November 2007

I just hung up some icicle lights on the porch. I am not in the Christmas spirit at all this year. I wish it would just be January 2nd and we can put all these holidays behind us. I honestly just want to get back to trying to move out of here and be as far away from here as I can be. I don’t even want to think about Christmas shopping, I think I will just order things online and if they get here in time great, if not they can wait. Maybe there is something wrong with me, I don’t know.

Call me crazy but I have always liked the way 5.11 tactical pants looked. If you are unfamiliar with them, they are the standard issue pants that are given out to Swat members and the like. Now that I know where to get the gear, I might get myself a pair of those bad boys, they look comfortable and I think I would look mighty good in them, if I do say so myself.

I have been playing with CS3 all day. I did some minor graphics with Photoshop and I am thoroughly impressed. CS2 never ran well on my computer, but CS3 runs very nicely.

I had some Flash work to do so I figured it would be a good time to whip out Flash CS3 and get to work. The simple things that I tried to do with it, like make something a symbol then add code to an event procedure for that object wouldn’t work. I switched back to Flash 8 for that and I am glad that I did, I was able to get what I needed to get done in half the time it took for me to playu around in the new version of Flash.

If you have time to learn the new Flash, then I say go for it, otherwise stick with Flash 8. Photoshop is greatly improved since CS2 so I say get it if you can afford it.

I am always trying to save money when it comes to my car. Face it every time you take a car to a mechanic they charge you just as much for labor as they do for parts. That is why I try and learn as much as I can then buy the parts and do everything I can.

Ever since I got the new compressor put into my car, it feels like it is dying if the heat or air conditioning is on full blast, or close to full blast. I think it might be because the battery can’t handle it, afterall in the three years since I have had the car I haven’t replaced the battery and the lights get dim when it is on full blast. Sometime soon I will be heading over to AAMCO to pick up a battery and I should be able to put it in myself. I have put a battery in a few years ago and it seemed like a simple process, so let’s just hope it was as simple as I remember. If it isn’t, then I don’t know what I am going to do because I don’t want to spend $200 for someone to put it in for me, so I guess if I don’t remember what to do I will be looking online on how to replace a battery.

Thanksgiving went well. I got full and slept for seven hours afterwards. I woke up at about 2AM. It is strange, now that Thanksgiving is over with it seems like Christmas is on everybody’s minds. The stores down here opened at midnight, but I hate shopping on Black Friday. I have to go to Home Depot klater today, I am dreading that. Hopefully it won’t be that bad, I just need to go there and buy a light thing that doubles as an outlet. I might also stop by EB Games tomorrow and pick up Assassin’s Creed.

Meeting people can be hard. How do you just go up to someone and tell them that you are interested in getting to know them on an intimate level that you hope could result in a long term relationship? Datehookup might be your answer. It is a free dating website where you can meet people.I signed up to see what it was about and I was very surprised. I searched for people in the Sussex County area and I got four pages of results. Now when I used to search on other sites I was lucky if I got a full page of results, plus the other sites you had to payfor. Datehookup is completely free. On top of a dating website they have dating forums, so you can sit back and relax and talk to other members about the website, the dating scene, or just play some games in that particular forum.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. My cord came today and if Krissy’s computer wasn’t wrapped in plastic with a pile of laundfry in front of it I would post a video. Maybe I will have a Thanksgiving video for you guys tomorrow. Have a good one.

If everything takes off within the next couple weeks and months with the clients I have been working with, then they will probably need Baltimore Office Space. Even though most of it is telecommuting, it will be important for conferences and meetings. Meeting in person is a lot easier than video conferencing, so renting space just makes sense. Plus it will help see who is committed and who isn’t sitting there doing other things while they are supposed to be paying attention to what is being said.

I found out that I am not covered by my father’s insurance anymore, which pisses me off because he put up a fight for me to submit the information, but I guess in the end it doesn’t matter. I am just dreading the hospital bill that is going to be coming in the next few weeks. I am going to say that it might ba round $200, that is how much it was for Krissy when she went and they did more for her than they did for me, but I had an ambulance. I guess I need to figure out how to get insurance and still be able to get out of here. Maybe I can pick up some money on GAF or places like that.

I really like the idea of online slots. I am in the United States and it is a crime to play at online casinos here in America, but I really wish I could play online. Sloterix has a really nice design and a large selection of different types of slot machines. I hate just doing cherry, cherry, cherry, so having ones with different themes and that kind of thing is a plus for me.

The main reason I would like to play online is that I don’t have to deal with the annoying loud noises that casinos seem to have. I like slot machines, they seem to be the easiest way to win money, but they can also be one of the easiest to lose, but not as fast as playing at a table. I can never find a winning slot machine, though. No matter how much I follow around a little old lady, I always get a non-paying machine. I just need my luck to change I guess.

Has anyone else noticed the cookie cutter cards that they have nowadays? Where is the thought, the sentiment? They all pretty much say the same things, without saying anything at all. Why do people continue to buy such meaningless cards? Luckily I found a place that doesn’t suffer from the lack of beauty as most other card companies. Gallery Collection has a wide selection of holidays cards, and holiday cards for businesses. If you need to send Christmas Cards business cards then they are the place to go. What I really like about Gallery Collection is that they have teamed up with Solider’s Angels and each soldier will be receiving a card from them and a blank one for them to write home to their families.

I ended up going to the hospital yesterday because I couldn’t breathe. I had asthma as a child and I guess it is coming back to bite me in the ass. The trigger for the attack was the flea powder that was on the rugs, but I think I am all right now though, I have an inhaler from Walmart and I am trying to get an appointment with a doctor. They gave me a nose spray to help with my allergies, hopefully it will help.

It never ceases to amaze me how much Krissy actually cares for me. She was really upset when I told her to call an ambulance because I couldn’t breathe. I guess even over a year later I am still getting used to this kind of a relationship. It is nice to have someone like that in your life. I’m really lucky.