RL: Teh Bleh and Other Mundanities

A cabana? Now I've seen everything.

2012-02-25T04:29:00.000-05:00

As I looked over the redone old house, I look upon it with envy. A new deck, new siding…that old house grandma owned was looking gorgeous. But I recall that back yard; it was huge. All that was there was a rusted, falling apart shed. Now there a cute wood fence, a deck and this gorgeous wood building. A cabana, I was told. The Cabana looked like a mini garage/room. Like a club house for adults. I’m envious despite not missing that house.

I want to start an apartment garden.

2012-02-25T04:12:00.001-05:00

I realized that over the almost year I’ve been out of that old house, that I’m getting more sun, eating better, and am experiencing life. I’m starting to get into gardening. The fun of planting and growing things is rather fun, at least that's the way it appears to me. Maybe I’ll even try floral arrangements? I dunno. This place has huge shelves that can easily hold a row of plants. Have I found a non-gaming hobby? Get. Out.

The road to quitting smoking have gone high tech

2012-02-20T12:17:00.000-05:00

I recall once going to the mall (oh how I hate the mall!) with my mother. I recall that was a day I went to the local Urban Xchange a body piercing place. Ma was (and still is occasionally) a smoker. She isn’t one of those 10 packs a day people, but more half a pack a day. Still, being a wasteful and unhealthy habit she wanted to quit.

So when we walked around the kiosks, the BluCigs one popped out at us. The vendor there was nice to despite pimping his cigs hard. Despite the priceyness of them (she was on a budget), she gave em a go. She had to buy new tips though – this was her second attempt at electronic cigs as these old ones from Japan she previously ordered never worked out. So far she’s been off and on with the BluCigs. Course she’s fighting years of smoking; can’t expect her to quit overnight.

Geekery can be found in anything.

2012-02-18T23:00:00.001-05:00

I’ve never had to do much with regulators. I was out all day hanging out with some car freaks. , The car friends would talk all day about parts this and parts that. Regulators? Pheh. Never though car fanatics could get so geeky like over parts. Welp, I know I’ll get my revenge when they come over next weekend. I…can go on forever about my gaming consoles!

Yoyos...are uber higtech now...

2012-02-17T19:39:00.002-05:00

I remember playing with yoyos as a kid. Like the knitten happy sacks I’d toy with in high school, yoyos were THE thing at one point and time. They were a bit hard to use at first, but over time my skills eventually got better.

But like most fads of the 80s, I grew out of it. Apparently though there are professional yoyo masters out there. And because they are pro, like golfers, pro yoyoists (get) yoyos made after them. A bunch can be found at yoyojam for rather doable prices. I’m rather tempted to take up the yoyo again.

Bankruptcy ...a retrospective.

2012-02-13T11:38:00.001-05:00

Whelp, lemme see. It’s been what 3 or so years since that bankruptcy. Wow where does the time fly? I recall that time period rather well. I was at a personal low. I had become withdrawn from the world and had in doing so be unable to keep any worthwhile job - mainly due to me not wanting to deal with people.

This of course led to me not making money, which lead to financial and emotional strain with others...and yeah things got cut off. Car repoed. Bills behind. It was ugly. I simply felt overwhelmed with life and life was proving itself to be an uncaring mistress. I simply had given up on it.

By the time it was all said and do, I was having a breakdown before 30, was forced to live with my mother, and so many sudden black marks were on my credit which would’ve made even trying to be on my own a tremendous hill to climb with the best of mental states. So, it was suggested to consult a bankruptcy attorney. Like the Omaha Bankruptcy Attorney in that link, my attorney was a kind caring gentleman who understood that in order for me to deal with my mental problems, I needed to drop all the old baggage and start over.

This meant dropping the old debt from a car I would never afford to regain, a computer I’d never own (ironically I ended up building a 100x better one from parts – never order pre made pcs!) and lifting the weight of so much pressure off of me so I could breathe. Looking back on that and seeing myself almost one year in a new parent free place working at it with a guy I thought I lost forever…well here's to hoping?

Cell Phone Boosters? What are those?

2012-02-08T02:29:00.001-05:00

I never knew there was such a thing as a cell phone booster. I mean I don’t keep up to date with the best in cell tech – what with me owning a pay as you go phone. But I do notice at times - maybe due to this apartment being old how - my signal isn’t the best it could be.

Considering that the house phone = cell phone, this leads to a few dropped or fuzzy calls I’d rather not have. Maybe this item is what I need.

Vacation house

2012-02-03T02:53:00.000-05:00

Guest post of the week by Bradley Guthrie

We have Direct TV Laredo on our vacation house and I actually love it more than the cable we have at home. It's really nice when we are able to come together as a family and watch a movie or some type of program because there are a lot of times that we are all able to coordinate our schedules to sit down for hours at a time. I think that's why I really like the vacation house so much because it's the only time we are able to be together as a family without any distractions.

When we first bought it I worried we were wasting money but now that we've had it for a couple of years I think the value we have gained from it is way more than what we paid for it so all in all it was a great purchase. I think my family and especially my husband would agree with me on this one and who doesn't like having a mountain home, let's be honest?

Oh Brazilians, you make the cutest jeans ever

2012-02-01T10:53:00.000-05:00

Now, I never saw myself as the Brazilian jeans type. I have wide hips, and am exceptionally curvy. I’m also festively plump on top of that. Yet I cannot deny myself a good pair of good looking (and flattering) jeans. Now have said jeans in the basic black and I’m sold.

It does not help that the cuts I find on most Brazilian type things to be both cute and yet modest – American jeans tend to not do good in the low rise department making it seem as if you either are showing EVERYTHING or are doing the dreaded granny/soccer mom pull over.

But alas! Said awesome jeans are not in my size! Are all Brazilian ladies that tiny? Oh my. Well that kills my hopes. Even if I dropped the poundage, my naturally large hips would complain. So I’ll just ogle those pretty jeans from afar :*( Darn me and my appreciation for hot fashions!

Maybe it's time to try a new instrument?

2012-01-31T23:29:00.001-05:00

I ages ago sold my clarinet. It was the expensive one I had purchased for college at that. I wasn’t really in love with it anymore. I know…I’ve played the instrument in some form or another since middle school. But it, like my prized mountain dulcimer sat, unused and unloved.

But lately I’ve been feeling the urge to learn a new instrument. No not a woodwind, or percussive instrument (I have enough drums) but maybe a string instrument - but of an international flair – like an Oud or a ukulele.

I want something that’ll teach me not only flexibility in my fingers, or how string instruments work, but a whole new culture. I always liked relating musical instruments with its home culture (hence my fancy Ethnomusicology degree) and think it’d be fun to try something new.

RVing? Hell, why not?

2012-01-25T00:43:00.000-05:00

Now…I’ve never been a big ‘plant your roots’ kind of person. I’ve always lived in an apartment or other ‘not’ permanent housing. But the idea hit me today….why not get an RV! It’s like living in a mobile home but well mobile. None of that living in one spot, paying when I want a change in scenery. Aside from the car payment and gas, having an RV shouldn’t be too hard. I’ve even looked into getting 5th wheel insurance for my prospective vehicle. It’d be a random purchase but you only live once, right?

Welding...a Job for only the hardcore.

2012-01-17T20:37:00.003-05:00

Now I’ve never been into welding much, but the activity seems rather awesome if not dangerous. Like the equipment involved seems so hard core and a bit expensive. Welding involves wearing protective gear, doing said welding in heavy metal work, and lots of replacement welding cable.

I recall an old acquaintance that would tell me stories about his old welding jobs…sounds like wholesome dangerous fun. Nope, not for me though.

Daily Deal Hunting

2012-01-15T03:39:00.000-05:00

Well, as everyone around here knows, I live on a super tight budget. To achieve the simple feat of continuously living on my own while getting the bills paid and with food in the cupboards, I’ve been rather frugal. Certain things were cut back. One of these things was keeping up to date on fashion. Mind you, I sometimes troll ebay to find a great item but usually said item is marked up high, or a bid war starts – negating the gain I’d have in purchasing anything. And weeding through the many ‘name brand’ only to find many of them counterfeit is rather annoying.

But a name was dropped from an online friend on a shoppers forum - nomorerack. A rather pithy name this place was named under – no more rack. Mind you I’ve seen many an online store. You go to site, purchase, they ship. Wow, how mind blowing *sarcasm*.

But at nomorerack.com they do things differently. They only offer so many goods at a time. See, instead of rushing at an auction, they have it so select and new items are available all for a set price, set shipping ($2 flat fee! No people price hiking the fees to strangle more money out of you!) – but for 1 day.

1 day only. Really?

Really. So you on one hand have it so people won’t camp a certain item for days till it’s out of stock and wait listed. They even have the day and time that said deals expire so you are aware how much time you have to go. You simply haveta be there at the right time to buy. This does have it so avid watchers log in each day to find that awesome item to score. This may sound just like a trendy ebay but wait – the items are marked down super low.

These items aren’t cheap knock offs or counterfeit versions of the real thing. Real deal name brands that are available for 50% and more off, a sweetheart deal considering how high some brands are. You buy it, you pay the $2 shipping fee the site charges and you’re done. Also note that they offer various different things everyday so you never see the same item or deal twice, prompting you to give the site a quick daily glance to see if anything good is up. This is so much faster than combing ebay listings all day for anything worthwhile.

Getting my biker drama fill from Sons of Anarchy

2012-01-01T11:12:00.001-05:00

Guest post written by Heather Miles

I never really expected myself to be so interested in a show about these outlaw bikers. Never have I showed any interest in motorcycles or really anyone that rides them before. But I was surfing through the TV channels a few years ago when I came across the show and stopped on it out of curiosity. I couldn't tear myself away from the show and after that I decided to start watching it religiously.

I've maintained that loyalty to the show and was online looking up some more information on what's supposed to happen this season when I saw some stuff about internet packages. After I looked through it some and found some more here to show to my roommates, we switched over our home internet service to one of them.

I am even more into all of the drama this season than ever before. I'm not sure what it is. Maybe it's just because I've been missing the show so much that I'm enjoying it even more. But I'm not at all complaining about it.

Reflecting on old gigs.

2012-01-01T07:23:00.000-05:00

Oh man...This past year I had been working completely from home. Compleately. Not a dollar has been made in a normal brick and motar from me in the entirety of 2011. As I look back onto my job history, I know one line of work I'd not be thrilled with - Food Server Jobs.

I used to work for A & W Root Beer ages ago. I was the cashier but had to prepare at times drinks and a few hot dogs between taking money. That job...wasn't as fun as the TV made it seem. But, it was oodles better than that long ass gig at K-Mart *shudder*.

A Pool Side Gift

2011-12-29T21:59:00.000-05:00

Now I've never myself owned a pool before. But a friend of mine downtown does. It's a small place but the backyard space was used just so to to fit it in there along with a small poll house. Add on that the area they live at is by the bay, and you a have a water lovers dream.

But, they have kids too. Little not even school age kids. Kids that wander. They just moved there November too; so I decided to gift them pool safety covers. A useful and safety insuring gift. I am sure they will enjoy it in the warmer months when the little ones wander outside.

And so I shed and grow.

2011-12-23T09:41:00.000-05:00

As I sit on nearby Park Benches that line the apartment complex's property, I smile. It's long past sunrise and I've yet to go to bed. I've stayed up all night, doing something – or rather letting something happen. I let baggage go. I did not do what I did with that intent, but things sorta worked themselves out.

It's a strange feeling, letting things happen. It seems meant almost. Taking away the cancer. But without it, I'd never discovered the healthier parts to the whole of me. Yes, I'm waxing poetic. No I'm not high. Hear me out.

But it feels good. At first it felt uncomfortable. I put my feelings out along that set of Picnic Tables, the long worn ones that are ringed by simply made Adirondack chairs - and had them tossed back into my face. I felt unappreciated, and grossly misunderstood at best, directly lied to at worst. But funny enough, those that cared, that KNEW me and honestly liked being around me and themselves as equals instead of just being selfish and for themselves emerged. They supported and they defended.

They didn't have to. But they did.

Right now I'm swaying on some playground equipment. It's absurd, big old me on these silly swings. But I feel as free as the wind now. No black looming cloud. No arguing with a person filled with delusion. It feels great. It feels calm. I can now face this year with steady work, a place to live with only the guy at my side, and a relationship that may just work again.
I am happy. So happy.

Friendship is Witchcraft - "The Perfect Swarm" (1)

2011-12-20T00:55:00.000-05:00

Advertising overhaul

2011-12-19T06:43:00.002-05:00

Welp, I am poking around with this place: Advertising Agency to see if I can spruce this site up some. I've always pimped my 'bigger' gaming blog with ads, blog posting, link building, the whole yard.

But advertising a niche site is easier to a degree. You have a set audience built in, you know generally your topic will center around such and hey it easy to go answer questions like this:

'Hey, what's your site about?'

With simple one word answers like this:

'Gaming. Yours?'

But unlike with my money making and gaming blogs, this one is a personal blog, filled with baww, aww, and random. It's reflective of myself in reality. I have more than one interest. So does it. And that makes it hard. When I get asked about -this- blog I can only answer:

'It's about me.'

'What about you in specific?'

'Well..I got over depression and work and....relationship problems...and...and...'

I find myself at a loss as to what in specific this blog is other then it's about me. And so I find maybe bringing in a third party maybe a worthwhile idea. I mean it's not like I get paid for knowing where, when, who to post and pitch for with this blog. I don't. But the above people do. I'd like to think said people at said agency do and do well that whole web advertising thing.

They can deal with all that categorizing this blog desperately needs, and I – can stay on point with this blog and it's content. Win win? Win win.

Sometimes, amusement is as simple as this.

2011-12-16T23:34:00.002-05:00

And no, the video has nothing to do with butt sex. At all XD

zzzzz yawn 2011

2011-12-14T17:25:00.000-05:00

I cannot believe how slow this month feels. It's not cause I expect loads of gifts or anything, it just feels like this year is taking forever to end. Anyone feels like this? So slow 2011. Just end already.

An even better video downloader! Con't.

2011-12-13T17:15:00.000-05:00

Hmm...I remember talking about on my gaming blog about being able to download Youtube videos for free. I praised it for being well ...free, having great quality, and allowing me to watch a vid from off the site whenever I wanted to on my pc.

But fumy enough, I was referred to this you tube video download by a user email on this blog. Seems my readers finally realize I run both pages. Anyway, this down loader is a step above that last one – it lets you download the Youtube vid in varying formats too – for free! So I can easily move that file from off my pc to my smart phone. Rather snazy, I say.

Shopping sucks right now. You know it. I know it.

2011-12-11T04:11:00.000-05:00

Well, it's that time of the year. Everyone’s shopping their hearts out for great things to gift. But I being always one on the look out for practical gifts, I'm looking towards gifting others clothing. I'm betting everyone will be getting my niece new clothing – but what of her mom?

As my sis is more the fashionable sort just any clothing wont do. So I was putting around looking for clothing for girls (no offense sis!) betting this gear would be down her alley.

I mean she's always been the fashionable one, priding over her high end boots, skirts, and whatnot. Labels > everything. But I am as always on a budget and wont simply go to any store. But this store I'm eying has rather doable prices, is wintery (nothing like buying summer clothing mid winter!) and could make for truly fashionable wear.

And I can order it online! Score! Downside is this is highly last minute. I know how mail system is during this time of the year. Though shopping out in a brick and mortar store is very unappealing. Ugh. What to do. What to do...

Collectors gunna collect

2011-12-10T04:19:00.000-05:00

Apparently you can buy gold bars online from Golden Eagle. Now buying a block of solid gold...isn't that like buying a huge chunk of a diamond? Yeah it looks awesome but you can't wear it, and you can't spend it. Just something huge to shove somewhere safe so it doesn't get stolen.

What's the point of that. It's just as silly as collecting coins.

...and yes, the bf does collect coins. >.> He has like all of the special quarters they came out with years ago.

I can see him finding collecting bars of flat out gold fun. I just don't.

Then again I collect sailornmoon art books. One of then is easily worth $1k and yet I barely touch it. Guess this is more a pot meet kettle moment, huh? XD

Sometimes...

2011-12-10T00:47:00.001-05:00

You gotta let 'em know.

Jiggle dat belly Santa. Jiggle jiggle jiggle jiggle jiggle, yeah!