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I'm needing some help. Recently at my aunt and uncle's property, we discovered this brown spotted spider w/ his backside deep orange and bumpy (like a brain). An interesting fact is that when either my aunt would pick him up w/ a stick or my uncle would wave his hand above the spider, it would rear up as though ready to attack. If anyone has information about the type of spider this is, it would be greatly appreciated.

While at work today my mother was talking w/ a co-worker about my new Polaroid mini printer, aka PoGo. My mom called me to ask how much I paid for it and where I got it. During the conversation, my mother was looking at photos taken by the co-workers daughter, as it turns out... the daughter has photos of the same spider!! This one was taken at their house on the front porch, the spider we found on Sunday was up in the foothills of the Cascade range.

Very strange.

Thank you all to those that help or have tips on where to look.

ciao,
Starrie

So the festivities of the Halloween experience have come and gone.  Sadly I was sick, tired, and pms'ing during the event so all of my efforts to complete my h-ween '08 costume was for not. 

Okay, I'll admit, it was not for not.  I have to do a few upgrades to the costume to make it 100% comfortable and functional in time for SakuraCon '09.  I'm hoping to have the costume completed before my trip w/ Mom to PDX in two weeks, so that I can begin working on another cosplay costume for SakuraCon.  I intend with the '09 convention to retire May and Hermione so that I can rotate in new characters.  There are way too many for me to make my mind up on and there is only so much room in the trunk of Bing to take w/ me to Seattle.

Today has been a good day, slept in (somewhat) with that extra hour, but I'm curious as to know when our nation will revert from the need of Daylight Savings Time or will continue to use in order to save electricity in the summer months.  When I was in England over three years ago, I had no idea that they also practice Daylight Savings.  I learned it the hard way....

In any case, are there movements to extend or retract the need for adjusting our clocks?  I'm very curious.  If any one knows, please contact me.

Since the holiday season is about to begin, are there those who are planning any parties?  Perhaps a costume party??  I do have this wonderful costume that I'm so close to finishing that it would be a shame to let it sit until April to be unveiled.

Anywho....I'm gonna go.  Please go to Travian, it's a great site.  Similar to games like Settlers of Catan.  It'd be fun to see more friends on there.  I'm sick of being "farmed" by neighboring Teutons.  I am a part of an alliance, but I'm ready to make some hell on the site.  Come join in!

I really should be working on my h-ween costume.

...be filling out apps for JET/UO Master's program/other jobs...

...reading manga...

...reading novels...

...deleting emails...

...drawing...

...watching movies...

...exercising...

...shopping...

...sleeping...

...uhhhh....

I've run out of ideas, but that's a good list of things I can do.  And they are all things I like.   Hmmmmm....okay, except the filling out forms parts, I LOATH forms, generally speaking.

I found a pic a makes me happy when i sign on/off the comp.



I don't hate "everything", but if i was a cat w/ this face, then yes, I would hate everything.  This is why mutts (cat or dog) is much better, they are not this messed up.

Enjoy, time to work on the H-ween costume!

Good Evenin' Blog Viewers!

So as of April I no longer have my Scarlett, after getting her back from the body shop I took her for a trip up to PDX to the Japanese Gardens and Rose Garden only to have the transmission go out on her the following morning.   I currently drive Bing, a 2003 Mazda Protege, that is about the color of a dark cherry.  The car has a lot of get up and go and is definitely far more reliable than Scarlett had been in the waning months of my ownership of her.

Post car accident, I did go into see my doctor cuz I had lower back tension, but nothing so major that I had to have therapy for it.  Scarlett received repairs and is now currently owned by my uncle who was incredibly impressed with her and puts my mind at ease that someone I know is driving her.  She was a part of me and is dearly missed.  (Just don't tell Bing.)

The summer was looking to be full of unexpected adventures.  Weddings were cropping up and my involvement in one of them was taking on more and more responsibilities.  My inablity to tell ones I care about "no" became very prevalnt and is something I need to work on.  I have an opportunity to work on a show for a friend, but I am having misgivings and may bow out as gracefully as possible.

As the summer started, I moved back in w/ mom and dad, my roommate got married at the end of the week and as I celebrated with others on the new chapter of my dear friend's life, I learned a great life was lost that same day.  My aunt, Carol Jean Sanne Walls, passed away at 11:30am on July 5th, 2008.  I am named after her and I am disheartened that I saw so little of her growing up, yet she was one of the few aunts on my mother's side that I loved and still love with all of my heart.  I think some part of my laugh mimicks her's and everytime I laugh now, I feel no fear of it being too loud.   For she was a loud laugher too and she was loved and respected by many people.  I am happy that she no longer suffers in pain and I know that she is happy being with my grandmother in a very beautiful and peaceful place.  I hope to one day meet them and we can all laugh together and take comfort in the fact that we are looking out for one another in life or death.

Other moments this summer have been as fraught with sorrow as with the passing of my aunt, for a little more than a month after her passing, I lost my grandfather.  He was 95 and an onery old man.  For though I was angry that his health would cause stress and grief for my mother, for she was his primary care giver up until last fall, I am sad that I will no longer have someone to fight with over frosting on his birthday cakes.   I did not fear him as did other family members, but I was not sad initially when I learned he had died, his death had been pending for the last five years and I am content in knowing that he is also somewhere better.  I hope he is with my grandma and aunt, cuz otherwise....

The wedding I was involved was hectic and I learned that I WILL NEVER HELP OUT ON A WEDDING AGAIN!!!  Emily has to say no more often and much sooner!  I am extremely happy for my friends who wedded that day but I learned that "stage managing" a wedding in 99degree weather sucks the fun right out of the wedding.  While others were getting high and drunk after the bride and groom went off on their honeymoon, I was cleaning up after everyone.   This seems to be a reoccurring theme in my life where I clean up after others and I can only be an observer of the situation rather a participant.   Now please understand that I was not 100% uninvolved, I was diffently woven into the presentation of the ceremony.  I got to announce the start of dinner!   How freakin' awesome is that!  Also, I got to bring the forks out for everyone to have inorder to eat the cake, I love positions of power, for they give me a sense of purpose.  But no more weddings for me, unless it is my own and at that point I keep it simple, very simple. 

Cool things this summer:  got my second ear piercing, yes, Emily survived that; spent a day in New York by myself, was on the Today Show, saw "Spamalot", and went to the top of the Empire State Building at night, it was an amazing veiw.  I also got a $500 settlement from the car accident, that went to the New York trip, and Kumoricon was awesome because of my friends James, Jason, and Ben.  I also started taking Japanese and Aqua Yoga (its yoga in a pool!)  I also discovered the love of the BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who.  My favorite "Doctor" is David Tennant (Doctor 10.0)  He's also known as Barty Crouch, Jr from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire film.  The best episode is "The Shakespeare's Code"  Who knew that Shakespeare refused autographs! 

Other cool stuff that has happened is Ladies Night at Potter's Quarter, myself, Kristen A, and Sarah G have been attending them to paint bowls and what not.  Kristen and I got on a kick of painting pottery when we found a unicorn and dragon shield, since then we've been working on bowls themed around our Chinese Horoscope.   Mine is still in progress, her's is completed, but I did do a square rice bowl that has the kanji for cloud on the inside and white fluffly clouds on the outside.  It makes me happy!

To wrap up, I am performing at LCC for the SPA's production of Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale."  Now I know what you may be thinking, but as it turns out an opportunity arose for me to take the stage and I was allowed to take on two small roles, Emilia and Dorcas.  (I'll pause to let you regain your composure........................) 

I didn't really want to be involved in this show, I had been asked to do tech, but turned down the offer for I wanted a break, but to act... It is extremely, and I mean extremely, rare for me to act, it usually works out that I audition and never get cast, but in this case, my energy and professionalism was a boone for the director and I believe it has become quite the boone for me.  I get to act, dance, and sing (off key and out of sync!) but I get to be in a place that I love with all my heart and soul.  The theater at LCC is my pride and joy and I remember all the tears and frustations I have had with that place and yet I just can't quite shake it. 

When I'm on the main stage or in the Blue Door, I hear the spirits awakening and I am glad for I miss them and I can play with them.  I try to be out of the door at work as soon as I can so I can be there to play and be in a world where I have told myself I cannot have until my finanical situation is figured out.  I truly wish I could have the best of both worlds, finanical security and the freedom to play.  The friends I'm making, the time I'm spending w/ my friends Sarah G, Kory, Kelle, Barbie and Michelle, and the embodiement of happiness itself make me re-evaluate what am I really wanting in life and can I have it all? 

Maybe some of you will say yes you can and others may say nothing at all, all I know is, I have found a well of joy and I do not want it dry up.  But at the same time I know that my time and energy is precious and there are things I want to do.  Such as reapply for the Jet Program, get back into my Japanese course work and do Aqua Yoga.  I also want to use my free time to go on adventures with other like-minded persons. 

I feel I'm rambling, the above reveiw has no specific timeline, but it is a summation of the major events in my life.  The year isn't over yet and I know more is to come.

Ciao!
Starrie

So it all beings with the New Year. Celebrated alone. Did anyone else do the same???

Friends are either having babies or getting engaged. Time to fly, in my mind.

Turns out daydreams are useless and hopes are not worth getting up when the Embassy of Japan turns you away, even before an interview. Do I reapply or achieve the impossible dream? **London here I come!**

26th b-day is around the way. Hmmmmm, is there life after 26? Or a long, painful, drawn out death? Prefers to not find out, either way.

SakuraCon was a blast, wished it could be everyday of my life versus three out of a year.

Money is fleeting and really good guys are elusive.

People driving huge ass trucks should pay attention when driving in 6pm dense traffic. Scarlett was recently returned to me after being at the mechanics for two weeks. I have her back for about fives days and now I’ll have to get her sent into a shop for repairs. I thought I had good car karma!

Theatre is my love, one and true. I just do not have the time to give it. I’ve done a little bit since ACC ’06, but I am not the same SM anymore. I want to be better! Can Rutger’s give me what I desire so greatly? The Globe? The West End? The World???

WRT is defunked. Room for a new company? Theatre of the Stars....will this be the start towards that dream?

Moving back in w/ mom and dad in the summer. Or moving elsewhere? More on this topic later tonight....

Why am I NOT happy? Is anyone ever happy? Deep thoughts from a very "easy to read" kind of girl.

This was the Craptastic News Update @ Noon!