Domestic Geek

Late as usual, I know:



1) Girls of the world ain't nothin' but...
Shallow, back-stabbing, two-faced, pains-in-the-butt. Ouch, did I type that? Sorry, even though I am technically a girl, I've never got along with them much and most of my good "girlfriends" are more of the tomboyish type. I'd rather hang out with a bunch of guys anyday.

2) Who's the meaning in your life, who's your inspiration?
It is my boyfriend, Marcus. Some days I don't think I'd be able to go on if he wasn't around. My friend Traci is also a great source of inspiration.

3) What do people like about you? (Bonus: Do you really know how to dance?)
I don't know, does anybody even like me? Just kidding, but you'd have to ask them.
Sorry, I don't dance. Not that I couldn't, I just never learned how. I used to try when I clubbed in the 80's. Of course, I was ususally extremely intoxicated.

4) Are you an innocent wo/man?
Nope, haven't been for a veeeeeery long time.

5) Is your house in the middle of your street?
No, actually, it's at the very end. Thank goodness we only have icky white trash neighbors on one side of the house.

6) Did you have Pac-Man fever?
I did. I think we had it on our old Atari game system. I really sucked at it, though. I know my mom kicked butt on it.

7) Do you always feel like, somebody's watching you? And you have no privacy? (Woah, oh, oh, oh.)
Yes, Yes I do (see yesterday's rant). I can hardly wait until the day Marcus and I have our acreage and I can truly have privacy.

8) Why do they call it the blues?
I know it's based on the jazz term, but I don't know where that name originated, either, and I'm too lazy to look it up. I wish there was a different term because I actually like the color blue. It's a serene and peaceful color. They really should call it the grays or olive greens or something yucky like that.

Current mood: thirsty
I'm soooo thirsty. It's taking forever for my iced tea pot to brew the tea. Waaaaaa!

Well, the first day went well, except for the car not starting this morning at all. Marcus let me take his truck to school and he managed to get mine started by hitting the starter with a hammer so he could get to work. He just called and told me he's going to pick up a starter and put it in this evening. Can anybody lend me $100? I hate being this cash poor.

Man, you should see all the crap they sent me home with today. I stopped by Dad's to borrow a luggage carrier so I can cart it all around.

Can you believe the Hayman fire, the largest fire in Colorado history at 100,000+ acres, was started by an employee of the National Forest Service!? I'm not sure if I'm buying her story about the burning of a letter from her estranged husband as the cause of the fire. Even if this is true, the dumb-assed bitch should've known better. I hope she's proud of herself. I personally have been affected from the smoke and stuff and I'm pissed as hell at her. I can only imagine how the people who have lost or been displaced from their homes are feeling towards her right now.

Current mood: aggravated
I really hate when a day totally sucks ass.

I got up late because I went to bed late last night. Not good on the weekend when I don't have Marcus' help to do dough and I have to do two days' worth at both stores by myself. Even though the sales were down at one of the stores, the dough amount I had to do was higher than expected. Why? More cheaper pizzas. I hate that. So, less dollar sales means smaller paycheck. Yippee.

Then, poor Dad is ill so we couldn't go out for a Father's Day meal. That totally bites to be sick on "your" day.

I called Marcus to let him know I'd be home earlier than I expected and he informed my that my website was down. Damn it! Some kind of DNS issue on my host's end. That was totally frustrating. What was really frustrating is that we could get to the site and even comment on it from behind our proxy (IP's cached). Of course, he wasn't answering his phone. I hate it when I have an idea of what's wrong and I have absolutely no power to fix it.

So, I get home, surf a little and then was going to go to the store to get the last few things I needed to fix dinner and the car won't start. Marcus put the new battery in that I bought yesterday, so I guess it wasn't a battery problem. Now what? Starter, who knows? Like I've got time to try and get a car into the shop when I'm starting school tomorrow. Not only that, I have no funds to finance another car repair. Let me tell you, the shit today was really starting to get old.

So, I come back from the store to find that my dickhead neighbors took their weedeater to the edge of my flower bed. I was purposely letting the weeds get a little big so that the weed killer I was going to purchase tomorrow would be more effective. Thanks, Assholes! I hate those people next door. It's bad enough that I can't ever set foot outside my house without one of them standing there and I can't open my patio door because one of them is always there smoking and I can't even wash my dishes without one of them being there and their fucking shed has been a sore spot with me since they moved in and their rat bastard dogs take dumps in my walkway, now this. I wish that woman would make those creepy adult sons of hers grow up and move out on their own and let me have some of the peace I used to have before they all moved in. When we first moved here almost four years ago this place was livable. It didn't have a mobile home park feel. Well, none of those cool people live here anymore and all this white trash crap has moved in and I can't take it anymore. At least with school starting, I won't be around much to have to deal with it.

So, here I am, fuming over all this shit and pissed off even more that I'm letting it get to me. Not only that, but I need to go to bed soon and I haven't accomplished squat today. Grrrrrr.

[deep breath]

Well, that's quite the rant I had. Sorry to unload all of that. It has been such a depressing day that even crying didn't make me feel better. *sigh*

Ok, well, I did download Mozilla today. It seems to be a cool browser. I've heard good things about it on the tech shows and such. It has an old Netscape feel. Marcus really digs that. It's interesting to see how web sites look and act in different browsers. I'm going to get Opera, also. If anyone who reads this uses another browser that they really like, I'd love the recommendation.

I watched a totally bizarre movie with my friend Nina yesterday. It was called Shadow of the Vampire with John Malkovitch. It was really bizarre. The bad thing is they killed off Cary Elwes (Princess Bride). He's so dreamy...I was really upset when the vampire killed him. *sniff*

I was just checking out Apple's web site because I had heard that they have special offers for students. Yeah, right. The only specials there were the same ones I've seen at the Apple Store and at CompUsa. I would really love to get a G4. Well, if I can qualify for any scholarships that would cover it, maybe. Marcus finally set me up an account on his G4 so I can learn to use OsX, at least. It seems pretty cool. We were playing with iPhoto last night. It rocks! Now I just need a better digital camera and a digital video camera and I'm set. HA! Man, I'm dreaming again. Somebody pinch me. (ouch)

1. How often do you do laundry?
Only when absolutely necessary. It's usually when I'm out of something, like underwear or socks. Marcus is ususally more inclined to do laundry more often. He ususally does it about once a week. How cool is that?

2. What's in a typical wash load?
We separate everything. There is usually do a load of lights, a load of darks and a load of towels.

3. Front or top loader? Powder or liquid detergent?
I've got a Sears Kenmore top loading washer and use Gain powder with bleach (Marcus' detergent preference).

4. Do you use fabric softener in the rinse cycle?
Nope. We do use unscented Bounce dryer sheets. I'm allergic to anything scented.

5. Dryer or clothesline?
We have a matching Sears Kenmore dryer. I hate drying clothes on a line. Too much work.