veggie tray

So, most times here I try to be insightful, or at least non-boring. But sometimes it's just a matter of rattling on about what's going on in my life, currently; where my mind is at the moment...

I still have the Snickers song up there, between my ears. And strangely it doesn't get old. This might be indicative of something I need to have checked out.

Need new tires this week. The "new" car I bought is starting to feel like the auto version of "Flip this House"; fix it up just enough to unload it at a profit to someone else. I'm not sure about the profit thing, but I am positive I won't have this vehicle for the long haul. Currently, it whines like a banshee more often than not; I am told by people who know this is a belt problem, and merits looking into and spending more money on, sooner rather than later. It's also not a good way to win over my neighbors' hearts and minds; I leave home for work at about 530 every morning, and I driving out of the little development I sound like something out of a Harry Potter novel, conjured up in the Forbidden Forest and now loose to terrorize Gryffindor and Slytherin alike.

The new place is coming along. And by "coming along", I mean it is apparently not haunted, the El doesn't swing by every 10 minutes outside my window, and it stays warm when it's supposed to. Furniture will be a this-weekend kind of thing. I have a bit of cash, but as I need to keep that on hand for my awesome vehicle, I might have to give in and head to the Tax people to get a speedy refund, for a fee. I have sweet mulah coming my way ( I always give up front, way more than I should ), and one of the things I'll use it for will be a trip to Ikea. The air mattress thing makes living there bearable, but I miss a real bed.

I am not convinced one way or the other about the whole Match.com thing. My belief going into it is that it's not any better or worse than meeting people at Borders, a bar, or at the bottom of a rock quarry. Just different. Time will tell. For some reason I seem to be very popular with the "Sorry, I don't have a picture posted" demographic... this is not heartening. There seems to be a bit of light ( that of potential ) in this area of my life... but a bit too soon to say for sure, and certainly too soon to blog about.

My time at my currrent day gig working with President Palmer is coming to a crossroads; my contract is up at the end of March. Most times it's a nice enough place to work, and of course it's awesome to be employed in one of my fields, but the commute is kind of wearing on me. We'll see how this goes; it is possible I could renew, but odds are I'll be somewhere else. My field is pretty rife with opportunity, of late.

Andy and I experienced some Google wierdness over the weekend, and it's still playing in my mind. We'd type exactly the same phrase in, and we'd get similar but decidedly different returns. And mine were better. Hmmmmm. And by the way, this was an accident... when Andy and I get together, we can usually think of better ways to pass the time than running Google querries for comparative analysis.

I'm doing the goatee thing. Fascinating, I know. Ever since someone told me years ago I looked like Mancow and that this was "sooooooo 90s", I've had to wrestle with the idea. It will likely be gone before the weekend is over.

The writing thing is going well... I am a few stories/poems into it, and feel like I'm doing very well with the area I've chosen to sort of "practice" in. It's about time to ramp up and take another shot at it.

I weaseled an invite to Virb.com, and in so many ways it is clearly superior to MySpace. Design and functionality are off-the-charts better, with a few minor hitches. One thing I really like is not having to scroll below the fold to see if I have mail. A downside of course is that there's not a lot of people there; it's in beta, and you need an invite to get in. Which I have several of by the way... so if you're interested, let me know, and I'll send you an invite.

The Social Flare thing has been and is on the back burner, for now. If you read this blog, you might know that with the things I have total control over in my life, I go in eddys and currents. This is great for some things, but not for others. I am currently at a low-motivation point here, and am looking for a bit of inspiration. I know it will come.

This is far from the total of what's going on... just a sampling. A veggie tray of What's Up in my life, if you will.