Some thoughts… August 4, 2006

1. This whole tax holiday thing is for the birds. You are an IDIOT if you waited until the weekend before school starts to go school shopping for your kids. Nevermind that all those nice sale prices from a couple weeks ago are gone, so in the end, you aren’t saving anything. Also, the restrictions are interesting, to say the least, especially on book prices. Good luck finding any textbook between $30-50. I’ll be rolling over to half.com, thanks. I also really get a snicker out of these people saying “Those of you without kids need to just stay home so that those of us who need it can go shopping in peace.” Who designated you ruler of all? Seriously. I’ll go shopping when and if I damn well please.
2. I am going to call around on Monday and start going to counseling. I’m starting to take out my issues on people/things who don’t deserve that and my problems are no one else’s problems.  I also feel like I’m not dealing with other people very well.
3. I’ve started looking around at cars. I’m not really looking to buy right now, but sometime in the next year, especially if I get another raise. I’m looking at the Toyota Yaris, Honda Civic, and the Hyundai Santa Fe. I’d prefer pre-owned, just ’cause it’s cheaper. If anyone has any suggestions/advice do let me know. I’m sort of wavering between leasing and purchasing, only because the cheaper car payment of a lease appeals to me, and I would likely drive a car I purchased until the wheels ran square, so I wouldn’t get much in the way of trade-in. I’ve heard leasing can be a bad move. I don’t know enough right now to decide.
4. The whole overpriced condo trend in Tuscaloosa has reached new heights of stupidity. Over on 8th Street there is a condo development going up that is $200K+ per condo. Nevermind that the whole area is totally run down and smells like a not-so-subtle combination of hot ass and garbage. (I know this because I bike through there every day on my way to work.) If I’m paying that much for an 800 square foot condo in Tuscaloosa, my street should smell nice, dangit.  I’m really curious how it is that our state is so poor yet there are obviously many people who can afford these ridiculous units for their college-age kids.

Quite tired August 2, 2006

I really hate being bored at work. One of my long time friends once said that smart people should never be bored, and to an extent I agree with him. However, at work your ability to do certain things is limited, and even browsing around on the internet isn’t all that great because of the expectation that any second you will be called to go do something else. Not to mention my activities are monitored, so I certainly have to be careful about what type of sites I browse (not that I would go to porn sites or anything, but you know…). At least if I were at home I would have plenty to do (i.e. laundry, since I’m running dangerously low on work clothes) and I would have the option of going somewhere if I so chose. Not to mention that IF my boss comes in, he’s usually not here before 11, so I spend all of the first half of the day and most of the second half bored out of my mind.

Last night I went with Scott over to Wilhagen’s to play poker, which is something I rarely do among friends and never in public. Scott didn’t play, just read the paper (we were invited by a student of his) and came by to say hi every now and then. I managed to stay in for about an hour and a half, finally going out when I had an ace and a king and the other guy had two kings.  Bah. Luckily there’s no buy-in, so I wasn’t out anything but time. The secondhand smoke was really getting to me and today I feel less than ideal. My bike ride into work was a bit tougher than usual.

I think I may go off and get me some coffee or something, since there isn’t anything else keeping me here right now.

I swore I wouldn’t ever… August 1, 2006

Feel jealous of everyone (friends/acquaintances) getting married and engaged. But somehow, the more of my friends who are getting married or sporting the rocks and planning their weddings, the more….inadequate I feel. It’s stupid. I’m so much more than who I’m with. I’m young and (hopefully) have many, many years ahead of me. I have a boyfriend that I wouldn’t trade for anything. I have a steady job and some pretty good prospects for the future.  So why am I so bothered by all this?!

It’s society. Dammit.