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and in case you can't tell by the use of multiple !s i'm really freaking excited about con!! <-- see there it is again.

NOTE: just went to go post my journal and now there're skins ... and i can't use them cause i'm not a subscriber ... damn the man.

]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/24143828/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/24143828/ Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:16:39 PDT [link] in the Statesman Journal's 2009 Best of the Mid-Valley. We have made it to 2nd place in the catagory of Best Veterinarian. Now we only have today and tomorrow to get to first!

Please help us out by going to StatesmanJournal.com [link] and voting today and tomorrow. You can only vote once a day per computer, so get your friends and family involved too!

While you're there, help support other great businesses in the area and vote for your other favorites.

]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/23982822/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/23982822/ Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:42:07 PDT [link]), was nominated for best Veterinarian and best Pet Boarding in the Mid-Valley (Salem, Oregon). Right now we are in third, second are three Companions (combined into one) which are corporately owned. Please help us out by going to StatesmanJournal.com [link] and voting for 2009 Best of the Mid-Valley in the Professional section under Veterinarian and in the Personal section under Pet Boarding. There is no need to register, just vote!

You can vote once a day, every day until April 10th.

If we won, this would be great advertising and help a business who just opened in late 2007 be voted the best in the area! Help support our locally owned and operated business in the corporate run world!

]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/23152189/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/23152189/ Thu, 12 Feb 2009 08:10:45 PST
well, today was my day. i was restraining for this cute black and white 1 year old kitten. he started to get a little vocal and fighting us a bit. then i got bit ... in the back of the leg. the other cat in the family, who was mostly keeping to herself by the owner, bit me in the back of the leg. it was a covert stealth operation. scared the crap out of me.

anyway, so like any cat bite, i had to go to the doctor. after stating that the back of my leg was a really strange place for a cat bite, the doctor gave me a tetanus shot and sent me away with a prescription for antibiotics. so now my leg and my arm hurts. it's stupid!

the owner of the cat was very cute, she was torn between being proud that the cat was protecting her brother, and horrified that she bit someone. luckily she was up to date on her vaccines.

so moral of the story, keep your pets up to date on their vaccines, because they could be planning a stealth attack!

]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/22200692/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/22200692/ Thu, 25 Dec 2008 21:53:43 PST
i hope everyone had a wonderful christmas. i look forward to the new year! hopefully i will get invited to a new years party, preferably with the boy

anyway, good night and a very merry christmas!

]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/21873315/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/21873315/ Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:16:19 PST
it's fun, it's a complete romance novel ... with vampires. what more could a hopeless romantic, sci-fi/horror chick want? i mean, yes, who didn't want to strangle bella once or twice ... but then again, who didn't want to kill harry potter in the fifth book?

people didn't get this bent out of shape when angel was dating buffy. (ok sorry, you're right, there really is no comparison to david boreanaz ...) but what girl doesn't secretly hope that a georgous vampire wants to date her more than drink her blood?

anyway ... i like edward. if he could have only died at like ... 27, and be big like emmett ...

]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/20383347/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/20383347/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:41:03 PDT anyway, i had to defrost the freezer at work yesterday. you know, the big giant freezer that is stored outside. you know what goes in it. anyway, the ice ended up all over my hair, and i'm pretty sure it seeped into my head, which is why i have a killer headache (i know, really bad humor). but that wasn't the only way the death ice got me. i have cuts on my hands where the stupid sharp ice cut me when i was trying to remove it from the freezer. there was pet hair all over inside, which i found weird, because all of the animals are usually in big plastic bags.
whatever.
so, i am addicted to the mobsters application on myspace. i love it. but my friends are all stupid and won't add me. i have to have more mobsters before i can complete the next mission. stupid people with lives.
i've got maddison almost completely moved into her room. i'm trying to decide what to do with her room. i had originally wanted an ocean/under water/beach theme. but the only color i could think to paint her room would be blue. and i don't want it to look like a boy's room. so i'm trying to think of something else. there's this really cool crush velvet looking painting style. i may put glitter in it to make her walls all sparkly. if i could only decide on what color.
i finally got johnny framed and i'm going to put him up in my new living room. one day i will get furniture.
yuck ... well i have to go take yet another shower today ... i just found a chunk of jelly in my hair. i love my daughter.

]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/19449700/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/19449700/ Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:16:02 PDT
and i did.

a kitten came into the clinic a bit ago with a broken leg, and of course, i fell in love. so i decided to adopt her and get the surgery done to fix her leg.

i was stuck with the task of naming the little calico. mom said i couldn't name her after any comic book or tv characters, so i was trying to come up with a really cool woman whom i really respected. aretha franklin popped into my head. if any of you know me, i couldn't name her aretha ... so i went with franklin, or rather franklynne (cause she is a girl after all).

anyway, she's recovering from her surgery right now, and i can't wait to introduce her to xander. he's need a little thing to keep him occupied.

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anyway, got my computer fixed. it runs so pretty now. although, i have no idea why every small computer fix-it-place always feels the need to put on firefox. i like my internet explorer.

my brothers are moving out in september. i will have to say i'll miss them. but it will be nice to have my own space. it'll be kinda like having my own two bedroom apartment down here.

i'm thinking about how i'm going to decorate the family room. i decided i will base it around some picture (or possibly pictures), so i've been looking for prints on dA to base the whole design around. aparently i like blue (go look at my wishlist and you'll see). which i suppose is good, considering my curtians are blue.

i still want to do an underwater theme for maddy's room. and aparently, that's a blueish theme too. we're gonna have a blue downstairs.

except my room. i think i want to go red and gold. i really want to get a print of the singing butler. i love that painting. i want really nice bedding to go with my spiffy new bed. i love hotel collection at macy's.

anyway, i should probably attempt to go back to bed. it was a long week, and the next one is going to be starting in just a few hours.

just tried to change my mood, and dA will only let me do happy emotions. maybe it's trying to tell me somethng ...??

... screw spell check ...

]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/17837372/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/17837372/ Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:16:32 PDT
the story behind the perfect age: see, when i was little, probably like 12 or something, i decided that 24 is the perfect age. no idea why, it just seemed like a nice round number. and that's just for women ... a man's perfect age is 36, again no idea why. i think it had something to do with val kilmer at the time.

val's hot.

anyway, the whole reason this warrented a journal, i get on dA this afternoon, and there are ads everywhere. i was like, when in the world did dA go all corporate? then i realized that my subscription is up. i had no idea how annoying the ads were. and of course my subscription ends right when i have NO FREAKING MONEY. i figure my child's clothing comes before a dA subscription. and my gosh, the little weed is already heading out of 9 month clothes. i only have 2 things that are 12 months.

so, yeah, this is pretty much just a bitch fest, so i'll end it by wishing everyone a great birthday (and i mean, walter, kelly, matt, me!)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/17086623/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/17086623/ Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:54:51 PST
dairy and i are on a break.

maddy's stomach has been upset for a while so the doc said to cut dairy out of my diet for a week and see if she gets better. unfortunately (for me) she is getting better. after a week i'm going to reintroduce dairy and hope that she stays better.

i would never do this for my health, it's all for the little koopa. i've now given up caffeine and dairy. oh she had better love me!

and now, on to something completely different. a man with two heads.

work has been really busy, which is great. i'm really excited that i get to do a little bit of everything. i even got to assist with a leg amputation! i've decided that if that doesn't gross me out, nothing will.

but the more i get to assist the doctor, the more i am in awe of her. when you've known someone for your entire life, i think you just take for granted how amazing they are. like, i'm totally aware that my mom is a kick ass mom, a great friend, and a really cool boss, but seeing her do an incredible surgery (she had to resect a piece of bowel the other day) it just blows my mind.

a client asked the other day, "how do you know how to do that?" it is amazing.

anyway, maddy's crying and i need to get off to work. i hope everyone has a great month (cause it will probably be that long before i post something again here).

go check out the artists i watch:
[link] ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/16548548/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/16548548/ Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:10:18 PST
so i have been purchasing tv on dvd to watch while i am feeding maddison. i've gone through the entire series of firefly, up to the sixth season of smallville, second of bones, second of 24. so i needed a new series to buy. i finally went out and got x-files 1st and 2nd seasons.

naturally i got bree sharp's "david duchovny" song stuck in my head. so i got onto google video and pulled up the music video.

oh my gosh! there are so many stars in the music video. how is it that i've never seen this?

anyway, i hope y'all have a great day!

go check out the artists i watch:
[link] ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/15772203/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/15772203/ Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:20:15 PST
on the 2nd, we had our ribbon cutting (which i missed because i was up in portland).

the 3rd was our grand opening. it was a fairly good turn out, and we were all really tired afterwards. it was fun and i think it generated at least a lot of really good word of mouth.

got to go have dinner with talia on the 7th. very classy (we ate at subway in the mall). then went and picked kelly up. we all had lunch with walter on the 8th.

thanksgiving was crazy. we had it at our house this year. both sets of grandparents were here, and my uncle, aunt and their two kids. it was a full fun house. angela and her daughter also came over, which was really cool. i've always wanted thanksgiving to be with friends and family and this year it was.

on the 24th i left maddison with a babysitter for the first time. it was hard but everyone survived. the reason i left the little one at home was BILLY JOEL CONCERT!!! that deserved caps cause it was AWESOME! by far my favorite concert ever. now i only have u2 and garth brooks to go see.

i spent all of last week getting tests done on my heart. i have been having some abnormal palpatations. all of my blood work and heart x-ray came back normal. the EKG suggest an "incomplete right bundle branch block" which the doctor said can be normal "an incidental finding in healthy people" so i ended up wearing a heart monitor and had an echocardiogram. we will find out the results from those tomorrow.

i downloaded a bunch of christmas tunes yesterday (i love christmas music). i am going to spruce up the clinic. i'm getting a tree tomorrow and am going to decorate it.

we are having a crazy storm this weekend. still going on. i got to see a few transformers blow. very pretty lights and big booms luckily we haven't lost power yet, but the winds are so strong i'm sure we will at some point.

anyway, later this month my aunt is coming to move in with us. i'm stoked. i haven't got to see her in a while and this means she'll be spending christmas with us. which may mean everyone will come down for christmas too. that would rock.

ok, well that's all for the giant update for now. maddison is alseep and i should take advantage of it and sleep as well. i hope everyone had a great thanksgiving and get into the spirit of christmas!

go check out the artists i watch:
[link] ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/15042041/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/15042041/ Sat, 13 Oct 2007 10:24:36 PDT
FREAKING!!!!!!


for those of you who don't know he is one third of THE list to go see (garth brooks, billy joel, and u2). so i can finally knock one off of the list!!! yey

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[link] ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/14798054/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/14798054/ Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:51:49 PDT
stats:
name: maddison olivia
birth date: september 21, 2007
time: 10:11am
weight: 9lbs 7.5oz
length: 22in

summary: big ass baby ... the most beautiful in the whole world!

so i went in on thrusday to be induced. we ended up not getting a room until 7:00pm. i was induced at 8:00pm, but all maddy needed was a little push. they ended up turning the drug completely off because i was in labor myself. by 3:00am i was having such horrible contractions and there was no break in between them, that i went for the epidural. best decision all night.

i ended up sleeping for about an hour and woke up 7cm dilated. i pushed for about 2 and a half hours and she finally came out at 10:11am on friday. she is the most beautiful thing i have ever seen, with a big full head of black hair.

because she was so big i did end up tearing, a lot. so they sutured me up for about 45min. a lot of sutures where you never want them. i stayed in the hospital until sunday around 1:30pm. all of the staff at silverton hospital were amazing! if you are planning to have a baby, that's where to do it!

anyway, she has been doing great since. she has finally slept through the night for two nights (and by sleeping through the night i mean four whole hours ... i know that doesn't seem like the full night, but compared to feeding every hour, it's nice).

i found i had to go buy some more 3 month clothes because she came out bigger than the new born sizes.

anyway, i am not hanging at home taking care of the little one and trying to get as much sleep as i possibly can.

pictures are up in the scraps section. go check out the most beautiful little girl ever!

oh, and on a completely different subject, house was probably the best episode i have seen in a LONG time. it rocked my world.

go check out the artists i watch:
[link] ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/14698613/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/14698613/ Wed, 19 Sep 2007 08:59:20 PDT
anyway ... i really hate the hot days in salem. but this has nothing to do with actually being hot or sweaty or anything like that. no, when it gets hot here, all of the BIG GIANT FREAKING SPIDERS come to find cooler places live, which usually means our house.

now, for a few of them that i've found, i've done the very mature thing and jumped up on something high, screamed like a little girl and made my dad come kill it. there was one that my mom tried to suck up with the vacuum, but didn't realize that the part that collects dust wasn't actually in the vacuum, so really all she was doing was pissing the evil spawn off by poking it with the hose.

there's another one that was in my shoe and joe refused to kill it, so it very well could still be in there, but i'm not going to be the one to check.

anyway, the other day i found one on the wall in the laundry room, right next to a pile of my clean clothes. no one was home and i sure as hell didn't want to leave it alone in case it happened to crawl into one of my socks or something .... eeeeee

so i grabbed a shoe (obviously not the one with the other spider living in it), and threw it across the room. surprisingly enough, i actually hit the stupid thing. squished it dead on the wall. i only like them a fraction more dead than alive, so i left the evil carcass on the wall.

this i am very proud of. i keep thinking it as those hung skeletons on pirates of the caribbean. you know, spiders ye be warned. haven't seen one since.

on a only slightly less scary note, poor grace finally had surgery to remove the mass on her lip. while she was under, mom removed a few others that were being bothersome. so, she's got a shaved spot on her lip where it's all sutured, a big spot on her back near her hip, and under her belly.

well, buddy has always been a licker, and will take care of grace the only way he knows how, to keep her clean. so he's been licking her entire head so it looks like she's has some horrible run in with hair gel and a punk kid.

i have taken up calling her frankenpuppy. it fits.

lastly, matt said the funniest thing the other day. he and i went shopping for dinner. and on a side note, you should never EVER send a nine month pregnant woman to find food at 9pm who hasn't eaten since 1pm. i swear the oreos were on sale!

anyway, i was telling him that one of the bags of burritos were for me and for me only (the boys always seem to eat all of the burritos before i can even get one). matt goes "but aren't mom and dad buying them?" i told him no, i was, and he says, "but they'll reimburse you, right?" and i told him no, i was buying groceries all by myself.

see, all three of us kids are living at home, and the parents aren't making us pay for rent or utilities (which includes HBO yey!), or food. so i figured it was the least i could do to buy groceries every once in a while.

matt stops in the middle of the aisle at the store and says, "well that's the stupidest thing i've ever heard!"

i laughed so hard.

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[link] ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/14698306/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/14698306/ Wed, 19 Sep 2007 08:24:32 PDT
she is doing just fine, moving, practicing breathing, and growing. boy is she growing. they lady who did my ultra sound on monday said that she is going to be around 10lbs.

anyway, because she is getting so big and late, and the fact that the amniotic fluid is getting low, they are going to induce. i was also told to stop working quite as much because i am losing weight (apparently carrying around a 10 pound something all the time will cause you to burn more calories).

so, needless to say, i'm a bit nervous, but i know God will take care of maddison and me. so just keep us in your thoughts, and hopefully i will be a mom sometime tomorrow.

go check out the artists i watch:
[link] ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/14610167/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/14610167/ Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:28:33 PDT
tonight i was told i had to wash the walls in the living room. i probably should have been upset that i had to spend ten minutes scrubbing down the walls, but the story of why was totally worth it.

so, start at the beginning ... the clinic finally opened today, and apparently i was under a bit of stress. i ended up having really bad contractions and so i decided to call it an early day.

i stopped by dairy queen to get the one thing that always makes me feel better ... soft serve ice cream. i also got a burger and fries. well, i went home, ate lunch and fell asleep on the couch. when i woke up i was kinda out of it, and i ended up leaving my half eaten french fries and ketchup on the coffee table.

so apparently, when my dad got home from work, he came into the living room to see that my garbage was rummaged through by one of the dogs. he went out into the living room and stepped on something.

now, i don't know if it's just the thought of this that cracks me up, but apparently he stepped on one of the ketchup packets and it exploded. the couch, dog and wall were all covered in ketchup.

dad cleaned up the couch and the dog, but left the wall for me to clean up. so when i got home, i went to clean the walls. i swear to you, there was so much ketchup on the walls i have no idea how there was any left to cover the couch and the dog.

anyway, i would have paid good money to have seen the wall, couch, and grace covered in ketchup.

go check out the artists i watch:
[link] ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/14403184/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/14403184/ Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:03:01 PDT
my feet look like i have elephantitis. i swear i don't even have ankles anymore. she has finally dropped and is now pressing up against nerves that go down my legs. so every time she moves, or i have a big contraction, i get shooting pains down my legs.

i have to pee all the freaking time, and they say i'm still not getting enough liquids. every time i go from laying to sitting or sitting to standing i have a contraction. super fun at night when i have to pee really bad and have to deal with a contraction that pushes the little one right into my bladder even before i'm fully awake.

as many of you know the clinic is opening a week from today. needless to say, i've been a little on the stressed side. i started having regular contractions today and so ended up going to the hospital. they said i was under stress and dehydrated. so they let me sleep for a little over an hour, gave me a big glass of ice water, told me to cut the stress, and go home. good times.

but, god bless her, talia sent me the first season of grey's anatomy. so i've been watching that this evening. i had to make it to the episode where berk kissed yang. it makes me happy. i'm gonna miss berk next season.

well, anyway, mommy xander is telling me it's time to go to bed. he's such a worry wart. i will let everyone know if and when the stubborn spawn decides to grace us with her presence.

go check out the artists i watch:
[link] ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/14009186/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/14009186/ Sat, 04 Aug 2007 00:03:18 PDT
went to the midwife appointment on thursday and she said that maddy has migrated her way down, so her head is pointing where it's supposed to be, which means i have fun legs and feet kicking me up high.

she apparently didn't enjoy the really garlicky dinner i had at the spaghetti warehouse. she's punishing me hehehe.

i think maybe tomorrow i'll head to target and get some baby things i didn't get at my shower. can't believe she will be here next month.

go check out the artists i watch:
[link] ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/13933271/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/13933271/ Sun, 29 Jul 2007 21:27:00 PDT


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[link] ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/13862694/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/13862694/ Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:22:30 PDT
so yeah ...

harry potter and the deathly hallows spoiler ... BIG SPOILER.

ok, so now that is out of the way, i just have to say one thing ... I WAS RIGHT!!! i knew snape wasn't evil. i just knew it! and i'm sad cause i can't even mock laurie, cause she's not done! what kind of a fan is she? she even waited at borders at midnight to get her book.

anyway, i was also right that snape had to die. cause well, he's a tragic character, so he had to die. i was telling kelly how i didn't really cry when he died, but i did cry in the entire chapter following his death. kelly said we weren't supposed to be sad about his death, but more sad about his life. i tend to agree.

it was really sad. stupid slytherines.

anyways, i have to say i was also right about the whole harry/ginny thing, and ron/hermione and the fact that the malfoy's turn out to be good ... ok maybe not good in any sense of the word, but weren't totally evil.

and i laughed so hard when i heard that draco's hairline was starting to recede nineteen years later. i guess not everyone can be blessed with lucuius' hair.

i was, however, shocked at the fact that both lupin and tonks died ... and right after they had a baby. oh so sad. and no one came back from the dead. i was sure that someone would come back from the dead.

ok, i feel better.

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[link] ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/13144035/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/13144035/ Tue, 29 May 2007 20:58:45 PDT
i had about a zillion deviations to sift through, and a couple dozen comments. (sorry if it's taking me an inordinately long time to reply to messages, but i promise i will).

i'm beginning to look forward to maternity leave. granted i'll probably be so big by that point that i'll want to do nothing but lie on the couch in the oh so air conditioned living room watching hbo. but still, maybe i will be able to write or read more. that would be nice.

i've been working so hard lately. i had no idea what it would entail being a lead. for those of you who don't know, i'm the reception lead at the vet clinic i used to work for (the one my mom works for). i mean, i'm dreaming work. it's ridiculous.

so i'm kinda disappointed with the summer of 3. pirates was pretty to look at, but i didn't really like where they went with some of the characters. however, what's-her-name's clothes were AWESOME!! i want to wear those little curly boots. they made me happy. and will finally looked hot. who knew?

shrek was good, but not as good as the second. it was kinda sad that it really wasn't worth the price of a movie. and there weren't even any really good previews. i was sad.

and i have yet to see spider man, but i've heard some not so great things about that as well.

and season finales are kinda lacking this season too. grey's just pissed me off ... what the hell was she thinking?!? MC DREAMY ... COME ON!!!! i'm still waiting for the riches' season finale and tonight is house. so we'll see.

however, i am really excited for rescue me. i love that man ...

the lot was a little disappointing. but maybe it's just cause carrie fisher is odd. very very odd. she makes me want to bite my fingernails. dunno why. she's just odd.

ok, speaking of house ... i need to go so i don't miss it.

a thought to leave you with ... i think "cash and prizes" is the best euphemism for your junk i've ever heard. hehehe.

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[link] ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/12621440/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/12621440/ Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:11:29 PDT
xander has already made himself quite at home. right now he's chasing around a toy mouse over my bed, and earlier he thoroughly harassed gracie. he has even taken up his old sleeping spot ... right above my head on my pillow.

i'm getting ready to celebrate my 23rd birthday on saturday. i still have no idea what i'm going to do. i know my grandparent's are going to be up on saturday and my immediate family and talia are all going out on sunday to celebrate matt and my birthdays (his is on friday).

i start work on wednesday, and i don't have my new schedule. that's making this weekend slightly difficult to plan. but i guess i'll deal with whatever comes at me.

so, like pretty much the rest of the country, i've been watching the news coverage on the v tech shooting. it just makes me sick. what would make someone do that? i mean, i don't care what shit is going on in your life, it never, and i mean NEVER is bad enough to create that kind of reaction.

and why do people even have access to guns like that? there is no reason for it. you don't use semi automatics for hunting, and you can protect your family with different kind of guns, like shot guns or something. i mean, i'm not saying that people shouldn't have any guns, but seriously, the only people who should have the kind of guns that that guy used are people who are trained for them, and are protecting the masses.

it's so horrific to listen to the amount of gun shots in such a short amount of time. my thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of those killed and wounded. and i pray that there will be a time when a place that is supposed to be for educating can be safe.

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so anyway, yesterday we went to the doctor and i had my ultra sound. to start out with, i managed embarrass myself. i was told to pull my pants down over my hips. as i am too big for any of my regular clothes, i was wearing maternity pants which are elastic. so i pull my pants over my hips, and bam! my pants go further than i wanted them to. luckily the doctor had put a towel over me, so i wasn't flashing anyone.

so i'm trying to pull my pants back up very stealthily, while the ultra sound is going on. then i get them, and the doctor says they are too far up now. so i get everything situated and we finish the ultra sound. i pull up my pants ... but my underwear were stuck half way down my thighs. the stupid gel made sure i wasn't going to be yanking my underwear up discreetly. so i had to wait until the doctor turned around and situated myself. my mom was laughing at me the whole time.

anyway, the doctor confirmed what my mom already knew (or so she says) that i am having a little girl. i'm super excited! i've decided to name her maddison olivia (i had to do the double 'd' so turtles would like her). and then i can shorten it to maddy (cause i always wanted a 'y' in my name).

mom and i went to fred meyers and she bought a cute little pink onesie with a sort of dress thing on top of it. and i got little pink socks. i told her that was the last pink thing i am getting my kid. i will not paint anything pink, and i will not have pink sheets or towels or anything like that. i am sticking with my original plan of the under the sea theme. so i can do dolphins, whales, mermaids, etc. and i am going to make sure my daughter has plenty of semi-girly-looking super hero stuff. my child must love super heros ... i don't even care if it's superman. i would accept that.

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[link] ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/12482541/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/12482541/ Fri, 06 Apr 2007 10:51:24 PDT
anyway, on to the real news. next friday the thirteenth is my last day at work at the law firm. i was offered a job at VCA (formally PMC), the vet clinic i used to work for. so for the next two weekends i will be moving my stuff back home, so i'm ready to start on the 16th. i'm really excited to be working for a vet clinic again. it will be nice to be back home. but i will miss talia terribly. she's really the only thing i'm really leaving. but we've both promised to visit all the time and send weird message to each other on myspace.

i find out if i'm having a boy or a girl on tuesday the 17th, and then i expect lots of gifts for the baby!

i'm still sad i don't get to go to comic con this year. every time walter or kelly mentions it i want to cry. so i've decided that i will get back at my child for making me miss it this year by taking him or her to every comic con every year whether he or she likes it or not! damn skippy.

anyway, i wish you all a wonderful easter. and to contemplate how weird it was to see a chocolate jesus the other day. i think there's a chance that that might be sacrilegious. and if not, just dang creepy.

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an hour before my alarm was going to go off, i woke up. i don't know if it was my sub-conscience's way of saving me from the horrors of old school mates, or just because i had to pee, but either way i was up. so, i figured i can go do my business, crawl back in bed, and get another hour in before i have to get up. but that didn't work.

xander, by that point, was up, and meowing, and my mind would not stand still. i kept going over every worry, real or imagined, that could possibly grace my life within the next ... who knows. i finally had worked my brain to exhaustion within a half hour. but apparently, that was when matt had to get up to go to work. he is so noisy, as is the rest of my family, and i couldn't go back to sleep right away. i finally start to doze off again, and he walks into my room. he wants to know where the keys to my car are so he can get his rain gear out of my trunk. so, i turn on my light and direct him to my keys. then he finally leaves.

so, i finally get back to sleep, and then my alarm goes off. i managed to hit snooze every five minutes, for an hour. so instead of getting up at 7, i wasn't up until 8. i feed the brat, and jumped in the shower. by the time i got out, talia had left for the day and i didn't get to tell her to have a good day. sad.

i don't have milk or cereal, so i had to skip breakfast until i got to work where i had some oatmeal, so i was actually running ahead of schedule. i managed to make myself a sandwich and get my butt out the door in a timely manner.

however, the busses were either running really late or really early, and i had just gotten a half a block away from the bus stop, when the bus drove by. awesome. so i get to hang out at the bus stop, where a bunch of annoyed middle schoolers, who are pissed off that they have to come back to school after spring break, insist on hitting the stupid cross walk button (that beeps every time it's pushed) a zillion times. then a girl, who was wearing a tight black jacket, tight black jeans, tight black shirt, and bright red converse (which by the way matched her lipstick color), decided to pace in front of the bus stop.

so, by this point, i am so ready to just take this girl down, or possibly the little twerps who kept pushing the damn cross walk button, and the bus finally shows up. however, it's completely full. strangely enough, the only people who are standing are girls wearing, obviously, nice office clothes and high heels (as was i) and all the skuzy looking guys are sitting. but oh no, it wasn't just that they were guys sitting down. no, no, they were fat guys. so they took up a seat and a half. between their large asses, there were about seven empty seats ... that no one could sit in.

anyway, finally, after having to stand for a while, someone offered me their seat. i squished myself next to this larger woman ... but she stank so bad. i don't know what it is about people who ride busses and personal hygiene. it's gross.

so, anyway, i get to work, barely on time, not having received a phone call that i was under the impression i was going to get by 9 this morning, and i've realized i'm just mad at the world, as if it has done some grave disservice against me. anyway, i've decided to eat a brownie, maybe i'll feel better.

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[link] ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/12334798/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/12334798/ Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:44:44 PDT
now for those of you who haven't seen me in person, might be like, ok why is that such a big deal? first off, you need to know that i'm not super skinny or anything, but my boobs are big enough to always block the view (from my head) of my stomach. and since i've been pregnant ... well ... it's true. i mean my mom ended up with DDs. so to start out with DDs ... yeah ...

so, needless to say, for me to be able to see my stomach beyond my boobs means i'm getting bigger, much bigger.

i've finally had to get pregnant lady clothes, which despite the past preggo clothes (like the pictures of my mom's in the 80s), today's are quite stylish. but they do accentuate the belly. however, elastic is now my new friend. i can no longer fit into any of my jeans, or slacks that button up. most of my tee shirts are too short (because of the aforementioned boob problem), so i'm down to about six outfits.

so now i'm stuck doing laundry a lot more often. but that's ok, because i can't clean out my cat's litter. hehehe so matt comes up once a week to clean out xander's litter. doctor's orders, right?

but anyway, i'm now at 16 weeks and 2 days and everything is going really well. still getting ultra sounds once a week, and strangely enough, i've only gained one pound. the baby is as active as ever, and still won't let us see between its little legs. mom still thinks (or hopes, one of the two) that it's a little girl. she keeps saying that we need to even out the estrogen/testosterone ratio in our family.

but we get to find out officially if it's a boy or a girl on april 10th. and i'm excited either way. still trying to come up with boys' names, but i think if it's a girl her name will be maddison olivia lipscomb.

anyway, there's my little update. i will have pictures up of my growing belly soon, and as soon as i get a hold of a scanner i will scan the newer ultra sounds.

oh, and on a completely different note, i saw tmnt this weekend. i liked it. i mean, it will never win any awards (but what do you expect for a bunch of teenaged, mutated turtles who eat capt'n crunch on pizza for breakfast?) but it was fun. plus i got to see a trailer for the new harry potter movie on the big screen. so that alone was worth it!

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[link] ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/12167796/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/12167796/ Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:59:02 PDT
so, i started out my morning by forgetting my cell phone, oatmeal, snacks, and lunch (stupid pregnant mind), and i got down to the bus stop just in time to see my bus pull away. thankfully it wasn't raining, so i could sit on the uncovered bench and read a little bit of the second harry potter book (still attempting to get through all of them before the last book comes out).

so, finally, the next bus shows up, and i can see people standing before i even get on the bus. this is never a good sign. because i'm pregnant, i can't stand up in warm stuffy areas for longer than about five minutes, and because i'm not showing yet, people won't get up for me. so, myself and two other passengers board.

it wasn't as bad as i thought, becaue i got a spot right at the front leaning against the thing that says "do not sit on". so as more people get on, the more crowded it gets, and everyone is stadning where they can.

then this woman stands up. she starts telling people she is getting off at the next stop, and to let her pass. and people are trying their best to get out of the way, but there is not much room to move around. so the next stop comes, and she doesn't get off. more people get on, and are crowding the front of the bus. this woman starts getting angry at people for being in her way. she pushes through everyone but this nice older gentleman at the front. very rudly, she asks "are you getting off at the next stop?" and he kind of smirks at her and says "no, i'm just standing here."

the woman doesn't take this well, and goes on to tell him the she will be getting off in the next couple stops so he should get out of the way. the man, being very kind, and trying very hard not to laugh, says that he will trade her spots so she can be closer to the door. (granted under her breath she says she will be getting off in another three stops, and that people should get out of the isle--like we have any other place to go).

she is still complaining, and the bus driver tells her she needs to calm down. and she goes off about how she is trying to help the bus driver, and that people shouldn't be in the way of people trying to get off. so the bus driver pulls the bus over (not at a stop) and tells her she can get off there. she is still arguing and yelling at the bus driver, and he blows her a kiss and shuts the door.

everyone on the bus started laughing, and a guy on his cell phone said "i'm on the bus, and it's turning out to be quite interesting." anyway, people were super nice to each other after that. all of the guys got out of their seats for the girls (which i was happy cause i got to sit down). people were talking to each other, and wishing each other a good day. it was awesome!

i think every day should start like that., rude people getting what they deserve, and everyone else being nice to each other.

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[link] ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/11948442/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/11948442/ Sat, 24 Feb 2007 13:54:16 PST
if you are just now reading harry potter, and haven't made it past the sixth book, don't read on, cause i'm going to ruin the end for you.

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so in lieu of the announcement of harry potter 7, there have been a huge string of discussions over severus snape, the greasy haired, big nosed, git. borders has launched a "snape campaign" along with reservations for the new book. they are even selling stickers that say "snape is a very bad man" and "trust snape". so i want to hear what you guys think. go vote on my most recent poll, and tell me why!

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sorry, i just thought i would share that.

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[link] ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/11751628/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/11751628/ Fri, 09 Feb 2007 19:10:42 PST said i had to ... so i guess i must obey

1.) List Four fandoms you have.
have? have? i don't have a fandom. one day i will though ... however, fandoms that i am a part of, or obsessed with??
1. harry potter
2. batman
3. buffy
4. house

2.) Have you ever slept in the back of a car?
oh yeah. i can fall asleep very easily in a car, especially when it's moving

3.) Have you recently dyed you're hair/cut it?
not since ... gosh a long time ago. i think it's been over six months? no ... maybe. but my hair is in need of a good cutting

4.) List Four people that you look up to the most
1. my mom
2. joss whedon
3. greg rucka
4. jerry bruckheimer

5.) How many pets do you own as of now?
just one, my little xander. but talia just bought four betas. their names are dr. cox, john dorian, elliot, and janitor

6.) Which do you prefer white or black?
i like both

7.) Who is you're most played character?
mario

8.) Choose one or the other, not both
a)Beng stuck on an island with you're best friend
b)Being stuck on an island with 5 acquaintances

can we take other stuff on the island? cause my best friend is not very resourceful

9.) Name three aspects that tell who you are
1. loud
2. emtional
3. imaginitive

10) If you could have a power what would it be?
control time. be able to travel in time, or to slow time down, or speed it up.

11.) who was the last person you talked to?
talia, we were discussing who would make a good president. very random discussion for us

12.) Who was the last person you said "I love you" to?
my mom

13.) Write down the first five words that pop into your head
1. blood
2. balloons
3. batons
4. baseball players
5. xander

14.) What's one thing you wish you could do better?
1. sing

15.) do you like the way you are?
i like who i am becoming

16.) Choose, Summer or Winter?
summer right now, oh how i miss the warmth

17.) Choose Rain or snow
snow! if it's gonna be this cold we might as well get some snow!

18.) Water or ice?
ice is so much fun. it makes people fall. hehehehe

19.) List two odd things about yourself
1. my arms are double jointed
2. i sneeze every time i eat chocolate

20.) Now list 6 people who should do this quiz!

i don't really care. but if you do it, i will read it!


INSTRUCTIONS:
Start with 100% and minus 1% for everything that you've done. Then repost as your __% virgin.

1. Smoked
2. Drank alcohol
3. Cried when someone died
4. Been drunk
5. Had sex
6. Been to a concert
7. Given a hand job/gotten a hand job
8. Given a EATIN PUSSY /GOT ATE
9. Been verbally/sexually harassed
10. Verbally/sexually harassed somebody
11. Felt someone up and/or been felt up
12. Laughed so hard something came out of your nose
13. Cheated on a boyfriend/girlfriend before
14. Been cheated on by a boyfriend/girlfriend
15. Been to homecoming
16. Cried at school
17. Gotten lost in a WalMart or a department store
18. Went streaking
19. Given or received a lap dance
20. Had someone of the same sex in your room
21.Had someone of the same sex sleep over
22. Slept over at someone of the same sex's house
23. Kissed a stranger
24. Hugged a stranger
25. Went scuba diving
26. Driven a car
27. Gotten an x-ray
28. Hit by a car
29. Had a party
30. Done drugs
31. Played strip poker
32. Got paid to strip for someone
33. Ran away from home
34. Broken a bone
35. Eaten sushi
36. Bought porn
37. Watched porn
38. Made porn
39. Had a crush on someone of the same sex
40. Been in love
41. Frenched kissed
42. Laughed so hard you cried
43. Cried yourself to sleep
44. Laughed yourself to sleep
45. Stabbed yourself
46. Shot a gun
47. Trash talked someone and then acted like their best friend the next day
48. Watched TV for 9 consecutive hours
49. Been online for 9 consecutive hours
50. Watched an animal die
51. Watched a person die
52. Kissed and/or messed around somewhere with at least 1 person present
53. Pranked somebody
54. Put somebody in the hospital
55. Snuck into someone's room and/or your own room after being ou... ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/11646853/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/11646853/ Thu, 01 Feb 2007 12:04:31 PST

EEEEEEEEE!!!

SO EXCITED!!!

seriously, people, somebody be excited with me!

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[link] ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/11473498/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/11473498/ Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:58:23 PST that david played, and it pleased the Lord
but you don't really care for music, do you?
it goes like this
the fourth, the fifth
the minor fall, the major lift
the baffled king composing hallelujah

hallelujah, hallelujah
hallelujah, hallelujah

your faith was strong but you needed proof
you saw her bathing on the roof
her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
she tied you to a kitchen chair
she broke your throne, she cut your hair
and from your lips she drew the hallelujah

hallelujah, hallelujah
hallelujah, hallelujah

maybe i've been here before
i know this room, i've walked this floor
i used to live alone before i knew you
i've seen your flag on the marble arch
love is not a victory march
its a cold and its a broken hallelujah

hallelujah, hallelujah
hallelujah, hallelujah

there was a time you'd let me know
what's real and going on below
but now you never show it to me do you?
and remember when i moved in you?
the holy dove was moving too
and every breath we drew was hallelujah

hallelujah, hallelujah
hallelujah, hallelujah

maybe there's a God above
and all i ever learned from love
was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
its not a cry you can hear at night
its not somebody who's seen the light
its a cold and its a broken hallelujah

hallelujah, hallelujah
hallelujah, hallelujah
hallelujah, hallelujah
hallelujah, hallelujah

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[link] ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/11401438/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/11401438/ Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:21:43 PST however, as i'm heading out of work, i realize i don't have my keys. when matt dropped me off, he took my keys with him. and then put them on my bed. at my apartment. talia has practice until later. so i'm stuck at work until i figure out something else to do.
oooo maybe i'll go to the mall!

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[link] ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/11369041/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/11369041/ Mon, 08 Jan 2007 22:24:23 PST she felt it everyday.
and i couldn't help her,
i just watched her make the same mistakes again.

what's wrong, what's wrong now?
too many, too many problems.
don't know where she belongs, where she belongs.
she wants to go home, but nobody's home.
it's where she lies, broken inside.
with no place to go, no place to go to dry her eyes.
broken inside.

open your eyes and look outside, find the reasons why.
you've been rejected,
and now you can't find what you left behind.
be strong, be strong now.
too many, too many problems.
don't know where she belongs, where she belongs.
she wants to go home, but nobody's home.
it's where she lies, broken inside.
with no place to go, no place to go to dry her eyes.
broken inside.

her feelings she hides.
her dreams she can't find.
she's losing her mind.
she's fallen behind.
she can't find her place.
she's losing her faith.
she's fallen from grace.
she's all over the place.

she wants to go home, but nobody's home.
it's where she lies, broken inside.
with no place to go, no place to go to dry her eyes.
broken inside.

she's lost inside, lost inside
she's lost inside, lost inside

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[link] ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/11312573/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/11312573/ Thu, 04 Jan 2007 11:48:48 PST
so anyway, talia got me an amazon gift card ... thingy, for an unchristmas gift. she doesn't support the holiday (however she did support the getting rid of the tree last night, i'll tell you about that in a bit). so, i ended up getting a book. i got blankets by craig thompson. he's done art for dc, marvel, dark horse, nick, and other stuffs. he actually lives here in portland (there are apparently quite a lot of comic peeps in portland. so strange).

anyway, i finished the book this morning (started it last night). it was so good. it's a sort of autobiography in comic book style. it's about his first love, and the loss of faith. so very interesting. made me cry in a couple places.

so, yeah, i've been reading and watching scrubs. by the way, brilliant show. i got the first season on dvd for talia, and my mom got her the fourth. i figure eventually i can get her the second and the third. but it hasn't stopped us from watching them out of order. we started on the third so we could watch the first with matt. granted, i started reading, and then promptly fell asleep, so that didn't go over well.

but the show is so great. i laugh so hard. i love dr. cox. a good guy who's a complete ass hole. i love it. and his wife ... perfect for him.

so, yesterday was a blast. talia picked me up from work at 3, then we went home, watched more scrubs, ate a lot of food, and generally did nothing (it was great). then matt came over, we went to best buy, gi joes, and walmart. we were going to get a trampoline and a desk. we walked away empty handed.

but i think talia and matt are going to go pick up a trampoline today while i'm at work. which means i will probably be posting another journal in a couple days saying i broke my arm or something. and i think i'm going to do some more looking for a desk today.

anyway, back to the christmas tree. so i've been meaning to get rid of my tree for a bit now. i wanted to have it gone by the time talia came back, but it didn't happen. so last night ... at midnight ... we made matt carry the tree all the way to the middle school right there, and dump it into the dumpster. we ran the entire way, and were laughing. i'm sure it was illegal ... but so much fun!

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[link] ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/11300434/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/11300434/ Wed, 03 Jan 2007 12:05:57 PST
grief is one of those things that can blideside you. i don't know if you guys have heard about the plane that went down in indonesia, but there were three americans on that plane. two sisters and their father. they were all from bend oregon. one of the attorney's in my office was actually close family friends.

she came out, visably shaking, and trying very hard not to cry. not only does she have to deal with the grief of losing friends, but now has to be there for the girls' mother. my only response, was to look at her, and wish the tears away from my own eyes.

but it was amazing. we caught each other's eyes, and knew that there was nothing that could be said. there is nothing in this world, at that moment, when grief hits you, that can make it better. and there was this silent understanding, that both her and i knew this.

it's so weird. it's been three months and twenty-three days since mo died, and yet, when i see someone going through the same thing, i feel all of the emotions again, as if i was experiencing them for the first time again.

i think the only thing that time actually changes, is that you can get over it a lot faster than the first time.

very interesting.

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[link] ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/11232554/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/11232554/ Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:01:44 PST
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[link] ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/11212475/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/11212475/ Wed, 27 Dec 2006 14:31:11 PST
bull shit.

there are certain things in life, that are better to have never experienced, because it's worse knowing what you aren't getting.

like cuddling. what a simple thing, lying with a man, just talking. one arm under your neck, the other across your stomach, head just behind your ear half whispering, half talking, and one leg draped over your legs. i had not done that prior to this weekend. and it will probably be some time before i get to do it again.

it was just so nice ... and now i know what i'm missing. i was completely content not knowing.

and as far as love, the only good thing about loving someone and losing them, is to know that i am capable of the emotion. that's it. once in love, you realize, it is far better being in love than not.

but don't worry, this isn't a bitter journal entry, just a saddened one.

anyway, on a much more uplifting note, christmas came and went. it was a good one. i got to hang out and go dancing with chris and cole. that was a ton of fun, even if martin didn't join us. i talked it up with some friends i haven't talked to in a long while. got to spend some kick ass time with my brothers. oh and by the way, it's official, my roommate and brother are boyfriend and girlfriend.

i got some great gifts, video camera, gift cards, batman christmas ornament, money, and the always fun stocking stuffers, oranges, chocolate, mini dvs, body wash, razor blades, carmex, and other fun bath stuff.

and funny story, i was sleeping in the livingroom on the hide-a-bed. and on christmas eve night, i heard some rustling. i figured it was my cat, who made a habit of dive bombing the christmas tree in the middle of the night, grabbing ornaments and taking them across the house. and so i hissed at him. come to find out ... it was santa, filling the stockings. my dad got a kick out of that one.

so what did y'all get for christmas? hopefully lots of good stuff. any cool hapenings? what are you doing for new years?

and one more final thought ... dA is kinda bugging me. it's kinda a crap shoot on whether or not i can see my messages. grumble grumble.

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[link] ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/11110515/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/11110515/ Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:16:00 PST
anyway, they turned out wonderful (if i do say so myself). we are having a premiere night on january 6th at our place. if any of you guys are in the portlandia area during that day, you should stop by and congradulate us. and give us gifts. gifts are always a good thing.

i will be doing some more photography (as soon as i get the battery in my camera charged ... the charger's been at my parent's place for a while). i have some photos that i just haven't been able to upload cause there's not enough battery life. and i will be sure to post some x-mas photos after the hoilday. i've also been working on those short stories. i have to start cranking them out if i'm ever going to reach my goal of 100 by the end of the summer. and as soon as i'm done with that list, i have another list to work on for the next year. that's 200 stories in two years. i would rule if i could finish that!!

my cat is spazzing out (i'm sure you wanted to know that). and i'm sick. i've been on either niquill or dayqill for the last two days. it sucks. it never fails ... i go on vacation, i get sick. it's dumb. but it could also be that the weather has been random and pretty much insane. i'm still sad that we don't get more snow.

anyway, in the spirit of the holidays, my brothers and i have been attempting to bribe, blackmail, or just threaten each other to figure out what we are getting for christmas. it really is quite a lot of fun. thus far, none of us have budged. it's a little annoying. i really want to know what i'm getting. they won't even tell me how big the box is. i mean, come on, i'll know it three days anyhow. why not just tell me how big the stupid box is!!

anyway, i will say it again, cause really it never ceases being true, i love my roommate!! she's the best ever. we were sumo wrestling earlier. hehehe good times.

ok, i really don't have anything else to say ... so yeah, leave me a little message, tell me congrats on the movie, how much you love and miss me, and help me come up with more ideas on how i can get my brothers to tell me what i'm getting for christmas.

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[link] ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/11039508/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/11039508/ Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:17:58 PST
so thirteen more days till christmas. not that i'm counting or anything. i got a tree on saturday, and matt and talia helped me decorate it. well, actually, they sat on the couch talking while i decorated it. but details, details. i want to put up lights, but talia might just kill me in my sleep if i attempt that. we'll see.

on january 6th at 7:30pm, we are going to have a showing of our movies we've completed this term. anyone and everyone is welcome! we are most excited about smooth, and i hope others share our sentiments. i don't know. there's a chance talia and i are a little deranged. but oh well, we're having fun, and learning a lot.

on sunday, my family went up to hoodoo and went snowmobiling and snowboarding. i hurt. but it's a good hurt. i have bruises all up my left leg, and on my butt (sorry, i'm sure you wanted that mental picture). but anyway, my hands hurt where i landed on them, and my arms are sore from holding myself up on the snowmobile. it was so much fun. i want one. and a truck to haul it.

and i miss the snow. why can't we have more snow here in portland. or salem. i really want a white christmas. but we haven't had one in years.

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[link] ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/10946119/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/10946119/ Mon, 04 Dec 2006 09:10:35 PST
but things change. you grow up, friends and family memebers get married, move away, or even die. so there's this time in people's lives, when they have moved out of their parent's house, and yet where they live has not become home. it's a tough time, and not a lot of people talk about it, the young mid-life crisis.

but i think i've found home. at least home in this chapter of my life, i'm sure eventually, once i get married and have kids of my own, home with morph again. but in my new place, with lots of space to spread my wings, and with my cat to sleep with, and talia to be there when i get home ... i think i've found home again.

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[link] ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/10870524/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/10870524/ Mon, 27 Nov 2006 16:50:52 PST
so anyway, hate. i'm slightly embarrassed to admit that i did get in a very heated conversation about hate. i was using it as an example to describe a belief i have about balance. ie, that there must be balance in everything, for there to be good there has to be evil, for there to be hate there has to be love, and vice versa (i think i had a journal entry here about that ... or maybe a myspace blog, don't remember). which also went into another belief that i'm surprised i didn't receive more guff for, and that was that for their to be a god, there had to be a devil. and that i think god knew that when he created lucifer. but that's a-whole-nother thing for another time.

so, a guy piped up and said that he didn't think there had to be hate to have love. which by itself is a valid statement. but he said that hate isn't real. it's just a word.

that pretty much floored me. hate isn't real? now, i can see someone arguing that a person can love with hate (i still haven't slammed down my argument for the belief in balance with that one, possibly that there is hate and love ... or something, that'll be something for another time). but hate is most definitely real, and it cannot exist without love.

i had before stated that you couldn't hate a person unless you loved them, but i amended that after thinking about it for a bit, and talking with my mom. you must love someone before you can hate anyone. i used the example of the guy who said that there was no hate. if someone were to come and rape and kill his wife, i'm pretty sure he would experience hate. but he couldn't hate him, not truly hate him, unless he really loved his wife.

and on a lighter note, i got to use the argument about balance and all that jazz with star wars ... cause my cousin (after playing the saga begins by weird al) said that anakin did not bring balance to the force. and i said, yes, yes he did. the balance was that of the dark side. so there must have been an imbalance with too much light side. interesting huh?

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[link] ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/10840126/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/10840126/ Fri, 24 Nov 2006 23:10:58 PST
first and foremost, i am thankful for my friends and family, without whom, there is no reason to be here.

my mom, for being the one i call when i’m not sure i can make it through the morning and get on that bus. kelly, for being my bud, even when i screw things up magnificently, and for her forgiveness, because God knows i don’t deserve it.

for dad, cause i know how hard it is to talk on the phone, and for allowing me to always be daddy’s little girl. for matt, who never ceases to make me laugh. for joe, because i really have no idea if a giant fan would make a car go faster. for talia, and her amazing timing, falling into my life, and reminding me how much i love the creative arts.

chris, for being the first guy i’ve trusted completely in a long time. for the craziness that is gregory, and for lunch in paradise. for jackie and collin, and the secret mo didn’t take to her grave. for arguments with faux over comic books after a half a bottle of wine.

for my small group, dan, jackie, jenny, kenny, randi, josh, and derek for letting me berate them with questions and argue every answer they give. for laurie, whom i miss so much. for the crew at ... formerly PMC. for the opportunity to be a part of a c-section on a bull dog, to see a gun shot wound and then see it fixed, and to have been present when kellie came in seizing, never have i seen such dedication.

for ed, for talking to me again. for an amazing job, and the people i work with and for. betsy, my crazy boss who is a great woman, and lisa for being my second mom and taking me to football games. for nick, who had to be stronger than anyone should ever have to be.

for the comic con in san diego. and very much for me being able to geek out and see joss whedon, david boreanaz, and bruce timm. walter, for being the only one to not bail on me, for being a stand-up guy, and for allowing the world to see his beautiful creations.

for the way eric made me feel, like a woman who was beautiful, and teaching me that good will come along with the bad. for alicia and shannon, for breakfasts at the turtle, line dancing, and for letting me crash on their couch. for emily, who has stuck with me over the years.

for the beautiful city of portland, which i love, and am so glad i moved to. for danielle, and the night she took care of me. for vanessa, and the car ride to portland, i don’t think i could have made it alone. for dinner at the olive garden with friends.

for all the old friends who found me on myspace. for fun movie nights with john, coree and tyler. for everyone who comments on my art and writing, i wouldn’t do it without this feedback. for my camera, who i love dearly. for all of my friends on dA, i am so glad you share your art with the world.

grey’s anatomy, house, venture brothers, bones, and smallville, without which i would get a ton more done. for music, and movies, which will always take me away.

amy, for writing for me, and being there when i asked. for calvin, and the fact that his love of creating has rubbed off on me. grandma for never letting me forget about her. for every moment i get to spend with celeste and season.

for the boys in my life, cole, martin, brian, bryant, and cody, and for the good times we’ve had. for jason, and the opportunity to participate in the 48 hour film festival. for caitlin and the trip to the bank, simple and yet not. for tasia, and that she knew exactly how I felt, because she went through it.

for stacy, for making this last camping trip a great one. for my grandparents, who don’t mind if i give them short notice to crash at their place for a weekend. for my extended family, who constantly remind me that i came from somewhere. for my film classes at the nwfc, never have i been so excited about anything.

for every single moment i had with mo, especially that last walk.

and last, but under no circumstances least, i thank God. even though i hate it every day, i am thankful for the practices in patience. for just being alive, and giving me a chance.

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yeah, i just wanted to share with the you greatness that is brittni.

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[link] ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/10735748/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/10735748/ Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:41:44 PST
for those of you who didn't catch that, i'm talking about murphy's law. because with me, if something can go wrong, it will.

so as i finished up my movie for film class, i very carefully saved it before i exited (of which i had been doing every three seconds because i had lost portions because of computer crashes twice already in the project, and i didn't want to lose any more). so when i closed iMovie, i noticed that my movie was on the desktop. smooth move, britt, you saved it on the desk top. so just to make sure which one was the most recent i opened the firewire drive, and the iMovie saved there. there was nothing on it.

ok so i did save it to the desktop. so i open up the document on the desktop ... not there either. so before i get in any more trouble, i head to the tech guys and see if they can figure out where i saved the stupid thing (cause i don't know mac's very well).

they can't find it anywhere. so freaking out, as two tech guys are looking, and neither can find it. so i go get my professor. she can't find it either. so i have a little freak out, cried a bit, and then my prof calmed me down and sent me away. she said if it could be found, the guys would find it. so i left my phone number so they could give me a call if they found anything, and then left for work.

that was 1:30pm ... it is now 3:38. still haven't heard from them.

yeah. murphy.

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[link] ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/10653019/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/10653019/ Tue, 07 Nov 2006 22:04:10 PST
** it's now 10:03 ... they did not finish house. i miss an entire half hour of house. i am livid. words cannot even describe **

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[link] ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/10647631/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/10647631/ Tue, 07 Nov 2006 13:13:23 PST
pre-production week:

well we are going to start filming our final film for class this coming weekend. this time just talia and i. i am so excited! i have such a great bunch of people helping out, calvin, travis, celeste, lacey, stacey, cole and hopefully amy. and i have to give props to my only dA actor i had to think of a way to get him into an inapropriate situation, and still be able to send him home to his gf mostly unscathed. hehehe

so we are doing these four vignettes. about stolen inapropriate moments. nothing raunchy, obviously, it's for school, but just artistically filming simple moments that you know aren't supposed to happen. a lot of shadows and sillouttes. i really hope it turns out as well as it is in my head!

anyway, i'm uber busy, trying to tack down a workable schedule for each vignette, get props, and square away locations. it's been hella crazy, but so much fun. i wish i could do this for a living.

health:

well, i was seriously sick over halloween. first year ever that i didn't do anything. i didn't even put on any black lipstick. i'm still kinda nursing a cold. couging and sneezing. it's sucks. but i don't have a fever anymore. so that's good. but i've decided to have a "brittni missed halloween" party in december, after school is out for christmas. you all should come!

i was over at talia's place the other day, watching girl with a pearl earring (to get us in the mood for our film ... that movie is full of innapropriate stolen moments), and i was doing my laundry. so i changed over my clothes to the dryer, and then attempted to run back upstairs. well, i bit it. twisted my left ankle and my right knee. they are both still bruised and painful. such grace in this young patawon.

weather:

so wet! it's seriously insane right now. oregon has had more rain than this before (well ok, not in a year, cause i think we've broken some records or something), but with all the leaves on the ground, it's clogging all the gutters and drains, so there's water everywhere. little lakes on corners, and full on rivers going down streets. it's insane. and i'm running out of sweatshirts. they are all hanging up to dry. i wish i had a dryer in my apartment.

boys:

or rather, men ... there's one on the horizon. we'll see how it pans out. i'll tell you more when there's more to tell. i just wanted to say i'm all giddy over a guy. and it's nice.

school:

almost thanksgiving break. which means getting ready for final projects and final tests. i'm actually really excited about a literature assignment that's due tomorrow. i'll post it up here as soon as i finish it. i have no way of describing it, so y'all'll just have to wait (y'all'll ... i like that word hehehe you, all, and will ... nice).

french is going ok. Some days i feel like i've finally got it, and then the next day i feel like the dumbest person alive. which is dumb, because i feel like i'm a semi-intelligent human being, but this foreign language stuff ... awful.

film class, as always is amazing. i could spend days in the editing room. i really want my own equipment. someday, someday.

holidays:

we are going to head up to the tri-cities for thanksgiving, so that means i'll be home for christmas. which is cool. i'm gonna try to take off some additional time from work, so i can come visit all my friends who i miss dearly!

ok, that's enough pointless crap about me.

feel updated!

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[link] ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/10481815/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/10481815/ Sun, 22 Oct 2006 23:08:12 PDT
So I was thinking about this while getting ready for bed. When you are upside down your mind does something. It’s almost like it compensates for the world being turned upside down. So I’m sitting on my bed staring at a photograph of Xander. Slowly tilting my head until I’m looking at it upside down. So as the blood is running to my head I realize that the image doesn’t change visually, the photograph doesn’t change.

So in the movies when they try to convey that someone is upside down it is incorrect to turn the camera upside down. So I decided to test this theory. What could I use to really tell if my brain was compensating and still giving me the correct image not as I’m seeing it, but how it actually is? Then it hit me as I was brushing my teeth staring at my roommate’s gel bottle. Words. If you can still read as clearly and easily as you could upright, then that would prove my point.

So, I tested my theory and turned the bottle upside down. I could still read it, but it took just a fraction longer. I was slightly disappointed. So I finished getting ready, and got into pjs and climbed into bed, still thinking about this. It should have worked. Then I realized, no. That test was inconclusive. The bottle was upside down, not my vision. The difference was that I could see the world behind the bottle and to either side. So the bottle was upside down in the context of the real world.

So I thought about how you would portray this in a movie or television. The only thing I could come up with is to put it in context of the things you see that show the fact that things are out of whack, juxtapose the world with the thing that is upside down. The person doing the looking, like for instance, glasses, hair, other body parts that would come into the line of vision, even a nose.

See what can come of reading comic books.

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[link] ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/10428072/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/10428072/ Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:26:36 PDT
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I finally found a little corner of campus that I thought I could eventually call home. It was a café with independent music and couches. I love the couches. I find I can do homework much better on a couch than at a desk. I decided to wait until at least eleven thirty before I ordered food. I knew I wasn’t going to be able to get dinner until late, so I had to spread out my meals.

I honestly didn’t recognize anything on the menu, except soup that I didn’t like. So I ordered a salad. A plate, not a bowl, and was asked what kind of dressing I wanted. Ranch. It’s my favorite. You can put it pretty much on anything. I was informed that ranch had milk in it. Not really a revelation. I’m sure my face betrayed my confusion, because the girl explained that I was attempting to order at a vegan restaurant. So, no ranch?

No ranch. Turned out I can’t call that place home any more than where my bed currently resides. I just don’t fit. Spaces are either too big or too small. From far away it looks like I might fit perfectly in the space. Kind of like how a cube looks up against a rectangle hole if you squint.

Which is why I’m sitting here, licking my fingers. The pages on the book I’m reading are too thin. That’s why they can fit a thousand pages in such a small cover. I miss the days when literature lit a passion. When I couldn’t wait to read the next story, to pick it apart, and figure out why it should change the world. When spoken words on an Irish accent were my reasons for waking up in the morning and hauling my sleepy carcass to class.

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RULES:
1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title as the answer to the question even if it doesn’t make sense. NO CHEATING!
4. ok so i went one step further ... i'm going to use a line from that song to help answer the question

How are you feeling today?
L'O'V'E by Dane Cook
"Sometimes you meet somebody and you have what is known as a relationship, and things can go great. And if it goes great then you have a great relationsip. Sometimes it doesn't go so great and I call that an relationshit."

Will you get far in life?
Number One Camera by Nina Gordon
"I have wasted too much precious time pretending I'm ok"

How do your friends see you?
Being Boring by Merril Bainbridge
"when you're young you find inspiration in anyone who's ever gone ... cause we were never being boring, we had too much time to fight for ourselves"

Will you get married?
So Much to Say by Dave Matthew's Band
"Open up my head and let me out, little baby"

What is your best friend's theme song?
Clocks by Coldplay
"Lights go out and I can't be saved"

What is the story of your life?
Calling All Angels by Train
"I need to know that things are gonna look up"

What was high school like?
Dirty Little Secret by Sarah McLachlan
"I've been up all night drinking to drown my sorrow down. Nothing seems to help me since you went away. I'm so tired of this town. But every tongue is wagging when every back is turned"

How can you get ahead in life?
Geek in the Pink by Jason Maraz
"I could be the one to turn you on. We could be the talk across the town. Don't judge it by the color, confuse it for another. You might regret what you let slip away"

What is the best thing about your friends?
Hands Clean by Alanis Morissette
"This could be messy, but you don't seem to mind"

What is in store for this weekend?
Penny Lane by the Beatles
"Behind the shelter in the middle of a roundabout the pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray. And though she feels as if she's in a play, she is anyway"

What song describes you?
Please Remember by LeAnn Rimes
"Goodbye, there's just no sadder word to say. And it's sad to walk away with just the memories"

To describe your grandparents?
Bells for Her by Tori Amos
"And through the walls they made their mudpies. I've got your mind, I said. She said I've your voice"

How is your life going?
Blonde Over Blue by Billy Joel
"In hell there's a big hotel where the bar just closed and the windows never open. No phone so you can't call home and the tv works but the clicker is broken. But in the darkness i see your light turned on"

What song will they play at your funeral?
Rare Ould Times by Flogging Molly
"Ring a ring a rosey, as the light declines. I remember Dublin City in the rare ould times"

How does the world see you?
C'Etait Toi (You Were The One) by Billy Joel
"Me revoici cherchant ton visage et je realise que je devrais en chercher une autre c'etait toi. You were the one"

Will you have a happy life?
Kite by U2
"Who's to say where the wind will take you? Who's to say what it is will break you? I don't know which way the wind will blow"

What do your friends really think of you?
Full of Grace by Sarah McLachlan
"If all of the strength and all of the courage come and lift me from this place, I know I could love you much better than this"

Do people secretly lust after you?
Let's Make Love by Faith Hill
"Baby I've been drifting away and dreaming all day, of holding you, touching you. The only thing I wanna do is be with you as close to you as I can be"

How can I make myself happy?
Rinse by Vanessa Carlton
"How she'd be soothed, how she'd be saved if he could see she needs to be held in his arms to be free. but everything happens for reasons that she will never understand. Til she knows the heart of a woman will never be found in the arms of a man"

What should you do with your life?
Beer Run by Garth Brooks
"Laughing and bragging and a' carrying on, we loaded up the wagons and we're headed home. I guess half a dozen cases doesn't last that long, come tomorrow morning it'll be all gone"

Will you ever have children?
Give Me Novacaine by Green Day
"Drain the pressure from the swelling. The sens... ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/10348438/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/10348438/ Tue, 10 Oct 2006 14:23:42 PDT
bleh. anyway, am i the only one this is happening to?

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[link] ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/10285291/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/10285291/ Wed, 04 Oct 2006 17:33:22 PDT
today in my literature class, a guy showed up wearing a teenage mutant ninja turtle shirt. and being the geek (and obviously very shy person) that i am, had to comment on it. i told him that i liked the shirt, and he very politely thanked me. then, thinking i had some kind of common ground here, asked if he had seen any of the previews for the new tmnt movie. he just gave me a blank look and then said that he really wasn't in to the turtles, it was just the only clean shirt he owned.

well, i don't have a problem with that, so i laughed it off and then told him about someone who chased this girl with a flash tee shirt, knowing that she was this guy's soulmate. come to find out the girl just liked the lightening bolt. so i'm thinking, kinda entertaining story, and semirelavent to the whole tmnt conversation. then the girl next to me, gives me this pitying look, and says "sorry, what's a flash?"

so, slightly surprised that this girl had never even heard of the flash, i started talking about comics, the cartoons, and that tv show in the 80s. no dice. i was so happy that someone piped up and said he's in the super friends. i quietly supplied the justice league. and so we went on to describe who was in it, superman, wonderwoman, batman, etc.

there wasn't even a hint of recognition in this girl's features. so she asks what power does the flash have. he runs really fast, like faster than superman fast. and she off handedly says that no one runs faster than superman (like she's in any position to argue with me ... she doesn't even know who the flash is).

and then another woman says something ... something that i still can't beleive. she turns to this girl and says "it's ok, i don't know about pokemon either."

what the hell does the justice league have to do with pokemon?!?!?!

i thought i was going to die right there.

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[link] ]]> ~britt-lipy http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/10250809/ http://britt-lipy.deviantart.com/journal/10250809/ Sun, 01 Oct 2006 16:56:42 PDT
But sitting in my room, reading fan fiction, listening to the Braveheart soundtrack, I turned around and saw my reflection in the mirror. The weather today had turned colder. Cold enough that I should have shut my window, but I like the smell of fall. So I decided on my Malibu Divers hoodie, my Champion sweats and fuzzy socks Mo had given me one Christmas. My hair, still straight from church this morning, is pulled back in a braid, most of it falling out and tucked behind my ears.

And I saw it. Me. That spark I lost that horrible Monday morning when I got the news of my friend’s death. I found it again. Just one day at a time, my mom told me last night. And I think that helped. I also slept well. I prayed, just before I went to bed. I know that I try to work things out in my sleep, so I asked God to take them for the night, all my worries. And he did.

So today, my eyes don’t have quite as dark of circles underneath them, and there’s that spark, like my eyes are too big from looking at everything. And it’s good to see that in my reflection.

Plus, I think the oreos helped.

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