Maddison Karlsdóttir

maddison @ 2009-12-21T07:20:00

2009-12-21T15:21:49Z

We're still alive!

We're currently at Watson Lake.

Leif's had me do some driving, sans drivers licence, to give his knee some relief. I'm not an experienced driver. I ran onto the shoulder a bit on a gravel road and the car ended up spinning around in a quick manner, but it turned out okay. Didn't run into anything and there wasn't any traffic, thankfully.

Liard Hot Springs was wonderful. But the long walk to and from the spring in sub-zero weather was kind of terrible.

According to our estimations, we should be in Tok at 11:00 Pm tomorrow night or so. It kind of sucks that we'll have to crash so close to home. Maybe we'll power through it. Dunno.

Hah, I totally wrote this last night, but fell asleep before posting it. I woke up and discovered several pages worth of spaces in the middle of didn't. Sleeping is weird.

Day 1: Success

2009-12-19T06:15:31Z

We realized at Blaine, WA that we took a wrong turn, missing the road that would have bypassed Vancouver entirely. We compared the distance we would have to backtrack to the path we were on and determined that we'd just continue forward through Vancouver.

What a mistake.

We ended up stuck in a terrible traffic jam, to get through a tunnel, for fifty minutes, and then got lost like a million times.

But we made it.

We are in Hope, BC.

Leaving Seattle

2009-12-18T20:33:24Z

Leif and I are, at this very moment, leaving Seattle.

It's going to be a long drive. Our spirits are high. It's exciting to coming home!

<3

New Glasses!

2009-11-29T08:57:44Z

It took a couple weekends of going out and spending a long time trying on frames with Dagan and others, but we finally found something everyone thought looked great! I'm pretty happy with the decision.

This picture makes me look immensely fat D:

I should hopefully have them this coming Friday!

I'm thankful

2009-11-27T10:55:35Z

I'm thankful for the friends I've had, the friends I have, and the friends I'll have.

I'm thankful for the friend I live with, your patience with me is admirable.

I'm thankful for the friends around me, who I see and spend my days with on a regular basis.

I'm thankful for the friends I'll see this Christmas, who give me a home away from home.

I'm thankful for the friends I rarely see, who have still touched my life in wonderful ways.

I'm thankful for the friends I've had and lost, I miss you.

Hiya Eljay!

2009-11-24T20:19:43Z

This weekend I went to a cube draft! It was a lot of fun! I got fifth place out of eight, winning me a Coldsnap booster. This booster contained Dark Depths, win! Even though it makes my deck illegal for standard, I want to play it at least a few times to combo it with Vampire Hexmage.

Stressss! I've been bad about responding to comments/text/messages/anything. I'm sorry.

maddison @ 2009-11-16T16:55:00

2009-11-17T00:55:52Z

I spent a while trying to write an update. Finding words has been difficult. Things are weird.

I'm going to go shower and read some more American Gods. Hopefully I'll be able to see Davida tonight.

Edit: I watched the live stream for the launch of STS-129 today. I love shuttle launches.

I carved a pumpkin!

2009-10-26T07:48:11Z

It is a skull taken from a card game!

Twitter + Dinosaur Comics

2009-08-14T18:32:13Z

So, Bing from Cakebomb had the marvelous idea of mashing up random tweets with random Dinosaur Comics second panels. Then this guy, Alex made a sweet script!

People are wonderful!

Edit:
The script appears to having some issues pulling from twitter, hope Alex resolves the issue!

Super Keen!

2009-07-24T16:42:43Z

I got a mention on Dinosaur Comics today for the script I wrote a few days back: http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=1517

Exciting!

Hey, check this out.

2009-07-22T09:05:32Z

Tonight I played with some image functions of php that I've never played with before. I made an image that is a random second panel from dinosaur comics. I even minimized the load on qwantz.com by having it save the images on Oz's server! It only goes to qwantz.com if the image it's attempting to grab isn't already saved on the server.

Check it (and refresh it!):

maddison @ 2009-04-12T12:34:00

2009-04-12T19:37:12Z

Construction silent
Rain falls gently on the streets
Another Sunday

maddison @ 2009-03-31T23:52:00

2009-04-01T06:58:55Z

Monte, Atileo, and I have been cleaning most of the day working on getting out of the apartment by tonight (procrastination sucks!). At one point while the managers were talking with Atileo I decided to play around with a closet. I hide inside and close the door, immediately monte comes up outside. I tried to find a better place to hide in the closet without success, for Monte saw me the second he opened the door. I started laughing or something, feeling a bit foolish, before quickly collapsing. It was very brief, I just all of a sudden couldn't hold myself up so I slid down to the floor on the wall I was leaning against. I got up quickly, feeling very embarassed. I tried not to cry too much, especially since the managers were just in the next room. I wish monte didn't see that. I feel like an idiot.

Damn I'm tired too.

Monte and I won't have Internet until the sixth, but John, who Oz lives with, Is kindly letting me set up my machine at his place until I have Internet. We'll be taking my machine over to his place once we get the last of the stuff into our new apartment.

I wish

2009-03-14T01:52:10Z

I wish I didn't write that stupid tweet.

I wish I had somewhere to live in Seattle. It'll all work out, just, maybe not as soon as initially planned.

*grumbles*

maddison @ 2009-03-12T23:11:00

2009-03-13T14:09:53Z

I had a second urinalysis today to verify the results of my first. I guess something is going on with my kidneys, since there was protein in my pee again. More blood was drawn. Phlebotomy happens.

It looks like I'm moving to Seattle next weekend! Excitement!

So many nights...

2009-03-12T07:27:35Z

I keep falling asleep at my computer in the middle of whatever I'm doing and waking up a two to three hours later. Maybe my chair is too comfy?

Goodnight (again)

Edit: So much for sleeping, Yay anime!

maddison @ 2009-03-04T22:06:00

2009-03-05T06:12:05Z

What's your worst experience with role-playing? This thread is gold!

In other news, I have a musical heart murmur and something else I forgot the name of. Doctors didn't seem too concerned during the test. I'll find out more from my next appointment when I'm given the interpretation or whatever. Meh.

I should probably start planning my move to Seattle and visit to Fairbanks. I'm not excited with the prospect of living alone, anyone wanna live with me in Seattle?

Update

2009-02-23T23:54:39Z

Number of showers taken today: 1
Number of times gone deaf/blind today: 0

Woo!

The RSD Emotional Roller-coaster

2009-02-12T14:41:39Z

They gave me my development job back! As well as the news that the pay cut they gave me never went through!

Maybe the company really has stabilized? We can only hope.

In other news, I've finally picked up Harry Potter (I should stop getting into things way late) and it's -amazing-, such fun books.

<3

Damnit Maddison,

2009-02-03T19:58:51Z

Stop picking your god-damn face! You know where this leads!

Whew!

2009-02-03T08:22:49Z

Today was a day!

Work went really well today, and I spent a fair amount of time talking with Robs which was really nice, I like being in touch with people. I wish I built up the courage to call people more often.

After work I took a nap on my my house's porch couch in the sun which was -divine-, started reading the first Harry Potter, and watched a lot of Anime.

At some point in the evening I learned one of the higher-ups in the company quit today, which is very worrisome. I feel a lot of stress over my job security. Certainly doesn't help that I just bought a new computer too >.<.

Worrying too much at this point is wasteful, we'll see what tomorrow brings! Have a good night!

Posted using LJ Talk...

2009-01-21T14:00:36Z

updating from IM?
What a keen idea!

stuff and

2009-01-15T01:45:10Z

things

Your Friendship Style is Empathetic

You deeply care about each person you're friends with. For you, friendship is all about the personal connection.

You tend to know everything about your friends' lives... and they know everything about yours. Your friends are your confidants.

You are always there for your friends. You celebrate their successes and support them in their times of need.

You are as loyal as they come. And you expect the same loyalty and understanding from your friends in return.

You and another Empathetic Friend: Have a amazing friendship, when it works. You care for each other deeply, but you often end up with hurt feelings and drama.

You and a Gregarious Friend: May have a bit of a one sided friendship. You adore your Social Friend, but you sometimes feel a bit neglected.

You and an Independent Friend: Struggle a bit. You are very interested in your Independent Friend's life, but your friend often needs more space.

You and a Philosophical Friend: Respect one another. You love to learn about your Philosophical Friend's brilliant ideas.

What's Your Friendship Style?

You Are "delete"

Some people might try to say you're standoffish and aloof.

You prefer to think of yourself as a person of few words.

You like to live simply, speak simply, and act simply. It's all about editing.

No wonder you're the first person your friends call when they need a mess cleaned up!

What Keyboard Key Are You?

Writer's Block: Tricky Questions

2009-01-15T01:03:32Z

What is your first reaction when someone says "I need to talk to you"?

View 506 Answers

Terror.

maddison @ 2008-12-04T11:13:00

2008-12-04T19:40:18Z

Thismakes me so happy!

The Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix uses OC Remix songs for the soundtrack! The tracks are largely from OC Remix's 'Blood On The Asphalt" album with some tracks being adjusted by the original artists by Capcom's request and some tracks being dropped entirely.

:D