Twas the night before Christmas

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house,
No power to be had for me or my spouse.
The wind is blowing! I do declare; with trees falling here and there.
Lucky for me on this most famous night,
Cabernet needs no power to make me feel light.
Merry Christmas to all, say CHEERS and Goodnight!

Boredom..a journey

It is 6 pm on Sunday and I'm bored. There I said it. Nothing really happening on Twitter or FaceBook tonight. Well, there is all that Senate debate about Health Care Reform, but other than that there is nothing. I've had to disconnect from much of that. The sausage factory is starting to stink more than normal.

I could pick up a book or count my blessings....but, who am I kidding. That's not going to happen. It is much more fun to bitch.

I figured I can blog. However, to tell the truth, this is boring me too.

I'm not happy. I don't know why. No one can fix this but me. With the new year approaching, I feel the need to make some changes with myself. But where do I start?

I've noticed that time is racing by. I've said many times, the only way to slow down time is to have a job you hate, or go to jail. Neither of those choices seem appealing. My life is passing me by and I might as well start making the best of it. But I seem to be stuck in a rut and a funk...at the same time.

Like I said earlier, I'm not requesting help with this unsettled feeling and I'm not going to go all "Up With People", Polly Anna, Count my Blessings bullshit. This is just me, admitting that I've got to make some changes.

Admitting you have a problem is the first step. Admitting it on a public blog for all to see...I guess I'm either completely narcissistic or self-loathing or a combination of both. On the other hand, it is probably more that writing is how I work things out. I'm usually private about it, but what fun is that? It is 2009...throw it on the public wall and see if it sticks.

Ok...I'm still bored.

Blue Skies and Fridays

It is still cold in NashVegas today. But not as cold as yesterday was. The sky is clear and blue. I got some more Christmas Shopping done last night. I only have a few more to get then I'm done.

I'm going to try to be productive today. So I'll make this short and to the point.

For Chanumas I would like the ability to say or write what is on my mind without the worry or guilt of how it will affect someone else. What I mean by that is that I have so much inside me that needs to get out. But I can't disguise it well enough in humor so that it won't offend at least some friend or family member. I would also like the ability to have an unexpressed thought without feeling that I will explode if it doesn't get out of me. Now there is a dichotomy if ever there was one.

Give me the gift of telling it like it is and if I can't give me the ability to not care if I express myself.

Seems simple enough. Is there a store that sells that?

Happy Birthday Sweet Cheeks

We lost our K to a teenage driver of a pick up truck. On February 28, 2009 K was the 4Th passenger in standard cab that should only hold 3. All the kids were no older than 16. K was 15. None of the kids had seat belts on. They all knew better. To make a sad story shorter, the truck flipped, 3 of the kids survived with 100% recovery but K was hurt very badly. She was life flighted to the hospital where she fought for a week and died on March 7, 2008.

K was an organ donor and she was able to help a lot of people. But sorry, I would rather have her here with us.

K was good at most things she tried. She made friends quickly. She rarely met a stranger. She was smarter than her mother and father put together. She understood human behavior very well for her young years. Although she took advantage of that knowledge on occasion, she also "got" people who were close to her. She was quick witted, funny and silly. She loved fashion. She loved her cell phone. She was very loving and extremely loyal to many. She took up for her big sister many times. She could dance and sing very well. K was a challenging child, but despite what many members of my family believe about me, I loved K dearly. She was our beautiful K. We miss her.

Blogging...I really must do that more often

As we all know, there are only so many hours in a day. Yada, yada, yada...I need to blog more. It isn't for lack of material, but more a lack of "using my time wisely". I got good marks in elementary school for that, but somehow I've lost the knack of good time management or whatever they are calling it now. I know it would help if I would crawl out of bed earlier, immediately run 3 miles and accomplish everything on my list before noon. But who am I kidding. That's not going to happen anytime soon. But maybe I can accomplish the goal of blogging more. Sounds like a good New Years Resolution. Ahhh....procrastination, she is a wicked friend of mine who visits more often than she used to.

So here are my thoughts for today:

I've come to the conclusion that my life is MUCH more interesting when I'm sleeping. Seriously, I have a good life, but I have a better dream life. All the interesting places I go, things I create and people I visit. Not to mention the fact that I am almost always thin in my dreams. So what is not to love?

However, like any good movie or book, the dreams come to an end. The dreams make way for reality for those of us lucky enough to wake up this side of the dirt. And when I wake up, the responsibilities and minutia of the day are there saying, "Hey Biatch...get to work". To quote Linda Ellerbee, "And so it goes."

I'm not sure what that says about me that I find life much more interesting when I'm sleeping. I'm not sure I want to say it out loud. But somehow I think it is something that I need to fix. Yeah, whatever...I think I need a nap.

Piano Stairs in Sweden-Thanks Volkswagon

Love this:

Is Twitter Down? Is FaceBook Down? Yes & Now, YES

UPDATE: 12 noon AP finally reporting outage of Twitter and Face Book. Don' t like the tone of some of these reports. Twitter is a legitimate news service now. Get over it. Yes there is some useless stuff, fun stuff but there is also a lot of important information being shared all over the world. Show some respect


Hacker attack clamps down Twitter, Facebook also 'looking into' problems
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BARBARA ORTUTAY
AP Technology Writer
August 6 2009, 12:33 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — A hacker attack Thursday shut down the fast-growing messaging service Twitter, and Facebook also said it was looking into possible site problems.
The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sns-ap-us-tec-twitter-outage,0,1507447.story

UPDATE: Just tried Face Book at 11:50 am...my prediction seems to have come true. The login page comes up, but nothing else. It has crashed too?

Got up this morning, no Twitter. Facebook was pretty wonky. Found the following articles to explain:

Pete Cashmore of Mashable:
http://mashable.com/2009/08/06/twitter-downtime/

Times of the Internet
http://www.timesoftheinternet.com/98721.html