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Dragon Con is again upon us!

Well, we’re 3 days out from DC 2004 (2 if you count Thursday as the first day) and I’m starting to get excited about it. The room is secure, some snacky treats are acquired and part of the shopping is done. I found some cheap yet cool clothes to shove my fat ass into, so at least I’ll have *something* to wear!

My hair is VERY blonde. The hair will be Nuclear Red and Wildflower purple on Wed morning, but it’s pretty damn blonde from the 2 hour bleaching session today. I always want to leave it blonde when I do this – which is exactly what I did a couple of years ago. My LJ icon reflects that year. But this year, I’m paying my hair chick to put the vile staining hair dye on at the salon so they can deal with the stained sink, towels, combs, etc. It’s worth it! My hair will be red on top with purple underneath and streaked throughout. :-)

It’s my theory that with hair so loud, it will detract from my ass so BIG! Har!

I’ll try to post again right before con and maybe from the con if I remember.

Well, I’ve got a busy day tomorrow. Gotta hit the hay! Ciao!

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Retrograde whining

I have mentioned many times how much I detest Mercury retrogrades and this one is certainly no exception. It has sucked big donkey balls! First, the refinance had to be completely redone. Then I have to deal with the ineptitude of the Dekalb County court system on Wednesday when trying to pay for my speeding ticket I got in July. None of the phone numbers have worked for the past 6 weeks, so I get to spend a couple of hours of MY DAY standing in line at the Court Reporters office being browbeaten by the bitch assed black women that work there. After all that, I get to PAY THEM $10 EXTRA for the “convenience” of paying by phone, despite having to go in person to get my ticket put in the goddamn system in order to pay it! Then the Ford dies in the driveway with a broken timing belt and some ruined tensioners to the tune of $800 or more. On top of all that, I’ve been feeling slightly ill for the past 3 days. I am not sure if it’s strictly stress induced or if I’m fighting off a weak virus. All I know is that my stomach has been jittery and I’m very tired.

I suppose the good news is that we will close on the new refinance tomorrow afternoon, but since it’s in the middle of this LOVELY Mercury retrograde, I’m concerned about the overall outcome of it. Feh! Sometimes you can’t just stop your life because of an astrological event, but it still feels ominous when things have been sucky since the event started!

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Miss Angela B17 Flying Fortress

I found out tonite that there’s a B-17 Bomber named after me! That’s right, there’s a B-17 named Miss Angela! How cool is that??

I was futzing around the ‘net looking for some line art and got bored, so I Googled myself for images and Miss Angela came up! Wow, I think that is the coolest thing EVER!
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This edit is on Aug 17 2011. I’d like to add some more info and a pic of the art. Enjoy!

Miss Angela is located in the Palm Springs CA Air Museum. More info about Miss Angela is on John Weeks’ site. The Queen of the Sky site has a ton of B17 links for your edification.

B17 Flying Fortress Miss Angela
©http://www.johnweeks.com/b17active/b17missangela.html

The B17 Flying Fortress (Queen of the Sky) is an amazing and beautiful aircraft. The loss of the Liberty Belle on June 13 2011 is a tragedy to WWII Aircraft enthusiasts everywhere. I had the privilege of “meeting” the Liberty Belle in 2007 at the Peachtree-Dekalb Airport’s Family Day. She was a real beauty and she will be missed. Her loss made me cry. A lot. :(

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Wow! August is half over!

Gads, where does the time go?? We’re about 2.5 weeks out from the Con and I’m getting excited about it. Not the Con, really, but the experience. The Con has no big guests this year at all. I am not even sure that there’s anyone new! I’m not surprised by this, sadly. It’s the slow degradation of what used to be a great Con.

The weekend was very productive and fun. We went out Friday night to Thinking Man and we went to FireFest in Oakhurst yesterday. In between the social outings, we worked on the house. It was a lovely weekend to spend outside!

This week is fairly slow until Friday, when we CLOSE on our REFI!! W00t! The closing is at 3pm and we plan to be in L5P by 4. There will be much eating, drinking and being merry! Next week, there is a pre-DragonCon party on Friday that we plan to attend. That’s all we have booked until the Con itself.

Hopefully, we’ll have the issues with a friend worked out by the party, but no matter what we’ll have closure. She’ll either decide to work it out or not and we’re good either way.

That’s it for this Moanday. Everyone have a great week!

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Happy Friday the 13th!!

I just love this day! I didn’t even realise the date until I saw the paper this morning! W00t!

Ok, so I’m reading up on everyone’s LJ and getting really bummed. I hate it when everyone has so much drama and shit going on. Well, welcome to your 3 week Mercury retrograde… I hate these fuckers. This one started Monday and goes all the way thru Sept 2! I’m a little nervous about signing our mortgage refinance papers next Friday during the retrograde, but nothing can be done about it. There’s no way I could reschedule the damn thing for Sept! So, in any case, I’m just going to go with the “RE-” theory of retrogrades, which is that any activity that starts with the letters “re” is an acceptable activity for the retrograde. So, with that theory, a REfinance should be ok.

But, back to the LJ entries from my friends. Russ didn’t get the job offer he wanted. Caroline is STILL waiting for her man to cut the family apron strings and move the fuck up here with her.

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Ah, it’s always easier to see solutions for others than it is for yourself. Isn’t that just the bullocks? I wish I could map out a plan for myself to reach my potential and be fulfilled! I mean, things are GREAT right now, but my personal growth is stymied again. ARGH. I hate these plateaus! I guess it’s like writers’ block – a thing that must be endured and will break on its own.

Well, enough of these ruminations. I’ve got stuff to do and a lovely Friday the 13th to enjoy!

I hope everyone’s weekends are just what they need. May I suggest saying your Gratefulness Prayer a few times? It works for me:

Gratefulness Prayer
Thank you for the love in my life. Thank you for the love that surrounds me. Thank you for the miracle of life that I am and for the miracle of life I see reflected all about me. Thank you for the gift of life that I am. Thank you for my perfect body, my health and vitality. Thank you for the abundance that I am. Thank you for the the richness of my life. Thank you for the money that flows to me. Thank you for the excitement and adventure of the millions of possibilities and probabilities. Thank you for the beauty and harmony. Thank you for the peace and tranquility. Thank you for the laughter and the play.