I hate the city I live in.
Let me try that again. I do not like the city I live in and can not stand the people that live here. There, that sounds better. I also have to say that I never wanted to move here.
My parents moved us here about 13-14 years ago. I was in high school and had to leave my few friends in California. The weather was a novelty then and I didn't know the people yet. Since then I have found the the new friends I made here were mostly assholes. I do have a few good ones but still they can be assholes. My job currently has me stuck here and I have been told by a few people that I should go back to California. One of which was my little sister who moved out of this city as fast as she could.
Since then I have seen and heard a lot.
This city is full of failing wonder. Anything nice is destroyed by the weather, government or the people that live here. The weather is pretty strait forward. There is snow and there is a lot of it. Outside of that, for a city known for it's snow they sure as hell don't know how to deal with it. I see more accidents and poor driving then I ever thought was possible for this city. At first I chalked it up to myself being a new driver but holy crap. I saw a 7 car fender bender happen because some guy was checking out another accident.
All the drivers are gawkers. If there is another accident on the road that is safely off to the side and out of the way? There will be an ungodly amount of traffic. This happened earlier this week to me. Hell, when we got the electric billboards I was stuck in traffic 2hrs because everyone slowed down to watch it. I had been in the proses of calling in late when I saw this. I was pissed, swore and apologized to my boss over the phone. Thank god he laughed it off and said "I'll see you when you get in". I think my bosses like seeing me try and calm down after getting stuck in stupid & pointless traffic.
No one will take responsibility for any of their actions.
The racist verbal abuse is just obscene. I swear if i hear one more person say a racist comment and follow it up with "but I'm not racist." I'll scream. Hell, I have called my parents racist when they have done this and told them that they disgust me. That was a fun argument and thank god they stopped. But I think they stopped less because of the argument and more because I told them they fit right in to the city now.
Everyone complains and doesn't do anything to fix the problem. And then they complain that it wasn't fixed.
This...is probably one of my biggest reasons for wanting to leave. A person can listen to this for long before one goes bat shit crazy. I started hearing this sort of thing about10 years ago and I haven't heard the end of it yet. I have tried to help but even if I can find a group to join nothing seems to happen and the group dissolves after a month. It gets depressing after the first few times.
I can't help but feel like living here is killing me. My art has suffered and I have no drive to create. My allergies have gone haywire since moving here. I think I just really need to leave.
Showing posts with label life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label life. Show all posts
Friday, March 25, 2011
Friday, March 4, 2011
The Shaky Arm Thing AKA The Shake Weight
Yes, I am talking about this device. They make it for both men and women. I'm sure you have seen the jokes on the internet about it.
Yes it is mock worthy, but at the same time it's kinda fun. The whole thing about me almost smacking myself in the face with it was less fun, but a good lesson. And hell, if it make my boobs perky then I'm all for it. I'll post a follow up review after I have used it some more.
Yes it is mock worthy, but at the same time it's kinda fun. The whole thing about me almost smacking myself in the face with it was less fun, but a good lesson. And hell, if it make my boobs perky then I'm all for it. I'll post a follow up review after I have used it some more.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Easy Exercising for Lazy People
Less traditional exercising and more slowly introducing more action into your day.
These days no one really wants to wok for anything. They want stuff to 'just happen' with the least amount of work. An unfortunate conundrum but one that is a real problem in this day and age. But that's not what you want to hear.
To get started lets look at push-ups. This is an easy way to get yourself ready to do real push-ups. Basically your going to be doing knuckle push-ups while leaning onto the wall. Find a open section of wall in a carpeted room when you do this so you won't slip. These are very easy and if you are out of shape you can hurt your self if you do too many at once. This is a great way to get used to doing something active.
Yes these are baby steps.
Walking up stairs instead of taking the elevator. Emphasis on the walk as you don't have to be at a fast pace at all. This lets you stretch your leg mussels out. If you get winded easily doing this then start out going down the stairs while using the elevator to go up.
On this same note if you go for a stroll on your breaks this will also help you out. It's also a great way to catchup on the local gossip if you don't feel like listing to your radio or iPod.
I have a mix on my iPod for running around, driving, driving in traffic, ect.
Another bit of advice would be to have a good sized glass of water in the morning. I find that I wake up really dehydrated and that this actually helped me. Just doing this helps me loose 1lb every 2 weeks. I can't say that it will help everyone, but for me it works.
Last this, if it feels like you have stopped sweating then you need to drink some water ASAP. Dehydration can be very bad if not noticed. I think a lot of weight gain is helped by people either not drinking enough or drinking too much water.
These days no one really wants to wok for anything. They want stuff to 'just happen' with the least amount of work. An unfortunate conundrum but one that is a real problem in this day and age. But that's not what you want to hear.
To get started lets look at push-ups. This is an easy way to get yourself ready to do real push-ups. Basically your going to be doing knuckle push-ups while leaning onto the wall. Find a open section of wall in a carpeted room when you do this so you won't slip. These are very easy and if you are out of shape you can hurt your self if you do too many at once. This is a great way to get used to doing something active.
Yes these are baby steps.
Walking up stairs instead of taking the elevator. Emphasis on the walk as you don't have to be at a fast pace at all. This lets you stretch your leg mussels out. If you get winded easily doing this then start out going down the stairs while using the elevator to go up.
On this same note if you go for a stroll on your breaks this will also help you out. It's also a great way to catchup on the local gossip if you don't feel like listing to your radio or iPod.
I have a mix on my iPod for running around, driving, driving in traffic, ect.
Another bit of advice would be to have a good sized glass of water in the morning. I find that I wake up really dehydrated and that this actually helped me. Just doing this helps me loose 1lb every 2 weeks. I can't say that it will help everyone, but for me it works.
Last this, if it feels like you have stopped sweating then you need to drink some water ASAP. Dehydration can be very bad if not noticed. I think a lot of weight gain is helped by people either not drinking enough or drinking too much water.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Uhg...
I just found out that someone I thought was a friend and that like to hang out feel otherwise. Abit I should have realized sooner but the fact that they kept hangging out with me threw me off.
But now I know.
On the phone today when I called to see if they still wanted to go to a new restaurant and said I would pay if money was tight for them. I hadn't seen them in a while and I have done this before. They claimed that they didn't know and that we hadn't made plans last weekend. They then made an off hand comment that caught my attention. They said why can't my dad go with me and that it was pretty sad if they were my only friend to do things with. I didn't have and answer for this as I was pretty shocked that they would say that while making plans with me. I asked if they wanted to go and they said not really. I asked why not and they aid they didn't like that kind of food.
Why they didn't tell me this the first time I asked I have no idea. Not liking the food at all is kind of an important thing to let the other person know about in advance. Mostly this is what has me so pissed because I wasted most of a day last weekend waiting for them to wake up and get ready to go out.
The other thing that pissed me off is if I did do something with out mentioning to them they would get pissy because they were not invited. Needless to say I will not be going out of my way to contact them unless I have to. Holy god in glory why could I not have known this back in high school? At least I know it now.
But now I know.
On the phone today when I called to see if they still wanted to go to a new restaurant and said I would pay if money was tight for them. I hadn't seen them in a while and I have done this before. They claimed that they didn't know and that we hadn't made plans last weekend. They then made an off hand comment that caught my attention. They said why can't my dad go with me and that it was pretty sad if they were my only friend to do things with. I didn't have and answer for this as I was pretty shocked that they would say that while making plans with me. I asked if they wanted to go and they said not really. I asked why not and they aid they didn't like that kind of food.
Why they didn't tell me this the first time I asked I have no idea. Not liking the food at all is kind of an important thing to let the other person know about in advance. Mostly this is what has me so pissed because I wasted most of a day last weekend waiting for them to wake up and get ready to go out.
The other thing that pissed me off is if I did do something with out mentioning to them they would get pissy because they were not invited. Needless to say I will not be going out of my way to contact them unless I have to. Holy god in glory why could I not have known this back in high school? At least I know it now.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Updates
I'm actually impressed with how many updates i have done this month. It's still a sad number but I still find it amazing. Heck, I even got one of my web comics up and running.
Stroke of Boredom
Which is all kinds of cool. :3 Yes I'm a dork and yes this is my hobby. It's little snips of what I think about and the random ideas I come up with when I have too much time to think.
And... that is all.
Stroke of Boredom
Which is all kinds of cool. :3 Yes I'm a dork and yes this is my hobby. It's little snips of what I think about and the random ideas I come up with when I have too much time to think.
And... that is all.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Yee Old Diet
Yeah... It's not pretty and it doesn't really work if your not running around like a little kid. I would love to know when I got so shy that I wouldn't even go out side and ride my bike. True my bike is bright neon pink, but still.... If I could ride it al la goth then I should be fine on it now right?
Yeah... next I should sell that bridge in Brooklyn that I have a share in...
I'm not on a diet per say. I watch what I eat but I still enjoy my self. My parents seem to think that they need to intervene on my behalf on almost a daily biases. I'm 28 and they act as if I'm an infant. I am to the point that I might just start swearing a blue streak at them each time they ask to see if they will just stop bothering. I don't think it will work though, I already rant at them for an hour after they nag me.
But the diet...
Two small pieces of bread with peanut butter, a slice of pizza/small sandwich/ cup of soup/sushi for lunch, a small snack, scrambled eggs/steak/something for dinner and then bed. it's defiantly not all that interesting but it seems to be working. my weight actually stayed stable during the holiday food fest so that made me happy.
I just hope that when I do add more activities to my day my hunger won't skyrocket like it usually does. Because that is such a pain. :-(
Yeah... next I should sell that bridge in Brooklyn that I have a share in...
I'm not on a diet per say. I watch what I eat but I still enjoy my self. My parents seem to think that they need to intervene on my behalf on almost a daily biases. I'm 28 and they act as if I'm an infant. I am to the point that I might just start swearing a blue streak at them each time they ask to see if they will just stop bothering. I don't think it will work though, I already rant at them for an hour after they nag me.
But the diet...
Two small pieces of bread with peanut butter, a slice of pizza/small sandwich/ cup of soup/sushi for lunch, a small snack, scrambled eggs/steak/something for dinner and then bed. it's defiantly not all that interesting but it seems to be working. my weight actually stayed stable during the holiday food fest so that made me happy.
I just hope that when I do add more activities to my day my hunger won't skyrocket like it usually does. Because that is such a pain. :-(
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Zumba Wii Review pt2
I'm having tons of fun with this. And two things have become painfully odvious to me.
The first is that Zumba is very hard on the ankles. I had no idea how much the dancing would rely on my anckles and ouch. They don't hurt today and didn't hurt after I rested yesterday so I know it's mostly me bing out of shape. But still, ouch.
The second thing is there is only a 20min beginner selection. I would have preferred a 10 min introduction work out. I spent most of my time streching my sore legs and remembering how to breath. Again my own fault, but a 10min selection would have been nice.
Also, a warm up and stretch training would have been nice. They have a cooling off section that didn't realy register on the belt too well. and i feel my whole breathing and most of my musil pains would have been helped but a 5min warm up.
Over all I still love it. It'll be a cold day in hell before I prance around in front of my family, but I love the game.
The first is that Zumba is very hard on the ankles. I had no idea how much the dancing would rely on my anckles and ouch. They don't hurt today and didn't hurt after I rested yesterday so I know it's mostly me bing out of shape. But still, ouch.
The second thing is there is only a 20min beginner selection. I would have preferred a 10 min introduction work out. I spent most of my time streching my sore legs and remembering how to breath. Again my own fault, but a 10min selection would have been nice.
Also, a warm up and stretch training would have been nice. They have a cooling off section that didn't realy register on the belt too well. and i feel my whole breathing and most of my musil pains would have been helped but a 5min warm up.
Over all I still love it. It'll be a cold day in hell before I prance around in front of my family, but I love the game.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Amber Alert
While the Amber Alert system was created due to a horrible tragedy, I really love to hear about when it works.
Today driving to work I passed one of our message signs and saw the Amber Alert. Just now my manager says they found the missing child because someone reconnised the car.
The Amber Alert is a fabulous system and I hope it will be continued to be used.
Today driving to work I passed one of our message signs and saw the Amber Alert. Just now my manager says they found the missing child because someone reconnised the car.
The Amber Alert is a fabulous system and I hope it will be continued to be used.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Zumba Wii Review
So, I requested the Zumba work out game for the Wii this holiday season. My mom can't follow it's onscrean directions to save her life (this is extreamly amusing btw) and my cousen started screaming at her husband for video taping her after she said to dance like you don't care.
The set up is very easy. Make a profile, strap the belt on, select your routine, select your profile and then slip the controller into the belt and away you go!
Keep in mind that you need a lot of space for this. At least 5 feet on each side so you don't walk into things/people/walls. and enugh space to back up about 5 feet as well. This is not like Dance Dance Revolution were you are on a designated area and just that area. This is real dancing.
I haven't had a chance to test out the mulity player options but it looks to be a good amount of fun. Again the space needed might make things difficult but no pain no gain. This could make for great Youtube videos.
The routines and training seem to run around 20 min each. You also have the option to unlock new areas and such. The down side is you can only have 4 or 6 profiles.
Over all I am loving it so far.
The set up is very easy. Make a profile, strap the belt on, select your routine, select your profile and then slip the controller into the belt and away you go!
Keep in mind that you need a lot of space for this. At least 5 feet on each side so you don't walk into things/people/walls. and enugh space to back up about 5 feet as well. This is not like Dance Dance Revolution were you are on a designated area and just that area. This is real dancing.
I haven't had a chance to test out the mulity player options but it looks to be a good amount of fun. Again the space needed might make things difficult but no pain no gain. This could make for great Youtube videos.
The routines and training seem to run around 20 min each. You also have the option to unlock new areas and such. The down side is you can only have 4 or 6 profiles.
Over all I am loving it so far.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Blog Posting
I had originally planned to post as often as I could. Thinking that I would have so many posts that I would be set for life. I am laughing at myself now for having such hope that I would have 1-3 post's written per day.
1-3 per day. Why or how I came up with number I'm not sure but holy cow is it insane. Assuming I planned to write 345 days of the year, at that rate I would be writing 345 - 1,035 posts per year. Right now I have about 23 posted/stored here. It is better then only one a month, but not by much.
Ah, but it was nice to think that I wanted to post so much.
I think I am going to take a few of my post's from an old blog and re-post them here. I'll mark them as such to make life easier for me. I think I have a few old customer sucks and some interesting links. It might work.
1-3 per day. Why or how I came up with number I'm not sure but holy cow is it insane. Assuming I planned to write 345 days of the year, at that rate I would be writing 345 - 1,035 posts per year. Right now I have about 23 posted/stored here. It is better then only one a month, but not by much.
Ah, but it was nice to think that I wanted to post so much.
I think I am going to take a few of my post's from an old blog and re-post them here. I'll mark them as such to make life easier for me. I think I have a few old customer sucks and some interesting links. It might work.
Monday, December 27, 2010
Happy Holidays!
And Merry Christmas!
Social taboos aside I have been insanely busy this holiday season. I have no idea why or how I was so busy, just that I was. I am so tired right now. :-(
Also I will never ever go into a supermarket, let alone a liquore store, on December 24th again.
A Liquore store sales guy that must hate their job. Why else would he ask me if i had questions and leave before I could say yes? Then when I hunt him down 10 min later he looked at me then walked away? He had been talking to another sales guy that answered my question for me. I left that store and will probably not go there again.
The second one had what I was looking for, a non-sweet mead, and while busy they waited for me to look at what they showed me to see if i had a question. This place is a part of the shopping center of parking doom, but they have a bigger selection then my little local place that I usaly go to.
The supermarket was a mob scene. I swear to god if my parents wait until the last minuet again I am not running out. We didn't even cook the things they needed me to get.
I know that we are not ready for New Years eve. I'm a sucker so I'll probably be running out tonight for them.
Social taboos aside I have been insanely busy this holiday season. I have no idea why or how I was so busy, just that I was. I am so tired right now. :-(
Also I will never ever go into a supermarket, let alone a liquore store, on December 24th again.
A Liquore store sales guy that must hate their job. Why else would he ask me if i had questions and leave before I could say yes? Then when I hunt him down 10 min later he looked at me then walked away? He had been talking to another sales guy that answered my question for me. I left that store and will probably not go there again.
The second one had what I was looking for, a non-sweet mead, and while busy they waited for me to look at what they showed me to see if i had a question. This place is a part of the shopping center of parking doom, but they have a bigger selection then my little local place that I usaly go to.
The supermarket was a mob scene. I swear to god if my parents wait until the last minuet again I am not running out. We didn't even cook the things they needed me to get.
I know that we are not ready for New Years eve. I'm a sucker so I'll probably be running out tonight for them.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Bye November
Holy crap, what happened to November?
I had so much to do for a bead show, that was almost a flop, that I didn't have time to write anything. I don't even think I had anything to write. Which is sad.
Work was stressful and slow.
I had so much to do for a bead show, that was almost a flop, that I didn't have time to write anything. I don't even think I had anything to write. Which is sad.
Work was stressful and slow.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
RIAA Shuts Down LimeWire
It has finally happened.
YaHoo! News: Court shuts down LimeWire music-sharing service
I can't say that I am all that surprised that LimeWire was finally shut down. Considering all the viresse that your computer could catch and the fact that the RIAA is batshitcrazy this really isn't a shock.
I do still find it shocking that the RIAA insist's that people exchanging music led to the collapse of the music industry and not the fact they they were charging people $25 for a domestic CD. Of course the greed didn't effect things at all! I'm surprised that they didn't go after the companies that produced blank CDs because with out them people would never have know cheep it actually was to produce CDs.
I know I have not purchased as many CDs as I did in the past. 1998 was when I saw the $25 CD and refused to buy them. I couldn't afford it. Hearing about kids getting their CD collections stolen and having to re-buy them all was painful to listen to. When Sony had their 15 minuets in the news with a bad program on their CDs, that was the final nail in the coffin.
I did buy one new CD this year, sadly it was Lady GaGa. The price was a more reasionable $15. But still too much in my mind. I definatly need to look into buying from iTunes or the like.
If you are wondering what I listened to during this lull of purchasing, I was listing to the radio and what free songs I could find on my iPod.
YaHoo! News: Court shuts down LimeWire music-sharing service
I can't say that I am all that surprised that LimeWire was finally shut down. Considering all the viresse that your computer could catch and the fact that the RIAA is batshitcrazy this really isn't a shock.
I do still find it shocking that the RIAA insist's that people exchanging music led to the collapse of the music industry and not the fact they they were charging people $25 for a domestic CD. Of course the greed didn't effect things at all! I'm surprised that they didn't go after the companies that produced blank CDs because with out them people would never have know cheep it actually was to produce CDs.
I know I have not purchased as many CDs as I did in the past. 1998 was when I saw the $25 CD and refused to buy them. I couldn't afford it. Hearing about kids getting their CD collections stolen and having to re-buy them all was painful to listen to. When Sony had their 15 minuets in the news with a bad program on their CDs, that was the final nail in the coffin.
I did buy one new CD this year, sadly it was Lady GaGa. The price was a more reasionable $15. But still too much in my mind. I definatly need to look into buying from iTunes or the like.
If you are wondering what I listened to during this lull of purchasing, I was listing to the radio and what free songs I could find on my iPod.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Shingles The Aftermath
Shingles The Aftermath: Why I am so Paranoid.
This is pretty much how I think of things. I have had Shingles, it was not fun. And by 'not fun' I in turn mean that stabbing myself in the side would have been prefferd.
My experiance with it was the infection traveled down the length of one nerve from my spine. The infection took on the form of bumps very much like chickenpox. In fact I belive Shingles is a part of the Chickenpox virus. The same cures for the itching chickenpox can help ease the itching in Shingles. But there is a very good reasion that doctors prescribe painkillers...
It hurts.
It hurts so badly that just about a week before my Shingles showed my side felt like the mussels were being slashed. The pain was so intense that I set an appointment with a doctor. The day before I went was when the spots showed and a coworker said that I probably had Shingles.
Fortunately there is a prescription that prevents most of the spreading. This was good because I didn't have to miss any work. Unfortunately I was an idiot and passed on the offered painkillers. If I leaned too far forward my shirt would touch my back and I would wince and cringe. This also happened every time I breathed and basically life sucked for two months.
Now for why I am paranoid.
My Shingles were triggered by some mad crazy stress. The kind of stress that you are left shaking from for two days. Now when Iver I am stressed I get just a little worried if I am going to trigger the Shingles again. Why? Because Shingles never totally goes away. It is always there and could come back.
So please take my word and if you get Shingles take the offered painkillers.
This is pretty much how I think of things. I have had Shingles, it was not fun. And by 'not fun' I in turn mean that stabbing myself in the side would have been prefferd.
My experiance with it was the infection traveled down the length of one nerve from my spine. The infection took on the form of bumps very much like chickenpox. In fact I belive Shingles is a part of the Chickenpox virus. The same cures for the itching chickenpox can help ease the itching in Shingles. But there is a very good reasion that doctors prescribe painkillers...
It hurts.
It hurts so badly that just about a week before my Shingles showed my side felt like the mussels were being slashed. The pain was so intense that I set an appointment with a doctor. The day before I went was when the spots showed and a coworker said that I probably had Shingles.
Fortunately there is a prescription that prevents most of the spreading. This was good because I didn't have to miss any work. Unfortunately I was an idiot and passed on the offered painkillers. If I leaned too far forward my shirt would touch my back and I would wince and cringe. This also happened every time I breathed and basically life sucked for two months.
Now for why I am paranoid.
My Shingles were triggered by some mad crazy stress. The kind of stress that you are left shaking from for two days. Now when Iver I am stressed I get just a little worried if I am going to trigger the Shingles again. Why? Because Shingles never totally goes away. It is always there and could come back.
So please take my word and if you get Shingles take the offered painkillers.
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