No-one has to reply to this or even read it actually, just need to write it down....
Had some bad news today, my oldest friend(we've known each other since we were 8) contacted me to tell me her older brother had died. He was only a couple years older than us. He had a bad accident 5yrs ago resulting in a severe head injury and fractured back so he was on lots of meds for epilepsy and pain and stuff. He had not long since moved back home after getting divorced when his mum found him dead one morning. They ruled accidental death due to the level of drugs in his system simply causing him to stop breathing. It's possible he accidentally overdosed due to a severe headache he'd had for 2 days, but we'll never know.
To made things worse for them, since his death his ex-wife won't let them see his daughter! My friend has managed to see her once but her mum or other brother can't get to. Right now I wanna give her a hug but she lives in New England and my arms aren't long enough.so this will have to do. She says the only good thing to come out of it is that it's made her re-evaluate her life and she realises she has to make a few changes.
There has been tons of upheaval in my SL community too this last week, hopefully it will settle down soon. But I do know I need to broaden my horizons on there a little. Having said that, my friends news has made me realise my addiction to SL is very trivial in the scheme of things and that I need to live more in the real world instead of running from it.. not that I want to loose my SL friends of course.
Sorry to be depressing,but I'm sad for my friend and I'm missing a SL friend who's away..
Although almost every day at Six Apart is Take Your Dog to Work Day, Friday was extra special because it was the official Take Your Dog to Work Day! Plus, as lovers of blogs and animals, we think it's great that active blogger and Human Society's President and CEO, Wayne Pacelle, thinks having dogs around the office is a good reminder of "who we're working for."
We realize some people have it ruff and aren't lucky enough to be able to bring their dog to work, but hopefully these pictures taken at Six Apart last Friday will get your tails wagging... And let me tell you, it's harder than it looks to get all the doggies and their fetching owners in one picture.
For those of us in the northern hemisphere, today is the summer solstice. For ancient civilizations, this day was akin to our modern day New Year's Eve and was viewed as a time to reflect and renew. So why not kick off your summer celebration with a new theme?
See all of our themes in the Design Area.
Or choose from one of these brand-new themes. (Available under "New.")
That got your attention didn't it. Just had to share this story with you, a six week old piglet that was afraid to walk in the mud! Her breeders reckon she has mysophobia..a fear of dirt. When the rest of the litter went out to play in the mud she refused to move. But when they moved her to a dry patch she was fine, so they had special green wellingtons made for her, and now she loves to run in the mud. I kid you not..
Just a happy story to end my working week,that and my 8 day holiday started 1 hour ago Yaaaay!!! Been a very busy orthopaedic week this last week, 4 ops in total. thankfully all successful so far and my little noodle dog came in for a check -up today and she is doing fantastic! already starting to use her repaired leg and happy in her foster home.
So that's workover for a little while, so more time for 2L! watch out guys i'll be there more. Also planning to catch up with my fav programs, yay Supernatural is back on after the whole writers strike break! and generally chilling out!
I decided to give this another try, to post some of those folders full of pictures that I took.
I intended to eventually hang them when they were being shot, so I'll get going on it!
This batch was taken during Aoi and Akai's wedding.
It was in a beautiful yet laggy venue, Aoi's connection was crappy and he kept crashing.
But Aoi was more stubborn than the net and kept returning for the ceremony and it was completed!
Best wishes for a happy life together, Aoi and Akai!!
Present were many friends whom I'm not sure I could remember all the names of, but will try.
(My apologies in advance if I forgot or overlooked anyone!)
Kazunori was there in a beautiful kimono.
I wore a beautiful gown made by Oni and he wore his matching suit.
Standing with Aoi were Vinny and Dov.
Bridesmaids were Karissa and Yukio.
Sitting on the other side of Oni and me was Spikey (correction!) Cotton.
We all had a lovely time at the reception, dancing and having cake.
Speaking of cake...I got the silly idea to see if I could stand on the top of the cake and got a nice view of the whole place.
Hope you enjoy these and future posts because I have alot more folders of pictures!
I have changed the captions on each of these, so when you mouse over you'll see a highlighted one.
Click each thumb for a larger version and more descriptions.
A couple of months ago, we told you about Blog It powered by TypePad, the first cross-platform blogging application for Facebook the enables you to post to your Vox blog - and ALL your blogs - with a single click.
Within a week, Blog It had nearly 4,000 active users posting tweets and creating blog posts, as well as updating their status messages with the title and link to the published post. Today, Blog It's Facebook application has nearly 10,000 users. But here's the thing: You're not always sitting in front of the computer when the inspiration to blog strikes. And at Six Apart, it is our goal to provide you the tools you need need to blog where you want, and when you want.
Which is why this week we introduced Blog It for iPhone, a free web application just like the one we introduced for Facebook - only now - on your iPhone. Built specifically for iPhone's Safari browser, Blog It for iPhone enables you to post blog entries or status updates from wherever you are to more than a dozen different online services. And just like the original Facebook version, you can choose to share your posts with the people you know across various social networks.
To start blogging with Blog It for iPhone, go to http://blogit.typepad.com with your iPhone's Safari browser and install the Blog It icon onto your mobile desktop. Then, all you have to do is click the Blog It icon and start creating posts!
Whether you're riding the bus to work, cheering on your team courtside, or enjoying a picnic by the lake, now it's easier than ever to Blog It.
I am so MAD!!!!!!!! I hate that mad cow that lives in the flat below me!! Following on from the cutting down of half my tree, the latest in a long line of problems, the local authority sent someone round to talk to me about it, so we had a chat about all the rubbish she does that makes my life hell and he agreed she had no right to cut the tree when he saw where it was etc.
So they're gonna come talk to her and try and sort it out. Well somehow I don't think that is going to work if this evening is anything to go by. I'd arranged for someone to come round to discuss getting my slightly unruly garden back into shape and I chucked in this throw away line about my mad neighbour cutting my tree so I wanted it taking out and whoops she heard. OMG, she opened her window and proceded to tear me to shreds about the state of my garden and how I supposedly complain about her to other people? and stupid stuff like me not closing the gate!!
For a start I hardly ever see any of my other neighbours cos I'm always at work, so who I'm supposed to have complained to I don't know. And I obviously don't close the gate on purpose!! The woman just hates me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't know whether to hit something, scream or just kill myself. Thank god I'm already on anti-depressents and know how to meditate to calm down..... so now I have to phone the case worker again tomorrow to report this incident. Worse thing is, my mum is threatening to come and sort her out, how pathetic does that make me look? She's a fiery one my mum.....gotta love her for it. Told her she is not allowed to as the authority are dealing with it.
I'll keep you posted guys......
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This tiny little girl is 755/5/6/08 aka Noodle, a 12week old staffordshire bull terrier cross. She was brought into us last week by the local police after she was nearly hit by a car, she was out on her own even though she was wearing a collar. When we examined her we found she had a swollen right hind leg, so we x-rayed her and found not a new injury but one that was at least 2 weeks old! Her knee had been broken in 2 places and was healing out of place, leaving her unable to use her leg, she also had a fracture in her pelvis but that was healing okay. We think some b*****d has kicked her and left her injury untended, then whether she got out and got lost or was thrown out we don't know.....
So what's so good about this? Well today we fixed her leg!!! As she couldn't use it the only other option was to amputate it, but our orthopaedic surgeon managed to persuade our boss to let us try to fix it( free of charge too!!). It took 11/2 hrs and involved bone chisels,pins and wires. Her post op x-rays look good and although it's not perfect we think we have 85-90% movement in it. Hopefully this will help her chances of being rehomed when it's time. We can only wait and see..... So now we just give her lots of love and cuddles...
We will be performing scheduled maintenance on Vox tonight (Friday, June 6, 2008) from 11:00 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. PDT. Although we don't anticipate this maintenance to be highly disruptive, we always like to give you advance notification when there is a slight chance of some downtime.
As always, thank you for your patience - and have a great weekend!
Update: There WILL be downtime between 11:00 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. PDT. so please plan accordingly.
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