A CALL FOR HELP Need help guys. Wouldn't normally ask, but this is a crisis. Been having all kinds of problems with my domains. Disappearing for days at time, lost emails, etc. The host just really sucks. Well I've had it and I've told the owner off at this point because it's been over six weeks and I've not had any access to one of my domains. No login so no email access and no ability to get into the account.
I need to move ASAP. It will be $80 for an entire year of hosting for my domain. Which is about a third the cost I was paying already. I'm trying to raise money as quickly as possible. A few bucks from a few people will greatly help. I have four domains I need to pay to move and despite my temp job, I won't get paid for several weeks. I don't have several weeks to wait. If I can't raise the money quickly, I won't have a site for all that time. I'll disappear for about a month. I really don't want to do that. I don't want to lose my site for that long.
Please, anything you can help with - even just a couple bucks - I really, really appreciate it. If you want instead to buy something, then please check out my PhoenixFire Designs for horn orders or jewelry orders. Anything. I just need to raise the money quickly.
If the button doesn't work, you can send a pay-pal payment to webmaster@drinkdeeplyanddream.com (that's the account my paypal is under). I can't tell you how stressed I am over not having the money to make the move and knowing that at any time, my site might just disappear - they can and will pull the plug. Help me move before that happens.
Is it 1pm yet? Bah. Who knew four hours could feel so long? Ah well, I could having been here and done this before. I am so tired. I think I'm going to go home and doze a bit after I get off work. Man, that alarm goes off and it's like, what?! Impossible! I just got to sleep ten minutes ago! It really felt like that too. Bah. Another night of the not-quite-asleep-but-not-quite-awake thing (which is totally unrefreshing to say the least). Getting massive glare from the Hummer in the parking spot directly in front of the door. (It's the owners.) I've propped up a mail bin on the counter to block it. The florescent lighting's bad enough, I don't need glare and after-images burnt into my retinas. (Because I'm sure it'd be great for my cataracts. *grumbles*)
I really did forget how slow time can pass when you're bored senseless though. At least at home, on the couch, I'm comfy and can a) doze if I feel like it and b) watch tv to pass the time. Music really helps time pass too, but there's no speakers on this computer. I need an mp3 player. *chuckles*
random tangent thought: why is it that my glasses get so unbelievably filthy all the time? is this gunk normally what goes into people's eyes that don't wear glasses? Because they're always covered with layers of dust. it's really gross if you think about it.
I wonder if this computer has a sound card. Then I could just find some cheap speakers and bring 'em in and then have some music. I bet my Love has an old pair laying around somewhere....If I had a little radio or something that would work too, but the only one I have is my alarm clock and I kind of need that at home. Would be a big pain to have to take in back-and-forth everyday. I brought in my spare ergonomic keyboard but, like last time, I'll just leave it here until my assignment with them is up. It's just such a must for my poor fingers and wrists.
random tangent thought: one hour to go!
Someone was asking about what blog software I use. Honestly, I'm lazy. I just use blogger. I kept meaning to get around to installing MT but so many things just frightened me - including the like 50 pages of instruction manual. So I never did. Works well enough and there's been a lot more stability since google bought blogger. Plus you can upload files directly from the entry screen now so that's nice. Great for pics. The only real problem is a lack of comment system. For the moment I'm using the haloscan free one though I'd like to get one that's installed so I can save my comments. I know MT has it built in, but again, afraid of MT. And it was actually a good thing apparently that I didn't have it. MAJOR problems when the host changed servers - one of the many times - because people lost the ability to access their databases. Pretty much permanently. I'd have been so pissed. As it is, I'm beyond pissed I can't get them to get back with me for the login information for my Love's artist site. We've not been able to check the email or anything in about six weeks. I've decided I'm just going to stop paying them. Because the other thing they're not responding to is two payments they failed to apply back like Feb 6th. I want to actually move off them - I'm so disgusted at this point - but I need a few bucks for the move (4 domains all at once in new service hosting isn't cheap), I want to access the email for that domain before I do and I'd like to see how long I can go by not responding to them like they are to me. Fuck 'em. I'm so done. And I'm over being nice about it.
Um....well, I'm really babbling. So I think I'll close for now and post this mess of an entry. So ready to go home. Thank goodness it's Friday.
I'm just not feeling right for some reason. Like I'm very uncomfortable as if I forgot something very important, or something is very wrong somewhere. It's weird and I can't shake this feeling. It's been steadily getting worse as the evening wears on. Something just feels wrong or off in some way I can't verbalize. It's not logical and it's not physical though it's making me have a physical reaction; I'm tense and I'm on edge and I just....don't feel right. I hate things like this. I never seem to find out what triggers it and yet the feeling can last for several days sometimes. After not being able to sleep last night, I can only hope it doesn't keep me from doing so again tonight. Because right now, I feel so on edge and so, just bothered that I can't imagine being able to relax. What's wrong with the world right now? Or what's changed? Or what did I forget (perhaps I didn't even know but needed to)? Bah...
Ok...things didn't exactly go well. I didn't sleep at all last night. Well, I did for about a half-hour and during that time I had a nightmare. Joy. So come 7am, I'd been up all night, tossing and turning and simply unable to sleep. So I called the guy and apologized and said something came up for today and that I'd be in there for him tomorrow. Thursday was our "tentative" day anyway and besides, it's only part-time temp. So I shouldn't feel too bad, right? Bah.
I managed to go back to sleep and sleep on-and-off for a few hours before finally getting up. I feel like shit. Between the not sleeping all night, then the some sleep but not a whole night's sleep thing, I've just got a killer stuffy head headache feeling. Ugh. The good news is tomorrow is Friday so I can wear some jeans into the office and not have to worry too much about it. Always a good way to start - being comfy. Though for as long as it took me to fall asleep this morning, I was thinking I should have just gone in. It's only four hours. I was just worried about the very good odds of having gotten a migraine from the lack of sleep, florescent light stress and nervous jitters all rolled into one. I'm much less able to get past the initial stages without it going full-blown when I'm tired and/or stressed.
Of course, I made the mistake of feeding Mika this morning when I got up and called in. I wanted her to leave me alone as I tried to sleep this morning. Now she thinks it's time for food again and is mrrrow'ing at me non-stop, tripping me up and generally annoying the crap out of me. She only gets fed twice a day. Morning and evening. Just happens that this morning was earlier then normal, doesn't mean she gets a third feeding. (and of course, she's not content with the fact I put some more dry kibble in her bowl. Oh no, she wants the good stuff - the moist food.) *sighs*
There's day one. Didn't go at all according to plan or well in the slightest, eh? Here's hoping day two turns out significantly better.
Heading to bed. Much later then I had wanted to. But, that's how things go I suppose. Got caught up in reading about old rides and attractions at Walt Disney World. Kinda took me on a tour of memory lane. The first time I was ever there was back in 1984 I believe. I was eight. We had gone on vacation - had three day passes (when, ironically enough, there were only two parks in those days). It was not long before we moved here. We came down for an extended stay to scout the area. I don't remember the generals but I found myself recalling a very few, very specific ride attributes. Now I really need to call my mom and have her break out the photo albums to see if she got shots of anything interesting that doesn't exist anymore or that's been changed since.
Anyway, I'm rambling. And waking my poor Love up who already went to bed. Just nervous I guess about going back in. Keep thinking about all the things that could go wrong or that might suck or whatever. Of course, the first thing that will suck is getting up early to take my Love into work before I need to get myself in. Though I'm bribing myself with the thought of having enough time to come home and take a nap if I really want to before heading out again to pick up my Love after he gets off work. Doubt I actually will, but just knowing that I could is enough to make me just a smidge more at ease. Ugh, I hate forced schedules. And florescent lighting. Wish me luck.
So....Lani was talking about the Garfield Movie coming out this June. And I commented on how I was worried about it. Several things worry me but apparently, there's one factor I wasn't aware of with one of my issues with it.
Garfield's voice is being done by someone new for the film. It's being done by Bill Murray. I was mad about that. Garfield's had an official voice for years now and I didn't know why they'd change it. Turns out, his voice, Lordenzo Music died in 2001. Oh....well...that's different then. But I didn't know about this. He'd been Garfield since I was a kid. It's sad to think that he's dead and Garfield has joined the ranks of cartoon characters with replacement voices that are never quite the same.
The other thing I didn't like was that they made Odie be a real dog, while they CG'd Garfield. The Odie dog looks so odd paired up on screen with Garfield and it makes it feel so much more...fake. If they did one CG, they should have done both. I don't know. I worry about the interaction there and how it will feel when you're watching it. I'm also just not happy with what Garfield the CG character looks like from the small trailer they have released. He doesn't really look like Garfield. What about the rest of the cast? His girlfriend, Arlene's supposed to be in it and so are a rat and another cat, Nermal. And will he have his mandatory teddy bear, Pookie? Who's going to be CG and who's not? It's just weird.
I loved Garfield as a kid - my room was Garfield with the complete comforter & sheet set, plushes, books, etc. - and so I guess I'm just worried about what it will be like as a live-action movie.
(yeah I'm posting a lot. guess I'm nervous about going in tomorrow so I keep finding things to distract myself and blather about)
Lorena was talking about spring in bloom and that beautiful shade of green that's unique to the trees and plants this time of year. Outside my balcony, we have a very large sourthern oak tree. It's leaves right now are that distinctive shade; bright, vibrant and almost electric green. They'll darken as summer comes around but for the moment, they're such a beautiful shade. So, I was inspired to snag a picture. It's small size and compression don't do it justice, but it is, at least a hint of that beautiful spring green.
It's such a beautiful color. The color of new life and new beginnings. It's one of the reasons I cherish the season changes so deeply and hold them as sacred days. Each brings about a reminder of the ever-changing and yet ever-consistant wheel of the year; of the circle of life, death and rebirth.
Wheezy gets no love. He's such a cute little thing too. I have a little mini Wheezy plush that I got at WDW (he squeaks when you squeeze him) and he sits proudly next to my cute little clay penguins. He has a poster in the waiting area of Philharmagic in the Magic Kingdom (advertising his performance is "in it's final squeak!"). And he was the little penguin that could in Toy Story 2. Yet, he doesn't have a Disney Pin - his co-stars, Mr & Mrs Potato Head, Rex the Dinosaur, Hamm the Piggy Bank, Slink the Spring Dog all have pins - just a very hard to find button. And he gets no respect. He's been relegated to the dusty shelf with his broken squeaker.
But he apparently has a mini snowglobe that was put out by the Disney Store. Darnit. I wish I'd known. I'd have ordered it. I really think he's cute. I like the underdog; the small, secondary characters and I felt bad for the poor little penguin who nobody wanted to play with. Makes me sad. So I'm now on the lookout to get one of the snowglobes. In fact, I'm on the lookout for whatever few little Wheezy items there may be. Its a new thing to collect. There's not much that I know of, but he's just so cute, he deserves someone to like and collect his stuff. Silly to be sure, but I get emotional about small, unwanted little characters sometimes. Guess I just feel like every toy needs a home. And I want to open my home to more Wheezy items. Anyone know of any other items to add to my brand spanking new list of things I want to get of his? So far, all I know about are:
- Wheezy 6" Squeak Plush from WDW (have it) - Wheezy Promo CM Button for Toy Story 2 (want it) - Wheezy Mini Snowglobe from Disney Store (want it)
It's my new quest. *chuckles* Who could resist such a cute face?
I don't know. Other people do it. And it was more interesting then waiting for my latest load of laundry to dry. *laughs* The exciting life of the stay-home girl.
Oh I hate that feeling. I just got off the phone with the guy about coming back in for him to work a couple weeks as a fill-in again and I'm actually all shaky. I get so nervous about things like that despite having worked for him before and despite knowing it's not that big of a deal. Logic doesn't seem to come into play with my over-anxious reaction. How silly is that though? I get so nervous over nothing? But, they need someone to help fill in a bit for them since they the last receptionist they hired didn't work out (it's a revolving door I swear!) so I told him I could come in Thursday and Friday of this week and then stay for a couple weeks while they look for somene else. It could be two weeks it could be more like four; it's just dependant upon how quickly they find what they're looking for. And that's fine, I have no problems being the temp for them. Doesn't hurt my feelings or anything; I don't take it personal. I know they're looking for someone to do full time and I simply do not want a full-time schedule myself. I'm glad that he thought to call me though because even if it's only a couple weeks, it's still a little extra income and that's always a good thing.
Man, I'm sleepy. For no real reason either. I slept like ten hours last night having crashed in bed, soaking wet hair and all after taking a quick shower after being at Disney all day. This afternoon, feeling a little worse for all the sun the last couple days, I nodded off twice (15 minutes at a time with Mika curled up with me on the bed). And now, at a mere 1:20am, my eyes are bleary and sore and I just feel like snuggling up and going to bed. It's just odd for me. My neck's been getting steadily worse all day today - just all out of kink - so that might be contributing towards my desire for sleep. There's no particular reason to stay up or anything, but I know me, and I know I'll sleep until like 11am - 11:30am no matter what so I try to stay up late enough that I get like eight hours of sleep rather then ten. I'm sure it can't be all that wonderful to oversleep all the time anymore then it is to undersleep all the time.
Got a message on my machine today. Seems the company I temped for back at the end of December/beginning of January has done it again. They need someone to fill in for a few weeks. (translation: their latest receptionist must have quit. Seems they go through them a lot. I think her tenure was a record for them) I'm going to call him tomorrow and tell him I'd be up for it - on part-time schedule again just like before. Full eight-hour days are just not possible for me for more reasons then I care to get into (ranging from emotional to physical). Let's leave it at it's just not something I can handle. Not to mention, with only one car, I need to get my Love into work and get him again at the end of the day as well, which makes it impossible for us both to be full-time. If I can make a few hundred extra bucks, it'll help and besides the uber bitch mother, the job was easy enough and since I'm familier with the people, it shouldn't be all that hard. Still nervous about it because, well, I have a bit of an anxity about these things (mostly for good reason). Logically of course, I know I'll be fine, and that it while it will be a little difficult for me, I'll be able to handle it.
Anyway, I think I'll go shut things down and call it a night. If I'm going to be heading back into working for them again - even for a few weeks - I'll need to start sleeping early again anyway. 1:30am might not be early, but it's earlier and that's a start. Night for now.
Well I had a lovely weekend. The Ren Faire was fun on Saturday and we hit the Magic Kingdom Sunday. It was hot (mid 80's) and pretty busy (lots of college kids), but we still got to see everything we wanted to plus several things we had never really done before (Country Bear Jamboree which was just bad; Enchanted Tiki Room which was cute; Liberty Square Riverboat which was cool). My Love said Disney World is like comfort food and he's right. It just makes you feel good to be there and you're just instantly happier and in a better mood. I got the cute Squirt pin that just came out and traded for two others. Ate a really yummy chocolote-dipped Mouse Ears rice crispy treat. Rode Big Thunder Mountain twice - once in the day and once at night (and it was even cooler at night since it felt faster because you couldn't see as much. Watched Wishes (the amazing 14 minute fireworks spectacular). Had a great day.
My poor face though is slightly scortched despite wearing sunscreen and sunglasses both days and a hat Sunday. I'm just oversunned. Ugh. For me, because I'm so sun sensitive, being oversunned means I'm not feeling all that well. My face has that windburnt feeling where it's really chapped and the skin itself feels really hot - like my cheeks are running a fever. I keep touching them with my hands since they're much cooler then my face is. My poor eyes are tired from all the bright light despite my sunglasses. It was just physically a hard couple days for me despite the fact that it was enjoyable to get out and have fun like that. My poor arm and stomach even rashed from the sun exposure and the sunscreen itself (my skin reacts badly to things on it when in the sun. but if I don't put sunscreen on, I get extremely badly burned - I've had 2nd degree burns from very minor exposure to the sun, let alone walking around all day in it.) A little of my hydrocortisone cream though and it calmed down. Yes, I am indeed living in the wrong state for having sun allergies of the skin and hyper light sensitivity with my eyes.
So....physically beat, and a little rough around the edges, but emotionally in a good mood from having fun this weekend.
