i can see clearly now

My glasses broke on Saturday. This is a big deal, since there are very few things I can do without glasses. All weekend and this morning at Target I had to wear my prescription sunglasses. This might not be such an annoyance if it were actually sunny, but no luck. And it will never be sunny when driving to work at 3 a.m.

This morning after Target I went to the eye doctor. I have a pair of glasses on order and for now I’m wearing a pair of trial contacts. Luckily I wore contacts for years so it was no problem to put them in. However, the one in the right eye is not entirely comfortable yet – I have astigmatism in that eye and the eye doctor said it would take a while to fit comfortably (? don’t remember this before). The pressure in my eyes is also a little high. I wonder if glaucoma is in my future. I have a family history of it.

Also on Saturday, my cat started limping. She has cut one toe quite deeply and injured the ligaments. We are soaking it twice a day in epsom salts and keeping her inside. If it hasn’t improved by Saturday, the vet wants to amputate that toe.

In other news:

We sold our junker car and traded in my truck for a station wagon with a tape deck. I’m listening to all my old mix tapes from high school / college. Kinda fun.

And my stepdaughter moved back to Nevada four days ago. I have mixed feelings about it. It’s definitely a big change in our household.

Edited to add:

Additionally, I no longer have any hair (ok, no more than two inches), my dad just forwarded me info about a reporting assignment with the note “A fun morning awaits you” and there was more than a smidge of sarcasm implied, and I just got a zine order from Things You Say Distro with Scrappy #2, List #14, and Breakfast at Twilight #3. Good Stuff.

WE QWEERZ R EVERYWHERE

LOVED Tina Fey’s comments re: costar Tracy Morgan’s apology for recent homophobic standup act:

“I hope for his sake that Tracy’s apology will be accepted as sincere by his gay and lesbian coworkers at ‘30 Rock,’ without whom Tracy would not have lines to say, clothes to wear, sets to stand on, scene partners to act with, or a printed-out paycheck from accounting to put in his pocket.”

 

people talk like this around here

“she’s gonna give me some of them chickens.”

actual quote from a friend of mine.

(he’s trying to start a local bartering network.)

birthday post

Tukru posted a video of an accent meme, and I couldn’t resist recording my own (just audio though). Here’s the text:

Your name.
Where you’re from.
Pronounce the following words: Aunt, Roof, Route, Theater, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, New Orleans, Pecan, Both, Again, Probably, Alabama, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Pajamas, Caught, Naturally, Aluminium, GIF, Tumblr, Crackerjack, Doorknob, Envelope, GPOY.
What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?
What is a bubbly carbonated drink called?
What do you call gym shoes?
What do you call your grandparents?
What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?
What is the thing you change the TV channel with?
Choose a book and read a passage from it.
Do you think you have an accent?
Be a wizard or a vampire?
Do you know anyone on Tumblr in real life?
End audio post by saying any THREE words you want.

Listen to me by clicking here: betsy accent

Listen to Dana by clicking here: dana accent

So yes, I am 28 today. I feel more like I’m in my 30s, though. My present from Dana is $30 to spend on music / zines. I ended up spending $20 on an audio upgrade for this blog, though. Silly WordPress.

In addition to my birthday, it is also the day Norwegians celebrate their country’s independence (my family is Norwegian / Swedish – apparently my grandma got the day off school as a kid) and the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO, ironically, a place where I experienced homophobia). Here’s what I posted to evil FB:

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has said, “Sexual orientation and gender identity raise sensitive cultural issues. But cultural practice cannot justify any violation of human rights. When our fellow humans are persecuted because of sexual orientation or gender identity, we must speak out.”

I set up a Last.fm account on Saturday (username sleepysaturday) and I am thoroughly enjoying the process of discovering new music.  The internet was down for most of yesterday and no access to Last.fm or Netflix instant caused me anguish. Oh,the horror!

friday the 13th

Sunny afternoons always perk up my mood. As I write, it’s a sunny Friday afternoon and I am all alone at the newspaper office.

One coworker stayed home yesterday and today due to debilitating back pain. One only works a few days a week. Our reporter mostly works from home. And my dad is out of town until Saturday. I much prefer other people and activity to be going on in the office, or the time really drags.

Lots of good blog reading yesterday about zine pricing…go here and here to read.

Dana signed up for a Netflix trial, and I found my new. favorite. show. ever.

feeling like eeyore

Well, I’m still down in the dumps today.

The big thing is my stepdaughter has dropped out of school and decided to move back to Nevada. This bums me out on two levels. First off, she won’t be living with us anymore, and also, we have no money or reliable car to drive her and her stuff to Nevada.

Secondly, we noticed some unauthorized transactions made with our debit card, so we have had to deal with that in the past two days and that is a pain in the ass.

Thirdly, many little details in life can be very depressing at times.

So here, look at pictures of a baby ferret dreaming of taking over the world.

just between you and me

well, I feel like shit right now.