Boring day

Yeah, but I guess that’s the best kind sometimes.

Texting with Ember right now, that’s fun. We’re discussing my need for a patio set. I think I need one, she isn’t sure. The one that was here fell apart, not sure if I’ve ever mentioned that or not, and I need somewhere to sit out there and use the Internet, read, eat, etc. That front deck is one of the big reasons I rented the place, I know I’ve mentioned that.

The news just announced the new Georgia Driver’s Licenses. I really don’t see the point myself, they seem to work well as they are, and it’s not like we need them to verify our identity before we do anything earth shattering like vote or anything. I got to checking, and the ID requirements in my company’s payroll check cashing policy are more stringent than the ID requirements to vote in Georgia. Yay us.

My new downstairs neighbor just came up to ask where we were supposed to drop the rent, so he knows about my nudism and is OK with it. Yay!

The store Critter works at had a 17" LCD TV on sale for $169 last week, but I didn’t have the extra money. Now that I’ve got the money it’s back to its regular price of $200. Crap. I could justify spending the $169 on it because it was a good brand and an excellent price, but I can’t really justify $200 right now. I had planned on using it to replace the CRT in my bedroom since the shelf it is perched on is only just big enough for it, and the addition of the VCR and DVD player to the array have seriously destabilized the situation. I need to get a new power strip for that room too.

EUReKA starts up again tonight, yay! Warehouse 13 continues tonight, yay! Not sure about the switch from SciFi to SyFy, though. Seems a bit silly to me, but they didn’t ask. There was a comment on one of their discussion boards that since they now had two goofy shows back to back maybe they could get more serious in the scripted television arena. Um, "Battlestar Galactica", "Sanctuary", the whole "Stargate" franchise? Are those sitcoms? Just sayin.

I asked Ember, in a text just a minute or so ago, if I was bordering on perv since I’ve started answering the door nekkid. Of course, much like mental illness, I’m thinking if I can objectify myself enough to ask the question I probably am not, but honest opinions are welcomed. Of course I’ll privatize or delete any rants informing me that I’m going straight ot hell because I don’t wear three-peice suits in the shower, ‘k? I don’t expect my regular readers to do that but you never know who’s going to be dropped here on "Random" or off the front page for the few minutes this will be there.

My new neighbor just came back up, said he couldn’t find the rent box. Asked (again) about the other folks here at the house, did they all know I was a nudist, were they nudists, etc. He might be trouble, even though he did assure me last time that "nothing would be said." Not sure what he’d say or to whom, he came up on my porch and knocked on my door. Would he be asking similar questions if I’d been wearing a Darth Vader costume? Probably not.

AIG is under fire again for bonuses. The lawyers do have a point – if the employees getting bonuses have signed contracts then there really isn’t a whole lot anyone can do about it. The employees could turn down the bonuses, and if I were in charge at AIG I’d be re-negotiating current and future contracts for sure, but I don’t think anyone can legally tell them they can’t have them.

Why is it that the media is making such a huge ass deal about President Obama visiting sub-Saharan Africa? I thought it didn’t matter what color the man’s skin was: he ran (and was supposed to have been elected) solely on his qualifications and answers to the questions the American People put before him during the campaign. Or was the color of his skin really the deciding factor? Not that I care: the Libertarians are so misunderstood it will take a massive defection of the Republican base to get one elected President and Senator McCain is not the most loved person in the Republican party, so the Democrats could have fielded someone that hadn’t even managed so much as a Dairy Queen but had a great PR machine and probably won the election. It could happen.

Saw Critter for a bit earlier today. Didn’t get to talk much. I asked if she wanted to go to lunch, and she thought about it for a bit and turned me down. Said she’d just hang around the store. That’s cool.

I’m all done now. Ember never answered me about being a perv, she must have gotten distracted.