I may not know it

1. Reply to this post if you want me to tell you how cool you are!

2. Watch my journal over the next few days for a post just about you and why you rock my socks.

3. Post these instructions in your journal and give your friends a much needed dose of love and adoration... but only if you want to. :D

Today is MEREDITH'S birthday! :D And normally, I'd put a lot more thought into a graphic for a friend that was having a birthday, but you see, Meredith is a Graphics Goddess.

She's the one that makes ALL my headers, EVERYWHERE. Ever.

SO.

Since anything I attempted to make in photoshop would have just absolutely left me looking like a dumbass, I went for the arty look with my red/white/black scheme.

Clever, huh?

AT ANY RATE, Meredith is my OTP and OURLOVEISSOLOVEY. Don't forget it. ♥

It has been decided that imyourally will decipher the secret documents and I will diffuse the bombs. Always cut the third wire, especially if they are all the same color.

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While I was still playing on LJ, some things happened in RP that I thought were kinda foul. Things that left me wondering who my friends were, if I had to watch my back, yadda, whatever.

Once I'd been forcibly moved IJ, I'd decided two things and two things for sure:

1) I wasn't going to get involved in wank
2) I wasn't going to 'beg' for it anymore

I'd play with people who clearly wanted to play with me and avoid those that didn't. There are forty gazillion games on IJ and if one didn't want me, well, the other 39,999,999,999,999--- still presented an opportunity. I didn't have to put up with people who talked shit about me, my friends, whatever. There are rules on my user info for a reason.

Way back when, I had a fight with someone. She let someone say something nasty about me and she didn't defend me when I wasn't there to defend myself. This, to me, was just as bad as saying those things herself. Because if you don't agree with what someone is saying about your friends, you need to stand up for them. She and I had this MASSIVE falling out and a week later, talked it out and moved on. Three and a half years later, she and I are amazing friends.

Two days ago, another friend said something to me: You're one of the few people I can argue with who sticks around after. That's rare online, I've found.

She's right. I've fought with a great many people. I've also remained friends with a good many of them after. Because the internet, while srsbidness, doesn't trump feelings.

The other day, someone thought that, in retaliation to in game wank, they could bring in all my personal LJ wank and attack my characters and all kinds of stuff. And while I adore her as a person, and I do, this isn't someone I want to play with. It's not someone that I care to follow any more. Especially when I respected her friends and the things they said as well. I even respected the fact that they didn't agree with the temporary plotfix in game, even if I didn't like the fact that they came back and were nasty.

My contact information is not hidden. I'm findable, constantly. And yet, the things I've found that have been said about me and MY friends recently aren't just hurtful, they're downright nasty for the sake of being nasty. Which, granted, is something I've been in the past. Not since I've been on IJ. Not since I said, "I'm not going to be THAT WAY anymore." And not one person came to me and said, "This is how I'm feeling" or "This is what I think of you/your character/your mom/your dog". Nothing. Just back-handed, behind the scenes nastiness.

And hey, if that's the way ya'll wanna roll? Gravy. I've done the, "I'm a badass bitch and I'ma gonna fuck you up" bit. In fact? I owned that in TM/RotM and a host of other comms on LJ. But this grownup is tired and ready to move on.

I'm not attaching the wank-caboose to this engine. If ya can't fix it? Ya'll gots to go.

LOOKIT! :D LOOKIT RIGHT [HERE]!!1eleventy!

Everyone who knows me knows that I have a dirty old man fetish. John Munch, most notable, okay. But YES, Saul Tigh, too! He is my babydaddy, bet you didn't know. Sorry, Kyle.

ANYWAY, that scene at the end of 'Revelations' was SO TOUCHING. Six with her hand on her stomach and then going up to him and touching his back while they were all so stunned... it just broke my heart.

SO! Meredith maded me a pretty. It was even her idea. :D I have the giddy.

WHEN is 2009 again?

So, I had a great night last night. Rach and I went to dinner at Red Robin and, as usual, talk turned to vaginas. Yes, yes. I know. I won't let people talk about FOOD when I'm eating, but vaginas? Yeah, I'm down.

Anyway, we're talking and she says, "I wonder if Castle is open this late?" I said, "What's Castle?"

Well.

Castle, which looks (from the outside) like some medieval theme restaurant, is the biggest porn shop I've ever seen. So, we browsed. And read the backs of porn movies to each other. :D It was really fantastic. I found one where it ended with, "it'll have you screaming, 'My ass is not a blender!'" so of course I had to ask Meredith to make me an icon that said such.

Poor Meredith. *loves her* No, I wouldn't tell her why until after the entry was written. I linked her.

Then we sat in the car and talked until I had to leave. RIGHT THEN. (Sorry, Rach.)

Driving home? It was raining for the first time in a long time which made the roads pretty slick. Now, ususally I take a certain turn slow and in the far right lane.

I took it in the middle which probably saved my car, myself and my son some serious damage.

I fishtailed one way, then must have overcompensated or something because the car spun completely to the side and came INCHES from crashing into the barrier I'm normally against anyway. When I stopped, it was like, "Oh. Okay. So 'slow' wasn't slow enough." And did 30 the rest of the way home. Kyle was completely freaked and no longer sleepy.

I don't think I've ever done anything like that, ever.

Okay, off to busy day.

[Today's puzzle completed 1 Min, 22 Secs]

OH YAY! :D

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So, I have a meeting with the school this afternoon. I knew Rach was gonna hafta work and I figured that Cher was gonna be working, so... yeah. Wish me luck. I just really don't want to do that 'get frustrated and to avoid saying/doing something I shouldn't I start crying' thing. Cher does it, too. OH, those people make me SO ANGRY. Grr.

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BUT! The most beautiful pink and white Gerber Daisies were delivered to my house this morning. Just gorgeous. <3 Thank you, Meredith. I'll take them with me tomorrow. *LOVES* You're awesome.

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THIS icon is still making me giggle. All because Kara started Cult of Mo on LJ and now it's here, too. *hee* Join and KEEP YOUR BALLS. No Kool-Aid. ;)

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What happens when RP meets... well, LANI's commentary and Meredith's graphic skillz. *snickers*

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TONIGHT: BSG - OMG YAY! Kara's whacked. Gaisu-san = Still the only one getting laid. Someone DO something, thanks. :) Dad? Mom? ... ugh, LEE? Geez.

LAST NIGHT: SUPERNATURAL - Too bad that Lani's spent the last few eps out of my timezone. No more going, "Oh, crap! Gotta get on the horn with her."

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RP: AAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHA.

So, everyone at UtR was joining this New Game of Awesome and was like, "JOIN THIS!" So, I app'd, right? Accepted, made my OOC intro post. *hee* And who should comment but OMFG- BRIX. Oh, my gooduhness, BRIX! I did not know you were an RP'er here. Last time I RP'd with Brix was at Celebsomethingorother on LJ. And THAT was whacked. Only time in my life I enjoyed messing with Kate Bosworth. *hee* ANYWAY. THIS is gonna be fun. <3


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So, see why I needed tons of icons? Too many topics to cover them all.

Plus: Jo, glad Strider's doing better. Cher? No more dizzy-driving. Rach, the IRS can suck cock.

<3

Girl I Know: You know, you have some really great friends.
Ramdonomo: What do you mean?
Girl I Know: did they come over to IJ for you? That's really nice of them if they did.
Ramdonomo: Yeah, they did.
Ramdonomo: I have AWESOME friends.

And you know what? I SO do. I really, REALLY do.



Clockwise from bottom left, that's Lani, Rach, Meredith and Me.

Lani, well, Lani... Lani's just... yeah. Met her through RP moons ago. She's the one that came at 3am when my Mom died and sat with me for two hours, then was with me two hours after THAT when I had to go to my mom's work to tell them. She's indulged my fandom squee with Rambaldi fun and hit up Disneyland with me and my son I don't know what I'd do without her.

Rach, well, Rach... Rach's just... yeah. Met her through the interbutt a long time ago and, on the first day I met HER in person? Talked to her about RP when she had NO IDEA who I was or what I was talking about. Then I schmoozed our way onto a bus, into the Science Center and to the front of the IMAX line. She fell in love ;) She's let me invade her house for a month on end and I don't know what I'd do without her.

Meredith, well, Mer... Meredith's just... yeah. Meredith is not just a graphics queen, no matter how much you may see me say so. She's one of the most brilliantly smart, incredibly talented people I've ever had the privelege to know and she's put up with so much from me, too. She's helped me out when I've had nothing and no one to talk to and I truly don't know what I'd do without her.

My friends make me a better person simply for knowing them and I'm blessed beyond belief.

And those are just the ones I've taken a photo with.

EJ? EJ I've known for years and man, did I wanna be her for the longest :) She's a fantastic writer and someone who kept me company for the weekend I was in the hospital. She helped me flirt with hot nurses and doctors and kept me sane during inane amounts of crazy. <3 I love her and I hope she knows what she means to me.

And Lodi.

Well, LODI. Lodi's my favorite person I've never met in person, even though I've known her for 5 seventeen years. Know when I knew Lodi was my friend? The day she spent three hours helping me find a song I'd heard on Radio Disney when I only knew one line and that line? I knew WRONG. :) I've loved her ever since.

Jo & Eric? Well. PSH. I'm HIS internet wife and her... well, her RP BFF. *shrugs* /end ;)

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Also? I've talked to all of these people completely drugged out on either: Greg Drugs (Hi Lani!) or some form of Mom Drugs. :) That's how I know they love me.

I'm not high NOW, either. I was just trolling my own photobucket.

*MWAH*