I Ain't Afraid of No Daleks

Blergh!!! I'm still half-asleep, cos' those rugrat teens were bouncing off the walls again upstairs, until 2am again. Did a Victor Meldrew and they quieted down a bit after that...but damn, I'm knackered now--all that extra rest I got earlier this week, nursing the foot, and it just went down the drain. The little...dears.

I don't want to go out today, it's snowy and going to be fridgid on the walk home...temps are going to drop down to a high of maybe...8 whole degrees fahrenheight, tommorrow. Oh yeah, havin' a tropical heatwave, we are. We're only supposed to get maybe 3 or 4 inches of snow this morning, so that's not so bad. It's not like it's a bilzzard dropping 12 or 24 inches or more, down on us. That wouldn't make for a very fun New Year's eve. But I don't envy people going to Albany or Saratoga Spring's "First Night" city-wide celebrations...brrr--it's going to downright arctic out there tonight!

Going to be a long day for me, so I have to schelp off to the kitchen and force myself to eat something for breakie...not hungry, but if I don't eat, I'll be famished by the time my 2pm lunchtime rolls around, do not much choice there.

Anyway, hope you all have a fab New Year's eve...I'm probably going to nap when I get home, or, not...sometimes I'm dead tired in the morning but lose that feeling by the afternoon.

Hope all of you have a safe and happy New Year's eve.

I was sent several meme's this weekend, so here's one before bedtime:

Have you had sex in the past month?

No

Are you gay?

not that I'm aware of

Do you have hairy legs?

sometimes--usually in the dead of winter..I mostly wear trousers in winter (cos' I walk to work), so unless I'm having my legs examined by a doctor, or they are getting exceptionally "overgrown," I pretty much go au natural, come the bitter cold weather.

Do you smoke anything?

nope

Do you like monkeys?

meh

How many fillings do you have?

I don't access to a dentists, so lots of fillings and a few missing teeth, as well.

Would you rather swim in the ocean or a lake?

I grew up swimming in lakes and rivers--only swam in the ocean once in my whole life.

Have you ever licked one of those square batteries?

Ey? What the hell would I do a barmy thing like that for? I prefer putting lightbulbs in my mouth.

Have you ever read the Bible?

Yeah, mostly for church reasons. But we had to study Genesis for my college world lit course.

Did you ever go to Sunday School?

Actually our chruch school was held on Thursdays, and it was manditory.

Do you wear a lot of black?

Sometimes, mostly at the office.

Did you ever bring a weapon to school?

Not unless you count the old pocket knife I used to use to cut hay bales with at the stable where I worked after school.

Have you ever hugged a tree?

I was basically a teenage tree hugger--and one time as a young adult, I was really sad after a friend had passed away, and went into the woods and hugged a tree and cried.

Do you know what a sphincter actually is?

Erm--yeah...does this question have a point to it? Cos' if it does, I really don't want to know.

Describe your hair?

Salt and pepper brown, unruly, in desperate need of a cut.

Are you a wildbeast?

Only when I have to deal with co-workers who are complete arses.

Do you like to have fun?

Doesn't everybody?

Do you like drama?

Love it--well, not so much personal drama..the other kind though, it's great. Love theater, bless.

Have you ever taken a bong hit?

Not sure what that is..sounds like something to do with smoking pot or crack? No, that's not something that I would personally choose to do...if others want to, fine.

Do you like mayonnaise?

Oh yes.

Are you afraid to die?

I'm afraid of dying, but not death.

Do you like playing in leaves?

Yeah, I loved it when I was a kid---and probably still do, but that hasn't come up, in my middleage.

Are you an adult?

Yes, and i worked very hard to get that way.

Ever won a spelling bee?

(snorts)

Do you ever eat because your depressed?

Sure, why do you think I'm a pizza-head and weigh over 200 pounds?

Are you a television addict?

Erm--I don't have televison. In the 70's to mid-80's, you couldn't prise me away from the thing...but now? Meh. I think the majority of American telly is just absolute rubbish, not worth wasting my brain cells on--oh, there's some exceptions, of course, but they are too few and far between.

Do you think OJ was guilty?

It was decided by the jury...that said, I leaned towards guilty, as I recall. However, I always found the people who said OJ was guilty or innocent, based solely on his skin colour and/or his fame/wealth, totally ridiculous and shallow human beings.

Do you enjoy spending time with your mother?

My late mum was also my friend...and my mum, when the situation called for it.

Have you ever had sex in a hot tub?

Heck, I've never had the chance to be in a hot tub, let alone have sex in the darn thing.

On a swing?

How rubbish is that? No!

Do you like Elvis?

Meh.

Ever been hit on at a zoo?

Oh sure, I had an elephant wink at me once...get real.

Do you enjoy the calming effects of turkeys?

No more than I enjoy people who ask totally asinine questions.

Does your mom think someone is hot?

Mum once confessed she once had a thing for Tarzan-- Johnny Weissmüller, who was also an olympic swimmer, if memory serves me.

Are you a sugar freak?

I'm diabetic, it's no longer allowed..I'd get very sick or even die.

Do you like fresh squeezed orange juice?

I've rarely had it, I like Orange juice, but I don't especially like warm OJ

What sign are you?

No parking tow away zone

Ever do the party boy dance in front of the elderly?

What the hell are you on about now? What's a party boy dance..and how come no one's taught me it?

What was the last meal you ate?

BBQ franks and beans with tinned corn.

Last thing you listened to:

My Proclaimers CD

Last thing you watched:

Dr Who DVD

Where do you wish you were right now.

In bed, it's past my bed time...night-night all.

Ugh! I sucked at work tonight, people were miserable bastards on the phones, and I only made one tiny insignificant sale that doesn't count for squat all night.

A Co-worker, a empty-headed trendy type...you know, the kind with the bobbed haircut, that has golden retrievers, a Volvo or a beemer, talks "educated" yet has the common sense of a gnat...actually, a gnat probably has more common sense---well, she sits at my desk, and throws my personal items every which way, with no respect for other people's property--and in the process, I've lost some papers that I need to help my do my job! And, it's HARD to get the office to give you copies. That place is so slovenly run now...grrr.

I have a photo of my mum and a binder containing work papers in one corner of the upper shelf--they take up maybe 8 inche of space on a 24 inch shelf. And, on the desk top itself, one framed photo and a tiny little piece of paper with my login name (which is changed every few weeks, and sometimes I forget which one I'm using so I have to write it down)...both these items are stuck in a far corner of the desk, NOT in anyone's way--they are behind the telephone--but this bitch, Sharon--who watched me move my stuff even further out of her way--still moved it--and didn't do it neatly! She keep throwing other people's stuff on top of my stuff--all I did was ASK the bitch to please put my stuff back the way she found it--and she blew her top at me, and started yelling at me that I wasn't supposed to have any personal items (which is BULLS_IT--yes we are), and that no one was supposed to have any assigned desks, yadda-yadda-yadda...I can't argue with a boor, so I just told her, "fine, to hell with it, you do what you want, I just wanted you to respect my things." and walked away. FECK.

It's really not having my personal effects shoved round--I can live with that...but it's my papers I need for my job that go missing, and the fact that this woman leaves the area in such a slovenly mess! I want to just come in, log into the computer, find out which sales or collections programe I'm assigned to, and not have to spend 10 min. straightening up someone else's mess! I thought a teenager was doing it---this woman is MY age, for pity's sake!

You know, I learned when I was just a wee child, that when something doesn't belong to you, you LEAVE IT ALONE...or, if you HAVE to move it, you put things back the way you found them. It's called MANNERS.

FECK. I HATE MY F'ING WORKPLACE, AND I HATE MY F'ING JOB, AND I HATE MY F'ING EMPLOYERS.

Really, it's like being back in stinking high school--and I left that scene behind 30 stinking years ago.

There, I feel much better now.

Got to find another stinking job, I've just got to...with a REAL employer who gives a shite about their workplace, not some two-by-twice gypsy run boiler room operation, whom doesn't know shite about how to run a proper office.

Well, I was almost done. Sorry.

Anyway, good news is, one of my co-workers found out I used to work with horses, and love animals, and she's invited me to stay overnight on her farm this weekend. So I won't be online most of Saturday, and Sunday, 'cos after work Saturday, she's taking me to her dairy farm, and I'm gonna get to feed and help milk her cows, and visit with her horse, and get to meet her family. Is that not cool?

I barely know this lady--we've chatted from time to time and kidded around during our breaks--but she works nights and weekends, and I do more day than night work, and only work Saturdays as a rule--so we don't get to talk much...so my surprise at the invite was complete...seems to be my week for pleasant surprises, as I got the Dr Who Series 4 DVD yesterday in the post, and today in the post, I got Russell T. Davies new book! Two things I dearly wanted by never could afford...I'm gobsmacked.