Thursday, July 09, 2009
Admiring from afar sucks. Admiring from 1126 miles away sucks more. The other party not knowing I admire from 1126 miles away probably sucks most. Oh well, life goes on. :P
Monday, July 06, 2009
Saturday, July 04, 2009
Why is twitter this huge sensation all of a sudden? I swear it came out of nowhere and now everyone twitters like it is a reliable news source or something. That and people twitter that are not famous or anything, which is fine except ... how interesting is my life that I would want to twitter every detail every day? I just don't see it happening. I don't get it. I'm bad enough at updating a blog let alone updating with my latest life happening. "Getting my hair cut" "just finished getting my hair cut" "going to work" "customer just yelled at me" "going home." Yeah, I think my subscriptions would go waaaaay down.
A lot of people read my blog about my grandmother, which surprised me in a way ... not so much that anyone read it but that some family members actually went out of the way to read it. I'm glad it went over well -- nothing like having people visit your blog that knew her most of her life and have my words be out there as a dedication of sorts though I only knew her a third of her life.
I have been staying up really late the past few nights. Working nights just doesn't make me want to go to bed right when I get home. By "late" I mean 5am or later sometimes. I don't really mind except I sleep until 2pm sometimes. I've been talking to Chris a lot so that's a bonus at least (he works nights so I wouldn't be able to talk to him much otherwise).
I was looking up shark attacks in my area to see what the risk is. Since 1882 there has been 1 shark attack in the county I live in. 0 fatalities. I think I'm OK to go in the water. By the way, yes, I meant 1882, not 1982.
I was going to go to Big Kahuna's today before work but I was so tired I slept instead. It turns out that was a good call because the lines were horrendous there. I'll wait a few weeks for things to calm down.
As some of you know, my birthday is coming up and my friends Jason and Heather sent me a gift, which was very thoughtful of them. It was the game Mass Effect for Xbox 360. It's really a very good game. I have not gone too far into the story yet so I'm sure it gets even better but I am looking forward to continuing it. I also got a $25 gift certificate from my credit card company and I know my mother is sending me one as well. Yay to online shopping :) I would go grocery shopping on amazon.com but they sell things in bulk it seems and that is not very cost effective for me.
Speaking of grocery shopping, people at work were picking on me because I only buy 3 bananas when I go shopping. I only consume one banana a day and I hate when they turn brown so to me, it makes sense to get three so I have a chance to eat all three before they get gross. I also have been buying apples. Fuji apples were on sale for $1 a pound this past time so I'll give them a shot again. Red delicious were fantastic straight from the refrigerator. We'll see if fuji grow on me. I haven't been as thrilled as people thought I would be so far.
Work has been good for those that are wondering. I applied for an IT position with Rave and should hear back in the next week or so. My gut tells me I may not get it but I think I interviewed as well as I could (made the interviewer laugh which is always a bonus I think). We'll see. I wasn't too stressed during the interview -- I don't think interviews make me that nervous, which is good. It'd be really cool to get the job and try something a little different from what I have been doing but we'll see.
I'm going to go to bed now. Have a good night.
A lot of people read my blog about my grandmother, which surprised me in a way ... not so much that anyone read it but that some family members actually went out of the way to read it. I'm glad it went over well -- nothing like having people visit your blog that knew her most of her life and have my words be out there as a dedication of sorts though I only knew her a third of her life.
I have been staying up really late the past few nights. Working nights just doesn't make me want to go to bed right when I get home. By "late" I mean 5am or later sometimes. I don't really mind except I sleep until 2pm sometimes. I've been talking to Chris a lot so that's a bonus at least (he works nights so I wouldn't be able to talk to him much otherwise).
I was looking up shark attacks in my area to see what the risk is. Since 1882 there has been 1 shark attack in the county I live in. 0 fatalities. I think I'm OK to go in the water. By the way, yes, I meant 1882, not 1982.
I was going to go to Big Kahuna's today before work but I was so tired I slept instead. It turns out that was a good call because the lines were horrendous there. I'll wait a few weeks for things to calm down.
As some of you know, my birthday is coming up and my friends Jason and Heather sent me a gift, which was very thoughtful of them. It was the game Mass Effect for Xbox 360. It's really a very good game. I have not gone too far into the story yet so I'm sure it gets even better but I am looking forward to continuing it. I also got a $25 gift certificate from my credit card company and I know my mother is sending me one as well. Yay to online shopping :) I would go grocery shopping on amazon.com but they sell things in bulk it seems and that is not very cost effective for me.
Speaking of grocery shopping, people at work were picking on me because I only buy 3 bananas when I go shopping. I only consume one banana a day and I hate when they turn brown so to me, it makes sense to get three so I have a chance to eat all three before they get gross. I also have been buying apples. Fuji apples were on sale for $1 a pound this past time so I'll give them a shot again. Red delicious were fantastic straight from the refrigerator. We'll see if fuji grow on me. I haven't been as thrilled as people thought I would be so far.
Work has been good for those that are wondering. I applied for an IT position with Rave and should hear back in the next week or so. My gut tells me I may not get it but I think I interviewed as well as I could (made the interviewer laugh which is always a bonus I think). We'll see. I wasn't too stressed during the interview -- I don't think interviews make me that nervous, which is good. It'd be really cool to get the job and try something a little different from what I have been doing but we'll see.
I'm going to go to bed now. Have a good night.
Friday, June 26, 2009
So what just happened this week. My grandmother passed yesterday. Michael Jackson passed yesterday or today. Farrah Fawcett passed this morning/early afternoon depending on where you live. Ridiculous.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Goodbye Grandma. Rest in peace.
It is a time like this that I wonder if it is any easier to say goodbye when you know it is coming than when it is sudden. There really is no way to gauge that since you either lose someone suddenly or through the natural cycle of life. In either case, it's sad and you do not want to see them go ... but does the sense of relief that the pain is over for them help? For me, death is sad because you miss the person. I do not think of it any more complicatedly than that. IF someone moved across country and I never saw them again, I'd probably feel similarly only to a lesser degree since there is still the potential to see them where here there is not.
In either case, I am very glad for the last year she was alive. Grandma moved up to PA last year after a scary dream she had that told her to move up north (clearly for a good reason). During that time, I got to spend time with her -- more time than I had at any point in my life up to then. She lived in Florida with my Grandfather most of my life so I only saw her when she came to visit with him or when we went to Florida every so often. The last year though I got to go to Taco Bell with her, drive her around to show her the area (though she wound up not needing that information since she moved back down in December about a month before I moved down here as well). She was home and eating dinner with us nightly so we got to talk. I would come home from work and M*A*S*H would be on like clockwork. She watched that show every day I think -- I would joke around saying, "wow, watching M*A*S*H? Shocking!" or something to that degree. It was a good time and I'm glad we had it. She moved down and I moved a month later. I spoke with her on the phone once maybe two months ago, which was nice and a surprise to her. Made her day according to my Mother so that is nice to know as well. She had said she would meet me half way for us to eat lunch together or something though I knew that couldn't happen since she wasn't able to drive for that long anymore (we lived about 10 hours apart though both in Florida ... turns out Florida is huge). About a month ago Grandma needed a live-in hospice pretty suddenly. They said that did not necessarily mean she was going to die in the next six months as hospice no longer is only for the terminally ill. However, in this case it seems it was. Anyway, she realized she could not drive anymore and gave up her car (or was in the process of it). Last week my Mother told me she was getting pretty weak just to let me know. Two days ago my Mother told me that they could not wake her so they brought her to a hospital with actual nurses to help her out. She was semi-comatose at that point so I knew things were not looking good. She had gotten pneumonia when we were up in PA and my Mother thought it was the end but she got much better the next day and wound up living and getting back home in a few days. I took her for blood work and picked her up from the hospital too, which seems like trivial tasks but mean a lot in reflection now. Anyway, she was semi-comatose and my uncle flew down to be with her. She was responding to him but no verbally, just head nods and such. Tonight I got a call from my Father telling me she had passed. My Mother called and left a voice message shortly before then saying that Grandma had passed and was with the Lord. She was pretty upset and hung up right after that one sentence. I was at work so I did not have time to really think about it. I did find out that my Grandmother has a brother as well as a sister yesterday though. They contacted his wife to let them know of her situation -- I had no idea she had a brother, I had only met my Great Aunt.
In any case, I doubt I will be able to go to the funeral considering it will probably be in PA. I do wish I had called her two weeks ago when I was going to. I did not get the chance -- I suppose you never really know this is going to happen but you still regret not making that call or taking that drive or whatever it may be. My Great-Grandmother is still around and I talk to her bi-weekly on the phone usually. She is in better health than my Grandmother was in at any point in the last 5 years or so but with her being 96, I still expect to get a bad phone call one of these days. Bad to think that but I just cherish the time I have now. The doctors told her she could live to be 100 at her current health so I told her I was holding her to it. She laughed.
Speaking of being 96, can you imagine all the things she has seen in her life? Her first fiancee died in World War II -- devastated her. She lived through the Great Depression (and remembers it). She was alive during World War I though she was a child and likely does not remember much about it. Still incredible to think about it all ... that was all just the 10s through 40s. Woodrow Wilson had just taken office when she was born. Teddy Roosevelt was still alive when she was born. Yeah, I know, I'm digging deep but you get the idea. Pretty incredible.
Anyway, I got that off my chest. Have a good night.
It is a time like this that I wonder if it is any easier to say goodbye when you know it is coming than when it is sudden. There really is no way to gauge that since you either lose someone suddenly or through the natural cycle of life. In either case, it's sad and you do not want to see them go ... but does the sense of relief that the pain is over for them help? For me, death is sad because you miss the person. I do not think of it any more complicatedly than that. IF someone moved across country and I never saw them again, I'd probably feel similarly only to a lesser degree since there is still the potential to see them where here there is not.
In either case, I am very glad for the last year she was alive. Grandma moved up to PA last year after a scary dream she had that told her to move up north (clearly for a good reason). During that time, I got to spend time with her -- more time than I had at any point in my life up to then. She lived in Florida with my Grandfather most of my life so I only saw her when she came to visit with him or when we went to Florida every so often. The last year though I got to go to Taco Bell with her, drive her around to show her the area (though she wound up not needing that information since she moved back down in December about a month before I moved down here as well). She was home and eating dinner with us nightly so we got to talk. I would come home from work and M*A*S*H would be on like clockwork. She watched that show every day I think -- I would joke around saying, "wow, watching M*A*S*H? Shocking!" or something to that degree. It was a good time and I'm glad we had it. She moved down and I moved a month later. I spoke with her on the phone once maybe two months ago, which was nice and a surprise to her. Made her day according to my Mother so that is nice to know as well. She had said she would meet me half way for us to eat lunch together or something though I knew that couldn't happen since she wasn't able to drive for that long anymore (we lived about 10 hours apart though both in Florida ... turns out Florida is huge). About a month ago Grandma needed a live-in hospice pretty suddenly. They said that did not necessarily mean she was going to die in the next six months as hospice no longer is only for the terminally ill. However, in this case it seems it was. Anyway, she realized she could not drive anymore and gave up her car (or was in the process of it). Last week my Mother told me she was getting pretty weak just to let me know. Two days ago my Mother told me that they could not wake her so they brought her to a hospital with actual nurses to help her out. She was semi-comatose at that point so I knew things were not looking good. She had gotten pneumonia when we were up in PA and my Mother thought it was the end but she got much better the next day and wound up living and getting back home in a few days. I took her for blood work and picked her up from the hospital too, which seems like trivial tasks but mean a lot in reflection now. Anyway, she was semi-comatose and my uncle flew down to be with her. She was responding to him but no verbally, just head nods and such. Tonight I got a call from my Father telling me she had passed. My Mother called and left a voice message shortly before then saying that Grandma had passed and was with the Lord. She was pretty upset and hung up right after that one sentence. I was at work so I did not have time to really think about it. I did find out that my Grandmother has a brother as well as a sister yesterday though. They contacted his wife to let them know of her situation -- I had no idea she had a brother, I had only met my Great Aunt.
In any case, I doubt I will be able to go to the funeral considering it will probably be in PA. I do wish I had called her two weeks ago when I was going to. I did not get the chance -- I suppose you never really know this is going to happen but you still regret not making that call or taking that drive or whatever it may be. My Great-Grandmother is still around and I talk to her bi-weekly on the phone usually. She is in better health than my Grandmother was in at any point in the last 5 years or so but with her being 96, I still expect to get a bad phone call one of these days. Bad to think that but I just cherish the time I have now. The doctors told her she could live to be 100 at her current health so I told her I was holding her to it. She laughed.
Speaking of being 96, can you imagine all the things she has seen in her life? Her first fiancee died in World War II -- devastated her. She lived through the Great Depression (and remembers it). She was alive during World War I though she was a child and likely does not remember much about it. Still incredible to think about it all ... that was all just the 10s through 40s. Woodrow Wilson had just taken office when she was born. Teddy Roosevelt was still alive when she was born. Yeah, I know, I'm digging deep but you get the idea. Pretty incredible.
Anyway, I got that off my chest. Have a good night.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Apparently I have people reading this thing that I did not realize. One was half jokingly agitated by what I said about the "i before e" reference to the word "receive." What sparked that post was not her per say but the amount of times I saw it spelled wrong over the course of two hours or so. I was blown away. That little rule is one of the big things growing up and people just seemed to have ignored it and spell however they want. I honestly believe spelling is important in today's day and age where more and more things are being typed, posted online, and otherwise distributed around. It is more professional when everything in an e-mail is spelled correctly and, again, the amount of typing going around now makes it a virtual necessity to know how to spell. Sure, spell check is out there but there are so many people that do not even go through the motions of pushing that spell check button. Add in the fact that it is not perfect and you have a recipe for disaster.
I went ahead and joined a dating website called plentyoffish.com. It's a completely free and yet seemingly popular site where people can check out profiles and send messages to those they find interest in. It has most everything that a pay site has only it does not cost anything so I figured I'd give it a shot. Online dating has really turned into more than an awkward "where did you meet" topic. It has become an acceptable method of meeting people. As my one friend pointed out yesterday, it also allows you to know going in what the goal is of your encounter. Are you there to find a date? Just make friends? Sex? Some of the guess work is gone. Does that take away the fun? Not at all -- it just lets you get to the conversation, flirting, and so on and so forth. In any case, I'm giving it a shot and we shall see if anything comes out of it. Doesn't hurt right?
I was at work until 2:30 this morning. We are having some serious difficulties with inventory and even at 2:30 we hadn't solved them. It is very frustrating to see something like that because you know something screwy is going on but you do not really have all the evidence you need to get to the bottom of it.
I'm at that stage right now where I am really tired but do not feel like going to bed. Pretty soon my eyes will just shut and it won't matter where I am.
I found out today that my grandmother has been unconscious for quite a while. They have been unable to wake her so they moved her to hospice with actual nurses that can take care of her. They gave her morphine before heading over so I doubt she'll be waking up anytime soon with that medication in her system. Hopefully she'll wake up and be OK but I know she's weak and has emphysema from years upon years of smoking so we shall see.
My friend Laura started a new blog. I will not be updating the link at left in case she does not want random people stopping by to check it out. However, if she doesn't care I'll come back around and update it for people that like to check out other's blogs.
Rumor has it I made it on Chris's xanga again. I suspect it is one of those cases where he found it funnier than it actually was but that's OK :)
Ice cream is amazing after a long day at work and driving home in the heat that is Florida. Florida doesn't get too much hotter than Pennsylvania does during the day (at times it spikes higher but overall summer averages are maybe 10 degrees different). However, at night when it cools off a bit in PA, it just goes on being hot here. I made the mistake of opening the windows the other day in the middle of the night because it seemed to cool off enough. I woke up at 9 in the morning sweating profusely so I had to go shut the windows and turn the air conditioning on ... then I waited a while for it to cool the place down.
I just went to get my last oil change that I'll have to worry about with this car. I apparently also ran over a nail so they fixed that as well. This car has been quite good but I do want to try something different. I may still wind up with a Chevy though just a different model but we shall see how things fall into place heading to October (lease end time). I do like the Malibus though I suspect any upgrade I make will push my monthly payment too high for my own good. I may go with a 10k a year lease but I don't think that lowers the payments much so it may not be worth the added stress. I haven't even hit 20k on this car miles wise and I can go 39k by October, which is why I am considering the change. Oh well, I'll think about it.
OK, I need to sleep. Have a good night.
I went ahead and joined a dating website called plentyoffish.com. It's a completely free and yet seemingly popular site where people can check out profiles and send messages to those they find interest in. It has most everything that a pay site has only it does not cost anything so I figured I'd give it a shot. Online dating has really turned into more than an awkward "where did you meet" topic. It has become an acceptable method of meeting people. As my one friend pointed out yesterday, it also allows you to know going in what the goal is of your encounter. Are you there to find a date? Just make friends? Sex? Some of the guess work is gone. Does that take away the fun? Not at all -- it just lets you get to the conversation, flirting, and so on and so forth. In any case, I'm giving it a shot and we shall see if anything comes out of it. Doesn't hurt right?
I was at work until 2:30 this morning. We are having some serious difficulties with inventory and even at 2:30 we hadn't solved them. It is very frustrating to see something like that because you know something screwy is going on but you do not really have all the evidence you need to get to the bottom of it.
I'm at that stage right now where I am really tired but do not feel like going to bed. Pretty soon my eyes will just shut and it won't matter where I am.
I found out today that my grandmother has been unconscious for quite a while. They have been unable to wake her so they moved her to hospice with actual nurses that can take care of her. They gave her morphine before heading over so I doubt she'll be waking up anytime soon with that medication in her system. Hopefully she'll wake up and be OK but I know she's weak and has emphysema from years upon years of smoking so we shall see.
My friend Laura started a new blog. I will not be updating the link at left in case she does not want random people stopping by to check it out. However, if she doesn't care I'll come back around and update it for people that like to check out other's blogs.
Rumor has it I made it on Chris's xanga again. I suspect it is one of those cases where he found it funnier than it actually was but that's OK :)
Ice cream is amazing after a long day at work and driving home in the heat that is Florida. Florida doesn't get too much hotter than Pennsylvania does during the day (at times it spikes higher but overall summer averages are maybe 10 degrees different). However, at night when it cools off a bit in PA, it just goes on being hot here. I made the mistake of opening the windows the other day in the middle of the night because it seemed to cool off enough. I woke up at 9 in the morning sweating profusely so I had to go shut the windows and turn the air conditioning on ... then I waited a while for it to cool the place down.
I just went to get my last oil change that I'll have to worry about with this car. I apparently also ran over a nail so they fixed that as well. This car has been quite good but I do want to try something different. I may still wind up with a Chevy though just a different model but we shall see how things fall into place heading to October (lease end time). I do like the Malibus though I suspect any upgrade I make will push my monthly payment too high for my own good. I may go with a 10k a year lease but I don't think that lowers the payments much so it may not be worth the added stress. I haven't even hit 20k on this car miles wise and I can go 39k by October, which is why I am considering the change. Oh well, I'll think about it.
OK, I need to sleep. Have a good night.
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
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