Krista

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Oh goodness Kevin. I cannot wait for read stuff from you. As for me, I usually have a song or a set of similar songs that inspire me to write. Not really, the plot aligning with those songs and their theme, but there are a few favorite emotional songs that lead my to day dreaming and such and allows for creativity to happen with me. For Roommates actually the songs that I listened to are: Jewel - 1000 Miles Away "1000 Miles Away" It's morning time, wonder where you are wonder who you're talking to wonder if the sun has risen where you are it's morning time, i miss your hands on my skin this bed's too big without you oh god, what do i do? I'm a thousand miles away, and I'm lying next to you. The sun shines golden, and I feel like my car a little run down, a little beat up, maybe just a little green maybe it's my battery, maybe it's my starter, maybe my heart's too weak there's just this feeling, thought I had to get going got too scary, got too big, got to get out of here but now i don't know how to get home. oh god, what do I do? I'm a thousand miles away, and lying next to you. Mama says take my vitamins, daddy says "girl, don't stay out so late" sister says "there's other fishes in the sea" but love is not a rational thing, and my heart is beyond advice no, love is not a rational thing oh god, what do I do? I'm a thousand miles away, and lying next to you. these fields stretch out like patchwork, on my granny's quilt she used to tell me that "life is a series of strange and mysterious things one minute you think you're up, the next you find you're down" your mind says "girl, you gotta stick around" but your heart says "I'm too weak in the knees" oh god, what do I do? I'm a thousand miles away, and lying next to you. And, Faith Hill You're Still Here Thought I saw you today You were standing in the sun then you turned away And I knew it couldn't be but my heart believed Oh it seems like there's something everyday How could you be so far away When you're still here When I need you you're not hard to find You're still here I can see you in my baby's eyes And I laugh and cry You're still here I had a dream last night That you came to me on silver wings of light I flew away with you in the painted sky And I woke up wondering what was real Is it what you see and touch or what you feel Cause you're still here Oh you're everywhere we've ever been You're still here I heard you in a stranger's laugh And I hung around to hear him laugh again Just once again Oh... Thought I saw you today You were standing in the sun then you turned away Away Neither song fits the story, even if they are similar in theme, but very different in style. I had listened to both songs before I started thinking about the story. If they directly influenced the story then Roommates wouldn't be what it is. So really, my inspirational lyrics are more like mood setting songs instead of influential.

Pheromones can easily manipulate any species that uses them to attract a mate. Predatory lightening bugs copy the light of smaller species, then eats the poor males that fly in looking to get lucky. But, anyway, Pheromones of I think, common garden snakes in Canada - males use them to trick other males into believing they are female so that they can divert attention away from the female snakes. They have never figured out if Humans act on hidden pheromones, I personally think we don't have the ability to, that we're more sight oriented. Our sense of smell is crap anyway. Also, I really hate knowing as well, that people have paid good money for some people to watch insects perform homosexual acts. Sexuality in animals is something I'd really see no point in studying... even homosexual behavior in a number of species just seems too primitive/basic to wonder if animals have different orientations.. Human sexuality, as our brains are complex, would be more interesting. Even though, I'd really not want to know how it all comes to be with humans either.

Lol.. Oh! Well, it was way off compared to what I was thinking, and I'll not share that little bit of my imagination. I have yet to use the Urban Dictionary for anything, but if the terminology is well known, then I bet it was just a poor choice. But, at least I can laugh with the humor behind it and not be lost, so thanks. Edit: It's his own personally designed and named Candy Bar. So the name of it can be a bit sketchy in how he came to that particular name.. ?

You know, I forgot all about Easter... I am definitely not on the top of things. When people started calling me this weekend wondering when the Easter dinner is, I kind of looked at a calendar then freaked. All is well though, two weeks from now will be our family's celebration for Easter. The kids that will actually get a kick out of finding an egg in the grass don't know that I flubbed on the day. I did though, get them all their baskets and gave them to them. But, yeah.. Happy Easter!

Call me a blonde if you must, but I don't get it.. lol. All I see is a cheap candy bar ad about BigMo's Candy bar that Dale Jr. is sponsoring on a Race Car? I've been one to miss a few things now and again, but I may need this one explained me still. Seeing a few races in my day, I don't think D Jr. is particularly intelligent, but that's just me.

I like this article. I have that kind of relationship with Jason, but it wasn't always with him, but now that Derek is "as married as a gay couple can be in Kentucky" to Greg, Jason and I go out more and talk more, and all that. And it is significantly different compared to the things I tell David and how I am with him with certain things and how I am with Jason, Derek, and Greg. But anyway, it was a sweet article.

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I have a strong craving for Orange juice. If I don't have any for awhile, I can down a whole gallon in a span of four days.. lol. It's a healthy juice to drink, but I do crave that more than anything. I also have a craving for cucumbers as well. I did learn that people crave sweet and salty foods, the whole reason we add enough salt to things to taste the change is because our body is making us crave it. So we are definitely prone to having strong cravings. We don't crave sour and bitter tasting foods because our bodies apply those to potentially dangerous substances.

Hmm, Amanda is the Rocker girl.. shew.. I kind of liked her earlier stuff, but there are just a handful of songs that would fit her voice.. and the bad songs really sounded messed up coming from her. So I'm glad she's gone, she didn't have any range.. David Archuleta's voice is becoming annoying. Whisper sounding and weak at times. He said he had an illness or something that paralyzed his vocals at one time though, so I don't really know if that's the reason it sounds airy. It's just not working. I like the song choices he makes most of the time though. It has turned into a popularity contest. Carly was in the bottom three and Chackezi (however you spell his name) did a sorry harmonica-mess that I just couldn't finish watching.. and he's still there... annoying. I'm kind of glad I rarely keep track of television shows, so maybe if it gets worse I'll just "forget" to watch it.

I've not had too many long lasting relationships that I would consider meaningful. Even though, I voted for the long relationship, I've not really been out there dating too many people after High School. I've had three meaningful relationships, and the one that lasted the longest is the most meaningful for me. I fell fast for one and another I probably never should have dated as we were too different on too many levels of our lives. So really, time for me makes things more meaningful, because my relationship with David, I've never really been able to shake myself away from that. I don't really want to now, but there was a time that I did and couldn't. People are different, so, I can't really consider a fast, strong, connecting relationship meaningful, because in my experience when that happens, the differences cause less damage than the strong connections later in the relationship. Just like anything new, it has to have sustaining principals to continue on an appropriate level. So I just get the connection then as soon as I realize the relationship hasn't grown from that, I break it off, I won't drudge through a connectionless relationship at all waiting for the.. "good times."

Congratulations! Good job and keep up the good work.

Let's see, I could easily say David and I have been together for a while, but I'm going to say that my longest relationship has been with David for, if I can remember correctly (god help me when it comes to remembering anniversaries) a year and three months. Then we broke it off and I dated two other people and now I'm back going strong with him again. But, I've been "dating him" off and on for about two years. In high school my relationships barely lasted over 6 months and really none of those counted. After getting away from all that the mature relationships were entirely more rewarding. It was definitely a dramatic change. Anyway, I love seeing so many people have made it through all the years with their significant others. It's so gratifying to know that it can be done.

If chickens and turkey didn't exist I'd be a vegetarian. I just don't like eating anything else as it's a taste issue with me and I'm a picky eater (although, I'll try anything once if it's bbq'd) It's easy to say it's not wrong when you've been subject to eating meat in your lifetime. It's also easy to say no when most people don't see what goes into the steps from a live animal to the plate at home... I know I don't really want to see the steps myself, but living in Kentucky I have seen a chicken meet his end once and it didn't phase me at all. Definitely not something I'd work on doing as a practice though, even if my neighbor's chickens drive me insane daily when they fly over our fence and scratch around my flowers.. so watching a few of those killed for dinner would be justified.

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Good job Nick! Keep up the good work.

For the conversations I have for MSN, I sadly do find myself paying more attention to some people more so than I do others. I do like to talk, so I pretty much am attentive when it comes to conversations, but there are a few where I give 100% of my attention to. For my conversations in general with people, I just can't have one for very long if I cannot keep eye contact with the other person. That's the only way I know that the conversation is still going on and that the other person actually cares to half way listen to me. Some people can make eye-contact and not hear a word being said, but at least on my part it seems like they are. So eye contact is important, I only break it when something unexpected interrupts the conversation, like a loud sudden noise or another person butting into the conversation.. like a brat tugging on the shirt or something.. Anyway, I do expect people to be just as attentive to the conversation as I am, I think that's one of the things most extroverted people expect when they're having conversations. I do realize when I'm talking to someone who is introverted that eye contact may not be returned so I do have to adjust and kind of pay more attention to keep listening to the person talking to me. I do get annoyed when people don't listen to me and I really hate to repeat myself more than twice.

We are open to looking into submitting articles, book reviews, and other interesting things sent in by members. We hope to add a little bit more to the Newsletters in the future when we get into the hang of doing the Newsletter. Keeping the Newsletter up and running is important as well. Krista

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For some reason I laughed for about three minutes after reading that... Any Euphemisms around sex, dating, and such I dislike. All of them have been covered though It's just, if someone comes up to me with the pick up like, "can I buy you a drink?" instead of a greeting I just accept the drink then walk away.. lol. You have to try better than that. And really, if I know they're actually wanting a one night stand I'll go further and tell them I tell them that I'm not single. For sex I dislike when all my male friends use them for masturbation and such. I don't really want to hear anything about them, but when they do, I hate when the word Masturbation is replaced with anything. And, "can we get it on" or, "let's get it on," is an instant cold shower. You have to do better than that.

I voted for the Second option as well.

Oh goodness no... I thought I was almost done with rushing to the Theaters on opening day to those movies.. bah.. now there is an extra one.. It will be good for business for all involved in that series, but I really don't like going to see those movies as a chaperon to a bunch of teenagers on my weekend or afternoon even.. The last book was a lot and would be a stretch to put it into a single film though.

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Welcome to GA! You seem to be catching on pretty well. Have fun!

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