My Manic World

Mon, 12 May 2008 14:43:10 GMT

Dear new neighbors,

It is 7:45AM. You left the house at 6AM today, and left your stupid fucking dog in a cage. It has been barking non-stop ever since. Not only is the barking keeping me awake, but it is keeping my dog awake. I am NOT a morning person and if this becomes a pattern I may just leave rat poison on your fucking doorstep.

Please die in a mother fucking fire.

Love,
Mindy

Mon, 12 May 2008 00:34:49 GMT

It's only been a week, and I don't want to jinx it, but I LOVE my new job. It's awesome and amazing and everything I want in a job and a company. I'm so excited about working there and working in general, it is really great.

I'm also obsessed and addicted to Yelp. Obsessed. It's a reviewing site where you can review or just view reviews of restaurants, businesses, areas, services, whatever. I started using it about a year ago, but I only really got into it once we moved here. It's kinda cool because due to it we've been trying new places a lot and really branching out. Indian food, thai food, Cambodian food, noodle places, burger places, sandwich places, just a lot of stuff that I might be apprehensive to try if I were just driving around trying to find a place to eat. Either way, it's been fun.

On the horizon is something I've been looking forward to for awhile, a new video game! Granted, I won't have much time to play it, I'm still really psyched to play. Ever since I lost my spark for WoW, a long, long time ago, I've been looking for that new, interesting, all consuming game to delve into. Age of Conan comes out in a week and a half, and I already have it pre-ordered. I've been looking up discussion groups and beta testing communities and stuff for more info about it. So thats.. that, I guess.

Anyyyywayyyy.. I'm off for the rest of the night. I have some stuff to do before bed, which is in a few precious hours. Later all.

Sun, 04 May 2008 19:00:14 GMT

What happened to the club scene in the past two years? There is desperate need for a new club to open. After waiting in line for 15 minutes at the cuff (yes, we waited in line, how fucking pathetic, we NEVER wait in line), we decided to ditch that scene and go to Neighbours. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE LOVE LOVE Neighbours, it's been home to some of the funnest nights I've ever had. However, last night... was a disappointment. Last night's Neighbours is a ghost of what it used to be.

1) Who let all the trannies in? Listen, I don't have issues with trannies, but come the fuck on, at least shave your beard and put your wig on straight. And if you feel the need to get it on in the club, can you not fuck in the middle of the dancefloor with your freaky looking cracked out boy toy? Seriously.
2) More importantly, what's with the lesbians/fat chicks. There were more lesbians and/or fat chicks then boys. And they were all slutted up in mini skirts and backless tank tops. If I can see your fat rolls, you need to put on a shirt.
3) Straight people. What. The. Fuck. If you want to go to a club to make out and hump on the dance floor for 3 hours straight, can't you go down to pioneer square and leave us all alone? I realize I'm straight too, but I don't make out with people on the dance floor in such a disgusting manner (i.e. I could see tongues), plus I'm practically a gay man anyway.

If they don't open up a new club soon then I'm going to end up at the Cuff every time we go out, which makes me sad, because I don't really like leather daddies. However I'll take them, over buttfucking trannies on the dance floor. Oh yes I will.

Today is the dog park. I need to go get ready.

Thu, 01 May 2008 02:04:51 GMT

The Universe is working on my last nerve today. It seems like everyone is being a douchebag today. Drivers, people working at the places we go, gym people, prank callers, just everyone.

At lunch, our waitress freaked out because I told her I was a vegetarian (in response to her: "We don't have any veggie burgers left, so I'll just substitute the beef patty in for you" remark). She was such a stupid bitch, to begin with, but after I told her that she spent the rest of our lunch asking me stupid fucking questions.
Her: "How does it make you feel to watch people eat meat?"
Me: (obviously annoyed that she's bothering me so I can't eat my fucking food) "I don't give a shit so long as they aren't making me eat the meat."
Her: "oh my god that's just crazy. You know, like, I was a vegetarian for awhile but it was sooo hard. After two weeks I had such a bad craving for hot wings that I ordered some from Dominoes!"
Me: (still annoyed) "Yeah, it's tough."
Then leaving, and she whispers (while standing 5 feet away from us) to her co-workers that I'm a vegetarian. LIKE I CANT FUCKING HEAR YOU.

Ahem.

At the gym, there were all these stupid mother fuckers who were just laying on the floor, on the machines, sitting there not doing ANYTHING. There was this really annoying guy who was talking on his cell phone in the middle of the weight room, while sitting on the machines so other people couldn't use them. Another guy in the weight room was LAYING on the machines reading a novel. An entire fucking novel. I was like, dude, seriously, fucking die in a fire. If I wasn't so god damn sore that I can't move, I would have hit him in the face. I don't understand people that go to the gym only to.. sit there. Go fucking home if you want to sit there like a pile of shit and take up space. GOD I hate people sometimes.

Anyway, it's time to get back to Mario Kart Wii and then not moving off the couch for the rest of the night. Later.

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:35:57 GMT

My mom is finally gone. Well, she left days ago, but I've been laying low since she left. I love my mother, but she wears me down. She's emotionally draining, and after a full week with her I'm just a ball of crazy. That's not to say I didn't have a fun time with her visiting. We went to the Tulip festival, we went downtown a lot, we went to a Mariners game, we went on some nice mini-hikes and also just sat around and hung out a lot. But whatever.. it's my mom.

To unwind from her visit, and also to maximize my last few days off of work before my new job starts next week, Scott and I have been going to the gym everyday. As a result, I'm fucking crazy sore. Nearly every muscle in my body aches, and I'm exhausted, but we're going again tomorrow and the day after.. and the day after that, and well you get the idea. It hurts, but on the other hand, it feels really great being so active, really pushing myself to my limits and then some more. We've also been taking Kira to a ton of dog parks, almost everyday, and she's been having a ton of fun. She's actually getting really good about staying near us, coming back to us, and basically just obeying us when we call her.

I'm excited to start my job next week, I think it will be a lot of fun, challenging, but fun. More importantly, I'm excited to start working again. I love having time off, but working always makes me feel more productive. Plus.. a steady income is always nice.

I guess this is the end of my entry. The dog is being a pain in my ass tonight and does not want to lay down. At all. Ever. Fucking christ.

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:10:40 GMT

It's been snowing since Friday. Snowing and sticking, not just snowing and melting. Yesterday my mother and I went to the Tulip festival, my second trip this year. It was beautiful and awesome. I love it up there.

Lately, the past few months, six months, maybe more. I suppose that's not lately. I've felt really detached from everyone around me. I don't know why, but it's not just toward one person or another person, it's everyone. And if I'm bothered to personally deal with someone it annoys me, it frustrates me, like I don't want to take the time to deal with it. I don't understand. I can't .. hmm.. I can't figure it out. I just want to spend every minute of my time by myself, yet I constantly feel lonely. This feels random and not properly presented, but I'm just trying to get my feelings out. I have had so much anger in me lately that I blow up about everything and have patience for no one. Two weeks ago, in an attempt to relieve some of my frustration I start punching boxes in but ended up completely fucking up my hands. Bruises, cuts, blood, blah blah.

I'm not sure what to do really. Maybe I'll go finish editting some photos. Hm..

The One With All The Snow

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:53:50 GMT

If you want updates on my life see last entry. If you want to see ridiculous fucking weather conditions, stick around. It started snowing around noon today. Snowing, in April, in Seattle. If that wasn't strange enough, the better part is.. it didn't stop. It hasn't stopped. We have about six inches of snow in our backyard right now. Kira is not amused, but I'm having fun.

As long as I'm not in a car.

The beginning, around noon

..about 20 minutes later

A few minutes later..

About an hour in.

Kira in the back under the trees.. she's not a big fan of the snow.

Our backyard, around 9PM tonight

My poor car, buried.

It isn't supposed to stop snowing until Monday. What. The. Fuck.

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:58:50 GMT

This could easily be one of the longest weeks of my life.

I've been working from 5AM-2PM everyday, which means I'm waking up between 3:45-4 to get ready to leave. If that wasn't enough, I've been dealing with finalities (is that a word?) of moving, changing addresses, getting old and new bills paid, making sure everything is taken care of.

But yesterday, was the worst of all. After leaving my house at 4AM to work a full eight hours (in Kirkland), I then went straight to a job interview downtown Seattle. I interviewed for nearly 2 1/2 hours before it was over, then drove like hell all the way up to Lynnwood for a meeting with some bitch from 24 hour fitness. I was there from 5PM-6:30PM, and then drove back home to MLT where I promptly proceeded to die. I hadn't eaten anything other than a cup of yogurt and a cup of oatmeal at 9AM, I had a headache all day long, and the running around and stress of the day just got to me so much that I ended up laying in bed around 7-8PM almost crying because I felt so horrible. I thought some sleep and some food would make me feel better, but today I feel just as bad, so I'm left wondering if I didn't get some nasty little virus.

However, my long week has been also one of the most rewarding I've ever had. Not only did I prove to myself that I can kick ass at any job I tackle, I proved that to my bosses. I suprised myself in my want to become a morning person. I want to go to work early and get off early, so I can have time to enjoy my friends and family. And most importantly, an hour after my epicly long job interview last night, they called and offered it to me. I'm starting May 5th and I'll be making more money than I ever have in my life, and then some. Not only is it a job I could see myself loving to do, it's something I could be really good at. And it is also allowing me to quit my current job, which I'm not really getting into (even though I pwn face at it), and spend time next week with my mother. She's coming out to visit tomorrow and our entire household was in distress about the visit. Mainly, I was upset I wouldn't have time to spend with her, and Scott was upset that he had nothing but time to spend with her.

It all, really, really worked out. I'm looking so forward to this next chapter in my life and I'm so excited to start it. In the meantime I'm going to try to stomach down some toast and then lay on the couch for the better part of the day in attempts to get over whatever the hell is bugging me.

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:58:21 GMT

A quick word before I go to bed, because it is almost 9PM and I have to wake up at 3:45AM to work tomorrow. Ouch.

The housewarming party was a bust. Two-thirds of the people that promised me that they'd come didn't, but I still have a really fun time anyway. Thanks to Chris and Nicole for stopping by, and of course Delaine and Jason. Not that you guys had a choice, but still. I remembered this morning why I don't throw parties, because I hate having to invite people and then keep reminding them, blah blah, I would much rather just show up and maybe help with the decor/drinks/whatever else. This reminds me, I need to convince Delaine to throw a party soon, he's much better at these things.

We went to the Tulip Festival today and had a really great time. It was a slight letdown over the 2006 trip there, but still a lot of fun. Not as many tulips, and imo way more people this time around. I had to constantly like .. fight my way to get pictures at all. I got some cool ones and uploaded them all to my myspace already but perhaps tomorrow afternoon after I get off of work I'll upload them to photobucket and throw them up here. Until then, look at the myspace.

Alright, all the photos are up on myspace now so I'm going to bed. It's going to be an incredibly busy upcoming few weeks with my constantly changing work schedule (last week: M-F 9AM-6PM, this week: M-F 5AM-1:30PM, next week: Sun-Thurs 10AM-7PM, wtf) and my mom visiting next week and all the other shit we're still dealing with (moving in and still unpacking). So yeah. I probably will be quiet, but I'll still try to check LJ to read everyday. We'll see. ALright, night.

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:52:13 GMT

This is the last reminder for my housewarming party tomorrow. People should be arriving around 6-7PM, bring booze or other beverages if you want. I'll have some here, but not a ton. Also, if you want, bring a snack.. again.. I'll have some, but not a ton. I don't know how many people are coming, because I suck at inviting people, but it should be between 5-20 people, and there will be music, drinks, poker at some point, maybe some Wii games if people want, etc. If you want my address leave me a note or call me or text me or whatever, it's also listed in the Evite I posted a few entries back.

Okay.

Now I'm taking the dog to the park because I got done with work ridiculously early today and it is the first fucking gorgeous day of the year today. I'm definitely not spending it inside.

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:44:11 GMT

We bought tickets today for an Oasis show in August. I'm psyched. Last time I saw them was in Everett (boo) a few years ago, but it was still one of the best concerts I have ever been to.

Best part is, other than the obvious, is that for once I really like the opening act. It's Ryan Adams. Hell yes. Oasis and Ryan Adams. And me. In August. I can't wait.

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:37:04 GMT

We're having a housewarming slash we're back in Seattle party on April 12. I made an evite for it, but don't feel obligated to sign up to the evite specifically. Just let me know either way.

http://www.evite.com/app/publicUrl/GNSDQQQWHHQTMMXYESJP/housewarming

No need to buy us anything for the housewarming thing, just show up. Bring a snack or some booze or just your lovely selves. I don't care either way. Just want to see some old (and new) friends!

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:30:13 GMT

I'm in Seattle. I've been working since Monday. It has been stressful and very busy, but well worth it. Everything, in general, is going well.

Don't want to spend time on the internet right now, there is too much to do. I'll update later.

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:35:01 GMT

I hate my body. It hates me. We don't like each other these past few weeks. I was so very tired this evening that I decided to go to bed at 10PM, as opposed to my normal 4AM. However the past few weeks the few times I've done this, I've proceeded to then wake up 2-3 hours later and be wide awake until noon or so. So Scott tells me "hey you shouldn't try to go to sleep because you'll just wake up, just stay up a few hours blah blah" but I said nooo, I was really, really tired and I'd be fine. But of course, I'm fucking awake. At 1AM. Fuck you body. Tomorrow night I'm taking drugs and forcing myself to sleep for at least 6 hours. I'm sorry if anyone has been trying to call or contact me lately, but I'm really stressed and haven't been sleeping right for a month or so. I've been very cranky, and generally avoidant of everybody. In other words, it's not you, it's me.

In other news, we have a pretty big dent in everything that needs to be done around here. Tomorrow I need to run about a half million errands, Tuesday will be spent running errands and finishing cleaning/packing, and Wednesday the movers come. Wednesday night/Thursday morning I'm leaving and driving the 785 miles to our new place. It should supposedly take 12 hours, but with gas stops and stops to let Kira go to the bathroom (hopefully timed together) I'm hoping on getting there in around 13 hours. Hoping that I don't run into bad weather (30% chance of rain) or traffic (might happen in Seattle, I should be getting there around 5-6PM ick). Cross your fingers for me. Scott isn't leaving until Friday morning, boo on him. I have a work meeting on Friday afternoon and afterward will be hanging out with friends, awaiting Scott's arrival. Not sure what the weekend holds, but I'd like to see some more people at least for a few minutes, but I also need to relax, unpack, and getting ready for work next week.

Which reminds me, I got an email from one of the boss-type people saying they're really excited about me starting, and asking if I had any questions for them. Granted, this is probably a version of a form letter, but it still felt good to know that I could contact someone if I had questions and that they'd ANSWER ME. I'm so used to not actually talking to managers/supervisors or anyone from the organization I'm working for, that it's really refreshing.

Okay, ... I am rambling quite a bit. I need to go and try to relax and fall back asleep, which.. won't happen at this point, but I need more sleep tonight at some point. Goodnight all.

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:49:46 GMT

I got a job, I got a job, I got a job!

I'm going to be doing tier3 technical support for Tmobile starting the 24th. Yes, I'm moving to seattle on the 20th and I have a job starting on the 24th. How fucking awesome am I?

Yay!

The One With The Video

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:29:55 GMT

We've been cleaning and dismantling everything in the house for days. It officially looks like a war zone, but it has to be done. I will officially be in Seattle next week, which is so fucking exciting, but it didn't sink in until yesterday. I asked my new landlords, whom are AWESOME btw, to send me some pictures of the unit so I could get an idea of what it looked like. They one upped me and send a video, and then uploaded it to youtube so you all can see it too! Click here to view. Once I saw it, it finally hit me that we're really moving, we're really doing this, and I'm very, very excited for it to happen now.

So the rest of last night was spent applying to roughly.. 25-30 techie jobs up in Seattle. Following the leads that a few of my friends gave me, and also scouting out craigslist and monster.com, I've already gotten several interested responses back. Cross your fingers for me because I'd like to have a job starting by April 1.

In other news, I'm fucking exhausted. I stayed up really late waiting for Scott to get home, and finally crashed around 630am. The dog doesn't understand this, and wakes me up promptly at 11AM every single day, regardless of when I went to bed. So I'm very sleepy. I'm hoping I can get a nap in this afternoon. I think that's all for right now. Soooo.. yeah. Later.

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:32:21 GMT

Just got back from epic walk with Kira. She came in, gulped down a gallon of water, and is now passed out near my feet. I'm tired too, and drank a lot of water. It's really nice out today, a little breeze, but not windy, and about 72, sunny. I took Scott's mp3 player with me and attempted to listen to it via earbuds, but had a tough time because my ears are too small to fit earbuds in. I need to buy new headphones before we move.

I'm such an asshole
I'm such a stain
I just keep fucking up again and again
You crawled inside my mind when you crawled into my bed
Said everyhting I've ever longed to hear
So perfect, so alive, once inside you sucked me dry
Used me up and left me here for dead
I crave it desperately, a cancer eating me
An addiction too intense to be denied
Worthless, I'm a whore, crawling back for more
Pathertic how I feed off this abuse
You told me that you loved me
You swore that you loved me
And I believed, now I know it was a lie

I am ready for a nap.

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:00:08 GMT

Things have been really shitty lately. I think the stress of the move is already starting and it's already sucking. Blah. With that said, it's been an eventful few days. I am feeling rambly so to save you all I'm going to just highlight a few things.

- The cat tried to start the house on fire. She started an eletrical fire behind the entertainment center by getting her giant fat ass stuck back there. I rescued her from electrocution (stupid move on my part) and then quickly unplugged every cord because they were billowing smoke and arcing with electricity. Just glad that I was home for this so nothing horrible happened.
- It is my birthday tomorrow, and we went out to dinner last night to 'celebrate'. I had a margarita the size of my skull and some yummy mexican food. Tomorrow, dependent on the weather, we may or may not go spend the day in Tahoe. We'll see.
-I've made over $1000 ebaying stuff in the past two weeks. This has cost me hours upon hours of my time and also trips to the post office on a near daily basis, but obviously well worth it. Not only are we getting rid of clutter, we're making a fucking buttload on stuff that would have just been thrown away in the upcoming move. I still have quite a bit to sell, so I'm just hoping that it all gets done within the next week. I don't want to deal with worrying about shipments and bullshit during the move.
-Officially we should be moving somewhere between March 20-22. If you want my new address let me know. I plan to stop at the border of California and take a dump on the side of the road. I'll take pictures if feasible. Currently I'm making multiple mix cds for the drive up there, and am in need of road music. Suggestions are welcome and necessary.
-I went to bed at 11pm last night after drinking half a bottle of TUSSIN (which, BTW, I managed to find with alcohol still in it.. I literally drank it like it was sweet, sweet water) and woke up at 5AM due to the cat being a heinous bitch. I haven't gone back to sleep and my back hurts from laying in bed so I'm up now. Everyone else is asleep, of course, including the cat. I'm going to fuck around here for a bit and then take the dog on a nice long walk.

I think that's all for now. Lata.

The One With The Movie Meme

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:07:15 GMT

I'm mad at stupid people today, I'm also mad at how the world seems to be invading my person spaces, and that people think it's perfectly okay to go along with it. What ever happened to manners, personal space, not trying to force your beliefs on each other. Wait, wait, what am I talking about, this country was founded on that ideal. Well god damn. Anyway, it's not as if anything happened, just things in my head annoying me.

With that said, I thought I'd do this fun little meme. It literally has taken me three days to come up with 15 movies that I'd consider "favorites". So this list is pretty good. I tried to use semi-recognizable quotes for these, so it'd be a little easier, but I have a pretty obscure taste in movies so who knows. Good luck!

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1. Pick 15 of your favorite movies.
2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie.
5. Play fair... NO GOOGLING/using IMDb search functions.

1. "A lot of holes in the desert, and a lot of problems are buried in those holes. But you gotta do it right. I mean, you gotta have the hole already dug before you show up with a package in the trunk. Otherwise, you're talking about a half-hour to forty-five minutes worth of digging. And who knows who's gonna come along in that time? Pretty soon, you gotta dig a few more holes. You could be there all fuckin' night." Casino

2. "A: I had you pegged, didn't I?
B: You had the whole human race pegged.
A: Hmm. Probably.
B: I still thought you were gonna save my life... even after that." Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

~~3. "That ain't Lake Minnetonka."~~ Purple Rain

4. "A: You are beautiful. You're the most beautiful girl in the world. You are my dream.
B: Other people have told me that before, and it was meaningless. When you say it, I hear it."

5. "It's a lie. It's a bunch of sad strangers photographed beautifully, and... all the glittering assholes who appreciate art say it's beautiful 'cause that's what they wanna see. But the people in the photos are sad, and alone... But the pictures make the world seem beautiful, so... the exhibition is reassuring which makes it a lie, and everyone loves a big fat lie." Closer

6. "A: Why is it always so friggin' cold? We oughta go south where it's warm, you know, we oughta go to Mexico!
B: Mexico? Hell Jack, you know me, about all the travelin' I ever done is round a coffee pot lookin' for the handle."

~~7. "Doc, once you've been driven off a bridge at 80 miles an hour, somehow you don't invite happiness in without a full body search."~~ Vanilla Sky

~~8. "That's life. If nothing else, its life. It's real, and sometimes it fuckin' hurts, but it's sort of all we have."~~ Garden State

9. "That's all freedom is... an illusion."

~~10. "Obviously, Doctor, you've never been a 13-year-old girl."~~ Virgin Suicides

~~11. "My mom gave me this 9 mill for my 13th birthday. Yeah. I'll always remember what she put on the card. "Jesus Loves Winners". That's why I always aim to win."~~ Drop Dead Gorgeous

~~12. "Why, you stuck up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf-herder"~~ Star Wars

~~13. "He wants the precious. Always he is looking for it. And the precious is wanting to go back to him... But we mustn't let him have it."~~ Lord of the Rings

~~14. "No time for the ol' in-out, love. I've just come to read the meter!"~~ A Clockwork Orange

~~15. "Darling. Light, of my life. I'm not gonna hurt ya. You didn't let me finish my sentence. I said, I'm not gonna hurt ya. I'm just gonna bash your brains in. I'm gonna bash 'em right the fuck in."~~ The Shining

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:50:51 GMT

Today was officially my last day of work. I didn't go. I'm a bad employee, and I'll own up to that. My favorite part of today? Logging into my work webpage (where I enter my visits) and seeing that I am scheduled for the rest of the month. I might have been a bad employee the past few weeks, but my manager has been horrible .. well.. since day one. This has been documented before in my LJ, but, she's just the most retarded boss ever. She doesn't do anything, literally, ANYTHING. I've got five bucks on getting a call in a week from now from her manager asking why I didn't put in my call reports.

In other "people being fucking retards" news, I submitted, in writing, our 30 day intent to vacate notice last week. At the time, the manager took it and said she'd send over their paperwork that afternoon (official papers zomg). No one ever came by to give us the papers. She then called us on Friday when I was out running errands, so I called back twice and left a message, which was never returned. I called Saturday twice and actually got a hold of someone, but they said they didn't know what I was talking about, and that they'd call so-and-so to ask them if they knew what was going on and call us back that day. It is now Sunday night/Monday morning and we've still not heard anything or received any papers. I told they yesterday that because we are only staying 27 days of this month, I needed to know what the pro-rated rent was going to be and that I wouldn't be paying rent until they could tell me how much I owe. The "I don't know anything" woman told me that she'd have to get back to me, but of course no one called to inform me. Rent is due tomorrow morning. Good game, management, good game. So tomorrow morning I will be on the phone again with them trying to figure out where the fuck our papers are so we can LEAVE, and how much we owe for rent this month (because yes, I could figure it out myself, but they'd probably claim it was wrong and slap on a fee).

Tomorrow I also have to run about a million errands, which, sucks.. but it needs to be done. More runs to the post office, more money orders from the bank, a trip to the grocery store, etc. So waiting on the phone all day is not my idea of fun.

I need to finish up some Ebay stuff and get a few other things done before bed tonight so I am going. I have some cute new pictures of Kira that I need to upload and I'll throw up in the next entry! Later guys.

The One With Moving News

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:28:50 GMT

I've been hesitant (sp? god I'm retarded this afternoon) writing about this because it wasn't a "done deal", buttttt.... we got approved today for a townhouse in Seattle! YAY!!! It's in MLT, and is basically everything we (I) have been looking for, for months. I'm really excited, and it's all starting to sink in that in a month from now we'll be in Seattle.

One thing down, a house, and one thing to go.. a job. I have 3-4 leads from friends which will help me find something, and if worse comes to worse I can go back to regular old job hunting. Other than that things have been pretty mundane. I put in my two week notice for my job and next weekend is my last working for my company.

I uploaded a few pictures of Kira just to spice the entry up, I figured I haven't posted any in awhile.

That's all for now. Later!

The One With Taxes

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:45:20 GMT

First and foremost, Kira is doing better. She has a UTI (as suspected) and is on antibiotics for it. She was really dehydrated, but after the fluids they gave her, she perked right up and was fine. They ran tests on her kidneys and liver and they all turned out okay, so they think she has some lingering kennel cough coupled with the UTI. None of that really explains the vomiting, but I'm giving her the meds twice a day and she hasn't had any big issues since.

We got our taxes done today, and it went well. It's always confusing with us because we actually file three seperate times and we're exempt from most taxing (military thing). The people get confused every year and take forever to figure it all out, but whatever.. only one more year to deal with that. In the end, we got a little over $4000 back, about $200 less then last year, but we also made $10K less in 2007 then 2006. Yay for being poor. I also gave my two week notice to my boss.. I emailed her two days ago and haven't heard back from her yet which means I'll have to call her this week and make sure she knows I'm not going to be there after March 3rd or so.

Also, we bought me a new computer this weekend. It's pretty sweet, and definitely the best computer I've ever had (not that that takes much). It's a quad core with a decent graphics card (could be upgraded), 3gb of RAM, blah blah. Also got a 20" widescreen monitor so I'm rocking duel monitors, which is.. pretty nice but a little difficult to get used to. We also finally fixed Scott's computer and also bought a 500gb external harddrive incase one of our computers go down again. I have at least 3000 photos that I'd lose, plus documents and music files and all kinds of things.

Things are going well. It's only a month or so until we move, but I'm enjoying this calm before the storm.

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 07:24:20 GMT

Follow up, of sorts, on Kira. Read last entry if you're confused.

She didn't eat or drink all day, and spent the entire time sleeping. I was really worried by the time her appt came around. So I went to the vet, spent $300 running blood tests, giving her IV fluids for dehydration and getting a grocery bag full of meds. They don't know what's wrong with her yet, but gave her IV antibiotics as a precaution. Although the doctor said it sounded like a UTI, she said it may be a problem with her liver/kidneys, thus the blood tests to check red and white blood cell count and the.. stuff.. god fuck why can't I remember that word, the shit that comes out (as a byproduct) of your liver and kidneys. Whatever. She was so dehydrated that they said her bladder was the size of a pea, literally, and couldn't get a single drop of urine out of her for the urinalysis. Poor thing.

On the plus side, she didn't have a fever, her heart and lungs are strong and clear. Which gets rid of the possibility of things like heartworms and pneumonia (sp?). After we got home and the fluids and the antibiotics finally got into her, she was up and playing a bit, even eating and drinking food like normally (i.e. like a damn horse). Currently the fluids have built up under her skin around her shoulder/collar area and she looks like a camel, it's really funny, and the doc said it should go down in a few hours as her body slowly absorbs it all.

When I get an update from all the tests I'll let you guys know. For now, she is resting comfortably with some new toys and a new kennel and alert and happy.

It's also worth noting, that today is V-day.. duh. I don't really like the "holiday" because I think it's mainly a crock of shit. If you love someone, you shouldn't wait for one day a year to let them know it, you know? Anyway, because of all the dog drama and the fact that both Scott and I hate everyone.. we decided to celebrate our V-day on Saturday. He got me flowers yesterday, two dozen tulips of varying colors, yellow/pink/white/red. They're really beautiful and I put them next to the windows today and they blossomed all big and smell great. I got him a box of chocolates which he liked. We made breakfast for dinner and had.. I guess, a busy but nice day. Which after the past few days, was really nice.

That's about it for now. I'm out. Later guys.

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:58:53 GMT

Today was a pretty horrible day, for a lot of different reasons. Currently, I have a headache, I'm tired, and just.. not happy. There is a lot on my mind that I want to think about to myself for awhile, not really talk about to anyone.

With that said, I'm very worried about Kira. I suppose I'm probably 90% overreacting, but she's had some strange habits the past few days that make me worry about her. If you don't want to hear about puppy issues, might want to stop reading here. Since we got her, she's been pretty good about potty training. She has a few accidents inside, but nothing out of the ordinary. However, two days ago she started having some peeing issues. We were all laying in bed and she peed all over the goose down blanket. I blamed it on her being a little too excited, because we were playing, but it was weird since it was without warning. No squatting, no smelling around, just peed everywhere when she was laying down. Again, blamed it on just being excited, so I washed the blanket (took an entire day, btw) and didn't think about it after that.
Then today, she started peeing.. all the time. Every 25-30 minutes. She hasn't been drinking more, just peeing more. I take her outside at least every two hours, usually more than that. However several times today she went out, peed, came back in, and peed 5-10 minutes later. Then tonight I had her laying in the computer room with me, on a towel in the second chair and I picked her up only to notice a huge wet spot on the towel. She had peed all over the towel, a huge amount, while laying down. Again, no warning, no squatting, nothing, just peed while she was laying. I'm starting to think she has a UTI, but I'm not sure.

Second problem is she started vomiting tonight. At first it was just a tiny bit of food and a little vile/saliva/whatever. About.. 30 minutes later she threw up again, but a lot. Mostly food. And 15 minutes later she threw up again. Finally, I put her in her cage, because I needed to clean up the puke, the pee, and figure out what the fuck to do, and she threw up in there twice. I don't know if she got into something bad, it all looked mostly brownish (like food).. but who knows. After I got it all cleaned up I took her outside and she peed twice more and pood a few times. When we came back in she started violently shaking, and I gave her some water, and wrapped her in a blanket and after 15-20 min she stopped shaking. This was all about an hour ago, and she hasn't vomited or peed since. I know puppies can get dehydrated extremely fast, so I'm worried about that, but I'm also worried as to why she's vomiting.. and peeing just randomly. She had Kennel Cough when we first got her, but after a round of meds, she seems to not be coughing anymore.

Thank god she has a (routine) vet appt tomorrow. Ugh. Puppies. I love them and I hate them.

Edit: About thirty minutes after I wrote this she was asleep on me, dead asleep, and pissed all over my legs. I'd be mad if it was her fault. *sigh*

The One With Rotten Neighbor

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:56:59 GMT

This is fucking hilarous. I found a website called Rotten Neighbor, where you can post anonymously about your neighbors and their bad habits. Looking at it for a few minutes, mostly just saw stupid complaints "they don't cut their grass every week zomg!!" (fuck you California). HOWEVER I found this gem...

"Self-righteous Mormon who was repeatedly physically abusive to his wife and child. Shawn Clark, my soon to be ex-brother-in-law. Acts like he is a perfect person in public but this **** is a very angry and bad person. Though undocumented I believe he also suffers from some form of a mental disorder such as bipolar or schizophrenia. Also a bad driver with a multitude of traffic tickets so be careful on the roads."

I thought it was interesting, and then .. looked the address. It's the house of the man who tried to run me off the road last fall (among other things, such as calling me a cunt, a bitch, blah blah, running me into on coming traffic, almost hitting my car and the car in front of me .. I mean, within inches of both happening). I fucking rolled. It's good to know that I'm not the only one who thinks he's a crazy fuck. It does not suprise me in the least that his over the top anger extends to all people in his life, including his wife and children. Considering he unleashed a slew of horrible and degrading words at me and attempted to get me killed, it's really par for the course. What a horrible fucking piece of shit, sorry ass excuse for a man.

BTW if you're interested in recounting my run-in with him, I recorded it all in my LJ. Including pictures of his jeep. What a dick.