Room

My Mom's friends Margaret had been planning to move in to me and my mom's house for some time...at least a month; she finally did, like 3? days ago...she made us french toast yesterday afternoon.

I got $6 from those 3 CDs & a book I had bought on impulse and never had enough interest in it to try to fit it in my media shelf, located in the closet.  Most of that $6 came from two of the CDs, can't remember exactly which ones...

I deleted the listing for Genesis' INVISIBLE TOUCH I mentioned having listed on Amazon.  I mean, my one and only friend bought it for me, even though I don't have most of what he's bought me in the past, and I know dang well I'll end up buying it again - and again, and again....I need to keep a special edition of it around so I can't get rid of it as easily!  Speaking of INVISIBLE TOUCH, I accidentally heard the remixed 2007 version of the title track on MySpace and found myself not really caring that much about the differences in sound between the original mix and the 2007 one.  The 2007 one packs more punch, albeit with more distortion, which I honestly don't have a problem with.  With so many different types of music INTENTIONALLY adding distortion, why can't Genesis?  I probably would say I prefer the 1986 mix by Hugh Padgeham over the 2007 Nick Davis remix if I hadn't heard the 1986 version so many times that I'm downright sick of it most of the time and *tolerating* it most of the rest of the time...
I need to read more.  So many books, so little time...idk...I just wish I could be more believable as somebody else, somebody with a bigger brain, and enough common sense to enjoy life more...I don't know why I always see those professor types, the ones with itchy jackets and a button up shirt underneath, and itchy pants (not sure what that material is called, they also make blankets out of that material), and a book in their hands, sitting in a chair that envelops them, and if they weren't in public you could just imagine them sitting in front of a fireplace with a pipe hanging out of their mouth...I see them and I think "I want to be him".  His life is probably not much better than mine, maybe he has more pride and dignity, maybe he enjoys his work...idk...I always feel like I have bugs crawling in my skin, just coursing through my veins, destroying my foundation slowly but surely so that I'll rot and lie stinking in the Earth when I'm 40...which I know, or at least I *think* I know is b/c of all the junk I eat.  I don't remember what I've eaten lately that would make me feel that way; maybe I drink too much milk/hot chocolate...my caffeine intake is probably too high b/c of that as well...and I haven't lost anywhere neat the weight I need to.  I still weigh at least 250 lbs...which is 60 lbs more than recommended...

I think I should transfer my favorite CDS to FLAC files and take SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET: THE BEST OF OINGO BOINGO and GHOSTBUSTERS: ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK ALBUM and find a way to display them.  Maybe buy a few "vintage" VHS tapes, ones with super-great covers and display those and put my DVDs in a better place, hidden...my room in general needs to be cleaned, like DEEEEP.......I need to get on my hands and knees and scrub the floor, and pick up all the little pieces of trash I have laying around...then I really need to, when I get some moolah, buy a "TV stand" and put my stuff on it so I have more room, my "table" takes up WAAAAY too much room....dannnrg...ate too much candy today...I feel sick already...

to sell some gifts that I got...

EWW!  The only CDs I have are OLD!  Not like it matters really I have over half a dozen on MP3 CDs/CD-Rs...I just listened to The Get Up Kids' SOMETHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT, then Hidden In Plain View's RESOLUTION (which I also own on CD), followed by Mineral's THE POWER OF FAILING, and Senses Fail's LIFE IS NOT A WAITING ROOM and STILL SEARCHING, plus The Starting Line's SAY IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT & last but not least WE THE KINGS by We The Kings...I was actually asleep through most of all those, but my subconscious still heard it (?)...I think it had been AT LEAST a month since I even touched that disc, probably much longer.  Most of the music on that MP3 CD is legally mine, some if it used to be...some of it wasn't legal at the time, but became legal...
But anyway; hopefully in less than an hour I'll be on my way to sell the most recent 3 CDs I own - not like recent as in "new release", but, ya know, recently acquired by me...New Order's INTERNATIONAL: THE BEST OF being 2002 (semi-old), The Smith's LOUDER THAN BOMBS (modern classic) and Hawthorne Height's SKELETONS (semi-recent).  The CDs I won't be selling are Phil Collins' BOTH SIDES, Hidden In Plain View's RESOLUTION and Oingo Boingo's SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET: THE BEST OF.  If anyone ever finds it, maybe I'll (eventually?) sell my Japanese mini-LP pressing of Genesis' INVISIBLE TOUCH, which will probably be replaced by a regular pressing.  I don't know when or if it will sell b/c Amazon's listings are so screwy.  If you type in 'GENESIS INVISIBLE TOUCH', it won't show up, but if you type in 'INVISIBLE TOUCH' it will.  Not to mention the CD has been out of print for several years, which means I'll get more $ out of it, but also means there's a lot less people to draw from.  I mean, the mini-LP replica was first released in 1999, and those mini-LP editions almost always go out of print, but they usually come back every year or two if the demand is strong enough.  That CD only came back once, in 2001 I think...the only reason I wanted the thing was b/c it's the only edition of that CD that I'm aware of that has been remastered w/o a bunch of remixing as well, which I should have known means very little if anything; most remasters don't really improve my enjoyment of the recording; Michael Jackson's BAD will always be Michael Jackson - BAD, even if the 2001 remaster is a little amped up in comparison to the original edition, which is hard to gauge without SOMETHING more than a DVD player playing through TV speakers.  And they don't make shelf systems that are worth anything anymore.  Sony has a bunch of shelf systems that are rated four+ stars by Amazon customers - but all of them are from 2010 or later; the ones from 2009 or older have 3 1/2 stars - you know why?  Because a lot of them failed to operate 3 years after purchase and a significant amount of 4 or 5 star reviews became 1-3 star reviews and some people who probably wouldn't have written a review otherwise probably jumped on deck as well...so I'm probably not going to be buying a Sony shelf system.  Panasonic has several, but I don't know if any of them are safe to put near TVS or computers, and there's no where in between that I can put a shelf system.  The cheapest shelf system I can find is $300, which is a rather big chunk of money that I don't even know if I'll ever have, and that shelf system, made by Yamaha, cannot be hooked up with my DVD player, which means concert DVDS and movies will still sound mediocre.  Actually, I take that back - I think Onkyo makes a fairly good+ unit that has inputs...I'll check in a moment......why am I writing?  Am I done?  I think so...

Oh, wait!  Great news!  My dormant friend Chris Gipson has joined gmail!  Hopefully this means I'll be in touch with him more via Gmail's built in chat feature...

The Wrath Of Silk (e.g.: nog)

WOW; WalMart is already selling egg nog and other kinds of nog - soy nog being one of them, a much healthier option, but A LOT less good tasting.  In fact, I wouldn't even say it tastes "good", whereas egg nog is pure greatness.
  But earlier that day I had a blood test to measure my cholesterol, and although I've lost 10 lbs in the past 3 months, my triglycerides have gone UP.  Which I suppose makes sense; I've eaten out at fast food and the like probably six times in the so far days of this month of October.  Maybe if I cut that in half, I'll be all right.  I also need to make sure when I buy lattes at Starbucks or a local cafe to make it a light latte, fat free if possible.  I keep forgetting about that.  I don't even remember the last time I had a light latte.
  I met with my case worker today, for the first time in, like, six(?) weeks...we had to keep rescheduling.  And we didn't talk much today.  She seemed in a hurry.
  I owe my Mom $18 for pizza, and my sister $8.  At least I'll have something...yay.
  Word on the web is Spencer's has a new truck load of GHOSTBUSTERS merch to swim through.  I'll have to make my way over there soon...
 

DURN YOOOOOU!!

Here's a simple fact that I realized today: YOU STUPID FKING IDIOTS ARE GONNA GO DEF BY AGE 40!!!  I'm 27, I don't exactly listen to whisper quiet music, but I could not BELIEVE how painful it was to go to Cartel's Facebook page and click on a song's "play" button.  I, who am smart enough to take the steps necessary to keep from going def by age 40, apparently need to shell out $400+ ASAP b/c my computer's volume control button was too frrrking slow for the speed of painful sound that was shooting me in the ears.  Whereas all the idiots who think going def is just some stupid myth adults made up for no good reason get special treatment with automatic topshelf loudness, no hassle needed.

got to admit...all the time...

I read another 25 pages, last night, of S.J. Watson's BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP.  So now I'm on page 65.  When I finish the chapter facing me I'll be on page 81.  I would do that now, but I am sooo tired.  I walked to Hastings to sell a few things, got $4.25 out of 'em, and spent $0.50 and the last of my food stamps at U Kwik Stop, got a surprisingly great(!) tasting Fritz Cream Soda + some fig bars.  Now I have $3.75, plus $0.61 in my bank account.  If I merge those two, I'll have over $4.25(!!).  I should be getting $5-$10 later in the month, that's probably two more weeks, or almost, from now, oh, and I also got two more CDs on the way, one of which I'll probably sell as well, get $1 or $2 from it...Since my sister would rather me give her my money to stash for future emergency rather than buy her something for Christmas, I guess it doesn't matter when I send her the $ I was planning on sending her...I could send her that toward the end of the month; $4 + $1 + $10...might be enough.  I promised her I'd send her $16 though, then there's the cost of the money order itself, which is at least $0.50...I'm still thinking...um...'til next time!

Before I Go To Sleep, Super

I think - maybe - I forgot to mention that I did a rare thing (for me) - I bought a current bestselling book.  BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP, by S.J. Watson.  And after almost a week of procrastinating, read 30 pages, like, a couple days ago.  Around that same time frame - 2-3 days ago - I watched SUPER, the whole thing(!) and enjoyed it a good bit.  I got allergies up the wazoo, but at least all other facets of my life seem to be seamlessly integrated at this time...ah; the weather....

library gains

Finally was/am able to check stuff out from the library this afternoon, after laying down $8.25 of the $11.50apprx that I owed them.  Now i have $0.60 in my bank acct and won't have any more until later in the month when I get $10 from Complete Savings.  I did request a refund for one of the items I bought on amazon that hasn't shipped yet...IF they act on my favor on that it'll only be $2.91, better than what I have now I suppose...just barely...and it's only the 3rd!

Ok, well...I've been on a diet as outlined by the case worker, haven't been doing too well with it.  I've been consuming about 120 carbs a day by my estimation...I'm supposed to eat fruits 3x daily and the ditto w/ veggies.

Haven't taken a shower in at least almost a week...need to do that!!  I finally brushed my teeth after a 3++ day break...argh...the weather's been really lovely though...