Ok, so, the area my house is in is pretty devastated from the recent ice storm. Thankfully, no trees hit the house (almost - one missed by 1 foot!), but I'm still without power and heat. The basement is flooded, and the sump pump is'nt working due to the fact that there is no electricity. My roommate's classic comic collection is frozen under ice, and the temp in the house is below 40 deg. f. To make matters worse, I had to move in with my parents (ugh!) and have to go back to work tonight. Man, this holiday season just keeps getting worse...

On the brightside, I still can't get a date to save my life - the last one lasted all but 3 minutes! Right now, I hate my life. I hope next week I'll love it again...

The advertising on here isn't coming up and is hanging the pages... =/ I wonder if it is just happening to me?...

Well, I just moved. Here at work I feel totally run down and drained of energy. Guitar lessons have been going well. I need to buy a bed, I am sleeping on a couch for now. I wish moving wasn't so stressful - I don't feel like my old self yet. Hopefully soon I can find the stamina to smile - but for now I'll just try and be cheerful to be home again.

l8r.

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I'm so angry right now. Netflix has been screwing up for the last few weeks, and it's starting to get to me. I'm supposed to have 3 out at a time, but during the 3 1/2 weeks I've been recieving only 2 at the most (usually 1), and they have been the WRONG disks! That, coupled with the news that Netflix is going to start surcharging accounts for Blu-Ray rentals - is seriously giving me second thoughts about rejoining. For some reason, I always keep getting screwed by them (the last time I joined was in 2005 - and they kept screwing up back then too! 4 months worth, and only 8 movies!)

I'm so pissed off, I'm going to have to wait for myself to calm down before calling a CS person... I'm such a laid back person, but this week has really been testing my patience. If I was to let it get to me (which I WON'T - it's just not important enough), I'd probably be screaming at them on the phone right now. As it is, I'll probably have to go back to a brick-and-mortar for my movie nights. A shame, really...

FYI: I finally got Peter Gunn down pretty good. But my pinkie is still fighting with me. Any ideas would still be appreciated! =)

I feel like I'm going nuts, trying and trying to learn guitar. Sometimes, all it ever feels like is spinning your wheels - and never getting anywhere. My teacher has the utmost confidence in me, so much so that he gave me 25 chords to practice in the first two weeks! Now, after a few months, he is having me learn the Henry Mancini theme to Peter Gunn It's going slowly, but after three weeks, it finally sounds (kinda) like it. I know I should feel happy about it, but I'm kind of getting depressed over it... I'm beginning to hate the song so much, I feel like murdering my guitar! I wish I had more formal music training than just listening to music...

On a more jovial note, lately there has been no more than 2 (yes, that's TWO) hours of work per day on a 12 hour shift. I ecstatic at first, but now I'm bored bored bored. At least it gives me time to practice the guitar...

Which reminds me, does anyone know of any exercises that can actually make an atrophied, limp, and generally useless appendage as my little pinky to become a bit more loose? I'm finding out I can barely move the thing! It's really frustrating to try to play using this thing - it just sits there and acts confused when my brain attempts to send it signals. I keep wondering if maybe I should've taken up another instrument, like the kazoo. Well, time to practice some more. Hope to hear from somebody that might have some ideas, someday.

Take it easy! =)