Hippifying the house and Home Shopper Ver 2.0

Apr 30, 2008 21:33

Started my new job on Monday. It's very similar to what I was doing with the Home Shopper, but we use Macs instead of PC and the programs are a little more involved. We also don't proof at all, and just about everything is copy & paste. I'm glad I'm not mindlessly typing anymore, but there are other aspects that are much harder than Home Shopper was.
Oddly, one of the guys at this job used to work at Showcase, well before my time though.

Working downtown has some nice advantages. Quizno's is just across the Square. Barnes & Noble is around the corner. There are other shops I haven't been in yet, such as the indy video game & music stores. One huge disadvantage is parking; I can either pay to park in the nearby garages or I get to park several blocks away from my building. All the spots at the building are already designated, so any newcomers get tossed out to the wastelands. In the ghetto lot as I call it is an abandoned restaurant where 2 people were apparently shot not too long ago. I love that that's where we're supposed to be parking and walking to and from at night.

I want to start gardening but really don't know what to do about deer. So in other approaches in hippifying my place, I bought a bird feeder last week. The hummingbird feeder is also back out, but I haven't seen any yet. We also bought a clothesline, though I have yet to put that out. I'm interested in seeing how using the dryer less will impact the electric bill. Plus now all the neighbors can gaze at my awesome pirate smiley boxers.
The birdfeeder was doing well for the first few days, and I was surprised at just how many began showing up only 2 days after putting it out. I've seen sparrows, finches, chickadees, and one of my favorites, titmouses (titmice?). Lol, titmouse. There are a few more I haven't identified yet.
But last night or this morning something knocked the top off and ate everything.



Initially I thought a squirrel somehow jumped up and caught on, but after further investigation, I discovered this on the ground by the feeder:



I came home and put the feeder as high as it can go. I doubt it's high enough so I'll have to figure out something else. Some birds were actually a few feet away from me, watching and waiting for their food.

The final from hell met its end on Sunday. Another class down. At the end of this week, yet another class will have met its end. Next week I start my final class, unless financial aid screws up and pushes it back another week.
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