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Schizophrenia = ?(INTJ, ISTJ, ESTP, INTP, ISTP) (rianjs.net (Hanser)) by Rian

onthepharm.net: INTJ
rianjs.net: INTP
blatantconsumerist.com: ESTP
polyscience.org: ISTJ

I ran a couple of queries on specific writing I've done, and again, it's all over the map. What I consider my "best" writing seems to go back and forth between INTJ, INTP, and ISTP. So again, no conclusions to be drawn. :p

Fun way to waste a few minutes.

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Ailin - my friend. (chris@csoltis (cjs)) by Chris

I just dug this one out of the archives and retouched it.
At bunker; we dance and laugh and sing, I took this in the early morning.

Posted in: photography , random

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Tab completion on remote machine with SCP (rianjs.net (Hanser)) by Rian

I generated a public/private key pair on my local machine, and I'm experimenting with copying files from here to my webhost without needing a password. Took me a few minutes to get working, but now I'm playing with it, and I accidentally hit [tab] while putting together an scp command on my local machine.

It autocompleted with what's available on the remote machine.

That's pretty fricken cool.

Posted in: linux , random , scp , technology , ubuntu

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Weekend Fun! Open Air. DROID: Blue+Silver at the beach! [pointnshoot] (chris@csoltis (cjs)) by Chris

Yes I know there was a friggin earthquake today! i'm not blogging about it. ;)

John Tejada, Jason Emsley, Marc Schnider, and P-man played to a small crowd at a beach
i had to share for the choons.

earthquake weather right here, mother nature always wanting to take what she gave us, because it's too good. :-o

my friend rene dancing to a funky track
lol

yay! here's my last one.

I've also covered this for my pointnshoot series.

Posted in: beach , droid , fun , funny , interesting links , openair , photography , random , techno

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a list (Never melts (meef)) by jen

You know, I don't have the inclination or energy to write witty posts lately. When I started this blog I just wanted a journal really. So here's a summary of my life since we left off. 1. my living room shelf units are working out awesomely. I love just sitting in there staring at them. I could be nuts. The toys all have a place, and more stuff gets played with, and I got rid of a lot of stupid Posted in: list , random

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umm… no. (multifarious miscellany (kitters)) by ami

Even if it was even remotely close to being affordable, there’s absolutely no way I would want to have a dinner party while dangling 164 feet up in the air. No.

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Twitter (rianjs.net (Hanser)) by Rian

So I'm on twitter now…

http://twitter.com/rianjs

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we are old people... (Never melts (meef)) by jen

...who sit around late at night and talk about people we used to go to work or school with, but sitting around in my bed with 2 college friends on a Saturday night making fun of various people and things we saw online was kind of fun. It was like being back in one our crappy apartments. You know, except for the the baby laying on the bed. Saturday we had a blast just hanging out. They loved the Posted in: friends , kids , random

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Recents on the flickr. Sundaize and Sherman Oaks shenanigans (chris@csoltis (cjs)) by Chris

Was fun: Sunday was Sundaize in Woodley Park, dancing, food fun and celebrating the great weather with some fresh fruit and vegetables.

Last night my neighbors came downstairs, went to the park at sundown and grabbed some italian chow ()no, not from Ameci's now) actually from pagliacci's on coldwater and moorpark. I brought my camera, we were losing light fast so I had to step it up to iso1600, went home and processed the shots.. pulled lots of detail out with Apertures half tone controls. for the win.

check it.

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yay for spring! (multifarious miscellany (kitters)) by ami

I’m commemorating the start of spring with a new blog template. Something a little less dark, a little more spring-y. Oh, who am I kidding… I just got bored with the old one, as always.

To be honest, spring doesn’t really do much for me - especially since I’ve apparently developed allergies as I’ve gotten older. Besides, we all know that we won’t really have a spring season. It’ll just be cold until the one day we wake up and it’s 80 degrees. Then summer will be here and over, and before you know it, it’s Christmas.

I know, I know - take the time to smell the roses. I would… but I’m allergic to ‘em. :P

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solitude (Never melts (meef)) by jen

Lately, I feel like I need coffee or something. Some warm thing to wrap my hands around and just be alone for a while in the morning. I don't want anyone talking to me and I just want time to "wake up" and just organize my mind I guess. Naturally this means that L will talk to me about every single thought that goes through her little mind. And let me tell you, morning is too early to think about some of these things. And the randomness! aaaahh!

D is quiet, the baby is taking his morning nap, the dog is sunning himself, so naturally this would be a great time to take 20 minutes to myself, except L has no outlet at this time, because according to her, she "has" to talk! Bring on the coffee!

Also, don't light a candle unless you want toddler spit all over your desk.

Yesterday we followed up with the dermatologist. T was supposed to come and help me by watching the kids, but he showed up as I was packing to leave! Good job! 12:00 apparently means something at this office. They are very on-time. I showed up 7 minutes before 12 and waited for less than that. The kids must have been good, because when T asked the receptionist if she'd seen me, and described me as a woman with 3 kids she stared at him like "really??" I walked past her 3 times, but okay.

After that I dragged T to lunch and then tried to con him into putting air in my front tires. Ever the loving and caring husband, he told me to do it myself. When I told him I was a girl, and that "math is hard," he rolled his eyes and agreed. But then when we left he changed his mind again and told me he'd take the car out later that night. Which he didn't do. So now I have 2 flat tires and maybe a gallon of gas in my tank. I didn't stop for gas because the baby was screaming and I figured he could do that while he was getting me air.

Which would be great, because we have swimming today, and there exists no easy to get in/out of gas station anywhere along the route. I could go three miles in one direction, but then drive another 2 miles to make a u-turn to come back, but that's stupid because the Y is less than 3 miles away. In the other direction. Oh well, if I get stuck it's all his fault, right?

Well I can't fix the gas situation but I guess I can go out there with a bicycle tire pump and put some air in the tires, which I plan to do before I leave. BUT STILL!

I've written this whole post and not ONE iota of quiet! At least at swimming today I will get to talk to someone else. I am trying to figure out the logistics of 2 kids one right after the other. It wouldn't be so bad if D wasn't in diapers. I figure I can dress him quickly while he's wrapped in a hooded towel? I don't know. L's class starts 10 min later, not directly after, so I could probably trek back to the locker room, but since that seems to take 10 min by itself, I don't want to do that. We'll see if I get any dirty looks. And I packed a long shirt for him. heh heh. With my luck he'll throw the towel off and expose himself to the entire pool. Posted in: doctor , kids , random

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This is costing me a fortune in copays alone... (Never melts (meef)) by jen

This morning as I was digging through mt. laundry for some clothes for the kids I figured I wouldn't need to get anything for L since she seemed like she wasn't in a mood to get dressed. HA. I was thinking how I always dress them, or at least always have an outfit downstairs for them in case I have to leave on short notice. Do you see where this is going?

And I was also thinking how annoying it would be to go with three kids since T wouldn't be available on Friday to help me out. See where THAT's going? My karmic curse is following me around today.

So I'm sitting there FINALLY having gotten to sit down (after cleaning the kitchen and some other odds and ends) when the dermatologist called me. At first I thought they were just confirming my Friday appointment, but it seems after talking to the pediatrician they want him to come in soon.. like today! Can ya do today? um.. ok.

uh.. SHIT! Dressed the kids, ran upstairs to shower, dressed the baby. Kids are acting badly. Baby has been screaming every moment he's not in my arms, but refuses to be swaddled to sleep. Finally get everyone dressed with 20 minutes to spare, take baby to sit down and nurse. Baby pukes all over shirt! OKAY NOT FUNNY! This is the only clean shirt I have that's also presentable in public! Son of a... And after all that, he wouldn't even nurse. Grr.

I told T I was going, and surprisingly he said he'd meet me there (!!!!!) It's not far from his work. So I drove down there. It was a nice ride. I wonder if there are driving technique courses on how to deal with high winds? It was just my old commute plus a little jaunt onto a side street. A side street where I'd gotten into a minor accident um.. wow.. 8 years ago. yikes. I almost got T boned this time. (these are the only 2 times I've been on this particular jughandle... otherwise I love jughandles. Now I bet you know where I live!)

The dermatologist was very nice and didn't really tell me anything I didn't know, though he prescribed even more topical remedies. And I have to go back in a week. Since I was early, I sat in the car and made a bunch of phone calls. I lined up an allergist appointment for tomorrow (my phone skillz rock!) and then called the pediatrician to touch base and make sure they could get me a referral that fast. It seems I'm famous around the office, they don't even ask me who I am anymore. And it's not like it's a small slow paced practice either. Whoops.

In order to make these phone calls I had to open my cell phone, which I haven't even SEEN since I used it in the hospital after having J. There were 17 voicemails. 14 of which were hang-ups. 1 from my mom, 1 from the Y, and 1 from the pediatrician. Then I listened to the 2 saved ones to see if I forgot something. One of them was my friend Alison calling me at the hospital to say everyone was on the edge of their seats and would I PLEASE call her back or post. It's cute. Saved it again. The other one hit me right in the chest. It was the voice of someone I haven't spoken to in a long time. The message is really old, and I don't even know why I saved it because it's mundane and doesn't have anything important really. But just hearing this person's voice again really made me miss them. I saved that too.

And I didn't want to mention it in my last post, but I have also been called for jury duty. I do not really want to pretend that I am "interested in how the whole thing works" because I'm really kind of over that. This is the 3rd time I've been called since moving back to this state. (and I got called twice in my former state) I don't know if that's normal or if I'm "lucky." I did try the "hardship" option because it really made me think if I can't get a hardship postponement then I'm really kind of screwed. I don't know anyone who can watch these kids even for one day. And definitely don't know any lactating people. You also can't just drop kids in day cares as far as I know. The place around the corner used to have a drop-in service but only if they had enough openings for the day and you couldn't reserve them. Oh and it was $100/day for each kid over 3. Yeah. They really worded that hardship sentence very vaguely and legal-ese-y... I guess I just have to wait and see and deal with things as they come. Posted in: allergy , j , jury duty , kids , random

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random thought (Never melts (meef)) by jen

I've been in a cleaning and decluttering mood since Friday - but it was actually funny when I emerged from rocking J to sleep to find T vigorously scrubbing parts of the counter no one sees, and cleaning the kitchen chairs (even took the boosters off!) I laughed because the other day I walked past D's chair and decided if I didn't clean it it might start getting MOLDY, but decided it was too bad and didn't want to get involved. Good for me! he he. He even scrubbed the paint off the wood floor and carried all the laundry up for me! Posted in: random

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skepticism (Never melts (meef)) by jen

I have nothing to say lately, but I thought I'd ~~annoy you all with~~ share what has been running through my head lately.

3 kids, 3 not-so-perfect birth experiences. Oh, they were perfect, the children were, they were... but the way the doctors handled it, the way they get me all worked up OMGZ EMERGENCEEEE etc, do not like that. How do you separate the stuff that's actually worth concerning yourself over? How do you live with yourself if you make a decision that either doesn't involve a dr and makes you wish you did, or DOES involve a dr, and makes you wish you trusted your mother nature instincts?? I think they are good for emergencies, which just means I say "I hate doctors but I totally run crying to them when something really goes wrong." Ah, well.

I keep reading stories of vaccinations gone wrong and how drs will deny it has any connection. I have read too many firsthand experiences to believe that there isn't SOME risk. I also believe that most of the diseases they allegedly prevent are probably more easily treated. Don't hate me. But at the same time I can't really not vaccinate my kids, because my husband wouldn't have that, and because I'd have to pretend I practice an anti-vaccinating religion in order to send them to school. But I feel like I'm playing Russian roulette with my kids in this regard.

Marketing - everything is marketed towards us. Everything we see is perfectly targeted and shaped by someone to be seen exactly the way they intended. Nothing is coincidental!

Ahh, food. You can't believe anything in food labels. It seems like food is just "fake crap that raises your cholesterol and makes you fat." and I stress out big time if I haven't cooked it from scratch. I have seriously been worrying about this. I bought a bread machine, so that's one less pre-made thing I'll be eating (just as soon as I perfect my recipes) I battle the husband with this all the time, for he thinks Ramen is a totally acceptable lunch food for preschoolers and toddlers (I am speaking of the kind that's like 10 for a dollar, not the "real" kind.)

And "natural" products, sure. There's crap in everything we use. But I tried to go natural, however a lot of these things have nut butters and oils in them THAT MY HUSBAND IS ALLERGIC TO. However the idea of slathering myself in almond butter is highly appealing, if it'll keep him the hell away from me.

And in the end this is just a touch of the biggies... but I feel like I am totally paranoid and non-trusting of anyone or anything. Maybe I am psychotic. Maybe it's some kind of bizarre manifestation of PPD. Posted in: random

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sometimes love just ain't enough... (Never melts (meef)) by jen

It's weird to be living and driving in the same area where you grew up, and hearing a song on the radio that you haven't heard since high school, probably along that same road. And then you realize there's 3 kids and a dog in the back seat. Even weirder is when your kids start singing said song. Just one of those times where you feel that *pop* sound of zooming from one moment in time to the next, years and years later.

Or was that too sappy and nutty? Posted in: random

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Happy 4th Birthday! (Never melts (meef)) by jen

You thought I was talking about a kid, right? Not so. I'm talking about Ch3wie, whose name doesn't really have a 3 in it. My FIRST baby. I got him when I was many months pregnant with L and people thought I was nuts for getting a puppy, and I, um, don't think I could have stepped over that many gates while pregnant with J, that's for sure.

Today was his birthday and no one realized it till the end of the day. Poor dog had to go to the vet and get SHOTS on his BIRTHDAY! aww. But I gave him lots of love and even a Kong full of fake peanut butter. He even gave it back to me and nudged it, as if to say "more, please." Maybe tomorrow.

Plus, he got to go on a car ride, that's fun, right?

T was gone, so I called him on the phone while he was driving to tell him he forgot the puppy's birthday. he he. When he gets back we'll make him special treats. The dog, not T.

So today I went to a new vet, and as usual I'm second guessing myself. The new place is so nice. And so expensive. He got 3 shots, and the vet seemed to know what she was talking about regarding the issue of tracheal collapse that I asked her. C even obligingly honked at her while we were there. Unfortunately there's nothing she can really do, but the good news is it should be fine. If it gets worse, we can talk X rays and cameras on scopes. At least they knew what I meant, and didn't ask me "well what do you want me to do about it?" But I still feel bad, looking over the old paperwork! (note: I felt the same "well maybe they weren't that bad..." way when I ditched my old OB... so I'm nuts. Just so you know.) I also told the old vet's receptionist that I was just ditching them to go closer, but you know they are going to laugh at me when they realize where I went. Because the place I went is easily double the distance from my house.

Also looking back at his vet records, I awwwed at the fact that at his first appointment he was only 6.5 lbs!!! Today he was 13 lbs. Sigh. At one year, he was still only 11 lbs. Note: C is NOT overweight. He's just reallyreally big for a yorkie.

That's him on the left. Note keyboard for scale.

C looooves the beach. Even if I were to mention it RIGHT NOW in the dead of the winter, he'd be all excited and then I'd have to take him somewhere just to shut him up because he'd be pouncing on me and running to his crate every time I got up off this chair, until I took him somewhere.

ahhhh...

In other news, T took the kids to the Y this morning, leaving me alone with the baby. I don't remember the last time he did that, but it was nice. I did a LOT of cleaning in a small amount of time and just felt better by the time he got back. I've been going a little insane with cabin fever. It's been in the single digits.

I am in a cooking mood, so I'm going to cook a bunch of crap and freeze some of it. I wonder how waffles freeze... Posted in: birthday , chewie , children , random

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HOLYSHIT (rianjs.net (Hanser)) by Rian

This isn't a real license plate, but I loved it anyway. The car is a 2007 Audi RS4, you may notice, probably one of the sexiest vehicles I have ever seen. (Though I'm partial to yellow, myself.)

HOLYSHIT - license plate

Part fourteen of my license plate special series. I took all of the pictures myself in my travels.

Some thoughts on vanity license plate density.

Enjoy.

License plates, vanity plates, holy shit

Posted in: culture , random

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SNAFU (rianjs.net (Hanser)) by Rian

SNAFU - license plate

Part thirteen of my license plate special series. I took all of the pictures myself in my travels.

Some thoughts on vanity license plate density.

Enjoy.

License plates, vanity plates, SNAFU

Posted in: culture , random

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SNWDRFT (rianjs.net (Hanser)) by Rian

Hard to read but it says "SNWDRFT".

SNWDRFT - license plate

Part twelve of my license plate special series. I took all of the pictures myself in my travels.

Some thoughts on vanity license plate density.

Enjoy.

License plates, vanity plates, snow drift

Posted in: culture , random

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PNO-GUY (rianjs.net (Hanser)) by Rian

PNO-GUY - license plate

Part eleven of my license plate special series. I took all of the pictures myself in my travels.

Some thoughts on vanity license plate density.

Enjoy.

License plates, vanity plates, piano

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MEDICN (rianjs.net (Hanser)) by Rian

MEDICN - license plate

Part ten of my license plate special series. I took all of the pictures myself in my travels.

Some thoughts on vanity license plate density.

Enjoy.

License plates, vanity plates, medicine

Posted in: culture , random

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LET1TGO (rianjs.net (Hanser)) by Rian

LET1TGO - license plate

Part nine of my license plate special series. I took all of the pictures myself in my travels.

Some thoughts on vanity license plate density.

Enjoy.

License plates, vanity plates, Let it go

Posted in: culture , random

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LNCHMNY (rianjs.net (Hanser)) by Rian

LNCHMNY - license plate

Part eight of my license plate special series. I took all of the pictures myself in my travels.

Some thoughts on vanity license plate density.

Enjoy.

Technorati Tags: License plates, vanity plates, lunch money

Posted in: culture , random

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JEDI (rianjs.net (Hanser)) by Rian

JEDI - license plate

Part seven of my license plate special series. I took all of the pictures myself in my travels.

Some thoughts on vanity license plate density.

Enjoy.

Technorati Tags: License plates, vanity plates, jedi, star wars

Posted in: culture , random

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HELLOOOO JERRRY! (Never melts (meef)) by jen

So the other night T had a late gig and as per usual with these he calls me at 12:30 to say he's coming home. Well I fell asleep at some point, only to be woken up by him standing in front of me. Whee! I told him I was happy to see him and was expecting my next contact to be when he called and told me he was leaving and then I'd have to wait. But then he said "I DID call you, but I couldn't get through."

Huh. Stupid V0nage.

Did not think much of this. T said maybe they shut off our service for not paying the bill because our credit card likes to refuse perfectly legitimate charges, lock down the card, and then call us to ask if it's okay. Meanwhile screwing up oh so many subscription/auto payments. Why would they shut it off so soon though? Whatever, right?

We fell asleep and at 2:30am the phone rang. Ahh, service after all! I reached backwards awkwardly and took the phone out of the hook and saw the caller ID was his cell. Shut the ringer off, put it back. Did this like, four times. Then I wised up and just put the phone down on my pillow so I wouldn't have to contort myself. I guess this is some sort of V0nage weirdness where all the calls are finally coming through.

The phone rang again. T woke up with a START and freaked out, saw the phone there, picks it up, looks at it, (presumably) sees that it's his own cell phone...

... and answers it!

What does he expect? Does he expect himself to answer it on the other end? Was Past T calling to talk to Future T? If so, what did he have to say?

I asked him why he answered the phone and he said he doesn't know. I forgot to ask if he even remembers this whole incident. Posted in: funny , random

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