39 posts tagged “misc.”
I've looked into and signed up to get the digital phone service from my cable provider (Time Warner). Now, I'm having second thoughts. It's not going to be the same price that I'm paying now. It's $12 more a month, and there's a bigger catch. I'm locked into a two year contract. That part bothers me the most. They're coming Friday to install it, but I think I might call to cancel before then.
In other news, I tried to cancel my XM service this weekend. They asked why I wanted to leave XM and I stated that our company imposed a salary reduction and I'm trying to minimize costs (both are true). Anyhow, the nice lady decided to give me a promotional rate which is about a 1/3 of what I'm paying a month now for the next three months. I ended up taking her up on that and I'll re-visit XM in mid-June.
I'm probably going to put a hold on my Netflix account too for the next couple of months. I have plenty of things that I should be doing instead of watching a movie and there's nothing out right now that I want to see, other that the few remaining on my queue.
In the spirit of cleaning out stuff, I've cleaned out my old closet and dropped of the mother load of clothes to my Mom's house. She's going to have a garage sale in a couple of weeks. I've also donated my blender (haven't made a margarita in a long time), my hot-air pop corn make and some other kitchen stuff too. I told my Mom to keep the money and what doesn't sell, I'll donate. I've also sold one of my cameras to my friend too (I'm down to three cameras now). I should probably sell one of my ipods, but that's not going to happen. I also had a fleeting moment, thinking about selling my notebook. Decided that would be stupid since I'm on it, more than my desktop (although I'm using my desktop right now).
Great...just noticed that there's a tornado watch until 1am. This ought to help me go to sleep tonight.
Got an e-mail from my Mom this morning. She's been doing some spring cleaning and came across an old list of possible names for me before I was born. Not sure if I would be any different if I was called something else. Still, I think it's interesting to think about the alternative life you may of had with a different name. Anyhow, here are the options my Parents picked out, with the first one being the actual one that was given to me -
- James Gregory
- Christopher Adam
- Matthew Jason
- Michael Bradley
And it blew. But that's to be expected and tomorrow will probably be worse. My boss will be back from his vacation. On a side note...I just watched Midsomer Murders: Hidden Depths and it was one the better ones. I don't know why, but I've had a sudden urge to watch nothing but Midsomer Murders. Heck, I've had Wall-E since early January and I haven't had any urges to watch it. I've even rented and watched several Midsomers from the library. Thank goodness for Netflix. Oh...and it just hit me today that Friday's paycheck will begin the 5% salary cut that the company placed on us. I know it's better than getting the axe, but it still blows. I'm sure I'll be fine, but looking back at all the money our previous CEOs have gotten as bonuses and golden parachutes, well...it's sickening. I wonder what old Gordon Gekko would have to say right about now.
Other than Gran Torino, I'm not sure what looks good at the theaters. Taken looks halfway decent, but I might rent it as well. Oh...I watched the original Shaft the other night off of my DVR. It was on TCM. While I can see it was a big deal for it's time, I didn't think it was all that great.
Enough rambling...the dryer just finished and I need to get a load of jeans started before I go to bed.
Had a friend over last night. We ended up watching the Cardinals/Eagles game. Anyhow, not having anyone to talk to for a couple of days, I yapped my head off. This resulted into a sore throat later that evening and a worse one later that night. I guess I need to be like Ozzy in the one commercial and text people for the next couple of days.
My house is disorganized to say the least. I'm having problems finding stuff. I need to be on one of those shows that comes to your home and gets rid of all your clutter. I managed tonight, to give myself a paper cut underneath my fingernail of my right ring finger. Now that takes talent.
Work made me angry. To be precise, those in Corporate. When I used to work in I/T, the users were our customers. That was more than 10 years ago. Now it's the other way around. It seems like we work for I/T. Not a good way to run a business. I wish I can leave my anger back at work, but I'm still dwelling on it. Nothing I can do, so I need to let it go.
One of my friends at work has terminal cancer. It sucks more and more everyday that I see him, knowing that he has less than a year to live. Still, I could get hit my a meteor tomorrow. When it's time, it's time.
It feels like I got some bad mojo going on right now, and I need to shake it.
I helped my Mom put up the Christmas tree at her house. It was a like a scene from a Three Stooges skit. I really need to slow down and not rush things. I think that's tonight's lesson.
Well...I'm done rambling. Good night all....
Actually I'm looking for a single female in her late 20s/mid 30s who likes photography, outdoors, movies, nerd humor, and is willing to put up with me acting stupid for the first 2/3 dates? (I'm so not smooth the first couple dates). Apply inside if you are interested.
You know, I'm a little jealous of computers sometimes. When they act up, you can just reboot them and all is well again. I know I could use one right now. My power management is acting up, turning on when it should be off and vice versa. My memory is full and can really use a defrag. And I wish I can delete a few excess files off my belly.
