two are way smaller. They keep laying eggs, and the goldies keep eating them. No baby snails for me!

6/7/2002 10:53:00 PM

purple_stardust

I have a new goal in life. I have been reading this goldfish forum, and under each username is a phrase, based on how many times that person has posted. Examples range from "I buy my fish at Walmart" to "I built my fish tank". Under my username, it says "I own a fish bowl" which really bugs me. My goal is to post enough to get a new title. I have posted 14 times so far. Must... post... more...

   

Comments:
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/8/2002 8:04:23 AM

Those little titles are so cool! There was a bit of trouble about them at first, people saying "I'd never buy a fish at Walmart" or "I don't have a bowl!" until Koko explained that they weren't personal, heheh. My favourite one is "I Feed My Goldies Peaches!"
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/8/2002 8:45:45 PM

LMAO! Yeah, I like the peaches one. How long have you been reading the board?
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/8/2002 8:53:51 PM

Re:
A few months I think, when I first started having problems!

6/8/2002 8:23:00 PM

purple_stardust


Today we went with my mother to the Potomac Celtic Festival. It was really cool; we learned more about the MacBeans (our family's clan) and found out that Rusty was of the Henderson clan. The guy at the MacBean tent said that Sarah was a true Scot because she didn't cry the fist time she heard the bagpipes - apparantly, most babies do. We watched the bagpipe troupes, that was awesome, and took plenty of photos of men in kilts for Ilea. They had ethnic foods there, so I had fish and chips for lunch, hooray, and a scone! It was quite exciting. And I got a MacBean t-shirt and a set of wooden hairsticks with purple beads, and an Irish whistle for Sarah. It was a lot of fun, and we plan to go to more. Rusty is even talking about buying a kilt. :)
   

Comments:
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/8/2002 8:53:02 PM

Yaaay, fish and chips! I could've had that for dinner today but I made too much lasagne last night and I have to waaaade through that instead!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/8/2002 9:09:11 PM

I'm sure your fish and chips would have been better! These weren't bad, but they were a bit greasy, and they didn't come wrapped in newspaper. They DID have malt vinegar though, so that was good. And the scones were delicious! I think if I lived in England, I would be very, very round.
From: [info]wampithesilver
Date: 6/9/2002 1:35:52 AM

mmmmmmm men in kilts....yum!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/9/2002 1:55:12 PM

Yeah, I took a couple pictures just for you; younger guys, and close-ups! I'll send 'em to you next time we're on AIM. :)

6/8/2002 9:44:00 PM

purple_stardust

Tell 'em Scotland is FREE!

   

Comments:
From: [info]wampithesilver
Date: 6/9/2002 1:34:22 AM

I think someone has been watching braveheart
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/9/2002 1:52:49 PM

Yeah. We keeping thinking that if we keep watching it, William Wallace will live, but he never does. :-\

6/9/2002 2:00:00 PM

purple_stardust

Nice of Live Journal to be working, finally.

I tested my water parameters this morning; how fun is that! Ammonia was 0ppm. PH was 7.6. Nitrate level was between 10 and 20 ppm. Woo hoo!

In other exciting fish news (haha), I believe Garfunkel is a girl, as I think I can see a protruding anal port. Simon, on the other hand, appears to be a boy. So theorhetically, Simon and Garfunkel could make babies together.

   

The Rat Owners Personality Test 6/9/2002 3:09:00 PM

purple_stardust

A little psychological test to find out what kind of rat owner you are...
All you have to do is: On a blank piece of paper, draw a rat. Here is mine:




Your rat drawing serves as a useful indicator of the personality traits of you as a rat owner.

1. Rat ownership
Consider the position of your rat drawing on the paper. If your rat is drawn:
Toward the top of the paper - you are positive and optimistic and are most likely to end up with way too many rats for you to possibly handle/afford.
Toward the middle - you are a realist and will set yourself sensible limits on rat ownership.
Toward the bottom - you are pessimistic and worry constantly about your rats' health and well being; you are unlikely to adopt many rescues.

2. Rat Public Relations
Consider the orientation of your rat drawing. If your rat is drawn:
Facing left - you are honest and friendly; always quick to tell people how wonderful your rats are, but feel disappointed when they don't respond with equal enthusiasm.
Facing right - you are innovative and active; you tirelessly and fervently promote rats as wonderful pets; scorn from unbelievers merely encourages your honorable quest.
Facing front (looking at you) - you are direct, enjoy playing devil's advocate and neither fear nor avoid confrontation; you thrive on the shock value your rat provides for you.

3. Rat identification
Does your drawing actually look like a rat? [Show it to someone]
Yes - you spend lots of time watching/admiring/studying your rats
Sort-of - try turning the light on in the rat room next time you play with your rats
No - you need to spend more time looking at your rats and/or take an art course.

4. Rat knowledge
Consider how detailed your rat drawing is. If your rat is drawn with:
Many details - you're analytical and scientific; you need to know every detail of the history, biology, genetics, habits, distinct colours and markings, weights, etc. of your beloved rats.
Few details - you're simplistic and enjoy your rat for what it is... a sweet loving cheerful bundle of fur. Everything else is mildly interesting but mostly irrelevant.

5. Rat owner confidence
If your rat is drawn:
With less than 4 feet/legs showing - you are either insecure (perhaps worried about the health and well being of your rats) or you are hiding something.
With 4 legs/feet showing - you are secure and sensible and confident with your rats.

6. Rat quality time
The whiskers in your rat drawing indicate how close you are to your rat:
If you drew whiskers - you love to cuddle/fondle/kiss/scritch/play with your rat. The longer and more numerous the whiskers the better.
If you didn't draw whiskers - your rat is likely a pet to be fed and watched with amusement, but not played with much.

The length of the tail indicates the quality of time spent with your rats! (the longer the better).
If it's drawn curved or wavy - your time together is fun and playful.
If it's drawn perfectly straight - your time together involves training your rat to do what you want it to do.

The size of the ears indicates how in-tune to your rats needs you are. Again, the bigger the better.

The size of the eyes indicates how hard you work to keep your rats happy and content.
Large, bulging eyes - indicates happy bruxing.
Small, beady eyes - suggests a nervous, suspicious or unhappy rat.

7. Other details
If you drew huge square buck-teeth jutting from your rats mouth, you either haven't looked closely at a real rat before, or you have a fear of being bitten.
If your rat's belly is drawn overly large, you may be feeling maternal/paternal.
If your rat is drawn holding/eating a treat, you spoil your rat too much.
If you drew balls/torpedoes on your rat, your sex life may be suffering because you spend all your time with your rats.
If you only drew the face of a rat (without a body), then you don't give a rat's ass about this psychological test.
   

Comments:
From: [info]dayoh
Date: 6/9/2002 7:08:36 PM

I've wanted a rat forever, but SweetP says "no way!"
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/9/2002 7:20:43 PM

Oh no! My husband was the same way, and now he loves them almost as much as I do. They are SO wonderful, and way more affectionate and interactive than the other "pocket pets". I hope she decides to give them a chance at some point; they really are great pets. :)

a Ren & Stimpy moment... 6/9/2002 7:57:00 PM

purple_stardust

"Gritty Kitty ain't so pretty, but it's really... thick!
It fills my cat box oh so snug, it always does the trick
I like to rub it on my toes and squish and squish and squish
It ne'er offends my tender nose, like a smelly fish
Its texture is a joy to me, it's just as smooth as silk
It makes my little whiskers twitch, it stays crunchy even in milk
I may not be the president, I may not be the pope
But as long as I have Gritty Kitty, I shall never mope!"

   

6/9/2002 9:28:00 PM

purple_stardust

I don't know how it happened, but my blue rat Leftover has a huge gash on his testicle! I've moved him to a cage with only his brother Blue Beard so I can watch it more closely, and because it will be easier to keep the small cage clean. He's on echinacea now, as a precaution, but I think I will begin a course of antibiotics as well. Poor little boy, and he's such a sweetheart too. He gave me kisses as I cleaned him up.

   

Comments:
From: [info]wampithesilver
Date: 6/9/2002 10:34:18 PM

ooo sounds like someone is into kinky sex! rat porn!

This explains so much... 6/9/2002 11:24:00 PM

purple_stardust




   

Comments:
From: [info]wampithesilver
Date: 6/10/2002 1:11:37 AM

i got punted while i was talking to you... then aol crashed and wouldnt reconnect and then i gave up
sorry!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/10/2002 8:26:38 AM

Ahhh, been there done that, I understand. Poke me later and I'll give you my snail mail addie for the plant... I'm so excited! =D

6/10/2002 9:16:00 AM

purple_stardust

21 posts, and still, "I own a fish bowl" ... ARGH!

   

Comments:
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/10/2002 10:12:57 AM

It gets worse, the next step is (I think) "I buy my fish at WalMart"!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/10/2002 10:29:18 AM

Oh geez! In that case, maybe I should stop posting now while I'm ahead!
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/10/2002 10:42:14 AM

Re:
I think my current one is "My tank is overcrowded"!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/10/2002 11:08:32 AM

Do you know how often they change? Like, is it every 15 posts, or what? Or does the number increase with each level?
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/10/2002 12:45:42 PM

Re:
Yeah the increment gets larger the higher up you go. There's a list of the titles somewhere on the board but I can't remember where, duh!

6/10/2002 9:34:00 AM

purple_stardust

I keep throwing up this morning. I drink Coke, I throw it up. I drink more Coke, I throw it up too. It's really starting to become annoying. And I'm running out of Coke!

   

Comments:
From: [info]muridae
Date: 6/10/2002 9:56:15 AM

Maybe you should eat something other than Coke? What about some nice eggs? Do you think they will make you feel better?

Hmm, maybe I could eat some eggs!

Can't... get... mind... off... food!!!
From: [info]muridae
Date: 6/10/2002 10:58:03 AM

Have you tried that new vanilla coke? Yummy stuff!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/10/2002 11:06:48 AM

Eww, no! Really? Isn't it like, mind-bogglingly sweet?
From: [info]muridae
Date: 6/10/2002 11:08:00 AM

It tastes like coke, only with vanilla flavor. It's no more sweet than regular coke. I like it.
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/10/2002 11:10:16 AM

Hmm. I wonder if I'd like that. I know! I'll make Rusty try it! =D
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/10/2002 1:09:53 PM

Three words...
.. switch to Pepsi!

It's so unfair, we don't get the flavoured Coke/Pepsi here in the UK. Just think what a balanced diet I could have with different types of cola!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/10/2002 7:34:25 PM

Re: Three words...
It's weird; I either drink Diet Pepsi or regular Coke. Actually, I TRY to drink Diet Pepsi, but once in a while I slip and go for the Classic Coke. I hate Diet Coke though.

6/10/2002 11:18:00 AM

purple_stardust

Woo hoo! 22 posts - "I buy my fish at Walmart"! How many posts til the next level, [info]paraxeni? I can't stand the Walmart reference; I would rather overcrowd my tank!

   

Comments:
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/10/2002 12:59:23 PM

*giggle*

I'm going to look for the list of titles now!
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/10/2002 1:02:42 PM

Ok, here it is!

New Levels for posts( what your Title will change to!)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-20 I own a fish bowl
21-40 I buy my fish at Walmart
41-60 I didn't cycle my tank
61-80 I feed my goldies junk food
81-100 I'm saving for a larger tank
101-120 What are these words under my name?
121-140 Who was first, the egg or the fish?
141-160 My tank is overcrowded
161-180 The 10G rule is stressing me
181-200 I test the water once a month
201-220 I'm the proud owner of a red moor
221-240 I can't afford water conditioners
260-280 I built my fish tank
281-300 I bought a heater for the tank
301-320 All my fish are potty trained
321-340 My fish is cuter than yours
341-360 I like to show my fish off
361-380 Petsmart.com is my start page
381-400 The lfs owner loves me!
401- up This board is my second home
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/10/2002 2:35:04 PM

Oh, this is great, thanks! Now, I just need to think of 19 more things to say. Actually, I should be "The lfs owner loves me!" - I told him last week that it would be easier if we just had our checks direct-deposited there! lol
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/10/2002 2:52:03 PM

Re:
I've had to start varying which shops I go into, I'm paranoid that my usual small shop thinks I'm buying way too many meds!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/10/2002 7:31:49 PM

LMAO! That's pretty bad! We went to one pet store three times in one day when I was first setting up my new tank; the third time, Rusty wouldn't even go into the store, he waited in the car, he was so embarrassed.

Water Parameters: 6/10/2002 3:13:00 PM

purple_stardust

Ammonia - 0 ppm | Nitrate - between 20-40 ppm | pH - 7.6

   

Comments:
From: [info]wampithesilver
Date: 6/10/2002 4:24:44 PM

sweet!
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/10/2002 5:13:12 PM

Lucky fishies!

6/10/2002 8:57:00 PM

purple_stardust

Rusty has joined Live Journal - [info]rustyspike. Awwwww...

   

Comments:
From: [info]wampithesilver
Date: 6/10/2002 9:08:09 PM

lj fever is infecting everyone!
From: [info]muridae
Date: 6/10/2002 9:11:46 PM

Whoo! Rockin'! Rusty, I added you to my friends list!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/10/2002 9:20:52 PM

He added you back, so now you can go and read the one silly thing he wrote. And laugh at his poor typing skills. :)
From: [info]driftwood
Date: 6/10/2002 10:09:31 PM

Aww, I have to add him and go say hello!
From: [info]arkady
Date: 6/11/2002 12:38:13 AM

heh heh. I've added him to my Friends list; we'll get his FL looking popular real fast!!

Anyone who likes rats and the Cure is cool in my books. :-)

Oh look - I smiled!!

6/10/2002 9:22:00 PM

purple_stardust

I still feel like crap and now my head hurts too. I took three Codiene, so no doubt my stomach will be even more upset shortly. I did two things today: puked and napped. What fun. I even had to get Rusty to check the water in the goldfish tank and feed and water the rats. We ordered Papa John's because I was too trifling to go to the store, but now I don't feel like eating, either. /end kvetching.

In other news, I was watching my goldfish whilst Rusty typed (he types VERY slowly), and it looked like Simon might be trying to put the moves on Garfunkel! He was swimming up along side her, bumping her, poking at her butt, etcetera. Woo wah!

   

Comments:
From: [info]instantclarity
Date: 6/10/2002 11:49:16 PM

LMAO
For some reason I immediately read that line in the context of like, music news. "LOS ANGELES, 6/10--Paul Simon tries to put the moves on former bandmate Garfunkel."

Okay, I slept for less than two hours last night, that seems incredibly funny right now.
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/11/2002 6:15:57 PM

Re: LMAO
LOL! I thought the same thing; "OMG, Simon is molesting Garfunkel!"

6/11/2002 6:06:00 PM

purple_stardust

Today wasn't much more productive than yesterday. I bought some groceries, paid the cable bill, and returned a pair of sneakers to footlocker.com - they sent the most hideous blue Reebox instead of the black Converse Chucks that I ordered for Rusty.

My water conditions are still good... woo hoo!

   

6/11/2002 6:32:00 PM

purple_stardust


The old lady rats were out earlier, and Mischief decided to help Sarah with her dinner!
   

Comments:
From: [info]ayzalove
Date: 6/12/2002 11:58:05 AM

WOW!
Sarah sure does have a lot more hair than the last picture I saw of her! She is so cute! I see she's not afraid of the rats, that's cool. Carol would pass out! LOL
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/12/2002 4:08:00 PM

Re: WOW!
Nah, she loves the rats! She loves all animals, but I don't really let her handle the rats much, as I am afraid she might hurt them. She manhandles the cats and the dogs, but they're big enough to hold their own.
From: [info]rattyluv
Date: 6/12/2002 1:16:49 PM

Sarah
OMG if she doesn't stop getting cuter I'm just gonna have to come steal her!!! Dammit I wish y'all lived closer so I could come over and give her a squeeze.
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/12/2002 4:13:00 PM

Re: Sarah
If she doesn't stop getting meaner, I'm gonna send her to you! lol

I wish you lived closer too...
From: [info]closertofine
Date: 6/15/2002 7:59:56 PM

Ha! That is too cute.

6/11/2002 9:41:00 PM

purple_stardust

This amuses me greatly: the Code Code.

   

6/12/2002 3:28:00 PM

purple_stardust

Well, I finally got the 10-gallon cleaned out and divided for the bettas - Jolly George, MG George, and Purple George have all moved in there. I moved the three little blue, purple, and red girls' tank and the other two girls onto the counter next to it. That leaves only Glorious George and Denim George on the headboard. Hooray!

I also changed one fifth of the goldfish water, since it's new. The water conditions are great though; still 0ppm ammonia, 20ppm nitrate, 7.6 pH.

Now if I just had my fish food, life would be good...

   

Comments:
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/12/2002 5:10:39 PM

Yaaay for obsessive fush-o-philes!

I'm surrounded now. Betta bowl on my right (where my mouse would be if I had a trad. mouse), small tank on the workstation shelf above the betta, and big tank to the right next to the workstation, so they can spy on me all day! Heheh. And for the first time yesterday the water in my big tank (with The Smiths!) has gone crystal clear, I spoil those creatures!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/13/2002 8:21:30 AM

OMG, you ARE surrounded! What's in the small tank?

Congratulations on your clear water! :)
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/13/2002 9:22:17 AM

Re:
This room is a total fire hazard, it's all computer/home entertainment stuff and fish tanks! The little tank has got my 'South Park' commons, Kenny, Kyle and Cartman! They're the ones who you can actually see growing! Fat fushies.

6/12/2002 8:15:00 PM

purple_stardust

Mabel died this evening. Mabel was a huge blue rex rat. She wasn't even supposed to be mine, but when Gabriel decided to dump a bunch of poorly socialised rats on a group of us breeders here in the east, there was a falling out, and I ended up getting stuck with all three rats. The two brothers were nightmares. I can't even keep them in the same room with the rest of my males, because the testosterone makes them insane.

Mabel was skittish and shy at first, but she learned to trust me, and enjoyed living with the other girls. I shouldn't even be this upset; she wasn't even supposed to be mine. She wasn't one of my favourites, one of the special rats. But she was sweet in her own way, and I guess I was proud that she decided to trust me, despite her beginnings. Maybe I'm just pissed that the only nice one in the bunch, is the one who died young. I don't know, but I will miss her. Rest in peace, Mabel.

   

Comments:
From: [info]arkady
Date: 6/12/2002 8:56:38 PM

Oh no. Oh no...not another blue rex angel...

*BIIIG hugs*

Meep. I'm so sorry to hear about Mabel. It's so unfair when they go young.
From: [info]driftwood
Date: 6/12/2002 10:44:35 PM

:pout:

Sorry to hear Renee. It's that bitch... she needs a beat down!
From: [info]s8venus
Date: 6/12/2002 11:03:18 PM

Ahhhhh, I'm so sorry!

*sends lots of rattie luv'n yer way*
From: [info]closertofine
Date: 6/13/2002 8:46:52 AM

Awww :(. I'm so sorry.
From: [info]rattyluv
Date: 6/13/2002 8:53:19 AM

Mabel
I'm sorry you got stuck with them, I'm sorry the boys are bastards, and most of all I'm sorry that you lost the only good one in the lot. I agree with driftwood in that she neets a beat down. lol

6/13/2002 8:08:00 AM

purple_stardust

It's barely 8AM, and already I have a headache.

   

Comments:
From: [info]rattyluv
Date: 6/13/2002 8:48:30 AM

Headache
When you wake up with a headache you should drink a cup of black coffee and take 4 advil right away. Then eat some saltines for your tummy. I sure hope it goes away soon.
From: [info]ayzalove
Date: 6/13/2002 2:38:46 PM

UGH
so sad... so sorry! Hope it's gone by now.. get a pepsi and some cheese sticks! lmao

6/13/2002 10:43:00 PM

purple_stardust

The headache never got any better, as Rusty decided to go up to Elderton PA to go to the bank and visit with his parents. It was kinda cool though; he learned some neat stuff for the Scottish research, and they gave us money. We ate dinner with them, which is always funny, because his parents can never figure out what to feed me.

I still need to take care of the animals before I can go to bed. Bah.

   

6/14/2002 4:54:00 PM

purple_stardust

Rusty had a doctor's appointment this morning; she pronounced him good as new and ready to return to work - hooray! This means I can take my (heavy) rat cages outside and hose them down, and also, I'll have the house to myself again during the day!

To celebrate, we went to Circuit City and bought a DVD player and speaker system. Since we had a brand new DVD player, I had to buy a DVD! I chose Pink Floyd's The Wall, with new unreleased footage, a documentary, the original film trailer, and all kinds of goodies. This is one of my favourite movies anyway, so I can't wait to watch it!

   

Comments:
From: [info]ayzalove
Date: 6/16/2002 3:46:22 PM

YEA!!!! :) Glad he's been pronounced healthy and can return to work. Gotta love those husbands but AHHHHHHHHH nice to have the house back huh? *giggle*

6/14/2002 9:05:00 PM

purple_stardust

Look at the DVDs that I just ordered from Amazon.com...

* Heartland Reggae
* America - A Tribute to Heroes
* The Concert for New York City
* Art Garfunkel - Across America

We're listening to a Bob Marley CD on the new player now, which sounds awesome. Of course, I can't watch my actual DVD because Rusty is playing Dragon Warrior VII, which I still don't like by the way, but such is life.

   

Comments:
From: [info]ayzalove
Date: 6/16/2002 3:44:37 PM

Art Garfunkel? I learn something new about you everyday ;)

6/15/2002 1:11:00 AM

purple_stardust

I bought a box of orange creamsicles. They were so good, I ate THREE of them. Yum!

   

Comments:
From: [info]dayoh
Date: 6/15/2002 7:39:49 AM

Yum!
Aren't creamsicles the best?! :)
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/15/2002 10:39:27 AM

Re: Yum!
YES! Food of the Gods, those things are!

6/15/2002 9:09:00 AM

purple_stardust

Woke up late (9AM) and recieved the mandatory sleeping-in punishment headache. This is getting really, really old. I took three aspirin, and now I'm off to dehydrate rat food.

   

6/15/2002 12:00:00 PM

purple_stardust

Rusty and Jamie are trying to get the DVD player to work. We have sound but no picture. This is not going well. Why won't the damned thing work??? :(

   

6/15/2002 2:11:00 PM

purple_stardust

We had to go out and buy a new VCR, but now the DVD player is playing DVDs! Yay!

   

Comments:
From: [info]ayzalove
Date: 6/16/2002 3:42:50 PM

YIPPEE!!!! :)

6/15/2002 5:49:00 PM

purple_stardust

Of course, since I have a new VCR and a new DVD player, I really need a new 27" TV.

   

Comments:
From: [info]laurarn
Date: 6/15/2002 10:19:33 PM

We just got a 27" last weekend. It's great! The pic is SO much better. And the sound is incredible. Hope you get one soon. :)

6/15/2002 7:18:00 PM

purple_stardust

I have a DVD wish list!

   

6/15/2002 10:25:00 PM

purple_stardust

According to the Belief-O-Matic, my spiritual beliefs are most likely:

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (97%)
3. Liberal Quakers (93%)
4. New Age (87%)
5. Reform Judaism (79%)

Interesting.

   

6/15/2002 10:45:00 PM

purple_stardust

I guess I'll need to read Judaism for Dummies.

   

Comments:
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/16/2002 9:09:07 AM

I went to the library yesterday and saw 'Wrestling for Dummies' and (I'm so not making this up 'Idiot's Guide to Tap Dancing' heheh. I was tempted to check them out and bring them home so I could become a tapdancing lady wrestler!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/18/2002 8:19:05 AM

I KNOW... there are Dummies books for everything. Of course, I *love* the Dummies series, ever since my first, DOS For Dummies.

6/16/2002 4:20:00 PM

purple_stardust


I heard meeping last night, and when I went outside to inspect, I found two VERY tiny fuzzy black kittens. I left them there in the hopes that their mother would come back, but she never did. So they're in here for the time being, until I figure out what to do. Max has given them both baths, and seems rather taken with "his" babies.I do NOT need two more cats, but I don't want them to get hurt outside. Dammit.
   

Comments:
From: [info]dayoh
Date: 6/16/2002 5:00:44 PM

They're so sweet! They look really young. I have found that its a lot easier to find a home for kittens than grown cats. Do you have one of those freebie weeklies for ads? If you put an ad in a paper, someone will give them a home in no time. It seems cats sense who they can trust to help them out. We've had so many strays show up at the houses we've lived in.
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/16/2002 5:30:34 PM

Oh look at them, so cute! Were they abandoned or something?
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/18/2002 8:22:56 AM

Well, no... we live down the block from a Chinese resturant, and there are always a ton of feral cats there (looking for leftovers, not as the main course). I assume that their mother was one of them. They seem to have followed her into our yard, but she ran off when I went outside, and never returned. :-\
From: [info]driftwood
Date: 6/16/2002 7:27:54 PM

Awww, I am in love. :)
From: [info]muridae
Date: 6/16/2002 8:22:27 PM

Are they eating solid food yet? If they are not, and you don't want to raise them, you can send them up to me. I have raised kittens before, and, well, I'm not doing anything with my days.

If I had my own place, I would so take them. Alas, until I move, I can't.

Uh... If you keep them for me for a few months, I'll take them after I move. =)
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/18/2002 8:25:12 AM

They do eat solid food, though the smaller one takes some coaxing, and she only likes canned food, not softened or milk. It looks like one is male and one is female. I could probably keep ONE of them, but no way do I need TWO more cats. :-\
From: [info]muridae
Date: 6/18/2002 3:50:21 PM

I desperately desperately want one, but of course I can't have one until I move, because Sean's mom will not allow uncaged animals in the house. She doesn't want her things destroyed, which I completely respect.

Desperately, I want one. I'd be happy to take one of them, but I have to wait, and I don't know when we'll be able to move. I don't know if it would work out.

But it would be so perfect. You could get them accustomed to rats and being spoiled, and then they could move here, and see rats and be spoiled.

*cry*
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/18/2002 4:48:07 PM

Do you have any sort of a time frame for moving? I could raise them and get them used to rats and spoil them for a while, if you were sure you could take one. You like girl cats?
From: [info]muridae
Date: 6/18/2002 4:56:40 PM

Well, not precisely a time frame, no, but we're hoping to move within the next three months. We've already paid off one card, and we're thinking if we just pay off one more, we could probably be okay. So that's our projected time frame, but who really knows if it will end up like that or not? I'm very unsure, but also very very determined to move.

I <3 girl cats.
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/18/2002 5:00:13 PM

I could keep her for three months or so with no problem, if you think you'll probably be out by then. :)
From: [info]wampithesilver
Date: 6/17/2002 6:41:35 AM

Awws look at those too fuzzy faces they are saying can you keep us plweeeeeeeeeease? We pwomise we dont eat rats!
From: [info]ayzalove
Date: 6/17/2002 9:09:34 PM

They are too cute! Send me one! lol

6/16/2002 8:58:00 PM

purple_stardust

Hooray! Star Trek and cheese sticks and fish food! =D

   

6/17/2002 6:35:00 AM

purple_stardust

Rusty went to work this morning, hooray! The apartment is ALL MINE again! I want to dance around in my underwear and eat fudgicles for breakfast!

   

Comments:
From: [info]wampithesilver
Date: 6/17/2002 6:46:18 AM

did someone say fudgsicles?! I want some!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/17/2002 6:58:48 AM

You want fudgesicle or orange creamsicle? :::opening the freezer:::

One catch though; you have to do the Risky Business underwear dance with me...
From: [info]wampithesilver
Date: 6/17/2002 7:20:20 AM

Orange Creamsicle....mmm *homeresque drool*
WooHoo! Undies dance! *shakin' da booty*
From: [info]closertofine
Date: 6/17/2002 6:16:37 PM

Woohoo! Me too!!
From: [info]ayzalove
Date: 6/17/2002 8:05:48 PM

make sure the curtains are closed first! LMAO

6/17/2002 6:41:00 AM

purple_stardust


That moron representative in Florida who didn't want gay couples adopting babies should see my gay cats with these kittens. Mojo seems to have assumed the daddy role; he plays with them and admires them but when they cry, he has other things to do. Max is clearly the mommy cat; he washes them, they "nurse" him, he stays with them all the time. He's such a good boy, my Max kitty.
   

Comments:
From: [info]wampithesilver
Date: 6/17/2002 6:58:42 AM

awws! You are gonna keep 'em right? (you know you want to) and anyway how could you break up a family like that?
(this is prolly the logic that has got me 7 cats...)
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/17/2002 7:00:07 AM

This is the logic that got me 29 rats...
From: [info]wampithesilver
Date: 6/17/2002 7:23:00 AM

the more the merrier!
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/17/2002 9:51:30 AM

Awww, they're so cute! Two more won't make that much difference, will they? heheh.
From: [info]rattyluv
Date: 6/17/2002 10:19:32 AM

kitties
HOLY CRAP those kittens are adorable. Max looks like he really could be their daddy too. Different color of course, but geez they look alot alike.
From: [info]ayzalove
Date: 6/17/2002 8:03:53 PM

Those are gorgeous cats!!!!

6/17/2002 1:49:00 PM

purple_stardust

En fait, je n'aime pas sortir de mon territoire pour quelle que raison que ce soit.

I went to the bank this morning, and stopped at Petsmart. I bought a new master test kit for the goldfish aquarium, a longer siphon hose, a scraper, and a jar of Wardley's Goldfish Crumbles. My goldfish now have ten different brands/varieties of food.

I also got Max Kitten canned food for the new charges, rat food, and two new rat cages. One is for my elderly ladies, Magic and Mischief, so I can feed them extra calories without the other [faster, pushier] girls taking it all. The other is for Sasha and his son Simon, since Simon tends to not get along with some of the other boys.

I spend way too much money at Petsmart.

   

Comments:
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/17/2002 2:58:31 PM

*gasp*
No new pets today then?? I can't walk into a pet store without buying fishies anymore. if those black moors at my local shop hadn't been so diseased I would've bought two of them on the spot!
From: [info]dyfferent
Date: 6/17/2002 7:20:10 PM

Petsmart, at least here, takes shitty care of their animals. I won't buy jack from them anymore, it only encourages them. :/
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/18/2002 8:30:17 AM

Unfortunately, Petsmart is the only show in town for me, as the smaller petstores are WORSE. The Petsmarts in this area take pretty good care of their animals, though I know I've heard people in other areas say theirs are awful.

Dude, I'm gettin' a Dell... 6/17/2002 9:21:00 PM

purple_stardust

Dell Dimension 4500 Intel Pentium 4 Processor at 2.0GHz
Memory: 256MB DDR SDRAM
Hard Drive: 80GB Ultra ATA/100 Hard Drive
Floppy Drive: 3.5 inch Floppy Drive
CD Drive: 24x/10x/40x Max CD-RW Drive with Roxio's Easy CD Creator
Monitors: 17 in (16.0 in viewable,.25DP) M782 Flat Screen CRT Monitor
Video Cards: 32MB ATI Rage Ultra Graphics Card
Sound Card: Integrated Audio
Speakers: Harman Kardon HK-695 Surround Sound Speakers with Subwoofer
Broadband Ready/ Ethernet Network Card: 10/100 PCI Fast Ethernet NIC
Modem: 56K Telephony Modem for Windows
Keyboard: Dell Quietkey Keyboard
Mouse: MS IntelliMouse
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows XP Home Edition
Software Bundles: Worksuite 2002 English
Digital Music: Dell Jukebox powered by MusicMatch
Digital Photography: Dell Picture Studio,Image Expert 2000 Standard Edition
Multi-Function: Epson 1000 ICS All-in-one (printer/scanner/copier/fax)

   

Comments:
From: [info]wampithesilver
Date: 6/17/2002 10:02:30 PM

sweet but eww win xp...

::: Gag! ::: 6/18/2002 7:59:00 AM

purple_stardust

To: Renee Snyder
Subject: Class of 1987 Reunion

Our reunion will be held Sept. 21. Please forward your mailing address to: martinsburgclassof87@hotmail.com. Thanks.

I would rather be beaten to death with a dead trout.

   

Comments:
From: [info]closertofine
Date: 6/18/2002 6:49:46 PM

LOL! Tell us how you really feel. ;)
From: [info]wampithesilver
Date: 6/18/2002 7:00:28 PM

Lol!!
From: [info]instantclarity
Date: 6/18/2002 11:06:42 PM

Ohhhh you should go!! I can't wait until my high school has a reunion. Then I'll be beating all of my ex-classmates with dead trouts.

New community! 6/18/2002 9:31:00 AM

purple_stardust

I would like to direct your attention to the following: .

"This group is for the discussion of classic RPG video games, such as Dragon Warrior (NES), Shining Force (Sega), or Lunar (PSX). Possible topics include reviews, tips, and general discussion."

Thank you, please drive through.

   

6/18/2002 11:19:00 AM

purple_stardust

[info]ziggabella_rats * [info]the_sushi

My rats now have their own Live Journal, as do my goldfish. Am I bored, or what?

   

Comments:
From: [info]driftwood
Date: 6/18/2002 2:05:08 PM

Yay, we're dorks!
From: [info]arkady
Date: 6/18/2002 2:23:21 PM

LOL! My rats got there first, with [info]pagan_news though - so ner! :-P

Guess this is another one to add to my friends list then!

6/19/2002 2:00:00 PM

purple_stardust

The smaller of the two kittens is eating much better now. At first I had to coax her with the food on my finger, but now she is eating it readily from a dish. Yay!

   

Comments:
From: [info]muridae
Date: 6/19/2002 2:35:07 PM

Do they poop on their own yet, or do you have to stimulate them?

Stimulating them to poop is not really fun... it's kinda steeenky! =P
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/19/2002 3:36:38 PM

Oh yeah, they poop. In fact, the smaller one had diarrea yesterday, probably because she will only eat canned food - no softened, no milk - only canned. She's already spoiled rotten. :-\

6/19/2002 4:49:00 PM

purple_stardust

My new computer is IN TRANSIT. Woo hoo!

   

Another survey... 6/19/2002 6:16:00 PM

purple_stardust



[[10 Bands You've Seen Live ]]

1. David Bowie
2. The Rolling Stones
3. David Bowie again
4. Nine Inch Nails
5. Blue Oyster Cult
6. Oasis
7. Joan Jett
8. Living Colour (awful!)
9. Screaming Trees
10. Various local bands

[[09 Things You're Looking Forward To]]

1. Getting a new computer
2. And a decent printer
3. Purple M&Ms
4. My new DVDs
5. Getting even MORE DVDs
6. Papa John's cheese sticks
7. Improving my blue dumbo line
8. Rusty coming home from work
9. Watching my daughter grow up

[[08 Things You Wear Daily]]

1. A t-shirt
2. Reading glasses
3. Converse Chuck Taylors
4. Umm... pants?
5. A curved purple barbell in my navel
6. Six gold balls in my earlobes
7. Two gold balls in my left ear cartilage
8. One gold ball (soon to be a gold circular barbell) in my right cartilage

[[07 Things That Annoy You]]

1. People who use the phrase "it's JUST an animal"
2. Bills, bills, bills
3. Other peoples' children
4. My children, sometimes
5. The need for groceries
6. Having to leave the house
7. Sunshine

[[06 Things You Touch Every Day]]

1. The rats
2. The cats
3. My daughter
4. Rusty
5. My coffee cup
6. My soda glass

[[05 Things You Do Every Day]]

1. Feed the rats, the cats, the fish, my daughter, and Rusty
2. Smoke like a chimney
3. Drink coffee
4. Drink soda
5. Pee

[[04 People You Want to Spend More Time or Hang out With]]

1. Laurie, who needs to move to York PA
2. Joell, who needs to move next to Laurie
3. Sandy, who can share a place with Joell
4. I don't really spend time with other people


[[03 Movies You Could Watch Over and Over]]

1. Pink Floyd's The Wall
2. Alice in Wonderland
3. Amadeus

[[02 Of Your Favorite Songs At This Moment]]

1. Redemption Song - Bob Marley
2. She - Elvis Costello

[[01 Person You Could Spend the Rest of Your Life With]]

1. Rusty

   

6/19/2002 9:34:00 PM

purple_stardust

Sega's Toe Jam & Earl 2 is like, the coolest video game EVER. Just so you know.

   

Comments:
From: [info]driftwood
Date: 6/19/2002 10:36:58 PM

That's why you and I get along so well: we have similar tastes in video games. TJ&E was the greatest!

TOE JAM!
BIG EARL!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/20/2002 10:02:45 AM

I know, I love that game! I'm stuck right now though, in one of those places where you have to ride the bubbles to get around. Even as a video game character, I have no sense of balance. *sigh*
From: [info]driftwood
Date: 6/20/2002 12:55:09 PM

Re:
LOL. As much as I loved that game, I was never able to beat it. Maybe I'll go d/l it and try again... :)

6/20/2002 6:13:00 AM

purple_stardust

"Using my PC was like being stuck in a bad relationship."

   

Comments:
From: [info]rattyluv
Date: 6/20/2002 9:05:47 AM

PC vs Mac
Ohhhh, the next computer I buy is definitely going to be a mac. Just for the graphics and digital stuff alone.
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/20/2002 9:37:36 AM

Re: PC vs Mac
I know, I want one sooo bad... but you know the main problem? There is no Breeder's Assistant for Mac. I would even be willing to replace most of my software, but I can't replace BA and I can't very well do without it. One of these days though, I WILL get a little iMac to play with. A purple one. :)

::: swoon ::: 6/20/2002 9:45:00 AM

purple_stardust

   

Comments:
From: [info]eyeawry
Date: 6/20/2002 10:08:43 AM

Matches my hair! Hee. :]
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/20/2002 10:40:09 AM

Oooh, cool! Did you do purple streaks, or ALL purple? I want purple streaks, dammit...
From: [info]eyeawry
Date: 6/20/2002 2:34:58 PM

ALL purple. I'd like multiple colors one day, but that's too advanced for me & my clumsiness right now. :]

6/20/2002 10:07:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Music |DVD - Art Garfunkel - Across America]

I want Art Garfunkel in a bad way. I love his hair, I love his ass, I love his teeth. I want to move to NYC with him and have his babies. Artie!!!

::: swoon :::

   

Comments:
From: [info]instantclarity
Date: 6/20/2002 10:39:22 PM

*stares in horror*

6/20/2002 10:42:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Music |DVD - Art Garfunkel - Across America]

Watching Artie (and his teeth!) sing 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' is better than sex.

::: screams and falls over :::

   

Comments:
From: [info]muridae
Date: 6/21/2002 12:08:53 AM

You make me giggle. :D
From: [info]closertofine
Date: 6/21/2002 6:24:51 PM

::: screams and falls over :::

Okay that made me literally LOL.

6/20/2002 11:55:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Music |VHS - Simon and Garfunkel - The Concert In Central Park]

I'm telling you, he makes me crazy. Like, if I were with a man who I wasn't disgusted with at the moment, I might have to act like a sexual being, instead of the amoeba that I really am. Since I'm NOT, I guess I will placate myself with Hot Pockets and fudgesicles and wild fantasies of making love to Artie under a tree.

::: sigh :::

   

Comments:
From: [info]driftwood
Date: 6/21/2002 11:24:54 AM

Wow. You got it bad, girl. How's Rusty feel about this? :)
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/21/2002 11:27:44 AM

Rusty who? ;)
From: [info]driftwood
Date: 6/21/2002 12:43:08 PM

Re:
HAHAHAH!

:)

6/21/2002 7:33:00 AM

purple_stardust
[Current Music |VHS - Simon and Garfunkel - The Concert In Central Park]

I need a nice Jewish boy. Preferably one with curly hair and cute pointed teeth.

   

Comments:
From: [info]wampithesilver
Date: 6/21/2002 7:44:46 AM

lol
From: [info]muridae
Date: 6/21/2002 8:35:24 AM

Would a nice, not very religious at all boy with curly hair and pointed teeth be a good substitute?
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/21/2002 8:53:35 AM

That would work! Why, you got one to spare? ;)
From: [info]muridae
Date: 6/21/2002 11:05:55 AM

Well, I think that's really up to him, isn't it? !!!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/21/2002 11:20:34 AM

To be honest, I've considered asking him, but I thought it might be in poor taste, what with him your husband and all. ;)
From: [info]muridae
Date: 6/21/2002 11:27:53 AM

*shrug*

It would be a lovely ego boost, I'm sure. ;D
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/21/2002 11:30:32 AM

Hmmm... do you think he would consider converting to Judaism?

6/21/2002 7:54:00 AM

purple_stardust
[Current Music |VHS - Simon and Garfunkel - The Concert In Central Park]

Why? Why? Why is Simon and Garfunkel: The Concert in Central Park out on VHS but not DVD? And the VHS copy is $13.99; it's obviously still selling fairly well. Why?

   

Comments:
From: [info]muridae
Date: 6/21/2002 8:42:16 AM

That's really kinda dumb of them. Maybe they're going to put it out soon. Maybe you should write a letter to them, demanding it. Perhaps realizing there's a market, they will produce it.
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/21/2002 8:58:30 AM

I KNOW! There IS a page for the DVD version that doesn't exist, and on it there is a place to enter an email address to be notified if they do release it. It says "NOT YET RELEASED: The studio is currently not producing this title on DVD, but to be notified when it is available, enter your e-mail address at right. You'll also be voting for this release; we'll let the studio know how many customers are waiting for this title." So of course I did. With five different email addies, actually. I also wrote a review, saying what a fine choice it would be for DVD, since there was some stuff cut out for the VHS version. I hope they do, this is an excellent concert.
From: [info]muridae
Date: 6/21/2002 11:26:45 AM

Bwah ha ha ha!

Maybe you should get some more email addresses. Ha!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/21/2002 11:29:23 AM

Hey, you're right! I have AOL; I can make up all the email addresses I want! =D
From: [info]dayoh
Date: 6/21/2002 9:45:33 AM

I'm surprised its not on DVD yet. It would sell well.

6/21/2002 8:42:00 AM

purple_stardust
[Current Music |VHS - Simon and Garfunkel - The Concert In Central Park]

[info]muridae: I can't post a reply in your journal right now (it's read-only), but I wanted to let you know that I downloaded the song, and thank you!!!

Also, this kitten is a PITA. She wants to be held constantly. If you do take her, I hope you're not planning on getting a job, or a life, or anything. She's a leech.

   

Comments:
From: [info]dayoh
Date: 6/21/2002 9:42:56 AM

My friend has a PITA (took me a minute to figure out what that meant) cat, too. Someone in a truck tossed her out into C's yard when Lily was only 5 or 6 weeks old. For some reason Lily never stops meowing. Its this constant 24 hour a day thing. She's also a true fraidy cat.
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/21/2002 10:06:47 AM

Yeah, I think she just misses her mommy. She "nurses" the two male cats, it's so cute.
From: [info]muridae
Date: 6/21/2002 11:46:41 AM

I am beginning to think that that read-only stuff is just a cover for "LJ sucks today." Half the time I try to post something, I get a message saying my journal is read-only.

PITA lovey kitty! I like loveykitties. Want.... loveykitty!!!

6/21/2002 9:34:00 AM

purple_stardust
[Current Music |DVD - Art Garfunkel - Across America]

Obviously, I've lost my mind. I just purchased:

* Art Garfunkel - Garfunkel: Best Of
* Paul Simon - Negotiations and Love Songs 1971-1986
* Carnal Knowledge (starring Art Garfunkel)

Must stay away from amazon.com, lest the happy magic plastic card EXPLODE.

   

6/21/2002 10:36:00 AM

purple_stardust
[Current Music |DVD - Art Garfunkel - Across America]

Dude. I got a DELL.

   

Comments:
From: [info]muridae
Date: 6/21/2002 10:47:32 AM

Did it arrive? =D
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/21/2002 10:58:19 AM

Yep! That was fast too... I ordered it on Monday evening.

6/21/2002 10:55:00 AM

purple_stardust
[Current Music |VHS - Simon and Garfunkel - The Concert In Central Park]

Dude. I have no place to put this Dell.

My desk is overflowing with papers and rat pedigrees and take-out menus and hair clips and toys and games and cameras and magazines and CDs and floppy disks and JUNK. Also, I need to back up all the crap on this computer onto CD before I switch.

Dude. This Dell will be obsolete before I can get it set up.

   

6/21/2002 12:06:00 PM

purple_stardust

Of course, if I move the six pairs of Chuck Taylors that surround my desk, that might give me some room to work with. Or not. Bah.

   

6/21/2002 12:37:00 PM

purple_stardust

This is how bad it is. I just found an unopened box of prunes that I bought when I was pregnant with Sarah (who was born in 2000). I wonder if they're still good...?

   

Comments:
From: [info]rattyluv
Date: 6/21/2002 1:54:38 PM

prunes
Ummmm, your cupboards sound as bad as mine. Now my fridge is another story. I would guess that the prunes are probably fine though, as they are dried anyhow.

6/21/2002 12:54:00 PM

purple_stardust

My God, I just found DOS 6.0 and Windows 3.1 on floppy disk.

   

Comments:
From: [info]johno
Date: 6/21/2002 1:42:55 PM

I've still got my Dos 2.11 disks somewhere.
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/21/2002 1:47:02 PM

Wow... I am humbled in the face of such geekiness! I think 5.0 is the earliest I had.
From: [info]wampithesilver
Date: 6/21/2002 7:56:12 PM

hey if you dont want them send them to me...
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/21/2002 9:37:19 PM

Will do, assuming they still work. It's been several years since I had cause to use them, so they've just been laying around, soaking up the dust.

6/21/2002 1:44:00 PM

purple_stardust

Damn, I'm really hungry but I need to keep cleaning this desk. Oooh, look! The processor chip out of my old 486! How cute is that! I'm so hungry...

   

6/21/2002 8:22:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Music |DVD - Various - America: A Tribute To Heroes]

I am typing to you from the new Dell! Oooh, it's pretty... shineee. I like Windows XP so far, too... it's different but not TOO different. I just hope it's more stable than Win98. Oh, what am I saying? I'm more stable than Win98!

   

Comments:
From: [info]wampithesilver
Date: 6/21/2002 8:41:22 PM

shit.. *I'm* more stable than win 98

6/21/2002 11:01:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Music |DVD - Art Garfunkel - Across America]

I am liking Win XP. I am liking this computer in general. I just wish there was a purple XP desktop theme... the blue is too bright, the silver is too blah, and the green is kinda pukey. I want PURPLE dammit! Otherwise, I'm a happy camper.

   

6/22/2002 10:01:00 AM

purple_stardust
[Current Music |DVD - Art Garfunkel - Across America]

I would just like to take a moment to wax nostalic about my first computer. To be honest, when my mother offered me her old computer that she was replacing, I couldn't for the life of me imagine what I would do with it. It sounded like a glorified word processor to me. Still, free computer, so I took it. It was a 486 DX, running DOS 5 and Windows 3.1, with a tiny little hard drive and 8 megs of RAM. Can you imagine? It might as well have had a crank.

Anyway, I played with Paint and wrote stuff in Word Pad. The internet became more popular, and website URLs became a common thing. I wanted internet access too. Of course, the 486 had no modem, so I had to go out and buy one. The problem was Win 3.1 - I needed Win95. To get Win95, I needed a CD ROM drive, so I bought that too. Unfortunately, to install the CD ROM drive, I needed DOS 6. To make a long story short, I ended up reformatting the hard drive, installing DOS 6 and Win95, and opening the case to put in my own CD ROM drive... not bad for someone who was afraid to delete old .bmp files for fear of "breaking" the computer!

The 486 was sluggish with Win95 and the internet software, so in 1998 I got a Gateway P2 G6-333. The hard drive crapped out within the first week. They replaced it, but still. And the thing never was as fast as it should have been. And so now I have a Dell, with 256 MB RAM and an 80 gig hard drive, shiny and fast.

But it was that 486 that led me into the world of computers. I love WinXP, but I kind of miss those huge floppy disks and the antiquated games they held. I miss File Manager; it was so much cooler than Windows Explorer. I miss Win 3.1, ugly as it was, that never ever crashed. I miss making my DOS prompt say things like "c:\What does Your Highness desire?>". I haven't seen win.ini or autoexec.bat in years, and I miss them.

I think I have discovered the source of my animosity towards Windows - it's too easy. There's no challenge, you click on little pictures and things get done. I don't know. Maybe I should grab a copy of Linux to amuse myself.

   

6/22/2002 12:02:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Music |DVD - Art Garfunkel - Across America]

I'll tell you what else I miss. I miss falling in love. Not that I don't love Rusty, I do. But I miss the giddiness and the exploratory nature of a new love. I have a short attention span, and I'm not good at settling into "old" love. I get bored. I went through two husbands and countless boyfriends because of this. Fortunately, Rusty and I are both so unstable, that I have never gotten bored with him, but still. It's still not the same thing as new love. I need a harmless internet fling - preferably British - to distract myself with. I used to have one, but I got bored, and stopped talking to him.

God, what is UP with me today? I'm sitting here pining over old operating systems and relationships that would never work anyway. I need help.

   

6/22/2002 1:00:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Music |DVD - Art Garfunkel - Across America]

Another thing I miss... I miss the chance to go somewhere else, to escape this god-forsaken hell hole of a town. I miss looking at maps and thinking about New York City, or whether New Jersey would be better, or maybe Toronto. I miss knowing that I could just get in my car and GO, someplace far away, some place better. I miss knowing that I wouldn't have to come back. I can't do these things now - the car is in both of our names and we have the baby and the boys are with their dad nearby. If I went anywhere, I would have to take them all with me, which rather defeats the purpose of running away from home in the first place.

And why do I even want to run away? Things are good here. Things are stable, for the first time in my adult life. Maybe that's the problem - maybe I don't like stability. Maybe it's the boredom factor, or maybe I like a challenge. Maybe I'm just a freak, and I can't be happy being happy.

I need to do something; I can't stand Deep Thoughts so early in the day.

   

6/22/2002 1:41:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Music |DVD - Art Garfunkel - Across America]

I 'm tired of tracing vapor trail, ghost letters in the sky
Living life in daydreams, watching precious time get by
Circle around this great big world, just chasing smoke, and never touching ground
Like a skywriter, rebel without a cause
Drifting without an aim.

-Art Garfunkel, Skywriter

   

6/22/2002 1:54:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Music |VHS - Simon and Garfunkel - The Concert In Central Park]

God only knows, God makes his plan
The information's unavailable to the mortal man
We're working our jobs, collect our pay
Believe we're gliding down the highway
When in fact we're slip slidin' away.

-Paul Simon, Slip Slidin'Away

   

6/22/2002 2:34:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Music |VHS - Simon and Garfunkel - The Concert In Central Park]

Like Simon, only Garfunkel: http://articles.student.com/special/garfunkel .

   

6/22/2002 8:41:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Music |CD - 10,000 Maniacs - Hey Jack Kerouac]

Dammit, Rusty is playing something that isn't Art Garfunkel. Why?!?

   

Comments:
From: [info]dayoh
Date: 6/22/2002 9:40:45 PM

Wow, what nerve Rusty has! :D
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/22/2002 10:39:52 PM

I KNOW. That bastard. lol

6/22/2002 8:47:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Music |CD - 10,000 Maniacs - Gold Rush Brides]

Well, I have accomplished absolutely nothing today. I did not clean rat cages, I did not clean fish tanks, I did not clean out my grandmother's car. I did nothing but sit around and whine about the apathetic confusion that is my life. Bah.

   

Comments:
From: [info]wampithesilver
Date: 6/22/2002 8:56:36 PM

thats ok...i haven't done anything either.
From: [info]dayoh
Date: 6/22/2002 9:39:56 PM

There's always tomorrow as they say.

6/23/2002 2:01:00 AM

purple_stardust
[Current Music |DVD - Art Garfunkel - Across America]

Yeesh, the video game gods hated me this (last) evening. I wanted to play my Sega ROMs since Rusty was hogging the TV/video games, only to find that I didn't have the right port in the new computer for my old controller. Fine. Went to Walmart and got a new USB controller. Nifty. Plugged it in, copied my EMU stuff, started up Genesyst, only to find that my new controller only works on Win98+ games - not my old emulators. Argh!! Fortunately, I found Gens: http://go.to/gens - it's a Win32 app, and my controller works just fine with it! I sent Rusty to bed, so now I can watch Artie and eat cheese sticks and fudgesicles and play Toe Jam and Earl to my heart's content.

   

6/23/2002 2:25:00 AM

purple_stardust
[Current Music |DVD - Art Garfunkel - Across America]

June, she'll change her tune,
In restless walks she'll prowl the night;
July, she will fly,
And give no warning to her flight.

-Simon and Garfunkel, April Come She Will

   

6/23/2002 7:56:00 PM

purple_stardust



Velouria.
You're creepy, vain, and your sense of fashion went out-of-date ten years ago. If you think you're still cool, you need to reorganize your priorities. Your ideas are good and could lead you to a better place, but you're approaching the future completely wrong. Don't be surprised if in ten years you're scrubbing the same floors that you're walking on today.
Which Pixies song are you?
   

6/23/2002 8:54:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Music |CD - Grateful Dead - What A Long Strange Trip It's Been]

I returned the Nissan to my grandmother today - I've had it since December, so I guess it was time. It sucks though, because now we're back to sharing a car. Blah. We also stopped by the cemetary where my grandfather is buried - kinda weird since I haven't gone there in the ten years since he died.

   

6/23/2002 10:33:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Music |MP3 - Art Garfunkel - Bright Eyes]

This is the problem that I have with PETA: "It's sad to us that there are organizations that promote breeding and showing rats and mice," said Martin Mersereau, a cruelty caseworker with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. "This is as far removed from a natural environment as these animals could be."

- http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,55719,00.html

   

Comments:
From: [info]samuraikitty
Date: 6/23/2002 11:10:48 PM

PETA is a bunch of crazies that don't know what they are talking about. Any group that lets a bunch of showdogs go free just to get run over because they were right next to a HIGHWAY is no friend to animals. I don't care how self righteous they sound. Snark!!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/24/2002 5:04:00 PM

Yeah. I like their principles but not always the lengths they go to make their point. =\
From: [info]gypsydance
Date: 6/23/2002 11:17:11 PM

The problem with PETA is that they want everyone to treat animals like human beings. Unfortunately, while "ethical treatment" of animals is a noble, worthwhile cause, animals are NOT people, and can not be reasonably treated as such.

Is it cruel to "own" another living thing? Of course not. Until they are of legal age, children are "owned" by their parents. In this case, as with animals, the word "ownership" implies responsibility, both to society and to the child and/or animal. THAT is ethical. Expecting an animal to be treated as a human is expecting it to take responsibility for its actions, which is every bit as moronic as blaming a small child for soiling a diaper.
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/24/2002 5:09:05 PM

And really... A "free" rat is living on the streets, but it is eating garbage, subjected to the elements, and constantly in danger of being killed. My rats live in a cage, but they get fresh food, treats, heat or air conditioning, and constant attention. Are they REALLY that bad off for being kept as pets?
From: [info]instantclarity
Date: 6/23/2002 11:46:58 PM

I like PETA's convictions on a number of levels, but I have my problems with them too. That is one of them. They don't oppose owning cats and dogs, or as they say "companion animals," but how "natural" is that? I believe the president of PETA has a Jack Russell (I might be wrong)--how close to nature is that decendent of the domesticated wolf? I consider my rats to BE companion animals. And they are better taken care of than some people's children. I know you feel the same way. So I say BEH to PETA.
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/24/2002 5:11:42 PM

See above, lol. And I do feel the same way. :)

Calling on the LJ Brits! 6/24/2002 1:07:00 PM

purple_stardust

Arkady, Paraxeni, Dyfferent... I need your help. My mom is working on a presentation to be heard by UK people, and she needs an example of a television drama that you would become completely absorbed in. Here in the US we have ER, NYPD Blue, The Sopranos... are these shows popular in England as well? Do you have any shows that are more popular? Your input is appreciated...

   

Comments:
From: [info]arkady
Date: 6/24/2002 2:00:43 PM

We have those too; mostly people get absorbed in soap operas like Eastenders or Coronation Street. Friends is popular too, though not as much as Buffy seems to be! The major cult thing at the moment seems to be Big Brother though.

On the whole, British people don't seem to get quite so addicted to TV programs as in the US.
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/24/2002 5:00:37 PM

I don't doubt that; Americans get pretty silly with their TV watching. Thanks for your input!
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/24/2002 2:45:23 PM

Yeah, Big Brother fever has gripped us all again! And it does tend to be British soaps like Eastenders that people get really into, or US imports like The Simpsons, ER, Frasier, Oz, etc. The nearest things we have to ER are programmes like Casualty and Holby City, but they're mostly crap! UK dramas like 'Spooks' (MI5 agents) and 'Trial and Retribution' (crime/murder) are popular, and semi-trashy series like 'Bad Girls' (womens prison) and 'Footballers Wives' tend to get large audience shares too.
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/24/2002 5:02:07 PM

FOOTBALL WIVES?!? LMAO! Big Brother is one of the reality shows like Survivor, no?
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/24/2002 8:17:40 PM

Yep, it's truly awful. It's just about all these horrific slutty women and their soccer playing husbands, trashy drama at it's worst! I don't watch it (I'm classy, heheh!) but my parents do and I mock them endlessly about it.

Big Brother is a reality show like Survivor. Here in the UK BB is very popular whereas Survivor gets really low ratings, I understand it's the other way round in the US?

We also have a lot of 'docusoaps' over here, loads of real-life programmes about traffic wardens (yawn), trash-collectors (no really!), airlines, airports, and the most popular ones? Documentary series' about drunken tourists having lots of sex and taking drugs on holiday in Ibiza, Greece, etc.
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/24/2002 8:38:02 PM

You are just ruining my mental image of England. ::: giggle :::

Survivor is popular here; I don't quite get it. We also have another show called Fear Factor, in which people do really stupid things for a relatively small amount of money. Stupid things, like, eating sheeps'eyeballs and live cockroaches. We also had Temptation Island and Who Wants To Marry A Millionaire; I'm sure you can imagine how stimulating those were.

The drunken tourists might be funny though...

6/24/2002 7:54:00 PM

purple_stardust

Gina - I mailed your Ivermectin this morning. Use a blob the size of an uncooked grain - wipe it right on their upper teeth - for each rat, a bit less for Tucker, as he is still small. More is not better; the stuff can be dangerous if over-dosed. Do this on a day you can remember, and then do it again on the same day the next week, and then one more time one week after that. In between times, clean their cage really well, maybe even use a disinfectant. Rinse well. Ooky mites will be gone soon. :)

   

Comments:
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/24/2002 8:11:31 PM

Oh I can't wait till I move out of my parents place, and I can get me some RATTIES!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/24/2002 8:27:26 PM

Oh, you SHOULD! I love ratties here, but you all have some really good breeders there in the UK, Sue of Pendragon, and Estelle of Alpha Centauri, and Rose's (Arkady) Velveteen Rattery. You also don't have the widespread "show diseases"like we do here. I am quite envious of the UK ratters being able to have shows and take their rats with them to shows.

To recap, I wish I was in England...
From: [info]arkady
Date: 6/24/2002 9:32:13 PM

Wow. I'm honoured! Especially to be mentioned in the same sentance as Estelle...!
From: [info]driftwood
Date: 6/25/2002 10:10:15 AM

Thank you, I LOVE YOU! ;)
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/25/2002 10:40:56 AM

Ooh, baby! lol

6/24/2002 11:14:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Music |MP3 - Bon Jovi - Bridge Over Troubled Water]

I decided that a fun thing to do this evening would be to download a bunch of songs covering Simon and Garfunkel, so we could mock the singers for not sounding like Artie. I found Bridge Over Troubled Water done by Bon Jovi, Aretha Franklin, and LeAnn Rimes. First up, Jon Bon Jovi. This is the most god-awful noise I think I've ever heard. Such moaning! Such howling! I've heard cats in heat that sounded better!

Please join me tomorrow, which will include - but is not limited to - the mocking of Bob Dylan as he attemps to sing The Sound Of Silence.

   

Comments:
From: [info]katarina42
Date: 6/24/2002 11:58:52 PM

Ooh! Mock, mock, mock! Don't forget the cover that the Bangles did back in the 80's of "Hazy Shade of Winter"...although, I like that one ^_^
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/25/2002 12:16:01 AM

Yeah, I kinda did too. Oh well, there are plenty of other reasons to mock the Bangles! ;-D
From: [info]instantclarity
Date: 6/25/2002 12:06:33 AM

Oh!! The excellent and praise-worthy band Nevermore covered "The Sound of Silence" as well, on their album Dead Heart in a Dead World! You should check it out, it kicks ass!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/25/2002 12:13:22 AM

Ooh, found it! Downloading now, thanks... =)

6/25/2002 9:19:00 AM

purple_stardust
[Current Music |MP3 - Art Garfunkel - All I Know]

I had a dream last night that Paul Simon and I had gone on a long road trip together, but we fought constantly, so when it was time to come back, I took the car and left without him. Then I started worrying about him, but we met up later and made up, and continued on the journey together. Why am I dreaming about Paul?

   

Comments:
From: [info]wampithesilver
Date: 6/25/2002 9:25:59 AM

because he is semicute?
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/25/2002 9:31:36 AM

Maybe we were going to see Artie or something. It was never established where we were going or why we were together. We didn't seem to be in a relationship, it was more like When Harry Met Sally. Weird.

6/25/2002 4:55:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Music |MP3 - Art Garfunkel - Bright Eyes]

Oh far freakin out! I have for some time considered converting to Judaism. I finally found a synagogue in the area, and called today. I talked to the [female] rabbi about meeting and classes and such, and at the end of the call, I asked her name. That would be Rabbi Janis GARFUNKEL. Now is that a sign, or what? Oy vey!

   

Comments:
From: [info]driftwood
Date: 6/25/2002 5:05:16 PM

Wow, that is a sign from the Lord!

XD

I'm very happy for you. And a female Rabbi? Awesome!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/25/2002 5:18:50 PM

I know, I've NEVER come across a Garfunkel other than Artie.

I'm not sure I like the idea of a female rabbi... I'm actually kinda sexist like that; I never liked Captain Janeway either. But I will meet with her and see what I think. :)
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/25/2002 6:15:07 PM

I once thought about converting to Judaism but synagogues are pretty thin on the ground here, and Reform synagogues? I wouldn't know where to start! But the whole 'Garfunkel' thing is a sign, definitely!
From: [info]dayoh
Date: 6/25/2002 7:11:57 PM

Garfunkel... God's telling you something. :)

[snagged from [info]driftwood] 6/25/2002 10:38:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Music |CD - Oasis - Wonderwall]

From a Google search on "Renee is" ...

... Renee is fat.
... Renee is an anti-aging miracle some call the 5 minute facelift!
... And did he mention that Renee is 'lovely, bubbly'?
... Renee is worth a call.
... Mistress Renee is out of business.

   

Comments:
From: [info]artmomz
Date: 6/26/2002 10:05:18 AM

l luv it! lol...
I thought mine would be all flowery, but I was mistaken...

-Jasmine is based on the hypothesis that intraseasonal variability of the Asian-Australasian monsoon system...

-Jasmine is a very powerful fragrance with a full, rich, honey-like sweetness.

-Jasmine is the sweetest cat I could ever ask for.

-Jasmine is Jammin' in Africa!

-Jasmine is a qualified masseuse and offers a sensual erotic body 2 body massage.

6/25/2002 11:11:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Music |CD - Oasis - Champagne Supernova]

I really wish I could find the install CD for my digital camera. :-\

   

Bwahahahahaha!!! 6/25/2002 11:16:00 PM

purple_stardust

A German, a Frenchman, and a Jew are walking through the desert.
The Frenchman says "I'm tired, I'm thirsty, I must have a glass of wine."
The German says "I'm tired, I'm thirty, I must have a glass of beer."
The Jew says "I'm tired, I'm thirsty, I must have diabetes."

I love the Judaism For Dummies book. It has subtitles like 'Yom Kippur Means Always Having To Say You're Sorry' and recipes for cheese blintzes.

   

6/26/2002 2:32:00 AM

purple_stardust

Live Journal needs to allow for more avatars for paid members.

   

6/26/2002 3:59:00 PM

purple_stardust

I was semi-productive today, and actually hauled a bunch of stuff (leftover from the rearranging for the fish tank) out to the shed. Of course, now the shed is full...

   

Comments:
From: [info]ziggymeg
Date: 6/26/2002 7:12:50 PM

::wave:: I've finished your Britpop mixtape. Finally. Lol. To where do I send it so that you may receive it quickly?

-Meg ^_^
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/26/2002 7:15:58 PM

Yay! Thank you!

Renee Snyder
PO Box 23
Gore VA 22637

=)
From: [info]ziggymeg
Date: 6/26/2002 7:28:22 PM

Yay! I'll send it a.s.a.p.
Are you gonna go to the Bowie concert at Nissan? I can't wait! ^_^

-Meg :)
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/26/2002 10:02:01 PM

No way, when? Dammit, I haven't heard a thing about this. :\

6/27/2002 7:48:00 AM

purple_stardust

There is a new quiz out there - what hair color should you have? - but I won't play because purple isn't a potential answer. So there.

   

6/27/2002 12:37:00 PM

purple_stardust

I changed my journal font to Comic Sans MS, but I can't decide whether I like it better at 10 pt. or 11 pt. ... 10 is too small and 11 is too big. ARGH!

   

6/27/2002 3:08:00 PM

purple_stardust

What have I done to deserve this purple disaster that is my life?
Surrounded on all sides with the Hell of Walmart
Like a Shel Silverstein character, I'm wordy and alone
Why God, Why?

The Alanis Morissette Random Lyric Generator.

   

Comments:
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/27/2002 4:50:17 PM

I used that to create a song by Jack the Ripper, called 'Mary Kelly broke my will to live', heheh.
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/27/2002 5:41:29 PM

LMAO! Sadly, I could play with this for hours.
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/27/2002 6:01:59 PM

Re:
Glad I'm not the only one, heheh!

6/27/2002 3:35:00 PM

purple_stardust

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Comments:
From: [info]lotophagous
Date: 6/27/2002 3:56:35 PM

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From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/27/2002 3:59:30 PM

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From: [info]sf_rose
Date: 6/27/2002 4:19:31 PM

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6/27/2002 4:23:00 PM

purple_stardust

"Most hard cheeses contain rennet, which is often obtained from the stomach lining of non-kosher animals, making the whole cheese non-kosher."

Kosher or no, that is nasty.

   

Comments:
From: [info]angel_renewed
Date: 6/27/2002 4:34:12 PM

Hard Cheese
Dunno about you, but I *heart* Parmesan, Romano, and other hard cheeses.
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/27/2002 4:39:28 PM

Re: Hard Cheese
I *heart* EVERY kind of cheese except bleu! LOL
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/27/2002 4:53:09 PM

In the UK they use non-animal rennet for most cheeses now, and they're all marked with a green 'V' if they don't use animal rennet. Also, all food that is kosher (by that I mean non-typical food like chocolate bars, biscuits, crisps etc.) carries the mark of the London Beth-Din on the back, so people know!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/27/2002 4:57:00 PM

That's really cool, I wish things were more clear here! What does the V stand for; do you know? I'm just curious.
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/27/2002 5:22:43 PM

Re:
The green 'V' is for vegetarian, and I think there's a different mark for vegan food too. Also, food containing ingredients that could cause an allergic reaction (nuts, wheat, lactose etc.) is clearly labelled.

Now what I want is a label that says "Of course Skittles and Pepsi is a balanced meal!"
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/27/2002 5:35:43 PM

WOW. I wish our food was so clearly marked. The only thing I ever see in looking at labels is if it doesn't contain MSG. :\
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/27/2002 6:03:20 PM

Re:
You really do need to move here! You and your family need to FedEx yourselves, heheh, be sure to mark the boxes 'livestock' so they treat you right!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/27/2002 6:38:23 PM

I know, we DO! I wonder how many air holes to put in the box...?
From: [info]driftwood
Date: 6/27/2002 5:16:58 PM

Indeed.

:does the vegan dance:
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/27/2002 5:31:10 PM

Yeah, they eat meat, but they make it a lot harder, plus the animal must be slaughtered humanely. Some Jews actually think that the kashrut encourages vegetarianism.
From: [info]sarahdotcom
Date: 10/2/2003 8:42:29 AM

Yeah, and the soft cheeses often have gelatine...
Mozarella doesn't have any rennet (vegetable or otherwise) and often you can get vegetarian edam. I must admit though that even though I lived in the States for a while, I can't give any recommendations as to cheeses there. I tend to go vegan when I leave NZ because of all the nasties in food overseas (ok, they're here too but to a much lesser degree).
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 10/2/2003 9:57:09 AM

I don't blame you. It's weird the stuff they put in food, and it makes you wonder what loon thought it up in the first place. Did they just have leftovers from other stuff and say "hey, we've got this stomach lining left, wonder what we can do with that?"
From: [info]sarahdotcom
Date: 10/2/2003 4:37:48 PM

In a way, I think that if they're going to kill a cow, they may as well use the whole thing. But of course I don't approve of killing the cow in the first place. So basically whatever byproducts there are are just the same to me as meat, it's the meat-eaters that tend to get grossed out by it all!

But ick - I'd never seen orange cheese before I went to the States!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 10/2/2003 5:04:22 PM

if they're going to kill a cow, they may as well use the whole thing

In theory I agree, but it certainly makes it harder for people to keep kosher (or vegetarian, I imagine) when there are weird animal ingredients popping up... especially in the case of "rennant", where you might not even know that's what it is.

I'm not a vegetarian, but I eat very little meat, as it oogs me out to prepare. The first time I tried to cook chicken, I thought I would barf, and I haven't even attempted red meat. We eat turkey burger here, and that's about it. :\

Orange cheese is *really* weird... I try to stay away from that, too.
From: [info]sarahdotcom
Date: 10/2/2003 6:33:25 PM

Yeah, most people who think they eat vegetarian really have no idea what they're actually eating - another example is that in most frozen french fries there is beef fat. Mind you, a lot of people just don't *want* to know what they are eating - I tend not to tell people unless they ask.

Typical conversation:
A: Would you like a sweet?
Me: No thanks, they've actually got gelatine in them.
A: Oh, is gelatine not vegetarian? What does it come from?
Me: I'll tell you sometime when you're not eating them!

Apparently you can get kosher gummi lollies from Haribo (gummi bears, cola bottles and sour frenchies). It's a really new thing though - when I was in the States from Nov-Feb I couldn't find any. I went to my local sweet shop here though and they said they were in the process of getting a new supplier for Haribo, and would look into getting the gelatine-free ones. I hope they do!

6/27/2002 9:16:00 PM

purple_stardust

The world needed this.

   

Comments:
From: [info]instantclarity
Date: 6/27/2002 9:23:56 PM

That's funny! And I just thought I would share, www.tara.com is a Jewish music site. :)
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/27/2002 10:57:14 PM

Oh COOL, thanks! :)
From: [info]arkady
Date: 6/28/2002 7:29:14 AM

You really are going for this Judaic conversion business in quite a way, aren't you? I'm intrigued (indulge me; spiritual seeking is something I do a lot myself, and certain questions actually cause me a lot of stress. I may not show it in my LJ - but it's there) - what prompted you into this? Were you originally born to Judaism, and are now accepting the faith part as well as the racial aspect - or have you just felt leanings towards it due to similar philosophy?
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/28/2002 8:20:51 AM

Well. No, I wasn't born Jewish - in fact, I was was born into a long line of absolutely nothing, spiritually speaking. I mean, both sets of grandparents lived in rural communities, so they would go to a generic (Methodist?) church in the community for weddings and funerals, but that was about it. My own parents were far less religious than that.

Regardless, they sent me to Catholic school for eight years, and I really wanted to be Catholic at first - I admired the ritual more than anything, I think. The problem was, I never, ever believed that Jesus was the son of God - or at least, not any more than anyone else. By second grade, I was questioning the nuns about it, because it made absolutely no sense to me. I also had a problem with the God-as-an-old-white-guy sentiment too, and satan, and heaven and hell, but the idea of Christ the Messiah was the biggest problem I had with it.

I think I kind of revolted after Catholic school (and who wouldn't?) - and I went through a few years of "spiritual seeking" of my own in my early 20's. Finally, somewhere, I read that Jews believe in one God, but a noncorporeal God, and that they didn't believe that Jesus was the Messiah or that he was any more the child of God than anyone else (though he may have been a prophet or a teacher or a really nice guy). THAT finally made sense to me. And the more I read, the more it made sense. And I'm still reading, and it still makes sense.

So no, I wasn't born to Jewish parents. But Judaism is the only religion that has ever made sense to me.
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/28/2002 12:55:59 PM

You can get Harry Potter kippah in some of the shops near here!

I know what you mean about feeling like Judaism just feels 'right'. Ever since I was a kid I've been fascinated by it, watching programmes and reading books about it. That's how I knew about the LBD! My family is..Pentecostal I think, but Judaism just feels more interesting and inclusive.
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/28/2002 2:05:15 PM

Ooh... pentacostal = scary! Sorry, bad experience there. Brr.

The other thing I like about Judaism is, you're allowed to question things. You're not just expected to accept a certain set of beliefs "on faith".
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/28/2002 2:39:01 PM

Re:
Heheh, my family are pretty relaxed, I mean they aren't anti-anything really...they were great when I came out, and I think my mum veered more toward the pentecostals becuase that was the nearest church to us! But I do like the idea of being able to question things, and have meaningful dialogue instead of accepting blindly.
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/28/2002 2:56:33 PM

Oh, that's cool! There may be a difference between the two countries too; they seem to frown on pretty much everything, here. But then, I am basing most of my opinion on the crazed actions of one particularly nasty ex-boyfriend, so I am no doubt biased.
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/28/2002 3:32:30 PM

Re:
Some of the so-called 'Christians' in the US seem terrifying. When I was growing up it seemed like a really free, easy-going place, but I wouldn't feel safe living on the same continent as someone like Fred Phelps! Nowadays it seems like everyone in the UK is at least a bit gay, heheh, we're taking over!
I was really worried about telling my mother but she just said she knew, and wanted me to be happy. My nan is born-again too and she just said that God wants us to love and be loved, and no-one is going to be punished for loving someone else, she's even met some of my gay friends, and keeps asking when I'm going to get a girlfriend!!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/28/2002 3:46:54 PM

Some of the Christians in the US are DAMN terrifying!!!

Semi-gay, lol. I would think that a parent would almost have to know, though my kids haven't reached that age, so I don't know for sure. I love your nan though; funny how gay or straight, grandmothers just want you to mate!
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/28/2002 3:56:30 PM

Re:
*laughs* Grans are great, but mine says she doesn't want me to make her a great-grandmother, she's too young! She was devastated because when my mother had me at 22 my nan was only 41, my poor mother was almost disowned over it! "How dare you, I'm too young to be someone's grandmother!"

My mother made sure the whole 'coming out' thing was dragged out over months! Evil woman, I tried loads of times but then I'd get nervous, and she knew all along! Rotten cow. I burst into tears when I finally told her and she said "Duh, because that wasn't obvious!" and went back to watching the TV!! I was a hysterical mess because I'd expected a bad reaction, guess I underestimated the Toad on that score :)
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/28/2002 7:34:50 PM

OMG, that is both awful and hysterical!!! LOL
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/28/2002 8:50:59 PM

Re:
Awful and hysterical.... yeah, pretty much sums up my family! I'll write a book someday, but it'll have to be a 10 Volume work!

6/28/2002 10:39:00 AM

purple_stardust

[info]paraxeni... I told someone what you said about the UK food labels, and they said "I had no idea that most foods carry the London Beth-Din mark, what does it look like btw? It'd certainly help me out as kosher is a little like halal." Can you describe what the Beth-Din mark mark looks like?

   

Comments:
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/28/2002 12:47:26 PM

Yea, I think I've got some Club biscuits downstairs, heheh, I'll have a look! Right, I've taken a pic, I'm going to put the camera battery on charge because it's just died! Will upload it shortly :)
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/28/2002 2:01:32 PM

You are a wonderful individual. :)
From: [info]paraxeni
Date: 6/28/2002 2:37:01 PM

Re:
Aww thanks! Check the latest post in my journal, the pic is in there!

6/28/2002 11:00:00 AM

purple_stardust


what microsoft OS are you?
   

6/28/2002 11:06:00 AM

purple_stardust

Playing God is fun, except I accidentily killed some cows. :(

   

Comments:
From: [info]closertofine
Date: 6/28/2002 8:18:28 PM

:(
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/28/2002 8:52:38 PM

I'm sorry. :( I tried to kill just the people! :)
From: [info]closertofine
Date: 6/29/2002 11:22:30 AM

Re:
Heh. I did too. And a couple of sheep. But when I killed the sheep they parachuted back down from heaven!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/29/2002 11:59:31 AM

I KNOW, the savages! If you keep playing, the next level has angels, and the one after that has UFOs that STEAL your cows!

6/28/2002 4:55:00 PM

purple_stardust

Who IS this woman on television, and why is she howling like that???

   

6/28/2002 5:10:00 PM

purple_stardust

I've now been running the new Dell PC for a whole week without rebooting! What a concept. And by the way, I LOVE WinXP. It is a good day in Computer Land.

   

6/28/2002 8:52:00 PM

purple_stardust

Laurie - the RMCA and the Rat_Keepers group have gotten together to track SDA. It's anonymous if you choose; we're just trying to track where it's hit in the US. Could you fill it out for the time you got it from January? The form is here: http://www.rmca.org/Data/sdatracking.htm , and you can see the work in progress here: http://www.rmca.org/Data/ . Thanks!

   

6/29/2002 11:49:00 AM

purple_stardust


where do YOU belong?
   

Comments:
From: [info]dayoh
Date: 6/29/2002 1:40:55 PM

I belong in Vermont, but I knew that already. :)
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/29/2002 2:51:04 PM

Haha! That's funny, because I have always thought it would be cool to live in Jersey - close to NYC but without the hassles and high cost of living. Maybe there's something to these online quizzes... ;)

6/29/2002 11:52:00 AM

purple_stardust

Well, it sounds pretty sexist to ME.

   

6/29/2002 1:58:00 PM

purple_stardust

I use a program called Breeder's Assistant for rat breeding. It's a nice program, and I really like the finished results, but getting it configured to begin with is PISSING ME OFF. It took me weeks to get it set up the way I wanted it on the old computer, and now I find out that the disk I made to transfer my old settings, won't. So now I have to start all over from scratch. This is really pissing me off. >:-{

   

Comments:
From: [info]wampithesilver
Date: 6/30/2002 9:45:12 AM

that sux major ass... i'd bitch to someone...anyone!
grr!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/30/2002 10:48:16 AM

I bitched to you, doesn't that count? lol

6/29/2002 9:45:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Music |CD - Billy Joel - New York State of Mind]

My oldest son turns 12 tomorrow, so I took him out to get his ear pierced this afternoon. He's been wanting it pierced for a couple of years, so I figured he was finally old enough to make his own decision about it.

When we were at the mall, I stopped at the silver kiosk, and was looking at the Star of David pendants. The owner of the kiosk started talking to me. He was kvetching about the lack of Jewish community in this area, and I told him about the synagogue in Maryland that I was going to go to.

He told me, that he didn't go there because he didn't like the rabbi. Turns out, rabbi Garfunkel is not married, yet has had a child by in vitro fertilization. Oh my. He said he was fairly Orthodox though, so I wonder if what he really doesn't like is that she's a woman rabbi, period.

   

6/29/2002 11:25:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Music |CD - Billy Joel - Big Shot]

Speaking of Jewishness, I decided to try kosher food. I bought matzo ball soup and gelfilte. Should be interesting. Come to think of it, I should eat dinner.

   

Comments:
From: [info]wampithesilver
Date: 6/30/2002 9:11:13 AM

Matzo ball soup and gelfilte fish is nummmmmmmmmmmy!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 7/1/2002 9:17:02 AM

Yeah, I didn't expect to like it, but it was REALLY good. I still have some of the gelfilte fish left, but I need more matzo ball soup and my regular store doesn't carry it. :(

6/30/2002 2:30:00 AM

purple_stardust

Dinner was good!

   

6/30/2002 1:20:00 PM

purple_stardust

Oh what the fuck? Windows Media Player won't play any of my .avi files at all (I've tried several different ones), and when I try Real Player, it says something about unsupported audio formats and not having the needed codec installed on the system. So I downloaded the DivX Video Bundle, and it plays the video picture, but still no sound. Does anyone know what could be wrong here?

   

6/30/2002 2:58:00 PM

purple_stardust
[Current Music |CD - Psychedelic Furs - The Ghost in You]

The person that I can't stand is at it again on the ratlist. This time it's about her disgust with Steve Irwin - AGAIN. I'm not a huge croc hunter fan either, but this girl is such a twit, I had to respond...

{As to him not hurting anyone... Well perhaps he's not, but his message to the public is this: "Reptiles are more important than mammals."}

Well, the show IS called the Crocodile Hunter. One would expect it to be about, umm, crocodiles, or reptiles. If he were the Baboon Hunter, you might get more of a mammalian slant, but with a name like "Crocodile Hunter" you should probably expect reptiles. What boggles MY mind is the number of people on this list who profess to hate Steve Irwin's show, yet clearly have watched it many times. Why? I'm not a big fan of his show either, so I don't watch it. Most television sets come with "off" buttons; they're very handy!

{At his zoo, rats are raised and gassed and fed to his precious crocs and snakes.}

As oppossed to the other zoos that feed their snakes free-range carrots...? Again, I understand you don't like Steve Irwin, but to single him out for feeding his reptiles the same thing that every other zoo feeds them, is fairly silly.

She REALLY bugs me.

   

Comments:
From: [info]gypsydance
Date: 6/30/2002 3:20:57 PM

Eh? People pissed off about folks feeding rats to reptiles? It's called "food chain", ladies and gentlemen. Guess what happens to rats that aren't owned by rat fanciers? You know, those ones out in the wild? They (prepare yourselves...) get eaten! :P

Bleh, I had a pet chicken and a pet pig. Ain't stopping me from eating either species. :P
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/30/2002 3:35:17 PM

No shit. I mean really, what else does she think they're gonna eat? Caesar salads? Taco Bell? Brussel sprouts? I love rats too, but they ARE part of the food chain, in ALL zoos, not just Steve Irwin's. Though to be honest, while this issue irks me anyway, I find it far more annoying coming from this particular little wench. I wish the crocs would eat HER...
From: [info]muridae
Date: 6/30/2002 4:01:15 PM

Boca burgers... moca burgers...

Oops, did I say that???
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/30/2002 4:06:55 PM

That is probably the single-most hysterically funny comment that I've ever read. =D
From: [info]muridae
Date: 6/30/2002 4:52:46 PM

Only 'cos you wish it was true! =D
From: [info]gypsydance
Date: 6/30/2002 6:33:53 PM

"I mean really, what else does she think they're gonna eat? Caesar salads? Taco Bell?"

Umm... you've HAD Taco Bell, right? There may well be some nice, juicy rat in there. :P
From: [info]arkady
Date: 6/30/2002 4:14:23 PM

It's people like that that are the reason why I'm not on ratlist....get enough idiots of that ilk on [info]ratties!!
From: [info]driftwood
Date: 6/30/2002 7:20:31 PM

Yeah, I've been reading those messages, too. Twit.
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 6/30/2002 7:42:43 PM

Oh, you haven't been on the ratlist long enough to fully understand how insanely annoying this girl is. She has HORRIBLE spelling, TERRIBLE grammar, she chops entire posts into 8-9 parts and answers each part with two or three words (ie: "LOL me too" and "yup same here"), and she has only three subject matters: spam and waste of bandwidth, computers and viruses (which she clearly knows nothing about), and how much she hates Steve Irwin. Once in a while she throws in that she hates cats, but that is pretty much it. I cannot stand her.
From: [info]driftwood
Date: 6/30/2002 7:58:01 PM

Re:
Ugh.

Yeah, I am slowly getting to know the undesirables and the people that I can stomach. She ain't one of em.

Fear the kitten! 6/30/2002 4:23:00 PM

purple_stardust


Kitten update: I've been calling the little nappy girl Marley, and the little dough ball boy Matzo. They're doing very well; even the little girl has put on weight and is finally eating without coaxing from me. They're terrors, but insanely cute.
   

Comments:
From: [info]muridae
Date: 6/30/2002 4:43:42 PM

IS THAT MY KITTEN???? MY KITTEN!!!! I LOVE MY KITTEN!!!!
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 7/1/2002 9:10:35 AM

Yeah, that's the little girl. Isn't she cute???
From: [info]eyeawry
Date: 6/30/2002 5:17:38 PM

Yeeee

So cute!!
From: [info]driftwood
Date: 6/30/2002 7:18:16 PM

Yay, Marley!! ;)
From: [info]sf_rose
Date: 6/30/2002 9:11:35 PM

Marley
looks just like my Ziggy, he of blessed memory... [sniff]

But honestly, they sound adorable. I miss having kitties of my own. =0/ (Roomie has allergies.)
From: [info]sf_rose
Date: 7/1/2002 12:52:40 AM

WAH!!!
I want a kitty, dammit.

I'm sorry...everytime I see that picture...I MELT. Into gooey, kitten loving sludge.

Someday...
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 7/1/2002 9:14:01 AM

Re: WAH!!!
Oh wow, I can't imagine not having a cat. Since I was a baby, I've always had a cat. Sometimes I've had ten cats, but I've always had at least one cat. You NEED to get a cat.

6/30/2002 10:53:00 PM

purple_stardust

Laurie, look! Phantasy Star 1-3 on GBA!

   

Comments:
From: [info]muridae
Date: 7/1/2002 12:39:23 AM

And that hits stores on what day, exactly?

=D
From: [info]purple_stardust
Date: 7/1/2002 9:08:39 AM

According to the main GBA page, Fall 2002. We WILL have to have this. And if PS 1-3 is coming out, can PS 4 be far behind?

Makes me giddy, I tell you.