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About Me

Marty Albaugh 1970 - 2007 May you be at peace now. I love you. You will always be in my heart. http://martyismyfriend.blogspot.com* Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority it is time to pause and reflect. *Volunteer EMT and firefighter, full time workoholic, ex-pony wrangler, one time comic book character. Volunteering definitely gives me purpose and makes the endless hours spent doing the corporate job a bit more bearable. I'm probably the only resident in my cow town that doesn't eat animals or have a gun rack on my truck, but I keep the locals happy with my unhealthy obesession of NASCAR. Someday my dream of stock cars running on banana peels will be realized. At least that's what I keep telling myself.

My Interests

tattoos
EMS
firefighting
being vegetarian (tofu=yum!),organic food
renaissance faires
snowboarding
tea
my dog and my dumb cats
Guinness,Stoli raz
NASCAR,Chevrolet
road trips
Jamestown
the 80's
NOT getting on airplanes
Continually challenging myself!!

I'd like to meet:

Jeff Buckley? But that'd be kinda creepy now, being that he's dead and all. In the meantime, just looking to reconnect with old buddies and perhaps stumble upon some new ones.

If you'd like to add me to your friends list, a brief note of introduction is _highly_ recommended. Why? Because then I know you're reading this and not just randomly trolling. And ~I sure as hell don't look the same as I did 15 years ago, so I just might not recognize you! P.S. -- NOT looking for a date or a bfriend here! -- PUT YOUR I'D LIKE TO MEET SECTION HERE! Changes may take up to 2 mins to show on your profileView All Friends | View Blog | Add Comment

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Music:

Jeff Buckley
Imogen Heap, Frou Frou
Zebrahead
Beastie Boys
Quicksand
RATM
Mediaeval Baebes
The Rogues
Johnny Cash
Face to Face
Verbal Assault
Mosquitos
Linkin Park
Papa Roach
Chevelle
Incubus
Blink 182,+44,AvA
Jack Johnson
Allison Kraus
Leo Kottke
Finch
Throwing Muses
Fugazi
Pixies
Chris Isaak
Etta James
Snapcase
Agent Orange
Op Ivy
Into Another
Neutral Nation
Massive Attack... this week anyway.

Movies:

Boondock Saints
Holy Grail
Sleeping Dogs Lie
Bagdhad Cafe
Crash
Everything is Illuminated
Dodgeball,Anchorman
Garden State
Twin Peaks
Ladder 49
House of Flying Daggers
LOTR
Say Anything
Spirited Away,Princess Mononoke,Howl's Moving Castle
Four Rooms
The Black Stallion (favorite movie EVER)
NMBC
City of Lost Children
A Very Long Enagement
Wet Hot American Summer

Television:

Arrested Development
Entourage
Rescue Me
Scrubs
John from Cincinnati

Books:

American Gods
The Sparrow
Children of God
Mists of Avalon
The Witching Hour
Good Omens
EarthSea trilogy
LOTR
and pretty much anything by Nick Bantock, Neil Gaiman and Terry Prachett.

Heroes:

My entire family, everyone of whom are amazing in their own rite and provide me with high standards to live up to. And my big sistah Mehndi!

My Blog

A word to the wise about purchasing from discount veterinary supply sites

I've been in and out of the veterinarian's office for a week now as Shiloh has been very sick with a wicked case of gastroenteritis that resulted in endotoxemia and petechial hemorrhaging. He's on the...
Posted by bettyspider on Tue, 29 May 2007 01:43:00 PST

Je suis retourné

Have just returned from France... I dare say it gets harder to come back each time!    Time away from work, computers, telephones, TV's, pagers and scanners was most needed and apprecia...
Posted by bettyspider on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:43:00 PST

And then there were three

For the first time in my life, I left a job.  I handed in my resignation to AMR today.  Kinda strange. Long story short, I adore everyone I work with there and the EMTs and medics&...
Posted by bettyspider on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:53:00 PST

HUZZAH!

I'm off to Maryland this weekend to spend a few days with my big sistah Mehndi while we hit the Maryland Renaissance Festival! Time to put on corsets, eat cheesecake-on-a-stick, listen to The Rogues ...
Posted by bettyspider on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 08:11:00 PST

It's Durham Fair time again!

Come on up/over/down this weekend to CT's biggest agricultural fair! Not just for country bumpkins, it's a crap load of fun. More food than even Kobayashi could eat, including those yummy Big Donuts...
Posted by bettyspider on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:59:00 PST

OK, perhaps there is *one* thing I don't like about my new house

150 acres of open land behind my yard?  FAAANTASTIC. The fact that they've just fertilized the whole thing with cow pies?  NOT SO MUCH. *please let the wind shift please let the wind shift p...
Posted by bettyspider on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 08:20:00 PST

I really want a Del's lemonade right now

That is all.  
Posted by bettyspider on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:54:00 PST

Nine Reasons Why Abortions are LEGAL

Please re-post if you agree. Nine Reasons Why Abortions Are Legal Abortion is never an easy decision, but women have been making that choice for thousands of years, for many good reasons. Whenever a ...
Posted by bettyspider on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 01:39:00 PST

It's about damn time

Hallehfigginlooooya.  After four months, I finally got medical clearance to go back to EMT/FF work.  It'll be a while before the ol' flipper is 100% (icing it as we speak), but at least I'm ...
Posted by bettyspider on Sun, 02 Jul 2006 10:12:00 PST

Fire II - CHECK

Sweeeet.  Finally got my Fire II test results back -   passed with an 86.43.  WHEW. I find it highly amusing that I scored 100% on topics like Rescue Ops, Interior Attack and ...
Posted by bettyspider on Thu, 27 Apr 2006 11:59:00 PST