February 26, 2001
So I've been thinking. Thinking about lots of things. I feel old. I feel old and experienced. I don't think I could have ever expected to feel that way.
My life has been good. The only thing left would to do would to be to have children and watch them grow up. However, that's not happening anytime soon. I'll stick to baby-ing Skittles and spoiling my nieces and nephew and my friends' children.
I finally got stamps out of the stamp machine. I've been fighting the thing for 3 days. I really needed stamps. I had three bills that needed to go out. Stamp machines are no excuse for slack service at the Post Office. Apparently I need to go there tomorrow. I have to get a money order and send it to California. I won an auction for my mother. It was my first time using Yahoo Auctions. I've used eBay, but never Yahoo. Not very different. Actually, it was quite similar, but less people appear to use Yahoo. That could work out nicely.
Time to go spoil the cat. Actually, she just needs to chill and go to sleep. Me too.
I have a new design planned. Planned in my head at least. I want it to use my nieces and my nephew. I love them with all my heart, and what a better way than to have them as one of my layouts?! Maybe I'll do something of myself growing up as a layout one day. I'll have to scan in a ton of my mom's photos of me. I have some of them here, but not a lot.
I don't think I've mentioned it, but I'm heading out of town for 2 weeks. Yep, Josh and Skittles are on their own. Except for the 8am wake up calls. It will be an adventurous 2 weeks. I'm helping my brother and his family move into their new place, then he's going to Las Vegas with my father. Now that's a bad idea. Wild and crazy in Las Vegas. Well, maybe not. After that, it's redecorate central. I'm going funky full scale and organizing and redecorating my parents place. I've heard rumours of different things, but nothing confirmed. I'm determined to get big fat fluffy lazy boys in front of the humongous tv. I have to sit and watch it from the dining room it's so big. I don't even think I could get the thing in my front door, not with the weird turns in this place. Getting the bed in was hard enough!
So, I've got a leecher. Some chick thinks she can leech off of Skittles Cam with no problem. Wrong. I've started my steps to stop her. First was removing the graphic. If she doesn't get rid of the link, or tries again, I'll email her and politely let her know that she needs to stop. After that, it's war. Miftik-style. My daddy didn't raise no fool.
Amy and I went to the Women's Expo. We got lots of free stuff. Ok, so it was mostly free JUNK, but we had fun. That's what counted. It gave us the hang out and act goofy. I also found out how to reduce my chicken pox scars. Well, sort of found out. I spoke with lots of skin care people and basically it would be best to use anti-aging stuff. I'm not a candidate for dermal-abrasion whatever... I knew that, and I wouldn't do it. There's just something weird about having layers of my face taken off. It's not very appealing. Just the thought is freaking me out.
Happy thoughts.... It's supposed to snow/sleet tonight. That's not really happy, but it will make for some nice pictures! I'll go think happier thoughts. I feel grossed out now.
So I realized that this little site has been added to the lovely Grey Powered list. I never even knew, much less submitted it. Not that I have anything against it, but this site has never been really finished. I never have time to do anything. Anyhow. I just felt like adding it... I guess someone looks at his logs ::wink wink:: I guess that explains the number of people visiting. Personally I think it looks like crap.
It's not that old, but I still feel that way. If you knew me growing up you'd know that everything I do I am usually not happy with, so most people just tell me they like it and go on. Yeah, i'm my own worst critic.
So I was looking through Skittles' log files and there were a TON of hits from EDS. You know, the Cat Herding Superbowl commercial and this years Running of the Squirrels Superbowl commercial. Well, it was just funny that's all. That cat has been in newspapers and on Scandanavian TV... gotta love her. Hey, she's been on American TV too. Thanks to Ms. Manders. She actually got two shots up... Whooot.. Go kitty.
Ouch my head... I think my brain is going funny. It's been hurting for a while... like 3 days....
So, I'm on this snail mail, mailing list for a travel company. Well, Today I got the March Newsletter. They had a "special event" insert in there. It was for Sarah Brightman. God, I am almost tempted to go by myself. I know Josh wouldn't want to go. It would be nice, but not necessary. Anyhow, I just thought it was interesting.
This company does lots of "motorcoach trips." Basically you meet up at one of the stops and then you go onto these motorcoaches (buses) and they drive you down! It's sooo much easier on everyone who goes. That's how Gina and I went. It was originally going to be Amanda and I (Amy couldn't come.. sniff sniff...), but Amanda moved. So I asked Gina to come. She still to this day tells me to make sure Amanda knows how much she appreciated it. Amanda, I hope you know! But anyhow, it's just easier. You get to sleep, the seats recline, everything. The leg room is so much more than that of a plane. The ride to NYC was about four hours. We had a fast bus driver. A lot of people take these trips so if they drink too much, they don't have to worry about driving back.
Josh is encoding some stuff on his machine. That means no TV for me in here. That's ok. I'll go in the other room and eat my lunch. I am trying to eat healthier. I can do it....
So, the Grammy for Album of the Year has been presented. I'm kind of disappointed that it was not given to Radiohead. I like Radiohead, hell I love them... but... I am one to equally evaluate my choices (I am a Libra you know)... Radiohead are inovative, and creative. More than anyone else that was nominated. Do people know what the Grammy used to stand for? I have a feeling the answer is no. I just think that people when voting, don't know what they are voting for. People just vote for things they know, or things they feel sorry for. Bob help us all, for the times, they are outrageous!
Wasn't there a book or movie called Murder in Brighton? Well, there was a murder today in Brighton. Actually it was like an hour ago. It just reminded me of something.
Skittles actually didn't want any more of my crackers. I was willing to give her a few more, but she just walked off and played. Maybe she is getting her eating under control. Go kitty!
I've decided that by my birthday, I shall save enough money up to purchase myself an MP3 player for my home stereo. If I so desired, I could get it today, but that defeats my point. I'm working toward a goal. The stereo is my reward. Bring it on! I should be able to save up a grand in about 7 months, right? Yeah. I can do it.
PearlVision has an Interactive Frame Selector. I think it's pretty cool. You download the program and then import your own picture and find some glasses. Hee hee hee... I'll keep playing. Just had to note it.
Darn my taste for elegance. I have found a lovely evening ensemble for under $500 at Saks. It just seems to be an outfit that just ... fits me.... Not loud, but rather exotic, antique meets industrial. Well, a girl can dream. Besides, I'd never find shoes to match! (That should be read with a Beverly snide)
Flipping through the web and I found The Font Flood. Lots of fonts and very well organized. That's the one problem I find with websites with downloadables. Organization is lacking. There are the easy ways and there are the right ways. I like the right way.
Dale Earnhardt died today after a wreack at the Daytona 500.
I wasn't a big Nascar fan, but he did a lot. He was cool in his own right.
Josh fell asleep on the couch. Skittles has formed herself into a ball and they both look so peaceful I don't dare wake them and tell them to go to their respective beds. I'll give them an hour. By then, Skittles will probably think she's hungry and get up.
I walk into the other room to hand something to Josh and on the TV I hear, "... these black helicopters that you see are actually the airforce carrying out covert military operations to mutilate cattle." What in the he!!... I think it was TLC he was "watching," Cattle Files. Just plain weird.
I hate G. W. Bush. You complete freaking idiot. You not only showed it to me last year, but you've just showed it to the world now.
Damn you to hell, oh that's right you and your father sold yourselves. Forgot. Just because you are an assanine creature, doesn't mean you have to make the rest of us look like ones too. If you want a freaking war, go play in your bathtub. Damn you.
Posted by miftik at 10:10 AM
Yes Clarice. It is I, Hannibal in that lamb-ish brassiere...
Last night Sir Anthony Hopkins was awarded the esteemed title of Hasty Pudding Man of the Year. Members of Harvard's Hasty Pudding Theatricals, an undergraduate dramatic organization, roasted his career, dressed him up and made him do silly things. That thing he is wearing is a bra with little silenced lambs on them.
This whole "All your base are belong to us" thing has gotten out of hand. Ok, so they posted it on Metafilter. Ok, so everyone is making fun of some poor person who had a bad translation. Jeez people...
Aww man... Skittles just licked my monitor and now I have cat saliva all over the screen. Thanks Skittles. Thank you very much. Man... gross...
It's sort of snowing outside. Yeah. Actually, I'm not sure about that. I want Josh to get home safely. If I am lucky, he's already left and is making his way home. Yeah. It's picked up a bit in the past half hour. Yippers.
My throat hurts. I still have minor leftovers from the icky sicky.
I just feel weird. Strange weird. I'm not sure how to explain it weird. I really don't want to make dinner. This is all just strange. I think I'll just go now. It's safer that way...
An thus it began... With the election of Sharon things have become worse. I fear the worst. A man driving a bus ran down people waiting at a bus stop. I fear the beginning of something. Bush wants a war, he expects a war during his term. Will he do something to start a war? I fear he would, just because of what I know of him and his team.
I really hope Colin Powell talks some sense into Bush if the idea comes in to his head.
I just don't like the situation. That's all.
I made a valentine's day cake. I just felt like cooking. I don't really want any, but I made it. I might want some later, after dinner or something, but not right now.
Is it a purty cake? It's edible, so that's good enough. I tried. If no one likes it, that's not my problem!
Oprah says I need to get in touch with my feelings. Why do I have this on? Because I was busy doing other things to change the channel. it's been on the same channel since noon. I was watching the news then and then started doing everything. Ugh. I'm tired.
Do I have to be the cool one? Why, I don't know.
I have to do some stuff in Flash. However, I feel completely unmotivated to do it. Why? Nothing has tickled my fancy in a long time in terms of being creative. Nothing humanly possible that is. I just feel blah. I think it's the winter.
Maybe I'll have some moment of brilliance while I'm away. Who knows. It's warmer there, it could happen. However, it makes me wish I had a purty Sony Vaio of my own to take with me. I just like Vaios. I can't help it. Maybe my dad can find one really cheap while he's off on business. I could have him buy it for me and I'll pay him for it when he gets back. Then again, who knows. I like PCs and I like Vaios. I know folks talk about their Macs, but it's just not for me. There's just something I have a hard time with when it comes to macs. I'm sorry. I don't diss people, I just myself prefer others.
I'm hearing noises, but I'm not sure whether it's really loud neighbors, my imagination or my chair moving. No matter, it's kind of freaky in any instance.
I'm debating making a valentine's cake. I read something on CNN about right wing Hindus in India going in and harassing shopkeepers and hotel folks about having Valentine's related items or celebrations. I'm not a Christian, but I like to celebrate it. It's a time to let the world know you care about someone.
In looking back at my good ole' high school yearbooks, I realize what not so good people I went to school with. I also realize that the people I keep in touch with the most did not go to school with me. Weird isn't it. I did go to college with a few of them. Mark, with whom I actually became better friends with when I moved, Jason who I'll always have as a friend, and then others that just take a lot of explaining. Weird. If it hadn't been for email and ICQ, I don't think I would have been able to stay friends with the people I have now. Of course that could also mean that I might have a bigger social life now. Ah, no matter. I survive the way I am.
I wonder how long I could do in solitary confinement? I mean really. They would probably think I was nuts when they try to take me out, but they wouldn't realize that I was just being normal. I think I would sleep most of the time. If Josh or Skittles for that matter, would let me I would sleep for days. Man that would be nice. Such a long and peaceful sleep... zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz
Today's word is... Accident!
There was an accident on the corner. I took some pictures and that's one of them. I have to say, the emergency response was quite good. I heard the bang, went over, saw the accident, went to go get the phone, and heard the sirens. That's really quick! Wow.
Posted by miftik at 04:38 PM
There was a 7.7 earthquake in El Salvador... I'm wondering when the big one is coming? This is getting a little weird. Want to hear something even more freaky? No, I won't say. I'm just getting freaked out by something.
I changed the litter and it was not fun. I just dumped it out and added some new stuff.
My cat is a fruit. She's going nuts trying to see out of the blinds. Weirdo kitty.
I'm sick and it sucks. I feel like heaving all the time. Nothing helps. It just sucks.
To add to my misery, I'm getting these weird head aches. Maybe there is something seriously wrong with me. I'll never know. I don't like the doctors. I can't stand doctors. Well, at least none that treat me. I have lots of doctor friends. Maybe that's why I don't like to be a patient. Who knows.
I've decided to be smart again. Well, I can't say I was ever stupid, but i've been slacking in the learning department.
I went and spent almost $200 on books at Amazon.com Don't worry. I was very frugal. I actually decided on all of the books I wanted, then I went to many sites and did a cost comparison. Now I am signed up with different affiliate networks with different online bookstores. So, what was my final result? Amazon.com was cheaper in the long run. I got more back in terms of my affiliate percentage than I would have with any other affiliate network. One of the books cost $10 more, but I still get back $20 more than I would have from B&N, which was the next highest return rate. Go figure! I checked the stats and they all showed up. Pheew!
Anyhow, I bought an ASP book, an XML book, a MySQL book, and yet another Flash book. I really don't use Flash that much, professionally that is. I don't see it as a professional product. Knowing what so many companies still use in their offices, I prefer to seek out other sources. But it's still fun to play with. It's kind of like the CG machines at the station. Amanda picked up on the whole frame and motions part pretty easily because it was so similar to CG. However, I don't think she quite learned how to use functions. Who knows.
Ok, it's study time for this youngin' after I update the guild list that is. The guys probably think I'm slacking off. Nope, just sick and feeling like you know what. Oi Vey.
OH MY GAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is great. It's the PETA Bad Cats Ad I loved it. I saved it in case I ever need it
Pickles are great. Salt, torture, it's got the essentials! I know it scares everyone who sees it, but I especially like to have pickles with chocolate milk! I've eaten almost a half a jar for dinner. That's really bad. I'm probably going to make myself sick. I need to stop.
There's some special on the Gulf War on. It's so Americana.
Wow, I just noticed something on a deposit receipt.. They ask you little banking questions. How interesting.
I've decided (with some help from Josh) that I want to buy a nice digital camcorder. I love electronic toys.
Wow, they just had a few not-so gung-ho soldiers on. Yeah. I knew a kid in the 6th grade (that was a really long time ago). He was completely gung-ho. He had the buzz cut, the clothes and the kill' em all attitude (and vocabulary). He was completely clueless as to how the world works. I asked him if he had ever been out of the state, he said no. The country? No. Go figure!
I have a weird habit of remembering everything and anything. I can remember some of the most useless things. At the same time, I can remember ideas and concepts really well. I may seem flighty to some people, but that's only because they are close/slow minded. I have a habit of thinking through things quite quickly and because of this, I don't always think things are important enough to mention...
Of course thinking of my thought process reminded me of a Math course I took in college. I had the biggest jerk of a professor. I had never given a bad review before, but I did for this person. He treated my like I was a dumb kid and knew nothing. Wrong. Sorry buddy. He gave me a D on my first test (we only had 3 total) He gave me a D because he said I didn't "show all of my work." I really didn't see it necessary to list everything that went through my head. I was fuming mad at him. So, come the next test, I was soooo bad. I had a ruler, a few pencils and lots of scratch paper. I took the entire class to do the test. I made sure everything was in order, lined up perfectly, everything! It was fun. On another occassion we had to do a paper and presentation on something... I decided on Cryptography. Well, come the week we were to give our presentation, who got sick? Me (and another girl... but we'll get to that) So, I attempted to give my presentation. I had a fever of 102 degrees, and had thrown up twice before class. I was not happy about being there, but this guys said we had to give the presentation on our date, or we would fail that part. So I gave it. He told me that I was unorganized, that I made mistakes in my presentation etc... Well, actually, I wasn't. I was sick, but I did know what I was talking about. I handed in my paper after the presentation and went home. Come to find out there was another girl who was sick and was supposed to present that day. Well, guess what, she got to give her presentation the next day and her presentation included incorrect information and processes, but the professor thought it was great. I was once again, fuming.
I got the paper back and got a lovely A (they don't do +/-). He wrote that he was amazed at my paper. I completely documented everything. Of course, I shouldn't be do angered by a person who thinks he can compute faster than a computer. Come to find out, he can just speak faster than a dot matrix printer on a 486 can print.
Don't doubt me when it comes to school. I had GREAT teachers growing up, teachers that cared about me. Especially Ms. Smith and Frau G. They taught me well. I miss them. They are good people.
I think I'm going to watch something a little more interesting than this Gulf War show. It's depressing, not because of it's content, but because of it's presentation.
I have been working on my newest creation and I have finally tackled my biggest hurdle. Cross-browser compatibility. I'm so tired of seeing sites that don't work in one site or another. I don't want people to feel that way when they visit.
I must say I like the Mercedes commercial where they have a chorus singing "Stayin Alive." Steve C. makes fun of me for liking them, but I can't help it. It was burned into my brain while I was a newborn. My mother lost all of her gained weight from being pregnant with me by dancing to the BeeGees. All I have to say is that it worked.
Josh is sick. Poor baby. Of course, so am I. Whatever he got, he's given to me. I have was feeling icky the past couple of days, but today did it. I sneezed and felt like I was going to throw up constantly after that. Ick.
On a happier note. I got the last of my vitamins. Yeah. Maybe I'll get healthier and feel better. I got some extra calcium tablets. I need them. Most women don't get enough and I don't want to be most women.
I adore the United Nations. I believe that they do a lot of good. However, they have had and do have some problems.
I think the "creation" of Isrl is something that should have been considered more than it was. I think we're in for a hell of a time with Sharon in now. I think the man is a complete and utter fool. The only leader I have held any respect for was Rabin. I was sad when he died. He was a smart and compasionate man. Should Barak or Sharon die today, I shall shed no tears. They've done nothing. They contribute nothing but pain to so many people.
Posted by miftik at 12:28 AM
Ok, so it's taken close to 30 minutes for CNN.com to put anything related to this White House Security breach on the site. Sheesh. ABCNews.com was the first to put it up.
I'm currently listening to a current live feed from them. I don't think they realize they have the mikes on. I'm hearing telephone conversations and other folks doing their live feeds. Dang it, they've just turned it off. It was fun while it lasted.
Ugh. It's so cold. I would have written yesterday, but my arm was really sore. Skittles clawed it while I was sleeping. I was able to keep the bandaging down to 14, only putting them on the cuts that were bleeding the most.
Ok, back to work. Burr.
It's SNOWING! I just read the NOAA forecast and they were talking about 15 inches by tomorrow. Sweet Mother I'm gonna be buried!! I wish Josh would come home early, but I'm not sure if he can. He's awfully busy. It's just that they are expecting this stuff to come down at a rate of two inches an hour. That's a lot of snow. I'm definately taking some pictures later this afternoon. They are going to look real good. Nothing will have been plowed. Nothing trampled, just lovely.
This is just plain scary. Why I aske you, why? Bet Josh would get a kick out of it. I've noticed they do different ones for different parts of the country. I wonder if they have this strange woman in other countries. Is there a Japanese version of Miss Cleo?
My clock sounds like clicking heels. I actually managed to wrangle Josh out of the house for the entire day. It's the whole new car thing. He loves that thing. He loved the swift, and I really miss it, but it's fun to have something new. We haven't named it yet. It's too soon. We'll name it. Everything is named. It's more fun that way. Especially when talking to each other with others around. They look so confused.
My head has been hurting again. I think I'm just going insane. It's nothing abnormal. I've always been close to insanity... well, some seem to think so.
Skittles has been giving me the starving kitty routine. She really needs some sort of therapy for this food obsession. As to her chewing problem, Josh and I were looking at bitter apple today and at the pet store it was... get this... $27.99 for one bottle! And we don't even know if it's going to work. For that much, I'll build a barrier out of maple, add some decorative moulding and treat it! Sheesh. That's just plain crazy. I imagine they have it much cheaper online. I just have to shop around. If all else fails, I'll build a door and keep her out. Whatever works. I'm just not paying $28 for something that might not work. Maybe it was just a misprint on the price tag... Maybe it was $7.99 That's still a little too much to spend on something she may like. We are talking about Skittles the weirdo cat.
Ahh, my head. I'm thinking about going to sleep, just so I can try to get rid of the headache. Maybe I will do that. I think so.
Yours truly is now a proud owner of a lovely VW Golf... Ewwwww.. fancy shmancy... ewwww.. Yeah, a day early and it's just too much fun. But I think the new car smell is making me sick. Ick.
I'm such a smarty pants. It was the battery. I did nothing wrong. Yippee. On an even better note. We are going to get it this afternoon! Sweet! I'm going to have a bit of a problem saying goodbye to that much money, but I'll be ok.
I got some assorted odds and ends from Drugstore.com because they were having a sale and I needed stuff... and I got this free candle and soap for valentines and let me tell you... just picking up the box the stuff overcame me. It's quite strong.
Soap operas suck! Ok, that's enough. Time to get ready to go get the car!
By my clever powers of deduction.... I noticed that 1. the rear defrost was on and 2. It was on at the same time as the heat, the radio and the door open... So what do we think happened? Everybody together now... "The battery is probably dead." Thank "Bob" for the rental car...
I went outside to clean up the swift some. Well, I moved the drivers seat forward and noticed the radio wasn't working and neither was the heat. I.e something's gone funky with the electrical system...
Needless to say, Josh is now worried that the car won't work and we can't trade it in. I'm not too worried for the fact that we have enough to cover the new car, if for some reason we can't trade in the swift. In other words, we have enough extra cash to cover the trade in amount of the swift.
The word for today is mooching. I am getting really irritated off of a certain few people who are mooching off of us every day and don't even have the brains enough to realize it. Or maybe they do and they are just too damn selfish to give a damn about anyone else. Either way, I'm in a really pissy mood today. I don't know how to break it to these people to leave us alone.
I think I'm gonna go break something. Let some of today's aggression out. I'm not violent, I'm just creative.
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