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I've been watching way too much TV while lying around for the last week.  My new addiction is HGTV.  I love design and read decorating magazines - although I can't afford to really do anything.  I watched Find Your Style on Saturday night...I know I'm lame :).

The website has a fun little quiz to find your style.

I'm ethnic eclectic:

Your style is a mix of bohemian chic and contemporary ethnic flair. Whether you travel extensively or shop locally, chances are good that your home is filled with a collection of interesting accessories. By contrast, a neutral color scheme and furniture with simple lines is the best backdrop to accentuate your most colorful pieces. To achieve this mix-and-match design style, look to nature. "The concern with the environment is playing a big role in interior design trends – from colors you find in nature, to high-end natural fibers in wall coverings, to exotic woods and stone being used throughout the home," says Denise Turner, an interior designer in Alta Loma, California. It's all about simple lines and natural materials as a backdrop for your collectibles and artwork.

What's your style?

Yesterday was an anomaly. I'm all cried out and back to normal. That'll teach me to bottle things up.

I did the whole spinal injection thing again today. On the up side the pain from the procedure is less this time and since I was out I don't remember it.

On the downside...this has been a really shitty day.  My mom was here and I couldn't let her help me.  I don't know what's wrong with me.  I really needed the help but there's something inside me that won't let me ask for it or accept it. I'm just not wired that way anymore.  I used to let people take care of me...specifically my ex-husband. In the end, I felt like he was smothering me.  Maybe that's why I turn away help. It feels like I'm repeating a very bad pattern and I just can't make myself vulnerable like that ever again.

I feel like I chased my mom out and hurt her feelings...and I can't stop crying. Not just about that, I can't even figure out why I'm crying!! I guess this is what I get for not letting myself cry for over a year.  I guess six hours of crying is a trade off.  I knew the dam would burst sooner or later.

I think I'm other having another nervous breakdown or my hormones are all messed up from the double steroid injection. Whatever it is, I can't sleep.  Depression usually makes me sleep for days but this is a whole new animal.

I'm sorry about this depressing post but I feel really alone, can't sleep, can't stop crying and I'm in a ton of physical pain.  I just had to vent. I want to call my mom but it's midnight and I can't wake her..so you all get to here about it.

After my last spine injection disaster my doctor has convinced me to do it again.  Supposedly the reaction I had was not normal.  This time they are putting me into "twilight" sedation.  Basically, I won't be able to move or speak but I will be able to hear everything around me.  Sounds like my version of hell.

Keep your fingers crossed that it's better than last time.  On the up side, my mom is coming out tonight and she's going to take care of me for a few days.  She also did some cooking and is bringing me food.  There's nothing like your mom when you're not feeling well.

My friend sent me a link to My Heritage Face Recognition.  You upload your photo and it tells you what celebrity you look like.  I apparently am Xena, Warrior Princess.  Who are you?

I'm in hell!  I had cortisone injections in my lower back and it was the worst experience of my life.  I would much rather be run over by a truck multiple times.  My pain increased instead of decreased.  The doc's office said it could take up to a week and a half to get better.  All I can say is that this had better be worth it.

I had an awful realization in prepping for this procedure.  On the instruction sheet it says you need a "companion" to pick you up and take you home.  I realized I have no one.  There is no one I can call to take me to the doctor or hospital.  My mom's response was "that's what you get for moving away from everyone".  Not very helpful, but true.

Audio: Share the most embarrassing song on your mp3 player.

You have to read this hilarious article from Cracked!

The movies that lied?
Parent Trap
Big
Blank Check
Labyrinth
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
Neverending Story
Jack
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory

How did they lie?  You'll have to read the article to find out! :)

Friday night was a completely surreal experience.

Our local dive bar turned into a dance club with the old men dancing with a few younger women to "Sexy Back" multiple times.  And yes I did get dragged to the dance floor and yes there is video...not that anyone will ever see it if I can help it.

My theory is that the smoking ban caused our nicotine levels to drop severely and made us all temporarily insane.  I really hate not being able to smoke at my favorite bars.  The men's room became an smoking lounge while the rest of us huddled in the alley next to the rat traps.  You know you want a cigarette badly if you are willing to freeze your ass off in an alley and lurk by dumpsters and rats.

My ex-boss and I don't get along.  I still do the same job that I was hired for but now I report to someone else...not that I care for her much either, but anyway....

I was in a meeting today with my ex-boss and his boss and I got to throw him under the bus several times.  Meaning, he would start to talk about my projects as if he knew what was going on and I got to interrupt him and say "No, actually, we do this.."  It was awesome!  He looked like a complete idiot!

After the meeting (and this is my favorite part) his boss asked me into his office to get my opinion on his 2008 strategy.  My ex-boss followed us like a sad puppy and asked if he could be included. :) He hung in the doorway and I turned my back on him as if he wasn't there.

Payback's a bitch and so am I!