Sommz

Been on the shelf too long

I didn't really start my project yesterday.  Instead i spent the time working on my taxes. I found a deduction i didn't know about.  I actually get some money back instead of owing!  Woo.

If it's a Sunday post, there must be some comment of mine on going to Tops.  I'm an idiot.  I was caught up looking at the cute, size 2, 20 year old blonde manager running the register next to mine, and i forgot to use $6+ dollars in coupons i had.  I also am $20 bucks away from saving another .10 cents on gas.  I have till Saturday to go back and buy some stuff.  I also spent $110 bucks.  What in the world did i buy!!!  I did get some vitamins, meal bars, and my swiffer pads and cleaning fluid.  But that's it for pricey things!  I also noticed i bought Chinese chicken chow main.  I'm a vegetarian, I don't eat chicken!  So that was a waste to.

Since yesterday was a wasted day, school wise.  I decided to watch some movies.  I did finish watching I Am Legend.  It was somewhat depressing, the whole being alone and going crazy angle, but ultimately it was a pretty good movie.  I also got Terminator 3 to finish off my Terminator trilogy.  Whatever happened to Kristanna Loken?  The movie was pretty weak, and i think they signed up the hot Terminator to make up for the horrible plot.

I found a pretty good deal on movies from Barnes and Noble yesterday.  5% off, free shipping, and a 25% off coupon for new members.  I picked up the David Lynch masterpiece, Twin Peaks - The Definitive Gold Box Edition for $45!  I also got a few more movies pretty cheap.  As long as you kept using different email addresses, they kept giving you the discount!  I wish i had known about that last week when i ordered the $120 textbook for my PhD!

I should get my green coffee from Sweet Maria's on Wednesday.  I can't wait to roast my own beans!  I bought 8lbs of green coffee, all kinds.  I'll post the list when i get it.

I bought a japanese style Lunchbox as well.  More on that when i get it, and figure out how to keep the hot side hot, and the cold side cold (who remembers that commercial?).

For some reason i didn't sleep well last night.  I got maybe 3-4 hours.  I think it's the stress of everything going on.  Oh well, that's what Tylenol PM is for!  My project has to be emailed to my adviser by 4pm tomorrow.  I'll be so happy when it's off my desk.  Then i have a few days off, and then i have to start working on some of my final class projects.  I have a presentation due in a week, i think.

Having all kinds of problems with my Dell DataSafe Backup.  I keep getting a weird LS32 file in use error, and it stops the backup about a third of the way.  I'll email tech support, but the odds of that helping are slim to none!

Alrighty, I'm going to start my project in a few minutes.  Good thing i spent a few hours on Friday getting it ready.  If i can figure out how to add 4 articles into my lit review, this will go quickly.

Song of the Day:  Verve - "This is Music".  One of my fave songs EVER.  If you don't own A Northern Soul, shame on you!

Sunday morning hangover musings...

On Friday i went to dinner at a very packed Sterling Place.  I had the fish fry with the best potato salad in Buffalo, slaw and macaroni salad (no fries) with an Edmund Fitzgerald, and surprisingly a Great Lakes Blackout Stout on tap.  Yum.  The stuff should be illegal at 9.0% alcohol cuz it's soooo good.  I was then inspired to hit Consumer Beverages on Transit in Clarence for a 6 of Edmund, and again surprisingly a 4 pack of Blackout Stout!  Of course i cannot go in a beer store and just get a few items...so i decided to get a few bottles to consume last night.  I bought a 750mL of Southern Tiers Gemini (10+% alcohol...awesome), something from the very underrated Lagunitas brewery in CA, Lumpy Gravy.  A beer dedicated to the Frank Zappa album of the same name.  I liked this one!  Lastly, i got a pint of Hen's Tooth.  From the same people who make speckled hen.  It was okay...

I watched a documentary on Roxy Erickson called, your gonna miss me.  He of the 13th Floor Elevators fame in the late 60's.  Wow, what a nut.  But then all the good artists are half a bubble off....or in Roxy's case at least 3/4.  I started to watch Ace in the Hole...a pretty good flick from 1951...i'll finish that this morning.

I'm not a happy camper after visiting Home Depot.  I need at least a 15 foot gas extension hookup for my dryer.  Instead, i believe the best they had was 24".  So now i'm gonna have to move the washer over to where the dryer is, and redo everything!  *&)*(&*()&!!!

I officially ran out of socks yesterday, so i did another load of laundry.  This time, i hung everything out to air dry.  Seeing drying socks everywhere you turn last night was interesting.  I had them on the railing, on the treadmill, on the windows, doors, etc.  However, my apt is sooo hot, everything is dry this morning.

I had lunch at Quizno's, again on Transit yesterday.  I know this post is totally rambling...but that's ok, I'm still on my first cup of coffee, and i like to ramble!  I love their veggie sub.  They are by far the best  veggie sub i've had.  I also love the pepper bar!  But my gawd...$9.02 for a large veggie sub.  That's horrible.  Subway is only a few dollars cheaper, but at least i get chips and drink.

And what post on traveling on Transit wouldn't be complete with a bitch on the traffic on Transit.  And I'm talking about the area North of Main Street to Consumer's Beverage.  Just 2 lanes of pure traffic hell.  I would hate to live out that way.  The only reason i was even out that way was to goto Quizno's...then i went to Consumer's first because there was no way you could make a left turn into Target.

The east side returned to the apartment next to me last night.  Ghetto and his friends were loud and obnoxious till midnight.  Poor obnoxious people shouldn't be allowed to visit nice apartments.  They live where they do for a reason!  If anyone actually comments on my poor comment, try to figure out i'm more concerned with obnoxious, and i'm highlighting the fact they are poor.  I know how people love to be miserable and misread things.

More Mudhoney - bought Greatest Hits CD on Amazon, used for like $9.  It just occurred to me that all my Mudhoney music is on cassette tape, and vinyl records.  I have nothing digital, or on CD...until now.

Sabres win 2 in a row!  Wow!  And they beat Toronto last night...nice.  I paid for playoff tickets...i'll be shocked if they make it.  But it would make for a few days of fun.

Alrighty what kind of lettuce to they use on the Biggest loser?  The bagged crap is soggy.  The regular iceburg is friggin 1.99 a head.  I'd like to make salads, but i'm not sure how to do it.  Suggestions?

I've noticed a lot of you are coming here because of my "i can turn your grey skies blue" comment months ago.  It appears the majority of you are finding this blog because of this.  I'd still like the .wav so i can use it as my ringtone, ha.  Email it to me.

Schoolwork is what's gonna happen the next couple weekends.  I have soooo much to do starting today, and lasting till the 24th.  I'll be in front of a computer for at least a week.

Lastly, i bought the book, "what does your poo say about you".  I highly recommend you find it on Amazon, spend the $10 and place it in your bathroom, haha.

Spring Break

I write those words as i look outside my window and see 20" of snow staring back at me.  I wish i had gone South and seen the family in Florida for a week.  But i have other obligations like a regular job, a thesis to finish, GRE's to study for, a townhouse that needs cleaning, and oh yes...homework to do.

Hey, it's Daylight Savings Time!  I'm not a big fan of losing an hour today, but in a few days i'll enjoy the fact it's still light at 7pm.  Oh wait, now i have to get used to waking up and driving to work in the dark at 7am again.  Eh, i'll take the extra hour of sunlight at the end of the day!

Let's see, what's been going on in the last month since i've posted.  Well work and school are the big chunks of my time.  I have decided on finishing up what i've started, and getting the PhD.  That's why i'm studying for the GRE's.  With the two Masters, i've always had the GRE's waived, but i can't do it for the PhD...boo.  I talked to a few students, professionals, and professors...it's a go.  I bought a new Dell  XPS laptop just for the PhD.  I pimped it out, and got an amazing deal.  I had to to justify spending that much money!

I just saw Springsteen in Rochester.  Amazing show.  I had tickets to the Buffalo show the next day, and i was just exhausted and didn't go.  I crashed at 8:30pm on Friday...so my body was telling me to rest!  I have tickets to Tom Petty and the Police, and i think Matt Good, so concert opportunities are still there.  I really wanted to see Robert Plant and Alison Krause in the Finger Lakes, but nobody else wanted to go, and i'm not dropping money on tickets for phantom people anymore.

Oh yeah, i bought a washer and dryer.  My first ones!  Every apartment i've had since i left home never had washer and dryer hookups.  This one sort of does, so dammit i got them.  I bought a used dryer, and got a great deal.  It's currently sitting in the garage not hooked up as i need gas fittings, and vent hose, and about 2 hours to hook it up.  Maybe i'll goto Home Depot this afternoon to pick those things up.  My washer rocks.  It's the number one rated front loading washer in consumer reports.  I bought it at Sears, and got a great deal, then got Garry to pick it up and deliver it to my place for some Sabres bucks, and Great Lakes beers! 

One thing i learned about the washer, it requires a special type of detergent.  Tide PE is the recommended one...and since i buy Tide normally, this was what i need.  Of course last week i bought a 100oz thing of regular Tide, so i'll have to give that away to someone.  Then...i had to know that PE would be more expensive...and it was.  $16 bucks for whatever the large size was...ug.  Next time i'll goto Sam's Club or buy it online to save a few bucks.

As i was driving around the snowy streets this morning, i heard John Fogerty's "Centerfield" on Jack.  What a great song to play while driving in the snow.  My head was thinking about warm weather and baseball, and my car was sliding towards a snowbank.  I'll probably watch some of the NASCAR race this afternoon just to remind myself what warm weather and green grass looks like.

Haven't had any new beers lately, well i did have a Great Lakes Conway's Irish Ale a few weeks ago.  Speaking of Great Lakes, if you're a tree hugger like myself, and in the Cleveland area.  Check out the Film The Planet at the Cleveland Film Festival.  I wish i was there to see it!

And speaking of Cleveland, i got tickets to the Stankees series in April, the Rangers in May, and the Angels in August.  I can't wait to go back!  Go Tribe! 

As for the other sports teams in my life...the Sabres aggrevate me.  I hope they lose the rest of the games, and get a better draft pick.  Too bad Campbell had to go, but eh, i understand the business side of it.  The Bills for the first time in a long time, made some good pickups.  I like the LB from the Giants, and Stroud on the Defensive Line.  The only thing about the Bills...i keep seeing them jumping ship to Toronto, and THEN they will win the Super Bowl.  I might just jump ship and become a Browns fan.  Sacriligious yes...but we'll see how long the Bills stay here.

More ramblings...where are the plows in North Buffalo?  The streets barely look touched.  I went to Kenmore to my bank, and the post office, and i could actually see the pavement.

Hmmmm...i've seen a bunch of movies, but nothing really special to mention.  Ditto for music, nothing out there is catching my attention.  I still listen to the Starbucks channel on XM at work.

I finally hooked up, and cleaned up the wires on my home theater.  I now have a blu-ray player and hd dvd player.  The HD DVD player is also my upconverting DVD player.  It's a pretty good one.  Better than my PS3 blu-ray.  As for the blu-ray, i just watched Terminator 2...and that was the first movie i noticed a better picture.

As for video games....i just need more hours in my day to play these things!  I picked up on sale NBA 08 on PS3...my first game, i got schooled by like 70 points.  I also picked up a Baseball game cheap, and lost to the Royals by 12 runs.  And don't get me started on Hockey...i can't score.  I need to find some 12 year old to give me pointers!

As for restaurants...i haven't been out much.  Went to a Thai place in North Buffalo based on a recommendation, and the food was good, but the room and decor was really bad.  I'll go there for take out, ha.  I also went to i think it was called Bravo at the Galleria.  Eh, i'm not a fan of chain Italian.  It was okay...but so are 100's of other chain restaurants.  Head to Hertel for better Italian!

I read Valerie Bertonelli's new book.  Eh, the beginning was really good, the middle dragged and the ending sucked.  I don't want to read about Wolfie and Jennie Craig!  ha.

As for TV shows...i'm sad to see the Sarah Conner Chronicles end...it was really good.  I'm still watching Survivor.  Well when the DVR actually records it.  It seems to be recording that pop up version of Lost instead.

Mapping

Well this weekend i've started it off by changing the nameservers on the page, and everything should be forwarding more smoothly.  I also totally changed one of my blogs to be about my going back to school, and created another blog that i'll discuss later.

Not sure what i'm going to do today...

Watched Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon...last night.  The opening scene was awesome, the rest of it...eh.

Got the new Pearl Jam DVD that i'll watch later today.  I do have 3 chapters of reading to do as well.

I just finished watching Season 2 of Survivorman this morning.  I love the show!  Check it out.