I wish that just once

I could end up on the winning side of the relationship battle. I never have thus far, and it's been nearly 30 years, and just once before I die (hopefully when I'm 110) I would like to not be the one who loses. Metaphorically speaking here.

london rain

I'm coming, i'm coming home to you
I'm alive, i'm a mess
I can't wait to get home to you
To get warm and undressed

There've been changes beyond my dreams
Everybody wants me to sing
There've been changes beyond my grasp
Things i'm sinking in

So keep me, keep me in your bed all day, all day
Nothing heals me like you do
Nothing heals me like you do

And when somebody knows you well
Well, there's no comfort like that
And when somebody needs you
Well, there's no drug like that

So keep me, keep me in your bed all day, all day
Nothing heals me like you do
Nothing heals me like you do

And when i'm home, curled in your arms
And i'm safe again
I'll close my eyes and sleep, sleep
To the sound of london rain

So keep me, keep me in your bed all day, all day
Nothing heals me like you do
So keep me, keep me in your bed all day, all day
Nothing heals me like you do
Nothing heals me like you do

Nothing falls like london rain
Nothing heals me like you do
Nothing falls like london rain
Nothing heals me like you do
Nothing falls like london rain
Nothing heals me like you do
Nothing falls like london rain
Nothing heals me like you do

right now, he's probably buying her some fruity little drink cause she can't shoot whiskey

Does not pertain to me obviously, though I can still type after shooting whiskey

Feels like I'm falling for the first time

I think I’m a goner for someone. Someone I’ve only flirted with a few times in person, and loads on e-mail. Someone whom I haven’t heard from in a few days because his job is wicked busy during the end of the month. Someone who from all accounts is smart, handsome and a genuinely nice person.


I really would like this to work.

interesting

Your Five Factor Personality Profile

Extroversion: You have medium extroversion. You're not the life of the party, but you do show up for the party. Sometimes you are full of energy and open to new social experiences. But you also need to hibernate and enjoy your "down time." Conscientiousness: You have high conscientiousness. Intelligent and reliable, you tend to succeed in life. Most things in your life are organized and planned well. But you borderline on being a total perfectionist. Agreeableness: You have medium agreeableness. You're generally a friendly and trusting person. But you also have a healthy dose of cynicism. You get along well with others, as long as they play fair. Neuroticism: You have low neuroticism. You are very emotionally stable and mentally together. Only the greatest setbacks upset you, and you bounce back quickly. Overall, you are typically calm and relaxed - making others feel secure. Openness to experience: Your openness to new experiences is medium. You are generally broad minded when it come to new things. But if something crosses a moral line, there's no way you'll approve of it. You are suspicious of anything too wacky, though you do still consider creativity a virtue.

The Five Factor Personality Test

You Are The Magician

You are powerful and wise - beyond what anyone can see. Deeply complex, you have the resources to connect to the spiritual and material world. You posses the knowledge to manipulate your life and the lives around you. You also have a great healing power, should you choose to use it. Your fortune: You have unhidden powers that you have yet to tap into. Soon, you will better understand how to use your intellect and intuition. Believe it or now, you will discover how you can manipulate yourself and others for good. You are at the beginning of a path of spiritual enlightenment.

What Tarot Card Are You?

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows

I started it approx. 1:30pm. Finished it at approx. 6:30pm.

I'm already halfway through it again. Love it, stunned, don't want it to officially be done.

I'll have to start w/ year 1 again . . . :)

Ravelry

I just "lost" an hour over there. Seriously. It's like drinking water when you're parched.

Thank you!

The sorting hat says that I belong in Ravenclaw!

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Said Ravenclaw, "We'll teach those whose intelligence is surest."

Ravenclaw students tend to be clever, witty, intelligent, and knowledgeable.
Notable residents include Cho Chang and Padma Patil (objects of Harry and Ron's affections), and Luna Lovegood (daughter of The Quibbler magazine's editor).

Take the most scientific Harry Potter
Quiz ever created.

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Rock. On.

Got my Ravelry invite -- friend me if you want, I'm pspbe214

Now, if I call in sick again today how do i explain it's because of Ravelry??? :)

Pain's a b*tch

I don’t know if anyone else watches Painkiller Jane but me, but it’s a fairly interesting show. She’s kinda like Buffy + Alias’ Sydney Bristow and Heroes Claire Bennett - vampires, all rolled into one.

And while the guys aren’t too bad to look at, I think it’s the voiceovers that sometimes catch me off guard. Even though I know they’re coming.

I never think about stuff like meals for 1 or co-workers and how we all have problems with both. Or that sometimes it does take losing someone to realize how much they meant to you in the first place.

My conundrum is this – when do you take the flirting/relationship out of e-mail and into the “real” world? And what do you do when you’re both shy?

Since I was home sick today, I should have knit, but I didn’t. Le sigh.

Question, response, volley

check this out.

Good question. Hayden looks "fresher" and "more awake" than Jewel. Plus, she apparently has the right support up-top.

Overall, Hayden wins.

Jobs, weather and knits

There are days when I’m glad I don’t do outdoor sales of any kind. I can’t imagine heat/cold to be fun, but I’d have to say rainy and snowy days top the list.

It’s July for cripes sake, and though it’s “officially” summer it’s rained the last 3 days – it’s not even 70 right now.

Knitting – though I have no new pictures to show, yesterday I did meet Alison, Baby L and got an autographed copy of Charmed Knits.

Alison is very kind and funny, and her baby daughter is gorgeous.

I put myself out there everyday.

No, not like that. Everyday I talk to people, I meet people and I give them glimpses of my life. A little bit about who I am, who I’ve been and who I want to be. And though I have know this for a while, it’s only hit home recently.

I talk to people and they will mention something I said, and I’m taken aback – you mean you listened? And while I know that doesn’t equal care, I do know that it’s odd.

I work in a place where I constantly ask people about themselves. All day – some days I want to pull my hair out, other days I could listen to them talk all day and never care what time it was. I drop those “bits” of information about myself to show I was listening, and how I can relate to them – why they should trust me, want me to help them.

It’s when someone asks you point blank a question about something in your life that I think we all stop short. I know we all talk about “me, me, me, me” but when someone asks about you it throws you for a curve.

It’s that sudden change from me to me? that can really mess with your head.

Quizzes

I Scored a 93%!

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Laws of Attraction?

I’ve been thinking lately about what makes us, the collective group of people here, fall in like/love with someone.

I know there is a chemical reaction, and a biology thing going on, but is there more? Is it as simple as a look, a touch, or a smell? What is it about that other person that we go from being, “yeah you’re a guy/girl” to “you’re a really cute, good looking guy/girl, and I’d like to get to know you better.”

I know in the human sexuality class I took in college, we discussed the scientific aspects of sex (get your minds out of the gutter), but smell kept coming up. I know that there are certain people that you get close to and you want to be near them because they smell good. And I’m not talking their perfume/cologne here, ‘cause I am not talking about artificial smell.

Could it be a look? That one glance to your right and you’re hooked? If so, what is it about that quick glance – overall appearance, face, hair, hands, legs? Is it that you would feel like you could have that perfect fit if they held you close? Is it the sincere look in the eyes? Or, the sense of (for the heterosexual women here) feeling very feminine around a man that is clearly taller than you, and that being close to him would make you feel safe and secure? The fact that when they catch you looking, you flush, look a way and look back only to have them smile, and you know you’re hooked.

How about touch? I’ve read that a woman’s skin is more sensitive than a man’s, so maybe that’s it. That light touch that raise the Goosebumps, sends a chill down your spine and makes you feel flushed. Could it instead of being a physical touch, be the knowledge that they are watching you, and though it makes you squirm, it also brings up a new awareness as to the fact that they have taken an interest in you?

There also is the cerebral idea, that smarts attract smarts. I’m not saying that’s true or not, but it’s an interesting idea.

No surprise here

Your Job Satisfaction Level: 74%

Your job is pretty good, even if it always doesn't seem like it. You have a lot less stress than most people, and your work environment is definitely above average. So if you love what you're doing, keep doing it. It doesn't get a lot better than this. But if you're in a dead end job, you may want to move on. Because if you're not advancing, it's just not worth it.

Should You Get a New Job?

I don't like Mondays

Obviously like everyone else out there, I like reading blogs w/ pictures. I can tell from my stats, that you all like them too. My stats from Saturday (when I wasn’t here) to Sunday (when I posted pics) went from 1 person to 14. I get it, pictures = more visitors.

Unfortunately, I don’t have any new pictures today. I know, I wish I did. What I have instead is the fact that I’m happy I didn’t fly to LI this weekend, I’m happy my car can stop likethat and I’m happy it can make a quick turn if needed.

Also? The annoying a**hole from North Carolina that was in front of my north of New Haven that kept tapping his breaks every 5-8 feet? Piss off. You really made me want to stop my car, walk up to yours, hit you upside the head, hard, go back to my car and continue.

As for weddings, I’ve been tentatively invited to another one . . . this one’s in Japan. Somehow, I don’t think I have the $$$$ to travel to that wedding, you know??? Though I’d love to go and see another friend get married.

If you’re coming here about a “cutie” update, I can say you’ve come to the wrong place today mes amies. Maybe I have an update, maybe not . . . ;) All in good time.

All I ask, is that where there aren’t pics? Please still visit!!!!

Pictures -- Wedding

First, I need a camera that doesn't eat batteries -- anyone have any affordable ideas? Right now I'm using a Nikon CoolPix . . .

First up, we have newly married Maureen and Michael (last name withheld for privacy).



Next part of the MJI crew -- former co-workers, and 1 Irishman from Donegal



Here's the whole MJI crew, and guests -- minus the Irishman



Lastly, here's me and Maureen



Enjoy!!!!!

Dolls

I can't stop "creating" dolls . . .

Here's a guy version to keep the girl version company (no, not in that way!)


You know, the more I look at this "doll" I can't help but think, I think I've dated him before . . .

Knitting and wedding stories later -- I'm tired