things that made me happy today ( Read more... )

the highlight of my day today: a flash flood just as i was supposed to be leaving for work. insurance company's recommended shop is closed til monday. wanted to work tonight, restaurant is surely wall to wall people right now because the beaches are closed... and now obviously i need the $$! fortunately i have comprehensive coverage, ( Read more... )

truth be told, i know my very first record ever was a 45 of joan jett & the blackhearts, but my first album was definitely either thriller or rio. they came out the same year, and my memory has been blunted by time and wear & tear, but let's just say it was thriller... what does it say about me that after i heard the news about mj, i thought, hm, ( Read more... )

Just when I was thinking “damn, my life has gotten boring…” A few nights ago, there was a shooting RIGHT outside the house. Somewhere between 9:30 and 10pm, landlady/roomie and I were outside smoking, with the dog in tow, when two guys came walking up the street (out of the pedestrian alley actually-I don’t know what those are properly called, ( Read more... )

Continued the school research last night-looks like the entire IT AAS I started at JSR can be done online here-- score! Was thinking I should finish the AA first, but I’ll find an advisor at some point and get some advice. Need to ask whether I’m eligible to do CLEP for math & science-apparently some schools won’t let you CLEP if you’ve already ( Read more... )

High on the must-do list for 2009 is to get back into school. The only real barrier to that is money. TCC seems to offer more distance learning classes than JSR did, so the time/schedule/transportation issues that I ran into in the past shouldn’t be an issue. I ran out of financial aid eligibility a long time ago, unfortunately… spring classes ( Read more... )

Since my last post ( Read more... )

who got tom waits tickets? I GOT TOM WAITS TICKETS!!!!!

why, hello there, 2008! when did you get here? and what exactly is it i'm supposed to do with you?!?

seems i should relocate, for starters. and maybe rethink my life, and get off my arse. didn't i hear that same nonsense from 2007? hmph. perhaps this year i shall listen.

well. despite beginning the day on hold, waiting for the fedex guy, i miraculously managed to get my open house lists done, unpack the new surround system and get it halfway put together (need another set of hands to finish, to be sure i don't drop a second tv this year), AND made serious headway on my bake-sale baking. i had one or two recipes ( Read more... )