Wakela Runen's WorldWakela Runen's WorldVideo Games, health, and life run rampant on my blog. Suddenly the muse will strike and random poetry or fiction will appear. Articles
Orange Box
2008-01-06 02:46:00 Ok, so I still haven’t spent my EBGames gift card that I got from VV yet. It really is burning a hole in my pocket. I hate having gift certificates sitting there. I really want to get the Orange Box. However, the gift card is only for $25 and the Orange Box costs $50. I ...
I should try better
2008-01-05 09:41:00 Well, since I haven’t been feeling good, I haven’t kept up with any of my meme’s. I guess I just haven’t been able to concentrate on any of them. I feel bad about it. Especially about Secret Ingredient Tuesday. That is one that I set up. However, since I can’t really even eat real food ...
Updating the old
2008-01-03 20:42:00 I am finally getting around to updating old information. Such as I went and got my spicypage updated. Now I am updating my technorati settings. The URL for my technorati profile is Technorati Profile I have a few more things to get updated and this blog should be doing good.
It?s Official
2008-01-02 20:40:00 I just got back from the office. I went there to bring the CD of the CT I had done at the hospital. I talked to Dr. S about the scan I had done on Monday. He told me that basically, my gallbladder is nonfunctioning. He said that after the second injection, my gallbladder should ... More About: Official
Happy New years?!?!
2008-01-02 02:37:00 So I spent a nice quiet New Year at home. I wasn’t feeling all too well. My brother-in-law went over to a neighbor’s house for a party. My sister went to sleep really early as she normally does. I spent the evening/night playing Everquest 2. It was really nice. I was able to get my ... More About: Happy , Years , New Years
HIDA scan done
2008-01-01 00:13:00 I went this morning to have the HIDA scan done. It took a few hours from the time I got to the center to the time that I left. They had difficulty finding a vein on me. Then I had to lay there with my arm straight out to the side (unsupported) for over an ... More About: Scan
Doctor?s update
2007-12-28 23:28:00 I got home from the doctor’s about an hour ago. He thinks that it might be my gallbladder that is acting up. However, my CT and ultrasounds were completely normal. So he is sending me for a HIDA scan on Monday. That is a nuclear study to test my liver and gallbladder to see how ... More About: Update , Doctor
Finally home
2007-12-28 01:54:00 Ok. I have redone this post several times. Each time I type it, I can see the text that I type but when it gets published, the text goes away. I don’t know why. Anyway, I have been in the hospital. I just got home tonight. I still pretty much feel like crap. I have a ... More About: Home , Finally
Links for 2007-12-24 [del.icio.us]
2007-12-25 07:00:00 Candy Mountain Massacre Have you ever wanted to kill off cutsey creatures? Now is your chance. Great free game to play on the web. There is no downloading involved. More About: Links
Holiday Frustration
2007-12-22 17:57:00 OMG! Right now I am so pissed off. I woke up in such a great mood too! I have 3 sisters. They are NS, DC, and BC. I live with DC. My oldest sister (NS) is 17 years older then me. I barely even know her. She got married when I was only 1 year old. ... More About: Holiday , Frustration , Stration
Random Fun
2007-12-14 05:21:00 Here are the rules: Type the answer to each question into a Google image search, and you pick an image from the first page of results…easy peasy…and fun! 1. The age you will be on your next birthday. (Well, I just turned 36 in October) 2. A place you would like to visit. (England) 3. A ... More About: Random
Thursday Thirteen #8
2007-12-13 15:34:00 Thirteen Things about random facts about Wakela 1. I just got my own domain name! www.wakela.com. I moved my blog over to my own domain and set up WordPress on it. 2. My ... More About: Thirteen , Thursday
Bitch Session
2007-12-13 05:07:00 Ok. So I am not a happy camper right now. Yesterday, the boss went around and gave everyone a bag of popcorn and a plastic bin for popcorn. The little bin/box thing was really cute. It looked like an old time popcorn box that you would get at the movie theater or carnival ages ago, ... More About: Bitch
Last Post on Blogger
2007-12-10 16:53:00 Ok. I have decided that I really don't like Blogger that much. You are really limited to what you can do with it. I have heard a lot of great things about WordPress. So I am heading over there. I already have a domain set up. I will be importing all of my previous posts so you won't miss anything. The only thing left to do over there is set up the way it looks. I don't have the time right now to do that since I have to leave for work. I will play with that once I get home. The new domain is www.wakela.com/blog. A nice easy one to remember. I hope you will all still read me over on that site. More About: Post
Sleuth part duex
2007-12-09 23:33:00 Woohoo! I finally figured out my password for my old character. Its not one I normally use. At least I can get back in and play on Wakela again. I also have the one I just created the other day. Her name is Sankara. So if anyone of you feel so inclined, feel free to message me in game. Unfortunately, since I had been gone for several months, the agency I was in, Ona Mission, had to boot me out to make way for new people. Agencies can only have so many people in them depending on their level. I just sent a message to one of the officers. Or so I thought. I had noticed that Stooby had sent me a message. I answered him back finally. Well when I did a little snooping around, I found out that he and a few others from Ona are now in a new agency. He is one of the directors. I am not sure how or why this happened. Oh well! I am sure that I will eventually join another agency. More About: Part , Sleuth
An oldie from the past
2007-12-08 19:24:00 I just came across an old game that I used to play ages ago. It was a lot of fun. However, with everything that was going on in my life, I didn't have time to play games. So I had stopped playing it and forgot all about it. The game is called Sleuth. Its a free online game. Its a basic murder mystery game. You create a detective that you get to play through all of your cases. While creating your detective, you get to choose your detective's background. The background is what you were before you became a detective. The game is set in the detective noir era. It is all text based with a few pictures added for flavor. The game itself is free, however you can get a subscription to it. I had one on my previous character. I can't remember the password for that one though. So I had to create a whole new character. If you play for free, you get to play 4 cases per day and only stay in New Y... More About: Past
Payday Loans
2007-12-08 18:05:00 Christmas is fast approaching. I don't know about anyone else this year, but it just seems that money is tight. I was thinking about ways to get some money to buy presents from Payday loans. This site has intrigued me for awhile. I am going to give it a try. Basically it is a loan that gets paid back on your next payday. They loan you anywhere from $100 to $1500. On the day that the money is due to them, you have a few choices. you can pay it back in full renew the loan and pay interest and fees only renew the loan, pay interest and fees, and pay part of the money back do nothing and let it roll over until next pay period The application process is really simple. I completed it in just a few minutes. The interest is 15%. The money even gets direct deposited into your checking account the next business day. I am giving it a try. I need the extra cash. More About: Loans , Post
TGIF!!!
2007-12-08 03:33:00 Today wasn't too bad. We could have gotten out at a great time, but MRI was pretty far behind. She didn't take the 6:20pm patient back until 7:15pm. So that didn't let us leave until shortly after 8pm. The patients were all rather nice today. Usually we get at least a few crabby ones. Not today though. I am so glad, I was really not in the mood to deal with anything. Dr. H had made a point of coming up to the front desk to ask how I was feeling. He had read my CT from the other day. I told him that I was still hurting and feeling crappy. I made a point of eating soup yesterday to help ease up on my intestines. I figured that if I ate soup, it would be easier to digest. Time to head home. I can't wait! I got the invite to beta Pirates of the Burning Sea finally. Now I have to patch it. I had played a bit during the server load test. However, I really couldn't stay connected...
Dear Demon Barber Confessional
2007-12-07 17:09:00 visit the official Sweeney Todd movie site When I first heard months ago that they were remaking Sweeney Todd I was excited. Once I found out that it was being done by Tim Burton, I was in awe. I can't wait for this movie to be released. For those of you who don't know the history of this movie, it was first released in theaters in 1936. Yes, you read that right. However, that was not the first appearance of Sweeney Todd. There were stories written about him in the late 1800s. There are some arguments as to whether or not Sweeney Todd actually existed. In the late 70s and early 80s, Sweeney Todd was released as a musical starring Angela Lansbury. First off, the movie stars Johnny Depp. Can we say yummy? He is a great actor and really gets into character. I can't wait to see him as the great Demon Barber himself! Then we have Mrs. Lovett being portrayed by Helena Bonham Carter. She is a pretty good actress. I just keep picturing her as Bellatrix Lestrange ... More About: Confessional , Fess
Another day, another dollar (or is that penny?)
2007-12-07 16:30:00 It's almost time for me to go to work. I am really not looking forward to going. Thankfully, this week has been really slow. Hopefully, today won't be any different. I just can't wait for the weekend. I am feeling crappy still and I just want to chill at home. I ended up going to the doctor yesterday. He sent me to have a stat CT of the abdomen and pelvis. He thought that it might be appendicitis. Thankfully, it wasn't!! It looks like I just have some sort of stomach virus that is affecting me worse because of my IBS. More About: Dollar , Penny
PayPerPost
2007-12-07 16:05:00 payperpostI had signed up for this ages ago. Since I didn't get approved within the first day, my airheadedness took over and I forgot to check back. Gmail had eaten my approval email.So I wandered over to Gellianne's blog today and noticed that she had signed up and was accepted. Woohoo! I was very happy for her. Then I remembered that I had signed up some time ago. I decided to wander over to see if I had been accepted. I was accepted ages ago.They have tons of wonderful offers that you can blog about. I was saddened that the one I would have really been great on was already full. Oh well! I will definitely keep checking back to see what wonderful offers they have.I know that we could all use a little extra money. So why not earn it while doing something that you love. I know I could use it to pay some bills or to buy some more computer games.One of the things that I like is the fact that they have this whole section that they label "The Lab" (makes it sound like ma... More About: Payperpost
Home from work
2007-12-05 20:40:00 Well, I was sent home from work early today. I have been having pain in the right upper quadrant of my abdomen (that is on the right side right under the rib cage). I was worried it might be my gall bladder. I go to see my doctor tomorrow. However, its a good thing I work in a diagnostic center. They went ahead and did an ultrasound and KUB on me today. I went back and talked to the radiologist as he read the exam. He said that both exams were normal. So hopefully, we will find out what is going on tomorrow. More About: Home , Work
Secret Ingredient Tuesday #2 Rice
2007-12-05 03:41:00 This weeks secret ingredient is Rice . The only ones that I have used are from AllRecipes.com. My family had never been big on cooking rice when I was growing up, so I don't have any that were passed down like I had from last weeks recipes. Each recipe from AllRecipes.com was submitted to that site. So I even included who submitted them to that site to give those people credit. Risotto alla Milanese submitted by Manuela INGREDIENTS 1 3/4 cups uncooked Arborio rice 1/2 cup unsalted butter, divided 1 1/2 quarts beef stock 3 tablespoons beef marrow 1 onion, thinly sliced 1 teaspoon saffron powder 3/4 cup dry white wine salt to taste 1 1/2 cups grated Parmesan cheese DIRECTIONS Melt half of the butter in a medium saucepan over low heat. Simmer the onion and beef marrow in the butter for about 10 minutes. When the onion is soft, remove the onion and marrow from the pan using a slotted spoon, and... More About: Secret , Tuesday , Ingredient
A New Start
2007-12-04 05:14:00 Time to get serious again. I just got my first Blood Glucose Monitor today. I am going to start monitoring what I eat and how I feel after eating. Plus I will be monitoring my blood sugar. Hopefully, this will get me on track. Since there was a Diabetes Awareness fair going on, I also got tons of literature. I am only borderline, but I don't want to become Diabetic. The doctor said that I am right at the cusp. If I lose weight and watch what I eat, then I will not become diabetic. However, if I eat wrong and don't lose the weight, then I can become diabetic any day. More About: Start
Photo Scavenger Hunt Swap
2007-12-03 02:06:00 I am currently participating in a few swaps over at Swap -Bot. One of them is a photo scavenger hunt. Here are my submissions for this swap. 1. Something Red This was taken on my trip to Key West a few months ago. 2. Food This is the famous Sloppy Joe's Restaurant down in Key West. 3. Child My great niece Abigail getting her first wash up after being born. She looks so peaceful there. 4. Nature This sunset was taken from my front porch after hurricane Wilma had hit. 5. Animal Our border collie, Max. 6. Coffee/Tea This is our tea/coffee cabinet. It is filled with nothing but different varieties of tea, coffee, and hot chocolate. I love the hot chocolate the best. More About: Photo , Hunt , Scavenger Hunt , Cave
Guided by Angels
2007-12-01 16:00:00 Last night was a little bizarre. Normally, when I log off the computer, I go downstairs and watch a little TV before going to sleep. I can never go right to sleep because the walk down the stairs always seems to wake me up a little bit. Anyway, I normally switch back and forth between Nick At Night or the Food Network. These are usually the only channels that have anything worth watching. I have gotten to the point that I don't even channel surf anymore. Last night, for some unknown reason, I started channel surfing. As I was flipping through channels, I was taken aback to see someone I knew on TV. Flipping through, I passed by a channel where Michelle Whitedove was on. At first, I thought it was that local show that she used to have. Actually, she might still have it, I don't really know. Come to find out it was America's Psychic Challenge. I had never even heard of that show before. I first met Michell... More About: Angels
The Infamous Picture
2007-12-01 02:41:00 I finally remembered to bring my camera to work today. So for those of you who remember the story of the lady who sees invisible cars, here are two photos of the picture. This first one was taken with the flash on. This second one was taken with the flash off. Unfortunately, you can still see reflections since the overhead lighting there is really powerful. In fact, you can see the reflections of the overhead lights. Here are the pictures. As you can see, there aren't any cars. More About: Picture
Friday's Feast #4
2007-11-30 16:15:00 Appetizer What is your favorite carnival/amusement park ride? I have never been one for amusement parks or carnivals because I don't like being in crowds. However, the few times I did go, I would always gravitate towards the roller coasters. The bigger and scarier the better. Soup How do you react in uncomfortable social situations? I tend to become very quiet. I am a very shy and nervous person. Salad On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how much do you enjoy discussing deep, philosophical topics? I would have to say an 8. That is one of the things I miss about the UU Fellowship that I used to go to. It was lay led so each week one of us would get up there and give a talk on a different philosophical/spiritual topic. Then afterwards there was always a huge discussion on the topic. It was nice since it was a very small setting. It took me a few months before I could really speak out there. After awhile, I was even one of the people getting up and... More About: Feast
Thursday Thirteen #7 - Favorite Computer Games
2007-11-29 15:46:00 Thirteen Computer Games That Wakela Likes 1. EverQuest 2 - I have several characters in this game. They just added a bunch of new content to the game, so I am running around checking everything out. 2. City of Heroes - It is so cool to create a character that looks like a super hero. I read tons of comic books as a kid. 3. Halo - I love all versions of this. 4. Prince of Persia - The graphics in this game are well done. The game play is solid. I love the entire feel of the game. 5. Chocolatier 1 & 2 - Its a neat little game where you have to go around buying and selling chocolate to build your chocolate empire. 6. Thief: Deadly Shadows - The storyline in this is ... More About: Thursday , Computer Games
Why is it only Wednesday?
More articles from this author:2007-11-28 16:27:00 This week at work has been extremely weird. Thankfully today was really slow at work. We actually got to leave a little early. It was really nice. I forgot to bring my camera to work today. I wanted to take that picture. I will try to remember to bring it tomorrow. I don't have internet access at the moment, so I am using Windows Live Writer to type my blogs and save as drafts. Once the internet comes back up, I will publish. I hope it comes back up soon. This is driving me crazy! More About: Wednesday 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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