"YES....I'M THE CRAZY ONE." aphrodyte's Profile

It's an EMMY kinda world and you're livin' in it.

HELLO! I am Emmy and I bid you welcome to my thoughts and all the sticky, grey matter in between!

I came to VT through Google. I was doing some research for a trip to New Orleans and I was looking for historical yet fun facts about a city people have fondly called,"The City Care Forgot". I have been to New Orleans numerous times in the past, however, this time I will be coming with an entourage and I have elected to go sober. *hehe..chuckle*

Since I will be playing the part of "little miss tourguide", I wanted to impress them with something more than the nightly fun and funky. (Not that there is anything wrong with da funky. But you just can't show da funky to a 5 year old. Not good.) Thus enters VT...and I was intrigued. What a fantastic way to harness information from those who live there and the people who have had first hand experiences, good or bad! ...Ingenius!

There is so much information here, so many people. Their feelings, their thoughts, their experiences. I can sit here and read all day about what someone had for breakfast or what to avoid when you get sea sick.

"This is way too much fun. I gotta get in on this!"

I have been wanting to set up a scrapbook of my family's travels for some time, but the images of having to cut and paste, cut and paste, buy "fancy" scissors and acid-free paper, buy the adhesive kind, cut and paste, get the matching stickers, cut and paste, the picture of Aunt Millicent is fuzzy use Uncle Bert, cut and paste, I feel the frustration coming on. 1...2...3 Breathe. It seems daunting. I know...I know...there are scrapbooking classes. I am sure they are helpful to some people. I just don't see the point in having to pay X amount of dollars to cut and paste and get frustrated somewhere else. (I feel you should get frustrated in the privacy of your own home.) Anyhow, VT seems much easier to slap my memoirs and angst down and much less paper cuts.

Maybe one day I will start scrapbooking up again, (ooohhh, paper cuts *shiver*) maybe sometime in the next millenium. In the meantime, I'm hooked and there is no throwing me back!

So here I am, typing up my own memoirs...so stay tuned. More future entries about me, myself, my family and my travels are bound to spill forth. Ciao!

WHERE ARE WE GOING NOW???

Summer 2013
Fredricksburg, VA

August 2013
Crypticon in Kansas City, MO

October 2013
Kansas City Renaissance Festival

Christmas Time-ish 2013
Still up in the air...but again...isn't that the beauty of it all?

If I have missed your messages...

I have been on virtual tourist sparingly for the past couple of years. My alter ego insisted that I find a better job and make more money.

Thus...I have.

Now that I have appeased the money gods, I turn towards new destinations, some familiar and some hidden gems.

So despite the rising gas prices, luggage restrictions and occasional weather wreaking moments I am back to enjoying what I love doing... however long it lasts!

What makes me tick? Don't know...watch broke.

MY CREED

I would be true, for there are those who trust me;
I would be pure, for there are those who care;
I would be strong, for there is much to suffer;
I would be brave, for there is much to dare.
I would be friend of all---the foe, the friendless;
I would be giving, and forget the gift.
I would be humble, for I know my weakness;
I would look up---and laugh---and love---and lift.
written by H.A. Walter

OKAY...enough of the sweet stuff...there's this edgy side of me...

THE MAN ---*er WOMAN WHO THINKS SHE CAN

If you think you are beaten, you are;
If you think you dare not, you don't;
If you 'd like to win, but think you can't ,
It's almost a cinch you won't.
If you think you'll lose, you're lost,
For out in the world we find
Sucess begins with a female's will;
It's all in the state of mind.

If you think you're outclassed, you are;
You've got to think high to rise.
You've got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win a prize.
Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or the faster woman;
But soon or late the woman who wins
is the woman who thinks she can.
written by W.D. Wintle
interpreted by Emmy

This made me laugh so hard when I saw it...

DRUMROLL....

The Angora Rabbit!!

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  • kmohandas's Profile Photo
    Dec 31, 2012 at 10:05 PM

    May the new year bring you & family tremendous joy and infinite reasons to celebrate your life. May it usher in new possibilities and give new meaning to your life. And may you cherish each moment it beholds.
    Have a wonderful promising and fulfilling 2013.

  • Basaic's Profile Photo
    Dec 6, 2012 at 1:53 PM

    I hope your birthday was a great one! Sorry I missed it.

  • mikkie50's Profile Photo
    Dec 6, 2012 at 1:49 PM

    ahhh i missed your birthday emmy :-)) are you still drunk :-))) hope you had a great day long time no chat take careee xx

  • Herkbert's Profile Photo
    Dec 6, 2012 at 7:39 AM

    Happy Belated Birthday, Emmy.. Hope it was a good one.

  • johngayton's Profile Photo
    Dec 6, 2012 at 3:52 AM

    Slightly belated Birthday greetings from Lundy Island - just got back from a trip to Maastricht - hope you had a good one

  • DAO's Profile Photo
    Dec 5, 2012 at 12:06 PM

    Happy Birthday !!!!

  • hunterV's Profile Photo
    Dec 5, 2012 at 6:08 AM

    Emmy, I do hope you've had a wonderful birthday!) Keep well!)

  • cachaseiro's Profile Photo
    Dec 5, 2012 at 4:43 AM

    Happy birthday.
    Hope you are having a fantastic day :)

  • Nemorino's Profile Photo
    Dec 4, 2012 at 11:43 PM

    Happy Birthday and greetings from Frankfurt am Main.

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    Dec 4, 2012 at 11:03 PM

    Happy birthday! :-)

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