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There are people on the net that
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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.
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Friday, February 16, 2007
Birthday Dinner Since it's Love's birthday on Sunday, I'm having his parents and brother and my mom over for dinner tonight. Technically, the dinner's at our friend Rand's house since he actually has a dinning room table and we don't. I'm making my famous lasagna. Of course, I'm making two technically, though one is a single-serve for my mom since she doesn't eat red meat. I'll make a small one for her with meatless sauce.
Tomorrow we're heading out to Walt Disney World for the day, though BRR!! it's going to be cold! It's cold today and going to be almost as cold tomorrow. (Current temps say 46F (7.7C) outside right now! For Florida? In the day? That's cold.
Anyway, gotta run! I'm nervous about the stress of dinner tonight but I hope it comes out well.
And So It Begins We're 90 days out from my 30th birthday today. And what do I see in the mirror, clear as day when I wash my hands? The whitest, most obvious grey hair right on the crown of my head ever.
V-Day, Delay, Hooray V-day: Of course, today is Valentine's day. So first up is a wish for everyone to have a lovely day. Love and I are dead broke until Friday, but we were thinking of having at least a nice dinner here at the apartment. Problem was that United Airlines doesn't have their act together today.
Delay: See, my friend Rand had to travel to Washington State for business. He's coming back in this afternoon. Scheduled to arrive at 3:45pm. Well, seems that they're having a major SNAFU today - all their flights are badly delayed and/or canceled. His plane was coming from Vegas to Denver where he'd pick it up and come in to Tampa. Well, they were 186 minutes late leaving Vegas, pushing his departure from Denver 160 minutes late. His new estimated time of arrival here in Florida was 5:50pm, but that pushed to 6:15pm and now they're telling him locally it will be more like 6:30pm. Getting to-and-from the airport area at this time of day is traffic nightmare. And it means that there's just no way to do dinner since I'd be home pretty late after picking him up.
Hooray: So he just called me again from Denver. (The first was to alert me of the delay problems.) He said he'll just take a taxi from the airport home instead of having me drive out there and ruin my evening. He can write it as a business expense anyway, so it's not a big deal. Which is nice of him. Because, yeah, it would stink not to even be able to sit down and enjoy dinner together tonight. Poor Rand already has been sitting around the airport for like three hours as it is. He couldn't even leave and come back because his winter coat is packed in his luggage. Makes for a looooong day for him.
Another, off-topic hooray is that I heard back from the Valentine Penguin buyer last night. He was appreciative of my efforts and not at all mad about the likely delay in arrival. He even said he'd recommend my site to others. Sweet! Word-of-mouth always seems to go a lot further than someone randomly finding my site through a search or something. The package arrived in his state and has been through two facilities in his state so far. The second location's zip code is numerically close to the zip of the delivery address. Maybe we'll have a Valentine's miracle afterall. Hrm, well, maybe not. He must really be rural because where it last checked in is 41 miles from where it's going according to MapQuest. Oh well.
Anyway, I need to get dressed and get running since now I've got time to run to the store and grab some food for dinner. Have a great day everyone!
Nothing Like Waiting Until The Last Minute So you might have noticed that it's almost Valentine's Day. You might also be aware that this holiday shows up on the same exact day each year. Little to no surprise involved. And you might know that I make cute little clay penguins. One style is a "Valentine's Day" penguin with a little heart on his belly. I sell my penguins all year long. And I hand make each one as the order comes in.
Well, Monday evening, I get an order for one such Valentine penguin with the note from the buyer that he'd like to know if I can overnight it for him for delivery on February 14th. I look up the overnight ("Express Mail") pricing, relay it to him and he sends an additional payment for $15 to use the Express service. I make the penguin last night. Box it up today. And take it to the post office.
...at which point, I'm informed that based on the address, they can NOT guarantee overnight delivery. The clerk informs me that some areas are either (A) rural or (B) located too far from the airport the mail comes into and thus, the "Express" service becomes a two-day guarantee delivery. Express is literally the fastest option for mailing through the post office. It's as good as it gets. There's nothing faster.
So, I spent the $15 it cost to send it that way since that's what he paid for and that's the absolute best they can offer. The clerk said, "Nothing like waiting until the last minute, hu? It's not like Valentine's Day doesn't show up on the same day every year!" I had to agree with her. I also had to agree that it sucks because now I'm the "bad guy" in this transaction. Despite, you know, the pesky fact that the buyer waited until Monday evening to order it in the first place. (I might interject here that I normally get orders out within a few days of receiving them, especially if I have to make it from scratch like I did this. So I did my best to make it and ship it based on the time allotted.)
I emailed the buyer and explained the situation. Hopefully, he won't be angry at me about it. Because really, what more can I do? Sadly, I lack the super powers to instantly transport mail at whim. (Though that would be kinda cool.) Oh well. I hope when it arrives - most likely on Thursday - that she still likes it after all of this.
Stupid Commercial Everytime I see those KFC commercials, I swear, I want to throw something at the screen. They're just so. damned. stupid. I mean, above and beyond normal commercial stupidity.
example commercial: Kid is on phone with mom, asking if he can stay over at the friend's house for dinner. Mom doesn't believe the story, asks to speak with friend's mom who confirms that yes, he's really invited for dinner.
Ok, normal enough, right? Except the tagline then says, "A real meal on a weeknight?" in this shocked and amazed voice.
What...?? First off, I find it hard to believe that no one in the country cooks dinner or prepares some sort of meal ever for any reason during the week. I mean, seriously. I understand time constraints but I can't believe every single family eats take out every single day of the year. (How expensive would that get?!)
Secondly, even if this were the case; even if no one ever used their kitchen for anything but a place to store plates, KFC can not ever be confused for a "real meal." It's KFC for crying out loud! Seriously, it makes as much sense as the McDonald's "healthy" commercials.
For example...
Little daughter is in her room trying on dress-up clothes and wants to pick her own outfit to wear out. Mom says that she doesn't mind her daughter's choice because - and I quote - what goes in the tummy is more important than what goes on top of it
Seriously. WTF? How can they even say that with a straight face? Taking the kid to McDonald's is an example of important and healthy food? I know advertising is all lying by it's very nature, but come on...! They're really pushing it lately.
(And yes, I apparently do spend too much time watching tv. It's just the dumbing down and the beyond absurd ads these days blows my mind. Ok, that and I haven't had anything else of interest to blog about.)
And what do I see in the mirror, clear as day when I wash my hands? The whitest, most obvious grey hair right on the crown of my head ever.
So first up is a wish for everyone to have a lovely day. Love and I are dead broke until Friday, but we were thinking of having at least a nice dinner here at the apartment. Problem was that United Airlines doesn't have their act together today.
Makes for a looooong day for him.
Hrm, well, maybe not. He must really be rural because where it last checked in is 41 miles from where it's going according to MapQuest. Oh well.
I know advertising is all lying by it's very nature, but come on...! They're really pushing it lately.