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09:37 pm - I'm blue

What Color Are You?

BLUES are motivated by INTIMACY, seek opportunities to genuinely connect with others, and need to be appreciated. They do everything with quality and are devoted and loyal friends and employers/employees. Whatever or whomever they commit to are their sole (and soul) focus. They love to serve and will give freely of themselves in order to nurture others lives.BLUES, however, do need to be understood. They have distinct preferences and occasionally the somewhat controlling (but always fair) personality of a confident leader. Their code of ethics is remarkably strong and they expect others to live honest, committed lives as well. They enjoy sharing meaningful moments in conversation as well as remembering special life events (i.e., birthdays and anniversaries). BLUES are dependable, thoughtful, nurturing, and can also be self-righteous, a bit worry-prone, and emotionally intense. They are like sainted pit-bulls who never let go of something once they are committed. When you deal with a BLUE, be sincere, make an effort to truly understand them, and truly appreciate them.
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09:57 pm - Type of Intuition

More Scientific You have: 70% SCIENTIFIC INTUITION and 55% EMOTIONAL INTUITION

The graph on the right represents your place in Intuition 2-Space. As you can see, you scored about average on emotional intuition and above average on scientific intuition.Keep in mind that very few people score high on both! In effect, you can compare your two intuition scores with each other to learn what kind of intuition you're best at. Your scientific intuition is stronger than your emotional intuition. Your Emotional Intuition score is a measure of how well you understand people, especially their unspoken needs and sympathies. A high score score usually indicates social grace and persuasiveness. A low score usually means you're good at Quake. Your Scientific Intuition score tells you how in tune you are with the world around you; how well you understand your physical and intellectual environment. People with high scores here are apt to succeed in business and, of course, the sciences. Try my other test! The 3 Variable Funny Test It rules.

03:32 pm - Money, money, money

My tuition is due on Friday, money is not in my acct. yet, so I can't drop it off. Then I noticed that visa was not one of the cards they accept for tuition payment. What kinda school doesn't accept visa? Ok, so my plan now is to go into the school(something I don't want to do) and stand in a line to pay. Now, if most students are like me, the probability that there will be a long line is pretty damn high. Needless, to say I am not looking forward to this. On top of that I have to go into the school next Saturday at 7:30AM, yessss, 7:30AM, that's earlier than getting up to go to work. But, it's only one day, hopefully, it won't be too bad. Where is the convience of this external degree program? I am not seeing it yet. Can't wait to see what my first class without walls wil be like.

Also, got dh a new cell phone, the first bill is $134. I hate watiting for bills. I still have medical bills from December to pay, even though I paid like three large ones last week. Gas has gone up, so $10 does not look like anything anymore. Insurance is due in a month. And, to top it off, my father-in-law has decided to take a vacation and stay with us, since his oldest son has been kicked out for good now and lives nowhere.

Overtime money is already being calculated in my head and being spent before it even gets here. You will not here me complain about working more since it will be helping to pay insurance and pay bills, bills, bills.

08:22 am

I love my last name, it fits me so well.

My japanese name is 浜野 Hamano (seaside field) 歩 Ayumi (walk, deeper meaning: walk your own way).
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02:31 pm - Tricky Tray is here again

I can't wait to go tonight and waste my money on a 1 out of 350 chance of winning some prizes(some of which are pretty lame). Hope I win something like that hotel stay I did last year. Twenty books won't get me far but I am going to walk in optimistic.

12:54 pm - It's been a while

Let's see,

I had my first filling in 28 years last week. My record is now broken. Finally, happy to have a decent dentist do the job.

My car was towed = $200

Paid his license fine - AGAIN = $250+$100 =$350

Worried about my sick child, runny nose, watery eyes, short breathing. Found out, through a request for his allergy report - I couldn't find my copy. He is allergic to SOY, which I totally didn't remember. Very limited food shopping list now, since almost every god damn thing has soy in it. This week, I'm happy to say that he is breathing normally, and his nose is clear.

Debating whether to go to DC trip in April or Canada camping trip in August. I don't want to be far away with this child of mine and his terrible Spring allergies.

And, I finally paid off my car - WOOHOO! Immediately going to put a large portion of that to savings(automatically) - don't trust myself to do it. And, the rest of it is already being eaten by bills, bills, bills.

Yesterday, I registered for my first college course in two or three years. I hope this external program works for me. I've never done school away from school. This should be very interesting, since I am a huge procrastinator.

Current Mood: blank

01:42 pm - A chuckle

If BET were a High School...
>
>- Jay-Z would be the popular B-Ball star who everyone envied.
>- Beyonce would be the Head Cheerleader who dated the B-Ball star and
>who's Dad was the School Principal.
>- Kelly and Michelle would be make up Beyonce's Mean Girl Clique.
>- Lil' Kim would be the fast ass ghetto girl with style who was
>secretly dating the Health Teacher.
>- Jennifer Lopez would be the fashionista who had dated most of the
>Football Team.
>- P. Diddy would be the guy who threw parties every Friday night after
>the game.
>- Biggie would be the fat, ugly guy who had a fine girlfriend that had
>everyone scratching their heads.
>- Eminem would be the token White guy in the most notorious Black crew
>who had everyone's respect.
>- Pharrell was the Black guy who hung out with mostly white people, but

>was still respected by Blacks.
>- Joss Stone was the groovy White Chick who only dated brothas.
>- R. Kelly would be the guy who graduated three years ago who was stiil

>parking in the School's parking lot after school looking for Tender
Roni's.
>- Ja Rule would be the wannabe thug who always imitated the most
>popular thug, Tupac.
>- 50 Cent would be the guy who lived in the weight room who intimidated

>everybody.
>- Nelly would be the fly country boy that excelled in Sports.
>- Chris Brown w ould be the Freshman who hald his own against the Big
Dogs.
>- Usher would be the pretty boy who was always dancing in the Hallways
>trying to impress the ladies by showing them his abs.
>- Whitney & Bobby would be the drunk embarassing parents who was coming

>to see about their bad assed kid.
>- D-Block and Ruff Ryders would be the gangsta clicks who played sports

>and stole things. Most of the click was usually suspended.
>- Keyshia Cole would be the chick with a different hair color every
week.
>- Mary J. Blige would be the chick with a different hair style every
week.
>- Outkast would be the school Hippies.
>- Sean Paul would be the Jamacian cat who pulled ladies because of his
>accent.
>- Kanye West would be the Debate Team champion during his entire High
>School Tenure. He would also be the guy fighting some kind of senseless

>cause.
>- Lil' Jon would be the kid always sent out of class because he didn't
>know how to whisper when cheating on a test.
>- Jaheim was the thug who strangely loved Choir Class.
>- Dr. Dre would be the 20 year old Senior.
>- Mariah Carey would be the mixed chick who hung with every Ethnic
>group at school.
>- T.I. would be the little dude always talking mess.
>- Alicia Keys would be the pretty Honor student who was rough around
>the edges.
>- Missy Elliott would be the girl in the slow classes with Mase.
>- Ciara would be the tall chick with the little ass boyfriend, Bow Wow.
>- Ludacris was the class clown who was always trying to hook up with
girls.
>- LL Cool J. would be the hunky Phys. Ed. teacher who had mostly a
>female class because they were waiting for him to bend over in his
>little shorts so they could giggle.
>- Toni Braxton would be the hot Nurse who was always had the male
>students in her office.
>- Janet Jackson would be the sexy Dance teacher who was engaged to the
>litlle ass Band Director, Jermaine Dupri.
>- Madonna would be the Human Sexuality teacher who always had parents
>in an uproar because their childrens homework assignments would be too
explicit.
>- Ronald Isley would be the Jheri Curled janitor who's been working for

>forty years and had no desire to retire.


"Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe,
and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." (Christopher
Robin to Pooh)

11:26 pm - Shani Davis

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02:04 pm - Subject: Life Without Black People

A very humorous and revealing story is told about a group of white people
who were fed up with African Americans, so they joined together and wished
themselves away.
They passed through a deep dark tunnel and emerged in sort of a twilight
zone where there is an America without black people.

At first these white people breathed a sigh of relief.

At last, they said, No more crime, drugs, violence and welfare.

All of the blacks have gone! Then suddenly, reality set in. The "NEW
AMERICA" is not America at all-only a barren land.
1. There are very few crops that have flourished because
the nation was built on a slave-supported system.
2. There are no cities with tall skyscrapers because Alexander Mils, a
black man, invented the elevator, and without it, one finds great difficulty

reaching higher floors.
3. There are few if any cars because Richard Spikes, a black man, invented

the automatic gearshift, Joseph Gambol, also black, invented the Super
Charge System for Internal Combustion Engines, and Garrett A. Morgan, a
black man,
invented the traffic signals.
4. Furthermore, one could not use the rapid transit system because its
procurer was the electric trolley, which was invented by another black man,

Albert R. Robinson.
5. Even if there were streets on which cars and a rapid transit
system could operate, they were cluttered with paper because an African
American,
Charles Brooks, invented the street sweeper.
6. There were few if any newspapers, magazines and books because John Love

invented the pencil sharpener, William Purveys invented the fountain pen, and

Lee Barrage invented the Type Writing Machine and W. A. Love invented the
Advanced Printing Press. They were all, you guessed it, Black.
7. Even if Americans could write their letters, articles and books, they
would not have been transported by mail because William Barry invented the
Postmarking and Canceling Machine, William Purveys invented the Hand Stamp
and
Philip Downing invented the Letter Drop.
8. The lawns were brown and wilted because Joseph Smith invented the Lawn
Sprinkler and John Burr the Lawn Mower.
9. When they entered their homes, they found them to be poorly ventilated
and poorly heated. You see, Frederick Jones invented the Air Conditioner
and
Alice Parker the Heating Furnace. Their homes were also dim. But of course,
Lewis Lattimer later invented the Electric Lamp, Michael Harvey invented the

lantern and Granville T. Woods invented the Automatic Cut off Switch.
Their homes were also filthy because Thomas W. Steward invented the Mop &
Lloyd P. Ray the Dust Pan.
10. Their children met them at the door-barefooted, shabby, motley and
unkempt. But what could one expect? Jan E. Matzelinger invented the Shoe
Lasting
Machine, Walter Sammons invented the Comb, Sarah Boone invented the Ironing

Board and George T. Samon invented the Clothes Dryer.
11. Finally, they were resigned to at least have dinner amidst all of this
turmoil. But here again, the food had spoiled because another Black Man,
John
Standard invented the refrigerator.
Now, isn't that something? What would this country be like without the
contributions of Blacks, as African-Americans?

Martin Luther King, Jr. said, "By the time we leave for work, Americans have

depended on the inventions from the minds of Blacks."

Black history includes more than just slavery, Frederick Douglass, Martin
Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and Marcus Garvey & W.E.B. Dubois.

10:49 am

Ok, I figured I should just type this out since it's been swimming around in my head for the last couple of weeks.
I plan on going back to school again this summer. The problem is, I can't decide on what to major in - should it be History or Psychology? I'd really rather do an art degree but I don't know the first thing about drawing and I never even picked up a brush to paint anything, although I would love to learn. Plus, I really just want to finish this damn degree fast. With psych, I would only have about 18 credits (damn that seems long) and I'll be done. Don't know about history yet.

I wonder what the art courses are like?

10:37 am - Introvert Advantage: How to thrive in an extrovert world

I just bought this book and even though I already knew that I was introverted. I still like reading about ways to cope with it in this extroverted world we live in. I got to read a lot of it this weekend since dh decided to give me a day off yesterday. He took J out sledding and visited his mother. It was pure heaven for me, I spent the entire day in complete silence with my books. I felt so good, I decided to cook. That's something I never do just out of the blue. I really do need peace and quiet to replenish my energy, it felt so good. Now, if only I could figure out a way to do this everyday for a couple hours. The other book I'm reading off and on is, "How to win friends and influence people." Apparently, it's been a best seller since the 60's. I am trying some of the ideas, some I'm not even bothering with, it will just take up too much of my energy. But, it's still a good read, even though the title kept me from reading it for a while. It just seemed so desperate sounding.

Current Mood: awake

12:51 pm - New Interset

Well, after reading gobs of articles this weekend. I've found a new interest - Programming. Am I now a cert. geek/nerd? I figured I like computers, I am always on one and I would most likely be updating dh's website once it's done. So, I might as well learn more about it.
If anyone knows me well, they know that I get interested in things and go diving for more info.

In the past I've had interests in web design, magazine writing, coaching, homeschooling, unschooling, multiple intelligences, enneagram, Myer-Briggs tests, singing, and on and on. A couple of them have stuck, like unschooling and singing; can't say the same for coaching at this point but I paid a bunch of money and I will finish the course.

For a while I thought that maybe something was wrong because I tend to lose interest and never finish anything. But, I'd like to think that maybe I didn't finish because it just didn't interest me anymore and I learned all I wanted to know. Or it could be that it got to be too difficult and I chose the lazy way out. Hopefully, it's not the latter.

11:13 am - Do what you love

I found myself nodding in agrrement to this article. Although at times I thought his way of explaining things could have been a little better. But, nonetheless, it is a good article on doing what you love.

http://www.paulgraham.com/love.html

11:02 am

From another group -

According to research by "psychologists Jason Rentfrow of the
University of Cambridge in the U.K., and Sam Gosling at the
University of Texas at Austin,"... "strangers can accurately asses
another person's level of creativity, open-mindedness and
extroversion after listening to his or her top 10 favorite songs.
Rentfrow thinks that personality clues are conveyed in the music's
tempo, rhythm and lyrics."

"Fans of jazz, classical, and other 'complex' music typically have
above-average IQ scores."

"Fans of country and Top 40 hits tend to be more conventional,
honest and conservative compared with fans of other genres."

"Steven Stack, a psychologist at Wayne State University in
Michigan... says dramatic personalities are drawn to opera, not
influenced by it."

Young "fans of gangsta rap or heavy metal are often more timid and
shy than other kids."

"Extroverts gravitate to music with a heavy bass line, according to
a Northeast Louisiana University study."

"Fans of energetic music like dance and soul are more likely to
impulsively blurt out their thoughts, compared with fans of other
styles."

02:51 pm - Music is calling me

I've been listening to my favorite radio station everyday on launchcast and looking into all the artists I like. And, it's sorta weird that music I like now. Since the chemicals came off my hair I seem to be listening to new things or maybe it's all in my head and I would have liked it before but I still wonder about it.

Last night I watched part of Independent lens on PBS. They followed 3 teen girls going through the San Francisco juvenile facilities. It was really greabbing for me, especially, since I have a niece in the system that I can't see or help. After watching it, I sorta felt that I should get involved helping teen girls one day.

Current Mood: blah

08:34 am - Interesting questions - to me anyway.

Found this from another blog. It made me chuckle.

Last night I played a blank tape at full blast. The mime next door went nuts.

If a person with multiple personalities threatens suicide, is that considered a hostage situation?

Just think how much deeper the ocean would be if sponges didn't live there.

If olive oil comes from olives, where does baby oil come from?

I went for a walk last night and my kids asked me how long I'd be gone.
I said, "The whole time."

So what's the speed of dark?

How come you don't ever hear about gruntled employees?
And who has been dis-ing them?

After eating, do amphibians need to wait an hour before getting OUT of the water?

Why don't they just make mouse-flavored cat food?

If you're sending someone some Styrofoam, what do you pack it in?

I just got skylights put in my place. The people who live above me are furious.

Why do they sterilize needles for lethal injections?

Do they have reserved parking for non-handicapped people at the Special Olympics?

When a man talks dirty to a woman, its sexual harassment. When a woman talks dirty to a man, it's $3.95 per minute.

If it's tourist season, why can't we shoot them?

Isn't Disney World a people trap operated by a mouse?

Whose cruel idea was it for the word "lisp" to have an "s" in it?

Since light travels faster than sound, is that why some people appear bright until you hear them speak?

How come abbreviated is such a long word?

If it's zero degrees outside today and it's supposed to be twice as cold tomorrow, how cold is it going to be?

Why do we press harder on a remote-control when we know the battery is dead?

Since Americans throw rice at weddings, do Asians throw hamburgers?

Why are they called buildings, when they're already finished? Shouldn't they be called builts?

Why are they called apartments, when they're all stuck together?

Why do banks charge you a "non-sufficient funds fee"
on money they already know you don't have?

If the universe is everything, and scientists say that the universe is expanding, what is it expanding into?

If you got into a taxi and the driver started driving backward, would the taxi driver end up owing you money?

What would a chair look like if your knees bent the other way?

If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to see it, do the other trees make fun of it?

Why is a carrot more orange than an orange?

When two airplanes almost collide why do they call it a near miss? It sounds like a near hit to me!

Why are there five syllables in the word "monosyllabic"?

Why do they call it the Department of Interior when they are in charge of everything outdoors?

Why do scientists call it research when looking for something new?

If vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat?

When I erase a word with a pencil, where does it go?

Why is it, when a door is open it's ajar, but when a jar is open, it's not adoor?

Tell a man that there are 400 billion stars and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint and he has to touch it.

How come Superman could stop bullets with his chest, but always ducked when someone threw a gun at him?

If "con" is the opposite of "pro", what is the opposite of progress?

Why is it that lemon juice contains mostly artificial ingredients but dishwashing liquid contains real lemons?

Why buy a product that it takes 2000 flushes to get rid of?

Why do we wait until a pig is dead to "cure" it?

Why do we wash bath towels? Aren't we clean when we use them?

Why do we put suits in a garment bag and garments in a suitcase?

Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?

Do Roman paramedics refer to IV's as "4's"?

What do little birdies see when they get knocked unconscious?

Why didn't Tarzan have a beard? How did he shave?

Should you trust a stockbroker who's married to a travel agent?

Is boneless chicken considered to be an invertebrate?

Do married people live longer than single people or does it just seem longer?

I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?"
She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.

If all those psychics know the winning lottery numbers, why are they all still working?

Isn't the best way to save face to keep the lower part shut?

War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.

11:17 pm - Fading Interests

I think something is utterly wrong with me. Why oh why do I suddenly get so interested in something only to have it whither away. I't sorta like watching the beautiful leaves on the trees come out in spring only to watch them dry up and float to the ground come fall. It never seems to fail me. After such a long break off from work and coaching classes, I suddenly feel like quitting this whole coaching thing. It's just too much energy and seems like such a waste. I know I won't be able to get clients or even want to try. I signed up for some more classes and I'm so not into anything the lady is saying. All those feelings of excitement that I had last February are so gone. Maybe it's just PMS creeping up on me but somehow I doubt it. Wish I could just find something that excites me forever.

01:45 pm - Florida Mayhem

Where do I even begin. This trip went down as one of the worst ever. Most of my time was spent at the lovely Palms West Hospital. Here's the story -
Friday night I noticed him coughing a little, no problem, I'll just whip out the nebulizer and be done with it. Saturday, coughing gets worse, I get worried and call doctor in NJ, gets Rx and waits for it to kick in. All the while thinking, I should really just go to the emergency room, let's family know what I'm thinking, they say, don't worry, he'll be fine, give him some ginger bear and stop calling thing on d chile. Christmas day he's still breathing funny, fever coming and going, he complains of pain while on potty, but acting pretty normal (goes outside and plays with the scooter). Sunday night, I am through waiting, I ask my aunt to take me to the emergency room. Get to JFK hospital, very nice folks, place pretty sparse because of xmas day. Get him in, he has a temperature, they send us to the patient area, try to give him neb treatment, he can't take a deep breath without relentless coughing. Lovely, nurse tells me I did the right thing by bringing him in, his airway was seriously inflamed. This stupid kid tries to take blood, from him -he can't get anything out, my baby is screaming. Head nurse comes over and gets the job done. Take xray and sit and wait, and we're then told he has to go to the children's hospital down the street. We wait for the ambulance -it's xmas night, not too many paramedics want to work that day. Two young guys, one a surfer, the other a cute Venezuelan, take us over to Palms West Hosp. in the ambulance, my baby says, mom, if I die, don't cry, ok. The paramedic looks at me, I look at him. What am I to say? I quickly reassure him he won't die with tears in my eyes. We get there and go straight to the room where we spent the next four and half days being awoken by nurses, and respiratory therapists every four hours. Not to mention the lovely blood samples that had to be taken everyday at 6AM. We are told he won't be discharged until his white blood cell numbers go up and it won't be on the day we are supposed to leave, so Jetblue had to be called. We leave two days later, and miraculously my mother met a saint at the airport when they were leaving who put us in the first seat on the plane back. I wish I could have gotten his name to thank him. JJ wears his mask home(doctors orders), airplanes are breeding grounds for germs. We finally get home and he feels much better. This mommy needs some rest.

09:50 am - I'm a Diva cup user

Well, I made dh take me to NY to get my divacup and it took us two hours to go, find the place and get out of NY. Traffic was ridiculous. Anyway, I did a dry run last night with it. I think I did good for my first time although the stem was sticking me which was very uncomfortable, so I cut off the tip and ahhhh, much better. My period is supposed to be here any minute now and I think I got the procedure down. I barely feel anything in me which is good. Hopefully, this will be a better product than the instead cups were for me. I bought this with the intention of taking it with me to Florida Wednesday but it seems like I won't need it there anymore since it's almost here today.

Can't wait to see how this works out.

12:06 pm - Christmas spending

Ya know, Christmas used to be so much fun when I was on the receiving end of gift getting. Now a days, I just wish for the whole thing to be done with. I just feel so obligated to get everyone something and then I realize that that's not going to happen -it's depressing a little. I don't want anyone to be left out. And, then of course I start thinking well, Christmas shouldn't be about gift giving, right? But, family isn't always so understanding of that. Hopefully, J and I will have a good time with the gang next week and I am definitely going to push for secret santa. It's just too many of us, lawd knows where we all gonna sleep. I sometimes envy my brother who is across the country - he only has to buy for two people max. I have like four or five on my tiny budget.