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« June 2007 | Main | August 2007 » July 31, 2007Busy BusyThis is going to be a busy week for me, so don't expect much. I'm going to be pushing myself to pack away all my things so that we will have an easy time of moving furniture come Friday. Saturday we'll be busting our asses putting in the floor and Sunday we'll be enjoying a nice, new place... compliments of Ikea and my two friends who graciously offered to help. So far the place is looking great as far as newly painted walls go. Who needs a new place when you can do a little touch up here and there for half the price. Woo hoo!
[keywords: apartment home] July 27, 2007Money and the Need for ImprovementSo many things to do... and such a big limit on the credit card. It's so tempting just to charge it all and pay off later. If we just got the floors, the paint, the tools the put them on and the A/C we'd be okay. That is... until the bill arrived. Then I'd have to come up with a way to pay it. I'm okay with it until Jake starts mentioning other things... then I start to worry. We need to write down a list of what we want in the order of need VS desire and the cost. Everything goes below his teeth, which are more important. I think the biggest issue is moving the idea into the reality phase. Telling me that starting a savings account is all good until three months later when nothing has been saved and we need to buy things. *sigh* Goals...
[keywords: Life apartment home] July 25, 2007ROAR!Oh yes, the PMS stick has hit me especially hard this week. It started with a bitch fest between my boss and I that deteriorated into us saying "FINE" back and forth. I think I won that one, but not before my friend left the office practically stapling her finger to stop from laughing. Not one of my finest hours... Then I came home planning on eating a healthy salad only to find some funky ass brand salad dressing that tasted like oil slick. After that I dialed Jake's cellphone and left a bitch mail while looking for some Chili to cook and went balistic when I couldn't find any. After throwing myself into my chair and bitching about him in the IRC channel I went back to see if there was anything to cook. I stood on a chair and found a lone can of Chili shoved in the back... in a plastic bag. Then there was the cheese. Use before July 16th... Oh yes, I was NOT happy. Luckily for my boss (and myself) she isn't going to be in the office for the rest of the week. JakeD is SOL...
[keywords: Work boyfriend pms jaked] July 24, 2007Stalker ModeWe've decided to rip out the old carpet and put wood floors down in our apartment. The carpet we have now is beyond nasty and I am at my wit's end trying to clean it. I've used deep cleaners and the water still turns black. After HOURS of cleaning I was finally told it was the layer underneath the carpet that disintigrated from being so old (the building was built in the 1950s). After Caufield and Kitty offered to help I decided it was time to make a change. Plus, seeing their new apartment made me dream of the day we can move into something bigger. I asked for the time off and we started to make a game plan. The only thing left is to find out if the manager says it will be okay. Before that we also have to find out if the place is going to be around for a while. Here comes the sob story.... A few months back the city building inspectors made their rounds and wrote up our building for a few small issues... and some big ones. They painted my bathroom, kitchen, the bedroom ceiling and even installed new outlets that were grounded. After the guy came through and gave us the okay the manager received a notice about the four apartments on the side of the building. Aparently they're illegal. Oh joy, oh rapture. A hearing date was set to decided what to do about them. I believe it was in July. Four apartments is a lot of money to lose if they decide against the building and my guess is the owner won't want to keep it. Considering all the nice new apartment buildings popping up around us our place could go for a pretty penny... and be torn down for something a LOT nicer. We can afford to move if we have to. We just won't be living as comfy as we are now. I'd rather stay at my current place (I literally pay HALF of what a new one bedroom costs) and save money for a house. Yesterday I started calling my manager to see if the verdict was in and he had any idea of what was going to happen. I got his answering machine both times. Today... same thing. Now I'm getting antsy and have been robodialing his phone to see if he answers. So far... nothing. I don't want to leave a gazillion messages but it's getting a bit annoying. I'm also running out of excuses for making multiple calls. Pick up the damn phone already!!!! GAH!
[keywords: Life apartment home] July 23, 2007Ikea is HellThis weekend JakeD and I offered to go to Ikea and help cart the furniture to their new place. Rav4s are great for carrying large loads without looking too big. Anyway, after walking through the MANY sections of Ikea we made it to the end. Everyone was tired, our feet hurt and all we wanted to do was get the hell out of there. Caufield suggested I bring the truck around while they checked out. After finding a decent parking space in the loading area I called. "Uh, it's going to be a bit." Lovely... So I sat in the air conditioned car and waited. A minute later I felt a bump against my car. It actually rocked the car. I look over and some ditzy blonde is leaning her car door against mine. I jumped out and she quickly moved it. I was pissed. She finally got her stuff in and drove off. Not TWO MINUTES later I feel another car rocking bump. WTF!?! I jump out and this time the chick looks, and then ignores me. Her car is parked slanted so she can hardly open the door. I went into bitch mode. Me: HEY! By that time her friend had jumped out of the other side and led her away, closing the door. I stood there in the heat, staring them down. I could have spit nails by that point. Two minutes later (after having to move everything back out because they put the car keys in the trunk before piling the boxes in) they warily drove off. I loathe inconsiderate people...
[keywords: Friends shopping weekends ikea] July 20, 2007The Sky is Blue and You're an AssUnforgiven and I were talking about a troll who posted about their town getting back to Christian values and shops closing on Sundays. He went on to offer the businesses that were open up for review by their council to see who would stay open. As a coupe de grah he said their also shouldn't be any drinking on Sunday, G-d's day of rest. To say the least, I wasn't amused. What about the non Christians who live in their town? Should they be made to stay home and act like Christians too? He also stated that they shouldn't drink on Sundays either. Riiight. Armchair bible thumpers are the worst. they preach to the Heavens about what's right and wrong without knowing the actual answers. I have lived this way my whole life. Part of me feels guilty for not following my religion more. Frankly, I can't afford to take off during Jewish holidays and my job doesn't work on Christian ones. I don't protest (to them) and respect their holidays. I don't bitch about decorations unless they expect me to put them up. All in all I think I'm pretty fair about the whole 'not my religion but you have fun' stance. It only gets me riled when some moron decides to preach about how we should be following Christian ways, blah blah blah... as a society. Some people see it as a harmless albeit insensitive gesture. To me, it's an insult. Not only to myself, but to my friends who are also non Christians. Be they Jewish, Muslim, Atheist or other... they deserve the respect of not having to volley insensitive comments about living their life. I'm not asking for much. I don't want the society to be sooo PC that you can't say 'Boo' without offending a Satanist. I just want a little common sense used when asking for changes that affect society as whole, and not just your local Church goers.
[keywords: Society religion Judaism] July 18, 2007Sno-Cone, Anyone?It's freezing at my work! If it's above 68 degrees I'll eat my panties. Try typing with frozen fingers. GAH! I can't believe they expect me to type like this. We went through this last year and had to resort to gloves scarves. You'd think this was the East coast in the winter with all the jackets and blankets draped over people just so they could work. I swear I'm half expecting to see my breath. Meanwhile all the heifers with hot flashes who bitch about the slightest change in temperature are cheery and I'm freezing my ass off. I'll probably regret this in ten years or so but right now I feel like they should stick a couple of ice cubes up their butts and let me thaw out. The worst part is it's still stuffy in here. No wonder I have yet another sinus infection. Bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch.... And I'm not even PMSing... YET. Fear my blog, man...
[keywords: Rant Work coworkers] July 17, 2007The Iron Fist of Authority...meets the laziness of state employees. Yesterday my boss went to a meeting and I was left in charge of making sure the calls were being taken care of. Abandonment rate is a big deal for a phone center, which doesn't mean the employees care. Left and right people were putting themselves on Not Ready, making call outs when three people were in the cue and just not caring. By the end of the day I wanted to rip my hair out and dance on their lazy heads. You'd think they would care that each call is a person in need of medical attention. But they were too busy fucking around and not hustling when the busy time started. I'll bet they'd hustle if each call lost equaled an hour of pay. Fuckers...
[keywords: Rant Work coworkers] July 16, 2007Boredom at WorkYou know work is boring when you resort to extreme close-up sideways photos with the cam phone. I swear my cell phone shots are rivaling my camera shots on my Flickr account. If only the color was better.I want to go out and take more photos, but don't want to fill my page with random shots of birds and flowers. Then again, filling it with random shots of me at work isn't much better. I think it's time for another field trip! I still have to upload photos from my El Capitan outing and the San Diego zoo. Part of it is laziness on my part (resizing/sharpening/etc...) and then there's... Actually, it's just laziness. :/ I need to just get my ass in gear and start doing what I want. Part of my problem is my TV mentality. Everything's exciting for about a month, then I lose interest. The other part is only wanting to do things with JakeD. I want to travel, but only if he wants to. I want to start photographing, but only if he wants to join me. I know I need to do things on my own, but I'm in this 'share our lives' routine that makes everything else just sound boring. *sigh*
[keywords: Life Flickr me] July 12, 2007Personal GrowthWhen I first started on the web I was a normal American internet surfer. I lived in my bubble where foreign news was a blip on the screen and nothing more. Two seconds of a statistic. A death count. Then on to fluffy kitties and children who did lame science projects. I was pro military, pro death penalty and everyone loved the US in my eyes. And why wouldn't they? After all, we had ALL the technology, the medical breakthroughs and good will donations. When I first saw anti-American sentiment I was shocked. How could they not like us? More and more negative comments came up and I chalked it up to ignorance. After all, they didn't know us. Then 9/11 hit and the world came flooding in. Slowly my eyes opened, REALLY opened, and I saw what other people saw. The bullying. The arrogance. The facade. Our media fed us Grade A American Born propaganda and we joyfully swallowed each bite. After all, we were the good guys. Six years later I am still forming a more enlightened opinion of the world and our role in it. I support the military, but not it's actions. The death penalty isn't a deterrent... and is hard for me to support. My country... that's the hardest one. Someone asked me how I could love ground. That it made no sense. To them, the only place you should feel a sort of dedication to ends at your front door. I can understand his point, but I am not ready to make that change. I probably never will. For all our mistakes it's still a great place to live. The hardest part for me is to read comments from people just starting on the web. The 'unenlightened' souls that swear the US of A is the best place to be and our military is nothing short of heroic. They beat their chests and swear we're the most powerful country and everyone else just needs to follow our lead and it will be okay. G-d help those who don't. One nation, ONE religion and everyone else is tolerated... but barely. Racism is okay when it's against those who are different. Our Constitution is just like the Bible... Unless the Bible has different ideas. The worst part is that they don't want to learn. They don't want to know how others feel. They just don't care. One world. One life (seriously, shut up). One kind. Simple rules we all can follow with this in mind. I wonder if we'll ever get to the point of breaking down the walls that keep us from growing. If we can just get past the borders....
[keywords: Life Rant Internet] July 11, 2007On the Low Low My Ass...The Creepy IT Chick does it again. I ask her why her report is off by ten appointments and she tries the 'oh you know, we're going to be off by some' bullshit. I ask her to show me which ones and she starts a whole line of bullshit about the data I give her, blah blah blah... including that it doesn't have the same information. WTF!?! I ask her to show me and after some extra bullshit she pulls up the report. EVERYTHING is there. She starts in with the discussion MONTHS ago and how we agreed to do this and that... whch was major bullshit. After pointing that out (politely) she realizes its on her part and says she has to figure out what's going on. Fast forward to our meeting with her boss and mine. After she's called on the carpet for the time it takes her to run the reports (hours turns into minutes) my boss starts asking for control of the reports again. While I appreciate her help, it would seem we lose more than gain with it. I mention the issue and she practically dives in to say it's being fixed. Both bosses miss that exchange and I am left with getting a Macro that doesn't work. The hell with that! I confront my boss (in the bathroom) and tell her what's happening. She goes into a long bitch session that I can only cut in on by flushing (I am so getting a flushing sound for my desk). In the end she wants me to alert her boss so she doesn't expect me to get incorrect data. Lovely... I hate feeling like a snitch, but this chick is Pro when it comes to bullshitting. Lately she's been in the dog house for not following through with her work (even being suspended for three days) and she's not even a fulltime employee. I just hope to get the Macro before she takes off and I am left with hours of work again. Oy...
[keywords: Work boss coworkers Creepy_IT_Chick] July 10, 2007Vacation Was Fun Part TwoThis weekend I finally got to meet my online friend, Kittyroze and her wonderful boyfriend Caufield. We had a blast driving around and just chatting about everything and anything. They scored early on a great little apartment building and was able to enjoy their time in LA, which was bonus for me. It was nice to have people over who were down to earth and had similar views. Jake and Caufield were like two peas in a pod (inset spooning joke here) and we spent half the time teasing them. On Sunday we went to Jerry's Famous Deli and had an interesting conversation. Kitty and I had ours and Jake and Caufield had theirs. The people next to us watching in amazement, which was humorous in itself. I did the typical blonde move and managed to go from West Hollywood to the Valley in one wrong turn. Yay me. They leave tomorrow to go and pack, which I feel saddened by. I know they're moving here but I had such an enjoyable time I didn't want it to end. I'm such a wuss.
[keywords: Friends vacation] July 09, 2007Vacation Time Was Fun! Part 1After FINALLY getting my DSL back up and running we were off to vacation. Figures... Let me do a re-cap: The 4th of July was spent on the phone with Verizon Online Support. That's right, I spent my day off fucking around with my computer. After a few hours we finally located the problem: My boyfriend is a dork. Instead of hooking up the modem to the router he just hooked it up to my computer, then hooked the router to an empty cord. After realizing the blunder it was pretty easy to reset the router and get both computers back online. Then came the speed test. It was not as fast as they claimed it would be so I waited for a half hour to get a call back about that. I was told that I actually COULD get the 3mb speed and they were going to work on it. Meanwhile I'm trying to find the pricing difference to see if I really wanted it. I get the call back that my speed is now at the maximum. I was just so relieved that I didn't bother asking about the billing. We spent the rest of the holiday relaxing at home and nixed the holiday crowd. Holidays suck balls when they are right in the middle of the week. Your day off is the night before and you can't enjoy the holiday because you know work is the next day. Add to the fact that we only had one computer online and this holiday was less than festive. The only good part is I took Friday off to go to San Diego so I came back for one day and was off again. Part 2 tomorrow: San Diego here we come!
[keywords: vacation Verizon dsl] July 02, 2007Sliding ThroughI was driving home spewing the usual curses that accompany a drive on the 405 when I stopped in mid curse. "Oh my fucking G-..." It hit me... I am so going to Hell just for my mouth alone. Then I thought about the judgment day, when your life passes before you and all your sins are played back to you. I figure at this rate G-d might get tired of the endless flow of profanity and let me slide just to not have to listen to it. Hey, it's worth a shot...
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