Most of November 2k9

I’ve been a busy fat bastard this month… my back is still rather messed up. Been doing physical therapy for it, not helping. I’m not really getting worse, just not better. I’ve built a website, a network, cleaned up the house a bit, sold my piano (sad about that actually), bought a big TV, put legal Windows 7 on 5 of my computers (why do I have 5?), and some other crap… I’m not in a great mood, I’m not in a bad mood, I’m just undecided about things. I’ve accomplished a lot this month and I’m doing okay, I think. And here’s why…

CitiBank (ShitiGank) has decided to try to fuck me again, “we’re raising everyone’s rates!”, from 6.9% to 14.99%. I told them no, they cannot do that to me. I bought nearly $3k worth of stuff, called them up and said I do not accept their terms. They can either work with me or get bent. The reason I bought the stuff, is because I’ll not be able to use the card anymore. The card will supposedly remain at my current rape fees and such. I followed up the call with this email:

To continue to provide you with access to payment, I am adjusting the terms to my account as follows: I will continue to pay under the existing conditions and terms until my balance is paid in full. However, If my minimum payment goes up beyond existing terms or my APR goes higher, I will stop sending payment IMMEDIATELY and you shall not receive another penny! I sincerely reject your doing this to me after years of being loyal customer. I no longer care. Thanks for nothing, have a craptastic day, thanks for ruining mine. bastards…

There’s no reason for anyone to put up with this shit, fuck the fucking fuckers! I got a canned reply later that day, they couldn’t give a shit less. I’ll pay on it until they decide to go back on their word yet again.

Thanksgiving day is Thursday, I’m sort of looking forward to that. I’m tired, my back hurts, going to bed.

Fridee The 13th

Just a quick note to say I’m still alive… doing okay. Fried my back about 3 weeks ago, just barely getting back to the normal back pain that I experience, and am out doing what caused me to fry my back in the first place. I remember why I don’t do physical labor. Anywho. That’s about it… I built a site for a friend, was really hoping I’d get paid, but I don’t see that happening any time soon. It’s a rather nice site from what I hear from the uppities that I made it for. I still don’t know who Al Unser is… here’s the url, I mean urls:

http://www.forceexpress.info
http://www.forceexpress.infous
http://www.greenforceexpress.com
http://www.greenforceexpress.info
http://www.greenforceexpress.net
http://www.greenforceexpress.us
http://www.theforceexpress.com
http://www.theexpressforce.com

October 2k9

Wow, what a month. Without going into too much detail, I’ve been quite busy. I was able to recover the files (from the computer in my last post). Anywho, all this busy-busy has landed me with a fried lower back. Even with the added activity I haven’t lost any weight and still have the same amount of insomnia… damn it! I am in slightly better spirits though, so it’s all good. The weather has gone from hot to cold with a few hours of Fall-type weather to enjoy.

So, it’s 2:30am and I’m having a coffee. Woke up with a severely dry throat and an aching back around 2, maybe I should have made some cocoa… with peppermint schnapps in it. Grant (Ward’s son) was nice to me yesterday, guess pain is something he can relate to. Pain is something nearly everyone can relate to… except Ward, he is as healthy as a horse, figuratively speaking.

I’m still using Windows 7 RC and love it. The real W7 is on its way, might get it today, maybe tomorrow, maybe next week… The transition from Vista to W7 is minimal, it’s nearly the same, as I’ve said before. I like 7 more than XP and more than Vista. I’ve been running it for about 6 months from beta to RC (release candidate). The first beta was craptastic, network issues.

I’m contemplating a nibble from this Oxycontin (or “Oxy-Cotton” as I hear it around here) here… have crackerpracter appointment at 9am. He electrified me yesterday and ultrasounded my back fat. I about died there on the table! I do feel better today than I did yesterday though, so it helped.

Damn It, Damn It, Son of a Bitch!

What a couple of weeks this has been! I had to replace the driver’s front bearing on my popcan car, then noticed one strut was bent slightly in the front and one was blown in the back, that one had been since I got the car. I did the work myself, still cost nearly $600… but the car drives better and feels “safer” now.

I’ve been doing grunt work here and there to pay for this and feed my face, working on one now that’s a junker. I had just gotten everything reinstalled software-wise… and was putting her stuff back on when the fucking thing started squeaking and fried my external hard drive, with her stuff on it! Then my monitor went blue… so it fried it too. Fucking piece of shit. Even though the external is fried, I’m able to extract nameless files from the thing… the extension is there, but the files are basically fuckered. She’s getting a new computer, and some nameless files back. Damnit!

I’m tired as hell. I think I’ll just let the recovery run on this crap all night…

Why is this news?

Why is it news that a 9 year old can dial 911? Whoop-de-fucking-doo… the ho is literate. Back in my day, yeah I’m old, you had to look up the cops, ambulance, and fire department in the phone book… and then use a rotary dial phone to call them! you had to call each one separately too! Oh wow, this 9 year old kid can hit 3 buttons on a telephone…

Is nothing else happening in the world?

G’bye Aunt Gerry!

Going to Kirksville, MO today… 260 miles up… 260 miles home. Why? It’s basically a favor for mother. I’m taking her sister back home. I’m not looking forward to it… roughly 4½ hours of driving each way. A couple days ago, I drove to the city to take a piece of crap electronic thingy back and to get groceries. I went into MicroCenter, the cashier was really cute, then she turned and there was this fish hook with a fake diamond hanging off the side of her nose… looked like a mountain climber on Mount Rushmore, I really just don’t understand the appeal.

I also built a demo site for a potential customer. The site is rather plain. I don’t see any point in sinking too much time into something that someone may not even want. I didn’t seek him out, he found me. I don’t like to do sites. Anywho… I’ve gotta leave in 30 minutes, not much else has happened. Life has been pretty boring and normal lately. Nothing to write home about. meh.

A Dave Says… “MOOOOOO!”

damn… I never wanted to see 230 again. I remember a time when I was happy to see 230, but I soon was 225… then 220. I’m going in the wrong direction and don’t have what I need to get back on the treadmill or go for a hobble around town. I’m so very tired and I’m tired of being so tired, it’s tiring! I don’t get it… I’ve put maybe 2 miles on the treadmill in as many months! I used to do at least 3 miles a day, to lose weight and then a few miles a week to maintain. Hurt my feet, hurt my knees, took a break… never went back to it. *sigh*

I need to say g’bye to desserts after a meal… especially after a BIG meal! I did last night, but I shouldn’t have eaten what I ate last night. I wasn’t even hungry! I was getting ready to take a shower and go to bed when the family showed up and wanted me to join them for dinner… “no” isn’t an answer they accept. I should have gotten just a salad or something, but I rarely turn down a good meal.

Sweating Icicles

Again, Kansas has gone from one extreme to the other… from fucking hot to fucking cold. No happy medium, fuck Kansas! Yesterday it was 85°F (29.4°C), the day before that it was 95°F (35°C), and last night it went down to at least 55°F (12.8°C). I left the windows open last night, it be cold in here! Uncle Arthur is visiting (you may know him as arthritis)… at least I don’t have Aunt Flo (figure her out for yourself) to deal with, she’s a bitch!

Probably not going back to church, I don’t care too much for “Boring Bob’s” Boring Speech, it’s not a sermon. He sounds like Al Gore and Reverend Lovejoy from the Simpson’s, but not as smart and not as funny respectively. He just stands up there and drones on for 30 minutes. I don’t feel Jesufied and I don’t feel inspired to do anything but sleep. The rest of the church likes him, so he’s the one… and I’m out. Hope they can run the sound system…

I have to go out to put dad’s truck back together again. Was dropping the fuel tank yesterday to pull the fuel pump, the one we put in was DOA. Dad ran off to do something for mom in the middle of dropping the tank, fuel goes everywhere and I pulled my shoulder out. Neck and shoulder hurt like hell… it’s going to be a wonderful day!

Damnit Shit!

I may have overdrafted my account… well, I came damn close anyway. Something isn’t getting paid in full so that I don’t have overdraft charges. Second month in a row. Remember the ignorant spending spree? Yeah, that’ll be with me for a while, a long while. Speaking of can’t afford, my insurance doesn’t cover yet another medication (surprise surprise)… it’s only $128 a month for that one, it’s a cheap one! My happiness and health isn’t worth $1,500 a year though, not to me. If I paid for all the medications that I should be on and aren’t, I’d spend $1,500 a month. One old bird I know has cancer, her insurance (same as mine) won’t cover the chemotherapy, $15k a month! She can’t afford that, so she’s gonna die…

Anywho… nothing new in life, no surprise there either. Summer’s almost over, temperatures are coming down, prices are going up, can’t get decent night’s sleep, and bullshit continues in its normal fashion. Will’s phone got shut off for 3 days, I considered it a vacation. Since he got it turned back on, he’s been calling non-stop again. Twat’s twat… and that’s that.

Vacation Over

The ‘rents are home. They drove non-stop from wherever the hell they were in the mountains of Colorado. I don’t know why they do shit like that. Well, it’s not “they”, it’s Dad. They’re not young and dumb anymore, driving 12 hours straight isn’t something their old asses should be doing anymore. Shouldn’t have done it back then! Anywho, they got home about 3 in the morning. Idiots!

I have to go out one more time, take them drugs and bring back Syd. I stayed in bed until 9:30, no matter how I try, I can’t sleep like everyone else I know. I was eaten alive by skeeters from my trip with Sarah and Charles a few nights ago, then eaten some more when I went to the ‘rents last night… I think those were fleas. Fleas that I brought home with me, damn it. So now my house smells like bug poison again…

I don’t know when I’m leaving, only know I don’t want to. Slappy’s mowing his lawn, I can see water on the grass from the downpour yesterday. I’m not going to mow wet grass, but this is the guy that I’ve seen mowing while it’s actually raining. He’s mow-happy! If it grows a nanometer, he’s out there mowing it down! Lawn looks decent though…

I’ve shut down the server to save electricity. I think it maybe uses 30¢ a day, but it adds up to about $10 a month. I should shut down this computer at night, that saves a lot more. This computer is hungry for power. Most of my electric bill consists of using this computer. I still don’t live within my means. Not to mention the spending spree I stupidly did over the last two months. My TV in here has gone purple. No, I only bought crap that really made no difference in my life.

I need to go to city to get groceries, most of the 4 lane highway is open now and 70 mph (112.7 km/h), finally. When I first moved here it was 55 mph (88.5 km/h) and 2 lane for 40 miles (64.4 km), then it went to 65 mph (104.6 km/h). The plans for a 4 lane had been running for 12 years, then all of a sudden they started doing it. What’s funny is the year before they started building the 4 lane and tearing up the 2 lane, they resurfaced the 2 lane! Talk about a waste of money…