Domestic Geek

It's coming up on that time of year, so if anybody is wondering what to get me for Christmas, this is what I want:

anything on my Amazon wishlist in the sidebar -->
Michaels or Hobby Lobby gift cards

I plan on taking an oil painting class in the new year. The next one starts January 14, 2006. It's part of the nurture my inner child/artist plan. I have been wanting to take the oil painting class offered by Aurora Parks and Rec for over two years and I always talk myself out of it because, in addition to the $59 the class costs, the supplies are another $100. So, that's what I want for Christmas.

Sorry for being absent the last week. Between the job loss and the crap at the pizza place, I've been really depressed. Even though I hated the manager's guts and am not really sorry that he killed himself (just shocked that he actually did it), the workplace has been a little stressful. The power struggles and backstabbing resumed the day after we all found out about it. Top it off with the fact they kept closing the store resulting in a $200 loss in income for me last week. I've felt like being a hermit and hiding from the world. I've been wearing the same clothes all week (t-shirt and sweatpants) and eating everything in sight. The weather has been crappy and I've been doing a lot of sitting on the couch watching mindless television. I'm starting to see holiday commercials and it sucks once again not having the funds to really "go all out." I'm still feeling positive that things will be better after all this, but sometimes you just need to feel bad. Especially during one of the worst astrological periods in a long time. Several retrogrades hit this month. Marcus calls astrology crap, but after some stuff that's happened to him this month, he may be wavering on that belief.

I may have an interview tomorrow for a part-time job. Part-time is better than no job at all. I keep playing phone tag with the lady that placed the ad on craigslist. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

I found out that the Trans-Siberian Orchestra is going to be in town next week. I really wanted to go the next time they came through, but I don't have spare cash right now and I can't find anybody giving away tickets. Booooooo!

Well, I'd better post this and go back to watching the news. The Aurora police announced that the little six-year-old girl they've been searching for the last three days, Aarone Thompson, may indeed have been murdered over a year ago. That's so sad and sick that the dad comes up with this bogus runaway story. They whole story didn't smell right from day one. I guess that explains why they didn't have a more recent photo of her than the one that was 18 months old.