This car buying stuff is exhausting!
Mood:  spacey
Now Playing: Wicked Game

The Ebay auction was over my limit for that car, and then the seller cancelled the listing, anyway. Good thing that I didn't get too excited about it!

There's a Saab on Ebay that has piqued my interest, it's a cute vehicle and is only a 97, but I'm not too sure on the reliability of them. I'll do a little research, I guess.

Man I'm sleepy. I hate Mondays.

Oooh, here's a 94 Jaguar with only 107k miles on it! Hmm. Don't know if that's my style or not.

*sigh*

There's a Civic DX with 86k miles on it for only 4300, but I think that it's already been sold. AHH!!!!!

blah
Mood:  down
Topic: Rants
The car that I really want on Ebay I finally bid on... and was outbid within an hour! It's still below the KBB value, so I may raise my bid. I'm going to wait until tomorrow and see how I feel about it. Since it's inspected, I don't feel quite as reserved about upping my bid. I'm still looking at other cars, but I really want that one... it's in great shape and although it's a 96, it has less than 70k miles on it. I'm hoping to sell my Jetta for $2,000... it really doesn't need that much work done to it, and I may just bite the bullet and get everything fixed that needs to be and get it inspected so that I can sell it for a little more. The KBB value is still $2400 in the shape that it's in now, so I'm pretty sure that I could sell it for $2000 even without fixing the exhaust. Hmmm.

Anyone need a car?

Gibbs and Patsy, a winning team
Mood:  party time!
Now Playing: ROTK -- Steward of Gondor
Topic: Football

Check out this article from the Washington Post

Some of my favorite highlights from the article:

...During the chat, Ramsey discovered a stark contrast between Gibbs and his old coach, Steve Spurrier. The Fun 'n' Gun maximized the number of receivers, thus it minimized the number of blockers. Ramsey was told by Gibbs -- whose 1991 Redskins allowed a franchise-low nine sacks -- that the Redskins would generally use as many players as possible to protect the quarterback.

How did Ramsey feel to hear that?

"I feel good about it" said Ramsey, smiling. "But I feel whatever it takes to win. If we have to send the ball out at some point during the season then that's what I want to do." ...

...Last season, Ramsey was unofficially the NFL's most-punished quarterback. He withstood myriad ailments, including a sore knee, sprained left shoulder, dislocated left pinkie and bruised right hip, right shoulder and left forearm. Ramsey suffered 30 of the 43 sacks the Redskins allowed (an average of 2.6 per game)...

...Ramsey finished with 14 touchdowns and nine interceptions and completed 53 percent of his passes. Last night, Gibbs -- who has been impressed with Ramsey's arm strength from watching film -- said it was too soon to compare Ramsey with his past quarterbacks. But former Redskins lineman Mark May -- who played for Gibbs and is an ESPN analyst -- believes that Ramsey possesses the best passing tools of any quarterback Gibbs has coached. ... <-- that says it all! Patsy is the MAN!! With a little protection, he's going to be the next Dan Marino! (or Brett Favre, Peyton Manning, Joe Theisman, etc.) Patrick is going to soar to new levels of greatness, I know it. I think that a big part of it is from javelin throwing... the kid has an incredible arm... haha, I said "the kid"... he's a year older than me! Anyway, I can't wait until next season. My beloved Skins are going to rise up and kick some serious ass.

Time to get out of here, it's time to join the fellowship at DuClaw!

3rd time's the charm
Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: Cry me a river
Topic: Lord of the Rings
Today I am going to see Return of the King for the 3rd time. Yes, I am obsessed. I'll probably see it a couple more times before it's out of the theatre, too. Kurt and I are going with Bob, his son Bobby and Dan. It's Bob's 4th viewing, mine and Kurt's 3rd and Dan's 2nd. So at least we aren't alone in our obsession. I imagine that it's people like us who have kept ROTK at #1 at the box office for the PAST FOUR WEEKS. That movie has made so much money... it's insane! I think that it actually made more money during it's second weekend than the first.

Records that ROTK has broken:

Weekends
DECEMBER
Return of the King $72,629,713

Days
WEDNESDAYS
The Return of the King $34,450,834

CHRISTMAS - ALL DAYS
The Return of the King $13,986,220

NEW YEAR'S DAY
The Return of the King $11,950,000

According to Box Office Mojo, as of January 14th, the total current U.S. gross for ROTK is $315,555,000. Not too shabby!

The overseas gross is $466,866,724 / 51 countries.

Grand total: $782,421,724.00. Over THREE QUARTERS OF A BILLION DOLLARS!!! Is that crazy or what?

According to the box office mojo site, $94 mil was spent on production and the estimated marketing costs were $50 mil. Now, I'm guessing that those figures are relate to the U.S. market only. Now granted, my math isn't very good, but that would make the total $144 million spent on costs associated with the movie; to date they've pulled in about $316 mil... that would make the total net profit SO FAR $172 million!! Let's not even talk about how much they've made if they only spent $50 mil for promotion worldwide. I seriously doubt that. I hope that ROTK gets some Oscar nominations, because it definitely deserves them. Especially Sean Astin, he was fantastic.

That's it for now, I have to pretend to work.

Da gov'nah
Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: Dah Junkies
Topic: News

Governor Erlich is on the radio right now with the Sports Junkies... he invited them over for dinner on Feb. 13th. Being on the show is a great PR move for him... haha, he's got my vote next election! Actually, I think that I helped elect him. I'm pretty sure that I voted in that election... I know that I've only missed one. Hmmm.

Back to work, I'm going to actually get something done today!

friendses
Mood:  cool
Now Playing: Courthouse -- Isaak
Topic: Friends and Family
I've talked to quite a few "old friends" today and in the past few days. My friend Jeff is recently engaged and is expecting a baby! Well, his fiance is the one who's pregnant, obviously, lol. He's one of my LC friends, I met him a few years ago... so he wouldn't really be an OLD friend, but just one that I don't talk to very often. Anyway, he just completed his art college stint and is now trying to find a job... which leads me to think about my other friend Ray, who also just graduated from art college. Ray classifies as a old friend... I knew him from when he was in a punk band called Code Blue... I think they were from Bowie. Maybe Crofton? Anyway, I guess I've known him for 6 years or so... we have sporadic email contact, usually once every few months will keep in contact, then lose email addresses, etc...

More later if I have time, I have yet another headache and I need to get some work done!

ouch
Mood:  hug me
Now Playing: here without you
Topic: Work
I've got a bitch of a headache.

I think that I work in a sick building, because other people have a headache, too. Maybe it's because there was a VP meeting today and everyone is thinking about the changes that are inevitably coming. I'm sure that they won't be better, either. This place seemed so great when I first started. Now I don't think it's quite so great. I know that I make decent money, but the benefits here I'm a little disappointed in. The leave amounts we get aren't that great, our vacation, personal days and sick time are all one in the same; no differentiation. (is that a word?) I can't think, my head hurts. The medical here sucks, but I guess it's better than having no insurance. Especially for me, queen of doctor's appointments and prescriptions. Ugh.

Maybe things will change. I sure hope so.

Made it through the weekend
Mood:  not sure
Now Playing: Build me up buttercup
Topic: Weekend happenings
There was some awesome football on this weekend... definitely the best playoffs that I've ever seen. I hope that the trend continues! There is nothing that I hate worse than seeing some team get blown out of the water.

I'm sad that Green Bay didn't make it to the NFC championship game... the last play (INT) that Favre made may have cost them the game, but there was a 4th & 1 situation (with 2:30 left in the 4th quarter) that I felt they should have taken... if they could have gotten a TD on that drive, they would have won the game. You have to give all of the teams that played this weekend credit, because they all played hard. My favorite game was the double overtime Rams-Panthers game... that was really fantastic. I think that I got so wrapped up in the games that I made myself physically ill. My stomach was really upset for most of the weekend.

I had a nice time with my dad on Saturday... we ended up getting 2 pairs of tennis shoes. It was freezing outside, though, and I had on my heavy coat -- which proved to nearly kill me later in the day. All of the running through the mall (I would estimate that we walked 1-1.5 miles shopping) had me sweating a lot. I felt like I would even pass out at one point. I met up with Kurtis at Jillian's for the Junkies appearance and I'm sure that I was acting really weird, but as hot as I was, I thought I was going to faint or throw up at any time. Being in a mob of people waiting to meet the Junkies didn't help much, either. They were all really nice, it was cool to meet them... although I'd like to see them again under different circumstances!

Much work to do, more later.

2004
Mood:  happy
Now Playing: Courthouse -- Isaak
Topic: Introspection
This year has really started out well, except for New Year's Day which I spent mostly in bed with a bitch of a migraine. And not from drinking, either! I started off the new year by making some hefty payments on several bills, which made me feel good. Had a tasty hunk of fillet mignon, got good deals at Bath & Body works...

Then came the Joe Gibbs announcement... I was ecstatic! Now today, another piece of news which I will not share yet, but will certainly help my life in some fashion. It remains to be seen how much it will help, but I will find out within the next few weeks.

Tomorrow I get to find out if taking one or another ADD drug will help me think any clearer and be more organized. I wonder if drugs are really the answer... I have no doubt that taking Wellbutrin has helped me incredibly. I wonder if I've always been depressed or it was just certain events that would get me down. I tend to think that I may have been depressed my whole life, just more at certain times than others. I remember thinking how bad my life sucked, and I wonder if it was that bad. I know that there were certainly some times that I had that weren't so pleasant, and I have gone through a lot. In more recent years, a lot of it I brought on myself, I guess because that's what I was used to. But look at me now, how normal I feel. Even *gasp* happy at times?! Certainly not happy at work most of the time, but in other areas of my life, I'm happy. I doubt that many people actually like their jobs, anyway. I'm eventually going to go back to college, although I won't be able to go full-time. I'm still searching for my true passion in life. Everything that I get really excited about doing, I start strongly but always finish weakly. Hmm. ADD? Supposedly that's a sign.

Guess we'll see. Will my life be even better by this time next year? It's good now, but it can always be better... and I am in control of my own destiny, so only I can make it better. I can't depend on others to do it for me.

Ahh, time to get back to work. I'll try to post over the weekend, especially after the games. Speaking of football, the sports junkies are supposed to be at Jillian's tomorrow at the Mills. Maybe I'll get to meet them!

Happy, Happy Joy, Joy
Mood:  rushed
Now Playing: Two Hearts -- Isaak
Topic: Football
Only 15 minutes left until the biggest press conference of the decade -- the official Gibbs announcement! Too bad I'm going to miss it. I'm sure that they'll replay it tonight on the news; at least the highlights. Or maybe I should leave work now?

Been a busy day, went to my doctor this morning and she wrote me a new prescription for my Wellbutrin, we upped it 100 mg a day, because I've been bitchy and down lately. I'm also going to try Ritalin and Concerta to see if they help my concentration any better... if I go crazy on them, that will mean I don't have ADD!

I'm still all achy and sore throat-y, I even took my herbal microwave wrap thing to work to put on my shoulder... that shoulder has been hurting for the past two weeks, it sucks! I don't know if I'm sleeping on it funny or what, it's annoying that I have so many aches and pains. People at work swear by their chiropractors, I'm thinking that when I go see my OTHER doctor on Monday (my yearly "well woman exam", what fun!) that I'll ask her for a referral. She's my favorite doc except for my therapist. She's really young and is also my GP (I would have said PCP, but that sounds weird)... she was finishing her internship or whatever it's called before you take your doctor exam thingy... she's really in on the latest technology and stuff. I really feel that I can tell her anything, which is a nice relationship to have with your doctor. Since I've been an adult, I've never had any real working relationship with a GP, since when I was a kid I went to the same pediatrician until I was 16 or something.

Well, I have to get going... see if I can sneak out early and catch at least part of the press conference! (We still have a bottle of champagne left from New Year's... I think that this deserves a toast!)