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Update of the Day: So, last night, saw Star Trek. It was very good.  I’m not quite going to go with Awesome, but it was very fun, very enjoyable.  They did some smart things with the story so that everything of the previous Star Trek series and films are all valid, but they can move forward with more movies with the new cast and allow them to do different things. I highly recommend it.

Aside from just seeing the movie, it was also a first date with a very attractive blond I’ve been chatting with for a few days.  We snuggled, and throughout the movie there was plenty of non-verbal, tactile and sensual flirting.  Afterwards, we hit up Chili’s, and then went for a walk and quiet time at a park.  It was a very good date, I enjoyed it immensely, and she seems to have as well and I think we’re both looking for a second date.  The sooner the better for me.

Overslept this morning.  Again.  Late to work.  Not good.  HAVE to find a good place that I can effectively place a clock radio alarm so that I’ll hear it well enough but that I have to get OUT of bed to go shut the blasted thing off, and fix that.  Really need to not have this happen again.

Link of the Day: European research: Americans are fat because we simply eat too much.

Spam of the Day: “Let Accai Berry imporve your health” – The misspellings (and not being for penis growth/ED meds) made this choice for me.

Funny of the Day: Bible Loophole

Pic of the Day: Too cute.

Quote of the Day: “No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she were not.” – Henry Louis Mencken

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Update of the Day: Managed the “ignore the alarm that I know means I really need to get up and start getting ready for work and various and sundry stuff, and roll back over in bed” thing this morning.  Actually got up/out of bed at 7:46 a.m. Still made it in the door at 8:00 a.m.  A couple of minutes later than I’d really prefer to be here – James goes with the “If you’re on time, you’re already late” idea.  I rushed quite a bit, and flat out skipped a few things.  Going to have to do a proper job of things this afternoon when I prepare for my movie date.  For STAR TREK!

Lunch was grilled mahi mahi.  I’m not certain if I’ve ever had mahi mahi before.  It was good.  Almost a buttery taste to it.  Mahi mahi is win.

Link of the Day: FWhyMe.com

Spam of the Day: “Wiping good off the shelves”

Funny of the Day: War on Drugs

Pic of the Day: Awesome shot of Cartagena, Colombia

Quote of the Day: “Faith is not trying to believe something regardless of the evidence: faith is daring to do something regardless of the consequences.”  – Sherwood Eddy

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Update of the Day: Totally blew my diet today at lunch.  Had to – my dad IM’d me asking if I had plans for lunch yet.  Invited me to go meet him at Kuo’s for lunch.  Heck, can’t say no to that.

Was late to work this morning.  Really aggravating, because not only have I been trying to rather make a point of not letting that happen again, I even went to bed early last night.  I was falling asleep at like 10:30, and slept pretty solidy throughout the night.  Dunno what happened this morning, I have very vague memories of an alarm, and then next thing I know, a meowing cat at 5 minutes before I’m supposed to be at work.  Not good.

Got a movie date tomorrow night for Star Trek.  🙂

Link of the Day: Peter Dinklage to play Tyrion Lannister!  Oh, also, they found some guy to direct.

Spam of the Day: “Drop your pants with “I know I’m the best” look.”

Funny of the Day: Ask an Asian

Pics of the Day: Some awesome photos by Mark Seliger

Quote of the Day: “Those of us who refuse to risk and grow get swallowed up by life.”  – Patty Hansen

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Update of the Day: I was up entirely too late last night.  Got up more or less on alarm-time this morning, made it to work on time (about a minute early), so that’s all fine.  But fuck am I tired.  Reason?  Impromptu date last night.  Cute redhead I’ve been chatting with for a couple of months – the one I was supposed to see for Les Mis before.  We saw Obsessed.  Good movie.  Wish I was afflicted with choices like, “Ali Larter or Beyonce?”  Decent first date . . . didn’t get carnal, but enjoyed it.

Link of the Day: Epic Hygiene! (Thank you Wil Wheaton)

Spam of the Day: “Instead of sliding down Repunzel’s hair let her slide down your dong” – On a side note . . . if it seems like a LOT of my spam of the day links are all sexual/ED related . . . don’t blame me, some of the most inventive/creative spam seems to all be on this general subject.  Encourage spammers for other crap to be more creative!

Funny of the Day: “Sharking”

Pic of the Day: Are GPP (Genuine People Personalities) Far Behind?

Quote of the Day: “While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, another is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.”  – Henry C. Link

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Update of the Day: The weekend . . . was.  There was Rum, and Vodka, and and premix Long Island Iced Tea, and a movie (X-Men Origins: Wolverine – good movie, fun, don’t dig too deeply into it, and it’s entirely enjoyable).  Lots of inner turmoil and thoughts to process and stuff.  Suffice it to day, the whole women, dating, sex thing . . . is entirely too hard at times.  So, on with the linky!

Link of the Day: 33 Surefire Ways to Screw Up Your Marriage

Spam of the Day: “bad news… flea season just got worst”

Funny of the Day:  Yeeee-owch.

Pic of the Day: Well, not Monster Trucks, but he seems to like it anyway

Quote of the Day: “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” – Chinese Proverb

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Update of the Day: Won’t be much to say here right now.  Stuff happened last night, had me bummed out a bit.  Stuff I’m not going to talk about here, at least not right now.  Got something good I’m looking forward to tonight.  Nice lady named Anita something or other at Albertson’s floral minishop talks too much.

Link of the Day: Classic Infocom Hitchhiker’s Guide game, updated

Spam of the Day: “Exclusive XXX fotos and video with Angelina Jolie!”

Funny of the Day: I, too, love getting packages.

Pic of the Day: “I’m sure you do the best . . .”

Quote of the Day: “I decided it is better to scream. . . . Silence is the real crime against humanity.” – Nadezhda Mandelstam

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Update of the Day: Pharmacy trip for the eye drops, which I’m supposed to take every 3 hours in my left eye (and I’ve forgotten one dose today already), was blessedly only $15.  

Had some good chats online last night.  Another local geeky girl with some potential, maybe.  Been busy at work today.  So, not much I’ll say here, just get on to the linkage.

Link of the Day: Prehistoric Gene Reawakened to Battle HIV

Spam of the Day: “Rock out with your cock out”

Funny of the Day: How to End a One-sided Conversation

Pic of the Day: I just . . . uh . . . 

Quote of the Day: “Shut out all of your past except that which will help you weather your tomorrows.” – Sir William Osler

Stuff of the Day: Can I Get Health Care For My Checking Account Balance? Edition

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Update of the Day: I didn’t post anything yesterday because while I was at work, due to the time missed for my Dermatologist appointment, I was really busy, and once I got home, I was just really tired, didn’t feel like doing much of anything on the computer, and just sat/laid in bed watching TV, catching up on House, Chuck, Heroes, and Reaper.

After Monday’s frustrations and stress with the electric mess, Tuesday was another joyous day of hurry the hell up and wait.  I had a 2:45 appointment with the Dermatologist, so everything I did at work that day was harried and busy and just didn’t give me much time for slacking off productivity improving “zoning out.” I was informed that the Dermatologist would probably eat up the rest of my afternoon and wouldn’t be able to get back to work.  It actually took slightly less time than that, I got out of there right before 4:30, dropped my prescriptions off at HEB, and headed back to work and had around 25 minutes to pick up support emails that came in while I was sitting and waiting.  

Oh yeah.  Those prescriptions.  Three of them.  Apparently, I have Rosacea.  Damn my Northwestern European heritage, the Curse of the Celts.  Why couldn’t I get more love from the Comanche side of my blood for my face/skin/complexion?  The Dermatologist wrote me three scripts. An oral antibiotic (Doryx, etended, time-release Doxycycline – why some older, cheaper tetracycline won’t work, I don’t know), and two different face gels, Metrogel and Finacea.  I didn’t know how much these were going to cost me.  I figured they probably wouldn’t be the lowest-cost per my prescription plan, at $15 each, though maybe the antibiotic might be.  I figured, “well, probably be like $90 for these, maybe I’ll get lucky and it’ll only be $65.  Nope.  $50 each, the max cost for a monthly supply per my CareMark coverage.  When she cute girl at HEB rang me up, I let out something like a cross between an audible gasp and gutteral profanity.  When the signature screen asked me “Is this amount: $150 ok?” I commented that I really didn’t want to click  Yes, it’d be lying.  No, it’s NOT ok.  But, resigned, I paid it.  

Today, on  the next page of happy medical adventures, I spent even more time than yesterday at the Opthamologist’s office.  They’re really big on the waiting there.  Face time with someone of medical value in scrubs?  Maybe 15 minutes total, and that’s probably pushing it.  Time in the office? Almost 2 1/2 hours.  I came out of there with my eyes numbed, tinted with yellow dye, and massively dilated.  With another prescription.  I haven’t been to the pharmacy to pick it up yet, but I hope it’s not another $50.  My checking account balance has just been taking hard shots all week long, and it’s only Wednesday.  So many potential plans have just dried up, and now it’s going to be a lean 3 weeks at least until my second pay check of May on the 15th, and I’ve already got additional expenses delayed until then.

At least I’ve got something to look forward to this weekend.  Might post something about that later, might not.  For now, it’s a secret. 🙂

Link of the Day: LED Hard Drive Clock

Spam of the Day: “We sell the best alarm-clocks for your small buddy down there.”

Funny of the Day: Obama’s First 100 Days, per Facebook

Pics of the Day: Kamamara Matsuri or the Festival of the Steel Phallus

Quote of the Day: “Always take a job that is too big for you.” – Harry Emerson Fosdick

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Update of the Day: So far, it’s been just a lovely, happy, jolly day.  <- Insert sarcasm there.  It wouldn’t have been so bad, really, if I wasn’t dealing with yet another bureaucratic SNAFU.  I’ve had hassles with insurance, hassles with my 401k, and now today, I get a call from my apartment complex asking about my electric service, saying that TXU called them, saying the power was still being billed in their name, that it has been for the last 2 months, and I owed like $240-something dollars.  Or maybe it was $280, I’m not sure.  I knew I didn’t owe it, I’ve had Bounce Energy, already gotten my first bill, paid it, and have my second bill sitting on my desk at home.  Provided proof of my service to the complex, called Bounce and had them fax over proof of residence/proof of service.

Well, it seems, Bounce has the wrong ESID for my apartment.  Which means I’ve been billed, and have been paying for, someone else’s electricity bill.  Which also means that the amounts I’ve been billed for currently, are almost certainly wrong.  The way my luck goes, the correct amounts will be higher. :/

It is, indeed, higher.  The two bills I’ve received from Bounce, for the wrong ESID, totalled less than $80.  What does my complex want me to pay them (not counting since the end of the current bill they have, or the “5 to 7 business days” Bounce says it’s going to take to get this sorted out and have them properly handling my electric bill, like I thought they have been for the last 2 months?  $228.16.  TXU’s billing Windscape at 18 cents per kwh.  With Bounce, I’d be paying 11.8 cents per kwh.  My proper bills would be higher than the two I’ve gotten so far, but nowhere near totalling 228.16. 

This is really crappy timing.  I’ve got 2 more Doctor’s appointments the next 2 days, with those copays, plus whatever it’s going to cost for any prescriptions I end up with out of those.  I’m past angry.  I’m at sort of a simmering resigned rage.

Link of the Day: Mayan Apocalypse of 2012 May Have Scientific Basis

Spam of the Day: “The Queen and Her Jester – Role Play of the Month”

Pic of the Day: Sexual Positions (for the lonely and loveless)

Quote of the Day: “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage”. – Anais Nin

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Update of the Day: So, it’s been a frustrating weekend by net.  One good, positive thing yesterday, but multiple other disappointments.  Trying not to get too down/discouraged.  Things happen, ya know?  Hey, at least I’ve gotten some progress time in on WoW leveling . . .

Link of the Day: Portugal: Proof that Drug Decriminalization works?

Spam of the Day: “Best prices, best pilules”

Funny of the Day: Tears of Lasers.

Pic Vid of the Day: Shoe Magic with NPH

Quote of the Day: “It sounds like the Cirque du Soleil being chewed up by their own chainsaws.” – Jeremy Clarkson