📅 July 2006

waiting for a haircut, brought my issue of Scientific American -as well as p:mobl, to keep me amused. Got my geek on at the Cingular store, next I am heading to look at computer goodies. btw can someone name a good database book for sorta-beginners? plz.

Thanks in advance.

OK.time for chop-chop. Will post pic later!



pics taken with Razr phone. Uploaded through computer not pmobl .

Care's hair is shorter..


I now have bangs..


The hairdresser blew out my hair, so I am curious (dreading?) when I wash and let it air dry, just how short it will be. 'Cause curls go BOING!




No matter, it was needful and I just said- "do whatever you want"

funny, coming from a girl that less than two years ago had hair down to her butt; past it, even..

Ah, well who needs photo software when you have a razr that takes weird pictures on its own.






"If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito"

"You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish, if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose." ~Abraham Lincoln


be good, be safe..

It kinda freaks me out to hear the coyotes howling when I pull into my driveway at 4am. Its so dark and creepy out at that hour. Of course, I didn't leave any lights on for myself. So I walk up the dark driveway thinking that something is going to try to eat me. Licking its lips, waiting to pounce.


I say, you stay on your side of the woods..

and I will say on mine.



yeesh, now the birds are chirping.. good night er, morining..

you know what I mean :)

Well, these were some of the pics I was trying to post from my phone. I am impressed that I managed to finally get them off my phone and send them just about anywhere I want.

all from motorola razr. @vincent you can finally check the picture quality (or lack of) with this phone. (i am curious as I upload these as to how they will look.. )

Some inspirational bathroom graffiti taken during an excusrion with some peeps to Broadway Joes. uh, yeh.. Dont get lost in the profoundness that follows.


Taco? hahaha



I am a void deep within your conscious
Listen to my words for they will
Lead you to my reality





Go, Doug?


From an art gallery. I liked very litte of what they had on display-- very Home Interiors-like. So when I saw this painting tucked away in an upstairs studio, I took a picture for the irony of the moment.



some 3am "test images" that never made it. *blowing kisses* at the strip late last night (er, morning..)











Furry little friend--taken a few mornings ago at PMTs







ahhh, the little purple bodies in my Mixed Seafood Pad Thai at Saigon Bangkok. I think this one is going to be a blurry pic.
...never again. I just couldn't do it. Well, actually, it was
@pyrcedgrrl s entree, and she forced me to bring home the leftovers. Little purple legs interspersed amongst the rice noodles... yuck.



dig the shirt?




My absolute favorite dog in the whole world, Princess. I took this picture just a couple of weeks ago, I guess right before my friend had to 'put her down'. Very sad. I am glad I have this great picture! I had just been rolling on the ground with her...



thats about it!

ps my post-its now come through as text messaging too. cool.

ah ha!

6 mobl posts are noted above.

I have three actually posted.

One of them was identical, so that would account for four..

so somewhere, out there, of the 50 imagage/text tests with my phone, two more may have registered.

where are you?

update: when P:mobl is updated/edited (such as I decided to add a category through here as an afterthought), it bumped up the count. And last night I edited 2x, taking my email signature (all those squished qoutes) off some of the posts. ta da! ok, so other attemps are lost in space. hehe

(this little issue revolves around myself being almost perversely tenacious between 12 and 3 am- experimenting with and figuring out my phone: finding native email app, exporting photos, setting links, etc. I figure it all out by playing. Anyone else can probably refer to their manuel or user information on the phone/cell company web site. I am doing well; I just need to tweak something that I am doing/not doing. But I will get there!

'cause, I'm going mobile, baby.


ok, back to making it happen.

third or fourth post of the day! My neighbor and his bro just came over with a box of fireworks they bought in PA. nothing like a fireworks display in your backyard!

test. I am going to go set off some major fire works in my back yard. hehe be envious :) jenks.. may need youi to sew me back together! test for image: yeh, I just took a quick pic on the web cam..

"A goal is a dream with a deadline" Margie Blanchard "If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito" "You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish, if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose." ~Abraham Lincoln

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Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less.

the mobility wagon. Get on board friends! I can do it so can you. Sitting at Spot,making it happen.

So, am I a day late? Am I missing some vital piece of historical information- as in, did we officially declare independence from Britain a day earlier?

I'm confused, why were so many places having fireworks on the third of July? Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Lockprt, Niagara Falls Ontario (ok, well, it was Canada day and the Friendship festival was going on all weekend.. so perhaps that had something to do with it..)

Well, now that is is technically the Fourth of July, Happy Independence Day everyone.

Let me know if there is anything cool going on. Maybe there will be fireworks, say, on the Fourth of July? My plans are otherwise: clean apartment, get hair trimmed (maybe), gather school stuff and work on assignments, either super locally (Orange Cat) or venture a little further out to B-lo (Spot). But thats all during the day..

For your reading enjoyment: I provide you a link to the Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen Colonies: nope, I didn't write it.. a bunch of guys did; not sure who they are.. ;)


more charters of freedom:

and

"Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends (life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness), it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government."

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), from the Declaration of Independence

hmmm ,gets me thinking..

I am so intensely tired today! The weekend definitely caught up with me. Not all bad, but I have an apartment to clean and school work to complete..

forget all that!

I think I just need to get out of the house before I fall sleep. again.

So, a movie sounds good. I am going to go to (finally) see, An Inconvenient Truth at the Dipson theater on Main Street-- near UB south campus

7:00 pm come! (see you there, @chico ? hahaha)
(MAP TO: 3500%20MAIN%20STREET%20AMHERST%20NY)


alright peeps, call or text me; (deleted)

...gotta get my phone up and running in this mobility stuff!

more info on movie: @theecarey #166

see you later
~carey

drink it.

I find the idea of drinking a glass of ice cold lemonade on a hot sticky day to be a pleasant combination. Never had been much of a fan of the yellow stuff. Yet the idea of it is appealing. Add to this sitting on a comfortable chair under the shade of the canapy, and we could find ourselves having an afternoon siesta. hmmm perfect.

Instead, I was downing glasses of water while repairing and rebuilding my outdoor gazebo/canapy, which was blown over sometime in the early morning. Blown over, into the neighbors yard, twisted metal and flaps, loose bolts and flaps of material intersperrsed with dirt and colorful body parts from flower pots that toppled over as well.

I arrive home this morning shortly after 8am. oh boy, I didn't expect to see the canapy relocated and upside down. Not sure where to begin, I decide to tend to the flowers, as their exposed delicate flower bits would bake in the sun. As for the metal heap, that would have to be delayed until I had help, and a few hours of sleep.

Literally a few hours later I woke to my step dad knocking on my door. He guessed I would need help. And so we set out to fix what the tornadoous* wind took down... (check carey to english dictionary)

The whole situation was absurd to me. We were bending metal back into shape, re bolting areas that came apart and trying to accomplish something with two people that really should have had four.

I found myself laughing. Whether it was from severe lack of sleep, a carry over from last nights excitement, or just my typical response to a challenging moment, I was having fun with this situation. I just kept giggling. I was lifting a bar up over my headwith one hand, holding another bar in place (in another direction) with the other hand and kicking my shoes off so I could pick up a fallen bolt with my toes all the while maintaining balance and composure. I nearly lost it with my building laughter.

My step dad says to me, "Carey, this isn't funny"

I counter, "yes it is" *giggle*

"no. it isn't," he insists.

I continue, "It is! its absurd! .. is there anything better than rebuilding something that was just put up two weeks ago?" I ask, sardonically.

he follows up with, "glad you think this is a riot"

And then, while he is standing on the ladder, while I am doing this amazing balancing act.. the connector piece (thats holding three bars) falls, two metal bars slip to the ground and the black bolt drops to into the abyss of long dark grass..

and he finally laughs, and I laugh even more..

sweat dripping down our faces, my step dad leaves for a moment (he lives near by) and brings back two red cups full of lemonade.

We sip and we work and walk the canapy back into position.

We have it pretty much wrapped up and I work on the finishing touches -- which includes pulling out a roll of duct tape.

"Carey, you can't fix everything with duct tape"

here we go again..

"yes I can" *big smile* (i am mildly obsessed with fixing thiings with duct tape-- even when something better, more aestetically pleasing or more appropriate is available-- duct tape is it!)

I've fixed my car, I've fixed leaks, I've used it to tie things together, and I will use it to piece back together some of these snapped metal rods. And so I proceeded to do just that...

Fortunately, I have learned to use duct tape in moderation; the canapy is still in its original beige. As I have learned to use duct tape in moderation, it hasn't morphed into a giant shiny gray mummy-pod in my yard, as with other duct tape induced projects and fun. :)

My step dad is happy that it is over and I am happy to have my little hang out standing stong once again. He leaves and I turn to my peaceful surroundings..

After a few hours of cleaning up after the wind/canapy fiasco, tending to my garden (deadheading!) and chatting with visitors.. I found myself sitting in a comfortable chair, in the shade under the canapy, sipping the remainder of my lemonade and thinking about possibilities...


Hope everyone is feeling fine today

~carey