My mom and I just got back from my sister's house, and we're still trying to calm down!

We were driving west down Michigan Avenue, headed home. There was an area where there were NO house or streetlights, and I had been talking to my mom, when something just ahead of us made me slam on my brakes - going EASTBOUND, *AGAINST THE TRAFFIC*, was a black guy on a bicycle!
He had NO lights on the bike, was wearing black clothing, and had NO reflective tape on! If I hadn't slammed on the brakes and laid on the horn, one of us would have been WEARING the other as an ornament!
I screamed, "YOU F**KING IDIOT!!!", and he wobbled on down the road like he didn't even SEE us!!!

RANT MODE WAYYYYYYYYYYYYY ON!!!
I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE LIKE THAT COULD BE THAT STOOPID!!
IF HE WAS TRYING TO KILL HIMSELF, HE ALMOST DAMN-WELL SUCCEEDED! PEOPLE LIKE THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THE GENE POOL!!!

I'm just grateful I was able to see this bozo, and didn't hit him, but I almost wish I had - to get him OUT OF THE GENE POOL!!!!
What a HELLUVA way to end an otherwise good day!

I'm grouchy today - tried to write at the library. Laptop acted up, somone near-by would NOT STFU; moved to the Computer center and got accosted by some YUTZ who thought "I was too old to be at EMU" and thought I was with the CIA (or something just as ludicrous!); left for home and got an attitude from the Gate Attendant, who wouldn't stop talking on her cell phone to tell me I owed her 4 dollars. I'm staying home! PHBLBHBLBHT!!!!

Enjoy!!!



(Can you tell I love ICANHASCHEEZEBURGER.COM????)
LOL!

Just put the writing pedal to the medal, and FINISHED WRITING CHAPTER TWO of my Pagan Etiquette book!!!!
WHOOOOOT!!!!
Talk about a SQUEEEE!!!!

My fingers are tired, but hey - it's worth it, considering I started it a week ago!!!

Now, to do some quick housework, and then I can RELAX tonight!!!
YAY, ME!!!! :D

OK, the book is coming along - 8 more pages written today!!! So far, so good!
I actually decided to get out of the house and write - not with my laptop, although I did take it with me - but at EMU's library. I needed some place to write that wouldn't be as distracting, and my mom understood. I hadn't the heart to tell her that sometimes SHE'S one of the distractions, so I just blamed it on the cats!

SO, I packed up, and went off to campus.

This was in itself a good opportunity for me to get exercise, too - I don't have a parking pass yet for Spring Semester (NOTE TO SELF - GOTTA GET ME ONE OF THOSE!), so I parked on the other side of the new Student Center, and hoofed it inside. I thought I could write there - there are more than a few places - but they were all taken, and it was more than a little loud for me, so off I went to the library. BINGO! That was the place...AFTER I found the right chair! (GODS! I really wish I had a chair like theirs!) I pulled out my thumb-drive, plugged it in, pulled it up, and off I went. It was nice being able to write without distractions!

While there, I did a good deed, too - one girl was talking on a cell phone so loudly to someone, giving all SORTS of information over her phone, that if I wasn't such a good person, I could've copied it down, gotten on-line, and done all SORTS of nasty things!!! (The girl didn't even realize that she'd given me her name, Social Security Number, AND Birthdate!) After her call, I went over and casually mentioned that if I had been a nasty sort of person, I could've taken all that information down, and gotten on-line and done all SORTS of damage! I mentioned that she MIGHT wanna keep her voice down when she's giving that out! I think she thought I must have been from Mars, but I mentioned that MY SSN had been stolen and used by someone, and it took me over 15 YEARS to correct THAT disaster! I hope she remembers and appreciates what I did!

If my wrist and fingers on my left hand hold up, I may try and get a couple more pages written tonight - it'd be nice to get this 2nd Chapter done this week!!!!

Fred. That's my answer to anything like that, from now on!

Since I couldn't find out how to do it in Facebook yet, I wrote some words of wisdom on Michigan Spring weather, and thought I'd post them here!
Enjoy!

It's the only state I know where the first robin of Spring has to wear a winter coat!

Spring in Michigan is that five-minute period between the thunderstorm the night before, and the blizzard today!

Spring flowers bloom and die so fast, you'd think they were on speed! "Oh, look - a tulip! WHOOPS! MISSED IT!"

Spring means cleaning out your basements in a hurry, so you can be prepared to COWER in them during the Severe Thunderstorm/ Tornado Warnings!

It's the only state where you have to dress like an Eskimo in the morning, wear beach-wear by noon, and switch back to a Parka at night!

April in Michigan comes from "Aprilis", which means "Don't put away the snow-blower! "

Doesn't that just make you want to move here?
Now, excuse me - I have to pack for today - let's see...snow shoes, shorts, t-shirt, tennies, RAINCOAT, parka....
that should cover it - I think!

Just got done writing 6 pages on my book. I feel good about it - couldn't write for CRAP last night - too tired!!!
It's a bitch writing with arthritis, but I keep on trucking on it. Thank GODS for things like AsperCreme!!! I'm going to take a bit of a break, fart around on the computer in places where I DON'T have to write...at least not that much, anyway...and get back to it later.
Right now, I'm writing about Festival Etiquette. I get to write about Outdoor Festivals next, and then SKYCLAD ETIQUETTE!!!! It's MORE than about time SOMEONE wrote about it!!!! I'd say that this chapter should be done by maybe next week - then it's on to Chapter 3!
I feel really good that I have so many friends who want to help me edit this, too - I have almost a full coven of editors!!! LOL!
Now to rest my poor left hand...for awhile....

Who REALLY shot J.R.!!

Decided to change my LJ style to suit my mood, and get rid of the Winter one. Since I'm working on a book, I thought this one was nice.
What does everyone think?

I just finished writing Chapter ONE!!! Only 9 more to go - then I get to EDIT the doggone thing!!!
(Someone shoot me....I don't DO editing!)
So...I'll have someone ELSE do it!!!

I am sooooo JAZZED, though!!!!
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

I really hate April Fool's Day!
People who have nothing better to do with their time other than make other people feel embarassed should be locked away in a rubber room!
We had a NUT-BALL call my mom today, claiming to be from a "Warranty Clearing House", telling her that her warranty on her Saturn was up, which made my mom panicky BIG-TIME!!!!

(Nothing like waking up in the morning to the dulcet tones of your mother in FULL PANIC mode!!!)

She handed me the phone, and said, "YOU take this call when he calls back!" and tried to tell me what had happened.
20 minutes later, the TURKEY called back, asking for her. I took the call. He tried to launch into his schpiel, but I told him that the warranty was handled through the dealership, and asked him point-blank,
"Now, I handle my mother's finances! What the hell are you talking about?!?"

The IDIOT then tried to continue the schpiel on me, but kept on calling ME "MA'AM!"

I shouted into the phone, "I AM HER SON, YOU DIM-WIT! DO I SOUND LIKE A WOMAN TO YOU?!?" and hung up!
(Ten-thousand clowns out of work in the country, and *I* get TWEEDLE-DEE, THE WONDER-DUMMY!!!!)

I'm not in a good head-space, today, anyway - it would have been my dad's 79th birthday today. Happy Birthday, Dad - I miss you!

I realized in therapy on Tues. that my dad really didn't have a CLUE how to really deal with me, so I bore the brunt of being the one who got the most crap thrust at him all my life. Oh, yay...

Oh, well - this too shall pass...like a KIDNEY STONE...In the meantime, I'm staying home, writing, and trying to ignore the IDIOCY that is today!

LOUSY, and LOUSIER! I lost two friends this month - one at the beginning, and one at the end.
SIGH...
I hope April's better!!!

CURING DIABETES!!!!

I'm not doing too good tonight. I just found out that not only did a friend of mine from High School die, BUT my Uncle has Muscular Dystrophy!!!!

I hate it when the Universe decides I've had enough crap and decides to add juuuuuust a hair more!

PHBLBHBLBHBLBT!!!!

I have now completed the first 5 pages of my book! I know it doesn't sound like much, but I'm proud of it! I'm finding out a few things about how and where and the way I write:

1) Writing this book at home is a LOT harder than I thought! I have a lot of distractions here - the cats, for two! I also never thought I'd have to list my mother as a distraction, but BROTHER!is she EVER! I know she's got health issues, but in trying to care for her, I can't write and do both at the same time, so the book waits.
SIGH...oh well, thank the GODS for laptops, thumb-drives, and EMU's Library!!! I may make that my 'home away from home' if I have to!

2) I don't know what I'd do without a computer!
I have had to pop over and get some quotes from different sources, and it is REALLY nice to be able to minimize my book, get the information, and jump back into my train of thought without too much extra work!

3) I AM A COFFEE-HOLIC!!!
It's not helping that I tend to make two pots of coffee and drink most of them, and then have to have a nap about now!!! SIGH!
(I won't switch to de-caf, though - don't ask me! I like coffee for not only the caffeine buzz, but the taste, particularly of the Breakfast Blend that Folgers puts out!)

4) I *AM* keeping track of everything I write!
I came up with a "Writing Activity Log", and have been noting down on it the date, what activity I need to work on, the start and end times, and comments to myself, such as encouragement, etc. I'm really proud of this - it'll help keep me motivated as I write, and I can print out however many copies I need.

5) Five pages today is NOT a bad start!
I'm glad I wrote them, and I figure that if I can get my lazy butt up earlier and write later in the day, I can do more; but until the, I'm glad to simply do that many! The more pages I can write, the better, of course, but at least I'm getting it DONE!!!!
I figure if I can get more than 3 pages a day I'd promised Dorothy, I can do it, but 5 isn't too bad, and I'm proud of myself!
So there!
Yay, ME!

I actually started writing my book today - I got the Preface done!!!
At least it's started!!! YAAAY!!!

I just tried to register on-line today for Spring Semester, and found out that *I* have to wait for SATURDAY to do it!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

I am NOT a happy camper!!!!
PHBLBHBLBHBLBHT!!!!

I am one happy camper here - I just finished the outline for my Pagan Etiquette book!!!! Just 2 interviews to do, and then, look out - I'm gonna be a writing fool! (Boy! am I gonna hear about THAT one!)
I'm really proud of myself!!!

George Kell, the voice of the Tigers, died today.
SIGH...
Just another crappy part of my day so far...
Rest in peace, George! We in Detroit will miss you!