Domestic Geek

I broke one of the carndinal rules of web design when I didn't check my blog to see how it looked in other browsers. I just viewed it in Netscape and it looks yucky. SO, to anyone using Netscape, I'm sorry. It looks a whole lot better in IE. If anybody actually reading this uses another browser, email me and let me know. I'd like to get some other browsers to see how things look with them.

Computer hint #215 - Don't eat Chex Mix while using your laptop!
I spent a good hour this morning trying to get pieces of Chex cereal out from under my keys. Smooth move. The stupid L key didn't want to go back on.

I saw "Rush Hour 2" yesterday with Marcus and our friend Mike. It was really good. I've liked every Jackie Chan movie I've even seen. I resisted watching Jackie Chan movies, as I thought they were the same as any other martial arts movie (I can't stand them). Not too long after we starting hanging out together, Marcus inisisted we rent one and I relented. I've been hooked ever since.

Wow, pretty much wasted the whole day. Went to work, came home, watched part of the Tough Enough marathon on MTV that Marcus was watching, napped until 6 p.m., went to store, made dinner, watched some VH1 Classic on the free Dish Network 150 preview and now here I am, needing to go to bed because I have to get up at 4 a.m. to go to work again. I live such an exciting life. The people who were supposed to look at the house cancelled. Oh, well, at least the house is cleaner than it was.

Watching VH1 Classic and the recent MTV 20th Anniversary specials made me yearn for the old days of MTV. Today's MTV lineup seems to be all reality young adult shows--Tough Enough marathon, Road Rules marathon, Real World, etc. I miss actual music videos. Not the hip hop crap that's on sparingly now. I miss Beavis and Butthead. I miss the Remote Control game show. Even VH1 never plays music videos. It's "Behind the Music" all day, every day. VH1 used to do Christmas videos all day Cristmas Eve and Christmas Day. They didn't even do that this last December. Losers. I miss the 80's. I'm so glad I got to go to college in the 80's. My college roommate Angie and I used to be a metalheads (Van Halen, Motley Crue, Scorpions, Ratt, Ozzy, Bon Jovi, Poison, etc.). Oh, those were the days. I used to have really big teased permed hair. The drinking age was still 18, so there were 3.2 dance bars that had quarter pitcher nights. Those rocked. *sighing, with fond memories*

Dang, I feel so poor now. I got my car back around 6 p.m. I'm $970 more in debt than I was when I woke up this morning. Major bummer. At least my car's engine isn't knocking anymore and it doesn't smell like burning oil. What can I expect driving 100-150 miles each and every day? At least I don't deliver pizzas in it anymore. I'm getting depressed thinking about all the stuff on which that much money could've been spent. Stop it.

I should be doing some housecleaning right now. I can't say I feel like it. I want to crawl into bed and hide. I hate getting the house ready for people to look at it. I feel violated. Is that weird?

Here's a great comic bit about INTERNET HELPDESKS. Marcus showed it to me on the high speed connection at CompUsa after we got my car. All the employees were entranced. You could hear them laughing all over the store. At least it got the salespeople to leave us alone and let us browse in peace.

I'm hanging out at Dad's apartment for a few while I'm waiting to go pick Marcus up at work (the car is still in the shop). Man, cable internet rocks! I wish our house would sell soon so we can move to town and get high speed internet. I need to get a new job, but I don't want to look while my living and school arrangements are so unstable. Somebody is supposed to look at it tomorrow, so I've got some major housecleaning to do when I get home. Oh, boy. I really let things go the last couple of weeks when I wasn't feeling well.

I keep forgetting that Dad is left-handed so we set the mouse up for him to use it left-handed. Keep clicking the wrong buttons!