Rant: our Newf/St Benard mix is in end stage liver failure and tonight's our last night with her. She"s four. This is not fair.
Rant: Why on earth am I paying yearly taxes to the local Zoo when they charge admission? Are you a public utility or a private enterprise? Make up your damn mind.
So this happened this morning: In the pre-dawn moments as I was finishing my coffee and heading into work, I made this off hand joke for the folks who follow my page. Never thought Rowe would see it, certainly didn't think he'd comment. I got home for the morning, was sitting down with my coffee and toast and another local author texted me to look at my page. I haven't stopped looking since. Apparently his 6 million followers can see if he comments on another page and now my page is absolutely exploding. People are commenting, sharing, liking, etc. but what's more, they're going through old posts on my page. Several have bought or downloaded my books. And I'm sitting here, jaw in my lap all morning ( and yes, a little emotional too... I'm a huge fan of the guy after all ) trying to take it all in. And I'll be honest, I am overwhelmed right now. Note: I blocked out anything that could ID me because I've been leery to reveal my identity on here. I have no idea what I've posted over the past 10+ years and don't need it coming back and biting me in the ass.
Rant: I am naive as fuck. Didn't think I had to worry about parental controls on my 9 year old daughters tablet. Well I was fucking wrong, she found her way to porn hub.
More like pornhub found its way to her, to be honest. I don't trust my children around Youtube Kids, because the algorithm will autoplay its way straight into some questionable shit that they didn't even know existed.
Rave: Apparently I won a free meat thermometer from a reddit thread I forgot I had posted in. Just in time for the annual Thanksgiving turkey extravaganza.
Rant: found a mouse in the house last night. In the 2nd floor kitchen. I suspect I know how it got in and I'm dealing with it but the sheer panic I felt cannot be understated.
RANT: I got turned down for a home equity loan today. Jungle Julia and I were planning on using it to make improvements on our house, then sell it and rebuild on the piece of land I bought. I was applying on my own, since JJ's credit is kinda fucked. Everything was looking good, until the underwriters said that my DTI ratio was going to be too high with the loan, and denied me completely. They wouldn't even go for a smaller amount, they just denied me completely. You know what the worst part is? I STILL TAKE THE HIT ON MY CREDIT SCORE. I didn't default, I didn't even get the loan. But POOF! There goes 25 points on my credit score for the next two years. You know what's even more fucked? Even if I got the loan, I STILL take a hit on my credit score. How the fuck is that fair? Now, I'm sure that one of the boot-lickers who works in finance will respond with "Well, akshully, Bandit, there's a good reason..." Fuck that shit. It's like if you came to me for an estimate on some work for your car, and my estimate is too high for you. Then afterwards, I call every other mechanic in town and tell them to give you a higher estimate than they normally would, just because you asked with me first.
Rave: The city just announced plans to completely redo the blighted mall within walking distance and to loosen lot splitting restrictions. I should be able to get rid of part of the yard I don't even use and own my house outright within a year. Just great.
Rave: My kid has some dark thoughts sometimes. We’re at a hotel and as we walk by reception this morning she says, “What happens if we burn down the hotel and ruin someone’s wedding?” She’s also having a particularly difficult time with cable TV and doesn’t understand why she can’t watch the movie she wants right away.
Rave: I was out of town for a gig last night and when I arrived home our sons were both home from college a couple days early. I was looking forward to having them home and now don’t have to make the four hour round trip on Tuesday. A win-win!
Rant: family friend brought their recently sick-still contagious baby over and now toddler is snotty and cranky. Waiting on a swab to see what it is and decide whether we been to skip thanksgiving. Yaaaay.
Rant: Dammit, y'all. Life can be hard enough. Can we please stop shooting and stabbing and driving over each other? Fucking hell.
Rave: Got promoted at work. Far more responsibility in the organization, but should be pretty visible so I’m looking forward to see what that brings. Rave: Good friend’s wedding this weekend which should be a fun time,
Headed to SoCal to see the daughter in law and meet her dude next weekend. We have the worst weather luck
Rant: Our well pump went out yesterday. It's pouring rain, so I ain't getting out there to fix it. Bright side is we've caught enough rain water that we can flush toilets and wash dishes. Rave: Free riding lawnmower from a neighbor that moved to Florida and didn't want to take it. That's extremely awesome because my mower engine started knocking end of the season. It's a nice one, too, not worn out junk.
Rant: It's only been 29 days? I'll sneak one every now and then but this is wrecking my body trying to heal up. They have a sweet racket where doing it again will get rid of the coughing and weird dreams. Rave: Pack a day to a pack a week and on day 3 of none on what's hopefully the last push.
Rant: Up at 5am this morning, and have a gig tonight from 9pm to 12am with about a 45 minute drive home. Gonna be a long ass evening. Rave: It's the last one for about a month and a half, so that's good. I need to turn my attention away from the band for a few weeks and relax. Maybe get writing more.