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Name: Amy
Country: United States
State: California
Birthday: 6/3/1977
Gender: Female
Interests: learning.
Expertise: reading things between the lines that aren't there.
Occupation: Student
Industry: Nonprofit
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Member Since:
4/8/2003
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| One of the benefits for working for a Christian environment is the cool resources and tools we come across everyday. Check out this site!
www.echoprayer.com
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| so recently, howard and i took in a stray.. only for like 3 days.
Sunday: Stray dog comes to live with Howard and Amy, we name her TK for TK burger, where we ate the yummiest burgers Amy has had for a while.
- Amy and Howard watch Caesar Milan and become pack leaders overnight
- Amy thinks she's getting flea bites, but overlooks it because Amy has a dog now and is happy
- Cats wonder why the door is closed
- TK beomes Tika (for Chicken Tika Masala)
Monday: Our landlord sees our dog and isn't happy, but isn't mad either.
-Tika becomes Stella and we find out she's potty trained, as well as completely neurotic
- Stella whines in the bathroom and Howard and Amy start feeling Neighbor conscious.
- Stella chews through her leash and we realize she wants to kill all cats, or any other non-human creature in her path
- later on that night, we buy dog food, dog treats, and put up posters: "LOST DOG FOUND!"
-Also, we unsuccessfully train stella not to bark at the cats.
- by this time, stella has peed and pooed successfully outside many times and howard has unsuccessfully trained stella to stay.
Tuesday: Stella begins to see us as her pack leaders.
- we are falling more and more in love with Stella. she is easy to train, though still completely neurotic.
- the cats have now begun living in fear... but not that much because stella can't climb.
- Amy and Howard talk about moving into a bigger home so stella can run around and co-exisst with cats
- Amy and Howard discuss how long we should wait before making stella our dog.
Tuesday night: Stella's parents call. Stella's owner misses her: a 12 year old girl who's sole possession after moving is Stella, aka Princess.
- Amy finds out stella has been abused in the past, having her jaw broken by old owner- neuroticism is explained
- Stella's owner says: "Where do you live?"
- Amy says: "My class gets out late, I'll drop her off early tomorrow morning" Translates: I need just one more night with stella before i can let her go... suck it up little girl!!!!
Tuesday Late Night: Stella becomes Princess Stella.
- Stella is amazed and happy that we know her real name
-Howard and Amy take a bajillion photos of princess stella
-stella gets to run around outside and do whatever she wants
- Princess Stella gets so tired she passes out.
Wednesday Morning: Goodbye to Stella.
- Princess Stella goes home... her owners are happy to see her, confused why she won't jump on them anymore...
- Amy and Howard explain that "Princess" is sitting because she wants to be pet.
- Princess's parents say, "I think Princess is confused. She doesn't know where to go."
- Amy and Howard invite Stella's parents to come to church
- Stella's parents say "come visit anytime"
- Princess's dad says "maybe this happened because God wants us to go to church"
-Amy and Howard leave thinking God wants Princess Stella's family to go to church.
What a long and wonderful journey for Stella.
Thursday Morning:
- Amy and Howard wake up to a quiet house
- Cats look exceedingly happy
- Howard posts pictures of Stella up on Eliradius.phanfare.com
- Amy Posts about Princess Stella on xanga.
steeeellllllllaaaaaaa~~~~~~~~~ we miss you princess stella.
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we miss you princess stella... 
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my friend sent me this... i thought it was really cool that something like this was out there.. check it out!
>Check out Google's energy saving efforts:
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>When your screen is white - an empty word page, or
>the Google page, your computer consumes 74 watts,
>and when its black it consumes only 59 watts.
>Mark Ontkush wrote an article about the
>energy saving that would be achieved if Google had
>a black screen, taking in account the huge
>number of page views, according to his calculations,
>750 mega watts/hour per year would be saved.
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>In a response to this article Google created
>a black version of its search engine, called Blackle,
>with the exact same functions as the white version,
>but with a lower energy consumption,
>check it out.
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>www.blackle.com
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>Use this site as your search engine and do your bit for the planet.
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| so i've been cruising CNN lately and you know, i really like CNN.
news is pretty interesting to me these days, online anyhow... i used to stay away from the news because.... well, it's depressing and causes unneccessary anxiety. new virus here! war scare there! bacteria! politicians are evil! earthquakes! fires! floods! end times!!!, etc. plus, LA news isn't really news to me. celebrity break ups, rain and plastic surgury (the 3 hottest topics) are hardly a big deal worth wasting time to be on the up and up about... unless you're in the entertainment industry, of course, because then you have to be up on your game.
anyhow, amidst all the horrible things going on in our sinful world in need of salvation, here was an article that i found amusing.
How to get through to a man
By W. Bruce Cameron
(Oprah.com) -- If he bristles when you try to comfort him, tunes out when you want him to do something, and refuses to admit when you're right, use these proven strategies for communicating with men.
"Let me get your power drill"
Suppose you want a man to do something for you, and you've asked him, oh, a thousand times. He's promised he would, which is what's so frustrating -- if he flatly refused, at least you'd understand why he isn't taking action. He doesn't want you to remind him about what he needs to do, even though he keeps forgetting.
Don't ask him to do a specific task ("Fix the drip in the shower") but to be in charge of solving the problem ("The leak in the shower is driving me crazy"). Offer to help him ("Tell me what tools you need, and I'll go get them for you"). Men love to show women their tools.
"Wanna dance?"
The best way to seduce a man the first time is to let him know you're interested -- but not easy -- with the word maybe.
Maybe you should get together, maybe you'll have a drink with him, maybe you'd like to see his place. There's enough yes in maybe to keep a man from feeling rejected and enough no to keep him challenged.
If it's a long-term relationship, the approach is different, but you'll do well if you still think of it as a dance. Get him to snuggle, kiss, and play but once you are there, let him take the lead. Whether it's a date or your 30th anniversary, a man likes to think it's his idea.
"You're 100 percent correct"
It doesn't matter what you're arguing about -- he just wants to be right. This is his weakness; you can use it like judo, turning his own momentum against him.
Saying two little words, "You're right," is the verbal equivalent of darting a raging elephant with animal tranquilizers. It gives him what he wants, reducing tensions and leaving the way open for you to get what you want. Try it: "You're right, but I still want to go to the party."
Meet every protest and argument he makes, no matter how ridiculously false, with the observation that he is absolutely correct ... but you still want what you want. In boxing this is called rope-a-dope, and even if you don't know what the rope part means, the dope part sounds pretty applicable. This is called win-win -- except you did and he didn't.
"What a manly sweater!"
Men like receiving compliments because they think it means that you are going to have sex with them. This can make complimenting a man awkward, no matter how straightforward you are about your intentions.
He'll reach this same conclusion if you (a) say "good morning" to him, (b) smile at him, or (c) ignore him, so you might as well go ahead and compliment him if you want.
And maybe you are sleeping with him or would consider it, so what are the best ways to get your message of appreciation across? Simply put, we want to hear words that sound masculine. Telling us you think our sweater is "handsome" is a way of saying we're manly, while a "cute" sweater sounds like something worn by a female schnauzer. Giving a compliment is like giving a gift: Don't make it about what you would want, make it about what he wants. E-mail to a friend
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