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  <title>Notations and Divinations</title>
  <subtitle>take to the scry</subtitle>
  <author>
    <name>Mandee</name>
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  <updated>2009-08-04T18:11:02Z</updated>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pianoscry:193085</id>
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    <title>what is this thing called LJ you speak of</title>
    <published>2009-08-04T18:11:02Z</published>
    <updated>2009-08-04T18:11:02Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Yeah I just came by to see how this place was... I am on facebook now as I said in my previous post.. If you added me on there and I didn't add you back please try again!  I was away from it for a few months.  I also might not know your real name so please say you know me from LJ.. Thanks and who knows, I may be back on here...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Later,&lt;br /&gt;Mandee Ferrier Roberts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS yeah I got married! :D :D</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pianoscry:192953</id>
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    <title>Dear LJ,</title>
    <published>2008-06-12T21:43:26Z</published>
    <updated>2008-06-12T21:43:26Z</updated>
    <content type="html">*Hugs* it's been a while since I posted to livejournal.. and even now I'm sneaking around it by using a facebook app.  I've been on fb for a couple of months now and I like it there!  Although my lj is prettier.  And I miss some of the friends I had on lj that I don't have on fb!  So add me on there, if you got one.  And you're out there reading this in LJ land, and you care.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm not on myspace ever ever.. maybe now that school is out I'll update that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had to go in briefly today and now I am officially completely done with going into and/or seeing that building for a good while now, and it feels good.  I've already started some house projects, flooring and dale's office is next.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have a new song that I recorded a couple of weeks ago, it's in iLike&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://apps.facebook.com/ilike/artist/Mandee+Ferrier"&gt;http://apps.facebook.com/ilike/artist/Mandee+Ferrier&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Planning on recording more this summer of course!!  Not much has changed, it seems. I'm happy that I have the urge to write at all.  More later.</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pianoscry:192720</id>
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    <title>What Do You Have To Say? - Music: My First Favorite Band</title>
    <published>2007-09-15T14:31:13Z</published>
    <updated>2007-09-15T14:31:13Z</updated>
    <category term="writer&amp;apos;s block"/>
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    <category term="hpmusic"/>
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&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;div style='border: 1px solid #000; padding: 6px;'&gt;&lt;p&gt;What was the first band you became a fan of?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='font-size: 0.8em;'&gt;Brought to you by HP | &lt;a href="http://www.livejournal.com/misc/hp_contest.bml"&gt;Contest&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://community.livejournal.com/lj_contests/4344.html"&gt;Vote for Winners!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;input type="button" value="Answer" onclick="document.location.href='http://www.livejournal.com/update.bml?qotd=27'" /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.livejournal.com/misc/latestqotd.bml?qid=27"&gt;View 500 Answers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- end .appwidget-qotd --&gt;
The Beatles!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mommy had all their records.  I even have a bootleg vinyl for "Get Back".  Can't wait to see the new movie!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wow, livejournal!  I had all but forgotten about you.  It's school world for me now.  We cast Joseph and our first rehearsal is Monday.  I'm getting the band together for it, going over the music and picking out solos, and working on tough spots (where's my metronome that beats 7/8 and/or 9/8?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Going on a photo store run today, for more tanks and reels.  My photo group is three times the size it was last year, so I need more supplies!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally closing down the swimming pool for the year.  I wish we could take it out and put a large hot tub in its place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tomorrow is the MD wine fest!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can't say when I'll be back on here.</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pianoscry:192388</id>
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    <title>pianoscry @ 2007-07-31T15:19:00</title>
    <published>2007-07-31T19:46:38Z</published>
    <updated>2007-07-31T19:46:38Z</updated>
    <category term="summer"/>
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    <content type="html">Ooohhh I am trying not to think about the summer drawing to a close!  I am having way too much fun.  Saw 311 with Matisyahu this past weekend in Philly.  It was a great show.  Matisyahu impressed me and I managed to record some video when he came out with 311 to rap during Lovesong.  I have to clean up the audio though, it's terrible..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Speaking of which I think I will see if I can tweak the audio on the Come Down Spinkle vid before I post it.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've been playing and planning for Joseph- the music is really good.  Quite a variety of styles in one show.  There are some things I want to do with it and I feel like I need to break down and buy a sampler workstation.. they are sooo expensive.. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The best news of the past week or so is that I got Nicole and I Platinum VIP tickets to see Tori Amos in D.C.  We will get to sit in on her soundcheck, meet her, get a gift bag, and be seated in the first several rows.  I am EXCITED!!  It's not til October..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh Tori fans on my list, I made my profile at &lt;a href="http://www.toriamos.com/user/pianoscry"&gt;http://www.toriamos.com/user/pianoscry&lt;/a&gt; so add me as a friend on there!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well I got the rights to do How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.  Is that the musical I should direct this year?  I think I have the right group for it, but it's a comedy and the version of Robin Hood I am directing is also a comedy.. kinda want to do something more serious.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I finished Deathly Hallows in less than two days last week.  it was like crack.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I really want my schedule for my classes I'm teaching!!  I'm anxious so I'm going in tomorrow.  I have a ton of art supplies and books to drop off anyway.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Got almost 4/5 goal songs at least started.. want to do 5 song ep (at the very least) in the next few months.  Depends if I get any new equipment.</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pianoscry:191979</id>
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    <title>pianoscry @ 2007-01-19T07:46:00</title>
    <published>2007-01-19T12:46:44Z</published>
    <updated>2007-01-19T12:46:44Z</updated>
    <content type="html">I'm never here!  Boooo!</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pianoscry:191617</id>
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    <title>Breaktime!</title>
    <published>2006-12-23T14:06:11Z</published>
    <updated>2006-12-23T14:06:11Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Rock on, I'm on break!!  I was in shock for the first two days.  Unreal!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My mom is up here and I'm going out with her and my brother today!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My dad and his wife leave for their honeymoon today- they are spending Christmas in Thailand and Laos.  Crazy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On Wednesday night I played at our school's little coffeehouse night.  I played:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Snowdust Waltz&lt;br /&gt;River (Joni Mitchell)&lt;br /&gt;Tennessee Christmas (Amy Grant)- but I changed it to "Baltimore" Christmas :)&lt;br /&gt;Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.. and that's that.  It was fun!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let's see... I plan on doing a lot of visiting with family and friends over this next week, eating, and not much else!!!  I'm really enjoying every second of this break.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maybe I'll even get to log in to myspace.  Maybe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hmmmmm Guess I'll read my flist with some coffee and then enjoy my day.  Merry merry merry merry merry!</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pianoscry:191314</id>
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    <title>always playing ketchup</title>
    <published>2006-12-02T19:25:43Z</published>
    <updated>2006-12-02T19:25:43Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Ahhhh no time anymore for lj&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well I guess I made time today.. HI!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eatsleepbreathe my school.  We finished up &lt;i&gt;Annie&lt;/i&gt; which was a success and now we're starting &lt;i&gt;Grease&lt;/i&gt;!  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm so busy with school that I don't really have time for lj, don't have time for MY music (although I'm playing everyone elses') so that's what Saturdays are for I guess.. we're gonna put up some Christmas decs today too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanksgiving was nice, spent it at Grandmother's.. miss my mom and bro and sis a lot.. miss Nicole too!!  Haven't seen my dad since his wedding either.  Think we're going to Annapolis next Sat night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Found out we have to move out in April when our lease is up because they are renovating the apts and we can't be in here.  This is annoying bc we wanted to get a house and we really can't afford one here.  So we'll have to switch to maybe a 2BR in the same complex for just one year and then have money for a house?  We're sick of throwing our money away on rent!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Got a lot of grading to do this weekend and technology wrassling, and plan everything for the rest of the semester.. and all the stuff I need to do for &lt;i&gt;Grease&lt;/i&gt; auditions this week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Think it's either time to throw a load of laundry in and put up Xmas decs or lose myself at the piano... either or...</content>
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    <title>I want to update</title>
    <published>2006-10-15T16:22:03Z</published>
    <updated>2006-10-15T16:22:03Z</updated>
    <content type="html">But I don't really know what to write.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;it's been a long while since i've been on here, you'd think I'd have something to say.. but I don't, not really.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just been busy doing my job.. doing the play.. no time for internet other than a brief email check.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday, I got my hair cut and i got new glasses.  Looks cute!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One day, I'll let loose on here.  But for now I guess this crab is still in her shell.</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pianoscry:190559</id>
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    <title>pianoscry @ 2006-09-23T11:24:00</title>
    <published>2006-09-23T15:24:51Z</published>
    <updated>2006-09-23T15:24:51Z</updated>
    <content type="html">What'd I miss?  :P</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pianoscry:190338</id>
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    <title>video clip!</title>
    <published>2006-09-11T04:25:30Z</published>
    <updated>2006-09-11T04:25:30Z</updated>
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    <lj:music>[adult swim]</lj:music>
    <content type="html">In case you couldn't catch my tv show tonight, here's the link to the video clip:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://cgi.nationalgeographic.com/channel/video/cgi-bin/NGPortal.pl?bitrate=400k&amp;clip=104133805"&gt;http://cgi.nationalgeographic.com/channel/video/cgi-bin/NGPortal.pl?bitrate=400k&amp;clip=104133805&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Barefoot&lt;/i&gt; closed today.  It was such a good play.  I'm so happy to have been a part of it!  It's those kids that keep me sane.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another long week ahead as I go into production on &lt;i&gt;Annie&lt;/i&gt;!  I might get on here in like a week or so?  Comment if I missed anything, anything at all, that you might want me to know.  The flist reading has been non-existant.  :(&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;need shleep</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pianoscry:190069</id>
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    <title>I live!</title>
    <published>2006-09-04T15:48:35Z</published>
    <updated>2006-09-04T15:48:35Z</updated>
    <content type="html">However, "I" will "die" this Sunday, September 10 at 10 pm on the National Geographic Channel!  The title of the show is "Hunter and Hunted: Ambush".  You've gotta tune in if you can (it will be rerun at 1 am and various other times).  I'm "dying" to see what you think! (Okay, okay, enough of that :P)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh man, am I under a lot of stress right now.  Yesterday I spent half the day crying and the other half at play practice.  I feel better today now that I got it all out.  Just stressed about school, and getting everything together.  I could complain for days, but not in a public entry :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am teaching the following subjects this year:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Music 6&lt;br /&gt;Music 7&lt;br /&gt;Music 8&lt;br /&gt;Art 6&lt;br /&gt;Art 7&lt;br /&gt;Art 8&lt;br /&gt;Photography (high school)&lt;br /&gt;Dramatic Arts (high school)&lt;br /&gt;Choral Music (high school)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9 classes!  Lord, help me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I really do wish I had more time to be on here and yes, even myspace, to connect with my friends.. but I barely have time to visit my friends and family IRL, let alone on the intertubes.  Wish I could take the time to play with the new layouts on here. :/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I do have a lot of fun activities and lessons planned for this year.  I am excited, nervous, anxious, and stressed though.  The first day of classes for my school is tomorrow!  I guess I have it lucky as a lot of people started back last week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just want everything to be wonderful!  I'm trying my best not to let anything slip through the cracks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Right now I'm working on the play "Barefoot in the Park".  It opens this weekend.  Immediately after that closes we go into production on "Annie" at the girls' school.  Then directly following that, it's my school's musical.  Then sometime in February I'll get a break from plays- unless I help out with the girls' school play.  Welcome to Mandee's 12-hour work days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Theatre is my life but it's such a huge time commitment!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, time to grab a muffin and continue working on my powerpoint presentation on the history of photography.  I just wanted to get on here and say hi youse guys!</content>
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    <title>pianoscry @ 2006-08-21T18:16:00</title>
    <published>2006-08-21T22:16:36Z</published>
    <updated>2006-08-21T22:16:36Z</updated>
    <content type="html">The busy-ness has officially begun!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This weekend I scored a short film for a challenge, some of you may remember last year when I did that.  This year the theme was Love Story and the script was modern and funny, so I spent Saturday writing and recording for that.  Let me tell you how hard it is to write for a film without seeing the film.  It's pretty random.  I'll link to the movie when it's on the site.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today was the new teacher orientation at school so I went to that because I didn't get any orientation things last year.  I'm excited to start back.. but I have SO MUCH WORK TO DO.  I think my time on lj is going to be slim. :(  Forget myspace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's hard setting up everything from scratch.  But I only have to do it once!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's coming along.  I just need a massage.  Oh and yay, I get health benefits now and can actually go to the dentist and the doctor and get new glasses.. YAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hung my photo show up in the art department and created a little gallery area :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Michelle and I painted the stage the other day for the play ("Barefoot in the Park") and this morning I dumpster scored a fake tree and a rug for the set.  That opens Sept 7.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tomorrow we get tablet PCs!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I still have to make the bulletin boards.  So much to wrap my head around.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And my dad gets married September 16 and I'm playing the wedding!  ay yi yi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally, the National Geographic tv show I did will air (I believe) Sept 10 at 10 pm on the NatGeo cable channel.  I'll post again before then (I HOPE!) to remind you to tune in!!</content>
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    <title>pianoscry @ 2006-08-16T14:02:00</title>
    <published>2006-08-16T18:02:41Z</published>
    <updated>2006-08-16T18:02:41Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">cute thing from &lt;span class='ljuser  ljuser-name_anaisbelieve' lj:user='anaisbelieve' style='white-space: nowrap;'&gt;&lt;a href='http://anaisbelieve.livejournal.com/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='http://anaisbelieve.livejournal.com/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;anaisbelieve&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myheritage.com/FP/Company/celebrity-collage.php" title="Click here to create your own Celebrity Collage" alt="Click here to create your own Celebrity Collage" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://69.93.254.120/F/storage/site1/files/27/92/2792_4385c7953e4401ab0505.jpg" width="500" height="574" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ha!  Maybe I can play Queen Rania in a production about her life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Been busy with school stuff... I finally got my key I was waiting for and I've been cleaning and preparing the darkroom.  Today I spackled all the holes and patched drywall so the dust would be at a minimum.  Tomorrow I paint, scrub the sink, and organize my supplies.  To interest my students and beautify the new art space I want to hang a small "show" of my own photography!  Although most of my best work is currently decorating &lt;i&gt;my&lt;/i&gt; walls!</content>
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    <title>gross</title>
    <published>2006-08-12T17:00:03Z</published>
    <updated>2006-08-12T17:00:03Z</updated>
    <content type="html">I was just reading my friendsfriends.. and somebody is a member of brutalhonesty.. and so from there somehow I ended up reading the too_much_info comm.. and now I'm totally and completely grossed out and upset.  Great.  There's some really disturbing posts in there.</content>
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    <title>pianoscry @ 2006-08-10T17:47:00</title>
    <published>2006-08-10T21:47:32Z</published>
    <updated>2006-08-10T21:47:32Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">I've had a good past couple days now that I'm out and about, but physically not so hot.  Yesterday was a red star day for the old calendar here.  blech.  I'm working on &lt;i&gt;Barefoot in the Park&lt;/i&gt; and it's shaping up!  :)  It runs the first weekend in September.  Lookin' good.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Trying to pick the musical for my school which will be in February!  We're doing &lt;i&gt;Annie&lt;/i&gt; at the girls' school.  SO EXCITED.  I'll be musical director for that.  I think I have the choices down, so why not a poll?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Things to keep in mind:  I want a more contemporary story and score, so I'm leaning toward the jazzy or pop/rock selections.  Ideally we'd like more of an ensemble cast.  Show needs to be fairly popular so we get a good turnout.  No fairy tales this time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.livejournal.com/poll/?id=790161"&gt;View Poll: What musical should we do next?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So that's that.  Feels like I'm back in the rush of things again.</content>
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    <title>Just take a second</title>
    <published>2006-08-08T13:56:09Z</published>
    <updated>2006-08-08T13:56:09Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">and click on my userinfo, &lt;a href="http://pianoscry.livejournal.com/profile"&gt;http://pianoscry.livejournal.com/profile&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just installed a script called GeoVisitors that uses googlemaps to plot where you are!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And then go ahead and click the GeoVisitors image to get your own!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had a weird dream last night.  I was in a movie and Cher was playing my mom.  There were these four little girls aged about five years old running around.  I opened my duffle bag to get out what I wanted to wear but I kept pulling out little girl hats and washcloths with Sesame Street characters on them.  Then I looked at a weather map and saw a hurricane was headed right for Pensacola.  I was happy that Cher was in the movie because I wanted to be a big hit with the gay guys.  :P</content>
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  <entry>
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    <title>dream piano</title>
    <published>2006-08-07T14:01:10Z</published>
    <updated>2006-08-07T14:01:10Z</updated>
    <category term="pianos"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;a href="http://www.fazioli.com"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.fazioli.com/images/big_02.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a Fazioli art case piano.  Isn't it gorgeous?  I think Fazioli is my new obsession.  The pianos are basically handmade and take about three years to make.  I imagine the art case pianos take even longer.  This piano probably costs around $750,000.  I'm not sure because the price isn't listed.  If you have to ask, you can't afford it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This company is special because Fazioli has redesigned the construction of a piano to provide the best possible sound- loud enough to feel like you're playing the entire orchestra, but also maintaining clarity.. no muddy tones.  Fazioli searched the world for the best possible wood that would resonate.. gold plated brass fixtures.. this is "il migliore" (the best!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can't tell in this picture, but it has a FOURTH pedal!  This is a modified soft pedal.  Usually the soft pedal on a piano shifts the hammers so that they only strike one string instead of three.  (Each note in a piano has three strings.)  This fourth pedal moves the hammers closer to the strings so that you can have pianissimo passages that still strike all three strings.  This results in an unparalleled clarity and power yet with a softer dynamic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't need a house, I'll just sleep in that.  It would certainly be more comfortable than the futon I slept on last night.  Ow.  Our bedroom was just too noxious last night due to the mold.  They should be coming in today to take care of it.  It better happen soon.  I have way too much to do to be stuck here waiting yet again.</content>
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    <title>pianoscry @ 2006-08-06T14:01:00</title>
    <published>2006-08-06T18:01:25Z</published>
    <updated>2006-08-06T18:01:25Z</updated>
    <content type="html">I am very upset right now.  So is Dale and he is also making a post.  Sorry for any repeats.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday Dale and I resolved to reorganize the back closet today.  What a disgusting surprise when we got a few boxes in and discovered that the majority of the bottom of the closet was covered in mold.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Two years ago, during Hurricane Isobel, a pipe leaked, we had no idea until a month later we smelled something rank in there and the back of the closet floor was mildewed.  Boxes on the bottom were ruined, including some of Dale's photo albums and other memorabilia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The maintenance people for our apartment "fixed it".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A month or two ago we had some serious rain, so Dale checked the closet and didn't notice any leak or mold.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today, four or five boxes of our stuff is completely trashed.  A box of mine included letters from my high school best friend Abbie, cards from my dead great-grandmother, letters from my mother and sister and Nicole.. I wept as I threw them away knowing I would never be able to read them again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some things were salvagable, things on the top, but it's the irreplaceable letters, cards and photos from my childhood that really make me angry.  The books I can buy again.. well maybe not the antique ones, but there was nothing of monetary value that couldn't be replaced.  Letters from people who have died or who I likely will never see again cannot be replaced.  I am beyond pissed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now I am allergic to penicillin and I assume that includes mold.  This is an immediate health danger to myself, Dale and our pets and is NOT acceptable.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our closet is trashed and we have nowhere to put the items we salvaged since there is no closet space here to begin with.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course it's Sunday so the management office is closed.  Dale paged the maintenance people but who knows when they will get to us.  I consider this an emergency situation bc of my allergy and the pets.  The door to the closet is shut so they can't get in, but the bedroom reeks.  Now we have the windows open to ventilate it which means no AC.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can't even think straight.  I just blew my nose and there were dark particles in it.  We should have worn masks but we don't have any and we had to take care of the situation immediately.  I should have at least put a hankerchief over my nose and mouth but I wasn't thinking straight.. I was so upset over losing the letters and other items.</content>
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    <title>pianoscry @ 2006-08-03T10:38:00</title>
    <published>2006-08-03T14:38:46Z</published>
    <updated>2006-08-03T14:38:46Z</updated>
    <content type="html">I'm watching some ebay auctions like a hawk; yesterday I got beat out of an art education book that included slides :(  I just haaaaad to watch Project Runway didn't I.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Speaking of which, what a surprising episode!  Can I just say how much I love Kayne?  He is to DIE for.  love him&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And three weeks and $1400 later, my car should be ready today.  In a twist of fate, I discovered that my mechanic owns a recording studio!  I was on the phone with him and typing to Dale the specs of the repairs, and the mechanic said, "It sounds like you have five people typing over there!" and I said, "I'm a good typist because I'm a pianist" and that turned into a five-ten minute conversation about his studio, and my experience.. he does commercials, I've done voice overs and tv acting.. hmmm could be the beginnings of a beautiful friendship :) Maybe I can take the car repairs out in trade?  I'm going to make new business cards today so I can give him one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All my lesson plans are coming together, syllabi nearly done, all I got to do now is go in and clean and get set up for school.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And buy back to school clothes, my favorite!</content>
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    <title>pianoscry @ 2006-08-01T12:44:00</title>
    <published>2006-08-01T16:44:29Z</published>
    <updated>2006-08-01T16:44:29Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">The Soundtrack of My Life meme&lt;br /&gt;yoinked from &lt;span class='ljuser  ljuser-name_helmwige' lj:user='helmwige' style='white-space: nowrap;'&gt;&lt;a href='http://helmwige.livejournal.com/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='http://helmwige.livejournal.com/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;helmwige&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Open your music library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, etc).&lt;br /&gt;- Put it on shuffle.&lt;br /&gt;- Press play.&lt;br /&gt;- For every question, put the song that's playing.&lt;br /&gt;- When you go to a new question, skip to the next song.&lt;br /&gt;- Ready? GO!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Opening Credits:  "Danse Russe, Trepak"- The Nutcracker Suite- Tchaikovsky- Vienna Symphonic Orchestra&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Waking Up: "Wicked Games" (Chris Isaak cover)- Pepper McGowan&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Falling In Love:  "The Things We Did and Didn't Do"- The Magnetic Fields&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fight Scene:  "Go or Go Ahead"- Rufus Wainwright&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Breaking Up: "Lonely Parade"- Tori Amos  (80's demo song)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name="cutid1"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make-up:  "Another Girl's Paradise"- Tori Amos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Secret Love:  "Barons of Suburbia" - Tori Amos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Life's Okay:  "God" (live at Merriweather 1999) - Tori Amos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mental Breakdown: "Gloomy Sunday" (live cover)- Sarah McLachlan&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Driving:  "The Princess and the Pea Soup"- ME!!  :D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Flashbacks: "O Mistress Mine" - ME again!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy Dance: "Waitress" (Hang Ten live '99) - Tori Amos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Regretting: "Distant Storm" - another ancient Tori song&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Long Night Alone: "God of War" - Scorpio Sound.. no idea.  it's some cinematic score.. very ominous&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Final Battle: "Pirates Dance" - Me again!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Death Scene: "Hey Jupiter" (live video from SNL) - Tori Amos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Final Ending: "I Think I Need a New Heart" - The Magnetic Fields&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Credits: "Fade Into You" (Mazzy Star cover) - ME!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;allright, I have a huge Tori collection so there was bound to be a lot of her in there!!</content>
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    <title>pianoscry @ 2006-08-01T11:01:00</title>
    <published>2006-08-01T15:01:53Z</published>
    <updated>2006-08-01T15:01:53Z</updated>
    <content type="html">My car has been dropped off at the REAL mechanic now!  I'm confident it will pull through okay.  I just need to be able to go to work until I can build up enough savings to buy a new car.  Saw a commercial for a new Jeep last night that looks nice and it's only 16,9 or so.  Not bad!  So if this car can just hold out for me for a few months, I'll be in good shape.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've already done that and practiced piano for an hour this morning.  I went through some pieces I'm considering for my dad's wedding.  So far so good..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also signed up at last.fm thanks to Kragey and it wowed me that I was already in the database, and had 41 fans.  COOL!!  I've uploaded all of Seasonings for streaming and three songs for free download.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's gonna be a hawt one today and tomorrow- in the 100's they say.  Methinks it pool time!!  I've got a good base tan going and I'd like to get a little darker.  I'll wait around here for the garage to call regarding the diagnostic, then I'll hit the pool.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I'm stuck here for another day or two.. but things are on the up and up!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy August.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OH  has anyone caught the new show on BBCA "Life on Mars"??  It's great!!  I'm in love with that show, and "Hex" (kind of like a British "Charmed" but not really, it's deeper)... and of course "Project Runway" and "Treasure Hunters" are amongst my tv watching these days.</content>
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    <title>song post!</title>
    <published>2006-07-31T20:39:26Z</published>
    <updated>2006-07-31T20:39:26Z</updated>
    <category term="songs"/>
    <content type="html">Yay, the long awaited song post!  I've been sitting on this since Friday night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's a Tori cover.. it's an OLD one.  This song has never been recorded professionally by her.  It was a demo song from when she was looking for work in the 80's.  She wrote it for Al Stewart, who never used it.  The only recording I've ever heard is really low quality, but the song shines through.  I thought it would be fun to learn it and give it the Mandee treatment.  I like exploring her older works, especially the demo songs that never got to reach their full potential.  I didn't change it much at all, other than add drums, and of course that's me singing and playing piano.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;The Song&lt;/u&gt;: &lt;a href="http://pianoscry.hopto.org/Mandee_Ferrier-When_I_Was_Dreaming.mp3"&gt;Mandee Ferrier- When I Was Dreaming (Tori Amos cover)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;it's a small file, only about 1:56 long&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Tech notes&lt;/u&gt;: recorded piano and vox live in Adobe Audition, sequenced drums in Acid XPress (which is a terrible program as the free version comes with next to nothing.. I wanted to experiement with drums though), then final mixing in Audition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name="cutid1"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's in the key of Bb, 4/4 time&lt;br /&gt;Verse:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Bb walk down the bass until...................................Eb...................F&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Fight, I could fight with the best, and I never was on the fence&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;repeat same progression&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Laugh, I could laugh, till I heard the guitar of the circus man&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chorus:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Cmin walk up the bass to a Gmin then back down to Cmin&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.......When I was ......................dreaming&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;repeat that same progression&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br /&gt;........It seemed my .............world went away&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Cmin walk up to Gmin... F..................Eb.......................Dmin................Cmin............F&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br /&gt;.........As you were leaving, I could see that you didn't find what you used to in my eyes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;instrumental break- &lt;i&gt;same as verse&lt;br /&gt;same progression&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Isn't it time.............Maybe it's time, yeah&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Repeat chorus, right hand one octave higher for variation&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope that's easy to understand!  It's a simple song.  The meat of it is in the bassline, which I think I've varied a bit from what Tori did.  I walk the bass back down in the chorus whereas I believe she just keeps walking it up.  It works either way.  Lemme know if there's any questions or anything missing from this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, I hope you like it, those of you that listen!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For compare and contrast excitement, listen to the original &lt;a href="http://www.deadboots.com/muzic/toonz/tori/ToriAmos-WhenIWasDreaming.mp3"&gt; here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;somewhat x-posted to &lt;span class='ljuser  ljuser-name_ears_with_keys' lj:user='ears_with_keys' style='white-space: nowrap;'&gt;&lt;a href='http://community.livejournal.com/ears_with_keys/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif' alt='[info]' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='http://community.livejournal.com/ears_with_keys/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;ears_with_keys&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://ljutils.hopto.org/cgi-bin/count.cgi?code=213213"&gt;</content>
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    <title>car rant!</title>
    <published>2006-07-30T15:54:19Z</published>
    <updated>2006-07-30T15:54:19Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Yesterday was long and hot!  Dale and I woke up and went to help Michelle and CJ move into their new place.  It's pretty nice!  By the time we got everything moved, it was 3 pm and we were hot and sweaty.  So a dip in the pool was in order.  That was refreshing!  Swimming really works up the appetite so then it was off to Don Pablos for some margaritas and enchiladas, mmm.  By the time we got back it was after 9 and we were beat.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I thought I'd sleep good and hard from that long day, but I still had icky work dreams in which I'm confused and no one is telling me anything.  HA!  A little too close to real life there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today I'm FINALLY picking up my car.  I'm sick to my stomach over this car thing.  I basically haven't driven in three weeks, and it's really taking a toll on my psyche.  Making me feel depressed and useless and trapped etc.  You wanna hear the story of the car?  Well too bad, you're hearing it anyway.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Three weeks ago, right before we left for All Good, I went to drop off my car at the garage.  It had failed the emissions test, so it needed the repairs for that, plus it kept stalling out on me in not good places.  We figured it was the o2 sensor or somesuch thing.  It needed a tune-up, basically.  Anyway, I go to drop it off and I told him, we're going on vaction for five days so you'll have plenty of time to take a look at it and fix it.  The mechanic says "I don't feel comfortable with you leaving your car that long while you're on vacation.  The repair will only take about a day, and then if your car sits here, there's a chance it could get broken into, etc, and I'd rather you didn't leave it." (This is me translating what he said into proper English, he's Indian or something.  Anyway.)  I'm like, oooookay... and we resolved to drop it off again when we returned from vacation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So we did that.  And get this- he kept it for five days before he even began working on it!  UM HELLO that's why I dropped it off while I was on vacay so you would have those days!  Unbelievable.  Anyway, on Friday he said it was ready to be picked up.  FINALLY!  I felt SO good.  SO happy.  And I went and picked it up and it drove well!  I was pleased.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dale came home from work and we were supposed to go out on Friday night, I was gonna drive HIM after three weeks of him having to drive me around.  We decided to hit up the local Burger King for a quick bite before we drove up to Bel Air to meet Nicole.  On the way from BK, it stalled out at least four times!!  Like it was never fixed!!  I had to drive right back to the garage.  :(  I had it for a whole hour.  I was PISSED.  And of course, the mechanic had gone home for the day, so I couldn't tell him about it, just left a message with his wife.  Yesterday of course we were gone from 10 am to 10 pm so I couldn't do anything about it.  When we got home, I had a garbled message on my machine saying it was ready "but there's still some noise in the transmission" WHATEVER.  Just fix my car.  I didn't pay you $400 (out of the $495 I had in the bank), only to drive away and have it not even be fixed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*breathes* &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will go get it in just a minute here.  It better be driveable, or I'm screwed. :(  I've got enough to worry about with school (hence the dreams) so this is the last thing I need.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then we're going to buy new underwear (lol) and hopefully get another dip in (our) pool!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;PSA:  Do NOT make promises you can't (or won't) keep.  i.e. Don't tell me my car is fixed when it clearly isn't, don't tell me you'll call me "in a day or two" and then never call me, and don't tell me "we'll get you that key" when after TWO MONTHS I still don't have it!!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I finished that drum track on Friday and I'll post the song today or tomorrow!</content>
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    <title>Icon Post!</title>
    <published>2006-07-29T03:56:48Z</published>
    <updated>2006-07-29T03:56:48Z</updated>
    <category term="icons"/>
    <content type="html">I just made these!!  I was DYING for a Tim Gunn icon (cavedwellers: he's the guy from Project Runway) and I couldn't find any I really liked.  So after I watched &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qrBtgeEufk&amp;amp;mode=related&amp;amp;search=best%20week%20ever%20mac%20ads"&gt; the Tim Gunn Network clip from Best Week Ever on youtube&lt;/a&gt; I was inspired.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  &lt;table&gt;
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  <entry>
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    <title>pianoscry @ 2006-07-28T14:13:00</title>
    <published>2006-07-28T18:13:26Z</published>
    <updated>2006-07-28T18:13:26Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Blergh!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I walked down to get my car and he said he still hadn't done the oil change.. and to come back after five.  :(  Man I am so sick of being stuck in this apt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So during my walk on the way back, I decided, hey why not go to the pool and lay out and read.. I have nothing better to do today while I wait.  Then the minute I get back in the apt. it starts pouring down rain!  Come on!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, at least Mercury is no longer in retrograde.  That's always good right?  I'm grasping here.  So I'll do this lil meme stoledy from &lt;span class='ljuser  ljuser-name_mai_ling' lj:user='mai_ling' style='white-space: nowrap;'&gt;&lt;a href='http://mai-ling.livejournal.com/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='http://mai-ling.livejournal.com/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;mai_ling&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;form action="http://quizzes.blogquiz.net/fun-quizzes/LiveJournal-Memes/Your-LiveJournal-Pirate-Crew-livejournal-meme-quiz_aWQ9MTg4OA.html" method="post" name="quiz1888"&gt;&lt;table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;table style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="#003366"&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" align="center" valign="middle"&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="color: #FFFFFF; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://quizzes.blogquiz.net/fun-quizzes/LiveJournal-Memes/Your-LiveJournal-Pirate-Crew-livejournal-meme-quiz_aWQ9MTg4OA.html" style="color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none;"&gt;Your LiveJournal Pirate Crew&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="#6699CC"&gt;&lt;td align="left" valign="middle" style="color: #FFFFFF;"&gt;LiveJournal Username&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" valign="middle"&gt;&lt;input type="textbox" name="ljusername" value="pianoscry" size="20" maxlength="64"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="#6699CC"&gt;&lt;td align="left" valign="middle" style="color: #FFFFFF;"&gt;Fifteen men on a dead man's chest!&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" valign="middle"&gt;&lt;select name="input:0"&gt;&lt;option value="0"&gt;Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="1" selected="selected"&gt;Ew... How unsanitary.&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="2"&gt;*dances a jig on a dead man's chest*&lt;/option&gt;&lt;/select&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="#6699CC"&gt;&lt;td align="left" valign="middle" style="color: #FFFFFF;"&gt;Cutlass or pistol?&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" valign="middle"&gt;&lt;select name="input:1"&gt;&lt;option value="0"&gt;Cutlass&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="1"&gt;Pistol&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="2"&gt;Torpedo&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="3" selected="selected"&gt;Heat vision&lt;/option&gt;&lt;/select&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="#6699CC"&gt;&lt;td align="left" valign="middle" style="color: #FFFFFF;"&gt;What is the name of your pirate ship?&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" valign="middle"&gt;&lt;input type="textbox" name="input:2" value="The Dawn Singer" size="20" maxlength="64"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="#6699CC"&gt;&lt;td align="left" valign="middle" style="color: #FFFFFF;"&gt;Where is your secret pirate base?&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" valign="middle"&gt;&lt;select name="input:3"&gt;&lt;option value="0"&gt;Jolly Pirate Island&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="1"&gt;Treasure Island&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="2"&gt;Pleasure Island&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="3"&gt;Island of Doom&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="4" selected="selected"&gt;Gilligan's Island&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="5"&gt;Windfall Island&lt;/option&gt;&lt;/select&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="#6699CC"&gt;&lt;td align="left" valign="middle" style="color: #FFFFFF;"&gt;What kind of loot do you prefer?&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" valign="middle"&gt;&lt;select name="input:4"&gt;&lt;option value="0"&gt;Pieces of eight!&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="1"&gt;Bling!&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="2"&gt;Babes!&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="3"&gt;Booze!&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="4"&gt;Crowns and scepters!&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="5" selected="selected"&gt;Target giftcards!&lt;/option&gt;&lt;/select&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="#6699CC"&gt;&lt;td align="left" valign="middle" style="color: #FFFFFF;"&gt;What do you and your crew prefer to be called?&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" valign="middle"&gt;&lt;select name="input:5"&gt;&lt;option value="0" selected="selected"&gt;Freebooters!&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="1"&gt;Swashbucklers!&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="2"&gt;Corsairs!&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="3"&gt;Seadogs!&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="4"&gt;Desperados!&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="5"&gt;Pirates, of course!&lt;/option&gt;&lt;/select&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="#6699CC"&gt;&lt;td align="left" valign="middle" style="color: #FFFFFF;"&gt;Parrot or monkey?&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" valign="middle"&gt;&lt;select name="input:6"&gt;&lt;option value="0"&gt;Parrot&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="1"&gt;Monkey&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="2" selected="selected"&gt;Unicorn&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="3"&gt;Kitten&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="4"&gt;T-Rex&lt;/option&gt;&lt;/select&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="#6699CC"&gt;&lt;td align="left" valign="middle" style="color: #FFFFFF;"&gt;Argh!&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" valign="middle"&gt;&lt;select name="input:7"&gt;&lt;option value="0"&gt;Ahoy, matey!&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="1"&gt;Avast!&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="2" selected="selected"&gt;Shiver me timbers!&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="3"&gt;I'll see you to Davy Jones!&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="4"&gt;Argh! Ack! Gah! *thud*&lt;/option&gt;&lt;/select&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="#6699CC" height="5"&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="#336699"&gt;&lt;td align="left" valign="middle" style="color: #FFFFFF;"&gt;Your capable first mate&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="color: #FFFFFF; font-weight:bold;" align="left" valign="middle"&gt;rivv&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="#336699"&gt;&lt;td align="left" valign="middle" style="color: #FFFFFF;"&gt;Your bumbling cabin boy with a heart of gold&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="color: #FFFFFF; font-weight:bold;" align="left" valign="middle"&gt;eastcoastmama&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="#336699"&gt;&lt;td align="left" valign="middle" style="color: #FFFFFF;"&gt;The aloof, yet honorable, pirate with a mysterious past&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="color: #FFFFFF; font-weight:bold;" align="left" valign="middle"&gt;papertigress&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="#336699"&gt;&lt;td align="left" valign="middle" style="color: #FFFFFF;"&gt;Is always the first one into the fray&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="color: #FFFFFF; font-weight:bold;" align="left" valign="middle"&gt;sleepyworm&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="#336699"&gt;&lt;td align="left" valign="middle" style="color: #FFFFFF;"&gt;Is the naval officer who ruthlessly pursues your ship&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="color: #FFFFFF; font-weight:bold;" align="left" valign="middle"&gt;greenwoolf&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="#336699"&gt;&lt;td align="left" valign="middle" style="color: #FFFFFF;"&gt;Is the comical pirate who is always drunk on grog&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="color: #FFFFFF; font-weight:bold;" align="left" valign="middle"&gt;ivory_butterfly&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="#336699"&gt;&lt;td align="left" valign="middle" style="color: #FFFFFF;"&gt;Is currently in Davy Jones's locker&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="color: #FFFFFF; font-weight:bold;" align="left" valign="middle"&gt;soaringsinger&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="#336699"&gt;&lt;td align="left" valign="middle" style="color: #FFFFFF;"&gt;The amount of money you make as a pirate&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="color: #FFFFFF; font-weight:bold;" align="left" valign="middle"&gt;$2.13&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="#003366" height="5"&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="#003366"&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" align="center" valign="middle"&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;input type="submit" name="submit" value="Fill in your answers and click here!" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="#003366"&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" align="center" valign="middle"&gt;&lt;div style="color: #FFFFFF;" align="center"&gt;This &lt;a href="http://www.blogquiz.net/" style="color: #FFFFFF;"&gt;Fun Quiz&lt;/a&gt; created by &lt;a href="http://www.blogquiz.net/users/Dracobolt" style="color: #FFFFFF;"&gt;Lynn&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;strong&gt;BlogQuiz.Net&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;img src="http://70.84.102.91/x/blogquiz.net-blog/11" border="0" width="1" height="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailyhoroscopes.biz/capricorn/today/"&gt;Capricorn Horoscope&lt;/a&gt; at DailyHoroscopes.Biz&lt;/form&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I guess DS9 and the drum track I still haven't finished?  If I ever say I'm bored again between now and oh.. next June, will someone smack me upside the head?  Thanks.</content>
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