Last night I had all these Journey songs going through my head. Where the hell did they come from?
Today I did some research on things to do in Salt Lake City and Park City since that's where Neil, Maxine, and I are going after Thanksgiving. So far I've found a few museums, I want to maybe see a Jazz game (they're playing New Jersey on one of the nights that we're there), see if there's any theatre, and that's about it. We're staying at some resort in Park City. It's gonna be COLD!!!!!!! Guess I'll have to buy a winter coat before I move back east. I'm also trying to find somewhere that does custom-made shoes since I've never found any shoes, except sandals, that fit me. And I've looked EVERYWHERE from Payless to Bloomingdales to some special store that sold shoes for hard-to-fit feet. Custom shoes are my last hope of not being miserable when walking for more than 5 minutes.
Mini-Rant of the day: I can't believe MCI (and I know MCI isn't the only company that does this) has such a strict process in dealing with fraud. If I use my card more than a little bit each month, they block usage. They did this when I was working at an auction and we were making quite a lot of phone calls. Since it caused such a hassle, I called them beforehand for the next one so they would be prepared and therefore, not block the card. I told them that this would happen often and asked if there was a way for them to note that and not block the card. They said yes, they would do that. Well, yesterday, a lot of people used my calling card number at Balpex (because I wanted them to so I could earn frequent flier miles). Of course, MCI blocked the card after a few calls were made. Ugh. Why can't they note something and have people look at the note before acting on that something? So I got a call from them yesterday about fraud. I had to be on hold with 2 people for 20 minutes getting it worked out. They assured me they would make a note saying not to block card and the card would be re-activated in 72 hours (why does it take that long?). I'm also a little pissed that I could have earned miles if they hadn't blocked the card but that's not a big deal, of course.
I've already made over $600 this year with Epinions so I'll get a W2 (or is it W4, I always mix those up) from them. More tax stuff to worry about later on. I'd rather have more tax stuff to deal with though; it means I'm making more money. Who knows how much I'd be making with them if I actually took the time to promote myself and be one of the "Most Popular Reviewers"? Hmm. Maybe I'll start doing more with it now that I don't have classes. I'll promote myself a ton now, that way by the time I move to New York and get busy again, I'll already be well known. Not having classes really seems to add an infinite amount of time to my days.
I wish I was better at keeping my calendar or organiser updated. My wall calendar is still on August and my organiser hasn't been opened since I got back from LA, I think. Or maybe even before that, like since I got back from Baltimore. Maybe because I used them backwards. Most people use it to remember appointments and things. I used it after the appointments and things just so I could keep track of what I've done. I used to like to look back at them. On December 31, I would read the whole thing starting from the beginning. I guess now that I've been keeping this journal, it's a more detailed record of things that I've done, so I don't need the calendar anymore. I did occasionally use it for remembering appointments and things though.
Ugh. Brie's listening to The Bloodhound Gang again. She doesn't listen to music often, but when she does, this is what she picks. I think their songs are funny the first time or two and then they get OLD!!!! Guess she doesn't think so. And this is my CD too. I think I'll give it to her before I move.
Explorer wants me to update my version but I keep saying no. I wonder if that's why it often stops loading pages or shows me pages with random characters. Maybe I'll try updating it the next time it asks me to. Or maybe I'll start using Netscape again.
I just found some pictures to send to my grandmother (I don't know what else to call her in this journal. I guess I can call her Sylvia) since she asked for them a while ago. Our email relationship has been going well. Written communication can be better with people like her since she's forced to respond to my thoughts (unlike in person when she ignored most things I told her). Plus I can get her reactions (although, she's not very reactive). But it's fine, for now. I'm even thinking of getting together with her in December when I'm in Baltimore. I know she'll be thrilled, but I don't know if I want to deal with an in person conversation. I'll probably do it though. I mean, I've gone this far, what's wrong with trying a get-together? If it goes badly, I won't do it again. Now I'm actually looking forward to getting together.
Right now I'm updating to IE 5.5. I hope the enhancements are cool and worth the time it takes. There's just something about Netscape that I don't like. I'm not fond of Microsoft products either but I figured I'd like Explorer better than Netscape.
Jeff (my friend, not Brie's) started his job at General Mills a few weeks ago. He's the brand manager for Wheaties. If that was my job, I think I'd just tell people I work for General Mills and leave the Wheaties out of it. I'm sure it's an impressive job though. I love having business geniuses for friends. He just sent me an email yesterday. It was good hearing from him. I'm not in touch with him as often as I'd like to be. I miss that little guy.
I'm not going to write in my journal the entire time IE is downloading. That's another hour and a half. I've done productive stuff today, I've done not-so-productive stuff today. Now I'm wondering what else to do today. I guess I could go rent a movie but that would ruin my lets-see-how-long-I-can-not-leave-the-house thing. I'm not trying to not leave the house but I really like to go out as little as possible. Between the speed bumps all through the complex and the stupid gate that takes forever to open and the traffic light where the shortest time I've waited was 7 minutes and all the traffic, I like staying home as much as possible. If I have to go out, I try to make sure I have at least 3 errands to make the venture out worth it. So I won't go rent a movie and I've already checked and there aren't any on tv. Oh wait, "What Planet are You From" is on Pay-Per-View. I know people in that one so I wanted to see it even though it looks really stupid. Maybe I'll watch that.
Okay, it doesn't start until 10:00 and I don't feel like watching it then so I'll watch a few episodes of "Who's Line is it Anyway" instead. I'm so glad that show is back on Comedy Central, I really missed it. It's the funniest show on TV in my opinion- that and South Park. One of these days I'm going to figure out what day, time, and channel the American version with Drew Carey is on and watch that. Is it even still on?
And now I have the Hoe Down song from "Who's Line is it Anyway" going through my head. That's a weird expression, "going through my head". Of course, "running through my head" or even "in my head" isn't any weirder. Anything involving a "head" has to be a little strange, right? Hmm. I seem to be into quotation marks (") today.
I think Ryan Stiles is pure talent!! And very attractive too. Although, I probably only think he's attractive because he's funny.
Yea, IE has finished downloading!!!