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« August 2006 | Main | October 2006 » September 30, 2006On a Saturday!?!Friday night sucked. I couldn't get comfortable for the life of me. Everything ached. Saturday morning arrived and I was finally hitting that deep sleep when THEY came. The DWP decided that Saturday at 8AM was a good time to drill holes through the pole right outside our bedroom window. All of the sudden loud trucks and a group of men decended upon our quiet neighborhood. They shouted at each other in Spanish as the drill hit high gear. For ten minutes I hoped they would finish, fall, something... then got up. It's 11:30AM now and they're working on the next pole. Apparently they're adding wires to each pole. Why couldn't they have started at the OTHER end? Bastards. I'm going to be a really grumpy person today. You have been warned...
[keywords: weekend sleeping dwp] September 27, 2006FEEEEED ME!I never noticed how much I would miss food until I can't eat it. I have one more week of clear liquids before I can start on foods. Even then it's going to be a slow process. But ANYTHING is better than Jello, water, popcicles and broth. Watching movies are really hard when it gets to the food scenes. I was dying for a salad with tomatoes... and sure enough that's what they were eating. I want a potato so bad... and still do even after watching an actor throw it up in another movie. Speaking of movies... I am very annoyed at Columbia House. I ordered five movies on August 31st so they would be here in time. I get back from the hospital and still no movies. I found Columbia House's phone number via the Get Human site and they assured me it would take 7 to ten days. No fair! I can't sit at the computer long and can't walk far... I'm bored out of my mind. My love affair with CH is turning into a 'eh, they're okay'. Entertain me, damn it!
[keywords: Movies Health food DVDs surgery Columbia-House] September 26, 2006My Kingdom for Some ToleranceAnd by 'kingdom' I mean 'older one bedroom apartment with three cats, a recuperating blonde and a grumpy Texan'. What's up with all the hatred? Recently I got hate mail for being Jewish and a dear friend got attacked for being gay. Religion and sexuality are NOT contagious. If it's not for you then just move along. Jeesh. For some reason people feel the need to attack what they don't understand. To those people: You have no idea what you're missing. Do not fear the unknown. Learn from it. Respect it. Maybe... just maybe you'll walk away learning something about yourself. Not that you're a Jewish gay man... but someone who's able to talk to people without feeling threatened. That's a good thing. Politics... Ahhh, the pandoras box. The Pink Rocks video that I linked a while back is still getting insane hits from Stumble Upon. Hate it. Love it. Just talk about it. People on both sides are meshing it up. The one thing I always laugh about is how personal people get when they talk politics. If I don't like the President I'm a Liberal. A traitor. The insults start flying. You can agree that people like their meat cooked differently, but their political choices had damn well better be the same. Why? We are told to question our leaders. That doesn't mean 'as long as they are not your choices'. Instead of insults and attacks you should be supporting them. We have freedoms. These freedoms are slowly slipping away because people are so afraid evolving that they would rather vote for someone who doesn't give a damn than someone who can lead us forward. You're going to look pretty foolish in that cave in a couple of years. I'm just saying...
[keywords: Politics religion racism] September 25, 2006New Friends To Spice Things UpI have met two new people from SU that have made my day. REALLY made my day. FunkyCaucasian is a fiery woman whose looks are only outdone by her personality. I spent the day chatting with her via PMs and I can tell you... she's incredible. I also met Phoenix3Arisen. A sexy guy with brains and a great sense of humor. SU is finally making up for all the slooooooow time by delivering friends! In other news... I bitched out our mailguy today. It's a good thing we use the PO Box. He called to be buzzed in and I slooowly put on clothes and went outside. I was hoping for some sort of gift to lift my spirits. Instead I see him head back out the door. I called to him and asked what he had. He said, "Oh, it wasn't for you. I just needed to be let in." WTF!?! Then he asked if I was okay (I looked pretty shitty). I told him I had just had surgery (to lay in on the guilt) and next time try buzzing the door that the package is for. I thought about adding "idiot" at the end then thought better. Yay for grumpiness!
[keywords: Health Friends SU mailman] September 24, 2006Oh JoySo I have a temp. The doctor notes say to call if it's 100.5. I'm 99.6 so I'm going to wait. The joys of healing. Yay....
[keywords: Health surgery] September 21, 2006Life's a GassIt's funny how body functions are treated in different settings. I never thought I'd be praised for passing gas, peeing and crapping. My three days in the hospital are finally over (thank goodness!) and I am at home recouperating. The surgeon was standoffish the whole time, but whatever. He did his job. He did a damn good one too. Sleeping/sitting/moving is still very hard, but I am coming along quite well. Oh and if you ever need to rest, DO NOT expect to in a hospital. The every six hour check ups turn into every three for the night. I had my blood pressure, pulse and temperature taken at 11PM, 2 AM and 5AM. Plus the nurses were conducting a hen party, clucking all night long. You'd think they'd keep the laughter to a dull roar... Oh well. All of my nurses were kick ass. My roommate was a sweet kid with an unknown illness. One night her doctors were in her part of the room for 4 hours. Turning the lights on, trying to do tests and asking questions that could have waited until the AM. Idiots. It felt so good to walk through the door today. I missed being home so bad. Now I can finally rest and drive Jake crazy.
[keywords: Health surgery hospital] September 18, 2006Tomorrow's the Date!The long journey to better health is finally coming to the bend in the road. Tomorrow at 7:30AM I will be on my way to surgery. That means I have to be in admissions at 5:15AM. I didn't even blink when the guy told me. I was just so ecstatic about getting first case. Everyone's fresh, ready to go and there are no hold ups. Now the realization sets in and I am having a mild panick attack. Go me! I'll get up at 4AM, jump in the shower and be ready to go. No make-up (*shudders*), no breakfast (*sigh*) and no coffee (kill me now). I will be in the hospital for three days and not sure of when I will be online after that. Next week for short periods for sure. Until then... See you on the flip side!
[keywords: Health surgery] September 16, 2006Arrrr! Avast!Okay, so I'm starting to play Puzzle Pirates. It's fun so far. You make your own pirate up, play puzzles for money and move up on the ranks. I haven't gone on any pillaging yet. Yeppers... I'm a chicken. :p
[keywords: cyberculture Puzzle_Pirates] September 14, 2006Fucking HMOsI really hate bitching about insurance. I chose to have it instead of paying more for a PPO. And my primary doctor is one of the best out there. I'm amazed at how lucky I was to have gotten him. The insurance gets to me when I am forced to see doctors I wouldn't if I had the choice. Right now I am getting ready to have surgery on Tuesday with a doctor I don't want to have. It's not even about his skill as much as his bedside manner. He was told some wrong information and decided to have a meltdown while on the phone with me. I don't want to get into specifics... but it was pretty insane. The worst part was when he said I was not a patient but an employee and had no right to say anything negative. He never apologized, even after learning that he was wrong. Today was going to be my big day. I was going to finally see him and decide if I could go through with the surgery. After waiting an hour and a half I was greeted by a Fellow who said she would be assisting on the operation and my doctor was out of town until Monday. WTF!?! After going through the motions of signing all the paperwork I walked out in tears. By the time I got into my car I was crying. I don't even know how I made it home. After crying to my doctor and my friend I emailed the surgeon to call me. There's no fucking way I'm going to let him operate without clarifying his intentions. Now I'm back to the waiting game and feel absolutely miserable. Yeah, I'm going to be pleasant to be around...
[keywords: Health surgery HMOs] September 13, 2006Can You Help Me Now?Verizon is gonna love me. I did my first call to the help desk for my new phone. An hour and a half later we figured out the problem and configured my email. I also made a new friend. :D How well do you trust the help desk people? I gave this guy usernames and passwords to three email addresses without even blinking. While we were trying to configure my phone for email I realized the one I was giving him had all the adult photos and videos my friends send to me. After some quick thinking I made a new account just for my phone. How lame is that? For the most part I am usually near a computer at some point during the day. I can't imagine needing another email JUST for road trips. Then again, I can't really explain why I NEEDED to get this phone. *sigh* I need to just stop shopping.
[keywords: Verizon support Treo-700P] September 12, 2006When Websites DieAnyone close to me knows my obsession with cyberculture and memes. One of my favorites was the 100 Things About Me. I did my own 100 Things a while back. At first it was fun. Towards the end it was a bit tedious. When it was over I was kinda sad. It was a way to list personal bits about me and with those bits came memories. A mini walk through my life as it were. I clicked on my page to see what I had written and decided to update a bit. I'm still not happy with how I phrased it, so there is more work to be done. I clicked the link to the original 100 Things page and was surprised to see it was gone. It's not that I expect web pages to live on forever... but this one was something I would have hoped to stay up a while longer. It's funny how you can learn more about a person in one list than 100 posts. I hope the 100 Things posts live on in spirit. There's always new people to the web and with them comes new experiences. PS: I was writing keywords and wrote 100-thongs. Imagine all the disappointed people who would have come across this page on a search. HAH!
[keywords: cyberculture 100-things memes] September 11, 2006From Gangster to GeekI was browsing through the usual social sites and noticed quite a few gangsta poses with gang signs. I always find it humorous to see 'life in the hood' as portrayed by 16 year old middle class kids. Has gang banging really passed over into the web? Drive by hacking: the newest craze. Sobbing mother: My son wasn't a gang banger! I warned him not to use #660000 on his web page! But he wouldn't listen. *sobs* Now look at it! The next time you end up in Compton and a group of gang bangers come walking towards you try asking them for an add. It just might save your ass.
[keywords: myspace social-networking gangstas] September 10, 2006Treo 700P or Furby... YOU DecideMy Treo is haunted. It makes phantom noises for no reason whatsoever. It blips, I look for a message or email. Nothing. It beeps I do the usual searching. Nothing. Maybe it's lonely. My cat will sit in the middle of the hallway and meow until one of us turns around and looks at her. We yell "WHAT!?!" and she comes running up, like she was trapped in some dark hole for weeks and we pulled her out. Typical female wanting attention scheme. :P I place my Treo next to me in hopes that it would stop beeping... or I could at least see why. Last night it freaked :jake: out too. He couldn't figure out what the beeping noise was. When he finally located my phone it was just telling him it had finished recharging. What phone tells you that? Is it an electronical burp? Of all the phones I could get why does it have to be a needy one?
[keywords: Cellphone Treo-700P] September 08, 2006Computer Fans Dying and Sleep StompingJust a few of the things that I have been going through this week. The fan for my heatsink died, leaving me computerless for a couple of days. I was not amused. I've been getting ready for my pre-op appointments next week so it added to the 'not so happy' phase. Hopefully those will go well and I will be on my way to a healthier me. Oh, and last night I got a rude awakening from my boyfriend. There I was, sleeping like a baby when Jake stumbles to the bathroom. A few minutes later he stumbles back in and plops down on my bad knee. You know, the one I've already had surgery on ONCE? Yeah, so anyway... I kicked him off the bed with my other leg and he starts griping at me. I'm in a fetal position trying to breath and he's bitching about being kicked onto the floor. I should have kicked him in the head. :P
[keywords: Health boyfriend jake computer sleep-stomping sleep-walking] September 04, 2006Oh Yeah? Take THAT!Okay, so I just made out like a bandit. My phone battery is dying (again) and Jake is looking into getting a new phone. The smart thing to do is to both get one, right? Okay, work with me on this. I started looking into PDA/Smart phones for Jake. After looking around I started wanting one. Jake was looking into the Treo 700P or 700W so I started to grill him. What do you need that for? When will you need to do a chart on your phone? The most he could come up with was grocery lists and memos. After trying to talk him out of spending a large amount of money on a phone he didn't need I ended up calling to get one. Yeah, stupid me. I went through the whole deal until we got to the online discount. Apparently you can only use that if you're eligible for a new phone, which I wouldn't be until June 2007. I was looking at the prices for new business. When I went through my profile it showed the full price. $600! No fucking way was I paying that. I thanked the girl for her time and hung up, but not before her suggestion that I go into a store. For some reason she thought they might have some magic wand to make that discount happen. Either that or she was counting on me getting a not so bright employee who wouldn't check protocol. After sulking for a minute or five I grabbed the phone and called up our local Verizon store. I started to stumble through my saga and the guy asked for my info. After a couple of seconds he told me I WAS eligible for the deal and to come on down. I threatening to stalk him if he was wrong, hung up the phone and we were off. Twenty minutes later I was buying a brand new phone that I had no idea as to how to use and really didn't need. Four hours later I have yet to play with it. I have to pry it from my boyfriend's cold, dead hands first.
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