HAPPY BIRTHDAY COMPY!

Roller Derby Day!
YAY!

This time we have 2 different groups of freinds coming with.
George and Venus with 2 boys.
Chris and Allyse.
It should be fun.
I think the two boys will love this!
They love hockey though what they seem to really love is getting all decked out in the team colours.
So cute!
I let venus know that the team colours for Knox Roller Girls was an acid green or neon green.
Just in case the boys wanted to get jazzed up.
http://www.hardknoxrollergirls.com/

We just saw it this evening.
It was packed as expected and in fact all the showings have been packed.
What did we think?
As a long time Trekkie or Trekker -
It was a 9.5 out of 10!
I was caught in the story within seconds of the film starting.
The story held us enough that we stayed to see all the credits and we were not alone.
I took a little off for the re-imagining, but frankly it was done well and they avoided using the same old "fix".
The casting was interesting.
One cast member really was an oddity but it worked.

The film has laughing, some differences Trekkies/ers will slam, tears(seriously!), and it will likely leave you wanting more.
By the way our copy was having issues with sound and it would lose grip so we had some jumpy parts and still loved it!
So much that we are going back to see it on IMAX.

The fact we were out until after 3am and still made a showing says how much we were looking forward to this movie.
The previews were also woirth it!
GI Joe and Transformers.
Both look very good!

Enjoy!

A friend asked my husband if he could please get her some TamiFlu.
I told him to tell her to call her Doctor for a prescription.
That is the best place to get it but I am sure there is already a run on it.
Why?
fear.
Places where I shop have empty shelves where the hand sanitizer should be.
There are notes saying they are sold out but may be getting a new shipment soon.
Masks are sold out on-line.
And just a minute ago the news had a teaser on how to prepare for the cost of a funeral!
That is what is driving the fear!

Granted we may have a real Pandemic which we have known is a potential for decades.
The thing is we have been dealing with a really bad viruses and its little offshots for several years.
The US has had thousands of deaths, of healthy young people, for the last 3 years.
In fact the same week that VT had the horrible event, the shooting, the AMA officially recognized there was a super bug floating around.
I got sick with it but it was nt traced due to the fact the AMA had recognized it to themselves.
Within a few weeks, and loads of school closings, we were made aware that there was a really bad flu around.
It goes after the lungs and basically kills you will phlegm.
Gross but true.
I had a fever of 104 for days. A good friend did the same and he did not let us know until he was feeling better. Of course he kept working even with that fever .. So he helped spread an illness! Did I mention a lot of our other friends got ill. I know it was not me! I stayed home.
There has been one going around again recently and it hit this area badly. We had rolling school closings as entire schools were getting sick. We had some close friends get really ill and I ended up having to go to the hospital. It hit my lungs badly enough that I had bacterial bronchitis and had to take meds.
Just a side note - when I was at the hospital all the other females I saw that were sick with this had feet issues as well. From toddlers to the very elderly we avoided shoes and complained about out feet.
Some hands as well.
Not sure what that was but it struck me.

My next door neighbour is an ER nurse.
She ended up with the lung issue after the flu was gone and it was months before she stopped coughing.

Just a heads up.
1) If you feel yourself coming down with something STOP all iron!
Get a good multi vitamin with NO iron!
Why?
The liver reacts to invaders by sucking up all non bound iron.
Why?
Because viruses and even most bacteria need iron to recreate your cells into little "them" factories.
Most new Docs make a big mistake when people come in and say take your vitamins or just don't mention stopping iron.
Of course they rarely have more than 2 weeks of nutrition in their training.
Stopping the Iron is incredibly important!

2) Make you are getting enough sleep.
Seriously!
Even one night of no sleep can stress your body enough to lower the immune system.

3) Eat regularly!
A system not sustained is susceptible.
4) Avoid DAIRY! It supports mucus formation.
5) Get a Mucenx(sp) in asap and keep it going!
If you are of Asian descent(that includes American Indian and several other offshots) and you know you have a thicker mucus making tendency numbers 4 and 5 are very important! It can take us longer to whip lungs issues and the fact these flus make even thicker viruses are a cause for concern for us!

6) next to the Iron this is the most important!
WASH YOUR HANDS!!!
As soon as you get home, before you eat, just wash your hands! Around kids? Wash your hands and if they are your kids make them do it as well.
If you must use the sanitized stuff make sure you wash your hands within 30 minutes of using it!
Why?
It does work to kill off stuff as soon as you use it, but within that 30 minutes the sticky feel becomes a great substrate for other nasty to call home.
I had a virology class where we swabbed stuff and cultured the swabs.
Next to public phones, remote controls, the bottoms of purses, hands that had been sanitized with this stuff were the worst for real nasties.
I mean REALLY NASTY bugs.

7) Keep stress down
8) Keep exercising
9) Wash your clothes when you get home and avoid wearing shoes in the house.
Shoes walk through stuff and they can spread things in your own home.

If you know you have an impaired immune system just be even more vigilant about all of this.

I wanted to share what I know because I am just so over the fear tactics and want you all to stay healthy and calm.
Yes we may get really hit, but you can help yourself stay healthy longer.
The really good news is that viruses that jump species tend to be less strong or destructive.
Informed and calm is good!
;)

Rachel Brice!


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Not the best audio or even her best piece, but she is so good!
The style is very stacato and much more static than most BDing, but I do love this!

And this is their troupe The Indigo.

I drive my poor husband insane with this vid.
We have seen this show twice adn I have the song in my life's soundtrack.
For the belly dancers in the group the larger doll is Zoe from Indigo.

The band is miss labeled Viagra on youtube, but is in fact Via Gra.
The song is called Kisses according to the translation.
Enjoy!

http://www.pinkisthenewblog.com/tag/amazonfail/

I had heard about the book de-ranking at Amazon a few months ago.
It seems to have originally been a response to the comments area Amazon had created and allowed any and every comment to stand.
No matter how horrid or asinine.
I knew about a campaign that had been started to target one well known writer and try to get Amazon to remove her work.
The group started going after a few other writers and in what I am convinced was a way to placate these annoying people they set up the "mark as adult" system.
Which was a stupid idea that, like most really stupid ideas, went horribly wrong.
And the de-ranking voting did not get these people what they wanted as the targeted writers have much a too large a following for Amazon to de-rank their works!

It cracked me up that a specific comment was made by Amazon, a few months ago, about it not adding bestiality yet.
***For those of you who get the humour of that comment, and you know who you are ;), I literally had to spit out what I had just sipped in order not to choke.***

Also the de-ranking was much larger and was not all G/L books.
Though it is obvious that an agenda was pushed -hard!
Fetish, erotica, even books viewed as classics were slapped.
Judy Blume yet again!
David Sedaris! That one made my mouth fall open.

Amazon did something incredibly stupid.
What they should have done is have a similiar policy to J R Ward's website Mods are allowed to enforce.
;) And I know several of you know what that means.
Feel free to ask if you don't happen to know that policy.
I think it is brillant and easily applied to all parts of life.

May this stupid move get us one step closer to accepting each otehr.
M

I won a $200.00 gift certificate for a tattoo while at a roller derby match.
It is an all women's shop with a great reputation.
And now to decide what and where.

I hav ebeen TAGGED.
Generally I avoid these and just keep going, but this time I choose to answer.
I am not tagging any of you, but if the spirit moves you feel free. ;)

1. Where did your LJ handle come from?
It is an Arabic word. It is suppsoed to mean The Best, but it was a tongue in check thing I used to say to friends years ago. My handle should have been "Meesh Meesh" as it was my nickname in middle school. Also Arabic it means Apricot or Peach.
Yes, my nickname was Peaches.

2. How do you style your hair?
Many ways. Currently my hair is too long and I cling to the ever popular Ponytail.

3. What is making you happy right now?
The fact my husband just discovered one of the cats had accidentally locked himself in one of the Vet carriers! You would think the world was ending.
Too funny!@

4. What are you currently reading?
Actually several books. A Charlaine Harris mystery http://www.charlaineharris.com/bibliography/bibliog-lily.html, the new Gail Dayton http://www.gaildayton.com/mybooks.htm, and an older romance that catches my attention every few years. Plus I am listening to 3 different books on audio. Not at the same time. ;)

5. Do you need music to study/write?
Yes! Generally Classical for study and a mix for writing. I create playlists for my projects.

6. What is the last song on your play list?
Shiny Toys Guns. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7gCRSH6sec

7. What was your first car?
A mustang convertable.


8. Do you have a crush at the moment?
A character I am writing about.

9. What is your favorite movie (that doesn't involve your idol)?
A movie called Nudo di Donna. Very funny! And set in Venice.
http://www.amazon.com/Nudo-Di-Donna-aka-Portrait/dp/6300218732

10. What was the last thing you ate today?
A huge salad

11. What is your favorite color?
That is a trick question for me!
Yes and...

12. What websites do you visit daily?
LJ

13. What's your favorite food?
Italian garlic and vinegar pasta - at least right currently.

14. Which languages do you wish you spoke?
I have several but a lot are languages I wish I still spoke.
I would love to really be comfortable in Spanish. I understand most, however there are issues since I spoke Italian. Kitchen for example is SO not the same. ;)

15. What is your biggest pet peeve?
Entitlement!

16. Do you have birthmark?
Yes. On my right cheek bone.

17. Who was your childhood idol?
Alexander Dumas. This one will freak you out, but I was a military brat and we had TV shows that were very old and still playing in the far off lands -
Morgan Freeman!


18. Where would you like your next holiday to be?
The big one would be Europe though Japan is right there as well.
A small one is Disney with my fave chicks.
We could do spas things and Disney!


19. What do you do to fall asleep?
We have a white noise machine. It helps. Exercise!

20. Tell me something you love about the person who tagged you.
She has a great spirit, huge drive, and keeps going to overcome all obstacles.
She has a long term goal and she will get there.
That impresses me greatly!
You go Shabishii Sakura! ;)

Your results:
You are Deanna Troi

Deanna Troi 80% Jean-Luc Picard 60% Mr. Sulu 55% Will Riker 55% James T. Kirk (Captain) 50% Leonard McCoy (Bones) 50% Uhura 50% Worf 50% An Expendable Character (Redshirt) 50% Data 48% Spock 45% Geordi LaForge 45% Mr. Scott 40% Beverly Crusher 40% Chekov 30%

You are a caring and loving individual. You understand people's emotions and you are able to comfort and counsel them.

Click here to take the Star Trek Personality Quiz

Anyone else do Earth Hour?
We enjoyed the time with c andle light.
Paul played guitar and I knitted ( really close to my face knitting!).
After that we had wine and talked.
It was lovely.
We also went outside and looked at the electric dial.
It was barely moving.
YAY Earth!
We plan to start doing this every night when we go to bed and when we are out of the house.
Though we already had a shut down for when we were asleep and gone this will be more militant.
Even if you missed tonight's Earth Hour you can just decide and do it for an hour.
Turn everythig off that you can and relax.
;)

You Are The Brain

You're the type of person who's always on, always churning. You are alert and quick to react. You like to stay busy. You are responsible but also demanding. You take up a lot of energy. You are someone of deep mystery. There's a lot below the surface that's hard to figure out.

This oen really works for me! ;)

You Date Like a Man

According to studies on dating, you date like a man. You date casually and frequently, getting serious with select people over time. Physical attraction and chemistry is very important to you. And if there's nothing more than a physical connection, that's okay with you (at least for a while). You are definitely looking for love, but you are in no rush to find it. You figure love will eventually come your way, and you're not going to live like a monk while you're waiting!

That cracks me up!
Though I do tend to have more male freinds and a few really great female friends.
I tend to find women play too many games!

You Are Chocolate

You are dramatic, charming, and downright addicting. You have a strong personality, and and people are drawn to your fabulousness. You are stimulating and exciting. It's hard to get tired of you. You are incredibly likable and popular. You live a glorious life.

I did the boot quiz and had to do it twice as my personality cried out for more than one answer.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CEIT!
AND A HUGE YAY THAT IT WAS IN YOUR OWN PLACE WITH ROGER!!!
May this year be the fabulous beginning of so many more!

For us it was a YES!
We will see it again.
There were things we had a few issues with, but we let all that go for the joy of the story.
The visuals are incredible, the casting was fabulous, and we were even okay with the big change.
Paul told me that the critics panned Carla Gugino as Sally.
They are wrong.
She was very Gina Rolands and that was perfect.
We are going to see it again.
And just a heads up the sound track is glorious and funny.
The last piece is worth hearing and I think they used it because I Pagliacci would have been too obvious and this piece is a bit reminiscent.
I still had La commedia e finite go through my mind.

And hokey was good.
It took a while to get used, if that is the correct word, to the sounds of pucks and flesh hitting glass.
Once I figured out the rules, oddly like soccer, it was a sport.
This is what happened with Roller Derby.
It has rules and goals.
I mean the abstract concept of a goal as the end achievement and not the actual goal, though hokey has goals.
Knowing the rules and what the player's intention is in order to achieve the end goal makes it a sport.
I still dislike football, basketball(YUCK!), and loads of other things with "goals"( Nascar does anyone get that?), but I enjoy in person Baseball, Roller Derby, and now Hokey.
We may attend again next year.