Flatulating Elephants
Ohhhh where to start. Today David almost hit two dogs on his parent's street. I find myself wondering how people can be so stupid. There are tons of loose dogs on this street, and its a very busy street. a) don't people have enough sense to keep their animals chained up/fenced in, and b) don't the people on this street have enough sense to drive slowly knowing that there's ALWAYS a dog(or a kid) playing out in the street? People rocket up and down the street constantly, probably at a good 20mph over the speed limit. ARGH!
The first dog was just sitting squat in the middle of his grandparents one car wide road. He inched closer and closer to it, but it wouldn't budge. It was this adorable little furry lhasa-apso dog. Its owner was nowhere to be seen. We started whistling for it hoping to get it to come alongside the car, and all it did was move right in front of David's tire. So needless to say I got out of the car to chase it off, and of course it was so cute that I couldn't help but sit there and pet it, so David went on without me. We were just a minute away by then. There was also another dog in the area sitting on a chair on the presumable owner's front balcony. Still the owner was nowhere to be seen. So I pet and played with the dogs for a few more minutes before finally walking up to his grandparents house. I swear if I was allowed to have animals in this apartment I would have walked off with the both of them, and no one would have been the wiser.
On our way home, driving back up the same road, a little wiener dog dashed out in front of the car. David had to slam on the breaks and swerve to miss it. Its a good thing the car behind us was far enough away so that it didn't rearend us. The poor little thing looked frightened to death, and skittered across the street behind us narrowly missing being hit by the other car. In retrospect I think it was probably lost, because it seemed really frightened, and confused. I wish we'd stopped and tried to find its owner. Ah well, at least it didn't get hit. Which also brings me to the fact that their is a retarded amount of roadkill on the sides of the roads here. I can only surmise that its because a) people can't drive very well around here and/or b) they actually enjoy running animals over and/or c) just don't care enough to try and swerve to avoid them. And don't preach to me about 'animals shouldn't be around in the first place' bullshit either. WE have thrown up highways through THEIR homes.
Which brings me to the fact about how I loathe at least 50% of people, if not more. I am increasingly finding that I hate most people and often think that they're ignorant and stupid and lazy. The rudeness that I see/hear around here truly astounds me sometimes. Not that its better anywhere else or anything. I can usually be a patient person, but I'm finding that I have an even less amount of tolerance for morons. BLAH!
Anyway, another topic that annoys the hell out of me. The I.N.S. They sent back my green card and work permit papers after holding them for about 3 weeks. The reason: a set of papers we filed 13 months ago has yet to be approved. The approval timeline initially given was 160-275 days. Now its been upped to 990-999 and would be higher if they could only enter four digits into the field. So MAYBE in two years I can file for my green card, and then maybe a year after that it will get approved, but who the fuck knows. In the mean time I've refilled out my work permit form so I can send it in to a different office. At least I can still get a job. This also means though that we wasted $15 to mail it, and $30 in pictures that we won't be able to use in 2 years. Also we'll have to pay to extend my current visa, and eventually my work permit, so I can continue to reside and work in the U.S when in two years they expire and still nothing else will have been approved or moved along. Then we'll have to pay for more pictures, more postage, and more forms. They are ridiculously incompetent. Please refer back to previous comment about how most people are ignorant and stupid and lazy. Those must be three requirements when getting a job with the I.N.S.
On a lighter note, I went to work with David last night. While there I drank a bottle of Limes with Orange Jones drink. It was most tastey. HOWEVER their packaging boggles my mind. I twisted the cap(think the top on a Snapple bottle) off, and laid it on the table. As I took my first sip, I looked down at the overturned cap and noticed that on the underside of it was a picture of a flatulating elephant. WTF? I figure this surely means I'm entitled to a million dollars or something. A flatulating elephant on the underside of my bottlecap. This also bears an amount of bizarre coincidence/personal connection that I'm not going to go into here. Just think about a duck sitting on an elephant's head. It makes perfect sense. Honest. I proceeded to have a gander at the label on the bottle. It reads:"Some friends of ours are into the yoga thing. They say it is a balance of mind, body, and spirit. Limes with Orange is a balance between citrus fruits, ginkgo and ginseng - not much to do with yoga. BeFlexible.(yes on the bottle these words are stuck together, it isn't a typo)Run with the little guy... create some change. www.jonessoda.com" Then underneath is a picture of a...horseshoe? with a hole on either of its ends, and with an X over it, like its being crossed out. And beside it says "I'm Jonesin' For Change". Now again, WTF? Either they think they're clever, but are really morons, or they really are clever, and much so more than me. I am truly at a loss to which is the correct answer. And I still can't believe that there's a flatulating elephant on the underside of my bottle cap. I brought it home with me because surely I can send it back to them and get a million dollars. WHEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The first dog was just sitting squat in the middle of his grandparents one car wide road. He inched closer and closer to it, but it wouldn't budge. It was this adorable little furry lhasa-apso dog. Its owner was nowhere to be seen. We started whistling for it hoping to get it to come alongside the car, and all it did was move right in front of David's tire. So needless to say I got out of the car to chase it off, and of course it was so cute that I couldn't help but sit there and pet it, so David went on without me. We were just a minute away by then. There was also another dog in the area sitting on a chair on the presumable owner's front balcony. Still the owner was nowhere to be seen. So I pet and played with the dogs for a few more minutes before finally walking up to his grandparents house. I swear if I was allowed to have animals in this apartment I would have walked off with the both of them, and no one would have been the wiser.
On our way home, driving back up the same road, a little wiener dog dashed out in front of the car. David had to slam on the breaks and swerve to miss it. Its a good thing the car behind us was far enough away so that it didn't rearend us. The poor little thing looked frightened to death, and skittered across the street behind us narrowly missing being hit by the other car. In retrospect I think it was probably lost, because it seemed really frightened, and confused. I wish we'd stopped and tried to find its owner. Ah well, at least it didn't get hit. Which also brings me to the fact that their is a retarded amount of roadkill on the sides of the roads here. I can only surmise that its because a) people can't drive very well around here and/or b) they actually enjoy running animals over and/or c) just don't care enough to try and swerve to avoid them. And don't preach to me about 'animals shouldn't be around in the first place' bullshit either. WE have thrown up highways through THEIR homes.
Which brings me to the fact about how I loathe at least 50% of people, if not more. I am increasingly finding that I hate most people and often think that they're ignorant and stupid and lazy. The rudeness that I see/hear around here truly astounds me sometimes. Not that its better anywhere else or anything. I can usually be a patient person, but I'm finding that I have an even less amount of tolerance for morons. BLAH!
Anyway, another topic that annoys the hell out of me. The I.N.S. They sent back my green card and work permit papers after holding them for about 3 weeks. The reason: a set of papers we filed 13 months ago has yet to be approved. The approval timeline initially given was 160-275 days. Now its been upped to 990-999 and would be higher if they could only enter four digits into the field. So MAYBE in two years I can file for my green card, and then maybe a year after that it will get approved, but who the fuck knows. In the mean time I've refilled out my work permit form so I can send it in to a different office. At least I can still get a job. This also means though that we wasted $15 to mail it, and $30 in pictures that we won't be able to use in 2 years. Also we'll have to pay to extend my current visa, and eventually my work permit, so I can continue to reside and work in the U.S when in two years they expire and still nothing else will have been approved or moved along. Then we'll have to pay for more pictures, more postage, and more forms. They are ridiculously incompetent. Please refer back to previous comment about how most people are ignorant and stupid and lazy. Those must be three requirements when getting a job with the I.N.S.
On a lighter note, I went to work with David last night. While there I drank a bottle of Limes with Orange Jones drink. It was most tastey. HOWEVER their packaging boggles my mind. I twisted the cap(think the top on a Snapple bottle) off, and laid it on the table. As I took my first sip, I looked down at the overturned cap and noticed that on the underside of it was a picture of a flatulating elephant. WTF? I figure this surely means I'm entitled to a million dollars or something. A flatulating elephant on the underside of my bottlecap. This also bears an amount of bizarre coincidence/personal connection that I'm not going to go into here. Just think about a duck sitting on an elephant's head. It makes perfect sense. Honest. I proceeded to have a gander at the label on the bottle. It reads:"Some friends of ours are into the yoga thing. They say it is a balance of mind, body, and spirit. Limes with Orange is a balance between citrus fruits, ginkgo and ginseng - not much to do with yoga. BeFlexible.(yes on the bottle these words are stuck together, it isn't a typo)Run with the little guy... create some change. www.jonessoda.com" Then underneath is a picture of a...horseshoe? with a hole on either of its ends, and with an X over it, like its being crossed out. And beside it says "I'm Jonesin' For Change". Now again, WTF? Either they think they're clever, but are really morons, or they really are clever, and much so more than me. I am truly at a loss to which is the correct answer. And I still can't believe that there's a flatulating elephant on the underside of my bottle cap. I brought it home with me because surely I can send it back to them and get a million dollars. WHEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!