More Ebay Stuff I Don't Need

Once again, I say - VILE ebay! Terrible, terrible ebay! (not really ebay, I love you, plz never leave me *petpet*)

Yes, I bid and won on two more items tonight. One is the theatrical version of LOTR. I already had the theatrical VHS tape and the 4-disk Extended Edition DVD, but the theatrical DVD had things on it that I don't get with the other two. Plus, I don't know if this is true or not, but I hear there's more Figwit in the widescreen version. *crosses fingers*

Secondly, I got the autograph of Erik Thomson, who plays Hades on the old Xena/Hercules shows. Besides all of that, I've been quite lazy today... How about yourselves? I should work on the X-Men RP I'm in, but I can't muster the brain-juice to do it with. Not at the current moment, anyhow. bleh... Need sleep!

current mood:  sleepy

The Life of a Lunch Lady

It's official... If this were the medieval days, I would be known as a bar wench. If we were all back in school, I would be your lunch lady. I've got dishpan hands like you wouldn't believe, my singing has become nothing but 'noise' to the customers, and my hairnet makes me look like someone you would call 'Dorris'. Things are always going to be this pathetic, aren't they?

Alright, so maybe it's worth it, since the money is so good, and my boss and her sister are pretty decent to work for, and the job is quite easy when the retarded second shift lady isn't always acting like such a moronic beauty queen. *rolls eyes at her.* *picks them up and rolls them again*

On the upside, because my hands are so horribly dry, I have a new excuse to use my Holiday Collection Bath & Body Works lotion. It's mainly for Christmas, since it has a slight scent of pine, but it feels so good on my hands and smells delightful, so I'm using it again. It's called Laurel Berry Garland. If you're ever in a Christmas-y mood, I would highly recommend it.

Also, might I note: Ebay is horrid. We hates it, preciousss... We curses it! But yet at the same time, I can't help but to be thankful that such a thing exists. Where else can you screw people over and get screwed at the same time, but be pleased about it? Don't answer that...

Why the conflict? I think I may be in the first stages of developing a nasty little 'bidding' habit. I've already sent off about $90 worth of money orders for objects I've won. It's horrible. I see something that only has a minute left that I feel I must have, and with a click of a button, it's mine! Most of the time, I'm wondering how I'll get the money for it, thinking that where there's a will, there's a way. Dangerous thing to get into. I don't want to leave it, though. There's so much there to get, that it's like having a birthday every other week! From Hercules videos just to have one episode in particular to see Hades, to an autographed Figwit card.

Anyway... That is all for now. I am getting pretty sleepy...

~ me ~
A.K.A... Dorris.

P.S. Weebles wobble... but they don't fall down.

My Elfwood Gallery

Groovy. I have an Elfwood gallery, now...

http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/loth/s/i/simmons3/simmons3.html

It's not much, and some really low quality pictures are on there. I was only trying to get it started... Anyway, thar it be! I hope to get something actually decent on there later on. Actually, I personally love my two Figwit pictures because they mean something to ME, but other than that, the morning glory and sorceress lady pics are bad quality... I don't know... They were good at the time when I made them back in the day, but now days? I've seen SO much better art out there in the land of the internet! I feel unworthy sometimes... lol

Current Mood: sleepy
Current Music: Is Your Love Strong Enough - Tangerine Dream

I'm a Hobbit!

Check it out! I'm a Hobbit! (click to enlarge)

I use myself on a LOTR RP, and I fixed myself up to look like a guy, calling myself Hob Boffins. Cute, ain't it? lol I even have the hairy feet! This is how I looked when I went to see The Two Towers movie with my bestest friend Tahnee! These aren't pictures from that night, but I did the costume AGAIN so I could get pictures and show you guys!

current mood:  amused
current music: Come What May - Moulin Rouge

Someone Was Shot Next Door

I haven't written in forever! Well, technically, it's been shorter than forever, but still... Quite a long time, I must say... The reason why is simple, really. Life takes over, you know? I'm still quite thrilled about my new baby niece! But when good things happen, bad things often happen as well...

Just last night, there was a shooting in the apartment right next to me. I was lucky I wasn't in my room that late at night, because the room it happened in was just a wall across from mine, my bed right up against it. All I heard was what sounded like a slamming up against the wall, obviously from the shot, I imagine. Then a lot of footsteps hurtled down the stairs. What got my attention was outside when I kept hearing a kid saying "oh my god" so I cracked open the window to listen. They mentioned something about getting shot and suicide. Anyway, the police came soon after and it was confirmed that it was a self-inflicted wound made by a shotgun.

I was irritated at the time, though, because I had to be bothered by writing a police report about what I heard. I was in the middle of doing a RP post, and by the time I got back on, my online friend Steph had left. Now that I look back on it, though, we're lucky the bullet didn't come through the wall or anything!

Anyway, the only other thing I know about it is that it wasn't one of the morons who actually live in the apartment next to us. It was one of the other teenagers that hang around their place, apparently. If you can't tell, I'm not very fond of the neighbors anyway. I don't like to use the term "white trash", but I'm just saying... You know? They're very loud, obnoxious, and have no respect for their neighbors. I'll just leave it at that.

Current Mood:  irate
Current Music: Gollum's Song from the Lord of the Rings TTT Soundtrack

I'm An Aunt!

(Note: This is a previous journal entry made a long time ago, when I used to use DeadJournal as my main social journal writing place.)

Saturday, February 8th, 2003

My brother had a baby yesterday! Well not HIM exactly, but he and his girlfriend did. If HE had the baby, we would be rich! lol We traveled back to my hometown of Perryville for the birth of my niece, Jolie Nicole Simmons. I'm an Aunt! This is SO exciting! And it was so cold! And there was no heat in the van! But it was an amazing experience, and she is SUCH a beautiful girl!

The plan was for her to be delivered normally, but after pushing for about an hour, she was stuck, and just couldn't come through the birth canal, so Jeanne had to have a cesarean section. We weren't in the delivery room, of course. Here's a picture of my mom and my bother Tommy, and one of my brother's friends. My brother is ALWAYS acting silly! lol (Just click to enlarge.)

Jeanne's brother Damien also showed up with his girlfriend Samantha, who is also one of my bestest friends.

Anyway, once Jolie was finally born, they sent us to another room so they could bring in the baby while they took care of Jeanne. My brother came in, shaking like a leaf, his voice trembling, and said "Grandma, say hello to your grandson." We were all SHOCKED! And to our surprise, he said "Just kidding, it's a girl!" Like I said, he is ALWAYS acting silly  :-D  He was even able to joke at a time like that  :-)

When Jeanne was fixed up, I checked in on her and snapped a quick pick of her sleeping, but strangely enough, she sleeps with her eyes open! lol

After we got to see Jolie, they took her to the baby area to do all of the standard newborn stuff... I got more pictures there of my brother with her. He's such a proud daddy!

It was hard to get any decent pictures because one, my camera is low quality, and two, I was having to take pictures behind the glass window. Only he was allowed into the actual room. But here's the first picture I got of my beautiful niece! If her eyes look goopy, it's because of the stuff they put in babys' eyes after they are born. The only sad thing is that because she was in the birth canal for so long, she was born with a sort of "cone head", but the doctors say that in a month or so, it should shape back to normal, and she'll have a regular round head again :-)

Finally, Jeanne woke up and they took the baby into the room, and we got to visit with the new momma.

I was able to get a few more pictures of Jolie up close and personal. Isn't she such an angel?

Jeanne's bestest friend Rachel was there, too. I'm not very fond of Rachel, but I got a picture for them to have of her holding Jolie anyway... I'm just sad that I didn't think to get one of my mom, my brother, of me, or even Jeanne holding her!

They have the nursery all set up, too! I got pictures of it while I was at the house. Their theme is Peter Rabbit  :-D  (Not my theme of choice but it IS pretty cute!)

Current Mood:  jubilant
Current Music: Gollum's Song from the Lord of the Rings TTT Soundtrack