Domestic Geek

1. What do you have your browser start page set to?
iWon.com: I get five points everytime I open the browser to improve my chances of becoming a millionaire. Hey, a girl can dream, can't she?

2. What are your favorite news sites?
I don't go to news sites. I get enough news on the radio during the day.

3. Favorite search engine?
What else? Google

4. When did you first get online?
January, 1999. Has it only been three years? Marcus got himself a Biondi Blue iMac for his birthday and we've been online ever since.

5. How do you plan to spend your weekend?
Looking for a new job is going to be tops on the list of to-dos this weekend. I'm going to scavenge parts of three old computers Marcus brought home to build a Linux box so I learn to be a Unix administrator. I'm also going to work on this snowman kit I bought half-off at an after-Christmas sale.

If the weather would warm up, I'd clean out my car. The weatherpeople aren't giving me much hope of that, though.

From my friend Rev:

Current mood: frustrated
The owner informed me today that he doesn't have enough money for payroll, so I'd better step up my job search because he won't be able to pay me much longer. Nice way to start a day, huh? He told the head manager (who was there at the time to do the food order) that he wouldn't be getting his entire bonus, either. Let me tell you, the morale is high. To top things off, the dough hook on one of the mixers is jacked and has been jacked for months. The owner has known and refused to do anything about it. Well, the thing wouldn't come off and I was fighting with it. It suddenly gave way and I slammed my face into the mixer. Now my cheek is red and puffy and I'll see if I have a bruise in the morning. I am so pissed off. These things may temporarily solve his money crunch, but he's still not getting to the root of the problem: crappy managers, poor labor management, poor product, poor customer service, etc. The jerk needs to get his ass in the store and work and find out why he's losing sales. Of course, I laid out all the reasons his sales were plummeting LAST FEBRUARY, so I guess he's not too concerned about fixing the problems. The ship is sinking, the rats have deserted and I need to find a lifeboat.

Still no ICQ. Marcus waited on the phone for half an hour for tech support from Earthlink because we couldn't connect to the mail servers, either. He gave up. I was able to check my mail today, but it's still anybody's guess who is at fault for the ICQ problems. Dang, I like ICQ better than AIM and I dont' have AIM configured on this computer. I swear, it would be so nice if everything worked the way it should when it should. I know, I'm dreaming.

Well, I'm going to go work on my wolf rug for about a half hour and then I'm going to bed. Anger really takes a lot out of you.

Came across this list today. Man, I'm feeling old.

25 SIGNS THAT YOU ARE GROWN UP...

1. Your potted plants are alive. And you can't smoke any of them.
   
2. Having sex in a twin-sized bed is absurd.
   
3. You keep more food than beer in the fridge.
   
4. 6:00 AM is when you get up, not when you go to sleep.
   
5. You hear your favorite song on an elevator.
   
6. You carry an umbrella because you watch the Weather Channel.
   
7. Your friends marry and divorce instead of hookup and breakup.
   
8. You go from 130 days of vacation time to 7.
   
9. Jeans and a sweater no longer qualify as 'dressed up.'
   
10. You're the one calling the police because those darn kids next door don't know how to turn down the stereo.
    
11. Older relatives feel comfortable telling sex jokes around you.
    
12. You don't know what time Taco Bell closes anymore.
    
13. Your car insurance goes down and your car payments go up.
    
14. You feed your dog Science Diet instead of McDonald's.
    
15. Sleeping on the couch makes your back hurt.
    
16. You no longer take naps from noon to 6 p.m.
    
17. Dinner and a movie - The whole date instead of the beginning of one.
    
18. Eating a basket of chicken wings at 3 a.m. would severely upset, rather than settle, your stomach.
    
19. You go to the drugstore for Ibuprofen and antacids, not condoms and pregnancy test kits.
    
20. A $4.00 bottle of wine is no longer 'pretty good stuff.'
    
21. You actually eat breakfast foods at breakfast time.
    
22. "I just can't drink the way I used to," replaces "I'm never going to drink that much again."
    
23. Over 90% of the time you spend in front of a computer is for real work.
    
24. You don't drink at home to save money before going to a bar.
    
25. You read this entire list looking for one sign that doesn't apply to you!

Current mood: aggravated
Well, no ICQ again today. Must be something on Earthlink's end because NOTHING changed here today. ARGH! Wouldn't it be nice if just once everything worked the way it is supposed to?