[Deviant Nation] Lucisptera's Journal

[Deviant Nation] Lucisptera's Journal We believe that people who love erotica are more than just faceless members sitting at a computer looking at photos of nameless models. We are a community, a cooperative, a society of people that are more than the dollar amount of their site memberships. Deviant Nation We believe that people who love erotica are more than just faceless members sitting at a computer looking at photos of nameless models. We are a community, a cooperative, a society of people that are more than the dollar amount of their site memberships. We are striving to combine community, subculture, artistic expression and erotica all at once. Deviant Nation satan@deviantnation.com Girls,Pinup,Tattoo,Pierced,Goth,Punk,Rockabilly,emo,Metal,Subcultures yes http://deviantnation.com/girls/Lucisptera en-us Copyright 2003-2008 Deviant Nation, Inc. satan@deviantnation.com Sat, 15 Mar 2003 07:00:00 GMT Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:44:44 GMT 60 DN Logo http://i.deviantnation.com/i/dn-logo-small.png http://deviantnation.com Deviant Nation 76 144 Mandatory overtime http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/81931 [Deviant Nation] Lucisptera's Journal Lucisptera Is full of lose. Blog yes ]]> Lucisptera Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/81931/#comments 14 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/81931 http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/81931 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:58:36 GMT Red http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/81401 [Deviant Nation] Lucisptera's Journal Lucisptera I got my first ever promotion yesterday.  Pretty excited about it.  I've moved from Security Level Purple to Security Level Red....basically going from a temp to a full time regular employee.  There are a few people on my team who have been around longer and haven't gotten Red yet, so I take it as a huge compliment.  It's also a dollar more pay, which doesn't hurt. In other news, my birthday is coming up.  Mom's coming to visit this weekend, then either the 17th or 18th I'm going to host a party....first time I'll have had more than a 1 on 1 birthday celebration since high school.  It will also partially be a promotion celebration. :) Things are looking up. Blog yes
In other news, my birthday is coming up. Mom's coming to visit this weekend, then either the 17th or 18th I'm going to host a party....first time I'll have had more than a 1 on 1 birthday celebration since high school. It will also partially be a promotion celebration. :)

Things are looking up.
]]> Lucisptera Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/81401/#comments 19 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/81401 http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/81401 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:24:55 GMT Swamped http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/80109 [Deviant Nation] Lucisptera's Journal Lucisptera Things have been crazy at work for the last three days.  Luckily, I was off Tuesday, so I didn't get the initial craziness, but everything since then has just been <img contenteditable="false" src="http://i.deviantnation.com/images/emoticons/eyes-bugout.gif" alt="" />.  It went from a VERY lazy trying to find something to do to all of a sudden looking at the clock and it's three hours later than you thought it was...hectic, but VERY nice in a way. I think I may have just given a HUGE hint to some people about what I do, but oh well. <img contenteditable="false" src="http://i.deviantnation.com/images/emoticons/wink.gif" alt="" /> Hopefully after things chill out a bit, I'll be able to be around a bit more.  I hate that I'm having to miss SF.  :( Blog yes . It went from a VERY lazy trying to find something to do to all of a sudden looking at the clock and it's three hours later than you thought it was...hectic, but VERY nice in a way.

I think I may have just given a HUGE hint to some people about what I do, but oh well.

Hopefully after things chill out a bit, I'll be able to be around a bit more. I hate that I'm having to miss SF. :(
]]> Lucisptera Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/80109/#comments 19 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/80109 http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/80109 Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:45:56 GMT Moo http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/78912 [Deviant Nation] Lucisptera's Journal Lucisptera Sorry I haven't existed so much lately.  Between work schedule and just being blah in general, I haven't had much to say. I need to eat more often.  Switching to nights (with a Tuesday morning thrown in to screw up my weekend) has really messed over my eating schedule...Generally I wake up, around 6ish, head to work around 7:30 (this is Wed/Thrus, when I'm with the boy...the days we don't overlap I wake up around 8 and get there around 9:30), work till 2, take lunch and go with the coworkers to some fast food place an get fries...cause it's fast food, and ick.  Back to work till 7, get off work, come home, and crash. Yeah, you read that right.  Fries.  In 24 hours.  /sigh Beyond that, I've got some stuff on my mind that I don't really feel like broadcasting. I feel like I have no life right now...and no time to work on in if I wanted to. I've got three degrees: Psychology BA, Education MA, and Massage RMT. I'm not using ANY of them right now.  I have a room set up for massage, and I am assisting at the school...but I'm not USING it.  I have no clients...except <a href="http://deviantnation.com/members/krimsonnox" class="member" rel="tag">Krimsonnox</a>'s husband from time to time. I need to put myself out there, but not really knowing anyone, or belonging to any organizations...makes that a bit difficult. Oh well. Blog yes
I need to eat more often. Switching to nights (with a Tuesday morning thrown in to screw up my weekend) has really messed over my eating schedule...Generally I wake up, around 6ish, head to work around 7:30 (this is Wed/Thrus, when I'm with the boy...the days we don't overlap I wake up around 8 and get there around 9:30), work till 2, take lunch and go with the coworkers to some fast food place an get fries...cause it's fast food, and ick. Back to work till 7, get off work, come home, and crash.

Yeah, you read that right. Fries. In 24 hours. /sigh

Beyond that, I've got some stuff on my mind that I don't really feel like broadcasting.

I feel like I have no life right now...and no time to work on in if I wanted to.

I've got three degrees: Psychology BA, Education MA, and Massage RMT. I'm not using ANY of them right now. I have a room set up for massage, and I am assisting at the school...but I'm not USING it. I have no clients...except Krimsonnox's husband from time to time. I need to put myself out there, but not really knowing anyone, or belonging to any organizations...makes that a bit difficult.

Oh well.

]]> Lucisptera Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/78912/#comments 19 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/78912 http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/78912 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:45:25 GMT Thief! http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/78360 [Deviant Nation] Lucisptera's Journal Lucisptera I am... <img src="http://i.deviantnation.com/m/146598" alt="" /> Take a picture of yourself right now. Don't change your clothes, don't fix your hair... just take a picture. Post that picture with NO editing. Post these instructions with your picture. Blog yes

Take a picture of yourself right now.
Don't change your clothes, don't fix your hair... just take a picture.
Post that picture with NO editing.
Post these instructions with your picture.
]]> Lucisptera Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/78360/#comments 25 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/78360 http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/78360 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:12:56 GMT Gustav (and maybe Hanna) http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/76598 [Deviant Nation] Lucisptera's Journal Lucisptera Please keep the Louisianians you know in your thoughts/prayers/goodwill lists in the upcoming week.  There's a possibility of them getting a double whammy from two hurricanes...one of which is already a 4 and getting stronger. The boyfriend's parents are coming to evacuate here....and hoping that they'll still have a house when they get home. Blog yes
The boyfriend's parents are coming to evacuate here....and hoping that they'll still have a house when they get home.
]]> Lucisptera Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/76598/#comments 22 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/76598 http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/76598 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 01:57:25 GMT Friend. http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/76027 [Deviant Nation] Lucisptera's Journal Lucisptera I haven't been a very good one recently.  I haven't charged my phone to return calls.  I haven't made time to go see people that I know I need to...and want to.  I'm not even really commenting in people's journals like I'd like to...though I'm trying to at least read them. I'm just so busy recently, and if I'm not at work, I'm sleeping, or trying to get the house in order.  I'm sorry I'm not being a better friend.  Blog yes
I'm just so busy recently, and if I'm not at work, I'm sleeping, or trying to get the house in order. I'm sorry I'm not being a better friend.
]]> Lucisptera Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/76027/#comments 30 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/76027 http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/76027 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:47:00 GMT Long day. http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/75711 [Deviant Nation] Lucisptera's Journal Lucisptera My day actually started about three days ago when I woke up for work around 5.  Usual work day...not tired when I got home.  No big deal, I'll try to sleep later, I said... No sleep.  Work day again.  "It's Thursday for me!  Wheee."  Come home...dragging ass on the way home, I get back...I'm wired.  I catch a few hours nap, but that's about it.  Work last night went well.... And today I had to drive to Lufkin to visit my Dad.  It's the best meeting point (almost halfway) between home and where he lives.  Why, you may wonder, do I need to go visit him again, at a strange halfway point, when I'm so sleep deprived... Because he's going back to Iraq...as I mentioned previously.  And because this time he's staying for TWO years.  *sob* In the year he was gone last time, I never even got to hear his voice other than in a voicemail...I always missed his calls, and he never came back to the states.  The three hours (and nine of driving)  I got to spend with him today was NOT enough.  For those of you who don't know....I grew up in a SMALL town.  Like 20k people, and when college was out of session, that cut in half.  I grew up there, I went to college there.  My parents knew (and not because they were snooping...just because gossip is powerful) what I had to eat for dinner at Prom before I got home that night.  Before moving to Texas, I'd never been more than 20 minutes away from my Dad.  Mom had moved about 70 miles away, so I was more used to that.  I move to Texas, and a few months later, he moves to Iraq.  Talk about separation shock.  I was so glad when he came back... And now he's quit his tenured position at the local university, dumped his girlfriend, sold his vehicles, packed up everything in the house and is renting it... Anyway...enough about that.  I get to Lufkin, and start to go meet him at the resturaunt...and discover that my wallet isn't in my jeans.  No biggie, it must be in my bag...no?  seat?  no...car?  no.  CRAP.  I just drove 4.5 hours with NO LICENSE, and no money, or plastic, or anything...Which wouldn't matter, except the trip took over half a tank of gas. Dad and I spend our time.  It was very nice, as usual.  I ask if I can bum some money for gas (feeling pretty silly, but having explained the situation with the wallet), and he gives me 10.  I fill as much as I can on that 10....and I get another 8th of a tank basically...I'm still not up to half. I got lost TWICE on the way home.  But luckily I found a shortcut.  4.5 hours with no radio or AC (just in case...) sucks.  I'm home now. I've got to teach in about 10 hours.  I'm going to bed. Blog yes
No sleep. Work day again. "It's Thursday for me! Wheee." Come home...dragging ass on the way home, I get back...I'm wired. I catch a few hours nap, but that's about it. Work last night went well....

And today I had to drive to Lufkin to visit my Dad. It's the best meeting point (almost halfway) between home and where he lives. Why, you may wonder, do I need to go visit him again, at a strange halfway point, when I'm so sleep deprived...

Because he's going back to Iraq...as I mentioned previously. And because this time he's staying for TWO years. *sob* In the year he was gone last time, I never even got to hear his voice other than in a voicemail...I always missed his calls, and he never came back to the states. The three hours (and nine of driving) I got to spend with him today was NOT enough.

For those of you who don't know....I grew up in a SMALL town. Like 20k people, and when college was out of session, that cut in half. I grew up there, I went to college there. My parents knew (and not because they were snooping...just because gossip is powerful) what I had to eat for dinner at Prom before I got home that night.

Before moving to Texas, I'd never been more than 20 minutes away from my Dad. Mom had moved about 70 miles away, so I was more used to that. I move to Texas, and a few months later, he moves to Iraq. Talk about separation shock. I was so glad when he came back...

And now he's quit his tenured position at the local university, dumped his girlfriend, sold his vehicles, packed up everything in the house and is renting it...

Anyway...enough about that. I get to Lufkin, and start to go meet him at the resturaunt...and discover that my wallet isn't in my jeans. No biggie, it must be in my bag...no? seat? no...car? no. CRAP. I just drove 4.5 hours with NO LICENSE, and no money, or plastic, or anything...Which wouldn't matter, except the trip took over half a tank of gas.

Dad and I spend our time. It was very nice, as usual. I ask if I can bum some money for gas (feeling pretty silly, but having explained the situation with the wallet), and he gives me 10.

I fill as much as I can on that 10....and I get another 8th of a tank basically...I'm still not up to half.

I got lost TWICE on the way home.

But luckily I found a shortcut.

4.5 hours with no radio or AC (just in case...) sucks.

I'm home now. I've got to teach in about 10 hours. I'm going to bed.
]]> Lucisptera Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/75711/#comments 22 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/75711 http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/75711 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:49:25 GMT Krimson http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/74869 [Deviant Nation] Lucisptera's Journal Lucisptera Just to let everyone know, <a href="http://deviantnation.com/members/krimsonnox_did" class="member" rel="tag">Krimsonnox did</a> take the vacation she was talking about.  From what I hear, she's already feeling better. Keep your thoughts with her husband and 3 year old son, dealing with not having her around. ;) Blog yes Krimsonnox did take the vacation she was talking about. From what I hear, she's already feeling better.

Keep your thoughts with her husband and 3 year old son, dealing with not having her around. ;)
]]> Lucisptera Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/74869/#comments 17 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/74869 http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/74869 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:16:16 GMT Bad news http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/74369 [Deviant Nation] Lucisptera's Journal Lucisptera I got an email from my mom a day or so ago saying that due to her cats thinking the neighbor's flowerbed was the litter box, she's going to have to get rid of them.  She has three...one we've had since I was in high school (what it it with my family and ~10 year old cats?), and two kittens.  My uncle is taking the kittens, and would either my dad or I take the older one, Jess. I called today, saying that Eyanosa had vetoed it, even if she would pay the pet deposit.  He had a rough time with Sylvester being here....as Sylvester wasn't exactly happy, and was pretty vocal about it...constantly.  She said that actually, she wasn't going to make me take two cats.  I was confused.  She said she just got word through the grapevine that my dad has resigned his tenured spot at the University, and is looking for someone to take Sylvester again.  Uh oh. So I called to verify.  "So...will you be taking Jess?"  "Actually...we need to talk about that...." Long story short...he quit his job and is going back for another year.  *bursts in to tears* I know the money is good...he told me before this ever started that if he spent two years over there and invested well, he'd never have to work another day in his life.  But he loves that university, and he's loved that town, and is any amount of money really worth not being able to see your loved ones, or talk to them, for another year?  Not to mention how worried I'll be again.  Blog yes
I called today, saying that Eyanosa had vetoed it, even if she would pay the pet deposit. He had a rough time with Sylvester being here....as Sylvester wasn't exactly happy, and was pretty vocal about it...constantly. She said that actually, she wasn't going to make me take two cats. I was confused. She said she just got word through the grapevine that my dad has resigned his tenured spot at the University, and is looking for someone to take Sylvester again. Uh oh.

So I called to verify. "So...will you be taking Jess?"
"Actually...we need to talk about that...."

Long story short...he quit his job and is going back for another year. *bursts in to tears*

I know the money is good...he told me before this ever started that if he spent two years over there and invested well, he'd never have to work another day in his life. But he loves that university, and he's loved that town, and is any amount of money really worth not being able to see your loved ones, or talk to them, for another year? Not to mention how worried I'll be again.

]]> Lucisptera Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/74369/#comments 23 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/74369 http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/74369 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:22:22 GMT Disappeared friend http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/74035 [Deviant Nation] Lucisptera's Journal Lucisptera Some of you may remember me mentioning a friend a few years ago (has it seriously been that long?) who I ran into on messenger...but it wasn't him, and the person on messenger said that he "wasn't dead" but wouldn't tell me more.... And then I found out he was in jail, but wasn't sure what for (never did get a clear answer on that...) and was able to exchange mail with for a while... And then he disappeared again, and I ran into that person on messenger again, who sent me to the county jail where he'd been, and indeed...no record of transfer, release, or him being there. Anyway...I heard from my friend.  He's finally out, living with his dad again, and working on a novel.  We've gotten to talk a few times, and though prison has changed him (as it is wont to do, ya know?) it seems to be for the better.  I'm excited to have my friend back. Blog yes
And then I found out he was in jail, but wasn't sure what for (never did get a clear answer on that...) and was able to exchange mail with for a while...

And then he disappeared again, and I ran into that person on messenger again, who sent me to the county jail where he'd been, and indeed...no record of transfer, release, or him being there.

Anyway...I heard from my friend. He's finally out, living with his dad again, and working on a novel. We've gotten to talk a few times, and though prison has changed him (as it is wont to do, ya know?) it seems to be for the better. I'm excited to have my friend back.
]]> Lucisptera Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/74035/#comments 20 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/74035 http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/74035 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:15:13 GMT House http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/73684 [Deviant Nation] Lucisptera's Journal Lucisptera Sorry I've been MIA the past little bit. Things have been busy. I now live in Round Rock instead of Austin.  We moved from our third floor apartment (blegh) in a bad neighborhood to a 3 bedroom duplex in a relatively good one. :D  YAY!  I have a yard, and will be able to do flower beds now.  And I have a massage room, so I can start working from home. I'm still enjoying the mystery job.  I just had my 30 day review, and am doing very well. :D I have that second job, learning to teach Massage.  I was the demo in class today...we did pec work.  Probably something I needed....but it ripped my sternum piercing inside, and started bleeding. :(  I hope it doesn't end up rejecting.  Now I've basically got to start the healing progress all over again. Anyone want to help unpack?  I have way too much stuff. Blog yes
I now live in Round Rock instead of Austin. We moved from our third floor apartment (blegh) in a bad neighborhood to a 3 bedroom duplex in a relatively good one. :D YAY! I have a yard, and will be able to do flower beds now. And I have a massage room, so I can start working from home.

I'm still enjoying the mystery job. I just had my 30 day review, and am doing very well. :D

I have that second job, learning to teach Massage. I was the demo in class today...we did pec work. Probably something I needed....but it ripped my sternum piercing inside, and started bleeding. :( I hope it doesn't end up rejecting. Now I've basically got to start the healing progress all over again.

Anyone want to help unpack? I have way too much stuff.
]]> Lucisptera Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/73684/#comments 28 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/73684 http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/73684 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:45:08 GMT Book Meme (from Peachy) http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/72200 [Deviant Nation] Lucisptera's Journal Lucisptera What? Two posts in one day!  AMAZING!  hehe "The Big Read* reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed. Well let's see." 1) Look at the list and bold those you have read. 2) Italicize those you intend to read. 3) Underline the books you LOVE. 4) Reprint this list in your own so we can try and track down these people who've only read 6 and force books upon them ;-)" 1. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 2. The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien 3. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte 4. Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling 5. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee 6. The Bible 7. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte 8. Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell 9. His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman 10. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens 11. Little Women - Louisa M Alcott 12. Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy 13. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller 14. The Complete Works of Shakespeare (I have it and haven’t finished yet) 15. Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier 16. The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien (hated it) 17. Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks 18. Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger 19. The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger 20. Middlemarch - George Eliot 21. Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell 23. Bleak House - Charles Dickens 24. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy 25. The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams 26. Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh 27. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky 28. Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck 29. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll 30. The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame 31. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy 32. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens 33. The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis 34. Emma - Jane Austen 35. Persuasion - Jane Austen 36. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis (does this not count in Chronicals?) 37. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini 38. Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres 39. Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden 40. Winnie the Pooh - A.A. Milne 41. Animal Farm - George Orwell 42. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown 43. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez 44. A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving 45. The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins 46. Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery 47. Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy 48. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood 49. Lord of the Flies - William Golding 50. Atonement - Ian McEwan 51. Life of Pi - Yann Martel 52. Dune - Frank Herbert 53. Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons 54. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen 55. A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth 56. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon 57. A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens 58. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley 59. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon 60. Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez 61. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck 62. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov 63. The Secret History - Donna Tartt 64. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold 65. Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas (I’ve read excerpts) 66. On The Road - Jack Kerouac 67. Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy 68. Bridget Jones' Diary - Helen Fielding 69. Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie 70. Moby Dick - Herman Melville 71. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens 72. Dracula - Bram Stoker 73. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett 74. Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson 75. Ulysses - James Joyce 76. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath 77. Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome 78. Germinal - Emile Zola 79. Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray 80. Possession - A.S. Byatt 81. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens 82. Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell 83. The Color Purple - Alice Walker 84. The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro 85. Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert 86. A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry 87. Charlotte's Web - E.B. White 88. The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom 89. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 90. The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton 91. Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad 92. The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery 93. The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks 94. Watership Down - Richard Adams 95. A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole 96. A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute 97. The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas 98. Hamlet - William Shakespeare 99. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl 100. Les Miserables - Victor Hug I'm excited to see some more modern books on this list. Blog yes
"The Big Read* reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed. Well let's see."

1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to read.
3) Underline the books you LOVE.
4) Reprint this list in your own so we can try and track down these people who've only read 6 and force books upon them ;-)"

1. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2. The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
3. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4. Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling
5. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6. The Bible
7. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8. Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9. His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens

11. Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12. Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14. The Complete Works of Shakespeare (I have it and haven’t finished yet)
15. Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16. The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien (hated it)
17. Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
18. Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
19. The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20. Middlemarch - George Eliot

21. Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
23. Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25. The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
26. Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28. Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll

30. The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
31. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33. The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis
34. Emma - Jane Austen
35. Persuasion - Jane Austen
36. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis (does this not count in Chronicals?)
37. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
38. Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39. Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40. Winnie the Pooh - A.A. Milne

41. Animal Farm - George Orwell
42. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
43. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44. A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving
45. The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46. Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47. Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
49. Lord of the Flies - William Golding
50. Atonement - Ian McEwan

51. Life of Pi - Yann Martel
52. Dune - Frank Herbert
53. Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
55. A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57. A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
59. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon

60. Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63. The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65. Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas (I’ve read excerpts)
66. On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67. Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68. Bridget Jones' Diary - Helen Fielding
69. Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie
70. Moby Dick - Herman Melville

71. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72. Dracula - Bram Stoker
73. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74. Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75. Ulysses - James Joyce
76. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
77. Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78. Germinal - Emile Zola
79. Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80. Possession - A.S. Byatt

81. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
82. Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83. The Color Purple - Alice Walker
84. The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85. Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86. A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87. Charlotte's Web - E.B. White
88. The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90. The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton

91. Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92. The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93. The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94. Watership Down - Richard Adams
95. A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96. A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97. The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98. Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
100. Les Miserables - Victor Hug

I'm excited to see some more modern books on this list.
]]> Lucisptera Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/72200/#comments 8 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/72200 http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/72200 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:59:57 GMT A house! http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/72193 [Deviant Nation] Lucisptera's Journal Lucisptera Eyanosa and I went and looked at a house today in Round Rock. It's a bit farther North than I'd really like to be, but we like it, and have put in applications.  If all goes through correctly, we could be moving in as soon as next week!  Zomg! It's a 3 bedroom, 2 bath, with wood laminate floors, a fire place, washer/dryer, decent sized back yard (for a city, at least...I'm used to 5 acres...), garage, attic...all sorts of nifty stuff.  Rent isn't too bad, only about 300 more than our current one bedroom apartment. And the nighborhood is nice, so I'll be able to have my massage business there.  :D In other good news, my dad should be getting home from Iraq this month.  It was supposed to be today, then it was supposed to be the 6th, now it's supposed to be the 11th....but soon.... And did you guys know it's july!?!  Hot nakedness everywhere!  Woohoo. Blog yes
It's a 3 bedroom, 2 bath, with wood laminate floors, a fire place, washer/dryer, decent sized back yard (for a city, at least...I'm used to 5 acres...), garage, attic...all sorts of nifty stuff. Rent isn't too bad, only about 300 more than our current one bedroom apartment. And the nighborhood is nice, so I'll be able to have my massage business there. :D

In other good news, my dad should be getting home from Iraq this month. It was supposed to be today, then it was supposed to be the 6th, now it's supposed to be the 11th....but soon....

And did you guys know it's july!?! Hot nakedness everywhere! Woohoo.
]]> Lucisptera Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/72193/#comments 16 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/72193 http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/72193 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:36:16 GMT Because one is not enough.... http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/71185 [Deviant Nation] Lucisptera's Journal Lucisptera I start my second job on 7/15 at 9am. :D  I can tell you what this one is. ^_^  It's a massage job.  I'll be "audit/assisting" a class in their second 250 hours of massage school...which is pretty awesome, because it means for hands on classes, I'm the demo dummy!  Woohoo! This first round is unpaid, but seriously, I get to re-take the classes I just finished, AND I get to get free massages.  They don't have to pay me.  Next round, after I've taken the 500 hours again, I'll be paid to do the same thing.  And that will continue until they have a spot for me on the teaching staff.  :D  I'll get to roll two of my loves, teaching and massage, into one. How is this going to fly with a 10pm-7am schedule?  Well, I'll be going to bed at 1ish, and waking up at 8pm or so.  wheee.   But it's only a few days a week, so it shouldn't be much of an issue. Blog yes
I can tell you what this one is. ^_^ It's a massage job. I'll be "audit/assisting" a class in their second 250 hours of massage school...which is pretty awesome, because it means for hands on classes, I'm the demo dummy! Woohoo!

This first round is unpaid, but seriously, I get to re-take the classes I just finished, AND I get to get free massages. They don't have to pay me. Next round, after I've taken the 500 hours again, I'll be paid to do the same thing. And that will continue until they have a spot for me on the teaching staff. :D I'll get to roll two of my loves, teaching and massage, into one.

How is this going to fly with a 10pm-7am schedule? Well, I'll be going to bed at 1ish, and waking up at 8pm or so. wheee. But it's only a few days a week, so it shouldn't be much of an issue.

]]> Lucisptera Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/71185/#comments 24 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/71185 http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/71185 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:53:50 GMT Hey, Okies.... http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/70924 [Deviant Nation] Lucisptera's Journal Lucisptera Did this just actually happen? Or is it April 1 and I didn't notice? http://www.okhouse.gov/51LEG/Leg_Votesxx.aspx?include=okh01983.txt Blog yes
http://www.okhouse.gov/51LEG/Leg_Votesxx.aspx?include=okh01983.txt
]]> Lucisptera Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/70924/#comments 23 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/70924 http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/70924 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:16:00 GMT Schedule http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/70660 [Deviant Nation] Lucisptera's Journal Lucisptera Whee...I'm going to be flipping my days. I got my schedule today, and from Sunday on, I'll be working 10pm-7am, with Mon/Tues being my weekend.  Sounds like fun.  And I get to ride with Eyanosa.  We're not in the same department, nor do we have the same days off, but we work the same times when we do work together. Blog yes
Sounds like fun. And I get to ride with Eyanosa. We're not in the same department, nor do we have the same days off, but we work the same times when we do work together.
]]> Lucisptera Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/70660/#comments 14 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/70660 http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/70660 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:16:54 GMT Awesomesauce http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/69907 [Deviant Nation] Lucisptera's Journal Lucisptera That summarizes my first day. Hung out in the parking lot waiting for them to let us in.  Met some nifty people from my training group there, including an awesome chick who's starting on a chest piece and has a shaved head, and another guy who used to be a teacher.  Had a ton of fun in the class...I have a bunch in common with a lot of the people, and were cracking semi-"in jokes" all day.  Much good bonding going on, and I'm looking forward to tomorrow. Hopefully nifty chick and I can get on the same schedule...we both want overnights. Blog yes
Hung out in the parking lot waiting for them to let us in. Met some nifty people from my training group there, including an awesome chick who's starting on a chest piece and has a shaved head, and another guy who used to be a teacher. Had a ton of fun in the class...I have a bunch in common with a lot of the people, and were cracking semi-"in jokes" all day. Much good bonding going on, and I'm looking forward to tomorrow.

Hopefully nifty chick and I can get on the same schedule...we both want overnights.
]]> Lucisptera Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/69907/#comments 22 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/69907 http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/69907 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:11:42 GMT Today... http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/69789 [Deviant Nation] Lucisptera's Journal Lucisptera Was my last day at the massage job for $15/hours.  YAY! Monday, I start my new job. Double YAY! Blog yes YAY!

Monday, I start my new job.
Double YAY!

]]> Lucisptera Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/69789/#comments 30 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/69789 http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/69789 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:24:42 GMT chat.. http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/69724 [Deviant Nation] Lucisptera's Journal Lucisptera I wish I could.  Silly site not recognizing my user name when I try to log in. :( Blog yes
Silly site not recognizing my user name when I try to log in. :(
]]> Lucisptera Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/69724/#comments 16 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/69724 http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/69724 Sat, 31 May 2008 04:49:23 GMT gritch http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/69307 [Deviant Nation] Lucisptera's Journal Lucisptera Seems like what I do most of the time in here is gritch.  Oh well. From least annoying to most...I think. 1. Still haven't heard back about when my training class is.  I went ahead and turned in two weeks notice, just in case I start on the 2nd, but it looks like I'll more likely start on the 16th.  I'd still like to hear back. I've called to check, but haven't been gotten back to yet. 2. Our AC is out.  We called last week and it started working again for about a day, and it's back off again...and over a weekend, so there's not much we can do but be hot.  Oh well.  Last summer we didn't have AC for about two months.  We can manage a few days. 3. I'm trying to find a place to live.  We found one place, but we'd need a roommate, because we couldn't afford it on our own, and most of the ads I'm finding on craigslist for houses to rent have been scams, and the realtors say we need to look closer to two weeks from when we want to rent, but we've got to give the apartments 30 days notice if we're moving. GRRR. 4. Went to ren faire yesterday, which isn't an annoyance in itself.  I worked there last year...and I don't know if it's that, or just me growing out of it...but I didn't really get much out of the whole thing. I did run into a friend I hadn't seen in a while, and was able to help his back out a good bit.  But it's kinda sad to think that I'm not enjoying something that has been a source of joy for the past decade or so.  It all felt pretty blah. 5. While at ren faire, I missed another call from my dad.  <img src="http://i.deviantnation.com/images/emoticons/crying.gif" contenteditable="false" alt="" /> He's only got about 30 days left, but at this point I'm more scared than I was before...I know he's not any more likely to be injured in his last 30 days, but it would just make it so much worse if he was, ya know? Blog yes
From least annoying to most...I think.

1. Still haven't heard back about when my training class is. I went ahead and turned in two weeks notice, just in case I start on the 2nd, but it looks like I'll more likely start on the 16th. I'd still like to hear back. I've called to check, but haven't been gotten back to yet.

2. Our AC is out. We called last week and it started working again for about a day, and it's back off again...and over a weekend, so there's not much we can do but be hot. Oh well. Last summer we didn't have AC for about two months. We can manage a few days.

3. I'm trying to find a place to live. We found one place, but we'd need a roommate, because we couldn't afford it on our own, and most of the ads I'm finding on craigslist for houses to rent have been scams, and the realtors say we need to look closer to two weeks from when we want to rent, but we've got to give the apartments 30 days notice if we're moving. GRRR.

4. Went to ren faire yesterday, which isn't an annoyance in itself. I worked there last year...and I don't know if it's that, or just me growing out of it...but I didn't really get much out of the whole thing. I did run into a friend I hadn't seen in a while, and was able to help his back out a good bit. But it's kinda sad to think that I'm not enjoying something that has been a source of joy for the past decade or so. It all felt pretty blah.
5. While at ren faire, I missed another call from my dad.

He's only got about 30 days left, but at this point I'm more scared than I was before...I know he's not any more likely to be injured in his last 30 days, but it would just make it so much worse if he was, ya know?

]]> Lucisptera Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/69307/#comments 11 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/69307 http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/69307 Sun, 25 May 2008 23:23:26 GMT Squeee! http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/68981 [Deviant Nation] Lucisptera's Journal Lucisptera I have the job. But I can't tell you where, or I'd have to kill you. Blog yes But I can't tell you where, or I'd have to kill you.

]]> Lucisptera Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/68981/#comments 47 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/68981 http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/68981 Wed, 21 May 2008 17:09:50 GMT Today is my interview.... http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/68969 [Deviant Nation] Lucisptera's Journal Lucisptera <img src="http://i.deviantnation.com/images/emoticons/DancingDevil.gif" contenteditable="false" alt="" /> And then I've got a friend coming over to practice massage on me. <img src="http://i.deviantnation.com/images/emoticons/DancingDevil.gif" contenteditable="false" alt="" /><img src="http://i.deviantnation.com/images/emoticons/DancingDevil.gif" contenteditable="false" alt="" /> Blog yes

And then I've got a friend coming over to practice massage on me.

]]> Lucisptera Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/68969/#comments 13 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/68969 http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/68969 Wed, 21 May 2008 13:39:51 GMT Remember.... http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/68842 [Deviant Nation] Lucisptera's Journal Lucisptera How I said that I wouldn't leave my job unless something REALLY nifty came along? *shiftyeyes* I'm not going to say anything more, so I don't Jinx it.  Blog yes
*shiftyeyes*

I'm not going to say anything more, so I don't Jinx it.
]]> Lucisptera Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/68842/#comments 24 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/68842 http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/68842 Mon, 19 May 2008 22:47:35 GMT My job is a joke. http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/68621 [Deviant Nation] Lucisptera's Journal Lucisptera Thinking back, you'd think I'd never had any good jobs, the way I complain about them.  Don't get me wrong...I love giving massages.  Helping people feel better is awesome.  I LOVED teaching.  The fort...best. job. evar. I got to work today, and (as often happens) none of the four of us who were scheduled to be there from 9am-2 or 3 had ANYONE booked.  The way things work up there is that if you don't have anyone, you wait, and hope there's a walk-in. We get paid $15/hour, plus whatever tips we bring in, and if our comission doesn't equal minimum wage, we get minimum instead.  I did one massage today, got a lousy $5 tip (she paid $80 for the massage), and will be getting minimum wage for the six hours I was there. So while I sat there trying to read, I got to overhear my coworkers. My coworkers are catty, catty bitches.  They make fun of anyone not in their clique, and there's only three of them in it...BUT, since two of them are our only two front desk people...the ones who deal with the public on the phone and in person, and who you have to go through to try to get scheduled....yeah.  We have a lady who works with us who is from Poland.  Given, she plays herself as more dumb than she is, and she does get on my nerves a bit...but no only do they make fun of her behind her back, they do it straight to her face!  I think she's the only one they'll talk about to their faces, but I don't think any of us get away without being mocked, LOUDLY, and often when there are clients there.  They were yelling up and down the hallways today making fun of people.  Since I've been there, they've driven off eight therapists.  We only keep ten on staff generally.  And at least once a week someone cancels their membership.  My paychecks have cut in half since I started working there, due to people who stop coming because of the front desk girls. Beyond that, we have no clinic administrator (manager), and our owners really don't know how to run a business. They have over $100,000 in declined credit cards since the beginning of the year that they're not collecting on...and then are complaining about barely being able to make rent.  Our WATER FOUNTAIN got repo-ed yesterday!  They've messed up at least half the checks every pay period...one week they shorted one of the therapists $300.  I look forward to either the new clinic opening (it'll be a longer drive, but will be run with far more grace and design), or for my year working there to come quickly so I can find something else.  Or for something so wonderful I can't pass it up to fall in my lap.  Blog yes
I got to work today, and (as often happens) none of the four of us who were scheduled to be there from 9am-2 or 3 had ANYONE booked. The way things work up there is that if you don't have anyone, you wait, and hope there's a walk-in. We get paid $15/hour, plus whatever tips we bring in, and if our comission doesn't equal minimum wage, we get minimum instead. I did one massage today, got a lousy $5 tip (she paid $80 for the massage), and will be getting minimum wage for the six hours I was there. So while I sat there trying to read, I got to overhear my coworkers.

My coworkers are catty, catty bitches. They make fun of anyone not in their clique, and there's only three of them in it...BUT, since two of them are our only two front desk people...the ones who deal with the public on the phone and in person, and who you have to go through to try to get scheduled....yeah. We have a lady who works with us who is from Poland. Given, she plays herself as more dumb than she is, and she does get on my nerves a bit...but no only do they make fun of her behind her back, they do it straight to her face! I think she's the only one they'll talk about to their faces, but I don't think any of us get away without being mocked, LOUDLY, and often when there are clients there. They were yelling up and down the hallways today making fun of people. Since I've been there, they've driven off eight therapists. We only keep ten on staff generally. And at least once a week someone cancels their membership. My paychecks have cut in half since I started working there, due to people who stop coming because of the front desk girls.

Beyond that, we have no clinic administrator (manager), and our owners really don't know how to run a business. They have over $100,000 in declined credit cards since the beginning of the year that they're not collecting on...and then are complaining about barely being able to make rent. Our WATER FOUNTAIN got repo-ed yesterday! They've messed up at least half the checks every pay period...one week they shorted one of the therapists $300.

I look forward to either the new clinic opening (it'll be a longer drive, but will be run with far more grace and design), or for my year working there to come quickly so I can find something else. Or for something so wonderful I can't pass it up to fall in my lap.

]]> Lucisptera Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/68621/#comments 32 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/68621 http://deviantnation.com/members/Lucisptera/68621 Fri, 16 May 2008 19:44:43 GMT