Today was my first full day back at work.  I am tired...but I made it through the day with no issue. Getting stronger and feeling better. I think in the next day or two will be totally back to normal.  YAY!!!!

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When did we stop referring to the girls by their nicknames?  Dishka for Adi and Tasha for Lital?  I know it had to be before the trip.....but I am trying to find a time when we just started using their names. - Do you guys have any ideas?

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1 hehe good question! Probably when we joined facebook.

Posted by: Luc at September 03, 2009 02:25 AM (TmxXe)

2 Hehe I wondered if that was about the timeperiod.  I wasnt quite sure.  Their myspace profiles have always listed Tasha and Dishka. LOL....even my myspace refers to them as Tasha and Diskha - and speaking of that I need to cross off wanting to meet them since I did.  

Posted by: Robert Woolwine at September 03, 2009 07:01 AM (V+ylD)

3 Not sure, But Luc could be right, and Even though I havent PM/talked to them since.. forever. It kinda feels weird referring to them by their nicknames. To me anyway.

Posted by: Dan at September 03, 2009 08:45 AM (7pz+a)

4 Dan you should really email them.  The only reason I have kept up with them as much as I have is that I just bug them enough so they respond.    But seriously without the effort exerted the connection - just like the saying nothing ventured nothing gained.

In the chatroom we always called them by Tasha and Dishka!    From what I recall it was a rarity to use their real names.

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Good day!

Adi finally got the B-day gift I had sent to her.   I know I sent it later than I expected but at least now I know she got it.  It was a Nightmare before Xmas cup. 

I am so glad that she likes it.   And it didn't break in transit.

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So, Patrick Owen has just Frisched himself in Nova Roma.  By "trying" to pay me a sympathy note he makes a comment saying to the effect - someone needs to check on my cats and my belongings to make sure they are "ok."  (Yes I am paraphrasing).  Now, why would he say something like that in terms of a sympathy note.  My conclusion - my opinion, was that his note was anything but sympathetic.  He meant to bring back the memory of my niece and I discovering my last break-in that resulted in the death of my kitten, Luna.  And the 3 break-ins that resulted in my moving in with my sister. 

What kind of despicable human being sends a sympathy note while at the same time recalling the horrible memories that his political adversary went through?  All I can say is that is one despicable human being.  Patrick Owen - you are one despicable waste of a human being.

And now I have a slight taste of what being Frisched feels like.

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I am back at work.  School is situated and cleared. 

I am going to do at least a half day at work.  I just feel really tired.  My legs feel better but my arms are just aching.  Beyond that I am just trying to get back to my normal routine as quickly as possible.  I think by Wed or Thursday everything will be back to normal - the way things were before.

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Hi everyone, I'm BAAACCK!!!

Here is basically the scoop.  I had been having abdominal pain for about 3-4 days it would come and go...and I would just grin and bear it.  On Friday I started getting nausea as well.  At this point I knew I had to at least see the Dr so I planned to go to urgent care - hopefully get some antibiotics and be on my way.  Well I called them when I left work early on Friday - they told me I had to go to ER.  Fever, Pain, and nausea they said needed to be addressed at ER.  So, I went to Banner Estrella.

I got there around 4 pm and they pretty quickly took me in and said I needed a CT Scan asap - So I had to go to Scottsdale and Shea to get a CT Scan. By 11 pm they found an intestinal blockage and they told me they were admitting me.

I was like WTF.  I did not come to ER on a Friday to get admitted.  It was my weekend!  Then they told me they were going to schedule a surgical consult because they believed that I would need to have an operation to resolve this issue immediately.  They gave me some vicoden and I don't even remember getting into my room (1432).

I woke up on Saturday in ALOT of pain.  Excruciatingly amount of pain.  Not even the morphine was helping.  And, I was on 4 units of it.  The surgeon came in and recommended sugery but he also recommended waiting a day in case the antibiotics and other meds would help the bowel slip back in place.  My sister wanted the procedure.  I did not - the surgeon really did not.  So, Jenn stayed the night with me my sister and Rob went home and I just waited it out over the night.  Every couple of hours getting more pain meds to deal with the waves of pain and discomfort.  Not wanting to move a muscle and  just trying to get through the day. 

I was very upset that the hospital did not have net access.  They say they do, but they took it down.  So I was panicking more over my ability to not complete my classes despite the pain.  To say I was panicked does not do it justice.  I did not expect to be admitted.  I did not expect to lose two days.  I did not expect to need surgery.  So, I was not a the best frame of mind, even with the morphine.

Sunday was a MUCH better day.  I felt I had turned a corner.  The blockage was over.  The danger passed, the pain for the most part, passed....and I took myself off of morphine until late at night when I started having back pain.  See, they put this PICC line - it is a pulmonary catheter that goes from my arm to my heart where they can directly put antibiotics and pull blood for tests from (fun oh yeah).  It was about 50 inches inside of me and one of the side effects is clotting.  I was concerned that my back pain was clotting.  They assured me it wasn't.  And they gave me my last dose of morphine LOL.  I went to sleep.

Monday I woke up, and flat out wanted to go home.  By 9 am the Dr was willing to give me my clearance.  By noon I was on my way home. 

I will go to work tomorrow and do a half day and see how I feel.  I am about to finish up my classwork and then its vicoden time.   That ladies and gentlemen was my weekend.

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1 Heh. Heh. Heh.

You said vicodin!

Posted by: Me at September 01, 2009 12:58 PM (V+ylD)

2 welcome back Robert!!
nice to hear you feel better now

Posted by: Luc at September 02, 2009 07:53 AM (DTy3J)

3 Thanks Luc!

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WHOOOO!!!!

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Last night I went to see this flick.  I had high hopes because the previews were freaking funny.  And, that was what I was in the mood for.  I was NOT disappointed.  If you like Ari from Entourage and the character Jeremy Priven played in PCU - you will probably love this movie.  It was freaking funny!  From Ving Rhymes wanting to make love to a woman for the first time (as opposed to well..everything else) and then he finally does and was like WTF this is boring! LOL  Totally hilarious!  And for the climax - Will Ferrell was in the movie too.  So, yes if you are in the mood for a silly comedy.  This is the one to see.   Think of it as Jeremy Priven's PCU Character growed up....and now this is what he does for a living.

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AT MY HOUSE!!!

Yep there was a party at my house last night (and now all of them are asleep) - except for the Gov because he had to leave at about 1 am....WORK SUCKS!

Poplicola showed up in Phoenix on his way to SFSU last night abount 11 pm.
The Gov - Potitus - showed up at my place at about 9:30!

Originally Tink was planning on Poplicola to show up about 5pm so we would end up doing dinner at the Claim Jumper....but that did not work out...so instead he showed up at 11 pm. 

OH MY it was such a great time.
Tink played hostess...LOL cooking some Cornish Hens for Pop...
I imported Goldstar for JUST this occassion...Everyone and snack foods...sodas or booze depending on preference. 

All 4 of us spent most of the night just talking...picking on Tink (always a fun topic) and talking about NR and the classics program he is going to start entering in SFSU.

I ended up crashing about 2:30 am (DAMN WORK!)  And when I woke up...Tink is asleep...Pop is asleep and hopefully he might be around when I get off of work again.

It was just so much fun!

PARTY AT SULLA's! LOL 

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Sounds like fun,

When in Rome..... I mean AZ....  : D

(got any pics?)

Posted by: Shawn at August 22, 2009 08:03 AM (jxBKS)

2 No no pics.  Jenn would burn them if I did. LOL  But it was so much fun.  Too bad Pop had to leave the next morning.  I would have taken them out to dinner.  Oh well next time we will met up will be in Vegas on Halloween!

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Today she got notified that she got hired!  

I also want to thank my sister for helping her get to the interviews (which I was unable to take her too - due to my job) and for her connections at the company!

YAY Jen!  Another step for a better life!  CONGRATS!

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I see you visiting here. LOL

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On Friday I had a surprise visitor.

Usually when I get home from work...and someone rings my doorbell...I generally ignore it because its usually a salesperson or a religious busybody.  I just let them ring the doorbell once or twice and they are on their way.

Friday, I get home from work and am just starting to relax and the doorbell goes off, only this time between ringing the doorbell and knocking on the door it really doesnt stop - which IS unusual.  So, after about the 4th doorbell ring I walk over to the door and look in the peep hole and think...WTF is that Holly?

Yes, I stopped seeing her about 4 months ago - zero contact.

So, I was surprised to say the least to see her here.  Knowing that she does not like driving out here in the first place. 

I invite her in, she tells me of her new job - barely a block away from my place at a local school.  We talked for a bit, basically caught up. But something was amiss.   It just seemed odd.  She told me she had a bf or a guy she was seeing.  Yet then why come here?  Made no sense.  Anyway, it was Ok.  And even after seeing her I had no regrets making the decision I did about 4 months ago.

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Shawn and Chris, guess what I got in the mail! 

GOLDSTAR...a 6 pack is now chilling in my fridge.  Oh I am so going to enjoy this!  Memories...nice nice wonderful memories!

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My sister and I have been having this bet for a while now. 

The Fed Ex from Israel to the US from the vacation LOL....how much got charged to the company account?

After my cell phone bill...I expected $1500!  Remember there were 4 big suitcases and 2 boxes.

Finally...I found out today...after almost a year of waiting....just what the damage was...but before we get to that what was the bet?

If the cost exceeded $650.00 - I would have to take my sister out to dinner.
Under $650.00 - my sister would have to cook petiscghe (sp). 

The verdict is in $ 545.19!!!!!

I WIN!!!!

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Whoa Whoa, slow down there guy.

ORIGINALLY we did state $500 and less YOU win  $501 and above, I won.. But you wanted to increase yours and I agreed.  Lets not leave that detail out LoL

 

But yes, I will be making you PIROSHKI soon. A bet is a bet. (shakes fist)

Posted by: Your Sister at August 15, 2009 12:47 PM (Zd9om)

2 Hey, considering I thought it would be OVER  a grand.....if not more.  Its still a HUGE WIN for me!

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3 Dear Douche Bag aka Fish Head or Whack Job that plays some kind of Roman thingie dingie.

A) Fuck off
B) It's rather revolting that you've forgotten that you are essentially a part of a GAME and you would actually let one of your balls drop long enough to come to Roberts PERSONAL NON GAME AFFILIATED BLOG, read information on it and then meander back to your Roman Group GAME forum and spew diarrhea like someone that's had too much water in Mexico and confuse their face with their ass all  with the implication that Robert is a thief/stealing from his employer.
C) Get therapy. Seriously. Your roman thing, it IS a GAME. Fucking nutwhacker.



This is all

*wiggles fingers* Now I'm going back to my bible study class!

Posted by: The Girl Across The Hall at August 19, 2009 01:14 PM (V+ylD)

4 Now that I've made my point in a language that hopefully fishface can understand I have more to add.  Did you dislike my turns of phrase and filthy language in describing exactly what I think about your antics? I certainly hope so. Maybe it will give you an inth of the feeling it has to be to have someone that doesn't understand the concepts of having ethical codes of behavior invade your personal space and say things that are potentially slanderous (and oh golly, that's an offense punishable by law if it besmirches someones good name in a way that will have a negative impact on their lives) over a 'roman' game.  Now each of you needs to look to your proverbial left and look to your proverbial right and then take a nice long look in the mirror and ask yourselves exactly WHAT kind if people you are to condone this. Your ethics are now in question. You can find whatever points I make disgusting, you can stare down your nose at it and huddle together on your little chat servers, yahoo forums and where ever else you may chitchat with each other, but it's not going to change the fact that allowing someone who will slander another all for the sake of....a GAME makes you just as dirty as them.

Let's just hope some other nutjob doesn't take it upon themselves one day to do you the same turn

In fact, Robert, if this continues there are steps you can take to stop it. I've been an owner of multiple yahoo forums for nine years. They have this nifty thing called a ToS, and while some things can be a bit in the gray area of these ToS, I believe you can also launch a complaint with Yahoo or any other forum server for that matter over behavior that is illegal *sic slander* .

Posted by: The Girl Across The Hall at August 19, 2009 05:02 PM (r3fwa)

5 Test

Posted by: Robert Woolwine at August 20, 2009 10:19 PM (PCT0G)

6 *snorts* Sock puppet? That's the best you can come up wiuth? SOCK PUPPET? That has to be THE most predictable comment I've heard since a nine year old told a ten year old I know you are but what am I and I'm honestly beginning to wonder just how old you are. Now I'm working on not being overly crude but I'd rather be someone's vocal mouth piece aka sock puppet  than sitting around like a pack of bitches drowning in misplaced superiority and wallowing in a quagmire of tainted moral and ethical standards.  Oh yeah, OVER A GAME.

I just hope  you get a taste of your own medicine. And you will because karma' a bitch and it ALWAYS comes back around.

Robert seriously, WHY do you continue playing this game with people like that? It's not like they're doing anything more than oozing the sludge of corrupted personal ethics in a game that is obviously only there to make them have a bit of self importance that they're apparently lacking in their real worlds.  You could do SOOOOOOOO much better, and they can't be THE only Roman group out there. Maybe they want you gone. But if I were you, I'd want to be gone anyhow before the stench of their rotting stupidity starts tainting YOU.

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Yeah the subject seems more of the norm than usual.  To say I am just busy doesn't seem to do it justice anymore. 

Take yesterday.  Work, then college classes, then going to my sisters - because she took Jen to an interview - hung out over there until about 9 pm - get home about 9:45 pm, check my classes again go to sleep around midnite and up at 5 am. 

This has been my schedule for what...3 weeks now. (well not the going to my sister part) but the busyness of it all.  Unfortunately the blog suffers and that is one of the things I am trying to find a way to get more content in here.  

On Tuesday, my nephew actually leaves for South Carolina and the army.  Yesterday I saw him for the last time before he leaves for bootcamp.  It's cool he is almost a different person then he was when he was a kid.  Just in the past few months he has matured and is much more social than I have ever noticed in him before.  I really hope this is a good thing and that he continues on this path.

Anyway, out for now...will have more updates later today.

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Aliyah aliyah aliyah!

Well..How do I start this....

I overcame my first real hurdle on the aliyah info.  John confirmed that it was sent and that he was going to forward it to Jerusalem.  Today I am going to answer his email...

I heard the wrath of the family (just kidding Laurie).  I know she doesn't want me to go.  I know she wants what's best for me and while physically the best is here in the states - Physically is only part of what I am dealing with.  The other part, that I have a very difficult time expressing, is the spiritual and emotional part.  I just am not an open person and when it comes to expressing myself beyond "I am doing fine"  I don't do it.  It's hard to get across the absence of a piece of a puzzle - when that puzzle seemed full.  Yes, I know it sounds esoteric, convoluted and cryptic.

I know that physically I am better off here in the states (well at least Arizona [which lets face it AZ is not the state that I want to spend the rest of my life in]) 

Anyway, now I have to go and answer John's email!

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I just got an email from Lital....Dan just had one of his films added to the Toronto Film Festival!!  Such an amazingly outstanding achievement!

Click here for the link.

Here is the description:

When It Will Be Silent (7 min) / Israel
World Premiere
Dir. Dan Sachar
In the aftermath of an apocalypse, a man’s tragic loss leads him to an unequivocal decision.

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Director John Hughes dies at 59

'Breakfast Club' helmer died of a heart attack

After an impressive string of hits -- "Home Alone" is one of the top-grossing live-action comedies of all time -- Hughes, who never won a major show business award, stopped directing in 1991 and virtually retired from filmmaking a few years later, working on his farm in northern Illinois.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118006975.html?categoryId=13&cs=1

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The Application has been sent to Nefesh B Nefesh.  It has been accepted and John will be processing the work on his end and forwarding it to the Jerusalem office of the Jewish Agency.

More news later.

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Grumpy has FINALLY SCANNED my stuff. 

I completed the one page that got corrupted when Nefesh B Nefesh converted servers.

I am uploading the information to Nefesh B Nefesh and notifying John that I am ready to begin phase two!   WHOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

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