Sezzne's wishlist, Part 1: electronic stuff (VERY short list!)

RECEIVED:  THANK YOU!  :)

Replacement laptop battery for my creaky old laptop. (EDIT: YAY!  Someone helped me with this!!!)

[Replacement fan for same laptop)  The bearing is wearing out, making a rattling noise and also scares me in the process.  (EDIT:  YAY!!!  We GOT that one!  That is a relief!)  :)  :)  )

Replacement yellow cartridge for my Epson R200 printer: (EDIT:  GOT IT.  :)


NOT RECEIVED (fortunately not hugely critical)

- Some kind of DVD/blue-ray burner which attaches via USB.

- Alternatively, just a DVD/Blue-ray player.  I don't own any disks, but I can borrow ones from the local library.

Fave movies and TV shows?

I loved "Nova" and Carl Sagan's "Cosmos" on PBS when I was a kid. 

"American Pickers" is always teaching me something new about the history of some interesting object I might have never known even existed.

"From the Edge With Peter Lik" is also excellent, since I've done some amateur photography. 

 "Mythbusters is good too. 

Other works and TV/movie folks I've loved include Ernie Kovacs, Metropolis, “The Wizard of Speed andTime,” [“Dark Star”](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069945/) (hilarious!) and Allegro NonTroppo.

Those dreams I was talking about

Stay tuned to this post for the story on what I now know I could have been... and why there still might be hope.  This will be documented sometime during Thursday, December 15.

EDIT (some hours later)...  GAAAAHH.. I have officially crashed.   I have been saving up my energy for many days now just so that I could burn bright on ROTD day.   

That I did accomplish... but those who burn brightest are also those who burn out the quickest  :-/  

I keep forgetting that I am much more limited than I used to be. 

Stay tuned for the story of my lost dreams regarding becoming an innovative engineer... and why, even though I've lost those dreams, I am grateful that the cancer experience has taught me what my dreams were in the first place.

If you could have the most awesome shout-out ever on your behalf, what would it be?

Wishful thinking, but what the heck. 

I'd like to see Steven Colbert sneak in some reference to some bird species into one of his scripts, ending that spoken comment with “sez me!” Perhaps he could add some sort of quick flying/flapping gesture with both hands along the way to completely confirm the shout-out. 


Only the people participating in this thread would know what THAT means, but the news would probably spread across Reddit like wildfire. THAT would be fun. :-D

Relationship status?

There's a whole, huge, inspiring story about that. You tend to show your real character under pressure. Throughout the incredibly tough time we have had these last few years, my guy (I'll be calling him "Rezz" in the ROTD thread) has persisted with guts, determination and integrity despite the hell we have both survived through. He has inspired me to become a much better, braver person in the process, despite his own very serious health issues.

Stay tuned for the rest of the story... I need it add it here.

EDIT from several weeks later:  Unfortunately things are not going so well nowadays... it's too depressing on top of everything else that's going on in my life so I don't want to talk about it.  :(

What do you do when you’re not on reddit?

I am now focusing on creating brooches and pendants at home with an astronomy theme. The same technique I use to create those things allow me to make brooches and pendants out of ANY image you can send to me. I'm focusing on astronomy because Hubble images are free to use and I LOVE science. (See more pics are in the "plug/promote/advocate" section below.)

Otherwise it's sleep, eat, deal with life, deal with doctors, rinse, repeat. I don't socialize much. Sometimes if I have enough energy, I visit local parks and beautiful neighborhood places that tourists on the Strip have no clue about. I used to geocache years ago but not so much nowadays.

I make customized Pins and Pendants! :)

Info on my astronomy-themed pins and pendants is going here.


Here is a brand-new Flickr photostream to start things off.

I'll be uploading more pics and hopefully videos too throughout the day of Thursday, December 15, 2011.  I'll be explaining the process.  No paint was used in the making of these brooches.



EDIT:  Answering all the questions is taking a whole lot more time than I thought.  Also my friend with the good still/video camera is not back here yet.  Keep watching this blog for details.