Somewhere Over the Rainbow

• My Christmas tree

  
  
  
  
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  Posted: December 10, 2009, 5:51pm EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• Antidepressants

  Once upon a time, many years ago, I used to be a prolific writer of fanfiction. Some of it was very good. Some of it was very bad. Most of it was somewhere in-between. I enjoyed writing fanfic.
  
  Somewhere around the time I stopped taking Zoloft and switched to [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 1:36am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• LJ virtual gifts

  Hey LJ people, I'd like to give out the virtual snowflakes, but LiveJournal won't accept my PayPal account without a credit card behind it. No credit card means no PayPal means no virtual LJ gifts. [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 5:42pm EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• Things that rainbow does not understand

  Maybe it's just the slang that "kids these days" are using, but I do not understand the use of the word "pooch" to mean anything but "dog."
  
  The other day I saw someone post on a forum that she had a "little pooch" on her abdomen. I asked, "Why'" [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 3:22am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• White Collar

  I recently started watching the series "White Collar" when it started airing on Bravo on Friday nights. I haven't watched many episodes yet, simply because I want to watch them in order and something always seems to get in the way on Friday night. But I have them all recorded,' [...]
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  Posted: December 06, 2009, 5:00pm EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• My Twitters for the day

  01:12 At Christmas time I mix Oregon Chai with eggnog instead of milk. Yummy! High in sugar, though. # 10:40 What cats do all day when they're home alone: tinyurl.com/yg9zz9r # 14:45 FFS, Farmville, what is with "Saving your farm, please do not close your browser" every' [...]
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  Posted: December 06, 2009, 3:01am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• My Twitters for the day

  10:24 Okay, the cats are not attacking the Christmas tree and instead are attacking the couch. # 10:56 @meetupvictoria The problem with the lighted ship parade is that it's at the same time as the lighted truck parade! # 11:51 Cat on lap. I'm trapped. #' [...]
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  Posted: December 05, 2009, 3:01am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• rainbow_goddess @ 2009-12-04T23:02:00

  I just closed my account on Tu Diabetes because I got tired of having insulin pumps thrown in my face all the time. I asked if people could confine their pump discussions to the pumpers' forum, and was told that "The vast majority of Type 1 diabetics have insulin pumps'" [...]
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  Posted: December 05, 2009, 2:02am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• rainbow_goddess @ 2009-12-04T11:08:00

  Fannish Friday Five:
  
  If you could resurrect/bring back five characters, who would they be?
  
  1) Tara
  2) Wash
  3) Ianto
  4) Tosh
  5) Owen [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 2:08pm EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• My Twitters for the day

  01:31 This is a picture of my Calli-cat wearing antlers. Amazing she stayed still long enough for me to take the pic. twitpic.com/rt8uq # 10:32 Today is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. I think I know more disabled people than non-disabled people. # 10:32 @[...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 3:02am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• Recycling dead computer equipment

  Over the last year/year and a half I've gone through three computer monitors. I used to have two computers -- my 2001 computer and my 2005 computer -- each with its own monitor. Windows got all messed up on the 2001 computer, so I was using Net BSD on that' [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 2:38am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• Introversion

  Monster apparently doesn't understand what it means for me to be an introvert.
  
  Normally, with my work schedule, I work Monday through Thursday and have Friday off. Friday is my "alone day" until Monster arrives around midnight. However, lately I haven't been getting Fridays off, and I even had [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 4:20am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• Being a meme sheep

  It's the Christmas wish list meme!
  
  Here are the very lengthy rules:
  
  Step One
  - Make a post (public, friendslocked, filtered...whatever you're comfortable with) to your LJ. The post should contain your list of 10 holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fun' [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 3:10am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• My Twitters for the day

  00:03 twitpic.com/rt8uq - Calli-cat pretending to be a reindeer. # 18:46 @sreno7 Afghanis. An afghan is a rug or blanket or something. # 19:13 @sreno7 I don't recall Meredith Baxter being involved in the JDRF. # 19:33 @sreno7 No, Meredith Baxter was on' [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 3:02am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• My Twitters for the day

  00:09 Usually it's Chaya Kitty telling me to go to bed. Tonight it's Calli Cat. I should go to bed if I'm getting up at 7:00 tomorrow morning. # 09:23 It's December 1, so I can now listen to Christmas music and put christmas wallpaper on my computer. [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 3:02am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• Christmas shopping

  I started my Christmas shopping in September. I picked up two books for Monster's birthday, and instead of giving him both of them, I saved one to give him for Christmas.
  
  Only problem is, sometime between his birthday and now, he acquired that same book on his own, probably [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 1:49am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• Writer's Block: Smoke screen

  

  What are your feelings towards smoking? What rights do you think smokers and non-smokers should have?

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  I hate smoking. I don't hate smokers, though I wish they wouldn't smoke anywhere but in their own homes -- [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 1:41am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• My Twitters for the day

  11:37 @ThinkReferrals You can get webcasts of BC Legislature debates from the Hansard link on the Leg. website. # 11:48 Hilariously outdated library books: awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/ via @neatorama Includes pictures of typical Canadians. # 11:50 @sreno7 What's the difference between dyspraxia and developmental coordination disorder? Just [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 3:01am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• This week's House

  
  
  This was an awesomely good episode. I didn't understand why so many people were making such a fuss over it all week.
  
  It was epically slashy. It was also darn funny. Seeing House's team from an outside (i.e., Wilson's) point of view, out of context, made the [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 2:30am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• My Twitters for the day

  10:39 @sreno7 Yeah, I guess I could do that. # 10:39 RT: @timescolonist: Four Washington police officers shot dead outside of coffee shop: Reports. More to come at: www.timescolonist.com # 14:38 @sreno7 It was an ambush. They were working on their laptops and he ambushed [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 3:01am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• My Twitters for the day

  00:15 I now have PURPLE lancets. I may actually change my lancet more often than once a year now. :-) #diabetes # 00:15 I have found LOG (burning logs in a fireplace) on channel 17. To me, that means it is officially the Christmas season. # 00:18 I [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 3:01am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• My Twitters for the day

  00:09 Looks like the cats took good care of @john_nemeth today. He could at least have filled their bowls with crunchy food to show appreciation. # 00:16 I'm up a lot later than I should be, but now I have the galloping sneezes and don't think I'll be able' [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 3:01am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• rainbow_goddess @ 2009-11-27T23:42:00

  Whenever I shop at Shoppers Drug Mart, including when I pick up my prescriptions, I get Shoppers Optimum Points. And I can use those points on almost anything in the store (I can't use them on prescriptions; if I smoked, I wouldn't be able to use them on cigarettes; and [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 2:42am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• Writer's Block: Let the shopping begin!

  When do you typically start shopping for holiday gifts? Do you usually wind up buying stuff at the last minute?

  
  

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  Usually the first couple of weeks of December, but I decided that this year would be different. I didn't want to end up broke' [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 11:57am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• My Twitters for the day

  08:09 RT: @Cabin12Victoria: First to know on Twitter. We have found a backer and the Cabin's future looks very bright indeed. # 11:35 Management team brought in muffins. Huge muffins. Don't think I'll eat for the rest of the day. Good thing I took an extra bolus. #diabetes [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 3:01am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• For fans of Canadian football, especially those in Saskatchewan

  This is a video from Saskatchewan's Legislative Assembly. Gainer the Gopher is the mascot for Saskatchewan's football team, the Rough Riders. (Please correct me if it should be "Roughriders" rather than "Rough Riders." I'm not sure which is Ottawa and which is Saskabush. Don't ask me why a league with [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 11:07am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• My Twitters for the day

  07:31 Off to the #yyj Tweetup at @Cabin12Victoria. In other words, I'm going to go and meet strangers from the Internet! Woo-hoo! # 12:11 @dLife Thanksgiving was six weeks ago. Why didn't you ask that then? # 12:13 @tlcur107 Timbits can be evil, but they are [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 3:02am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• Writer's Block: Is your goose (or tofu) cooked?

  Are you planning to host Thanksgiving at your place or will you travel to see family and/or friends? Do you prefer a traditional menu or something entirely different?

  
  

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  "Planning to?" WTF are you talking about? Thanksgiving was six weeks ago! [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 2:12am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• My Twitters for the day

  10:05 @sreno7 Are you on the outs with Telus? If not, check with them; they offer TV now as well as phone and Internet. # 12:07 @sreno7 Well, your only choices for TV in BC are Telus and Shaw. Same with high-speed Internet. Bell doesn't offer home' [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 3:01am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• My Twitters for the day

  07:11 @sixuntilme It's really not a big deal. I used that thing for years. I don't know why so many people are afraid of it. # 07:18 I think I'm literally allergic to mornings. I wake up every morning sneezing. Achoo! # 07:23 Why did my prescription [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 3:02am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• My Twitters for the day

  01:07 @sreno7 My boyfriend @john_nemeth says that when he finds his soldering iron, he can fix your puter, but it might take more than one day. # 01:07 @sreno7 Boyfriend wants to know, if he has to keep puter more than one day, if he could send [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 3:01am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• My Twitters for the day

  10:19 @JoyofDiabetes Neither! My BG this morning was 6.7. # 10:27 @danasaur82 Yup, parade is tonight in downtown #yyj! It starts at 5:30, and later there's the harbour ferry Santa ballet. # 10:28 RT: @timescolonist: Santa parade lights up downtown tonight: tinyurl.com/yhr8z5w # 10:54 [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 3:01am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• My Twitters for the day

  10:40 @JoyofDiabetes I'm more likely to have low BG in the morning. My Dawn Phenomenon occurs around lunchtime! The later the lunch, the higher BG # 10:48 @DiabetesMine The link that said "Look who else has diabetes" and was about someone named Matthew Lavin. # 11:04' [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 3:02am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• Historical inaccuracy in TV show "White Collar."

  I finally got around to watching the first episode of "White Collar." I liked it, and I'll continue watching it, but I have to catch up on it since it premiered three weeks ago and I only just got around to watching the first episode. But I've recorded the episodes, [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 2:52am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• My Twitters for the day

  15:14 When I was leaving this morning, boyfriend was holding ChayaKitty. He told her, "Say bye-bye to Mommy,Chaya," and waved her paw at me. # 15:16 Why do I have the "Skinamarink" song stuck in my head? Skinamarinky-dinky-dink, skinamarinky-do, I love you! # 16:03 You know what? I [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:04am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• My Twitters for the day

  07:51 Just heard on Ocean radio that it is snowing on the Malahat. Yay. Happy winter, everyone in #yyj. # 15:02 When my cats get into something they're not supposed to, I say, "Not for Kitties!" Then my boyfriend says, "Everything is for kitties!" # 15:03 Is there' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 3:01am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• My Twitters for the day

  09:21 Wondering if I should be searching for higher ground in the #yyj area if this rain keeps up! Fortunately the Gorge isn't likely to overflow. # 09:23 @sixuntilme Test strips have a mind of their own. I often find them outside my front door; I think they're [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 3:02am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• Cell phone

  I came verrrrrrrry close to purchasing a new cell phone on Saturday. I went to the Virgin Mobile kiosk at the mall and saw that the phone I'd had my eye on, on the Virgin Mobile website, was on sale for $80 instead of the $109 it was listed for' [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 12:56am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• My Twitters for the day

  09:23 Farmville won't work on my work computer. I got here early enough to harvest my crops, but the game won't load. Bye bye, crops. # 12:09 I can hardly wait for the next Doctor Who special. Only six weeks to go! # 12:46 I must remember to [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 3:01am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• My Twitters for the day

  
  12:30 I just HAD to retweet this. RT: @CBCCanada: Man disguised as mummy robs Saskatoon business bit.ly/1ep4zf # 12:31 @lindahancock I'm glad I'm not the only one who had a sore wrist after the flu shot. # 12:39 I got my torrent of Doctor Who: [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 3:03am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• Kittens, real and imaginary

  I frequently call Chaya "kitten" while Monster calls her "baby."
  
  I recently started playing a new game on Facebook called "My Kitten." In this game you adopt a kitten (I chose a grey Persian) and give it a name (I named my kitten Grimalkin.) Then you buy food and [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 8:52pm EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• My Twitters for the day

  00:02 @sreno7 I don't know. The only time I've spelled it "catalog" is for computer programming when I was in high school. # 10:44 Woke up to 500 tweets this morning; appears that 400 of them are retweets. I'm seeing the same tweets over and over and OVER' [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 3:02am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• My Twitters for the day

  10:41 Today is Friday the 13th, but tomorrow is World Diabetes Day! #wdd09 # 10:55 Most of my wardrobe is various shades of purple. I may have to go to the thrift store to get some blue clothes for World Diabetes Day #wdd09 # 10:57 Would you believe [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 3:03am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• Mystery Google

  I just discovered "Mystery Google." You type in your search term as usual, but it will then give the search results of whatever the previous person searched for.
  
  I'd been reading posts on My Life is Average about a Miley Cyrus song called "Party in the USA." I went' [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 10:56pm EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• Two website recommendations

  Someone on my friends list recommended this site: My Life is Average. It appears to be a place where you submit stories about things that happen in your "average" life that are fun or amusing or awesome.
  
  I found another, similar site that seems to have the same [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 6:18pm EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• My Twitters for the day

  15:55 Boyfriend says I drink too many caffeinated beverages. I told him Coke Zero doesn't come in caffeine-free. He says "Drink something else." # 15:56 I say no way am I giving up my Coke Zero! And for some reason I can't get decaf @OregonChai around here. No one [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 3:03am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• Writer's Block: If these walls could talk

  Would you rent or buy the home of your dreams if a brutal murder had taken place there? What if you got to live there rent-free? Would you think twice if neighbors warned you that it was haunted?

  
  

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  If it really was the home [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 2:20am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• rainbow_goddess @ 2009-11-12T21:02:00

  Tomorrow makes it one week since I put my cell phone on the counter before going to bed and woke up the next morning to find that a pool of water had formed on said counter overnight, rendering my phone unusable. I've tested it twice since then, and both times' [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 12:02am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• My Twitters for the day

  11:24 RT: @mental_floss:The Swiss Army first ordered its famous knives in 1889 after switching to a rifle that required a screwdriver for assembly # 12:14 Cats do not observe two minutes of silence when they want you to open the balcony door for them. # 12:23 I just [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 3:02am EST
  by The Woman in Purple

• My Twitters for the day

  07:52 Mornings happen way too early around here. # 07:53 This article really pisses me off: bit.ly/95v9n #asperger # 08:06 Students forbidden to use the word "meep" at school: bit.ly/3GenDr # 08:07 @missravenx I think the author has never met an Aspie. # [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 3:03am EST
  by The Woman in Purple