Just Tripping Along The Freakazoid

Well went to the concert at the Borgata casino event center – the venue was ok – standing room only and the stage was not raised enough. The lights were cool and the sound was so-so (had problems with the first act mikes squealing a bit). I usually hang out around the sound board area at most concerts – usually that section is placed in a good spot sound wise, often a little easier to see and I am fascinated with the sound board and such. Was talking to this teacher yesterday who is developing a new career class for our school – music technology – I oversee curriculum rewrites so I get to help him write the course and it sounds cool – he was showing my the web site for the local Grammy chapter (to which he belongs) and talking some about sound and music and stuff. Yes I am weird I think it would be cool to learn how to run a sound board. I know I do not have the musical ear/talent for it but eh…. So I am at the concert – British Sea Power opened – I had never heard of them and I lik...

NEW LOOK and IT IS AWESOME (at least you better say that unless you wanna meet Mr. grabby) Yes I decided to mess with this thing and prolly will again once I calm down from getting this thing working - and it still does not work great. If the blog is too wide, it knocks everything down to below the archive space - ah well - I'll fix the template or get a new one some time - I managed to get my favorite colors in so that is cool The cable person did come and boy was that weird - my connection has been bouncing on and off for the last almost month - so i had the tv and Internet going last night trying to make it goof for when the repair person showed. Well it kept going on and off - just the modem - The person calls about 15 minutes before they are coming and wow the modem was actually off - good I say so they can diagnose the problem. Then 5 minutes after the person hangs up I get a start and almost shout out as the TV goes all static-filled (I had it on the local weather channel s...

Well so far sunburn is not peeling - yay Sunburn has stopped really hurting - yay Sunburn itches like a mother*F(word deleted tokeep PG13 rating - lol) I have a bet of when I start to peel - I give it another two days - by weekend i will be singing "Walking in a Winter Wonderland" lmao Trying to keep mind busy with work, posting, writing and music as I am sinking into the "man I'm alone and so wishing I wasn't, type thing" To warp a famous quote... "Ah and this too shall pass." Got a concert coming up Thursday - The Kilelrs at Borgata - hooorayyyy it is sold out and never been there - plus the Gypsy Bar is doing a special before... I need a nice fun time. OK cable person coming to try and fix cable - hope they find the on again off again problem - it really is getting me frustrated beyond belief I'll check in laters

OKay - made it through the two days of fund raisers - got a nasty sunburn Saturday and not feeling too good today because of that and another certain thing that visits once a month :P if I did not have this very important presentation tomorrow - I'd call out sick and lay around with cold cloths on my face all day. Posted some music observations in my music blog - http://www.xanga.com/nemodoryismyidol One neat thing from it - I learned a new word/concept I like - EARWORMS (not the bug destroying crops but an annoying thing all the same) - http://www.collisiondetection.net/mt/archives/2003/03/earworms_and_th.html - neat article and yes triple crap it I still got that damn Chilli's song in my head :-D Here's the students' top-10 earworm list: Other. Everyone has his or her own worst earworm. Chili's "Baby Back Ribs" jingle. "Who Let the Dogs Out" "We Will Rock You" Kit-Kat candy-bar jingle ("Gimme a Break ...") "Mission Impo...

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did get an awesome piece of news with all the crap stuff today althugh even the good news means more work - I submitted a proposal in June to a State education department request for lessons. It was chosen as one of 6 from state of NJ to go on to the national level for consideration. Got a letter today and proposal was accepted to be presented at the International Reading Conference in Chicago in May - yay I am honored I made it through state and national but now i gotta work on it and present and whew

What do you get when you add A major case of hormonal and crampy PMS (which means one helluva period coming just when going to be busy) + Doing 65 hours of work in a 40 hour work week + Not being able to even make it to the bathroom down the hall + (with out being nabbed by someone to do another project) Trying to coordinate a major fund drive event for the first time = Someone you do not wanna be around (I gotta a baseball bat in my trunk and I know how to use it j/k) Someone who could use a friend and some major stress relief :-/ :-(

Weekend went by way too fast and nothing too fun was accomplished. Friday night was good, a friend and her husband invited me along to go to a comedy club in a casino with them. Friday night earlier show is non-smoking and locals' night – show your NJ ID and get a 2-for-1 price. The show was good but the fact I was the third wheel and had no one to share the extra ticket kinda pointed out I don’t have lots o' contacts, friends, special someone or whatever to drag along to places – couldn’t even get the cashier to cut me a break – she asked if I wanted the other ticket and I wave at emptiness behind me "To do what with?" I ask and she says, "Well…" I asked if I could get a cut rate and no it is 2 for 1 – should have said yes I will take the ticket for my invisible fantasy friend. They played slots and BJ a little after show and I trailed along watching people – casinos are fun places to watch people – lol Did get my long walk in along the Atlantic City ...

Well I decided after a very funked day at work and the last few days been too set in bad topics to get out a little. Went to a lcoal place called The Point - it is a local bar (people were very interesting to watch) place but had a little stage and a couple live bands - i'll go back again. I also had this webseminar scheduled for the Virtual high school class I am taking - we had to call in for a conference call and then follow along on computer - 10 minutes before start my cable modem goes wonky - so I am trying to figure out how to jury rig something to let me get in and do this call and seminar... I managed to call in anyway and got through. Had meeting today for this fund raiser, man there is a lot of work and I am falling ebhind on other projects - this weekend I really gotta buckle down and do a lot of work . Had some weird dreams - vivid dreams that I remembered when i woke up - still do.... that's bad... well good too - some of the dreams were good, but too vivid an...

Started my virtual high school course today. I am spending the next 10 weeks taking an online class sponsored by the Virtual High school that our high school is joining. We will offer online courses for our high school students. The idea is I sign up and become an online high school teacher for VHS and then we get equal number of seats for our students. So in January I will teach a semester course online on How to create Web Pages for high school students form all over the US. I will have say 20 students - we can then enroll 20 of our students in any VHS course they want. A nice trade - kinda. Of course I have to be a student first and go through this class to teach me how to develop the class I will teach in January. I logged on today as this is the first day of the course (And I always was and still am one of those anal students - lol) Well already just going over a few documents for week one and so far there is over 65 pages to read with about 12 lessons left for week 1 (not ...

This is a work in progress - a short story that has potential to be a fuller work... who knows... not sure I like the main character - she/he is a bitch :-P can see this as a whole on my web site or over at my area at fictionpress.com The Cash Cow's Catch-22 part 1 Not trying to brag or come off as pompous but I am the world's leading biochemist at this juncture in time. This assessment coming from world media, international conferences, collegial evaluations, impact of work and all the other traditional and non-traditional means people attach to sentimental bullshit such as who's who and at the top of whatever lists. And what am I doing with my life? Racing against a cruel clock and watching the only thing I care for wither and die. Oh I am also the slave of the world's largest illegal drug and organized crime cartel. Of course I keep up the professional side and front. Wouldn’t be too comforting for most to know that the brightest mind in my field lends their talent t...

can see this as a whole on my web site or over at my area at fictionpress.com The Cash Cow's Catch-22 part 2 About a year into that project, I found out what where my research was leading. It seems I was the creator of the latest designer street drug called Pushme. Using the demon blood and a few altercations (like being sent through a handy dandy purification system perfected by yours truly and also a chemical mix again provided by me), I had perfected an awesome thing. But there were drawbacks. Pesky details that did not taint my genius discovery only worried certain business professionals. It was not a very cost effective drug, allergies develop often and of course the demon blood has to be taken directly because it exists in superposition; no one yet as been able to pinpoint the exact makeup of the molecules that create Frenicali blood. The cat is both alive and dead. Of course I had decided I wished to work on other things. I was bored and really had moved on. The only...

a song to go along with current mood - her fill of love is good too And a Day - by Ari Scott and a day sometimes i'm sad but i try to hide itput on a brave face for mom and dad i know you never meant for me to feel slighted i know you never meant for me to feel bad sometimes i get angry and don't know how to show it sometimes i think very bad thoughts about you i secretly love you and don't think you know it i wonder if you love me and i don't think you do someday i'll grow out of this i can't wait until i am rich and far away i thought if i somehow could harness some powers i thought with some magic i could find a way i thought if i'd grace you simply with my existence i thought that you'd stay for forever and a day oh sometimes i get pissed off at the world mom always says, you know, "life isn't fair" but sometimes i'm sick and tired of being the girl i am life would be easier if i didn't care oh i never wanted to complain oh i t...

Ok from now on I know better now then to eat andwatch a John Water's film at same time - lol - went for my 5 mile walk along atlantic city boardwalk this morning and then came home to finish watching A Dirty Shame - I must say that was a rather.....interesting film........ :P

whew made it through first day of Exploratory curriculum and so far so good - I only have 15 gadzooksazillion things left to do not 16 - and more dragon con update stuff coming a little later - check back in a bit Acceptance tickets only 10.50 - I love it when music is nice and cheap.... cause hey well I'm cheap (a good thing if I ever date - does not take much to impress me - lol)

First of a few posts about Dragon Con - yes I am slow - work is hellaciously busy and started teaching my online class yesterday OK - Dragon con and music Got to go to a couple concerts this year and was surrounded by music in general. A cool thing about the con is walking around the couple levels of display tables talking to the actual band members and people who man the tables. I get cheap CD's and I am exposed to new music and groups. The music ranges from Celtic, to Irish folk, to parody, to punk, to pop, to rock, to metal to you name it it is there (even have musical experiences like Rocky Horror a Buffy the musical event and more). The heavy concentration is Celtic/filk/folk and goth/punk but all kinds exist at D*C, music is everywhere!!!! Most of the concerts were held in the main halls after the regular panels were done for the day. I love the venue setup - the stage is on one end and very accessible - you just walk up - I was in middle against the stage for the concerts. T...

Well left early Tuesday (already messing up the days and times - one thing when I travel I lose all sense of time... eh one more spacy thing I enjoy - lol) Stopped in NC to see a friend from online ggroup and having a really good time. Thanks for letting me stay the day! The trip down was pretty easy - I basically have this system on raod trips especially when driving alone. I get a drink, I drive, I stop and pee and get another drink. I basically pee my way across the country :-P I can rate places by their ice tea and bathrooms - hehe I found the people and places I stopped to be fun to watch - wish I had even more time to check out some places - next time for sure! Gas prices going ga-ga of course when I decide to drive. My one friend said in Atlanta where I am goig prices went sky high and people were rioting some - great I get to drive into that - or hitch my car to a horse and have it pulled into Atlanta. My sister is having problems with baby - in fact waiting to hear back an...