Son Of a Motherboard!!!

GARH!!!! Some of you may remember the traumatizing experience I had with Apple, my MacBook, Apple, Apple Genius Bar, Apple Customer Care, The Manager at Satan's Apple Store, Bill Gates, His dog, Cindy in accounting, and the whole Macintosh company (except Curtis). While I like their products I want to kill them all with bio-http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifweapons....

I get home from the dentist and my hair appointment and what do I find my rebellious MacBook doing? No, Mac wasn't smoking pot or shooting up heroin. No he (and anything with this many problems he expects me to fix must be male) was not turning on unless I have it plugged in. There is a black X over the battery. Not a red one which suggests the battery ran to nothing. NO! A BLACK one which suggests a brutal death of a component and a costly repair. I re-seated the battery. During that process I broke two nails and bent the cheap plastic on the battery lock. I have had the software downloaded for a year. My last resort? A painful, time wasting, money costing, wrinkle inducing visit to the "Genius Bar" at the Apple Store in Purgatory. There is a box where you make your reservation asking you if you would like to tell the over-empowered college students about your problem. I restrained from writing "All work and no play makes Mac a Dull boy" 1000 times.

My appointment is for tomorrow. I will cry. I may kill my mac in frustration. In lieu of flowers, please make all donations to the World Wildlife Fund

Yay Health Week!

I am designating next week "Georgia Health Week!". In this week we will have a dental appointment, an eye appointment, 4 days of gym, and a hair appointment. Quick health question? How many grams of fiber does a woman my age need? How about a man my age? Why is fiber SO important and can you get too much? Answers later!

OH Bobby

So Bobby Brown has been coming into the restaurant for the past couple of weeks. In fact he's eaten there more than I have this week. The other day he came in with his family, there were 8 of them. Their bill was $260. They tipped their server $24. For those of you up on your math, that's around 9%. Unacceptable. I just want everyone to know Bobby Brown is a poopy tipper.

New Yummy Cookbook

I got this cookbook the other day. It is called Hungry Girl. Check it out. It has all sorts of yummy recipes that won't just make you huge. For example, the onion ring recipe in here, for the whole recipe, is less than 200 calories! And it is packed with fiber! YUM!!! The next book I would like is called Little Black Apron.

Starting the Process

So UC Davis requires you to get a sort of bid from a professor to be considered for their program. I am most interested in Dr. Sean Adams. I just don't know what I should say to open dialog. Suggestions?

BTW: register to vote. Republicans win b/c they vote. Democrats usually think some one else will vote for them. You can't complain about who is in office unless you vote!

And So It Begins....

The official deadline for me to leave the rock is Jan 1 2009. Where will I go you ask? Where I get into school. I'm fairly confident this will happen. If it doesn't, I'll cross that bridge when I get there. I've narrowed it down to San Diego State University, UC Davis, and St Louis University. Although I like the San Diego area best, right now I am leaning to UC Davis as a school. It looks more specialized. Well now it is off to the water park!

Frustrations Unlimited!

So on my way back from the mainland, I had to check one of my carry-on bags plane-side because it was a small plane. When I got my bag back at my next destination, my camera was gone out of my camera case. my little pink camera case was closed in my bag, but the camera was nowhere to be seen. I had them check the plane and also had them call the originating airport to see if my camera was there, but it wasn't. I had to file a stolen item report and may possibly get compensation withing the next 2 months. Alas, I have no pics from oct to now and will not have any for a while because the camera is gone. If you have any pics from Halloween (with my amazing Freddy Krueger outfit with the 2 hour make-up job), Lynn's or Heidi's B-day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, or any time we were out together, it would be awesome if you could send them to me.

This was after coming to the mainland I arrived 7 hours later than I was supposed to sans luggage.

This was after being bumped down from first class with no compensation on a flight.

This is after getting on the airplane and hour an a half late because we were waiting on the crew.

This is after sitting on the tarmac for over an hour.

I felt very sorry for the Northwest customer service rep who had to deal with me. I do not feel sorry for the customer service rep from corporate who is going to call me.

Tasty Salad Recipe

4 cups spinach and mixed greens
some tomatoes
some cucumber
some peeled boiled shrimp
1 grilled small chicken breast
2 TBS gorgonzola
1 chopped hard boiled egg
2 strips chopped cooked bacon
1/2 sliced avocado
Marie's raspberry vinaigrette

Mix it.

It's good.

Alas...

Why is Basil the only herb I can keep alive? My sage died, my tobacco, which is usually very hearty, died, and my lemon balm died. Maybe the indoor herb garden by my windwo is best suited for the amazing flowering plants I have and the one odd vine-thing plant I inherited because the herbs are not doing what they are supposed to do. I'm talking about living, I mean heaven forbid they actually grow.

On the plus side we did put a live x-mas tree up this year at my friend's house. We will have our own small Christmas here before we go to the mainland for the main event.

I haven't put up my Christmas decor yet.

Two Unrelated Thoughts...

I think the entire male population has gone completely bonkers. Seriously, if you are crazy, please don't talk to me. And if you haven't tried the Mango Juicy Juice, you are missing out. It's delicious.

O Happy Day

I was listening to my favorite study music, Splashdown, when I noticed something new in my iTunes mini-store. This wonderous new treasure was the "Stars and Garters" album by Splashdown. Remastered.

There is one album I would like to in possession of that was never released... "Possibilities". If anyone has an inkling on where to find it, let me know.





Post note: I found them on this site. all free. all wonderful.

Rain

So I see this wall of rain moving in off the mountain, but I don't know if it's just random rain or Flossie.

Current Weather: Mostly cloudy, humid, muggy, not nice.

Tomorrow

Ok, so they said today was the big day and noooooooooo hurricane. Tomorrow they say. tonight and tomorrow. While we did have high wind and surf advisory, I am more concerned about the high UV index. It's supposed to be 10+ tomorrow.
Current weather: cool, cloudy, breezy

Clean House

One of the most important things to have during a natural disaster is a clean house. I don't know why, but I have been cleaning all today and I say it is an important thing to have. Actually Dave helped me bring my water and food in last night and noticed that there was mold on the celing of the bathroom. I was really compelled to get it off.

My roomies' families are ok (on the big island). They aren't in major hurricane zone. Just getting a lot of rain.

Current weather: Sunny, wispy clouds in sky, breezy, and HOT. UV index at 8 so I am trying to stay inside and cancer free.

Emergency Survival Kit

In any extreme natural disaster situation, you should have an emergency kit. It should look like this



Just add ice.
Your kit should include:
*Water
*Non-perishable food
*Non-electric can opener for canned food
*Battery-powered radio
*Matches and Lighters
*Candles
*Playing cards/board games
*Beer
*Ice
*First-aid kit

Current weather: Windy, clear skies, sunny. A very nice day so far.

Hurricane Preparedness

Yesterday I went to the comissary and bought water, canned veggies and soup, and some other provisions. Today to get ready for the hurricane I am getting batteries, ice, and a flashlight. While I have been in Hawaii, I have experienced a flood, an earthquake, and some tornadoes. The two natural disasters I did not want to be in were tsunami and hurricane. One down...



...But if Hurricane Day is anything like Earthquake Day, it will be a gooooood time.

Current weather- Not a cloud in he sky from my window. Breezy.

Emergency plan

As some of you may know hurricane Flossie is headed this way. I talked is over with Kristen's parents and they said I should let my family know my emergency plan in case it is a bad storm (which it isn't supposed to be). I will be staying at a friend's house who lives more inland than I do the day it is supposed to hit. If I am unable to make it to her house I am just going to stay in my building. If the water starts getting higher than my floor (which I doubt will happen, but I'm not in a tsunami safe floor anymore) I will go higher in the building. That's my plan.

YOURspace.com

So I am at a grand total of 2 Myspace accounts being opened with MY email address without my knowledge. My Myspace isn't even opened with this email address. PEOPLE! Know your own email address!! It isn't that hard!!!! Next time it happens, I'm messing with the account.

Huh...

So here's the big dilemma: For the past four years I have had a very clear goal, graduate from the University of Hawaii. To complete this task I had to obviously remain in Hawaii. Now I HAVE completed it and I feel a little lost. Do I stay or do I go? I know you have read numerous posts about how much Hawaii sucks (and it still has its moments), but I have actually made a semi-good life for myself here. I know I am not going to stay forever, and am wondering if now is the time to leave. If I leave, however, I probably will not come back. Not to live here at least. Additionally, if I leave and don't have a game plan, I run the risk of carting my crap all around the mainland. Now that I don't have a HUGE goal that requires me to stay in Hawaii, I feel more distant from my family, interstate travel, and quality sundries at affordable prices. hmmmmmm.......

bored.

so bored. check out new pics on flickr.