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here are 8 things about me that no one cares about and will probably never read. which works out great for me, actually.

1. people, lots of them at a time, give me anxiety attacks so i spend a lot of time alone or with my best homey, roger.
2. i think animals are more awesome than people. people just pretend to be awesome but animals just are.
3. i like being sad sometimes. being happy is ok too but after awhile, it makes you feel like a blob of pink cotton candy which is mostly air, right?
4. i like people who don't think they are the most awesome, most enlightened, most interesting people they know.
5. i like watching documentaries about everything except melissa gilbert and the search for noah's ark.
6. i like tshirts and jeans and sneakers and that's pretty much it.
7. the only kind of fiction i like is really old, classic stuff. otherwise i read books about the stuff i watch documentaries on.
8. i have insomnia.

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]]> ~rdbchick http://rdbchick.deviantart.com/journal/16499969/ http://rdbchick.deviantart.com/journal/16499969/ Mon, 21 Jan 2008 05:15:39 PST She's a 'spectacle' and nothing more. She's also John Voigt's daughter, which, I'm sure, helped her career immensely. She did a remotely good job on Girl Interrupted but that was before she realized she was a star.
I get weary of these icons who truly don't deserve that status.

]]> ~rdbchick http://rdbchick.deviantart.com/journal/16476115/ http://rdbchick.deviantart.com/journal/16476115/ Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:11:18 PST Maybe it's the way they sit on their little hips and lean against a wall...and just study you from afar. Maybe it's the way that they still think they're puppies when they weigh over 20 lbs. and still want to be carried outside at 2 am. in the morning because they're sleepy. Maybe, just maybe, it's the way they 'talk' when they're annoyed or adamant about something. Both Wilbur and Lily have this deep, expressive way of groaning and grunting that, I swear, sounds almost like words. There is emphasis in all the right places so you know without looking at them if they're annoyed or begging or just plain fed up.
Maybe it's the way they plow through the kitchen like vaccum cleaners, noses never leaving the floor, sweeping up all the 'special' places like right under the edge of the fridge or the stove where all the 'good stuff' falls.
It could also be the way every Beagle I've ever seen like to sleep on its back, legs akimbo, paws curled up with their necks bent into some kind of contortionist position. How can that be comfortable?!? But it obviously is.
I think it's all this and the way they look into my eyes and we share that long, soul-searching moment of pure, mutual love. We're buddies and we all know it. I know they are always going to love me when no one else in the world does...and they know I will always take good care of them and they're always safe with me. A binding contract, it is.


]]> ~rdbchick http://rdbchick.deviantart.com/journal/16446249/ http://rdbchick.deviantart.com/journal/16446249/ Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:56:08 PST Wilbur is still a big, ole baby. He weighs almost 20 lbs. now and we still pick him up like a baby and he likes that, too. Of course, he IS a baby since he's not even five months old yet.
We have a trip coming up in March on the Harley with some friends (well...they have their OWN harleys. they wouldn't fit on ours). We're heading west and up into New Mexico to see Carlsbad Caverns and then southwest along the Rio Grande until we hit Big Bend. Texas is generally not a pretty place, in my opinion, but I've seen the pictures of where we're going and it's incredibly scenic. Our trip is going to be about five days and 2000 miles total. Not nearly as long as our Colorado trip of last year but it'll be fun nonetheless.
But we're going to have to leave the pups in a kennel. There is one our vet recommended just over in Joshua and we're going to visit this weekend to see the place. He said he leaves his pets there if he has to go away and he said they're just great with homesick pets. Wilbur is going to be a wreck and I am hoping these people will help him get over it. He can't stand for me to even get out of his sight since I'm with him 24/7. I'm really glad he loves me as much as I love him....but it's not good for him to be so dependent. I have high hopes for this trip that it's really going to chill him out just a little.
In other news, I suffered my first kernel panic in Arch. I had the best install and configuration that I've created so far and after installing the newest nvidia driver, I was able to boot up, no problem twice or so. Third time is the charm, I guess, because it's toast now. I don't know what to do with a kernel panic and haven't had time to research it much.
I'm also getting interested in finding out about how to use SVN repositories. Strangely, I can't find any information on it that explains the process.
But....I am again enjoying Compiz Fusion on my LinuxMint. This distro just amazes me. Everything works out of the box. Even setting up my network printer, which was a first this time, was a snap and E A S Y. There is an E17 flavor of Mint coming out in the next couple of weeks and I can't wait. I had my fill of Geubuntu when I found out I couldn't screw around with things the way I like to. Tinkering is what makes this all so much fun!

]]> ~rdbchick http://rdbchick.deviantart.com/journal/16307929/ http://rdbchick.deviantart.com/journal/16307929/ Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:42:54 PST We're in the midst of a situation now that appears to have a resolution...if we compromise our values and the TRUTH. We're essentially being blackmailed...by someone we both love. We're dealing with it the only way we know how...by pretending it's not happening.
It's weird how things turn out because even when I was a little girl, all I ever wanted was to grow up and have a happy family....everyone content. Like alot of kids in the 70's, I didn't have that kind of family growing up. But no matter how much you want it...how hard you try to make it happen...life has its own plans for us.
We are not going to sacrifice our beliefs nor what we know to be true so this can only get worse. Since there is no resolution, our heads are firmly planted in the sand and life will go on...no matter what.

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On a lighter note, down here in the sand, I've found out that I like Geubuntu quite a bit. I only wish I knew a little more about how to configure it. Unless I'm missing something, there don't seem to be text files that I can edit and the theme files are some kind of cryptic stuff that I can't decipher. I can't find any documentation anywhere and the wiki is sadly barren. Why does it seem the coolest things are somehow just out of reach? Or am I just being negative again?

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I downloaded Songbird and I REEEEEALLY like it. Very cool interface and seems to work like a charm although my use of it has been pretty generic.

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I also downloaded gpodder for the first time and I LOVE IT!!! I don't know why I was worrying over amarok all this time. gpodder plays my video podcasts through mplayer so I don't have to have two separate applications for that. I'm really happy about gpodder.

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Why would Geubuntu have an e17 shelf at the bottom of the screen, an XFCE panel at the top of the screen and the Gnome appearance dialog? The shelf does everything the panel can do...maybe more...so why so much mixing and matching? Plus...the Gnome window borders can't be applied nor the fonts, etc. so why are they there as if they were available? The only visual element that can applied are the widgets (controls). Makes me no sense.

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And yet again....WHY can I not get compiz/emerald to work on ANY DISTRO ANYWHERE???? It must be me. Everyone else seems to have it working fine.

]]> ~rdbchick http://rdbchick.deviantart.com/journal/16024760/ http://rdbchick.deviantart.com/journal/16024760/ Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:42:48 PST Like it's going to be any better anywhere else anymore.


The link below will shine light on the Lone Star state's criminal government.
[link]

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]]> ~rdbchick http://rdbchick.deviantart.com/journal/15982184/ http://rdbchick.deviantart.com/journal/15982184/ Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:00:02 PST I've been reading books specifically about Beagles and they all seem to suggest that plain old crunchy dog food, no matter how high-quality, is not enough so this week he has started eating pieces of apple, carrot, bits of cheese and having a couple of spoonfuls of cottage cheese mixed into his food. He even loves green beans!
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On another note, I guess I am evolving on the Linux front. I've been in love with LinuxMint since I first installed it but on a podcast I listen to, Linux Reality, they did a whole show about Arch Linux. So...I was pretty cowed by the whole thing before. Arch is basically just a core system when you install it. No gui or anything....just your basic command line. However, Chess, the guy that does the podcast, went on and on about how it is not that difficult if you have a genuine interest in Linux.
This whole thing got me excited. Me...using Linux full time only for about 4 mths...could I actually do this? Could I install a distro like Arch and actually wind up with a usable system?
I went to the Arch website and then on to the wiki. Just visiting the wiki alone talked me into at least trying it. So much documentation, GOOD documentation, that I felt 'safe' even if something went terribly wrong.
Long story slightly less long, I've installed Arch and set up Gnome (and kdemod b/c I'm indecisive) perfectly and have been using my new OS for about 3 days!
Arch is wonderful. I can't say enough about the feeling you get from building your system from the ground up. I can't say enough about how FAST this os is. I can't say enough about pacman, the Arch package manager. Just WOW. I am still annoyed about Gnome and KDE and how bloated they both seem to be but oh well. I haven't grown fond enough of the look of fluxbox or openbox or the like to switch so I guess I have to deal. Maybe if I can figure e17 out (and it's not so buggy I can't use it) that will be my replacement? I dunno. For now, I am so excited about my system, I am just giddy!

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Gotta quit smoking. I just gotta.

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Ron Paul, the SIX MILLION DOLLAR man. Yeah.

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]]> ~rdbchick http://rdbchick.deviantart.com/journal/15628119/ http://rdbchick.deviantart.com/journal/15628119/ Thu, 22 Nov 2007 22:01:45 PST Snow in Texas on Thanksgiving. How bizarre, how bizarre. na na na..na na na..

]]> ~rdbchick http://rdbchick.deviantart.com/journal/15557854/ http://rdbchick.deviantart.com/journal/15557854/ Sun, 18 Nov 2007 05:21:19 PST My dad went through a church kick when I was around 11 or 12 so I hated Sunday for a whole new reason. My mom wouldn't go but every Sunday for about a month or two, I had to wear a stupid dress and get up early on the WEEKEND...hello...and go get made fun of by a bunch of little christian kids in sunday school then sit and listen to some old man rant and scream about I-had-no-idea-what for an hour. My dad's 'kick' wore off pretty quickly, thankfully.
Now, that bored, end-of-the-weekend, melancholy feel of Sunday is just as potent even though there is plenty to watch on tv and I'll never be forced to go to church again. There is too much time on Sundays to think and, in my case, thinking is not a good idea. My thoughts tend toward all my shortcomings, all my mistakes and regrets and how sometimes things feel out of control.
That's my Sunday issue today. My life feels like it's been caught up in a tornado of unplanned chaos and unwarranted sadness. Sunday reminds me that no matter how you want things to be, not only for yourself, but for the people you love, things can happen that randomize it all over again. It doesn't matter if all you want is happiness and contentment, to love and be loved. If that is what you want the most, need desperately, it's the last thing you'll find yourself in possession of. If drama and chaos make your skin crawl and set your hair on end, enter Drama and Chaos....stage left. At the end of it, it doesn't matter how you want your relationships with people to be. They are what they are. It is what it is. You just have to deal with it.
Sometimes....seems like other people's idea of my 'dealing with it' involves compromising the values, beliefs, and characteristics that make me 'me'. A long time ago, I would have done that in a second to make things 'ok', to avoid conflict. I have never wanted anything but a life free from conflict and full of contentment. For me, for everyone. Nothing is wrong with sacrifice and compromise. In fact, if I'm not willing to give in a little, loosen up a little, how can I show the people I love that I actually DO love them? But there has to be a line to hold, no matter what. There are certain things that can't be compromised or sacrificed and when someone tries to force me to do so, to essentially make me into who they think I should be, it sends a clear message to me that they don't like who I really am very much.
Thing is, if you're willing to sacrifice those things, it creates a vaccum and a pattern is set up that sucks every bit of 'self' right out of you. SO...at the end of the day, you have relationships with people based on nothing more than your tendency to give in and do things their way, put up with whatever BS they come up with. Once you stop doing it, assert a little of what YOU have to contribute, well...it's all over, in'it?
Then there's blackmail and that's a story that is too long and too painful to get into.
Geez. Sunday sucks and it's not even 7:30 yet.

]]> ~rdbchick http://rdbchick.deviantart.com/journal/15371762/ http://rdbchick.deviantart.com/journal/15371762/ Mon, 05 Nov 2007 04:55:07 PST As it is, I have to sit back and watch people I love go through hard things that I've already been through. It sucks.
Right now, I have a medication that seems to be keeping my mind occupied and thoughts on track and in check and that is this new monitor. 24" Gateway FPDblahblahblah. The newest one. The one with the cool stand....not the old clunky one from 1989....or so it appeared. The novelty has not worn off after weeks now. The Gateway I had before, a 19" behemoth that was, quite literally, almost two feet from front to back, was a fantastic monitor as far as picture quality goes. I was so stressed out when that thing bit the dust b/c I knew how difficult it would be to find one that matched it.
But this thing. God. Every morning, like this morning, I come in here with my cigarettes and my fresh cup of coffee and hit the 'on' button and I'm just overjoyed, horrified, disgusted, ashamed, pleased, thrilled...all over again. Yes, I'm obsessed with my monitor. It is as perfect as anything man-made could ever be.

I'm also pretty psyched today since there was a huge update from the pclos repositories last night which included....da da da DA.....Compiz Fusion. When I figure out the cool stuff, I want to post a screen shot or two. Also, massive KDE updates, Evolution, Amarok.....it took over an hour to download and install and so far, everything is stable and rock-solid.

My plans for today include this chair, coffee, cigarettes, my ipod and newest podcasts, gparted and 160gb drive that needs a 'change of attitude' so that I can install LinuxMint. Beautiful, simplistic, lovely OS.
Also phone calls regarding the puppy that we're going to get. No breeder dogs for us, folks. We're 'shelter animals' kind of people. We're hoping for a little Beagle or a Schnauzer....something that our cats can love.


That's it for today.

]]> ~rdbchick http://rdbchick.deviantart.com/journal/15326658/ http://rdbchick.deviantart.com/journal/15326658/ Fri, 02 Nov 2007 05:09:54 PDT So there is no continued work on the 'first skin' going on. Only reading and playing Gimp since R's pc has my PCLinuxOS dual-booting with XP. At least I can feel partially at home...even if I'm facing the other side of the room now.

Ron Paul made an interesting comment the other day that I have not heard him make....ever. He was being interviewed by Jay Leno on The Tonight Show and Jay asked him if he thought he had a shot at the 'title' and he said with the developments of the last few weeks and months and the dedication of his supporters, yes.....he just might win it.

Wow. What concept. A good, honest man in the white house. Would today's America know what to do with that? I think young people do, definitely. People my age and older seem to adore the morons, criminals and liars.

]]> ~rdbchick http://rdbchick.deviantart.com/journal/15239262/ http://rdbchick.deviantart.com/journal/15239262/ Sat, 27 Oct 2007 06:27:30 PDT [link] is an incredible resource for palettes. THOUSANDS of them. I've also found some very clean sans serif fonts that will look beautiful with a minimalistic scheme. I'm trying to get a solid plan together of what the skin will look like before I start. There are so many components in XP and Vista that without some kind of design plan, it's not going to be coordinated and I don't want just some crappy attempt that's going to end up on my storage drive. So. yeah.

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I'm thinking earth tones, absolutely NOOOOO 3D and calibri font. Maybe not even drop shadows. I don't know.
I'm studying tutorials now and practicing on round buttons. HA! I'm such a loser.

]]> ~rdbchick http://rdbchick.deviantart.com/journal/15053846/ http://rdbchick.deviantart.com/journal/15053846/ Sun, 14 Oct 2007 06:11:49 PDT If you double-click on your zip file and it opens in the Vista extraction window, DON'T hit the 'Extract All' button. Select the files you want to unzip into your folder (if you don't know how to select individual files, uhm....go take a class) leaving the 'garbage ones' unselected and just drag them into your destination folder!
Ok ok. I know this is probably elementary for alot of people but hey! This is a major improvement in my life!

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Tons of vista icons

]]> ~rdbchick http://rdbchick.deviantart.com/journal/15042824/ http://rdbchick.deviantart.com/journal/15042824/ Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:26:45 PDT My complaining is not empty. I am only waiting until my beloved PCLinuxOS releases with the newest kernel, hopefully within the next few weeks, so that my SATA drives and nVidia RAID are supported and I'll be done with this nonsense. I have used ALL the microsoft os releases and this, imho, is the worst effort yet. Wow.

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