Hey all, we'll be pulling the database server offline this coming Monday for approximately an hour to run some software updates on the system. I shouldn't expect it to take the full hour, but better to allocate the extra time just incase!

The update will start at 9am and run until 10am EST.

Thanks!

Back from the doctors, definitely not fun and I hate this stupid cast. I can't wait for 2 weeks to be up. It's going to be the best day of my life! So I thought about going camping this weekend, definitely will have to pack lots of warm stuff and a bunch of soup and hot chocolate. I thought about hiking up the mountain behind the house like we used to do back in high school. Might go with a couple friends, but we'll see how I feel. I kind of like my nice warm bed with Kiara (who's not really supposed to be on there but whatev!).

So today, I am not doing anything!! It's great! I plan on playing some Xbox that's about it. And then of course dinner/movie tonight. I feel like taking a bunch of those silly quizzes that seemed "popular" back in 2004 lol.

Maybe I shall take a nap and read my book/magazines.

xoxomorgan

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SlottedPig/~3/460828596/maxed-out-hard-times-easy-credit-and-the-era-of-predatory-lenders

This documentary is excellent look at where more and more of us are heading and some of the predatory lending that helped get us there. It doesn’t really provide any answers, but it’s reassuring that we’re not alone in this situation and it’s important to be aware of the pitfalls.

I streamed it from Netflix, but you can also borrow it from your local library or buy it from Amazon and iTunes.

 Wow, the last few days have been weird! But I think in a good way. Good weird...I know I wrote that I'd be logging off the nets for a couple days, but since this is basically my little journal, I thought it would be similar to writing in a paper one, so this doesn't count ;) I am not checking emails, FaceBook, Twitter, none of it...I'm just writing in here.

Yesterday was raf's birthday. It sounds like he had a pretty good day, a really good day I guess. I'm glad he liked my present. I got him an XBox 360 w/ Call of Duty 4 and we ended up playing for a couple hours. I definitely had fun. I can really get more kills without that stupid cast (which is being put back on today unfortunately). I doubt they'll do it in pink, but you never know, I'm going to ask anyways.

I think I am pretty much over being sick which is really nice. I basically just had a sore throat and a bit of a runny nose for a couple days. I was definitely miserable during those days, but it's better then being sick for weeks. I'm still taking a couple meds to get me through the day, but it's not too bad anymore.

So I told Rafael that I wanted to get another tattoo, I was thinking of getting something that would make me laugh each time I saw it, something related to me and him, but he just said he hates tattoos and not to talk to about it with him, oh well. I'll figure something cool out. I thought about getting a couple little Mario stars or something cute ^__^ not sure though.

So apparently him and this girl are going to hook up. I won't name names because this is a public entry and I promised him I would keep my mouth shut (for the moment). I think it's totally awesome! I'm all for it, but he seems to down about it, I mean yeah I'm definitely not going to be the same girl around him when he does and now knowing but it's not like I'm that much different, HA HA HA I can still be funny. I don't really know if I want to talk more about the subject. I really feel good about them though, I think if that makes him the happiest boy in the world, then I'll be the happiest girl in the world for him. I'm totally behind him 100%!

So it snowed again last night, I've got like an inch or two on my lawn, and it's pretty :) Tonight I am going out to dinner with Nikki and I think we might go to the movies too. I know this might sound odd, but I think I am going to focus on my real life friends, not that I don't care about my friends online, because I most definitely do. I just have so many good people here that I can hug and hold and talk face to face with. And I know I make it that way, and because I do I think I should start doing so. This weekend I don't really have plans, I don't know what I am going to do, maybe I'll go hangout with my brother and his friends for a bit.

I played through some of the Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts demo last night. I couldn't stop giggling. It reminded me of so many good times back in the day, Nintendo 64, staying up late with friends playing Mario Kart and all. I think I am going to buy the guide for the full game, I remember needing it for the N64 version cause of all the music notes, and puzzle pieces, but now it looks like they've introduced like "go-karts" or something...I love Mumbo Jumbo! EEECOMPOKUM! :)

Alright, so I've got a doctor's appointment shortly so I should probably get dressed and stop yapping! I hope everyone has a lovely Friday!

xooxxmorgan

• 09:49 is back at work today, thinking I might go home early today... #
• 11:13 @_nitz Awwwee that sucks! :( #
• 11:25 still doesn't have themes in GMail, COMON!!! #
• 14:24 is back from lunch, had a fun time oddly enough... #
• 18:25 has the new blue Gmail but no 'themes' tab, WTF!? #
• 18:51 just got a URL to get the themes tab from Jason :) I am using the Bubblegum theme haha #
• 20:35 is gearing up to play CoD4 with Raf. #
• 00:59 @WithinRafael Don't you wish ;) #
• 01:48 is logging offline for the next couple of days, see you guys then! #

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 Today I called in sick, I feel absolutely miserable. I do feel a bit better now then I did this morning and afternoon though. I slept like shit :( I probably got 2-3 hours total. the medicine raf recommended worked a bit but not as well as I thought it would. I ended up using the whole bottle (oops) and it still really didn't do all that much, made me a bit sleepy and fixed a few things, nothing spectacular though. So anyways, I for Raf had to wake up early this morning to get into work, it was nice cause he sent me a chat on MSN and then I called him and we talked the whole way while he went to work.

Blah, never finished this entry...I'll start a new one....

lmao hope gina is having fun at that silly boot camp deal :P

also begun sending out a couple of letters to people, got more to send though

i worked harder than i thought over the past week, our IPS reports were posted in the stockroom and i was working ten dollars over my quota (in other words $76 over $68), despite the economic slump in much of the nation, people here in lawton have done alright, not too many bought too many cars or houses or took loans they could never in their stupid ass lives ever afford to pay off, our gas prices are low at a 1.71 a gallon, thanks to BRAC our wonderful Fort Sill is growing and so is our city, and much more, now we just have to get the fucking city council to realize its no longer the 1960's and is now the year 2008 dumbasses -_- see we are controlled by the good ole boy society here in lawton, sad sad fact, damn you mayor purcell.

the election went better than we could have hoped for, i cant release all the information i got back from the CCRP executive meeting, but sufficient to say the GOP is in very good shape to kick some ass in 2010. out of the key U.S. house seats our challengers to their incumbents versus their challengers to our incumbents was 7:4 out of the victories on both sides. here in Comanche County, we took everything except the Sheriff's office, and have a war chest, we also have the high ground against the Democrats and the insane Libertarians.

other stuff going on, will post more!

• 07:43 is sick today, no work, no horses, no nothing, just sleeping... #
• 07:50 @michelish thanks, i hope this goes through me quickly! #
• 09:17 had a bath, going to sleep now... #
• 09:23 @_nitz Bad bad bad!! #
• 14:19 @MARSVISION Oh shit that's out today, I've gotta get it! #
• 14:25 @harrysaxon23 - Oh man, that sucks :(! #
• 14:51 is REALLY liking the new XBox interface! #
• 15:41 is heading out to get more drugs...stopping by my parents too. #
• 19:07 is going to take some meds and watch some TV.<3 #
• 22:39 really likes The Becoming! #

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• 07:40 is heading out to the bus, it's cold and snowing. X___x #
• 08:08 not working at the office, too many accidents, bus is late, working at home today! #
• 10:43 is working on a few Scribbld things... #
• 14:24 is taking a nap cause i feel like butt... #
• 15:54 is nap was bad idea, i feel 20x sicker now (T___T)! #
• 16:04 @WithinRafael - HA HA You Broke your router!!! #
• 16:51 msn messenger is crapping out... #
• 18:46 just got some drugs that Raf recommended, but not taking them until later tonight. #
• 20:03 is going to bed really early, cause I feel like crap. xoxoxmorgan #
• 20:05 @conhopper - LOL. Just sickness medicine, not illegal narcotics haha #
• 20:05 @withinrafael - It just did zZzzzZzz *dreams of you* <3 #
• 20:05 @conhopper thanks, I am trying :P #
• 02:49 it's 2:49am and i am still dying! #

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 So this morning was off to a shit start but things definitely got better. Don't they always ^___^. I'm glad too, cause he's my best friend. Anyways, chatted with raf on MSN for a bit. Also chatted with Suzuki-san (is that right?). I learned a few cool things, and I think I had my first real chat in Japanese, mind you it was 4-5 sentences, but it was fun nonetheless. Then I went to take a nap thinking it would make me feel better. I woke up feeling worse. My throat is killing me, and I have a slight headache. Rafael told me about some of this medicine he takes when he has a sore throat. So my Mom got some of it for me and I'm waiting a bit to take it because he said it would make you sleepy. I wouldn't want to fall asleep while writing this LOL.

I think I'm going on a diet soon, I looked okay when I went to CA, but now I look horrible. I think it's cause I haven't been able to go riding at all, and that's normally my only exercise...I dunno.

Hrmm, so I wanted to play some Xbox with LtDan tonight, but I don't think it's going to happen. I'm going to take this Tylenol stuff and I'll be done until tomorrow. I hope I'm well enough to go to work.

I've been trying to studying some Japanese today, but I can't get much done. Can't concentrate, my head feels like BLAH. I really like Bullet For My Valentine's new album, really good! I was planning on playing some Crisis Core this afternoon, but that never happened. I did do a bit of Japanese writing studying...still okay :)

I took some pics of myself in glasses cause Raf wanted to see, I say I look horrible, he says otherwise, I guess that's why I love him. <3

Ok, time for me to go now! -__-!

• 07:54 gave Raf another lovely WAKE UP call :D hehehe <3 #
• 07:54 @MARSVISION - Dunno, I had fun with the first one on N64. :) #
• 09:24 is going to play some Resistance/Dead Space/whatever else... #
• 12:19 is going out to run some errands and get some food, be back in an hour or two! #
• 13:22 is back with LOTS OF FOOOOOOD!!!! #
• 13:47 @MARSVISION - Nice, I'm on level 1 haha The ship just blew up. I am burning ME right now actually :P Hopefully I can find time to play! #
• 15:15 New blog post: OpenFire & Mac OS X Leopard Server tinyurl.com/5cjktm #
• 16:01 @notfixingit Haha my friend tried too...I gave up and choose something else lol #
• 16:04 @WithinRafael - You have an odd concept of work! #
• 16:04 is heading out to the barn, then parents to pick something up, then home and relaxing! #
• 18:26 accidently deleted the main CSS file for Scribbld.net -- haha oops!! #
• 18:27 @lchoquel I really liked it too!! #
• 20:20 is eating dinner, and chatting with Raf...going to watch some TV in a bit. #
• 22:33 looks like my favorite Subversion software went 1.0! versions.app! #
• 22:35 Hey VT got Perez'd ping.fm/NsZ5k !!! #
• 23:55 is going to beed, goodnight, xox. #

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So today, I collected a VERY lot of Davey Havok/AFI icons. If one of them is yours I didn't credit you it was because I forgot to and when I remembered to, I had closed all the tabs, so I am really sorry. If any of them are yours and you want credit, let me know ASAP!

So today, I managed to delete the master CSS file on Scribbld. Absolutely no idea how it happened, but I've seen it happen before, lame. Fortunately I pulled a copy from the backup server as soon as I noticed it (which of course was 2-3 hours after the fact). Oh well. jimmy fixed the search box CSS on the control strip so it looks decent now. I am starting to think about developing a new theme for the site, something darker.

So yesterday when I was the barn, I was leading Magic into his stall and his ass and my arm got squished between the stall door. It ended up fucking up my cast. It was pinching me, not enough for serious pain, it was just annoying. I ended up cutting my cast off. It felt SO GOOD LOL. I'm going to be calling the doctors so they can reapply a new one, as much as I don't want too. But I think it'll only be for a couple more weeks, so it won't be too bad.

So I managed to clean up the house today, also went food shopping and got a few errands done in town. Chatted with raf for a bit, he brought his laptop to work so we got to video Skype. Was fun. I also called him on the way home and when he went to go pick up some ice cream. I think the copy of CoD4 I bought him got to his house today too, so that's good. I can't wait to play.

I can't stop listening to the new Senses Fail, Sky Eats Airplane, Secret and Whisper, AFI and akissforjersey. I LOVE MUSIC!

LtDan sent me this thing on Miley Cyrus today, very very, even more funny when they mentioned Lizzie McGuire :) Raf is trying to get me to watch that Charlie Unicorn shit on YouTube, NO! >____<!

I met some guy on FaceBook, Sato Suzuki, he wants to help me with my Japanese so I am pretty excited about that! I really have to start studying and working on my writing again. I just need to find time and all...I also need to watch all these animes/J-Dramas I downloaded. So much to do and so little time.

Don't think I've got much more to say. Have a lovely evening <3

xoxoxmorgan

Hahah yup that was me, I guess I accidently deleted the site-wide CSS file so the main site probably looked a bit "boring" for the last few hours! Sorry!!! I pulled a backup and ran through as much of the site as I could and it looks like it's good to go!

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/makkintosshu/~3/456278600/burlington-named-healthiest-city-in-the-us

— Burlington is younger, with an average age of 37[…]
— Burlington is better off financially, with 8 percent living at the federal poverty level[…]
— It’s much more educated, with nearly 40 percent of area residents having at least a college bachelor’s degree[…]

The cultures are significantly different, too. Bicycling, hiking, skiing and other exercises are common in Burlington. Neighborhood groups commonly focus on improving parks, working in community gardens and repairing and improving sidewalks.

It’s great that the city I see every day looked upon so highly in this area. It’s unlike other cities I’ve lived near or visited frequently and I love it. It really is such a positive area to live in.

[Via Jackson Latka]