The Key of E

Alice: What would my euphemism be?
Dan: She was… disarming.
Alice: That’s not a euphemism.
Dan: Yes, it is.

According to an interview with Billy Corgan on Q101 the Pumpkins are still scheduled to tour this year from April-December. No idea the locations yet though. Also, after a couple of weeks…I’m digging “Widow Wake My Mind”

“Accept the grace, the moment you are in
Accept the chase of where we must begin
‘Cause when you crawl, you crawl into my heart
And when you fall, you fall right in my arms”

Not really much to talk about. Same grind different time…but still doing what needs to be done. Just taking a while.

There is a mini road trip in the near future though. A couple of friends and myself decided to do a little tri-state tour. After realizing that none of us had visited Kansas, Nebraska or Iowa we decided to change that.

Early Itinerary:

• Depart for Kansas City, KS immediately after work on a Friday and grab a hotel
• Saturday morning will be spent checking out what attractions we can fit in National World War I Museum is definitely on the list. Waxy O’Shea’s is looking pretty tempting as well.
• Off to Lincoln, NE for the Sheldon Art Museum (time permitting) and grab a hotel
• Off to Omaha, NE…Hopefully things will be open on Sunday–still looking into that
• Quick trip into Des Moines, Iowa…still planning that part
• Back home!

Get to add three more states to my list. Still trying to look up various attractions for the trip but, this is more an excuse to visit some new places and get out of town for a bit than to really see anything in particular.

Random: Picture taken from WackyOwl

…awesome picture of an abandoned tunnel in Moscow

Snow day! For once Owensboro gets bombarded by snow on a day where I have class instead of work! No intentions on doing anything but sleep, reading and drinking a few cups of quality coffee of course.  It amazes me how without fail two things are bound to happen when bad weather is announced: Drivers will automatically forget everything they’ve learned about driving and you can expect mass panic in all grocery stores. One of the few times I see people running off with cans of condensed milk.

When I worked at AT&T I kept a website similar to Waiter Rant where I documented entertaining– or annoying encounters with customers. It was a positive way to vent without management or my other co-workers having to listen to it. Since the first of the year I’ve been preparing taxes and sadly our privacy policy is too strict for me to begin to generate a story on this site–and I’m not going to be there long enough for making an anonymous site worth it…which is a shame. I have so many crazy stories of blatant tax fraud and sheer stupidity that I’m burning to share. Ah well.

Balancing the tax gig w/ a full load of classes. I actually graduate this semester. Before you get too excited it’s only my associates. Oh well, smell steps can lead to great distances walked! The important part is the direction going. I’ve said over and over again I believe that repetition serves to prevent mistakes. Every path I’ve taken has had some mistake–different ones mind you. I feel like the totality of my mistakes culminate in this moment. There is a moment of clarity… I’m looking forward to my next journey.

I’ve been reading up on sleep disorders to discover why I always have problems sleeping and found a quiz. These were the results:

Insomnia: You have symptoms that are suggestive of Insomnia. See the following information for ways you can learn more about this sleep disorder.

Narcolepsy: You have symptoms that are suggestive of Narcolepsy. See the following information for ways you can learn more about this sleep disorder.

RLS/PLMD: You have symptoms that are suggestive of Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) or Periodic Limb Movement Disorder (PLMD) . See the following information for ways you can learn more about these sleep disorders.

Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder: You have symptoms that are suggestive of a Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder. See the following information for ways you can learn more about this sleep disorder.

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A few months ago, around Halloween, I was involved in a collision with a deer. My insurance company handled the claim efficiently and I was highly pleased with their service–until now.

The center of my dashboard has recently developed a crack and I felt it was direcly related to the accident as a result of the stress. I made an appointment with an appraiser for today and was told he would come out and look at the damage before making the decision to reopen the claim. Perfectly content with that–it was exactly what I wanted.

Until I received a phone call from the appraiser who was not given any information about the collision, the damage that resulted nor the reason I was filing the claim. I wasn’t upset about that–sometimes information doesn’t get shared and I tried to inform him what happened…I got as far as “I hit a deer” and he laughed telling me there was no way it was related. When I asked him to come out and look at it he laughed again and said it wasn’t necessary because it wasn’t possible.

If he were to come out and look at the vehicle before telling me the result I would have been disappointed but accepted it. To not even look at it? He’s just being lazy. Definitely going to go meet with my insurance agent on my next day off.

I want a girl
Who gets up early
I want a girl
Who stays up late

I want a girl
With uninterrupted prosperity
Who uses a machete
To cut through red tape

With fingernails
That shine like justice
And a voice that is dark
Like tinted glass

She is fast and thorough
And sharp as a tack
She’s touring the facility
And picking up slack

I want a girl with a short skirt and a long…. long jacket