The Inmates Run the Asylum

-This week killed me. I'm tired of being stressed about work and I'm tired of talking about it. I'm tired of dreaming about it.

-I had a blast at the Cornbelters games this past weekend and there might be another game in my immediate future, like Monday. Baseball is my happy place.

-I keep entering contests that would require me to ditch work if I won. Fuck it! Take the bucket! And flyyyy!

-I bought tickets to a Cubs/Reds game in August. I'll be going with Haley, Matt, and Natalie. I joked about taking a Joey Votto voodoo doll to the game, but now I'm seriously considering it. I feel like being a jackass. We hates Joey Votto, precious.

-I haven't watched a Harry Potter movie since the third one, so I'm not going to see Deathly Hallows Part Two: The Slaying of the Boogaloo. However, I hope my Harry Potter loving friends enjoy it.

-I hate it when people piss on other people's good time. We get it! You're so fucking hardcore because you don't like this popular thing! Move the fuck along, buzzkill.

-I'm not going anywhere or doing anything this weekend. I might even go to bed by 9:30 tonight. I feel some sloth coming on.

-Someone remind me to dig my James Russell baseball card from behind my bookcase. I really need a proper shelf.

I got the job. I go tomorrow to fill out some paperwork and I officially start the gig on Monday. It's a full-time gig, working 7:30 to 4. I hope I can get back into that groove quickly. It's been almost three years since my last real job.

This job brings me a regular paycheck and health insurance. However, now I'm going to have to rearrange my world to accommodate it. I'm going to have to figure out how to work in my exercise routine and my writing and my blogging. Not to mention I'll now be blessed with the job of making dinner after putting in a full shift and spending part of my weekend doing laundry.

It's a good thing I don't have a social life. I wouldn't know where to put it.

I'm also going to go through a certain amount of withdrawl from the Internet, particularly Twitter. And my reruns. I'm really going to miss Hawaii 5-0.

The ability to pay my bills my ease the pain a little bit, though.

I got the cutest kitty holiday card in the mail from luchalibrarian today. Thanks, HF. It really brightened my day. :)

For whatever reason, I am totally drained tonight. Since Castle is a re-run, I'm totally getting into my PJs, making some hot chocolate, and going to bed early tonight instead of writing and making jewelry for my nieces.

Yeah, I say that and I know I will flake out on my obligations, but I bet I still manage to stay up until at least midnight dicking around.

Because that's how I roll.

All I did today was dust my room and watch several hours of Ice Road Truckers.

My life could get a lot more interesting, but I don't want it to.

I've only just started the holiday climb.

I need to conserve my energy.

I spent the day reading, watching the Bears win, and the Cubs lose their last game of the season.

Laziness at its finest.

We were supposed to be getting some wicked heat again this weekend, but it seems that it held off a day because the weather was gorgeous today. I sat outside this afternoon for a few hours, reading. It was glorious.

It wasn't until I came in that I realized that it was the first time I'd done that in at least a month. No wonder I'm feeling a little stir crazy. I need to go outside and just sit and relax once in awhile.

Besides, it's August. The nice days are running out quicker than I'd like.

I'm thinking of changing my LJ layout. I like my Cheshire Cat/Carnivale color layout, but I feel like I need a change.

I've kind of got an idea, but I'm not sold on it yet.

And I'm pretty lazy at the moment.

We'll see how that works out for me.

I'm working on uploading my video clips of the storms that went through yesterday to YouTube.

Let us keep in mind that my computer was carved out of magical rocks by the Ancients and my Internet hookup is some string and a couple of tin cans.

Not to mention that Gringo isn't fond of pronouns (YouTube, MySpace, etc.).

This could take awhile. I'm just saying.

In other news...there is no other news. I pretty much maintained bum status all day.

And I'm not ashamed of it.

Time change tonight. Springing ahead. What clock will I forget to change?

-Alarm clock
-Watch I wear all the time
-Watch I wear sometimes
-VCR/DVD player
-Cell phone (if it doesn't automatically update...I can't remember if it does or not)

I left out my computer because it does change automatically, and the microwave. I'm not allowed to play with the buttons on the microwave.

My money is on the VCR/DVD player. My track record is pretty consistant when it comes to time change fail with that device.

I probably should have made this a poll.

I'm too lazy to make a poll.

I'm eating Combos.

Today was a symphony in getting very little writing done. I managed to make a few pages worth of progress on "In the Dark" and that's about it.

I'm not motivated to do much right at the moment. The wind is out of my sails, so to speak.

I did enjoy a nice thunderstorm this afternoon, though. Carrie and I stood in the garage to watch the lightening. It lit up the sky pretty good.

At least the day wasn't a total slothful adventure.