Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Wed
31
Jan
2007

UK Apple Ads

Marcus and I were sitting here watching CSI: Miami from Monday and an Apple Mac/PC ad came on. That reminded him of something he wanted me to see. Apparently, Apple UK has their very own British actors doing "I'm a Mac/I'm a PC" commercials. Check them out on the Apple UK Ads site.

Edit: From a comment: Apple Japan Ads. Not as humorous since I don't understand Japanese, but still cool to see the ads with different actors.

Posted by LaDonna at 03:43 PM on 01/31/07 • Permalink • Comments [1]

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Monday, January 29, 2007

Mon
29
Jan
2007

Moron Former Coworkers

I hadn't yet received my W2 from the pizza place at which used to work. Unfortunately, I worked two pay periods there last year. I specifically left a letter to the owner asking him to change my address with payroll (even though I give him this address right after we moved and my last paycheck still had our Byers address on it). Marcus got a phone call last Friday from someone there asking if he still had contact with me because they didn't have my phone number. We just assumed that my W2 had been returned and they wanted me to come get it, so I didn't bother calling anyone back. Since Marcus had to have a computer part dropped off at his old workplace (less than a mile from the pizza place) and I owe him a TON of favors for supporting me during this long underemployment period, I just drove up there today after work.

I AM SO GLAD I NO LONGER WORK WITH THOSE DYSFUNCTIONAL, MORONIC FOOLS! The owner actually did change my address, just nobody could be bothered to put the stupid form in the mail. There is STILL a shrine to the manager that killed himself in November 2005 (even though everybody there supposedly couldn't stand the guy). The manager that left right after I did to open his own restaurant is back because his 2nd wife left him and the business failed. I've never seen that place so trashed. Amazing.

I was so close to going back there to work when my unemployment ran out. I'm so glad I didn't.

Posted by LaDonna at 01:48 PM on 01/29/07 • Permalink • Comments [1]

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Mon
29
Jan
2007

My Fine is $600.60

OK, I've seen this all over the net, but most recently at Amy's site, so here goes:

Here's how it works: You don't have to confess your answers, just the amount of your fine. (Not per incident!) Tally up your score and post it on your blog with the title "My Fine Is"?

(infractions are in the extended)

Posted by LaDonna at 01:24 PM on 01/29/07 • Permalink • Comments [0]

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Sunday, January 28, 2007

Sun
28
Jan
2007

Adobe Illustrator Magazine

One of the things I really missed while being underemployed was getting Photoshop User and Layers magazines. At $10 a pop, those were one of the first things I cut from my budget. Well, Friday I splurged and got an issue of Layers. I'm hoping in the next month I can get my subscription going again. Anyway, there was an ad in there for a magazine I would love to get: Adobe® Illustrator® Techniques. Unfortunately, a yearly subscription to that publication is $80/yr. Out of my budget right now unless I can find it monthly at the newsstand. I love working in Illustrator and really miss learning new techniques. One of my goals is to become Adobe Illustrator certified.

Posted by LaDonna at 02:05 PM on 01/28/07 • Permalink • Comments [1]

• Filed under: Design • Illustrator •

Sun
28
Jan
2007

Having a Better Day

Well, at least today is going better than yesterday.

We went to CompUsa to exchange the Animusic DVD. Wouldn't you know it...there were no more in stock. *sigh* Oh, well. At least they took it back. The good news is they had a manager's special on the iSight Accessory Kit. It has a magnetic stand (among other ones) that attaches the camera to the top of a cinema display. It normally retails for almost $30, but they were on sale for $2.97. Whee! Marcus and I each snagged one. Now my iSight is sitting happily atop my display, just like at the Apple Store. Now if only I had somebody to chat with.

They're having a Dumb Friend's League telethon on Fox31 today. I'm sad...that's where we got Skippy from. I really want another dog, but I'm going to be strong and not do it until we get out of this park. I am going to blog for them as my charity this year in the Blogathon. I was torn as to which charity to pick last year, but I went with Livestrong because I knew that Marcus would donate for that charity. I've thought about volunteering down there, but I don't think I could do it. Not being able to save every animal would kill me.

Posted by LaDonna at 11:29 AM on 01/28/07 • Permalink • Comments [0]

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