Shoulda woulda coulda

Didn't.
- make dinner tonight
- apply for the job I should apply to
- patch the wall by the window

Instead, went climbing with the ex. All the way home as I'm biking, I'm trying to figure out if I really want to. If I should. How do I feel? And I figured I'd go, and make it short. Got to hear about his trip. Climbing 8 days in a row. Literally. See, he's a crazy man!

Did.
- went out Friday night with my two guy friends who hear me snort the most, because they both make me laugh. The beers helped. And being able to be crude with them helps too. OK, so I had a little too much - we all did. And I had on a stretchy dress. And D was showing us clothes in his trunk he was getting rid of. And I was practically dared to take my dress off. I didn't. But I did lift it up to my neck, in part because it really didn't make a difference. I mean I had more clothing on than wearing a bikini, and very un-exciting underwear. That was my reasoning at the time. Then, as they are headed of to their cars and mine is a bit away, I realize, oh, I'm not at the beach and I am in the middle of a parking lot. So, I had one of them walk me to my car to be safe.
- On the train ride to Sacramento, I was wearing a top from the long trip. I think I had spilled things on it at least 3 times. Nasty. So, on the train, at the end of the car, I changed my shirt.

I'm not crazy at all.
Ha!

Overslept

Thankfully I had a repair guy scheduled to come at 7:30 am to look at stuff to provide estimates. And thankfully I wore clothes to bed. But, gotta run.

So, have a nice day!

Saturday Hunt - Shades

Well, these are my new shades that I'm trying to install. I thought it would be so easy, but of course with a house, nothing is easy. Before installing, I have to paint the existing window frame. Which technically should be easy. But they are metal, there is some rust, some pieces of the wall outside the frame are falling apart, and the screws for the old blinds/etc. leave holes which need to be filled. I'm workin' on it.


What I'm replacing. Nasty evil dirty blinds.


And not sure if you know this band/song, but it was what I thought of immediately. Timbuck 3 - The Future's so bright, I gotta wear shades. I chose to use the official video, so no embedding.

Mi's in town!

My friend Mi (obviously not her real name) is in town from Brazil. She's native Japanese and worked with me at my last job. It was great to see her - she hasn't changed since I last saw her. Feisty is a great word.

What's funny is that she used to be very traditional Japanese... that is before she met me. I seem to have had somewhat of an effect on her.

One of the first trips we did together was to Japan, actually. Hokkaido island (and I think I spelled that wrong). We both managed to get an afternoon off together, and we went to a local noodle house (amazing udon soup and tempura) and then to a bath house, which is very traditional Japanese. The bath house was HUGE. And, you must go completely naked. Mi was verrrrry surprised when I just stripped down to nothing without a problem. She just said tonight how that might not have been the best idea, at least from her perspective. Immediately that day and afterwards I would say in a sing-song voice "I saw Mi naked".

So, at work, I tended to speak my mind. What a surprise. Mi would sit there and look at me and wonder at the words coming out of my mouth. She also was taken advantage of by our boss, and I would counsel her to the best of my ability, and try to get her to stand up for herself. Over time, Mi started changing a bit and now it's to the point where we're like twin sisters - personality-wise. Now, I'm not saying it was all me. I wish! Because I like her a lot. No, not in that way....

Mi signs. So the table tonight was a combination of Japanese speakers (her sister and friend), English speakers, and deaf people. Great combination. Though Mi was not very excited to hear I had gotten rid of my sign language books. Oh well!

What a wonderful evening after a very pissy day. And I biked home in the dark in the beautiful weather, meat rumbling in my belly.

giving away

My intention last night was to do nothing. Or almost nothing. But I have such a hard time doing nothing. So, one thing I did was try and get rid of some stuff. Got rid of one thing - my American Sign Lanugage books/tapes. And felt really good about it because the person who picked them up has foster children, and a person who helps out in the house who is deaf, so they can really use them. Instead of sitting in my basement doing nothing. So, yay! It counterbalanced the people who said they'd come and didn't.

A word I hate

Bored.
And a variation - boring.
I always believed that only those who have no imagination are boring or can get bored or be bored with someone else.
But.
I'm bored at work.
I keep myself busy and do my work.
But there's not much interest.
It's time for a new job.
But where?
Who knows.
I've been applying and we'll see.
Boring me.

Which one are you? Spendthrift or Tightwad?

Spendthrifts, for example, are those who experience little pain or remorse when spending, while tightwads are all too conscious of what it costs them to part with a dollar. One person feels guilty for not saving more, while the other is wracked by not enjoying life.