ladynine Posted about this the other day and after some thought I'm passing it along.

I know that some of you on my friends list can't donate blood for one reason or another - but what about the rest of you? They've recently changed the rules on tattoo and piercing exclusions so that if you got one in a state-regulated shop you're good to go. There are 32 states that regulate, Oregon is one of them!

I also just signed up to be a marrow donor; I'm now waiting on my tissue typing kit. The only reason I hadn't joined before now is that I hadn't gotten around to checking how to go about it. Here's the link to where you can sign up: http://www.marrow.org/ (Just in case you are like me about getting around to things :)

In other news life is still damn good here - though I'm already about 300 pages of reading behind in school. Going to be a long weekend ;p

So I finally got around to uploading these.  They're from a party one of Rob's friends threw - the theme was come as a rock star... 
http://picasaweb.google.com/dragoncoral/RockstarParty?authkey=Gv1sRgCKzwyKOCi6mzZA#

If there is one person or more on your friends list who makes your world a better place just because they exist and who you would not have met (in real life or not) without the internet, then post this same sentence in your journal.

OMFG  So, appointment Friday.  I got the new patient stuff in the mail but it contains no instructions for preparation for the LEEP.  I just called to find out what I should do/not do before the appointment.  They don't have my records (my clinic faxed them on the 18th, I just checked) and they also *can't* give me instructions because this is my first time at their clinic.  Apparently that counts as dispensing medical advice to someone who isn't their patient.  The appointment on Friday is a new patient appointment and I may or may not actually get what I need done done that day.  And they can't tell me anything about anything that I *need* to know.

I HATE THE FUCKED UP MEDICAL INDUSTRY WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY AND I HATE MORE THAT DOCTORS HAVE TO BE SO PARANOID ABOUT MALPRACTICE THAT THEY CAN'T DO THEIR JOBS.

Thinking about the amount of reading I was looking at next term was making me vaguely nauseous.  So I dropped the 300 level english course that required 9 books and am breathing a little easier.  I seriously Did Not Want to read Homer again anyway.  It means I'll be taking summer session but I'm going to have a lot of time to myself this summer anyway so it seems a good trade.

There a big fire festival in Japan every year.  This is omg worthy for me for three reasons; I love fire, and want to visit Japan.  Can anyone name the third reason? For a near give-away hint I will tell you that the answer is in fact a name :)

Flight of the Conchords is playing the Schnitz on May 14 :)  But the tickets are nearly $40 :(

*grumblegrumblesigh*

This is well worth watching instead of just reading the transcript.





I'm going to keep my fingers crossed for all of us. And I'm going to figure out what I can do with my empty Fridays... I need to volunteer somewhere. Suggestions?

I occasionally listen to right wing radio for a few minutes just to get an idea of what's going on over there.  Last night there was some guy *still* harping on how Obama wasn't born here and has "refused to produce' his birth certificate - so obviously he doesn't have one.  That's a bald-faced lie but EVEN IF IT WERE TRUE it ignores the fact that all it takes to be a natural born citizen is for ONE of your parents to be a citizen.  IT DOES NOT MATTER WHERE ON THIS EARTH YOU WERE ACTUALLY BORN.  No one has disputed that his mother was a Kansas born citizen of this country - not even the rabid right wing - so how is it that they get off harping on this in the first place?  Aren't they the true patriots?  The only ones who really know the constitution and the way this country is meant to work?  Shouldn't they therefore know they're making utter asses of themselves in a way that is totally indefensible?  Surely they're not *all* wandering around in an opiate and hate induced haze.  

How the FUCK do these people manage to stick around and how the FUCK did they EVER get into power?

*brought to you by IamCoral'stotalimpatiencewithidiocy.com*

My little brother got engaged last night!  And his fiance is a wonderful woman whom I actually really like.

So we made it down to San Jose after a lot of strange and fortuitous things came together. After Rob (who is officially my hero today) drove all the way out to Hillsboro to get me Our flight out got canceled about 5 minutes before we made it to the front of the line to check in. The line we'd been standing in for well over an hour. I let Rob deal with it because my cranky factor kicked in a little at that point and I was in no mood to be nice. He was kind and understanding with the woman at the counter and after trying 15 different ways to get us seats to the Bay area she finally found two seats for us - PDX to seattle to Oakland. Counter intuitive but what the hell - it was a way down so we took it. The flight to Seattle was delayed 2 hours, then delayed 2 more hours - and then canceled. As we were heading up to the counter to find out what, if anything, to try next they were calling final boarding for a flight to Oakland that had been totally full when we first checked in. They were calling several names along with the announcement so we figured there must have been people who hadn't made the flight. Rob somehow managed to get the attention of one of the people at the counter to ask if that was the case and then managed to get us switched and less than five minutes after our Seattle flight was canceled we were rushing out to catch the plane. We literally got the last two seats and his mom drove the hour to Oakland to pick us up.

The downside, our luggage had no chance of making it, so we've made a small trip to target for necessities and are crossing our fingers that the luggage makes it tomorrow. But given the alternative of still being among those trying to find a flight out I'd take this one every time. especially since there was yet another storm forecasted to come in to Portland overnight.

So in short, we made it :) And just in case I'm not back on here before then - Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and have a wonderful holiday however you choose to celebrate it. *HUGS*

1. Coral, 2. Blueberries, 3. Portland metro, 4. Purple, 5. Lucy Liu, 6. Tanqueray & Tonic, 7. Around the World, 8. fruit tart, 9. Photographer, 10. The people I love, 11. Contradiction", 12. Dragon Mintz

( Directions in case you want to make your own... )

I just got done watching the Barbara Walters interview with the Obama's and I only have two things to say... Thank all the gods that we've got two very intelligent people moving in to the White House and it makes me grin to see how Michelle and Barack interact.  They are the sweetest couple and it's awesome that we'll have that kind of an example of how relationships *can* be in such a visible place.

From the listing:
This band binds on pick up but equipping it does not increase game playing skills =0).
(Oh, and by the way- FOR THE HORDE!)

It's listed here, just to give credit where it's due :)

Abney Park is playing The Edison again.  On New Year's Eve.  Why oh why does The Edison have to be in LA?

Rob and I took off for Lincoln City this weekend for his friend Mike's birthday.  Getting away for a couple days was wonderful - it helps a lot that so far I actually like 99% of his friends.  We took a walk down to the beach Yesterday afternoon and I got a few good shots - even got a good one of him while he wasn't looking, :)  it's under the cut and there are a few more good ones in the album.

From the beach outside of Lincoln City.

From Mike's Birthday/Beach

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In other news I should find out more about the possible school option in the morning.