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  <title>The Land Of Lost Thoughts</title>
  <subtitle>if it ain't lost don't go looking for it</subtitle>
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    <email>shady@lostdestinations.com</email>
    <name>Shady, Shady, tattooed lady</name>
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  <updated>2008-08-23T05:52:18Z</updated>
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    <title>long time no see</title>
    <published>2008-08-23T05:52:18Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-23T05:52:18Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Gosh I have not been here in forever. Did anybody miss me?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lots has happened... got divorced, moved. Had a little breakdown. Spent some time in the hospital. My little sister was murdered. Lots of things to deal with since I've been here last.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've missed my LJ friends.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have been &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/heathershade"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="http://heathershade.blogspot.com/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, in case you were wondering.&lt;br /&gt;*muah*</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:lostshady:103053</id>
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    <title>Shady's Hospitalization</title>
    <published>2007-04-18T20:16:42Z</published>
    <updated>2007-04-18T20:16:42Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;i&gt;*the following posted here by a friend of Shady's with her permission*&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the night of March 16, Shady was found in a critical condition after an attempt at taking her life. EMS was called and Shady was rushed to the ER, where she spent the night in the hospital until she was stabilized. Once out of physical danger, she was admitted to the Psychiatric Center. When a person actually goes through with attempting to end their own life, they are automatically committed to the psychiatric hospital and then held there until they are no longer considered a danger to themselves. This is what happened in Shady's case.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When admitted to the hospital, Shady was dehydrated, malnourished, and nearly unable to function due to lack of sleep. She was also found to have dangerously abnormal potassium, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels. This- in combination with the chronic illness she suffers from (Stein-Levanthal Syndrome), her long-term major depression, her inability to get medication and the emotional trauma of the last year- led to a breakdown. When Shady was abruptly abandoned without warning last year, she was left very suddenly with no home, savings, finances or support- including no way to procure any medical help. With no way to get her needed medications, her depression, desperation, and state of mind grew worse and worse. She spent the last year trying to go through dozens of different public and government channels for people in her situation but was unable to receive any help.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Though the experience leading up to it was very difficult, the opportunity to finally be admitted to and closely treated at such a good hospital was a major second chance at life for Shady.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As soon as her hospital stay began, she started recovering physically and mentally at an encouraging rate. She was able to finally be treated for her chronic illness as well as to get the medications she has needed for so long. The change is absolutely unbelievable- Shady is like a whole new (&lt;i&gt;happier, healthier&lt;/i&gt;) girl. Physically, she is in better shape than she has been for maybe the last 10 years. The great doctors, RN's, techs, and everybody else at the hospital took excellent care of her, and worked hard to help her gain back her health for the first time in a decade- they have the complete, sincere thanks of Shady and her friends &amp; family. Thomason- you guys got a lotta good people working there, &lt;i&gt;thank you&lt;/i&gt; all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shady has recently been released from the hospital and she's now doing very well, and cannot wait to reconnect with the Internet and all of her much-missed friends out there in the world. We decided to post this info officially, as there are a few people out there who already knew about it and we wanted to address it because we know some others have been concerned and wondering. Messages of support for Shady can be sent to shady@lostdestinations.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shady will be back to work and back in touch with everyone soon.</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:lostshady:102752</id>
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    <title>Let's Hang Out.....</title>
    <published>2006-09-19T20:44:17Z</published>
    <updated>2006-09-19T20:44:17Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Before I say anything about what's been going on with me lately, I wanna say this real quick, because time is growing short:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are going to be in the &lt;a href="http://www.lostdestinations.com/lostdiner.htm"&gt;Lost Diner&lt;/a&gt; chatroom in a short few hours... live tonight.... for the return of the weekly Diner chat. It's been awhile, with all that's been going on we haven't had one for some time. But... I feel today is the day. So, please join us if you'd like. That's 9 .pm. Eastern Time, &lt;a href="http://www.lostdestinations.com/timezones.php"&gt;check here&lt;/a&gt; to see when that is in your corner of the world. The regular night has been changed from Thursdays to Tuesdays so this will be our first chat on the new night! Hope to see some of you there.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OK, that said.... on to the more personal stuff. It has been hard to make myself come back here, I actually always fear what I might find. Mark has posted something nasty things here in the past. And then, some of you guys still have him on your friends list so I assume you are cool with what he did to me and consider him a 'friend'. And those who don't have HIM on their friends list, still have people on their lists who were cruel and blindsided enough to attack me on his behalf after all that has happened, people that call him their friend. So, I don't even feel comfortable commenting on the journals where these people are all over the place. Unfortunately, LJ is just a bad, sad place for me now in light of what has happened and what is happening. I get stressed out coming here. And I would delete my account right now except for the fact that I do LOVE some of you guys, some of you are my good friends, and this is the only way I have of staying in touch with some of you. So I don't really know what the Hell to do...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am posting over on &lt;a href="http://360.yahoo.com/little_miz_shady"&gt;my 360 blog&lt;/a&gt; pretty regularly now. I feel more comfortable there. So many people I know on 360 have expressed absolute &lt;i&gt;outrage&lt;/i&gt; at what Mark did, and have even helped me to get legal advice/representation and to figure out how to proceed with having justice served over the numerous criminal acts he perpetrated against me and my family. None of them are friends of his, or even friends of friends of his. There are no connections to him there. This just makes me feel more safe and more comfortable at this time. When I have been having some pretty dark thoughts about not even wanting to be alive anymore, I just really need to be in an environment where I can feel safe and try to heal. This is nothing against anybody here. I really wish this was all different. And maybe it will be in time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You are all free to come over and check out whatever I am posting there anytime, though I know that most people on LJ end up sticking to LJ. Either way, just so you know you can always find out what's going on with me there, or you can also contact me directly at shady@lostdestinations.com ...or visit me at any of my websites.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I do wanna stay in touch with you guys.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday I went out with Lobo and climbed to the top of the Franklin Mountains... I watched my city moving below... felt the connection of life and time and how it all goes on... and of course I had my camera with me and took a ton of photos. It felt cathartic. My camera has lately been my shield against pain, my escape hatch. My photography has come to mean something much, much more to me than just visuals or images. I have been going nuts on &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/heather_shade/"&gt;my flickr account&lt;/a&gt;, posting photos and trying to get feedback and make connections. I want to be a good photographer, I want to be a better photographer, I want to be better than a 'good' photographer. If any of you guys are on flickr, please add me, comment on my pages, show me yours. I would love to make more contacts there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So... visit me at &lt;a href="http://360.yahoo.com/little_miz_shady"&gt;my 360 blog&lt;/a&gt;.... come hang out in the (now-Tuesday-night) &lt;a href="http://www.lostdestinations.com/lostdiner.htm"&gt;weekly Diner chats&lt;/a&gt;.... hit me up &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/heather_shade/"&gt;my flickr account&lt;/a&gt;. I really hope to remain in touch with you all. I love you guys and I hope everyone is doing well.... take care all....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;b&gt;...and now, a &lt;i&gt;totally random&lt;/i&gt; icon:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!" src="http://www.virtuallair.com/iconic/randomimage.php" title="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!"&gt;</content>
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    <title>Having A (20%) Blonde Moment....</title>
    <published>2006-09-01T02:46:49Z</published>
    <updated>2006-09-01T02:46:49Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/lostshady/pic/00052g94/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/lostshady/pic/00052g94/s320x240" width="320" height="230" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OK time for a vanity-type post. By that I mean, a post about my HAIR. Yeah, my hair. I have gone &lt;i&gt;BLOOOONDE&lt;/i&gt;!!! OK, not totally blonde.... more like 20% blonde, heheheh...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name="cutid1"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m139/lostshady/ShadyLady/shady_strk04sml.jpg" title="20Percent Blondie" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(yes I am aware that my freckles are on full-on display lately, oi... I did get some sun inadvertantly while out on the road so they popped out all over. Lobo says he thinks freckles are hot though, so, woo hoo!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now some of you might think this hair-color choice has something to do with my &lt;a href="http://www.wolverineandrogue.com/index.php"&gt;Wolverine + Rogue = TLA&lt;/a&gt; fetish.... (yeah yeah, I have that fetish, and guess who plays Wolverine to my Rogue?? One guess... bwaa haa) Actually, I have wanted two almost-white streaks in my hair since 7th grade, when I knew this girl who had a naturally all-white streak at her temple as the result of having been in a terrifying car accident as a kid. She hated, it but I thought it was the damned coolest looking thing eva...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m139/lostshady/ShadyLady/shady_strk01sml.jpg" title="20Percent Blondie" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So after many many (pre-XMen movie) years of coveting the streaks, Lobo finally offered to help me do it. I will admit I adore Rogue's hair and seeing the movies only fueled my streaklust, heh. And so these pics were taken after the Great Shady Hair Bleach Extravaganza, Part 1....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m139/lostshady/ShadyLady/shady_strk05sml.jpg" title="20Percent Blondie" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have bleached it again since then, and the streakys are wayyyyy lighter now. This was after Round One and they were still a weird mix of reddish-blondish-yellowish-brown at that stage. But... bleaching out jet-black hair is a beeeotch you guys! I had no idea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here I am being all saucy for Lobo's viewing entertainment (he was shooting the pics)&lt;br /&gt;"Hey Big Boy, ya want some fries with that shake??" *eyebrow wiggle*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m139/lostshady/ShadyLady/shady_strk03sml-1.jpg" title="20Percent Blondie" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hahaaa, what a dork.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I must say, I loveloveloooove my new streaks. Really love 'em (and trust me- I never 'love' the way my hair looks, I get sooo bored with it!!) They look really cool pinned back (as above)... I get this nice polecat-streak down the center of my melon and/or ponytail. And when my hair is loose, I get the two streaks- one to each side- framing my face. And for some reason it makes my eyes look super-green (as opposed to, ummm, regular green)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because bleaching is a torturous process on the hair we still have at least one, maaaaybe two more bleach sessions to go to get it to that white-blond color that I desire. We've been giving the hair a few weeks in between bleaching to recover, so it doesn't get fried, so it's a slow process. But right now my streaks are tons lighter than what you see in these pics, in fact from the roots to about a third of the way down I already have that pale blonde tone I wanted, woot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will have to take some more pics to show you guys after the next bleach party. As if you really wanna see pics of my hair, hahhaaaa. Sorry- it's just been about 10, 15 years since I have had anything other than waist-length straight black hair so I am all aflutter with the excitement... *flutters*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It still remains to be seen whether I have about 20% more fun. I will let you guys know :P&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;b&gt;...and now, a &lt;i&gt;totally random&lt;/i&gt; icon:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!" src="http://www.virtuallair.com/iconic/randomimage.php" title="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!"&gt;</content>
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    <title>Ode To The SuFi</title>
    <published>2006-08-31T01:41:30Z</published>
    <updated>2006-08-31T01:41:30Z</updated>
    <content type="html">For me, nothing can quite match the undying beauty... the timeless perfection... the sheer wordless gesture that is the SuFi. Don't know what the SuFi is? Then perhaps you are not a &lt;a href="http://www.danecook.com/"&gt;Dane Cook&lt;/a&gt; fan. Unlike moi... who is a super obsessed, own every CD, watched every comedy special, laugh til I cry diehard Dane Cook fan(atic), heh.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m139/lostshady/dane_sufi.jpg" title="El Diablo" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The SuFi is the nickname of a little gesture known as the SuperFinger.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The SuFi is for those moments when the regular Finger just won't do the trick. When flippin' the bird is just not enough. It's a hardcore TWO-fingered slam that leaves no room for misinterpretation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And there are oh-so-many things in life deserving of the SuFi. It has completely replaced the usual one-fingered salute as my greeting to idiots and morons in traffic everywhere. It delivers twice the satisfying UHHNNHHH of the single digit. It just feels soooo. Damn. GOOD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So now I would like to send a SuFi out to some of the those aforementioned things...&lt;br /&gt;A SuFi to bad weather, which I am soooo sick of dealing with/hearing about. A SuFi to the hundreds of chain-messages that clog up my inbox and cost me precious minutes... minutes, MINUTES I SAY!!... of every day deleting them. A big fat SuFi to people who tell lies as a normal routine of their everyday existence- you people suuuuck, hardcore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SuFi's all around to mosquitos. I hate mosquitos. SuFi to myspace because it messed up my hard drive with it's nasty little malware virus. SuFi to people who use my computer without permission and go onto myspace, infecting it with a virus. SuFi to seafood... it grosses me out and I'm not havin' it. SuFi to being broke. SuFi to arguments &amp; drama.... what is more time-wasting and unproductive?? Oh wait I know- chain-messages. Ha.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SuFi to faux pockets in clothing... wtf is up with that?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SuFi to people that bail out on friendships when things get complicated. SuFi to people that get all judge-y. Extra-hard SuFi to friends who bail on friendships after being all judge-y. SuFi to that extremely annoying steel-drum song in the Girls Gone Wild commercials. SuFi to perfumey-scented cat litter, trash bags, or anything else that holds similar nasty smelling cargo... it's downright unnatural dammit. SuFi to the best tv shows always getting cancelled while the worst ones linger on for years &amp; years &amp; years. On the tv show note SuFi to Lost for not hurrying the HELL up and being back on already, aghghghhh (don't they know I am dyin' over here??)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SuFi to neon camouflage... where exactly are you gonna blend in in that?? SuFi to never being able to find the correct type of screwdriver you need, when you need it. SuFi to high gas prices. SuFi to con artists and fakers and people who are mean. And last but not least, SuFi to you-know-who (and that could mean anything, I am aware... use your own discretion when filling in that blank)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And Dane Cook... you are a friggin' genius. Viva La SuFi!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m139/lostshady/SuFi.jpg" title="SuFi!" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;b&gt;...and now, a &lt;i&gt;totally random&lt;/i&gt; icon:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!" src="http://www.virtuallair.com/iconic/randomimage.php" title="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!"&gt;</content>
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    <title>piecing it together</title>
    <published>2006-08-30T04:46:59Z</published>
    <updated>2006-08-30T04:46:59Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Well, that was considerably more than a 'few days', huh...? Sorry!! But- I'm baaaaa-aack... (and this is gonna be a long one, so you are forewarned, ha...)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/lostshady/pic/000513g0/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/lostshady/pic/000513g0/s320x240" width="215" height="240" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So let me tell you my latest tale of real-life dramarama and misadventure, heheh. As I said before, I was planning on getting back to the regular blogging (and, the online thing in general) after I got back to the Land of the Living (or at least the Technological)... which I was intending to do. I had spent the past few months on the road, traveling and thinking... trying to get my shit together and decide where to go from the ground zero of &lt;a name="cutid1"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I did eventually come back to El Paso, and my Gramma's house, where all of my worldy stuffsesses have been sitting since I was essentially rendered homeless by evil deeds. I had left my 'puter here. Well, in my absence, my sister oh-so-thoughtfully decided to invade my room and make use of it- and whatever was in it- to her little heart's desire... which included my computer. Which she used to go onto- blech- myspace... repeatedly... even after I had asked her not to. See, that vile little &lt;a href="http://blogs.chron.com/techblog/archives/2006/07/myspace_malware.html"&gt;malware virus&lt;/a&gt; that was implanted on myspace recently had totally wiped Lobo's Mom's computer out, and I definitely feared having mine suffer the same fate, so I had asked her not to use my machine to log onto that site. Little did she listen, and as a result, she infected my computer with the nasty malware that over a million other people got hit with (yep I am one of those anti-automatic-Windows-update folk so I got slammed) Ughghhhh! Anyway, we ended up having to completely wipe my hard drive, and reconfigure my machine totally... all of which left me sans computer access for quite awhile (we are still re-installing programs even now, oi) Sooooo... that's where I have been, 'net-wise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Life-wise... well, that's not quite so easy to sum up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am still coming to terms with all that has happened to me in the past few months. Getting away from everything was definitely good for me, though. I've had a chance to re-examine how I got to where I am now, and to think about how to go about reconstructing my life. It took the distance of getting away from my past situation to see how totally controlled I have been for a really long time, and I feel so free now. It feels good and scary all at once, but definitely more good than scary. I am once again my own person, and for the first time in YEARS have free access to my own vehicle, my own paychecks, my own bank account... and even a current I.D. (I was not 'allowed' to have open access to any of these things for years)... One of the reasons I have avoided posting here in the last few months is that every other time I posted an entry, I would get a threatening IM, message, or phone call from my ex, telling me to 'amend' my post or else he would publicly trash me on his blogs (for some reason I don't understand he was/is(?) still keeping a close watch on me via my blogs, even after leaving)  I was even actually intimidated into going back and deleting previous posts I had made about the relationship ending, because he literally ordered me to do it. I even edited the posts themselves to take out the parts he told me to take out. Once I got some distance from the situation, I was like... WTF AM I DOING???&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes- he has posted some slanderous things about me in his blogs in retaliation, and it hurt me, because some of the people I that thought were my friends on here (and IRL) actually believed that crap, and turned against me. But now I know that this was all just more of the same cycle of  extreme control that has been going on all along. And I do not have to submit to that nonsense. And anyone who bought into that farce was not my friend in the first place, anyway. And...... I AM going to be ok.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have to also make this clear- I am going to have to delete anyone from my friends list who has my ex on their friends list. I am not doing this to be petty, I assure you. I am doing this on the advice of legal counsel, I cannot have any ties- no matter how far removed- to him whatsoever anymore (especially so because, I suspect that someone on my friends list is showing him my private friends-only entries) This has nothing to do with the control issue, or relationship issues, or anything of that sort... because I do consider those things to be between he and I, and nobody else's problem to deal with. Relationship issues, issues of trust and dishonesty, are one thing. BUT. He has commited several actual &lt;i&gt;criminal&lt;/i&gt; acts- things that there are ample written and even videoptaped (!) evidence of- and I have to seperate myself from any contact with him as the pending legalities play out. So there is nothing personal in this action, I have been advised legally that I need to do this, and so I am definitely going to do what I need to do to protect myself from here on out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whew. This post turned out to be wayyyyy more emotionally-loaded than I ever intended. But I needed to clear the air. I will be posting some upcoming stuff that will be a lot more fun to read very shortly, I promise!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Until then (and, I promise, it won't be long)... I hope all of you out there in blogland are doing well... I have MISSED YOU GUYS... I am looking forward to getting back into the blogadelic swing of things and catching up on what's happening with everyone. Hugs all around...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;b&gt;...and now, a &lt;i&gt;totally random&lt;/i&gt; icon:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!" src="http://www.virtuallair.com/iconic/randomimage.php" title="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!"&gt;</content>
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    <title>Returning......</title>
    <published>2006-06-24T10:29:15Z</published>
    <updated>2006-06-24T10:33:54Z</updated>
    <content type="html">*raises hand*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, I just wanted to say that I am still alive (yeah yeah- I know &lt;i&gt;some&lt;/i&gt; of you are disappointed to hear it, ha ha)... I know that I haven't been posting here very much lately.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My life has obviously been rather... shaken and stirred lately. NOTHING whatsoever is the same anymore, in fact... on Tuesday, I loaded up my truck and just hit the road all alone... I 'ran away' from home in a manner of speaking... I just needed to get away, to disappear. And I guess I've done a good job of it, because I've covered four states so far and almost no one knows where I am right now. And it kinda feels good for the moment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Things got pretty nasty here on LJ for me recently after the 'breakup'. People whom I had considered good friends turned on me, I got some pretty foul messages, and all over something that was no one else's business, anyway (and that was not even TRUE, to boot) Yes, I did post about the fact that Mark &amp; I broke up, but I posted it friend's only, and included only the facts about the breaking up itself. I did not (and will NOT) go back and detail every single grievance and issue and argument in the marriage- I do not believe that that part of it is anyone's business but mine &amp; Mark's. Yet there was a whole group of people that nosed into the issues and took sides, created drama from things they 'heard'... I really let that hurt me for awhile, because I know that I am an honest (to a fucking &lt;i&gt;FAULT&lt;/i&gt;, even) person, and the things they were saying about me were untrue and extremely insulting...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I'm over it- this is not high school dammit. I have discovered that there are many more of you guys out there who love and appreciate me &lt;i&gt;exactly&lt;/i&gt; as I am, and do not let hearsay, shit-talking, or speculations about my private life stop you from standing by me. I am really grateful to those of you who listened to my side of things, who were mature about the situation, or who just sent me a virtual *hug* and otherwise stayed neutral. I THANK YOU guys for that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the meanwhile... because I felt so 'burned' by some of the stuff that went on here, I &lt;i&gt;had&lt;/i&gt; decided to stop posting on LJ totally. But recently some good LJ friends told me, 'FUCK THAT, we miss you'... and so, I guess I will continue here. I really appreciate the encouragement. I have cleaned up my friend's list a bit, and added some new friends... and am ready to get back to LJ-posting...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I realize that there is a big lag since the last time I posted, and in case you are wondering what has been going on, I have been posting entries on &lt;a href="http://360.yahoo.com/little_miz_shady" target="_blank"&gt;my 360 blog&lt;/a&gt; almost daily... my entire index of entries by subject/date is &lt;a href="http://www.virtuallair.com/360index.htm" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; (but keep in mind that it's a few days behind, cause I have been on the road... you can see the &lt;i&gt;most&lt;/i&gt; recent posts by going to my 360 blog) for those of you who wanna 'catch up' with what has been going on in my life- my road trip, my new home, and some very big changes, among other stuff.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope you all have been well. I have missed you guys. Thanks for understanding, and *BIGHUGS* to all...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;b&gt;...and now, a &lt;i&gt;totally random&lt;/i&gt; icon:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!" src="http://www.virtuallair.com/iconic/randomimage.php" title="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!"&gt;</content>
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  <entry>
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    <title>Thursday Night Chat- Yeah, Tonight... C'mon Down!</title>
    <published>2006-06-09T00:30:27Z</published>
    <updated>2006-06-09T00:33:02Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Sorry to give such short notice. But I was napping in my coffin, waiting for the sun to go down, and just woke... *pokes tongue out* ...ha ha. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/lostshady/pic/00050pcd/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/lostshady/pic/00050pcd/s320x240" width="125" height="240" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, yes... the regular Thursday night chat is going down, in less than an hour (9 pm EST) As always, I am inviting you all to join us in our chat-tastic extravaganzas. You can find the chatroom in the &lt;a href="http://www.lostdestinations.com/lostdiner.htm" target="_blank"&gt;Lost Diner&lt;/a&gt;. And if you need to work out chat times (or see a live countdown til the chat starts), &lt;a href="http://www.lostdestinations.com/timezones.php" target="_blank"&gt;check here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So stop by for some craziness, conversation, and (virtual) coffee. Hope to see you there... *waves*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;b&gt;...and now, a &lt;i&gt;totally random&lt;/i&gt; icon:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!" src="http://www.virtuallair.com/iconic/randomimage.php" title="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!"&gt;</content>
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    <title>LIVE chat tonight... jooooin ussssssss</title>
    <published>2006-05-26T00:09:03Z</published>
    <updated>2006-05-26T00:09:03Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Just a reminder- tonight is the weekly live chat night in the &lt;a href="http://www.lostdestinations.com/lostdiner.htm" target="_blank"&gt;Lost Diner&lt;/a&gt;... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll be hanging out in the chatroom tonight, starting at 9 pm EST (you can check what time that is in your time zone, or see a live countdown til chat time, &lt;a href="http://www.lostdestinations.com/timezones.php" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As always, I'm looking forward to hanging with the heeeelarious regulars, and hoping that we'll also see some new faces tonight. So, don't be shy... come hang out... the conversation is great, and the (virtual, make believe) coffee ain't half bad either!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;b&gt;...and now, a &lt;i&gt;totally random&lt;/i&gt; icon:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!" src="http://www.virtuallair.com/iconic/randomimage.php" title="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!"&gt;</content>
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    <title>Green Eyes, A Glorious Mess</title>
    <published>2006-05-15T12:16:24Z</published>
    <updated>2006-05-15T12:16:24Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">&lt;img src="http://virtual.lostdestinations.com/LJ/eyecu_sm.jpg" alt="Shady Eyes" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am a mess. I am a technicolor, gloriously messy mess. Life is horrible, life is grand, life is painful and beautiful and dizzying. I am crushed. I am on fire. And right now I am steeped with equal amounts of passion, confusion, hopefulness, and pain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've been away from home for a long time. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've really only been back 'home', and &lt;a href="http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-A9uH9T49crInh_UkH4imb_NCH_RFRuEN?p=1267" target="_blank"&gt;away from my best friend&lt;/a&gt;, for a matter of days... It's been only a matter of days since I found out the person I was (&lt;i&gt;technically&lt;/i&gt;) married to had just &lt;a href="http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-A9uH9T49crInh_UkH4imb_NCH_RFRuEN?p=1384" target="_blank"&gt;erased themselves from my life&lt;/a&gt; while I was out of town... I am still reeling from a million little bits of life-asskickery that have been flying left and right. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've been doing all the 'normal' things... crying, fuming, getting frustrated, packing, feeling betrayed, crying some more (see my worn-out cryin' eyes up there??) Wondering what exactly is gonna happen for me next. It looks like I will have to move out of here and move in with my Gramma for awhile. This whole situation is skeeeery as s**t for me. I'd rather go inside a 'haunted' abandoned house or a lonesome old cemetery at night, k??? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But in the midst of all of this uncertainty... I feel...... freedom. A sense of hope. A &lt;i&gt;chance&lt;/i&gt;. For what? I dunno! Something, though.... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Something... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am my own person again. I can say whatever I want about whatever I feel. My marriage was just in paper only for about 5/6 of the entire thing (&lt;i&gt;his choice&lt;/i&gt;, not mine) And a confusion of loyalty, responsibility, and 'friendship' prompted me to stay with him no matter what, and to keep any of our problems on the inside, away from all outside eyes and ears. I've been loyally bound inside of that responsibility for years and years. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But, &lt;i&gt;he&lt;/i&gt; left. He just... &lt;i&gt;left&lt;/i&gt;. Walked right away from whatever responsibilities bound us without a backward glance. So now I am... free. I am free... whoa. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes... I am a mess right now. I have a whoooole lot of things left for me to figure out, right out of the blue. But... then again... blue is my favorite color.&lt;br /&gt;*teeny smile* &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;|[&lt;i&gt;...to you: you know how I feel about you... I love you &amp; you love me too... one day I will say it publicly... say what I feel, openly, x 3...&lt;/i&gt;]|&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;b&gt;...and now, a &lt;i&gt;totally random&lt;/i&gt; icon:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!" src="http://www.virtuallair.com/iconic/randomimage.php" title="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!"&gt;</content>
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    <title>Momma</title>
    <published>2006-05-14T21:29:53Z</published>
    <updated>2006-05-14T21:29:53Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;img src="http://www.virtuallair.com/LJ/mom_sm.jpg" alt="Momma" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I &lt;i&gt;miss you&lt;/i&gt;, Mom. I try so hard to forget the existence of Mother's Day every year... or else I will sit here thinking about the gift I'd like to give you this year... or the ones that I gave you in years past... you always loved presents and surprises, like a little kid you always that giddy sense of excitement for such things. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I found this old polaroid picture of you, above, while going through some boxes of old things... as I am getting ready to move out of this house. I'm sure you'd be &lt;i&gt;so&lt;/i&gt; upset if you were here, seeing what my life is right now. I know you'd be proud of me anyway... but you never did handle seeing me get hurt well (just remember the time they had to tape my jawline shut after the accident, ha) Anyway... I had never seen this picture of you before!? Where is the World did it come from?? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There you are, in a frilly fancy dress and sweet pigtails... standing happily in the midst of a decrepit and abandoned building. WTF? Is this where I get &lt;a href="http://www.lostdestinations.com/mistress.htm" target="_blank"&gt;it&lt;/a&gt; from, Mom??  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think you would have loved &lt;a href="http://www.lostdestinations.com" target="_blank"&gt;the website&lt;/a&gt;... *smile* &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I miss you. You've been gone for 12 years now, and it's still close-to-impossible for me to bring myself to your grave. I hate to think of you being there. When I am upset, or crying, or feeling like I'm just dying... I sob your name out. I still call for you like a kid with a skinned knee.&lt;br /&gt;Do you ever hear me? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I miss you, Mom. I will always &lt;i&gt;f**king&lt;/i&gt; miss you. Mother, best friend, kin &amp; confidante... nobody will ever be able to replace what you were (are) to me. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I miss you.&lt;br /&gt;Happy Mother's Day.</content>
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    <title>Not-So-Secret-Secret (N3S #6): Freestylie!</title>
    <published>2006-05-13T23:49:00Z</published>
    <updated>2006-05-13T23:49:00Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">&lt;img src="http://virtual.lostdestinations.com/LJ/N3S-6.jpg" alt="I Love You" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Intensely-blue wildflowers in a Goofy jelly jar... you picked these for me, and they were worth more than the fanciest, most expensive bouquet to me... You knew I would like them because blue is my favorite color and I love wildflowers... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's scary how well you know me. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am dreaming that one day soon, what has always been meant to be, will... finally... BE...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once again, this N3S postcard is for &lt;a href="http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-4S3I0Owjer_NLif84ej008vqLg--?cq=1&amp;amp;p=339" target="_blank"&gt;Daisy's 360 Not-So-Secret-Secrets project&lt;/a&gt; (the topic for this one was freestyle) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[&lt;a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/lostshady/gallery/0001400x"&gt;My Not-So-Secret-Secrets Archive&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;b&gt;...and now, a &lt;i&gt;totally random&lt;/i&gt; icon:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!" src="http://www.virtuallair.com/iconic/randomimage.php" title="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!"&gt;</content>
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    <title>Zombies, Zombies, &amp; Mistress Corndog... Post-Chat Wrap-Up</title>
    <published>2006-05-12T23:59:59Z</published>
    <updated>2006-05-13T00:01:05Z</updated>
    <content type="html">ALL HAIL Mistress Corndog!!!! Hail, damn you, hail...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/lostshady/pic/0004ywc8/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/lostshady/pic/0004ywc8/s320x240" width="168" height="240" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, last night's chat in the &lt;a href="http://www.lostdestinations.com/lostdiner.htm" target="_blank"&gt;Lost Diner&lt;/a&gt; was funfunFUN... *grin* &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The cast of regular maddos (and a few new faces!) had me cracking up so hard, oh my. I wanna send a thanks &amp; hugsies out to Lobo, leadbox, Mage, MisterBonestripper, one19, RaysieDaisy, Baldur, Slim Jim, direwraithe, fenrir1981, dlifesjrny, alphamom, stealinsugars, psychonj, Douglas, and madrabbit for coming out and staying out with us in the Diner chatroom for last night's chat! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OK usually I toss out a list of topics that we discussed in the chat during the post-chat wrap-up. But this time, I decided... hmmm... something a lil' different- actual transcripts of the zaniness!! LOL... So's you all can see how silly it gets in there... here are a few bits about zombie sitcoms, zombies in the Diner, and, ummm... 'Mistress Corndog'. Enjoy:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;*here the topic of ideas for zombie sitcoms somehow veers into a discussion on tentacle porn*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[Shady]&lt;/b&gt; 8:26 pm: The Braineaty Bunch... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[MisterBonestripper]&lt;/b&gt; 8:27 pm: I was just working on the Brady's....good one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[Shady]&lt;/b&gt; 8:27 pm: lol &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[SlimJimDavis]&lt;/b&gt; 8:27 pm: Braineaty Bunch? Like, a grid of 9 zombies staring zombie-like into space as the brady theme plays? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[Shady]&lt;/b&gt; 8:27 pm: YES!! exactly &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[MisterBonestripper]&lt;/b&gt; 8:28 pm: Remember that time when Bobby came home sad because he lost the Little League game due to embarassing leg necrosis?  Ahh, heartwarming...      &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[Shady]&lt;/b&gt; 8:28 pm: lmao &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[SlimJimDavis]&lt;/b&gt; 8:28 pm: Or when Marsha gets hit in the nose, it falls off? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[Shady]&lt;/b&gt; 8:28 pm: ahahhaaaaaaaaa    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[MisterBonestripper]&lt;/b&gt; 8:31 pm: SlimJimDavis, when you brought up the grid of 9 zombies, I had this bad zombie "Hollywood Squares" image in my head. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[magestorm]&lt;/b&gt; 8:31 pm: I wanna go out to dinner at Zombleby's &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[Shady]&lt;/b&gt; 8:31 pm: Rottywood Squares! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[Shady]&lt;/b&gt; 8:31 pm: lmao... ahaha &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[MisterBonestripper]&lt;/b&gt; 8:31 pm: "Um, yes, I'll take the remains of Jane Mansfield for the block, please." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[Shady]&lt;/b&gt; 8:32 pm: lol &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[SlimJimDavis]&lt;/b&gt; 8:32 pm: For the block...9 out of 10 women say that when it comes to cleaning house, their husbands do a better job of this, than any other chore? What do they do a better job of? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[SlimJimDavis]&lt;/b&gt; 8:32 pm: aaaaughhhhauugh &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[MisterBonestripper]&lt;/b&gt; 8:32 pm: "I disagree, Bob." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[SlimJimDavis]&lt;/b&gt; 8:33 pm: How do you spell zombie groaning sounds anyway? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[Shady]&lt;/b&gt; 8:33 pm: lolsssss &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[MisterBonestripper]&lt;/b&gt; 8:33 pm: Uuuuhhhhhhgggggrrrrgllerrrrr.. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[Shady]&lt;/b&gt; 8:33 pm: lol &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[SlimJimDavis]&lt;/b&gt; 8:33 pm: You disagree? You're right, the correct answer is vacuuming&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[magestorm]&lt;/b&gt; 8:33 pm: And what about zombie porn? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[MisterBonestripper]&lt;/b&gt; 8:34 pm: Zombie porn has been done.  Have you seen "The Repenetrator?" &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[SlimJimDavis]&lt;/b&gt; 8:34 pm: I wasn't going to say that, but that's what I thought &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[magestorm]&lt;/b&gt; 8:34 pm: I haven't seen it &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[MisterBonestripper]&lt;/b&gt; 8:34 pm: And of course, there's the "Girls With Corpses" website. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[magestorm]&lt;/b&gt; 8:34 pm: Heard about it, but haven't seen it &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[Lobo]&lt;/b&gt; 8:35 pm: Porn is like Star Trek or the Simpsons, if you can think of it, it's been done. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[Shady]&lt;/b&gt; 8:35 pm: lol Lobo      &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[magestorm]&lt;/b&gt; 8:35 pm: Hey.  I do have all the Star Trek originals, Next Gens, and Voyagers :P &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[SlimJimDavis]&lt;/b&gt; 8:35 pm: Spock, Marge, Moe... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[MisterBonestripper]&lt;/b&gt; 8:35 pm: Yes, but the market is still painfully shy of live-action tentacle hentai, dammit. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[SlimJimDavis]&lt;/b&gt; 8:36 pm: has that been done? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[Lobo]&lt;/b&gt; 8:36 pm: Damn them and their tentacle oppresion... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[MisterBonestripper]&lt;/b&gt; 8:36 pm: Amen.   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[Shady]&lt;/b&gt; 8:36 pm: lol &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[MisterBonestripper]&lt;/b&gt; 8:36 pm: My tentacle will not be repressed! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[MisterBonestripper]&lt;/b&gt; 8:36 pm: Ummm, wait.... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[Shady]&lt;/b&gt; 8:36 pm: ahahhaaaaa &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[Lobo]&lt;/b&gt; 8:36 pm: Hahahaha &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[SlimJimDavis]&lt;/b&gt; 8:36 pm: If I were ever to start a hardcore band, I would call it Tentacle Oppression &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[Lobo]&lt;/b&gt; 8:37 pm: Awesome... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[magestorm]&lt;/b&gt; 8:37 pm: Hey!  Something Positive and College Roomates From Hell both have done hentai live action tentacle porn &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[MisterBonestripper]&lt;/b&gt; 8:37 pm: Beats my last band name:  Sucking Chest Wound.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[magestorm]&lt;/b&gt; 8:38 pm: And Something Positive did Gay tentacle porn &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[Lobo]&lt;/b&gt; 8:39 pm: Not sure I'd refer to them as something positive. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[MisterBonestripper]&lt;/b&gt; 8:39 pm: Tentacle porn is definately positive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*here, an attempt is made to cheer me up with a zombie story, heh*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[magestorm]&lt;/b&gt; 8:50 pm: Shady, would a story help you feel a bit better? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[SlimJimDavis]&lt;/b&gt; 8:50 pm: &amp;lt;---sits idle and chimes in with an occasional smart ass remark &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[Shady]&lt;/b&gt; 8:50 pm: lol &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[Shady]&lt;/b&gt; 8:50 pm: i can totally picture this..... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;MisterBonestripper plays Statler to SlimJim's Waldorf.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[direwraithe]&lt;/b&gt; 8:51 pm: His zombie stories rock... I can only imagine the ghost versions.. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[magestorm]&lt;/b&gt; 8:51 pm: I can try fighting the block, and hack out a story &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[Shady]&lt;/b&gt; 8:51 pm: i wanna star in a zombie story...... ok GO!!!!     &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[MisterBonestripper]&lt;/b&gt; 8:52 pm: *voice over*  We have secretly switched all the sugar and sugar substitues in the Diner with T-Virus powdered concentrate.  Let's see if they notice the difference... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[direwraithe]&lt;/b&gt; 8:52 pm: Shady seduces the zombies into servitude and becomes Living Dead Girl! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[Shady]&lt;/b&gt; 8:53 pm: lmao &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[SlimJimDavis]&lt;/b&gt; 8:53 pm: This coffee tastes different, do you notice anyth....cough gurgle &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[MisterBonestripper]&lt;/b&gt; 8:54 pm: Excuse me, waitress?  Could I get a refil of coffee and som.......mmmooorrrree.....brrrrraiiiiinnnnnssssss........ &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[direwraithe]&lt;/b&gt; 8:55 pm: Think Subway.... ZOMBIES!.... Eat Flesh! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;MisterBonestripper 's lower jaw falls off at this point, making his gnawing at the key lime cerebellum both disturbing and amusing.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[Shady]&lt;/b&gt; 8:55 pm: screams, looks around for headsmashing device &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[SlimJimDavis]&lt;/b&gt; 8:55 pm: Nah it would be more like. "How are y'all doin'? Can I get you anything else?" "Braiiiiinssss" &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[MisterBonestripper]&lt;/b&gt; 8:56 pm: "Send more waitresses." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[direwraithe]&lt;/b&gt; 8:56 pm: LOL &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[SlimJimDavis]&lt;/b&gt; 8:56 pm: haha &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[Shady]&lt;/b&gt; 8:56 pm: ahahaaaaaaaaa &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[direwraithe]&lt;/b&gt; 8:56 pm: Good one&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*and here, after a smoke break, we somehow go off on... ummm S&amp;M corndogs??*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[direwraithe]&lt;/b&gt; 9:22 pm: Back.... ah... nicotine.. my smoky mistress! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[leadbox]&lt;/b&gt; 9:22 pm: corndogs are my mistress &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[leadbox]&lt;/b&gt; 9:22 pm: er, mister? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[magestorm]&lt;/b&gt; 9:23 pm:  ...the masculine of Mistress is Master &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[SlimJimDavis]&lt;/b&gt; 9:23 pm: corndogs are good, however, I've never said "Yes, Mistresss" just before dipping one into ketchup &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[Lobo]&lt;/b&gt; 9:23 pm: Mistress Corndog...        &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[direwraithe]&lt;/b&gt; 9:24 pm: Best porn name ever! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[leadbox]&lt;/b&gt; 9:24 pm: hmm...i havent spoken to my corndogs either. I hope they wouldnt talk back? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;[SlimJimDavis]&lt;/b&gt; 9:24 pm: yeah, but in that section of the video store I don't go into...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Soooo... yeah, that's the kind of stuff that goes on in our &lt;a href="http://www.lostdestinations.com/lostdiner.htm" target="_blank"&gt;regular Thursday night chats&lt;/a&gt;. Now you know, lol. Come and join us next Thursday... *wink*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;b&gt;...and now, a &lt;i&gt;totally random&lt;/i&gt; icon:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!" src="http://www.virtuallair.com/iconic/randomimage.php" title="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!"&gt;</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:lostshady:99583</id>
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    <title>Retro+HO Restrospective and REMINDER- live Diner chat toooonight!!!</title>
    <published>2006-05-11T21:16:26Z</published>
    <updated>2006-05-11T21:21:43Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;big&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ok a reminder!! CHAT CHAT CHAT CHAT.....&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will be hanging out LIVE in &lt;a href="http://www.lostdestinations.com/lostdiner.htm" target="_blank"&gt;the Lost Diner chatroom&lt;/a&gt; tonight, 9 pm EST. Check that page for convert to your time zone and all other details, and come join me tonight... I reallllly could use some silliness, shits &amp; giggles. Hope to see some of you guys there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, Ho Day (every Wednesday, on &lt;a href="http://360.yahoo.com/little_miz_shady" target="_blank"&gt;360&lt;/a&gt;) was not as silly-enjoyable as usual for me yesterday, just because, well... read my past few posts if you haven't yet and you'll know I am not in a 'great' frame of mind right now. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But, I heart Ho Day, so I did participate (even if it wasn't HOheartedly, haha, erm, &lt;i&gt;ho ho&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.virtuallair.com/LJ/retro-ho.jpg" alt="Retro+Ho" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was a Retro+Ho this time. I thought my retroesque Pinup-Avatar came out cute, and, she blew kisses! *mwaaa* I have noooo idea about view stats, or anything else... as I said, I am still in a f**king daze right now from what just happened, ack. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I did get &lt;a href="http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-A9uH9T49crInh_UkH4imb_NCH_RFRuEN?p=1354" target="_blank"&gt;my official Ho passport&lt;/a&gt;- yes, I am now a proud citizen of Ho Land. And, I was chatting with a dear friend last night when we had the following humorous exchange...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;one19:&lt;/b&gt; And that Passport is very ingenious &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;one19:&lt;/b&gt; It just needs STAMPED &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;one19:&lt;/b&gt; Taking a HO-IDAY &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;one19:&lt;/b&gt; A Ho A Day - Keeps SOMETHING Away &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Shady:&lt;/b&gt; lol &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Shady:&lt;/b&gt; Ho Land &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Shady:&lt;/b&gt; it's like Holland if the L (and everyone's clothes) fell off! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;one19:&lt;/b&gt; Don't forget to stick your finger in the dike &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;one19:&lt;/b&gt; Or is that Dyke ? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Shady:&lt;/b&gt; ahahaaaa..... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway... HOpefully next Hump Day I will be a livelier ho. HOpe you all enjoyed. And, if you have anything that might make me laugh/cheer me up... I could sure as S**T use it right now... *sigh*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;b&gt;...and now, a &lt;i&gt;totally random&lt;/i&gt; icon:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!" src="http://www.virtuallair.com/iconic/randomimage.php" title="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!"&gt;</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:lostshady:98979</id>
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    <title>WTF, Life??! *sigh*</title>
    <published>2006-05-09T16:03:18Z</published>
    <updated>2006-05-09T16:03:18Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">&lt;a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/lostshady/pic/0004x572/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/lostshady/pic/0004x572/s320x240" width="180" height="240" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, I am home... actually got home last night. And, here I was gonna post this 'halloooo!' post about the trip and being back home... but, remember that uncertain future I was talking about before I left...? Well, when I got here it became a billion times more f**cked-up-uncertain. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, sorry, the regularly scheduled post-Post goofiness will not air here as scheduled. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I cannot even talk about this crap at the moment. I am shocked/upset to the point of numbness, and cannot think. I will post more/respond to the last few day's worth of comments when I can calm the f**ck down. Just wanted to let you all know I am &lt;s&gt;back home&lt;/s&gt; back in El Paso (not back 'home'... I have no more home...)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;b&gt;...and now, a &lt;i&gt;totally random&lt;/i&gt; icon:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.virtuallair.com/iconic/randomimage.php" alt="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!" /&gt;</content>
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    <title>I See London, I See France... Wait... Where's Arizona???</title>
    <published>2006-05-05T20:40:00Z</published>
    <updated>2006-05-05T20:40:00Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">So- here's a peek at my bloomers (&lt;i&gt;really&lt;/i&gt;!)... since I was such a tease last time. Mwaa ha!! You know, a lil somethin'-somethin' for you guys to remember me by until I get back online :P Yep- I'm heading for home today...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.virtuallair.com/LJ/underpants_sm.jpg" title="UNDERPANTS!!!!" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the day I went away... goodbye...&lt;br /&gt;Was all I had to say... now I...&lt;br /&gt;I want to come again and stay... Oh my my...&lt;br /&gt;Smile, and that will mean that I may&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cause I've seen blue skies, through the tears&lt;br /&gt;In my eyes&lt;br /&gt;And I realize... I'm going home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everywhere it's been the same... feeling...&lt;br /&gt;Like I'm outside in the rain... wheeling...&lt;br /&gt;Free, to try and find a game... dealing...&lt;br /&gt;Cards for sorrow, cards for pain&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cause I've seen blue skies through the tears&lt;br /&gt;In my eyes&lt;br /&gt;And I realize... I'm going home&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;i&gt;bonus cool-freak points to the first person to identify what these words are from!&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I am about to hit the highway... I-10 baby, all the way to Arizona. I'm stopping off to meet G Jo and visit at my Aunt's house in Phoenix (where G Jo is waiting for me)... then we'll be on the way to El Paso. I should be home sometime on Sunday. I may be out of touch 'til then (unless I can sneak onto the internet while in Phoenix)...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daisy... Casper... you girls have my #... give me a call if you feel like it... and you know how shy I am about making phone calls (what a &lt;i&gt;dork&lt;/i&gt;!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope you all have a great weekend. I'll 'see' you when I get home... *waves*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;b&gt;...and now, a &lt;i&gt;totally random&lt;/i&gt; icon:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!" src="http://www.virtuallair.com/iconic/randomimage.php" title="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!"&gt;</content>
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    <title>Comments, IMs, &amp; Invites... Oh My</title>
    <published>2006-05-05T04:49:32Z</published>
    <updated>2006-05-05T04:49:32Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;img src="http://www.virtuallair.com/images/futureme2.jpg" title="My Future" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OK... so, some things about my online behavior lately...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have been a baaaaaad commentor (not bad as in, leaving BAD comments... bad as in, not commenting as much as I should!) I have not been around much on my Messenger. And, I have been terrible about responding to my emails/messages too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please don't hate me!!! *sad face*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's all a symptom of my circumstances. I am still in California, I have been away from 'home' (Texas) for about 3 months now. I am still dealing with- emotionally, mentally- the incident 2 weeks ago when I was physically assaulted (and it's repercussions in my life). I am planning to drive back to Texas tommorow morning, so I have been getting ready for that, too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have just been in a very quiet, pensive, hermit-y mode.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have been reading all your blogs. And I have been trying to post something here, at least daily, even if it's something silly (and trying to respond to all comments I get)... just to let you all know I am still alive. Anyway... just wanted to let everyone know... even if you haven't seen me online- in your comments, on Messenger, or in your email inbox- I am still here. And I am planning on catching up, BIG TIME, after I get back home this Sunday. So.... watch out!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for the patience guys. Do ya still lurv me??? *bats eyelashes*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh PS... do you like my little Shady-skeleton figurine?? She is actually sitting on my desk at home, and never ceases to crack me up. I swear that's how they are gonna find me, one day! LOL&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;b&gt;...and now, a &lt;i&gt;totally random&lt;/i&gt; icon:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!" src="http://www.virtuallair.com/iconic/randomimage.php" title="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!"&gt;</content>
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    <title>The HOrror... The HOrror... Post Ho Day Musings</title>
    <published>2006-05-04T08:03:07Z</published>
    <updated>2006-05-04T08:03:07Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">&lt;img src="http://virtual.lostdestinations.com/LJ/HOrror2.jpg" title="HOrror Ho" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, Ho Day on &lt;a href="http://360.yahoo.com/little_miz_shady" target="_blank"&gt;360&lt;/a&gt; is over (it's every Wednesday btw)... well.. it's not over for another 2 hours here, but I didn't wanna be the Last Ho Standin', again. Then I just look like a &lt;i&gt;HO&lt;/i&gt;... heh.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was another day of ho-in' good fun &amp; silliness. This week I was a HOrror Ho, since Casper ran off with Samara after he &lt;a href="http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-A9uH9T49crInh_UkH4imb_NCH_RFRuEN?p=937" target="_blank"&gt;Ghost-Ho-ed me out&lt;/a&gt;. Pffft! Luckily this guy named Jason was there to pick up the pieces (the dismembered, body pieces, that is... mwa ha!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://virtual.lostdestinations.com/LJ/HorrorHo.jpg" title="HOrror Ho" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, I didn't get as many views as last time... started out at 18,108 and finished at 18,678. I think I actually frightened people off with my HOrrorific persona... *giggles madly*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I did lose one person offa my 360 friends list (dunno who??)... but gained another. So I broke even there, haha. And I totally dug my funny Ho-esque avatar this time. She was all sexAY right out of a coffin! I'm a freakkkk.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway see my &lt;a href="http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-A9uH9T49crInh_UkH4imb_NCH_RFRuEN?p=1186" target="_blank"&gt;Ho Day post&lt;/a&gt;, if you haven't already (and don't miss the HOrrific HOrror movie titles in the comments, hee hee!)...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am back to regular (unleaded?) Shady on 360 again. But I am keeping the scary knife userpic- I just like it, it's so... so... psycho... *bats eyelashes*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;b&gt;...and now, a &lt;i&gt;totally random&lt;/i&gt; icon:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!" src="http://www.virtuallair.com/iconic/randomimage.php" title="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!"&gt;</content>
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    <title>Wanna See My Bloomers..?</title>
    <published>2006-05-04T02:50:02Z</published>
    <updated>2006-05-04T02:51:43Z</updated>
    <category term="pics"/>
    <content type="html">It's that time of year... Spring has sprung... I'm feeling frisky, and I am showing off my bloomers, again. Oh &lt;i&gt;yeah&lt;/i&gt;. There are lots of pictures of them in this post... all sizes.. kinds... and colors... who wants to see?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Right this way.......&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.................................&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;................................. &lt;a name="cutid1"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hee hee! You pervs, you thought I was gonna show you my &lt;i&gt;underwear&lt;/i&gt;, huh??? LOL... Nope. But I did wander around outside a little, and just had to get some shots of the many amazing &lt;i&gt;BLOOM(-er)S&lt;/i&gt;, blossoms, and other Springy-type-stuff. Here they are...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My favorite of the bunch- Extreme Dandelion!! *ah-&lt;i&gt;chooo&lt;/i&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://virtual.lostdestinations.com/LJ/blooms_008sm.jpg" title="Extreme Dandelion!!" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some pretty purply flower...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://virtual.lostdestinations.com/LJ/blooms_002sm.jpg" title="purply flower" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Snails! Both large and small...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://virtual.lostdestinations.com/LJ/blooms_001sm.jpg" title="Snails!" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's a violet Violet...!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://virtual.lostdestinations.com/LJ/blooms_006sm.jpg" title="violet Violet" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dunno what these are, but the flowers are &lt;i&gt;teeny&lt;/i&gt;-tiny...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://virtual.lostdestinations.com/LJ/blooms_007sm.jpg" title="teeny-tiny" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More fiery-colored blossoms from the rose bush...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://virtual.lostdestinations.com/LJ/blooms_010sm.jpg" title="fiery-colored blossoms" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not sure what these are (again), but they are HAWT-pink...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://virtual.lostdestinations.com/LJ/blooms_003sm.jpg" title="HAWT-pink" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Crazy DAISYS... the flowers, not my dear friend (hee)...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://virtual.lostdestinations.com/LJ/blooms_004sm.jpg" title="Crazy-Daisys" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And, a lovely little fountain that's out in the backyard...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://virtual.lostdestinations.com/LJ/blooms_005sm.jpg" title="lovely little fountains" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And, then- some snips, snails, and puppy-dog tails! This snail might be part spider, ha ha...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://virtual.lostdestinations.com/LJ/blooms_009sm.jpg" title="snips, snails, and puppy-dog tails" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chuy, the Wonder-Chihuahhua...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://virtual.lostdestinations.com/LJ/chuysm.jpg" title="Wonder-Chihuahhua" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The elusive 'Princess' Jasmine (getting her on film is almost harder than getting a photo of a &lt;i&gt;Sasquatch&lt;/i&gt;, dammit!!!)...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://virtual.lostdestinations.com/LJ/jasminesm.jpg" title="&amp;#39;Princess&amp;#39; Jasmine" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And finally, Jack- the sexy beast. Meeee-ow...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://virtual.lostdestinations.com/LJ/jack_002sm.jpg" title="sexy beast" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OK. Maybe you were expecting an underwear-flash. Well, if you made it this far, I suppose you should be rewarded. So, here you go....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.shadepaine.com/images/shdtoon01.gif" title="FLASH!!" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Watch closely- or you will miss it!! :P&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All photos (&lt;i&gt;and&lt;/i&gt; silly animated Shady-toon) by me. Hope you all enjoyed... *goofy smile*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;b&gt;...and now, a &lt;i&gt;totally random&lt;/i&gt; icon:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!" src="http://www.virtuallair.com/iconic/randomimage.php" title="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!"&gt;</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:lostshady:97754</id>
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    <title>Ren Faires, Zombies, &amp; Time-Warps</title>
    <published>2006-05-01T08:58:09Z</published>
    <updated>2006-05-01T08:58:09Z</updated>
    <category term="dreams"/>
    <category term="pics"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;img src="http://www.virtuallair.com/LJ/DOTDsm.jpg" title="Dawn &amp;#39;O Tha Dead &amp;#39;04" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, at the suggestion of that hawt 360 mamacita known as the &lt;a href="http://360.yahoo.com/profile-GNH4Xo86erTCGMAinOO0K8wlRw--?cq=1" target="_blank&amp;quot;"&gt;Karin-Meister&lt;/a&gt; (*wink*), I've decided that yes- I am going to start sharing some of my most-bizarre dreams with you all. Cause I have them &lt;i&gt;allllllllllll&lt;/i&gt; the time. I am a big dreamer- I dream pretty much every night and almost always remember most of them. And, usually they are really, really WEIRD...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I swear I feel like I have a 'random dream generator' built into my head. My brain saves up all these bits of nonsense from throughout the day- movies I watch, things I see, conversations I have, etc... then mixes them all up with the crap that is floating around in my subconscious to make these insane little vignettes in my sleeping mind. For instance, I watched Dawn Of The Dead '04 (for the &lt;i&gt;over-a-hundredth&lt;/i&gt; time) last night... had a conversation with someone about ren faires... and heard about this new apt-type complex that my Great-Gramma moved into... my twisted brain filed this away, filled in the blanks from who-TF-knows-where, and here is what it spit out...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Last night's dream:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am driving in my truck with Lobo (at least I &lt;i&gt;think&lt;/i&gt; it was Lobo- only, he looked like the Lobo that I first knew 15+ years ago in high school, so it was hard to tell) My truck was black for some reason (in actuality, &lt;a href="http://virtual.lostdestinations.com/LJ/jimmy001.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;it's blue&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are on our way to some sort of ren faire-ish thing, at least I think, and I tell the 'guy' (Lobo-Of-The-Past?)... "I have been to the future, so I have seen the future. Something &lt;i&gt;really bad&lt;/i&gt; happens. I think we should just keep on driving, get as far away from here as possible." To which he replies, "It doesn't matter if we try to get away from it- it won't change anything. Whatever is going to happen, is going to happen... regardless of what we do now."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, we continue on to the fair and pull into the insanely-packed parking lot; the whole place is teeming with thousands of people everywhere. We park, get out, and start making our way through the crowds. A few minutes pass, and suddenly, we begin hearing screams and noticing little pockets of panic-motion all around...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before long we realize- it's ZOMBIES!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And they are rapidly multiplying and spreading gory death-undeath throughout the crowd.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So we start running, and somehow we get back to my truck and try to drive out of there. But by now, it is full-on zombie-mayhem and ren-faire-panic-stampedes, and even trying to get out of the place is almost impossible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But somehow, after some hardcore car-ramming and zombie-running-over, I make it out of the crowds, onto the road, and back into the city. But we can't get too far, as by now it's spreading &lt;i&gt;everywhere&lt;/i&gt; and crap is blowing up, vehicles are wrecking all over the place, stuff like that. And my truck has got 2 flats and is all messed up. So I aim for the doors of a high-rise apt complex, skid up as close as I can get to them, and we run inside.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No use blocking the doors- they are flimsy, and we can hear screams inside so there's no use anyways. We are just running up stairs and down hallways, trying to avoid the undead and to find somewhere to hole up. Nobody will open up their doors to us though.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally, we are thinking we are goners, when one of the apt doors does open, and a little girl is all alone inside. A little girl (about 7 or 8-ish), with long, straight black hair and green eyes. Like a little Shady. &lt;i&gt;Hmmmm&lt;/i&gt;. She's alone and freaking out, and I try to comfort her while Lobo-From-The-Past (?) is trying to barricade the door. She keeps saying that we are all going to die, and that I knew this from the beginning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But she also says, "You know nothing could have changed this. &lt;i&gt;Nothing&lt;/i&gt;."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am totally terrified, and trying to comfort the Mini-Me while looking for some kind of weapons, all along having this knowing in my mind that nothing I do is going to save us, ultimately. We are in a dead end, and even though I knew from the beginning that something horrible was going to happen (I 'saw' it when I was 'in the future'...?), I always knew there was no going back to avoid it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, bit by bit the zombies pile up outside of the front door, slowly bashing away at it until it begins to give way. And we are standing at the door, trying to fend them off with golf clubs and baseball bats, but it is obvious that they will eventually pour in like a wave, and overwhelm us anyway...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lobo-From-The-Past, Present Me, and Me-As-Kid are pretty much fighting a futile fight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And that is when I woke up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.virtuallair.com/iconic/dod1.gif" title="...RUN!" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, all of my friends know that I am a total Zombie-FREAK, I am obsessed with them. &lt;i&gt;Really&lt;/i&gt; obsessed. So this might have been just another of my numerous 'zombie dreams'... except for the weird time-warpy stuff. Why was I with Lobo of 15+ years ago, telling him that I have seen/been to the future? Why was there a little 'Mini-Shady' in my dream- essentially a 'me' from the past?? Why did my present persona know what was going to happen in the future, but knew there was nothing that would stop it in the present? WTF is up with my weird-ass dreams..??? LOL&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Feel free to analyze, comment, or just plain laugh at me... *pokes tongue out*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And stay tuned for more freaky dreams from the tangled sheets of Shady madness in the near future...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;b&gt;...and now, a &lt;i&gt;totally random&lt;/i&gt; icon:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!" src="http://www.virtuallair.com/iconic/randomimage.php" title="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!"&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:lostshady:97298</id>
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    <title>Tales From The Crypts...</title>
    <published>2006-04-30T05:51:59Z</published>
    <updated>2006-04-30T05:53:18Z</updated>
    <category term="lost destinations"/>
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    <content type="html">&lt;a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/lostshady/pic/0001fkwz/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/lostshady/pic/0001fkwz/s320x240" width="180" height="240" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So... am I the only freak who finds total sense of peace and beauty in cemeteries...? I always have. Maybe that's morbid, I dunno. But I have been exploring them and photographing them for as long as I can remember (see- &lt;a href="http://virtuallair.com/scrapbk2/stoker.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;here's me, graveyard-wandering at age 17&lt;/a&gt;)... they have always held a strange fascination for me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have been to tons of weird, spooky, and just plain bizzare locations for &lt;a href="http://www.lostdestinations.com" target="_blank"&gt;my site&lt;/a&gt;- 'haunted' places, abandoned buildings, lonely old roads, you name it- and oddly, out of all the places I've been... I have never, ever been 'spooked' in a cemetery. And I have been in cemeteries at all hours of the day and night. You think if I was gonna encounter something... unknown... it would be there, but... nope. Instead, I get a quiet feeling of peace when exploring them. I always have. And I have a great respect for their history and their tribute to those passed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sooo... I could tell you guys a whole bunch of graveyard tales. Or, I could just show you instead (well, those of you who &lt;i&gt;haven't&lt;/i&gt; seen them, anyway... *wink*)... whaddaya think?? Ok, I shall!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here- follow these links (if you are so inclined) for pictures &amp; stories of some of my favorite cemetery trips (and trippy cemeteries!):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lostdestinations.com/chinese.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.lostdestinations.com/chinese/chinese007_small.jpg" alt="title or description" border="2" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lostdestinations.com/chinese.htm" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Chinese Graveyard&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A really strange old cemetery in San Antonio (explored while out wandering around digging up TX weirdness for &lt;a href="http://www.lostdestinations.com/weirdtx.htm" target="_blank"&gt;the Weird Texas book&lt;/a&gt;), complete with 'No Witchcraft' (??!) signs..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lostdestinations.com/intercem.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.lostdestinations.com/jugcem/jugcem012_small.jpg" alt="title or description" border="2" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lostdestinations.com/intercem.htm" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Interstate Burial Ground&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;millions of people each year pass right over a hidden NJ treasure as they drive a major freeway, without ever knowing it is there...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lostdestinations.com/tomb.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.lostdestinations.com/north/tomb002_small.jpg" alt="title or description" border="2" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lostdestinations.com/tomb.htm" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tomb of 12 Nuns&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;hidden in a shady (haha) NJ forest, this old, legendary tomb is the resting place of many spooky stories...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lostdestinations.com/sanelcem.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.lostdestinations.com/sanelcem/sanel027_small.jpg" alt="title or description" border="2" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lostdestinations.com/sanelcem.htm" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;b&gt;San Elizario Cemetery&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a dusty Old West TX cemetery complete with sinking plots, shallow graves, and a feathered guardian...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And... if you are still up for more cemetery stories and pics, I do have even more. Just check out &lt;a href="http://www.lostdestinations.com/lostcem.htm" target="_blank"&gt;this page here&lt;/a&gt;. Hope you enjoyed these pics &amp; tales...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;b&gt;...and now, a &lt;i&gt;totally random&lt;/i&gt; icon:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!" src="http://www.virtuallair.com/iconic/randomimage.php" title="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!"&gt;</content>
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    <title>Not-So-Secret-Secret (N3S #5): Exes!!!</title>
    <published>2006-04-28T21:51:00Z</published>
    <updated>2006-04-29T03:07:34Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">&lt;img src="http://www.virtuallair.com/LJ/xfiles.jpg" title="I WANT to believe" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...that it never happened...&lt;br /&gt;But it did!! Ack.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.virtuallair.com/LJ/N3S-5.jpg" title="MASK me no questions..." /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OK- a little background: this was someone I dated when I was in college. We had not gotten to the physical stage yet (&lt;i&gt;luckily!!!&lt;/i&gt;) when he comes sauntering out one day... this cheap rubber monster mask in hand... and tells me about his little, umm, 'requirement'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And I swear, it looked almost like the mask that I used in my image. Especially the crazy nappy mask-hair! *shudder*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Needless to say, I got the Hell out of there as fast as my little feet could carry me. Which was pretty damned fast. And then- talk about awkward- I had to see this guy all the time around campus afterward.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have never told a soul about this (&lt;i&gt;would you??&lt;/i&gt; LOL) So it is really a &lt;i&gt;secret&lt;/i&gt;-secret!!! I had really tried to wipe this memory from my brain altogether, but when I started contemplating the 'Exes' topic... it all came flooding back. And now I will have nightmares tonight. Thanks, Daisy, for coming up with such a traumatizing N3S topic... *pokes tongue out*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*goes away to rock back in forth in a corner somewhere*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once again, this is for &lt;a href="http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-4S3I0Owjer_NLif84ej008vqLg--?cq=1&amp;amp;p=339" target="_blank"&gt;Daisy's 360 Not-So-Secret-Secrets project&lt;/a&gt; (the topic for this one was obviously 'Exes')&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[&lt;a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/lostshady/gallery/0001400x"&gt;My Not-So-Secret-Secrets Archive&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*disclaimer: NO that is &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; a picture of Mr. Mask, just a random tighty-whitey Ashton Kutcher pic that I Photoshopped- sorry, Kutch!!*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;b&gt;...and now, a &lt;i&gt;totally random&lt;/i&gt; icon:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!" src="http://www.virtuallair.com/iconic/randomimage.php" title="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!"&gt;</content>
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    <title>Life Update: bubble baths, Chinese food, &amp; random thought-blurbs</title>
    <published>2006-04-28T05:28:56Z</published>
    <updated>2006-04-28T05:28:56Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">After all the recent ho-in', porn-o-matic shenaniganry lately, I thought I should get back to reality (reality... um, what's &lt;i&gt;THAT&lt;/i&gt;???) and post a life update...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.virtuallair.com/LJ/hike_sm.jpg" title="Goin&amp;#39; my way??" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, here I present the latest in the life and times of the Shadester.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes I am still in California. As I mentioned before, I did get the money to make it home (&lt;i&gt;thanks again, my deardear friend... *sends love*&lt;/i&gt;), so no hitchhiking for me (the photo above- haha)... *phew*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have stayed here a little longer due to a few factors... I had to wait for my new car insurance card in the mail, take care of an oil issue in my truck, and wait for my G Jo to make her plans to get to Phoenix, where I am gonna meet her on the halfway-point during the drive back to Texas. She's gonna be waiting for me at my aunty's house there, and be my co-navigator/cohort on the ride back home...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She is so so so &lt;i&gt;so&lt;/i&gt; thrilled and grateful that I am coming home. She has been so worried, and also... she has really been missing me, she says (she was stressin' because she didn't have any $$$ to send me to help me get home- she had some free flight miles on SthWst- but that wouldn't help as I have my &lt;a href="http://virtual.lostdestinations.com/LJ/jimmy001.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;truck&lt;/a&gt; here and needed to drive home, and thus needed some cash for &lt;i&gt;gas&lt;/i&gt;) Anyway... I am doing 'ok'... looking forward to getting home and seeing &lt;a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/lostshady/gallery/000074hp"&gt;my beloved pets&lt;/a&gt;. I will be heading to Phoenix this weekend, so I can meet up with Gramma.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm kinda nervous about the first half of the trip, when I will have to go it alone... usually I am ok on lone-road-trips... but my self confidence has just taken a big blow after the, um, '&lt;a href="http://lostshady.livejournal.com/2006/04/21/"&gt;incident&lt;/a&gt;', and I am not yet back to feeling myself (huhhuh huhhuh I said &lt;i&gt;feeling myself&lt;/i&gt;). But I am doing my best to look to the future. I can really start working on my life when I get home. But in the meantime, I wanted you guys to know that I am safe now, and hanging in there, and that I will finally be back in Texas very soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And that's about the updatey-est I can get right now, I guess. I'm not doing much at the moment other than biding my time... blogging, reading (&lt;b&gt;The Demonologist&lt;/b&gt; by Gerald Brittle), playing with Jack- the big black kitty cat who lives here. Not much else to say update-wise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, now, I'll give you a peek into my warped wickle brain with a whole random stream of non-connected thought-blurbs:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have been having lots of headaches. I have also been eating lots of takeout Chinese food (damn you, MSG!!) Yes, I am in a bubble bath in &lt;a href="http://360.yahoo.com/little_miz_shady" target="_blank"&gt;my current 360 userpic&lt;/a&gt;, no I was not alone (the extra arm on the right totally gives it away) The same person who was in there with me, was also the same person I was actually photographing in the &lt;a href="http://virtual.lostdestinations.com/LJ/ghost-ho.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;Casper/Ghost Ho pic&lt;/a&gt;, I Photoshopped her out. She was (well, still is) a gorgeous blonde. I miss her a whole f**king lot. I don't smoke (&lt;i&gt;cigarettes&lt;/i&gt;.. heh heh), but I have been smoking a lot a cloves lately for some reason. I miss taking pictures. I have resolved to get out and photograph for fun more often. I need to take more pictures of flowers, and sunsets, and the moon. I have been having dreams about houses. Again. I seem to be having a lot of bizarre dreams lately. I miss my cat, Sabre, really bad. It kills me when I hear him meow over the phone. I love all the good friends I have here on LJ. I feel some real connections with some of you guys. I hate the way the contestants scream out, &lt;i&gt;'good answer, good answer, good answer!!'&lt;/i&gt; on Family Feud, even if the answer is a stupid one. I found out last night that lavendar Heather (the flower) means 'solitude'. I wasn't surprised.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am really, really scared of my future right now. But I am even more scared of my past.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And... that's about it for now. I am gonna go watch some more the episodes of Lost that I have on my laptop. Cyber-hugs to all of you out there that have taken the time to listen, send love &amp; advice, help me through these things, and just plain make me laugh. &lt;i&gt;Thank you&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;b&gt;...and now, a &lt;i&gt;totally random&lt;/i&gt; icon:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!" src="http://www.virtuallair.com/iconic/randomimage.php" title="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!"&gt;</content>
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    <title>It's Ho Day on 360, Apparently. So: 'How I Became A Ghost Ho'...</title>
    <published>2006-04-27T00:20:50Z</published>
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    <content type="html">So, it's 'Ho Day' over on 360 (see &lt;a href="http://360.yahoo.com/little_miz_shady" target="_blank"&gt;my page here&lt;/a&gt;, complete with Ho-some userpics) Everyone is all &lt;i&gt;ho-ed&lt;/i&gt; out over there! I thought I'd share a little of the madness with you all...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://virtual.lostdestinations.com/LJ/ghost-ho2.jpg" title="Tha Ghost Ho!" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How did I become the Ghost Ho you ask?? Well, it all started off during this photoshoot I did for 'Barely Dead' magazine... the model was so sexy, so forward, so... so.... friendly...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://virtual.lostdestinations.com/LJ/ghost-ho.jpg" title="Friendliest Ghost Around..." /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a photographer I try to maintain an air or professionalism during my shoots. But this ghosty talked me into doing the shoot in my under-things. And before long, he was getting.. well, under... things...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One thing led to another...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://virtual.lostdestinations.com/LJ/bed-ghost.jpg" title="Ever Heard Of An Ectoplasm-gasm??? LOL" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...and soon my professionalism flew out the window like a spirit in the night. I told you he was &lt;i&gt;FRIENDLY&lt;/i&gt;!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And thus, I became known as the Ghost Ho.&lt;br /&gt;The End!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy my Ho-esque 360 userpics while they're up (am I a real &lt;i&gt;HO&lt;/i&gt; for using actual pics of myself on Ho Day?? Ooops. Oh and even my Yahoo avatar got ho-ed out today... ho, ho, ho-ray!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;NOTE:&lt;/b&gt; No ghosts were harmed during the making of this post. The photos of me are real. The ghost is not. Viva La Photoshop!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;b&gt;...and now, a &lt;i&gt;totally random&lt;/i&gt; icon:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!" src="http://www.virtuallair.com/iconic/randomimage.php" title="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!"&gt;</content>
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    <title>Bow-Chica-Wow-WOW... (another 360 challenge- I couldn't resist!!)</title>
    <published>2006-04-25T18:48:18Z</published>
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    <content type="html">&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.virtuallair.com/LJ/romance_novel2.jpg" title="MADE In The Shade" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Made In The Shade&lt;br /&gt;by/starring Shady Mazterbaetti&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There you are, lounging around the living room wearing nothing but Saran wrap when suddenly the doorbell rings. Surprised, you stash the inflatable sheep under the couch and are happy to see four Jehovah's Witnesses sensuously eating a popsicle. As the cheesy music begins you can't help yourself, so you let yourself be taken on the spot, awed by the size of the asses that confront you. Before you know it a car pulls up and it's all the Playboy centerfolds from the last ten years arguing over who will have you first. Being the gracious host, you spank all of them, much to their delight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You pass out more popsicles. The air is thick with the smell of someone's cheap perfume as 13 people are now writhing in a pile on the kitchen counter sucking. You're completely absorbed in it, never having enjoyed so many people sucking at once.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Suddenly you look up and see a film crew staring at you and you grin foolishly. You're caught! They give you a chalkboard so you can keep score next time and you turn them over to the Jehovah's Witnesses as the cheesy music fades out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The End.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;Sponsored by:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-nP13p5E4d7O1eHWxr6OF7RjF3l5zJQ--?cq=1&amp;amp;p=1596"&gt;Juicy Julie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-nrX4oOc8erQ3mOVwnpUaPVP3UA--?cq=1&amp;amp;p=670"&gt;Lusty Laura&lt;a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As seen on &lt;a href="http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-05qRk2IodLNoubDSzymY9g2WPQ7CviCwiPyDojyP?p=717"&gt;Pickle's&lt;/a&gt; 360 blog... naughty, naughty Pickles!!! I just could not resist this one... &lt;i&gt;haaaaad&lt;/i&gt;to do it. Had to. Tee hee.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ok, now your turn- use &lt;a href="http://www.maddogproductions.com/plotomatic.htm"&gt;Plot-O-Matic&lt;/a&gt; (look for the porn-o-matic link on the sidebar of the plot-o-matic site) &amp; &lt;a href="http://www.glassgiant.com/romance/"&gt;Romance Novel Cover Generator&lt;/a&gt;. Let me know if you've made one, you bad bad naughty people...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*spank!!* (oh you like that, don't you???) *spank, spank!!*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;b&gt;...and now, a &lt;i&gt;totally random&lt;/i&gt; icon:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!" src="http://www.virtuallair.com/iconic/randomimage.php" title="Ooh looky it&amp;#39;s the totally random, ever-changing icon o&amp;#39; fun!!"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</content>
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