boozeday

already i am so mad about the world! mostly at buses. i got up almost an hour early today, intending on coming to work 30-45 minutes early, and then... the bus i was planning on taking did not come. so i walked and got there at the same time i usually do every day anyway. i feel like this is the reason i follow the transit system on twitter (and have an internet phone), to prevent things like this from ruining my day, but you know it just never seems to happen that way.

oh god, i didn't even brush my hair! DEAL WITH IT.
currently i feel tired and mad and am waiting for the line for coffee to dissipate so i don't murder myself or others.

THE REASON i needed to get to work early was that i am starting to take "IT training" classes, which means that the university will teach me how to not be a dummy about making websites and PHP for free. i feel like this is normally not a thing i could commit to, even though the classes are held inside my workplace (because of my crippling... laziness), but i feel determined to do it. also, it costs $71 if you don't show up. motivator!

mission: learn PHP by the end of the summer is well underway. today's class: what is a internet.

while i am raging, i will speak briefly about the lady at the dog park who was very excited that i had pugs (she had a pug puppy, and pugs are pretty rare at the dog parks in this town). she immediately asked if they were "boys or girls," and then hinted around josie's UTERINE STATE while mentioning that she was going to "stud out" her dog when he got old enough. i ended up kind of forcefully mentioning that in fact, i rescued my dogs from breeders and i am certain that their sterilized lives are much better now.

i hate this more than anything, especially in this state, where puppy mills are worse than anywhere else. call me crazy but i do not think a good solution to this is weirdos breeding expensive dogs for profit at the expense of their dogs' health AND IN A LARGER WAY the expense of many other dogs suffering in puppy mills and shelters.

NEUTER YOUR DOG!! take care of your dog! only own a dog if you can keep it for 10-15 years, even if you move! only get a dog if you can afford to take it to the vet (even if it is at the expense of your own lifestyle for a little bit)! if i ever run for political office, this will be my platform.

um anyway. i bought my first KINDLE VERSION of a book yesterday, because the book i wanted was only out in hardback and had a million holds at the library. also, i am trying to live within my means (another way i am cutting back: not eating a burrito every day). i do not have a kindle! BUT amazon has a program for PCs for reading kindle items, and it works pretty well. because i have to use it on my tiny computer (netbook) i kind of secretly think i do actually have a kindle.

so, i like it! it only shows me like 300 words at a time, so i can feel like i have read so many pages and accomplished so much. it also saves my place and the percentage of the book i have read. it feels a lot better to have read ten whole percent of a book, rather than, like... 30 pages. also, i appreciate how i can fall asleep reading without waking up in terror at all of the lights in my bedroom still being on.

i suppose i could mention that the book is ash by malinda lo. it is fantasy week in my teen lit class, which is just... really not my thing, but amongst the choices of weirdo demon and "FAERIE" stories was this book, which is about fairies a little bit, but is mostly a lesbian cinderella story. i think that now you might understand why i needed it so badly.



it is also a little refreshing to read a young adult book written by someone who... can... write.

i always get so excited about the papers i am going to write, and then do a bad job of not waiting until the absolute last possible second to write them, but this finals time i am going to do it better! i have meticulously planned my time from now until due dates, how many words i am going to write what days and about what, and not have any freakouts. RIGHT? ok!

now i am going to go back to obsessively thinking about cafe berlin's menu and why they are only open until 2pm most days.