A friend of mine has this silly habit of driving to places...work, the grocery, the doctor. Unfortunately all her means of transportation, her scooter, her car, have died.

She needs your help to buy a new car. She is an AMAZING artist and makes beautiful wings, crowns, beads, and necklaces.

Please take a look at her page scooterfae for a link to her Etsy page as well as some necklaces you can just make an offer on. Be sure to check the Etsy page for the wings and beads and crowns!!


Thanks for looking and helping out.

Tags: art, daily, friends
Current Mood: busy

Tags: daily, libraries, political
Current Mood: worried

Some of my friends just had a successful LJ yard sale with their books, so I thought I'd give it a try. I REALLY have to scale back on my book collection before moving all this stuff out of my apartment, so if anyone wants anything please let me know!

Shipping for first book is $3, second and above is $4.

Religion:

When Worlds Converge: What Science and Religion Tell Us about the Story of the Universe and Our Place in It - Edited by Clifford N. Matthews, Mary Evelyn Tucker and Philip Hefner - $2 (some pages falling out, but everything is there)

Science and Religion: Are the Compatible? - Edited by Paul Kurtz - $3

Illustrated Tarot Spreads: 78 New Layouts for Personal Discovery - Heidemarie Pielmeier and Marcus Schirner - $3


Advanced Readers:

A Lion Among Men - Gregory Maguire - $3

Raw Food: 100 Recipes to get the glow - Matthew Kenney and Sarma Melngailis - $3

The Big Book of Small Business - Tom Gegax - $2

Olympos - Dan Simmons - $3


General fiction:

Little Altars Everywhere - Rebecca Wells - $2

Confessions of a Pagan Nun - Kate Horsley - $2

Puff - Bob Flaherty (autographed to me) - $3


Lesbian fiction:

Paperback Romance - Karin Kallmaker -$3

Frosting on the Cake - Karin Kallmaker - $3

Side by Side - Isabel Miller - $3

Women on Women: An anthology of American lesbian short fiction - Edited by Joan Nestle - $4

A Woman Like That: Lesbian and Bisexual Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories - Edited by Joan Larkin (HARDBACK) - $4


CDs

Pink - I'm Not Dead - $4

Green Day - International Superhits! (case has crack) - $2

Jill Sobule - The Folk Years - $3

Indigo Girls - Come on Now Social - $3


VHS

The Last Unicorn

Nadia: The Secret of the Blue Water volume 1 (subbed)

Fushigi Yugi volume 1 (subbed)

Tags: books, daily
Current Mood: busy
Current Music: Lysa Ansaldi & Christophe Maé - Un geste de vous (version bonus-acoustique) | Powered by Last.fm

As I've mentioned, we've been baking all day...



AND WE'RE STILL BAKING.




Unfortunate bottle location or secret ingredient??


( Delicious pictures )

Tags: baking, daily, family, holidays, my life in pictures
Current Mood: full

I missed Holidailies yesterday. I was busy cleaning all day before Shadowbox, and afterwards I was feeling sad and just wanted to go to bed.

Tonight I am at my parent's house in Cincinnati because it is holiday cookie baking time! My mom has been baking holiday cookies since my sister and I were in elementary school. Now that we're not in school during the holidays, she pretty just makes them for her office, but I also get some for my friends and coworkers.

Tonight we made fudge, pralines, bourbon balls, and white chocolate mint candy.

Tomorrow we're making puppy chow, double chocolate chip cookies, peanut butter bars, fudge nut layer bars, strawberry white chocolate bars, nutmeg logs, shortbread, and lemon cookies.

IT WILL BE DELICIOUS.

Tags: baking, daily, holidailies
Current Mood: tired

Hooray I got my hairs redyed! I love new hair day, it is one of my favorite days. I come out of the salon feeling really good about myself and loving the way I look.

I worked 2.5 hours this morning at the branch that first hired me as a substitute. It was relatively easy and that last 2.5 hours got me up to a full 40 hours this week. However, I am now exhausted because I don't usually work 40 hours a week. I was practically falling asleep in the salon chair.

I'm going to a graduation party in four hours, and I'm thinking a petite nap might be just the thing. If only it wouldn't mess up my hair!

Tags: daily, hair cut, holidailies, work
Current Mood: exhausted

Today was mostly filler. Tonight is supposedly the largest full moon of the year? I haven't seen it. It's so cold outside it hurts.

My family went to the Madrigal Dinner tonight at Wright State, and it was very pleasant. There was nog. LOTS of nog. I'll recap it tomorrow, because now I'm just kind of writing enough so that I can say I made an entry for Holidailies and then go to bed so I can work tomorrow and then get my hairs dyed and then go to my friend's graduation party and then sleep maybe somewhere, sometime.

Goodnight.

Tags: daily, family, friends, holidailies, sleep, work
Current Mood: tired

Hey, my work is on the news!

The Dayton Metro Library is in the news because we surpassed 7 million items checked out in one year this year. Apparently the crew was filming at Main this morning, and I didn't come in to work until noon. I'm sad, because I WANT TO BE ON TV!! I would have been bouncing around in front of the camera saying "Film me! Film me!"

The man in the suit being interviewed is the director of the library.

You can totally see my department and my coworkers! Yay my department! Hello coworkers! Hmmph. Filmed them instead of me.

You can see our patrons illegally burning CDs onto their computers! Hello patrons! Hope the RIAA isn't watching!

Still, it's good publicity for the library, and I'm proud of my work. Good job, Dayton Metro Library!

Tags: daily, holidailies, television, tv, work
Current Mood: cold

Do you still live in the place where you grew up? How far away are you now, and why?


I grew up in Cincinnati. I lived in the same house for nearly 23 years. I moved 45 minutes north to Dayton, OH almost five years ago so I could finish school. I'm hoping to move to France in 2009. I WOULD LIKE TO GET OUT OF OHIO PLZ KTHX.

Tags: daily, holidailies, school
Current Mood: tired

Dear Santa,

What up, yo? Sorry it's been so long since I last wrote to you. In regards to my last letter, please be assured I'm not bitter that you never brought me that My Little Pony flutter pony I asked for. I get it. You gotta take care of your own people, and times were tough back in the '80s.

I have a problem, Santa, and that's why I'm writing you now. I'm hoping you can help me. Remember back 20 years ago or so when Christmas was confined to just Decemeber? Then it started leaking into "after Thanksgiving," and that was all right, I guess, though I do get really tired of people asking me "so are you ready for Christmas?" ("Yup." I reply. Ready to watch a movie and eat sushi? Sure am.)

But now, Santa, Christmas is starting in September! September!! This has to be hard on you and the elves. It's added to your production time, and it gives kids more time to add to their lists. Frankly, it makes everyone cranky by the time December finally gets here because they're so sick of hearing "Christmas is coming! Are you ready! Christmas is coming!" for months on end. They're fed up. There's only so much Christmas the world can take, Santa. It's too much.

So I'm writing you today to ask, could we cut it back, please? Could you make everyone agree not to mention Christmas until mid-November maybe? That would be swell. Thanks Santa. Give the reindeer a hug for me.

Love,
--Penny

Tags: daily, holidailies, holidays
Current Mood: blah

Describe your holiday decorating techniques.

Um...minimalist? Actually, Hannukah is the only holiday I do decorate for -- besides my birthday of course. My birthday is a major holiday.

I tape all the holiday cards I receive to the window seat. When Hannukah begins I bring the menorah down and it stays in the kitchen for 8 days; of course I light the appropriate number of candles each night.


Aaaaaaaaaand that's the extent of my holiday decorating.

Tags: daily, holidailies, holidays
Current Mood: cold
Current Music: Ace of Cakes

I heard about Holidailies from sistercoyote and I thought, "Hey! I like things!" so I decided to join up. These posts will be temporarily public until January 7 to comply with the rules of the program.

( Introduction )

If you came here from the Holidailies site, welcome! Everyone else, I hope you found the reintroduction entertaining ^_^

Tags: daily, holidailies, intro, jewitchery, school, work
Current Mood: bored

Wright State is closed until noon -- I'll take it!

*does the "I-didn't-have-to-go-to-French-class" dance*

Now the real question is, do I get dressed, get bundled up, drive all the way out there for ONE class on a Friday afternoon and then come all the way home.... or do I stay here warm and cozy in my pajamas, snuggled by kitties?

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ^_^


Oh couch...you are so very comfy.



ETA: chez_amanda alerted me that they just closed school for the rest of the day. WE WIN!!!

Tags: daily, school, snow, winter
Current Mood: pleased

Stolen from everyone (and their mothers!)

How many songs total: 2956
How many hours or days of music: 7.7 days
Most recently played: "Vandal" by Yunyu
Most played: "The Last Unicorn (Dance Mixx) by InMood
Most recently added: "Friday Morning Lullabies" by Emaline Delapaix

Sort by Song Title
First Song: "A: by DJ Amuro (DDR)
Last Song: "'97 Bonnie & Clyde" by Tori Amos

Sort by Time
Shortest Song: "Radio TMBG #1" by They Might Be Giants - 0:10
Longest Song: "The Beekeeper" by Tori Amos - 12:59 (from B of A Pavilion, Boston)

Sort by Album
First album: Acoustic Valentine by Catie Curtis
Last album: 50 First Dates soundtrack
First song that comes up on Shuffle: "Heavy in Love" by Bitch and Animal

Search the following and state how many songs come up:

Death - 5
Life - 45
Love - 107
Hate – 19
You - 258
Sex – 16

Tags: daily, memes
Current Mood: awake
Current Music: They Might Be Giants - Why Must I Be Sad

I am absolutely giddy over the new cast pictures for the Twilight movie on Stephanie Meyer's website.

SQUEE! Have you seen them? I joined the fandom after the whole Robert Pattinson casting wank, but I have to say, if I wasn't convinced before, these pictures have totally convinced me. He is Edward Cullen. I love the first picture on Stephanie's page. That's just such an Edward pose. I can't wait to see him protecting Bella. *sigh* That's my favorite part!


I need Twilight icons.... Edited to add: there we go ^_^

Tags: daily, fandom: twilight, movies: twilight
Current Mood: amused

We did not have a snow day today, despite me wanting one very badly. There was nothing I particularly wanted to avoid, I just really could have used a day away from classes.


But I went, and the day actually moved very smoothly and was pretty nice, so I can't complain. I handed out my Hello Kitty Valentine cards to my friends and teachers, since I won't be at school tomorrow. For my journal entry in French Conversation the assigned task was to write instructions for something; pretty open-ended. So I wrote instructions on how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. It's rather funny, and I'll try to remember to post it here later.

I received a 98% on the big French presentation I did on Monday! I am kicking ass in my French literature class. Who knew?

My Spanish teacher postponed our test from Friday until next Monday which is a HUGE relief, because I was nowhere close to being ready by Friday. I've been getting really good grades on the oral portion of the class, but I completely bombed the first written test, so I really need to do well on this next test to bring up that portion of my grade.


Tomorrow I have to get a fasting blood draw, just routine, a part of my physical. I just really, really hate having blood drawn :-( I'm ok with needles and shots, but I hate having things in my veins. My veins like to hide and be difficult, which leads to more pain and suffering and woe. ;_;

Tags: daily, french, health: blood draw, school, spanish
Current Mood: anxious

Ok, this is pretty cute: David's New Snail

Stolen from adoraluna


We were supposed to have a MAJOR SNOW STORM OF DEATH, but I see barely two inches outside, if that. And yet, school is still closed all day. Well, I don't have school today, people, so that's not helpful! Hmmph. I wanted school to be canceled tomorrow! Now I still have to go to work tonight and school tomorrow. Durnit.

Tags: daily, links, school, weather
Current Mood: aggravated

Stargaze tonight is canceled due to the weather not cooperating.



In other news, I got my hair cut and redyed, and I look ADORABLE. Everyone in the shop was saying how good the color looks on me. I love it! I don't want to sleep on it tonight ^^;;


ETA: Apparently I've been ordered to take pictures ;-p

Tags: daily, hair cut
Current Mood: tired

Tags: daily, tmbg video podcast

This morning I had a phone interview with my Spanish teacher at 7am, which meant I had to be awake and coherent enough to hold not just a conversation, but a conversation in Spanish at 7am, which meant waking up even earlier.

I am now exhausted, and will probably head to bed shortly.



Sabrina is staring at me like she thinks I might give her some of my rice krispie treat, but OH HOW WRONG SHE IS!

It is my rice krispie treat.

Tags: daily, sabrina, school, spanish
Current Mood: weird