not being a tremendously good break

[cornerofmadness]

I'm learning I'm getting less and less tolerant of mom buying me everything. We went to costco's and between us spent 200$. Granted nothing was junk/things we didn't need but still. I picked up a 16 GB flash drive for 25$ I can use it for my stories if nothing else nightly as my computer is having big time issues and I can not afford an external hard drive.

In good news, rain_oubliette is doing up art cards and the like with Japanese themes/sayings to sell to raise up a donation. She's looking for ideas. PM her if you have any.

My brother is doing worse and has to go back to talk to another surgeon next week. He doesn't even feel up for a visit from me. He's also very worried about how diminshed my shoulder is based on my responses to his questions.

Mom and I looked at Victoria, BC today.I found some fun things to do, relatively inexpensive, then learned the airlines have doubled in price. I may have to cancel out on this conference. I can't afford nearly 800$ in airfare alone. the school is giving me 900$ but if airfare eats it all I can not make up the difference. I'm really upset about this. Not only will I not be able to have another con in my portfolio for tenure but I will have to bow out of the 900$.

This also means there is probably no prayer I can go to Wales if I'm selected.

I could shoot firefox today, Not only is it insistant that my work website is a hacker site and telling it is still would not relent so I could look at my freaking email it also insisted my password was wrong at photobucket (it wasn't, it was a saved password) and LOCKED me out for two hours. Firefox does this to me all the time with the passwords.

I had a weird dream last night, I dreamt dad called us all to the back porch to see some kind of deer I've never heard of. However, the back patio was now a solarium and my uncle's two dogs Ben (golden) and Chucka (lab) were there (both are dead mind you), Ben was on his back paws because the deer had gotten inside. The deer had boar heads. furry boar heads. Ben jumped and knocked down a huge glass collection and beer stein collection. Mom and I were devestated. Pig-deer...okay brain

In good news, both of my help_japan offers are doing good (fanfic and original) if you're interested, check them out.





I really want inside here. Sigh.


ETA - my auctions my fanfiction offer here


Jana’s help japan offering

Comments

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

If you get inside there, I want lots of pictures.

That's...a dream, all right.

Yay for your auctions! Which you didn't provide a link to this time.

That really, really sucks about the conference and the airflights. And Wales.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

that might land me in jail

indeed

rectified

yeah it does, they're making it impossible for people to travel

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, well, you know what they say about jail. Somewhere.

Coolness.

So much for us poor people ever traveling, you mean.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

right

well at this point they've taken out the entire middle class too

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Only rich people get to do fun things? :\

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

pretty much. think of it this way if my parents were to join me it's 1600$ down and they haven't eaten or got a hotel yet

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

...whee.

[likeabulldozer.livejournal.com]

Have you tried google chrome? I've switched from Firefox to it lately and so far I'm fairly impressed with it.

Have you checked some of the deals online with airfare? It sucks that they doubled prices like that but it doesn't surprise me. Airlines are assholes in general.

That church is gorgeous. I don't blame you for wanting inside it.

I'll keep your brother and your shoulder in my thoughts.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

dad's computer so no. i couldn't squeeze it past my broadband at home sadly

yes i did and even there it's double what i quoted the school back in dec.

that's actually a mental hospital/ home for people with severe disabilities and has been abandoned for some time

thanks

[ital-gal.livejournal.com]

sorry about your brother and money and everything.

i switched from Firefox to Google Crome. It is much less troublesome than Firefox has become.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thanks

yeah i can't make chrome load here so, or i would

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

I'm really sorry about the conference. It seems so unfair.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

i might still get there but the easiest way to go it (since the ferry leaves only twice as day) is to go a day early but then I have to stay in Seattle which isSO expensive and yuo can tack on another 100 because flying on friday is more expensive. sigh

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

I tell you, things just always go from bad to worse for you. The world is out to get you, but at least most of the time you say "fuck you, world!" and somehow make it anyway! Good luck on figuring out the airfare (have you trolled around online for bargains? Sometimes you can find really smokin' deals).

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

that quote WAS the smoking deal. It's insane. i may have to give it up and have my surgery in may or something. we shall see

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

Urgh.

We'll keep our fingers crossed.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thanks

[rain-oubliette.livejournal.com]

First, thanks for the pimpage. :D

Second, if you ever want to go on a "Fuck You, World" killing spree or something, you have my phone number. I got yer back.

Third, what is the name of the mental hospital? that is a really creepy place. I'd totally go in. I'm crazy. There was an abandoned house in my neighborhood and I got in there. Supposedly there was a murder suicide in the place. I think it was a bullshit story. Is there a cemetery on the property?

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

no problem

good to know

Morganza as you now know. I would go in too and my fat ass would fall thru a rotted board.

i asked mom the cemetery question myself but she didn't know

[rain-oubliette.livejournal.com]

That's the bad thing about abandoned buildings - no one takes care of them! Heh. I'd still go in. I'm crazy. >:D I wanna go to Waverly Hills in Kentucky sometime. Or even Moundsville Prison. Both are abandoned but I think there is a caretaker there to keep morons like me out but also maintain the building.

On a side note, are there any interesting cemeteries in Pittsburgh? Old Victorian ones? I went through the one here in York over the weekend. The Bricker family has erected a mausoleum complete with their Bricker's Fries logo done in mosaic in front of it. :D It's very nice. Has a plaque on it that tells the story of the family, too, which I think is very classy. It's really touching, too, as the only people in it right now are the parents of the french fry guy... and he evidently loved his folks very much. :)

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Waverly and Moundsville are maintained to a point and run expensive ghost tours out of them

Hmmm you know, i'm not sure. I don't go into the city much. I could look around. I'm sure they would have to have some

that is cool about the Bricker family