Yep folks, I’m in that mood again. I’m waiting for the mailman to drop of my mail and then I’m off to do some shopping for that wonderful holiday called Christmas. Even though I don’t really celebrate Christmas, it’s a good time to give gifts to those we care about. That is what I’m doing. I’ve got 3 or 4 gifts down and I’ve thought of a few more for others.

I’m awaiting a letter from little miss Brittany. I really hope it comes today. I’ve been waiting for it all week. She was just so excited to write me. I want her to always be that way. I plan to write her as soon as I get back. My mother told me that Brittany was asking if there was anything that my mom wanted her to tell me. My mother used to say that to Brittany when she was little. It cracks me up. When I was in college my mom would send care packages and she would ask Brittany if there was anything she wanted to send me. Brittany would always pick a few little toys and put them in the package. I still have them, well mostly. Now Skittles uses the little alligators as chew toys. I wonder if she would remember them if she came?

It’s nice that my mom watches the kids some afternoons. My mom would go insane if she didn’t have them around. I think it keeps my mom feeling youthful. For some people it ages them, but not for my mom. She’s always passed for a lot younger than she is. I’ve always found that funny. My friends used to look at me and say, “That’s your mom?” Ahh, memories!

Ok, I’m going to go camp out my the mailbox now.

Behold the awesome power of JELLO! Sugar Free at that! Yep, I’ve gone and bought sugar free jello. Can you believe it? I have REALLY limited my sugar intake today. I’ve had one soda and that was only because I knew my blood sugar was getting really low and eating something wasn’t helping. I’m doing pretty good. I made myself a little “spinach ball” sandwich (I’m working on adding how to make it to a section I’ve been working on).

I can’t really recall what I’ve done today. I’m quite tired because the munchkin kept me up. I would swear she is a newborn child in kitty clothing! She pushes my limits at night. Maybe I just need to sleep deeper. I need a feather bed. Of course then she’ll want to slee on the bed everynight until we get her one. It’s really a never ending cycle with this cat.

There is something that really irks me sometimes. I leave the tdiclubchat channel open a lot in the evening. I do this because more than likely I am doing something close to my computer. I stay in the channel mainly to help new people that come in. Almost a moderator, but not really. Some of the folks that have been there longer tend to not pay attention to the new members, mainly because the older ones get wrapped up in conversation with each other. I generally try to talk to the new folks and make them feel comfortable. If they really need an answer to a question, I tell them who would be best to talk to (I can’t answer EVERYTHING). OK, onto what irks me. Some older members just don’t what I am doing by sitting in the channel. I’m trying to Be NICE!! I know it’s difficult to find that in this day and age, but come on people. I’m nice until you try to screw me or my friends over. Then I turn into the “Mega Beast” Ok? Thank you.

Well, I guess I should figure out what I want for dinner. Got Josh’s in the oven now. I may just finish off the spinach. Who knows.

I guess i’ve figured out why I like Planet of the Apes (Oh yeah, I finally saw it and it kicked arse). It points out how frigging stupid people/beings can be. Ugh.

I could never be a superhero. I’m too vengeful. I would throw a person in jail. I would just do lots of mean things to them and eventually cease their existance.

On a different note, I am hereby boycotting Click and Clack and their Cartalk show on NPR. I’m sick and tired of their half arse comments and knowledge regarding vehicles that they don’t like. They know jack spit about diesels (TDIs especially) and with such a fan base, they are perpetuating the myths. At least Howard Stern is smart enough to read up on things and learn. He knows that diesels today are much improved from the diesels of 30+ years ago! Egad, we need pamphlets to print up and pass out!

Well, back to work. I oh so miss my desktop. I miss being able to use my cosy wrist rest and all. Whoa is me.

Oh yeah, and I’m trying to get all gung ho about working on a new layout since I can’t do any work for my projects until my desktop is fixed. That’s life!

I do believe I’m stylin! I bought myself a few coloring books. Spongebob Squarepants to be exact. One of them comes with a ton of temp tattoos! I am going to scan in some of the images and color them in on the computer and maybe make a desktop with some of the finished images.

I also discovered something else. I don’t like Thomas the Tank Engine anymore. I saw a coloring book today that made diesels look bad. The diesel trains were the big meanie trains bullying the steam engines. I was so pissed. I even thought about writing the coloring book creators. Diesels of the world unite against Thomas and Co.!!!!!

Well, my desktop is toast. I think it needs a new motherboard. Josh is supposed to be getting me a new one sometime this week. He has to return something and will pick one up then, I hope.

I’m back from my trip. It went fine. I’m tired and happy to be home. I really missed being home.

I had a fever yesterday. I travel so much that I get sick a lot. Maybe I should just stop traveling so much.

Does anyone ever have to deal with friends who go and get big heads about things? I’m kind of tired of that. I’m tired of a lot of things. I just don’t know.

Hey wow, my papertowels are two-ply! Neato!

I am anxiously awaiting a letter from little miss Brittany. I have started writing her and she is starting to write me. She seemed very excited to get a letter from me. Apparently she started writing back the same day. Too cute. I will, of course, save them all!

I’m leaving for a week. Time to visit some family. My aunt and I, and her two children are driving to visit some family about 8 hours away. Oi Vey.

It’s 5am. The sun should be coming up soon. I have to wake up at a decent time later. I need to do some shopping before I go to my aunt’s house.

I was forced to reload my desktop. It has been such a miserable experience. Even after reloading it, I’m still having problems. The only thing we can come up with is that it is a motherboard problem. I guess when I get back, we have to go to the first computer show that comes up. I can’t live like this. It’s constantly fritzing out on me. I’m copying this post every few lines so that incase something happens, I’ll have not lost so much.

Call my crazy, but I’ve spotted some presents for about seven different people. I’m hoping to go and get some of them today after I wake up. I was very excited when I spotted them. The items and the prices are great.

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is set to open at the end of the week. I remember the day Mallrats premiered in LA. It was on my 18th birthday. Gary sent me a ton of swag (misc promo stuff) from the premier. I still have the bumper stickers, buttons, and the premier pass thingy on a chain. I keep stuff. Gary, if you are reading this, Thanks, even after almost 6 years, it’s still cool!

This is just plain funny.

My dearest Calhoun has gone to Convergence7 already. I hope he enjoys himself. It’s such a fun town and such a gathering shall be so grand. It’s being held in NYC this year. One of my favorite cities. Coil shall be there. I really hope he meets lots of new people and has a great time. Oh and takes tons of pictures for me to see! He knows I love pictures. At least I think he does. Calhoun has been a friend of mine since we were in college. He was a year behind me coming in. He was in my dorm (I was in a Co-Ed dorm) and I met him when he asked to sit with me at dinner in the dining hall. He’s definately grown in the past few years. I don’t know if he notices it, but I do. I tend to notice a lot of things. Man, I just thought of something. I REALLY liked the okra and mashed potatoes at the dining hall. (I was eating mashed potatoes the day I met him)

It’s funny how you can remember these things. Weird almost. I remember my meal on my first date with Josh. Hee Hee Hee. Ok, back to work

I’ve got Jungle Boogie stuck in my head. Flashbacks.

This scanner kicks arse. It’s so nice. It scans so much better than my old one. I didn’t know what I was missing!

I got this catalog in the mail today. It has a ton of really cute stuff for my niece’s and nephew. There is some furniture in it that would be a really good idea. I think I could completely redecorate their “playroom” at my parents house for under $100US. That’s a bargain! That includes paint, border, desk, chairs, shelves (wall and floor), toybox and a clock. It’s a cute jungle theme. I think that’s why I have Jungle Boogie stuck in my head. The chairs are in the shape of a giraffe and a zebra. It’s cartoonish characters, but the forms are good. The toychest is in the shape of a zebra (head poking out and all). It’s all very cute. It’s just something to think about.

I’m waiting for the UPS man to come. Ooh, yeah, it came. I got my books. Sweet. Time to go do some reading. Gotta nix some stuff off my wishlist.

I’m searching and searching the net trying to find information on stopping Junk Mail. I know of a few ways, but I want to cover all of my bases. I also need to search on how to stop telemarketers.

At the same time I’m doing all of this, my shoulder is killing me. Surprisingly enough, it’s not the side that Skittles scratched me. It seems to be muscle related. Ugh, this sucks.