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Magpie

joined on 03/10/04
last updated 05/21/08
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When She's Good, She's Very Very Good-

May 28, 2007
True Goddessliciousness in every way! Mary is a sublime individual whom I cherish as guide, collaborator, and, as of this year, a playa campmate. It’s an honored joy to call her friend. Mwah!
January 11, 2007
I've known Mary for 16 years now. We haven't had much a chance to hang out in the last several of those since I've moved to Las Vegas. This is a tragedy since each time I check in with her she gets cooler and cooler. Even though we aren't the same people who met in Freshman Bio lab, I would like to think the core of the friendship has remained and since we have both improved since then, so has our friendship. I would say more about how great she looks in her pictures on this site, but since I've been more or less adopted by her parents that would be a bit incestuous. Plus I'm married.
December 1, 2005
My Magpie is beautiful, funny, creative, and has one of the best smiles you will ever see.

She is loyal, giving, and kind. I'm a better man for knowing her. She'll always be my Boo Boo.

Nubbins
June 28, 2005
Mary...Mary... Quite....(the incredible creative constructor of coolest stuff) Auntie Magpie, I love my belt soooooo much! It is so unique! You created exactly what I wanted, How do you do it!!! YOU ROCK ! I wuv ya. Thanks for all your efforts. YOur fan..........kathie
December 27, 2004
She is my sunshine, my only sunshine, she makes me happy all the damned day.
She is the suniest antisocialite you'll ever meet.
And she's my bestest friend *sniffle*
I love you too mang!
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The day the Zombies came

It was the end of the world as I knew it - and I felt fine.
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Hail Mary- AKA Magpie, AKA Valkerie One
Specializing in urban rescue and salvage, Valkerie One swoops into action to pull her team out of tight situations or plunder the city for much needed supplies. Then, she disappears back to Valhalla before the undead even notice she's been there.
Fave weapon: Twin .45s and a climbing axe
Confirmed Kills: Magpie doesn't kill and tell.

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I am like an onion

if you cut me open, I'm gonna make you cry.

So, uh what I like are people who like the crap I like, but also like their own crap that's not maybe the crap I like, but that I can be down with. Their crap, that is.

What I'm doing: I have the world's most boring job in a county office with a spectacular boss, and, for the most part, great coworkers. I bellydance, make bellydance stuff and basically, while I don't think I do much, find myself out doing things an awful lot. Jack of all Hobbies, master of none, that's me.
I am lucky enough to have some of the most diverse, intelligent, kind, and supportive friends on the face of the planet (don't tell them I said that, they're kind of arrogant about how cool they are).
I have a couple of tattoos, a middle eastern jewelry habit on par with a heroin addiction (without the convenient weight loss), and a beautiful little girly ferret.

I really like the words apotropaic, etui, gallimaufry, and grunties.

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I am not my fucking khakis.

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The Beautiful People

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But When She's Bad, She's Horrid!

That’s what people keep asking me about Burning Man. I kind of pause when they ask me, because while there was fun at some points, I don’t think “fun” is a word that can approach my Burning Man experience. Maybe…intense? Overwhelming? Consumptive? Awesome? (in the more classical sense of the word as opposed to the 80’s version)
The next question is some version of “Okay, so… are you going back?”

Absolutely.

I’ll be honest, the week passed in a blur. A blur of
the beginning of heat wa... read more
Fri, September 7, 2007 - 11:26 PM permalink - 9 comments
 
Trinity, beloved ferrety girl, is, by best guesstimates, 8 years old this month. Above are pictures of her enjoying her birthday feast of a ferret foamy fry ( I particularly like the bottom left pic of what looks like a satisfied smile).
This morning I pried her outta her hammy to lay on my chest while I petted her and contemplated my day, then I chased her around the apartment, while she bounced around and shook her open mouth at me in fuzzy battle frenzy.
It blows my mind that she’s abo... read more
Thu, August 23, 2007 - 9:53 AM permalink - 7 comments
 
ChaCha tagged me!

1. grab the nearest book
2. open book to page 28
3. find the 3rd sentence
4. post the text of the next three sentences in your blog along with these instructions. Do not look for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST book.
5. tag 5 other peeps to do the same.

Here's mine:
"We soon begain staking out starring roles for ourselves in an even more fantastic world.
As the children of liberals, television for me and m... read more
Sun, June 10, 2007 - 11:16 AM permalink - 1 comment
 
Last night I was walking to practice at Wingfield park, dressed in our pirate bdance costume, sword over my shoulder, dance bag made of a prayer rug slung over my back.
I was just crossing the street toward the river walk, trying to avoid a homeless looking guy coming toward me, when another homeless looking guy intercepted me. At 5 feet away he held out his hand "Here, for you" he said, unsteadily.
First I thought it was a rock or something.
I hold out my hand and he dumps in some chang... read more
Tue, June 5, 2007 - 10:28 AM permalink - 7 comments
 
Okay, so I walked into my bathroom last night, and felt spiderweb catch on my chest, then this *plop* on my head. Utterly freaked I frantically swiped at my head and shirt. I look down and there is this *huge* black widow on the floor (body the size of a pea, w/legs a little bigger than a quarter). After I finished swearing rather loudly, but before the majority of the chills subsided, I explained to her that she had broken 2 of the major rules. First - she had been in contact with my person,... read more
Fri, May 18, 2007 - 10:40 AM permalink - 11 comments
 
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