Archive for April, 2006
weeeeeeee
Saturday, April 29th, 2006I took Otto to the barber today. Previous attempts to do this met with disastrous results, but the last time or two he’s undergone a personality change and cheerfully climbs up into the barber chair. Praise Jeebus for that. Then it was off to the supermarket and the bank.
The nice [...]
kerflagery
Friday, April 28th, 2006At my job, there are two kinds of transactions: purchases and refinances. I like refinances better, because there is a three-day window between the signing of the documents and the funding (in case the borrowers want to cancel). Since the banks don’t want the documents back until the day it funds, I have [...]
so it’s friday now
Thursday, April 27th, 2006I just spent waaaay too much time playing We Heart Katamari. My favorite levels are the ones where you get really big and can roll up cars and cows and fencing. I HATE the campfire level.
long time coming
Wednesday, April 26th, 2006Casa de Whitney joined the 21st Century this past weekend and bought a PS2. We each got a game – Otto got We Heart Katamari, Mr. Whitney got Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
As for my choice…allow me to present a little playlet.
INT. TARGET – DAY
WHITNEY, MR. WHITNEY and OTTO approach the [...]
and I’m paying big bucks to park there
Friday, April 21st, 2006The parking garage I use downtown for work is very old and scary and rickety. Half the time the elevators don’t work and rats come out and attack patrons and things like that.
Well, tonight, about ten minutes after I left for the day, part of the garage collapsed. Fortunately, no one [...]
My week, in handy sum-up form
Thursday, April 20th, 2006I apologize for the lack of entries lately; let’s see if I can do a quick recap.
Last Thursday (the 13th), we got hail. I’d never seen it in person before, it was kinda weird. Mild weather with these ice hunks the size of a quarter rattling down on the roof and the cars. [...]
I’m not dead, really.
Wednesday, April 19th, 2006Wow, I guess I haven’t posted in a while. Sorry ’bout that.
Things are going well. Still enjoying my job, still enjoying my phone.
JIBBA JABBA HOOBA FUDGE
Thursday, April 13th, 2006this is what I was chanting to myself, to the cadence of “Peanut Butter Jelly Time”, while preparing my first mortgage closing on my own in over two years.
But the attorney who’s doing the closing didn’t have any major questions or concerns, so maybe it’s a good chant.
tuesday and your ladybugs are on fire
Tuesday, April 11th, 2006I am still feeling the cell phone love. All I’ve used it for is to take pictures (see the flickr badge yonder), but I have loaded it up with contacts and future events and all that. I am such a geek. Almost makes me wish I knew more people, so I could [...]
still feeling the phone love
Sunday, April 9th, 2006I must recommend this site. You upload an mp3 and then an hour later or so you can download a ringtone to your phone. I took a 3 second clip of Otto talking when he was little and set it as my ringer. I’ll probably never hear it but it’s still fun.
Not [...]
I feel like an article for The Onion
Saturday, April 8th, 2006Woman Spends Way Too Much Time Trying to Find Perfect Ringtone
(for a phone on which she will receive almost no incoming calls)
Do I get “Sister Surround”? “Easy Reader”? “Take Me Out”? “Do You Want To”? The theme to “The Office”? The pinball music from “Sesame Street”?
Update: The Sesame Street and Electric Company [...]
in which your humble narrator joins the 21st century
Saturday, April 8th, 2006I’ve had the same cell phone since….(checking the original contract I signed)…February 2002. It served its purpose; I could make calls and receive them.
But I was jealous. Oh so jealous.
I wanted the phone with the annoying ringtones. I wanted the color screen upon which you could play games. I wanted a [...]
april? when did this happen?
Friday, April 7th, 2006ah, delicious weekendy goodness.
it’s been slow at work this week so I spent my time taking care of really old stuff – inputting stuff that should’ve been done two, three years ago, getting files ready to throw away (the cube next to mine looks like a garbage dump), getting trained on stuff. Mrs. Puff [...]
the office is a repeat tomorrow.
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006there’s www.islostarepeat.com – I think there needs to be www.istheofficearepeat.com. Hm….
Yesterday evening, about quarter after six, I was pushing the garbage bin to the curb for this morning’s pickup. I remember thinking that it was pretty nice out – not balmy, but nice enough that I considered taking the bills I’d just paid and [...]
it’s not *quite* the same
Monday, April 3rd, 2006Since we don’t have cable TV anymore, we no longer have the YES network, which means we can only watch Yankees games on television on FOX, which is something I would like to avoid, if possible.
So we did some thing where you can listen to any game through the online, at a sparkling, crystal [...]
we’ve broken out the PS1 and are playing games we had before our son was born
Monday, April 3rd, 2006Opening Day, bay-bee! Go Yankees! W00t!1!!!!3leleventy!11!!!!one!!111
I’m much happier back in Residential Lending (for those of you who may wonder what I do: when you take out a mortgage, I am now the person at the bank’s attorney who prepares all the documents. Eventually, I may be the person who is at the closing [...]
Your weekend wrapup with Whitney
Sunday, April 2nd, 2006I’ve been reading lots of different opinions of Daylight Saving Time. I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again – I frickin’ love it. Yeah, yeah, yeah, we lose an hour of sleep, blah blah blah, but it’s light out at 7:00pm! I’ll gladly give up an hour of sleep for [...]
no april fool’s day jokes this year
Saturday, April 1st, 2006We had a guy come over today to measure our roof, as we will need to get a new one this year. Apparently there is some rule that you can only have three layers of shingles on your roof, and the one presently up there is #3. So this ain’t gonna be cheap.
My [...]