What is it about Asian men with long hair that I find so attractive? I saw a guy about my age at the FIA today, long hair and wearing a long, brown leather coat. Behold — I practically start drooling. Pathetic, ne? ^_~

Classes are killing me, but I had several key questions answered today. Great, but they were answered with conflicting viewpoints. So my simple questions spawned about 30 more each. *sigh* I’ll write more about them when I have my homework done and have greymatter to donate to pondering the ponderable.

I start grinning when I hear the Ranma 1/2 theme. I love the theme, but yet I haven’t seen a single episode. But it made my day hearing it, so I’m not questioning a good thing.

Our Trailer sold in 3 weeks, with closing in March. The hell?? 2 years for a house, 3 weeks for a trailer. Yes, what the hell sums up my thoughts.

I completely agree with the classic thought about lawyers and attorneys.

Do NOT come to my house after 9pm without calling first. I don’t care if I’m living in a mansion or a cardboard box. I come from a family of cops and an unsolicited knock on my door at that hour is sure to scare the shit out of me. So spare your life and just don’t do it. Kthxbye

*sighs*

Tall, dark, handsome… with hair better than mine. *sigh* Yes, thou art mine weakness!

Look for a new layout soon. Yes, my first actual Web Design class is being spent making a new blog layout. Ph34r me and my l33t Dreamweaver skills! Yes… my precious… *strokes*

Well, my english class is finally over. So far I’m getting a straight A, but lets see what happens after my final paper is graded. I wrote my proposal about geothermal furnaces and suggested that more people got them for their homes - then maybe they wouldn’t pay so much to heat their home. (I’ll post it sometime, once my grade isn’t hinging on it.) I put WAY too many quotes and citations in it, but I’m not sure how else I could put in ALL those government statistics. Of course, when dealing with government anything there’s no easy way to do it. The names of their various agencies have to contain — at minimum — 5 words? 10 words? 12 words? And the various statistics you’d think would be in just ONE place will be spread out across nearly every office in existence. >_>

So ah well, at least I didn’t try to save the world in a 7 page paper like some of my classmates. ^^;;

Tried to purchase my math book off from Amazon.com, but it looks like the bank decided our debit card didn’t exist anymore. Actually, we have no idea what’s wrong, only that we can’t check our balance or buy anything with it. So we get to call the bank tomorrow morning to figure out what’s going on. I’m really tempted to skip math this semester - I seriously didn’t want to take it anyway. The fact that it’s math aside, I really don’t want to burn $123 of my financial aid on a silly book. Not that I wanted to burn $45 on Amazon either. But damnit, just when we think we’ve finally found a bank that won’t screw with us too badly, BOOM. *shakes her head* Anyway, I’ll let mom take care of that - thank you much.

Dropping math wouldn’t be too bad either, so far I’m holding a perfect 4.0, so it’s not like I haven’t made satisfactory progress. I would be taking the exact number of credit hours I took this semester, so I wouldn’t be short there either. Besides, that would leave me with a little more time and money to concentrate on my other classes . . . and well, life in general. Seriously though — I’m dreading math. I can’t pass it to save my life and I’d REALLY like to keep that 4.0 for as long as I possibly can. But I’m running out of classes that don’t need it. All the real Web design and programming classes have it listed as a prereq, so I’m going to have to take it sometime in the next couple semesters. I really thought I’d get it taken care of right away, but the more crap I go through to get this damn book, the more I’m dreading it.

*sighs*

Found a kick ass program today, makes a wee calendar with a to-do list appear in the corner of my screen. It’s called Rainlendar - stupid name, very nice program. ^__^ Taken by a sudden urge to be fashionable, I’ve been hunting for skins sets for my other desktop programs. WinAMP is easy and so is Rainlendar, but Trillian is a bitch to find good skins for. Everything is either outdated or uses impossible-to-read fonts. Haven’t found anything I’ve really liked so far.

With finals, I haven’t had a chance to do much with eFiction other than read their forums on my breaks. I really need to edit my template so it uses HTML 4.0 Transitional instead of my usual XHTML Transitional and adhere more to their templates. I still haven’t gotten an answer back yet on how they want blocks done, so I’m going to assume they don’t want custom blocks and go from there.

I’m trying to be on chat more, but I can’t guarantee anything. I’m really not used to it anymore. Unless I’m talking with a very good friend, all I can think about is “Can’t I turn it off already?” Doesn’t help that people are just plain weird. How the hell should I know why I’m on your contact list? You’re the one who put me there. Yeah, I went and wiped out most of my contact list. Nearly killed me deleting my old Guide contacts, but I doubt I’ll probably hear from them. I rarely spoke to anyone outside EQ when I was participating, thanks to the old machine’s quirkiness. *sighs* But I miss everyone terribly. I don’t dare rejoin or even begin any new games until I’m done with school. I know myself and new games far too well.

Anyway, I think I’ve done more than enough rambling for tonight. Here’s hoping the bank didn’t just screw us over.

Well, our fate is sealed. Wednesday, July 27th, we’ll be going out for dinner with Sheba. Then, on the 31st, we’ve been invited to go for a sort of impromtu family reunion at a local diner.

But at the very least, we won’t be alone with her. Maybe she’ll behave. ^^;; (Wishful thinking on my part.)

I’d like to offer my sincerest thanks to Bevey for the offer to come down and visit her for the week. Sorry we couldn’t accept. *HUGS*

College is kicking my ass, though not too hard. I only have one week of class left for Human Relations and then I move on to the next batch. The extra financial aid should be coming in sometime during the next month, so we can do the new computer thang. I keep pricing factory built machines so I can get the best deal so maybe I can get some extra software. (Photoshop would be very nice!) Hopefully with two more computers we can stop fighting over the one we have.

The only thing I wish for is a decent digital camera, but I doubt I’ll have that much money left over. Lately, I’ve been posting my photos to Deviant Art and I’m getting some pretty neat reactions. ^_^ They’re so old, though, that I don’t really have any of my notes for them anymore. It’d be so much easier to simply import photos from a camera than waste the time and money for development. This latest layout actually cost me money to make, which leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Anyway, I should get off so Mom’s the one at the computer when Sheba calls. :-P

Eviction post: *hugs* Theresa, Derrian, Trelithe, Kim, Hillary, Bevey, and Ook. Thank you for all your thoughts, prayers, and hugs.

Writing Randomness: Why do you always get the best story ideas at 3am, have it all written out in your head, but by the next morning — you can’t remember a damn thing? XD I had this whole short story about some post college guy going to Las Vegas for a job interview and by this morning I’d forgotten everything. I really need a handheld “tape” recorder. lol

On Kids: I’ve decided I want to be a mom. I want to be a mom bad. Yet I really have no plans of ever getting married. Hell, I’ve slid back into an almost child-like “boys are icky” stage again. Pathetic, huh?

Diabetes: I’m feeling weird again. I’ve only gone hypoglycemic three times today, so I have a feeling I’m crusing for another. Of course, I could just be tired. Hypoglycemia does that to me.

Website Promotion: Have you ever felt just plain dirty when you haven’t done anything TO feel that way? I’ve been promoting my domain today and a couple sites I wanted to put my link on required me to put up advertising reciprocal links. Now I feel all dirty. lol

Anime: There’s some new samurai anime on Adult Swim. I haven’t had the energy to find out which one it is. Just wish they’d stop censoring the swearing. That record scratch is annoying.

Randomness: I really feel like making some kind of dessert using rum. Rums good. Very good. Too bad there’s none in the house. Then again, that’s probably good.

Website Promotion II: I summed up my promotion thoughts on Arise today in a tutorial. I’m still trying to promote the boards, but forums are a royal bitch to promote. I really don’t know how to write down what I really want to say, so I guess I’ll play the part of the bitch and just say it. During their infancy, forums NEED an established, successful website in order to be successful themselves. With RW.com long dead, it’s no wonder we’re having trouble attracting people.

Anime #2: Watching some anime on cable, not sure which… I wonder if they ever get motion sickness the way they… I dunno - bounce? - when they run. Making me dizzy just watching it.

Blah, my randomness is nowhere near as amusing as Kim’s randomness. ^_^;; Kim, you’re my hero! Y’know that? Alrighty, I’m going to bed now. Maybe I might remember that story.

*glomps*

Well, the mess with Mesopia went easier than I thought it would. Still no word back on my domain, well, unless you just count the receipt of them charging us $12 for the domain. *sighs*

Today was a massive grocery getting day, a quick attempt to fill up the pantry until we can get another chance to catch out breath.

Well, it didn’t last long. Apparently, mom didn’t think for the last rent check she wrote and it bounced. All of five days before she cashed her next paycheck. Since I’ll be the only one home tomorrow, I suppose it’s up to me to go talk to the landlords and beg forgiveness for the check. I don’t remember for sure, but I seem to recall seeing a note in the rules we agreed to that says we now have to pay via money order. Oh well, that’s for tomorrow.

(Waiiit… wasn’t I avoiding money matters?)

First week of college went okay, I’m pretty sure I can do this. The group project they want for this next week is a little scary, but everyone seems pretty nice. I really didn’t do anything today with it, so tomorrow I have to check the class message boards again and make myself known.

It’s hilarious, Jass and I have become lurkers on every MB on the planet… with the exception of the school boards. Thing is, since we’re not appearing in person, we have to make significant posts in order to be considered “participating.” But it’s not that hard, the instructors give you essay questions you have to answer almost every day and since everyone is so nice; chit-chat is easy too.

The academic advisors already have my summer classes picked out. I get to take Composition II, Human Relations, File Management, and Internet and the WWW. Composition II sounds okay, I’ve needed it for a while and I’m not sure what to make of Human Relations. But taking me through Files and a introduction to the internet is just, well…. funny?

Yeah, my blog isn’t pretty anymore. I HAD to upgrade wordpress. So tomorrow, after the walk to the office and then school, I’ll settle down and rework my poison layout to work with the new version. I tried to get the LiveJournal auto-update program to work with Wordpress, but it’s not compatable. So, I’m still crossposting.

Much love to everyone

Not to be outdone by a childhood friend, I picked up a A+ Certification Study Guide book yesterday while on a shopping spree at the mall. Lets just say for everything I knew, there was 5 things I didn’t. Up until that point in the computer store I was feeling like a hot shit, then I get home and begin reading the book.

Dammit. LOL

The book is a bit out of date, which makes me feel a little better. It doesn’t cover Windows XP, nor some of the more powerful goodies out there like the new RAM - among other things. Still, remembering just how much of a newbie I still am was sobering. Then, as if to underscore that - my computer crashes and crashes hard. XD I went to Safe Mode and several scans later I had it back up and running. Not sure what the hell happened, but this beast has so many weird issues with conflicts and bad drivers (that also can’t be updated) it could be most anything. -_-;;

I really need to figure out how to juggle my Avandamet and a job so I can begin putting together my new machine. (Which is the main reason I had been feeling so good before I picked up the book.) I found all the parts I wanted for my home-built machine and they weren’t all that different from the places on the internet I’ve been looking at. I’m still going to be ordering the bulk of it off the internet anyway, so I’m not paying for the “purty” packaging.

Anyway, it was girls’ day out at the mall yesterday. I got two new bras and five new panties at Victoria’s Secret, some new Lavender scented body lotion at the Bath and Body Shoppe, and then browsed the Anime’ at Suncoast. I almost picked up Silent Mobius, but after burning almost $70 between the first two I didn’t feel I had another $15 to spend on it. I didn’t get to go clothes shopping either; but as it was, we didn’t get home until 7pm anyway. So I suppose that’s going to have to be a trip for later.

My new Insulin regimen is going well, provided I can keep my bloodsugar from crashing and burning. Don’t get me wrong, it’s nice to be able to occasionally eat chocolate again, but not necessarily under those circumstances. I’ve also gained weight *sigh* It’s probably a side effect of the insulin therapy, but I feel really bloated and uncomfortable. But, on the whole, my bloodsugar is starting to come down which is a good thing. I just don’t want to gain too much weight, since it makes controlling bloodsugar much harder. I doubt I’m going to be able to stop the Avandamet, though, but it’s something to ask my Doctor once my body finishes adjusting.