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Such a very glorious day this is..

People and Politics

I've just about had it with people forwarding emails of this huge list of things that "Obama says" versus "McCain says", etc, etc. Depending on which senator the email is targeted for, it inflates the stances of the one senator and right out lies about the others'. Now, I'm not going to get into whom I'm voting for. That is not what this is about. What it is about is a skewed perception people have: people believe what they read in stupid emails written by some biased uninformed individual that likes to start chain letters who just happens to agree with their political standpoint. Give me a break. If you want to actually learn about the opposing candidate, for God's sake don't learn it from the political party you're for - let alone some horribly inaccurate email. Learn it from the source. I've read "forwards" with right out lies about where a candidate stands - both about McCain and Obama. If you want to have solid, accurate information about a candidate and where a person stands, start with going to their website; research the bills they've voted both for and against; watch the debates. Don't just believe what your little spam buddy put in an email - look it up; research it. It just ticks me off that people so naive are passing around all these emails with blatant lies in them. It almost makes me scared that we don't have some type of IQ test to pass before you may vote.

By the way, I'm not affiliated with a certain party. I try to accurately and fairly access candidates with every election. (And with no help from petty emails) :)

Friends

A dancer friend, Becca, died on Tuesday. She was my age (28) and the cause of her death is not exactly known. She was sick, and she had diabetes, but that shouldn't be so much to cause someone a death. I will continue to keep her in my prayers, as she was a wonderful person.

This is strange for me..

Well, I lost Brandi about 3 years ago. She was 22. However, she had been murdered - by her husband, none the less. Brandi was a beautiful person all around. I'm not sure if I could ever forgive Scott. (Ever...)

Stephen is a friend I also lost a while ago. He was a friend of Jeffy's and mine. He overdosed. I never knew his problem was as bad as it was. Actually, he informed me he didn't have a problem.

I miss my friends. And this all seems so surreal to me.

I don't want anyone else to die, but I know I cannot prevent that. I know that is not my decision. My saving grace is that God has them.. and He is taking care of them.

Becca, Brandi, Stephen... I love you all.. and I miss you...

It hurts to think about them, and I wish they still were here. But I know that God works in mysterious ways. I know that God does what is best, and sometimes we cannot understand it. Keeping that in mind is the most important thing..

Poodle Skirt

Well I didn't end up finding a Marilyn Monroe dress that I liked. And the wigs.. the ones I came across were just hideous. So I decided last minute that I'd opt for the good old poodle skirt. Picture - as requested ;) - below:

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g60/jenjerstar/poodle.jpg

(I don't quite look like that anymore though. My hair got chopped - the real deal. 12 inches - gone!)

And of course as of yesterday I'm officially 28! I had a lot of fun on my birthday. Got to spend it with the boy, and (we both) took today off. It was simply a great birthday!!!

Tomorrow, back to the chopping block...

Jury Duty, Pirates, Marilyn Monroe

Well, I ended up giving the "Beer For My Horses" tickets to my cousin. John wasn't too crazy about going, and neither was I, so I offered them to Mark, and he took them. So instead, we ended up going up to Buzzard Swamp in the Allegheny National Forest to do some fishing. We biked out to the ever-so-famous pond 6, and fished for quite a while, but for some reason we did terrible. If we had a boat of some sort, I think we could have done much better. They were certainly in there, but just not interested in our lines. We haven't given up hope though. The boy and I have another trip planned some time. This time possibly porting a boat up some how :)

This week I'm on jury duty and it's pretty boring. They don't have their act together at all! We just sit in a room and are occasionally told to go to another room, and occasionally told to just leave because they can't start doing things just yet. Very bizarre and not what I had expected at all!

Tonight John got tickets for us to go to the Pirates game. It's supposed to be pretty cool afterwards because they are going to have Zambelli fireworks and I think REO Speedwagon is playing. Pirates are playing the Reds. I'm not a huge baseball fan, but I am really looking forward to the game tonight!

Then, this weekend is John's family reunion - 50's theme (they always do some sort of theme each year). And I've decided to work it Marilyn Monroe style. That's right, I'm going as her. I'm wearing the "7 Year Itch" dress and a blond wig. I think it will be a lot of fun! (I'll post a pic later =D)

Fast summer!

I cannot believe it is August already! The summer has gone by so fast! The boy and I went to Atlantic City/Wildwood, and we stayed in a hotel attached to a casino (something I've ALWAYS wanted to do for some reason.. lol). We also had our annual Canada trip. It was fun - the weather was not so great, but I had fun because I was with John, which is always good. I think the largest fish I caught was a 17 inch large mouth. I didn't catch any small mouth though, which kind of sucked.

The next few weeks are booked as well. This coming weekend I won tickets to the premiere "Beer For My Horses" from Y108, the weekend after that is John's family reunion (50's style!!), the weekend after that is my high school's 10 year reunion.

I can hardly keep up with all of the events, let alone blog about them ;)

Senior Dev

So it is official. As of June 8th I am a senior software engineer. Yeah, I know that's a Sunday, but that's when it officially started. (Mckesson's just weird I guess.) I've known it was in process for a while, but now I'm allowed to "talk" about it. Anyway.. Yay.

PS If anyone would like to buy me a drink in celebration, you're certainly welcome :)