Saturday, July 22, 2006
Something to chew on
While I don't necessarily agree with the way the information is presented or the conclusions that the narrator comes to, there is some *really* interesting stuff here. Check it Out
Thursday, July 20, 2006
I promise...
1. To never EVER buy these shoes for any child of mine, my friends, or even my enemies.
2. To not obsess about the germs on a high chair/table in a restaurant to the point where I pull a handi-wipe out of my bag and SCRUB down aforementioned surfaces, completely ignoring the fact that my child is running amok in the restaurant, putting her grubby little hands on every item that is not tied down.
Yes, the "amok" child in the above not-made-up story was indeed wearing those damnable shoes. So much for a peaceful lunch out of the store.
*sigh*
2. To not obsess about the germs on a high chair/table in a restaurant to the point where I pull a handi-wipe out of my bag and SCRUB down aforementioned surfaces, completely ignoring the fact that my child is running amok in the restaurant, putting her grubby little hands on every item that is not tied down.
Yes, the "amok" child in the above not-made-up story was indeed wearing those damnable shoes. So much for a peaceful lunch out of the store.
*sigh*
Monday, July 10, 2006
Friday, July 07, 2006
acting the part
it's exhausting, really, pretending to be nice and interested in what people have to say ALL.DAY.LONG. I'm sure Shannon can relate to me on this, as can anyone of you who has ever worked in a service industry. There are days when I'm tired or sick or just in a rotten mood, and switching on and off to "happy crappy" mode is a real drain. The upside of it is, however, that sometimes pretending to feel good and be in a good mood positively affects the way I actually feel.
today wasn't really one of those days. I woke up with my right eye all swollen and nasty (allergies?) and one of those related ever-so-slight headaches that doesn't really warrant medication but which dogs you constantly--sort of taunting you from the edge of conciousness. People were rotten today, but in retail you just can't be rotten back, so I'd don the cheerful interested girl face and chat away. The effort of being nice in the face of nastiness just wore me down even more. The puffiness went down, but the headache remained, and the exhaustion set in. I could collapse into a ball of neediness at any given moment.
maybe I will...
today wasn't really one of those days. I woke up with my right eye all swollen and nasty (allergies?) and one of those related ever-so-slight headaches that doesn't really warrant medication but which dogs you constantly--sort of taunting you from the edge of conciousness. People were rotten today, but in retail you just can't be rotten back, so I'd don the cheerful interested girl face and chat away. The effort of being nice in the face of nastiness just wore me down even more. The puffiness went down, but the headache remained, and the exhaustion set in. I could collapse into a ball of neediness at any given moment.
maybe I will...
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
Confession
On my drives around Phoenix, I find myself looking longingly at office buildings.
True story.
True story.
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
Clearing the Cobwebs
Three of the closest people to me have now asked what is up with my blog. I guess it's time to jump back in the saddle and try to put some words to...cyberspace?
I'm not really sure why the prolonged absence. I think I had high hopes for the photo/video revolution that I expected to take place after we got the new camera, and when I couldn't figure out how to make it work, I just sort of tucked my tail and fled for a while. It's a little humiliating for me that I whined about not having a good camera (and later, just a camera that works, since our old one bit the dust), and now more than a month later I still don't understand how to use it to its full potential. So that's one excuse.
The other excuse? Just laziness, I suppose. I usually come home, jump online and read emails and some news items, and by then there are so many things occupying space in my brain that it would take a team of excavationists to sort through it all. I am only one person, and not much of a digger at that (reference the above failure to dig any deeper into "how does this damn camera work"), so I leave it all in there and head straight for the game or dinner or whatever.
It's far too hot now to do anything but sit on my ass when I'm not working or at the physical therapist's. It was around 113 degrees or so today--119 in the car when we went to go see Superman Returns (a wholly sappy movie, but worth seeing if for no other reason than that Brandon Routh has some fantastic nods to Christopher Reeves in his portrayal of the man of steel). Russell's been doing some early morning workouts but I just can't take the heat. And, well, I'm still gimpin around. My back is better, but I'm now having some problems with my left knee...*sigh* So I go to work and run my butt off, and then come home and park it in front of the computer for the balance of the day. Good times.
Anyway. No promises, but I'll try to stop by more often. Sorry for the dust. :P
I'm not really sure why the prolonged absence. I think I had high hopes for the photo/video revolution that I expected to take place after we got the new camera, and when I couldn't figure out how to make it work, I just sort of tucked my tail and fled for a while. It's a little humiliating for me that I whined about not having a good camera (and later, just a camera that works, since our old one bit the dust), and now more than a month later I still don't understand how to use it to its full potential. So that's one excuse.
The other excuse? Just laziness, I suppose. I usually come home, jump online and read emails and some news items, and by then there are so many things occupying space in my brain that it would take a team of excavationists to sort through it all. I am only one person, and not much of a digger at that (reference the above failure to dig any deeper into "how does this damn camera work"), so I leave it all in there and head straight for the game or dinner or whatever.
It's far too hot now to do anything but sit on my ass when I'm not working or at the physical therapist's. It was around 113 degrees or so today--119 in the car when we went to go see Superman Returns (a wholly sappy movie, but worth seeing if for no other reason than that Brandon Routh has some fantastic nods to Christopher Reeves in his portrayal of the man of steel). Russell's been doing some early morning workouts but I just can't take the heat. And, well, I'm still gimpin around. My back is better, but I'm now having some problems with my left knee...*sigh* So I go to work and run my butt off, and then come home and park it in front of the computer for the balance of the day. Good times.
Anyway. No promises, but I'll try to stop by more often. Sorry for the dust. :P
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