31 December 2003
one more.
those weird emails that seth sent to mike and then mike sent to me... with breaking eggs on ben may and he was like, why am i covered in goo. i wish i still had those. lost with the rest of my emails from my columbia account :(
those weird emails that seth sent to mike and then mike sent to me... with breaking eggs on ben may and he was like, why am i covered in goo. i wish i still had those. lost with the rest of my emails from my columbia account :(
last second saloon!!!
how about when mark jezyck (sp?) asked chris cross (though the carmen 7 lounge window) if he was still wearing his clothes backward and he got all pissed.
D - 10 ten reasons to pledge theta
... [trying to remember the exact wording, but that will be impossible]
a. Pansy Party: beat up your favorite Pika plege
b. "Theta night at the Apollo" and "Get yo ass back from the Apollo"
c. something about our meetings and the '99 class officers at the front being a 3-ring circus complete with dancing monkey. that dancing monkey part i remember
...the well has run dry so i remember like 2 of them. i wonder if we wrote them down somewhere. hmm.
pigtails in hartley.
oooh? (haha, when he oohed ryan, that was funny. he got all pissed) and just one cheerio. and you mahr-red yourself.
the embarrassment of dropping your tray in john jay. [thank god neither of us did that even with your propensity to trip]
the mouse and the bread bags.
that you would go to john jay dinner early with me b/c i think i had a class or something. on certain days.... no it was stupid work at the music library. and it was b/c i think i was totally famished from like a 6 or 8 hour work day and had not really eaten the whole time or something. this was probably after the music library emails i am sure.
all of the beta incidents from the jethro tull rendition to running away from andy when he was psycho (from cannons or the west end? i can't remember).
cannon's late night in general, when it was so packed you could barely get to the bathroom and most of the time it meant getting groped by all walks of life (including that lovely spanish guy that you encountered that one time).
your strange attraction to brian mangum.
joe and dan's porn collection including the stacked vaginas. how about dan's short-lived obsession with that BJ song? i can't remember if it was about BJs. it was something dirty, that i know.
when buzantian borrowed my brown gap stretchy button-down top for like a year. maybe that one really just bothers me. anyway. oh and the underwear and "signature" perfume xmas gift. i actually still have those metallic aqua panties. but still, an odd gift just the same.
hahha, oh, and calc IS with Ara and Steve and the Sorin Stories.
and when mike barnette dropped me off on the 3rd floor of carmen in his orange laundry bag. i'm not sure if you were there for that. it was the girls only floor and they looked at me like i had octupus tentacles when i rolled myself out of the bag and back into the elevator. it was him and someone else. i can't remember who else was holding the bag.
ok, my brain will rest for now until i can think of some more.
... [trying to remember the exact wording, but that will be impossible]
a. Pansy Party: beat up your favorite Pika plege
b. "Theta night at the Apollo" and "Get yo ass back from the Apollo"
c. something about our meetings and the '99 class officers at the front being a 3-ring circus complete with dancing monkey. that dancing monkey part i remember
...the well has run dry so i remember like 2 of them. i wonder if we wrote them down somewhere. hmm.
pigtails in hartley.
oooh? (haha, when he oohed ryan, that was funny. he got all pissed) and just one cheerio. and you mahr-red yourself.
the embarrassment of dropping your tray in john jay. [thank god neither of us did that even with your propensity to trip]
the mouse and the bread bags.
that you would go to john jay dinner early with me b/c i think i had a class or something. on certain days.... no it was stupid work at the music library. and it was b/c i think i was totally famished from like a 6 or 8 hour work day and had not really eaten the whole time or something. this was probably after the music library emails i am sure.
all of the beta incidents from the jethro tull rendition to running away from andy when he was psycho (from cannons or the west end? i can't remember).
cannon's late night in general, when it was so packed you could barely get to the bathroom and most of the time it meant getting groped by all walks of life (including that lovely spanish guy that you encountered that one time).
your strange attraction to brian mangum.
joe and dan's porn collection including the stacked vaginas. how about dan's short-lived obsession with that BJ song? i can't remember if it was about BJs. it was something dirty, that i know.
when buzantian borrowed my brown gap stretchy button-down top for like a year. maybe that one really just bothers me. anyway. oh and the underwear and "signature" perfume xmas gift. i actually still have those metallic aqua panties. but still, an odd gift just the same.
hahha, oh, and calc IS with Ara and Steve and the Sorin Stories.
and when mike barnette dropped me off on the 3rd floor of carmen in his orange laundry bag. i'm not sure if you were there for that. it was the girls only floor and they looked at me like i had octupus tentacles when i rolled myself out of the bag and back into the elevator. it was him and someone else. i can't remember who else was holding the bag.
ok, my brain will rest for now until i can think of some more.
yeah, no one in on IM. why? probably b/c they're doing something cool for new years. i'll be busy watching the pups to make sure they don't pop a stitch jumping around and licking their stitched area. for some reason i have this nasty headache and i don't know where it came from. it started last night and i am praying that it isn't some new form of the flu seeing as i just got rid of a really icky one so yeah. please, spare me - haven't i had enough cold/flu for the next couple of months?
so i have nothing fun to say b/c it was a reasonably boring 24 hours aside from the fact that i was stunned to see that my dogs seem to have no idea they just had a somewhat less than minor surgery yesterday. savannah was her usual nutcase self when we picked her up from the vet and when we got out of the car she threw herself out the back and kinda landed on her head. this is all maybe 30 hours after surgery with anesthesia and everything. she really has like pain tolerance like nothing i have ever seen. even nikki was surprisingly chipper. she was her usual hyper this morning so i gave her one of those pet sedate tabs that has is like a superdose of tryptophan (probably the equivalent of eating a 20 pound turkey in one sitting or something). when i left she was dozing on the floor so it looks like it may have worked. i need to try it on savannah and see if it has any effect. according to the bottle you can double the dose if necessary so maybe she's one of those dogs that needs it. that would be 6 tabs!
anyway, so i could continue coding...
just spent some time on quizilla though i hate to admit it b/c it looks like the stuff is cheeszola on there. whatever, i see a stupid quiz and i have to take it.
what the hell man. my lower abdomen is again writhing from trapped pressure. maybe it's my period that's causting this. maybe it's parent-visiting-with-you-gas-producing-anxiety. hopefully it will be gone by next week and leave me in peace.
so i have nothing fun to say b/c it was a reasonably boring 24 hours aside from the fact that i was stunned to see that my dogs seem to have no idea they just had a somewhat less than minor surgery yesterday. savannah was her usual nutcase self when we picked her up from the vet and when we got out of the car she threw herself out the back and kinda landed on her head. this is all maybe 30 hours after surgery with anesthesia and everything. she really has like pain tolerance like nothing i have ever seen. even nikki was surprisingly chipper. she was her usual hyper this morning so i gave her one of those pet sedate tabs that has is like a superdose of tryptophan (probably the equivalent of eating a 20 pound turkey in one sitting or something). when i left she was dozing on the floor so it looks like it may have worked. i need to try it on savannah and see if it has any effect. according to the bottle you can double the dose if necessary so maybe she's one of those dogs that needs it. that would be 6 tabs!
anyway, so i could continue coding...
just spent some time on quizilla though i hate to admit it b/c it looks like the stuff is cheeszola on there. whatever, i see a stupid quiz and i have to take it.
what the hell man. my lower abdomen is again writhing from trapped pressure. maybe it's my period that's causting this. maybe it's parent-visiting-with-you-gas-producing-anxiety. hopefully it will be gone by next week and leave me in peace.
30 December 2003
today felt like an indulgement b/c i actually slept until 7am without any interruption other than choose to wake up myself and get up. It kinda felt weird actually. 7am felt really late to get up, since i am so used to be licked awake around 5:30am. i am anxious to see the pups and how they are doing after surgery. and what kind of mess their little tummies look like - that used to be perfect and untouched. i really feel bad that i had to get them spayed but that's life and they are dogs. but still, it must've been a but traumatic for the little things. anyway, so lauren and i and mama paola will be picking them up at the pet hospital around 5-5:30pm. logistically, i am a litle anxious on how we are going to be able to transport savannah without putting her through alot of pain. i mean, can she jump down from the car? she's 42 pounds (yeah, she gained like 7 pounds in two weeks - when is she going to stop growing!!!) so it's not like you can just pick her up like a bag of groceries. not to mention those gangly limbs of hers, all over the place. i hope that she is at least a little calm seeing as she just had a friggin' canine hystorectomy. anyway.
i do need to get to some of my 1-8 things that i need to remember to talk about, most importantly the dj ladies room (i mean, should i start bringing personal portable potpurri everytime i go in there? i mean, someone is not doing a good job cleaning down in the nether regions!), but the amount of work i need to get done here is bad and if i found it remotely interesting i might be more efficient at getting it done, but i am so tired of working on the same thing for 2 years (i mean, hardly a deviation, it's just doing and redoing the same thing over and over) that my productivity level has declined significantly. anyway. so back to work. blah.
i do need to get to some of my 1-8 things that i need to remember to talk about, most importantly the dj ladies room (i mean, should i start bringing personal portable potpurri everytime i go in there? i mean, someone is not doing a good job cleaning down in the nether regions!), but the amount of work i need to get done here is bad and if i found it remotely interesting i might be more efficient at getting it done, but i am so tired of working on the same thing for 2 years (i mean, hardly a deviation, it's just doing and redoing the same thing over and over) that my productivity level has declined significantly. anyway. so back to work. blah.
8. why most people in my world (i.e. people i talk to, people i don't know but read about/listen to, etc) think bush is terrible and needs to be out, yet only 30% or so of the country stated they would definitely not vote for him in '04? i mean, unless my my circle of people are the complete idiots (which i highly doubt), then can we assume that 70% of the US are just complete morons? yeah, i go with the latter. [sigh]
29 December 2003
7. the internet development world's blind following of microsoft's html standard (put more simply, most sites you are bound to using IE 5.0+, bogus monopolistic crap) ...
yeah, this particular topic i may spare anyone reading my blog from. b/c it will get boring and more like a train wreck than anything.
still have gas. ah well.
yeah, this particular topic i may spare anyone reading my blog from. b/c it will get boring and more like a train wreck than anything.
still have gas. ah well.
i am totally spastic today. anyway,
D - what do the blog readers think... myself, ummm... well i am not sure other than the fact that i still think he is a shit. i think had he called or emailed with some lame excuse i would think he was more of an ass, though there would be some strange satisfaction in the discovery of his total ass-ness. but then again, nothing at all is just like (not to mention that i am fairly sure he reads your blog, no?) retarded too though b/c it is just like complete nonchalance or something. i don't know. i think he is a drain of human resources, emotional, physical (just having to write to him or about his retardedness, voicemail, what have you), spiritual, etc. i really think that you need to leave it - it is something to hold on to, i know that. i mean without this miserableness with him there will be no opposite-sex connection with anyone (for now, not forever), so i know that this dysfunctional relationship you have with him occupies some void. but i think it is self-destructive. i wonder if i'm making sense.
anyway, i was able to release some pressure. i feel like one of those pancake compressors, i can probably drive 2 inch finishing nails from my ass if i wanted to.
D - what do the blog readers think... myself, ummm... well i am not sure other than the fact that i still think he is a shit. i think had he called or emailed with some lame excuse i would think he was more of an ass, though there would be some strange satisfaction in the discovery of his total ass-ness. but then again, nothing at all is just like (not to mention that i am fairly sure he reads your blog, no?) retarded too though b/c it is just like complete nonchalance or something. i don't know. i think he is a drain of human resources, emotional, physical (just having to write to him or about his retardedness, voicemail, what have you), spiritual, etc. i really think that you need to leave it - it is something to hold on to, i know that. i mean without this miserableness with him there will be no opposite-sex connection with anyone (for now, not forever), so i know that this dysfunctional relationship you have with him occupies some void. but i think it is self-destructive. i wonder if i'm making sense.
anyway, i was able to release some pressure. i feel like one of those pancake compressors, i can probably drive 2 inch finishing nails from my ass if i wanted to.
ha! he is gone. now farts, now!
D - write more -- i'm bored! (even though i have loads of work to do but i am really in the f-you stage right now. like f-you write the code yourself if you don't like it).
just kidding. but seriously. it does help me pass the time reading your blog.
stomach still hurts. wish i could fart. why won't my hallal (sp?)-eating office mate go home already!!!
just kidding. but seriously. it does help me pass the time reading your blog.
stomach still hurts. wish i could fart. why won't my hallal (sp?)-eating office mate go home already!!!
how about this one:
6. the horror of having really bad stomach inflating gas while sitting in a 7X10 office with someone sitting in a desk less than 36 inches away from you.
6. the horror of having really bad stomach inflating gas while sitting in a 7X10 office with someone sitting in a desk less than 36 inches away from you.
my job is seriously making me insane and i need to get my assin gear and work on my resume. i need to get out of this place before i permanently peeve myself out.
oh and,
5. the laziness and idiocy of my project in relation to WHY WE DID NOT BRANCH THE F'ING CODE AFTER THE HUGE-ASS DEMO WHEN WE KNEW IT WORKED AND WAS STABLE
5. the laziness and idiocy of my project in relation to WHY WE DID NOT BRANCH THE F'ING CODE AFTER THE HUGE-ASS DEMO WHEN WE KNEW IT WORKED AND WAS STABLE
things i need to address before i forget and they seep out of my head like a sieve:
1. the god-awful smell of the women's bathroom @ the dj
2. my aching stomach (probably costco-salmon induced)
3. doggie hystorectomies. (with a "y" or an "i"? i think "y")
4. my constant 2nd-guessing of my home purchase and the thoughts that i could have found something better and more appropriate. argh.
1. the god-awful smell of the women's bathroom @ the dj
2. my aching stomach (probably costco-salmon induced)
3. doggie hystorectomies. (with a "y" or an "i"? i think "y")
4. my constant 2nd-guessing of my home purchase and the thoughts that i could have found something better and more appropriate. argh.
24 December 2003
ok, so again geeking venting coming. flee now if you don't want to hear it.
now, this is partially my fault, but hardly something you can expect any normal person to have remembered, especially a software developer.
so, i created an amazon wishlist at the end of 2000. yes that would be 3 years ago. 3 full years. since then i have had 3 different jobs and 4 different addresses. so, i decided that using my wishlist this year for xmas would be the most convenient option for people if they wanted to get me something and they are not on my side of the country. so i added some new junk to it. d-funk uses my wishlist and so the package never shows. i think, "something is very wrong here." so i go to my account at amazon and lo and behold, all the way at the bottom is a link that says "change your wishlist address." um, what? i look at the wishlist address and it is from when i used to work at sapient. sapient!! in downtown los angeles. when i would get stuff shipped there since i was working lost of hours. then i click "manage address book." and that sapient los angeles address isn't even in my address book. i deleted long ago. i don't even remember when I deleted it it's been that long. since then i have had numerous amazon things shipped to me, even to my newest address in harbor city (which is actually the city of Los Angeles). All this time, that i have deleted addresses, added new addresses, never once was I reminded that there is a separate wish list address that is not actually linked to you address book. what is the point of having an address book to managed addresses if you have other addresses in the system not linked to your address book??? i mean, if you have a separate utility for addresses and the user becomes accustomed to using this address book as the central location of addresses, how could you possibly expect the user to remember that there are other non-linked addresses used elsewhere. i mean, it's totally illogical. not to mention bad database design. they are storing addresses in 2 different tables!!! duplicated in some cases. it doesn't take a sun java super architect to...(continuing now on the 29th, i know, retard) figure that out. anyway must move on.
now, this is partially my fault, but hardly something you can expect any normal person to have remembered, especially a software developer.
so, i created an amazon wishlist at the end of 2000. yes that would be 3 years ago. 3 full years. since then i have had 3 different jobs and 4 different addresses. so, i decided that using my wishlist this year for xmas would be the most convenient option for people if they wanted to get me something and they are not on my side of the country. so i added some new junk to it. d-funk uses my wishlist and so the package never shows. i think, "something is very wrong here." so i go to my account at amazon and lo and behold, all the way at the bottom is a link that says "change your wishlist address." um, what? i look at the wishlist address and it is from when i used to work at sapient. sapient!! in downtown los angeles. when i would get stuff shipped there since i was working lost of hours. then i click "manage address book." and that sapient los angeles address isn't even in my address book. i deleted long ago. i don't even remember when I deleted it it's been that long. since then i have had numerous amazon things shipped to me, even to my newest address in harbor city (which is actually the city of Los Angeles). All this time, that i have deleted addresses, added new addresses, never once was I reminded that there is a separate wish list address that is not actually linked to you address book. what is the point of having an address book to managed addresses if you have other addresses in the system not linked to your address book??? i mean, if you have a separate utility for addresses and the user becomes accustomed to using this address book as the central location of addresses, how could you possibly expect the user to remember that there are other non-linked addresses used elsewhere. i mean, it's totally illogical. not to mention bad database design. they are storing addresses in 2 different tables!!! duplicated in some cases. it doesn't take a sun java super architect to...(continuing now on the 29th, i know, retard) figure that out. anyway must move on.
23 December 2003
yeah. so i got the flu. was trying to remember why the last entry was over a week ago and then i remembered my 101.8 fever and aching body. icky. anyway, so that is pretty much wrapped up for the most part, some lingering phlegm and occasional sinus pressure but glands have retreated [yay!].
so, the doggies will probably be going to daycare a couple times a week. lucky shits. they get to make lots of friends their own size (they have 3 pens: small, medium, large dogs), sniff all the butts of their new friends, and then run around and act silly. i want daycare. i figure, if i can get to work an hour earlier each day they go to daycare it will pay for itself ($40 a day for the 2 dogs. yeah, not cheap). and my house will be happier (less smell and chewed items), as well as myself (happier, not chewed). hopefully they pass whatever doggie requirements they have (like with aggression). savannah is super-friendly. to the point where she might scare other dogs. she is like the person that hugs people she barely knows and gets all touchy feely. that's savannah. insta-buddy. even if you don't want a buddy. too bad she thinks everyone wants a buddy. nikki is a little more reserved at first. she will bark at everyone like "hey, i'm here now, i'm the new boss, don't mess with me." but she is a little shit, if someone called her on that she'd yelp and run away. so as long as the daycare people are cool with lots of doggie wrestling and false bravado from a 14 pound copper and white furball, then they should get accepted into the doggie daycare place (which is down the street in my little unknown harbor city! nifty). almost hit ctrl-W to change a word... i am learning to think before i type!
so anyway if i get this daycare thing straightened out soon it'll be that much easier to concret-tize the backyard since they will be away during the day leaving the concrete dudes free to complete work. and also i have to pray that they haven't torn down my fence yet (imagine i come home to find my fence and dogs missing). they did that to another dog lady in the complex. got back from her morning walk with the dog and found her fence missing. after they said in a mailed letter that they wouldn't start until a week after that. HOA totally sucks bullysticks.
so, nikki does funny stuff with her pig ears. I give her a pig ear and she takes it, half-heartedly, and then starts wandering around the house whimpering, while looking for a hiding place for the ear. she starts digging into the couch cushions and blankets and testing out places, covering them up. or she'll go outside, put the ear in a dirt hole, cover it up and come in with a dirty nose looking like nothing has happened. supposedly it's instinctual behavior to hide it if they don't want to eat it right away. also, she might be worried that savannah will take it from her (which she does) so hiding it is the best option.
savannah has also started doing funny things when people come home. she gets a toy, like a stuffed animal, and then walks around with it in her mouth, making growling noises and poking you with it. all while her tail is wagging 80 miles a minuge. apparently lauren and chris's golden retriever used to do this as well. so at least i know its nothing too strange.
alright, i'm boring myself now.
just ate pop tarts from the vending machine. 400 calories in about 3 minutes. geez. maybe i should take some of that extra time gained from doggie daycare and use it to get my ass to the gym. it was the cheap miser in me that made me get the pop tarts. they were clearly the best deal. two pop tarts for 65 cents? the stupid nutrigrain bar was 60 and the gardetto's party mix was 65. i mean, 2 pop tarts definitely beats them. so i had to have them. will have to eat smallish dinner and no belgian truffles!!!
so, the doggies will probably be going to daycare a couple times a week. lucky shits. they get to make lots of friends their own size (they have 3 pens: small, medium, large dogs), sniff all the butts of their new friends, and then run around and act silly. i want daycare. i figure, if i can get to work an hour earlier each day they go to daycare it will pay for itself ($40 a day for the 2 dogs. yeah, not cheap). and my house will be happier (less smell and chewed items), as well as myself (happier, not chewed). hopefully they pass whatever doggie requirements they have (like with aggression). savannah is super-friendly. to the point where she might scare other dogs. she is like the person that hugs people she barely knows and gets all touchy feely. that's savannah. insta-buddy. even if you don't want a buddy. too bad she thinks everyone wants a buddy. nikki is a little more reserved at first. she will bark at everyone like "hey, i'm here now, i'm the new boss, don't mess with me." but she is a little shit, if someone called her on that she'd yelp and run away. so as long as the daycare people are cool with lots of doggie wrestling and false bravado from a 14 pound copper and white furball, then they should get accepted into the doggie daycare place (which is down the street in my little unknown harbor city! nifty). almost hit ctrl-W to change a word... i am learning to think before i type!
so anyway if i get this daycare thing straightened out soon it'll be that much easier to concret-tize the backyard since they will be away during the day leaving the concrete dudes free to complete work. and also i have to pray that they haven't torn down my fence yet (imagine i come home to find my fence and dogs missing). they did that to another dog lady in the complex. got back from her morning walk with the dog and found her fence missing. after they said in a mailed letter that they wouldn't start until a week after that. HOA totally sucks bullysticks.
so, nikki does funny stuff with her pig ears. I give her a pig ear and she takes it, half-heartedly, and then starts wandering around the house whimpering, while looking for a hiding place for the ear. she starts digging into the couch cushions and blankets and testing out places, covering them up. or she'll go outside, put the ear in a dirt hole, cover it up and come in with a dirty nose looking like nothing has happened. supposedly it's instinctual behavior to hide it if they don't want to eat it right away. also, she might be worried that savannah will take it from her (which she does) so hiding it is the best option.
savannah has also started doing funny things when people come home. she gets a toy, like a stuffed animal, and then walks around with it in her mouth, making growling noises and poking you with it. all while her tail is wagging 80 miles a minuge. apparently lauren and chris's golden retriever used to do this as well. so at least i know its nothing too strange.
alright, i'm boring myself now.
just ate pop tarts from the vending machine. 400 calories in about 3 minutes. geez. maybe i should take some of that extra time gained from doggie daycare and use it to get my ass to the gym. it was the cheap miser in me that made me get the pop tarts. they were clearly the best deal. two pop tarts for 65 cents? the stupid nutrigrain bar was 60 and the gardetto's party mix was 65. i mean, 2 pop tarts definitely beats them. so i had to have them. will have to eat smallish dinner and no belgian truffles!!!
15 December 2003
what to say.... um. so, turns out nikki doesn't actually have roundworms she has whip worms. which are worse (harder to clear up and wreak more havoc) and the eggs remain viable for 5 years!!! and there is no way to "clean" the soil in your yard. fabulous. all they have to do is find a whip worm egg laid in the last five years and eat it and they are re-infected. lovely. and the meds from the vet (Panacur) for 4 3-day treatments (both dogs) were $75!!! yeah, so what else can i say but f-ing fabulous. And I think nikki's appetite is decreased from the worms so it is near impossible to put the powder in her food and expect her to eat the bowl (even half-portion which is what i tried the first day). So I had to resort to mixing the powder in peanut butter since they are both nuts about it and i know she would finish the peanut butter in a heartbeat, including licking the spoon clean until she can see herself.
Anyway, so looks like I am going to have to look into a number of things. (1) seeing if I can self-medicate them in the future (since panacur on petmeds.com is no where near as expensive as getting it from the vet)... if they test positive again, (2) ask the vet about the combined monthly worm treatments (that cover heartworm, roundworm, tapeworm, and whipworm - whipworm probably not as effective as pancur powder but good for basic control), (3) most importantly putting down concrete and getting rid of any dirt so that I can clean their messes easier. If it's concrete I can just hoze it down, push the water out of the premises and disinfect. This option however, I was planning to do later down the road as it's going to cost over $1000 to do I am sure. I calculater online estimated it at 2669. So, hooray for that. I am hoping that it can be done quickly and on relatively short notice (like in a couple of weeks) so that I can get it done before the blockwall people get to my building (they are replacing the dilapidated wooden fencing with blockwall fencing, but they are taking their blessed time - they're only on #4 of 26 in their schedule and it's been 2 months. I am #8 so that doesn't tell me much. They might speed up and get to me in 4 weeks, or I might be waiting 2 months. All the while I am trying to figure out where the dogs are going to go while they are putting up new walls. Doggie daycare? ah, more expenses... of course. HOA sucks.
violent sneezing going on today. can't tell if it's horrific allergies, the flu, or a combination of both. just sneezed 4 times in a row. now 5. feels like my head is going to explode. not cool with this at all. no sir. and my face feels like it has a hair dryer on it.
lauren is marginally better. he is supposed to work in the field tomorrow. apparently he ran out of medical leave on friday, so not sure if they are going to be flexible and still pay him for friday and monday. taking care of the dogs is significantly harder with him floor-ridden. I have to walk them both (separately, b/c they are demons when walked together) and they don't get evenings walks unless i want to brave harbor city alone in the dark. yeah, i don't think so. not to mention that i have to pick up all their poop in the yard myself so also, more annoying.
mother is coming for xmas... my father convinced her to come, since i guess he is afraid she will get depressed since he has to work everyday of her vacation except for xmas and new years. So, she will arrive on xmas and leave on new years. haven't gotten the exact details yet - he is supposed to call me today to let me know. How do I feel about this? eh, ok, i guess. the only thing i am sort of dreading is that i am sure she is going to complain about my lifestyle. like the dogs in the house, not clean enough (ahem, the dirty dogs), why did i buy the new couch that cost too much (um, b/c the IKEA sofa is an isor and not comfortable anymore), all this stuff in the house is unfinished, i am disorganized (yes, i know this, but i am busy and organization costs money, buying things to put the stuff in to make it organized, etc. money that is really not available right now especially with the fact that i have to put concrete down unless i want to watch my puppies battle whipworms constantly with bloody stools and squirting diarrhea b/c the soil is contaminated. f-ing kennel. they were fine before the kennel stay.).
anyway, i would rather she come though and not get super depressed or sick and deal with her potentially picking at everything in my house. it's something i can learn to ignore (or at least try to ignore) which is better than risking her mental instability.
ugh i think i am getting sick. i'll probably leave early tonight and maybe have to stay out tomorrow depending on how i feel. yeah, i think i am heading out at 5:30... lost wages 62.50 from my planned leaving time. so annoying. i hate being sick.
Anyway, so looks like I am going to have to look into a number of things. (1) seeing if I can self-medicate them in the future (since panacur on petmeds.com is no where near as expensive as getting it from the vet)... if they test positive again, (2) ask the vet about the combined monthly worm treatments (that cover heartworm, roundworm, tapeworm, and whipworm - whipworm probably not as effective as pancur powder but good for basic control), (3) most importantly putting down concrete and getting rid of any dirt so that I can clean their messes easier. If it's concrete I can just hoze it down, push the water out of the premises and disinfect. This option however, I was planning to do later down the road as it's going to cost over $1000 to do I am sure. I calculater online estimated it at 2669. So, hooray for that. I am hoping that it can be done quickly and on relatively short notice (like in a couple of weeks) so that I can get it done before the blockwall people get to my building (they are replacing the dilapidated wooden fencing with blockwall fencing, but they are taking their blessed time - they're only on #4 of 26 in their schedule and it's been 2 months. I am #8 so that doesn't tell me much. They might speed up and get to me in 4 weeks, or I might be waiting 2 months. All the while I am trying to figure out where the dogs are going to go while they are putting up new walls. Doggie daycare? ah, more expenses... of course. HOA sucks.
violent sneezing going on today. can't tell if it's horrific allergies, the flu, or a combination of both. just sneezed 4 times in a row. now 5. feels like my head is going to explode. not cool with this at all. no sir. and my face feels like it has a hair dryer on it.
lauren is marginally better. he is supposed to work in the field tomorrow. apparently he ran out of medical leave on friday, so not sure if they are going to be flexible and still pay him for friday and monday. taking care of the dogs is significantly harder with him floor-ridden. I have to walk them both (separately, b/c they are demons when walked together) and they don't get evenings walks unless i want to brave harbor city alone in the dark. yeah, i don't think so. not to mention that i have to pick up all their poop in the yard myself so also, more annoying.
mother is coming for xmas... my father convinced her to come, since i guess he is afraid she will get depressed since he has to work everyday of her vacation except for xmas and new years. So, she will arrive on xmas and leave on new years. haven't gotten the exact details yet - he is supposed to call me today to let me know. How do I feel about this? eh, ok, i guess. the only thing i am sort of dreading is that i am sure she is going to complain about my lifestyle. like the dogs in the house, not clean enough (ahem, the dirty dogs), why did i buy the new couch that cost too much (um, b/c the IKEA sofa is an isor and not comfortable anymore), all this stuff in the house is unfinished, i am disorganized (yes, i know this, but i am busy and organization costs money, buying things to put the stuff in to make it organized, etc. money that is really not available right now especially with the fact that i have to put concrete down unless i want to watch my puppies battle whipworms constantly with bloody stools and squirting diarrhea b/c the soil is contaminated. f-ing kennel. they were fine before the kennel stay.).
anyway, i would rather she come though and not get super depressed or sick and deal with her potentially picking at everything in my house. it's something i can learn to ignore (or at least try to ignore) which is better than risking her mental instability.
ugh i think i am getting sick. i'll probably leave early tonight and maybe have to stay out tomorrow depending on how i feel. yeah, i think i am heading out at 5:30... lost wages 62.50 from my planned leaving time. so annoying. i hate being sick.
12 December 2003
ahhh. traffic looks muuuuch better. in a matter of 17 minutes the spends have went from 13 mph to like 30. that is fantabulous.
see that i am signed in, blogger? see?
i think this blogger is on my shitlist. along with microsoft, dubya, blue shield of california, and cunt-lin. (well, the last one isn't really on my shitlist anymore, but i had to put someone i know or used to know on my shitlist. plus, i find the nickname really amusing).
see that i am signed in, blogger? see?
i think this blogger is on my shitlist. along with microsoft, dubya, blue shield of california, and cunt-lin. (well, the last one isn't really on my shitlist anymore, but i had to put someone i know or used to know on my shitlist. plus, i find the nickname really amusing).
2nd foiled blog post attempt!!! aaarrrgggh!!!!
yeah blogger. you suck. my session became inactive and you lost my post when i hit post & publish (b.c i was supposedly not signed in). does that make any sense you stupid blogger? wouldn't you try to retain that information for people who forgot to refresh their session??
hello IT department!!! blogger software developers, are you listening???
clearly this blog doesn't want me to write my feelings on it.
:P
yeah blogger. you suck. my session became inactive and you lost my post when i hit post & publish (b.c i was supposedly not signed in). does that make any sense you stupid blogger? wouldn't you try to retain that information for people who forgot to refresh their session??
hello IT department!!! blogger software developers, are you listening???
clearly this blog doesn't want me to write my feelings on it.
:P
11 December 2003
people. a word of advice from a computer dork. if you are on a windows machine and working on IE, do not hit ctrl-W unless you are prepared for the consequences. like, losing an entire email you are about to send, or losing a blog post in mid-composition. it freaking closes your IE window with no warning whatsoever.
so why would i think to hit this? b/c i've made this mistake more than once. twice, or let's say even 5 times. well, if you are a code geek like myself you probably use a code development environment (for me it's IntelliJ's IDEA). Ctrl-W does fabulous things in IDEA. I can highlight an entire word with just one swift ctrl-W. like this. and if you want you can even hit it twice and it will highlight the word right next to it. like this word too. fantastic. except that when i'm doing normal person things like surfing the web or writing email or what have you i usually hit this ctrl-W to highlight a word to delete or overwrite and BAM!. all is lost forever.
f-ing sucks.
so why would i think to hit this? b/c i've made this mistake more than once. twice, or let's say even 5 times. well, if you are a code geek like myself you probably use a code development environment (for me it's IntelliJ's IDEA). Ctrl-W does fabulous things in IDEA. I can highlight an entire word with just one swift ctrl-W. like this. and if you want you can even hit it twice and it will highlight the word right next to it. like this word too. fantastic. except that when i'm doing normal person things like surfing the web or writing email or what have you i usually hit this ctrl-W to highlight a word to delete or overwrite and BAM!. all is lost forever.
f-ing sucks.
so i knew i would suck at this blog thing. especially when the only internet time i have is mostly at work so blogging feels a little weird with work people around.
so. work is progressively worsening - now our pseudo-project manager-liason to the big cheese is essentially leaving next month to work with his brother. He and his friend invented some cleaning aparatus that uses ozone to kill bacteria. Supposedly this is huge for the meat-packing industry. So, talk about a good idea to stumble upon. Can't say I blame him for leaving. But it certainly puts us in a bind b/c they won't *hire* a project manager, they'll find someone internally and the only guy that can do it doesn't want to. So hopefully big cheese will sort of force him to do it, or else this project will die a slow and miserable death. in which case i am outtie long before that. time to start resume-building (after 2 years i think it probably needs an almost 100% revamp).
so. work is progressively worsening - now our pseudo-project manager-liason to the big cheese is essentially leaving next month to work with his brother. He and his friend invented some cleaning aparatus that uses ozone to kill bacteria. Supposedly this is huge for the meat-packing industry. So, talk about a good idea to stumble upon. Can't say I blame him for leaving. But it certainly puts us in a bind b/c they won't *hire* a project manager, they'll find someone internally and the only guy that can do it doesn't want to. So hopefully big cheese will sort of force him to do it, or else this project will die a slow and miserable death. in which case i am outtie long before that. time to start resume-building (after 2 years i think it probably needs an almost 100% revamp).
