My plan is to learn something new everyday, and today I learned how to switch over email hosting. I rock. Next up tomorrow is strengthening my geography skills while I shower thanks to this!

Any suggestions on what I should learn?

]]> http://randomings.wordpress.com/2010/01/15/smart-pup/feed/ 0 Jenni image http://randomings.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/religulous-much/ http://randomings.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/religulous-much/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:25:00 +0000 Jenni http://randomings.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/religulous-much/ ]]> Let me preface this by saying that my heart goes out to the people of Haiti; their devestation is unimaginable. Some people, however, seem to think they had it coming.

Side note, go watch Religilous if you haven’t already.

-I don’t need glasses or contacts to see in ‘09 – Still true, however I referred my eye doctor to my co-worker and she got $100 off her surgery…WTF?!  Aren’t I supposed to get some sort of referral benefit??

-No more public accounting in ‘09 (easily the best thing on this dumb list) – Still true…and I plead the 5th on additional work-related comments.

-I don’t have to change any writing habits in ‘09: I write the number 9 with one stroke of my pen, while my 8’s needed to be altered from my preferred method using two strokes…I’m switching back – I forgot to switch back to my cool two circle 8′s…and now I’m sad about that.

-There is a trip to Vegas in ‘09 (although ‘08 included CO…that’s like comparing apples to oranges though) – Ok this one worked out pretty well.  Vegas rocked and I can’t wait to go back.  Look, here’s a picture of how fun Vegas was:

-At the start of the year I had 3 healthy happy pets.  At the start of ‘08, my one crazy pet bit someone – One of those 3 pets has since died.  Another has spent an abnormal amount of time outside for an indoor cat and was temporarily donated to my mom for a month after he peed everywhere in my house for several weeks.  The final pet has inspired me to consider selling party confetti, as it is made from my beloved books if she is not locked in her kennel.  This is even after a 3 mile am run people.

-No campaign ads in ‘09 – Oh so true, but the “first year of presidency card” leading to broken promises and disappointments is even worse.

-Adam’s knee isn’t messed up in ‘09 (much) = I get to actually hang out with him in ‘09 – Yeah I broke up with him by the time his leg got any good.

-Laundry in ‘09 is easier with my new 3-section laundry hamper – False.  My 3 section hamper does me no good because it doesn’t wheel itself to the laundromat.

-I am the proud ticket owner of a Brewers nine-pack in ‘09 – Owner, yes.  User, no.  My viewing privileges were revoked upon above-mentioned break-up.

I know that I am being a little pessimistic about 2009 and it probably doesn’t deserve this, but in general, 2009 was easily the worst year of my life.  Financial turmoil, potential lawsuits, run-ins with the law, homelessness, altered career paths, and much more have made this kind of a hard year to swallow.  My plan for 2010: no expectations.  I figure if I have none, I can’t be disappointed… right???

I took this on my way in to work this morning.  My notes:

-The bumper sticker on the left states: A Woman and Her Truck/It’s a Beautiful Thing.

-The bumper sticker on the right says Walt Disney and features cartoon images of the major Disney players pre-Pixar days.

-The vehicle is a Honda CR-V, defined by Wikipedia (my source for all things accurate on the internet) as a small crossover SUV.

I’m fairly certain that given my investigation (which consisted of a sideways glance upon passing this vehicle once on the freeway), this woman is indeed an adult approximately my age and likely has her driver’s license.  This indicates she has clear thinking ability, or at least the minimum required to pass her driver’s test.  And this is how she chooses to roll.

This is why society in general makes me annoyed.