~ Red Bull gives you wings. And then you CRASH HEADFIRST INTO A BRICK WALL. At least it kept me awake long enough for the 225-mile drive home yesterday, since I didn't sleep worth a damn the night before.

~ It's really depressing to see the monuments of your youth. Outside of Cave City, which is in the whole Mammoth Cave area, there's a place where two highways intersect that used to be crowded with all kinds of little gift shops and sundry. Lots of kitsch, lots of overpriced junk or low-priced cute things, geodes, etc. Now it's got a place that sells concrete statues for your lawn, a tiny furniture store, and a 'flea market' that's just a bunch of outside stalls filled with crap. And two trailers at the end as their own little shop. Run by Koreans. Kind of fun-- lots and LOTS of bootleg items, cheap stuff, knockoff Prada purses, etc. I bought a few mechanical pencils and lead cases (Monokuro Buu, with the Shounen Jump logo and 'One Piece' in katakana below the piggies, wtf), a few silly things, and a giant squishy boob. A giant, squishy, water-filled tit.

I am so easily amused.

~ God, my family needs to stop smoking. Stayed with an aunt, who smokes like a damned chimney, so now all my clothes smell like smoke and I have a pounding migraine.

~ All this for a fifteen-minute job interview.

I had damn well better get a job. I'm tired of driving out all over the state for interviews.

<-- CLICKY MY EGGS. >(

Created by Train Horns

You don't want to pass this. Really. That was painful.

And I hope I don't get called for another job interview in Louisville anytime soon. Driving up there and back once a week is all I care to do. It's over 500 miles round-trip. x_x

Ok, so, everyone knows Kentucky was hit by a huge-ass icestorm Monday night/early Tuesday morning that bashed the shit out of the state. Right? Right.

I'M IN THE WORST-HIT AREA OF THE ENTIRE DAMN STATE. I HAVE NO POWER. NO WATER. NO HEAT. NO FOOD, NO GAS, NOTHING. The ice took down virtually every fucking tree in the city (the trees in my back yard are now broken and drooping to the ground-- can't even see the backyard for the branches frozen to the ground) and most of the power lines. We tried toughing it out for a night in the house with no heat, but once it got down to 40 degrees, we had to go to the Red Cross shelter.

... the shelter is SCARY. Water shortages, food shortages (people fight and cheat to get the best stuff, so if you're older or can't get there ASAP you end up with some pretty nasty stuff), an army cot with a thin blanket, two bathrooms for.... well, there were about 500 people there when we were there. With Mom on oxygen, we stayed there for the electricity to run her concentrator, but there were so many out-of-control kids and sick people and power outages (overloading the generators) that we left.

So how am I online now?

I'm in Memphis, TN. In a hotel, where I have bathed for the first time in four days and had my first real meal with food that was HOT and not a stringy gristly ham-and-cheese sammich. Real food. Toilets I can flush. Hot water. A bed. I'm enjoying it as much as I can for now, since we'll most likely be going back Sunday morning. We just can't afford to stay in a hotel (or motel) 100+ miles away the whole time.

... we won't have power again until mid-February at the earliest.

This is going to suck so hard.

My first post of 2009 is THIS:



A Felixdoll Brownie Adela Fullset. They're just like Pukis. This one retails at 25000yen on their website... and I'm getting it for 5000yen. Off Y!J. :3 Byebye Christmas money, hello adorable.

In other news, still unemployed. Ready to sub, applying for jobs left and right, getting ready to sell some doujinshi/doll clothes/anime cels/etc. for the spare cash. If anyone's interested in SD boy/MSD boy&girl/Yo&puki clothes, shoes, etc. lemme know. Also in doujinshi (rare hentai anthologies, tons of Trigun and FFVII yaoi).

Vista isn't as bad as everyone says it is. I loves my Vista laptop, I do.

If nothing else, I'm getting more active. Maybe I'm slowly crawling out of this rut I've been in. :D

VOTE YOU ASSHOLES

...

That is all.

Ike sort of hit us with a windstorm Saturday morning. Very little rain per se, but tropical storm force winds ripped up trees, area-wide power outages, knocked over electric poles, tore up roofs, etc., etc. Massive crop losses too, as it's the season for smoking tobacco (as in, hanging the fresh-cut leaves up in a barn above smoldering ashes) and the winds knocked the barns over and rekindled the fires. (Not a big loss to me, I hate the stuff- but it's another big blow to the local economy.) Several counties were declared disaster areas, there's STILL areas in the city and county without power, and it's just been fucked up all around.

... I'd say something about 'but this was a good learning experience' or some such shit, but I'd be lying. I have blisters and splinters and spider bites from gathering all the damn broken tree limbs out of the yard. xD Let's just hope it doesn't happen again. While we didn't lose power, most everyone else did, and I really don't want the house to turn into the family bath house again. (Did I mention we were the only ones in the family with hot water all this time?)

Back from Louisville. More later, but to sum it up, new DS, too many doll clothes, laughing until I was crying (seriously, don't make me laugh like that when I'm DRIVING), family insanity, food, lack of sleep. And lots of driving. And finding porn at Goodwill, wtf.

For now, though, time to catch up on the f-list. 8D (And what's this meme with names and numbers and you can't have the questions unless you do the meme? I want the questions, dammit >/ )

... If we have another tornado warning, I'm just going to camp out in the closet for the night.

Back, tired, sleep now. Info later.


... the con was AWESOME.

brb, going to toronto~



(Love you guys, heading off way early in the morning. I'll see you all when I get back!)

Poor Little Bit has been digging and scratching at his ears so much the fur's coming off the back of one of them, and since the antibiotics we got from the vet haven't been helping, we carted him back up there. Actually saw the vet, too, and not just his assistant. One ear swab later and I'm headed back home with ear drops and doggie Benadryl. Fungal infection in his ears. He's had it since we got him, but the first vet visit had them telling us it was just allergies, and the second... well. :P Third time's the charm, I guess. We'll see how it goes. (He HATES the ear drops. Not that I blame him, but having to practically sit on him to medicate him is a pain.)

Oh, he's also up to 3.5 pounds. xD He's a BIG dog, isn't he?

In other news, I got a haircut. Looks about like it did when I was a junior in high school now- my hairstylist remarked that it made me look 21 again. At least my hair's not down in my shirt collar anymore. :P

It's hot and I'm on the rag. Blah. Time to crank up the AC.

This is Li'l Bit. Li'l Bit is a six-week-old Rat Terrier pup that weighs maybe two pounds. He's also not completely weaned, is terrified of the outdoors and most everything else, and thinks his piddle pad is his bed. He also thinks he's a parrot, as he spends most of his time on my shoulder.

I haven't had a puppy in 14 years.

This should be interesting.


((I know, I know, I'm worried about taking him this little, but the mother's gotten aggressive towards him and her milk's almost completely dried up. Technically, he's Mom's dog, but I'm going to be the one who'll have to take care of him. I can feel my early mornings getting even earlier....))

First paycheck today. It's so very odd to see your paycheck jump $300 in two weeks. I have my reason to stick with the new job- MONEY. Also, it doesn't suck and I don't have to deal with the public. Yay me!

Also, officially named my car the Shadowfox. (Bonus points if you know where I got the name.) Have I mentioned that I love my car? 'cause I do. 8D

... I am SO TIRED. *flops*

My brief checkup at the dentist's office turned into a huge root canal. The tooth itself doesn't really hurt, but where he put the shots in HURTS LIKE HELL. Still, it could have been worse. We debated politics the whole time. 8D

Also, my family doctor got his license suspended because of alleged unsafe endoscopic procedures. I call bullshit on this one- he's done several on Mom with no complications, and he frickin' saved her life when we first started seeing him. He's also got the largest expanding office in town, because he doesn't charge an arm and a leg for visits. He'll get his license back. he'd better. >/

Blah. Talking hurts. D:

Anonymous meme~

Yeah, I'm kinda putting myself out as a sitting duck here. Oh well. I'm bored.

... I got the job.

I GOT THE JOB!

Excuse me while I go do a happy dance now. :3


((For reference, I interviewed with a banking/software firm for a position as a technical writer two weeks ago. Longer commute, but higher pay, better benefits, and working in things I know I'll enjoy. Sayonara, crappy job working with the public~))

I hate Mondays.

Personal issues aside (I have got to learn to let things go but dear God it irks me to no END to see no-talent hacks get away with murder and praised for it), today has pretty much blown chunks. It cost me $550 to fix Mom's car over the weekend. Five hundred and fifty dollars. My bank account weeps. I was hoping to use part of that towards frivolous things like a new SD body for the Minimee head I have coming in, or non-frivolous things like a car.

I also had the dubious pleasure of reporting a case of child abuse today- I really just wanted to smack the fuck out of the mother, but I took the legal route instead. You do not slap a three-year-old in the face, then grab the baby by the head and shove her away multiple times shouting "I don't want you near me, so go away!" I'm hoping they beat the fuck out of the mother. And spay the bitch while they're at it. Most of the people I see on a day-to-day basis have no business raising children. Not when they can barely take care of themselves. (Seriously, people, I swear you will not melt if you bathe more than once a week. Really.)

Also had perverts come in slobbering and licking their lips and making crude noises, idiots trying to gyp the system, etc., etc. It never ends. Maybe I should consider increasing my Prozac.

... I'm gonna focus on happy things now. Like sewing more Puki skirts and dresses.

The bad: My boss is seriously pissed off at me for mistakes I apparently made while I was fucked up by the medication (and is just pissed that I'm on medical leave period).

The good: OH DEAR GOD THANK YOU the interview went SO WELL. I'd pay to work at this place, seriously. It's all stuff I'd like doing, the place is classy, and the people I'd be working with are smart, laid-back, and have great senses of humor. They actually have two job openings there- I want one SO BAD IT HURTS. Best interview ever. We laughed, we chatted, and I felt COMFORTABLE. So awesome.

.... and now for lunch and a nap. Period started and the cramps are killing me. X_x I can see the muscles in my stomach contracting.

....... *squeeee* 8D

Florida man burns the skin off a 17-month-old baby with hot oil and a hair dryer.

Burned with a hair dryer until the skin peeled off. Shaken. Covered in hot cooking oil.

Give me one good reason why the sick fuck that did this should NOT be tortured to death using the same methods he used to try and kill that baby.

Can't, can you?

Didn't think so.



... y'know, between news like this and the steady influx of worthless fucking idiots I see at my office... I'm kinda hating humanity as a whole right now. Maybe going off the Prozac was a bad thing- I'm not so emotionally numb anymore.


EDIT: ... huh. Got an interview on the 16th with the state. It'd be working in the food stamp office, and I'd HAVE to get a car because it'd be a 20-mile trip one-way, but... pay raise and better benefits. Hmm. I'd still rather hear back on one of the other things I applied for, though.

A discussion with maureenlycaon about a report of EPIC FAIL of mass proportions prompted this food for thought:

maureenlycaon: That dude fell out of the fail tree and hit every fail branch on the way down to the Pit of Fail.
liltigre: And landed in a pile of rotting Fail leaves, where the Epic Fail worms burrow and process the fail into wank to feed the hungry trees. Circle of life, man.

The ground is but the wank of failures past, which nourish future Fails into blooming- until they wither and die of their sheer fail, at which point they are recycled into wank again. It's so beautiful. *sniff*