Crap! I was so busy trying to finish my model this afternoon at work that I forgot to blog. What a terrible transgression! I'm going to blog now, even though its 10:30 at night.

As I said before, I was going hard on my model today. I got a call from a consultant this morning. Have you got any drawings for our project? Ummmm no, I said. I didn't add that, from my perspective, there was no project yet. He seemed a little taken aback by the fact that I hadn't done any drawings yet. Well geez, I'm not into a 'getting paid' mode on this job yet, why would I be busting me ass already? I suppose I could have. Getting the job seems to be a relative lock. I'm gun-shy about spending a lot of effort on things before anyone puts a dollar on the table, after doing so many quotes for people then having them go to Staples to buy a computer. That makes you leery about going the extra mile.

So I've screwed myself. I didn't get the model done so I'm doing it on my own time, whenever I can, this weekend. I don't think I have too much more than I really need to do. I have the final piping to put on it. Maybe do some rough dimensioning of the whole unit. I don't anticipate 20 hours more work or anything. Dimensioning is the pain in the ass and I'm leaving that part out, at this stage. I hope to spend only a few hours on it, and finish it up.

Toodles!

So I go home for lunch today, and turn on the TV. There's nothing remarkable about that. I watch TV at lunch everyday. I did my usual thing and checked out all the movie channels first. There was nothing on, as usual. That kind of pisses me off. I come home, would like to watch a movie, and there's nothing on. Then, at 3:00 in the morning they play something I'd watch. Put it on during the day, dammit!

That's besides the point. I put on MuchMusic and they are having an MTV special, Diary of . . . Today's diary was of Christina Aguilera. I'm sorry but I'm just not buying this girl's schtick. What are you already? You dress like a Sunset Strip hooker but really you're a nice girl? You look like hell after a costume party for your little brother and have to clean up but when I see you in this photo shoot you have the cheapest, most tawdry ensemble I've seen in awhile on, and seem damn proud of it. Which is it? Make up your mind!

I'm probably being narrow minded about this but I'm real tired of ambiguity. You are what you are, and how dare you castigate me for forming an opinion about the persona that you're putting out for me. I have to give you ultimate freedom to do whatever you want, whenever you want, and also have to give you the benefit of the doubt to an infinitie degree? Ummm, I don't think so. I really believe you have to be responsible for yourself, at all times. Whatever you put out there for me, and everyone else to see, we have a right to judge you by that. I don't owe you infinite patience and forgiveness. I owe you only as much as I'm willing to suffer, based on how you treat me.

I know this girl is not the fragile waif she wanted to be seen as, in this show. That was her 'good' side. Oh, I wear the slutty clothes but I'm not a slut. I only ask for the things I really want or need. I'm a nice person, who treats people nice. Why does everyone pick on me? You're not what you say you are, in that show. You came to my arena and I know you made the diva demands. I was there, I know the people that had to fulfill them. I've read the rumors that go around. Maybe they aren't all truth but the truth is at their core. I was just nice to go shopping, like a normal person. Normal people don't drop a grand on freakin' party decorations for an occasion your mom just made up. That's not normal people. You're not normal people. Live the image or be real. Make a choice. Bitch please!!!

I'm out. Toodles!

I think the girl that works at the Co-op gas bar is cute.

Why is it we gripe about the price of pop, when we have to pay $1.49 for a bottle and yet we say nothing when we go to the convenience store and get a small 600 mL bottle, and pay $1.70 for it?

Well this is going to be an expensive lesson. 8-(

I broke the cardinal rule of driving. I didn't check. I just hopped in and drove away. And of course, I had the DMX just pouding the truck so I couldn't hear anything. It didn't sound right but I figured, its just a short drive home. I'll check when I get home.

I drove home on a flat tire. And not kinda flat, like when its low on air. It was FLAT! We're talking pancake flat. I got out and the rubber was steaming from the heat of friction. I knew it wasn't good. No answer at the tire place. One bad thing about small town living. Everything and I do mean EVERYTHING shuts down for lunch. One thing I miss about city living is being able to get stuff whenever you want it. I was hungry for a steak last night. Living in Watson that wasn't even an option.

But I digress. The tire guy conceded and drove over to my house, jacked up my truck and put air in the tire so I could drive it over to his shop. That went okay. He took it off and examined it for a nail. No nail but the inside of the tire is all chewed up from where the rim was rubbing on it, when it was flat. The tire didn't even roll around as the truck drove. It just kinda slid along underneath, and the spinning rim dug into the rubber.

Now I have a conundrum. There's no whole in the tire and its still structurally sound enough, for now. Do I push it with this tire, and wait for a better weekend to get a tire or go balls out and buy a new one this weekend? I'm leaning towards just going out and buying a tire this weekend, even if my schedule won't really allow for it. I don't wanna have a blowout on the highway some morning at 6:00 am. Food for thought anyway.

Toodles!

I think the woman from SaskTel that came to change our phones around is cute.

Its been a frustrating morning. Everything is in upheaval here at work. People changing offices. People setting up new offices, with new responsibilities and priorities. There's been hardware changes with phones and computers. Everything is sort of a mess.

My problem? I'm trying to install an antenna for the wireless ethernet that we have (nominally) in the office. Up until now the only person using the wireless ethernet was my boss, with his wireless ready laptop. Now we are putting a computer in the shop, which is a few blocks away. The access port antenna is not strong enough to reach that computer on its own, so we ordered an external, outdoor antenna. That took forever and a day to arrive. Now its here and I need a cable to connect the antenna to the access port. This is not a simple cable either. Its an expensive, specialty cable that I don't have, and now need. I am frustrated beyond belief by this situation. I hate trying to do stuff without all the right tools, equipment and/or expertise. I've spent the morning on the internet, and in conversation with people more knowledgeable than myself, on this question. There is still no resolution. That is the main source of my frustration.

Toodles!