mistress_mab

Getting Very Serious For a Moment

2007-09-22T23:51:35Z

I need a favor from you guys. A very good friend of mine is going through something very serious - life threatening serious. And you can help out. I don't need your money, just maybe five minutes of your time, a little more if you're willing to repost this on your journal.

I chat with her every day and the thought of not being able to do it just, I don't know. Please take the time to read this. Not going behind a cut, of course.

From redscorner who is Erin, btw...:

"Hi, my name is Erin and I'm a 29 year old single female living in the United States of America.

First and foremost, I'd like to thank you for downloading this document. I'm trying to get enough downloads to qualify for a monetary payout of MegaUploads Rewards program. Let me explain why.

I suffer from two neurological disorders (Chiari malformation and cranial lesions) that will require a combined total of 2-4 brain surgeries. I'm unemployed and uninsured and the state I live in is so broke, they have strictly limited who qualifies for Medicaid. Because I have no children and am not pregnant, I don't qualify.

I have been working with several hospitals and organizations in my area to get the care and treatment that I need, but have only made so much progress. Bottom line: In the USA, if you don't have insurance, the healthcare system doesn't exist for you. I have had a surgical consultation and it has been recommended I have the first brain surgery as soon as I possibly can. The only catch is that there will be a deposit required ranging anywhere from $1500-$5000 dollars. I have not worked for almost a year and therefore do not have this kind of money.

Living with a Chiari malformation is painful and exhausting. Living with cranial lesions in addition to the Chiari? Is beyond any kind of description.

I've thought about the different ways I can try to raise this money. I don't like asking for handouts or charity of any kind, so I have hesitated in giving my PayPal information as a solicitation for donations.

Then, I came across the MegaUpload reward program and used part of what little money I do have to set up a paid account for two months for $11.99. This program states if I get 5 million downloads, they will pay me $10,000. There a few stipulations: only one download per IP address per day, only downloads made from qualifying countries, no attempted manipulation or fraud to earn more points.

I don't know if this is too good to be true, but I figure it's worth a shot. If I can somehow reach enough people who would be willing to take time out of their day, hopefully more than just one day, to download this virus free text document, I may be able to get the surgery I need to continue living.

Again, I thank you for downloading this file and if you choose to do so, for sending the link to people you know asking them to download."

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(Katy again)- Erin has no idea that I'm posting this in my journal. As a matter of fact, I had NO idea she was doing the Mega Upload thing. We don't discuss the seriousness of her illness, although I take it very seriously. The download is simply a text doc of the same message above. It contains NO VIRUS. Please, please, please, please do this. Click on the image below to get to download. I made it special for Erin!

Please feel free to use the banner to promote this! I *do not* care if you hotlink.

Thank you.

mistress_mab @ 2007-08-24T23:04:00

2007-08-25T03:05:46Z

I take full responsibility for it. I'm the one that talked her into signing up for it.

lovinlorne, I just don't know what to say. Your dog has more "friends" than you do.

What am I talking about, dear flist? Well, I was over at Dogster because I got an email that someone wanted to be "pals" with LilBit, Samwise, and Starbuck. While there, I thought I would check on Suika. Oh, my. Suika has a diary. And glitter and shinies and rosettes and 197 "pals."

Carole, you used to mock me for putting clothes on my dog. HA HA! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! In two of the pictures, Suika has HATS on. HATS. And did I mention the diary? LMAO

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH IT HURTS. This made my night. So cute and so adorable are you, that it isn't even FUNNY, except that it IS.

Suika is a BND. *dies* (Big Name Dog)

mistress_mab @ 2007-08-22T20:29:00

2007-08-23T00:33:13Z

Horrible day. I spent the entire morning in tears. Huge fight with a co-worker. Friend, co-worker, friend, co-worker, whatever. I was trying to get some information out of him (in order to help him if necessary) and he got really mad at me. He's such a nice, even-tempered guy that when he got so mad, I was shocked and the shock made me cry I think. I hate that I'm like that. He went off to a job, as did the other guys, so I was left alone in the office. He came back in the office several hours later and ignored me. He acted fine, though. Happy.

He's over it. And by *it*, I mean the drama that goes along with being my friend. So I'm sad. We're good friends beyond the office. I'm positive that I can continue to be professional with him.

It just sucks.

mistress_mab @ 2007-08-11T21:37:00

2007-08-12T01:41:19Z

I have a thing for Hot Older British Men, emphasis on Older. So please tell me why I spent hours and by hours I mean staying up until 6 am, looking at pictures of Dan Rad in Equus.

I am a dirty old nastysock whore.

Odd

2007-08-11T00:00:37Z

It's odd to hear your husband say, "Hey! No cunnilingus!"

To the dogs.

Thank God he was talking to the dogs.

Please Read

2007-08-09T02:06:01Z

Please read this right now.

headdesk

2007-08-06T01:41:12Z

There are dozens of people filing complaints with the BBB against LJ/6A. The BBB is a fucking CLUB for businesses. Businesses have to pay to join. They are NOT on the side of consumers. Sure people have gotten money back after filing complaints, but not when there was a legal team standing by.

I used to respond to regulatory complaints. I have responded to THOUSANDS of complaints filed with the FCC, BBB, PUC, PSC, and Offices of the Attorney General. A complaint from the BBB meant that the customer wasn't getting their money back. Why? Because the BBB posed no threat. Not giving the customer what they wanted doesn't mean that the company automatically gets a bad rating. All we had to do was prove that we were in the right. And that's all LJ/6A has to do and I bet with their legal team, they'll be able to do it. I had the same form letter for every customer and I bet they will, too.

Now it was different if I got a complaint from the FCC, PUC, PSC or ATY GEN. Why? If I got so many FCC complaints, they would get verrrry suspicious and launch an investigation, as would lets say the PSC of Vermont. They would request TONS of information. Maybe information on all of our Vermont customers. In other words, they have actual POWER. So when I got a complaint from one of those agencies legit or not? They pretty much got what they wanted - within reason. But is an investigation really a good idea? Hrm.

Lastly, I have to ask, for people expecting refunds. Why? Was your journal deleted? Are you afraid your journal is going to be deleted? Because there's an easy way around that. Don't get me wrong. I'm not happy about this crap; I have a permanent account, I can't just refuse to renew paid time. But I'm not asking for my money back. It's done. I want to be part of the group moving forward.

mistress_mab @ 2007-08-04T00:27:00

2007-08-04T04:30:45Z

I haven't been updating lately because I've been very
busy reading Harry Potter porn.

Het fic of all things (in other words, no Remus/Sirius). Remus/Tonks of all
things. I'm trying to figure out WHY WHY WHY Remus
would ever shag a girl without Sirius present. When I
figure it out, I'll let you know.

I've also read some incredible Hermione/lots of other fic (all het) which I will share later.

My boss came up to me today with this conduit thing in
his hand and said, "I want you to strip this right
down the middle without cutting any of the cables
inside, then peel it open and heat shrink it." Then he
walked away.

Dude. I'm his assistant. I'm not one of the
techs.

But still, I opened my drawer, though, and looked through my
collection of tools. (I steal tools and keep them in
my drawer, it makes me happy to see them. My boss
found my stash one day when I wasn't there and said
he had a "moment." HEE) Anyway, I grabbed the sharpest
thing I had, box cutters, and carefully split that
thing down the middle. I took it to him, explained I
had no idea what heat shrink was (I imagined it to be
a blow torch) and gave him what I had done. "Oh, I
gave that to you, I meant to give that to Jason. Good
job."

So I'm, like, an electrician. Or something.

New Journal

2007-05-31T15:46:04Z

I always loved getting a new journal - the notebook kind. A blank piece of paper was so exciting.

What has happened over "there" has left a bad taste in my mouth. You're interested in rape, therefore Live Journal can only assume that you like it. The same goes for everything else you list in your interests. Interest = like. I have a very real interest in cannibalism. Live Journal must therefore assume that I eat people. (For the record my interest although genuine, is born out of absolute horrorific fascination; it terrifies me.)

I can't say how much I'll be updating here, or what the content of my posts will be; I certainly haven't left Live Journal.

But I do love empty notebooks.