new colors
OK, so I created a new color scheme for the blog. I also added some enhancements on the other pages. I have been slightly working on the links page. I know you are just dying to see that page back up and running, right?

So how do you like my new color scheme? I think it turned out pretty well. And of course Tripod doesn't give me the option of editing everything I really wanted to edit. So I had to take those matters into my own hands. I just downloaded the stylesheet that controls evertyhing on there. It's kind of tricky though. I just hope they don't get too ticked! But hell, I just wanted something that fit inline with the rest of my coloring on the site.

I finished "Four to Score" a little while ago. Not a bad book. Looks like things are getting steamier between Stephanie and Joe. Should be interesting to see what's in store for them in the next books. I know some of you might have already read them, but I haven't. I will have them finished in another week or two though. I have to read books 6-9.

I managed to give the dogs a much needed bath today as well. I had to bail out on going to Augusta this evening. I wasn't really in the mood, plus the storms have started rolling in.

Not sure at this point what my plans are for tomorrow. I thinking of going out of town to visit a friend. I'll decide at the last minute as usual!

Urgh! IT's getting close to bedtime. Peace!

the static is gone!
Well after a week or two of procrastinating - ok, so it was longer - I finally took the computer speaker volume controller apart. I was getting tired of the static it was giving when I turned the volume up and down. It was really annoying. And really LOUD. I guess that's what happens when one has a 400-watt set of speakers! For those of you who don't know, I have the Logitech Z-560 series. Pretty nice, but I want the new ones that are 450- or 500-watt (depends on which place you get the info from) Logitech Z-680's. Those babies really rock.

The thing I don't understand with taking this controller apart was the fact that it was glued together. No little tabs or no little screws holding it together. Rather weird. I guess they don't want you taking those apart. Well I did it anyway. Now I have to get some glue and put it back. I might just leave the rubber bands on it for now in case that annoying static sound comes back. They just needed a little cleaning done to the contacts. Amazing what a little can of air can do!

Well it's getting close to 5 PM and I really thought I would be at the Outback by now. But Rubenia had other plans for tonight. She said maybe tomorrow. I'm thinking yes, maybe tomorrow! That will give me a reason to get out of going to that fish fry. I am not really into fish anyway!

Daddy managed to get his car out of the shop yesterday. I have not taken a close look at it to see how well it's fixed. Although it doesn't really matter to me. I don't have to drive it!

That's all for now. I still see noone posts any comments but Jason. I guess no one reads this, or else they are just too chicken shit to write something.

Yes, the weekend is HERE!
Yes, the weekend is finally here. And that is a good thing after the long day I had yesterday. I worked the normal 12-hour shift thing. That means I get up at about 4:30. Work went pretty good. The supervisor entrusted me to the machines on my own yesterday.

After work, I went by to see my sister and pick up a book she had for me. From there I went to Zaxby's and then headed over to Jason's to watch CSI. I actually got to meet his mom. I bet she was beginning to wonder if I actually existed or if I was some sort of imaginary friend that Jason had made up!

I finally made it home about 12:30 AM. That was a long damn day. The good thing is that I slept well and am now looking foward to the rest of the weekend. My plans are to head to Outback for drinks and dinner tonight. That is unless Rubenia and Millard bail out on me. I'll call them later. . Tomorrow I am supposed to goto a fish fry at my cousin's. There's gonna be plenty of SKF people there, including my supervisor. That may be a reason not to go! LOL. I guess we'll see what happens. I might drop in for a short while if nothing else.

I'd like to go catch a movie or two this weekend. After all I still have not seen Terminator 3. Anyone want to join me? Well, I guess that's it for now. More later .. maybe!

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Where oh where is my best friend?
Well, I am assuming that since he was up at 5AM just to talk to me, he's gone to bed already. But that doesn't explain him being offline. Weird. And no, I am not thinking highly of myself! LOL.

I've been playing that online trading card game over at harrypotter.com for quite sometime. I am one card away from finishing the game now. It certainly has taken long enough! I will try to send out offers for that one last card tomorrow. Then I can move onto the SS trading game. I got lots of extras on there, but need about 8 or so to finish. IF you want to get involved, let me know by emailing me. I'll be happy to tell you how to get started.

We are supposed to have am "important, bad news" meeting in the morning at work. That should be fun. I definately am not looking foward to it. This is especially after they kept me over an hour tonight for some stupid safety meeting. IMHO, the meeting I went to tonight should have taken place within my first day or two of working there. Oh well, can't have everything. But I mean I have worked there nearly two months and they are just now sending me to a "safety awareness" meeting. What kind of shit is that? But at least they do let the employees know that safety is a highly respected virtue. The supervisor said something about it when i started. Anyway.. just weird.

Well being no one is talking to me, I am going to get off of here and go read and then goto sleep. And don't fall over everyone, Daddy actually got off his ass, went to the store and cooked! Well, I of course didn't eat because I was not hungry. But at least he done something. HE's in there washing dishes as I type.

Oh well, I'm outta here! Someone please post something so I'll know who reads this!

At the home place again
Well I managed to make it back to the Lake in one piece. I really hate the drive anymore.

Not a whole lot happened today. I finished reading "High Five" this morning. I went to the library and picked up "Four to Score" and "To the Nines". After there, I went to Vicki's house to try and hook up the scanner for her. No luck with that. She has Windows XP and the scanner was like Windows 95 days - so it won't work. But she understood completely.

I stayed there for a while talking with her and Jack, then decided to head home. I stopped by Sonic. I contemplated stopping by to see Jason, but it was already almost 7PM, and I have to work tomorrow. So I guess I will go see him another day.

So now I am home and kind of bored, so I'm about to start reading "Four to Score". I will let you know how well I like it when I finish it.

Have fun for everyone who reads this. No wait, there is only one person who does actually read this! Anyway, have fun doing whatever. And be sure to think about me while I am being a slave at work tomorrow.

home sweet home
Well I wouldn't really say that I have a home sweet home at this point in time. I have a place where I live. And I would rather stay away from there. So that's what I am doing tonight. So I decided I would torture my sister by staying at her house tonight. But she's really good about it and doesn't mind putting up with me for a bit.

We managed some Chinese for supper tonight. I was thankful for that. It settle my two week craving for Chinese food. Although I would have loved to have some Seasame Chicken. But I settled for the Pepper Steak and Shrimp Fried Rice. I did enjoy it. It was really good tonight. Guess the good cook was there!

Well, I did see an awful wreck this morning. I was on my way to get my haircut and got stuck in the traffic. I was stuck there moving inch by inch for about 25 minutes. And this was in maybe a half of mile stretch. And I tell you that it is amazing if the person(s) in the SUV survived the accident. That thing was practically ran over by a tractor trailer. I shuidder at the thought of it.

I remembered something about work that I should have posted last night. Someone told me what SKF stands for. For those of you who don't know, SKF makes wheel bearings for cars and trucks. And they are probably the most known name in wheel bearings. But anyway I was told that it stands for "some kind of fuck"! Anyway, I thought that was cute.

I also found out last night there is going to be a new addition to our family. My uncle has decided to get married. He was married once before. But that was like 20 years ago. I wonder if he will know how to act being married! But I wish him the best of luck. His fiance is really nice too. And he's a good man, and I think he deserves a good woman.

Well I guess that's all for tonight folks. I really don't know what else to say. Oh yeah, I get to visit the library tomorrow and pick up my book which is waiting on me - "Four to Score". I did finish the "Bone Collector" this morning. And since I needed something else to read, I started with "High Five". I really wanted to read them in order. I guess I'll have to read those two in reverse order. Oh well. They still make sense. So far! Have fun, and I'll try to post again soon. Well for those of you who aren't reading this anyway!

The work weekend is over
Well, it's about time! The working weekend is over. I won't have to do another one for two weeks! WOOHOO! Work was pretty good the last two days. We ran a record number of parts in the area I was working. My supervisor was very pleased. Just hope he doesn't start expected it all the time!

Rubenia called me and wanted me to come have a drink after work tonight. I had to turn her down. I think that was a new step for me. I usually don't turn down going out to drink, especially at our favorite drinking spot - the Outback!

I made it home with no trouble. Although my feet and knees are slightly achy. That is what becomes of me after working for 12 hours on the concrete floors. And they have taken most of the "fatigue mats" up because they need replacing. All that because some dumbass tripped and hurt her knee or something last week. The damn woman should have been looking at where she was going. Now we all have to suffer!

I did get a slight surprise when I got home. Someone had driven my car. Well supposedly Daddy said it was him. I guess that's ok. I certainly don't want that dumbass Julie driving it. I might wind up in the same boat as Daddy. Having to pay for something that was her fault. BTW, in case you didn't already know, she wrecked his car a few weeks ago. That isn't too bad, but she hasn't offered to pay for it. Fucking bitch. She needs someone to teach her some manners... he, he, he. I am sure a good blanket party would do some good for her. Then again, maybe not. She's just a dumbass who uses people. Anyway, I could ramble on about her all night as I really dislike her. But I guess I better move on.

Tomorrow is haircut day! Yeah, I am starting to look a little shaggy. And I definately don't want that. How would I impress anyone that way? Well I guess I could impress someone, but probably not who I would want!

Well I guess I'll wrap it up for tonight, so I can go finish "The Bone Collector". I don't know what I will read tomorrow. My sister didn't make it to the library to pick up "Four to Score" by Janet Evanovich for me. So now I have to wait til Tuesday to get that. Oh well, I guess I could start reading "High Five". But I really wanted to read them in order.

Well that's all for now. Hope you enjoy reading. I think this really helps. I can vent here all I want. The only sad thing is that I doubt anyone reads this. Well only like one person. Anyway.. night night

made it home
I made it home after my long day at work. Well surprisingly my day at work went by pretty quick. Well except for the last hour or so. I think that is some cruel joke from the powers that control our lives. "Let's make the majority of the day fly by and the last hour or so drag on."

So other than work not much happened. I called Daddy when I was leaving work to see if he had gone to visit Grandma today. Nope he didn't. He's just too damn lazy to get off his ass to even go see his own mother. How pathetic is that? And before I hung up he made sure to tell me that he had not fixed supper. Well surprise, surprise. Well, I had a little surprise for him too. I am usually nice when he doesn't cook and I work. I will stop and bring something home. Well not today. He can eat his fingernails as far as I am concerned. I guess it was too much trouble to put the pork chops in the oven! This was even after I told him last night that is what we were having today. I guess I didn't specify that he should start supper before I got home. Oh well.. I'll survive as usual. At least here I can vent a little. Even if no one ever does read this! It does make me feel better!

Ok, so time to drop the away message and answer my IM's.

no quotes here
Well, I am not going to put up any quotes tonight. For those of you who read this, you know where I got that from.

I started watching "Sling Blade" earlier. But I decided to stop it and read more of "The Bone Collector" instead.

Not much going on at this hour. Just talking to a couple of people. I am trying to find out some details of a close friend, where she has disappeared to. That has turned up nothing as of yet. I guess I have to wait until i meet with her mother next week to learn something.

I did manage to write to another friend today. That is something I have been meaning to do for a while. I have just put it off. Unfortunately he has no access to a computer, so the only correspondence I get is through the ole USPS - yep SNAIL MAIL! Yuck!

OK, for the people who come here and have not done it yet, go sign the guestbook!!!

Finished
OK, so this blog thing is up and running and I have the colors set up pretty much like I want them. - at least for now. I am sure I'll change them later. I will probably make them match the rest of my website layout or something. What you think?

OK, work starts back tomorrow for the long weekend. Gosh, I hate working the long weekends. But the bright side is that I'll be off next weekend. No, actually the bright side is that I only have to work two days next week! And it will be interesting to see how work goes tomorrow too. A couple of my fellow co-workers seem to be upset because the company seems to be choosing to hire me for a permanent position over them. But that's life I guess. Win some, loose some - that's the old saying.

Since I have to work all weekend, I'm not sure if I'll write anything else before Monday. I might need some encourangement from everyone out there!