Monday, October 1, 2007

People are often amazed by my memory; my wacky ability to remember random facts, or events. But my memory isn't perfect. I forget peoples' names all the time. I have a hard time remembering numbers. And I misplace things all the time, when my brain is thinking about one thing and my hands are putting things elsewhere. My keys, camera, & sunglasses are common losses. Today I lost my cell phone. I had it at Kroger earlier and that's the last I remember of it. It's possible it fell out of my pocket, or was stolen from my car...or that it's still in the car somewhere, or some other random place... but it's really just a symptom of one my most annoying flaws.

I was going to call Luke back earlier, but Mark was on his phone and I didn't want to pester him. I figured I could do it later. Now I don't have a phone to do that with, and if I did, I wouldn't even know his number. If my phone is truly gone, and doesn't turn up, there are over 100 phone #'s in there, and I maybe know 4 of them by heart...and I'll be losing touch with a disturbing number of people. That's just the cherry on my Monday (should have been a Sunday) from hell.

I had tests done at UofM today. I got the time wrong, but they worked around that. I didn't have the car, so had to walk home after not eating or sleeping. Then Mark & I exchanged the car, but my stomach was all upset because of stress stuff relating to some really shitty stuff Mark is going through...then I went grocery shopping, and my stomach was calm so I ordered pizza (the last I remember of my phone), then couldn't get into the Pizza Place, because the police had pulled some guy aside in the parking lot and no one could get in. I parked at the next place down, and I was way distracted by the cops, and the people in this other lot, and I'm not sure I locked the car...or brought my phone in, so there's that. The pizza wasn't that good, and most of it came up later. Ick. I got a monster migrain, and the new pills they gave me to help barely take the edge off. Then I had to pick up Mark, and that's when I realized my phone was gone. Now I'm tired, with a headache, worried, exhausted, ill, and unhappy. Blah.

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   Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Monday night I watched the move "Eighteen" which I've owned for at least a year, and never seen. It was fantastic. I know I've said this before, but my movie collection just rocks in all kinds of fun ways! I put the movie on my newly arranged Top 16 at work today.

My phone was found Tuesday morning as I climbed into the car to go for more tests at UofM Hospital. It was between the driver's side door and the seat. I'm very happy about that. The tests were less fun the 2nd day, with some rather painful concotions, and several more annoying people, but I got 100 pages read in my latest Star Trek book, as I'd finished the previous one the night before (more on that later).

After the tests, I drove home and Mark went to work. I watched the new episodes of "Brothers & Sisters" & "Desperate Housewives"; both of which I enjoyed immensly; it's good to have my shows back. I answered e-mail; read the news, and chatted online. I was having a great day.

The book I started reading, is one that I've started reading a couple of times before and something always comes up that prevents me from reading the whole thing. That happens to me with certain books, and I find it hard to pick up where I left off, so I start all over again, which I usually find annoying - only this time it doesn't bother me at all. The book is "Star Trek The Next Generation - Section 31: Rogue". It was part of a subseries of 4 books centered on the controversial group known as Section 31, which was introduced on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", and was further explored in later episodes of "Star Trek: Enterprise". The four books were each set within a different Trek Series (Star Trek, Next Generation, DS9 & Voyager), and though the Section 31 thread ran through each volume you weren't required as a reader to read them all. I've only read the DS9 volume as that one was part of that show's series of so-called "Relaunch Novels". I do own all of them though, and within the next year I hope to have read them all...starting with this one, which was controversial enough for the Section 31 storyline, but also drew the ire of homophobic Star Trek fans, as it revealed that the well liked Lt. Hawk character from Star Trek: First Contact, was in a commited, loving, homosexual relationship. Only a few characters had come out at that point in time, though several more have arrived since, and this book is usually noted as the one that blasted the closet door wide open.

I was watching one of the movies I'd rented when Mark called me, letting me know he was running late and wanted me to help set up his latest condo meeting, for which he is the president. There are a set of bylaws, which they are legally required to follow, but haven't been. Mark, as president has been adhering to these laws, and almost everyone involved has rebelled over it in a childish, petty, and often cruel manner. I saw part of this meeting first hand, and had to leave on account of the disgust that I felt. I seriously thought I was going to have a heart attack. I talked to Mark about it later and got him to resign as president. These people don't deserve his efforts. I can't stress enough how much these people have failed to meet my expectations; how much they've disappointed and offended me. They are not bad people, and their intentions are good, but they're so simple-minded and petty as to be impossible to work with. It's all so sad that it hurts & upsets me to discuss it or think about it, and I just wish this whole nightmare, which should never have happened, would just go away...because it sucks to have to see these people, who when push comes to shove, are such moronic assholes. Part of me doesn't even want to live here anymore.

I got Luke a card and some flowers last night after leaving the meeting. I've been taking it slow with Luke, and I will continue to do so, but I realized that after the meeting, that I really wanted to see him, which was new. And I just wanted to acknowledge that. He couldn't make it out that night, as he was so tired he was falling asleep at the wheel, but he's coming over tonight, or at least that's the plan. His flowers are on ice.

I got the new Buffy Season 8 comic today, which I still haven't read. I worked with Bryan, DJ & Alex. Meg made a welcome appearance. I'm hoping to see Bryan tomorrow to give him 30 some Doctor Whoniverse episodes for Chris, and then I might also hang out with him and DJ later and learn about a Star Wars game their into. ;-0) I need to tidy my room, shave, and shower. And life is feeling far better today, than yesterday.

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