WTF

While I was home sick yesterday I spent a lot of time in front of the television (as one in my cough induced condition would be inclined to do). Against my better judgement I decided to watch miscellaneous talk shows and gossip reels rather than just having a Dexter marathon like I should have.

One of the news shows had a segment about going to the gym. This wasn't your typical going to the gym segment, this was the what to wear and how to look segment. It was absurd - as a woman going to the gym you are supposed to portray an apparent look of not intending to sweat or get a work out of any sort. In order to do this you need to spend approximatedly $400 on miscellaneous crap. I'm so not even kidding about the price tag. You should wear at least $150 worth of clothes and shoes. Then you should buy fancy $10 hair ties so no one can see your ponytail holder. Then you should spend at least... AT LEAST $50 on special before you go to the gym makeup - then another at least $50 for the after you're done with the gym makeup. You also need to drop another $50 on gym perfume... I understand not wanting to smell like ass at the gym, but how bout some $3 deodorant!? I'm not going to put on any perfume that I can sweat through! And finally you should drop another $20 or so on some fancy hair powder instead of just washing it or leaving it in a ponytail... I was appaled. I still am.

I should, however, be more disgusted with the fact that I sat and watched the segment...

All Jammed and Jellied Out...

In the past 3 weeks the following domestic activities have been completed at our house:

• 5 gallons of peaches have been canned
• 16 cups of peach jam have been made
• 4 cups of peach preserves have been jellified
• 27 cups of concord grape jelly have been produced

I'm officially a canning queen. I wish we had tomatoes out the ass instead of fruit I don't like (peaches and plums). Next year I'll do plum jam just because it's there, but I hate plums even more than I hate peaches, so everyone out there better be willing to take this off my hands!

- In other news: we finally had to put Jill on a diet. She refuses to run when I take her to the dog park or when I go for a run (which let's be honest - Isn't that often). This is of course comical since she used to be the dog that I had to buy the high energy food for because she wouldn't keep weight on because she never stopped moving.... So now instead of spending $37 on dog food, we have to spend $75 because Ody doesn't ever stop running, so putting him on diet food would be bad. I know that in the end it will work out the same because they will still eat the same amount of dog food, but seriously $75 is a lot scarier than $37....

I just had to share...

I got home from working out after work last night and was greeted by the love of my life with a mudslide he pulled from the freezer for me. He also walked over to the microwave and hit start, and 30 seconds later I had dinner ready for me.

So. Totally. In. Love.

Proud

I am extraordinarly proud of myself and my dealings with computers these days.

Firstly XP Service Pack 3 fried Nick's computer - it's a good thing we have nearly half a dozen computers in our house so I can do internet research on a working computer for a broken computer. After many hours and many retarded reboots - I was successfully able to uninstall SP3 and the spyware program that caused the major malfunction that I like to call XP.

Second - Jesse got a new computer and after he got it up and running, it took the liberty of screwing up our wireless network. It was pretty awesome. We went from having a fully-functional and secure wireless network to having an insecure wireless network that only his computer could access consistently. Again it's a good thing that one of the nearly half a dozen computers was able to work right. After many hours and 60+ pages of instructions and reboots and additional retardation, we now have a secure fully-functional wireless network again.

Oh also we now have 3 cameras again. Do you know how naked I felt without the extra two cameras for 4 months!? Rediculous I know... but I have the big fancy one for practicing to be a professional (i know... pipe dreams), but that one doesn't stuff into a purse for a night at the bar or for Tour de Fat. Also - Nick needs his own. He works in beautiful areas all day - everyday. And really - I'm just too uptight to share with him. And I was rearended and able to use the insurance check to pay for new cameras - and my vehicle registration. The damage is soooo insignificant that you can't see it and when I go to get rid of the car in a decade or so - it won't matter if there's an invisible scratch or not - it will not affect the value of the car... so I chose to spend the dollars on stuff we wanted (cameras) and needed (legal tags on my car).

Don't Micromanage.

It's odd how one day can be so great and the next so mediocre. I'd almost prefer terrible to mediocre. Mediocre is no fun at all. Maybe it's just today's kind of mediocre that bothers me. Knowing I can do all kinds of things, but my "higher ups" not letting me because they don't think I can or because they don't want to give up that tiny, eensey bit of control - never mind the fact that everything I do is reviewed and proofed and finalized by soooo many people I might as well not do it to begin with.

I shouldn't be so negative about all of it, but it's hard not to be when everything I do is undermined. I'm capable. Really. I am. And if and when I'm not - I'll be the first to let everyone know. Please just give me a freaking chance to do more than your grunt work. I don't have time for it... and really - I have zero interest in it.

Supposedly there are big changes in the pipeline. My boss was promoted, and I will supposedly be promoted soon. We will hire someone to take my position. My problem with all of it is the way the company is run and the way that certain people are micromanaged and how many micromanagers there are. I am underneath 3 of them. THREE of them. It's kind of disheartening to know that everyone thinks you are incapable of completing simple tasks... For instance - I have had one paragraph revised and rethought and reworded and rerevised 5 times this morning. For. A. Simple. Internal. Email. If they don't send it this time, I might throw a printer across the room.

A visual and auditory seziure of grandeur...

Went to Nine Inch Nails at Red Rocks last night. Oh my god Trent - I may give you permission to have my babies! He was definitely on his 'A' game.

The light show alone was phenomenal. Walls of lights. Lights from everywhere! The lights were mesmerizing on soooo many levels. I had no idea that any of that was possible. His lighting technicians had better be paid well. Also - his band... wow. I knew it was going to be one hell of a show, but seriously! It was magically delicious.

It was definitely top 2 as far as my concert goings go. I haven't yet decided if it was better than Tori at Red Rocks. Tori still may rank higher because of my angsty, hate-filled teen years. And it was a freaking awesome show - there's that too.

I bet you wish you were there. I wish you were there. It was surreal and intense and crazy and fantastic.