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Although I enjoy a meaty burger every once in a while, I am veggie burger fan. Best veggie burger I've had was from a restaurant off of Decatur in New Orleans overly priced (I think it was, like, $16?). It was delicious though. The Chimes in BR has a great veggie burger for about $5, which paired with a nice amber ale is prime. Damn. Now I'm craving a burger and a beer. DAMN YOU TRF!!! hehe.

Right now: whatever I want until grad school and then I have to wear decent clothes (unless grad school doesn't pan out). Best job ever? Barn job. I got to wear jeans and nasty t-shirts and my favorite pair of boots. When I exercised horses then I wore my cheesy looking breeches and usually a tank and sports bra. My favorites were the DQs (Dressage Queens) who came out in Armani to clip their horses. I kid you not. Those women are made of money and let you know it. Thankfully my trainer was/is a cowgirl at heart and gave lessons in wranglers. But I got paid decently to wear muck clothes at the barn and play around with ponies. I miss that job so much.

So, my mare has been lame and we think we've figured out what it is (another vet, not my personal vet), which is awesome because it's not what we initially thought (and what we initially thought is not good). So, heck yeah! I'm stoked and she was super peppy today at the barn and very good when I soaked her feet. I'm so glad I beat* good ground manners into her so that big buckets full of water don't scare her. *NOTE: I never beat her (nor would I ever), but I did teach her super awesome ground manners. Ha.

QUOTE (rushfanNlv @ Apr 26 2011, 04:42 PM) Danny is finally awake and WANTS HIS LAPTOP! so I would expect some posts from him shortly. Yay!!

Trail ride Saturday and I rode the "crazy Arab" who went to sleep on me. Oh, my stellar skills at putting the most crazy of ponies to sleep. Today... it's lovely outside, nice and breezy.

This past Friday we had a friend over and I had to get my horse ready for a trail ride, then she came up lame, so I rode the Arab (horse, not a person). This Friday I will be at Jazz Fest.

QUOTE (Drumnut @ Apr 25 2011, 12:50 AM) Thank you everyone! I excited and scared at the same time. I can imagine anyone would be considering this is brain surgery. I know when we found my tumor about four years back the best advice I was given by my neurologist was "shave your head" (which you've done) and "it's the hardest surgery to recover from so take your time." Don't expect to bounce back so fast and be patient. Know you have people on your side that are going to be strong for you when you can't be. Just take your time.

This Friday I'm going to Jazz Fest to see: The Red Stick Ramblers Mumford & Sons (YESSS!) The Avett Brothers

I love all cheese, especially feta, but cheese (in fact, all food it appears) just doesn't seem to like me. I don't know what's going on with my body. I think I need to see a doctor. :S But yes, cheese is a guilty pleasure. Mm, feta, gouda, swiss, all cheeses. Cheese and crackers and wine, cheese on a sandwich, string cheese, cheese by itself... delicious.

Finally just saw the remake of "I Spit On Your Grave." Neither one was good. I need to quit watching banned cult films. Unless it's Cannibal Holocaust.

You know I'm so happy for you and wish you all of the best concerning your surgery. I hope you have a swift recovery and that the surgery is successful with controlling or stopping the seizures. Keep us posted!

Ended it with a guy I've been seeing. It was positive because it wasn't going anywhere and we are able to remain friends, but still... I felt used. That sucked. Oh well. Maybe one day I'll meet a guy who respects me.

I've tried so many coffees in the US, but nothing will compare to... http://www.lsudining.com/media/user/Image/CCH_3C_Primary%20reduced.jpg And when I visit New Orleans I go to Cafe du Monde for delicious coffee, beignets, and live music. I also love Highland Coffees and Coffee Call, all off-shoots of either Cafe du Monde or CC's.

I feel like I live in it. Oh wait... I do.

QUOTE (In A Tidewater Surge @ Apr 5 2011, 04:52 PM) Have aliens in it. Yesss. Ugh. If you're actually serious, sign up for a class at a community college or a University and take a screenplay writing class. Even if you hate the class you at least get the software for free. If you're not so serious, just buy the software. It ranges from the cheapest, which sucks ($70) to over $200. I love the really good software because it basically does everything for you and you just write. With the cheap software you have to go back and format everything so you do little writing and tons of editing and formatting.

Managed to get pretty dang sick the day of the GRE and signed up for the wrong Praxis, which resulted in losing a lot of money. However, the essay questions were awesome.

I get Neil's perception on people and completely agree with him (despite the fact that I would love to discuss books with him, but whatever. I also have friends for that). I know so many people who have met celebrities and truly believe they are friends with those celebrities. They then follow them around with this insane belief in their head and it's terrifying. Neil is there to do his job and I think he's in the right when he puts up those boundaries between himself and people that have the potential to be insane. Not saying everyone is, but there are crazies out there. Would I want to have a meet and greet with Geddy and Alex? I don't know. I've meet some celebrities from doing films when I lived in Austin and sometimes it's fun; when they're working it's not so much (mainly because they're busy and you're just an "extra"). This would be a different experience, fast paced, and what not. I'm fine with just seeing them play live. But yeah... I'm very big into boundaries. I don't think there's anything wrong with Neil's stand about fans. If anything, I agree with him.

Fridge made my day on every level possible. Jackson dog and myself also spent a good portion of the day at the puppy park and we took a walk. Also watched Shadow of the Vampire by one of my favorite cult classic directors and studied for the GRE.

QUOTE (Fridge @ Apr 2 2011, 07:52 PM) QUOTE (garbo @ Apr 2 2011, 12:48 AM) QUOTE (Fridge @ Apr 1 2011, 07:06 PM) QUOTE (garbo @ Apr 1 2011, 02:33 AM) QUOTE (Fridge @ Mar 30 2011, 01:53 PM) Jesus. Obviously a product of the "I want it now" generation, this woman is a complete and unadulterated idiot. Another point I would make...if a book has grammatical and spelling errors then it is most certainly not "literature". I guess McCarthy needs to give back his Pulitzer and Faulkner ought to give back his Nobel. Like most fear the Reaper, this girl (like most people) fears the Dreaded Red Ink Pen of Editing. She's young, naive, and hasn't been through the ropes, which you really don't get unless you get a MFA in Creative Writing, which is what most authors do nowadays. What she needs to do is do just that (get her MFA) and then from there get an editor or a literary agent, which is a lot harder than one realizes, just like getting published is a lot harder than one realizes. Ah, everyone thinks they can be a writer these days. *slaps everyone over the head with Vergil* Not good comparisons as their "errors" were deliberate rule breaking for effect (much in the same way Picasso broke the rules in art), and they were well aware of what they were doing...this young woman just seems to be grammatically inept. Oh, and you say Vergil, I say Virgil! Read what I wrote about the woman. And I was being facetious (pertaining to you) so I wasn't actually making a comparison. If anything I was being sarcastic. I tend to do that. The correct Roman Latinate spelling is Vergil. The English spelling is Virgil. I took six years of Latin, I'm just used to spelling it Vergil and I have my Mac setting to Irish so it doesn't correct it. I can spell it Virgil if you like. BTW, Toni Morrison earns less than Snooki for public appearances! *facepalm* I did read what you wrote about the woman...just because I don't give the response you expect doesn't mean I don't comprehend your point. And honestly, did you really think I didn't realise you were being facetious? Brush up on the sarcasm btw....it has to be funny to be any good. As for V(e)irgil....I think you missed my point a little, but never mind...I really don't care how you spell it. Oh, and as for Toni Morrison...not nearly enough porn or explosions in her work for a low brow oik like me. Look at you, Fridge, proving how difficult it is for some people to take criticism and attempting to pinpoint it back at others! I love it! You made my day. *scuttles off to the made my day thread*

FYI, I just found out that March 26th was wear purple day. I had no idea. :S Shows how popular we epileptics are.

QUOTE (Fridge @ Apr 1 2011, 07:06 PM) QUOTE (garbo @ Apr 1 2011, 02:33 AM) QUOTE (Fridge @ Mar 30 2011, 01:53 PM) Jesus. Obviously a product of the "I want it now" generation, this woman is a complete and unadulterated idiot. Another point I would make...if a book has grammatical and spelling errors then it is most certainly not "literature". I guess McCarthy needs to give back his Pulitzer and Faulkner ought to give back his Nobel. Like most fear the Reaper, this girl (like most people) fears the Dreaded Red Ink Pen of Editing. She's young, naive, and hasn't been through the ropes, which you really don't get unless you get a MFA in Creative Writing, which is what most authors do nowadays. What she needs to do is do just that (get her MFA) and then from there get an editor or a literary agent, which is a lot harder than one realizes, just like getting published is a lot harder than one realizes. Ah, everyone thinks they can be a writer these days. *slaps everyone over the head with Vergil* Not good comparisons as their "errors" were deliberate rule breaking for effect (much in the same way Picasso broke the rules in art), and they were well aware of what they were doing...this young woman just seems to be grammatically inept. Oh, and you say Vergil, I say Virgil! Read what I wrote about the woman. And I was being facetious (pertaining to you) so I wasn't actually making a comparison. If anything I was being sarcastic. I tend to do that. The correct Roman Latinate spelling is Vergil. The English spelling is Virgil. I took six years of Latin, I'm just used to spelling it Vergil and I have my Mac setting to Irish so it doesn't correct it. I can spell it Virgil if you like. BTW, Toni Morrison earns less than Snooki for public appearances! *facepalm*

QUOTE (Fridge @ Mar 30 2011, 01:53 PM) Jesus. Obviously a product of the "I want it now" generation, this woman is a complete and unadulterated idiot. Another point I would make...if a book has grammatical and spelling errors then it is most certainly not "literature". I guess McCarthy needs to give back his Pulitzer and Faulkner ought to give back his Nobel. Like most fear the Reaper, this girl (like most people) fears the Dreaded Red Ink Pen of Editing. She's young, naive, and hasn't been through the ropes, which you really don't get unless you get a MFA in Creative Writing, which is what most authors do nowadays. What she needs to do is do just that (get her MFA) and then from there get an editor or a literary agent, which is a lot harder than one realizes, just like getting published is a lot harder than one realizes. Ah, everyone thinks they can be a writer these days. *slaps everyone over the head with Vergil*

Awesome photos! Thanks for the write up.