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February 27, 2008 mid-afternoon | 
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Donate some books to children in need! What are you waiting for? Go!
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mid-afternoon | Home is where the heart is, Personal stuff
I just realized we’ve been living here more than a month now. It’s weird because it feels like it’s gone by fast, but at the same time, when I think about living in Orlando it feels like a distant memory. Like it was years ago and not months ago.
It was certainly a pain in the ass getting here with all of three weeks to prepare for a move to a new city, but I think we made the right decision moving here. Brandon and I were driving home from Target the other day and he said (completely out of the blue) that he was (probably for the first time in his life) completely happy. I would have to concur.
We’ve been living together for a long time now and we’ve lived in a lot of different places, but none of those were places that we both made a joint decision to live at. It’s always been one-sided. Brandon lived in Savannah with me while I went to college (technically he was supposed to be going to college as well, but who wants to think about what a mess that whole situation was — and how we almost broke up because of it). Then I moved to Orlando with him so he could go to college. He never liked Savannah (though I would move back there in a second) and we both hated Orlando from day one. It was the only option for the type of school he needed to go to, though, so we didn’t have a choice. Then we wound up staying there for two more years out of his loyalty for that school and the teachers and students he worked with there.
February 25, 2008 in the early evening | Rants
I am so tried of all the backlash these days. It’s everywhere! As soon as anything, anything, gets remotely popular there are people that automatically jump on the hate wagon. And why? There’s no reason for it, they just want to hate on something because that’s cool, just like 3 month before it was cool to love that same thing. What the hell? Has it always been like this? I guess it has, though I think the proliferation of the internet and blogs and 24/7 media inundation have only served to make the whole much bigger. Whereas before it was just you and your friends, now it’s you and everyone who reads your blog and everyone on the forum you post on and then the forums they post on.
Here’s what I don’t get about America. The whole point to living, the only thing that anyone cares about is The American Dream. And while this sentiment started as just wanting a better life, though the years it’s basically been boiled down to two things: Rich and Popular. EVERYONE wants to be rich and popular. Come on cynics, you know deep down you want that, too. Except that as soon as anyone, anyone, actually reaches this dream, as soon they cross that threshold, they are vilified. Before she made it she’s a “talented, stuggling actress” and after everyone’s labeling her an “ugly hack” or saying she only get where she is because of her big boobs. It’s such a double standard. We want to have it all, but we don’t want anyone else to.
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February 20, 2008 mid-afternoon | Personal stuff, The Days of my Life
Well, the first half of my birthday didn’t start out too great. I wound up staying up all night in order to finish a site that was to launch this morning. But I did get it launched, so I am happy about that. And when I got up this morning (this afternoon, actually) I only had 1 work email (I usually average 5-10)! I consider that a gift from the email gods (the google gods?). Possibly the best gift I could get. So I guess my birthday hasn’t been so bad. Tonight Brandon’s taking me out for a nice dinner (I’m going to order dessert, too!). And now that this project is done I can relax a bit and watch some of my DVR backlog. Our trip up to Savannah next month to see Ben Folds is my real birthday present, but after the travesty that was yesterday, having a laid back “boring” day will be nice.
So yeah, yesterday. Not even counting the whole staying up all night crap, it was pretty bad. I was beyond frustrated trying to get that site done and it was taking forever due to circumstances completely out of my control (pretty much the whole afternoon was a complete waste of my time). In the middle of that (mid-highlight, in fact) my keyboard AND my mouse completely died. Those fuckers are broken now and by broken I mean into little pieces after I hurled them at the wall. I completely lost what I was doing when I had to restart the computer using Brandon’s keyboard and my little laptop mouse.
After that I went down to the mail to see if my new iPod was there. Sure enough it was (two days early!). My new apartment has larger boxes big enough for packages and they just put the key for a box in your mail box when you get something. Well, all the mail boxes have seen better days, they’re pretty old and rusted. And the key I got was equally crappy. So you can guess what that means: I couldn’t open the damn box. The key wouldn’t fit in there and it kept bending, the lock wouldn’t turn at all. Combined with my earlier frustration, I was pissed the hell off. I just wanted my damn iPod! I must have looked like a crazy person too, because I was hitting and kicking the boxes, cursing, all of this in my pajamas with no make-up on. I must have been a sight.
February 18, 2008 mid-afternoon | The Days of my Life
All I want to do on rainy days are curl up on the sofa and watch movies. But no, I have tons of work to do, so that is not to be. Wah.
This weekend was nice, though. We went down to the beach on Saturday. I really am liking this apartment more and more, it turns out we’re only about 10 or 15 minutes away! I’m not really a beach person in that I don’t care for swimming or tanning or anything like that, but I like walking and watching and relaxing. Plus taking pictures! Unfortunately, even though it was very nice day (sunny, cool but not cold), clear skies do not make for the most visually interesting photos. I got a few good ones, I guess. I’ll definitely be going back regularly. One day I really want to go there and watch the sun rise, but of course that involves getting up at butt early in the morning, so who knows when I will make that effort.
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February 12, 2008 mid-afternoon | Miniblog
Affordable Art. What a concept! This site is awesome. They sell limited edition prints for $2,000, $200, and $20 (!!). I just ordered this for $20! Obviously, the $2,000 is out of my price range, but if there was something I really liked I don’t think paying $200 for a larger version would be a bad deal at all. I’ll definitely be watching for new items.
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mid-afternoon | Personal stuff
Well happy birthday to me. Oh wait, I don’t get to have a birthday next week because I’m broke. Wee!
Last week we had to pay $300 to Comcast (who I HATE already because their service sucks ass) for the first month’s bill plus a whole bunch of completely bogus set up fees. This week, we have not one but two electric bills due. One for my previous electricity provider which is for 1 and a half months of service ($188) and the other for my new electricity provider for half a month of service plus a security deposit ($235).
The thing that makes it worse is that it looks like I’m going to have to pay a late fee to the new electricity provider because they won’t let me pay the full bill. What the hell? I tried to register for their online payment service, but that didn’t work when I realized the bill they sent didn’t include my meter number. Thanks a lot for that. So I called into their automated service to pay by phone, but the autobot seemed to think I only owed payment for the half month of service and would only allow me to pay $35. I finally got an email from them this morning with my meter number, but when I registered it still wouldn’t let me pay the freaking $200. So now I have to send a check and it’s going to be late. Awesome.
I was going to buy myself a shiny new iPod nano (pink!) for my birthday (I’ve never had an iPod before, I’m like the last person in the world to get one), but now I’m not so sure.
February 7, 2008 in the wee hours | Personal stuff
I got tickets to see Ben Folds! I’m soooo excited. Yes, I technically saw him last August, but that really wasn’t the best concert. Mainly because it was John Mayer concert featuring Ben Folds, which is totally different from a Ben Folds concert. Also, that was in a giant venue and we had fairly bad seats, while this concert will be in a VERY small venue with awesome seats (I’m not positive, but I’m pretty sure we’re in the third row or better). The really awesome thing is that it’s at my college so we get to go back to Savannah, where we lived for 4 years. I LOVED it there and we’re actually only about 2 hours away from it now, so it won’t be a long trip at all. The concert is on a Friday in March, so we’re going to make a weekend of it. There’s a ton of places I want to visit again. Most especially, because Savannah is an AMAZING town for a photographer and it really annoys me that I didn’t get into photography sooner and I missed out on all the amazing shots and experiences I could have had.
in the wee hours | Miniblog
Seriously, the showdown between these guys was EPIC. And they got to waste a ton of time on all of their shows because of it! This has got to be the best thing that has come out of the strike.
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February 4, 2008 mid-afternoon | Personal stuff, Relationship stuff, Work-y stuff
Well today is the official start of Get My Shit Together 2008. I’ve let myself get unhealthy and unproductive and I’m letting work take over my life. It’s just not a good way to live, so I’m trying to change. I’m not just saying that either. Brandon is doing this with me because he’s feeling the same way.
First, we’re starting with an exercise routine. Our new apartment has a “gym” and while it leaves something to be desired, it’s a BIG improvement over the “gym” at the old apartment where ALL the machines were broken. It has an elliptical, bike, stepper and a bunch of different weight machines, which is enough for us to work with. There are two broken treadmills and we’re hoping they might get fixed or replaced soon. If not, we’ll make due.
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