As per usual for me, I'm late in writing. First, I wanted to wish a very happy birthday to lilmissmagic71 . I hope you had a fabulous day. Also, a very happy birthday to beeker121 who celebrates today. I hope it's awesome! Also, I am officially out of therealljidol . Thanks to all who read, commented, voted, or gave my entries space on your pages. All the best of luck to the...

borrowed from beeker121   I think these things are fun! And who wants to be doing work right now anyway!  1. Started your own blog 2. Slept under the stars 3. Played in a band 4. Visited Hawaii 5. Watched a meteor shower 6. Given more than you can afford to charity 7. Been to Disneyland/world 8. Climbed a mountain 9. Held a praying mantis 10. Sang a solo 11. Bungee jumped 12. Visited...

So, here is a list of the entries that moved me most this week. These are listed in alphabetical order. Many of them happen to have been written by people on the flist, but not all. Many of them are from people within my own tribe. They each have merrit, and, if you have some extra time, definitely check out these people and shoot them some votes. Comments will be screened, just in case people get...

therealljidol poll is up HERE and it's time to vote. Please take a look at my entry for this week, found HERE and take the time to vote for it if you liked it. You do not have to be a member of the community to vote this time. Some of the entries really stood out this week. I'd like to recommend tijuanagringo , monkeysugarmama , alexpgp , az_starshine...

I've never done a 12 of 12 before, so I thought what better day to do one than on my birthday! Right? It was pretty fun to do, although, as expected, I have to throw in some bonus pictures. This is me, in the morning, after checking my million Facebook Wall posts and LiveJournal comments. I strolled into work around 10:00. Welcome to my cubicle, guys! There was a caricature artist...

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I have Christmas cards!! Come see!! Thank you asyouleft , jeweleglantine , astrothsknot (and Stewart), soydolcelatte , trystan830 , trileaderroses , trillian276709 , tariel22 , jules_411 , aliaseverus , beeker121 , grrli , gonturan , robinchristine , alcorandmizar , jaimsie...

The weekend continued to be full of adventure, as I attended ariiadne 's birthday meatsmoking and met some cool new people. But the big event of the night was to be afterward, as I picked up danea and ellric and headed toward the Bridge Theatre for the "Once More with Feeling" Singalong . If you are completely unfamiliar with this phenomenon, think of it as Rocky Horror...

I realized I neglected to start the August challenge, so let's get geared up for September!  A new school year is a good time to start.  Comment to this post and I'll add your challenge.  atthebeachgirl :  Drink more water and stop drinking soda.  Try at least one new recipe each week to expand my cooking repertoire.  Go to bed before 11pm.  petunia846 :  Lots and lots of judo. ...

I'm just updating this post and bumping it back up - please feel free to add comments and I'll update again later this week! As it stands right now: firesign10 : minimum of 2 workouts a week at the gym for this month; as a co-mod here, posting in the 'Peas at least once a week. cmbarrytx : work on some good stress relieving strategies, besides my normal workouts. Mix-up my workout...