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1) What is one of your favorite things to do alone at Pennsic?
Duh... people watch.

2) What is one of your favorite things to do with a group at Pennsic?
Play music.
(That was an easy question)

3) What is one of your best Pennsic Memories?
Lying with a friend on the battlefield at night discussing magic, fate and music.
And theorizing exactly what some of the other people on the battlefield were doing.. lol

4) What is one of your weirdest Pennsic Memories?
mmm.. 4 people and a digeree-doo in a porta castle.
The door was used as a wa-wa peddle.

5) What was your first Pennsic?
When I was 18

6) How many/which Pennsics have you attended?
10. Even if its just for a day or two, like this year, I still try to make it.

7) What keeps you going back to Pennsic?
Feel renewed afterwards.

8) Are you going to Pennsic this year?
For 2 days :)

9) What group/block do you usually camp in?
E23/Rozakii!!!!!

10) What three words would you use to describe Pennsic?
Its own world.

I had a very interesting time downtown St Catharines last night. More than I expected. 
I went out after work and decided to start at the bar where big_bald_kevin works. 
After watching some cars get towed I went for a walk to see what else was going on. 
I went down St Paul Street and didn't get very far at all. A fight broke out in front of me. Some guys ran out of Karma, pounded some other guy who was walking in front of me into the ground. 
His head made a very distinctive sound as it hit the concrete.. hard. 
The attackers ran off. I got the impression from what was being yelled that they had attacked the wrong guy. 
I called an ambulance and the guys friends turned him over on to his side. 
The police were super quick getting there. There were alot of police cars driving up and down the street last night. 
I left after I told them what I could.. which wasn't much. 
I went back to the bar.
Bored again, I went for another walk to get something to eat.
Now the end of St Paul is blocked off by a firetruck, ambulance and a whole lot of police cars.
Time for a hot dog.
I take big_bald_kevin's bike out for a ride. It's a big bike. I can't stand over it, I'm too short. but I can stand if one leg is on a curb. So I'm standing on a curb in the alley doing up my coat when some guy runs past me and hits me in the head!
I'm amazed and kinda in shock and I don't really think I can get off the bike very well to go and hit him back, so I ask him "why did you hit me?" 
He had run past me and punched me in the head with a closed fist.. his fist was closed because he had a bunch of licorice in it...
He had stopped and was staring at me. Probably not the best thing to do after you punch someone. 
After I asked him that I thought he was going to cry.. *I* felt bad for *him*
Anyway, so I ended up leaving him there after he gave me the licorice.. -grin-
I'm used to being hit in the head anyway... 
What a weird night.

Current Location: work
Current Mood: amused
Current Music: none :(

1. Where is your cell phone? hip
2. Describe your boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife/lover? nadda
3. Your hair? hate
4. Your mother? frustrating
5. Your father? immature
6. Your favorite item? bike
7. Your dream last night? mountains
8. Your favorite drink? wine
9. Your dream car? standard
10. The room you are in? bright
11. Your ex? unrealistic
12. Your fear? insanity
13. What do you want to be in 10 years? happy
14. Who did you hang out with last night? Laura
15. What you're not? asleep
19. The last thing you did? explore
20. What are you wearing? cargos
21. Your favorite book? Spares
22. The last thing you ate? yogurt
24. Your mood? bored
25. Your friends? asleep
26. What are you thinking about right now? books
27. Your car? parked
28. What are you doing at the moment? thinking
29. Your summer? open
30. Your relationship status? looking?
31. What is on your tv? off
32. When is the last time you laughed? today
33. Last time you cried? Luke
34. School? maybe
35. Pasttime? everything

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Current Mood: bored

I know that depression totally whacks with your judgment.
So he starts talking to me again after us not talking for a while, which made me happy.
He's not doing so well though. He feels like he has nobody to talk to, which I tell him is silly because there's lots of people that care very much about him. He doesn't see it that way though.
He's already pushed everyone away. Including me.
Now he's seeing a Dr. FINALLY! and I hope it helps him. Because I can't. 
He wanted too much from me and I had to say no and walk away. 
That hurt.

Changing the subject

I hate that gas is super expensive and I have to commute to work..
On the bright side, my sister and her boyfriend are looking to buy a house in Hamilton and would like me to live with them... so they can "charge me up the ass for rent"
I'm sure we can work something reasonable out. And then I'll be in the city that I want to be living in at least. And not by myself. 

I've been working late shifts so I havent been able to go to band practice or fight practice or even get ahold of Trumbrand and Kaylah so I can finish making my new armour. I'm starting to feel kinda un-motivated about these things because I havent done them in so long. But the season for both of these things is going to start real soon so I should get on that stuff. 

I've been jogging a bit now to get ready for the events I want to do this summer. I'm definitely motivated about that! I've always hated running. But it's not so bad really, once I got started. I get dizzy super easy though, so I'm not pushing as hard as I expected I'd be able to. But I'm definitely making progress. Noticable progress. I'm pretty pleased with myself. 

Current Location: @ work
Current Mood: bored
Current Music: cheesy waiting room music

I get into work yesterday afternoon to find out I'm not scheduled there this weekend.
My mistake. When I was told I would be working one more weekend at the Hamilton General I must have not listened to the April part.. in my mind it was this weekend.
So I didn't make it out to Ice Dragon like I wanted to.
On the bright side I did get to go out drinking nice and early with my sister and cousin.
And early was the only way we were getting into Slainte's.
They had a shuttle running between the 3 bars owned by them, but we never made it that far.
Tynne and Allison came out to the last bar we were at and brought me back to Ren and Arlette and Joleen's where I ended up spending the night 'cause they hid my boots.
But I'm home now -grin-
I hope everyone had a great (and safe) St. Patrick's Day.

New Job..

I did a couple interviews last week within the hospial corporation that I already work for and I was offered both the positions. 
I decided to take the admitting clerk job. Its an on-call job like the one I have now, with no guaranteed hours. The department runs 24 hrs, every day so the opportunity for me to get shifts is quite high. And they're short staffed. Unlike the department I'm in now which has too many staff.. thats why I'm leaving. 
I'm going to miss working in Diagnostic Imaging. I've been in the x-ray department for so long. 
I start training on Thursday but my old boss is borrowing me for next weekend. So no Ice Dragon for me. 

This Friday.. 
I want to go to the Mongolian Grill with lots and lots of my friends. Its the best place to go with a big group of people, I havent been in a long time and I want to hang out with my friends more. 
So everybody try to come.. Let me know so I can make reservations

So my computer hasn't been allowing me to post to LJ for a few weeks. It's been shutting down my internet when ever I tried..
I am writing this tentatively with the expectation of being shut down again at any time.
I have installed a patch that I think is helping though.

I got a weekend off of work unexpectedly and I took full advantage of it by going on a lengthy road trip with ashendari to Practicum in Ottawa.
The event was fun and informative and entertaining and all that I expected it to be with the added bonus of black5sugars black box class.
My regret for the weekend is regarding my mood swings. I hate my hyper-ness as much as I hate the depression. They are both uncontrollable and I feel like crap not having control.
But I continue to try  without medication cause both my doctor and I don't want me to be on lithium unless I really need to be. And I don't have a drug plan.
I got the chance to spend some time with a few of my friends from Ottawa from when I briefly lived there. ashendari and I went to the museum with my friend Adam and then back to his house where I convinced his roommate that coming out for dinner with us was what he wanted to do even though he was eating a bowl of soup at the time.
Dave, a friend from my even more distant past, joined us for dinner too.
The drive home was snowy but ashendari was great company and we talked about all sorts of things and listened to music.
I made it home quite late and had lots of time to sleep before my evening shift in Hamilton. Today though, I've had a migraine all day.
My boss called me into work for this evening, but I had to turn down the shift. I never turn down shifts. But my eyes weren't really open and I only answered the phone so it would stop making noise. I'm better now.. many drugs and a day long nap..
I'm going back to bed soon. I've canceled everything I was supposed to do tonight.

Current Mood: groggy
Current Music: Josh Martinez

Everyone loves Bunnies

http://bunny.frozenreality.co.uk/

Fun reading!!

So I was walking down the stairs just now and I stepped on my own toe.
Just one.
It hurts. Maybe it's broken.
Somehow it bent under itself and I stepped on it.
How impossible is that!?
Kinda like when I broke my own finger by kicking it.
Hard to explain really.
I think I am impossibly accident prone.
Thats all there is to it.

Current Location: down the stairs
Current Music: system of a down

Baby boy Aedon is finally here!
He was born at 12:52 this afternoon and weighed 9lbs 4 ounces.
Becca and Drew and Aedon were nice and calm and happily enjoying each other when i last saw them at the hospital this evening.
Congratulations guys!!
Love Kestra

becca's at 9cm, got an epidural so she could sleep

Well, I left the hospital because I was getting very sleepy and there is still no baby in sight.
We got to the hospital nice and early. They did the Gel thing and sent us away for a few hours.
We walked around the mall, had some East Side Marios.. and went back .
Thank -you Kersteken for talking to Becca on the phone and calming her down.
Becca decided after talking with Kersteken to go back to the hospital and do the gel thing again, then do the water breaking thing, and then if she still needed to after a few hours, to do the medication thing.
How technical is that? -grin-
She also pointed out that the nurse that was getting on Becca's nerves would be gone after 12 hours. That made her considerably happier!
When I left the second gel thing hadn't happened yet, so I'm thinking it could be a very long night.
I'll post more when I know more.
Kestra
Kersteken or anyone .. feel free to correct my poor descriptions of whats going on.. (gel thing.. sigh)
I'm going for my nap and waiting for Roxy to arrive.

So I should have gotten more sleep last night. I knew I was getting up early this morning.
But I couldn't help myself.
We are on our way to the Hospital to make the Baby come OUT!!!!
I'll post more when I get home.
Everyone wish Becca a little bit of luck today and hopefully everything will go easy for her.
Love yas!
Kestra

MISSING

IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT AEMONN (PHIL MORSE)

PLEASE LET US KNOW!!

Missing From:  Australia

Date Missing:  Jan 21st

Date of Birth:  Jan 27 1974

Age:  32

Sex:  Male

Height:  6’

Weight:  180 lbs

Build:  Medium

Eyes:  Brown

Hair:  Shaved head, blond stubble

Race:  Caucasian

Complexion:  Fair

Clothing:  Grey and Black winter

jacket, Blue Jeans

       CIRCUMSTANCES

Last in the company of Roxy Goulet when she supposedly was

taking him to the airport for a return flight home to Australia.

Please be wary of Australian themed dinner invitations

from Ms. Goulet. (twistdprincesse)

My toes are the best little things in the world.
They are entertaining. The way they wiggle around. Especially in the pink fuzzy socks I was wearing tonight.
They are long and well, toe-like. I can wiggle a bunch of them independantly of one another which is a favourite skill of mine.
They are always freezing cold, which is unfortunate, but gives me great amusement when I stick them under other peoples legs.
They look their best in fun toe-socks. But I think toe-socks feel weird when I first put them on. Kinda like separating them for no reason. I don't really like mittens either. My fingers get super cold when they are on their own.
I like to paint my toe nails. All kinds of differnt colours.
Never my fingernails though.
I think I ate too much sugar.

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Jimmy Carter is president of the US

A major accident occurs at a nuclear reactor on Three Mile Island near Middletown, PA

An American Airlines DC-10 loses its engine and crashes seconds after takeoff, killing 275 people

Hurricane David kills over 1200 in the US and the Dominican Republic

Some 90 people, including 63 Americans, are taken hostage at the American Embassy in Tehran, Iran

The Soviet Union invades Afghanistan

ESPN starts broadcasting

Aaliyah, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Norah Jones, Heath Ledger, and Kate Hudson are born

Pittsburgh Pirates win the World Series

Pittsburgh Steelers win Superbowl XIII

Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup

Kramer vs. Kramer is the top grossing film

Sophie's Choice by William Styron is published

"My Sharona" by The Knack spends the most time at the top of the US charts

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Current Location: Work
Current Music: CBC Radio 1

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TEN THINGS TO PONDER FOR 2007
#10 Life is sexually transmitted.
#9 Good health is merely the slowest rate at which one can die.
#8 Men have two emotions: hungry and horny. If you see him without an erection, make him a sandwich.
#7 Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day. Teach a person to use the internet and they won't bother you for weeks.
#6 Some people are like a slinky... not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you shove them down the stairs.
#5 Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in the hospital dying of nothing.
#4 All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.
#3 Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars, and a substantial tax cut saves you thirty cents???
#2 In the 60's, people took LSD to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.
AND THE NUMBER ONE THOUGHT FOR 2007: We know exactly where one cow with mad-cow-disease is located among the millions and millions of cows in America , but we haven't a clue as to where thousands of illegal immigrants and terrorists are located. Maybe we should put the Department of
Agriculture in charge of immigration.

I've posted pictures of Tarquin's shirt in my gallery

http://pics.livejournal.com/kestrasfishtank/

Hey,
I'm looking for jazz musicians that play around the 1920's style.
(to play in the Halton Region in April)
Contact me with any ideas and details by thursday morning please.