i'm not even supposed to BE here today

yesterday, paul couldn't go to the newberry store, so i had to go in for him. i already wrote this blog once and blogger hates me and i don't feel like repeating it, so you're now getting the version where i skip to the end of the day. (i'll just say it was a weird day, thanks to spanish, sonic, and the computer)
(skipping 2 paragraphs here about the terrors of closing when people did payouts i didn't have record of and other issues with the cash and closing)
after supposedly closing at 7, i was finally ready to leave about 8:30, when i realized i'd left my keys in my car at lunch. i should have taken a picture, so that everyone could see me with my arm stuck through my moonroof holding a random cane (i'd found in the store), with a stick and a paper clip taped to the end. the coming storm was making the quickly darkening sky flash and whipping my hair around, so it was difficult to see what i was doing. but it worked, and i left newberry around 9. because i'd never driven this route in the dark, and because the lightning was making stuff look strange, i missed my turn and i ended up in saluda about the time my empty light came on.

would you light my candle?

You ARE MacGyver! You scored 82 variable 1!%

Congratulations! You've made it to the top: You've single-handedly saved the country from a waste spill, deactivated a missile from its hidden launch site, and you've still got duct tape left to spare. You're about as close to MacGyver as it gets. Except I hope you don't dress like you're from the 80's, too. But if anyone could pull that off, it'd be you. I salute you.

there is something awkward about having my last post a holiday post, especially since i don't like the holiday season. i am glad to say i have something else to post about. after a month and a half of the runaround with lander and the government, i was able to take out a loan to pay off what i owed lander and to finance a replacement for my much outdated desktop. my new baby arrived a few days ago...



















Toshiba TECRA M4
MICROSOFT WORKS
MICROSOFT OFFICE TRIAL PRO
WIN-DVD CREATOR
6 CELL BATTERY WIFI 802.11B/G
BLUETOOTH (V.2.0)
INTEL PM 1.86GHZ
64MB VRAM GRAPHICS, GIGABIT
NVIDIA GEFORCE 64MB
80GB HDD (5400 RPM)
TABLET PC RESERVE PEN
14.1" TFT SXGA+ DISPLAY

in case you haven't figured out yet, its a tablet, touch sensitive and pen has eraser end. i have since loaded adobe cs2 and paint shop pro. beauty.

santa baby

i really don't like christmas songs. is it really a bad thing for me to dislike the christmas season? i mean all the hype about santa and shopping and songs and stuff. like how you have to be suicidal to consider going into walmart during the last week. and you probably wouldn't be even considering suicide if you hadn't been listening to the most annoying christmas songs in existence for the last three months on your company's chosen radio station. another good way to fulfull your death wish would be to drive in greenwood on the friday or saturday before christmas. there are 40-something thousand people in greenwood. judging from the traffic, they are all driving two cars at once. i guess its one thing to say bah-humbug i don't want people to have joy, but really, i like the joy...just not the "holiday season."

a yellow ribbon to remember

you know how hard it always was for me to admit i was wrong. i never believed i was. but i know better now. i wish i could tell you everything i'm so sorry for, but you wouldn't want me to bring it up now.

paint myself in blue and red and black and grey

actually i think that would be a fun self portrait...

sometimes i don't understand why god waits til we get to panic time to provide, maybe so we will keep trusting. i'm thankful that he provides, but i hope it isn't always so stressful, waiting for the moment he bails me out. rent is due next week, but i finally have a job!
hurray for poetic justice. (i hope its not too wrong to delight in that)

another glass of mexican wine

and the sun still shines in the summertime
i'll be yours if you'll be mine
i tried to change but i changed my mind
i think i'll have another glass of mexican wine

hurray for new cd's!
ben folds five-whatever and ever amen: interesting, kinda diverse songs
fountains of wayne: i aboslutely love it! (except for stacy's mom)
best of the lemonheads: wonderful!
counting crows-august and everything after: typical counting crows, good listen.

you absolutely positively must play this brief online zelda game i discovered! (it won't take you 15 mins.)

thank god for friends who rescue you when everything seems to be going wrong. i now have a whole bunch of non-perishable food.