Domestic Geek

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.

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.

Man, yesterday stunk. It was just a series of frustrations.

I woke up to yet MORE SNOW yesterday morning. They said on the news it would snow again yesterday AFTERNOON and since dad and I were going to lunch yesterday, I figured that would be fine. Snow all you want after I get my father back safely to his abode. No such luck.

I have not gotten one single visit on my Thursday Thirteen post I made. WTF?

Marcus and I are still sick. He's way worse off than I am, though. The weekends are usually our time to try to tidy up and get chores done around the house. Not this weekend. Actually, I haven't done much house cleaning at all lately and it shows around here. I've been in such a depressed funk since Skippy's passing. I need to get my house organized.

Since I didn't feel like cleaning, I figured I'd find out what's making this site load so damn slowly and fix some of the CSS issues I'm having with my sidebar. I don't really want to make a new design while this one still has issues. I got nowhere with that. I'm going to have to recode my sidebar from scratch, I think. It annoyed the heck out of me.

Marcus is getting a pretty decent sized tax return this year, so while he was at CompUsa buying himself a new gaming mouse, he splurged and bought me a copy of that Animusic DVD that I was talking about last week. When I got home and opened it up, there was no DVD in the case. Grrrrr!

I missed recording Monk and Psych on Friday. I set the timer to get them last night and when I sat down to watch Psych, the front end was cut off. I set it again for today. We'll see how this works out.

I'm sure there was more, but I'll leave it at that. Except for lunch with Dad, I'd like "do over" for the whole rest of the day.

I'm sick and I am too out of it to come up with something mindboggling this week. So, I present to you (in no particular order):

Thirteen of My Favorite Movies

1. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
   My favorite of all the Star Trek Films. The crew comes back to 1980s earth to bring a couple of humpback whales to the future.
2. Xanadu
   My guilty pleasure. Olivia Newton John, Gene Kelly, muses, Greek mythology, big bands, rollerskating, soundtrack by ELO. Good times.
3. My Cousin Vinny
   This was one of the first movies Marcus and I saw together. It's his favorite movie and has some awesome dialogue. Vinny Gambini: "Perhaps the laws of physics cease to exist on your stove. Were these magic grits? Did you buy them from the same guy who sold Jack his beanstalk beans?"
4. Amadeus
   The story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart told by Antonio Salieri from an insane asylum to a priest. While I'm sure many liberties were taken with the story line, it was a great movie. Plus, Tom Hulce made a great "Wolfy." Great soundtrack album, as well.
5. Toy Story
   I love everything that Pixar has put out, but this one is still my favorite by far. I love Randy Newman's music, too.
6. The Matrix
   This movie really got me to thinking. What if we really are stuck in a Matrix and our lives are only in our minds? Hm. I was totally intrigued by the symbolism and stuff the film makers put into it. The 2nd one was pretty decent. Too bad the third one sucked monkey balls.
7. Pretty in Pink
   I love the movies that came out in the 80s. This one is by far my favorite, probably because I had a thing for Andrew McCarthy.
8. The Princess Bride
   Classic fairy tale type of story, but funnier. I loved Cary Elwes in this. Inigo Montoya: "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father prepare to die."
9. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
   Yes, one of the reasons I love this is my thing for Johnny Depp. Plus, Orlando Bloom helps, too. It's a good story, though. The special effects are pretty darned cool.
10. American Pie
    I couldn't decide whether to put this or Porky's on the list. They're both hysterical. I think I chose thing because I love the band camp chick.
11. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
    Not the one that Johnny Depp made recently, but the original 1971 version. I love Gene Wilder. The boat scene scared me when I first saw it. The soundtrack was awesome, too.
12. The Wedding Singer
    I like just about everything Adam Sandler does, but pair him with Drew Barrymore and you get an awesome movie (I really love 50 First Dates, too).
13. Grumpy Old Men
    Jack Lemmon and Walter Mathau made a great team. It cracked me up watching two old guys fighting over a girl.

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Bah, it snowed alot again yesterday. I am so sick of this stupid snow. I'm tired of ice and wet feet and chapped lips. I hate wearing a heavy coat and scraping my car windows. The only good thing I can say about all of this is I'm glad I don't work in Larkspur or live in Byers anymore.