cali111

money money monnnney

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:39:39 GMT

I went to Fred Meyer's to fix the charges. They seemed to refund the $80 and the price of the two TV things. Later this afternoon when I looked at my bank account it turns out all they did was charge me another $32 on top of the other money. I just checked it again since the banks are closed. They have over charged me $130 at this point. I go back tomorrow, Friday, to try again.

store clerks

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:56:11 GMT

Yesterday I went to Fred Meyer to buy two of those TV converters that I will need in a few months. I don't have cable. I sent for and received two $40 certificates toward these converters. I picked out two gave over the $80 worth of cards and paid a little for the converters. This morning I checked my bank account and found that the incompentent clerk not only charged me for the TV things but the $80 in coupons I gave him. My bank account was low as it was. It did not take an extra $80 hit very well. It made me overdrawn. I was able to cover it by transferring some savings that I had. But I am pissed. I am going there today and they better correct it. I'm angry.

news

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:50:10 GMT

I have been reading a lot of political news on the CNN website. I just read about how McCain invented the Blackberry. He is special. Especially since it was created in Canada.

So I started to look at happy stories like how a baby squirrel was rescued in Texas. It had cute video of this tiny little creature. The whole story took an ugly turn for me when the woman describing the squirrel, Izzy, said it would be "climbing trees and running into the road in no time." Run into the road? That is bad. Don't run into the road little squirrel!!!!

next door

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:58:39 GMT

Mike the boyfriend is back and the drama has begun again. I just heard them yelling. Then they came over and ask for playing cards. Mike went into the apt, made a phone call while I was talking to Laura then came out and announced he was leaving. I took the opportunity to duck back into my apt. They are starting up being loud again now. 28 days of peace over.

28 days

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:08:08 GMT

My neighbor who was in alcohol treatment came home a couple of hours ago. The best news about that is that she took the dying ugly plant inside. I have a feeling she put it outside right before she left so I would water it. It will be interesting to see the raucous that occurs in the next week or so.

On a good note for this neighborhood, I lol because I am not used to areas like this, I heard a rumor that the crack dealer that runs this block likes me and has threatened anybody with harm that either comes near me, my things or my newly homed neighbor, Laura. I was nice to him without having any idea who he was. Whether that is true or not I don't know. Laura's boyfriend who stole her money told me that.

I have started learning Dreamweaver again so I can put up the first rough draft of my website soon. My goal is by the end of Sept. I hope it will be up in the next two weeks.

questions

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:23:19 GMT

My mind tends to be curious about the little petty things sometimes. For example I have been watching a lot of old western TV shows lately. All the drivers of the carriages, buckboards, stages etc... drive on the right side of the rig. If I recall correctly the steering wheel of the first car was in the middle of the automobile. How did it end up on the left side?

I figure this might be a good place to ask my simple and pointless questions as they pop into my mind. I am starting to take to blogging. So far it has been like journaling. I figure soon I will be upgrading it to something that is interesting for people to read.

BTW the darned plant still lives. I think my neighbor is home but she is a hermit when she drinks and is not doing crack. She just got out of rehab so I am assuming she went directly to 7-11 for the cheap beer she likes. Seriously. As I think I said her rehab was for the legal system not for her to get sober. She is not watering the plant so hopefully within the next month it will expire.

elections and cats

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:53:12 GMT

OK, this is one of those things that no one every believes you when you tell them so I decided to post it and make if official as opposed to just writing it in my journal. I really believe McCain is going to win the election. Every once in a blue moon I get these funny feelings and then just "know" stuff. I was reading an article about McCain, looked at his photo and that feeling came over me. Sorta like a prediction I guess. I hope I am wrong and will eat my words happily if that is the case.

I thought a lot about whether to post this because I figure it is going to make me look somewhat insane. Or at least that I believe in imaginary things. The same thing happened to me before Bush was elected the second time.

On lighter or more sane news. Charlie the cat's boyfriend is back. He hasn't jumped on the ledge of my window recently that I know of. But he is prowling. I just caught sight of him. He is thinner than he was before. He needs to catch mice instead of wooing my cat.

And finally plant news. The ugly plant just will not die. It looks limp but still green.

This has been another episode of tantalizing news by Cali.

weather and money

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:59:57 GMT

It is still too hot for me. I have an air conditioner in my bedroom. I have basically been prisoner in it for the last few days. Hopefully the weather will break and be cooler.

I had a good chat with my dad today which is unusual, especially since it was about money. He was agreeable and nice. I thought I should put this in writing in order to remind myself in the future that this can actually occur.

The ugly plant is now limp enough that it is not sticking in my screen door anymore but still alive enough that if it is watered it will perk up. Someone left her a jar with flowers in it which are now dead too. The front porch of her apt. is where plants go to die. I don't know how long my neighbor is going to be in rehab. At least this time no one moved in and started selling crack like when she went to jail a couple of months ago. I try and stay jolly but sometimes there is a bitterness I have toward her. She could work and be healthy and productive if she were to stop drinking. She and her boyfriend just sit around and drink beer all day and night. What a waste of life. It seems like they are just passing the hours until they die. I do not want to ever do this. I hope I continue to try to squeeze out as much out of life as I can. The MS makes this more difficult but also more urgent.

Viva la life!

heat

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:46:53 GMT

It is 11:30 PM Friday. My apartment is hot. I have my windows open and the fans on trying to get it down to a reasonable temp. With my MS heat effects me in a bad way. I worked tonight for four hours at Blockbuster. It had been weeks since I had been there. I forgot how grueling just those few hours are for me. I do not feel well right now. I am too wound up to go to sleep because of work. I am uncomfortably hot and in more pain than usual. Wound up but fatigued. It is times like this when I get frustrated. Working for four hours physically hurts and is difficult. I get so mad that I can't just even be semi normal when it comes to work. Tomorrow is supposed to be hotter than today. I am expecting to feel pretty sick.

Sometimes I am able to ignore my MS. Ignore the numbness in my hands and feet and the slight drag my left leg has that I hide very well. Other times like tonight it just rises up like a huge billboard reminding me of my fragility and my hurdles. It is something I want to scream at and berate. But I cannot see it. I cannot yell at it. It is more elusive than a fine mist. It is inside me and I cannot control it. I can try a thousand different ways to approach my four hour shift at Blockbuster and deal with my MS, but I always have the same outcome.

I guess I just wait to see what tomorrow brings.

plant update

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:41:28 GMT

One of my neighbor's plants is completely dead. The one I sorta liked. The ugly one is hanging on for dear life. It is wilted but that only means it now gets caught in my screen door. The word on the street is that my neighbor is in rehab for awhile. This, I was told, is not because she wants to get sober, but a legal thing. This message was told to me as if it was obvious. She plans on drinking as soon as she gets out. She leads a sad life in my opinion.

Vegas Sue

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:46:08 GMT

So as I talked about in person to my friends that I still have I recently lost an email friend. I sell books online and she emailed me and we just started talking. It has been about 1 1/2 years of getting along really well. Then she sorta freaked out or something and was giving me instructions on how to email people properly and finally decided she didn't want to email me anymore until I "changed back." Since I don't think I changed I can't really change back so I am not emailing her anymore. This really hasn't effected me so I guess she wasn't as important as I thought she was in my life.

One thing in that batch of emails Suzanne from Vegas wrote is sticking in my mind a bit. It is bothering me. One part of her emails was explaining how I should hit "reply" when responding to someone's email. Now I actually think when starting a new email if I should just be replying to an old one. I hate when things like that get in my head. It will fade soon but it is annoying me now. I just sent a friend a very short email and before I hit send my mind said "Oh, wait you have not replied to her last email yet maybe you should before you send this one."

This is fun to vent. Saves money on therapy. An update on my neighbor's plant situation is that I told her that her plants needed to be watered twice a week and that I had been doing it. She thanked me but has not yet watered. The ugly plant is very wilted. I don't give it much more time.

I have to go now and search the web for a photo of a cat that looks and acts like mine. Mandypoet found a photo that looks like someone snuck into her house and took one of her two pets. The caption fits perfectly as well.

Robin Williams

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:55:22 GMT

So yesterday, Mon., I had physical therapy. I went wearing old clothes. When I left P.T. I put on a big sun hat since right now my face is supposed to stay out of the sun. I decided to stop by a local bookstore to buy a magazine I wanted and contemplated going in with the hat or changing into a baseball cap. I decided "screw it. I shouldn't worry about what people think." So I went in and saw that something called "Father Of The Year" was being filmed. I thought it was a reality show and was ignoring everything. There were signs everywhere stating "if you go into this area you are giving us the right to film you", or a statement similar to this. I went to the magazine area and was having trouble finding the mag. I wanted. I went out into the aisle and a line of people started passing me so I had to stand still. One of the people who passed me was Robin Williams. It was really strange to see him in real life. He even stopped for a minute to look at a magazine. He was calm which is the first time I have ever seen him totally calm. Behind him, before he stopped to look at a mag. was a young guy who looked like an actor. He gave me a big smile, kind of like "ya, look who I'm working with." I can't wait for the movie to come out so I can figure out who he is. He looked vaguely familiar. Briefly I thought maybe I should hang out there for a little while and see them shoot. But I remembered what I looked like and did not want to be caught dead in a movie even for a split second that way. I think they were heading for their trailers anyway. I was not so happy that I looked totally weird for this adventure. But did I learn my lesson, no....

I decide to go by Target to get some luggage on my way home. Again, I am just going to run in to get it. I decide to still keep the sun hat on figuring no movie was being shot there. I run in. I find luggage. I am going to the check stand and I run into one of my managers from work. She is dressed cute and normal and I am in old clothes with a big hat and sunglasses inside Target. I think "inside" is a key word there.

I guess the moral of this story is if you are lonely or bored go out looking your worst and you will run into interesting people.

plants and more plants

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:46:31 GMT

I was going to talk more about my ex-friends but my neighbor irritated me this morning so I decided to complain about that instead. I live in an apt. building that has a covered walkway in front of the doors. I have some plants outside and my next door neighbor decided to get a plant herself a few months ago. She decided not to water it and when it was almost dead I took pity on it. When she went to jail for 3 weeks last month, yes jail that will be another posting, I adopted the plant. It is thriving now. She came back home last week but still did not water the poor thing so I decided I would just keep doing it. So she has a small nice and green plant outside her door. What peeved me was that when I went to get my paper this morning she has put a new plant outside. A big plant. It is about 3 ft. tall. I am wondering if she ever wondered to herself how the other plant has lived for months without water and thrived. So I think now I have another plant I have to take care of. I think it is ugly too. Maybe I won't water it.

Oh a happier note I went to see the Dark Knight today and it was fun. I really liked it. Heath L. was excellent. He was freaky. If you like action films I recommend this.

all for now.

life as we know it

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:54:16 GMT

Months ago I joined LJ and said I was going to write about my zany neighbors. A lot has happened since that time and I wish I had kept up with it. For example my next door neighbor was arrested and she let some guy stay at her apt. while she was gone. He turned out to be a drug dealer and within a few days the apt. complex was swarming with crack users. Another one of my neighbors saw a couple shooting up a few feet away from my apt. The household guest was arrested and the users went away. At first I thought it was for the drug dealing but it turned out that it was because he missed his P.O. meeting a couple of times. He was or is a registered sex offender. I have yet to find out what his charges were exactly but I have someone that is going to look into that for me. I can be a curious one.
So much has happened I don't really know where to begin in my life. The biggest thing going on right now is that I am trying to get a website up that is for Multiple Sclerosis made to get information easy. Like MS for Dummies. I have MS and when I first learned about the diagnosis I immediately went to the internet to find information and it was overwhelming. I am creating a very simple website for the newly diagnosed or the people of the newly diagnosed.
On a more gossipy note in the last two months I have had to end to friendships. Well, OK, I ended one the other one was ended by my friend. I guess ex-friend?
I can talk on and on about those people especially the character that I ended the friendship with. Right now I want to post this so I can get started on actually using LJ.