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Benny's LiveJournal:
| Thursday, January 14th, 2010 | |
| 5:59 pm | So freaking cool This is how I want teachers to be! This is how I want to learn: My Favorite Liar |
| Thursday, December 31st, 2009 | |
| 9:57 am | Questions? You've got questions? Lemme answer: Formspring me! |
| Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 | |
| 5:53 am | I said I'd go in to work... I said I would go in today, despite missing work due to a cold yesterday. But... My car is completely plowed in. It didn't occur to me to get a shovel for the car, which I now realize was totally dumb-ass of me. The buses are not running today. I will have to walk to work, but no one has shoveled their walks yet (which reminds me, how am I going to get to the house to shovel?). I'm still feeling like crap (but a lot better than yesterday). In addition to my car being plowed in, the road from my place to the main road is blocked off because of fallen power lines. I have no idea when that will be fixed so they can plow that road. I DO know another way of getting out to the main road though, assuming there are no down lines or down trees over there. So what is the plan? Not sure. I have about an hour to decide if I'm going to walk, dig my car out with a spoon (or more likely, my hands), or stay home again. I DO have the paid time, but if I use it now I can't use it later. We shall see. I missed the thunder and lightning though, which is too bad. But I slept reasonably well, which is good! Edit: Screw it. I'm staying in. I'll dig my car out by hand in a few hours when the sun is actually up, then go to the house and shovel this afternoon. |
| Friday, December 4th, 2009 | |
| 5:56 pm | I make no sense So, having moved out of the house I had with a big yard and garden, and into a small apartment, and with the oncoming winter... I've started to have an urge to have a vegetable garden. WTF? I have never before in my life had an urge to garden! I kill every green thing I touch! Weeding my parents' garden was a nightmare when I was a teenager. Actually, I DO know why I have this urge: 1) I am broke, and growing my own food sounds good when I can't afford fresh food. 2) I was overwhelmed with the responsibility of the yard/garden etc at the house. It was too big, too much work, and I didn't know how to do it. Container gardening sounds actually manageable. 3) I have a tiny apartment, and a huge porch, and any excuse to use the huge porch is really attractive. So now I am reading all sorts of websites about container gardening. I can't actually DO anything until closer to spring, but I can pre-plant some things inside in March. Plus, I can learn a bunch, and hopefully that will help me have some success come summer. I am thinking of doing Zucchini because I LOVE them. I seems you can also do eggplants, which are worth a try. I will do tomatoes because they appear to be easy, and basil because pesto is my favorite thing ever. Perhaps come summer I will not feel like doing it. Perhaps I will try and it will fail... but at least right now I can fantasize about fresh vegetables and green growing things. |
| Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 | |
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| Monday, September 21st, 2009 | |
| 8:38 pm | Freebies I posted these to freecycle already, but I'm going to put them on my LJ too. 1) Hammock. Green rope style. Needs to be attached to a stand or trees or something, but it's in pretty good condition. 2) Brown microsuede loveseat cover. No stains or tears or anything. We're a non-smoking home, but we have pets. 3) Gray and black office/desk chair with wheels. Good condition, but not as nice as mine, so I need to get rid of it. These MUST be scheduled with me for a pick up. If I don't get responses soon I'll have to throw this stuff out. |
| Sunday, September 20th, 2009 | |
| 9:03 am | |
| Thursday, September 17th, 2009 | |
| 6:18 pm | Computer issue Um... so my computer is doing a weird thing. It's dropping net access after only a few minutes. It is using wired internet, and does this when connected directly to the modem, or through a router. It'll get online just fine, but as soon as I get to where I want to go, the connection drops. The only way to get reconnected is to restart the computer and modem. This is not an issue with the modem, as it does not have the same problem when connected to another computer (such as the one I'm typing this on). The computer is a year old Dell running Vista, if that helps.= I'm at a loss, because I am not a computer person. I know how to use it when it runs well, but when it does not, I'm at a total loss. |
| Friday, September 4th, 2009 | |
| 6:52 pm | Garage sale! So we're moving out of a big house into a tiny apartment (economy, decreased income, short sale blah blah blah), so we need to sell a TON of stuff! Our misfortune is your gain, because our garage sale is going to rock! Everything must go! Saturday Sept 5th and Sunday Sept 6th 8am to 4pm. 525 Vernon Ave Madison WI 53714 PLEASE come help us out by checking out our stuff. |
| Sunday, July 26th, 2009 | |
| 9:45 pm | Changes - School etc. I made some major changes to my schedule of classes next semester. Originally I was going to be taking 8 credits - 3 for "Math of Finance," 4 for "Accounting 1," and 1 for "Excel- Beginning." Given that my life is WAY too fucking complicated right now, I decided that 8 credits was too much to ask for my first semester of school (don't forget, I'm still employed full time). So since accounting 1 and math of finance should be taken at the same time, I originally thought I should stick with just "Excel - Beginning" for my first semester back at school. But, to be honest, doing only 1 credit feels like flaking out of school, and that fucking sucks. Plus, it's only 6 weeks, which would leave me with a lot of time of not being in school (October 14 until the end of January) and I'd be annoyed about that. SO... I looked through the classes I have to take for my major, and what was not full, and decided on THIS instead: I will take "Economics" (3 credits) for the whole semester. For the first 6 weeks I will take "Excel - Beginning" for 1 credit, followed by "Excel - Intermediate" for the following 6 weeks. Technically the second excel class is NOT required for my major, but I can't see how it couldn't be useful, especially if I want to promote at my company. This leaves me with a total of 5 credits at the end of the semester (instead of 8), 4 of which are required for my major. Good call... right? |
| Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 | |
| 7:57 pm | ARRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Jinx was in a minor car accident today. She is fine, the driver who hit her is insured, but the car needs to get taken in for fixing. My sewing machine no longer functions. AT ALL. It appears to be an electrical failure. It needs to be taken in for fixing. Life? Don't talk to me about life. |
| Monday, June 29th, 2009 | |
| 10:31 am | Stonewall Apparently, nothing has changed in 40 years: Police Raid Gay Bar in Dallas During Stonewall Commemoration Seriously. WTF? Plenty of other stories about this incident if you use Google. Wow. |
| Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 | |
| 10:28 pm | Medical I'm never really sure how to handle it when someone I care about, but am not particularly close to, is in medical distress. This week several of the people I used to consider my dearest closest friends, but who no longer feel close to ME, have had surgery. I'm aching for them, especially those who's medical situations came as a surprise. But these people have all, to various degrees, put me out of their lives. It leaves me confused, and profoundly, deeply sad. K, I miss you more than I can describe. A&J (&G!!), your family has never ceased to be important to me, even when I flounder. G, I can tell you are trying, and I appreciate it. I want to be a better friend. I wish I knew how. |
| Friday, June 5th, 2009 | |
| 5:36 pm | Radio Hosts Encourage Violence Against Transgender Children In a story that appears specifically designed to piss me off and make me cry: Huffington Post Story A list of the advertisers on the station and more info can be found here. The page for the awful radio show is here. I couldn't listen to more than a few moments of their bullshit. |
| Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 | |
| 8:40 pm | Wanted Ad Wanted: Dog and cat sitter May 21 to 24. Will pay in cash ($20/day) and/or favors. Cats need feeding/litter cleaned 1x/day, dog needs walk, attention. Best if someone can stay overnight here, but not 100% mandatory. 2 different people would work too. |
| Thursday, March 19th, 2009 | |
| 9:07 pm | Galileo Scope 2009 is the International Year of Astronomy. One of the many things being done to celebrate, and to encourage more interest in Astronomy, is the creation of the Galileo Scope. Inspired by the "One Laptop Per Child" program, it's a small inexpensive but high quality telescope. $15 for a telescope yo! You can also donate one for only $12.50, and they'll go to various educational institutions around the world. Galileoscope.org This NOT a hoax. Many of my favorite science podcasts (NPR Science Friday, Skepticality, Astronomy Cast, BBC Naked Scientists) have talked about this. These are set to ship in April. I'm so excited to get mine, I can hardly stand it. Now I just need to hit the library for a good book and learn how to find stuff in the sky. Note: After shipping and tax (for those of us in WI) the total cost is $25.27. Since their located in WI we have to pay a bit of tax. The donations are really only $12.50. |
| 9:36 am | WIN!  see more pwn and owned pictures I'd be making it out to Charter though. I pay them way too much. |
| Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 | |
| 6:04 pm | Cold Those of you who do not walk 2.5 miles before sunrise had better quit complaining about the cold weather. 'Cause seriously... my legs didn't thaw until several hours into the day today. Luckily it looks like Friday will be back above freezing and hopefully less wind. |
| Saturday, March 7th, 2009 | |
| 12:12 pm | Old computer stuff Going through old computer stuff today in an attempt to organize my office, found a whole bunch of old programs and discs. Strange to see my childhood copy of "where in time is carmen sandiago" and "super munchers" as well as many others. None are of any use anymore (all on floppy) but still a strange experience. I kinda wish I could play this old copy of "Sim City 2000" one more time. |
| Sunday, March 1st, 2009 | |
| 7:57 pm | Best Birthday Ever! Just wanted to thank all of the many of you who celebrated with me this weekend! So many wonderful people are in my life, and I'm really grateful for it. |