Oh Lotto!

In checking my countless losing numbers for Mega Millions tonight, I decided to browse through their website and came upon a page that lists prizes that are unclaimed. They're all high priced prizes, I don't think that they're going to waste their time listing $2 winners. If you have a chance, browse through it yourself. It lists the game, prize and where the ticket was bought, just in case you're thinking "I bought a ticket for that game on that date, I bet it was the losing ticket I threw away." Hey, if you bought that ticket in Greenup, IL and never checked it, you may have won over $12 million. Where the hell is Greenup, IL. Is that really a place or did someone make it up to show that even small town folk can win the lotto. I'm not quite sure where I'm going with this. I guess the moral of the story is this...check your ticket, even if you didn't win the huge prize, you may have won a second chance drawing. Or maybe the moral is this...if you didn't win the big one, this ticket is useless. If that's the case, your prize will end up on the lotto site and drive people like me crazy knowing that some jerk threw away a ticket worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Seriously, how could you be so callous?

Isn't February Over Yet?

I know that February is a short month but it seems to be dragging on. January flew by and we're only 20 days into February. I know that March is just next week but come on. Am I the only one that feels this way?

It might seem to take forever because I'm doing absolutely nothing right now, well, with the exception of work, but that's a given. Maybe I'm a slow learner but I came to the conclusion that I am bored out of my mind. December was super busy with shows and Christmas and January was out of control with Sketchfest and lack of sleep. I was super run down by mid-January, but now that I'm all rested, I'm so bored. I was filling up my time by playing Nintendo but the Adventures of Link is just pissing me off. I have no clue what to do next. I'm not one to use cheat codes or get help on the game, so basically I'm stuck until my brain clicks on and I figure it out. Oh, I got Mike Tyson's Punch Out last week but I just can't beat stupid Soda Popinski. I love his name but he just knocked me on my ass. I guess I just have to take a break in video gaming. It's a good thing too cause Donna was threatening to have an intervention. She saw some article on Yahoo about people who get sucked in to the video game world. Ok, one-the game they described was a role playing game, sort of an electronic verson of Dungeons and Dragons and two-I really don't play them that often. I haven't played any video games in two days. Does that sound like a statement an addict would make? I think not.

In lieu of my boredom, I was thinking of doing something different with my hair. I've threatened to shave it many times, but after the big to-do following Brittany Spears' shaved head, I've thought twice about it. It would be nice to strat all over again. No split ends, natural color, the amount of time saved in the morning not having to fuss over it. I just don't want to get the same reaction she did. We all know that if I were to shave my head, the paparazzi would be all over the place trying to catch a glimpse of my new do, and I just don't feel like dealing with it. Not to mention the crazy accusations. I'm not crazy, I just don't want hair anymore. Is that so hard to understand. Don't worry, I'm not going to shave my head. It's too damn cold for that right now.

We have had a bit of a warm up though. That's been pretty nice, huh? Too bad it didn't warm up last week. It would have saved me a trip to the mechanic. I just can't understand how a car will run perfectly fine and come morning it's virtually useless. I really need to learn more about cars, that way I would have an idea about what is wrong with them. My car had issues starting, understandable with the cold temperatures, then it was shaking like crazy, was it still cold or was something else going on, and finally it had issues accelerating, this I knew was a bad sign. I had to take back roads to the mechanic, and they told me they had to run a test to see what was wrong with it, should only take 1 hour. Ok, 2 hours later they figured out that two of my cylinders in my engine weren't firing and they had to replace that piece, but they don't have the piece so they had to wait for someone from Saturn to bring it over. Eleven o'clock rolls around I decide to go get a hot dog, well bascially do anything that could get me out of the mechanic's--there was no heat in the building. I came back and they were done by 12:30. I drove home, picked up a check and drove to the bank. BOOM! My check engine light goes back on. I went back to the cold mechanic and they uttered something about the catalytic converter and said that it was covered by Saturn, so I had to go to the nearest dealership. When I got there, they said that they have to figure out the problem, even though I told them what it was, and it should take a half hour. TWO HOURS LATER. They came up with the same conclusion as the other place. They did something, but had to order another piece, so I have to go back sometime this week for them to finish it. I spent approximately 8 hours at the mechanic, so much for missing out on work, and they still aren't done. I think that they should have just given me a new car. Hell, I deserve it.

Maybe that's why I'm not happy with February. I'm bored, need a haircut and found out my car was shit. I hope March holds something great for me, otherwise, I'll end up making a huge purchase that I can't afford and will have to spend the next five years paying it off. I am due for a big purchase. I haven't had one since April. NO! Gotta save money for Vegas. Yeah, I'm taking a trip to Vegas in May. It's my first time there. I can't wait to gamble 24-7!!!

Brrr, it's cold in here!

How about that weather outside? Is it cold enough for you? I just love it when someone says that. One of these days I'm going to turn to them and just say no, and proceed to tell them all about how my ice cream cone still managed to melt all over my new winter coat. What would you say to that? Honestly?

It was so cold today that we had two sprinkler pipes break at work. Luckily, it was in a unit that was vacant, but still, that's going to be a hell of a clean up job. Because it was a sprinkler pipe that broke, it forced our emergency system to go off and then the fire alarm system went off. Picture it, if you will, trying to answer phones while there is an AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA going off. It sounded like a goose in labor. I know, geese lay eggs, but if they were to ever have a live birth, this is what it would sound like. Add that to the seizure enducing strobe light and the constant ring of the fire alarm and your set for a party. I would have hated to be one of our callers today. We were getting annoyed at people on the phone, like it was their fault. Ok, at least I was. Didn't they know that we were in the middle of something?

Trying to get a plumber into the office today was an utter nightmare. There was one plumbing company that called us and said "If this is a plumbing emergency, take a number." Needless to say, we didn't hire them. The fireman responded to their alarm and were kind enough to help us turn off the water to stop the sprinkler spray. This posed a bit of a problem. How were we supposed to go to the bathroom? There's nothing worse than being cold and having to go to the bathroom.

I made it through the day. I just hope that the water will be on by the time I get to work tomorrow. Maybe I'll eat a lot of toast in the morning...just in case.

Take that Wii!

I have decided that with the lack of Nintendo Wiis that I would just go back in time and play regular Nintendo. Like the original one. Yeah, crazy. I didin't have an original Nintendo of mine own because my older brother sold it to a "guy he knew" and came back with a Super Nintendo the same day. Luckily, a friend of mine was going to sell her original Nintendo on Ebay and I snuck in her house and stole it. Hey, she was going to get rid of it anyways. Ok, I'm lying, I didn't steal it. I took it, with the promise of giving her money for it at a later date. Basically, stealing.

I thought I would try my hand at playing the Adventures of Link or something like that. It's not the Legend of Zelda, I think it's the one after it. Does it matter? So, I never played Zelda as a kid cause I just didn't get it. I knew that you had to go around and talk to people and that you would ocassionally get attacked by some weird creatures while walking in the forest, but it just had too much freedom. What? I don't have to keep going to the right? I was used to Mario where you just kept moving on level to level. Anywhoosle, I plugged Nintendo in to my tv, pressed the power button and what do I see? A plethora of pixelated colors. I hit reset. Nothing new. Now I had to use the old timey Nintendo trick. I took the game out blew into the cartridge and put it back in. I turned it back on. It was better but still not 100%. So, I took the game out again, blew into the cartridge, blew into the system, put the game back in and was in business. I am utterly determined to beat Legend of Zelda.

I played for about two hours and decided to call it a night. I realized that there was a familiar pain in my left thumb. I looked for a scratch or bruise but there was nothing there. Then it dawned on me. I have once again gotten gamers thumb. Those old school Nintendo controllers aren't rounded off for ultimate comfort. I don't think that the creators expected people to play them as much. What the hell do I know?

I'll keep you guys posted on my Zelda progress. (Not that you really give a shit, it just gives me something to blog about.) I may be side tracked by Mike Tyson's Punchout. That is if I don't get outbid on Ebay. How crazy is that? People are still selling games from a system that came out in the eighties. I'm not going to complain.

At the Carwash

All of this crazy salt is really taking it's toll on my car. So, yesterday I decided to suck it up and go to get my car washed. I figured, hey, it's warm enough, my car won't turn into an ice ball. I think it deserved a cleaning.

I pulled up to the good ole Jiffy Lube and decided to treat my car to an inside cleaning as well. The kid who was working told me that I could have a complimentary air freshener with my carwash, so naturally I agreed and decided to go with a nice Cherry scent. I handed over my keys to the kids who worked there and was on my merry way into the Jiffy Lube, when I realized that I had left my phone in the car. Damn. I decided to stand outside in the wind and watch them vaccuum my car. I totally felt like a middle aged woman, watching the workers vaccuum my car. At least I wasn't standing over their shoulders telling them that they missed a spot. What were they going to do? Make long distance calls?

After cleaning the inside, they drove the car into the wash. Now, as a kid I used to love to go to the car wash. It was like you were taking a bath in a bubble. What? I remember as a kid, my younger brother would get scared of the car wash. My mom would have to hold his hand the whole time. I don't know why he was so scared. Maybe he thought that he was going to drown. Oh, no! The car is getting cleaned! He he he. The sad thing about this paticular car wash is that you don't get to sit in your car while it's being washed. The Jiffy Lube guys drive it in and then get out of the car after it is set on it's little conveyor belt. So that sucks. On the plus side, you can watch your car getting washed from inside the building. I don't know who thought up this design. I mean, who wants to watch their car get washed? Me, that's who. It's surprisingly entertaining. Have you ever done it? Well, then don't knock it.

Where the hell am I going with this? Oh yeah, so my car was done. It was all cleaned and towel dried. I got to my car, sat down and took a deep breath in to smell the delightful cherry air freshener only to be disappointed with a disgusting smell that was reminiscent of dirty shoes. I looked all over the place for my cherry air freshener. I thought that they were going to give me one of those little tree ones that hang from the rear view, but that obviously wasn't the case. I noticed that there were a few wet drops on my passenger seat. I did sort of a tap tap tap and then smelled my hand. Sure enough, it was my cherry deliciousness. Apparently, getting an air freshner meant having a few drops of the scent of your choice poured on your seat and over shadowed by Earl's 10 year old gym shoes. Note to self: do not get the complimentary air freshner again, it will only make your car smell worse. Luckily, I happened to have an air freshener in my center console so I could breathe on the way home.

I was all happy for my clean car. I just wanted to drive it all over the place, but I had dinner plans, so I had to go home and get ready, but I'll get to drive it on Sunday and everyone on the expressway will be so jealous that I could actually see out of my windows. Did that happen? Of course not. This is me we're talking about. It ended up snowing on Saturday night. The salt trucks were in full force and the dirty, nasty, salty snow defiled my clean car. I should have known better not to wash my car in the winter. I just thought that this time would be different. I was wrong and my car and my sense of smell paid dearly for my mistake. Blast.