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June 25, 2007

dogs who have sniffles

the girls are getting over the sniffles. If you've never heard a schnauzer sniffle, it's kind of odd really. they sound like they're trying to hork something up or an unproductive cough. Poor babies. Mia doesn't help it any by eating verbotten things off of the ground which in turn get stuck in her throat. I worked this weekend....again...got no real housework done, but didn't really care. I may take a friday off to clean though so i don't feel like i lost my whole weekend cleaning up after myself. the house has been overrun by chew toys and half chewed dog bones. With all the rain, the girls have been a bit skittish and taking out the anxiety on the chewies...and each other. 

I did get quite a bit done though but never completely of course that would be unheard of now wouldn't it? I think I spent every other moment just contemplating life in general and when i needed to escape from that, I read a book. I seem to have collected a nice little "to read" stack.  I used to be much more diligent about keeping the house clean. I never got the house completely in order so i think some of the clutter is just homeless for now. not good. need dresser, need new carpet....saw "proof" on cable...very depressing, but had Jake Gyllenhall and I could watch him all day depressing or not...::drool:: we need more Jake Gyllenhall movies.

June 20, 2007

the eeeee-vile within

ah the dreaded swimming pool in my lurvely townhome complex is becoming an issue for me...why? well I think the group of owners as a whole do not use it enough to justify the cost frankly, and I voted to get rid of it meaning fill it in and use the money for fixing fences and such...BUT unfortunately there are people who have these townhomes who rent them out and are the biggest whiners ever known to mankind and unfortunately one them is an icky lawyer who has threatened to sue us should we remove the pool. because he would lose his renter if the pool were to go. hrmmmm . our entire complex is being held hostage by a renter who has no stake in the property but the fact that this man feels he would lose money he's objecting. uhm.. sir? it was either raise HOA fees which meant raising your rent I'm sure to cover that cost or lose the pool. Now since this renter is becoming the key element, I have to ask would the renter leave anyway because you had to raise the rent? I hate laywer bullies, or any bully for that matter, but I see no reason if we all voted to lose the pool and this man didn't have enough people on his side why he has to be a poor loser and why we should put up with an unneccessary lawsuit. (which by the way we should countersue for him being a big pain in the patooty) Patooty...that's a legal term isn't it? arrrggghhh so for the time being we have to put up with people who trespass to use the pool and dump their crap in our dumpsters. the 2 mattresses and the desk back there have been lovely additions to the cement hill i must say. 

I'm thinking I will do a civic duty and create a plone forum for my little neighborhood as we don't meet as often as we should. and I know there has got to be an easier way.

In other news, me being the chicken of depression rather than bluebird of happiness has managed to tell it like it is and bring down a friend of mine, but frankly I don't think I was telling her anything she didn't already realize. but I frankly don't see how getting out of debt can be considered a fun filled day in the park. I know it hasn't been easy for me, but i've learned to live without credit cards and the mantra of if you don't have the money, then you can't buy it. It was painful for the first year but it also got me thinking about creative ways to save and make money though. I hope she sees that that was what I was trying to tell her. but for now I think she just sees having to change in a not so fun way.

I'm learning a little more about RSS feed subscriptions to which are kinda cool. I really am liking this job at the library, they understand what it is to be service oriented. and what it takes too. yea me.Cool

 

as for other aspects of certain individuals who shall remain nameless because they've decided I don't exist...well I guess I don't really have much to say other than I'm tired of it and really just trying to get out of the mood of self deprecation. I imagine this is how you felt as a kid though and wouldn't really wish that on anyone..including me. but I'll be ready to listen... can't say it's helping me forgive you easily though, but for my sake I'm going to have to at some point. 

June 19, 2007

it's the little things

that really make you want to curl up in the fetal position on the couch and just watch Will and grace reruns til it all goes away. *sigh* I'm having a "I hate other people" day. I feel like writing to clientcopia.com it's that bad. Why don't people listen when you tell them something? Seriously, I don't feel like making the same mistakes over and over because you personally don't get it.  It's exhausting to have to provide over and over again justification for your knowledge while people glare at you like you're trying to pull one over on them. seriously, I don't need the money that bad. and then to turn around and literally have someone try to weasel more money out of me ... you're an oil change place...how can you possibly be out of the cheap oil? argggg. 

anxiety has kinda been triggered methinks. I knew I shouldn't have gone out the back door. what's the point of someone being fake to your face to give you a false sense of friendship anyway? it's a little insulting actually and annoying. Commit to a status already and don't waste my time when I try to be genuinely nice only to be ignored.

Today pretty much everyone but my dogs are kinda on my shit list today. I'm so tired of of unkind people who mask themselves as kind and just being lied to in general. I mean you get lied to enough and you start to see it pretty easily. I'd rather be just left alone if that's my only other option. so thhhppthhhhh.

June 18, 2007

so much to do so little time

well, this isn't exactly ranting. actually i'm waiting for traffic (all 5 min. of it) to subside before going home. I'm trying to also get my head to stop hurting but i think it's just lack of sleep and sitting in one place for too long. I worked for much of the weekend and still not done...I have small things to do which i should just sit down and do them but arggg part of me just wants to watch TV. My response to seeing Ratatouille on Saturday...damn that's a purty cartoon. The story didn't really translate into a kids movie to me though at least until the ending....but the whole visual style was just amazing and extremely well done. Wet rats in a sewer full of water isn't easy.

Glad that's not me...makes my head hurt just thinking about the math involved. I did see Glen on my way out though unexpectedly with his friends on their way to a movie.  He mentioned Reel FX being at the lab this summer. Frankly I'm trying really hard to just forget the lab. I look back at what I know now and totally would have done everything differently. so I guess that's what I'm trying to do now...just everything differently. I don't know if it's better but it's not worse that's for sure.

June 14, 2007

work and reward system

I have a ton of work to do this weekend. It's funny how people all decide the next phase of their stuff at the same time. But as a reward for getting this stuff done on Saturday, I will be granting myself permission to go to the sneak preview of Ratatouille. Yes, even here we get some cool things. I already got my ticket and will be showing up with a book to read while I sit and wait as they want everyone to come an hour early. FUN. but at least it will be a nice break.

 

June 13, 2007

When you care enough to hit send...*pfftt

 
 Hallmark wouldn't have the guts to put out real cards like this...hehehe. There's a lot more risque ones as well but most likely inappropriate for work...although it didn't stop me from forwarding the URL to some of my co-workers....

I have quite a bit to look forward to and I'm trying to get an attitude adjustment and just freakin' stop obsessing for cryin out loud. I swear some days I get very tired of being me. I'm starting to see the upside in multiple personalities. But then what if they're all anxiety ridden and depressed? ew. who'd want that? so let's see new harry potter book..(yes I read it...shut up) Steve Carrell's new movie "Evan Almighty" (definitely going opening weekend) uhmmmm...Ratatouille. I don't get to go to the movies that often but I'm going to try to make myself take more smaller breaks as I feel kind of like I'm working my life away in an effort to escape, but it's not working. I'm going to start learning Plone which seems quite cool and should help with everything all around. oh yeah divx seems to be on the up again hopefully ...it still seems like it's trying to steady itself, but hoping christmas time will make it go to the mid 20's...fingers crossed...Cool

June 11, 2007

ah summer....

so the sopranos ended. I really have no major feelings about it since i can't really afford HBO. I think I've missed some good TV though by not having it. Unfortunately they won't let me trade the Sports channels I never watch for actual movie channels without sacrificing the DIY channels which I'm unfortunately addicted to on the weekends. And I say why not? everything else in the world is buffet style why not paid TV? I got to see a few "Dead like Me" and I thought they were pretty insightful, but not enough to purchase the DVD's . I still can't bring myself to get the last season of Northern Exposure for fear they have too many episodes without Fleishman in them and instead with the dorky couple they tried to replace him with. That was like trading your Folgers coffee for dirt and that totally sucked. I miss Joel and the Cicely gang...why can't we have TV like that anymore? I'm tired of so-called reality TV and freakin medical shows....wtf? well I need something to listen to while i do all the freelance stuff...

can you tell my weekend was just full of total excitement? actually I did manage to kill a hornets nest that decided to bogart my door wreath...(let's just say a trash bag around the wreath was not the way to go) the hornets kept comin back to the door thinking that their nest would magically reappear at any moment. That or cussing me out in Hornet language. I ended up sneaking out the front door and going to home depot for the deadliest pesticide that would kill from 22ft. I ended up killing 2 wasp nests too in a permanent bird feeder left by the previous owners. Seriously, who nails this crap to their fence? so I was the exterminator....bwahahah. Just need a cape and a theme song now. 

 

June 08, 2007

Olymics 2012 logo

uhmmmm...no.
 

Now granted this is just my opinion, but If I tried this in Cheryl Beckett's class or Fiona's for that matter, I would have gotten a big a fat 'F'. There's trapped negative space, and the color scheme is a bad flash back to the eighties and reminds me of those neon shirts that changed color with heat. Yeah the armpits of most middle schoolers during that time was an interesting sight. It also took me awhile to figure out that the shapes were supposed to be numbers of the year - 2012. so not very memorable, but a tangram experiment gone awry. 

June 07, 2007

*sigh*

the rugs came today. and my camera has decided to stop taking pictures. dammit. oh well. one more thing i need right? hurry stock and become worth selling for crying out loud. and sadly i can't find the image of the rug so you guys will just have to take my word for they're cool. Maisy lurved them and expressed heself by rolling around on the big one with wild and reckless abandonment that only a schnauzer could muster.

June 03, 2007

they call me sparky..

The AC was installed Thursday.....and we rejoiced. You know how sometimes you don't know how bad something was until you get a taste of what's good? yeah, it was like that...sweet. AND I had some major help from step-dad in updating the light switches and outlets throughout the house. Now they look normal instead of looking like a lame attempt at updating the house. I even learned how to do it myself and changed out quite a few. reason being that there were a few that we couldn't get to on a count I have WAY too many books. Hopefully, if I get to replace the carpet this year, I can update those during that time. I'm loving my house now. I want to make it as pretty as possible. attempting to apply this attitude to myself as well. for some reason the house is easier.  I also ordered some pretty carpets for the living room..I'll post pics when they get here. The dogs should be thrilled they'll be able to sit around the living room without sliding everywhere.