Domestic Geek

Hey, today is my dad's 71st birthday.

Happy Birthday, Dad!

It seems that several students attending Longwood University in Farmville, VA are irked at the treatment of current and past students by the school's administration. They've set up a wiki called Longwood University Sucks to try to force the administration to change its policies. While I admire their passion on the subject, I doubt such a move will inspire change. The only thing that talks is money. Only when enough students quit going to such schools and the tuition of remaining students no longer cover expenses will anybody bother to change anything. If these students really feel wronged, however, perhaps they should seek to file some sort of lawsuit or just quit wasting their money on that particular school.

My neighbors over on the next street put up their Christmas decorations today. IT'S ONLY THE 5TH OF NOVEMBER, PEOPLE! I get to go by there everyday as they live on the street that accesses our cul du sac. Plus, they're right across from the mailboxes. Not cool. I can understand excitement over Christmas, but you shouldn't put stuff out until Thanksgiving weekend. As if living in a mobile home park isn't bad enough, you have to go and do that kind of crap. And people wonder why you get burned out on the holiday by the time Christmas comes. *sigh* I wonder if they're really going to light it all, too.

Marcus bought me a yummy caffeinated beverage from Caribou Coffee last night. They opened one up right up the street from us. It's in the same center as Chipotle, Spicy Pickle and soon-to-be Anthony's Pizza & Pasta. Anyway, there is always a "question of the day" at Caribou and if you know the answer, you get 10¢ off your purchase. Yesterday's question was, "What do you call a group of crows?" I knew it was something really bizarre, but I couldn't remember at the time. Marcus looked it up later and the collective noun for crows is murder. Yes, a murder of crows. Apparently, crows kill sick and dying members of their group. Who comes up with these names, anyway?

I actually did a little cross-stitching this afternoon. Man, it's been a long time since I let myself do that. I had an insight about that today. I think I've been subconsciously punishing myself for the mess I've made of my life by not allowing myself to do things that I enjoy. Instead of spurring me to do the things I need to be doing, it's making me resistant to doing those. Just like a pouty, little child or a beast of burden that digs in when whipped instead of moving forward. Definitely a big light bulb moment. So I decided I was going to cross-stitch while I watched X2: X-Men United and I enjoyed it.

I may start that arts and crafts blog I've been meaning to. I'm not sure if I want to put it on a subdomain of ladonnasworld yet. Still thinking on that. Anyway, I need a place separate from here to show works in progress and to put links I find. Like this link i found via Cass' Six Neat Things site today for an online crochet magazine called Crochet Me. I crochet really well and have several projects started. Anyway, I signed up for their newsletter.