Odds and Ends, and Stuff.

So its been a while, big whup, wanna fight about it?

Things have been somewhat interesting around here. I've done a ton of work in the past two weeks (almost 30 hours of overtime). Its been fun, and I've learned a ton.

Our trees are growing nicely. Most of them have leaves on them now. I'm pretty excited. It is fun to see them grow.

Today our warrenty repair people finally came out to fix the problems identified in our one month inspection (ya, you heard me). Our kitchen tile looks much better, and our electrical fan sounds much nicer. Had an interesting scare with a permanent marker, but it was resolved.

That was the good part.
They brought out dirt to fill in the places that washed away in the flood. They even got it looking really good. But, its gone now. The rain washed away everything they did. I almost feel bad for them. Maybe next time they will fix the drainage first.
Next on the list was the pipe that was leaking over our front bathroom. It has only been leaking for a week, but there was already some pretty good damage. They went up into the attic to find the source of the leak and discovered, low and behold, that the insulation people had neglected to put insulation in the front ceiling. That explains why it is always so cold up there huh. My Dad is going to bringing the ladder by later so we can look in the upstairs ceiling and make sure they did that part right.
Anyway, we have a big hole in the ceiling now because the guy that was supposed to repair the leak didn't have the right parts. at least nothing else is getting ruined.

I'm going to be doing homework and Homework this weekend. Hopefully I'll be able to get out and recover some of the dirt before it washes too far away (or before someone else comes and takes it like last time). Our lawn looks pretty bad too.

I guess that is about all that is worth talking about. Things have actually been going pretty good over all.

Catch ya later!

Should I?

I've been wondering... Should I change my blog design again? It's been a while since I changed it last, and I never quite finished it. What do you all think?

Am I weird for really liking fish burritos for breakfast?

Too Funny to Pass Up.

These two news stories were posted next to each other. They are completely unrelated of course, but it still struck me as funny.

Why?!?!?!???

I went to McDonalds for breakfast today. There is one in the gas station that I go to, so I occasionally go in while I am filling up in the morning. Every single time I have gone I have had a bad experience. Everytime I have walked out of there thinking it would be the last time. The thing is, I usually have so little time in the morning that if I stop for gas I don't have time for breakfest somewhere else. (before anyone comments, I know I should just eat at home, and I am going to work on my schedule so that I have time. I feel like throwing up if I eat before I've been awake for 45-60 minutes, so I'm going to try waking up earlier.)
Anyway, the first time I went I spent 5 minutes standing and waiting for my orange juice, only to have them say, "sorry, we have no orange juice". So I asked for Ice Tea, but they didn't have that either. I finally ended up with Sprite, which was NASTY (as in there was something wrong with it).
The next time I went they just took a really long time; longer than it took to get 16 gallons of gas from the Unical 76 pump. Unical 76 pumps are SLOW! it should not take longer than the pump to throw a McGriddle and a hashbrown into a bag. You go to McDonalds because they are supposed to be FAST!
Finally, today. Today I woke up in a horrible mood because I did poorly on a paper that I spent 27 hours writing this weekend, and got barely any sleep. So I went to McDonalds, and I stood there, and I stood there, and I stood there. Turns out, the cashier could not help me becuase the terminal was locked out from another employee ORDERING THEIR OWN BREAKFAST! Once they go around to taking my order things went pretty fast; like about 20 seconds, including the girl having to go back because she forgot to put in my second hashbrown. The problem was, they gave me my orange juice in a kiddy cup. That is right, a kiddy cup. One of the best things about McDonalds is that they give you your morning OJ in a 20 ounce cup normally (which is nice because it offsets having to pay $1.50 for it). This morning however, I got a nice 8 ounce kiddy cup full of my $1.50 OJ. I asked, "doesn't this normally come in a larger cup?" and the girl replied, "no, that is a small OJ". Well, you were right miss., that was a small OJ.

Too Funny

This will break my template; oh well.

golf in space

I've been working hard to not blog while I'm at work (hence the lack of posts) but here is the second thing of the day I just can't pass up posting.
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/ft_060227_exp13_golf.html

I'm an Artistic!

Got this from Ben. Dumb test (way too rigid) but fun anyway.

***Your Career Type: Artistic***


You are expressive, original, and independent.
Your talents lie in your artistic abilities: creative writing, drama, crafts, music, or art.

You would make an excellent:

Actor - Art Teacher - Book Editor
Clothes Designer - Comedian - Composer
Dancer - DJ - Graphic Designer
Illustrator - Musician - Sculptor

The worst career options for your are conventional careers, like bank teller or secretary.


What's Your Ideal Career?
http://www.blogthings.com/idealcareerquiz

Hmmmmm....

It is sad how quick people will jump rudely down your throat and say you are full of crap when they have an OPINION that is different than yours.

So Sue Me

In case you missed it, Apple is getting sued for not putting warning labels on their iPods telling people that you can get hearing damage if you turn up the volume too high.

Companies should be able to counter-sue in cases like this. This guy hasn't even suffered hearing loss yet! He just thinks he will because he listens to his iPod too loud. I guess it was blocking out that little voice of reason.

High Gas Prices Are Good

If this doesn't get people commenting on my blog I don't know what will.

Reasons that high gas prices are good:

#1 If people are paying this much for gas , then they can obviously afford it, and if people can afford it and are buying it, why shouldn't the oil companies be charging more? Hello, economy 101 here. Plus, people making money is a boost to the economy.

#2 Less people on the road. Can you imagine how crowded the freeways would be right now if gas was $1 a gallon?

#3 higher gas prices increase public outcry over lack of alternative energy sources and public transportation, both which need more money invested in them.

I bet we hit $3.50 a gallon or more this summer.

On a different note, this is so true:
http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/images/dilbert20012211860201.gif