EINS - Random Shit
Steph posted this last week and it's everything I haven't been able to put into words for YEARS.What exactly do we mean when we say Make America Great Again? To return to our lips not coming near the same water fountains, our asses not sitting on the same seats, our kids not going to the same schools, our neighborhoods staying lily white, red lining, Jim Crow, Black bodies being used and discarded, Black labor being valued differently? Was America great in those times? What time do we want to go back to when America was great? The entire time we've been racist since the beginning? The incredible horror we've inflicted on the native people and the land? The time when we fought World War II against fascism? Wait, people are against Antifa now, which essentially means being in support of fascism, so that can't be right. It seems like we want to go back to women dying from back alley abortions too. Is that the time? All of the above times? I don't have enough expletives right now. And to quote something I saw on the Internet last night, fuck off I'm not leaving just because it's unjust and fucked up here. There is work to be done. We cannot change the past but we sure as FUCK should not be going back to any time in it because America was NEVER great for ALL of her people. Act right and stop saying Make America Great Again. Your racism is showing. Work to build a better tomorrow for EVERYONE instead. No fucking exceptions. To see how many white people are invested in upholding this system that disproportionately benefits them, read any comment section on the Internet. The longer we hold on to old ways designed to keep a foot on the neck of Black people (read a book, the criminal justice system was literally designed to do this, and modern day police themselves were born from slave catchers-we need to start ENTIRELY OVER), the more the unrest grows and makes everyone less safe. Change is needed for the well being of Black people, brown people, white people, and police of every color.
THIS. ALL OF THE THIS.
YOUR RACISM IS SHOWING.
There's nothing you can say to change my mind on this. There is no meme you can share to make me laugh at this. And if you support a president who encourages the division of a nation and enables some to openly air their racist opinions and hatred, then you are part of the problem. This is me saying if you vote for Trump in 2020, you're a racist. Maybe it wasn't super clear in 2016, but it's super clear now and there is absolutely ZERO excuse.
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Apparently, getting older and being an adult means waking up earlier to do shit. And I don't mean like work shit, I mean like personal shit. I.e.: Exercise, chores, bathe the dogs. Things that you know have to be accomplished, but also know that at the end of the day, you do not want to deal with it.
It's crazy how much shit I sometimes accomplish before I sit down at my desk at 0830 (sometimes earlier, sometimes later, get up off me) to start doing work things.
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If you hate new Blogger and need Legacy for your sanity, let me help you.
- Copy this link into the address bar:
https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=#######&useLegacyBlogger=true#allposts - In another tab, sign into Blogger. In the address bar, copy that super long number at the end of the URL.
- Replace the ###### with that super long number you just copied.
- Hit enter/return.
You are welcome. I do not know how long this leet hack will work, but you better believe I'll be using it for as long as possible. Also, fuck the new template.
Hate, hate, hate. Loathe entirely.
All yall iOS-ers who just had your eyes opened to the marvel of widgets are making me LOL. Android has had widgets forever. They are fabulous. Welcome to like.. 2010 or something.
I didn't watch the debate. I have ZERO regrets. My mental health and good sleeps are way more important to me than watching something I can skim highlights about the next day if I choose to. I mostly chose NOT to. I'm not sorry. I didn't anticipate anything significant or life changing would come out of the debate and it was exactly the horse and pony show that it was expected to be, based on what I saw online the following morning.
I have 3 different banks that I use. It's stupid, but I'm stubborn. I got paid at some point and decided to set up my allotments and decided to switch my savings account bank money to the same bank we have the house account with. This is all fun and games until I'm trying to move money between accounts.
So anyways, now I have FOUR PayPal accounts, ya know, in case you needed to confirm that I am truly, 100% ridiculous. Also, setting up new accounts takes time and Jesus needed to take the wheel on that since I'm super impatient. So I put in no less than 20949293492 confirmation numbers and still I could not transfer money. Also, the House account bank created 2 checking accounts from my one request and when I called to get one closed I was told I'd have to call back after 24 hours since the system needs time to process. /facepalmfordays.
I still haven't been able to successfully transfer the money from Paypal into the new account, but it's a work in progress. Really, why is this so difficult? And I could have paid for a wire transfer of all the funds, but why deal with that when I can do it for free between my 6 millionty Paypal accounts?
Look, Gentle Readers, I have a SERIOUS problem with using the last of anything. I have trained myself to replace things before we get to the last one of anything so that way we don't run out of things. This is not a good method when you are moving. This way ensures you have more shit to move and that's really the pits.
So I went to the grocery store to pick up a few necessities like eggs, which I eat for breakfast, ok, gosh.. and some Halloween candy to be used for smores instead of just having chocolate bars. There were so many items I was like, Oo I could pick up this and this and this and had to FORCE myself NOT to grab those items. Transition is hard.
In addition to saying no at the grocery store, I've been telling myself no about picking up food when I'm out of the house because I'm always tempted when I leave the house to "treat myself". Not only did we have leftovers at home since I'd cooked consistently this week and it was actually pretty good, but eating out means leftovers last longer, which means I don't need to cook as much, which means food is in our house still when we move out.
Soooo, in making an effort NOT to eat out as a "get out of the house, treat yoself", I am in turn, forcing myself to 1- save money, 2- eat the food at home, 3- forcing myself to cook, all of which means that there will be less food in the house to transport when we finally leave. It's a long and winding road, thanks for taking it with me.
When your Bestie asks you to pick up some Bath and Body Works hand sanitizer for her from the outlet before you leave Charleston and you go to the website and see they offer things online and then you both go down a rabbit hole, and you finally have this exchange:
We love who we love, loooool.
It's a common cybersecurity mechanism to lock a computer after there is no activity for a certain period of time. This, unfortunately, makes you go offline. Soooo.. I've learned to play YouTube videos when I am AFK so I do not go offline when my computer locks. This wouldn't be an issue if Skype for Business wasn't the way it is and/or if I could download it for my phone and actually be able to sign in.
Teh German did a thing!
With the money he made from selling Suzi and the Bobber and the former trailer, Teh German upgraded Teh Ville with a new covered trailer! This will make hauling the bikes MUCH better because we won't be AS paranoid that someone is going to steal them AND if we go somewhere there is no covered storage, we will have brought our own covered storage with us.
IN ADDITION... the trailer will be used for storage purposes while we are living with Teh Bestie and Teh Chief Smartass. This is a decision Teh German has been researching for quite a while now, so him finally pulling the trigger is nice.
I also want to note that he had me come outside to "help" him back it inside the fence and he managed to get it in on the FIRST try. The only assistance I really offered was telling him when to stop backing up so he didn't run over the HVAC.
I was about to start researching where to purchase moving boxes and did a quick marketplace search (on Teh German's acct, don't be foolish) and saw that someone had posted a LOT of boxes outside of a business for freeizzle within the hour. You better bet I high-tailed it right the fuck over there and filled up Willow like a boss.
Teh German informed me that they are kinda small and I explained to him the larger the box the heavier it is to move. Also, most of these boxes are the same size, which is super helpful when it comes time to Tetris the shit out of the POD.
Speaking of the POD. It arrived today.
Teh German and I both watched with wonder while the POD was unloaded off the truck with a portable crane which almost literally blew our minds. We had been curious how it was going to be moved and we found out. Also, how cool is a portable crane? Engineering is marvelous!
Pulled out my tech writer skillz to create a standard document for the GEGR application reviewers to fill out since the current process is a bit finicky. AND THEN my people let me down and didn't even seem to care that I did it so fabulously! Siiiiiiiiiigh. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
I won't lie. It felt good to do that kind of editing.
I've been given some long term research goals for our department. It's kinda scary because it's not a subject I'm deeply educated in so it will require some learning. But at the same time, it is a SUPER interesting subject for me, so that shouldn't be difficult.
Also, I'm that nerd that is legitimately interested in data and making it work for the user. I get EXCITED about the data and learning it and using it and I really think my new coworkers underestimated my passion. While training with one of my coworkers this week, I explained to him that I really enjoyed learning about the stuff he works on and that I wasn't even kissing his ass, I had a REAL interest in the system and making it better and trying to find ways to implement the suggestions he makes since he's the primary user who manipulates the data.
Also, I discovered a data dictionary Thursday and it details all the attributes in the key tables and I almost jizzed my pants I was so jazzed about it. If none of that meant anything to you, let me translate: I found some nerdy shit that made me excited.
Because of all the weird race deferrals, I have NO idea what races I'm still signed up for or what has been deferred. Particularly all of the Rock n Roll races I signed up for, which is super annoying since that was a LOT of dollas.
Also, I had to give my running spreadsheet a facelift since I will no longer be in Charleston next year for local races, I went ahead and deleted those that were tentative sign ups. I'll be seeking out DC/MD races, if they are held.
This is all because Charleston Marathon announced that the race in January will be virtual. This makes me happy and sad. Happy that I won't have to coordinate coming back for the race, sad because I won't have a reason to come to CHS for the race. BOOOOOOOOO. Also, I'm not overly excited about the medal or the rest of the package. They are including a River Dogs (baseball) ticket. Guess what I'll never fucking use. A baseball ticket. Ugh.
My knees have started to hurt when I run. Any distance. This is an indicator that I need new running shoes. Things I do not want to have to buy: New running shoes. It feels like I just bought new running shoes... and then I remember that I ran almost 100 miles in June and that kinda explains why I might need new shoes. Le siiiiiigh.
-Dog food when I realized my autoship was delayed because my scheduling considerations were unrealistic
-Willow maintenance
-minimal groceries. Absolute necessities: eggs and candy for the gathering on Saturday.
-Thanksgiving day 5k with Teh Bestie and Teh MD Native.
A day in the life of Paximoose:
For real, all of ^^ those photos were from the same day. He, truly, wants you to understand how hard his life is. The ruffest of the RUFF!
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All yall iOS-ers who just had your eyes opened to the marvel of widgets are making me LOL. Android has had widgets forever. They are fabulous. Welcome to like.. 2010 or something.
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I didn't watch the debate. I have ZERO regrets. My mental health and good sleeps are way more important to me than watching something I can skim highlights about the next day if I choose to. I mostly chose NOT to. I'm not sorry. I didn't anticipate anything significant or life changing would come out of the debate and it was exactly the horse and pony show that it was expected to be, based on what I saw online the following morning.
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I have 3 different banks that I use. It's stupid, but I'm stubborn. I got paid at some point and decided to set up my allotments and decided to switch my savings account bank money to the same bank we have the house account with. This is all fun and games until I'm trying to move money between accounts.
So anyways, now I have FOUR PayPal accounts, ya know, in case you needed to confirm that I am truly, 100% ridiculous. Also, setting up new accounts takes time and Jesus needed to take the wheel on that since I'm super impatient. So I put in no less than 20949293492 confirmation numbers and still I could not transfer money. Also, the House account bank created 2 checking accounts from my one request and when I called to get one closed I was told I'd have to call back after 24 hours since the system needs time to process. /facepalmfordays.
I still haven't been able to successfully transfer the money from Paypal into the new account, but it's a work in progress. Really, why is this so difficult? And I could have paid for a wire transfer of all the funds, but why deal with that when I can do it for free between my 6 millionty Paypal accounts?
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Look, Gentle Readers, I have a SERIOUS problem with using the last of anything. I have trained myself to replace things before we get to the last one of anything so that way we don't run out of things. This is not a good method when you are moving. This way ensures you have more shit to move and that's really the pits.
So I went to the grocery store to pick up a few necessities like eggs, which I eat for breakfast, ok, gosh.. and some Halloween candy to be used for smores instead of just having chocolate bars. There were so many items I was like, Oo I could pick up this and this and this and had to FORCE myself NOT to grab those items. Transition is hard.
In addition to saying no at the grocery store, I've been telling myself no about picking up food when I'm out of the house because I'm always tempted when I leave the house to "treat myself". Not only did we have leftovers at home since I'd cooked consistently this week and it was actually pretty good, but eating out means leftovers last longer, which means I don't need to cook as much, which means food is in our house still when we move out.
Soooo, in making an effort NOT to eat out as a "get out of the house, treat yoself", I am in turn, forcing myself to 1- save money, 2- eat the food at home, 3- forcing myself to cook, all of which means that there will be less food in the house to transport when we finally leave. It's a long and winding road, thanks for taking it with me.
________________________________________
When your Bestie asks you to pick up some Bath and Body Works hand sanitizer for her from the outlet before you leave Charleston and you go to the website and see they offer things online and then you both go down a rabbit hole, and you finally have this exchange:
We love who we love, loooool.
________________________________________
It's a common cybersecurity mechanism to lock a computer after there is no activity for a certain period of time. This, unfortunately, makes you go offline. Soooo.. I've learned to play YouTube videos when I am AFK so I do not go offline when my computer locks. This wouldn't be an issue if Skype for Business wasn't the way it is and/or if I could download it for my phone and actually be able to sign in.
________________________________________
Teh German did a thing!
With the money he made from selling Suzi and the Bobber and the former trailer, Teh German upgraded Teh Ville with a new covered trailer! This will make hauling the bikes MUCH better because we won't be AS paranoid that someone is going to steal them AND if we go somewhere there is no covered storage, we will have brought our own covered storage with us.
IN ADDITION... the trailer will be used for storage purposes while we are living with Teh Bestie and Teh Chief Smartass. This is a decision Teh German has been researching for quite a while now, so him finally pulling the trigger is nice.
I also want to note that he had me come outside to "help" him back it inside the fence and he managed to get it in on the FIRST try. The only assistance I really offered was telling him when to stop backing up so he didn't run over the HVAC.
________________________________________
I was about to start researching where to purchase moving boxes and did a quick marketplace search (on Teh German's acct, don't be foolish) and saw that someone had posted a LOT of boxes outside of a business for freeizzle within the hour. You better bet I high-tailed it right the fuck over there and filled up Willow like a boss.
Teh German informed me that they are kinda small and I explained to him the larger the box the heavier it is to move. Also, most of these boxes are the same size, which is super helpful when it comes time to Tetris the shit out of the POD.
________________________________________
Speaking of the POD. It arrived today.
Teh German and I both watched with wonder while the POD was unloaded off the truck with a portable crane which almost literally blew our minds. We had been curious how it was going to be moved and we found out. Also, how cool is a portable crane? Engineering is marvelous!
________________________________________
Pulled out my tech writer skillz to create a standard document for the GEGR application reviewers to fill out since the current process is a bit finicky. AND THEN my people let me down and didn't even seem to care that I did it so fabulously! Siiiiiiiiiigh. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
I won't lie. It felt good to do that kind of editing.
________________________________________
I've been given some long term research goals for our department. It's kinda scary because it's not a subject I'm deeply educated in so it will require some learning. But at the same time, it is a SUPER interesting subject for me, so that shouldn't be difficult.
Also, I'm that nerd that is legitimately interested in data and making it work for the user. I get EXCITED about the data and learning it and using it and I really think my new coworkers underestimated my passion. While training with one of my coworkers this week, I explained to him that I really enjoyed learning about the stuff he works on and that I wasn't even kissing his ass, I had a REAL interest in the system and making it better and trying to find ways to implement the suggestions he makes since he's the primary user who manipulates the data.
Also, I discovered a data dictionary Thursday and it details all the attributes in the key tables and I almost jizzed my pants I was so jazzed about it. If none of that meant anything to you, let me translate: I found some nerdy shit that made me excited.
________________________________________
Because of all the weird race deferrals, I have NO idea what races I'm still signed up for or what has been deferred. Particularly all of the Rock n Roll races I signed up for, which is super annoying since that was a LOT of dollas.
Also, I had to give my running spreadsheet a facelift since I will no longer be in Charleston next year for local races, I went ahead and deleted those that were tentative sign ups. I'll be seeking out DC/MD races, if they are held.
This is all because Charleston Marathon announced that the race in January will be virtual. This makes me happy and sad. Happy that I won't have to coordinate coming back for the race, sad because I won't have a reason to come to CHS for the race. BOOOOOOOOO. Also, I'm not overly excited about the medal or the rest of the package. They are including a River Dogs (baseball) ticket. Guess what I'll never fucking use. A baseball ticket. Ugh.
________________________________________
My knees have started to hurt when I run. Any distance. This is an indicator that I need new running shoes. Things I do not want to have to buy: New running shoes. It feels like I just bought new running shoes... and then I remember that I ran almost 100 miles in June and that kinda explains why I might need new shoes. Le siiiiiigh.
ZWEI - Money Shit
-Dog shampoo for Sandy... again-Dog food when I realized my autoship was delayed because my scheduling considerations were unrealistic
-Willow maintenance
-minimal groceries. Absolute necessities: eggs and candy for the gathering on Saturday.
-Thanksgiving day 5k with Teh Bestie and Teh MD Native.
DREI - From My Phone Shit
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| When your Bestie goes AWOL and Googly says she's at home and she's not responding to any of your correspondence (work emails or texts) and so you message her on the hour for a while, then every few hours.. and then you finally decide that if she doesn't respond by dinnertime, you'll reach out to her people because ZERO TO DOOM is literally the way my brain works. |
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| Full Paper Jacket for my lady bits appointment. Also, if you are one of those people who is miserable and shy about getting your privates medically inspected, it's time to get over it. Your business ain't nothin' they ain't seen before. Slide all the way down and spread em and get it over with while laughing because life is short and ain't nobody got time for unnecessary misery. |
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| Someone is texting my work phone like they know me. They do not know me, nor do I know them. And now it's been so long that I don't know how to tell them that I am not the person they are looking for. Also, what horrible person didn't tell them that they changed their number if they were close enough to get relative updates?! |
VIER - Dogs (aka I don't feel like searching the internet cesspool for entertainment)
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| He's so goofy/ |
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| Office situation: Meri on the couch, Sandy on the bed, Pax on a couch |
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| This makes me tense up every time (because I'm always afraid Meri is gonna be snarky) but it melts my heart so much. |
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| How to lure an old lady into eating her noms. |
A day in the life of Paximoose:
For real, all of ^^ those photos were from the same day. He, truly, wants you to understand how hard his life is. The ruffest of the RUFF!
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| Be still... |
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| ...my heart. |
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| When Meri steals your regular spot and you're forced to snuggle with Mahm and Mahm is afraid she's going to die on the couch because she refuses to get up until after you do and you're definitely not getting up. |
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| Friday morning office situation. /swoon. |
FÜNF - Things that made me happy this week
- Free motherfuckin' boxes.
- 2 runs this week, which also meant 2 dog walking sessions this week.
- Sandy RUNNING ME 1/3 of her route home. She'd have ran me 1/2 of the route if I had been able to keep up with her galloping, but it was just too much.
- That salmon I cooked on Tuesday. It was so delicious and teleworking = heating up fish leftovers and no one bitching about it.
- Getting assigned my first GEGR application to process.
- NOT watching the debate.
- Hosting a gathering. Yes, even though it's during a pandemic. I'm mildly stressed about that, but the payoff will be that we get to see our people before we leave.
- NOT eating out despite many opportunities. 1- we're going out this weekend. 2- forced to cook. 3- $$ saved. #AdultingFuckingMaster
- Scheduling dinners with people who we won't see on Saturday.
- Leftover birthday cake from Meri's birthday last weekend with lemon icing.
Happy Friday, Gentle Readers!
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