TiVo doesn't like me
Now excuse me as I cry for the Rockies.
that is all,
robbie
Overheard in T.J. Maxx
Husband to his wife regarding a new coat.
"Don't buy anything too nice. We don't want people to think we have money."
That is all.
-robbie
North American Possum
Or is it opposum?
Last night was a rough one at this lil duckie's household.
Lets get some background information here.
Your cast of characters,
* Louis - 3 year old domestic short hair from the humaine society, he is considered to be the "Neurotic one". Very protective over the house.
* Jinx - 5 year old domestic short hair from the humaine society, she is considered to be the "Pyschotic one". AKA Princess Warrior Jinx, she can get cranky if you annoy her too much. Although she looks slow, she can move pretty quick. She doesn’t care about much except when its dinner time, and when you're going to rub her belly.
* Me, age is classified, I am not a domestic short hair, and although my mother has claimed to have to adopted me from the humaine society, I am also not adopted. Scared of spiders and often my own shadow, I am not the one to send when the house is being attacked by big and ugly bugs, spiders, mice, etc. That’s why I have cats.
So I was sitting on the computer at home minding my own business, when louis starts howling. There's a few stray cats in the area that come by and bug him. Jinx doesn't care about them, she'll hiss, but mostly just be annoyed by their presence. Louis on the other hand does not enjoy being pestered by them. Its his home, territory, etc, stay away. I turn the back yard lights on and see an orange tabby there. He keeps howling at it until it goes away. I turn the lights off, and the howling continues. I look out side and see what could easily be described as a 15 pound rat that is the size of Louis. I calmly think "Oh, that’s what he's howling at", I say something else. Loudly say something else. So, what do I do? Call up one of my buddies and ask "what would you call a creature that looks roughly like a 15 pound rat?", then of course I go outside to investigate. The creature has crawled up into the grape vines, and was basically just sitting there. I grabbed my flashlight and took a peak, the rather large rat just kinda stared back at me. Not moving, so of course I go grab a digital camera. I don't have the pictures here, but this is approximately what it looked like:
http://www.iwrc-online.org
Whom i kidding? it looked like this: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova
I was fearing for my eyeballs. So i scampered inside and surrounded myself with large objects, like a tv remote, and pillows. The whole time Jinx is sleeping on the couch and cannot bring herself to be bothered by the excitement.
You Have a Dash in Your Pocket?
I finally won the auction on eBay and got the HTC Excalibur (aka T-Mobile Dash), and it is one of the most fantastic devices I've used. I'm not certain why I waited so long to get a smart phone. I guess me in my stuborn ways thought that my "dumb phone" was able to do what I needed it to do. And in a way Razr's 1-3, among others, did just fine, but this is just dandy. And for those of you with T-Mobile the price for Total Internet (Hot Spot, and Windows media) dropped to $19.95.
I've really never felt that old at work, most of my co-workers have been within about a year of me, but with a few new folks who are well, young, I feel, well, old. Today I found out that two of the newbes are 19. Oy, I remember those days... six years ago. Sometimes its just the little things, like when the new girl goes "yeah, I'm not sure, I was 13 when that happened". It was just about some musical thing. You know you're in trouble when they were too young to watch MTV when you were out boozing it up when they were in 7th grade.
I have been slacking off here, however in my defence I've been working crazy hours at work, my comfy 39 hour week turned into a 58 hour one last week, and had two 10 hour shifts (and nearly a 11 hour one today!). But weekends rock. I should be back to a more regular posting schedule by the end of next week... i hope.
That is all.
robbie
Why I Should Not Be Allowed on eBay
A lot.
The result usually is a new electronic toy. Or tempting myself with buying one. Or bidding on a new mobile that I do not need. Such as a HTC Dash. I have a perfectly good phone(s), that work perfectly well. Like the Razr I got in January. Or the Razr (V3r) I got in February, or the Razr (V3m) I got in June (V3t). I should really seek professional help. I'm also looking for a new computer. I had second thoughts on buying a Thinkpad after reading the return policy (ie, none), the custom Gateways are kinda pricey, and after using the new Mac Books for an hour I hate the keyboard. We'll see what the future holds. What new phones and other expensive electronics I've purchased. Feel free to comment on suggestions for a new computer (14inch display or so, the rest are negotiable)
And onto the weather. It is simply fantastic here again. Upper 80's nice nice nice. Better than what my friends in the Southwest are going thru. My buddy Aaron, and his wife Lisa are in LA and its about 110 there, Scott from Scott-O-Rama is facing hotter than that. Now, if there was just a way to get that heat here in, oh, January, or February.
That is all,
Robbie
PS...
Anyone know how to get a blog roll set up?
Labor Day Greetings
Now, for why I hadn't posted since February.
I got bored. There hadn't been a whole lot to talk about. Plus I'd been in a pretty bitchy mood from May to last Friday because of the scheduling at work (I love summer and not being off on the weekend to do things with my friends is a real damper). Anyway. Last night I bought a domain name, and am in the process of getting things moved over from the blogger page. Don't worry if you're coming from the blogspot address it will redirect to the new one. You'll probably notice older posts showing up sporatically as I move them over. (copy and paste, copy and paste, copy and paste).
To sum it up, I'm back.
That is all,
Robbie
Bout Damn Time
Its new and "improved" if you will. New domain names ( .net and .us will eventually redirect to the .com).
Last post was sometime in February, since then a bit has changed... by a bit, I mean a lot.
I've still got the house, the neurotic cat (Louis), the psychotic cat (Princess Warrior Jinx). I did trade my Volvo S40 in for a Mazda 3, and haven't really gone anywhere lately. Yeah, its kinda boring.
Anywho, I'm back.
If anyone knows an easyway to import things from blogger, that'd be super sweet.
Cheers!
robbie
Connect
But here I sit.A relationship that didn't quite work out, which was a product of a few things, and partly because it seemed as if he fell off the face of the planet. A career that seems to have just re-started after a bit of a slump (no I didn't change jobs, or companies). With a preformance plan that is sitting there with a blinking cursor much like many of these posts have ammounted to. What to do, what to write? And sitting in a coffee shop, with a room full of high schoolers, that are talking about *ahem* adult things. I shall not elaborate, but it is slightly humourous. And they are annoying me to no end with their giggling, snickering, and the rubber bands that are flying past me. And i shit you not, they are talking about Barbies.
And here I still sit.The only thing that seems to be going are my upcoming travels. End of this month is either to San Diego or Orlando, and next month Miami. Super sweet sweet. I am looking forward to thawing out after this unusually cold week we've had. Trust me winter just sucks when the HIGH temperature is negative four... and the windchill is about negative thirty dropping to almost 40 below. And here I still sit... I'll catch y'all laters. That is all, Robbie