It is finally Friday and I am finally feeling motivated...motivated to sleep in, that is. No, I am not motivated to do work. That would be a sure sign of sickness (like my use of alliteration there?) I do have to do my taxes this weekend and perhaps clean up my closet - something which I have been meaning to do for weeks. I just haven't been THAT motivated.
I actually came to work this morning at 6:30, which meant that I had to get my ass out of bed at 5:30, which is just an ungodly hour for me. I don't know how people can drag their asses out of bed at 4 or 5 am everyday. I could never be motivated enough to do that. Hell, on the weekends, sometimes I don't even go to bed til 4 am - lol.
This weekend should be a nice weekend at home all to myself. My folks are going to visit my grandmother on Saturday, and I would go with them, but they aren't coming back til Monday or Tuesday, and I have to work (and they are already taking 2 cars and there is not enough room to park mine there, too ) I plan on going to visit her soon though. Maybe next weekend.
I had a serious case of road rage yesterday at lunch time. I was sitting in my little left turn lane, waiting for the light to turn green...la la la...humming along to the radio, all in a good mood and everything, despite being hungry as heck. My light turned green and I went to flip a u-turn to go to Los Tacos. Well this woman who was to the left of me, wanting to turn right on a red light, just goes without even stopping on the red light (didn't stop, but she, as Cher said in Clueless, 'totally paused'), and nearly hits me. As if that didn't piss me off enough, she has the balls to LAUGH about it. Yes, she was cackling like a witch over there in her SUV. Bitch!!! I was pissed. She nearly hits me and laughs. GRRRRRRRRRRR! I wanted to smack her upside her yuppie head.But I refrained. My hunger was too great and Los Tacos was beckoning me, which was good for Ms SUV.
Another thing that pissed me off even more than the cackling SUV woman who can't drive, was something that happened at work the other day. Now, first off, I am the kind of person that when I am getting on the elevator, I always look to see if someone else is coming so that I can hold the elevator for them. I am just nice, I guess (well, at least about that - I have no niceness in me for Ms SUV!) Well, I was waiting for the elevator and this lady comes up behind me and is waiting for it too. Well, when the door opens, she hurries in and pushes the button to go down, which starts the elevator doors to close. Now, I hadn't even gotten in the damned thing yet and she is already ready to close the doors on me. Excuuuuse me! I was waiting for the elevator first and this beeeeeeeyach is trying to go without me. How freakin' rude. When I got in, I looked at her and she just kinda gave me this weird look back, and we went downstairs and then she got off and hurried out the door. Either she was in a big ass hurry or she was just a rude-ass bitch. Or maybe both.
Anyway, I am ready for this day to be over. It is only 9 am and I still have 6 hours left in this day. Ugh. I want to go home!
Friday, February 03, 2006
Funny Stuff From Dave Barry
"In 1938, Orson Welles did a radio 'news' broadcast, based on The War of the Worlds, about invading Martians landing in the town of Grovers Mill, New Jersey. The broadcast created a nationwide panic, although it was of course, a hoax. The Martians actually landed in Philadelphia, where many still reside."
Stupid News Story of The Day
(And it just gets weirder and weirder...)
Naked Man Charges Two Moving Cars in Wis.
WITTENBERG, Wis. - Authorities had no trouble locating the suspect after getting a call about a pedestrian attacking two moving cars. He was the one with no clothes.
Police said the first complaint came in at 9:36 a.m. Thursday after a woman encountered a naked man on a road. As she drove around him, he charged the vehicle, hit the right fender and jumped on the hood, smashing the windshield and breaking off the passenger side mirror, authorities said.
He slid off and was lying on the road but got up into a football-type stance and charged a second vehicle as it approached, damaging a fender.
He then opened the door, climbed in the vehicle and sat down, authorities said.
An ambulance got to the scene ahead of sheriff's deputies and had no trouble with the man, sheriff's Sgt. Staber Cook said.
The 42-year-old man was taken in for medical treatment and psychological assessment, Cook said. His name was not released.
The motorists were not injured.
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Keep Austin weird!
It is getting closer to Friday...I can feel it. It is only 9:45 and I am already done with my one appointment for today. That makes me happy. But knowing that I still have almost 8 more hours left in this work day makes me very sad . I would much rather be back home in bed doing absolutely nothing. But then, my bed is so cumfy, how can you blame me??
As I was watching American Idol last night, I couldn't help but to wonder where the talent was hiding. It seems like all of these tone-deaf, shower-singers with absolutely no modesty whatsoever come into the audtions, either just to say they were on tv or because they actually think they can sing. Or maybe they are forced on there because they lost a bet. I often wonder if there are some truly talented singers out there who are just too shy to go onto American Idol. At least that is what I hope. There has to be more talent out there than what I saw coming from Austin, Texas last night.
There was the guy who thought he could dance and sing with the best of them (yes, he did do the splits on tv - not many guys can do that). Sadly, his splits were the only entertaining part of his audition. His singing was....well, horrible.
Then there was the girl who sang Christmas songs in hopes of winning a ticket to Hollywood. All it really did was to get her shut out of every Christmas caroler group in her hometown.
Then there was Tessie...the girl with the ponytails. The girl who said Simon would love her. Oh good lord. What was she thinking??? Was she even thinking at all??? How on earth could she possibly think she could sing? And what was her mother doing letting her go on that show? I thought mothers were supposed to protect their kids from embarassments like that. Good grief! At least the judges were kind to her. But, she didn't take it very well.
I felt bad for the girl who said her plane nearly crashed. I was hoping she would do well. Sadly, she didn't. The judges liked her personality enough to give her a second chance, but even that didn't help her.
There were a few good singers. Like the music major (I think Ricky was his name). He did a good job. As did that RJ guy. He sang well. I just didn't like his ladies-man attitude. What a stuck up jerk he was. I was hoping he would sing really, really bad (hehe).
Only 12 people made it through to Hollywood. 12. 12 people out of 5000. Those weren't very good odds. But then in a city whose motto is, "Keep Austin weird" (as Cyndi told me), what can you expect? They definitely were taking their motto seriously!
Gosh, I hope this day goes by fast. I can't wait to go home. I go to work everyday thinking "Gee, I can't wait to get back home." (lol) Tonight is CSI night, plus a brand-spankin' new episode of MXC, and, of course, The Office.
Definitely must-see-tv.
As I was watching American Idol last night, I couldn't help but to wonder where the talent was hiding. It seems like all of these tone-deaf, shower-singers with absolutely no modesty whatsoever come into the audtions, either just to say they were on tv or because they actually think they can sing. Or maybe they are forced on there because they lost a bet. I often wonder if there are some truly talented singers out there who are just too shy to go onto American Idol. At least that is what I hope. There has to be more talent out there than what I saw coming from Austin, Texas last night.
There was the guy who thought he could dance and sing with the best of them (yes, he did do the splits on tv - not many guys can do that). Sadly, his splits were the only entertaining part of his audition. His singing was....well, horrible.
Then there was the girl who sang Christmas songs in hopes of winning a ticket to Hollywood. All it really did was to get her shut out of every Christmas caroler group in her hometown.
Then there was Tessie...the girl with the ponytails. The girl who said Simon would love her. Oh good lord. What was she thinking??? Was she even thinking at all??? How on earth could she possibly think she could sing? And what was her mother doing letting her go on that show? I thought mothers were supposed to protect their kids from embarassments like that. Good grief! At least the judges were kind to her. But, she didn't take it very well.
I felt bad for the girl who said her plane nearly crashed. I was hoping she would do well. Sadly, she didn't. The judges liked her personality enough to give her a second chance, but even that didn't help her.
There were a few good singers. Like the music major (I think Ricky was his name). He did a good job. As did that RJ guy. He sang well. I just didn't like his ladies-man attitude. What a stuck up jerk he was. I was hoping he would sing really, really bad (hehe).
Only 12 people made it through to Hollywood. 12. 12 people out of 5000. Those weren't very good odds. But then in a city whose motto is, "Keep Austin weird" (as Cyndi told me), what can you expect? They definitely were taking their motto seriously!
Gosh, I hope this day goes by fast. I can't wait to go home. I go to work everyday thinking "Gee, I can't wait to get back home." (lol) Tonight is CSI night, plus a brand-spankin' new episode of MXC, and, of course, The Office.
Definitely must-see-tv.
Funny Stuff From Dave Barry
"On the fourth day of our cruise we spent the entire day at sea, eating. The ocean was rough; some waves affected even the massive bulk of the Restaurant of the Seas. At breakfast, there was a moment when I was watching maybe two dozen cruisers going through the buffet line, each holding a huge plate heaped with food, and the deck shifted, and the cruisers, in perfect unison, all lurched to the right, then back to the left. Nobody dropped so much as a waffle. I was damned proud to be serving with this outfit."
Stupid News Story of The Day
(Did they just not see the police station across the street?)
Pimping Near Police Station a Bad Idea
MARTINEZ, Calif. - A married couple pleaded no contest to charges they ran a brothel across the street from a Concord police station, Contra Costa County authorities said. Debra Watts, 52, will serve one year of home detention after pleading to three felony counts of pimping and pandering, prosecutor Jose Marin said Monday.
Her husband, Ernest Watts, 63, pleaded to one misdemeanor count of maintaining a house of prostitution, Marin said.
Investigators said the couple ran the brothel for a year in an apartment located a few hundred feet from the Concord police station and used the Internet to solicit clients.
Police raided the apartment in January of 2005, six months after an informant tipped them off in exchange for leniency in a pending fraud case, according to a search warrant affidavit.
Surveillance of the apartment revealed a Monday-through-Friday operation in which women would arrive by 10 a.m. and leave by 7 p.m. Men would enter and leave throughout the day, staying for about 30 minutes at a time, according to the affidavit.
The women charged $160 for every half-hour and Debra Watts would take half, according to the affidavit.
A third defendant, Michelle Secrist, 22, of Vacaville, pleaded no contest to one misdemeanor count of prostitution.
The couple, who lived in Fairfield but recently moved to Las Vegas, will be prohibited from working in any business related to prostitution as part of their probation.
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Information from: Contra Costa Times
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
American Idol and insomnia go hand in hand
I can't get motivated to work this morning. Maybe it is because I haven't yet finished my caffeine-filled Dr Pepper yet. I opened it at 8 am and it is still half-full 3 hours later. Damn, I am a slow drinker. Or maybe it is because I got very little sleep last night. Insomnia was my best friend last night. Hopefully, it will be a distant memory tonight.
Die, insomnia, die!
Oh my gosh. I almost forgot about last night's American Idol. It was only fitting that one of the worst singers on last night's show was from my home town of Bakersfield. Yes, the very first contestant - you know, that fake Jamaican guy with his wig and fake accent - was from Bakersfield. How funny! You would think that he would be all hick and rednecky coming from Bakersfield. At least that woulda been more realistic than a Jamaican Bakersfield-ian.
You would think that in a city like Las Vegas, there would be a lot more talent. But apparently not. Only 11 people made it through to the next round. There were some realllllll bad singers on there. Like that psychic woman's sister. Ok, she was better than her sister (the "psychic" who sang last season and said that she would make it to the top 10....she lost 2 careers in the same night on that prediction)...but that is not saying much. Hell, she had her psychic sister as her vocal coach...the one who can't sing! I am not psychic, but even I predicted that she would not make it. Having someone who cannot sing as a vocal coach is just a bad idea all around.You would think that being a psychic, she shoulda known this.
Oh, and then the woman who said she sounded like Aretha Franklin. More like Aretha's tone-deaf cousin. God, that woman was even giving me a headache.
And what is with the people who say they have "perfect pitch" and "good tone"? Have they ever listened to themselves sing for crying out loud? I am not a vocal coach. I don't even know how to sing. But even I can tell that those people's pitch is far from perfect!
Well, my mom called me yesterday and told me that the doctor found multiple tumors in my grandma's lungs and that they would have to do some biopsies to determine if they are malignant or not. But that they were not going to operate. I hope they turn out to be benign. I really do. I know my grandma is near 90 years old now and that her time on earth is limited as it is, but I don't want her to have cancer. That stuff is so bad. She is already taking Vicodin for the pain and she has been getting very thin. Her white cell count was high, and that, along with the weight loss, is not a good sign. But I am still thinking positive.I don't want my grandma to die I guess they will find out soon whether or not it is cancer. (must think positive!!!)
Ugh. What a downer. I kept thinking about her last night, which was probably why I couldn't sleep.
Hopefully the rest of the week will turn out better. Hopefully.
Die, insomnia, die!
Oh my gosh. I almost forgot about last night's American Idol. It was only fitting that one of the worst singers on last night's show was from my home town of Bakersfield. Yes, the very first contestant - you know, that fake Jamaican guy with his wig and fake accent - was from Bakersfield. How funny! You would think that he would be all hick and rednecky coming from Bakersfield. At least that woulda been more realistic than a Jamaican Bakersfield-ian.
You would think that in a city like Las Vegas, there would be a lot more talent. But apparently not. Only 11 people made it through to the next round. There were some realllllll bad singers on there. Like that psychic woman's sister. Ok, she was better than her sister (the "psychic" who sang last season and said that she would make it to the top 10....she lost 2 careers in the same night on that prediction)...but that is not saying much. Hell, she had her psychic sister as her vocal coach...the one who can't sing! I am not psychic, but even I predicted that she would not make it. Having someone who cannot sing as a vocal coach is just a bad idea all around.You would think that being a psychic, she shoulda known this.
Oh, and then the woman who said she sounded like Aretha Franklin. More like Aretha's tone-deaf cousin. God, that woman was even giving me a headache.
And what is with the people who say they have "perfect pitch" and "good tone"? Have they ever listened to themselves sing for crying out loud? I am not a vocal coach. I don't even know how to sing. But even I can tell that those people's pitch is far from perfect!
Well, my mom called me yesterday and told me that the doctor found multiple tumors in my grandma's lungs and that they would have to do some biopsies to determine if they are malignant or not. But that they were not going to operate. I hope they turn out to be benign. I really do. I know my grandma is near 90 years old now and that her time on earth is limited as it is, but I don't want her to have cancer. That stuff is so bad. She is already taking Vicodin for the pain and she has been getting very thin. Her white cell count was high, and that, along with the weight loss, is not a good sign. But I am still thinking positive.I don't want my grandma to die I guess they will find out soon whether or not it is cancer. (must think positive!!!)
Ugh. What a downer. I kept thinking about her last night, which was probably why I couldn't sleep.
Hopefully the rest of the week will turn out better. Hopefully.
Funny Stuff From Dave Barry
"On the third night of our cruise, back on the ship, we went to a piano bar, where the piano player got everybody in a festive mood by playing - I am not making this up - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, a song about a ship that sank, killing all aboard. Party time!"
Stupid News Story of The Day
(Pastors need BMW's too.)
Pastor Gets 18 Months for Selling Church
MANTECA, Calif. - A pastor accused of selling the town's oldest church pleaded guilty to embezzlement on Monday and agreed to 18 months in prison, court officials said.
Randall Radic, 53, entered his plea as part of a deal in which prosecutors agreed to drop nine other charges.
Radic had preached at First Congregational Church in Ripon for nearly a decade before he sold the church last October for $525,000, allegedly using the money to buy a BMW. He also faked documents that gave him possession of his house, which was owned by the church, then used the property to take out loans, authorities said.
Before the plea deal, Radic had faced up to nine years in prison for 10 counts, including two counts of theft by embezzlement, two counts of obtaining property by false pretenses, four counts of forgery of signature and two counts of presenting a fraudulent document.
Radic's attorney Michael Babitzke declined to comment on the case Monday.
Radic remains in San Joaquin County Jail on $750,000 bail. He was scheduled to appear for a formal sentencing and restitution hearing on March 16.
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Stuff, stuff and more stuff
Well, my ordeal at the doctor ended up not really being an ordeal after all. I just had to go back to get a referral for the opthamologist, and I will have to go back every 6 months. The thing that pissed me off was that I had to go to the lab downstairs from the office to get a blood test (as usual). Ok, let me rephrase that. It wasn't that I had to get a blood test that pissed me off. It was the fact that I had to sit there for almost an hour and wait for them to call me that pissed me off. I guess they had called me once before but I swear I never heard the name "Kimberly" being called. What I did hear was a "Lorene" and a "Danielle" being called, neither which are my names. So, I had to go back in an re-sign in and wait again. Grrrr. Then when the lady took my blood, it freakin' hurt! It usually doesn't hurt when I get it done at the other doctor's office. But it sure hurt like hell this time. More GRRRR.
On the plus side, while I was in the doctor's office I got to flip through a Sports Illustrated magazine, whose cover was graciously decorated with a lovely photo of Matt Leinart. Ahhhhhhhh....lol.
Speaking of hotties, my celebrity crush, Jake Gyllenhaal was nominated for an Oscar. Oh happy day.
Well, my 8:00 appointment did not show up this morning, and my 11:00 appointment from yesterday apparently showed up after 2 pm yesterday when I was at the doctor's office. We have a schedule to keep here, people! Grrrrr.......I hate it when they no-show or come in late.
I am hungry. I didn't eat breakfast or lunch yesterday, opting instead to get something to eat after my doctor appointment. Little did I know that it wouldn't be til after 4 that I would be getting out of there. By then, I was starving! I got a tuna sandwich from Togo's and ate the whole damned thing. Then, later in the evening, after I had digested my dinner, I watched Ringu 2. It wasn't as scary at Ringu, but it was pretty good. It explained just how those images ended up on the videotape (in The Ring). Freaky stuff.
Tonight is American Idol night. And then after, Supernatural. Oh, and Mythbusters and Dirty Jobs are on tonight, too. Oh happy, happy day.
On the plus side, while I was in the doctor's office I got to flip through a Sports Illustrated magazine, whose cover was graciously decorated with a lovely photo of Matt Leinart. Ahhhhhhhh....lol.
Speaking of hotties, my celebrity crush, Jake Gyllenhaal was nominated for an Oscar. Oh happy day.
Well, my 8:00 appointment did not show up this morning, and my 11:00 appointment from yesterday apparently showed up after 2 pm yesterday when I was at the doctor's office. We have a schedule to keep here, people! Grrrrr.......I hate it when they no-show or come in late.
I am hungry. I didn't eat breakfast or lunch yesterday, opting instead to get something to eat after my doctor appointment. Little did I know that it wouldn't be til after 4 that I would be getting out of there. By then, I was starving! I got a tuna sandwich from Togo's and ate the whole damned thing. Then, later in the evening, after I had digested my dinner, I watched Ringu 2. It wasn't as scary at Ringu, but it was pretty good. It explained just how those images ended up on the videotape (in The Ring). Freaky stuff.
Tonight is American Idol night. And then after, Supernatural. Oh, and Mythbusters and Dirty Jobs are on tonight, too. Oh happy, happy day.
Funny Stuff From Dave Barry
"The dream of traveling to Mars is not a new dream. As long as humanity has been human, it has looked toward the heavens and dreamed that some day, some way, there would be giant federal contracts involved. Mars - sometimes called, 'The Red Planet,' because it appears, to the naked eye, to be orange - gets its name from the ancient Greek or Roman name Mars, meaning 'Mars.' The planet has long captured the popular imagination, because for many years, people believed that Martians might live there, based on the fact that there are canals, which suggests the presence of boats, and, in the words of the late Carl Sagan: 'If there are boats, then there would have to be somebody to fix them."
Stupid News Story of The Day
(Sorry, you can't take the wheelchair outside. I am afraid you are gonna have to crawl.)
You're a mean one, Mister Grinch...
CANBERRA (Reuters) - One of the world's top shopping mall owners has paid A$50,000 ($38,000) to the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Australia after mall wheelchairs were taken from two brothers with the disease, forcing one to crawl to his car.
The other brother had to be carried to the car by his sister.
A security guard at a Westfield shopping center in the southern city of Melbourne stopped the brothers when they attempted to take the wheelchairs, which belonged to the shopping mall, outside.
"Westfield apologizes for the circumstances which led to the incident and deeply regrets the indignity suffered by the brothers," the company, which is the world's top shopping mall owner by market value, said in a statement.
Monday, January 30, 2006
Monday's can bite me
Monday should be a 4-letter word. I hate Mondays. You know why? Because it means that the work week has just begun. It means getting up at 6:30 am everyday and driving to work. It means not getting home until dark. It means having to sit at my desk waiting for my clients to show up. I already have a no-show and the day has just begun. Grrrrr.
I also have a doctor's appointment this afternoon, and that is no fun. On the plus side, if there can be a plus to a doctor's appointment, I get to go home early from work since my appointment is at 2:10 pm. But who knows. I may be stuck in the waiting room for an hour like I usually am. Then I have to go to the lab for a blood test which entails more waiting. More grrrrr.
I still have a headache and my downstairs neighbors were still being noisy til after 11 pm last night. Do those people ever sleep??? I guess not. I don't know what they do. They are like vampires. They only come out at night and then sleep all day. I doubt if any of them have jobs.
I watched this Japanese movie last night called Ringu 0. It is the prequel to Ringu (the Japanese version of The Ring). It was pretty decent. Not scary really. It offered more background on Sadako (Samara in The Ring) and how she became the evil spirit in the Ring movies. I almost felt sorry for Sadako. She was so shy and just wanted to be accepted. But there was a dark side to her, and soon people start dying. Anyway, I am not a spoiler on movies, so that is all I am gonna say about that one.
I got 2 more DVD's at Blockbuster (their 3 for $25 sales on their used DVDs are great - hehe)....I Heart Huckabees and High Tension (another horror movie). I plan on watching High Tension tonight - another scary movie night for me...what a fitting end to a Monday.
I also have a doctor's appointment this afternoon, and that is no fun. On the plus side, if there can be a plus to a doctor's appointment, I get to go home early from work since my appointment is at 2:10 pm. But who knows. I may be stuck in the waiting room for an hour like I usually am. Then I have to go to the lab for a blood test which entails more waiting. More grrrrr.
I still have a headache and my downstairs neighbors were still being noisy til after 11 pm last night. Do those people ever sleep??? I guess not. I don't know what they do. They are like vampires. They only come out at night and then sleep all day. I doubt if any of them have jobs.
I watched this Japanese movie last night called Ringu 0. It is the prequel to Ringu (the Japanese version of The Ring). It was pretty decent. Not scary really. It offered more background on Sadako (Samara in The Ring) and how she became the evil spirit in the Ring movies. I almost felt sorry for Sadako. She was so shy and just wanted to be accepted. But there was a dark side to her, and soon people start dying. Anyway, I am not a spoiler on movies, so that is all I am gonna say about that one.
I got 2 more DVD's at Blockbuster (their 3 for $25 sales on their used DVDs are great - hehe)....I Heart Huckabees and High Tension (another horror movie). I plan on watching High Tension tonight - another scary movie night for me...what a fitting end to a Monday.
Funny Stuff From Dave Barry
"The idea of a Mars mission was proposed a while back by President George W. Bush. What happened was, one evening he and his staff were sitting around the Oval Office, trying to think of something for the nation to do, and they got to looking out the window at the vastness of the night sky and the president suddenly said: 'Hey, we should go to .... to ... whaddyacallit!' The president was actually thinking of a Chinese restaurant on Wisconsin Avenue, but before he could clarify this, his staff had worked out this whole big Mars mission. So he figured, what the hey."
Stupid News Story of The Day
(Why I got a curse for you!)
Starving woman curses God, dies in her sleep
NAIROBI (Reuters) - A starving Kenyan woman placed a powerful tribal curse on God, accusing him of sending famine, and died in her sleep, local newspapers said Thursday.
The woman from eastern Kenya's drought-ravaged Kangundo district decided to invoke a dreaded oath from the Kamba community, famed for its potent witchcraft, media reports said.
"Whoever brought this famine, let him perish," the woman chanted, striking a cooking pot with a stick.
"She accomplished the feat at 10 a.m. and waited for the results, but God's wrath struck at night. She died peacefully in her sleep," the Kenya Times newspaper said.
Poor rains for three years running have left more than 3.5 million Kenyans on the edge of starvation, prompting President Mwai Kibaki to declare the drought a national disaster.
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Bye, bye Squeakers
Well, as you know, my little buddy Squeakers passed away on Friday. Chris came down on Saturday and we went to the pet store and I saw this cute little boy hamster and I just thought he was so, so cute. So, Chris got him for me. Not to replace Squeakers, no. I just thought I could give him a good home. So, Peanut, as he was dubbed while we were in the pet store (he is brown and small and looked like a little peanut), came home with me on Saturday. I snapped a few pictures of him and Lil Oreo and posted them below. Aren't they cute??
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