Stupid Peoples Awards

I'm sorry!  I've been gone for way to long!

Therefore, here we go!  As an apology we have the stupid peoples awards!

So get this...

Blood Alcohol tester charged with DUI in Nevada.  

Alrighty...  Don't they cover that in DUI testing 101?  Now I'm not one who's against alcohol.  I figure, if you don't give behind a wheel like this genius did go for it.  Not my thing but whatever.  Did this person at any point even stop to think?  I mean come on...  It's her job!  It's her job to teach this crap so it's not like she didn't know what the outcome would be.  So there ya have it folks.

Congratulations DUI person.  You have won the Plotless Stupid Peoples Awards.  Please don't reproduce.

Maji

Still moving

I'm sorry guys!  I'm getting internet in my apartment on Tuesday!  Until then I'm just not gonna be able to keep up this blog.  So the blog will be back on Tuesday and I promise then I'll have something good for ya!  So listen up for me!

Maji

Plotless Minions! Karr has not forsaken you!

We're still moving!  Like...  Major moving...  It's insane!  So until we're totally in the apartment and have internet hook up (Because not only is Comcast the fowl evil thing when it comes to actually staying connected...  It's also the fowl evil thing when it comes to hooking up a new connection...)  We're going to suspend the daily blog to a frigid, I'll get to it when I possibly can.  So thanks for the understanding y'all!

Maji & The Traveling Karr

Back.... Hurts....

I have little to talk about today, as I did yesterday...  The only thing I can say is...  My back is killing me...  That is all...

Maji

Tuesday's Karr Spot (Karr on housing)

Greetings minions,

So it's come down to it.  The writer is looking for an apartment.  Looking to the point that we might actually be getting one this week.  Exciting yes?  A whole new evil lair for my evilness...  So how about it folks.  E-mail the writer.  Give her some tips...  We are prepared to take this thing either way it goes but give us your comments.  Also note I'll be posting again later today.  Chow for now.

The Traveling Karr

A little something created today!  Seth!  The Angel of Death.  Gotta love him.  Anyway I'm working on a little project, and kinda hitting my photoshop skills again.  The shot of the week might turn into the project of the week a couple times in here.  Anyway, on that what do y'all think?  The other one that I did of this same kind is very similar but I used a statue of anubis.    Sort of a foreshadowing of Seth's boss...  Anywho enjoy

Maji

Thursday Rambling of the Week

Or lack there of.  I just want to make it clear I didn't forget today.  I didn't forget and I had plenty to rant about.

We put Pebbles to sleep this afternoon.  It was a very sad day...  We've had pebbles for fourteen years.  I miss her...  Alot.  So with that.  I don't feel like writing today.  I don't feel like being snarky today.  I don't even feel like ranting about the head of maintenance at work today...

With that in mind...  Until tomorrow.

Maji

Wednesday Movie and Song of the week

Alright so the movie of the week is one of my favs...

The movie Cars.  Long time coming for those who know me I think.  Awesome movie.  Why do I think it's the rocks?  Ok, so here's the story.  When I was like five I never played with dolls.  Why?  I played with cars.  They each had a personality, and a name.  They had lives.  I loved my cars.  I've been putting personalities to cars since I was just a little kid.  It's why I loved Knight Rider, Transformers, Christine, Trucks, Maximum Overdrive it doesn't matter.  So long as a car is alive I'm happy.  So therefore...  I love Cars.  It's a great movie and I would suggest it any day of the week.

The song is a song from that movie. Life is a Highway.  An awesome song that makes ya want to drive...  So go watch and go listen!

Maji

Karr for President!

Truly :)  I'm starting this thing a little late but who cares???

I made this in like...  Two minutes....

Laughing the whole way!  Sometimes ya just gotta have some fun this season!

Tuesday's Karr Spot (Karr on Politics)

My loyal Minions!

This week has been an interesting one thus far...  I'm sure all know of what I speak.  The presidential debate!  Who is going to win it?  Who is running?  Most importantly...  Who is Karr pulling for?  Well I follow the writer's laws normally....  No politics.  However, this time I will make an acceptation...  So...  McCain or Obama?  Neither!  McCain is a right wing nut job and Obama is inexperienced.  Now like another candidate that I'm sure we all know and love...  You have the power!  Did anyone else know that you could place a wright in ballet?  You can!  This tuesday vote for someone with both experience and a fine attitude and the first AI president!  Vote Karr for president and make my conquest of world domination a reality!  Do the right thing!  Vote for Karr!

Karr,

Presidential prospect

Jax Port Bridge by *majistar on deviantART

Ok so Blogger was being a pain...  Couldn't get this shot to load, so there ya go.  I'm uploading it from my Deviant Art Account.  So go take a look!  I love this shot!

Maji

RPG

Ok folks I'm lonely!  Well not entirely lonely but close enough!

Come on all you sci fi RPG geeks!  There's exactly three of us over there...  Guess which one I am!

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So come on over!  Grab a character and jump into the mayhem that is a post apocalyptic world!

Maji

Friday's stupid folks awards

Alright, only an hour or so late!

Now for the moment you've all been waiting for!  The Stupid People's Awards!  I think I might have missed the Thursday rant but ah well.  I didn't really have a rant this week.  No one has really tried to annoy me which is rare.

So.  Stupid Peoples.

This one goes out to a very special person...  So this guy goes into a gas station.

Robs said gas station.  He runs in with a jacket covering his face on the side that he knows the camera to be.

He holds up the place, all the while with this jacket covering a good part of his features.

He then runs over to the drinks, grabs a case of beer and runs out.  Only problem is...  He forgot to switch the jacket over!  So running in, the police are staring at the camera with no clue who this guy is.  Then on the way out, everyone in the room could identify him because he's a local!

You actually plan that, and then what your brain glitches?

Dude...  You win the plotless stupid peoples award.  Please don't reproduce.

Wednesday Movie And Song of the week

Alrighty, it's Wednesday!  So let's get down to business...

This week's movie is a good one!

Darkness Falls...  It scared the bajeebas out of me and it's really hard to scare the bajeebas out of me.  I swear the first time I saw that movie was in the movie theaters.  I had to drive home with the lights on in the cabin of the car.  Talk about jumpy...

The song of the week is one of my favs right now.  It's by Toby Keith and it's called she never cried infront of me.  I love that song!  Absolutely adore it!  So go watch and go listen!  We've had some good scary movies this month that you can use for halloween if you're like me and will be spending the holiday alone watching scary movies.

Maji

Monday shot of the week

I'm a horrible person I know!  But Monday is such a hectic day!  Takes me time to get going again :)

Anyway, with that aside...  Here we go.  Shot of the week, and Karr's blog!

This week I'm gonna do something a little different.  Blendy!

Look!  It's Karr, looking all cute in his little life preserver!  And now a word from our Karr...

Greetings loyal minions,

Karr here.  Might I add if I had to wear that I would have gone down with the ship...  That aside...  How is everyone today?  I've been in an exceptionally good mood as of late and I'm unable to pinpoint exactly why...  Perhaps it is simply the time of the year.  Anyway, Halloween is approaching.  Anyone care to guess what I will be going as?  Keep an eye on this web space and I might just let you see my costume.  So on that note...  What's everyone else going as?  The writer is going as a prisoner...  Or will if she winds up going anywhere.  As dull as she is for now she's simply going to be curled up on the couch watching horror movies that night.  Not that I can blame her...  Personally, I think that a night of watching Gothika and some other horror movie she's picked up sounds like a fairly good way to go.  Might do the same myself...  Anyway, everyone have a safe halloween this year.  After all... I can't rule the world if you all get yourselves killed on Halloween.  

The Traveling Karr

Friday's stupid folks awards

Yes my dear friends...

It's that time again.  Know who gets the pick this time?

This time it's local.  Very local.  Home town local.

Alright so ya know the big thing that started where police finally arrested someone for wearing their pants to low?  Anyone know what really happened?  I do...

This guy gets told by a police officer to pull his pants up.  It wasn't an order.  It wasn't a threat.  It was a "Boy, pull yer dang pants up"

So this BRILLIANT guy drops his pants and tells the arresting officer to kiss it.  THATS why he was arrested.

However, the media ran with it.  Ran like a starving dog with a bone.  What's wrong with this picture?

So there you have it.  I was gonna say the guy who dropped his pants to a police officer and told her to kiss it is the stupid person here.  But once again, I'm gonna have to go with the media.

Again...  Media?  Y'all win the plotless stupid peoples awards.

Maji

Wednesday Movie and Song of the week, Thursday Chat

Oh I'm getting so good at missing deadlines...  I blame the new ER.

Anywho...

Movie of the week!  So this week, like every week this month I'm gonna go with another scary one.  Gothica.  Anyone seen it?  Of course you have...  It's a great movie that's creepy, a little twisted, and lets face it.  Down right good.  Go see it!

Song of the week is a bit more awesome.  Behind Blue Eyes.  Originally by the Who I think...  Oh and it happens to be in the movie Gothica.  A two for one!

Now...  My normal Thursday Rambling...

Gray's Anatomy...  Everyone knows it.

Here's my issue with it...  (Note it's still my favorite show)

I have no issue with topics on being gay.  My theory is, I'm not.  The rest of you do what ever you want.  Those who wanna get married?  Why shouldn't they be miserable like every other married couple in the world just because they happen to be gay and of the same gender?  Personally my dream person is male.  True genetic male, cause good lord...  Why change?

So here's my issue.  I tune in every week (I'll admit I mostly wanna keep track of Dr. McSteamy and see what McDreamy and Meredith are up to that week.  But hey I love the medical part to!  It's exciting!)  I've always loved the show.  It stays exciting.  It never gets old.  

The whole thing goin' on between those two women is gettin' old!  For that matter how is it that the topic has worked it's way into every single show I turn on anymore?  I mean yeah a couple shows go right ahead.  Bring it up.  It's not cliche.  There's nothing wrong with it.  You want a character that happens to be Gay?  Power to ya.  (Let's face it after the big thing about Gray's Anatomy having an issue with the gay community after George came out and Dr. Burke kinda opened his big mouth I was expecting a little sub plot)  However, do I really have to hear about it in full detail?  Last episode?  Let's just say....  Why?  Why?  Why?

It's everywhere now!  It's getting to where a hetero relationship is the one that's cliche.

Alright and I'll entirely leave it at that.  Wahoo!

Maji

Tuesday's Karr Spot

Karr has a new home.  That home is on Tuesdays!  Everyone else gets to deal with his complaining on that day...

Greetings Minions,

I would first just like to say thank you for all who wrote in and supported the Traveling Karr.  You all are wonderful.  I didn't know you all loved me so much!  So I would like to take now to put forth my ballet and just say...  Karr for president!  Help a Karr and vote in the first vehicular president!  That said...  I would just like to complain about something that's really been chaffing my bumper since day one.  Why do I always have to travel in luggage?  No matter what happens I always wind up having to be checked with the rest of the writer's baggage.  This week we went to the River Walk.  Did I get to ride Shotgun?  No.  Did I get stuffed into a bag with the writer's camera?  Of course.  Write in and speak my case people!

Karr

Monday and Friday's posts

Monday's shot of the week!  I love this one in black and white much more than I ever did in color and I can't even tell you why...

Now Friday one might have noticed something.  No stupid people's awards...  I gotta tell ya I have alot of winners in mind...  One takes the cake.

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I wish I could explain this one...  I really do.

However, I'm just gonna go with one thing...

Dee Dee Dee

Cross dressing guy?  You won the Plotless stupid peoples award.  Please don't reproduce...

Thursday Rambling of the Week (RPG)

Ok just what is it about RPG?  I absolutely adore it.  If I'm gone from it for an extended period of time I actually miss it and the character that I was playing at the time.  I use to RPG as Karr all the time.  I miss that!

So why is it that you get sucked into RPG?  Why not just write?  Why not just let yourself get sucked into your own written work?  My RPG's have twisted so much you can't see a fan character anymore.  I mean...  When does the cannon character stop in Karr and my own character begin?  Is it just the name I adore so much?  Because I'll be honest...  Karr was no evil genius in the show Knight Rider and I honestly can't decide just what I've developed the character into.  Though I'll be honest...  I love Karr as I've created him to be.  It's like back in the day he was this fragile undeveloped character and the show could have done so much with him.  So I take him and mold him and now he's looking to take over the world.

They grow up so fast...  So How about it?  Does anyone else get as obsessive over RPG as I do?

Maji

Wednesday Movie and Song of the week

Alright blogger has been giving me fits ever since I got back so it's gonna be a few days before anyone sees the trip pictures.  Until then I'm thinking of giving Karr his own little spot on the blog.  Maybe say...  Tuesday Karr's Snips.  Who knows.  What's everyone think on this?

Anyway the movie for the week is an awesome one.  If you haven't seen it I strongly suggest you do.  Has anyone else seen the movie Trucks?  Yeah kinda old school...  I don't care.  It's an awesome movie.  Much better than Maximum Overdrive IMO.  For those who don't know that's the movie it was based off of.  Trucks is a horror movie and also a Stephen King movie.  Gotta love it.

My song of the week is the song Hell's Bells.  It's an ACDC song that featured on a very good movie.  Maximum Overdrive which by the way was the movie that the above movie was based off of.  So go see it and listen to that song.  For a month of frights it's the first horror movie I would strongly suggest.

Maji

Home again!

Alright so I was suppose to post a blog every day.  I blame sea sickness...  So we're home again!  The traveling Karr would like to say a few words on the matter.  Hopefully we'll be able to post pictures of the traveling Karr by the weekend.

Greetings my loyal minions!

After a very long trip home and some very rough seas that even turned my fuel tank in knots, I am very happy to say we have made it safely home.  The writer has a good case of sunburn...  I on the other hand enjoyed long hours of napping in a sunspot on the writer's bed during the day while she was out.  I even managed to conquer one of those infernal towel animals...

Yesterday the waters were more than a little rough...  The writer of course was sea sick most of the day... I have to admit my fuel tank felt the sympathy...

We were all happy to see Jacksonville again with that weather.  From there the trip was very uneventful.  But for the fact that I was once again checked with the rest of the writer's baggage!!!  I must admit I do love the Bahamas...  Then with that it is with a heavy engine that I back off from my Traveling Karr...  The writer tells me no more vacations until next year...  The upside?  We're going to Europe!  Another cruise as it does seem to be the way to travel.  No hotel bills...  No transportation bills...  Just one big flat rate.  Now come on...  For those who travel alot you have to admit that makes economic sense.  

So point being we're holding out for a transatlantic cruise.  I will be back in full blast then!  I'll even drag my partner in crime Cody along.  So...  Pictures will be up later!  Watch for them!  Goodnight everybody!

The Traveling Karr

Karr's Snips:  Customs is a pain in the rear bumper!  It's confusing, it's long, it's dull, and their hands are cold!

Cody's Tips:  Customs is indeed a hard thing to get through at times.  Just remember to declare EVERYTHING.  Be honest with them and things will go smoothly.  (No sense in hiding that priceless relic that you just had to bring home in your suitcase.  They will find it.  Same goes for Cuban Cigars.  They will find it and you will be in a pickle.)  Do whatever you can to make sure things run smoothly.  Otherwise your fate is gonna be a strip search and a cavity search if you don't cooperate.

Till next time!  Like the Traveling Karr?  Tell me!  Maybe he can come around more often than vacations.  

Nassau Bahamas

Hello loyal minions,

Well what can I say about Nassau... It was hot, humid, and it smelled
like fish. It's a dirty city where the drivers are even crazier than
I am. How any of those people live through the morning drive is
amazing to me. However, they seem use to it. They say there are less
accidents there than there are in the U,S. and we have better traffic
laws. Go figure on that one. The water was a little rough last
night, bringing on the introduction of sea sickness... Much better
and much smoother now.

Tomorrow is going to be a day at sea which means yours truly will be
back on Thursday. So you only have a couple more days of the
traveling Karr taking over your regularly scheduled blog. Such a
pity...

I would like to take this time to comment on the staff of the Carnival
Cruise Lines. When I rule the world these people will be spared from
my wrath. I must say they are impressive. I normally detest the
writer... However, I do see where it would be hard to spend nine
months away from the people you care about. Not that I care about the
writer mind you. I am my own car.

This trip has been an interesting one that I have very much enjoyed.
On that note I don't believe I will be seeing any one of my loyal
minions for a very long time... The writer has informed me this is the
last cruise for a good long while. She is now saving for a cruise in
europe. Odd considering she holds a bit of a grudge against them.
(One European puts down America and she gets all bent out of shape.
Americans are arrogant. Get over it. Everyone knows that.) Anyway,
that being said she wants to see Italy, England, and Spain. So that's
the next cruise... In theory at least... More on all this and more
tomorrow.

The Traveling Karr

Karr's Snips: I've almost been run over 6 times in this country!
What's wrong with the driving skills of this country???

Cody's Tips: For once Karr's right. The driving skills of this
country are frightening. Therefore, be very, very careful when
crossing the road. The taxies out there will hit you...

Stay safe everybody! Loved this vacation but kinda looking forward to
a quiet night in my own bed!

Maji

Half Moon Cay

Greetings loyal minions,

Still at sea. I must admit this sea air is... calming... This new
place is rather unique. The ship can not come to close to the island
because the water is not nearly deep enough. Therefore the ship is
anchored just off shore and a ferry boat is taken from the ship to the
island. For those of you wondering... Yes the writer burns and yes
the anchor dropping is annoyingly loud. The writer chose horseback
riding as her off shore trip. A rather interesting choice considering
she OWNS TWO OF THEM... Why would you go on vacation to ride a horse
when you have a horse at home? But oh no... She wanted to ride in
the ocean. Which admittedly is a once in a lifetime opportunity for
someone who lives somewhere that's predominately land locked without
going for a three and a half hour drive.

My own activities are coming along well. I attempted to get a little
bit of sun today up on deck. Did anyone else know a jet black sports
car couldn't tan? I didn't... My hood smarts a little from sun burn
but I am still the exact same color. Who knew that changing colors by
laying in the sun was only a human trait? Still though it was
relaxing. It's surprising just how relaxing laying under the warm sun
is.

Last night was form night which of course meant the writer actually
donned a skirt... Now THATs a once in a lifetime experience... I
have to admit I was never made aware that the writer actually did in
fact have legs... It was an experience that will not soon be forgotten.

Oh, I also discovered something else! Did anyone else know that the
pool water on a cruise ship is salt water? I was not made aware of
that until the writer got a mouth full of it. Which was more than a
little amusing. Oh and know what else? I can't swim. I sink. Which
royally sucks... How am I suppose to rule the world when I can't even
float? That aside it was a rather good day.

Tomorrow we dock at Nassau Bahamas. Now that should be interesting.
The writer's brother and her father are going on some historical
pirate tour. The writer and her mother are going shopping at the
straw house. That would be the highlight of the writer's trip by the
way. Shopping... So that's it for now. I will update my loyal
minions tomorrow from the shores of Nassau.

The Traveling Karr

Karr's Snips: There's someone sleeping and snoring very loudly in the
library where the writer has chosen to blog. Here's a snip... If you
decide to go take a nap do it in your own dang room!

Cody's Tips: Any cruse ship has a general rule of thumb. If you
don't want to be left behind, be at the boat on time because the ship
is not going to wait on you. With that in mind, give yourself about
an hours leeway. You don't have to wait until the last minute. It
only stresses you. However, if something should happen and you do
find yourself in a bind make sure you have your passport and some
cash. That's pretty much all you need to make it home on your own.

Until next time folks! Rock on!

Maji

It starts...

Greetings loyal minions...

The traveling Karr speaking to you via e-mail from on board the
Fascination. For now I find it interesting this world I've set out to
conquer... So in total here's the trip thus far.

We left at approximately 0600. We've gotten plenty of stupid people's
awards while on this trip by the way... Anyway we set off, the first
leg of our trip was fairly uneventful. We stopped in Statesboro and
grabbed some breakfast at a Dunkin' Doughnuts... I have come to
believe that this Dunkin' Doughnuts may be on some level working with
Starbucks... This means that they are working together to conquer the
world themselves and therefore might be some unwanted competition...
I'll have to learn more... And if learning more involves staking out
their establishments and drinking their coffee... I'll just have to
make that sacrifice... Anyway, after we left Dunkin' Doughnuts we
didn't stop again until we reached Jacksonville where we killed some
time at a local Wal-Mart. Again uneventful but for the green swimsuit
the writer purchased there... She needs a fashion consultant... I
like green. Not that color green...

After leaving Wal-Mart we reached the cruise terminal where I was
CHECKED! I was placed in a suitcase and checked with the rest of the
writer's baggage! How humiliating! I will remember that act of...
disloyalty when I rule the world!

Anyway onboard the ship it was a few hours before I was reunited with
the writer... Once reunited we were forced to endure a ship safety
drill. Later you will see photos of me in my life preserver. I
demanded one my size but apparently that was to much to ask...

After the drill and some humiliating photos the writer went off to
take pictures around the boat and I was able to catch a rather long
nap. Then the humans went to dinner while I guarded the room. Though
that... Stewart... Insisted on coming in on MY watch for something
called a turn down service. He created a little animal out of a towel
and set it on the bed. I of course interrogated it since we were
going to be spending some time together. It was not forthcoming with
information...

Unfortunately, the stewart thought it would be cute to pose me with
said animal... Which the writer of course thought was adorable so she
of course took lots of pictures...

The next morning I was left to my own devises and plotting while the
writer went jogging up on sports deck. In a little while we will be
going to get a little sun up on the sun deck and play a round of golf
with the writer's father. So until next blog...

The Traveling Karr

Karr's Snips: We've spent more time on this cruise telling people to
get the hell out of the way and waiting for elevators. How do you
humans multiply this quickly???

Cody's Tips: Room service is your friend. If it's a free service
such as on a cruise, don't feel bad about ordering food up to the
room. It's fun, quiet, and rather restful as there is no one moving
around in your room unless you're sharing it with someone.

Greetings from the ship! Hope everyone is having a good day!

Maji

Embarkation (The Traveling Karr)

The traveling Karr....

This is purely a trial period.  Therefore, I'm going to see how this works out with one character which means Cody is in the background but never directly spoken to.  The next trip there will be two.  So we have...  The Traveling Karr.

Greetings Subjects.

Tomorrow we set sale for destinations unknown...  Well...  Known to me.  Our trip will consist of three separate destinations.  At 0600 we will awaken and prepare for this trip.  0700 should therefore see us on the road to Jacksonville.  If we keep this schedule and make good time on the interstate we will arrive in Jacksonville Fl. at approximately 1100.  (People who live in Jacksonville...  Do not be concerned.  We plan to cause no trouble while we are there.)  I'm assuming that during the trip I will be riding shot gun.  Cody can ride in the trunk for all I care.  

We will then board the ship (After picking up some supplies from Wal-Mart....  A purely ingenious institute.)  I will of course will remain on deck while the ship sets sail for I am king of the world.

Our other destinations are Half Moon Cay and of course Nassau Bahamas.  I look forward to each destination and will use the time at Half Moon Cay to launch the first attempts at world domination.  (Since the writer will be busy riding some smelly horse on the beach)  That may possibly change to world domination in the Bahamas...  (Assuming the writer changes her mind and decides to spend her time petting a smelly fish that poses as a mammal)  Of course you might note a trend at this point.  I tend to work through vacations.  That is for now our schedule.  We will try and keep you up to date and up by the minute.  If that is not possible we will of course offer retribution in the form of many great stories and photos.  Mostly photos of yours truly.  So be well.  Have a nice week...  You are all not so bad for humans.  When I rule the world your deaths will be quick and painless.

Karr

Karr's Snips:  Do cruise forums HAVE to make things so blasted difficult?  Print this, don't print that, have this available upon boarding oh and by the way bring an electronics strip because there's only one outlet in the cabin...  I'm already tired and we haven't taken off yet...

Cody's Tips:  Cruise terminals are like airport terminals.  If it's your first time treat it as if you were going out of country in an airport.  Don't complain when they ask you to take your shoes off.  Just do what they ask in way of security measures.  It does make the process go by quicker after all.  Also note that when they say no cell phones in the cruise ship terminal, they really mean it.  They will throw you out and the rest of us will be waving at you as the ship takes off while you're standing on the pier all alone.

Alright everybody!  I'm off for a week!  A whole week!  I hope everyone has a wonderful week and we'll see you in a week!

Maji

Friday stupid folks

Oh...  People...  If EVER someone deserved the stupid people awards...

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Ok so here's the story.  This guy decides to steal some gas from a van for his own vehicle.  However once he gets it in the container he realizes he doesn't know how much he has.  So he LIGHTS A LIGHTER so he'll have enough light to see by...

Ok first off we learned in the second grade that gas is flammable.  Ya know all those old sayings?  Adding fuel to the fire?  Gas makes fire go fwoosh!

Did no one ever explain just how a combustible engine even works?  Burning fuel!  Did his friend not know that was supposedly with him?

Speaking of friend who's bright idea was it to light a flame to see gas?  Good friends tell their friends when they're being stupid.  Friends don't let friends be stupid!  Come on!  Were both of them sharing a brain that day?

So anyway...  Flame guy?  You win the Plotless Stupid People Awards.  Please don't reproduce...

Maji

Head's up!

Just a heads up folks!  Most already knows what that means...

Saturday morning I will be taking a cruise to the Bahamas.  Good times, good times...  So what does this mean?  No blog...  What else does it mean?  Might be able to get a few messages out via e-mail on the ship.  What else does it mean?  TRAVELING KARR!

That's right...  The official introduction of The Traveling Karr is about to hit off.  For when I get back Karr will have lots to tell you.  Who is Karr?  What is Karr?  It shall all become clear tomorrow.  For tomorrow on top of my normal stupid people's awards... I will introduce The Traveling Karr and his minion Cody to you and to all.  So keep an eye out for the two of them!

Maji

Time

I fixed the time issues on my blog!  Yay me!!!!!

Maji

Thursday Rambling of the Week (Obsessiveness)

Obsession...  It means persistence.  It's not always a good thing people.  Far from it actually.

I have discovered something while blogging.  You find people who tend to jump on something and be obsessive about it and just won't let it go.  Like a dog on a bone.  They chew on it and long, LONG after the topic of conversation has passed they are still complaining, nagging, and screaming "It's not fair!"  Is it wrong of me to want to beat these people with a stick?

Alright so here goes.  The people who really irk my nerves the wrong way.  Anyone ever pick up a hatehorses.blog?  Brilliant fellow...  Not really.  If you don't like something why dedicate a website to it other than just trying to piss people off?  Try this one on for size...  Don't like horses?  Don't go near one!  I don't like snakes or spiders.  That doesn't mean I'm going on a political campaign against them.  Some people keep them as pets.  If they touch me you will see a southern girl learn to fly really quick.  Leave it alone!

You also find these people who are obsessive about their hobbies.  Don't get me wrong... I love Knight Rider.  I love photography.  I love the internet and I love RP.  I also love Transformers and I love Stargate.  A lot of things that my attention has been drawn into.  Not a single one of those is my entire life.  (With maybe the exception of photography as that is currently my wanted line of work.  Come on I can make a career out of my hobby!  How awesome is that?)  The most recent thing I can think of is Anime.  It has it's bunch of obsessors.  You know the kind...  They can quote every show.  They know the characters of every show.  That's all they read.  It's all they watch.  It's all they talk about when you try to socialize with them!  I mean come on...  Just because you're interested in something doesn't mean I'm just as interested to hear about it.  Same goes with WOW, Lieniage, and that other game that seems so popular now...  I mean I'll listen to you go on about it for a little while but hours on end is way to out of line.  Give me something here... I don't go on and on and on and on about horses and photography do I?  No!  I discuss work, family, life, hobbies, other stuff that's goin' on.  I mean come on...  You have family and friends...  Discuss something else.

So that's about it...  Stop obsessing!  So I don't have to obsess over obsessing.  :)

Maji

Wednesday Movie and Song of the week

Yes it's that time again!  So grab a bucket of popcorn and listen up.

The movie Braveheart.  Have ya seen it?  Of course you have.  So let us focus on the hotness of Mel Gibson for a moment.  Yeah yeah I know he made a religious movie that for some was in itself a religious experience and then claimed to some California cop he hated the jews.  Forget about that Mel Gibson.  (Apparently fame makes you nuts.  Just look at Tom Cruise)  Travel back in time with me if you will.  Remember the first time you saw the movie Brave Heart?  That Scottish accent stuck in my mind for weeks.  I mean come on...  That man is hot and we all know it.  There is absolutely nothing to be ashamed of.  He is absolutely amazing in that movie.  It was a movie I could entirely be pulled into.  None of his other movies did that for me.  No not even the movie Lethal Weapon.  Though I did like the fourth one.  The first and second were ok.  I didn't bother to see the third.    Anyway go see Brave Heart if you haven't.  If you haven't...  What rock have you been living under?

The song is just as old school as the movie this week.  (Oh come on, sometimes you have to get reintroduced to the classics.)  Workin' for the Weekend by Loverboy.  I don't know why I love this song so much...  I mean come on.  It makes ya feel good!  You can dance to it and no one looks at you like you're a loon!  That really big guy in that movie tried to come off as a stripper to it...  At least in clips I've seen that I don't care to ever see again.  I honestly can't remember what movie it was.  The point being it will stick in your mind and you can't help but sing it.  So go hum it.  Go dance to it.  Go to work and shake your groove thang!  People will think you've finally snapped.  Then you get to go to the nice place with the white walls.  Come on!  It'll be fun!  Let loose and move on with the rest of you week!

Maji

Tuesday Something...

Yeah...  Adding a short of the week is a pain in the butt with this blog.  So...  It's going to be switched around just a smidgin...

Equine related rant of the week.  The other rant is just for rants in general.  This one is specially for the equines of our lives...

I know you can't exactly ride the head...  But you can't hide it either.  

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Exactly what is this thing and how in the world did he get deemed worthy of stallion material?  I know the one picture must be just at the wrong angle but even when he's being ridden...  His head and neck actually look disproportionate to the rest of his body.  Come on people!  If you have a stud he has to be awesome!  If he's not awesome geld him!

All I have to say on that.  Still shuddering at the sight of the stud...

Maji

Monday shot of the week

I love this shot and I don't know why!  Oh wait...  Yeah I do.  I love this shot because I love this car.  I swear I didn't have it's photoness in mind when I bought the car.  It just kinda turned out that way after I bought it.  But it does take a nice shot doesn't it?

Friday... 0600...

It's Friday 0600...  Know what's wrong with the picture???

ITunes has still not uploaded the season starter of Grey's Anatomy!  If they have I certainly can't open it...  Still though...  itunes is on my list.

That being said I had to walk out on Grey's Anatomy halfway through the first epp.  Why?  Because it was time to go to work.  Evil hospital...  I so to be able to download something worth watching right about now.

At the moment it's the Q word...  A word I can not say for it will bring upon a plague of people who want to be seen for absolutely nothing...

For that matter...  For those who go to the ER for every little thing that you could really see your doctor for in the morning.

1. If you come in by EMA for something minor that has plagued you for 2 weeks we are not impressed that you have the ability to dial 911.  (Just so you know they train dogs to do that to)  If you come in by EMA you had better be sick...  If not you will be labeled a ninnie.  Enjoy the waiting room with all the other ninnies.

2. This is not show and tell.  You don't have to fish anything out of the toilet to show me.  (You really don't since I'm the clerk.  Show the nurse if you insist on that behavior)  If you did fish something out of the toilet no you may not use my pen.

3. When you come in you are triaged.  Which means that someone of medical license takes you into a room and asks you questions.  They are deciding how sick you are.  Just because you came in before the elderly lady who is having a heart attack does not mean you get to go first.  Sit down and don't bother me.

4. Do not for any reason speak the words to me "You already have it in my chart"  The nurses don't have your chart and when I ask you questions I'm verifying information.  If I didn't need the information I wouldn't be asking you.  So when I ask you for your insurance card and you say "You have it on record"  Don't be surprised when it doesn't show up on a bill which you now owe the entirety of.  If you come to an ER bring your insurance card!

5. Do not utter the words "My doctor has all my information already" when checking in for any reason.  Look around.  Does the Emergency Room in any way look like your doctor's office?  No?  There's a reason for that.  I'm not going to go hunting for your information.  I'm also not walking across the street to get your file.  Give me your address.  It is easier after all.

6. If I give you both a vomit bag and a trash can and you still insist on vomiting on the floor I'm not cleaning it up.  I'm not paid nearly enough for that.

7. The emergency room has a completely separate definition of sick than you do.  If you claim to be sick you had better be dying.

8. Kidney Stones are not an emergency.  Painful yes.  Emergency?  Hardly.

9. Do not ask me how much longer it will be.  I don't do sympathy so trying to look pitiful won't work.  It's entirely up to the nurses because I have no medical degree.

10. Do not ring the bell to get my attention when I am sitting right infront of you.  Just because I am writing something and do not immediately look up upon your being seated does not mean that I don't know you're there.  Give me five seconds to finish what I'm writing.  Also in the case that I honestly didn't hear you...  A simple "Excuse me"  Would suffice.  Every time I hear the bell I die a little inside and want to throw said bell at you.

11. Do not say to me "My Doctor called ahead."  Look out in the waiting room.  I'm willing to bet that half of them said the same thing.  It didn't help them either.

12. It's not smart to tell me that you have no intent on paying the bill.  I do report this stuff you know.

13. One complaint per customer please.

14. If you come in by EMA have a way home in mind.  I'm not making arrangements for you.

15. Don't come back to my window after you've been released from the ER and complain about the service.  Guess what...  The people I work with?  Friends and Coworkers.  You?  Annoying person.  You do not have my sympathy in the matter.  It's also not going to change anything.  Just because you didn't get the drug you wanted doesn't mean you didn't receive good care.  We're going to laugh about you when you leave.  

16. Don't sit in front of my window and not say anything.  It is much faster if you cooperate.

17. When I ask you what's wrong don't give me your life's story.  Complaint of Leg Pain is much better than "When I was a boy I had a cat (Fill in mindless stuff here)  And that's why today I have this horrible ache in my right lower leg"  Guess what I'm going to take from that story?  Leg pain!

18. Why on Earth would you come into an ER where it's bright and loud and busy when you have a migraine.  1st Migraine?  Sure I understand that if you don't know what's happening and why your head feels it's going to go kaboom.  Frequent Migraines?  Should know better by now...

19. If I know your name upon walking through the door it's not something to be proud of.  I promise you I'm not nearly as happy to see you as you are to see me.

20. The pain can always be worse.

So that's my list.  Mostly because it's Friday 0600 and I have decided I really....  REALLY  Hate my job...

Maji

Friday's stupid folks awards

It's winner take all this week!

The Friday Stupid peoples awards!

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Please someone tell me this is a joke...  Worst off...  This is local!  This is in my area!  That is my local paper!  Folks in GA have lost their flippin' minds!

I can't decide who deserves the award...  The man who made a bad situation worse by not holding it...  Or the police officer for accusing him of battery for it.  I mean sure it was disrespectful...  But come on!  You can't handle a little gas?

For a long time I kinda tossed this one back and forth...  Who deserved the stupid award...

Finally I decided on one person who was most deserving of the stupid award...

The journalist...

Has news gotten so dull that you feel you must go digging through stupid civil cases to find the most trivial case about a police officer and a drunk fighting over a rude body function?  Seriously?  Is that what you want to report on?

Not the war?  Not politics?  Not anything else but some guy who had to pass gas in the police station and the cop took offense to it.  That's what you think news is?  I could have gone my entire life without hearing this story and my life would not have changed or would I have cared that I had not heard this story.

Journalist guy?  You have one the Lucid Dreams Stupid peoples awards.

Please don't reproduce...

Now for something a bit more infrequent.  I'm not gonna say this is the awesome person award...  It's far from awesome....  It's actually kinda sad.  However...

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Mind you I hardly think this guy is awesome.  You can not abandon 9 kids and be awesome.  However, alot of people are really tearing into this guy.  What I say?

He may not be father of the year...  He left his kids.  He's far from father of the year.  A chimp would be a better Dad.  However, at least he had the guts to sit back and say "My kids are gonna be homeless soon if something doesn't change.  I can't take care of them...  So let me find someone who can."

At least before it got to a point that his children were in danger because of starvation or needed medicine and he couldn't provide it he did have the guts to take his kids to where they could get help.  He took them to a place where he knew for a fact they would be warm, dry, and fed and left them with someone who could get them to someone who would care for them.

He had the guts to permanently give up custody of his children because he knew he couldn't take care of them.  So there you have it.  He gave up his kids.  He's a horrible father.  BUT he seems like a decent person.

So...  Sucky dad guy?  You're O.K.

Everyone else?  Cut the guy a small break.  Just a small one.

Maji

New Kitt Vrs. Old Kitt

Most folks already know I'm a Knight Rider fan...  A huge Knight Rider fan...  I absolutely adore Kitt for pure Kitt cuteness.  I also adore Karr but that's another story.  So people have asked me...  Which is better.  New Kitt...  Or old Kitt...

Personally I gotta Say.  I LOVED the old Kit.  Nothing can compare to him.  He was adorable.  The new Kitt just isn't Kitt.  He doesn't have that charming voice and isn't nearly as cute.  Though while he's not Kitt he kinda gives himself a whole new character.  The new Kitt without a doubt is HOT!  He reminds me of someone a bit infantile...  You can almost see him putting things together.  And lets face it...  The Mustang body is hot.  I do love that pony doncha know.

So which do I like better?  They are both separate characters to me.  The new Kitt is not Kitt.  However, he's still a great character who deserves recognition in the Knight Rider hall of fame.  Thus you have it.  They are simply not comparable.

Thursday Rambling of the Week (Us poor out of work designers)

There is a breed of people out there.  They are a strange people...  They fear the sunlight.  They are pale.  They tend to spend long, long hours fixated on an object of value...  They often go hungry for their chosen profession.  Who are these people?

Designers...  Photographers...  Artists...

We often work by night, fixating for hours over details on the computer such as web sites that we just have to have up by the end of the week.  Starving artist is not just a saying it is a lifestyle...  And we are obsessive to the extreme.  (You try getting that absolutely perfect idea for something in your head and then try to sleep.)

As an artist I have something to say about the horse industry in particular but I'm sure this goes for many others as well...

If you have a business...  A real honest to God business...  Yes breeding horses is a business.  Once you call yourself a breeder that's simply what it is.  (Which is why I have only 2...  They are not a business they are my babies and the only children I will ever have)  Anyway point being if you have a business POST A PROFESSIONAL LOOKING WEBSITE!

It won't kill you.

I understand how expensive it is to have someone build one for you.  When I build a web site a very basic one starts at about 1,200.  That my friends is actually very cheap because no matter what you might think, putting a web site together is very time consuming.  I've spent hours on a single page and still didn't entirely finish the thing.

That being said there are programs out there to help you!  Geocities has page builder.  Freewebs has a very basic and simplistic style and while yes they bombard their page with advertising you can become a registered member and all that will stop.  Go that extra mile!

While on that note, Freewebs has some very good web designs.  I've used them before when I needed to throw something together for say an RP I wanted to throw together and didn't want to spend money on a site until it gained a following.  (I don't spend time or money on RP sites unless it has at least 10 loyal followers.  Until then it's freewebs and freeboards for all!)  But when using freewebs...  Don't replace they're suggested backgrounds with horrible pictures of something odd...  May it be your horse or your dog solid backgrounds are not overrated!

So...  With that in mind...

Show us the not to do's!

D and D Stables  -->  Rule number one.  Don't put photographs as your background.  Period.  You can work them into your design...  But for the main background solids and muted patterns are your friend.  Busy makes text get lost and we don't like lost text.  Lost text doesn't even like lost text.  This one has a box for the text to find a home in but the background is still just to loud.

Three Hats Farm  -->  I just can't even start to touch on all the things that is wrong with this site.  I like the solid background colors but...  Their links are getting lost and why is there an animated gif as their heading?  That's just distracting and tacky.

Dangerzone  -->  There is something wrong with these people.  There really is...  Not getting into a match about Pitbulls...  I've known some very nice Pitbulls...  I saw the cutest one the other day that was trying to pose as a tough dog.  Their pictures are horrible and while yes they have changed their site to be more muted...  (A week before everything was this blinding pink that hurt my eyes)  It still screams 15 year old did it.  For that matter...  Don't let an unproven 15 year old touch your business anything...  For that matter if you sell horses but you also breed dogs...  Put the effort in to give them each a separate page.  Link back all you want but give them their own pages!  Also first impressions are hard to get back.  Take decent pictures of your horses so that a person looking at your horse doesn't get the wrong first impression.  Since they can't lay hands on the horse at first this is often what is primarily judged in the first few seconds of contact.

Stone Face Stables  -->  Yeah...  Free webs is ok for a temp fix.  I like freewebs I really do.  But this page says to prospective customers...  "I don't really care, just wanted to throw something out there so I could make lots of money"  Put a little effort into your site!  Freewebs has hundreds of layouts that would be perfect for a horse ranch and you chose that one?

Sunspot Pintabians  -->  Alright Pintabians is one of those breeds like a Goldendoodle.  It's a mutt with a fancy name.  I use to have one of those...  He was a pinto crossed with an Arab.  We called him a mutt.  But he was still cute and I used him in beginners riding lessons when I was a kid.  He was sort of a baby sitter back then.  Again...  We called him a mutt.  That however is not what I'm going on about today.  This site actually isn't bad.  It's not great...  But it's not bad.  I actually kinda like some of the graphics and headers.  However...  If you have a business...  Keep things to that business.  Don't sell your useless junk on a web page.  Then it's just a train wreck.

So there you have it.  Maji's crash course to web pages.  I swear I'm gonna write a book on this stuff...  I shall call it...  Web design and photographs for people who should not reproduce.

Think it will catch on?

Oh!  And if you're wondering just where I dug up all these websites...

Fugly Horse of the Day

They say "Oh My God look at that horse!"

I say "Oh dear lord... Look at that website!  And those pictures!  Dang!"

So anyway, stop by there if you love horses.  It's always good to keep up with it.

Mostly Testing

I'm testing something out here, though I did want to comment on
something to if it actually goes through. The dates on this blog are
a little... Well off... I don't know what kind of date system
blogger is on... Though Let me point out that mainly the reason they
seem a little off anyway (Blogger's odd dates excluded) I work the
night shift. Therefore it's nothing to me to blog while I'm at work.
(Since nights are generally the slower shift) Also on an off note...
Polo. A common equine sport I suppose... I had never paid much
attention to it. All of a sudden this month it seems to be absolutely
everywhere. Tried to go to a match to take some pictures but it was
over by the time I got there. So sad... Use to think badly of it.
You know everyone hears horror stories... Actually though it doesn't
look so bad. Would still like to see a game played. Hmmm.... Anyway
mostly random thoughts and testing.

Maji

Between the lines

First one of these...

Let's face it.  Sometimes there's just something I really wanna say.  So therefore on that note a little something pulled from Graig's List...

Very pretty, white, gelding.  Part Arabian.  8 yrs. old.  Exp. rider only.  $300.00 OBO 

That ad = Horse crazy as hell and he will kill you because I just wanted a pretty white arabian and didn't work with it until it was way to late and now I don't know what the hell do with him.  Just come get him.  Better yet...  Forget the $300.  I'll pay you to take him.

Some days...

Horses do not work themselves folks!

Wednesday Movie And Song of the week

Alright my start out for this blog is going to be my absolute favorite movie of all time.  Some of you might think you know of what movie I speak...  However, you would all be wrong.

Stealth is an absolutely fantastic and action packed movie that follows Edi.  An AI Jet.  Truly does this not sound like my kind of movie?  It has jets...  It has explosives.  It even has an AI.  Watch this movie.  So what if it didn't get good reviews?  Sometimes you just gotta watch an action movie for the explosions.

This week's song of the week is a song form that particular movie by a band called Institute.  Again, with a band name like that what's not to love?  It's called Bullet proof skin and personally I think it entirely rocks.  Pun not intended since I think the genre is actually considered rock...  Though folks might find it odd simply for the fact that I consider myself more of a country person.  It's a little...  Rockin' for me so to speak.  Anyway, go watch that movie and listen to that song.  Absorb the messages you might gain and put your two cents in.

Maji

Tuesday short of the Week

First short!  It's gonna test my writing skills before it's all over with...  So here ya go.  A bit of fanfic for the first time out that some might know from other posts elsewhere.  Hope you enjoy!  Promise something original and new next week!  I just didn't give myself much time to prepare this week.

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Monday shot of the week

The first official post probably should have been Friday but we're going to ignore that and call it starting off on a good foot for the week.  Mostly because while I found plenty of stupid people, I found very few people I would consider entirely awesome.  Might have to cut out the awesome person of the week and just stick to the stupid awards.  Anyway onto the Monday topic.

For those of you who ever wanted to know about the rural south.  The calm and soothing dirt roads of the backwoods.  Those red dirt roads that are so common in Georgia.  I got some really amazing trips on this little trip just around my home county.  I also got hopelessly lost.  I didn't realize just how much of a spider web of dirt roads we have out here.  Still though it was a very nice drive.  So any comments?  Any thoughts?  Have you ever taken a trip like that?  I mean you never seem to go see the sights in your own back yard until someone comes to visit.  How many people live in New York City yet have never seen the Statue of Liberty up close but for maybe that field trip you took in the 5th grade.  How many people live in Washington D.C. but have never seen the Washington Monument or been to one of the museums or taken a tour through the White House?  How many people live just a mile from the Grand Canyon yet have never been to it?  Next time you find yourself bored and with nothing to do, hop in your car or hop on your bike or hop on your horse for all anyone cares and just take a ride, and look around.  Till next time.

Maji

Welcome

Welcome to Plotless.  An idea that's wanted to get out since The Traveling Karr.  For now the general schedule is...

Monday - Shot of the week:  Photographs by Maji

Tuesday - Short of the week:  Written work by Maji

Wednesday - Movie and Song of the week:  Song and movie picks by, you guessed it...  Maji!

Thursday - Rambling of the week:  Lets face it.  Maji will talk about anything when she wants to talk about it.  But this post will be a bit more random and rant heavy.

Friday - Stupid person of the week / Awesome person of the week:  Maji's weekly pick for two separate things.  The stupid person of the week in the news...  Also the most awesome person of the week that Maji can find.  As is everything, this is always open to suggestions.

So that's it.  The blog schedule of Majiness.  

Also note that sometimes I do in fact go on vacation...  It's a sad thing but it happens.  If this is the case...  Upon return (Or sometimes during)  I will try to make up for being gone...  How is that?

The Traveling Karr

Karr and his partner in crime travel.  Everywhere.  They also bring back pictures.  Of everything.  Therefore you will get a whole week upon my return of Karr's quips, Cody's tips and pictures of absolutely everything they happen to see along the way.  Enjoy!  Hope to see many followers in the days to come!

Maji