Rant… rant…rant, rant, rant, rant…
Why all the ranting? Because I am tired…because what I want to rant about I really shouldn’t rant about online…because I can’t believe the gall and stupidity of so much of the human race…because I can’t get myself motivated, that I am blue (not depressed-that is a clinical thing, just blue, unhappy) and even though I look around myself and can’t think of any one thing I should be unhappy about, a certain feeling of blue washes over me every once in a while.
I think of the Nike slogan- just do it. I should just make a list of things to do and do them. So I make the list, and I look at it, and I don’t want to do any of it. I just know that it has to be done and by not doing it now, life will suck more later. So I do some of it, just enough to feel like I have done something, but not really enough to have a feeling of accomplishment. Just enough not to feel like I have sat around eating bon-bons, but not enough to really think that I have made a change in my life. I wonder where this laziness has come from and how people around me constantly tell me that I am not lazy, that I am in fact the opposite, pushing myself too hard and expecting too much. But I know the truth- I know that I sit and watch an episode of Homicide when I should be labeling sachets, I know that I take a nap when I should be working on my newsletter, and I know that there is a pile of e-mails that should have been answered days ago, but haven’t.
What I hate is the late night electricity, the felling in my body that I should get up and do something, anything- take a walk, ride my bike, clean the house, but my brain tells me that it’s late and that I should try to relax, so my internal conflict goes on until I just go to bed to get away from it. I talk to myself all day like this- I’ll do that after noon, I’ll do this after lunch, I’ll do something else after just one quick game on the computer…
Ugh.. I’m going to take a nap to get away from myself, I am such a nag.
Showing posts with label Rant of the Week. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rant of the Week. Show all posts
8.29.2007
7.25.2007
Wednesday Rant
What is up with my shopping cart? I have gone over my code, again and again and cannot figure out why it adds up my orders, the sales tax, and shipping incorrectly. It’s only off by a few cents but it is such a pain! And it is even more off if you pay via pay pal, which means I have to refund people money after their order. I MUST figure this out! I also can’t figure out why its sends out duplicate order confirmations to some people and not to others, and why sometimes it emails me the order like it is supposed to, and sometimes it doesn’t, making me log in to check for orders every day, like I already don’t have enough stuff to do!
BTW, I am using OS Commerce, so if anyone out there has a clue, I sure would love for you to leave me a comment and help me out.
And on to other rants: what is eating my tomatoes and why does it only eat half? Does forget each night that it really doesn’t LIKE tomatoes? And why does it have to eat half of two or three of them, can’t it just eat a complete tomato and get it over with?
And what is up with the fact that I need to catch a cold just a week before the busiest part of my summer show schedule? I’m sniffly, my throat hurts, and I just want to go to bed.
And finally, I am ¾ of the way through Harry Potter and I still have NO IDEA what is going to happen, and I have it from a reliable source that the last chapter and epilogue provide no clue either (they flipped to read the end, those cheaters). But don’t tell me, I’ll finish the book tomorrow most likely, and then I’ll have to hold my tongue so others can enjoy this excruciatingly painful pleasure of reading it without the plot being spoiled, just like I get to do
BTW, I am using OS Commerce, so if anyone out there has a clue, I sure would love for you to leave me a comment and help me out.
And on to other rants: what is eating my tomatoes and why does it only eat half? Does forget each night that it really doesn’t LIKE tomatoes? And why does it have to eat half of two or three of them, can’t it just eat a complete tomato and get it over with?
And what is up with the fact that I need to catch a cold just a week before the busiest part of my summer show schedule? I’m sniffly, my throat hurts, and I just want to go to bed.
And finally, I am ¾ of the way through Harry Potter and I still have NO IDEA what is going to happen, and I have it from a reliable source that the last chapter and epilogue provide no clue either (they flipped to read the end, those cheaters). But don’t tell me, I’ll finish the book tomorrow most likely, and then I’ll have to hold my tongue so others can enjoy this excruciatingly painful pleasure of reading it without the plot being spoiled, just like I get to do
7.18.2007
Wednesday Rant
Wednesday Rant(s)
Why is it that when you are having 80% of your households carpet replaced, your cats still need to throw up hairballs on the 20% that is staying?...
Why does it take more than 4 hours to get software installed on Vista? Didn’t the major manufacturers know that it was coming?
What is up with these security questions to be able to use my online banking? I mean I can’t remember my “favorite book”, it changes weekly. So how secure is it when I write the questions and answers on a paper and tack it to the bulletin board next to my computer. Forget about hacking, start breaking and entering, I can’t be the only one with this problem.
So when I was in my 20’s I had this bad habit of not telling anyone, especially my significant other, my work hours and location (I worked in theatre so they changed a lot). I thought I was being “independent” and a “strong woman”. Now fate is getting revenge. Enough said.
My newspaper failed to bill me and then called to yell at me about the fact that I hadn’t paid. I yelled back and cancelled my subscription. No wonder so many people are getting their news online. No hassles.
And in case you wondered, men and women do speak different languages. Women ask questions assuming they will be answered, men think that “I’m sorry” answers them all. Enough said.
Why is it that when you are having 80% of your households carpet replaced, your cats still need to throw up hairballs on the 20% that is staying?...
Why does it take more than 4 hours to get software installed on Vista? Didn’t the major manufacturers know that it was coming?
What is up with these security questions to be able to use my online banking? I mean I can’t remember my “favorite book”, it changes weekly. So how secure is it when I write the questions and answers on a paper and tack it to the bulletin board next to my computer. Forget about hacking, start breaking and entering, I can’t be the only one with this problem.
So when I was in my 20’s I had this bad habit of not telling anyone, especially my significant other, my work hours and location (I worked in theatre so they changed a lot). I thought I was being “independent” and a “strong woman”. Now fate is getting revenge. Enough said.
My newspaper failed to bill me and then called to yell at me about the fact that I hadn’t paid. I yelled back and cancelled my subscription. No wonder so many people are getting their news online. No hassles.
And in case you wondered, men and women do speak different languages. Women ask questions assuming they will be answered, men think that “I’m sorry” answers them all. Enough said.
7.11.2007
Wednesday Rant - Just Give Me High Gas Prices, Please!
My rant this week is about "going green" and how much it is costing. I think on a whole we as a nation are "going green" much too quickly and without any plan or leadership.
On whole, this countries response to high fuel prices, to our dependency on Middle Eastern oil, is causing a raise in demand for ethanol, a fuel that is made from corn. When not being used for ethanol, this corn is typically used as animal feed, specifically feed cows. So beef prices are up, so is the price of milk (some say it will be at $5 a gallon by the end of summer), and cheese prices are way up as well. Since beef is getting expensive the demand for alternatives like chicken and pork is on the rise and high demand + low supply = high prices for those proteins as well.
Where else does this hit us in places that we don't think about? Well if cheese prices are up, then the prices of pizza and other foods dependant on it are up. My local paper claims that Pizza Hut and Pappa Johns have already raised their prices in response. Milk is in a lot of chocolate, so those prices will soar. Along with that milk, your corn based cereals price will rise and corn is used to make high fructose corn syrup, whoops there goes the prices for a bottle of cola, or our favorite cookies…
But the really hidden costs? Soap prices will go up. What am I talking about, how is corn related to soap? Well "as The Wall Street Journal notes, soap makers are getting hit particularly hard, as prices are up for beef tallow, a kind of fat that is an important ingredient in soap. Also, there's a new subsidy for companies turning animal fat directly into fuel, which will further shorten supplies of this ingredient. (Pasted from Techdirt.com)." Now I don't use beef tallow in my soaps, but I do use soybean and "the heightened demand for corn has decreased the supply of other grains, including soybeans, because farmers are shifting fields to make room for corn. Soybeans are a key ingredient in trans-fat-free cooking oils now in high demand as cities and counties ban fatty oils in restaurants and bakeries." (Pasted from The Philadelphia Inquirer)." So there is another ingredient with a rising price.
I know this sounds terrible but just give me high gas prices. I will know how much gas costs and can budget accordingly. But instead, gas prices will remain more stable, but I will pay through the nose for just about everything else in my life.. No thank you…
On whole, this countries response to high fuel prices, to our dependency on Middle Eastern oil, is causing a raise in demand for ethanol, a fuel that is made from corn. When not being used for ethanol, this corn is typically used as animal feed, specifically feed cows. So beef prices are up, so is the price of milk (some say it will be at $5 a gallon by the end of summer), and cheese prices are way up as well. Since beef is getting expensive the demand for alternatives like chicken and pork is on the rise and high demand + low supply = high prices for those proteins as well.
Where else does this hit us in places that we don't think about? Well if cheese prices are up, then the prices of pizza and other foods dependant on it are up. My local paper claims that Pizza Hut and Pappa Johns have already raised their prices in response. Milk is in a lot of chocolate, so those prices will soar. Along with that milk, your corn based cereals price will rise and corn is used to make high fructose corn syrup, whoops there goes the prices for a bottle of cola, or our favorite cookies…
But the really hidden costs? Soap prices will go up. What am I talking about, how is corn related to soap? Well "as The Wall Street Journal notes, soap makers are getting hit particularly hard, as prices are up for beef tallow, a kind of fat that is an important ingredient in soap. Also, there's a new subsidy for companies turning animal fat directly into fuel, which will further shorten supplies of this ingredient. (Pasted from Techdirt.com)." Now I don't use beef tallow in my soaps, but I do use soybean and "the heightened demand for corn has decreased the supply of other grains, including soybeans, because farmers are shifting fields to make room for corn. Soybeans are a key ingredient in trans-fat-free cooking oils now in high demand as cities and counties ban fatty oils in restaurants and bakeries." (Pasted from The Philadelphia Inquirer)." So there is another ingredient with a rising price.
I know this sounds terrible but just give me high gas prices. I will know how much gas costs and can budget accordingly. But instead, gas prices will remain more stable, but I will pay through the nose for just about everything else in my life.. No thank you…
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