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I’m torn.

Not, not like Natalie Imbruglia (though, I have that CD and still enjoy it). I am torn because I love Halloween which is why I’ve been promoting my giveaway on Reviews by Cole so hard. I want you to enjoy it, too. I’ve even been in a better mood since we broke out the decorations, even if we have absolutely no plans. I love Halloween festivities. And I wish it lasted longer. It’s equally as important to me as Christmas and I wish there was more build up. Even Ryan wouldn’t let my put up decorations before October 1!

But I’m torn because October is also Breast Cancer Awareness Month and I find that to be a worth cause, a cause which I appreciate not only because I have breasts but because a member of my family has battled breast cancer. I see people putting up button and banners in pink when I only want to see black and orange. I see people promoting worthy causes when I’m just giving away stuffies. It does put a little damper on things and I cannot help but wonder why they’re couldn’t pick January, March, June, July, August, September, or November instead. I feel so whiny but there’s plenty of months with absolutely nothing interesting going on.

As much as I respect breast cancer awareness, (as well we all should), Halloween will always be my first love. Call me greedy. With that said, I’d be spending a few moments each day Clicking to Give Free Mammograms on the Breast Cancer Site. It’s the least I can do. You, too, okay?

It was a dark and stormy night

It’s been fairly wet lately which has meant slightly lower temperatures and significantly higher humidity. Give and take, I guess. Last night it also meant a crazy big thunderstorm, the largest I’ve experienced in years. It was pouring when we left the movie theater (we saw Zombieland) and lightning struck as we walked to the car. It got worse over the course of the night, until about the time Ryan was ready to head to bed when lightning was lighting up the whole apartment and thunder striking loud enough to give you a heart attack. It was scaring the cats a bit, too.

I usually stay on the computer while it storms but I actually felt the need to turn it off and unplug it. It was so loud at one point it sounded like it was in the parking lot and the car alarms that were going off would likely agree. At one point, all the outside lights lost power and it went pretty dark in the bedroom. They came on pretty quickly, though and the torrents – as well as the lightning and thunder – let up. For a while, though, it was pretty cool/scary. d=

There can only be one!

Because I say so. Cast your vote or forever hold your peace.

Allergies and Facebook

Don’t worry folks, I’m not allergic to Facebook. In fat, up until now, I’ve never had any allergies whatsoever (besides, maybe Bandaid adhesive) so when I started getting really itchy in my hands and feet and tongue! and swelling and brekaing out in hives and turning red, I didn’t know exactly what was happening or what to do. When the hives started, we headed toward the ER on base but, of course, having some sort of reaction wasn’t enough, no. They had to be doing 100% ID check at the gate and the guy had to be paying enough attention to see that my ID had expired in February so he confiscated.

Good thing you don’t need to show your ID at the hospital, right? Oh, wait! You do! So after we got there and waited, I filled out a bunch of paperwork including an extra paper because I didn’t have a military ID and I went through 4 or 5 other IDs in my purse before finding the one that wasn’t expired. Wouldn’t you know that they’d call me before I was even done with said paperwork. Ugh.

So initially, I talk to someone who gives me some Bendaryl but, by that time, everything was already dying down. They make me wait to see the actual physician and I do, after more than an hour. I was fine and just ready to get checked out by then so she listened to a couple deep breaths and I was out of there. They didn’t even send me home with more Benadryl. As you can see, it was quite the waste of time but now I know should something like this happen in the future.

I mentioned Facebook, right? Well, while I was waiting for the physician, the tech/nurse struck up a conversation with some little girl’s mom because they were both from the same city in Washington. They began talking about some guy they both apparently know (in typical it’s-a-small-world-afterall fashion). Of course, the woman told the tech to look up said mutual acquaintance on Facebook.

This struck me as amusing for two reasons. 1) There’s this automatic assumption that everoyne has Facebook, now. Just a few years ago, no one was on Facebook. Myspace was all the rage. 2) I can almost guarantee I would never run into anyone from my hometown or even relatively close. There’s definitely a tendency for folks from home to go Army or National Guard if they enlist because there’s no Marine, Navy or AF base anywhere in the state. Which kind of makes me sad. I want an it’s-a-small-world-afterall moment. Please?

Anyway, I’m all better now so you can go back to your previously scheduled lives.

The Fifth Photo

I was tagged by Dez for this photo meme. You wouldn’t figure it was so hard. I was worried my fifth photo would be an image (as everyone else seemed to be posting photos). In the end, the fifth folder within My Pictures didn’t even have 5 photos so I just went to my photos folder which actually had a usable photo. LOL

1. Go to your fifth picture folder, and choose your fifth picture.
2. Post the pic and tell us the story behind it.
3. Tag a friend to do the same.

Um, this photo was taken on a lovely, overcast day at this little park not far from my house when I was living with Wendy or Ashley (can’t recall). It is not the best shot of the time. Actually, this whole set is kinda significant as it highlights the first time I ever enjoyed photographing anything. Although not the best photos, I enjoy them.

I tag Nik!

Break from the usual

I took some time off from this site to work on another – my new fanlisting for Pat Benatar: Invincible. If you’re a fan – and you should be – you should join!

Creative Juices

Wendy and I had an amusing little chat last night on the phone. During, I came up with a really cute concept for a children’s book and have been mulling over it ever since. Of course, I’m not the artist, so she would need to draw my characters (which I can’t tell you about, cause I know you’re all thieves!) but it’s kind of exciting to have new ideas. I feel like I haven’t had a lot of those lately. Heh.