Insane Random Ramblings

I’ve actually gotten hooked on a new show and I was so tired of all of the reality shows that are coming on. Most of them don’t even have a point to the show. It’s one thing to compete for something, like on Survivor or The Biggest Loser. But shows now are featuring people who are famous for just being famous. I don’t think anyone’s life is that interesting that I just want to watch the cameras follow them around.

That’s why I spent so much time shopping and being out of the house this summer. I bought everything from household cleaners to discount rugs. I would just buy stuff to have something to do. Now that the new tv shows are here, I will spend a lot more time in the house.

It doesn’t hurt that the baseball playoffs are about to heat up and we’re full swing into football season.

Thank goodness for sites like dictionary.com. I don’t know what I would do without them. There is a glitch in the coding on this blog so my spell-check doesn’t work. There are everyday words that I have trouble with that I need to look up. Lately it’s been “opposed” and “graciously”. I had trouble with one and not the other. Now I have no trouble looking up any website that I need to. I’ve found www.goodsamvip.com, any blog that you can possibly think of and even multiple gossip sites. But ask me to spell something and it’s almost like kryptonite.

I’m glad my coworker told me about the site. I just cracks me up that I’m a college grad and still have trouble with simple words.

Ugh, I just had a mini vacation of 5 days and now it’s hard to get back to work. It wasn’t a great vacation either since I was sick for 4 days out of 5. The flu is making the rounds at my job and I was the latest victim. Even though I’m feeling better now, I’m glad I have some reserve meds in the cabinet just in case.

Hopefully this is my last flu for the year.

P.S. Seriously we’re 1-2?!?!?!?!

It’s been chaotic here for the past 3 days. Streets have been totally shut down while the dignitaries were in town. Apparently it’s par for the course wherever the summits go. People in cities like New York and Chicago are used to it because they have these kinds of events all of the time. We never have stuff like this happen.

We like when big events come to town because it generally means a windfall for the city as far as revenues. This time almost every business in the downtown area is closed so there won’t be a big boost to the economy. It does show that the city can handle this type of event again in the future.

Maybe next time we’ll see some kind of economic benefit from a large event such as this. For now I’m glad this is over. I don’t like seeing the police, the National Guard, and armed military personnel on every corner.

Dictionary For Women - Part II

Grocery List (grow*ser*ee list) n.
What you spend ½ an hour writing, then forget to take to the store.Hair Dresser (hare dres*er) n.
Someone who is able to create a style you will never be able to duplicate again. See “Magician.”

The G-20 Summit is scheduled to begin tomorrow here in town. The actual summit only lasts for 2 days but it causes chaos in the city for over a week. We’ve had protestors arriving for the past couple of weeks and more are still coming into town.

Most of them dont even have anywhere to stay. They’re staying in local parks and make-shift camps that they’ve made up. Personally, I could never sleep outside. I’ve never even been camping because I can’t imagine it. I would need to have a reservation at one of those luxury Park City hotels with a nice bathtub or better yet a jacuzzi. I need a nice firm bed and running water to take a shower and change clothes. One of my coworkers calls protestors the “unwashed masses” and that fits.

While I may support a cause, I’ll do it with letters and meetings. No camping out and marching for me.

It’s crazy here in Pittsburgh and it will stay crazy for the next 3 days. We have the G20 Summit beginnning on Thursday. However most businesses expect disruptions as early as tomorrow due to protestors. The police raided a local cemetery where some of the protestors were camping out. There is no way I’m sleeping in a cemetery. Yuck!! I’m superstitious too so that would really be a no go.

I just hope I don’t run into them on my way home today. Some of those people are nuts.

My computer is ridiculously slow. I can start it up and it takes 15 minutes just to boot and get connected to the internet. And I have a dsl connection. Imagine how long it would take if I still had dial-up. After I finally get on the internet, I can usually only visit up to 5 sites before my computer totally locks up. I’m not even counting the days when it takes 3 or 4 minutes to get to 1 site.

It gets especially frustrating when I’m trying to look up something important. My insurance policy is getting ready to expire so I was looking for insurance quotes to see who would offer me the best rate. I got to a comparison site and started looking at the numbers and bam, the computer totally locked up. I had to shut it down and start it back up. Then hurry and go to the site I wanted before it started acting up again.

I had planned on waiting until the Black Friday sales started and try to get a cheap computer but I don’t think I can wait and longer. I just hope this crazy computer lasts 1 more month.

They start so late. Football is not that bad because the latest they will start is 8pm so the games are almost always over by 1130. Sometimes they will last until after midnight but I don’t mind. If I’m watching the game that late,  it’s usually a good one.

Now baseball is another story. Their late games start at 10:10pm which means they don’t go off until after 1am. I almost always fall asleep watching those games. I don’t mind weekend games though. They’re always entertaining.

I love this time of year even if I don’t like the times the games are played.

Dictionary For Women - Part I