butterflybuddha

Bondage anyone??

2008-07-04T07:02:48Z

For whatever reason...twice in the past week, I have had conversations with friends who were looking for mild bondage gear - collars, cuffs, etc.

The only place in the Seattle area that I know to recommend is the Crypt...but that isn't 'good' enough for either of them.

Suggestions???

restaurant recommendations?

2008-05-20T05:20:25Z

I'm going to see Cirque du Soleil on Friday (*squee*) and was hoping someone could give me recommendations for where to eat afterwards in the Redmond area. I'm looking for a date-quality restaurant, preferrably affordable with my college student budget.

And unfortunately, Indian cuisine was already ruled out.

Corteo - brought to you by Uncle Sam's economic stimulus package! Yay!

One of my favorite cartoons...

2008-04-10T18:58:13Z

(and song)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WNyqXsv4Ueo&feature=related

Yay!

2008-03-25T22:56:42Z

Grades were posted today. Much better than last quarter...this time I got:

4.0
3.8
3.7
and 2 credits for a workshop.

Not too shabby!

requesting good vibes today!

2007-12-12T16:22:32Z

ugh! I have two finals today.

I will probably be offline until they are both over, but if you stumble across this post, please feel free to send me some good vibes. I could use all the help I can get :-).

Thanx!

Happy 4am Everyone!

2007-12-09T12:05:13Z

Funny thing about coffee...it's cold outside...coffee is comforting...and it tastes good...and now it's 4am and I am wide awake! My body is still, but my mind is still bouncy!

*bounce* *bounce*

If I try to sleep right now the dreams would be crazy, so I think I'll wait a bit longer.

bwwwhhhhaaaattt?

2007-12-07T20:10:07Z

Facts:

Today is the last day that students can withdrawl from the quarter.
Withdrawal forms need to be signed by an adviser.
There is only one adviser in our department today, and her calendar is fairly hectic with meetings, etc. all day.

Situation:

So this student comes walking in, and needs an adviser to sign her withdrawal form. I explained that the only adviser here today is currently in a meeting, and that there would be another meeting (across campus) immediately following this one. If she'd like to wait, she could probably snag the adviser inbetween.

The student was freaking out because the adviser was in a meeting with FACULTY. OMG! There were faculty in the building! And she didn't want to be seen by any faculty, so she couldn't wait here in the building for the adviser.

After listening to her lament and try to figure out every single minute of the adviser's schedule in an attempt to catch the adviser at a "safe" time, I gave up and told her to just fill out the form and I would try to get the adviser to sign it before she departed for the next faculty meeting.

"Oh thank you, thank you. You saved my life!"

And so this girl fills out her form in a hurry, because she thinks that the meeting is about to adjourn and the faculty will see her, and then she goes downstairs and waits 20 minutes in the girl's restroom to hide from the scary faculty. Then she comes back to retreive her signed form.

Crazy much? Seriously, how can one be a UWT student without encountering faculty at some point?

Oy, what a day. I wish it was already over.

Cute kitty song

2007-11-07T09:27:33Z

I know I should be working on Java or sleeping right now...but this is too cute to pass up...

Microsoft Auto-Correct...

2007-10-11T10:42:57Z

Yes it is after 3:30am. Yes, I am still on campus, working on a paper that is due later today. And yes, I do have to be in this building in less than 5 hours ready to start my work/school day. But I just had to let you know that...

Microsoft auto-correct feature recognizes the misspelling of the word "pornography" and corrects it for you. How nice!

Okay...back to work on the paper...still want to make it home and back before work starts again.

Thunderstorm!!

2007-09-04T05:58:59Z

It feels so good to sit quietly and listen to the rumblings, feel the cool damp breeze, and glimpse the sky flicker with light.

And now I can hear the rain as it falls outside the window, and I am filled with a sense of calm and peace that is hard to explain. To me, the comfort of a thunderstorm is priceless. How I miss the storms of the midwest/south, complete with 'severe weather' and everything.

The rain is falling quite heavily now, I only hope that it continues for a bit longer...

Tomorrow will be a beautiful day!

Fortune Cookies

2007-09-01T21:47:27Z

I’ve been collecting my fortunes over the years. Here they are, in no particular order:

Good news is coming soon.
Read between the lines of a financial offer.
Recognition is the greatest motivator.
You find beauty in ordinary things, do not lose this ability.
You will spend many years in comfort and material wealth.
You have a deep interest in all that is artistic.
Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body.
You will be approached with a proposition.
In union, there is strength.

My sister always reads her fortunes, followed by a “between the sheets” or “in bed”. I don’t. I find the sentiments on the fortune cookies beautiful and worth contemplation. Of course, my favorite so far is “You will spend many years in comfort and material wealth”. ;-)

What do you do when you receive a ‘fortune’?

butterflybuddha @ 2007-08-31T08:46:00

2007-08-31T15:52:14Z

Happy Birthday to you, matertiamat! Hope you have a great one!!!

P.S. and by the way...

2007-08-29T15:46:56Z

I realize that I have added lots of new friends recently, as I put LJ names and real-life faces together. If I added you, and you don't know who I am by my LJ, let me introduce myself:

Hi, my name is Emily! You might remember me from one of the masses last weekend. :-)

I also realize that if I add you, I get to see your journal on my friend's page and that you don't automatically see mine until you add me as your friend. This posting is a way for you to figure me out if you choose to investigate those strange new friends you got.

To everyone who already knows me, and has to deal with a silly rambling, I just wanted to say:

Thanks for listening! Have a great day!

Directing Traffic

2007-08-29T02:49:23Z

I was driving home from work tonight when the car in front of me was t-boned by a cyclist! OMG! The guy on the bicycle was coming down a steep hill and it looked like he wasn't able to slow down enough for the sharp curve, and he just whacked into the SUV in front of me, knocking off her side mirror and scraping up her driver's side window.

Everyone immediately went into emergency mode - the lady in the car that was behind the cyclist was checking on him; I pulled to the side, turned on my emergency flashers and started calling 911. There was another driver also calling 911 (cell phones are everywhere) so when he got through, I went ahead and hung up. Then 911 called me back, and I confirmed that there was an accident and gave them my name as well.

Then while one lady was staying with the cyclist, the rest of us began stopping and slowing down oncoming traffic (next time, I'll try not to wear a moss green shirt when surrounded by greenery). It took a bit for the emergency vehicles to get to us (there had already been a 3 car pile-up a few miles away - I was stuck in the traffic for that one too), and then I had to tell some angry drivers to turn around and find a different route up the hill. So I stayed, gave my info to the officers, did what I could, etc.

The cyclist was talking and able to move his limbs before the paramedics got there, and although he was cut up and bruised, hopefully he is otherwise okay. There was a second cyclist that arrived who knew him and called the mother and father...the father had arrived before the ambulance left.

So...just wanted everyone to know that excitement can happen at any time...watch out for bicyclists next time you drive.

Last night, the dolphins threw me to Mexico...

2007-08-17T17:54:07Z

Last night, the dolphins threw me to Mexico…and you were already there…and of course my clothes were dry…that's why the ground was wet where I washed ashore, duh!

Insomnia leads to some interesting dreams...

If you ever get the chance to be thrown in the air by a dolphin (WAY up in the air), make sure you re-enter the water at a bit of an angle, so you don't go as deep, and can surface for air more quickly...

Equal? And Opposite

2007-08-05T06:00:11Z

Consider the following:

Right – Wrong

Good – Bad

Light – Dark

Black – White

Give – Take

Pure – Impure

Male – Female

“Good” – “Evil”

Clean – Dirty

When are the lines crossed from one side to the other? Where are the boundaries?

Oy! Pinata!

2007-08-03T23:44:02Z

So today might not be a typical work day, but I gotta say:

Pinatas are awesome!! I can't believe that we got to actually swing at and break a pinata at our lunch event today. Okay, so I didn't get a chance to take a swing, but I got plenty of candy and toys, so I'm happy. (Yes, I got excited about stupid little plastic toys! I think the sugar-high from the candy might have helped out a bit with that.)

So, go ahead, get jealous...you wish you got to play with pinatas at your work too. That's okay...you prolly get better paychecks than I do.

I think I'll get back to work for a few before it is time to go home...yay! It's Friday!

Once upon a time...

2007-07-23T23:32:19Z

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful girl that parallel parked in Seattle all by herself, on a real city street, with people standing on the sidewalk and everything. And she rocked it! Perfect spacing, close to the curb - everything!

The End