Day 366

This is my last post for this year. I was going to do something special but I feel more like crap today than I did last night. I should have rented some movies but I didn’t feel like watching anything mostly because I’m high off of cold medicine.

I don’t know what to blog about. I still haven’t heard anything about that job. I’m guessing I’ll be getting a letter in the mail informing me I did not get the job. I’m sort of relieved because now I can focus on finishing my last course and writing those spec scripts. Or perhaps I got the job and the letter with an offer is in the mail.

I hate waiting. Well, I better get some homework done. I school starts Tuesday and I had plans to finish my discussion questions for the entire course before then. I meant to make some cookies but I don’t want to while I’m sick. I would love some oatmeal craisin cookies right about now.

Day 365

I have a feeling my weekend is going to be aweful. My throat is on fire!!! I’ve been drinking tea all day long and sucking on Halls but the soreness seems to only be getting worse.

I knew I shouldn’t have washed my hair last night!!! That dang demon, Hairsenon, is totally kicking me arse now! Why couldn’t I have had Buffy powers and slay that beast last night.

I hope this TheraFlu works. I might just double up on it. Have another cup before getting to bed.

I went to Wal-mart today and that place was packed. It’s like everybody ran out of food or something and decided to do their grocery shopping today because everybody in line had groceries.

I met the Arbonne lady to give her back her facial cleaning products. She asked me when I would finish school and I told her and then she started off by saying maybe I could book a party or something or purchase the products for a graduation. I don’t think she got the message last night on the phone when I clearly told her the products were way out of my price range. Like, when someone tells you that, what do you think it means?

Tomorrow will be my last day blogging daily. I feel sort of sad. I picked one heck of a year to do some daily blogging but it’s worth it. I suggest you try it. I don’t know what I’m going to blog about tomorrow.

I’ve been reading about the “Barack the Magic Negro” song that was played on Limbaugh’s radio show. I don’t know what to think of it. It seems it’s poking major fun a Al Sharpton (like that’s hard?). I don’t think it’s particularly funny. How does one become authentically black? I have no idea. I lost my Black Card a long time ago. Anyways, I can think of a million reasons why Barack made it to the White House and Al Sharpton did not.

Day 364

Somebody got a kick out of watching my video. I can’t tell who watched it over and over but my stats says it was quite a few people. It is wonderful without the sound isn’t it? Who needs to hear my food being chewed?

Anyways. I had a rather depressing day. I kept thinking about that job I interviewed for. I’m 70% certain I didn’t get it. I wish I would get the letter in the mail letting me know they decided on another candidate so I can go with my contingency plan, which happened to be the plan before I applied for the job.

Save.

Invest in real estate.

Continue to submit my resume.

Work on my spec scripts and apply for the ABC writing fellowship.

Yep. That’s it. This week I will focus on my homework for my next class (just in case I do get that job) so I won’t be stressing over the next couple of weeks about participation.

Anyways, I came across interesting articles on the Internet about how the CIA is using Viagra to entice the Afghani warlords into collaborating and giving information about insurgent activity. One article in particular briefly wrote about what this would do to women in that country. On one hand I can see the logic. I mean, I’ve been Afghanistan, I would hate to have to sleep with an Afghani. Deodorant is scarce in that country. On the other hand, women have needs, too. I would fall into the first group. My needs are food and shelter sex is the last thing on my mind and I seriously doubt I would ever be in the mood without the smell of soap to help get me in the mood.

I got to thinking about how I don’t have an sincere interest in the lives of some of the people around me. For example, I had plenty of opportunities to ask folks at work how their Christmas was, but I didn’t ask because I don’t care. I think the biggest reason is because I don’t want them asking me questions about my Christmas (they usually suck). Plus, I just seem like a freak when I tell people Christmas is my least favorite holiday of the year. Least favorite. I don’t enjoy any holiday that increases stress in my life and Christmas is the most stressful for me.

(Note to self: Plan a real vacation to Thailand or China or Vietnam during Christmas.)

Well, if you are wondering about the above picture, let’s just say it’s time to wash my hair and generally I feel especially mean when I have to deal with it. I hate fighting Hairsenon. The beast can be so difficult. I need to make an appointment with the dermatologist about my scalp. It’s out of control. I think it’s the shampoo. Or maybe the setting lotion I used on my hair. I don’t know. I just need to get it in check.

Day 363

Okay, so the video I posted yesterday didn’t have any sound to it. I have no idea why. That troubles me. What if I posted something you’d actually need to have audio for? It will probably take forever to figure out why this is happening. I posted a question to the Wordpress forum about this. Maybe someone else is experiencing this issue.

Anyway. For next week I have to get cracking on my discussion questions for my last class. That’s right. My. Last. Class. I don’t mean to rub that in for all those people out there who still have many years to go. It feels good by the way.

Today will be very busy because I have to do about three loads of laundry and gather all the clothes I don’t plan to keep into a bag to give to Salvation Army. I’ll probably give some shoes, too. Well, let me get to laundering and cleaning. Today and next weekend will be my last days of get anything done that isn’t school related until February 9th.

Come on 2009!

I actually cooked today. I made oyster dressing. I hope it turns out okay. It certainly made a lot. I’m going to have to freeze some of it. I’m exhausted, BTW. I hate cooking.

I think I will try making my cookies next weekend.

Well, I better start getting ready for bed. I have to go to work tomorrow. I really don’t want to go to work but I have work to do at work.

Day 362

I’m going to try something new today. Video! It looks like it’s working! I’m excited. It took me a while to figure out but once I got the hang of it, it was easy.

Cool. I have to remember how to do this. The short video below is 14 MB. I don’t know what I’m going to do when I try to post something around 3 minutes long. I shot this September 2007 when I went to visit my dad after my return from Afghanistan. I’m eating cornbread and lima beans. I don’t know why people don’t like lima beans.

Anyways. I went to Yang Chows last night and had Slippery Shrimp, Slippery Chicken, Sauteed String Beans w/minced chicken, and some fish dish. I didn’t like the fish dish and the slippery chicken was okay. For my to go order, I got Sauteed Spinach, House Special Chicken and Slippery Shrimp. I didn’t take any pictures of any of this but what I ate at the restaurant was good except for the fish dish. I think next time I will order Lemon Chicken.

My mom has been having serious stomach issues the past couple of days. Reminds me of when I was in Afghanistan and I had stomach problems. It seemed like no matter what I ate, I would have bowel troubles. So, I sort of developed a fear of food and I think that’s why I lost weight while I was there. My goats milk and oatmeal were the only things I could stomach without getting heartburn or the runs.

My stomach has been rumbling more than usual the past few days. I think I’m experiencing a mild stomach problem but my stomach problems are constant.

Day 361

It seems whenever I make a change to my blog, I always end up screwing something up. You’d think a simple template change wouldn’t cause my blog to completely disappear but it did. Just like it normally does when I try to upgrade Wordpress. Because the the Wordpress software developers always want to upgrade Wordpress every other day well, maybe not every other day but it sure feels like it). The newer version of Wordpress (2.7) will allow me to upgrade Wordpress from my blog’s admin section rather than having to upload all the files one by one through my web hosting provider. Great!

But for some reason, I don’t know what I did but you’d think a simple template upload would be easy.

It all started when I decided to upload to my blog using an FPT client application for easy file transfer from my computer to my ftp server. I started installed Yummy FTP and ClassicFTP and decided I would use ClassicFTP because it’s free. Well, ClassicFTP is a piece of junk. When it uploaded files, it did not upload the files the way the files were in the original folders or it wouldn’t upload the files. For example, if the style.css file was in the main theme folder, Classic FTP would upload it to a sub folder in the main folder. Drat! Then I would have to move things back to the folders they were supposed to be in the first place.

Well, it turns out I should have just used Yummy. It comes with a 30-day free trial (I didn’t realize that). Anyways, if I get an American Express gift card, I’ll spending $25 on an license fee for Yummy FTP. I used it and it works but I don’t know what I did when I uploaded the templates to make it my blog not work.

I miss my blog!!! Hopefully, Dot5Hosting will be able to fix my boo boo. Enough about my stupid blog.

I finally finished watching Don’t Mess with the Zohan. Three times is the charm I guess. It turned out better than I thought. My favorite line:

“Maybe it needs oxygen. It looks like it’s being strangled.”

LOL! Too funny.

I also watched Traitor. I didn’t like the movie. I think what I don’t understand about these two movies is the hate folks in the Middle East have. I just don’t get how they think terrorism will solve anything.

I’m glad I’m American.

What Happens in Vegas. It’s a really good movie. I really liked it. I think I’m going to buy in on DVD.

The Women. I didn’t like the movie at all.

I rented Wall-E but I haven’t watched it yet. I went to Yang Chow’s for some good Chinese food.

Day 360

Yep. It’s Christmas. Have a merry one. Drive safely and don’t gorge yourself too much.

Day 359

Yes, today is my b-day. And rather than vegging out and going totally brain dead, I went on a job interview. Not exactly a perfect birthday.

Anyway, I don’t think I got the job because I went brain dead during the interview. What a great time to forget all I had learned in the Army. I think it was my nerves and fatigue setting in.

I’m glad it’s over. I think I might be expecting another interview if they decide I’m a good candidate.

When I got home I tried to watch one of the movies I rented (Don’t Mess with the Zohan). It was incredibly stupid or at least I didn’t like the beginning. I ended up falling asleep. I’ll probably try to watch it again this weekend as I have a long weekend (4 days left) to catch up on my movie watching. I also need to do some research for that job.

I’m tired and don’t really feel like blogging.

Day 358

I’m going to make this quick as I’ve got to get up early and get ready for my interview. Yes, I got a call for a job interview today while I was at work. I was totally unprepared for it as I wasn’t expecting anyone to call me until after the new year. Wow. I cannot express to you how unprepared I am for this job interview.

Anyway. I need to get some rest so I can get up early to make the drive down to Northridge.
It would be nice if I got this job at the pay grade I’m hoping to get. California is expensive and I don’t want to live paycheck to paycheck to pay the rent.

I got my final grade for the class I completed yesterday. A-. Ha! I was worried. Sure it isn’t an A but I definitely isn’t a B+. An A- I can deal with because it doesn’t hurt my GPA. Five more weeks of school to go.

Good night.

Day 357

I have so much to do between now and when school starts back up again. I have to upgrade my template for my blog (shavonne.org) because a new release of the template I’m using (Modularity) is out and it has some pretty neat new features.

I paid $99 for the All Themes Package at Graph Paper Press because I wanted to give myself some variety when it comes to my template and I wanted to get the updates to my templates. I’m glad I bought the package. If only I could get a template like this for my blogger blog. Dang.

Anyway, I will be attempting to update my blog. Hopefully I won’t lose anything as I would hate to have to input all of these wonderful pictures I’ve been adding to my blog for the last 4 months.

It seems everyone is aware of my pending created day. According to my mother, I was born on December 24th. However, since I don’t remember my birthday, I’m going to say that I don’t think that’s accurate. I don’t think I’m from Earth and I’m certain I was adopted or at least I don’t think my mother is from Earth, which makes me not an Earthling.

I don’t know. But I don’t remember all of this happening so, like that saying goes, if a tree falls in the forest and there’s no one to hear it, did the tree really fall?

How old will I be? That’s a good question. If I told you, I would have to kill you. Actually, upon you hearing me tell you my age, your head would explode because the number is incomprehensible for people like you. Does that make sense? Probably not. But test me. I’m certain I want to see someone’s head explode, I just don’t want to be wearing white when I do it. Brains are hard to get out of clothing.

Well, that’s it for today. I will blog some more tomorrow as usual. Hopefully I will have something more meaning to blog about.

Day 356

Well, it seems I got my assignments done for both classes. Actually I got one done and the other half-way finished. It will only take me about 30 minutes to finish up the second assignment. I’m on my way to being done.

I don’t know what to do with myself. I have so many things I want to do once I’m done with school I don’t know where to start.

Free time.

No more nausea because I have a paper to write but I don’t want to write it.

There was nothing to watch on tv this weekend. I’m definitely not going to pay for cable when I move into my own place. The Internet will have to suffice for watching my favorite shows.

Okay. It seems I need to finish my homework and put a load of laundry in the washer.

Day 355

Another day of procrastination. Procrastination is me. I’m just so tired of school and writing papers I can’t stand it.

I finished my critiques and I’m so glad they didn’t have to be long and in-depth because I just can’t take it anymore. One more class left. I will spend the rest of tonight finishing this paper so I won’t have to do much to it tomorrow except edit and post. I’m just so nervous because this class just might be my first B+ and that will really drop my GPA. If I can pull an A- out of this course I will be so happy.

Well, this post is short as I still have a couple of paragraphs to write and an executive summary, which is like a conclusion, only in the beginning of my stupid paper instead of at the end. Yay. I hate conclusions.

Day 354

Another long day. I’m already feeling stressed because there’s so much to do in the next 48 hours and not enough time to do it. I can’t wait for next week. I will get my two-week break from school. I won’t get a break from Thumb Twiddle but I will get a couple of days off.

Exhale.

I got another sob story from one of my classmates. She had children young and with a lousy man. Now, she’s mother and father to her three boys.

Apparently, I’m not supposed to want to find enjoyment in my job because she’s got a low-paying one and children to support. I’m not one who believes in being content just because things could be worse. My job is boring. When I get off work, there's nothing to do so my social life is boring. Most of my friends have children and I just don’t enjoy being around children. I don’t even want to converse about children.

I supposed my attitude would change if I met a good family man, but until then I want to have fun.

The Antelope Valley just doesn’t to it for me.

Anyways. I heard from an old friend through Facebook. I didn’t recognize the name she uses on Facebook at first because she went by a different name in high school, but the last name is what prompted me to login and respond. She asked me if I drove a CRX in high school.

I so fricken did! A little white one. I loved that car. My dad had one and so I had to get one when it was my time to get a car. It looked just like his, too. I loved that car but it was time to get rid of it. It would have made a great commuter car if the battery would stay charged. There was something wrong with the electrical system. Plus, it leaked oil.

I tried Google Maps to look up my current address. I was expecting a view of my street as if I was looking down from an airplane but instead got a view I’m not very comfortable with. The view of my current address is too close for comfort. I can see the dogs in the backyard. I think the picture was taken last spring or fall. I don’t remember but the idea of someone typing in my address and being able to see my house as if they are standing right across the street from me is just too dang creepy. And it makes me want to revisit a book I had started writing for JaNoWriMo 2006.

(No, that is not my house.)

Day 353

I goofed around today. I didn’t have to go to work because of the snow storm yesterday. I had the whole day to work on my two assignments and I didn’t. All I worked on was my discussion questions.

Procrastination is my twin.

I just had to finish watching the last four episodes of Buffy season 7. I just love the series finale. It’s the best I’ve ever seen. Brilliant. The best ever!!!!!

I can’t wait to see what Joss has in store for Dollhouse. The show is going to be good. I can feel it.

Anyway. I will have to wait until January before I can see the show. Seven episodes will air and hopefully the show will get picked up permanently. It better get picked up permanently as I’m tired of seeing Fox sh!t on Joss. Firefly was one of the best shows to grace the small screen and Fox canned it. CANNED IT.

I have a grudge against Fox despite my adoration of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

Anyways. I’m gearing up for Script Frenzy. I will attempt to write at least two tv scripts in 30 days. Wish me luck. I just have to get done with school so I can start the next phase of my plans to make a life change.

I was surfing the web and came across someone’s blog (I can’t remember) and read something about a web browser designed specifically for “African-Americans.” WTF? Fricken ridiculous, right?

Black folks love to self segregate.

I just don’t get it. Moving backwards.

Day 352

I had to leave work early today but I didn’t leave in time to avoid the snow you see in the picture above. You can even see the snowflakes in this picture.

I hate being out in snow.

I hate driving in snow.

I get to sleep in tomorrow. I’m happy about that as I hate getting up before the sun rises. I would love to stroll into work everyday after the sunrises. I really need to get this writing career going as I really hate having to travel to a job.

Anyway, yesterday I blogged about a couple of shows I watch/used to watch. One of my favorite screenwriters (Joss Whedon) is doing another show (Dollhouse). I can’t wait until it aires because I love his shows. Why can’t this show be an ABC show? Danggit, danggit, danggit.

I completed the homework for one class and I still have two more questions to write about for the other class. I hate homework. I think I will start and finish my homework for my next class tonight so I don’t have to worry about it this weekend.

Day 351

I think I may have mentioned I watched An Inconvenient Truth, that documentary by Al Gore. I thought it was interesting and I’m not sure I believe everything the documentary had to say. For example, I don’t believe man can stop global warming. Also, even if man didn’t invent the technology that’s contributing to the destruction of the Earth, I still think global warming would still occur, if that’s what is indeed what’s happening.

Take for instance the issue of carbon dioxide, which is a gas man and every other air breathing animal on the earth exhales. The simple act of billions of people breathing (and farting) contribute to the high levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Granted, driving around cars doesn’t help, but can you imagine if man rode horses and donkeys instead of driving cars. How much air passes through a horse in one day? Imagine millions or billions of horse and the smell of it all. Do you even know what a horse smells like?

Anyway. Enough about global warming. I totally missed Terminator last night. I can’t believe it either as I thought for sure the show would be on break until January or even February. But it was good tonight. I think I’m going to write a spec script for the show. It’s not an ABC show but danggit, it’s a good show and I would love to be a writer on a show I really care about.

Tonight’s episode is good in the sense that we finally get to learn about Riley (John’s girlfriend). I thought for sure I detected jealousy from the fembot (Cameron) but I’m not sure. Fembots are hard to read because they are not motivated by sex and all, just the desire to please their men. Sounds like sex but it isn’t but obviously John was starting to look at Cameron in that way horny teenage boys look at anything with breasts and a vagina. I mean he could sleep with her all the time and never worry about STDs or pregnancy. Cameron would be a nymphomaniac’s dream.

You know, I watched a couple of episodes of the Bionic Woman back when it was still on the air and I think I lost interest. I think the show conflicted with another show I enjoy watching. I don’t remember but I guess the show wasn’t that great if I can’t remember why I stopped watching it or why I completely forgot about it. It did have potential though.

Day 350

I should be hearing something sometime next year on those jobs I applied for. I’m looking forward to the break from school as I find school absolutely draining and the papers just don’t seem to go away.

Anyways, I found some time to surf the web and came across some video footage of President Bush dodging the shoes of some Iraqi journalist. The video is quite funny but I just don’t understand why anyone would want to see the shoe actually hit President of the United States upside the head.

Or in the face.

Bush shoe dodging

I can’t stop watching it. It’s more funny than the SNL Sarah Palin skits. I’m glad he was able to dodge those shoes.

Anyway, I wish my web hosting service provider would react to the database error with the same kind of quickness Bush managed do dodge those shoes with. I hate not being able to assess my blog.

Day 349

I always feel better after talking to my dad. I called him today and got some advice on investing and property management.

I also answered my phone. I normally don’t if I don’t recognize the phone number but I’ve been submitting my resume for different jobs and I’m expecting some phone calls. It was this lady who is an independent consultant for Arbonne. I met her at this boutique thingee I went to last weekend. Anyway. I need to stop giving those consultants my phone number.

Arbonne products are way too expensive. The facial cleansing kit this lady is trying to sell is almost $300! I don’t even want to try the sample she gave me because I don’t want to give her the illusion that I will buy her products.

Anyway, I’m going to call her tomorrow and let her know there’s no point in meeting her this Wednesday as I don’t need any information about products I have no desire or pocket book to buy. Plus, black doesn’t crack. I will never need botox.

I need to work on my paper all day today. Saturday was my screw school day and I sat around and surfed the net and downloaded some tv script templates and watched Man vs Wild. I love that show. I noticed Survivorman is in its last season. The series finale airs sometime this year or next year or something. I wasn’t paying attention.

Day 348

I slept over 13 hours. I went to bed around 9 last night and didn’t get out of the bed until around 10 this morning. I just want to get back in my bed. But I have another paper to write. Six more papers to go and I will be able to spend my weekends doing what I want to do.

Speaking of which, I got my mom the wrong Wii game for Christmas. She kept saying something about a mat so I when I found a game that had a mat with it I bought it thinking it’s what she wanted but it turns out it isn’t. I should have just given her an amazon gift card so she could order her own game. I love gift cards.

Which brings me to those people who have to have something to open on Christmas Day. Wrap their gift card in a big box. You can put a bag of rice or beans in the box to give it weight. Probably not the most kosher, but I’m not much of a Christmas person. I prefer any holiday but Christmas.

Let me try to finish my paper. It shouldn’t take me long as it is fairly short. I do have to compile all the papers I’ve written for this class into one document and add a few more sections. I need to get a good grade on all my papers to pull of an A- in this course. I hate school.

Day 347

19 days until this year is over! I’m so excited. I just want to skip the next 3 weeks and get on with 2009. Next year will be an interesting year.

The picture you see is of my inflamed taste bud. It’s actually quite small compared to the inflamed taste bud I had when I was in Afghanistan. That one was 3 times bigger and it was very uncomfortable.

I really need to go to bed. I haven’t been able to sleep for a while. I keep having those bad dreams. I’m almost certain they have more to do with work than anything else as I can feel some major drama brewing. I just hope I’m gone before the crap hits the fan.

I don’t have anything to report about my hair. It’s still wild and in need of a good trimming. I won’t have time to get my hair done until next year.

Sorry I don’t have more to blog about. Well, I’m off to bed.