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"an autumn wind" ver. 14
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There are people on the net that
have nothing better to do with their time then be nasty to other
people online. They post rude comments, spend hours a day talking
about sites they hate so much, that they well, spend hours a day
talking about them. (lame) They mock the owners and posters for
their opinions and their right to free speech. They expect everyone
to fit into their narrow-minded little world view or else they throw
a temper tantrum.
To these people I say
grow up.
Here's a bit of info people...the
web is a HUGE place. If you don't like what I say here, or who I am,
or what I do, or talk about, or what I look like, or the color of my
hair, or whatever asinine thing you dwell on, go somewhere else.
It's really, really easy. Honest. You just click the little "x" in
the corner of your browser and *poof* the offending, big, mean and
nasty site has disappeared.
I pay for this site. It's mine.
That means I can use it for whatever the hell I want to. Don't like
it if I'm bitching about something in my life? Oh fucking well. Go
somewhere else. Think I'm stupid for expressing my thoughts? Too
fucking bad, don't read them. Somewhere along the line, someone
forgot this simple fact: Live and let live Don't like me,
cool, fine, whatever, I don't care. This journal is NOT for
you. It's for me. I'm not in it for popularity or fame or anything
stupid like that. I write it because I need to write and express
myself and get things out of my head sometimes. So read or don't, it
doesn't matter, but don't waste my time (or yours) bitching about
it.
*gets off soapbox*
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Saturday, November 04, 2006
Picture Update Just a few random shots from this past week I never got around to posting until now.
The certificates for the year of Godiva contest we won!
The only two pumpkins that were submitted for the pumpkin carving contest at my temp job. Mine is the one on the left. I took second place (there were supposed to be three prizes but with only two entries, we each ended up with $25 gift cards) because the guy who won had all his friends vote for his. S'ok, I still got $25 to Best Buy I've yet to spend.
And, here's a close-up of Vampire Mr. Burns that I carved at the very last moment the night before Halloween. Got the pattern from my favorite online pattern resource, ZombiePumpkins.com.
12:51am - I wrote this Saturday night, but blogger refused to publish for me and it's hours later. I'm giving up and going to bed. I'll try again tomorrow (Sunday) and hopefully it'll work then. Damned blogger.
The Cable Man Cometh Fed up with $60 a month for literally nothing more than a dial tone (no long distance usage at all), we cancelled our Verizon phone service. Today, the Bright House Networks guy is coming out to set up my new Digital Phone service. (Voice over IP) I only opted for the "Unlimited Florida" plan because I really don't use nationwide long distance. With taxes, my cable bill is going up only $22.74 a month. I'm saving like FORTY DOLLARS a month. And, when you sign up for the digital phone service, they increase your cable modem from 7mb/s to 10mb/s for free. So let's see...faster net connection, forty bucks off a month, no fees for any call within the state and a cheaper per-minute long distance rate then Verizon was giving me.
Um yeah. Totally sold.
Between 2-5pm they'll be out to set it up. Sadly, I still won't have a dial tone for like seven days, but oh well. It's worth it. The only problem is that I needed to run errands today (my first free day in weeks since my stint at the temp job is done) but I'll have to be here this afternoon instead. I hope he shows up early enough I can still run out and hit the craft store. My Full Moon Swaps package has to be mailed on Monday...and I have almost nothing for it yet. October just disappeared so I'm in full panic mode right now. Normally, I'm really great about getting them done early and mailing them early. I've never mailed late in over a year. I don't want to start now. So I need to hit the store to pick up some stuff to complete the swap.
I still have some photo updates to post, so maybe I'll try to get to that later on today. Need to upload a ton of pics from my camera but I just haven't gotten around to it. I'm just excited today and the prospect of saving $40 a month. That's a LOT of money and it'll help offset the fact our rent is going to be going up $50/month as of January. I really don't want to spend as much as we are for rent these days but it'd be even more impossible to move. It's just so expensive - in the $1,500 - $2,000 range generally once you factor in truck, deposits, transfer fees, materials and related. So once again, it looks like we'll be stuck here paying what I feel is FAR too much rent. I mean, I like our apartment and I don't relish the idea of moving, but... the rent is just stupidly high and we struggle to pay it every month as it is, you know?
Alright, I'm going to wrap up for the moment. I'm still borrowing my friend Rand's Jeep this afternoon because I need to run to the post office to get out an order and pending on what time the cable guy arrives, I might have time to squeeze in a trip to the store. Better to have the option then not.
Last Day Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to my last day at the temp job I go...
Heading in this afternoon and that will wrap it up for now. I have more updates and some photos and such to post, but I don't have the time right now. I also have to put together my Full Moon Swap package which needs to be shipped by Monday. Eghads, this month (dammit, it's not "this month" anymore) October went by so fast! I'm still trying to get caught up.
Samhain Blessings and Halloween Wishes It's Halloween! I'm a big fan of the fun of the day. I'm at the temp job training the new person. (Well, I have been; she's at lunch now hence the quick check-in.) We'll call her K2 since there's already a K. here. So far, she seems smart which is, I guess both a good thing and a bad thing. Good in that maybe they'll finally have someone who doesn't shove paperwork in a desk and myspace all day; bad because it means she might last and they won't need me anytime soon.
By the way, forgive me if the typing is bad. She changed out my natural keyboard for a standard one and I can't type on these things to save my life. At least Firefox 2.0 has a built-in spell checker which works really well and underlines things right as you type. VERY handy. I need to upgrade at home. I was typing something last night at home and I already missed the feature.
I decided to wear a pair of horns to the office. Everyone does a double-take and then smiles. They're all impressed when I tell them that I make them myself. It's just fun to wear a pair of horns in an otherwise normal outfit.
Going to head over to my friend Rand's house after work and hand out candy there. I want to wear my cloak but I have no idea what to wear under it. I'd like it to go with the theme, but I don't own any dresses or anything. I'll have to see what I want to do when I get home I guess. I've been thinking about it for a week now but nothing comes to mind.
Well, I guess that's it from the peanut gallery for the moment. I just wanted to do a quick post since I won't have a chance to this afternoon during training and won't be home this evening.
Oh, I had an adventure and a half last night trying to find a pumpkin to carve (oddly enough, no one has any left the night before Halloween. Who knew?) but I did manage to find one and I did a funny one of Vampire Mr. Burns. (From one of the Halloween episodes of The Simpsons.) They're having a carving contest here at work, so I brought it in. There's only one other pumpkin though so the odds are good I'll place in the top three.
Alright, this time for real. Have a spooktacular day!
Wedding Recap I don't want to get too wordy since it was a long day, but I wanted to at least touch on the event.
Thursday Night - Rehearsal Dinner My mom picked me up and we went down to the chapel. Getting me was mostly on her way, as opposed to Love who would have had to leave work even earlier and then go in the complete opposite direction to get me. We were the first to arrive - really early. Around 5pm, everyone started going and we walked through the ceremony three times. My sister was nervous that she didn't know all the motions and parts which is why we did it three times. It was ok, it was good to work through it since then we knew what to expect.
After the rehearsal, we all went down to Clearwater Beach to have dinner. Had a buffet at one of the hotels down there. My stomach however, was in agony. I wound up in the restroom twice while we were there. It was a bad situation and I was in a lot of pain. I was really worried what it would mean for the following day too. Sadly, I didn't enjoy the meal at all because I was so sick and all I wanted to do was get out of there. The upside is that I received my bridesmaid gift - a one hour massage. Go sis! I will be enjoying that soon, that's for sure!
When we got home, I spent another couple hours being ill before going to bed.
Friday - The Wedding Love took the day off since the wedding was at 3:30pm and he needed to be there at 3pm. I needed to meet with my sister around 10:30am at the salon to get my hair done. Sis and MoH also got their makeup done but I didn't have the money to do it also, so I just had to do my own. Hope I look alright in the photos. You know how different things can look in them compared to the mirror. Anyway, my hair ended up being $50. Ouch. I thought it was supposed to be $35. *sighs* We were there from around 10:30am until almost 1pm.
At 1pm, we ran by my sister's house and picked up her dress. Then we hit Subway to grab a sandwich since dinner was many hours away. Went to the chapel, ate, and started getting ready. The time between arriving and the ceremony went by in a blur of getting dressed, spending time with our mom and our aunt and such. Before we knew it, it was time.
The ceremony itself went off without a hitch. I didn't fall off the step I was standing on (which was a worry since it was very narrow), sis didn't trip on her dress train, and no one got their words wrong. (Though her husband had a sweet moment where he started to tear up during the vows and he said to her, "I didn't think I was going to cry.") It was touching.
After the ceremony, we had a ton of photos. The photographer joked that I had double duty because I was in both the bridal party AND the family shots. He kept having us come up in groups and then he'd say, "such-and-such is done" and I'd go sit down. As soon as I did though, nope! I'd have to come right back up for another shot set-up. I'm not kidding when I say I hope I look ok. I'm in almost every shot that's not just the bride or the bride and groom as a couple.
We piled into the limo after all the photos were gone and made our way to the reception. Everyone else of course had already gotten there. We had to be announced as we entered and then immediately had a dance to do. Which sucks because I can't slow dance to save my life. So here I am dancing with the groomsman trying not to (a) step on my dress, (b) step on his toes and (c) not make an ass out of myself. It was passable I guess, though I truly do not know how to dance.
We had to go to the head table then for dinner and the DJ went around to all the tables and had people tell stories or comments or whatever. After that, we were finally free of the head table (read: everyone staring at you) and got to mingle. Went over to say hi to my family and Love who'd been stuck by himself since arriving at the chapel at 3pm.
The dancing went on until almost 11pm. Problem was that while it started off nice, it went downhill and stayed there. He kept playing the same stuff. And it was all bad, cheese ball songs that really was off-putting to the older portion of the guests. Not to mention, it was just too loud. My poor mom wasn't the only one miserable from the noise. I kept getting physically dragged up there which was really annoying. After like three or four hours of dancing to the same crap ("Ice, Ice Baby" some "Slide" song he played three times, a bunch of old 80's rap, etc.) I really was danced out. Not to mention, my legs, knees and feet were killing me. I'd been in heels non-stop since 1pm after all. Add insult to injury, my halter strap literally rubbed my skin raw along my collar bone and when I got home, it was so red it looked like a sunburn. I had to put Neosporin on it. Oh! And the damned DJ started smoking a cigar towards the end of the night. A cigar! Inside. I found that damned impolite.
The caterers had everything cleared out by the time it wrapped up. Linens gone, etc. There was a bunch of alcohol left over, as well as mixers. We wound up with a 32 can case of coke and a bottle of orange juice. The rest was like tequila and such which neither of us drinks.
So, the wedding went well. It was a nice ceremony. Food was good. But the DJ was a little annoying and I felt it went on a little too long. (By the time it was over, everyone who wasn't young and drunk - besides my mom and Love and I - were long gone.) It was a success though and my stomach even behaved the whole day. Which was a miracle itself.
I'm still tired though from it. All those hours in heels, an uncomfortable dress and dancing really took a toll. I can't explain how much it physically cost me. I guess those of you who are familiar with fatigue or chronic health issues can see how crazy that is on your body, but all-in-all, it was worth it. A good day.
Alright, well I ended up getting more in-depth then I intended. Ha! And it's 5:30pm, so I've got to pack up and head home. (I'm temping today and tomorrow though the next new person starts tomorrow too.) Hope everyone had a nice weekend.
And, when you sign up for the digital phone service, they increase your cable modem from 7mb/s to 10mb/s for free. So let's see...faster net connection, forty bucks off a month, no fees for any call within the state and a cheaper per-minute long distance rate then Verizon was giving me.
I really don't want to spend as much as we are for rent these days but it'd be even more impossible to move. It's just so expensive - in the $1,500 - $2,000 range generally once you factor in truck, deposits, transfer fees, materials and related. So once again, it looks like we'll be stuck here paying what I feel is FAR too much rent. I mean, I like our apartment and I don't relish the idea of moving, but... the rent is just stupidly high and we struggle to pay it every month as it is, you know?
