The Mysteries of Melinda...

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 23:58:03 GMT

Being drunk is GREAT!!!!

KOKOLOGY

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:23:28 GMT

Hey everyone.....

I know i havent updated in awhile, but im here in Dothan AL with Seth. His job is going great and i believe i will have a job here very shortly. This town is beautiful compared to phoenix. I really forgot what GREEN trees looked like. I mean, i've gone back to santa barbara to visit and all but.... even santa barbara is brown compared to this. I also dont mind the southern folk at all. They are actually very nice. I remember a conversation with a friend a few years ago when i was in florida; he walked by someone and said hi and that person then said hi back to him and i asked him if he knew that person. He said, "No. Thats just how it is here in the south. You say hi to everyone." I still didnt get it then. But i get it now.

The ferrets are also doing well. All four of them ;) The road trip here was a bit hard for them but they did love running around the hotel room :) I think they even left a few surprises for the maids the next day. I tried to pick them all up, but sometimes those ferrets get into the strangest places ;D Anyways, i LOVE the apartment Seth picked out. Its a cheap two bedroom and somewhat small, but i really do like it. The ferrets have their own room. Its actually the master bedroom ;) Damn we spoil them..... Theres actually a good reason for it, though. The room is also the guest bedroom and theres an extra bed in there if anyone or two *winkwink* people want to come and visit in this swimming pool of a town.

I also got a new car!!! Probably the biggest high light of my week. Its a 1995 Toyota 4runner V6 automatic, white. Now we have 2 white cars. As some of you know, my 91 Volvo died about a month before i left AZ, so a second car was needed. I think im in love with it already. Seth and i are thinking about making a trip to Tallahassee FL on sunday to go play amtgard with the group there so we will get to see what kind of mileage it gets on the open road. What we really need to do is take it out in the middle of no where and really work it out. Its too clean right now ;) hehe. The car's name is Chuck. Dont ask.

All in all, the move sucked as always when your packing, loading, and driving by yourself across country. BUT.... I like the city, the like the money Seth makes, I LOVE my car, and I LOVE Seth :D. Happy times.....

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~KOKOLOGY~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Caught in the Rain"

Not everything in life is predictable. We're always getting hit by surprises, emergencies, and unforeseen disasters without any chance to prepare ourselves mentally. Surprises of any kind can be stressful- an unexpected proposal just as much as a sudden breakup. There are too many things we can't control; that's one of the reasons we all tend to develop habits and patterns to live by.
You are walking outside when a hard rain suddenly begins to fall. Even if you run full speed, you're still about five minutes from your destination. Which of the following best describes your choice of action?

1. "I'd find an awning or tree to stand under and wait for the rain to stop."
2. "I don't know how long it's going to keep raining, so I'd run to where I'm going as fast as I could."
3. "I'd see if there was anybody around with an umbrella I could share or a store where I could buy one."
4. "I always have a folding umbrella in my bag when i go out, so I'd just use that."

EDIT: YOU MAY NOT PICK NONE OF THE ABOVE!

How did you respond to the sudden downpour? The rainstorm represents unforeseeable and uncontrollable forces in life. Specifically, your answer shows how you tend to react when a fight breaks out between you and a loved one or friend.

1. "I'd find an awning or tree to stand under and wait for the rain to stop."
You're the type who waits for the other side in a fight to cool off before trying to settle your differences. You prefer to let them rant and rave until they run out of steam, then present your case calmly and objectively. Some would say this is the intelligent approach, others would say it's just sneaky.

2. "I don't know how long it's going to keep raining, so I'd run to where I'm going as fast as I could."
You don't care about the end result of a fight so much as getting to speak your mind. You're sure you're right, and there's no sense in arguing the point. The concept of give-and-take doesn't figure into your tactics. If they get angry, you get angrier. If they start to yell, you scream. This doesn't make you much fun to argue with, but atleast it's easy to tell where you stand on as issue.

3. "I'd see if there was anybody around with an umbrella I could share or a store where I could buy one."
You don't like conflicts and confrontations, so you try to smooth things over and calm the other person down whenever a fight breaks out. Unfortunately, sometimes that only makes things worse. It may be important for you to make a stand and weather the storm every once in awhile.

4. "I always have a folding umbrella in my bag when i go out, so I'd just use that."
You think you have an answer for every accusation, a justification for every fault. To you, an argument may be just a chance to hone your skills at debate, but to others you seem slippery, frustrating, and insincere. But of course, you probably have a good explanation for that, too.

Hoped it was interesting..... comment back with what you picked. It would be interesting to see what people chose. :)

The new ferret Zoro :D

Wed, 09 May 2007 04:00:10 GMT

Hes got a black nose ;)

We got a new CAR!!!

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 06:15:34 GMT

My significant other and i ;) have bought a new car!

We bought a 2002 toyota camry, white for $12,000. Obviously it is used but as toyotas go..... it is in very good condition :D We also got a $2,000 trade-in for Seth's old car which was falling apart, literally, just because it was the end of the night and the guy wanted to make a sale that day. ;) Seth's car was probably worth about $250. YEAH!

Anyways..... Meet Pepe, our little mule ;)

http://images.cars.com/supersized/DMI/111509/P19148.02.jpg
http://images.cars.com/supersized/DMI/111509/P19148.04.jpg

Looks cute...

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 06:44:07 GMT

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Poor Kudzu :(

Sat, 17 Feb 2007 00:29:19 GMT

We have started up a new amtgard group in Phoenix AZ and at the momment we've recruited about 15 people. Hopefully it will just keep getting bigger and bigger :)

But anyways.....

Those of you that know Kudzu...... You'll get a kick out of this. :) This is Kudzu and Chaos fighting in a tournament a few weeks ago. hehehehe....

http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d99/Sethra500/HO%20Midreign/?action=view¤t=P1020965.flv

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 19:37:57 GMT

HEY SETH!!! post on your own journal! ;) Im trying to be a hermit here. Your going to confuse people...... ;P

Check this out Randy

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 14:24:02 GMT

Fun things that can hurt us

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and while I am at it check this out... but not work safe for the site.

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Thanks what I'm talking about

Fri, 19 May 2006 04:21:19 GMT

Why dig up old memories when it wont change anything....... when all it will do is make you angry again at people who are now different. I dont know why I do it. Maybe because I get bored or maybe because I want to remember them or how it used to be. Maybe I just want to figure out what went wrong.

Will it ever make a difference if your nice to people? Maybe..... or maybe all being nice to people gets you is disrespect. Because lets be honest...... who truely respects someone more when they are nice to you no matter what you do to them?

Fuck it. Some people will never change and never want to and I'm getting tired of always trying to be your friend.

I should of never secluded myself as much has I have. When you push so many people away, its hard to expect anyone to trust your attention.

Sometimes you just want to give up on everyone youve ever trusted. Maybe things would hurt less if you just didnt care.

Sometimes you just want to hide.

Why to I bring up such memories? Doesnt help a damn thing. :(

Oh yah. Im graduating tomorrow.

Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:18:14 GMT

create your own visited states map
or check out these Google Hacks.

The number of countries definately went up since working for the airline. Go figure ;)

Hello Everyone!

Sun, 16 Apr 2006 01:57:44 GMT

Well if you havent heard from me in awhile, its been because Ive been in Europe. Budapest, Hungary to be exact. I had wonderful time and went to many places like germany, Slovakia, switzerland, and hungary. I went to a hungarian opera, i went dancing with hungarians at a gypsy night club, I went wandering around a castle in slovakia thats been there since 1500 BC (which are not in the photo album yet), I taught 4th and 5th grade hungarian children to speak english and managed to leave with spending only $50 on presents for people.

This trip gave me new courage to do things that i thought would and could never happen. I suggest a trip out of the United States to everyone, if only for a few days. :)

And now for the photos!!!

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/saphirewings5/album?.dir=5ab1&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/saphirewings5/my_photos

Tue, 07 Feb 2006 16:46:43 GMT

After you die...
Reincarnated as Yourself

After death, you will be reborn again as yourself. You will live the same life, unbeknownst to you. However, you will have vivid moments of déjà vu, as you probably have now.

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hey teacher leave those kids alone......

Mon, 23 Jan 2006 19:27:10 GMT

yes school started this morning and i feel it will be a fun semester. I think it helps quite a bit that it is my LAST semester at this college before i have my 2 year degree. Kinda makes it all feel calm to know that. Some would think opposite but since i have one hard class this semester and nothing else really to do that will cause thinking, it makes it the easiest semester so far, which is how it should be. :)

I am going to go to ASU in fall 2007 so hopefully ill retain some pro-learning behaviors since thats going to be a full time school schedule unlike the last year of school which has been all part time. But i can confidently say that ASU is not going to be any harder than city college. For one thing, its known for being a party college and easy going. Secondly, Santa barbara city college is known for being the hardest city college in california and maybe the United States. This would be the reason we have so many foreign exchange students trying to attend here and have so many great teachers. So drawing the least amount of conclusions as possible, i would say they are going to closely resemble eachother, except for the sizes of classes.

HELLLOOOOOOOO TALY! Sexy bitch. ;) Rarrrrrrr.

do you want it?
do you?
i thought so.
so we should skip next class and find a dark room ????? yah?
ah no one really shows up anyway.
ill make you get over that fast :D

Sorry had a moment with taly on the computers.......

anyways.... If its confusing why i am going to ASU i should tell you that im moving to phoenix in june. Yup. Finally leaving cali and becoming a desert girl with that boyfriend of mine. What i do for love.

Oh yah! Im going to europe in april! Going to visit my mom there in Hungary for a week. Should be a good time, they have a great condo there that im going to stay in so if anyone wants to go with me your welcome to come.

You would think that it would be oh so cheap for me to go to europe with all those free flying benifits, but no. The trip is going to cost me around $300-400 which includes the $100 for a passport. I guess its better than $1000 for a normal person to go but still, for a person who has been flying free for the last few months, its hard to think about paying that much to go to europe. *sigh*

Thats all for the update. I havent done it in awhile so thank you for reading. :)

Melinda

Sun, 15 Jan 2006 03:11:47 GMT

DOG - Your daemon may be a dog if you are loyal and
caring, and like to know what is expected of
you. You probably are very family oriented, and
have a small group of friends that you are very
close to, rather than a large group of
acquaintances. You dislike confrontation, but
you will stand up and fight for the people and
issues that you really care about. You may
prefer someone else to take the lead in a
situation, although you would rather take the
lead yourself than have the situation fall
apart. You probably enjoy routine and order,
but that doesn't mean you don't like to have
fun. If anything, your friends probably know
you for getting intense, child-like pleasure in
the small things in life.

What Is Your Daemon?
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Never had a test be so accurate before. Cool. :)

Mon, 19 Dec 2005 21:02:13 GMT

Your Hair Should Be White

Classy, stylish, and eloquent.
You've got a way about you that floors everyone you meet.

What's Your Funky Inner Hair Color?

You rigged this didnt you, Seth?

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 06:26:40 GMT

For those of you that didnt watch the Earth to America on TBS tonight....... take a look. Even if you dont join, atleast you might learn a bit more about what will be happening in the near future.

California isnt going to break off into the ocean someday..... but it might end up under 6 feet of water. ;)

check it out http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/default.asp

Sun, 06 Nov 2005 00:38:39 GMT

Sometimes i start to think that i might be missing amtgard, but then i wake up and remember how much drama there is involved with that game.

Ill just stick to school. Real life problems seem to suite me better.......

Thu, 03 Nov 2005 18:05:14 GMT

I found one of my old friends on Myspace this morning. We used to be really close before i moved to santa barbara but just didnt stay in touch since ive been gone.

Yah, shes pregnant now. And shes about a month younger than i am. No boyfriend, doesnt know who the father is.

This is also the friend whos mother tried very hard to kick me out of her life because she thought i was a bad influence on her. She found out about a time we ditched school to hang out with some friends, who just happened to be guys, at her house....... so i was not aloud to hang out with her. Her mother even went far enough to send her to another school in hopes of changing her devilish ways (her mother was the scary religious type). I was blamed and scolded by both of her sets of divorced and remarried parents. They said stuff like they trusted me and how could i drag chantelle into my horrible and slutty behavior.

The thing thats kind of sad is that i was the person who was trying to calm her down. I guess i was the prude friend in those days ;) But yah. I wonder if she would be were she is if i had stayed. Maybe i would be the one pregnant. Who knows.....

All of this just makes me think about my life and the choices ive made. How things would be if i didnt make certain friends and didnt go to certain places. *sigh*

Its scary when people your age start having babies......

TALY! IF YOU GET PREGNANT ANYTIME SOON ILL KILL YOU!!

hehe ;)

Sat, 22 Oct 2005 04:28:52 GMT

Note to self:

If your going to have sex on the carpet, wear knee pads.

Fucking rug burns.

Thu, 06 Oct 2005 23:40:48 GMT

I just met you, dude, and already your calling me up to ask for a hook up for weed......? CREEPY. Maybe i should of said that i didnt have a phone. My dog ate it. Yeah. Thats it.

So does this event tell me that i look like a stoner? Or just that i look like i would have stoner friends? Maybe he was just that desperate........

Birthday wishes

Mon, 12 Sep 2005 03:47:09 GMT

Today was my 20th birthday. Pretty mellow and right now im pretty tired because of my looonnnnggg day at work. BUT.... on a positive note, for my birthday, Im in phoenix til tuesday and then Seth will be in santa barbara til friday. So thats really my birthday time, when im not so tired from work.

But life is good and busy..........

Thank you to those who called me to wish me happy birthday. It felt good to here from people i have missed. Its been lonely in santa barbara. No ones really left here to have a party with or atleast go to the movies with for my b-day so it made the day a little nicer to here from you. Ill call you all tomorrow because its getting late in other places.

Love you all. :)

Melinda

Thu, 08 Sep 2005 18:02:48 GMT

1) Reply with your name and I'll respond with something random about you.
2) I'll tell you what song/movie reminds me of you.
3) I'll pick a flavor/color of jello to wrestle with you in.
4) I'll say something that only makes sense to you and me.
5) I'll tell you my first memory of you.
6) I'll tell you what animal you remind me of.
7) I'll ask you something that I've always wondered about you.
8) If I do this for you, you must post this on your journal. You MUST. It is written.

First Day of School...... Yeah!!

Tue, 30 Aug 2005 22:51:17 GMT

Im nervous but more excited. Looking forward to having something else to do and talk about besides work. Im sure i would bore anyone i would talk to right now. They would just be funny stories of fucked up things i do with people at work. Not too exciting.

Still love my job. Dont love the boss though. She's never there to work or to see how things are going. She only there to leave notes about how bad we are doing and how we need to get the planes out sooner and work harder. Bahhh! Most of the time we ARE on time. ANother thing is that she doesnt punish the people who show up late or dont show up at all. Its really a problem at this place. Out of the 5 people that are supposed to work a shift, usually one person doesnt show up. Makes the day suck because everyone else has to work twice as hard. So, does she fire them? No. Does she take away there flying benefits? No. Does she leave notes threatening people about showing up late for shifts and tell everyone how bad they are doing? DING DING DING!

*sigh* but i kinda had a feeling about her before i was hired. Having a person wait a month before calling you back to tell you were hired..... that might have been a sign. ;) Atleast the majority of people are hard workers.

And get this! I actually trained someone else yesterday! They let me show her things to do and how to do them! I didnt think my head could get any bigger because of this job..... but wait...... oh it just did. ;P

Melinda

Sat, 27 Aug 2005 01:29:06 GMT

A - Age you got your first kiss and when: 6..... on the playground.
B - Band listening to right now: 3 doors down
C - Crush: Seth ;)
D - Dad's name: Michael
E - Easiest person to talk to: Too hard to say. Depends on my mood.
F - Favorite bands at the moment: 3 doors down or Gimmies Gimmies.
G - Gummy bears or gummy worms: Gummy bears... mmmmmmmm
H - Hometown: Cypress, California
I - Instruments: Drum, Piano
J - Job: Airport Customer Service and Ticketing Agent (sounds fancy for a renaissance bag thrower)
K - Kids: 0
L - Longest car ride ever: 18 hours for Great eastern in maryland ...... good trip ;)
M - Mom's name: Darlene
N - Nicknames: Mel, Minda
O - One wish: To have a PHD and know how to use it well.
P - Phobia[s]: failure, not having enough time, closed off places.
Q - Quote: "If at first you dont succeed, failure just may be your style."-Despair.com
R - Reason to smile: Seth
S - Song you sang last: "Seize the Day"-from the movie "Newsies"
T - Time you woke up: 4:15 am (morning shifts at the airport suck ass like a whore)
U - Unknown fact about me: if i told you it wouldnt be unknown
V - Vegetable you hate: beets
W - Worst habit(s): biting my nails.
X - X-rays you've had: Teeth. Thats it i believe.... unless there was a time during my childhood that ive repressed.
Y - Yummy food: BBQ, Pad Thai.
Z - Zodiac sign: Virgo (the perfectionist)

Thu, 04 Aug 2005 00:12:05 GMT

I start at the airport on friday! My shift is going to be hard though...... 5am-4pm friday through monday. Yes i know, 11 hour shifts, but i get 3 days off. I'll see how it goes..... i could always find something else if i really hate it.

More details to come....:)

Melinda