Pork Chop Dilettante

Troubles with the internets

I switched to Cavalier from Verizon, and suddenly my phone line isn't working properly and now I don't have DSL. I have limited access to the internet at home, thus the infrequent postings.

I had some really cool topics to discuss on here, but of course I didn't write them down and now I've forgotten what they were. I suck. Tangent: I'm actually looking forward to the latest Terminator movie. Wow! Surprise. Christian Bale is in it--'nuff said.

My friend Melissa and I watched the weirdest movie a couple Fridays ago: Synecdoche, NY. It's a good thing we entered the theater fresh off some wine with dinner, because you need a buzz to get through that flick. The acting was great, and there were some parts that were quite hilarious, but apparently it was supposed to be a horror film (?). If by horror, one means seemingly endless investigation of the mundane, then yes, it was quite scary. I didn't hate it, but Melissa and I wondered if we should stop picking movies to watch together at the Charles...

In other news, my nephew thinks I'm his girlfriend (it's quite an honor, since there was a year or so in his life that he wouldn't let me pick him up or even push him in his stroller). I've been taking tons of pictures of events at work, and I'm thinking of eventually having an art opening with the best of those images. I'm still developing my thesis so it will be a while, but I would love have a show again.

I'm just about to finish a book called Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet. It is absolutely incredible. Melissa let me borrow it. Daniel has Asperger's Syndrome and is also a savant. He and I have one thing in common: we are both synesthetic. It's nice to read about others who experience their letters and numbers in color and have certain spatial locations for days of the week and months of the year, etc.

OK, time to go. My attention span is not the best these days. Too much Christmas stimuli.

Money Makeover and Other News

I think that the messiness of my apartment is directly linked to my lack of desire to write blog posts. So, this evening I at least cleaned the dishes and took out the trash so I could write something. There's still much more to do, sadly. I've really let myself go...but thankfully I have the motivation to make my apartment look more presentable. Changing seasons always light that spark for me.

While I was at the beach, I finished Dave Ramsey's latest book, The Total Money Makeover. Man, life will be difficult for a time but I know it's worth it. I've set up my budget and am embarking on Baby Step Number One: Save $1000 for a mini emergency fund. Hopefully my credit card debt will go bye-byes and I can REALLY live.

   

I have also discovered that there is a link between two of my favorite movies: Bladerunner and Total Recall. It appears that both were inspired by Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. I knew about Bladerunner's obvious connection but had no idea that Total Recall was somehow related. I learn something new every day! Oh yeah, do you love the Schlitz poster I found promoting Bladerunner in 1982? Did you also know that Schlitz is back? Oh yes, it is.

This Saturday I am going to the Fair Hill Nature Center to volunteer with the Delaware Trail Spinners. They maintain the horseback riding trails in the park by meeting every second Saturday of the month. It should be fun! After that I'll visit my parents. They went to Cape May this week and I am insanely jealous. I even had a dream about finding seashells this morning. Of course, I was in Hawaii, but still.

OK, I'm hungry. Time to make dinners. I don't want to get the shakes like I did last night. Oops.