people.....

(still in a strange mood. sort of a manic, euphoric, abyss, limbo type thing. but i actually had somthing to say today.)

people are funny... unfortuneately, i find they're not usually funny ha ha. here's today's musings:

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on my way in to work today, i had to keep myself from screaming in my car. i'm running late. finally get onto the campus. and the guy who swerved in front of me and cut me off, is now slowing down to zero at each speed bump. which i find actually makes them worse. and he's in an suv. i do see the humour in it, really i do.... which is what saves me from being locked up.

but i got to thinking.... i can't help but wonder if this guy is one of the speedbumps i face at work. metaphorically. you know - those people who get in the way of you being able to do your job. whether it's stupid questions. or they don't listen when you explain something (any of the 9 times). one of those "a little information is a dangerous thing" situations.

some days, i wish i could just driver over my metaphoric speedbumps. i wouldn't even slow down.

it might not be good for my shocks, but i'm sure my mood would improve.

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i have a problem with fashion. working at a post-secondary educational institution, i see too much of it. a lot of it bad. first it was the sweat pants with words across the ass. someone else has already covered that one. then this last year it was the female butt crack, mostly with floss (or thong. whatever the current fashion title is). i have yet to see anyone that is appealing on. sure, i know you probably look in a mirror before you leave the house. but i'm sure you don't do it slouching in a chair like you do in class, or bent over/kneeling like your at your locker for 20 minutes chatting with your other floss friends.

please... help get the word out. my corneas can't take much more.

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i have a neighbour (2 doors down). nice guy. retired. nosey. (nosey interested, rather than nose in your business.) he stopped by the other day, noticed i was in my yard loading up the truck with stuff to take to the dump. he saved me the hassle of hauling some of it, as he had use for it. anyway.... we got to talking flowerbeds. i have a flowerbed in the front, that has two major problems:

1) there is a 4 foot overhand protecting it - so it gets very little water, and only a couple hours sunlight during the summer. and we're zone 3(ish).

2) it has been used as a litter box by ever cat in the neighbourhood that roams free for at least the last 7 years (longer than i've lived there). the soil is dead. dead. dead. i can't get weeds to grow.

so i told him what plans i had for it. redo the boxing with new landscape ties. drop a layer of sidewalk blocks on, followed by a layer of red shale. add a couple planters, and try some hostas. due to time, and money - i'm still in the planning stage. however, it didn't stop him from doing (gasp) the exact same thing 2 weeks later. followed by my neighbour (right next door) who did the same thing. actually using stone neighbour one had left over. i should be flattered, but i find i'm a touch irritated to be honest. at least they used ugly stone.

i know. it's petty. but i'm still rolling my eyes and shaking my head.

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