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nightmare_gal

09:52 am - Insert interesting subject line

I posted here a few months ago and got to meet a good few interesting people and add them to my friends list. Since it was a good experience I thought I'd post here again and maybe meet a few more people. So here's some details about me and my journal:

+ I'm 25 years old, Canadian and often described as nerdy. Which I take as a compliment ;)
+I have a BFA in Visual arts, I am currently working on a Library Studies certificate and I work at a library.
+Some of my interests include photography, art, reading, knitting, comics and anything crafty.
+I'm not huge into music but some of my favorite musicians are Eric Clapton, the Doors, Janis Joplin, Leonard Cohen and Tori Amos.
+My journal consists of: Pictures, links, mini-rants about work (Always behind lj-cut), writings about my day, the occasional poll, news stories that interest me, the occasional quiz or meme (usually behind an lj-cut), etc...

I'm pretty much interested in reading anything and keep an open mind even if I disagree with the opinions I'm reading. For more info, check out my userinfo here.

Current Mood: contemplative

sm00bs

12:08 am - Donning my travel agent hat...

The guys at work will be leaving for Chicago a week from today. Of course, the hotels in Chicago are wicked expensive. I seriously doubt they would be able to find a lower price. Most major metropolitan areas are the same way. They don't want to be too far from the site (even the two miles they have between their hotel and the site is too far, really).

Using Hotels.com I was able to locate a hotel for slightly less money (not much less, maybe $20 a night at best) that is also about a mile or so closer to the site. Their distance search is quite a handy tool. It even has a star rating of four. Of course, stars really don't mean squat, but I've heard Hotels.com is supposed to be pretty good with their ratings.

HotelReservations.com came up with the same hotel for the same price as Hotels.com. HotelClub.net wasn't nearly as easy to search (no distance search) and didn't have the prices listed for the one hotel that was closest (it said the prices were available on request... eh?).

Amazingly enough, even though their search really stinks because there's no distance searching available, HotelsCombined has this hotel listed at an even lower price than the other sites. The Belden Stratford Hotel in Chicago is .7 miles from the site and according to HotelsCombined, only $119 a night! In order for me to know that was the closest hotel, though, I would have to do another search elsewhere first.

There's also the City Suites Hotel in Chicago that is slightly more than the Belden Stratford price on HotelsCombined but less than the price of the Belden Stratford elsewhere. Unfortunately, without doing a search somewhere, I wouldn't know how far it is from the site.

Perhaps it's time we let our admin in on a little secret of actually searching for hotels that are close to the sites and reasonably priced. I'm betting a couple of these sites might help her out a bit. Maybe I'll suggest it to the guys since it might get them a hotel that is somewhat closer to the site.

As a quick aside, I think HotelsCombined is going to be one of those sites I hang onto because it apparently searches a crazy number of hotel listing sites. I just wish it had a distance search. If it had that, I would never use another hotel site ever again.

celticdreamz

10:19 pm - Candles on the Water

Here are some lighthouse-themed icons.

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method_acting

08:57 pm - Sunlight makes me paranoid.

Today we found a nest of baby rabbits, the rain storm we got yesterday apparently washed the nest out of the ground and the mommy rabbit was dead. So we're trying to keep the babies alive. Two of the three are fat and full of energy, but the runt doesn't look so well =(. They're taking special milk that we got at the pet store from a dropper, and I'm watching the runt today and feeding it frequently.

Here it is after a messy feeding with a milk beard hehe:

Current Mood: cold

rush_limbaugh

dgreatone

10:12 am

New York Times Magazine: Late-Period Rush

08:38 am - WDGLFM for July 5, 2008

Hi.
Have this thing. Kelly and I enjoyed doing this show, and I think the listeners enjoyed it as well.
Weird things happen because I get on the air late, and Kelly shows up about 25 min its later.
We hang out in the conference for a bit until it starts raining incredibly hard, at which point he opens a window so that the sound of the rain can make itself all the more obvious.
He does the weather forecast at this point, which does bad things to the compression. Then we played an audio drama of "Dick Tracy" as the tape of the week, as read by William Woodson.
He also read several other books of this type, including some of the Disney Read-Along series.
After the show, we went to his moms place and swam a bit, then picked up one of our friends who happens to be a self-taught locksmith to help me break in to my own house because I forgot my key, and my parents wern't home. I wasn't a big fan of just hanging around outside without much to do, although I could have, I guess. Still, it made for an interesting story, and thus a good reason to call in to Blart Radio.

02:36 am - Love: A Definition

I was browsing through a new blog I found, and came across, to quote the author of the post, “…the best definition of the word I have ever seen.” The definition reads as follows:

(Via).

Originally published at Customerservant.com. You can comment here or there.

smartygirl

10:26 pm - The "It Could Only Happen to" Melissa Files

I got hit in the nose with a firework.

Thursday night, watching the fireworks out in the little town my cousins live in. It was a nice night (after it stopped raining and cleared), and I think the whole town was out on the baseball field to watch the fireworks. They put on a good show. I was really enjoying it, watching the fireworks explode overhead - so close I could almost touch them. Unfortunately, one of them did touch me.

P.S. I don't recommend getting hit in the nose with a freshly exploded shell casing. It stings a bit.

smartygirl

10:10 pm - Like School in the Summertime

I think my crazy neighbor got himself a skanky girlfriend.

I first saw her hanging around his house Tuesday night. She yelled at me for "ramming into" the car behind me (I tapped the bumper backing up, no harm done). When I pointed out that I hadn't, in fact, done any damage, said skanky girl just told me she was "looking out for the neighborhood." I shouldn't judge, she could be as pure as the driven snow, but, I do tend to leap to conclusion based on outfit choice. Short-shorts two sizes too small, tank top, also too small, big hoop earings, no shoes, and a cigarette hanging out of her mouth. She is currently yelling into her phone (right below my window), about how she's going to "cut a bitch and use her face as a napkin." Because, you know, the truly classy always use a napkin. Not to is just bad manners.

namoric

09:59 pm - Certain times

There's certain times that you know your kids are growing up.

Bought my oldest boy his first razor and shaving cream today.

/sigh.

Current Mood: calm

blisspath

04:37 pm - Gummy Lighthouses?

I think something went horribly wrong with their gummy mold :)

blisspath

03:51 pm - Braden's Favorite Sleep Toy

We spent a fairly large amount of money on a crib and a bassinet only to find that Braden refuses to sleep long in either of them. He prefers his Boppy with his fav toy, a light-up seahorse that plays classical music...don't worry I take it away from him as soon as he falls asleep..I've long ago become an expert in SIDS risks.

blisspath

03:45 pm - Watermelon Lemonade

I read an article that eating watermelon rinds mimics the effects of Viagra..I don't need any help but the recipe sounded pretty good so I may try it anyway. :)
http://www.aldenteblog.com/2008/07/happy-hour-drin.html

xxcheenazxx

09:08 am - July 4, 2008

After 4 long months of putting up a good fight my Nana past away yesterday at 12:30 in the afternoon.  It would 
seem fitting that she past on the 4th of July as she was a real firecracker !!  

psykochatter

09:57 am - 4th of July fun!

Went to J.Shan's new home for the 4th's festivities. Met Shannon's sister... dragged J along. drank too much. Yup. Lot's of fun!

bunnicula38

02:58 am - Journal Friends Illustrations

( Pictures of my LiveJournal Friends )


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Current Mood: sleepy

bunnicula38

09:43 pm - Carolie Explosion!

This looks absoultely gross! At least, I can see the appeal of fried Oreos and Mar Bars but not fried doughnuts with cheese and meat inside of them? The mixture of the sweetness and salty would not sit well with me. Blech! I might try the fried chocos but never this doughnut burger crap. But even this is more appetizing than the corn dogs my evil friends try to get me to eat.

What thinks you?

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Current Mood: cynical

dragonflycat

05:33 pm - DC's Fourth of July: The Lousy and the Sublime

( You are about to view content that may not be appropriate for minors. )

ncsingles

nisfornostalgia

05:12 pm - hi

Just droppin by to say hi! I'm new to the group I'm a 23 female who lives in rural North Carolina. I like to read but I'm a true computer nerd at heart. My fave part is web programing & design. Anything you wanna know just ask

masterofmusings

02:19 pm - Fourth of July Poll

To my many wonderful American friends, I wish you the happiest of Fourth of Julys from the big country to the north of you. Bonus points if you can name it. Whether you're American or not, take this Fourth of July poll, which has been passed down from ... which was handed to me by ... which has been a family tradition since ... which has its roots way back ... okay, which I just made up.

Poll #1217793 Build the Perfect Fourth of July
Open to: All, results viewable to: All

Do you have to work this year on the Fourth?

Among the things that make today wonderful are

My Fourth of July celebrations this year will/did include

Complete this sentence: To the inventor of the porta-potty, I say, "____!"

Current Mood: happy