Wednesday, July 06, 2005

How did I spend my 4th of July weekend? The same way I spent every other holiday weekend. Working. I worked every day this weekend. As I write this, I'm about halfway through a double shift on Sunday. And yes, I've figured out a way to work and blog even in this hell hole. It involves my Palm and some nifty software called Documents To Go. I highly recommend it.

While I haven't been writing as much I have still been reading as often as I'm able. I did note the closing of two blogs that I've only recently begun following. So a fond farewell to you and you. I guess it's just as well, as the often imitated but never duplicated Geekslut has come back, with hair. And the former Billy turned late blooming porn star Cliff Rhodes managed to resume posting when I wasn't looking. So two men on two men off. A sound policy for most of life's situations.

Just when I thought things couldn't suck suckier than they do I found 800 dollars. Sweet!

The Hellcat had a houseguest for the last 10 days. She left today and didn't lift a finger the whole time she was here. Never did a dish. She also failed to leave behind some groceries or a bottle of wine or a houseplant as a way of saying thank you. Does anybody have any basic manners anymore?

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It's now Monday on the Fourth. Happy Holiday, y'all! I'm back at work after making it through a 14 hr. shift yesterday. Actually, I made it through except for some excruciating lower back pain. I may just have to use a bit of my windfall to get massaged and released. Speaking of which, I spent this afternoon paying all the household bills. I do most of that online and while it's much more convenient, I don't really keep a record anywhere. Nor do I keep to any real payment schedule. So I spent the last two weeks thinking that I was at least a month behind on the ConEd and Verizon bills. Turns out, I had sucked it up last month and paid them all up to date and forgot. I was pleasantly surprised to find myself paying them off on time if not early this month. For once, the deluge of bills won't be so distressing in a few weeks. I'm going to try to keep on top of it. Hehe, "top" hehe.

I had lunch with The Hellcat this afternoon. I decided to try to have a mature discussion with him regarding the houseguest incident. It was surprisingly satisfying to be able to have a mature discussion without waiting until I got all frustrated about a bunch of things and boil over all at once. He actually had a pretty good explanation for why the visit lasted so long. Longer than even he anticipated. He promised to be more precise in the future. He never did address my point that not thanking all your hosts when you stay in their home is just horrible, horrible manners. But it is.

P.S. This is hilarious.

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