So, yeah.

So I gave in. I started looking at my Twitter account today, and set up a blog. We'll see if anyone really cares or not. But I thought, I have no time to talk to all of the people I love and enjoy. Hell, I barely speak to any of my friends on any consistent basis. It's one of those things that the little demon in my head likes to bring up at night when I'm trying to go to sleep -- when there is absolutely nothing that I can do about it. Yeah, like I'll go and call him right now. Right. Whatever.

Anyway, here is my attempt to get myself out in the world a little bit.

I am definitely going to need to work on the layout of this little fucker. Can we talk about the unreadability of these typefaces. GRR.

So my car has been broken down for over a week now. Not too bad, as I can always borrow Alanna's car, and my dad lives with us, so I can borrow his as well. I went ahead and joined a car club, Better World. They are an economically conscious car club that lobbys for things like bike lanes, instead of against them. Anyway, I had to wait three days before it was active.

So I called this morning to get the car towed to my mechanics. I had already tried jumping the car and filling the tank. (I tend to run my car until empty before I fill it. It's a bad habit, I know). So the tow guy comes by, tries to turn the car over, then brings out this car-battery-jump-box thingy and the car starts. GRRR. So I feel like a total fool. All I needed was a new battery. So my dad took me to AutoZone and I replaced the battery within the hour. I should be happy that it wasn't more serious and all I had to pay for was a new battery. But, damn, I feel like a total fool. Part of me would like to be justified with a steep car bill. Oh well.

Today is one of those days that you have to write a list to keep on point. I am in graduate school full time, and by luck and a great mate, I don't have to work. This means I am home alone all day three days a week. Do you know how hard it is to stay focused like that. And because all but one class is online, I have to be in front of the computer all day. Ah the temptation of fails, facebook, and now you, oh blog.

But, of course, the simple act of writing down (or in this case using the task function in outlook), all that I had to do, I got through all but two of the ten items before noon. This is some kind of record for me. So next quarter, only one online class. This will help tremendously.

Only problem with this is the three classes are at night. Hey, I'm in graduate school, this is the norm. So I miss out on some family time two nights a week. But the sacrifice is worth it. I would much rather be in a class for a couple of hours than do twice the amount of work on my own time.