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Not particularly friending atm, though. You can try anyway if ya want, I'm open to talking to new people. :'D

"Morals," said Lionel, "are a form of insanity. Give me a moral man who insists on doing the right thing all the time, and I will show you a tangle which an angel couldn't get out of." - from The Once And Future King, by T.H. White

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Okay, so I'm cold and bored while house/dog-sitting, but that's not really why I'm breaking my hiatus for this short moment.

This is why I'm breaking the hiatus. That a million times over. I never would have thought that RRP would ever make it to something like that--even if it is "just a website", although it is CNN. A million people probably won't even skim it, but the fact that this disease is somehow, though very slowly, being more recognized as something ELSE caused by the HPV virus(certain strands of it, anyway) other than just cervical cancer...that it too, can be fatal and very hard to live with at times--this is a really big step for those of us that have this, whether we've had it since birth like myself, or ended up with it later in life.

Man, I am just in amazement and this really makes me happy. TBH I wouldn't have known about it were I not on the RRP yahoo email list. Someone linked to it and someone else has already replied back within five minutes saying they could have been reading about their own child. Sometimes being on this email list brings really depressing emails, but things like this? I don't mind them at all. There is hope, you know? There might be more than we think.

Personally, I've got about three weeks until I get to see my doctor, and from there a surgery will probably be scheduled. It is really stressful to think about and I'm hoping that they will be willing to work out a payment plan with us even though we're still trying to pay off last year's surgery. But while it's very stressful, I also have this really impatient and excited feeling to know that I will probably get to speak and sing and do whatever I want with my voice come the end of January or beginning of February. I haven't been able to talk properly for a few months now, and my voice has been going since before I left for Mexico over the summer; still, it's a strange kind of hope and yearning I have now. I'm accepting it even if I know I feel guilty as well(for costing so much money health-wise) because it will be easier to function as a ~* human *~ if I can have a voice again, and somehow get a job in this crappy economy. My self-confidence will go shooting back up, too, in all honesty.

Man, then this page I linked to? that brightens me up even more. I mean, we all gotta get through this the best we know how, but jeez, just thinking that now awareness has been spread where in general there is pretty much NONE?! amazing. There is no other word for it.

I am gonna leave this public, in hopes that whoever randomly comes across this journal will by chance click on the link, curious as to why this cheesie is getting all sentimental on a cold ass Texas winter day. Or something like that. ;D

I have NEVER seen a Pet Shop blogcrew in my entire livejournal experience(prove me wrong?) and only one Angel Sanctuary one, so I figured hey, why not make my own?

For those that don't know what a blogcrew is, really it's just something in which you claim a character from a series and you represent them in your profile or an entry or whatever with a code. (So, virtually pointless, but kind of fun, too. I'm currently addicted to joining them. >.>)

RULES

1. You may claim one character from each series.
2. Check first to see if the character you want is already taken.
3. Link back to this post! You don't have to use my codes, but you can if you want. :D

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I think this is really a huge step. I mean, sure it's figuratively small, but every little bit of awareness for this disease is only going to be a step forward to hopefully better procedures. And if people can learn to understand and use compassion, it's a helluva lot better than misunderstanding and being cruel, however unintentional the cruelty may be.

Like I was saying on twitter, I had a conversation with my Mom yesterday wherein I confessed that I seriously feel worse for those that develop RRP later on in their lives--because they've had such a taste of normality(in general, okay) and suddenly their entire lives will be turned upside down because wtf is this that they've contracted?! I mean, we still know so little about the disease. But on the other hand, those of us that have had it our entire lives at least...well, we know the routine. We're used to it and there's never been anything else for us, it's simply part of our lives. And there might not ever be another way of life for us, depressing as it is/seems/can be, or for those that contract it later on in life, if awareness is not spread so that their can be more medical research done and hopefully, better ways found to treat this.

So, thank you AGAIN, RRP yahoo community! I love these people that post such wonderful encouraging messages. I really wish I lived closer to some of them, it'd be a neat experience. Also, the president of the RRP foundation's voice is hot; can she share after my next surgery? o///o

Share it and help spread awareness! :) ♥♥♥

LJ REVIVAL ₪ FRIENDING MEME

YOU THERE, SITTING IN YOUR COMPUTER CHAIR. ARE YOU BORED? DO YOU WONDER WHERE THE REST OF YOUR F-LIST WENT? WERE YOU ON THE FIFTH REFRESH OF YOUR F-LIST JUST NOW? IS THIS THE ONLY NEW ENTRY YOU'RE SEEING IN THE PAST THREE HOURS?! Well, do I have a meme for YOU-- !! That's right, a friending meme inspired by the fact that Livejournal is feeling kind of dead at the moment, and some life needs to be breathed into it. You know the friending meme drill, copy the form, fill it out, make new friends, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY! Pimp it! LIKE A POLAROID PICTURE! Many thanks go to tumbly for writing up that awesome pimp text that has hopefully motivated you to click this link and participate in this meme (and thanks also to iron for writing these crazy codes). FILL OUT PIMP Aww yeah let's do this thing! Get in or get gripped.

What has surprised you the most about me (if anything) since joining my flist/"friending me"? Was anything completely unexpected or have I always fit the picture of me you have in your head?

anon on/comments screened/cheesies ahoy!

.HIATUS.
August 21st-August 29th(???)

I am going to pest the hell out of visit glitterbats, my bb uke wench ukelele, oh yeah! ♥♥♥ Am still kinda freaked out as this will be my first time riding a Greyhound bus but hopefully it'll go okay. My bus leaves at 11 or so in the morning, eeek. :x

And I wanted to say thank you so much to everyone that sent well wishes and stuff to me Sunday evening/Monday...day, surgery went well! Although it took me longer than usual to actually be able to speak normally again, this probably has to do with my doctor using a microdebrider instead of the laser as usual. ANYWAY, I will get over it/have mostly gotten over that particular frustration and will now ~ move on ~ with my life. I'm moving on right now, as a matter of fact, woo! /zooms away ♥♥♥

.HIATUS.
July 24th-July 29th(???)

Off to Colorado again either later this morning or afternoon to pick up the family and have some adventures before we leave. Can't wait to fish up in the mountains, it's going to be awesome! Those of you that I've snitched information from(hint hint) don't forget to keep an eye on your mailboxes next week! Love ya guys, and later taters. ;* ♥♥♥

.HIATUS.
June 26th-June 29th(???)

My family(including Oaty, who is also family, as if this is a surprise ;D) and myself are leaving after I get off work this afternoon for Colorado. It's going to be a looong drive and I'm equally excited/scared. We're taking my mom to visit with her bff--that she hasn't seen since I was FIVE--and my little sister is also going to stay up there until close to the end of next month. Things at home will be kinda awkward, I imagine, but I'm not going to focus on that right now.

So! In lieu of lots and lots of time that will be spent in the truck(but it's a road trip, which are always adventures within themselves), I'm taking a short hiatus. I finally get to meet(with memories, that is) my godmother in person, whoa. She's also my middlename-sake, how's that? This is going to be super new and interesting, I cannot wait to get off work tomorrow.

Ciao for now, cheesies, and don't forget to start with the man in the mirror. ♥♥♥

I still need to pack, oh my santa.

Until the end of next week, something like that.

Have a good holiday, guys. 8)

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