You know what I hate most about leaving early sick? The next day I get into work and everything on my desk is in a different place.
How does that work exactly? Is my stapler playing a cruel joke on me by moving from the right side to the left? Doubtful. I believe everybody has a stapler, so why is mine always used by somebody else when I'm gone? Can't we afford to buy a new stapler for the poor unfortunate soul who has none?
These are they mysteries of life. Mysteries that have no answers. Of course, I could spend all day contemplating such mysteries of life, but I wouldn't ever get anything else done. So, I think I'll let this stapler one slide.
So, I feel better today. The headache is gone but I'm crampy due to the dreaded "curse". Great. I finally get my head to stop pounding but it moves to another part of my body. No great mystery there, just bad timing.
Well, I better get to it and figure out where all the stuff I was working on yesterday morning went before the bossman gets in and starts asking me about stuff. Stuff I won't have an answer for!
I did get one thing done yesterday - which some of you already read about. I got a monthly train pass. On the train line I take there are no ticket agents at the station so you have to either buy a one way on the train for $3.90 a ride ($7.80 a day), buy a monthly my mail, or drive to a train line that has an agent. Which is what I chose to do. So, with the monthly I can ride unlimited for the month of June, saving myself about $60 bucks. I'm all for that!
I do not feel good this morning at all. My head is pounding and I'm having a hard time focusing.
Hopefully, I'll be better later, but now, I need to rest. I'm at work, unfortunately. I'm thinking about leaving early, the but I only have two choices for trains - one is at 10:00, the other is at 2:00. Crap. I was so hoping there would be one around noon.
Oh well. I hope everybody has a better day today than me.
Having four days off is awesome, but it makes going in on Tuesday a pain in the ass.
I wound up working around the house on my day off last Friday - getting the house cleaned and running around doing errands. But, I got a lot done, which makes a day off doing housework worth it, I suppose.
We went to a BBQ at Kim's (cleos'mama) and she is just a great host. She put out a spread of food that was just incredible! And her husband, Ron, cooked all the meat on the grill and he did a great job to boot! Thanks for a great time Kim!
Last night I just sat at home and watched some TV winding down from the weekend. Crashed out early - with a very very full stomach!
Anyway, I better get to work. There's a stack of work from last Friday sitting in front of me that should prove to take some time to even figure what it's all about.
Oh, and the award for the most pathetic thing ever posted on a weight loss message board goes to:
Well, for me anyway. Since I'm off tomorrow, Saturday, Sunday and Monday! You'll have to do without my daily post blogsters.
NOTICE: Spoiler Alert!
There. Can't say I didn't warn ya.
So, one was voted off the Lost island, while one was crowned American Idol.
Let's start with Idol. I didn't watch the whole thing. Or the end. Which is silly, but that's how it went down. We went out for a while last night and I'm thinking no big deal, right? I have this new DVR from Dish Networks and I won't miss a thing. Wrong! We get back home and it was about 8:45 so I scream through all of American Idol to get to the big finish. I didn't care about seeing all the previous idols sing, and I would stop every now and then just to see that everybody and I mean everybody who performed last night pretty much sucked. I think it might have something to do with the sound system, the room, or all the champagne they were probably downing before going out to perform. Take your pick. But everybody sounded off! I was excited to see Bette Midler, but she even sounded like an injured duck out there.
Anyway, I get to the point where all the past idols do their group sing-a-long and as soon as it was finished - poof. End of the show. I'm like, what the fuck? Who won this crazy thing and why didn't it finish recording? Then it dawned on me - American Idol ran over its allotted slot. It went past 9:00pm and, well, DVR's are great but they are pretty fucking stupid too. They don't know that the show isn't over. Now, had I still had Tivo I could have padded the ending with an extra 5, 15, or 30 minutes - even an hour I think. But, this ain't Tivo and I had to go up on my computer to find out who fucking won. Like I didn't already know it would be Jordin. Like her tears on Tuesday weren't enough to seal the deal.
On to Lost. I cried when it was over last night. It was a great finale, but what brought the water works was that there won't be any new episodes until 2008! A whole fucking year (almost). I think that's a huge mistake, but what do I know? By then the world could have changed and nobody will care anymore. I mean, come on! Bring it on in the Fall, take a hiatus if you must, then bring it back. But don't cheat us out of 1/2 a season. That's just bogus!
I found it extremely sad that Charlie actually did drown. But, I guess that's the way it was supposed to be. I didn't like it, but oh well. I found it very cool, however, that the French woman was reunited with her daughter. And that Hugo saved the day in that big old hoopty van and ran over the remaining others.
Okay, so Jacks backstory, futurestory, whatever it was was kind of odd. I knew right away it had to be in the future, after they were "rescued". But who was in the coffin? I think it was Ben. What I didn't get, though, was when he was talking to the chief surgical resident that he said to bring his father down and see if he was more drunk than he was. Okay, dude, your dad is dead, last we knew. Or is he? Who the fuck knows. All I know is that Jack becomes a drugged out, alcoholic asshole upon his return. Which, really, shouldn't surprise me - like father like son and all that shit. And what was with Loche seeing Walt? And who the fuck were they talking to at the other end of that satellite phone? And why the fuck shouldn't they ever leave the island? And, furthermore, why would some of them want to leave - especially Kate. One would think that she would immediately be arrested upon her rescue since she is, still, a wanted fugitive. Ah, well, so much still doesn't make any sense at all and I must resign myself to the fact that it probably never will.
I just can't believe we have a whole fucking year to see a new episode!
But, on a positive note - Rescue Me starts again soon. But, really, I should make it a point to get out more this summer and do shit other than sitting in front of a fucking TV.
Alright, I hope everybody has a great Memorial Day Weekend. Don't drink and party too much now. Oh, fuck it. Drink, party, and make the most of it!
So, I'm still arguing with Comcast. I'm so sick of dealing with them and just want it over with! But, not enough to fall into their little scheme fuck me out of a lot of money. I don't think I've ever shared what really happened between me and my old flame Comcast. So, I guess I should fill you in just in case you're dealing with those monopolizing bastards from hell.
Last December, right before Christmas, I call them to inform them that I'm moving and I need to transfer my service to my new address, as well as dumping all the overly priced movie channels that air the same fucking movies month after fucking month that we never watched anyway. Our Comcast bills were averaging about $180 bucks a month. That is for cable TV with a high definition box and DVR, a cable box for the upstairs bedroom, every movie channel they have, and cable broadband internet. I got sick of the outrageous charges and dumped the movie channels. Not their fault that the bills are so high (sort of), that is my bad because I didn't dump the movie channels before this. So, right before Christmas I go and pay off the complete balance with Comcast.
Fade to January 20th when I get my first bill at my new address. Here's what the invoice stated:
$185.00 - Previous Balance $185.00 - Payment December 20th $185.00 - Current Charges $285.00 - One Time Fees $999.00 - Taxes $470.00 - Amount Due
Okay, the $999 in Taxes I made up. But what the fuck is this $285.00 one time fee for? And why am I being charged $185 for the current charges considering I dumped the movie channels? So, I call Comcast. And I ask them about it. They stated the $285 is my previous balance. I said, excuse me? It clearly states my previous balance was $185.00 of which I paid on December 20th. They said, "We'll look into that and call you back.". Yea, right. Of course, in grand Comcast fashion I never heard anything back at all and never received a revised bill. So, in February this is what I received:
$470.00 - Previous Balance $185.00 - Current Charges $999.00 - Taxes $700.00 - Current Balance
So, I call Comcast again and say, "What the fuck?". Then they tell me that the $285.00 one time charge was for the service call to setup the cable in our new house. I told them to fuck themselves because nobody told me that they were going to charge me $285.00 to hook up my cable! Besides, I told them, you never charged me anything to hook up my cable in my old house. Their reply? You guessed it. "We'll have to look into that and call you back.". And I also asked them why the fuck they are still charging me for the movie channels. They said they would take care of that and send me a revised bill. Sound familiar? Of course, I never hear shit from them. Then March comes. Here's what my bill looked like for March:
$700.00 - Previous Balance $185.00 - Current Charges $999.00 - Taxes $885.00 - Amount Currently Due
So, I figure that I owe them for 3 months of cable at this point. And, without the movie channels it shouldn't be any more than a hundred bucks a month so I promptly pay them $300.00 to cover the three months that I should only be paying for. So, in April here's my bill:
$885.00 - Previous Balance $300.00 - Payment $185.00 - Current Charges $999.00 - Taxes $800.00 - Current Balance
So, May comes along and I call them again and tell them this shit has got to stop! I ask them again, what is this fucking $285.00 one time charge? They tell me, again, that it's my previous balance from my old address. Here we go again! And if I don't pay the $800 dollars that I currently owe they will disconnect my service. My reply? Go right ahead! The following week I'm happy with Dish Networks and DSL - at $100.00 a month.
Comcast can go fuck themselves.
So, American Idol last night. Yes, I did watch some of it. And, yes, Jordin will win. Not that I care - I would much rather see Blake win. At least he's original and not another fucking pop singer. Just what the world needs.
I don't think I'm going to bother with the American Idol finale. I really don't care if it's Jordin or Blake. Either one is fine. Although, I'm betting it'll be Jordin, but it should have been Melinda. It's going to be a worse finale than last year I'm sure. I didn't care about that outcome either. I'm not even sure why I watch this show! There's usually only one person I like and they never reach the finals (Jennifer Hudson, now Melinda). So, I think I'm going to watch a movie or something tonight instead.
Or I could do what I did the past two nights and watch The History Channel. Sunday was all about 9-11, last night was all about Hitler and the mystery that surrounded his missing body and how Stalin was a freak. Yea, that about sums it up.
So, the boss is out this morning. Thank God! I like it when he's here, he's very easy going and easy to get along with, but you know how it is. When the boss is here there's more to do! And, this being my short week (and next week being a short week as well) it's kind of nice to be a tad more relaxed and not killing myself with work. This week, Thursday is the new Friday. Well, for me anyway. I get a four day weekend!
Side Note: Upon reading that Paula broke her nose over the weekend tripping over her ego, er, I mean her dog, I simply must tune in for a while tonight to see this. Yes, I'm morbidly curious.
Well, as you all know it's Monday and another weekend came and went. It was a nice weekend - especially Saturday! Sunday, on the other hand, sucked major ass because it was rainy and cold.
This week is only a four day week for me! At least, I think it is. That is if next Monday is Memorial Day. I took the Friday before Memorial Day off which would mean I'm off from Thursday night to Tuesday morning. And I need it!
I met up with Kim (Cleo'smama) on Saturday for the offsite for Save-A-Pet and it was fun. They had some really great dogs and a couple cats there. None, as far as I know, got adopted out on Saturday but it's good exposure for the shelter. Cindy came out with her husband and two kids - and her daughter is the most adorable little thing I think I've ever seen. Her son looks exactly like her and we a very well mannered and sweet kid. Ahhhh, kids. They're great - as long as they're somebody elses! But, I would have taken her daughter home with me, had she been up for adoption! *S*
Anyway, I have a ton of work to do so I better get to it.
I think it's time we had a little talk. I don't want to hurt you, we've been together for a long long time but I think it's time we ended things.
You've been good to me, you've always been there and have never let me down and for that I am grateful. But, lately, I've been noticing more and more your inadequacies. This has been coming for a long time and I wish we could have discussed it and come to a better understanding of what our needs are in this relationship.
You haven't been playing nice lately with the newest additions to our expanding family. When HDTV came into our home you were downright rude. Refusing to record in high definition and dissing HDTV by replaying everything in Standard Definition. This has caused a great deal of angst and pain in our family. We tried to get you to change, but you would only change at your unGodly high cost. I'm sorry but I can't pay you the $799 dollars that you so desperately want in order to play nice with HDTV. You forced us into using that crappy ComcastDVR. We didn't want to because we love you but we had no choice.
Then, last week when Mr. Dish came into our household you did it again. You refused to even acknowledge his presence. You wouldn't even talk to it. You just pretended it wasn't there. I understand it's not your fault - if the FCC would have forced Satellite into open broadcasting like it does with cable then we could have maybe come to an amicable resolution. But, as it is, we had to replace ComcastDVR with Dish DVR and not with an upgraded you.
I hope some day in the future when you can become friends with my new best friend Mr. Dish we can give it one more try. Until then, I only see your future serving up music in the living room from the computers upstairs. I know our time will be very limited in that area, but I'm afraid that's all I can offer you at this point in our relationship.
I hope you can forgive me and move on Tivo. I will always speak fondly of you and will cherish our memories together. You are the best, Tivo, and it breaks my heart to have to end things. There are many other people who would love to have you as a member of their family. I will have to close our joint account with Tivo Inc and will no longer be spending any more money on your services.
So last night I had a really morbid thought and I think that it's something that everybody's thought about on at least one occasion. That somewhere, somebody died yesterday that is a huge TV fan and will never find out what happens on these stupid TV shows that some of us (guilty!) are addicted to. And wouldn't it suck to die and never know what the hell that stupid Lost island is all about. But, then I stopped and thought - that's completely stupid. You would be dead and wouldn't give a shit. Dumb thoughts, I'm full of 'em aren't I?
I'm so disappointed that Melinda isn't going to be in the finals on American Idol. I was also quite shocked! But, somehow I knew that Blake would be. But it's okay, Jordin will win and that's good. She's a great singer and I'm sure she'll make the producers a buttload of money. She's a hell of a lot more marketable than Melinda, but I just liked Melinda better. Oh well. Every year somebody leaves earlier than they should and this year proves to be no exception.
Lost last night - man, I really thought I would cry with the whole Charlie thing. It's so sad! His kiss with Claire, his list of the 5 best moments of his life, and him leaving his DS ring with Aaron. Although, it was still in the crib when they took off. I'm sure he'll be killed off soon enough, but I hate to see it. I love his character lately. And, somehow, I don't think that Loche is dead. He'll show up again and, perhaps, it's the mysterious invisible thing that Ben took him to that will save him. We'll have to wait and see. But if all the rumors are true that they're getting rid of a lot of regular cast members, I'm wondering what it'll be like without some of them. Will the show stall without them? I guess we'll have to wait until, what, next February to find out? Or whenever they wind up starting the next season.
It makes me sad that TV season is almost over. All of my favorites are winding down the season with their finales in the next week. But, on the plus side, that means summer is almost here and who gives a shit about TV when you can be out enjoying beautiful, warm weather! Oh, but wait, Rescue Me is about to start again! Oh well. Glad I have a DVR!
Jesus, the weather is shit today. It's chilly and looks like it could rain. I had to pull out a sweater and a jacket this morning. I was kind of hoping that I wouldn't have to wear another jacket until at least September but I guess I should quit my bitching - it's only May and this kind of shit weather is going to happen.
American Idol last night. The final three. Who will be in the finale? If I had to choose I would say Melinda and Blake. I like Jordin, I think she has a phenomenal voice and will wind up to be very successful, but she just hasn't found herself yet. Her personality and style is yet to be defined. I think her vocal tone is much prettier than Melinda's, but I just love love love Melinda's nastiness. Her voice is dirty, gritty and has so much fucking power and that makes her stand out more. And Blake was perfect with the Maroon 5 choice. Dennis had said the very first time he heard Blake that he sounded like the vocalist from Maroon 5 and he was right. But, then again, when it comes to music, singing, and guitar he usually is completely dead on. He takes risks, and has a very distinct personality. So, those are my two picks. We'll see tonight who goes home and who goes to the finale.
I didn't see any more cooter cleavage yesterday, thank God. But, the summer has just started so I'm sure there'll be plenty more where Monday's came from.
So, yesterday I scammed out of work and got off at 2:00 instead of 3:45, which was cool.
The Good:I got home and AT&T connected my home phone service and my DSL service. And the DSL modem was sitting on my porch all ready to bring in and connect to the internet. So, after a week of sans-internet I'm now surfing the net again. Which is good.
The Bad and the Ugly: It was gorgeous outside so after getting the phone hooked up and getting the computers to get to the internet I decided to sit in the back yard and soak up some sun. Our neighbors wife in the house directly behind us was out doing yardwork and starts to talk to me. So, I walk over to the fence and what is staring me in the face? The biggest cooter cleavage I've ever seen. I mean, come on! Her shorts must have been painted on and stuck so far up her crotch she needed two hairdo's to wear that outfit.
So I chatter her up for a few minutes, excused myself, went in the house and laughed hysterically.
The weekend is over. And now comes the warm weather!
It was pretty nice out, but not nearly as warm as I like it. But, today's weather should fare more to my liking. Dennis took me out Friday night to dinner and out for a few drinks. We ran into some old old old friends we haven't seen in about 10 years. That's always interesting. When we last saw this couple they were moving out of state and now they're happily married with a baby daughter and running their own restaurant. And it's a very nice restaurant to boot!
So, Saturday was spent taking Dennis to the doctor then out to lunch. Where I had a drink and a shot which immediately followed a nap when I got home. I met him at his band practice later that night after I woke up from my nap and then we grabbed some breakfast on the way home. One of the guys there was wearing (and I couldn't help but laugh) a pair of Chicago Bears Crocs. Yes, you heard me right. Actually, they do look a lot better on a guy than on a girl, but, really, neither should ever wear them in public.
I feel like all I've done for the past week is eat eat eat. So, I announced that this week we're having dinner at home every night instead of going out. My stomach just can't handle all the heavy food served at restaurants - which was apparent yesterday when I spent a good portion of the day in pain.
Mother's day, Sunday morning, I had to get up at 7:30 since the Dish Networks guy was due there at 8:00 am. And, wouldn't you know it, he showed up on time. He got everything connected and done so now I have way more channels than I know what to do with. He finished up around 11:00am then we went over to Dennis' mom's to wish her a happy Mother's Day. We didn't stay long, since we had a zillion things to do. Rather, Dennis had a million things to do - all I had to do was go grocery shopping. He took the alternator out of the Mercedes and took it in to order the replacement part and mow the lawn. Which took a better portion of the day - but he was happy. He got done what he wanted to get done this weekend. Today AT&T will be at my house at some point to install the phone line and the DSL should be active tomorrow. Which means we finally get internet service back at our house this week! Talk about going through withdrawl. I went to go check my bank balance twice this weekend before realizing that we don't have any internet service. Fuck!
It was, as usual, pretty uneventful and a pretty lazy weekend. Just like I like it! Boring, yes, but sometimes boring is the best. Doesn't make for an interesting blog at all, but oh well. Don't read it if you don't like it!
Another weekend is finally coming upon us. Thank God! I need it after this week.
So, it was so nice out last night that we left the windows open when we went to bed. Of course, I woke up around 1:00am and was freezing my fucking ass off so I had to get up and shut the windows. And, naturally, as I pulled down on the window to shut it I broke off 3 fingernails on my left hand. And it didn't feel fucking good! So, now I have to cut them all down because it looks pretty silly having 3 short nails and 2 long nails on one hand. And it makes it quite tricky to type!
It's looking like Dennis will be going back to working Union jobs on Monday. Which is way cool because that means a $14 dollar an hour raise in pay and benefits. Of course, I don't think the benefits will kick in until the next quarter but that's okay. With an extra $14 bucks an hour we can afford to pay our own health insurance for a few months. And get all caught up on all our bills. *yay* He's waiting to hear back today to see where he goes Monday. So cross your fingers please!
This weekend is, hopefully, just going to be a relaxing one. Get some stuff done around the house and since today is Dennis' pay day I think I'll make him take me out to dinner either tonight or tomorrow. Sunday morning I have Dish Networks coming out to install the satellite and receivers, Monday they install the phone line and DSL and I'll finally have internet service back at my house. Yes, fuck you Comcast! I don't need your shit!
Wow, what a pretty morning! The sun is shining, the temperature is amazing. Just wish I was out having fun in it instead of having to be here at work.
So, LOST last night. And for you assholes that whine and cry because a TV show is discussed before you get to see it might want to just quit pouting now and close this window. Anyway, is Loche going to die? And who the fuck is this invisible guy? All I know is last night when that happened - they went to see Jacob (is that the invisible guy's name?) and he turned out to be invisible Dennis got up, left the room, and said, "This show has just jumped the shark. It's just getting downright silly now.". And I really couldn't argue with him.
Getting back to Ben. His back story is somewhat interesting. So he lied and he wasn't really born on this island. And he sees his dead mom everywhere - which seems to be a recurring theme on this show. Everything points to them already dead and in purgatory or some shit but the writers and producers keep promising us that isn't it. Well, then what the fuck is it? I know they will only have three more seasons, but if I have to keep watching this stupid shit for another three years I will probably lose interest in it. I say that, but we all know it isn't true. I've watched it since the beginning - which was, what, three years now? Or has it been four? Three I think so I'm pretty sure I'll keep watching it another three years. But, then again, if the rumors are true that they won't even start next season until 2008 I might just have to say fuck it on sheer principal.
And LaKisha is gone. I would have rather it been Blake. I think LaKisha is much better than the beat boxing gone stupid Blake (Blake - a word of advice - you don't have to do that shit with every single fucking song. It's old already!). Let's just get to the finals where Melinda wins and get this season over. Thanks!
Oh, and thank you Cindy! I used your gift voucher and ordered service through Dish Networks so I hope you get your rewards from that. Let me know how that goes. They're coming out and installing it on Sunday. We had DirecTV a long time ago and had that problem, but we were living by a lake and our house was kind of in a valley with a ton of trees. Our house now is the tallest in the neighborhood and there aren't many trees so I hope we don't have a lot of problems with it. I guess we'll have to see! But, thank you again. You saved me fifty bucks! That's awesome!
It's a pretty morning - but I'm sure it's not going to stay that way. Storms in the forecast. Figures.
Our cable box blew up last night. No TV. And when I called Comcast they pissed me off so bad that I'm not going to get a new box from them. I'm going to check into satellite. So, no TV for me until we get it ordered and installed. I've had it up to my eyeballs with Comcast. Told them to not to bother placing a service order for us - completely discontinue our services. Now, satellite is great for TV but we don't have a home telephone line so I really don't want to pay for that PLUS DSL - so there has to be a way to get internet service without Comcast or a phone line. Anybody know of any options?
So, everybody will just have to tell me how American Idol went tonight, how Lost goes on Wednesday and what happens on Greys on Thursday because I'm not budging from this. I know I'll go through withdrawals by 7:00pm tonight and I'm going to pray to be strong on this. I fear I might need a 12 step program to get me through it though.
I hate Mondays. Yea, big surprise there. I've only been whining about Monday's for almost a year now. So, I'll shut up about it right now.
The weekend was good - pretty busy. Friday night we didn't do a whole hell of a lot since Dennis would be going out Saturday. But Saturday was crazy busy. Got up early - about 6:30, showered, and got my lazy ass out the door to get the emissions inspection done on my car. Which is a bunch of shit, but has to be done to keep my drivers license - according to the state. It took about 1/2 an hour to get there, about 30 seconds for them to do the inspection, and another 1/2 an hour to go back. But, I didn't go back home, I went to Kim's house to meet her for some shopping. And to congratulate her on her....shit. I can't say. I promised to not mention it until she announced it. So, I'm keeping my mouth shut until I know the cat is out of the bag.
We went to Borders to check out some books. Of course, I couldn't find anything that interested me. All of the train stations on my route have free books - you read 'em then bring 'em back. So, really, why buy books when you can always find some kind of trashy novel for free? I walked out empty handed. We then stopped at Bath and Body Works and I bought this really good smelling combination body soap/shampoo/bubble bath in the scent of some sugary cupcake stuff - can't remember what it's called. Something to do with frosting? I don't remember.
Then, Kim being the bad girl she is, suggested going up to the outlet mall on Route 41. They had a ton of cool shops. Let's see - they had a Coach store, a BCBG, a Guess, an Aldo, an Eddie Bauer - and a million other stores that we didn't have time to go into. I splurged and bought a really funky pair of shoes that I just love. I didn't care for the price tag too much, but that's the way it goes I suppose.
I got home in time to spend a few hours with Dennis before he left for his concert. A few hours later Bethany came over and we wound up going out drinking. Christ, I did so many friggin' shots I lost count. Yea, I was pretty smashed, but it was fun.
Yesterday - not so fun. We went out to grab some lunch at this greek gyro place and I got a grilled chicken on a pita with some fries. It tasted great, but later it made a bad turn on my stomach. I spend the rest of the night until I finally fell asleep at 1:00am with the most horrid stomach cramps I've ever had. I still have them a little, but, thank God they are better than last night. I guess my body just can't process all that crap anymore.
So, considering it's Monday and I have a ton of shit to do I guess I better get to it...
Dennis took me out. He actually sent me a text message earlier in the day asking if I wanted to go out with him tonight. I was really quite shocked. I mean, it's really nice to still be asked out on a date by your husband! Anyway, we went to one place that we were going to eat at, but when we got in we saw the sign that the kitchen was closed. Of course, Dennis runs into one of his old high school buddies that he hasn't seen in years and they spent about 45 minutes reminiscing over old times over a drink. It was nice. Then he asked his old chum if there's anyplace decent to go to eat around here and he suggested the Colony House (I think that's the name of the place) right over the Wisconsin border - which is only about 5 minutes away from our house.
The place was awesome! It was really nice on the inside - very classic. And the food was incredible! I had a half slab of barbeque ribs - and OH MY GOD IN HEAVEN they were incredible! Now, I haven't had barbeque ribs in, wow, over 2 years now so they were especially delightful. The meat just fell off the bone and there was very little fat on them at all - I know, I know - my mouth is watering just rememebering them too! I really want to go back to this place. They also have the usual fare - steak, lobster, shrimp, etc.
Then we went home and watched a little bit of TV and talked and stuff. Then, well, we won't get into what happened next - but just let me say it was the icing on the cake! I'm still basking in the afterglow this morning!
Anyway, it was just a really special night and it was much needed. I've been feeling a little distance from Dennis lately - mostly due to both of us being so stressed out over the past few months and it's really hard to get out of that mode. I think we took care of a lot of relationship things last night because, wow, do I feel great today! I really truely and deeply very much and still am crazy in love with this guy.
Oh, yea, and I didn't mention it's Friday once! So, there!
So, last night, it was Chris and Phil to leave American Idol. Chris, I agree with but I think that Phil is better than a few that have stayed. Oh well. At least I got my way with one of them - Chris!
I haven't watched Lost yet, so don't tell me what it was about. I'm going to watch it tonight when I get home from work. Oh, the joys of Tivo. You don't have to watch anything on "their" schedule.
I have a word to say to one poster on the WW Boards - and you know who you are. Her names starts with a Jen. You're a worthless piece of shit and whenever I see you on those boards I will make it my mission to make sure you are ridiculed and everybody knows exactly what you did. So there. Deal with it! Why they allow this piece of complete waste of air space on those boards but yet ban people who stand up for their friends I'll never know. But, it's not like I can't get back on.
Last night I went to Dennis' band practice for a while. Poor guy was so tired - he's been working, like, a thousand hours a week and just looked completely beat. But that didn't stop him from horsing around:
See, they practice in the basement of a huge antiques shop. And there's always something pretty unusual laying around. And the guys thought that this little horsie was made for something else. Sick bastards.
The boss and his wife are out today - picking up their daughter at college. So, it should be pretty quiet around here. I'm hoping to catch up on some work and then maybe just take it easy this afternoon. Yea, like that'll happen.
Half way there. As you already know, I live for weekends.
So, American Idol last night. If I have to go by last nights performances, I would have to say axe Chris and Jordin. This is two weeks in a row that Jordin just didn't cut it. So, it's time to cut her. I like her, I think she'll wind up being wildly successful, but doesn't deserve to win this. And Chris, well, I've never liked him. Just what the world needs - another Justin Timberlake boy band asshole. I still think it's going to be Melinda and I'm not sure who else. Blake maybe? I wasn't crazy about his performance last night, but, on the other hand, what the else can you do with BonJovi songs? Either you try to sing it exactly like how they do it (Chris) or just say fuck it and do what you want (Blake) so I do admire him for that - even though I don't think much about his singing prowess. And LaTisha was great last night. Even though I think that, based on last week's Fantasia karaoke try she shouldn't make the top two. I really do like, oh crap, what's his name? You know, the bald guy. I guess that's a bad sign I can never remember his name without looking it up. Oh, Phil, that's right. I guess I did remember. He shown drastic improvement so who knows.
And, really, who cares. It's just the Superbowl of Karaoke anyway. Yea, tell that to the millions of people who buy their shit.
How is it that I leave on Monday with all my work done, but I get in on Tuesday and there's still a million things to do? So, that leaves me to believe that either a) I was deluding myself into believing that I actually had everything done or b) that somebody was hard at work last night making more work for me to do. It's probably a combination of the two.
So, today, I overhear some people at the train station mentioning that the train is probably going to be late tonight because it was late last year when a gazillion people march for an immigration protest. Sorry, but I don't get it. At all. Don't get me wrong - I have no problem with people wanting to come here and work like the rest of us, pay their taxes like the rest of us, and better their lives, like the rest of us. But, fuck! I do have a problem with it when people don't do through the proper channels are are here illegally. Sorry, but it really ticks me off that people are working here, in the United States, that don't have a social security card - hense they don't pay taxes but expect to have the benefits of a taxpayer. I can't even get into this whole discussion right now but all I know is that something isn't right.
Anyway, I better get back to work and earn my 75% (at best) take home salary after taxes are paid. You know, so other people don't have to.
