Letter to Spammers

OK guys, I have had the same email address for about 10 years, so I guess you feel like you know me. You don't. If you know me, you know that:

• There is absolutely no need for Viagra in this household. Other products possibly, but not that.
• I would not be surprised if the FBI had a file on me. I would be surprised if it was because you were offering me a job. Same to you Homeland Security and ICE. I am not interested in becoming a Border Patrol Agent.
• I am known to a number of African dignitaries. You should know by now that I have no money to spare. Call your local pirates.
• I do not want to participate in surveys or other "free" offers. If I truly want a timeshare in the Ozarks, whiter teeth, term life insurance or a fortune made on ebay, I know where to find you.
• I am also not interested in my daily horoscope or printing my own coupons.
• Ha ha ha, only a moron would offer me a line of credit.
• I Want to be Sedated by the Ramones is a great ringtone. I am not interested in any others, free or otherwise.
• You can quit searching for me. I am not lost. I have been in the same place for a while now, and am probably not going anywhere anytime soon.
• As for you, AARP and singles over 50, you not only don't know me, you are kind of starting to piss me off. If I am still at this address in another 10 years, you'll know where to find me.

Sunday Night

Yum. Beer and nachos. Not as good as sitting in a bar watching football. Not even as good as watching TV or hanging out with other adults. Instead, I am camped out in the dark while my kids eat in front of the TV so they don't see that I am breaking my own rules like a hypocrite. Company is actually kind of lame, but the grub is good and the beer is cold :-)

More Stuff

Stuff I Hate -

• fat people - I know it's not polite or politically correct, but fat people annoy the crap out of me
• shopping on Saturday
• having my belly button touched
• rude drivers
• coming home to a messy house
• cheap wine

Stuff I Like -

• Luke Gordy
• Justified
• my new trash can
• writers' group - I wussed out on the speech contest because I am still feeling a little cruddy, but I think I have psyched myself up (and gotten moral support) to do Script Frenzy in April
• cheap wine mixed with lemonade

Uncategorized -
 the bird that has somehow found its way into our attic. Update will depend on whether he gets the hint about the window I left open for him or if I have to turn a Jack Russell Terrier loose on his feathered butt.

Adventureland

Finally got to watch a movie I had been wanting to see for awhile. Can't explain why it has stuck with me, so I will fall back on the music (The Replacments! Husker Du!), especially this song:

Twisted Lines

I haven't posted in a while for a couple of reasons. First, my laptop is officially dead, so I have had less opportunity to play around on the computer. Probably wouldn't matter though, as I have had a distinct lack of random thoughts lately.

What, no random thoughts? Chalk it up to being either at one end of the extreme or other - I have been either so busy with work and family and odds and ends that I haven't had time to think, or I have been brain dead from sinus meds and one too many snow days at home with kids.

Life seems to be sorting itself out now though. Truly random thoughts will probably return. For now, some of the stuff on my mind, random and not-so-random:

• I signed three kids up for baseball this year. Help us all.
• Enjoying nice weather. Pretending it is not a precursor to tornado season.
• On the subject of weird weather, more earthquakes to the west of us, but not felt quite as far as our town.
• Line from a song by a guy I dated in college keeps going through my head. Weird story about downloading his music to B's mp3 player and explaining that yes, I once dated a guy who went on to become a real musician.
• Day with B coming up. We are doing half-day hike at Pinnacle Mountain.
• Still have not decided if I will participate in speech contest tomorrow.
• Rally's chicken sandwich is sounding good. A little hungry, a little procrastination because my next work task is to fiddle with Facebook page, and I am so over FB these days. I have always known that I am one of those people who talks a lot without ever saying anything. I'm OK with that, but not OK with being that person on FB!

More Stuff I Know

I don't know what it is, but I know what it isn't.
I know just because my priority is not your priority doesn't make me the a$$hole.
I know it's a sad day when the cookie truck catches on fire.
I know I can't give platelets.
I know leaving your package on top of the mailbox seems like a good way to get arrested.
I know the Dalai Lama doesn't really care if I forward your message to 10 of my friends.
I know I could care less if your quiz only takes 5 minutes, I don't want to do it.
I know I am tired of being sick and am ready for spring.
I know Valentine's Day is still my favorite holiday.

Whatta Night

One night L and I were driving a coworker home. I can't remember his name, just that he was a kid, not quite as old as we were. We decided to drive through Whattaburger on the way.

Just as we pulled into the parking lot, a group of people came out of the restaurant. We slowed down to let them cross, but they were taking forever. Even from my vantage point atop the console of a Toyota Supra, I couldn't figure out what they were doing. All we could see was a bunch of college guys, right in the middle of the driveway. L eased the car up, hoping they would get the hint, when all of a sudden they scattered. A couple of them ran behind our car, but the way wasn't exactly clear - a young black guy had gotten up off the ground and now stood there swinging a gun around. He pointed it briefly at the windshield (me!), then very deliberately walked over to one of the guys who was cowering behind an older black man who had sidled around the group and was trying to get in his car like nothing was happening. He held the gun to the white guy's shoulder and pulled the trigger, then all hell broke loose.

We waited just long enough to observe the older guy getting in his car all calm-like, while the frat boys sort of regrouped. It appeared they were going to chase after the shooter (who had ran down the alley) in their cars, so we decided to get out of the way while could. We jumped the curb and took off down the street until we saw a cruiser in a parking lot.

We pulled in and asked the cop if anyone had reported a shooting. He said no, and didn't seem that interested in our story, so we went back to the restaurant. We talked to the manager, who said he hadn't seen anything to report. Since we seemed to be the only ones concerned with what had happened, we decided to let it go and went home.

Thing is, we just wanted to make sure that people understood that the black kid was justified, at least from our point of view.

Getting a Freak On

Interesting day. Only got some of my project accomplished, mainly because I got distracted first thing. It has been forever since I logged in to chat, but I was apparently visible and got a hello from a guy I used to chat with sometimes. We kept each other company for a bit while we were both alone. It was an experience, but not one I'll soon repeat. Suffice to say that it was both satisfying and not satisfying, and that no matter how screwed up I think I am, there is always someone more screwed up if you look in the wrong right places.

Promise

This day already looks better than yesterday but I would gladly blow off everything I have to "accomplish" if I had my old chat buddy back.

Whine Warning

It should be against the rules to feel this f***ing bad without having gotten drunk, laid or arrested the night before. Not sure why I am so down today, but I am just gonna vent everything that is bugging me in the hope that I can at least move on:

~ I couldn't sleep last night, then woke up with a headache right between the eyes. Yep, it's still there.
~ SJ was gone today. Not sure if this made me more or less productive. I think it was in the cards that I would be useless today either way. Not sure if she was really sick or avoiding me because she knows I am quite pissed right now.
~ It is so cold that the only time I have taken my coat off today was for a health history.
~ I was supposed to give platelets, but they decided my veins weren't good for this. So they said I could still do whole blood, except that my red count was way too low.
~ So I didn't go back to work, just ran a couple of errands to get stuff for a project in case we end up getting snow again tomorrow. I stopped two places and only got about half of what I needed.
~ I don't mind if it snows more, as long as it gets above 20 f***ing degrees.
~ I am stressing a little about the roof leaking.
~ The quest for "the song" has only served to annoy the crap out of me.

I do not take mental health lightly, but some days I do wish I was the kind of person who could just be selfish, blow off responsibility and do what I wanted to do. Today it would have been to stay in bed and watch TV and feel sorry for myself. Instead, I am headed to pick up kids, then come home and make dinner and pretend to give a flip about any of the stuff that the rest of the world cares about.

Steve Miller and Sloe Gin

This song will always remind me of hanging out all night with L, T and Clark (not the one B got his middle name from). For some reason I was on a sloe gin kick around this time. Probably because it was cheap and easy to get :) Anyhoo, we hung out literally all night drinking and playing games and listening to Steve Miller over and over and over. It was one of the few times I showed up for work drunk. Not hung over, drunk. At 8:00 in the morning.

Ground Hog Day

According to the rodent, spring is near, which is good. Maybe I will feel less like hibernating. I used to be unable to sleep. Now I sleep deeply, without too many dreams, and I still wake up tired. E would say that's the caffeine. Sure that's part of it, but I think it's also the exact opposite - nothing much to stimulate me these days. Nothing is wrong, just that time of year where I am moodier than usual and prefer to stay home, but then whine that nothing interesting ever happens. I could make something happen :-) but don't even have any bright ideas for what that might be. Maybe I will make coffee after all (hey, at least I considered trying to skip it) and try to muster up some fake enthusiasm for my "job".

I AM the Lion

ROFL - Selectively copied from the characteristics of the Leo:

Leo is very independent but needs something to control and someone to admire them and appreciate them. They are fully capable of being greatly successful on their own but they are much happier if they have an audience and a following of people who look up to them. My nickname at TR was not The Queen for nothing!

Leo loves the new and extraordinary, they despise dull, regular routines and if this is what they are faced with, they will simply create their own drama and excitement. This makes Leo prone to stir up a situation out of nowhere just for something to keep their vivacious temperament satisfied. Wicked grin :)

Leo will strike back immediately and forcefully if crossed, but seldom holds a grudge. Leo has an amazing ability to bounce back from any feelings of despair or unfortunate events. Lotta practice

Leos are extremely sensitive but they hide that very well. Leo is too proud to ask for appreciation and they will suffer a hurt ego, but no one will ever know and they will suffer in (pissy, sarcastic, semi-) silence. The secret of the Leo is that they need to be needed.

Leos are generous and are always trying to make things right in the world, they have larger then life emotions and they need to feel like they have accomplished something at the end of the day. True

Notice how I conveniently ignored melodramatic, extravagant, stubborn, controlling, superior and self-centered :)