so, i finally moved into my new place about 2 weeks back, and got my cable hooked up today... which means it's time to set up my wifi when i get home tonight... which means i need to come up with a name for said wifi (which will then, of course, be locked appropriately, etc, etc, etc)...

thoughts?

i officially hate my eyes today... i went to the trouble of getting out my glasses, because i haven't been sleeping as much as i ought to, and when i popped open the case, one of the lenses fell out...

oy, what a start to the day, eh?

so, i managed to re-assemble them, using a bent staple as a screwdriver, and put them on, and my eyes felt better... as long as i was looking at my screen... whenever i had to turn and look at my coworker, i had to take them off... feh. i dig that my glasses help my eyes relax when i'm working a lot (which i've been doing a little more of lately) but i can't stand that their optimal focal length is less than 4 feet... it's great for books and computers, but hell for everything else... when i went with a friend to get her glasses around the first of the year, the dude there told me i ought to look at "progressive lenses"...

yeah. bifocals.

fucker.

although, it probably wouldn't be a bad idea for me to actually get my eyes checked... it's only been about... 11 years, i think...

disappearing for a day of documentation-writing without telling ANYONE is dumb.

don't do that again.

'nuff said.

just in case anyone's been trying to get ahold of me, i wanted to let people know that, at the worst possible time, my phone ran out of minutes, and cingular apparently can't (or won't) help me modify my plan so i don't lose my shirt adding to it... so, the short of it is that my phone is currently a cute little purple doorstop, and email and IM are the best way to get ahold of me...

if, perchance, you don't have my email addy or my IM name, and you've been trying to contact me (although the thought that someone might have my cell # and not have my email addy or IM name is a little hard to contemplate) then just reply to this post... and i'll get back to you as best i'm able...

packing is... not going so much... i've been slammed busy, and will probably have to do most of my packing this coming week... oy. but i'll get there. i just gotta keep motivated.

(which is slightly tougher, since nobody answered my plea for a booty call from my last post... :( )

;)

but really, it would be so much easier if i could expect a baseline level of technical savvy from the people i associate with (at work, socially, etc)... it's always interesting (sometimes read: annoying) to me how often i have to explain a concept before i can explain what it is i do, or how i do it... and trying to explain something as simple as computer file formats (and which programs can act upon said file formats) to a coworker who has an EE degree (electrical engineering, for the uninitiated) is just downright frustrating... said coworker should know this stuff easily, and doesn't...

feh. if i ran the world...

If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now, (even if we don't speak often) please post a comment with a COMPLETELY MADE UP AND FICTIONAL memory of you and me. It can be anything you want - good or bad - BUT IT HAS TO BE FAKE.

When you're finished, post this little paragraph on your blog and be surprised (or mortified) about what people DON'T ACTUALLY remember about you!

"you know, this working out to lose weight shit sucks my ass... 'cause now i'm fat, and i hurt... and before, i was just fat."

*bwahahahahahah*

insomnia sucks my ass, and my right eye is attempting to leap out of its socket.

that is all.

ps - plan for the weekend: sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep

Douglas Adams - "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."

yeah, that's kinda what it feels like when the world is this surreal due to lack of sleep... last night clocked in at a grand 2 hours. it's almost not even painful anymore... it just *is*. not the lot i *want* to accept in my life, but it's kinda shaking out that way.

i think tonight will involve sleeping pills. i *have* to rest. or i might start actually *seeing* the subject of this post, instead of just feeling surreal enough to write it.

you get into the car in the morning for the carpool to work and your best friend says "no offense, buddy... but you look like shit."

yeah. it's that kind of day.

anyone got anything entertaining?

This Is My Life, Rated
Life:	4.8
Mind:	5.9
Body:	5.1
Spirit:	5.5
Friends/Family:	4
Love:	1.4
Finance:	4.4
Take the Rate My Life Quiz

( the analysis of the whole rating dealio... )

not quite as bad as i thought it would be, but also not as good in some areas... hrm. apparently it's overall (apart from love, in which i, apparently, am on life support) just saying that i have good room for improvement. no shit, sherlock. :P

heh

so, it turns out that autozone will look at my car and check the "check engine" light that came on this past saturday... for free.

i are happierest.

now, back to the grind.

yes, i still have to get out there to have them check it, but first things first, eh?

Happy Birthday, measured_chaos!!!

so... how's it feel to be 25.6? ;)

love ya, hon...

so, yesterday was a *very* busy day at work... those happen a lot these days, but it doesn't bug me... the work load reminds me of the years i worked @ MIS up in cleveland, but the atmosphere is totally different... i don't dread walking into the office because the boss (and his boss) is gonna be a prick... that's just not the case down here... i like my job. i have *no* idea how long it's been since i've been able to say that, but i like my job. sometimes it exhausts me, and sometimes it frustrates me, but i dig it. *that* is happiness.

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i cooked dinner again last night... haven't done a whole lot of cooking (other than actually warming things up) in way too long... i think it's time to start playing again... with the fact that dch4 and ladyleo are gonna be living right around the corner in less than two weeks (hey guys, i saw them working on your place today... the van was there doing last-minute clean-up type stuff when i swung by measured_chaos' place to grab some paperwork... w00w00!) i think the timing is right for this... 'cause i know we've (me, n, c, j and druebee) talked about doing more dinners all together... and that's happy, too...

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oh, j... i dropped off your paperwork, and then just gave jeff an envelope and stamp to get it sent off to d.c.... you're official now... now getcher ass over here... :D

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the ankle is doing MUCH better... i'm not wrapping it anymore, and not *having* too... i still hobble just a little bit as i walk, because there's still some stiffness, but it's NOTHING like what it was, and i'm doing stretches again to try to keep it loose and prevent me from aggravating it again... and i have an appointment with the PT clinic on the 20th of this month to start learning the exercises i'll need to strengthen it (and its partner in crime, the right ankle) and to increase my proprioception (how's *that* for a word-of-the-day, folks?)... and i'm looking forward to that... a little bummed that it's still two weeks away, but pleased that it's coming...

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i love the fall... i know it's not totally feeling like fall yet, but it's beginning, and i'm tickled... i can sleep with my windows open again, and get the breezes... the air is cool enough for me to leave my windows in the car down and get *comfortable* air blowing on my face when i drive (as opposed to the "dear god, when will this heat end" air i get during the summer)... my electric bill goes down because i'm no longer running my a/c... ah, i just love the fall... so it was a happy morning as i drove to work, singing along with the CD i was playing, the wind blowing where hair would be if i had any... just a good day.

i think that's all of the jumbled "update" type stuff i have right now... i'll probably make another post later looking for *gasp* advice from the LJ world... hehehehehe

to all the folks on my FL bitching at me concerned about my limp...
i have a doctor's appointment tomorrow morning. :P
and i really hope it's the "nothing" that i think it is.