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Sorry i couldnt' entertain ya as well on this one, but...oh well! Enjoy the LJ, i know i am.

Why NOW?
Gods, the Shrub has done it this time. Issued The Ultimatum, and of course Saddam aint' leaving..he's had over 12 yrs to get thouroughly entrenched there. This whole situation sucks, to put it bluntly. Hussien has done nothing agressive in 12 yrs, and Bin Laden and his leftover cronies are more of a threat than Iraq at this point. N Korea is more of a problem too. This is why i hate politics, i can vote all i want but it does shit to change the world when we can't get rid of the wrong leader right away. I don't mean saddam either.
I"m not against america as a whole, i just disagree vehemently with Dubya's idea of foreign policy. "You are either with us or against us.' Does not a happy dialogue make!
I'd be talking Saiyuki this time, but i'm royally pissed off ....for obvious reasons. I didnt' like the first Gulf War simply cause i was 13 at the time and didn't get it, i like this one even less than that one now at 25 because i know most of the situation and can guess on the political aspect. I'll say it again---THIS SUCKS!
If i could go afford to go to a protest i would, but i think i'm gonna find a local reps public email addy and be quite eloquent in that message. Maybe if enough of us do that, we can get the point through....the common americna citizen does not like this war dammit. Enough for now, we'll see what the dawn brings.

Oh man, it's been a fun few weeks.
Lesse, found a place ot rent and buy all the anime in that i could want. Seemed to have found a new friend too, another Angie. She's the first one i talked to when i walked into Magnum Opus(that's the place) for the first time. Pretty much spent the time drooling over all the pretty boys in anime that we like. She's got me beat when i comes to actual series watched, since she's gotten access to more stuff---including bootlegs!!!!!! ARGH!
Either way..all i've done is watched a few new things and caught up with 2 of my fave series. I did see a great little character drama thats more 'shojo' which is 'girl's anime' than anything else. Sweet show, and much more complicated than it looks. Then i've spent the this last weekend rewatching Gundam Wing uncut....which is basically enough to make anyone's eyes pop out. Bishounen everywhere....particluarly the the smiling God of Death himself...Duo :D *drools a bit*
That made me read some interesting fanfictions though, particularly with all hinted boy/boy action in Gundam Wing, got a few ideas of my own for it too. The only thing is, is that reading the fiction brought out my own lonelyness a bit, which passed...thank goodness!
Then i watch Slayers:Next tonight..finished THAT bit of episodes off, and next weekend...Slayers:TRY *yay bounce bounce*
Sorry....i've got Slayers on teh brain, particularly Gourry. He's the real Bishie of Slayers, but he's great....fun loyal, and a badass with a sword. My kinda guy.
Anyway..i'm a bit tired and i'm off to bed in a few minutes....i'll muse a bit more when i'm more awake!

Two weeks later, and everything has changed again. I love my life sometimes!
I was at work last week, slogging my way through mandatory overtime, and things started getting weird. We managed to have 2 resignations and at least 1 firing of permanent employees in the course of 4 days. Not fun, particularly when i was hoping to get hired into that office. That friday they called my temp agency and told me not to come in, since i was getting my car fixed that day--and it took all friggen day to get done too!
Nice to finally come home after arguing with mechanics to find out 'oh your contract's been severed because of management changes'. Lovely eh?
Anyway i got lucky, within a half hour of getting that first call from my temp agency i got another call. This one with a new prospective contract. This one temp to hire. Same decent wages and full time :D I was to start the coming monday. Good thing too. I"m still swamped in med bills from that asthma attack.
So far, i'm liking it. I get to work with an old microfilm machine and scanner, and CD-Roms. Pretty much look up old deeds and titles, various land contracts and stuffs. It's interesting to say the least. I've gotta be active too, since i spend about half my time physically chasing down these files or putting them back after i make paper copies.
Another good thing is that i've no limit on how long i can work until. I'm obligated to work until 5pm, but i can stay till 7pm if i really want to. Mostly depends on how energetic and stubborn i'm feeling about keeping my workload reasonable. For now i'm working on accuracy in these things and not so much speed. I've got time to get good though.
40 hours for simple but fairly challenging work is nothin to sneeze at. Now if i can only adjust to working a first shift job, i'll be happy! I'm not a morning person by any shape or form. Well, amend that.......if i can get used to it i just might keep it this job, and be able to start Tai Chi again too. That i really want to do again....i need to do some stress relief like mad. That is prolly one of the best techniques i've ever run across. Gotta love the Asians that came up with that. Anyway.....off to chat and the usual rigamarole :D

I"m sitting in a happy daze again. This time not from sex, but from sheer musical glee. I've gone to see Chicago, the film version of a Fosse stage production. Now i want to see that as it was portrayed on stage originally! Catherine Zeta Jones was incredible, pure sex appeal as the characater demanded....when you play a speakeasy singer like that. :D Renee Zeleweger(sp?) was alright, but she's not the major talent like ZetaJones is in it. Richard Gere was the complete suprise though, damned good on his own, he actually tap danced quite well too. When they present a trial like a Three Ring Circus and the Defense Lawyer like the Ringmaster, you can't help but love it! *grins evilly* Mr. Gere's first number was pure burlesque though...so much fun to watch.
I agree with Samb39 though, the best number by far was Cellblock Tango. Six women telling how they got there....
To quote them 'He had it comin, he had it comin! He only had himself to blame...if youda been there, if you'da seen it, i'm sure that you'd have done the same!' Can't help but love a line like that. Not only a great song, but the visuals were stunning....creative use of red silk hankerchiefs too. I'm NOT telling...go watch the movie. So THERE!
I come home to musical genius too. Found yet another japanese band to rave about. Do As Infinity, they do the 2nd ending to Inu Yasha on the series. Gorgeous vocals and purely great sounding songs, even if i can't understand a damned word of japanese. That so far makes two or three to my list of favorite japanese singers. Aside from Akino Arai, i can't remember the exact names of the rest but they surpass justabout every american and british singer that i know in vocal quality. Something about the tone just melts me.
Anyway, i think i'll go back to bliss....since i do intend to burn these japanese songs for my listening pleasure at work. I also bought the Chicago soundtrack on friday, actually worth my 14$. If the recording industry would release decent artists i wouldnt' be lookin to japan for great artists. Chicago on it's own is a rarity, Hollywood hasnt' released a really good musical in years on end. I could keep listening to this stuff again and again. Now why am i babbling, go buy it or see the movie! As for the japanese stuff...it's an aquired taste...either watch Inu Yasha and see what i mean at the end credits--or forget what i said and dismiss it. Either way...enjoy some decent music for once. I know i am :D

I'm wondering whether i should change the name of this blog? Songs From Westgate works out....but i'm beginning to think i should call it Karma By The Week. Here's why........
I'm working on a typical monday, orders in the network just queueing up and the rest of us in my 20 odd man/woman team are pluggin away at them. Suddenly i've got a tingling feeling in my abdomen, which within five minutes leaves me lightheaded and faint.
No warning, no reasoning to it either. Think it's a panic attack? I should be so lucky!
The lightheadedness goes away, and the feeling faint bit too. I' m wheezing away though...it's like the tingling in my abdomen just tightened up and i DO mean tightened up. I"d called my team leader within the first five minutes of feeling faint, but wheezing won't pass. Meanwhile i'm doing my best to relax, but it doesn't work...so they call an ambulance for me. I'm in no condition to drive to the hospital, not when i can't breathe right. I know by then it's another asthma attack, i just wish i knew what caused it this time. It usually takes quite a few things to get this started, these episodes are so rare it's been about 2 yrs since my last severe bout with it.
I'm bundled into the ambulance, with the little nostril oxygen feeds they use. Quiet ride to the nearest hospital. To cut it short, i basically spend a few hours being monitored for air intake and heart rate too(since the tightness around my chest persisted). I got my third inhaler in my lifetime now. Right by my side at all times, since i'm still breathing kinda light.
The good thing is, i'm okay. The bad part is, yet MORE bills to take care of...when they arrive. I wish i knew why it started so far after my teens for me. It didint' start till i was in my 20s at that! Shortly after the 2nd occurrance of bronchitus in my life, the first was before i was 2 yrs of age. It seems like that may have triggered it, between that and some type of allergy i've not a clue about. All i know is usually about once a year i get a bout where i need an inhaler nearby, and this was one of them. Yet i didnt' have one. The bronchitus i got in september was easily cured, but i didtn' need an inhaler then. I'm barely coughing now, mostly just sniffling and wishing i wasn't so tired.
Anyway, work went well....got a lot of emails from everyone on the floor that saw me get bundled out yesterday. It's good to know i work with so many good people. Also for the ones that i work with to worry so much to get that ambulance(and they'll pay that bill too since they called it). I think it'll be mostly relaxing for the next few days and getting all my lung capacity back. The good thing about data entry where i work, is very little phone work. I can spend most of the time relaxing physically while workin my mind on the job, which is pretty much ideal :D I've got the good parts, i just wish i knew what was bringin on all this chaos. Oh well, take it all....it's still leaves me with a very unboring life.

Almost 2 weeks later and boy have things gotten silly.
I got the DVD player i wanted for christmas, but i was happier ot visit the family. Even got to see my best friend and get an idea on when she's finally getting married. She sat around in a bit of a daze, but i would to with a diamond on my hand.*grins*
To make it even funnier, my cousin also has set a date for her wedding. So....the older cousin gets to be a bridesmade come Sept 2, 2003! Haha...this should be fun. I'll have to find time to get down for at least one fitting and then make it there for the wedding and rehearsal. Hopefully i'll be able to use vacation time by then. Either way, it'll be great.
Now i'm mostly just chilling out, the bills have stacked up and i've got a very small paycheck sneaking up on me since i did't get holiday pay for christmas day. And i dont' get it for new years either. Time to be a miser again till i get things straightened out, but it can be done. Sometime in the next week i gotta get out and buy pots pans, cookie sheets....and spices and stuff. One of my other presents was a Cookbook. So i can start experiementing on stuffs to cook for myself!! i can NOT live on takeout and microwave fodder much longer. I'm not so dumb as to burn water or explode a hard boild egg(yet another cousin did that stunt). I just want decent cooked or possibly baked stuff i can take to work with me :D
Not too much to ask, since i'll be doing it for myself. One roommate isn't here long enough to worry about food, and i'm sure his girlf feeds him. The other one lives on takeout. Even the preprocessed cook it yourself stuff is better sometimes! ......
For now, i better stop or i'm gonna get hungry again!
Get the bills paid..yes it's prosaic--but it's needed and after that, i can really start experimenting. Since i dont' have to argue over the pots and pans with a psychotic housewife.
Ooooooh. Speaking of food....i think i'll raid that bit of ham that i brought back from our christmas feast. Heh ;-)