good morning internets O_o what on earth am i doing up so early? something is really messed up with my sleeping recently. i go to bed when lucas does but i keep waking up every couple of hours which really sucks because it means that i am exhausted though out the day. instead of laying down and trying to coax myself to sleep again i figured i would wake up and get some work done before i run out of steam.

this sleep crap keeps happening randomly and i wish i could stop it. i’ve tried the normal remedies but nothing seems to make me stay asleep. i’m not a fan of sleep medication so that’s pretty much out. i’m not exactly sure what’s causing me to wake either.

do you have any sort of remedies for insomnia or messed up sleep patterns? i could use some advice!

personally i’ve never had much trouble with acne. i still get a pimple from time to time but its rare. some of my friends in high school had really bad problems with it and later tried medication in order to save their skin. one of these medications is called accutane.

i was shocked to learn that there are actually accutane lawsuit going on due to the side effects from the medication. apparently the list is pretty long including depression, weak skin, suicidal tendencies, and heart attack! that’s pretty insane for something ment to clear up your skin. there are web sites you can check out that give information about accutane lawsuits, and can even help you get in touch with an accutane attorney who can help you if you or a loved one have had trouble due to using accutane.

looking at the side effects i don’t think that i would risk taking it just to clear up my skin. i’d rather have acne than all the symptoms they listed!

recently i’ve noticed a trend of twitter people randomly following me depending on key words that i say in my tweets. most of these usually are business twitter accounts or things like that but i was very amused to open my email last night and see this:

basically yesterday after mentioning the plague in one of my tweets, the actual plague has started following me on twitter! not sure what i should think about that but it made me laugh at least.

one of my worst habits is the fact that i am seriously very lazy. i also get very side tracked on stupid things that waste my time.. hence the time waster of the moment posts. one of my goals recently has been to stop that habit, and stop being so lazy! its hard to do though, especially when you really have nothing to do all day but sit around and be lazy. vicious cycle yeah..

i have a layout for this place, but its half finished because i’m really not feeling it and it looks like crap. ok its not that bad but since i kinda stopped doing layouts every month like i used to, i’ve lost my inspiration for web design. i really want to change this place though, i’m sick of all the red.

mom has decided that on wednesdays and thursdays, if the weather is nice, we are going to go walking on the trail they have around here. not really looking forward to that, but i need to get out and do that kind of thing.

i don’t have much to write about but i wanted to write because i haven’t in a few days. more of that lazy stuff.

last night we lost a great musician. peter steele front man of type o negative was found dead. they are saying it was because of heart failure but that of course could mean anything. this means yet another of my favourite musicians has left this world. i regret never getting to see them in person. type o negative was one of the bands i clung to in my teen years. i loved their lyrics and i loved peter steele’s voice. there is no one on earth that could replace his sound. we have truely lost someone great.

so i know lately i’ve been doing a lot of paid blogging but its been really picking up lately and i wanted to make sure i got as many offers done as i could. i’m really glad that this stuff is really starting to pay off. of course it doesn’t pay much as i’m still new to it but i’ll be excited when i finally do get to cash out.

life is still slow so i don’t really have much to blog about. i am working on a new layout and i am also trying to come up with ways to make this place more interesting. perhaps a bit more content for you guys having to suffer though my website lol.

the new layout is being a pain in the ass because i have ZERO inspiration for it. i have a colour scheme and i made a header and background and all that junk but putting it together? bleh… i used to love doing this stuff and now i feel so not interested! makes me kinda sad

those who follow my twitter might have noticed me mention something called swagbucks. i joined this site a while ago and then forgot about it but dez reminded me of it when she joined and i decided to start using it again. basically you use it as a search engine and randomly win points that you can put towards stuff. they also have little sweepstakes that you can enter using the points. i’ve already won an amazon.com gift card and i’m saving up for something else. my trick is to use the toolbar (yes i know, ugh, tool bar… but i hide it when not using it :p) when i search for something on google, i open a seperate tab and i search for it again on swagbucks, thus giving me a chance every time i search, and i can still use google because i prefer their results. the tool bar also gives you little messages once in a while to tell you about secret codes you can input on the website and get more swagbucks. in the end yeah its gimicky and advertisement stuff but hey free stuff is nice and i can’t wait till i get that amazon.com card!

one last thing before i go, an assignment if you will. i’m trying to put together a good playlist of songs to motivate me when i work out! so if you have any suggestions, leave a comment please

i have been up since 6 am… UGH! its only 11:16am now and this is usually when i get up but today i had an appointment half an hour away at 8:30am so i had to get up early. i spent more time in the car than i did in the office but at least i don’t have to do it again for another year so that’s a good thing.

stuff like that is why i am glad i got my dad’s ipod. i can load it up with music and videos and i can zone out on those while we head to where we are going. there are sites like mobile bubome that cater to moble phones with video capabilities but i haven’t been able to find a service that works with my ipod. maybe if the site becomes more popular bubome will have support for other mobile stuff like my ipod. then i could have more videos to watch, because right now my video choices are pretty slim. just some anime and some music videos mostly. most of my ipod is taken up by music and apps anyway

ugh i have more work to do. time to get back to it!

this is not a paid review, i am doing this because i love games!

this time for my time waster of the moment, i checked out a cool ipod/iphone app called words with friends. i found this app after i saw jess mention it on her facebook page. i am using the free version, which has advertisements added into it but you can also buy the non-advertisement version from the app store.

words with friends is an awesome networked version of scrabble! you can choose a random match, or if you know someone’s user name you can play directly with them. the really fun part about this game is that its set up so that you can take your time. if you start a game and then have to go do something else, or work, or anything that would take your eyes off the ap, you can come back to it later and pick up where you left off with the person you were playing the game with.

i’ve played a few matches so far, and so far i’ve lost all of them except one which i only won because the other person resigned i am a huge scrabble nut, so this game is perfect for me. no one in my house will play scrabble with me!

so anyway, if you like word games or things like scrabble do check out words with friends! and if you feel like playing a round against me, i’m nimil on there as well.

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This is something that I have always planned on doing when I have a child. I honestly do think that it is a great step in modern medicine and I believe that we should do anything we can to save ourselves from the horrible diseases and disabilities in the world.

have you been watching the final season of lost? i’m completely addicted now. i’m really kicking myself for not giving the show a chance back when my dad was first telling me about it. i have been absolutely blown away by every single episode so far.

tonight’s episode (no i’m not going to spoil it) was absolutely amazing. now i have all these ideas and questions. its really awesome to have something to fangirl over again.. just sucks that this is the last season. i want the damn show to go on forever!