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[cleolinda]

So. I'll head you off at the pass and tell you that my updated cartoon icon is from avatar.yahoo.com. You'll need a Yahoo Messenger account to make one, but all you have to do is hit shift + Print Screen, paste it into a photo editor, and go to town.

Independence Day is going well, except for the whole being overdue part. The only reason I stopped just now is that Sister Girl needed help getting all her pastry into the house--apparently her team won an informal cook-off in bake shop today. She brought home boxes of croissants and danish and pecan rolls. Mmm, danish.

In more serious news, Mom's having to go in Friday for a biopsy. They think it's a calcium deposit, but it could be breast cancer; the surgery is to find out. Tonight, she's going out to dinner with my stepfather for their anniversary--I think it's their fourth, since they got married the year I graduated college. I sound pretty calm about this, but that's basically the only way I've learned to cope with stress. Better living through denial and all that.


Pimp Request Amnesty Week continues:

From Jillian and Christina: "We just put 14 items on eBay & I updated the items listed on the Associates page of the 4Christina website includes A Series of Unfortunate Events DVD, some Sin City, and Star Wars stuff. ;) "

From allthelivesofme: "Since it's Pimp Amnesty week-- can I ask you to put up a link to the book I co-authored, We Were Strangers? If you wouldn't mind? *bats eyelashes and all that stuff*  :-)"


Misc. links:

Jodie Foster, Denzel Washington, and Clive Owen to do Spike Lee joint film:

On a news day slower than a snail with chronic fatigue syndrome, we bring you the other of several small morsels of interest. Raise a cheer (or, being Monday morning, raise your eyebrows) to the news that Jodie Foster is all signed up to appear in Spike Lee's next project, Inside Man.

The film has at this stage been described as a complex cops and robbers tale (with a twist, of course), pitting bank robber Clive Owen against cop Denzel Washington. The bank robber is trying to pull off that elusive 'perfect heist'. Fate has other ideas, and the standoff ensues. Foster enters the already tense scenario playing a lawyer who further complicates the situation. Never one to coast, we're expecting Jodie to wring every last drop out of the role, and raise this already promising premise. We're thinking Heat, we're thinking Dog Day Afternoon, we're thinking the good bits of The Negotiator. (Empire Online)

Doctor Who To Play 'Da Vinci Code' Thug?

British actor Christopher Eccleston has wasted no time in finding his next big project after giving up on TV series Doctor Who after one season - he's reportedly in talks to play the villain of The Da Vinci Code. The Gone In 60 Seconds star is said to be the new favorite to play killer monk Silas in director Ron Howard's adaptation of Dan Brown's best-selling book, according to website Digitalspy.Com. Jim Carrey was also rumored to be in talks for the role of the monk, who is a fearsome albino in the story. The Da Vinci Code, which will star Tom Hanks, Jean Reno and Audrey Tautou, begins filming in June. (IMDB)

My next garage band is totally going to be called Fearsome Albino.


Am longing for samples I ordered from Black Phoenix Alchemy. In the meantime, check out their new Springtime in Arkham scents, which crack me up (Yog-Sothoth: "The perfume of eternity in vast, unknowable space. A glittering oil, ephemeral, iridescent, and horrifying in its immeasurable emptiness. This is the scent of air and darkness"). I kind of want to try out the tarot oils, and the forums have been really helpful in terms of finding out, you know, what they actually smell like. (I really wish I could get a sample of the Sagittarius blend, but apparently it's discontinued.)

Anyway. Must go do laundry, walk dogs, not panic.

Comments

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

Here's hoping the biopsy comes back with non-cancerous results.

Also, go allthelivesofme!! I didn't know her book was on Amazon. That's awesome!

[allthelivesofme.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :-) My friend and I are really proud of it; we're planning on getting the sequel out later this year. Expect much hyper babbling from me once that happens. Heh.

[edda.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

I'm praying for your mom, who I'm sure will be just fine *glares at God* but I'm also praying for the rest of you, because it's stressful for all.

In other news, have danish envy and Black Phoenix envy. Dang.

[riney.livejournal.com]

i'm sure (or i hope) your mom will be fine! the fact that they don't think it's cancer is a plus. i may have the same thing (the calcium deposit or whatever), which is why i've been off caffeine for what feels like years (since early february) and have had to change parts of my diet. sadly that all isn't helping much and i may also have to go in for surgery (like you said, just to be sure it's nothing more).

anyway, know she's in our thoughts!

[katesti.livejournal.com]

I'll be thinking about your mom. Mine had breast cancer when I was in high school - it was a rough six months or so, but it'll be nine years this fall and she hasn't had any issues since. *knock on wood*

I'll be thinking about you, too. Holler if you want or need to talk.

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

Of the tarot oils, I strongly recommend "The Moon": it's a cool jasmine scent, very conducive to thought.

[lezopez.livejournal.com]

Um I suck at this stuff but I hope everything turns out alright with your mom! I have to get a biopsy done next month and urg. I just want it to be over with.

Glad to see Independance Day is going well and I like the new avatar. And I'm very jealous of all the food you get *drools*

[meredith-mae.livejournal.com]

Aha! I was wondering how you got your avatar, since yahoo doesn't let you save them. *head desk* Why didn't I think of print screen?

[meredith-mae.livejournal.com]

...and I just read of the rest of your post. *hugs* for your mom. Hopefully it's nothing. But remember that tumors, if caught early, are really much easier to treat than 10 or 20 years ago. Really, nothing to worry about, but hopefully it's a calcium deposit anyway!

[maetang.livejournal.com]

I'll be thinking of your mom.

Everytime I see Christopher Eccleston beaming in Doctor Who, I want to climb behind my sofa in fear. Watching his morose face light up with glee just feels SO unnatural... 0_o

[iczer6.livejournal.com]

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for your Mom.

[ali-jayne.livejournal.com]

Good luck with your mom, Cleo. My mom went through the same thing about a year ago, so I know where you're coming from.

[allthelivesofme.livejournal.com]

1) Best of luck to your mother, and happy anniversary to her and your stepdad.

2) Congrats to your sister!

3) Thanks very much for putting up the link! *S*

[fishsanwitt]

I'm sending good thoughts for your Mom :)

[zhai.livejournal.com]

My marching band in high school did a Snapple commercial directed by Spike Lee. He was kind of a jerk. ;)

[zhai.livejournal.com]

Yeek. That's what I get for skimming entries.

Will dig out my red shirt pin for your mom. I know the feeling... my mom gets cysts, too, and it's nerve-wracking. Sending good thoughts, though.

[rediexpressgrl.livejournal.com]

Goodluck to your mom Cleo.

[caffienerain.livejournal.com]

Raar! Silas! *huge DaVinci Code freak* And if... man oh man. If Jim Carrey plays the albino monk, I don't know what I'm going to do. I really loved his performance in Eternal Sunshine, so he may just suprise us all.

[caffienerain.livejournal.com]

And you know what? I love to push enter before I get done typing. *headdesk*

Happy anniversary to your mom and stepdad, and I'm keeping your mom in my prayers. I know nothing's more fearsome than what it could become (my mom had it). Yay for sister girl! And have some chocolate!

[nekoama.livejournal.com]

Amazing
A recent Cleo entry that had no reference whatsoever to teh Pope? I am shocked! I am appalled! I'm going to be turning to metaquotes for my internet newses now!
*runs away weeping*

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Hon, I ain't touchin' that shit with a ten foot pole.

[riadsala.livejournal.com]

Every time I glance past that sentence about the Da Vinci Code, I read Janet Reno and have to double take. It's happened like 5 times now.

Hope everything turns out for the best with your mom.

[atalantapendrag.livejournal.com]

If you ask around on alchemylab or the BPAL forums you might be able to find someone with an imp of Sagittarius they'd be willing to sell or swap. And of course I haven't tried any of the Springtime in Arkham scents (I ordered a few though, including the already-sold-out Mi-Go Brain Canister), but of the 20ish scents I have tried, I've loved about a quarter of them and liked the rest.

BPAL=the world's nicest smelling crack.

[thespianlizling.livejournal.com]

Just wanted to throw my two cents in and let you know that your mom will be in my thoughts and prayers and I'll be sending happy healthy vibes to your whole family.
Big hugs.

[altiloquent.livejournal.com]

*sends good vibes for EVERYTHING*

[katcat.livejournal.com]

I hope things go well with your mother. My thoughts are with you and your family.

[vladimirsever.livejournal.com]

Am so totally ordering a Snicket! a Snicket of my own! from Christina's link. With a few other itemses.

Oh, and your choklit shipped today.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Mmmmmmmmnoisette. : D

[sapphsmum.livejournal.com]

Cleo my heart goes out to you right now. I have been on both sides of the cancer diagnosis my Mom with lung cancer and now mine. I have to say it was actually harder to hear my Mom had it. I guess that whole part of knowing I was losing my best friend.
I will be saying a rosary every day for your Mom that the tests will come back negative.

Thanks also for the shout out on the donations and Amazon. I don't feel I should be posting that in here since I just wanted to convey my positive thoughts about your Mom, but I would feel remiss if I didn't thank you.

To all those women reading this please use this as a reminder to get a mammogram if you haven't in the last year. Most cancers found early can be treated, if not cured.

Remember Cleo there are approximately 9.6 million cancer survivors, so even if it comes back that it is cancer it is NOT an automatic death sentence these days.

Either way good thoughts to you and you Mom as you deal with the stress of all this!

Hugs,
Christina

[allthelivesofme.livejournal.com]

What she said. :-)

My mother had some medical problems a few years back-- those ended in surgery, but she's just fine now. And my grandmother had to have her hip replaced recently; she's recovering well. I'll send some of those good-luck vibes to your mom, too.

[majormeg7.livejournal.com]

Best of luck to your mom. Most of the biopsies that are done really do come back negative and calcium deposits are very common. And on the rare occasion that the lump does happen to be cancerous, if it's at the level where it could have been mistaken for a calcium deposit, that usually means the cancer is very treatable and has not metastasized. My aunt had cacer at that level, almost six years ago and she's cancer free and doing great.

[squee1123.livejournal.com]

I didn't know Audrey Tautou is going to be in The Da Vinci Code! Now I'm going to have to see it when its out...