We Are Virginia Tech
We are Virginia Tech
We are sad today
And we will be sad for quite a while
We are not moving on
We are embracing our mourning
We are Virginia Tech
We are strong enough to stand tall tearlessly
We are brave enough to bend to cry …
And sad enough to know we must laugh again
We are Virginia Tech
We do not understand this tragedy
We know we did nothing to deserve it
But neither does a child in Africa dying of aids
Neither do the invisible children walking the night away to avoid being captured by a rogue army
Neither does the baby elephant watching his community being devastated for ivory
Neither does the Mexican child looking for fresh water
Neither does the Appalachian infant killed in the middle of night in his crib in the home its father built with his own hands being run over by a boulder because the land was destablized
No one deserves a tragedy
We are Virginia Tech
The Hokie nation embraces our own and reaches out with open heart and hands to those who offer their hearts and minds
We are strong and brave and innocent and unafraid
We are better than we think and not quite what we want to be
We are alive to the imagination and the possibility
We will continue to invent the future
Through our blood and tears
Through all this sadness
We are the Hokies
We will prevail
We will prevail
We will prevail
We are Virginia Tech

– Nikki Giovanni, University Distinguished Professor of English, VPI&SU

The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness

Has anyone tried this besides Adrienne? Her and her husband LOVE the plan and I mean LOVE it. It’s definitely worked for them. It also worked for my neighbor with his ex-wife. I will fully confess that I am terrible with money. Live for today! That’s my motto. Who cares about tomorrow? I could be dead!!! Well, at 35 I should have a better plan than Carpe Diem — or my fall back plan, marry rich!

So what did you find helpful? What were obstacles and how did you overcome them? Did you do some tweaking of the plan that seemed to work a little better for you? I’m honestly curious since Rockefeller I ain’t. I’ll take as much advice as people want to give!

This Thanksgiving I am so grateful to have my family and friends around me — both in my “real” life and my virtual lives.  The holidays are here and I want to enjoy them with the people I care about.

On MySpace, my motto is “Life is too short for bad books.”  Well, really I have come to the conclusion that you CAN help having most of the “bad” stuff in your life.  You just have to take control of your own happiness.  Sweep out the bad and usher in the good.  Have a “friend” who is your personal psychic vampire?  Or a family member that creates financial instability in your life?  Sometimes you have to do the hard thing and cut them out.  You have to start taking care of yourself before you can take care of anyone else.  And that’s what I am doing — ushering in the good.

So have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

I think I’m going to stick with this blog.  I need to get back into reading in the worst way.  But in keeping the blog, I might not be able to make the rounds as often as I once did.  We’ll see.  Never say never!

Anyway, I just wanted to let you all know that the rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

10.  Holo Conferencing — Work at home whenever!

9.    There has already been a woman president and the world didn’t implode.

8.    Cars that can go vertical — no more being pissed at soccer mom in the minivan!  Just fly over them!

7.    Guns are pretty much a non-issue.

6.    Off planet travel — how cool would that be?

5.    Drying Tubes — Towels would totally be in my past.

6.    Mood Screens — No More PMS and Stress!!!!

5.    For the most part people don’t blink at cohabitation or sexual preference!

4.   Intense VR Sessions — yeah you know the ones I’m talking about!

3.    Medical Advancements — Pain Blockers and Body Sculpting YAY!!!!!!!!

2.    Roarke — ‘Nuff said.

1.    Autochefs!

Of course there are a few drawbacks:

• Off planet travel — How scary is that?!?! 
• CompuGuard — Big Brother anyone?
• Soy Dogs and Soy Chips
• A lot of faux food

But I’m pretty sure the pluses far outweigh the minuses!

Fluff is another site I run and unless I can get some fabulous people to contribute over there I’m going to have to let it go. It’s too much for me with my other blogs to do by myself.

Some of the things we’re looking for: Recaps of popular TV shows; Music News (Gossip, concert news, new releases); Movie Reviews; Hollywood Gossip (fashion, affairs, snafus, you name it, we want it!); Pop Culture articles (reviews of popular trends).

Send an email with a little about yourself, what you are interested in writing and a short writing sample (or link to your blog if you have one) to fluff@itsallfluff.com. Or you can use the contact form through this blog.
We’re looking for anyone who can be fun yet reliable and opinionated but not a jerk. If you’re boring, no need to apply! All shows/columns and such are on a first ask, first given basis.

One of my relatives had a small stroke but thankfully, he’s making a grand recovery and is having his carotid arteries cleaned out. 

My sis (who shares my proclivity for vicious migraines) finally went to the doctor for some double vision with the migraines.  She found out that spinal fluid has built up behind her right eye and is causing her optic nerve to swell and it is triggering migraines.  She has to go in for a spinal tap this week and the neurologist will tell her what she needs to do from there.  Of course the drugs that they use to treat the problem are ones that she’s allergic to.

But the worst news has to be that one of my best friend’s father went into the hospital with a mild heart attack, but when they went in to mess around with the arteries around his heart they found a tumor enclosing his esophagus.  It’s stage 4 cancer and unfortunately it has spread to some of his other organs.  He’s going to a treatment center for chemo and radiation therapy which will hopefully give him more time.  He’s my Dad’s age and I don’t know what I would do if I got that news.  A is like a sister to me and I’m hurting for her.  She’s having a hard time even functioning and it’s painful that there is not a damn thing I can do for her.  Nothing.  There aren’t any words, deeds or actions that could even begin to take away the pain.

August hasn’t been the kindest month so far and it doesn’t look like it’s going to get better anytime soon…