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10/21/2006 01:11 #36069

change
Category: potpourri
dude, where's my car-
charger for my iPod? I can't find it and my pod has no battery power. I am stumped. I'll be forced to listen to the radio in my car as my wall charger is in Y-town and I am in B-Lo.

The plan this weekend is to get everything together I need for my NYC trip along with making some adjustments to my B-Lo room/office. I begun to move stuff around to see if I like it better set up differently- I might be on to somehting. Its late now and I have made enough noise, so I will resume tomorrow. I want to create it to be more reflective of me. The colors and such are perfect as is- I aim to tweak the room such as hang a mirror, find a book shelf, carpet, winter bedding and some material to divide the bed from the office area. Perhaps even hang a plant and trapeze. I don't have a master plan, but I know I am in the mood for change.

And since it involves some shopping, I have put it off. I have also been busy with other things and havent felt inspired- or inspiration had been sucked out of me.

I need to do something creative, so this is a start.

hurray!

what else? I'm tired and I forget..

:) good night
electricblack - 10/21/06 12:49
Hey Chick.....it has been a while since I ahve chatted with you. Actually I did go by your house like 2 months back to p/u a vehical. I was going to stop by and say hello but I did not know if that would be ok.
mrdt - 10/21/06 02:25
You should hang a sex swing in between. It sure is exciting to walk into someone's room and see one of those things hanging down.


10/19/2006 21:53 #36068

i cant see you (updated)
Category: nerd
No longer wishful thinking for would-be super heroes (and perverts) Invisibility is here; well partially. Check out how scientists have created a cloak to make a copper cylinder invisible.



"Cloaking used special materials to deflect radar or light or other waves around an object, like water flowing around a smooth rock in a stream. It differs from stealth technology, which does not make an aircraft invisible but reduces the cross-section available to radar, making it hard to track."



And another thing.. (now I am paranoid about the use of my dot. dot. dot. habit)

Someone sent me an email observing that the recent Cory Lidle plane crash into a Manhattan high rise building had a peculiar detail. If you take the date of the crash 10-11-06, and look at it upside down, it more or less shows...

well, you figure it out. Little eerie coincindental detail.

I really hate watching and reading the news. It is the most horrific and or stupid information told over and over and over again.

I tune in occasionally, but usually I just tune out; I really think it is unhealthy.

ALright, time for a shower and a lovely cup of rooibos tea.

Updated: shower completed, tea almost finished, I am curled up in bed with my laptop. Yes, (e:mk) your life will never be the same having a wireless laptop

And so, I too go to the name link found in (e:mk)'s journal. Thanks!

"how many of me"



According to this site, I am the only person with my first and last name.
I really am Thee Carey.
Carey: There are 32,997 people in the U.S. with the first name Carey.
Statistically the 1003 rd most popular first name. (tied with 30 other first names)

59.09 percent of people with the first name Carey are male.

Marquis: There are 11,009 people in the U.S. with the last name Marquis.
Statistically the 3355th most popular last name. (tied with 12 other last names)

nifty. Off to bed I go
mk - 10/20/06 11:28
you're welcome, and glad i could be of service so that you could be entertained EVEN MORE while surfing the internet in bed! yaaay/curse you wireless internet!
mrmike - 10/20/06 08:13
Proof positive of your inherent uniqueness -- truly one of a kind

10/19/2006 14:48 #36067

lunch break
I am feeling rather chipper today.I am on my lunch eating last weeks veggie soup,well, stew (it should probably have a bit of broth to be classified as soup, yes? Barley sucked it up, should have gone with the lentils!)

It still tastes yummy.

I'm sitting in my car, watching and listening to the rain. Here is an unbroken tree and a picture of the pile of crap that has collected in my front seat; since my front passenger door does not open, it happens all of the time,

atleast that is my exuse. I am really not a pig :)

have a great day folks
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leetee - 10/19/06 17:30
I made a veggie soup the other day with taters and cauliflowers and carrots. Instead of eating the leftovers as is, i decided to alter it. I took out all the veggies and blended them up, added some stock to make it just the right thickness and put in a bit more cauliflower (it was a huge head -- on sale at Weggies for $1.99). It was very yummy that way... thick and rich and creamy, but without the cream.
mrmike - 10/19/06 15:17
Nice to see a tree with its own Top intact. The crap keeps out extra passengers ; )

10/17/2006 18:22 #36066

Out with the shovel in with the paddles
Category: weather
Glad to see (or rather it appears) that all of (e:strip)s beloved (e:peeps) are all doing ok!

Damn monsoon out there now, huh? Check your basements! Get out your rafts and floaties! Even Youngstown hasn't been able to avoid all that wet and dreariness. Still strange that we didn't even get a flake of snow. (no longer complaining!)

Sooooo, I miss Buffalo!! It hasn't felt right to go try and hang out, admist all this chaos. I have stayed on my side of the Grand Island bridge. And although I have had plenty of heat, electric and cable, I havent had enough human contact- and that has been a bummer.
Visit by Mom doesn't count, haha.

I had Friday and Monday off from work due too all this. So although I did quite a bit if socializing on Friday, the remainder of the weekend and Monday were too quiet. There wasn't even anywhere to go that was open.

I love my alone time, but this was too much! I was forced to entertain myself on that Other Place (shhhh, My Space) haha and do laundry AND dishes. wow.

other thoughts and stuff:

(e:PMT) miss you guys!

so, (e:ajay) Are you missing B-Lo? What a warm welcome, huh? Glad you made it in and out ok!

It really is ironic that (e:mrmike) is without cable.

again, Happy Birthday, (e:lilho) -- I think you need to have an after chaos celebration; you got a bum deal on this birthday!


Or maybe we can have an, "I survived Buffalo's Blizzard, Tornado, Hurricane, Monsoon, Power Outage, Driving ban, Flood of Oct '06" party. We'll even have party favors: heat and electric. WOO!

That is the extent of my random thoughts, for now.










mrmike - 10/19/06 13:24
"isn't it ironic...doncha think"

Did two days without power, so to be without just cable makes me feel kind of lucky. Working for a quasi utility, I've been mostly here anyway enjoying the thrill of 12 hour days and people who just got power and want to know why the cable didn't come right with it.

Morons......I love my job
jenks - 10/17/06 22:30
I'm a fucking retard. I haven't checked my basement once since this storm started. Despite listening to story after story about bailing out the sump pump. Maybe I should go do so. Right now.

10/15/2006 19:21 #36065

Getting out walking about
Category: nature
A long brisk walk through Fort Niagara. It always feels good to stretch my legs and breath in frsh air. The leaves and earth smells are growing strong. It was really quite a beautiful fall day.

I brought my Pocket PC with me as that is my only means of taking pictures at this point in time, unless I dug out an old 35mm or 110 camera, Ha!

I attempted to go look at cameras yesterday, but many of the stores are still closed up.

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I think I am impressed with the quality of the camera phone pictures-- well, much more than I thought I would be. I mean, the colors aren't stong, a lot ofdetail is missing, but its a pcoket pc- the camera is the least of the features. It will work for basic social pictures whiile I look for something more suitable.

I am looking for a camera that I can use to fulfill my photography endeavers. I want to be able to take a picture of the moon, the detail of a single snowflake and finally capture the many looks of Toronto from the shores of Lake Ontario.

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Niagara River emptying into Lake Ontario. Old Fort Niagara to the right.
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Sail away Sail away Sail away. Many boaters out today (not these ones-- but there were a few motor boats zipping through the river) I would have liked to have joined them. Although chilly, the sunshine and awarm hat made it bearable.
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Sipped a mug of hot coffee while watching the sun set..
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I wanted to take a video of the water crashing into the rocks; apparently I have no clue of what I am doing.
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Miss Kayla, Joey's equally adventurous sister
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Well, I think I am going to take on the culinary project of making my own Pad Thai. Wish me luck, I hope it turns out well. My mission this year is to learn how to make a few of my favorite ethinic dishes.

The weekend is wrapping up, I enjoyed having the extra day off due to the weather and such, even though it meant that most everyone was stranded. I think it was Friday that people were being turned away from the Grand Island bridge as the travel ban through Amherst and B-lo greatly limited traveling. So many places were and continue to be closed due to power outages and damage.. I am sure it will take awhile for things to be up and running again. As long as everyone is safe..

SO yeh, I stayed home all weekend. Cleaned, organized and walked around Lewiston Friday afternoon, then enjoyed a small party at my place later that night, bummed around the house Saturday, spent a lot of time on the computer, including My Space hahahahaha (I have ulterior motives) and ventured out to Wegmans for Pad Thai fixings and magazines. Today, more relaxing and pretty much kept to myself. The jaunt through the Fort never bores me.

I think I have hit my limit of alone time. I need to be around people asap.

Later gators

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pyrcedgrrl - 10/17/06 01:15
Pad Thai is seriously the most complicated thing I have ever attempted to make. The amount of ingridients needed to make it taste even close to what you're used to is amazing!

Good luck! Let me know how it turns out! I have a can of tamarind nectar (that I bought the last time I was going to make it and decided against it) here if you need it! lol!!
theecarey - 10/15/06 22:33
(e:libertad) ; thanks! Fortunately, Youngstown was not affected by the storm at all. This area didnt even get rain until Friday afternoon and I thought I may have seen literally one snow flake.. It was weird to be stuck in it Thursday evening on the highway for over two hours and come home to totally dry land (I took pics).

I tried to go to some stores Saturday afternoon, and that is when I really saw all of the damage- trees were down EVERYWHERE! It made me very sad and I found myself a bit weepy. I couldnt take pictures as it was so upsetting.

Things are just going to look different now..


libertad - 10/15/06 20:09
I was expecting pics of devestation, but am happy to see otherwise. Not that I don't like to see the others, but its a nice change. I love Miss Kayla. Great pics...good luck getting what you want in a cam.