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we moved into our new place in december and haven’t hung the massive mirror in the bedroom yet. it was just sitting on the back of the dresser, leaning next to the wall. last night, a lump of clothes resting on the dresser cooerced it to slid down and fall behind the dresser.  amanda’s alarm clock was behind the dresser also, minding its own business.

check out the carnage. the last picture has a quarter to give you an idea of how immense this mirror is.

it’s disturbing when one can show up for their 9-5 job at 12pm, and, at 2am, be in line for a 16 hr day.

ed: it’s 5:30am. make that 18 hr day.

i began listening to wdet-fm about two years ago because i wanted to get plugged into what’s happening in the world and i’ve had enough with the traditional news outlets like ABC/CBS/CNN/NBC/Etc.

what i like about public radio is the the local news and syndicated news from NPR, All Things Considered and Morning Edition for example. i like the content syndicated from the BBC.

i like that public radio news is generally straight-forward. it isn’t generally sensationalized. celebrity stories aren’t that urgent. i get a snippet of what happened, a little of both sides of an issue, then the next subject. if it requires more elaboration, it gets a ten minute segment on All Things Considered.

i don’t think there’s a need to beat the “news” to death with 24/7 coverage like the all-news stations do.

we needed more light, amanda cross-sitches, mostly on the couch. 2-3 lamps with 40-60watt bulbs still didn’t cut it. the natural white lights were an improvemet in color, but still weren’t enough. free-standing lamps are expensive and our couch is in the middle of the room. cord-tripping ensues. i thought about track lighting, but we rent so nothing permanent is the way to go.

we picked up some “hampton bay instant task lighting” from home depot (i’d post a link, but i can’t find the product.) 4′ of adhesive-backed track, (3) 20w bulbs, and a wall-outlet. we also picked up a foot-switch because the supplied twist-switch would get old after a while.

20 minutes later, much better. we have the direct brighter lighting amanda needs for her stuff. i have light i need to read over on the side. power consumption is only 60watts and light-output (lumens) is much higher. two lamps are pointed at the couch and one lamp at the shell chair (where i’m usually found)

i forgot why glasses suck, especially in the rain.

you get somewhere warm and dry, then they start fogging up. 👿

yeah, t’is december.

• we were looking for a house, but we stopped. we’ll look again once amanda’s back to full-healh. for some geeky reason, when i say full-health, i think of the little zelda health graph. full health and she can throw swords! but, i’m like that.
• we were finally fed up with our apartment. on thursday (the 8th,) i was greeted by police and firemen after work. one of the kids in the complex set fire to some stuff in storage in the basement, smoking out our apartment. did i mention i hate this place?
• so we moved. in december. last friday (the 9th.) many thanks to amanda, amanda’s dad (al,) ryan, sarah, chris, pat, and jeremy for their help
• one of our neighbors said, “someone’s getting evicted” to her son. no, we’re just crazy enough to move in december. in private, pat says, “white people don’t get evicted, you get evicted. we get bad credit.” 😆
• work sent me to mexico for a week on the 11th. wife is not amused, i don’t blame her.
• the people i’m working with here are very nice. david, the main customer, has been an awesome host, showing us around quite a bit, taking us to awesome restaraunts, showing us customs, and buying us coca-cola.
• new semester of school at OU coming up soon
• two new nasty-ass projectes got passed down to me while i’m down here in saltillo

more when i get home.

taking a cue from jeff (and here,) i picked up a credit card with cash-back rewards and intend to dump them into a newly-opened a savings account with emigrant direct.

gonna make my money work for me. thanks jeff! 🙂

frozen reeses peanutbutter cups are totally friggin awesome.

i introduced jeff and his fiance to them today. we’ll see how they like them.

i applied to wayne state and oakland university. i got the ‘acceptance’ letter from OU, ‘nothing’ from WSU yet.

tuition rates:

• wsu: $190-224/hr +
• ou: $202’ish/hr +

+ = taxes, licenses, destination fees, etc. so, $700-1000/class. ugh.

i accept donations. 😆

seriously though, i’ll apply for some grants & scholarships (hey, it could happen)

i have to pick a school. input?

i am almost done applying to oakland university for undergrad computer science.. once my new credit card arrives, i can finish the process.

next up, wayne state. for a similar degree.