Samuraiko

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... "You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Funksaw again." Sorry, man! Michelle aka Samuraiko

Re: The cranky thread Interesting theory. And while I appreciate the offering of the shotgun... *reaches behind the front door to pull out a katana* In the famous words of Danny Glover in Silverado, "This oughta do." I wrote two poems in my life about my dreams. Both are so graphic and disturbing that they freak the hell out of most people. I doubt the administrators of the NGD would be too happy about me posting them on a forum with no age limit.

Re: The cranky thread The problem is, I can't remember most of the time. Mainly because the shock of falling over something when I get up is so strong that it jostles it right out of my head. And the dreams have been getting weirder. People I haven't thought about in YEARS are showing up there. One recurrent theme is seeing how alternate timelines of my life would have played out (that's not what gives me nightmares, though). But whatever it is, almost every single time, when I wake up, I am practically lunging off the bed to get away from something. It's possible that it was me, but dream-walking rarely gives me such nightmares. Exhaustion, yes, nightmares, no. As a general rule, I take sufficient precautions to keep my sleeping self protected. And the thought that someone is strong enough to get through my wards is enough to give me nightmares, since very few people can do that. Michelle aka Samuraiko

Re: The cranky thread I am getting tired and desperately want to sleep, but for the last several nights, I have woken up nearly screaming from nightmares. Nearly every night, I jerk awake shaking, then after falling out of bed in a mad dash to get away, tripping over stuff on the floor, and stumbling down the hallway toward John sleeping in the living room, I spend a good hour sitting on the loveseat near him staring at my bedroom afraid to go back inside and go to sleep. It's gotten to where I push myself until 3 in the morning in the hopes of being so exhausted that I won't dream. Michelle aka Samuraiko

Re: A Thread for Random Musings Watched my first episode of Dragonball GT today, and have once again learned that even though they are animated characters, Goku and Vegeta at Super Saiyan 4 are two of the hottest guys I have ever seen. And even better, since Sean Schemmel and Chris Sabat (their respective voice actors) do the voices a little lower and grittier for the two of them in GT, they sound incredibly sexy. *shiver* Oooooooh... I know, I know, I'm depraved. At least I admit it. Michelle aka Samuraiko

Re: A Thread for Random Musings Got the last volume of Dragonball Z - The Cell Games: Nightmare's End last night on DVD (woohoo!) and watched it... I got a bit of a surprise watching it all the way through (since, unlike on the videotapes, the DVDs have the recaps and next episode blurbs), when, in the recap before "Free the Future", the narrator (mis)quotes the Bible! ("O death where is thy victory? O grave where is thy sting?", from Corinthians I, 15:55) Wow... when did DBZ get educated? Must remember to drop them a line and compliment them (and remind them they got it wrong). And I wonder how many people didn't get the quote... Michelle aka Samuraiko

Re: The cranky thread Oweee... my hands, wrists, and arms hurt. Had to type a report for Dad, but since I'm at Mom's, I used her keyboard... which is like half the size of mine and is at TOTALLY the wrong height for me. Owwwww... I hate her keyboard. Love her computer and the cable modem, but owwww... Screw it, Dad's not getting the other report until tomorrow when I can do it at home on my OWN damned computer. Michelle aka Samuraiko

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... At last night's 7th Sea game... *on the Vodacce courtesan Gabrielle pulling an NPC Avalon lady aside to give her romantic advice* "Hey, it's "Dear Gabby!" *our Inish PC on a Montaigne NPC asking our Montaigne PC for some Montaigne wine* "Why? Does he need to get grass-stains out of the knees of his pants?" *a more gutter-minded PC on the crew of the Black Dawn having additional spare cash lying around because of their Captain's prodigious luck* "Yeah, I'm sure that they've picked up lots of booty." Michelle aka Samuraiko

Re: The cranky thread *looks startled* Whoa, whoa, hang on. I said something... MEANINGFUL?! *then she realizes what being "sigged" means when the page refreshes and she sees Dr. A's signature* Oh, AWESOME! Wow. Never been considered sig-worthy before... Michelle aka Samuraiko

Re: Musings on Random Musings God, now I really AM hungry... And there's nothing in the house. *sniffle* Michelle aka Samuraiko

Re: The cranky thread Here's the secret to writing a book, CF... start one page at a time. I'm not kidding. I'll use me as an example (have other friends who are authors, and not just Skaramine, and they'd agree with this example). My book started with a dream (real honest to God sleeping at night dream). I fell asleep listening to music, as I sometimes do. (The song in question, by the way, is "Nail's Gift" from Dragonball Z, a beautiful piece of music). And in my sleep, I had a dream about Goku and a woman standing side by side at the edge of Kami's Lookout, which is a castle way way WAY up in the clouds high above the earth. I thought, "What a great idea for a painting." Woke up enough to jot down what I'd seen in my head, then went back to sleep. Next day, I looked at my notes and started doodling, and then I thought to myself, "I wonder if there's a story in this..." Namely, who the woman was I had dreamed about standing there with Goku. Then bit by bit, I kept adding to it. One page became a twelve page short story. Then I wanted to see what happened before and after that short story, so I kept going. At last count now, a little over a year later, that one page of notes has been expanded into 310 8.5x11 pages. It's like the damned thing wrote itself. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step and a cash advance. Don't worry yet about where you're going. Just get going. Michelle aka Samuraiko

Re: A Thread for Random Musings I have this weird craving all of a sudden for a bag of gourmet potato chips from Cost Plus World Market, and a bottle of red wine, preferably Sonoita's wine of three blends (cabernet, merlot, and something else, I forget). And a block of some strong cheese, like gorgonzola. The gourmet snack food of champions. Michelle aka Samuraiko

Re: Musings on Random Musings "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"? Michelle aka Samuraiko

Re: Musings on Random Musings What exactly is the Buddy List? (I know the Ignore List means people whose posts you don't even see, just skips right over them...) Michelle aka Samuraiko

Re: The cranky thread On the bright side, today in Phoenix it is cool, breezy, and sunny... gorgeous day. Days like this I wanna go to the lake, take a picnic basket, and go fly kites with my husband. Ain't no way I could do this back home in New York in February if I tried... Michelle aka Samuraiko

Re: The cranky thread I've also got ginger ale, but I ain't sharing that... that's for my tummy. Sorry, Skar, I keep forgetting you can't have any. And I don't keep anything with Nutrasweet or whatnot in the house 'coz I'm violently allergic to it. Hmmm... *draws upon her magical powers and a bowl of fresh fruit appears in her outstretched hand* Will this do? *peeks in to see what's in there* Dibs if I find a pomegranate... Michelle aka Samuraiko

Re: The cranky thread *wanders around the thread giving hugs to those who need it* Wish I could do more to help, guys... *holds up a bag of M&Ms* I'll share if it'll make you smile! And this is a major sacrifice on my part, I'll have you know... Michelle aka Samuraiko

Re: Musings on Random Musings Okay, I'm back, just sent the latest edition to Southern Cross and Northstar, hope they like it... I am waiting up til midnight to see if John's VSI check gets here... oh, God, I hope so! Michelle aka Samuraiko

Re: The cranky thread Hey, if it makes you feel any better, my undergraduate GPA upon graduated was 2.98 (it improved to 3.104 after I graduated and retook three classes and raised my GPA). That's what I get for f***ing around in college my first four years... I'm hoping to get the faculty position. Job date closes March 4th, which gives me enough time to run to Tucson and grab several copies of my transcripts, as well as possibly nabbing a letter of recommendation from my advisors! My real goal is teaching at full university level (something I'd have aspired to at the U of Arizona while still there, but Tucson didn't have enough job opportunities for hubby mine), but that option is still open once I go back to school for the Ph.D. I graduated well enough to write my own ticket at almost any university once I go back to college. The job-hunt goes ever on and on... Down from the door where it began... Michelle aka Samuraiko

Re: The cranky thread Found two promising looking jobs, only problem - let's hear it for that old favorite - I'm not certified! UGH! On the bright side, I might, repeat MIGHT have found a faculty position I qualify for at one of the local community colleges! Oh, God, I hope so... the pay is nice ($38,549 - $63,488), and it looks really good on a resume! Closing date is March 4th, so we'd have to tighten our belts til then (plus a day trip to Tucson for the transcripts, they don't mail unofficial ones, nor do they fax em, so it's down to the Valley for a day). In the meantime, the job search goes on... a few of the local schools are looking for reading assistants (which was my thing when I student-taught), and I am talking to the Dept of Ed's office about getting certification as a Reading Specialist... if I can ever get these people to call me back! And why am I grumpy, you might ask? Well, when I went on to the UA's website to find out about my transcript, I learned, after looking at my profile, that I missed getting summa cum laude by 0.02! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?! I needed a 3.9 and I have a 3.888?!?!? ARGH! Michelle aka Samuraiko

Re: Musings on Random Musings Chocolate fondue... only way to go. Damn it all, now I'm hungry. But my fun project for today (other than cleaning the inside of my car) is working on Skaramine's trailer. Also, them's that have been eagerly following my job search with bated breath, I think I can get certification from the State as a Reading Specialist, which will vastly improve my job search (I hope). Cheers, Michelle aka Samuraiko

Re: Musings on Random Musings *yawn* I'll be in the corner taking a nap. Michelle aka Samuraiko

Re: Musings on Random Musings Well, I'm getting ready to send Gewing and Skaramine my new and improved trailer (man, I rock)... it's so nice to know that people actually wanna see my stuff! *pause* The trailer created, I mean. Michelle aka Samuraiko

Re: Musings on Random Musings *looks at the link Skaramine sent her and starts laughing* I was reading that page while waiting for you to send me to a page! *reads Klytus' message* True, true... I guess my bum's not too bad if John tries to love-slap it every chance he can get... usually when I'm unlocking the front door and he accompanies it with "come on, boo, move your butt!" Michelle aka Samuraiko

Re: Musings on Random Musings What kind of music do you think I should use? Something dark, stalking, low and sinister? Or something very in-your-face-I'm-gonna-liquify-your-head intense? Michelle aka Samuraiko