tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19224793324119209072024-03-13T11:48:15.535-04:00Life as I Know iticequeen100http://www.blogger.com/profile/14832331155600429798noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922479332411920907.post-62188607726016053392014-10-05T01:51:00.003-04:002014-10-05T01:51:53.630-04:00I've got to come on here more often.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I've thought about it on occasion, but have always passed it off as one of those "I'll do it later" type of things. Hopefully that will fall by the wayside. We'll see.<br />
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It's currently 1:45 AM, and I was quite honestly feeling pretty bored, hence this short blurb. A lot has changed since I last posted. I'm going for an MSW, and so far things are going better than expected (of course, It's still early.) I WAS planning on moving out to Colorado sometime this month, but that completely fell through in the misunderstanding of misunderstandings. All is good though. I still have good friends, and two good jobs. both have their own ups and downs, but I feel that they are currently where i'm meant to be at in the moment. How are you all doing? If someone's still out there reading this, let me know.</div>
icequeen100http://www.blogger.com/profile/14832331155600429798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922479332411920907.post-29416154217608269842013-10-02T20:39:00.000-04:002013-10-02T20:39:04.995-04:00A Realization.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 18px;">So hey, how are ya?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 18px;">(long post ahead warning)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 18px;">I have recently (yesterday) came to a realization about myself and how I look at life. No, this isn't going to be one of those "I find Jesus and go into a convent" posts. that's NEVER gonna happen. So don't worry.</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 18px;"> Okay. Now that's out of the way...<br /><br />I came to my realization while eating a tasty meatball sandwich at Subway. The epiphany I had went something like this- picture having an internal dialogue with your conscience, if you will.<br /><br />"This isn't really good for you."<br />"I know that, and I don't care."<br />"You SHOULD care."<br />"Aaaaannnd why is that?"<br />"Because the only one you're hurting by eating all this crappy-ass food is YOURSELF."<br /><br />Now, none of you know me all that well. I happen to be considered (maybe?) 'Morbidly Obese' by those health people that make those decisions from wherever. I am 265 pounds, and it shows. I have been ashamed of myself for quite some time because i have been carrying (in the form of my weight) a lot of guilt around some stuff that has never been, nor will ever be, my cross to bear. That guilt rightfully belongs on someone else's shoulders...but I digress. I also use it as a defense mechanism, and I'm not going to lie, it's worked pretty goddamned well for a very long time.<br /><br />Yesterday I decided that all of it was bullshit. no one else is going to be suffering the physical maladies I'll eventually have from carrying this extra heft around. I'll be doing that. No one else is gonna be paying them bills either. Again, that will be me. So...I think I've finally smartened up, and have already started making healthier eating choices. So...I guess that's it. That's all I wanted to say.</span></div>
icequeen100http://www.blogger.com/profile/14832331155600429798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922479332411920907.post-61056610951917268682013-03-17T09:03:00.002-04:002013-03-17T09:03:46.411-04:00MusclePharm and Me<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
So, as part of my healthy weight loss- workout regimen, I've decided to start talking about the steps I'm taking to get there. I use the Men's Health Spartacus workouts regularly, and have decided to integrate some MusclePharm products into my routine.<br />
MusclePharm is a line of supplements used by the UFC, and the research I did showed positive reviews, so I decided that this is the brand I would start my first truly serious attempt at weight loss and working out with. Since I'm on vacation, I plan on starting up my jogging routine again this year as well.<br />
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Shred Matrix is the first tool I plan on using in my MP arsenal. while you can take up to six pills a day, I'm not (only taking 2, which according to the directions is fine.) They have an 8 stage weight-loss system, which could be legit or just clever marketing - we shall see. Reccommended for usage 30 minutes before breakfast and lunch, and not reccommended within 6 hours of bedtime (I took my first afternoon dosage at around 2 yesterday afternoon and didn't sleep until approximately 3 am this morning - no idea if that was caused by that or the fact I was on a roll with Dead Space 2.)<br />
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The next tool I plan on utilizing is Assault - I see it as a "pre-workout Crystal Light". You also utilize this 20-30 minutes before a workout, and it comes in a variety of flavors. I got raspberry lemonade.<br />
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I have not tried this yet, but plan on doing so today, and if I remember to do so I will tell you all what I think.<br />
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Last but not least, I'm going to be using Combat, a protein powder.<br />
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While you can take this anytime during the day, I intend on using it as my post workout. This too also comes in a variety of flavors - I snagged the triple berry, and intend on making smoothies with it (trying it out with chia seeds - never had them before but heard they're supposed to be wicked good for you! Check them out!)<br />
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While I didn't provide a shit ton of information here about these products, these and more can be found at <a href="http://www.musclepharm.com/">MusclePharm</a>, <a href="http://www.bodybuilding.com/">Bodybuilding</a>, or other supplement stores.</div>
icequeen100http://www.blogger.com/profile/14832331155600429798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922479332411920907.post-68745887184310009342013-01-09T00:27:00.001-05:002013-01-09T00:27:14.655-05:00Craptastic Spamming is Craptastic. Spammer, this one's for you.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Stop it. Really. Not that the spam is coming up in the comments anyways, but getting email after email of "cheap nfl jerseys", hoity-toity fashionista purses, etc. is getting old as shit. I think the one I enjoyed the most was reading where you claimed to be getting a ton of spam yourself, then provided a link to your site per usual. You're not getting anywhere with them, Spammy, so knock it off.</div>
icequeen100http://www.blogger.com/profile/14832331155600429798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922479332411920907.post-85941087940163732012-08-08T19:10:00.000-04:002012-08-08T19:10:01.160-04:00Misadventure in Online Dating - The Meet<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Honestly, what the FUCK was I thinking meeting this guy??? So here goes, a play by play of my time with "A", the only guy I've met through eharmony.</div>
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Sunday went well, with two notable exceptiions - He told me he was at the bus station, so I went to go get him at the one I thought we had both agreed upon going to - however, he wasn't there. I called him to ask him where he was, and he was actually at the Greyhound stop. No big deal, so I went there instead, and he apologized for not telling me which one he was at. He also took paint off my (admittedly cheap) bumper by putting his heavier than hell suitcase in my car. We had a nice dinner and nice conversation, but he just seemed...off. Talking about some things where I was thinking to myself "...dude...I don't really care..." and just being overly...unemotional with things he could have shown more emotion about. Must have been the meds.</div>
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Monday went very well. We went out for breakfast, napped, watched the Olympics. I got my offical job offer from a position I start next week, and we went for a hike. He met my father and that went ok, met my mom's boyfriend, which also went fine, and then we went out to eat dinner....which ended up being a clusterfuck of epic proportions. He was like hitting on the waitress- Like...WTF man...obviously I didn't have a claim to him, but lets be real...we met on EHARMONY, a dating website, and here he is HITTING on our waitress. But I digress.</div>
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So we finish our meal, and go out to the car, where all of a sudden he opens his mouth and decides it would be a great idea to ask me this - "Have you ever been with women before?"</div>
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"Uh, no! Why the hell would you even ask me that?"</div>
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"Well, I'm just getting this masculine vibe from you, and I think you'd have a very good chance of hooking up with women....like, I get this vibe that you like the waitress, and I think you two would be a good match."</div>
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ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS.</div>
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So I was in shock for the rest of the night, trying to rein in my emotions, as we went mini-golfing that night. When I returned home, he and I talked on Facebook, where I told him how I was feeling (kind of).</div>
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TUESDAY</div>
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Tuesday didn't start well. I went to his hotel, and we had a nice liittle chat about what happened the night before. I basically told him that he'd hurt me quite a bit by saying what he'd said, and I told him that if he had been with anyone else, they would have left his ass in the restaurant parking lot. He didn't really seem to get what I was saying, and offered free diving lessons, as well as a half-hearted apology, and asked if my father would still be willing to cook fish on the grill if he caught them. Uh, NO. </div>
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So I canceled my part of the kayaking/camping trip (which in turn, canceled HIS trip as well) and he went fishing. Upon my return back to where he was staying from a town thirty minutes away (had to drop off paperwork) we went to lunch, where I made it clear in no uncertain turns that if he wanted to hang out here in my state for the rest of the week, he was more than welcome to do so, but that I wouldn't be hanging out with him anymore. Long story short, he left Tuesday afternoon, and I've been much happier since.</div>
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ARTIST- TITLE: <i>Pink
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As one of those albums that
actively tells a story throughout, this story (to me) is about the life of a
man from childhood to adulthood, dealing with the loss of his father during
World War II, as well as dealing with the fallout of that from his mother,
whose authoritarian and domineering personality, not to mention the teachers at
the school he has to go to sets the stage for his later problems in life, which
(again, guessing here) appear to be drug usage and delusions, as well as being
used by people he trusts, and others he barely knows. Finally being forced to
confront his inner demons (The Trial) he is made to destroy the wall he has
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For as
long as I can remember (and from what some of you know, based on conversations
in Rock Stars), “Comfortably Numb” has been the first (if not THE) first
classic rock song I can recall listening to on the radio. One of my sisters
grew up liking them immensely, and I’m happy to say I agree with her. “Comfortably
Numb”, and the album in general, resonates with me in a way that VERY FEW
albums do, by any artist. If you even remotely consider yourself a classic rock
fan or aficionado, and you DON’T have this album, then you are seriously
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Artists
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yes, yet another post about the addiction known as turntable.fm. This site has recently spawned a competitor, and has been able to secure support from record companies, as well as go worldwide (recent reports state that this worldwide takeover will take approximately two years), and yet there are many out there in the interwebs that has no idea a site like this exists (a recent visitor to a room I frequent stated that he'd only found out about turntable after searching for coding jobs on Google). The site has made some improvements and changes since I last talked about it - they've introduced "laptop stickers", added more songs to their library, changed their graphical look (slighlty), especially when checking out someone else's profile, and has supposedly decreased the loading time they have been struggling to deal with for the past year or so. Here's hoping for more improvements in the future :)<br />
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So, it is the 15th, and as of yet with my profile I have yet to receive any communication from anybody, haha. So, with that said, I began to cull those who had been on my list for over a month and hadn't written back to me if I'd communicated to them, people who'd been on my list for a month, period, and others who for some reason or another just didn't seem to fly with me. However, I did communicate with some over the new "questions" feature they have, as well as sending some email about relatively safe topics, so we shall see if any write me back.</div>icequeen100http://www.blogger.com/profile/14832331155600429798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922479332411920907.post-71257028246115572062012-02-15T23:34:00.000-05:002012-02-15T23:34:17.246-05:00Turntable.fm<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
So last year I found myself begging a friend for an invite into the beta, and I'm going to be honest - turntable.fm is addictive as Hell. While in beta there may have only been one or two extensions for use (and most of those for Chrome,) there are now extensions for Firefox as well.<br />
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If you haven't checked it out yet, definitely give it a try. You'll be glad you did. :)</div>icequeen100http://www.blogger.com/profile/14832331155600429798noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922479332411920907.post-18850227231277317112012-01-21T23:47:00.001-05:002012-01-21T23:47:22.082-05:00Adventures of Online Dating, Part - You know what? Forget it<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
So once again, I decided to take the initiative and sent out another message to a potential date talking about a professional team we both like. While he did check out my profile almost immediately after I sent it, he didn't write me back. I am such a sad panda right now. Really. No joke.</div>icequeen100http://www.blogger.com/profile/14832331155600429798noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922479332411920907.post-58764093239814353772012-01-13T22:15:00.002-05:002012-01-13T22:15:30.716-05:00Online Dating: Day 3<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
So yeah. Nothing really new to report, other than in some of the profiles that I've viewed, the person in them is just trying too hard. Look man, I know you're trying to show all the activities you take part in with your full-body photos - that's nice. What I don't want to see is that you...erm...'lean' to the left. I don't need to know that shit, and neither does anyone else at this point. Day-um.</div>icequeen100http://www.blogger.com/profile/14832331155600429798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922479332411920907.post-46780723543415196082012-01-11T18:02:00.002-05:002012-01-11T18:02:31.352-05:00Online Dating, Day 1: Danger, Danger!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
So, I checked my profile today on my site and have gotten six views so far. I don't know whether or not I mentioned this yesterday, but I checked out this guys profile and sent him a message saying "hey man, what's up?" LOL, according to a friend of mine, that isn't the best way to message someone when looking at potentially starting a relationship (hey all, I'm new at this shit guys - haven't really been in an "actual" relationship, so...yeah.) Should be interesting to see how this works out...</div>icequeen100http://www.blogger.com/profile/14832331155600429798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922479332411920907.post-26042948032342233492012-01-10T18:47:00.000-05:002012-01-10T18:47:20.793-05:00New Happenings...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
2012 has started out with a bang for me so far. One of my jobs dropped me to a measly six hours a week; however, I have some promising interviews lined up so hopefully one of them pans out. I also have (LMAO) joined a dating site, which I'm sure will provide me with many laughs.<br />
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I have also made a couple of New Years' resolutions to myself; the first one is to work out at least once a day. While that one has been broken, I have been working out more in order to better myself physically. The other one was to cut soda and energy drinks out of my daily life ENTIRELY, and I am happy to say that so far I have succeeded - drank the rest of my caffinated stash on New Year's Eve and quit cold turkey afterwords. So that's what's going on with me. Hopefully this year will be everything 2011 wasn't for me - better.</div>icequeen100http://www.blogger.com/profile/14832331155600429798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922479332411920907.post-24400912378865778762011-03-30T22:20:00.000-04:002011-03-30T22:20:56.299-04:00Donorschoose.org - A damned good donation site.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Recently, due to the Colbert / Fallon back and forth raising money for <a href="http://donorschoose.org/">donors choose</a>, a donation site that Colbert happens to be a member of the Board of Directors, I checked it out last night and...found myself suddenly addicted to helping finish projects for these classrooms. I don't know what it is, but it feels addicting to me, and I like it. If any of you are in a giving mood, please consider this site. You can check out if there are any sites in your area that need donating, and there are a variety of other ways to donate.</div>icequeen100http://www.blogger.com/profile/14832331155600429798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922479332411920907.post-64747584666219272852011-03-17T20:06:00.000-04:002011-03-17T20:06:31.121-04:00Goddamn I need to blog more.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I do, really. Life, such as it is, has been hectic recently and as such I've been putting things off, such as blogging. My bad! <br />
Anyways...so I'm getting a new computer. It's an HP. Was considering Dell but...honestly. Dell didn't even have the i7 chipset I wanted in the computer I was looking at, and their financing is bullshit. Could I have just said "fuck it, Ima build it myself?" Probably, and it would have been ridiculously fun to do so (While I have done some minor customizations to my computers in the past, I have yet to build one) but it also, I suspect, would have been wicked time consuming, and as I have two jobs and am going to school, this isn't even remotely a possibility.<br />
The jobs are good, so far. Working in the mental health field is pretty rewarding, and since I like helping others, it's a given that I would enjoy my job. Are there difficult days at times? Naturally, but it's a good job and one that makes me happy. My other job (retail)...meh. Mindnumbingly boring, but it serves its' purpose.<br />
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I hope all of you out there are having a good St. Patrick's Day. :)<br />
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<div>So...who's going to run out in February and get one?<br />
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1) To get in better shape. Starting later on this morning, gotta hit the treadmill or (if it's going to get above 45 degrees *fingers crossed!*) maybe go for a jog outside.<br />
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2) To be in NYC for New Year's 2012. Already got a list going of people who want to go, lol.<br />
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3) To get my MA and head back to MA. Yup.<br />
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4) To be a better person in general, and to live my life to the highest standards I have; honor, justice and truthiness for all.<br />
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5) To go to a LIVE taping of the Colbert Report or The Daily Show *sigh... :) *<br />
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What are some of yours? Don't be shy...share. :)icequeen100http://www.blogger.com/profile/14832331155600429798noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922479332411920907.post-52425035156373220872011-01-01T00:37:00.000-05:002011-01-01T00:37:47.027-05:00Happy New Year!May 2011 be a great year for us all. Peace. :)icequeen100http://www.blogger.com/profile/14832331155600429798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922479332411920907.post-75474597489204280812010-12-29T19:45:00.000-05:002010-12-29T19:45:54.751-05:00P90X - PlyometricsUh...not going to happen today I'm afraid...was supposed to do it yesterday but never got around to doing it, and then of course at work last night I fucked up my knee, which is kind of...important for Plyo, which is also known as "jump training." (I know, excuses, excuses...) Anyways, I'm going to be doing Shoulders and Arms tonight, which is one of my favorite P90X workouts to do, other than Yoga X.icequeen100http://www.blogger.com/profile/14832331155600429798noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922479332411920907.post-42908559559493161132010-12-28T08:58:00.001-05:002010-12-28T09:29:12.704-05:00P90X- Week 1, Chest and Back, Ab Ripper XWell, I had to heavily modify the workout; not because of personal limitations but because I have nowhere for a pull-up/chin-up bar or to hang the bands from. So I just used weights instead.<br />
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And yeah, I'm pretty much starting right from the beginning, lol. My numbers were pretty bad, hahaha, but I got through. Ab Ripper though I only lasted a couple of minutes, but that's fine; as Tony says, you gotta just keep hitting play, right...? :)icequeen100http://www.blogger.com/profile/14832331155600429798noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922479332411920907.post-62667049133057401222010-12-27T22:13:00.001-05:002010-12-28T09:26:51.704-05:00P90X. Bring it.So I'm going to attempt starting P90X up again tonight in a couple of minutes. Why? Because I should, and because I can. I don't know what it is, but Tony Horton is a great motivator (and I ended up buying his book, lol.) Anyways, I'll give you guys the info. later about how I do. :)<br />
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If you don't know what P90X is, or know what it is and want to find out more, check it out <a href="http://www.beachbody.com/product/fitness_programs/p90x.do?tnt=P90X_MS2_D2">here</a>.<br />
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Check out the article <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/12/25/2010-12-25_octomom_nadya_suleman__homeless_for_the_holidays.html">here</a>.icequeen100http://www.blogger.com/profile/14832331155600429798noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922479332411920907.post-72945406875605666362010-12-26T12:45:00.001-05:002010-12-26T13:03:30.549-05:00Frigging Snow.What the Hell. Blizzard conditions, REALLY? Kind of irritates me...as I have to work tonight and tomorrow during the day...shit. Man, mother nature is KILLING ME here. I can just imagine how bad the driving conditions will be...<br />
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So, my question to you readers is this: Snow: horrible weather or shitty weather? :)icequeen100http://www.blogger.com/profile/14832331155600429798noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922479332411920907.post-21848987436494235782010-12-25T15:00:00.000-05:002010-12-25T15:00:20.966-05:00Merry Christmas all!And now, a video. Hope everyone got what they wanted today, and was able to share the day with their loved ones. :)<br />
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