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June 26th, 2009
08:07 pm [Link]	Headed to NH. Airports are hell, but the end result is worth it! Also, just got awesome news from a friend. :) Posted via LiveJournal.app. Current Location: US, Hawaii, Honolulu Tags: via ljapp (Leave a comment)
March 17th, 2009
09:58 am [Link]	Happy St. Patrick's Day! Posted via LiveJournal.app. Current Location: US, Hawaii, Honolulu, Honolulu Tags: via ljapp (4 comments \| Leave a comment)
February 15th, 2009
09:27 am [Link]	Latest tattoo :) I just got this last night--it was much easier than my back piece! Each of the flower petals have 4-5 shades in them, and the stamen have 3. Spike's color work is amazing! The smallest, lowest hibiscus is actually yellow, but it was the last one done, so looks orange due to both blood seepage and red skin. Oh, and being able to watch your tattoo being done? Makes it a LOT easier. :) Of course, now I'm starting to contemplate a 3/4 sleeve, ocean scene. >.> Heh. Current Location: Home Current Mood: cheerful Current Music: Blackfield (3 comments \| Leave a comment)
January 20th, 2009
07:15 am [Link]	BUSH IS GONE! Woo! Trying to focus on the good this morning. Posted via LiveJournal.app. Current Location: US, Hawaii, Honolulu, Honolulu Tags: via ljapp (Leave a comment)
December 31st, 2008
10:12 pm [Link]	Kipapa Gulch We've been having a lot of rain lately, and the ground is totally saturated. My roof leaks (my landlord doesn't want to get it fixed, damn it all), but there's plenty of people who have it worse... including those who live in Kipapa Gulch. Water coming off the hillside: Crossing the old Mililani Bridge: Backed up traffic: As I drove up the hill to Waipio, the police were on their way. I'm assuming they set up the road block soon after... Compacts were having trouble with the crossing when I made it, and I was quite glad of the SUV for once! It's just opened up about a half-hour ago, after about 6 hours closed. Current Location: Home Current Mood: tired (Leave a comment)
December 15th, 2008
07:19 pm [Link]	The tattoo is finished And right now I want to get drunk. Damn, it hurts! But so worth it, Spike did a kickass job. Srsly, if you want a good job done, go to North Shore Tatttoo (808-637-8661). Outline: After the first session (4 hours): Finished Product (2.5 hours): BTW, if you've never gotten a tattoo done: None of the ink is red. The dragon is greyscale except for the green eyes. :) Eventually, I'll fill in the rest of my back. After I forget how it feels, and after I get my leg started. :p Current Location: Home Current Mood: In pain (2 comments \| Leave a comment)
December 14th, 2008
09:36 am [Link]	Oh, fuck it. :) That's my basic attitude for the day. I'm not upset or angry, far from it! Actually, I'm even indulging in a touch of scheudenfraude re: Wasilla AoG burning. (http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/13/palin.church/index.html) Yes, I'm evil to enjoy this--but I was brought up in a AoG daughter cult, and trust me, they're evil. They want to take over the US, by force if necessary, and turn it into a theocracy to bring on the Rapture. /sigh And this evening, I really should go to the FRG Brigade gathering, which will be aggressively Evangelical/Pentecostal Christian, with no thought for anyone who isn't. But until I do that, I'm taking it easy. Old tank top and gym shorts, old movies, coffee, maybe some first gen Mario Bros... chili that I made last night... and li hing gummy bears. Christmas shopping can wait until tomorrow! Current Location: Home Current Mood: amused Current Music: CNN (3 comments \| Leave a comment)
December 11th, 2008
08:12 am [Link]	It doesn't storm often here But when it does, damn! I have a lovely little leak in my roof, the baseball fields across the street are a pond, and I was kept half-awake last night from the very loud, heavy rainfall. And we're still have heavy winds, and a forecast of more rain into tomorrow. Eep. However, on the bright side: If I feel safe driving this afternoon, I'm getting my tattoo completed this afternoon; and tomorrow I'm going to see the premiere of Milk with friends (thanks for the invite, Keori!). Now I'm off to make coffee. :p Current Location: Home Current Mood: sleepy Current Music: Obama's News Conference (Leave a comment)
December 7th, 2008
06:53 pm [Link]	A year... and counting Why is it that scent has such a huge effect on memory? I roasted a turkey yesterday, merely because I roast at least one turkey every year, and my freezer is sad without having at least some stock or turkey cubes or somesuch there. So yesterday I smelled roasting turkey. Today, it's the simmering stockpot (6 hours so far). And this time last year, this process was the last big thing Conrad and I did together before he deployed. He did the dishes and heavy lifting; I did the actual cooking. Well, actually, not the absolute LAST big thing. I helped him pack, both his own stuff, and the comm room. But that's a bit too depressing to think about, heh. And makes me remember just how much USAF deployments irk me. Four months? Really? Oy. (Yes, Michael, I'm talking to you. Poor boy, can't get any for 4 months. snerk) Anyway... The smell of turkey always reminds me of my little family. The kids, Conrad, a few friends who are more family than my 'real' family... Now is the holiday season, of holly and the bells, and waiting for March. Current Location: Home Current Mood: thoughtful (Leave a comment)
October 29th, 2008
11:42 am [Link]	At the Red Arrow Finally on solid ground. Of course, half my luggage didn't make it past Dullas, and there was a mixup with the rental car (but I got some discounts there). So I'll have brunch and then drive up to Rochester and take a blessed nap. :) Posted via LiveJournal.app. Current Location: The Red Arrow Tags: via ljapp (1 comment \| Leave a comment)
07:42 am [Link]	Hate traveling Waiting for my connection at Dullas. My atavan will wear off before I get on the plain, and I can't take more because I have to drive! Plans for the day: Get and load rental Go to Red Arrow for brunch Drive to Rochester, unload bags, crash on couch and try to be good company until I'm sent to nap, LOL. Posted via LiveJournal.app. Current Location: 38.964188, -77.443298 Tags: via ljapp (1 comment \| Leave a comment)
October 19th, 2008
07:00 pm [Link]	Next year... Tampa Bay played a good game. Still, I'm sorry my Red Sox didn't make it to the WS this year. Current Location: Home Current Mood: blah Current Music: Food Network (Leave a comment)
October 16th, 2008
10:33 pm [Link]	It's not finished (there's one more session to be done later), but this is what I spent my afternoon and evening doing. Having done. Whatever. Current Location: Home Current Mood: sore (4 comments \| Leave a comment)
October 10th, 2008
09:48 am [Link]	Too good to not share A Kazookeylele, must be seen to be believed. http://www.monkeyreview.co.uk/index.php/2008/10/09/i-introduce-the-kazookeylele-this-is-wha Current Mood: amused Current Music: The Final Countdown (Leave a comment)
07:24 am [Link]	Conneticut allows same-sex marriage http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27117467 Hee! This is how it's going to be spread across the country. Current Mood: chipper (Leave a comment)
October 8th, 2008
04:40 pm [Link]	Random rant Yes, I'm haole. No, that does NOT mean that I need a fork. If there is steamed rice involved, I use chopsticks, thank you very much. It's a good thing I have my own. headdesk Current Mood: irritated (Leave a comment)
October 3rd, 2008
04:38 pm [Link]	Trip jitters I hate traveling. I should be able to get used to it, as I've done so much in the past year, but not so much. But my tickets are bought, and I'll be spending the month of November in NH. Preliminary lodging has been arranged, thanks to a dear friend who offered up my old bedroom back to me (now with it's own thermostat!). I'm not looking forward to the cold... but I'm sure everyone else will have fun teasing me about it. There's still a lot of planning to do: setting up the rental car, packing, communicating with the ex about the kids and custody and them possibly missing a day of school so that they can come when I pick Conrad up, letting Rear-D command know that I'm going off-island and making sure they have current contact info, filling my scripts so I don't run out, emptying my fridge, getting my hair trimmed, putting the mail on hold... never-ending chores. Hopefully it all goes smoothly! And I'm nervous about seeing Conrad again, simply because it will have been 11 months since we've even been on the same continent, let alone the same room. And I'll have to let him go again after 18 days... I've been told it's harder the second time. The one bright spot is that because he's getting the last R&R, I'll have less time to wait for him to redeploy. Only the length of an Air Force deployment will be left! I can't wait for him to come back. Current Location: Home Current Mood: anxious (Leave a comment)
October 1st, 2008
04:36 pm [Link]	Little things... I just got a call from my temp agency. A particular company that I've worked with before has asked if I could fill in for their receptionist again. It's just a 1-day gig, but the fact that they asked for me made my day. In 14 days we finally find out when Conrad's getting leave. I'll have very little time to make the preparations for the trip to NH to meet him, but it should all work out. Hopefully. I'm really, really not looking forward to trying to find a hotel in November for 18+ days (have to take sandstorms into account!). But that's the way it is. Current Location: Home (1 comment \| Leave a comment)
September 6th, 2008
12:14 pm [Link]	It's a small, small world Really, that title is justified. At the end of my yoga class, I went outside to put on my slippers, and saw a husband waiting for his wife to come out. He was wearing a Red Sox shirt. I smiled, waved, and said, "Red Sox Nation!". He laughed and asked where I was from. "New Hampshire." "Really? I'm from Manchester! What area are you from?" "Oh, Seacoast, but grew up in Auburn." "Auburn? I went to Pinkerton..." "You've got to be joking." So on the ewa side of the island, there are 2 people who attended a high school 6 time zones away. Now, doesn't that in itself put that annoying little earworm in your head? Current Mood: amused (Leave a comment)
July 8th, 2008
07:55 pm [Link]	sorry for the language Oh, what's the point in even swearing. I just hate having to call people to let them know other people are dead. This is the 5th or 6th time I've had to do it so far. I hope that I don't end up informing a best friend this time. And I pray to all the gods that were, are, and will be that I never get that knock on the door. Current Mood: gloomy (Leave a comment)

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