Domestic Geek

Well, I kept some food down today. WooHoo. I didn't go to the printer job again today. Sitting under the air conditioning really screwed me yesterday. My body hurt so bad this morning from the shivering. Ick. Man, Friday's paycheck is going to be pathetic. I slept all day, though, so that really helped. Not being able to keep any fluids in my system has me trying to develop a bladder infection. I've been drinking as much fluids as I could today to try and flush the old system out. I hope I'm successful. The last thing I want is to waste more money trying to fight a round of bladder/yeast infections.

I have yet another reason to have no respect for my boss at the pizza place. One of the employees that he has a thing for left some personal correspondence in the restroom after her shift yesterday. I only know it is hers because I accidentally knocked them down when I grabbed my work clothes and I recognized her handwriting. When he got to work, I saw him carrying her stuff out of the bathroom into the office, where he proceeded to read all of her stuff. Loser. He is so freaking insecure and nosy. I swear he must be a girl the way he acts. I was contemplating telling her that he took her stuff, but I don't want to get involved. That is definitely the most dysfuctional place I have ever worked (although the screenprinter is becoming a top runner). Is there such a thing as a healthy, functioning workplace? I'm beginning to wonder.

I lost 8 pounds in the two days I didn't eat. I'm sure most of that is fluids and will be replaced shortly, but it was good to see the scale lower than it has been. After seeing a picture of myself today that was taken at Laura's wedding a couple of weeks ago, I really realized that I need to do something about my weight. I've been so good at convincing myself that even though the scale says I weigh close to 300 pounds, I'm not really that fat. Even though I can't find clothes that fit at Sears or Penney's, I'm not really that fat. Well, yes, I really am that fat. I didn't recognize myself in that picture. I have the opposite problem that most people do: my self-image is way better than reality. I still have a picture of myself as I was in college. I was still fat, but I was under 200 pounds. I'm glad that Marcus got me a bike for my birthday rather than something computer related. It's going to get some good use. I didn't like what I saw today. That wasn't me.

Well, I'd better try to get some more sleep. I need to get back on my regular schedule, try to get some hours at the printer tomorrow and continue the job search.

UGH, I'm just feeling so damned blue today. Between all of the negative press (not just about the Katrina coverage), hating my jobs, having no money...it's all just wearing me down. I'm not even excited about my birthday coming up on Sunday. Not. One. Little. Bit. I feel like crawling into a hole and hiding. It doesn't help that it's all gray outside. I also haven't eaten today, either. Oh, well.

You know what one skill that one should have to possess before becoming a customer service rep? To be able to enunciate (to pronounce; articulate). Lucky me got stuck with the job of calling the web hosting company to get the site back up. The guy I spoke with was a mumbler. I hate mumblers. I know your job sucks and is totally boring, but open your mouth when you talk. Geez. Oh, and he talks to himself as he types, so I wasn't sure when he was talking to me or to himself. Totally different experience than the lovely young man I spoke with at Canon yesterday when I called to inquire about getting my camera fixed under the warranty. I understood him perfectly.

I guess I should try to get out of here. I haven't done any work since about 10:30. I do need to go get that camera in the mail since my warranty expires on the 12th.

I had a big old long post I was working on since there is no work to do today, but a thunderstorm rolled through, the power went off momentarily and *poof* my post was gone. So, in lieu of the long, rambling rant I was working on, you get:

How to make a LaDonna

Ingredients: 1 part competetiveness 5 parts courage 3 parts beauty

Method: Layer ingredientes in a shot glass. Add a little wisdom if desired!

Maybe I'll try to recreate the post when I get home. *sigh*

Ahhhh....the art director is gone for a couple of hours and I've got the office to myself. I'm listening to 80s music. I'm surfing the net in peace. Heaven!

Man, I have been so busy this week. Not with work, though, but with real life stuff.

One thing that has been taking up my time the last couple of days is trying to get the jerks on myspace.com to stop hotlinking to my AIM.gif. We knew we had a problem about a week ago when the server was getting hammered with requests, but Marcus couldn't tie down what the exact problem was right away. If my or Marcus' sites have been taking forever to load, it was because of these direct linking morons. It turns out that one guy in particular took my little AOL icon and included it in every single comment he put on other myspace sites (and he commented ALOT!) The first night I put a little 100x100 gif in place of the linked image and that took care of a lot of the offeders. The next night I put a 500x500 gif in its place and today I put a .htaccess file in place (made with this online .htaccesss generator) so they can't get the images at all. It turns out people all over are linking to my pictures...one chick even linked to a picture of my old hamster Honey Bear (claiming it was her missing hamster). People suck--especially people at myspace.com. Oh, and if you want to go see really, really bad web design, that's where you go. Some of those myspace sites gave me headaches. UGH!

Marcus' sister, her husband and children were into town over the weekend. On Saturday, Marcus and I met them up at Winter Park Resort. Fortunately, this was before the rocks decided to fall down all over I-70:Marcus noticed a snowplow going the wrong way on I-70 when we were coming back to Denver Saturday night. It had started raining earlier in the evening, so I knew there was either a really bad accident or a rockslide. They finally got I-70 reopened today.

I won a pair of tickets from The Denver Post Score to see the BB King Bluesfest at Coors Amphitheatre on Tuesday. Since Marcus didn't want to go (I figured he wouldn't), I asked the next person that I knew that would reallly appreciate such an event...Dave. What an awesome concert! Even though his band wasn't that tight and I'm sure he doesn't play as well at 80 and he did in his younger years, BB King is an awesome entertainer. I'm so glad I got a chance to see a living legend. The opening acts were Joe Bonamassa, Robert Cray and Kenny Wayne Shephard. I had no idea that Kenny Wayne Shephard was such an awesome blues guitarist. I only knew that Blue on Black song that he does, but he really can play! I'll have to get one or two of his CDs.