Neurotic Screams

WOW. What a month.
        The hurricane knocked the hell out of my building. I got a small hole in the roof and a buncha downed plaster.
The water was out for several days and there was no power for a week.
I said to heck with it and went to Austin for a week or so. Which was good. And I thank Demon again for letting me stay.
          Also Renee and I had "the friend" talk before I left. So I really wasnt much for being friendly. During the hurricane she called everday. This continued after I got back. We spent every Saturday doing things together. And late nights talking till 4 am. When she found out about my plans to move she insisted I find somewhere close to her. She also wanted to inspect the place to be sure it was alright. She said she would be spending a lot of time there so she wanted to like it. It seemed like a good idea so I looked into it. Now, Im thinking probably not. More and more Im noticing things. Like she doesnt listen. To me thats a bad thing. I usually say something thats going to be important later when it crosses my mind. If you dont actually listen you will be really pissed later when I do what I already told you about. Second. and this is me. I hate tree-huggin-wanna-be's. You a Wicca then be one. You a druid or a fairy dancer, or a catholic be one. I really dont care. But dont be a fake one. I absolutely hate people that spout a bunch a mystical nonsense, like its hocus pocus and they dont know dick. Also she made some comment about me treating her on weekends cause I make more than her. To which my first thought was, "You aint my bitch. why I gotta feed you?" Again, thats me. I have met too many women that want me to foot the bill for their lifestyle. and that violates rule 3.

• If I havent been naked with you, I dont have to buy you shit.

But things with her will resolve themselves.  Probably pretty quick.

         I started looking for a new place to live. This place is coming apart and I WILL be gone at the end of the month. Even if I live in a hotel. The neighborhood has changed and its ot getting any better.  several places I looked were good at first but showed problems later.  Like 'the Oaks'.  The told me there was a place I wanted available.  That was Thursday.  When  I got there Friday they had rented it.  The also rented out the townhouses and the two bedrooms that I aked about.  That seemed screwy to me so when they gave me an excuse not to take my app I ran with it.  The seocnd place said they had an opening. when I called back to see it, a different person told me there was a mistake and they were  full.  So, scratch them.  I called  a few places and never heard back so they are off the books.  so, Im still looking. 

         Work has been crappy.  They picked the laziest guy they could get and made him my manager.  We have had several disagreements because there are two things at work I will get in your face about.  First.  Never ever ever, change my time sheet without telling me why first. When I dont get the same hours I turned in, you are subject to get stabbed with a broken broom.  Second. Dont presume to know the facts. If I work a service ticket and you think it was wrong find out what was going on. DO NOT come to me with half a note and no idea whats going on.  Again, this can cause you bodily harm, when I find you reprimanded me for doing the right thing.   Those are the major ones.  There have been minor ones that happen. Like, if Im on the phone with a client, dont rush over and tell me, there is an area outage I need to fix immediatly.  Im in the middle of a service call, you do the area repair.   
Between that and my flipped  10 hour schedule I am usally trying to get food or trying to get sleep.  It seems I never get either on a regualr and timely basis now.  But the good side is they (management), told people to stop calling me at night and on my days off.  They refused to pay the OT for someone waking me up.  So I refused to answer the phone after work hours.

Penny started contacting me after the hurricane too.  she asked me several times to move in with her.  why I dont know.. Or maybe I do.  Probably so I can pay rent and she can make ends meet.  =P   

Luckily, I have been offered a new job.  It pays more and its as  linux admin.  Its pretty complicated so  far and alot of it is making me feel stupid since some of it is new stuff.  Hoping this good luck continues.  Things didnt go as well as I hoped with the new job today.  =(    (I cant gain server access to finish a ticket)

and thats the month of september and October.
Like I said...   Im just gonna shutup, and hang on.

I am all about the Moblin.
          This is fantastic. Its open source  so the software is free.  You download it and install it without having to break your pocket book to get it.  Being Linux based the software is going to generally be secure.  It will not need to use active X features that Microsoft based programs use. This means no random embeds from spyware or malware.  You shares of data or images will be secure.  Even if visible through the net it would take a dedicated hacker to access your files.  Linux is fully upgradable and customizable for any user level.  You could buy a MID for yourself and have your email and schedule as the default panel. You could buy another for your Wife or Mother and set her defaults to run mail and Google maps.  Dont like your email program?  Change it.  
 
        The MID's themselves seem light and versatile.  Why carry a 7-12 lb laptop around when you can stick this thing in your pocket and head out.  Some places across the country will be better suited to the MIDs.  Usage of the MID requires and open wireless connection.  In certain cities this is as easy as opening a window.  In others, such as Houston, you have to find a hot spot.  IF you were to go to a less developed area,such as Some parts of Georgia you may have difficulty locating a signal.

 

Ok. So I have gotten a lot done. The colors ar still not what I like.  I will definatly need to get some kind of graphics going here.

 The spell-checker needs to be installed also, but on the plus side I was able to get a good WYSIWYG editor in. I also found a way to do some 'decent' archiving. So there is atleast a listing of stuff I have done. As time passes I will probably try to get things added from the past.  I liked a lot of my old stuff and am damn angry I cant get it to load.  

I almost had it but it defaulted to a local older and I could not get it to change back no matter what.  so it appears that I will probably have to either forgo all that original stuff or spend precious hours, and days reloading things.

I dont know.  maybe Im just being neurotic. Cause I want to hold onto something that I had. Maybe.  But damnit that was two years worth of work.   And its gone up in smoke.  

I dont know.  I just dont know.

This thing makes me want to scream.

 

ADDENDUM 

Ok.  I was able to restore somethings.  Most of the database was borked in the retrieval.