They've apparently shut down the heating system in our building for the week, and I am FREEZING. I even have a little space heater in my office and it's not nearly enough. God forbid if I have to walk through the hallway to go to the bathroom.
I found out yesterday that work is giving me a gift certificate to any store of my choosing. Marc thinks I should pick something fun for myself, but I'm sort of inclined to pick something mundane like Home Depot, because we certainly spend enough money there. On the other hand, I could always use clothes! What would you pick?
We got some more work done yesterday on the fish room. Picked up some Goof Off and a pry bar at Home Depot (see?). I managed to pull up about half of the tack strips around the room. This has to be the least fun job ever. Not only is it obscenely loud, but it's tiring, and every nail pulls up a small chunk of concrete, which we'll have to fill in later. I've got agility class tonight, but hopefully I'll have enough time to pull up the rest of the strips.
The news is really just too depressing to watch or read these days. I used to avidly read news online, but I just can't take it anymore, cause everything sucks. Karl Rove says that Bush intends to veto the stem cell bill if it passes the Senate (it's already passed the House). This is a bill that even Bill Frist, BILL FRIST, supports. The majority of Americans support it. And yet Bush intends to veto it, because he wants to retard what is possibly some of the most important research in health care today. He better pray he never gets Parkinsons or Alzheimers.
Sorry, but the whole thing just makes me SO MAD.
I still have to go see An Inconvenient Truth at some point, although I think it might just depress me more. The unfortunate thing about movies like this is that the people who really need to see it are those who never will. It's playing at the theater near work, but I don't think it's playing near home. LA Times editorial: If only gay sex caused global warming.
Here's a funny transcript of the Alaskan Senator, Ted Stevens, explaining why he voted against a net neutrality amendment: "I just the other day got, an internet was sent by my staff at 10 o'clock in the morning on Friday and I just got it yesterday. Why?" Yeah, I don't know what the hell he's trying to say either.
My dad asked us to record a bunch of the World Cup games for him, which we managed to fugg up totally. One of the matches he really wanted to see didn't get recorded because DirecTV came out and switched the dish while it was on, and then TiVo completely shit itself and dropped its recording of the final entirely. So now Marc is trying to figure out if we can somehow purchase the ESPN University channel, because they're replaying all the games there.
To add to my woes, AOL instant messenger at work is acting up. Maybe Senator Stevens can help me.
I must be asian, because I would get the Home Depot gift certificate!
Methinks he doesn't understand the net neutrality act. Sending email, and having it arrive late, is more likely a hardware issue. Geesh.