Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Congrats, BloMoers!
And to celebrate another month of BloMo successfully finished, I leave you with Anna singing you a lullaby :)
Monday, November 29, 2010
More of Anna
And why I love her so much :)
She also writes poetry and introduced many of her songs that way.
Here's a crazy person poem and the song "Straightjacket"
Sunday, November 28, 2010
And this is one of the many reasons I love her
So I've mentioned before on here how some songs overwhelm me and can make me break down into tears.
This is actually one of those songs.
And look, I'm not the only one it does it to...
(It's appearing twice when I look at the post but only once when I go back to edit it... So if it's appearing twice for you too, just watch it twice...she's that amazing!)
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Anna
I LOVE Anna Nalick and tonight I am going to go see her perform!!
I could have seen her a few years ago and I chickened out because I had nobody to go with. It was when I working a travel gig in El Paso and I heard on the radio that she was playing a free show and a local bar and I really wanted to go, however this was when there was some seriously bad stuff happening in the area thanks to the Juarez drug cartels and basically everyone I worked with had my scared to leave my hotel. If I had someone to go with, I probably would have, but alas, I chickened out.
Tonight I have nobody to go with, but I'm there anyway! And Anna said she'd say hi.
I love how twitter and facebook has made celebrities more accessible.
I wrote on her wall on fb that I was coming to her show and she replied! I felt like the silliest fangirl, but I still was stoked.
I'll never forget how 6 (or was it 7?) years ago my sister called me. She never does that, we always communicate via text or IM. But she had just heard this new singer in the studio at her local radio station and she said she knew I would love her. So she immediately called me.
Not only was this odd that my sister called me, but it was also odd because we never talk music. I don't think she could name any of my other favorite artists other than those I loved back in the 80's. But she hit this one right on the head.
I googled Anna, found her website that had some of her music on it and I LOVED it. I then downloaded all of her songs and fell in love with her music. And then I did something I hadn't done in years and haven't even done since really... Even though I had all of her music already downloaded, I went to the store and actually bought her cd too. I figured she was so amazing that I needed to make MY voice heard to the record companies that this was someone special.
I mentioned that to her in my fb post and she said that my hard earned dollars went to buy food for her puppy. I loved that!
She is so freaking adorable too. She posts very regularly on fb and her way is just endearing. She's open and funny and I admired her before as a singer/songwriter, but now I admire her as a person too.
I cannot WAIT to see her live. The venue is kinda weird that it's a restaurant type place too. I originally got a ticket for the bar/lounge area since I was going alone, but then I decided f that, I love her, I want to be close, and I called today and switched it to a table.
Who cares if I have nobody to go with, I am going to hear one of my favorite singer songwriters share her newest music, and that is all that matters!
If I can, I'll try and get video and I'll post it tomorrow.
Shine away...
Friday, November 26, 2010
Yelp
I havent left any reviews yet but I'm digging finding places to go on yelp.
Unfortunately there are two places in my neighborhood I've kinda wanted to try, but both got crappy reviews.
I would love to write more about yelp right now, but I need to find a place to suggest for dinner.
Thursday, November 25, 2010
I may come back and edit this post later to be less lame
But in the meantime I'll just say I'm thankful I have time for a short nap before I am headed out for Turkey.
The nice thing about going to someone else's house is you don't have to cook.
The lame thing is you can't nap after gorging on Turkey.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
What next?
It always has been one of my favorite things to find a new-to-me author and then gobble up all of their books. The more books they've already written, the better.
I've started doing that with TV now too. Netflix is my friend.
I watched the first 3 seasons of Dexter in a matter of weeks, and hate that I don't have Showtime to watch the new ones and have to wait till it's on DVD.
So I need a new old show (preferably one off the air) to start watching on DVD now.
I was going to do Trueblood or Madmen but both of those are still on and I'd have the same issues as with Dexter so I want something that's done but preferably more than a few seasons.
Anyone got any good suggestions?
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
TMI
So what is it about me that makes people want to bear their souls to me? Actually not their souls as much as their bowels...
Today a patient's mother told me not only about her financial woes, but all sorts of details about her health including the fact that ranch dressing goes right through her, particularly if it's from Denny's, which is a shame because that's her favorite, but she has to go to the bathroom before even leaving the place.
Um, thanks for sharing?
Perhaps if she were my actual patient, and I was concerned about her GI tract this might be relevant. But she wasn't, and I wasn't.
I have had tons of patients tell me about their bowels over the years. In a few cases I can understand they thought it might be relevant, but usually it's just extra TMI that I really don't need to know.
Of course I still prefer hearing about people's poo to hearing about their sex life. Yes, I had an old man with prostate cancer share with me how much better life has been for him since he got his pump. Yeah, thanks for sharing.
I usually think my empathetic nature is a blessing, but times like those...it's a curse...
Monday, November 22, 2010
Can I take another pass?
I have to do a morning post because I'm meeting a friend from Nuc School who's in Cali to visit her dad for dinner tonight and I'm afraid I'll be so tired when I get home that I'll forget to post.
However, I just woke up and have nothing really to say yet since I'm barely awake.
Iwoke up with a bug bite on my neck which makes me less than happy.
I know it's not lice though, so there's that...
Sunday, November 21, 2010
J E T S JETS JETS JETS!
I was born a Jets fan. I was also born 10 days after the last time they won a Superbowl.
I grew up watching Jets games every weekend, and I even looked at Hofstra, the college I attended my freshman year, only because that's where the Jets practiced.
I have always loved them, even when they sucked.
I don't know the stats, but I also wonder if they are the team who has been to the most wildcard playoff games with never making it to the Superbowl.
I am very used to then not being a winning team that I'm used to it.
I also became a Steelers fan back when the Mean Joe Green commercial was on air. And then that love was solidified when I went to college in Western PA.
I have had much more luck as a Steelers fan over the years, with 6 Super Bowl wins.
I am loving that both of my teams are doing well this year.
But I am ELATED that the Jets are. But if they actually make it to the Superbowl this year, and if they go as far as to win it, there is a possibility I may drop dead 10 days before it happens. I would really like to live to see it though.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
It's a polar bear!
Friday, November 19, 2010
WERE GOING TO THE ZOO TODAY!
This song was the bane of my existence many years ago when I worked at Gymboree.
My friend is visiting and we're going to the zoo today and I can't get the damn thing out my head. I am hoping listening to it again will help.
I love that you can find just about anything on youtube!
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Haiku Thursday
Haven't done this yet
Used to always do Haiku's
Great easy blog posts
Friend's coming to town
weather forcast is for rain.
Sunny California??
Still need to clean up
Call me "procrastination"
Need to write blog first!
afraid ill miss posting
a busy weekend ahead
dont wanna forget!
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
I'm taking a pass tonight
Crazy long day...
Crazy is both an adjective to describe the day and a modifier for long.
Ergo, I am too fried to be coherant.
Add to that there were several accidents on the way home causing my 6 mile commute to take 50 minutes while I was already working late.
I think that means I deserve a pass on trying to write something coherent, right?
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Unlucky Socks
Today I wore a pair of St Patrick's Day socks. They say "LUCKY" on them and have lots of shamrocks and stuff.
Today, they didn't work.
The day appeared to start out ok... I got some possibly good news.
And then it went to hell. At least the morning did.
The first patient took meds she shouldnt have and had to be rescheduled.
We found out a special dose we needed for an important study tomorrow failed it's QC and was unavailable.
Then I dropped a $4000 piece of equipment known as "bars". It's something we use for checking the resolution on the camera. It is about 84000 pieces of lead in lines under glass. They all fell out. And lead is soft, so they all got bent and stuff.
Fortunately, I actually managed to put it back together, it only took about an hour.
We had the sibling of a patient with the most annoying parents I've met so far next. Mom is still as annoying as before.
Then the next patient pulled his IV out of his hand but still had it taped down so my coworker squirted his dose all over his fingers. Not bad for him, but not fun.
Then I had to inject a patient that was all the way on the other side of the hospital forever away. Carrying a VERY heavy box. I got there and they hadn't pre-treated him with the medication he needed. I had to carry said heavy box back far far away.
I am sure that other stuff happened but at this point I think I've blocked it all out.
I think I'm burning those socks.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Money Can Buy Happiness!
Not if in the traditional way, but I know two women who would be very happy you gave them a dollar.
That's all they are asking to help their dreams come true.
And wow, do I respect them for trying to make this happen.
They are planning on selling everything they own just to attain their dream of hiking the Appalachian Trail. Unfortunately, that's not enough, they need some cash too. So they are asking anyone they can to donate a dollar. And a dollar is pretty much nothing... So if you want to make them really happy, donate a dollar so these two chicks and a dog can realize a dream. Do it for them, but do it also for yourself, to get the happiness you can have knowing that you made someone else's dreams come true and made them incredibly happy.
Check them out and donate at http://www.hikerhaven.net/
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Starbucks man has a name!
So my stalking of Starbucks paid off! If you can call going 2 times stalking...
But he was there again this morning and sat next to me and we chatted for a bit. His name is Jason (I've always loved that name) and he's originally from Maryland. I am not surprised he's an east coast dude!
He seemed nice, he has a great smile and we talked for about 20 minutes before he had to leave and go watch football. He did tell me about 20 times in our chat that he comes there ALL THE TIME. So I'm not sure if that's an invite to run into him again, or if it was him trying to prove that he's not a stalker.
We'll see.
I might need more chai later this week though...
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Depressing thoughts this morning...
Being a spinster crazy cat lady leaves me with a few fears, and one is that I will die alone in my apartment from some ridiculous accident (yes, I've seen too many episodes of Six Feet Under) and nobody will find my body till the neighbors notice the smell...
And this morning as I was trying to stay asleep at 6am on a Saturday and two kittehs thought that I should be up, I realize that when they find my body, I will also be missing a nose and be incredibly bruised on my left side.
Seamus head butts my side till I lift the blanket for him to come cuddle.
Ringo licks my nose till I give him the attention he demands.
As if a dead, bloated body isn't enough, it has to be a noseless one.
Please let me die in public!
Friday, November 12, 2010
Boo for bad news
So I thought I had good car news, then not, then yes, and now not.
I finally got through the Fulton County title and registration people who said I could just get an emissions waiver and then do everything by mail. Woot!
I called to get the waiver and they only give them for renewals on cars already titled in the Atlanta area. I am SOL. He was very nice at telling me that, but that's the bottom line.
Yesterday I got the car fixed and smog checked and then headed over to the DMV. Took off work to get this done. Got to the DMV and there was TONS of parking so I was all "woot! I'll be in and out!" yeah, no...it was Veteran's Day so it was closed.
I'm going to finish this email and do a search on tag and title places.
I'll be so happy when this is over with.
Oh well, at least it's the weekend!!
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Missed Connection
So today I took the day off to get my car fixed. I dropped it off and then walked up the street and had breakfast at a place called Coco's (yum!) and then wandered over to the Starbucks next door to kill more time. When I got there I ended up sitting across from this guy who I thought was attractive. We were both there for over an hour reading and during this time we caught each other's eyes a few times, and smiled. Unfortunately, we never spoke.
After I finished my book and left, I was bored, so I was texting with my friend Maria and told her about my missed connection, and jokingly told her I was going to either start stalking that Starbucks, or start stalking the missed connection section of Craigslist. She was bored at work, so I asked her to see if he had posted for me yet.
She said there was a post titled "the perfect woman" so she immediately assumed that was the one for me. (and this is one of the many reasons why I love her!) Sadly, it was from a delusional man.
Even more sadly, my library book Starbucks guy did not post for me....yet.
So we joked about how I could post for him and use it as blog fodder. I wish I could do that, but sadly, I just don't have the cajones to attract crazy people, and I suspect that even if he did look up Craigslist for me, that'd would weird me out too much. I don't think I'd actually go for a guy who's actually go for a girl who did that.
But I did enjoy the time I spent laughing at the crazy people who do post there. If you're ever bored and have some time to kill online, check them out. You will laugh lots.
And guess where I'm headed tomorrow morning for a chai latte? :)
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
I forgot about this game
This was a game Seamus was obsessed with in Raleigh for a while, but then got over. He's into it again.
So I save bags for throwing out cat litter. I put them in a bottom drawer in the kitchen.
Every night Seamus will open that drawer and pull the bags out. Every morning I put them back. I come home from work and they are out. I put them in. Rinse, Repeat.
I don't get why these bags need to be on the floor in Little Boy's mind, but hes persistent!
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
There once was a weekend in Nantucket...
So tonight when I couldn't think of anything to write about so I texted my friend Maria asking for a topic suggestion. She suggested I write about the weekend we met, and she'll do the same on her blog. I'm going to try to remember that weekend, but I have to admit, it is kinda fuzzy :)
So a mutual friend had a family place on Nantucket and was planning a weekend gathering. I was living in Lancaster, PA at the time, and somehow thought the 8ish hour drive was doable. I had a friend from VA driving up to MD to pick up a friend there, then they continued up to me, and the three of us went together. I honestly don't really remember much from the drive except for the last stretch where there was traffic galore! We were cutting it really tight and did not know if we'd actually make the ferry. In fact, we barely did! We made a mad dash across the parking lot in torrential rains and pretty much hopped on the ferry as it was pulling out. Here we are right after getting off the Ferry, still soaked to the bone.
From there on, I don't remember 
many details. I know my first actual memory of Maria was her being a mixologist (Pictured!) while everyone was just hanging out getting to know the ones they didn't know and reconnecting with the ones they hadn't seen in a while. Maria was singing showtunes during this time, and I have no clue how that started. I thought before this weekend from what I knew of her that I'd like her, but that pretty much solidified my impression of her that she was destined to be a good friend. :)
It is amazing me how little details I remember of this weekend, considering I know it was an amazing time. I remember sitting up in my room with Maria taking when people were wondering what happened to us. I am pretty sure I loaned her my red sweater for our night out at the Chicken Box. I do have some memories of that outing for sure... one of the girls there that weekend was getting married in a few months so we decided to hold an impromptu bachelorette party. A scavenger hunt was on the to-do list, and I helped her get the hardest thing on the list- a guy at the bar's underwear. Yes, we go the boxers from one of the guys in the band that was playing that night. (those are his boxers and she's on stage) I remember lots of booty shaking going on that night. And I remember Maria getting her groove back. :) I'll let her tell that part of the story on her blog if she so desires...
I know that this weekend was the beginning of what I consider one of my most valued friendships. I loved that right away we connected, both with our senses of humor, and also on a deeper "just getting each other" kind of way. Maybe the reason there isn't a moment that sticks out in my mind is because it was just such an easy friendship that it didn't need a moment.
If I'm doing my math right, that was 7 years ago, and it's mind blowing to think of what we've both been through since then. And yet I know that no matter what, she had my back and I hope she knows I've always had hers. Sometimes we would go months without talking, and then we'd go through periods of talking every single day. I realize that my life in general is full of more laughs when we're in the every day mode, so I think that's the way it should usually be :)
So I am sorry that I didn't have better Nantucket stories. But I have mor
e vivid memories of her trip to visit me in Vermont when we were being smart ass American's up in Montreal calling everything "Le ______" and referring to the Dollar Store as the 78 cent store (yes, this was a while ago when our dollar was stronger) and meeting Popeye the Spider Man on Rue Ste Catherine. Or when she came down to visit me in Raleigh and even though we did some fun stuff like the Ren Faire (with photo op with dude in a kilt) and wine tasting (pictured), my best memories of that weekend are sitting on my back porch and talking for hours.
Monday, November 08, 2010
Spaceship Crashed
So today I was stopping at Target on the way home from work to get more Burdseed and some cat litter and other various sundries and I saw a panhandler at the traffic light right before Target. Not an uncommon sight... but what was uncommon was her sign...
"Spaceship Crashed. Need spare change for parts."
I had no choice but to hand her a dollar.
Why? Well there were three options:
1) She has a kick ass sense of humor even though she's going through some hard times. That deserves my support.
2) She's mentally ill, and that sucks and deserves some support.
3) She really is an alien, and it'd be nice to be on their good side to avoid anal probing if her buddies all show up.
No matter which option it is, it was totally worth the dollar.
Sunday, November 07, 2010
Stinky Feet Shoes
It's something sad that happens in the life of all extremely beloved, well worn shoes-- they become stinky feet shoes.
It's way more common with sandals but you know you've had sneakers or even dress shoes it's happened to as well.
It's not something we like to talk about, but I am not ashamed of my stinky feet shoes! It just means they were well loved, right?
I found this particular pair of stinky feet shoes at Ross about 4 years ago. The second I tried them on, I knew they were mine. They remain the most comfortable things I have ever had on my feet, even better than the memory foam slippers Santa brought me one year. They were not pretty, just plain black, but they were perfect to just slip on and wear all the time. I wore them to work more times than I can count, and I think that is what earned them their current state.
My heart is heavy at the thought of giving these shoes up, but unless the secret trick that sometimes kills the stinkiness works, I shall have no choice.
What is the secret trick, you ask? Freezing them. I learned this a few years ago when someone on a bulletin board I frequented was complaining about how their sandals made their feet stink, and I've tried it since and it usually works. Just throw the shoes in a freezer bag and freeze them for a few days, and whatever it is that makes them stinky will be gone. Sometimes it works, but it's always a short term fix. I just am hoping to get a few more months out of these shoes, so if I have any hope, I'm going to go for it.
So that is my exciting post for the day. Ode to my black shoes that now make my feet smell.
Aren't you wicked glad I'm blogging again? ;)
Saturday, November 06, 2010
Burds
So when I first moved into this temp apartment for this Cali gig we had some window issues. My balcony wall is solid, so the kittehs can't see anything out that giant window (bummer) and the bedroom window had a very tiny sill, so no sitting there.
I had to do something to help these poor bored kittehs out, so I got birdseed for the balcony. I did not, however, get a bird feeder, I had this brilliant plan instead- I poured the birdseed in a line all along the ledge and then scattered it on the balcony floor. Now we just need to wait for the birdies to find it!
And wait...
And wait...
It took 6 weeks for birds to come. I guess the were all north for the summer? But now they are here!! 
And we went through an entire bag of feed this week. I need to run to the store later to stock up on more.
But Little Boy likes to stalk the floor burdies...
(see him hunkered between his floor pillows)
And RSK even likes BURD TV.
It may mean I'll be cleaning bird crap off the balcony to get my deposit back, but it's worth every penny...
Although we were not free of incidents...
And since this picture was taken on Monday, there are 3 more burd faces smashed into the window. No dead burd bodies so I assume they were all fine. I am just in awe of how you can see beak and feathers and everything.
Good thing I've never seen that Hitchcock movie or this might be less amusing for me!
Friday, November 05, 2010
The Car Saga
So let me tell you a little story about the nightmare that was my car on my drive out here to Cali...
The week before I left I got a brand new muffler on the Purple Saturn, as well as new wipers and an oil change. All this was about $150 bux. Worth it before a drive cross country, right? During the oil change I had him to a check of everything else to make sure there would be no problems on the drive. All clear! Let's go!
Day one we drove to New Orleans, about an 8 hour drive, and it went very smoothly. Had a lovely evening there and then set off in the morning with the goal of San Antonio. As we were driving through LA (on a VERAH hot day I might add) it didn't seem the car was cooling well. This sucks not only because it was 115 degrees out (no, not an exaggeration for once) but also because the cats were melting. And Seamus has his CHF problems so this was a big issue for him... So we thought we'd stop at the next town and see if maybe the AC just needed a recharge.
Guess what? It did not need a recharge. It was not the AC. It was the clutch thingamobby thing that runs the compressor that does something to the serpentine belt. The same belt runs the AC, the water pump, and the alternator. Fortunately for us, the AC was the first symptom. The rest would be shortly following, and the car would then be inoperable. Ok, so how bad would this be to fix, I ask? $1600 and 3 days, I was told. NOT an option I decided.
So I had two choices. Rent a car for the rest of the trip and the 3 months I'd be in Cali for a whole lot of money and still have no car at the end of this, OR I could buy a new used car on the spot. I went with choice B.
After test driving a few cars, I found a 2002 Hyundai Accent (which I had before and LOVED) with under 50k miles on it for only 4500, which we talked down to 4250. WOOT WOOT!
The car drove great, and the first time we stopped to get gas we found a minor problem (so we thought) that the gas kept clicking off as if it was full when it wasn't. After talking to some friends who knew cars, the consensus was some type of clog on the fuel filter, an easy fix. Since the problem was just annoying, it was no big deal and could wait to be fixed.
So the only real problem I had now was that I had temporary tags that expired while I was still here. Unfortunately, I figured I'd have to get the car registered in Cali. This sucked, but seemed the only option. I looked into the cost--- $621!! Plus a "smog check"! Well so be it, no choice.
Well after a few weeks here, my engine light came on. I ignored it for a few weeks, and yesterday I brought the car in for it's "smog check" and to get the engine light checked. Well guess what? You can't pass the smog check with the engine light on! (Oh and this smog check costs $50, and the check engine check costs $90 before they even do anything to fix it!)
It turns out that it's not just a clog in my filter, it's the filter itself has broken down and pieces of charcoal are floating through the fuel line. They are causing the problem with the gas filling, so the only good news I can think of is that the problem I knew about and the engine light problem are one in the same instead of two different ones. The bad news is this is $550+ but to fix, plus another $60 for a reset fee or something stupid like that due to California laws, and then the $50 for the smog check making it be almost $700 to get the car ready to register, PLUS the $621 to register it...
Ugh.
So I have been desperately trying to find another option other than registering it in Cali. I spent over an hour on hold with Georgia yesterday checking to see if there was any way I could either transfer the Saturn tags over or get some temporary thing, but I never could get through.
I tried NC even since my drivers license is still there, to see if there was anything I could do online, but no such luck.
My only hope was to BEG the state of Louisiana for an extension on my temporary tags. They had a place where I could email, so I wrote them the most pathetic mail ever.
I heard back today. They said I just had to ask my seller!
Now of course the seller has to agree to this. But I am hoping he has no problem doing this for me. I am going to first try just asking. If that doesn't inspire him, I am going to try guilting him that he sold me a car with these repair needs. If that doesn't work I'm going to offer to pay him $100 for his troubles to do this. I pray and cross my fingers that the first option works and I don't have to go with choice b or c, and secondly I pray that if the first doesnt, that b or c does and I dont have to pay all this money to California!
I still have to spend 550 for the repair and get it registered when I get back to Georgia, but it'll be a lot cheaper now, and a lot less stress.
So cross your fingers for me that the car saga will end up with good news :)
I'll keep you posted!
Thursday, November 04, 2010
Tasting Little Italy
So last night my friend (my one friend, that's all I have here locally) and I went to the Taste of Little Italy event. There were 22 locations involved, and for 35 bux you got to walk around and eat or drink something at each venue.
This whole event lasted for 4 hours, we got there with only 3 hours left due to work, and we were afraid we wouldn't make it to every location.
We didn't make it to every location but not because of time...but because our bellies were too full!
Just about everything we had was AMAZING! My favorite was the ravioli's with goat cheese and organic spinach I think. My least favorite was this bacon wrapped lamb thing on a bed of lentil salsa. The lentil bit was pretty good- very garlicky, but the lamb had zero flavor.
My friend Maria over at foodtoons draws yummy food and stuff. It's really quite clever and way more cool than I just made it sound. I told her to check out the menu options for this gig and draw some of it, since she's doing NaBloPoMo and might need some ideas, so check her out to see if she goes there. I hope she does, because I would love to see her interpretations!
This morning I had the biscotti that I got from one of the coffee shops for breakfast so my evening did last into the next day, as all eating extravaganzas should.
If you are ever in my town, you should definitely check out Little Italy for dinner because not only is the atmosphere there adorable, the food is INCREDIBLE!!
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
Surfing's the source, it'll change your life...
Since I said yesterday I wont continue with the political postings, and since that's all that's on the news and on everyone's mind this morning, I'm too distracted to think of anything else to write about.
Oh but this was interesting... I just put on the 6am news and the teaser with the three top stories was this:
Governor's race results
Local Proposition results
Local Surfer dies and high surf alert again for today
At least it's not all politics here. Something that blew my mind the when I first got here was that the surf report on the radio took longer than the traffic report.
Back in the summer I turned 15 they started playing old episodes of Gidget on tv and I suddenly had a burning desire to learn to surf. It never happened. I guess I now have the option to do that since I'm out here. It was even a groupon deal a few weeks ago. But alas I'm not 15 any more, and I will have to just be satisfied watching Point Break.
Tuesday, November 02, 2010
VOTE! (as long as you agree with me!)
I know it's wrong, but every time I see another facebook friend who's political leanings differ from mine I tense up a wee bit.
Then I have to see at least 2 who agree with me who say they voted to balance that out and make me relax some.
Unfortunately, this isn't a good test of what the polls look like since the majority of my friends pretty much have the same political views as I do.
I know it's wrong to not want the other side's voice to be heard, but I really believe in my heart that the other side has it wrong.
But I'll keep my mouth shut. (other than here-- but I didn't say which side I am on, so that kinda counts, right?)
So I'll just encourage all of you to get out and vote. (and then wish an unplanned meeting on those of you who differ from my point of view that distracts you and keeps you away from the polls...)
Every year on election day these lyrics come to mind:
You can't change the world
But you can change the facts
And when you change the facts
You change points of view
If you change points of view
You may change a vote
And when you change a vote
You may change the world
I hope that in time, enough of us can change points of view to change votes to change the world...
Monday, November 01, 2010
Happy NaBloPoMo again!
Yes, it's me! I know you thought I fell off the face of the earth, but no, I just got out of blogging mode. And here we are at yet another BloMo and I feel like after so many years, I had no choice but to jump on board again!
So all day long I was writing this post in my head but now that I'm actually home, I'm so tired I don't feel like posting. Of course.
So why am I home so late? Well for one thing I'm in California. That is my temporary home. I got a travel gig and have been here for 6 weeks, and have 7 more to go.
And why else am I late? I had to go to the Minute Clinic after work. Why? To be told I have bug bites. I did know that already though.
Since I moved here I have been getting a lot of bug bites. They sent a guy from Orkin to come check for bed bugs and fortunately that was negative. They gave me a new mattress and box spring anyway, and I even traded up. Way nicer than the previous. But I'm still getting bit. My agency told me to go to the doctor. Since I knew this was ridiculous, I had no choice but to go to the Minute Clinic rather than a real doctor. And you know, this is my second time there- the first time was one in Georgia where I went to get my ppd and my flu shots. I highly recommend them, they are super nice and fast and easy.
But I was told what I know. They are bug bites. Not fleas or bedbugs. Also not lice. (which I didnt even think of and am so glad to know that was not what it was cuz GROSS!) But what is it? No clue. She said to use cortizone cream and benedryl if they itch a whole lot, and if it really bugs me (pun intended) to go see a dermatologist.
While she was super nice, this was exactly what I knew, and a waste of time. But I can tell my agency I did what I was told, so I guess that's something.
And gas is cheaper over in that part of town. So there's that.
So yes, you waited 5 months for a post from me and all you got was the knowledge that I don't have lice. Aren't you excited I'm doing BloMo again?
Tomorrow will be better :)