Jazmee27 
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Why is it that the lending library insists on sending me books in a series (to which I don’t even *know they’re in a series because I don’t know the author)? Sometimes, such books can be read out of sequence (or, at times, seem to be, until one learns each book builds upon the one previous, and after missing so many…)
- I once read a series of young adult books this way: 2 (I didn’t even realize which was the first, and that one didn’t even sound remotely interesting to me at the time), 3 (this was before I realized it was a chronological sequence that I was reading), 7 (the first two were from Braille Institute’s “Special Collection,” but this was from the Lebanon Community library; I wasn’t impressed **one *bit by the narrator—I have nothing wrong with British accents, far from it, but this guy’s voice was **extremely *nasal; still, somehow, I didn’t know it was book 7 of the series), 6 (I actually ordered the fourth one and this, forI put myself in an awkward situation with “Snakehead” in that I knew I was missing something, but I couldn’t find the book I needed—I did not, however, find a list of all the books, which would have been very useful; so I ordered this from the Library of Congress; ironically, this was one of the ones I liked least), 4 (I was getting very frustrated by now, for I couldn’t find the book—and then, in the “other books by” section… I found it: the fifth book—I think I confused the sixth with the fourth, which means I forget which arrived first, but I didn’t mess up about not liking “Arkangel;” even “Eagle Strike” was better, in my estimation), 5 (finally, the one that dealt with the criminal organization “Scorpia;” I suspect one or both of my gangs are modeled off of that book), and 8 (which I liked a bit more than the sixth one, but less than the others; I think this is where the “poison plant dream” was born)
- The ‘”Left Behind” series was something like 1, 3, 2, 4… at least I think that’s how they came into the library; with hindsight, I should just have waited for them all to get in!
- The point at which I started watching “Revenge,” the site only had six episodes on the page, although there were already at least ten. Finally, I straightened everything out, but by the time I did there were even more episodes, and there were some puzzle pieces II just couldn’t connect. There were other details I’d heard, but glossed over, because maybe there were characters I was unfamiliar with. Not knowing who they were, I simply ignored where they were mentioned.
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Reply #41. May 03 12, 6:10 PM
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Jazmee27
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Time to see who goes home on "Idol" this week.
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Reply #42. May 03 12, 6:10 PM
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postcards2go
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A long time ago (I won't say how long LOL), I read "The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe" (At the time, it was considered the first of the series). My local library took about two years to have the second in the series, and although they had the other five, I waited, awaied, and... It was worth it!
I have read books out of sequence, usually mysteries that are fine by themselves, but it really is nice to have the background of the various on-going characters. It makes me feel that I have 'inside' knowledge :-)
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Enjoy "Idol"
Reply #43. May 03 12, 7:18 PM
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Jazmee27
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Thanks, Postcards.
A bit unexpected, but there's bound to be a lot of that, the competition being down to four now.
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Reply #44. May 03 12, 8:36 PM
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Jazmee27
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Mom and I have a strange relationship.
We no longer live under the same roof, but whatever she says is still right, and she alone has the right to nag (or harp).
If I *pester* her, or ask a question, she'll say "quit nagging me?" **I wasn't nagging; I was asking a question: there's a *difference.*
Kind of reminds me of men and women: women nag, men are just supposed to stan and listen to it. **I think I can get ammunition for my stories just by *talking to her!
It's still hard for me to tell at times when she's completely serious and when she's joking (other times it's so hilariously funny, it's just *obvious*).
She's 100% serious about being right 100% of the time (my solution: sarcasm: "*Oh*, I forgot that..." And her response is always, "*Now* you're starting to get it!"
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Reply #45. May 03 12, 8:47 PM
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Jazmee27
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I heard far-off thunder last night, and was sure we'd get a storm, but as far as I know it came no closer
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Reply #46. May 04 12, 8:17 AM
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Jazmee27
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Ethan's newest nicknam is "Blue Man." He responds to it, and it's cute :)
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Reply #47. May 04 12, 8:19 AM
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Jazmee27
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Possible good news forthcoming
Was talking to Deb about the possibility of attending school to finish my Associate’s. When I left, there was no one in the lobby who was willing to help me; now, PTK is more active in the community and its members possibly more willing to assist “someone like me.” A concern is transportation, as after my battles with the bus company…
Deb obtained my verbal consent to speak with Quest about the possibility of… well, what they could offer. From what I gather, they’re working with volunteers now which isn’t something they did two years ago.
When she finds out anything, Deb told me she’ll “be in touch.” Right now, though, she’s en route to a doctor appointment (she, like me, would rather not have to goto the doctor)
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Reply #48. May 04 12, 11:03 AM
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fontenilles
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Hello Jaz be calm and remember all mothers believe they are right. Hoping I'm one that can see past that
Take care
Tanya
Reply #49. May 04 12, 2:06 PM
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Definition of nag: a woman asking a man to do something he doesn't want to do. She need only ask once - it'll still be labelled nagging.
I didn't realise it applied child-to-parent as well!
Tanya, it's OK as long as we never say "I told you so."
Reply #50. May 04 12, 2:55 PM
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fontenilles
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"Tanya, it's OK as long as we never say "I told you so.""
Lesley that's what my children say to me!!
Reply #51. May 04 12, 2:57 PM
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Jazmee27
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Thanks for that reminder, Tanya-I keep forgetting
Lesley-that’s how it is with my question; why Mom doesn’t want to answer, I don’t know, but I’m “nagging” her. (Conversely, she’s “nagging” if she scolds or lectures me about the same thing more than once.) I’m actually not sure if it’s all children and parents, but certainly for us. Mom doesn’t say “I told you so,” but Grandma certainly does.
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Reply #52. May 04 12, 3:46 PM
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Jazmee27
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I was reading the stories I'd written up earlier in the year. On January 2, Mom and Stephanie were at the mall, and they brought over an iced coffee for me and a decaf for Tiffany, who had off work and had come down for the day. (Tiff only has one kidney, so the doctor doesn't want her drinking caffeine.)
Later, Mom told me that Steph had just finished her radiation treatments, and had begun chemo
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Reply #53. May 04 12, 4:07 PM
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Jazmee27
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I've been invited to Gloria's second birthday party on Saturday June 16. I still have yet to decide if I'm going. Sounds like it's a pool party. (Gloria's Corissa's daughter from before she met and married my cousin Robbie. And he'll soon have a new half brother or sister.)
And Georgette phoned to tell me she's coming over tomorrow morning (last time we talked, the plan was for her to come **around *lunchtime--but this is what she does)
Oh, and Mom's got a dinner engagement tonight in Mount Gretna :)
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Reply #54. May 04 12, 4:35 PM
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Jazmee27
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“All these lives that you’ve been taking/Deep inside, my heart is breaking.” As I finish riding, I am fully conscious that it is about a year ago that I first “discovered” this song. For whatever reason, I only heard the song for the first time after listening to my second audio drama. I immediately connected to it, and placed it in the revised suicide scene. Later, I listened to it when I was upset over Charlaine just having been up to my apartment.
I’ve also been able to, for just minutes at a time, reintroduce myself to Daughtry’s “Over You.” It has painful memories associated with it, for Mom listened to it (as well as more than half of that first CD) after Edy left us in August of ’09. (I still can’t quite bring myself to listen to “It’s Not Over” or the fifth song, the one after “Over You,” which I used to like, while I never really liked “Home,” or the other one Mom seemed to like a lot.) There’s also the fact that, inher one argument with Edy, she quoted “Over You,” that part where he says he should have run “a long, long time ago.”
The last time I saw Edward and Elysha before they moved, they were twelve and thirteen years old. One minute they were there, and the next their dad was telling them to pack their bags (Edy claimed Mom was “a danger” to his chi,ldren, though he knew damned well that she’d never hurt either one).
One day, I was drinking a cup of iced tea when Edy came downstairs (he insisted on living with us, claiming his new apartment wasn’t ready, but where were his kids?) I’m reminded of the song “Home” by Three Days Grace when I think about that time: “I can hardly wait to leave this place… thi s house is not a home.” I remember lying awake at night, straining my ears for the slightest time (and I began to associate Edy with another man, from my past, who disrupted our lives).
Anyway, back to that day in the kitchen. I heard an argument start (I believe he was continuing it, rather). Mom said something about her daughter, to which his retort was, “I don’t care about your daughter!” I know he didn’t mean it the way it came out, even knew it then, but still my first thought was, “I don’t care about you either.” (Reminds me of the song “Let It Die” by Three Days Grace, the part that says “I just don’t care about you anymore.” My interpretation is “I still value you as a fellow human being, but I couldn’t care less otherwise.”)
Mom finally “put her foot down” in August. She was returning to school in the fall, and told him in no certain terms he had to be out before then. At first, he was going to let her keep his stove when he moved out, but he was so mad he took it with him (it was a few weeks before she had the time to buy one of her own). I seem to remember he did that with some of the other furniture, though just what eludes me (not that it’s important, unless it helps with the healing process). I’m actually surprised it only took two years; I guess since I’m aware of it, and since I was an adult when it happened. (I hadn’t even realized until recently I’d repressed the memories—a normal thing, I suppose, but it may have been useful to me when I freaked out on poor Benjamin… then again, I wouldn’t have connected my violent reaction to Edy leaving, or to me leaving home… nor to breaking my leg five years ago.) Still, in October I wish I’d had a sort of level of awareness, if even slight (I did go out and buy Ethan a week later, knowing full well that some would have said it was too soon after the death of one pet to get another, but knowing that I needed a new bird to keep my sanity.)
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Reply #55. May 04 12, 7:22 PM
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Jazmee27
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Can you believe I’d never even heard of Cinco de Mayo until five years ago? That year, on the fourth, there was some sort of Cinco de Mayo/birthday party held at Manor Care. Now, mind you, I didn’t particularly wish to go, but there’s only so much TV or books one can stand while recuperating in a nursing home because one’s living situation is less than ideal, and one has more strengthening to do before therapy staff will even consider release. Each week, I’d beg to go home, and each week I’d hear the same old song: I wasn’t ready yet. **What do they mean, I wasn’t *ready?
The funny thing is, from April 23 onward (that is to say, after being transferred from the Hyman Kaplan to Manor Care), I no longer needed the heavy-duty pain meds. (I remember when I first started therapy at the hospital and the Kaplan, the knee was so sore it spasmed—the right knee is where the incision was made to do the rod and pinning. This prompted the staff to put a knee immobolizer on me. I’ll never gorget the day Dr. Devario, my surgeon, walked into the room and *threw the thing across the room to demonstrate his point that he **did not, under any *circumstances, want me wearing it because it would cause me to lose muscle tone in the knee.)
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Reply #56. May 04 12, 9:17 PM
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Jazmee27
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Georgette didn't come because when I woke up I didn't feel like company (tramslation: bad allergy day)
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Reply #57. May 05 12, 7:28 AM
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Jazmee27
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Mom stayed away because she had bad allergies herself :(
Laundry day tomorrow
'Night' :)
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Reply #58. May 05 12, 7:27 PM
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Jazmee27
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I think that was a record for falling asleep last night :) I'm so used to lying awake for hours I forgot what it felt like
I'm trying not to get my hopes raised, but I guess I can't help it: Friday has prompted me to start dreaming again (by that I mean dreaming of the future I thought previously to be nonexistent)
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Reply #59. May 06 12, 8:28 AM
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Jazmee27
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At some point I'll copy all my poetry over here, with appropriate comments
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Reply #60. May 06 12, 8:51 AM
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