tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9573647012963531802011-08-03T00:45:11.788-07:00** Ashley**http://www.blogger.com/profile/05380811901305955893noreply@blogger.comBlogger411100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957364701296353180.post-31754399984958058152010-02-10T20:27:00.000-08:002010-02-10T20:53:52.350-08:00

So, lately I have been reading a whole bunch. I love love love to read! Anything from newspapers to magazines to books to comics. All are great! That leads me into my blog today. I have been reading a book called "When God Winks at You" by SQuire Rushnell. The book basically talks about how coincidences that happen you in life may not be a coincidence but a wink from God to let you know you are

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I get to go to prom again! I'm really excited. I believe the 80's theme will be so much fun. I secretly wanted to go, but I was officially asked to go yesterday. At first I thought, "I have to work :( ", but then I woke up. I am 24 years old. I don't ever go anywhere or do anything. I work at the school, I go home. I work at the CK, I go home. I go to church, I go home. I deserve to have some fun

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So as many of you know, I have wanted to be employed in criminal justice since I was a kid. Well, hopefully I can finally make this come true.First, I had to go take the Entrance Exam. It is the Compass or ACT that most technical colleges require. I took of and passed with flying colors.Second, I had to set up an interview day with the Major over the pre-service portion of the academy. He is a

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I'm not his biggest fan, but Tupac summed up my feelings in the spoken verse of "Changes":We gotta make a change... It's time for us as a people to start makin' some changes. Let's change the way we eat, let's change the way we live and let's change the way we treat each other. You see the old way wasn't working so it's on us to do what we gotta do, to survive.So, I've been through quite a few

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Wow. April, huh?I've had a lot going on since April. Let's see if I can do a summary in 100 words or less.Tried to survive my break up (which was more like a divorce), made some new friends, went to Macon State one semester, lost some friends, got better at my job, got passed over for a promotion, read some books about funeral services, thought about going to mortuary college, decided to stick to

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People really get to me. I have been trying to help others but they don't help themselves or they treat me like crap. I am going to do my own solo thing if this is the way I get treated. I do not have to help others who don't appreciate me.I may sound cynical, but I am very frustrated with some individuals right now. I will not say names, but they probably know who they are. I thought I knew

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So now that I'm single, I realize that not everything is horrible. At first, I thought about how terrible every love song or movie would be.Tonight I watched my first chick flick as a single woman. Mind you, this was not my choice. I do not like chick flicks. I will take a good ole fashion hack-and-slash any day over a chick flick, but I was in the company of someone who wanted to watch Juno.Now

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So, a lot has happened and I haven't updated my blog.Here is the cliff notes version:1. My relationship with Jackson is over. He broke up with me. If you need to know more, ask.2. I'm trying to cope with #1 and finish school. The end of the semester is always tough.3. I'm looking for other employment to compensate for the lack of Subing I've done lately, plus summer is coming up quickly.4. I have

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Its been Jan. since I last posted. I should be punished. :)I've been soooo busy with school lately. It seems like every day (I only go to campus 2 days a week) I have too much to finish. I've also been trying to find my place in this world. I wonder if I'll ever find it.So, if you find my place, let me know. Until then, I'll still be looking. :)

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Sorry I haven't posted in like 7 days. I've been really busy with school. Yesterday, I discovered a new artist. I had to go to a poetry reading for extra credit. I was already going to school so I thought to myself "Why not?". I really did not expect to enjoy it at all. I figured it was some stiff professor with all of these honors telling us what is and is not art. But I was surprised. As he

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So, I'm sitting at Macon State right now listening to "Breakfast at Tiffany's" on my ipod waiting for class to start. Boring...I subed for a 1st grade teacher yesterday. Thats not too cool, I know. Afterwards, I came home for some much needed attention from Ej. I Love that Man! After attention, we decided to go see a movie. As you may know, Sunday instead of D&D we went to see My Bloody Valentine

** Ashley**http://www.blogger.com/profile/05380811901305955893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957364701296353180.post-14855509443931363922009-01-20T07:18:00.000-08:002009-01-20T07:25:44.972-08:00

Today is quite a day. For myself, it started with getting to sleep in with one of my classes being canceled. To millions of others, the day started very early. They flocked to the Inauguration in hordes unlike any other has seen.Today is a day of unity. Despite how one voted in the Primary or even the Election itself, a President has been chosen. I did not voted for Obama. This may come as a

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So...I haven't written since December.I'm sorry. I just started Macon State and didn't realize what I was getting into. I forgot how much fun school is. *sarcasm* But seriously, I enjoy the campus, the teachers, the learning environment, but not the drive nor the reading. I never read text books. I only read what I needed to, not required to.I tried to read American Literature. The intro stuff

** Ashley**http://www.blogger.com/profile/05380811901305955893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957364701296353180.post-37521048688453561042008-12-31T08:47:00.000-08:002008-12-31T09:01:00.002-08:00

I am totally into other cultures. I love to read and experience the diversity of people. I also believe that by understanding where someone else comes from, their behavior and decisions can be explained. I wished that instead of making judgements everyone would take a deeper look into some else before making claims. Thats just a little soap-box arguement of mine.My favorite culture to study is

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I'm really going to live up to my blog name now. I have totally submerged myself into Star Trek lately. I've been reading "Spock's World" by Diane Duane. This is a great book for a TOS fan and also great if you want to get to know more about Vulcan.If you are not a fan, I'll break down a little Star Trek information. Vulcans have lots of psychic abilities such as being able to transfer thoughts,

** Ashley**http://www.blogger.com/profile/05380811901305955893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957364701296353180.post-4182499567777672122008-12-24T19:13:00.000-08:002008-12-24T19:41:51.832-08:00

Ej happen to make it to the front page of the Griffin Daily News! Can you find him?

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So you may not now that I come from a line of very anxious females. The females in my family tend to worry a lot about things beyond control or that are ridculous. I am currently attempting to avoid this fate with no avail.The Holidays are always a great time for family. I truly deeply love my family. With that said, they can drive me crazy in ways I though were untouchable. My mom has asked me

** Ashley**http://www.blogger.com/profile/05380811901305955893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957364701296353180.post-28433811631196070982008-12-01T08:21:00.000-08:002008-12-01T08:30:40.627-08:00

So I got the yucky illness. I have been sickly for about a week now. I have up and down moments, but as of today, I feel almost better. *almost*I finished reading Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt. That was a wonderful book! After our (Ej and I) last trip to Tybee/Savannah, I have totally fallen head over heels for Savannah. This book only strengthen my love for the city. If

** Ashley**http://www.blogger.com/profile/05380811901305955893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957364701296353180.post-8637640018117571582008-11-25T18:47:00.000-08:002008-11-25T18:50:31.612-08:00

s you may know, I am a ginger. I love being a ginger, I adore gingers. Most of my family are gingers.I know I take the ginger jokes in stride, but I can not take jokes like "Kick a Ginger Day" or "Punch a Ginger Day" on Facebook lightly. I read that the idiot behind the "Kick" day apologized for his "joke" probably because of his attorneys.I also saw on the 6:00 news that a ginger was injured

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I'm glad to see the Vatican decided to forgive John Lennon for saying the Beatles were bigger than Jesus.It only took42 years for the Vatican to practice what is preaches.Article from Ananovahttp://www.ananova.com/entertainment/story/sm_3097048.html?menu=entertainment.films.latestfilmheadlinesOh another note. Glen Campbell will be releasing an album of rock n roll covers with "Grow Old With You"

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Have you ever had a moment where you make a discovery about yourself. I true,"Whoa" moment?We were unpacking the Christmas stuff from storage, like we do every year. I, as usual, was nominated to go into the storage room and retrieve the boxes labeled "x-mas". As I was gathering the boxes and passing them out to the receiver, my mom, I kept knocking over other boxes.The contents of those boxes

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Ej and I are the proud parents of a 50" Plasma Panasonic 1080P television.I'm super excited about our first large purchase! Now we have something to argue about if we divorce. :)The TV is beautiful. We have played Fable 2 and watched shows, thus far. I truly don't know how I have lived this long without this quality.:)

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I have never personally had an encounter with a ghost or spirit, but I believe that I may have or will have.At my place of work, we had a great employee and a good friend that suddenly passed away due to a heart attack. He was young (50s) and work was a big part of his life. Whether the death was sudden and thusly caused his spirit to stay or maybe work was so important to him, he decided to

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So, I got back Monday from Ej and my pilgrimage to Tybee Island for the 4th Annual Pirate Festival.Today, I'm still suffering from exhaustion. We walked so much! At home, when I try to walk to get exercise, I get bored. We had to have walked miles in Savannah and I never got tired. Not Fair!I hope to publish details of the trip soon with pictures!I also began reading Midnight in the Garden of

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Lately, I've been neglecting my blog. I just don't know what to write!I don't want a blog about my boring life...I really don't do anything interesting..I work, sleep, eat, spend time with the BF, D&D twice a week, and video games.I wanted to write a blog that people would find interesting. ANYTHING besides my life.Alas, I got nothing.

** Ashley**http://www.blogger.com/profile/05380811901305955893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957364701296353180.post-84003653465090640382008-10-04T20:45:00.000-07:002008-10-04T20:53:31.547-07:00

I'm so excited about the faerie mod that Ej has been writing. I'm currently waiting to meet him in the field to prepare him for his big entrance! I hope the town (Stonewood Pass) will enjoy!This character is based on Frank from Rocky Horror Picture Show. I LOVE this film! I also love the fact that Ej looks a lot like Frank. I'm glad he chose to do this character in his fashion because I always

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So...in my last post I mentioned planning for LARP and trying to get a new job.Fortunately, fate my have shined on me. A job could be just around the bend. :)For as for LARP, it's going great! The only downfall is that I think I have pinkeye or severely inflamed eyes. Not sure which yet...I went to see Igor...its awesome!

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SO....I've been neglecting my blog lately. I apologize deeply.TO prove that I haven't just been lazy. I'll give cliff-notes version of what I've been doing. First, writing LARP mods. Second, applying for jobs (both forensic and other). Third, watching way too much TV. Fourth, myspace. Fifth, Dungeons and Dragons twice a week. Sixith, thinking.I've been thinking way too much. For me, thinking

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Yes we survived Con. Jackson and I had a blast! We got to meet some neat people, run into old friends, and walk our feet off.Con was great, as always. I got some neat things and lots of memories to cherish! Thanks to Jud for hanging out with us :)My costume was awesome and I actually had someone ask for a picture. I really wasn't expecting that seeing how Star Trek is very popular, especially for

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So its Friday. Jackson and I will be attending Dragon*Con on Sunday. I have to work Friday and Saturday and he didn't want to go without me. He is so sweet!An update on my crafts, now. The lunchbox took FOREVER to paint due to the poor weather around my house. There was a constant rain for like 4-5 days straight. So besides being depressed and lonely, I also couldn't get my Vitamin D from the sun

** Ashley**http://www.blogger.com/profile/05380811901305955893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957364701296353180.post-69145346638588764942008-08-25T19:11:00.000-07:002008-08-25T19:33:12.147-07:00

As a HUGE fan of the adult swim show The Venture Brothers, I tune in every Sunday at 11:30pm to watch the latest episode of season three. The final two episodes entitled A Family That Slays Together Stays Together I and II were quite a shock to Venture fans.Throughout the final episode, I had a feeling that someone wasn't going to be in the fourth season. Every time a character did something

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In my last post, I wrote about my costume for Dragon*Con.Today, I started working on my "purse". Its actually a plain lunch box from Hobby Lobby. I plan to paint it and put pictures of the Original Crew of the Enterprise. While watching episodes of TOS, I used painter's tape to cover the trim to protect it from the paint.Tomorrow, I plan on applying the paint to the lunch box so it has time to

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ACTUALLY, the preparation will take longer than tonight. I'm fairly worn out from the restaurant and do not have all of the supplies necessary to complete such a task.My first convention was Anime Weekend Atlanta in 2006. In 2007, I went to Dragon*Con for the first time and fell in love. Its a great convention full of great panels, fans, actors(some actors), concerts, and shopping. There's a

** Ashley**http://www.blogger.com/profile/05380811901305955893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957364701296353180.post-88762983319319546032008-08-12T17:24:00.000-07:002008-08-12T17:37:29.479-07:00

I recently watched the film Gamers. This is a mockumentry about a group of guys (of course) that are obsessed with the rpg Demons, Nymphs and Dragons. They have played for 74,558 hours and are attempting to break the record for longest hours ever played. The film looks into their lives, sacrifices, and dedication to the game while viewing their personal lives.After viewing this film, I had a

** Ashley**http://www.blogger.com/profile/05380811901305955893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957364701296353180.post-59783087279890569902008-08-01T09:00:00.001-07:002008-08-01T09:18:23.195-07:00

So, I'm probably jumping the gun here, but I found a new comic that is currently be made into a movie.Well, actually, the comic is a prequel to the movie to help introduce the characters before the movie comes out. Its called, Igor. The story about a dark humor town of Malaria. In Malaria, the best job is being an evil scientist. Every year these is an evil science fair to determine who is the

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I just arrived to Jackson's house after viewing the Dark Knight.It was a wonderful film. I will not put spoilers into this blog because I want everyone to see it un-spoiled for themselves. :)I will say that Heath Ledger did an excellent job. Too bad that he died before he could see the finished product. I believe, after seeing this film, that he was destined for greatness.Alas, we will never know.

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Words are essential to human vocabulary. Webster's dictionary has done a good job keeping up with all of these tidbits that convey our messages. Recently Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary added a new word, "fanboy". This immediately caught my attention as I was channel surfing.The definition according to Merriam-Webster Online is "a boy who is an enthusiastic devotee (as of comics or movies)"

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Yes. The second season of the show, Burn Notice, will be coming on in approximately 7 minutes. I will get back to you.

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I'm back from my trip to Missouri. YAY!By the way, we won gold for the Crime Scene Investigation competition. We were sitting in the stadium. And I mean, stadium. The place was huge, but people filled every seat. They broke the awards into three sections. Cosmetology came in the second section. The girl from Griffin Tech didn't win her section. We later found out she came in fourth. Finally it

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This is my first post on this site, but I felt this would be a great time to get started.I'm currently in Kansas City, MO on a SkillsUSA trip. SkillsUSA is a academic group for people in the technical field. I got here because I was in the Forensic Science degree program at Griffin Technical College. I graduated a couple of weeks ago. A team I lead went to State Competion (of Georgia) and won!

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