Well, I missed Tom's appearance on The Today Show.  Thankfully.  I don't think my blood pressure could have taken it.  Here is a transcript, courtesy of the_red_shoes.

I hate that so many people in the world believe this.  "There is ( Read more... )

Thank you, thank you, thank you.  A million times, thank you.

You all wrote some really wonderful, sensible, helpful, comforting, meaningful things in response to my post yesterday.  You almost made me cry again - but in the good way.  The way where I think about how lucky I am to have such amazing people who care about me and how overwhelmingly ( Read more... )

Okay, so I don't hate everybody.  It was close, earlier today.  I do not wish for the block party to take place on my block.  Alas, I have no say in the matter.  I also have no access to my driveway.  As I drove slowly through the crowd three blocks away from the "block" party, guys cursed at me and kicked a soccer ball at my car, hitting the ( Read more... )

Woot!  rm_renfield and I are going to Olive Garden for dinner and she's donating her gift certificate to the occasion ( Read more... )

It's as though I'm watching myself from the outside.  "How long will she procrastinate?"  Seriously.  It's awful enough that I didn't finish grading the speeches yesterday.  To not finish today either is ludicrous.  I have 8 1/2 speeches to go, and I'm sitting here contemplating watching one of my new $5.99 DVDs from Best Buy and going to bed.  So ( Read more... )

HAH.

So.  There.  You SBC Bastards.

Some of you may recall my troubles last month in trying to obtain SBC services and products I had paid for.  Novel idea, eh?  Well, I've had my router for a bit now and I grudgingly acknowledged satisfaction.  No more.  I just received a call saying that they're going to turn off my phone and DSL service, ( Read more... )

I haven't cried yet ( Read more... )

I just spent the last hour trying to figure out how I mixed up a (new and improved) spreadsheet when I sorted by cube number. To make things worse, this is a spreadsheet of all the people who were let go last week. I'm supposed to go around to the cubes and make sure their personal items have been packed up. That's awful enough, but when I can't ( Read more... )

AND I'm missing Yoga. Again.

This is has been the worst week I can ever remember having, and I'm including every finals week I've ever had and the worst days of my depression. Right now. Worst. EVER.

My applesauce has just exploded in my lunchbag, soaking not only my other lunch items, but my wallet, my bank statement, and the payment coupons for my student and car loans, all of which I stuffed in there “for convenience” while lugging everything to my desk.

Well, it’s not “my” desk, is it?  No, it’s the desk of an assistant to a CIO of a ( Read more... )