2058Re: XMas in Vegas partially booked

Mar. 30, 2004

 

 

all done.

Room: 281.22
J-Law's airfare: 174.70
My airfare: 253.34
TOTAL: 709.26

woo :P

2059final bill from BofA

Mar. 30, 2004

 

 

$1415.19!!!

(I was thinking $1200. so I wasn't off by too much. Hopefully they'll
let me split it into 3-4 payments)

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Dreamt about wierd stuff last night.

Out on a porch (Tuscany market? a resort? a house?) with Pat & Sonya,
Mom, Sunshine, & maybe a couple other people. We were eating bread &
cheese & drinking wine. Pat & Sunshine got drunk & kissed. Sonya went
inside to vaccuum because she was mad, and I told her Sunshine
is "more mouth than muscle," she didn't need to worry about him doing
anything. Went back out and they were both gone, it was just Mom at
the table.

Helicopters flying low & following the streets like cars

2062icq w/Sharjinka

 

 

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evilE

Mar. 30, 2004

 

 

She doesn't want to adopt Goliath from LSER and keep him out at
skye_ds & sineater's due to personality conflicts/don't tell me how to
raise my horse kind of things.

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ICQ w/a 3/30

 

2063icq w/A

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evilE

Mar. 30, 2004

 

evile: hi you!
SkyeDS: howdy :)
SkyeDS: just finished set up on this box sineater fixed for Hugh
SkyeDS: had to set up the hardware
SkyeDS: set up the software
SkyeDS: configure it on the network (fun)
evile: sounds like a riot.
SkyeDS: adn then tranfer files and redownload trillian and adobe
evile: what fun!
evile: I wish I had trillian. Can't download onto the work machine &
my
machine at home won't have anything to do with it.
SkyeDS: it crashes machines that don't have enough resources regularly
evile: yup.
evile: I dont' chat enough at home to make it worth fussing with.
SkyeDS: sigh - this gets tiresome
evile: connection still goofy?
SkyeDS: this time Hugh's puter decided to just reboot itself
SkyeDS: I might ought to talk him into letting sineater overhaul that one
too.
evile: yuck
SkyeDS: so what have you and Jinx come up with about the whole PtA
and the
money?
evile: Nope.
SkyeDS: nope = nothing I take it.
evile: we were talking about musical instruments, Goliath, and the
Incorporating thing, which Andy had researched extensively and
decided not
to do.
SkyeDS: /me shrugs
SkyeDS: if they're going to hold CR events
SkyeDS: the kingdoms have to play nice in the sandbox together
SkyeDS: somebody has to be in charge of the money
evile: I agree 1000% that PtA should be held responsible for losing
CRW
money...but I worry that it may end up looking like a personal
vendetta,
Sharjinka vs Pat.
SkyeDS: that's the way that works, ya know?
SkyeDS: you mean he hasn't refunded it yet? I thought he was paying
it back
out of his own pocket, as he shoudl, since his bank lost it in the
first
place
evile: as far as Jinx knows, he hasn't done anything.
SkyeDS: well, he managed to start a flame war with Katy of all people
SkyeDS: so he would go to war with anyone and he already went to war
with
Jinx as you probably knnow
evile: stupid move
SkyeDS: even I know it's politically stupid to start an open flame
war with
Katy, that's like attacking Mary Poppins or Mother Theresa
evile: yup
SkyeDS: if my browser weren't being so stupid right now I'd go out to
Chaos
and check what was said about what he did
evile: It's down, last I checked.
SkyeDS: it's down half the time I try it
evile: If I wanted the current state of CRW financials, I'd probably
ask the
current organizer, rather than try to get a straight answer out of
Pat or an
unbiased one out of Sharjinka.
SkyeDS: this is the whole problem
SkyeDS: nobody trusts anybody else with Central Leadership
SkyeDS: they want to act like tribal Celts
SkyeDS: and then they complain that the SCA gets the luxuries of the
Roman
Empire. Well, that would be because the SCA is Centrally Organized.
It has
money, insurance, vendors including campgrounds it does business
with, all
because it can, because of central organization.
SkyeDS: if the HFS would get their collective shits together, they
could
choose someone trustworthy to steward the money for CRW every year
evile: yup.
SkyeDS: according to Katy the first CRWS were Drandmir hosted anyway
SkyeDS: so I don't understand why that changed.
evile: Maybe whoever in Drandmir got tired of the bitching
ungratefulness of
it all...
SkyeDS: I know they lost the grounds they preferred
SkyeDS: but I don'tn know how the decision came to pass CRW from
Kingdom to
Kingdom every year
SkyeDS: and why should it be any harder than any other event?
evile: No telling.
evile: I don't think it's a very large group that wants
unity/incorporation.
If the majority wanted it, it's possible that it would have happened
by now.
Some very few really want it, a few others may think it's cool, and
the rest
are largely indifferent & just want to whack each other with stuff.
SkyeDS: I don't like the Austin SCA
SkyeDS: but the other SCA groups I've met I do like
SkyeDS: for the most part (I still think that Seawinds woman was too
officious for her ow nsnooty good)
evile: I liked the San Antonio SCA, but I was too young to join when I
wanted to.
evile: some people just take their fun too seriously :P
SkyeDS: Temple SCA is talking about having a booth at Tablerock this
year
SkyeDS: I can't believe they haven't already
evile: Tablerock is dinky, but pretty neat.
SkyeDS: if they set up a booth as opposed to go as patrons, it's
better for
me
SkyeDS: more itneresting anyway, can take the children
evile: SCA is good in that it already has equestrian stuff in
place/events/costumes etc. and you aren't having to try and make a
place for
'em.
SkyeDS: zactly :)
evile: That's a very good thing.
SkyeDS: I'm looking forward to learning the equestrian games
evile: I've only seen pictures.
evile: I forgot to tell you yesterday: Aunt L and Uncle B met [brother A]'s
fiancee's kids
on Sunday. I dodged the bullet for us meeting them yet again :P If I
keep it
up we may not have to see them until the wedding in July!
evile: L. made some noises about this upcoming weekend and 'do you
know if
sineater has plans?' and I was all llike "oh, NO, we're ALL verryyy busy
this
weekend!"
SkyeDS: we were just going to go to the nursery assuming the invite
was
still good and put up fence
SkyeDS: so if you wanted to go we would go with
SkyeDS: but if you do'tn want, we won't either
evile: absolutely NOT. We are busy!!!
evile: Saturday is Rio's Bday and Spamarama, and Sunday...is more
Rio's
Bday, I think.
SkyeDS: lol my birthday was always a week longn when I was a kid
evile: Trust me....we do not want to meet the spawn of satan. satan
herself
was bad enough.
SkyeDS: I didn't get expensive presents, I got a few little things
but I got
to invite one friend to go camping and skiing for a week
SkyeDS: beats the few lousy parties I remember having
evile: I remember very few bdays. adults make a big deal, I think
most kids
could really care less
SkyeDS: much more fun to celebrate for a few days and not just one
evile: I think so.
SkyeDS: so I probably shouldn't tell L. that she could brig the
kids out
to my place either
SkyeDS: do you think she'll call sineater?
SkyeDS: should I call him and let him know what not to say?
evile: She might. It's totally y'alls call if you want to hang out. I
told
her you were clearing land this weekend & that it might take more
than one
weekend to finish.
SkyeDS: /me nods
SkyeDS: they could ride and such while we were working but someone
will have
to supervise them
SkyeDS: and it might not always be me.
evile: Aunt L. says [brother A] is good with the kids (of course) and that they
are
absolutely *desperate* for attention, but "very sweet". And The Rubber Pig
isn't "as
bad" when they're around.
SkyeDS: I want to burn this weekend if we cann
evile: I've had my stint playing 'auntE' and it got me nothing but
pooped
on, so I'm done with that phase of existence.
SkyeDS: I take it the wedding is in SA and they've moved there
permanently
evile: yup
SkyeDS: well that's ok
evile: [brother A] still isn't working. Her husband is sleeping on the couch
(and
paying all the bills!) and they are in one bedroom and all 3 kids
are in
the other one.
SkyeDS: if sineater and I can invite ourselves along when you trek down
that way
to visit
SkyeDS: I can'nt imagine sharing a room with my little brother, much
less
more than one.
evile: Snowballs will fly in hell the day that happens, my love.
evile: I absolutely will NOT be visiting them in San Antonio. I will
go to
the wedding if I get an invitation, but that's it.
SkyeDS: will they be visiting in Austin?
SkyeDS: I"m just trying to figure out how sineater will spend time with
his
little brother in future.
evile: They were up this past weekend, but didn't give advance notice
sufficient to allow me to make plans (I had already planned Excalibur
for
SAturday and sweetie had an invitation for Sunday that he'd already
accepted)
evile: sineater ...if it is important to him...will find a way.
evile: Likewise, [brother A] will have to find a way if he wants to keep
ties with
family. If not, oh well. I have gotten tired of chasing the people I
love
with my stupid heart on my stupid sleeve. After a while you have to
say
"well, obviously I am not as important to them as t hey are to me,"
and give
up.
SkyeDS: we're down to one vehicle too now, was why I was pondering
evile: If you don't give up gracefully when it becomes obvious that
you
aren't cared for as deeply as you care, you will end up in a sitch
like me
and X and you will end up feeling (and being) used.
SkyeDS: the black truck has to be fixed before it makes trips more
than 10
miles from home
evile: yup.
SkyeDS: so we have to coordinate schedules where we didn't have to
before
SkyeDS: something I'm hoping J[MIL] for example understands
evile: I'm sure we can work out a carpool/caravan in time for the
wedding.
SkyeDS: pretty much what I've told everyone in general is, we're
captive but
ya'll are welcome to come keep us company while we work
SkyeDS: regarding the past few and few upcoming weekends
evile: good plan.
SkyeDS: exactly when and where is spamarama?
evile: April 3. I have no idea other than that.
SkyeDS: I keep thinking waterloo, don't know why
evile: I'm sure there will be something in the Statesman or Chronicle
this
week.
evile: It's been at the austin music hall (?) and auditorium shores
in the
past.
evile: After the 31st I won't be driving anymore, so I don't have to
knwo
where anything is. :P
SkyeDS: Hugh keeps thinking it's not the 3d but the next weekend
evile: Nope.
SkyeDS: I's told him
evile: April 3. The rain date may be the following weekend, and it
does look
as if it will rain.
evile: The Rubber Pig's kids trashed L's house, BTW. I keep telling her
they need
to just meet [brother A], The Rubber Pig & spawn at a park or something so they won't
have
to have themwrecking their home.
evile: And then there's a natural 'out'--"I've gotten too many bug
bites,
time to go" or "ooh, sunburn, gotta go"
SkyeDS: I would think that one would wear out one's welcome quickly
trashing
the home of the host
evile: "Oh, they're just kids," said L.
evile: She is a lot more of a 'breeder pleaser' than I am.
SkyeDS: I guess I would have to see what "trashed" was (given the
usual
state of my house :( )
SkyeDS: didn't go to SCA last night
evile: Oh, probably nothing major. L&B keep a box of toys for kid
visitors,
so those probably got scattered hither & yon, pillows got dumped off
the
couch, that kind of thing.
SkyeDS: busted butt to get home and get loaded
SkyeDS: and Kelly called close to nervous breakdow
evile: ooh, yuck.
SkyeDS: she's been broken into twice in the last two weeks
evile: wow, that SUCKS!
SkyeDS: the man she wants to date said he would "think about it if
she'd get
her tubes tied back and give her kids over to their dads"
evile: oh FUCK HIM!!!
SkyeDS: and, she hadn't slept or eate in 49 hours
SkyeDS: so for their safety she was actually considering it
SkyeDS: I talked with her for an hour and a half and I think we're on
track
now
evile: What a jerk. I'd say "I'll think about it if you'll tie your
dick to
the bumper of my car and let me take a drive..."
SkyeDS: will have to check on her sometime today
SkyeDS: going to drop sineater over there at least one day this week, the
whole
day
evile: good plan.
SkyeDS: insurance doesn't want to pay her for personal belongings
SkyeDS: I dont' have time to go over there during the workday to
straighten
that out
SkyeDS: but I knonw sineater saw me do it enough he should be able to do
it
evile: And the breeders say the CF are selfish. "I wont' raise your
existing
children, I wnat you to have MY spermtrophies"...asshole
SkyeDS: if she weren't close to breakdown she would have killed him
SkyeDS: I firmly believe
evile: Yeah.
SkyeDS: I told her, ok. here's our theory.
SkyeDS: we know that we're facing more bugs than we can kill at once
SkyeDS: ad onen of these bugs, one day, might kill us
SkyeDS: but it ain't gonna be the motherfucker that we just shot
SkyeDS: so we're going to shoot one MF at a time
SkyeDS: and not worry about the rest
evile: good theory
SkyeDS: so the to do list looked like this:
SkyeDS: 1. eat
SkyeDS: 2. sleep
SkyeDS: 3. finish work week
SkyeDS: 4. let sineater and/or Jinx (who's been through the same thing)
help
deal with ins co
evile: yup.
SkyeDS: 5. worry about safety proofing the house or moving, when you
can
figure out how
SkyeDS: and then tell mr. give up your kids
SkyeDS: this is my list
SkyeDS: do you see yourself on it?
SkyeDS: no?
SkyeDS: this is my problem list
SkyeDS: so, you are either a problem or a solution
SkyeDS: if you wish to be a problem, you will have to go on the
bottom of
the list and it will be a while before I have time for you
SkyeDS: if you want to help be part of the solution, thenn I have
time for
you right now
SkyeDS: but I told her, I don't think the naked male insecurity game
is fun,
even when I have time ad energy for it, and she doesn't have either.
evile: nope.
SkyeDS: "but he's just scared"
SkyeDS: awwwww
SkyeDS: he'll have to find some other skirts to hide behind while
you're
fighting real mosters then
evile: Im not as nice to you, I'd kick his ass to the curb somewhere
between
step 3 and step 4.
SkyeDS: if he keeps this up I have no doubt she'll do exactly that
evile: hope so.
SkyeDS: if she weren't scared, sleep and food deprived, he'd already
be gone
and/or dead
evile: yup.
SkyeDS: gsp
SkyeDS: lol typo
evile: I just figured it was another mysterious TLA
SkyeDS: still getting used to this keyboard
evile: it happens.
evile: Is she on good terms with any of her exes? Someone who would be
willing to help for the sake of the kids?
SkyeDS: bk
evile: good. I thought it was me. Internet is being goofy over here.
evile: My launchcast went dead :(
SkyeDS: /me brutally assaults both our internet services
SkyeDS: didn't accomplsih anything but I feel better (not really) lol
evile: very annoying.
evile: Looks like the only way to fix mineis to reboot and I'm on
aroll with
work and I dont' want to do that!
evile: I am probably going to end up wussing out on Sharjinka at skate
night.
I'm so damn tired. I'll go and probably won't even make it a half hour
before I"m ready to go to bed!
SkyeDS: I would go
SkyeDS: but most things on work nights just aren't doable for me
because of
the commute
evile: yeah. that's a long drive home.
evile: sweetie is picking up an offer afte rwork today. He thinks it will
be a
better fit, both in duties and $
SkyeDS: same co?
evile: yes. silly.
SkyeDS: well I figured
evile: I miss out on a lot of nuances of this kind of thing because
I've
never had a dick to wave...
evile: but apparently sweetie won the penis contest & got a nicer job for
it.
SkyeDS: wonder if they have anything for sineater.
SkyeDS: like the lesser of the two jobs or whatever
evile: *shrugs*
evile: I think the company is called Web Access or Web Excess or
WebXS or
some something like that.
SkyeDS: sounds like one of the entities that sineater was doing part time
server
stuff for
evile: you know how geek companies like to Spel kre8ively
SkyeDS: my mom sent me funny pics this morning
SkyeDS: I should send them to you
SkyeDS: re creative spellings etc
evile: My favorite claimant name so far this week was Event Orange.
evile: One of the guys we met at the cookout we went to on Sun. was
an L3 at
Dell. He got a job supervising L3s so there will be an L3 opening...
SkyeDS: sineater was an l2 when he got laid off
SkyeDS: don't know if they'd give him l3 or not
evile: Well, he could try for that, or its possible that Dell could
promote
from within and create a spot among the L2s...
SkyeDS: dell doesn't do him any good till midmay
SkyeDS: because of that spherion crap
evile: oh, yuck. he can't even apply for a FT permanent job in Dell
that is
not through Spherion at all?
SkyeDS: not until his downtime is done
SkyeDS: can't work at dell, at all
SkyeDS: don't understand that myself but there it is
evile: tht sucks!!
SkyeDS: yep
evile: If I were him I wouldn't want to work for Dell too much after
all the
crap they've put him through. But a job's a job...
SkyeDS: exactly
SkyeDS: he has been putting off applying for something permanent back
in
tech support
SkyeDS: where Mike went back and could get him in
SkyeDS: so we had a discussion about it
SkyeDS: I said look, I don't like working in Austin for $12 an hour
either
SkyeDS: but I'm doing it
SkyeDS: and didn't like beig a security guard for $8, even less
evile: It's better than nothing, at least until something better comes
along.
SkyeDS: our financial situation does notn allow for "I'd rather not"
SkyeDS: in no way shape or form
SkyeDS: I would be substitute teaching or working at McDonald's if I
had to
be
evile: yup. family comes first.
SkyeDS: brb
SkyeDS: hugs if you aren't here when I get back, got to spend some
time in
de liberry
evile: Okeydoke. have fun!

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2064Re: icq w/A

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evilE

Mar. 30, 2004

 

 

SkyeDS: bk
SkyeDS: didn't take as long as I thought it might
evile: hey. I rebooted & all is well. Music again!
SkyeDS: I haven't tried da musik yet on this box
evile: I don't think you have to download anything. If I did, I
didn't know abou t it.
SkyeDS: I'm not sure I have speakers
SkyeDS: I mean, I know I don't have visible speakers
evile: oh...that might be a problem :P
evile: our machines came wiht speakers and we all had to unplug them
to keep from annoying ourselves & everyone around us with all the
pings and beeps these things make.
SkyeDS: I have a place to plug in headphones
SkyeDS: that could be good
SkyeDS: will ask sineater if we have any that are compatible
evile: I love my headphones. Could not maintain even a semblance of
sanity here without them.
evile: When I leave them off, I hear unpleasant things about rectal
bleeding and sewing someone shut so their unborn baby doesn't fall
out. I have learned my lesson!
SkyeDS: omfg
evile: Of course, now people have to come to my cubicle and scream at
me if they want to get my attention, but oh well. If you can't be
bothered to know what is appropriate workplace conversation, I won't
bother with you.
SkyeDS: have had my collar off most of today, woohoo
evile: awesome ;)
evile: woohoo, I just got phone duty for tomorrow. I'll be able to go
home a bit after 3 :)
SkyeDS: /me looks envious
SkyeDS: such a pretty day out too
SkyeDS: would rather be riding
evile: phone duty sucks, but I do want to be able to spend time
before all these storms get in.
evile: Poly dinner tomorrow is at Wanfu2 on Barton Springs road. I
was thinking I could drive down early & get a walk in the park before
dinner.
SkyeDS: I want to take a walk <whine> like right now
evile: I'm done at 4:23 today. Want me to come kidnap you for a walk?
SkyeDS: that would be nice :)
evile: Okeydoke. I'll come over as soon as I clock out :)
SkyeDS: cooless
SkyeDS: Hugh went to the Y today
SkyeDS: but can I ask him if he'd like to go for a walk anyway?
SkyeDS: he'll probably say no anyway
evile: sure :)
evile: speaking of, I should make my rounds & toss papers
SkyeDS: tay
evile: see ya in a few :)
SkyeDS: :)