Thursday, June 30, 2005
Bird Droppings & The Male Exaggeration
Exercise: 60 push ups, 75 leg lifts, & 240 crunches
During my morning commute over the last couple of day, I managed to catch some research results that I thought I would share. Yah I know you're just chomping at the bit with anticipation don't try to deny it! :P
The first bit of statistical data concerns birds and their color choice when it comes to their dumping grounds. According to a study done, birds are more likely to dung drop on white cars than any other color. Supposedly it has something to do with the majority of their predators being white. Personally I'm not sure I but this theory. My car is black & lemme tell you there are days (lots of times those following an extensive hand washing) that the little bastards have no trouble finding my car over the white ones that sit in the lot at work. My thought is that they don't have a color preference but rather an attraction to the "bling bling".
The second bit of information puts to rest the age old exaggeration guys like to throw out about their unit size as if saying it's larger than it is will make every available woman on Earth want to sleep with them and those women will never discover the truth. According to what was discussed, the average guy in a non aroused state is 1.6in. On the other hand, many guys have been known to say that they are 5.1in in said circumstance. Get real!
And now for something completely different.....
I sat through a second torturous episode of Hit Me Baby One More Time. This one featured Juice Newton, Animotion, PM Dawn, Shannon, and Missing Persons. Obviously the people in the audience who voted don't do so according who can actually sing. Juice and Shannon were the only ones that could carry a note yet the host of the show said that tonight's vote was the closest yet and PM Dawn won. Yep, it's official those in the audience are either experiencing side effects from all the drugs they took in the 80s or they are completely tone deaf. Oh yah Dale Bozzio from Missing Persons should never be allowed to sing Kylie Minogue's song Can't Get You Out Of My Head let alone any other song again and PM Dawn - keep them AWAY from the Nickelback songs PLEASE!!! My ears have had to join a twelve step therapy program in order to recover from the damage done by these two "artists" this evening.
Red Dwarf is on so I'm outta here.
Til next time....
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Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Sweet Revenge
Exercise: 6 mile walk with the southside boyfriend
Tonight is going to be a quick post - it's getting late.
As I was driving to work this morning, some guy came charging up behind me and riding my ass. At the first chance, he pulled over into the left lane to pass me cutting someone else off and narrowly avoiding an accident. It turned out he got off on the same exit I did. When he got down to the light, his car stalled. YES! Finally justice served to a wise ass driver!
Oh and just in case you're wondering, Girls Girls Girls blaring out the stereo as you drive into a lightning storm totally rocks!!! :)
Til next time.....
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Tuesday, June 28, 2005
The Case Of The Missing Kitty
Exercise: About a 5 1/2 mile walk and 1/2 mile run with Brett (I had to take it slow for him LOL)
When I came home from work and walked in the door this afternoon, I yelled, "Hello! Anybody in here?" as I usually do to the fat little hairballs that roam the dump. The little guy was perched in front of the patio window as he normally is patiently waiting for the glass door to be opened so he can hear and smell the birds through the screen door. What was odd was that Bitchy Momma was nowhere to be found. She wasn't in the hammock where I most often find her nor on the back of the chair or couch. I knew she couldn't be in either of the bedrooms because we keep those doors shut and I always make sure they are both out beforehand. I checked the closets and cupboards even though I knew it was very unlikely that she would be in any of them - the little guy is the only one that likes to do that trick (my favorite being when he got in the cupboard where I had some glass bottles. I could hear clanking and then I saw this furry little body coming out the door. I couldn't help but laugh because it sounded and looked like someone staggering out of a bar. LOL).
After a good ten or so minutes of looking, I started to get a little worried. I knew there wasn't any way should could have gotten out when we weren't home but I did get to wondering if she some how got out in the garage when I left for work and I didn't know it. I called out there....no response. It was at that point I really couldn't imagine where she had gotten to since I had looked in all of her known hiding spots. As I walked into the living room, I had a thought. I have two Japanese screens and decided even though it seemed like a long shot, I would look anyway. Sure enough, when I looked behind the second one, there was a fat furry black & white blob looking up at me with her big yellow eyes as though she was saying, "What you lookin at? I heard you calling but I was ignoring you." LOL
Alright....I'm pissed. The public television here decided a delayed broadcast of Dubya's blah blah was more important than me seeing my Britcom. Grrrrrr!
I'm off to mumble obscenities under my breath about the upper management tards at PBS who made that decision.
Til next time.....
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Monday, June 27, 2005
Depressing.....
Exercise: 50 push ups, 50 leg lifts, and 200 crunches
On the way home from work this afternoon, I passed a livestock truck full of cows and couldn't help but have a sinking feeling in my heart. I guess what gets me is remembering the story my brother told after working a day in a slaughter house (that's all he could handle) and knowing the animals I saw were on their way to their death. He wasn't at the exact location where the animals were killed but he was the one who guided them into chute. It was enough to leave him looking like death warmed over. I personally don't eat beef or pork (I can't stand the thought of eating such lovable creatures and I just don't like the taste) but I'm not someone to tell another person they shouldn't do it. The one thing that really pisses me off about all of it though is the excess killing of these animals and the fact that the cows which are slaughtered for meat are not the same ones whose hides are used for leather because the slaughtering process them.
And now for something completely different......
I'm watching Air Force One on one of the local stations. I've never seen it before (I know, I need to get with the times....LOL) but if you ask me, the effects are hokey as hell. I don't know....maybe it's because it isn't on the big screen but the part in the beginning where they are driving the plane around on the runway and cornering it like it's on rails just seems pretty far fetched. LOL
Ok...movie is back on so I will be on my way now.
Til next time....
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Sunday, June 26, 2005
The Lotto Father Daughter Bond
Exercise: None - it's my day of rest.
This weekend has been another of go go go. I've only just now gotten a minute where I could sit down and write this.
Friday I went to work until noon and then went to my parents' house. My auntie who lives in AZ was visiting and wanted to see all of us before she and my uncle went back. My mom asked me to stay for dinner so I ended up not getting home until about 9pm. That's alright though. It's not like I get to see them everyday even though we only live about 30 miles apart.
On Saturday morning I got a call from The Boyfriend about 10 or so asking if I wanted to go to Adventureland (the local amusement park that I worked at when I was in high school and college) with him, his roommates, and his daughters. Unfortunately, I had already made plans with my dad so I couldn't go. He had also offered me a ticket to a cubs game for today but I ended up having to turn that down too because I wasn't able to get all the things done I needed to do yesterday. :(
Around 11am my mom and dad showed up. My dad built a platform bed for us that I designed and he came over to finish putting the last few pieces of trim on it. When he walked in the door, he handed me one of the Quarter Play instant lotto tickets like the one I bought for him. Now that wasn't something I was expecting. I kinda think he did it because he won as much as he did off the ticket I gave him and thought it would only be right to give something back. My daddy is soooo kind. :) Here's the kicker about it all.....I played the ticket out and I too won $60! I swear my dad and I have this weird bond through the lotto or something. We hardly win crap if we buy tickets for ourselves but if we buy tickets and give them to each other, they tend to yield some decent cash. Based on the one I gave to my friend/co-worker for her birthday, it seems to only work if the exchange is between me and him too. LOL I had to laugh because when he left he said something about bringing him half the winnings next time I saw him. I then asked him if he would be forking over half his winnings too. That's when he said we should just call it even. LOL
After my parents left, Ant and I went out grocery shopping and then I came home so I could get ready to go to the movies with my mom. We saw The Perfect Man. We both thought it was a pretty good movie and the kid that plays Hillary Duff's love interest is quite cute.
Today was spent doing all the "fun stuff" - paying bills, cleaning, and doing laundry. At least when I got done paying the bills, I found out there was a lot more money left over than I was expecting. That's always a nice thing. :) The real downside to the day was that I had a headache from hell. More than likely it was caused by the heat and just being exhausted. It's sorta gone away now but I can still feel it lingering a little bit.
I hear some chocolate frozen yogurt calling me so I think I will go get some and watch Whose Line Is It Anyway (I absolutely LOVE that show).
Til next time...
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Thursday, June 23, 2005
The abuse I have to take at work.....lol
Exercise: 40 push ups, 160 crunches, & 50 leg lifts.
I think I must have had a bigger sign than usual on my forehead today that said harass me please. There's a guy I work with who I will call Shorty. He's an EOSG (Equal Opportunity Shit Giver) and lemme tell you after having a couple days off, he was more than ready to dole out the crap.
Usually this guy will go around and see who is out of the office and say that I made them sick. He also likes to come in the kitchen when I'm at lunch so he can make some comment about the food I am eating especially if it's something like a veggie burger (he's soy hater....LOL). Typically he will lean over me so he can have a look at my food, say, "Ew what stinks?", then turn around, shove his nose in the air and walk out chuckling to himself as I'm making some remark to put him in his place. Today was like most, however, one of the other business managers (I'll call him Mr. R) was sitting beside me eating his lunch too when Shorty walked in. Even though I had actually finished my food by the time he came in, he still went through his little routine and after he did, I called him a weirdo and told him to get his nose out of the air. The guy that was sitting next to me had sort of a puzzled look on his face so I explained to him what was going on and he laughed.
After I clocked back in and checked my email, I saw there was a message from Shorty. It seems giving me crap about my food was no longer good enough for him. He had stooped to the level of saying the guy I sitting next to at lunch was trying to hit on me - WHATEVER! LOL
Here's a transcript of the emails that went back and forth between us. Keep in mind the guy giving me crap is in his 50s and the guy he is referring to is 49. Both are married and neither the type I would go for even if they were available and I was too.
Shorty: I think Mr. R was making the moves on you in the kitchen.
Me: Sounds like you're jealous.
Shorty: I think you like those tall skinny types. You put him and your husband together and you might get 200lbs!!!
Me: Hmmmm....someone have a height/weight inferiority complex?
Shorty: No not at all. Are you having lunch with him again tomorrow? Does J (my friend/co-worker) know about you two?
Me: Uh huh sure whatever. I think somebody's just a little tiffed because he didn't get into the kitchen in time to see what I had for lunch so he could make his little funny guy remarks.
Um no, I won't be having lunch with him because I will be making myself sick tomorrow afternoon about 12 (yah I know "atta girl!"). As for J...I gave her all the gory details so that she would get the real story instead of your twisted version.
Shorty: I bet J was jealous about Mr. R
Me: Oh you know it just like you are jealous of him.
Shorty: Yeah I have always wanted to be tall skinny and bald headed........sexy
Me: Denial isn't healthy for someone your age.
He never responded to this remark. When I saw him later I said something about him knowing I was right because he didn't have a comeback. He came up with a bunch of excuses but I told him I didn't buy any of them. LOL
A little later he started emailing me again....
Shorty: I am not feeling very well, I am goin home and don't think I can make it tomorrow........oh that's right you were just over here.
Me: blah blah blah you talkin?
Shorty: Old Mr. R just walked by and he had a big old smile on his face.......what did you two do in there??
Me: Just my mere presence has that effect on people....well everyone except you cause you're jealous.
Shorty: You wild and crazy woman you.
Me: Yep - that's me. You only wish you could be "one wild and crazy guy".
What can I say....just another crazy day at the office. Gotta love my job really. LOL
Now for something completely unrelated.....
I was watching the local news and it seems some teenaged boys from this state decided to pour some lighter fluid on an opossum then light it on fire because they were bored and wanted to make a film that they could submit to some website that has extreme shit on it. The news didn't play the whole taping because it was too graphic but they did show the part where the fluid was being dumped on the poor little animal. I can't believe how fucking sick some people can be! At least now something like that is considered a felony in Iowa so the dumb asses who were doing that will get more than just a slap on the wrist like they used to.
Otay....time for me to be off.
Til next time....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2005
I'm Drippings With Goo
Exercise: 30 push ups, 50 leg lifts, 120 crunches. I know...kind of a feeble attempt but if you take the heat & humidity into consideration, "itain't" bad.
As you can probably guess by the title of this post and my comment about exercising, it was another pit dripper today - looks like the next five days hold much of the same temperature-wise.
Well today was my friend and co-worker's 34th birthday. Since she and I had been discussing that new instant lotto ticket (Quarter Play - the one that works like a slot machine) and she was interested in trying it, I bought one and stuck it in the card I gave her. Unfortunately, she didn't fair as well as my dad did which kinda disappointed me (she thought it was great though) but she did win $5 which is more than the minimum. :) Seems she really made out in the present department. She got a cookie bouquet, some flip flops (she loves those things), and some coffee from some other friends in addition to what I gave her. When she first started working at the company, she did everything she could to avoid her birthday being known and would usually stay home on the day. I think she has now found out that it's a good idea to show up because even though she has to put up with the not so sincere well wishers, she can get some pretty good crap that really do care and make a point of remembering the day. LOL
Well, that's it for today - not a lot going on.
Til next time....
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Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Vinyl Bondage Alert!!!
Exercise: About an hour of skating
As you might have guessed by the title of this post....it was really hot and schitcky today. As of 10pm it was still 81F with 73% humidity so you can imagine what it was like earlier in the day - Complete PIT DRIPPER (I know nice visual hehe).
So as I was on my way to work this morning, I was stopped at a stoplight. There was a car which appeared to have to young guys (I'm going to say late teens but they may have been a little older) in it on the cross street to my right waiting to make a left turn. Their light turned green before mine did and when they made the turn, they seemed to be totally fixated on me and even honked as they past by - weirdos! LOL
Work itself was mostly the same old same old although I have a feeling a change was made to our email server which is totally screwing up the automated reports I set up for the database I made. GRRRRRR Looks like I will be spending my morning tomorrow doing a little troubleshooting.
During lunch, I was reading the news on CNN. Normally I watch it on tv but because this is my "early week", I only have half an hour for lunch Mon - Wed and the news is over by the time my lunchtime starts. Is it just me or does anyone else think that the trial that has been going on with the 80 year man killing the civil rights workers 40 years ago is a bit ridiculous? Don't get me wrong, I don't think the guy should be allowed to get away with it by everyone just looking the other way as though the killings don't matter, however, given the fact the dude is on oxygen and had to be taken to the hospital the other day, it sounds as though he is on his death bed. What's the point of spending the tax payers money on a trial and prison time for this man? In his condition I really don't think that he is a threat to society by any means and it pisses me off knowing my tax dollars are going towards things like this.
Alrighty....I must be on my way now. There's some ice cream calling my name (at least the Cruncher Popables I got at work today haven't chimed it - that could be disastrous. LOL).
Til next time.....
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Sunday, June 19, 2005
A whole lot of arm twisting going on
Exercise: None - damn storms! This one seems to be nothing but wind so far and not even as strong as they keep blabbing about on tv.
This was supposed to be Sunday's post but I was so wiped out from the weekend, I ended up napping and getting behind with the laundry so I had to put it off until tonight.
Anyway......
Saturday there was a concert held at a park close to downtown called Waterstock Rock. I wasn't all that interested in any of the bands who were going to perform except one and that one only had one original member so I wasn't overly excited about it. Steph wanted me to go but I just didn't really want to spend the money for the ticket to go to something I didn't think I would care much for.
Well, it would seem that her and Brett decided to tag team me with begging and pleading Friday night and Saturday morning in the hopes they could get me to go. Somehow it worked - probably because Brett was able to get me a cheap ticket. Thanks! You're a star. ;) Anyway, it turned out to be pretty good except for the part where these guys right next to me started moshing/fighting and I began to panic a little bit about getting trampled to death. Oh yah, getting half a bottle of beer spilled down my side wasn't very fun either but at least the acts we saw were decent and the band I went to see (Foreigner) more than made up for it all. We got to meet a lot of the guys in the various bands and it was an all round good time. If you want to read a really good review, go to The Boyfriend's blog. For pictures, see Steph's blog.
Sunday I went to my parents house to celebrate father's day. It seems the lotto luck that my dad has whenever I buy him tickets worked again. I got him one of the new instant games they have out now called Quarter Play. It costs $20, plays like a slot machine (three randomly generated numbers at a time), and you get 80 turns at it hence the name Quarter Play - each one is worth $.25. Anyone who buys one of these games is guaranteed to win at least $3 but you can win as much as $500. My dad started playing his and had his $3 win racked up fairly quickly. He then got $20 and still had over half his plays left. When he got another point, I figured the card must be a winner up to at least the next level ($40) because it would be kind of silly to have the points come out on one side or the other of a prize level. He made the $40 win and scored yet more points - I couldn't believe it! In the end, he won $60. (Yes I know Denny....I need to buy one and send it to you...LOL) Now had I purchased that card for myself, I probably wouldn't have gotten more than $3 out of it. I mean I bought a Powerball ticket for me when I got his ticket and I didn't even get one number - BASTARD! At least the dog showed me some love. LOL
I got kind of a chuckle today at work. Normally I freeze my butt off there nearly everyday if I don't wear a sweater. Yah imagine that wearing a sweater to work in the middle of summer when it is 90 degrees outside! I guess when the office was remodeled, there were thermostats put in every business manager's "hole" so they would be able to control the temperature in their own little spaces. For some reason, they no longer work (from what I understand they were locked). The manager I work most closely with has an office that is now so cold, he's put all kinds of tape over the vent in order to block the air blowing down on him. LOL I always tease him and call him a puss but honestly, his office is like the Arctic and I can't blame him for doing what he did. This afternoon he came around to my desk and asked if he could wear the extra sweater I always keep in my cube. My friend and I were laughing our asses off as we never though we would see him resort to wearing a Mr. Rogers type sweater (especially in the summer) let alone come begging to one of us for one of them. I told him to knock himself out and he actually wore it for most of the day. LOL
How interesting....earlier when the "storm" started (still haven't seen any rain - not even that cloudy out now) we had some fairly high winds (enough to stir the dust in the fields up and make visibility really low) coming out of the north. It seems they have now shifted and are coming out of the southeast. There is one thing I would like to know though....Who on Earth left the "genius" at the pool just across the field from us in charge? You could see this thing coming for quite some time and what does he do, he doesn't get on the loudspeaker to get everyone out until the stupid "storm" was right on top of us. Way to go Mr. Common Sense - DUH!
Til next time.....
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Thursday, June 16, 2005
A New Look & Some Blah Blah
Exercise: About an hour and 15mins of skating - that's about all the bug eating I could stand. LOL
At least tonight's skate session was better than last night's. I was certainly more on my game tonight even though my head felt like it was going to explode. To quote some Stabbing Westward lyrics.....I cannot save you....I can't even save myself. Yep, that would about sum up last night's "performance".
Originally I was going to write about something I witnessed yesterday at the post office which I found a little disturbing and Dubya's dropping approval rate (it's at its lowest point yet) but with my head pounding away as it is, I'm going to skip it.
I finally got my new template done as those of you who have been here before will notice. I'm still in the process of tweaking things but the major stuff is done. :) Let me know what you think of it.
Well, I'm off for now.
Til next time....
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Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Raisin Bran looks like tuna???
Exercise: None - It was too windy outside and I was too busy doing STUFF :P
Ok....third night in a row last night I couldn't sleep when I laid down and this time I even felt tired. HUMPH!
After I get to work, boot up my puter, and clock in, I always go to the kitchen to pour some milk on my Raisin Bran so I can have some breakfast. This morning was no different. I put my cereal bowl with the lid still on it out on the counter and went to retrieve a spoon from the drawer. As I was doing so, a co-worker of mine (I'll call her the smokestack because that's what she is and you can smell her coming from 10 feet away) came in the room, looked at the bowl and asked me what I had for lunch. HUH? I said, "That's not lunch, it's breakfast." The smokestack asked what it was and I told her, "Raisin Bran." She then proceeds to tell me that she thought it was tuna because that is what it looked like. I couldn't help but stand there with a WTF? look on my face followed by the question of, "You been smoking those funny cigs lately?" running through my mind. Dayum! Put down the bong lady and smell the fresh air!
The other news of the day.....I HATE Blogger! I was working on a new template and everything was going smoothly. I knew I wasn't going to be able to finish it tonight so I copied it over to notepad so I could save it and put my current template back until the new one is finished. I was just going to leave it for the evening but decided to do some more work on it instead so I copied it back over to Blogger. Somewhere in there, Blogger decided that it was no longer going to display stuff the way it had before and that's when we got in a rather heated argument. I said, "You had better fucking work or else!" Blogger said, "KMA Biotch! Pucker up buttercup!". It was then that I gave many bird offerings to which Blogger replied sweetly, "Thank you." "Yah for fuckin' nothing Fuckin' Bastard!", I said. Stupid ass prima donna puter programs!
And on a completely unrelated note......A fact for the day -
Researchers are now saying that those who drink diet pop may actually gain more weight. Supposedly the artificial sweeteners are more likely to cause a craving for foods loaded with sugar and as a result, those who drink diet tend to eat more sweets and gain more weight. Personally, I have never liked diet pop and it's a cold day in hell if you ever see me drinking it on the rare occasions I do have those kind of drinks but I did think it was sort of an interesting little tidbit.
Well, it's ice cream time once again so I will be on my way now.
Til next time.....
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Monday, June 13, 2005
That Be Some Wicked Ass Shit!
Exercise: None - Gee weather issues AGAIN!
I don't know what the deal was last night but I couldn't get to sleep just like the night before (angry peas might eat me...LOL). I've had an odd night here and there where it would take me awhile to get to sleep but never like the last couple of nights and never more than one night at a time. I was dead tired at work but fully awake after I got home. Of course the fact that we had some pretty awesome looking storms swirling over our house (complete with tornado warning for our county) probably helped (Denny was the unfortunate soul who got the play by play...LOL). It looked like something that came from hell but while it was over our house, it acted like a pussycat (we even got a huge double rainbow). I guess after it got a few miles north it started dropping some pea (oh no not more peas!) - golfball sized hail for shits and giggles (ha ha). I just tuned into one of the local channels for the news...seems the bastard did actually pop down a tornado a few counties south and east of here.
So....the big news today is that MJ has been acquitted. I know this has a lot of people angry (definitely all my co-workers that I heard talking about it), but I can see why they had to let him go. I have a feeling that something went on at the ranch, but I don't know if it was as drastic as what he has been accused of. It all goes back to the first trial and the fact that the family never went after him in a criminal case - only a civil one. If it is your child, no amount of money can bring justice for something like that.
More than anything, I think the acquittal has to do with the "rules" the jury is given when deliberating. I can remember when I served on a jury. Although I thought the people who were accused, were guilty of some things, we were only allowed to take into considerations those things directly related to the charges. Something like that combined with the sort of witnesses the prosecution had, I could see anyone having "reasonable doubt" and that's all that is needed to let someone go.
Well kiddies, I must be on my way. I've got a small bowl of ice cream calling me (mmmmm peanut butter tracks (GOOOOD Stuff Mayne Mayne) - yet another "benefit" of working in the food business....LOL).
Til next time....
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Sunday, June 12, 2005
Crack that whip!
Exercise: None - weather is crap
Give the past a slip. Step on a crack. Break your mama's back. When a problem comes along, you must whip it. Before the cream sits out too long, you must whip it.....
Oh hi, I didn't see you there. I'm supposed to be writing a blog post aren't I? Sowwy. I've had that song running through my head ever since Friday evening when I heard it on the radio. I can't help it, it's just one of those catchy tunes that takes me back to when I used to skate at the rink all the time when I was a kid.
So anyway.....here we are in the middle of yet another thunderstorm and one of our cats is totally freaking out at the bright flashes of lightning. The doofus is running around the house like a little crazy man. It's funny because our other cat is lying in on the bed watching him with this look on her face as though she can't believe she and he are "related". How UNCIVILIZED! LOL
Friday I got off work at noon and came home so that I could let in the woman who was coming to do our drywall repair - yes, they are only just now getting around to it AGAIN. At least this time some work was actually done. Of course she said that she would probably have to come back two or three more times to complete it since a full day can't be dedicated to it. There was something though that rather torqued me off. The woman had called to set up the appointment for 1pm about a week before so I made sure I was here at that time. 1 came and went - she didn't show up. She then called me around 20 past to tell me that she would be here between 2:30 and 3 as though we had never set an actual time to begin with - only a day. WTF? With the way these people do things, I'm amazed they can stay in business. Since we live in a townhome and the association is paying for this, we don't get a choice who we use but lemme tell you, if a choice were an option, it wouldn't be the one we were given. I mean the woman is nice and all and seems fairly knowledgeable but I'm not impressed with the lack of promptness.
Saturday was spent chatting for a bit with Denny, napping, and finishing the cleaning - the master bath to be specific. Thankfully, the other two bathrooms had been done the day before because the master bath is equivalent to cleaning two average sized bathrooms.
This morning, I woke up at something like 6:30 which was surprising since it took me forever to fall asleep (I went to bed at 2 and I think it was 3 or so before I dozed off) because I had a headache from hell that had been mildly around off and on since Friday afternoon. Normally, I can either think them away or sleep them off but not this time. It was still present when I woke up. I tried for about 10 minutes to think it away and go back to sleep but it was no good so I wandered down to the kitchen for some Excedrin. One word of advice.....never take this stuff and then go to sleep. I had one of the strangest dreams I think I have ever had this morning after I took it. It started off normal enough, the Englishman and I had gone back to England to visit his family but later on it had turned into one with an appearance by this person and a few cans of peas of all things - don't ask...it was some wacky schtuff. Oh well....at least when I woke up for good about 9:30, my headache was gone.
I had another chat with Denny and then vegged most of the afternoon between loads of laundry. After this past week, I deserved it. LOL
Well, that's about it from here for now.
Til next time....
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Wednesday, June 08, 2005
Something Wicked This Way Comes.....
Exercise: None - The sky was looking like rain again and I got a call from a friend I haven't heard from in quite some time - it was worth a night off. :)
About 20 to 8 this morning I was standing at one of the 5 POS copiers at work. You would think with that many of them in such a small office, we wouldn't have the issues we do. Then again, electronic gadget intelligence isn't exactly at an all time high where I work. Oh well, that's another story for a different day - back to the main tale....
There I was at the copier. I happened to look out the window which faces north and noticed the sky getting dark. My thought at this site - Cool! Looks like we'll be getting one of those isolated thunderstorms. Oh shit! Not cool! I forgot to unplug my laptop before I left for work. Please in the name of all kick ass storms don't let this one throw a bolt that spikes the electric at my house cuz I don't want to have to fork over $2000 for a replacement.
I left the copier and about 5 minutes later had to go back to make some more copies. I looked out the window again and that "black" sky that was off in the distance was now getting darker and nearly on top of us all in just a few minutes time. When I got back to my desk, I had a look online at one of the local tv stations' radar to see what we were in for. ISOLATED STORMS MY ASS!!! Maybe if you are thinking in terms of the whole US! The "pretty" colors ranging from green & blue to red, yellow, and purple stretched clear across the farking state! I went back to have a look out the window again and what I saw looked like it was spawned from Satan himself. Big black clouds growing & shifting at an unbelievable rate.
DAYUM!
Shortly after that the wind picked up and when I say "picked up", I mean it REALLY picked up. In the eight years I have worked for my current employer, I have NEVER heard the wind whip across the building as it did today. I swear it sounded like the roof was going to rip right off the dump! I guess it was enough to break a tree off at its base and throw it on a car next door. OUCH!
By the end of the work day, the sun was shining again. It was kinda strange though because I noticed when I looked out the window again after it had quit storming, the clouds were actually moving in the opposite direction. I wondered if we were going to get pounded again (this often occurs with summer storms - blows through one way then turns around to get us again) but we didn't.
Well, that's all from here today. I'm watching a show on Discovery called Tokyo's Sky City which is very fascinating - it's about a tower they want to build which is over 3000 feet tall.
Til next time....
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Tuesday, June 07, 2005
BAD M&Ms! BAD! BAD!
Exercise: 50 push ups, 200 crunches - was too windy to skate/run
Oh my God, I ate nearly a half a bag of Mega M&Ms today. That horrible Green Whore wench made me do it! I could hear these muffled voices coming from the bag that was sitting up on my bookshelf - she wouldn't shut up.
I did launch my database on the food world today. So far so good. The woman who will be using it seemed pretty impressed. I swear these people look at me like some computer software God. LOL I know more than most but very little compared to everything there is to know.
I found out an interesting little tidbit today. Cedar Rapids, Iowa supposedly has the safest drivers in the country. Here's the link. I noticed that Des Moines ranked something like 6th but they must not have taken the crazies who live out here into consideration. I guess those cracking jokes about "fucktard Iowa" are chomping foot after this little study. Eat up! Hope that toe jam tastes out of this world.
As I write this I am watching Primetime Live - The Brad Pitt interview. I almost turned it over when I saw Bono from U2. I used to like the band and their music but lately it just leaves me with a barfy taste in my mouth thanks to a certain COWARD. Anyway, unless Brad Pitt is a really good actor when it comes to interviews, I have to say I am very impressed with the guy. Unlike a lot of the "Hollyweirds" he comes off to have a general concern for people and isn't a cocky ass who is so caught up in himself he can't see the light of day.
Otay, I'm outta here. Stay tuned for more adventures from Gooberville tomorrow.
Til next time......
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Monday, June 06, 2005
A very long but productive day
Exercise: About an hour of skating - Whoohoo!
One of the BDMs (Tweedle Dee) called me into his office today to help him set up an Excel workbook that he needed to send over to a customer (I swear I should start charging a minimum of $100 for this kind of stuff - I could retire by age 35 LOL). Anyway, another BDM (Tweedle Dum - the one that just frosts my cookies most days because he does nothing but sit on his ass) was transitioning an account over to the guy I was helping - half the stuff that he was supposed to be giving him wasn't done even though said BDM swore he did it - surprise surprise....NOT! "Dumdum BDM" went down to his office to check to see if he could find some of the files the two of them were looking for on his hard drive. While Tweedle Dee and I waited, he asked me if I wanted a snack. I wasn't really interested but he told me to turn around and open his "snack drawer" (it's really a cabinet) and grab anything I wanted (I was told I could help myself anytime). You should have seen this thing - stocked full of Mars Cookie Bars, M&Ms, Beef Jerky - tons of crap. What can I say, after seeing the M&Ms I just couldn't resist. I've always been a sucker for them. I prefer the peanut ones but he didn't have any of those so I settled for a bag of the latest kind they are coming out with (I don't think they are in stores yet) - Mega M&Ms. These things are like a regular M&M but about twice the size. Were talking chocolate treat on steroids here! Oh the "benefits" of working in the food industry!
I watched that new show called Scholar on ABC tonight. If the kids on there truly represent the top high school scholastic achievers in this country and they are basing the decision as to which one gets into an ivy league school according to the 'tests' they are giving on this show, America is most certainly in trouble. I was floored when they were given 16 well known events from Space history and the ones they interviewed about it said they didn't know much about it. When I was in school, we not only learned about those events in History class but often times in Science class too.
Well, I think that is about all for today. The work day was an hour longer as it will be tomorrow and Wednesday, but fairly uneventful thankfully. I was able to finish my latest database project with the exception of the final finishing touches but I'm sure I can get those done within an hour tomorrow. Damn I'm good! LOL :P
Til next time....
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Sunday, June 05, 2005
Another Crazy Night/Morning
Exercise: None - no time.
So about midnight I got a call from Ant. He said he was ready for me to pick him up and told me that everyone was going to Perkins for a bite to eat then asked if I wanted to go. I figured what the hell so I shut off the movie I was watching, got my shoes and socks on, and took off to pick him up so we could go eat with the others. So much for my quiet evening at home. LOL
I swear I have the worst of luck when it comes to running across the most obnoxious guys out there. On the way from the "club" to the restaurant, there was this SUV full of guys who couldn't seem to stop shouting out the window at me. ~rolls eyes~ What can I say....I dusted them. Bubye little boys LOL
We got home a little bit earlier than the morning before but not much - was something like 3:30am. Needless to say, I didn't get up overly early this morning. LOL What was strange though was that I started waking up once every hour on the hour between 8 and 11. The first time though involved a bout with hypnopompia which as usual scared the crapola out of me. You would think by now I would be able to relax a little when it happens but nooooooo. For those of you who don't know what this is, it's like waking up so quickly that only your mind wakes up and not the rest of your body. From what I have read, some people hallucinate when it happens but I don't. I just feel like I can't breath (this is what scares the hell out of me) and I can't move at all unless I really concentrate on doing it - even then it doesn't always work and the only thing I can do is to try and relax so I can go back to sleep and wake up again more slowly. What is so strange is that even though it terrifies me, I also find it very fascinating all at the same time especially now that I have found out more about it. I was sixteen the first time it happened and I thought I was going to die because I couldn't figure out what the hell was going on. Anyone I told about it had never heard of any such thing which made me wonder if I was "the only one". Later, I did some research on the net and found out it is fairly common.
After I got up "for good", I did some cleaning and then got a call from my mom. She said that they were having a last minute get together for my sister's birthday and invited me over. It was a good time. My sister couldn't stop talking about getting to see Paul McCartney (gee, I think she must really like that idea...LOL). Everyone is doing well including Sadie dog - vicious little critter she likes to think she is and all....LOL.
And now for something completely unrelated....
LMAO - One of the ads for the Real Gilligan's Island uses Def Leppard's Pour Some Sugar On Me in it. Too Funny!
Well kiddies, that's it for tonight.
Til next time....
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Saturday, June 04, 2005
Make up is so much more fun with a bunch of drunk friends!
Exercise: None - weather was crap
Last night I went to a party hosted by some friends. Every year they have an EQ gathering at their house where people from as far away as Dallas, TX, Golden, CO, and Richmond, VA attend. Ant used to play the game, I could never get into it but I get invited anyway. Basically it's nothing but an excuse to drink nearly non-stop for two or so days in a row and play/discuss the game. Even though I don't drink (except for tasting various drinks Ant has) and I'm not into the game, it's a fun time and the people are a blast!
One of the guys who was there is a professional bartender so that made things really interesting. He had picked up some Everclear for some Jello shots he made and Ant decided to try some of it straight. Of course he had to have me try it too. Let me start by saying that I have yet to find an alcohol that I think tastes really good. I mean Peppermint Schnapps isn't too bad but I hate the instant heartburn effect I get as I do with just about any booze I have tried. Anyway, Everclear has to be at the top of the list as the nastiest tasting stuff running. You may as well be drinking rubbing alcohol when it comes to that shit - smells just like it and is 100 proof. LOL
The highlight came when one of the guys (Wes, who I think looks sort of like Tommy Lee did when he was younger - kinda cute in a strange sort of way in other words) let me and the other women there curl his hair and put make up on him. It was a total riot! I just wish I would have gotten a pic on our camera. Hopefully I will be able to bum one off one of the other people that took one. LOL
We didn't end up leaving until after 3am and by the time I got home, got ready for bed, and finally laid down, I had been up for 24 hours straight. I was exhausted! I ended up sleeping until noon which was only like 7 hours of course after I got up and had something to eat, I ended up taking a couple of cat naps. LOL
Earlier this evening, I dropped Ant off at our friends house that we went to last night. They were all going to the Lumberyard (a local strip club). I think some of them had already started drinking and one of them grabbed my phone wanting to send text messages to anyone she could. LOL To any of you who may have received one, I'm sorry. LOL They were also trying to get me to give in and go with them but I refuse to go into those places. Once was enough and I stick by my conviction to NEVER go again. I really like hanging out with the group of them but the venue for me would not make it worth it. Instead I came home, watched a really cool thunderstorm come in, and had a quite evening at home with the cats. I have to admit, I quite enjoyed it. As much as I care for the Englishman, it's nice to get him out of the house every once and awhile and have some alone time. :)
In other news.....
I got a message from my sister yesterday. I had sent her a birthday card (her 49th was yesterday) and she wanted to say thank you for it and the Paul McCartney ticket. She's really looking forward to the concert. It was funny, she made a comment about it being too bad that it was in October because now she will have to wish her summer away. LOL
Righty roo kiddies, I'm off - need to find something to drink.
Til next time.....
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Thursday, June 02, 2005
Jo Jo Bonehead Your Brain Is Calling
Exercise: 3 1/2 pitdripping miles
I'm a patient person but when it comes to lazy asses who don't have a brain to save themselves, my tolerance level drops significantly. I had taken some paperwork back to a business manager that I work with (one who has always been somewhat of a thorn in my side with his ways) for some revisions. I told him exactly what I needed and when I overheard him mention a date that was wrong I even corrected him. Not too long after I left his office, he came over to my desk to give me the revisions. Wouldn't you know, the date (the one I had actually corrected) was WRONG.
Fuck.
It's not like I really expected it to be right. This is the typical shit he does hence the reason he has always been a thorn in my backside. I had thought about marching the stuff right back to him and making him correct it, however, knowing how he often will sit on things like that, I decided to take matters into my own hands and "fudge" it. I'm tired of stuff getting way behind because this guy can't seem to be bothered to do squat.
Here's another example....
There is a planning tool that is used for this particular line and I needed him to make some changes to it. Because the numbers weren't figuring as he thought they should, he asked me to get some paperwork to support it. I told him that I would go get it and bring it right back. In the few minutes that it took me to go to my desk, pull out the paperwork, and walk back to his office, he "disappeared". It was about lunchtime so the thought popped into my head that the dumbass took off. I made a B line for the reception desk to see if he had signed out. Sure enough there was his name.
FUCKER!
Turns out he hadn't left the building yet - he was in the bathroom. When he came out, he stood at the top of the stairs and said he was going to lunch. Well good for you asshat! Lord knows if the positions were reversed, I would be asked to finish the job before going to eat. Not like it would have taken more than 10 minutes anyway if that.
ASSMUNCH!
If that wasn't enough, I had the misfortune of having to talk to this woman I talked to last week who is a complete boob about a collections issue. When I talked to her the first time, I had explained what was going on and faxed her all the supporting paperwork. What does she do, she turns around this week, sends the stuff back to the customer saying there is still an issue. Ok lady, obviously math and logical thinking aren't your strong points. I got even more paperwork (unfortunately I couldn't get my hands on the "smoking gun" that would have hit it home to her) and called her up to attempt another explanation. What really perturbs me about this dumb bitch is that she won't shut her hole long enough to listen to what you tell her (gee no wonder she doesn't have a clue) and then she goes through her own long winded blah blah blah only to eventually get to the point you could have made 10 minutes earlier in 2 minutes time. Keh ~rolls eyes~ It was a good thing I was able to get out and run today!
Speaking of running, I think I have found my next pair of shoes. The ones that I have now are still in pretty good condition but if they are anything like my last pair, at the end of summer, they aren't going to have much of a sole left with all the running I do. I've posted a picture below so you can see what I am looking at. They are the new Nike Free 5.0. Decent price too!
Oh, that show Hit Me Baby 1 More Time was on tonight. It's the show where they bring old bands back to perform again and then the audience votes for who they like best. Taking a quote from Beavis - This sucks! Change it! Not only was the host absolute crap, I really can't say much for the people/bands they had on the show. If you ask me Mike Reno (lead singer of Loverboy) and Mike Score (Lead singer for A Flock Of seagulls) should not be allowed near a microphone ever again. Some of the American Idol castaways sounded better than them. ICK!
I also watched Prime Time Live tonight. One of the reports they had concerned a supplement called Protandim. Supposedly it has the possibility to cut oxidative stress down to the rate a small child has. Although scientist are cautious about calling this a fountain of youth in a bottle, the people the reporter spoke to said that it could eventually lead to a 50% increase in the human lifespan meaning people could live to be 130 to 150. My thought on that - who in their right mind would want to??? I have a hard enough time imagining being here until I'm 80 let alone 150.
Fuck!
Well, Red Dwarf is about to come on so I must be going - missing it would be a crime! LOL
Til next time....
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