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Dec. 30th, 2012
to brunch or not to brunch
Dec. 30th, 2012 08:46 amThe Seahawks are playing here today and that means mayhem in the hood. Going north or east or west is not an option because of traffic but there is one option south of here. If I got there at 9, I probably could get back home after without too much trouble. But, if I stayed here and cooked my own damn breakfast, I would be guaranteed not to get caught by the idiots. I think I'll stay here.
Wonder who's windows they'll smash this week? In addition to plate glass, there was also a lot of car window breaking. Not to mention the human waste and vomit in the streets and trash. Lovely. There was a sports stadium here when I bought the place. Over the years the fans have gotten so ugly. Football is the worst, then baseball. The soccer fans aren't usually horrible. They are talking about building a basketball/hockey stadium down the way from here. It's not going to get better and I'm not moving. So I'm very happy to be high up here above it all with a full larder.
It turns out my doctor did send my prescription to Walgreens. He sent another prescription to the local drugstore. They are both for seborrheic dermatitis. I'm not clear why he sent both or why one to each place but it really does not matter. However, what does matter is that Walgreens still shows NO sign or the order. Sigh. Looks like I'll be calling these guys yet again. When I get to the expensive drugs next month, it is going to get pretty ugly if they can't get it straight. My 3 inhalers are $40 a month (with insurance) each at the walk in store. Mail order cost me $80 for three months - each. Over the course of a year this is not inconsequential.
I'm reading Heft the audible version. I'm only an hour and a half in, but so far it's very compelling. I think that today may be filled with more of it.
Wonder who's windows they'll smash this week? In addition to plate glass, there was also a lot of car window breaking. Not to mention the human waste and vomit in the streets and trash. Lovely. There was a sports stadium here when I bought the place. Over the years the fans have gotten so ugly. Football is the worst, then baseball. The soccer fans aren't usually horrible. They are talking about building a basketball/hockey stadium down the way from here. It's not going to get better and I'm not moving. So I'm very happy to be high up here above it all with a full larder.
It turns out my doctor did send my prescription to Walgreens. He sent another prescription to the local drugstore. They are both for seborrheic dermatitis. I'm not clear why he sent both or why one to each place but it really does not matter. However, what does matter is that Walgreens still shows NO sign or the order. Sigh. Looks like I'll be calling these guys yet again. When I get to the expensive drugs next month, it is going to get pretty ugly if they can't get it straight. My 3 inhalers are $40 a month (with insurance) each at the walk in store. Mail order cost me $80 for three months - each. Over the course of a year this is not inconsequential.
I'm reading Heft the audible version. I'm only an hour and a half in, but so far it's very compelling. I think that today may be filled with more of it.
Truth and Dare
Dec. 30th, 2012 09:23 amYesterday in swim class, I got these thoughts in my head and I keep chewing on them so maybe if I spit them out here I can move on to other earth shattering revelations...
In the 70's I had a pair of friends who were married to each other. We were part of about 10 pretty close friends. One day, Cathy came to me and told me that her husband wanted to have sex with me and she was fine with it, would I be? This was pre-aids and we were religious birth control pillers and so we slept with whomever we wanted whenever we wanted but this was a new one on me. I liked her husband a lot but had never thought of him sexually. I was tremendously flattered so I said sure... There ensued a couple of incredibly awkward weeks as we danced around the logistics. Finally, it dawned on me that if it were meant to be it would have been and I went to both of them and said 'thanks but no thanks.' It's still one of the weirdest human interactions I've ever had.
In the 80's - new town, new friends - I was out drinking and partying with a bunch of friends and we got to talking about wild stuff we'd like to try. My go to 'someday I want to...' at the time was sky diving. My friend, Jane's husband piped up 'I can make that happen for you!!' He was a pilot. He said he'd fire up his plane the next morning and I could jump out of it. We got whipped up into a frenzy of planning. They said they would pick me up at 9 and then we'd grab more friends who wanted to watch and go to the airfield and do the deed. I woke up the next morning way sober and terrified. I called Jane and said 'thanks but no thanks.' I'm not sure that I'd pass up the opportunity if it showed up today.
In the 90's, my friend John and I were in New Zealand at the original bungie jumping place - AJ Hackett's. We were watching people jump and he said he would never do that and I said that I'd do it in a minute. He said well, why don't you? And I said ok I will. And I did. And it was really very cool. Like a lot of tourist places, they took your picture and then wanted to sell you the videotape your jump and sold you both the picture and the videotape. We didn't buy either. It wasn't a matter of cost, we just didn't care. I guess the doing was the thing. But, I'm a little sad because now that John's dead, I got no proof I ever did it. I think I want a trophy.
That is all.
In the 70's I had a pair of friends who were married to each other. We were part of about 10 pretty close friends. One day, Cathy came to me and told me that her husband wanted to have sex with me and she was fine with it, would I be? This was pre-aids and we were religious birth control pillers and so we slept with whomever we wanted whenever we wanted but this was a new one on me. I liked her husband a lot but had never thought of him sexually. I was tremendously flattered so I said sure... There ensued a couple of incredibly awkward weeks as we danced around the logistics. Finally, it dawned on me that if it were meant to be it would have been and I went to both of them and said 'thanks but no thanks.' It's still one of the weirdest human interactions I've ever had.
In the 80's - new town, new friends - I was out drinking and partying with a bunch of friends and we got to talking about wild stuff we'd like to try. My go to 'someday I want to...' at the time was sky diving. My friend, Jane's husband piped up 'I can make that happen for you!!' He was a pilot. He said he'd fire up his plane the next morning and I could jump out of it. We got whipped up into a frenzy of planning. They said they would pick me up at 9 and then we'd grab more friends who wanted to watch and go to the airfield and do the deed. I woke up the next morning way sober and terrified. I called Jane and said 'thanks but no thanks.' I'm not sure that I'd pass up the opportunity if it showed up today.
In the 90's, my friend John and I were in New Zealand at the original bungie jumping place - AJ Hackett's. We were watching people jump and he said he would never do that and I said that I'd do it in a minute. He said well, why don't you? And I said ok I will. And I did. And it was really very cool. Like a lot of tourist places, they took your picture and then wanted to sell you the videotape your jump and sold you both the picture and the videotape. We didn't buy either. It wasn't a matter of cost, we just didn't care. I guess the doing was the thing. But, I'm a little sad because now that John's dead, I got no proof I ever did it. I think I want a trophy.
That is all.
I hit my NY Times free limit again but this time I got an offer of $.99 for the first month and I bit. And I'm loving it. I'm surprised how much I'm really enjoying reading it and there is so much to read and their phone app is just perfect for me. There is even this handy little 'read later' feature. If I want to keep it after this month, it's going to be $15 a I honestly think I'm going to do it.
My HBO is $10 and my Netflix is $9 and I'm ready to let both of them go. So the NYT will save me $4. Yeah, I know, blurred math.
It's probably my new found interest in the band, Journey. No clue where this came from. I was musically deaf when they were hot. I'm catching up.
I'm trying out new budget ideas since I no longer have a paycheck. I get an infusion of cash from my investments every month and the IBM pension but it's not like there's new stuff coming in. So, while there's enough, I don't want to get crazy. My current plan has a definitive list of my commitments (mort, comcast, sprint, electricity, the pool, etc.), I also carve out a set amount for discretionary spending (grocery, gas, movies, stuff). This month - with 2 days to go - I've got 25% of my discretionary left over!
I'm thinking about putting the leftover away each month - maybe that will be my CES money.
My HBO is $10 and my Netflix is $9 and I'm ready to let both of them go. So the NYT will save me $4. Yeah, I know, blurred math.
It's probably my new found interest in the band, Journey. No clue where this came from. I was musically deaf when they were hot. I'm catching up.
I'm trying out new budget ideas since I no longer have a paycheck. I get an infusion of cash from my investments every month and the IBM pension but it's not like there's new stuff coming in. So, while there's enough, I don't want to get crazy. My current plan has a definitive list of my commitments (mort, comcast, sprint, electricity, the pool, etc.), I also carve out a set amount for discretionary spending (grocery, gas, movies, stuff). This month - with 2 days to go - I've got 25% of my discretionary left over!
I'm thinking about putting the leftover away each month - maybe that will be my CES money.
