Another Step In The Right Direction

Yesterday, Dana and I finally signed a lease for an apartment we are going to move into together in August!! Yay!! And it only took 16 months!! hehehehe

Life up here is definately different from the city, that's a given. But it's not as ho-hum as I feared it would be. There are lots of things around to do including an LGBT center here that has regular programs like art shows and concerts that I plan on going to sometime soon. Pride is also coming up on June 10th so that will be fun. Hopefully I can get down to the city for the Pride parade down there, I've never been to the NYC one.

There's also an LGBT singing group called The Capital Pride Singers that I am looking into joining, but my overwhelming shyness has kept me from going to one of their rehearsals as of yet. They meet every Monday evening at a church that's about a 15 minute walk from my apartment, so I really have no excuse for not going!

Work is going well, still kinda slow, but seems to be picking up a little bit now that the doctors, nurses and case managers and realizing that they have a dietitian at their disposal again! Still walking too (though I did get a nice chauffered ride from my hired help...errr, girlfriend this morning) since my bike just seems to like screwing around with me. I finally got the rear tire tube replaced then when I tried to bike to work on Monday there was something wrong with the rear brakes, they were too tight and wouldn't let the back tire spin freely. UGH!! I think I've got it figured out now, though I am going to bring it to the bike shop by me to make sure everything is in the right alignment per a suggestion from Miss D. :)

I also recently heard from some friends from my dietetic internship. One is still in CT and has started a healthy cooking program, where he basically makes food and freezes it and delivers it or people pick it up. Kinda like gourmet TV dinners only a heck of a lot healthier as he modifies it given the clients dietary needs (i.e. low salt, low fat, diabetic, etc). I have been thinking about starting up something like this here for a while now. I think there would be a good market for it. Maybe even branching out to Saratoga, where lots of rich people live because of the horses! Though I may have to wait until moving in with Dana to do that since I don't have a car! It would be a good opportunity to use my neglected culinary skills along with my nutrition expertise and a chance to earn a little cash on the side which can never hurt! :)

Well, that's my novel for today. BBQ at work today. Yummy!! Hopefully they have some veggie burgers or something. I was going to pick some up at the store last night but they were too damn expensive!!

Drum Roll Please....

And the grand total iiiiisssss.....................

$2553.25!!!!!

That's right, ladies and gentlemen. That is the amount that some asshole in NYC took out of my checking account. Oh, that's ok, I wasn't using that extra 2.5k anyway. You use it to go buy your drugs and alcohol buddy.

What goes through a persons head to make them think that something like this is ok? That I was just sitting around rolling in piles of money waiting for someone to take it off my hands?!? Jeeeebus. I give up.

Once Again, The World Sucks

In another chapter of all the bullshiat that goes on in my life the newest adventure is that my checking account has been hacked.

I realized something was amiss when I checked my balance at the ATM yesterday and it was only $1000 where just a couple weeks ago it was closer to $3000. I called my bank today and they said they have records of numerous transactions from an ATM in Brooklyn!! I haven't been in Brooklyn in almost 2 months!! So now I have to send them a letter telling them that these transactions were not done by me and have to sign an affidavit to that effect.

UGH!!!! Why do people suck so much ass?!?!??!?! >:( >:(

Fie on You, USPS!!!

I guess I should actually watch the news or get a newspaper once in a while to find out what the hell is going on in the world rather thang getting all my news from Fark.

But, in a breif spurt this morning, I decided to go to CNN and look at the stories and found out that stamps are going up another 2 cents!! Jeebus!! Now I know that "snail mail" is dying a slow death, but do they really need to keep raising the prices of these bloody little stamps!? What the hell is all this money going towards??

I just hate the post office in general and the constant raising of prices is not endearing them to me at all. The post office always seems to close at exactly the minute I get home from work. Don't they know that other people work during the weekdays too, typically on a 9-5 schedule??? And if they can't be bothered to be open long enough on weekdays, you'd think they'd make up for it on the weekends, right? NOOOOO!!! Only open until noon on Saturday and not open at all on Sunday! WTF!!

Don't even get me started on the fact that if you want to mail or even pick up a package, you better take the day off because you'll be in line all day and end up paying a gazillion dollars just to send something to the next state. Keeee-righst, I could rent a car and drive it there for less money!! ;)

Anywho, this has been your neighborhood Monday rant. Continue with your regularly scheduled program.

To The Public, From Walkers And Bicyclists Everywhere

Below I will formulate a list of requests from the walking and bicycling public to the rest of you, please take note:

1. When you stop to let me cross a road, driveway, etc that you were going to turn onto or coming out from, please do not slam on the acelerator the second I have cleared said road, driveway, etc as if it was a huge inconvenience for you to stop and not run me down on the way to get your triple latte from Dunkin Donuts.

2. I know that you can turn right on red, but please remember that a red light for you also means a walk sign for me and try not to run me over. I know it's hard, but please just try.

3. Do not yell things at me from your H2 Hummer while I am walking or riding my bike. Why don't you try walking or biking to work or school occasionally instead of riding around in that nature killing machine.

4. When the weather is less than peachy outside, please don't say things like "Stay dry!" or "Great day for a walk/bike ride!" etc. It's not funny. Really, it's not.

5. Going along with the bad weather. On really rainy days, please do not aim for the puddles with your car. It's really not nice to get splashed with disgusting street water. Take a millisecond to either slow down when coming to an especially big puddle, or if you have room, try to go around it a little.

6. I know it's hard to comprehend, but I may be forced to walk to bike on the road with you for certain parts of my journey since the city of Albany seems unable to aquire even sidewalks. Wow, who knew that the trees lining the sidewalk would cause the concrete slabs that make up the sidewalk to lift up because the roots of the tree are suffocating. Huh. But I digress, getting back to the point, please respect me as a fellow commuter and don't getascloseasyoupossiblycan to me while I am on the street.

I think if you follow this list, bicyclists and walkers will have a much better relationship with the motoring public. It's just common courtesy folks!! :)