Hello again... been awhile

 Its been awhile since I posted anything here, but  here is an update.

I am still working for the college- almost have done this for a year which is remarkable for my employment history.  I wasnt fired ever but I just did not have jobs which lasted that long it seemed so this is a first.  I enjoy it for the most part.  Since discovering John Green I have read 2 more of his books.   I like his stuff but I disagree on his politics, but we all can like people who share different views on things, that I know and am one who can do that.  As long as they respect what I think and dont chide me about it, sure, think as you wish.    I definitely dont think everyone should think like me.  John Green as a rule never answers anything so I can tell him all I want what I disagree with, he wont tell me personally what he thinks back ever.  He is a busy guy but sometimes I wish he would, pick 20 people a day say and answer them.  But enough of him... When I am not chained to the desk working I enjoy gaming - I am a Wizard101 fan and Pirate101 which just came out- I like the style, the quests, the feel of them even though yeah a slightly younger audience they are for. Imagery is very powerful in my mind so I dont want to play anything with really big bad ugly looking characters. Not a psycho thriller type,  I do love mysteries though, and yes murder mysteries are quite ok provided not too gritty, hard core kind.  Again the imagery of hard subjects and gruesome  plots are not my thing. Midsomer Murders, Poirot, PD James etc thats my style. There are some in those which kind of take to the edge, but its the way they are done they have a sense of class about them I like.   Yes Mystery is a passion of mine.  Other things I like, graphic design- now that I have graduated, I mainly do things for myself, because I want to- my job keeps me quite busy so I have not thought to free lance yet.  If Simon got promoted and I did not have to work as much as he does, then I will pursue it some more.   I do try to keep up my skills though.  I recently learned how to do a cool thing with text. which I did not know how to do.  here it is,  I quite like it. saw it in my fav Art Mag Computer arts and did it. 

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Emarking on a new venture

Inspiration can hit you and come from the most interesting places. I recently read The Fault of Our Stars by John Green, I had never read it before or any of his but have become familiar with it though watching the vlogs he and his brother Hank do. Smart guys. After reading it I felt I could write my own story, about my life. I have been to hell and back you could say with what I have. Which in the extreme can be fatal, in a variety of ways. I faced death in two ways I was not expecting. My kidneys nearly shut down on me, nearly ending me and then the following yr toxic shock nearly got me caused by a completely other way. All after being married. So since the character in John Greens book is not real, I have decided to make my character not real but based on me, and based on the people I know. Mr Green is a funny individual- wont answer any mail. Surely he sees the value of that, after all he isn't the only one who can write, and write the kind of books he does. He says he is busy with kids and all but you know what lots of other writers are too and they answer their fans, give them some sense their words mean as much to them as theirs did to the people who wrote to them those letters and emails, tweets. Perhaps not every one, but enough one feels that you might get some benefit of writing them in the first place, reading it is not enough- your public want your words- not to a mass audience but to them. I am married, I have a job, I am a college graduate, I am not some teeny bopper no sir. Yet I like what he does, and his brother. I find it rude though he wont answer anyones mail Remember your beginnings boys. Remember when getting hits on your Youtube was everything to you because you were new to it. If you don't, you will find yourselves replaced and we dont want that now do we? I write this as a warning. I am older than you both I have seen things you never will and survived things you cant comprehend because you are not me. That's not arrogance, its the truth. Think about it and think about giving your emails, your fan mail the time of day. Just sayin.

Spring Happenings

The weather has been awful nice lately- snow almost melted. The chickens are well happy that it is sunny and nice and I must say I am too. Enjoyed a nice walk with Simon today, We looked at our neighbors daffodils and crocuses coming up in purple and yellow. Still snow on the mountains that usually stays awhile. Why dont I smile fully? I have a tooth which needs to fixed, and its in the front so for now its not full smiles for me. Its on the list to be done and done soon. I was not blessed with strong teeth. We are making great progress in getting our finances in order. I have gotten into Twitter. I avoided it for a great deal of time but now that I found it I really like it. I can follow people I will only see on the tv or read their books etc. I dont have to ask. They dont have to accept me first and I like that. They still wont have a clue of who I am but thats ok I can see of more of who they are, off the screen out of the lime light- what they think about things. Some people follow me, its kind of interesting who does. I am usually pretty accepting , if its not porn, people whose twitter tag is porn related, etc then I usually will say sure you can follow me. They have to request though this is how I weed out people who I dont want to be associated with- even on Twitter.

Work is busy as usual... I am not being smug here.. its
hard to take your picture when you cant see what the camera is taking a pic of exactly. Work has been picking up actually. More students are getting to know who I am which is good.

Conquering the Laundry

The wiring in this house is a bit out of date causing it to act funny. This has made the dryer work great for long periods of time and then not. Frustrating? Yes. Its going to be fixed, next week. However my hubby is telling me " I dont have things to wear." So I thought ok. the washer works fine I will wash him some clothes. How to dry? Am I going to drape clothes over things and have them drip dry? No! The washing line outside was the answer! But its winter you say... it doesn't matter! Especially on a sunny day, which it happens to be today. Yep it takes longer but its ok they will still dry. So I did a small batch- enough for the pegs I had and put them on the line.. I maybe will get to like doing that for some things. I will like it when the dryer work normally. However, just goes to show that older ways of doing things can still be done today especially if you have tools to do and for this I do, a perfectly good washing line. My Grandma used it for many yrs till she had a dryer so I can use it till I do again which will be soon, but till then I can lighten my load of wash to be done in the mean time the old fashioned way..

Back in the day.....( way back)

I have been watching the series called Lillie based on the life of Lille Langtry who was a Professional Beauty and compared to some of the others was not very nice- being known as a beauty corrupted her. Some were beautiful but had more stable lives. This is Edwardian England, before WWI, around Sherlock Holmes time. If we could forgo the corset wearing I think it would be glamorous to dress again like these fine ladies did- one fashion I havent seen again but might just take up. Here are some examples of real women from that time.

Dragonspyre

Continuing with my gaming adventures, I finally made it to Dragonspyre and have been going through the quests. The bad guys are harder. All the human ghost-like characters seem to have a Russian accent and names. I suppose Russia is hinted at as a country influence like Japan is for Mooshu and London is for Marleybone etc. I dkw where Wizard city is like. All the other places I pretty much can. Drayonspyre unlike the others doesnt have any real vegetation except some flowers which grow but no green really, lots of lava though, Lots more dungeons too, there are many in this world. I have not met Malistare yet but I will get there. There is alot to the world to explore and its not so easy to explore, you have to get access to the different areas a slightly different way. The big bosses are huge and have lots of mana so if you are alone- buy a henchman or two! I cant imagine defeating them alone. I hope they will add more to the game by the time I get through Celestia which I have visited but I have not gotten full access to. I am sure they will. Well thats my gaming report for now...

Gaming

One of the passions for me and my husband is gaming. Its good that we both like doing this because then we dont often argue because one of us is on a game. Sometimes if something more important we might disagree but not really. Not like when my husband used to- used to play WOW.
He used to play it all the time. It would make it so when we were out, he had a hard time enjoying being out, he would think about going back and playing a dungeon.. I never went for that type of game. Until.... I clicked on a link on Facebook for Wizard101.. and now at 44 levels later- I am still liking it! Yes I am a married woman who plays a game most younger people like.- Amazing huh? Well only if you know me, do you know my age on there and no one knows me that well- I have not gotten friend codes from anyone- if I knew someone well enough I might give one but so far I have not quite met anyone who could fit that special privilege- couple of my friends there are nearly at that stage but not quite. No one in real life that I personally know plays so I am waiting to see how well a friend the ones I have gotten to know a bit are. However even if you arent my friend yet but would like to be and get the friend code (after I know you for a bit) Here are my requirements:

A) will you help me when I face a hard bad guy? B) will you stay when you get there- I hate it when a friend drops in my battle area brings in another bad guy then thinks- oh I am bored or something leaving me with more than I was wanting to battle- that is not right. I wish the extra bad guy would leave if they do but they dont. So if you help me- stay in the battle unless you get defeated and no one can heal. Sometimes we cant and its just the cards we have at the time, nothing personal. C) if I am helping you, let me help you how I want to help you, especially if you pulled me from somewhere else to help.. You want the boss fine- but only till the lesser minions are dead then I am attacking the boss too wither you like it or not cuz he/she is who is left. D) Dont tell me off for figuring out part of a quest puzzle which is MY quest too and dont try to solve everything if I asked you to help me. E) Very Important- in battle, unless your cards are all grayed out- dont just skip! Tell me you are waiting for pips for a bigger spell. Dont skip, skip, skip... and say nothing. If I am soloing I may skip to do just that but in a group I help- its teamwork unless I have to, no available cards. F) if you cant help me when I ask, tell me you cant dont just act like I did not say it, you know I did.
Tell me you cant, tell me you are fighting, just answer me. F) dont teleport to me just to be in that area- if you are coming to where I am by that way, help me where I am. I had to knock someone from my regular list because they kept doing that then accused ME of bothering them! The nerve! They kept going to where I was and I did not ask for them or even talk to them to help me and they didnt help that was the problem, I was just a jumping point for what they wanted to do- user!. Ok if you can follow my rules of being my friend to have a friend code ( I accept almost all for otherwise I am not picky I always like friend choices to choose from to help me) Then if you fit these requirements which arent asking much, just what I want in a good solid friend who gets a green name distinction rather than other friends- then look me up and I will add you for that for sure..

What I bring to the table......

A) I play often, pretty much daily for a period of time, I am not all day gamer, I am a wife too and and college student. B) I dont mind going to the first level areas and helping, dont be afraid to get me to help you on Triton Ave of something- I will, if not fighting somewhere. C) I will not ask you to help me in higher level places if you do not have the health to cope. I dont want you to be defeated quickly. If its something I know you can handle cuz where you are exploring at the moment like Mooshu like I am right now, sure I will have you help or if you are a world below from where I am. D) I will not help all the time in worlds I am not in yet- reason: too hard for me! I will try them out, try to help you but if know its hard because I have done that- I am waiting till I can really handle that area. E) I will say thanks and your welcome to any help you give me- if I forget- talk to me and make me remember- I am not intentionally rude. F) I am not a fair weather friend and dont like them- you help me, I help you. G) I will never ask for crowns, gifts etc- you dont have to give me anything- just your help and friendship. Lastly I am female I have a alternate guy one but I play my girl the most- however I accept friends who are male or female- it matters not to me if you are just playing a girl but are a guy really or the reverse. I am not a girls only person or boys only person- to me your are my friend in the game, I only know about you what I tell you and you only know about me what I tell you- dont want to say your age - no problem I wont be asking.

Dont be surprised if I dont talk alot, I usually dont talk to people a great deal in games but if you say hi, I will say hi, if you ask about a quest I will talk you about it, but I am quest- focused alot.

Ok thats my spiel, If you want to add me as a friend- come find me in the Spiral- I am Rachel Moonwalker level 44.( at the moment) and I am working in Mooshu.